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l'AHTIllS I.H.VVI.NU FOIl SlJ.HJIKR.
I'lii'tlc lenvliiK Hie 'ty lo
lit) Hiiniiiier tuny luivc The lleo
jcnt tii them roKiiliirly 1r
iiiitirjlni; Tlio Hee Huslneas
olllce, In person or by mull.
The nililrexN v 1 1 1 lie dimmed
11 h often nil desired.
An explosion In n Clilim shop usually
means purtltlou.
Admiral Dewey soph no necessity for
attending the Kansas City convention,
either.
Uoosevelt Is coming to Nebraska, And
Nebraska Is coming to the support of
McKlnley and Uoosevelt.
After criticising the republicans for
not going far enough In their civil serv
Ico platform plank the democrats will
roalltrm the Chicago deliverance prom
ising an Immediate return to the system
of "To the victors belong tho spoils."
It Is only too bad that Oklahoma has
nn votes In the electoral college, other
wise ther would bo presented In a sealed
envelope to Oovernor Uoosevelt during
!ila forthcoming visit to the Rough
IUders' reunion at Oklahoma.
A cousin of Colonel llryan has been
nominated for governor by tho demo
crats of Florida, presumably upon the
strength of his relationship. Now
watch eligible cousins of tho sliver
colonel spring up In every state In the
union.
Bryan Is on record with the opinion
that nothing could have been gained
In 180(1 by the withdrawal of Sowall
In favor of Watson or Watson In favor
of Sewall. If Mr. Uryan's friends at
Kansas City take tho hint the kite will
have two tails again In 11)00.
Tho Russian minister of the Interior
lias promulgated n set of rules to gov
ern Russian newspapers In thelc cxpres
slons relative to tho government. The
czar should send at once for tho su
premo court of Nebraska If he wants an
euective piece 01 machinery ror tcrroriz-
Ing tho press.
If a series of band concerts Is to bo
tho feature of the autumn festival by
nil means have tho entertainment lo
cated In a central snot iircesslblo to a
Irrespective of tho Interests of hack
drivers and street oar companies. Tho
only way to make the ontomrlse a sue
cess Is by ilxlng upon a location right In
the center of town.
A political striker In tho local fusion
ranks calls upon tho county board to do
Its full duty by raising the assessment
of all the meat packing establishments
In South Omaha. Rut the county board
Is controlled by a fusion majority which
Is not likely to heed the demand of tho
fusion politicians as against the pros
Biiro of the South Omaha corporations
Ry special pipe lino from Nebraska
Olty comes tho confidential Information
that tho gold democrats will nut a na
tional ticket lu the Held bearing the
name of drover Cleveland for nn
Ident and J. Sterling Morton for vice
president. In that event Mr. Morton
may escape the necessity of choosl
butweon what he calls Rryanlsm and
filcKlnleylsm.
Adjutant uenerai Harry announces
that ho does not wish to be considered
a candldatn for tho fusion nomination
or congress lu tho Sixth district Gen
oral Hairy Is doubtless satlslled that ho
lias a permanent tenure in his present
position as long as tho fusloulsts are
In tho saddle and does not want to
glvo up a bird lu the hand for two In
tho bush.
Tho populist county conventions
throughout Nebraska wo adopting a va
rlegntcd assortment of resolutions In
viting tho democrats at Kansas City
to accept Mr. Towno as the candidate
for second place on tho presidential
ticket. The weight which this advice
will have, however, will not likely cut
much Hcuro beside tho inlluence of
Tammany and eastern leuders, who do
Hot appreciate the simplicity of the Ne
braska prairie
nitYA.y o.v run vi.atvoiim.
Mr. Hryuu has esptessod his oplntnn
of Home of the feature of tho Philadel
phia platform, IIu tluds In It evidence
that the republican declaration of 1WMJ
regarding luteinatloual bluietnlllsm was
n deliberate fraud, bocause In thu later
utterance the republican party renews
allegiance to the principle of the gold
standard. Vet the administration made
as fair ami honest an effort In be
half of International bimetallism, pur
suant to the platform of 1S1MI, 11s It was
possible to make. It sent a commission
abroad with .Senator Wolcott at Its
head charged with the duty of doing
Its utmost to promote International bi
metallism. It faithfully performed the
duty nnd fully demonstrated that 110
Suropeaii government favors bimetal
lism. Where, then, Is thu fraud?
Mr. Ilryan says the attitude of tho re
publican party on the trust question Is
nslncere, an opinion that was to have
been expected, Tho language of the
hlladelphla platform, however, does
not warrant It. That m unambiguous
In condemning all conspiracies and com
binations Intended to restrict business,
create monopolies, limit production or
control prices. It also declares In favor
of legislation to elTpctually restrain anil
prevent all such abuses, protect and pro
mote competition and secure the rights
of producers, laborers and all who are
engaged In Industry and commerce.
There Is no appearance of Insincerity
u this. It Is plain, straightforward
and Hulllclenr. Tho Kansas City anti
trust declaration will undoubtedly be
mre wordy, but It cannot be more
llreet or decided In condemnation of
trusts.
Mr. Hrynn's objection to the Philadel
phia platform that It docs not state thu
republican party's attitude on the Phil
ippine question Is rather lame, for we
think any Intelligent reader of the plat
form must see that It proposes to main
tain the authority of thrs government
over the Islands, "to put down armed
nsurrectlon and to confer the blessings
of liberty and civilization upon all the
rescued people." It also says that "the
largest measure of self-government con
sistent with their welfare and our duties
shall bo secured to them by law." What
more could reasonably 1e desired by way
of defining the attitude of the party?
It Is to be noted that us reported the
populist candidate for president! had
nothing to say about that portion of
the platform which deals with prosper
lty and points out tho extraordinary
financial, Industrial and commercial
progress of the country during tho last
three years, or since tho tariff law which
Mr. llryan helped to frame ceased to
operate. Is this very Important part of
our recent history to bo Ignored at Kan
sas City?
IIOOSKVKLT AT KANSAS CITY.
The democrats aro already exhibiting
signs of convulsions over the announce
meat that (iovernor Uoosevelt will pass
through Kansas City on his wny to the
Rough Riders' reunion nt Oklahoma Just
previous to the opening of the Knnsas
City convention. They seem specially
disturbed by the fear that ho might bo
Induced to take advantage of the lnvl
tations extended to nun to deliver a
speech lu Kansas City on the eve of
their nominating convention.
Voicing this apprehension, the St.
IouIs Republic charges that "for the
vice presidential nominee of the oppo
site party to Invade this territory at sucl
a time to make a public address on po
litical topics In the hope of securing
votes for his ticket would be an nnpar
nlleled breach of decorum and would
be a violation of amenities such as no
man can commit without sacrificing tho
esteem of right-thinking men."
In this connection a reminiscence em
bodied In Colonel A. K. McClure'a recent
book on presidential nominations is
worth recalling. Referring to the whig
convention which nominated General
Taylor In 1840 In opposition to General
Cass, who had already been made the
nomlneo of tlio democratic party, he
says:
Ono of tho Interesting, episodes of tho
convention was tho arrival In Philadelphia,
while the whig convention was In session, of
Gcnoral CnBs nnd his sulto of democratic
lenders of national fame. Cass was on
his wny homo from Washington and the
short time that ho remained hero ho lib
erally divided public attention with tho
whlgs. An Immense crowd welcomed Cnss
nt the Jones hotel, on Chestnut ubovo Sixth,
and I there- for the first timo saw and heard
General Cass, Senator Houston, Senator
Allen, Senntor Denton and Representative
Stephenson, all of whom spoko from tho
balcony of the hotel and were cheered to
tbo echo.
If Roosevelt should happen to make
a speech while he was passing through
Kansas City ho would therefore have
good democratic precedent for doing so.
Tho fncts In the case, however, must
not be distorted under the democratic
vision, (iovernor Roosevelt had an ap
pointment for Oklahoma City long bo
fore ho had any Idea of being republican
nominee for vice president The only
way to reach his destination is to go
through Kansas City and the fact that
tho democratic national convention will
bo there, about the same time will not
operate to drive him away. They may
rest assured that whatever he does
while In Kansas city will bo In strict
accord with good taste and sound pol
itics. CANDIPATU Ot'THK UAXK ANO FI1.K.
Theodore Roosevelt Is tho candidate
of the rank and tlio of the republican
party. The assertion thnt his nomina
tion was due to tho machinations of cer
tain leaders Is absolutely groundless. It
came to him Irresistibly nt the sponta
neous demand of the representatives of
the republican party for which no leader
or combination of leaders was re
sponsible and 110110 was powerful
enough to withstand, as the 1'hlladel
phhi Ledger says, tho honor of being
named for tho second highest place In
tho gift of tho nation was literally
thrust upon Governor Roosevelt. "The
nomination," declares that paper, with
the best possible opportunity for know
ing tho actual conditions, "was forced
upon tho antagonistic leaders and would
have been made without the support of
those leaders who were favorable to It.
Governor Roosevelt's nomluatlou was
forced by the Irresistible will nnd power
of his countrymen. It was their recog.
nltlon of those real qualities of strenu
ous American manhood, of thu heroic
endeavor and achievement, of tho moral
courage and Intellectual virility, of tho
high public spirit and patriotic purposes
which they believe the candidate rep
resents lu his character, and that he
has proclaimed lu his sayings nnd do
ings, which caused popular sentiment
to demand his nomination for the vice
presidency." It was the one event of
the convention In the shaping of which
the leaders had little or nothing to do.
Therefore was It one of the most no
table personal triumphs lu our political
history.
Being the candidate of the rank nnd
file of tho party, (lovernor Uoosevelt
will bo a greater force In the campaign
thnn If he were under obligations to
any leader or leaders for his nomination.
lie Is as distinctly the choice of the
masses of republicans as President Mc
Klnley. This gives him a potency he
would not otherwise have and It Is not
to be doubted that the sentiment which
demanded his nomination will make
Itself felt In everywhere strengthening
the party. The unqualllled satisfaction
and gratification which republicans
throughout tho union have manifested
Is a promise of earnest and zealous
work for the ticket, which we may be
sure will not lack for Inspiration nnd
stimulus on tho part of tho vice pres
idential candidate durlug the campaign.
Uoosevelt Is certain to be a command
ing figure In the contest from tho open
ing to the close and ho will battle for
the success of republican principles as
fearlessly and vigorously as ho battled
for the triumph of American arms lu
Cuba.
HY ALL MKA.XS llKXUMliVATIS SMl'Tll.
II n n letter to the olllclal populist
organ published at Lincoln one of the
fusion reformers residing at Franklin,
Neb., nominates the great trust-smasher,
Constantino Juggernaut Smyth, for at
torney general for a third term with
the following euloglum:
As to tho ofllco of nttomey general, I
do not believe there la nnother attorney In
this stnto who, under the present circum
stances. Is equal to tbo present Incumbent
for tho work devolving upon that office
Ills success In tho many prosecutions for
the peoplo of this stato In thnt office Is re
markable. I havo novor bad tho pleasuro
of meeting Mr. Smyth und 1 only know him
by tho record ho hna mnde. It matters not
that It would bo n, third term; tho best In
terests of the peoplo of this state
require two moro years of his skill
ful services. Of courao tho Standard
Oil company and other powerful law
breakers would bo glad to bavo a chango
In that office, but the peoplo can 111 afford
to take tho risk of a chnngo nt this time.
C. J. Smyth Is the man If ho will accept
a renomlnntlon for attorney general.
Constantino certainly Is tho man If
ho will accept the renomlnntlon for at
torney general. He needs no platform
and no party emblem.
All the bill posters will havo to an
nounce will be Constantino the Great
tho trust-smasher par excellence and
people will flock to hear him from all
tho country for miles around. Yea, he
would even rival Rryan as the objective
point of pilgrimages for old men nnd
cooing Infants anxious for the honor of
touching his hand or kissing the hem
of his coat skirt.
With Constantino tho Great In tho
field the octopuses nnd glnstlcutuses
would take to their heels and to the
woods. Before Constantino tho Great
the railroad magnates would fall on
bended knee and offer up to him private
cars and special trains for nothing but
an assurance that he would contlnuo his
present policy of helping them hang up
all cases against them in the federal
courts. Ills annual pass would be ex
tended to Include h'ls family and the en
tire party, so that every one who votes
for him could ride free with him.
With Constantino tho Great In the at
torney general's ofllco tho dignity and
honor of tho supreme court will forever
be secure and no editor who does not
acknowledge the fusion faith will be
free to utter a word of carping criticism.
The re-election of Constantino for n
third term would melt tho stony heart
of the frigid Ice trust Info surrendering
without further ndo and even the little
pop bottle combine would flzz up with
pleasure and explode on the spot.
Ry all means renominate the great
trust-smasher and give the peoplo a
chance to tell Constantino how ardently
they worship him.
The olllclal organ of tho state houso
machine takes a populist contemporary
to task for printing the following:
A number of self-constituted leaders of
tho people's party aro endeavoring to create
an lmpro3slon that It will make but little
difference If tho democrats do substitute
somo eastern goldbug for vlco presidential
timber instead of Mr. Towne.
The state house organ asks: "How
many votes will such writing make for
Rryan lu the people's party? Is It not
the mission of the populist paper to
Increase the vote of the party? Are
articles that hnvo a tendency to create
discord anil excite distrust the best way
to advance reform?" The olllclal pop
ulist newspaper censor should bo called
In at once.
The Roe's editorial admonishing re
publicans that they must choose their
best men for legislative candidates has
been extensively reproduced by both re
publican and fusion papers, each call
ing attention to the Importance of car
rying the legislature this year. Repub
licans must remember that tho opposi
tion will be alert to the conditions con
fronting them and will put up what it
considers Its strongest men and that to
meet them tho republicans must do
even better. No republican Is too good
to accept a legislative nomination this
year.
Rev. Sheldon gives it out that during
the throe weeks he has been in Great
Rrltaln ho has seen more drunken men
than ho saw lu twelve years in To
peka. Yet when ho was In charge of a
Topeka newspaper for the purpose of
editing It as Christ wonhl have done
bo Insisted that prohibition was lu suc
cessful operation In Topeka. How
could ho see drunken men In Topeka
If the prohibitory law Is what ho claims
for It?
Amoug the resolutions offered In the
democratic ring of the fusion circus In
Onge county Is one tendering thanks to
tho populists fof ijllotvlng tho democrats
to hold their cpu petition In tho saints
building. Democrat evidently do not
appreciate fully the honor conferred
upon them lu permlttlug them to en
dorse populist (lAulKlates and vote for
them on election day. Rut It has been
given out olllelayyhat this Is the last
year of fusion aipjpopullsts would be
foolish If they did not take uvery ad-vauta-ie
of It.
The fusion caiulhiitto for congress In
the Second dlstrjct occupying n great
deal of space In all the fusion newspa
pers for this early In the campaign.
Inasmuch, however, as the advertising
Is all he Is likely to get out of it, he
certainly should make the most of it.
The director of the census asks tho
public to give him a breathing spell be
fore bombarding him with Inquiries as
to the results of the (numeration In dif
ferent sections of tho country. Thu cen
sus forecasters will have several mouths
yet to ply their vocation.
Ceneriil I'niMperlt y nt (lie Helm.
Globe-Democrat.
With a strong and steady breeze of proi
perlty blowing the good ship of stnto his
no thought of taking In canvas or changing
tho course
I.oxt Sinn Hrnloreil.
Washington Post.
Tho cartoonists continue tho stupid wrrk
of picturing Mr. Hanna with tho dolhr
mnrks on his clothes, regardless of tl'0 '
fact that the sign of tho dollar wna ex
ceedingly scarce before Mr. Hanna and his
party assumed charge.
(Jet Tliee to 11 Ileaerl.
Cincinnati Tribune.
Somo man who has neither brain? nor
common senso runs tho Soldiers' home In
Nebraska. He wns so annoyed by tho birds
that ho cut down tho shade trcoi and now
ho hag neither birds nor shade. Ho Is n
tit man to have charge of a desert In Ari
zona, where neither birds nor shade would
trouble his nervous soul.
Another Ticket 1 11 l'ronprct.
Chlcnuo News.
Statesman J. Sterling Morton of Ne
braska, who has not allowed himself to be
forgotten oven under tho shadow of Uryan's
greatness, Is responsible tor n scheme to
revlvo tho gold democrat movoment by
nominating Grovcr Cleveland for president
and himself for second place. Tho only
thing which stands lu tho way of tho suc
cess of his plau Is Mr. Cleveland's well
known aversion to re-entering public life
but even that might be overcome.
'Wnultiu Inltiieiiet- of llrynnlnni.
J." Sterling Morton's Conservative.
Tho stnte election last wcok In Oregon
was of moro than local Interest because rf
Mr. Uryan's identification with tho cam
paign. 'Ho Journeod to Oregon and made
fevcral speeches, making special referenco
to silver. There wns complete fusion of nil
tho Rryan elements. ! tlio democra's, silver
republicans nnd populists. Tho combined
vote, however, was less than that of tho
democrats alone a year ago. It was aUo
less than that received by llryan In 18D0.
If Bryan ha3 become weaker In the western
states, whero the silver sentiment has al
ways been tho most pronounced, whtro H
he to gain the electoral votes required to
make him president?
Seiinlor lluniin'N Knee.
Philadelphia Record.
No man In public life has been eo merci
lessly caricatured by artist and libeled ry
camera. The caricaturist, of course, Is ntver
expected to convey a true likeness, althoih
be Invariably seeks to preserve a semblince
of a man's features nnd expressions, l.ow
over distorted they may bo. In Senator
Hanna'a case, however, he seems entirely
at sea. This Impression la forced up n
ono by studying tho man nt close rmge.
Tho caricaturist may perhaps be pnrdrnel
for not coming nearer the truth, when tho
fact Is taken Into consideration thnt even
the photographer usually falls to catch tho
details of the renator's facial character
istics. There Is an Indescribable some
thing about the man that defies reproduc
tion. His Is a romarkablo faco In many
respects, full of light and shado, expressive
to tho oxtent of being almost panoramic,
evor changing with hU own mood or tho
moods of these about him. It Is a rugged
face, such as you see on those actors who
change their plastic features at will In giv
ing Imitations of famous men. And yet
nt times It seems to bo as unfathomable
as tho faco of tho very Sphinx, Small
wonder that tho artist falls to retain Its
eluslvo characteristics.
Oiril IlllAl'lN'O XATIO.VAI. WRAI.TH.
Another Vomlon or (lie Slory Told by
IncrritNlni; Kiporln.
Phllndel;dila'North American.
Tho returns of foreign trado for May show
that tho gigantic transfer of credits from
Ruropo to America, which seemed to have
begun to decline a few month ngo, has set
In again with renewed vigor. Our Imports
for the month wero slightly greater, It Is
true, than they woro In May of last yenr, but
our exports wero not only vastly greator
than In that month, but exceeded thoso of
May, 1808, which at that tlmo held tho
record.
In May of this year our Imports of mer
chandise -were $71,555, 801 and our exports
9113,503,577. an excess of exporta amounting
to $41,917,716. In tho eleven months Just
ended this excess was $197,421,086, which
was mere than for the corresponding eleven
months of last year and moro than for any
other entlro year la our history except 1898.
The tremendous balance of trado In our
favor has been going on now for four yoaro.
In tho twelvo months ending May, 1S97, It
was $3C8,793,S62; In 'tho next year it was
Jj59.729.197, In tho, next, $538,951,387 and In
tho year Just closed It has been $532,058,004.
In these four yours wn havo sold go ids to tho
extent of $1,939,534,450 moro than wo havo
bought. ' ,
Of course, If all -these things had been
paid for In money the financial system of
tho world would have 'been wreckrnl. As a
matter of fact, In 'period our not Im
ports of gold havo Won only a trlllo ovor
$200,000,000 and In tho same tlmo our net
exports of silver hiivo "been over $100,000,
00, leaving only nbiit ,$)00,000,000 of treas
ure to balance $2,000,000,000 of merchandise.
Evidently wo nro belnij: paid In other ways
partly by tho return1 of our own securi
ties, and partly by tho creation of foreign
Indebtedness to us, And that, of course,
means Increasing resources every year. Tho
Interest on $2,0o6,oo6,000 nt 4 per cent
would bo $80,000,000 a year, which of Itself
Is as much as our ordinary belance of trado
before Its recent enormous expansion.
It Is easy to see why our financiers look
now upon tho possibility of gold exports
with so much more equanimity than thuy
did a few years ago. With additional cred
its of $2,000,000,000, with an annunl bal
ance of trado exceeding ff00,0CO,000 nnd with
over $45,000,000 of gold la tho treasury, wo
I can hulp out the anxious foreigner with a
I good deal moro comfort than we could
when wo were In debt to Kurope, had a
balance of trado less than (UO.COO.OOO ami
had to peddle bonds to keep $100,OCO,000 of
sold In tbo treasury
All those remarkable changes have corao
about In four years, during which we havo
Incidentally fought two wars, destroyed ono
empire end created another.
pov.vrinH's Titorni.ns Mtfiriri.Y.
Plattsmouth Journal (dem,)! Peoplo In
Nebraska dou't hnvo to look to South Africa
or China for war news now; thejr simply
wait to hear from Ueatrlce.
lleatrlco Kxpress (rep.): The Institute for
feeble-minded politicians Is neldoni heard of
savo In connection with porno scandalous
proceedings. It Is to bo hoped that tho elec
tion this fall will end all this squabbling
end put the (state Institutions where they
will not bo subject to the buffetlncs of
xpollsmcn.
Falls City Journal (rep.): Tho disgrace
ful row at tho Institute tor feoblo-mlnded at
Dratrlce Is becoming a stench In the nostrlU
of decent people and calls loudly for refer
matlon. (lovernor I'oynter and the whole
push should bo Ilred, Tho nsylums for the .
wards of tho stato who nro ko unfortunate
an to bo there nro entitled to have peace
and quiet reign. Wo do not know of a
stato Institution where these unfortunate
aro kept where there ban not been moro or
less strlfo and turmoil among the manage
ments nnd It Is due to tho mlsmauagcmunt
of Hugo nxylums by the state houso gang.
Grand Island Independent (rep.): Tho an
nouncement that (lovernor I'oynter hail Itv
vcstlgated tho Soldiers' homo affair two Injury. If China Is dismembered nnd al'cn
weeks ago appear to bo trua The O in a In governors placed In charge of the provinces
papers contain an nccouut of tho flailing j enormous nrmlcs will be needed for their
that tho cancer patients had only them- ' protection. If tho allied powers have do
Helves to blame. It Is not stated Just when 1 elded to dismember Ohliu they have un
nnd where tho Investigation was held, but dertaken a gigantic task,
ns It Isn't anybody's business excepting that j St. Paul Pioneer Press: No other coun
of tho governor nnd tho management of , try has such largo Interests nt stake ns
tho home, It Is Immaterial whether this ' tho United States. It should not accept a
Is ever established or not. Inmates of tho subordinate part In tho Joint Interposition
home democrats, too, not republicans ! of tho powers. We havo already s nt a
stato they never heard of such a thing and regiment of coldlers there. Now that the
didn't believe any Investigation wns he'd, ' empress has vlrtunlly declared war against
though It was possible, of course, to hold
one eo ouletly thnt no one should find out
anything about It.
York Republican: The comman.lant at
tho Mllford Soldiers' homo has been serv
ing three years without a bond for tho
discharge of his duties and tho preserva
tion of tho property of tho stnto. So now
that ho has been destroying tho proporty
and mismanaging tho Institution tho stato
has no recourse. The state adralnlstintlun
Is very much to blame. It was wrong to
appoint tho present commandant In the
first place. Ho was n South Omaha politi
cian with nothing to recommend him but
tho fact that he had been a U3tful heelor
for fusion In South Omaha politics and
of course had to bo "rewnrded." Tho stato
administration was culpably careless or
criminally Ignorant for allowing him t
assume his duties without havlcg first given
a proper bond.
York Times (rep.): All the fuslonlsts In
this neck o" woods nro calling Dr. Lang a
fool nnd other complimentary names. What
do they think of I'oynter? I'oynter ap
pointed tho "fool," first, then Investigated
him and found him not only "fool," but dis
honest. Then Instead of telling the truth
about him like a good governor he pro
ceeded to whitewash and slobber over him.
Afterwards, when ho found I.ang would not
move out according to agreement he dallied
and hesitated and stuttered instead of go
ing there armed with power enough to eject
him forthwith nnd the result Is what you
see. A fine' tnto of affairs for tho educa
tion, caru and treatment of feebleminded
children! Tbo Institution Is worse than none
at all as It now stands and children would
be better off In bedlam. Lang has been
foolish and has done much mischief, but how
much wiser has (Iovernor Poynter been?
Ccneva Signal (rep.): Tho commandant of
thu Mllford Soldiers' home must be a hot
house llower Indeed. His nerves aro strung
altogether too tightly. A beautiful shade
treo grew near tho homo. Hocontly he had
It chopped down because the birds collected
In Its branches early In the morning and
disturbed his morning nap with their sing
ing. Ho seems to havo a mania for thu
destruction of trees, as ho ha3 had tho
beautiful groves on the homo land chopped
down and made Into posts. Ho also had tho
rcso bushes along tho paths rooted up. Tho
old soldiers of tho stnto gave tho legisla
ture no peace until It bought the property
nt Mllford nnd converted It Into a SDldlers'
home. Tho reasons always given were tho
beautiful natural groves and the healthful
water of tho springs. Ilesldcs the destruc
tion of tho trees, the springs were allowed
to choko with mud, Tho reasons for run
ning a second home nt Mllford when ono
was already In operation nt Orand Inland
have been pretty well wiped out by the
present commandant. With tho shade trees
destroyed and with the springs turned Into
raudholes Mllford Isn't much of a sani
tarium. 1'OI.ITICAI. nil I FT.
Chairman Jones' fish stories aro ns re
liable as his prophesies.
Tim Woodruff Is convinced that rainbow
vests throw a funereal shado on political
booms.
Democrats can drag New York or tho
whole union without finding a match for
Hoosovc-lt.
Tho successor of Drlgham H. Hoherts as
representative of Utah In tho houso of repre
sentatives Is a bachelor.
Since Chairman Joneo endorsed Kansas
City, hotels ho can get a whole Moor for
himself by giving tho sign.
Roosevelt had Now York precedent for
his action. Horatio Seymour told tho demo
crats: "Your candidate I will not be." nut
the party willed otherwise.
The public debt per capita In tho United
States, which wns $50 In 1873, is now $15,
according to olllclal treasury report, and tho
Interest charge per capita on the debt, which
was $2.35 In 1873, Is now 53 cents.
Hawaiian politicians lest no time In get
ting Into tho swim nt Philadelphia. Four
yoars henco it Is likely tho Philippines,
Ouam nnd Porto Rico wll have representa
tives at nil national conventions.
Tho Now York Herald wants to know
"what Is the matter with Mr. Cleveland
for our noxt president?" Nothing except
ing his inability to run. The pace la too
swift for thu fat man of Princeton.
The rival candidates for congress n tho
First district of Illinois nro Mr. Mann and
Mr. Organ. In tho congressional election
in iniiHuvn, J" "h "
the republican and Mr. Ulack the democratic
candidate In tbo Eleventh district of that
Btuto.
Twenty years ngo tho stato taxes raised for
schocl purposes In New York wero $3,000,000;
,11n nn.., tinnftftnn nnnunllv . Thn nrnn-
l.irjr ...II...," T,,uvm,v . ,
, eral expenses of the state, exclusive of
cent meanwhile.
1ho honor universally accorded In VIr-
I Khiln to tho name and political memory of
! George Washington appears to extend to
Ttr,iit Vlfntnlf, At tlx. rnnnnt nltir nlnntlnn
..v .vw..v v.v, w..w.u.
held in Charleston. Oeorge Washington,
tho present mnyor, defeated Joseph II.
, Kasterrtny by 250 mnjnrlty. Wost Vlrglnln
Is one of the states In which close political
fighting is expected this year.
j At a rocont Philadelphia banquet the
sucarr De-now neatly smothered Home of
, Senator Hannn's weaknesses with these com-
pllmentary worda: "Like all strong men,
j Senator Hanna has received an unduo meas-
; ure of criticism, but I doubt If ho has bad
his full measure of praise. It can be said
' of him that, while wrong-headed sometimes,
im haii been right-hearted at all times. If, as
, tho papers veraclously and unvt-raclously
doclare, In tho stress of battle, or tho fall-
. urts of Incompetent lieutenants, or tempo
rury reverses, ho turn given away to languago
which has grieved tho plnia, we can readily
believe that, like Washington's fury at Mon-
mouth, the words have been among thoso
i which were no sonner upon tho page than
they wero blotted out by thu Warj of. the
recording angel."
SP.HUI( WITH Tllll IHIXI4H.1.
New York World Tho taking of tho Tnku
forts recalls a famous bit of hi -lory. It
was under tho guns of Ihdsd sanio forts
to tho rescue of llrlt'eli war vesseU whl.h
wore In shallow watr and at their mercy, !
Justifying hl breach of International law
by saying: "Illood Is thicker than water."
Chicago Chronicle. Smiling, ns he sits 1
at tho (able, with a smile that Is child-
like nnd. hlnnd, tho Hon. Wu Ting Fan I
pleasantly alludes to the business of tv.o ;
Tnku forta ns "a mere trifling misumior
standing." This wilt bo comforting news
to tho surviving relatives of tho 600 Chi
neso gentlemen who were wafted Into tin
,'nwcot subcauently by zephyrs from tho
nlllcd fleets last Monday.
Minneapolis Times: To stlbjugato those
peoplo by force and put down open ri'lst
nnco to foreign authority may bo o.ty
enough, but to educate thorn so that they
can bo governed In any other way than by
force will bo extremely dlfllcult, It not Im
possible. It Is known that tho Chlr.c o
nro treacherous nnd wonderfully subtle and
tirelessly patient In bMIng the time when
they can take revenge for a real or fancied
all tho powers our government should not
hcsltato to send ten regiments, or twenty
or moro It necessary, commensurato with
tho lending part she ought to play In the
defense of her trcnty rights nnd In tho x
nctlon nnd enforcement of nil nccesrary
guaranties for tho tccurlty of the liv s
and property of her citizens nnd for tho
protection of her commercial Interests.
ommi:.nt o.v tiii: im,a I'l'omt.
Salt Iako Tribune (rep.): As a whole the
document Is very strong and most of It
will directly appeal to both the pride and
tho good sense of tho American people.
Knnsas City Star (Ind.): There Is no
shuddering over tho word gold In the re
publican platform and not a suggestion of
a sop to silver sentiment In It, which Is an
Indication that the republican leaders con
sider tho silver issue an thoroughly dead
and burled and lucnpable of giving any
trouble or uneasiness In thin year's cam
paign. Now York Sun (rep.): Who really wroto
It? Who finally revised It? Fortunately,
this year tho republican party Is claiming
the confidence of the country nnd thu votes
of American citizens not n n newcomer nnd
applicnnt offering a prcspectus, but upon
tho strength of a record of achievement
brilliant nnd successful beyond parallel and
also upon tho strength of actual public
knowledge of this admlnlotratlon's honejt
methods nnd patriotic purposes.
Haltlmoro American (rep.): Tho platform
makes this terse nnd entirely truthful ref
erence to the past efforts of the democratic
party to administer tho government: "A
menace to prosperity has always rejlded In
democratic principles nnd no les In tho
general incapacity of the democratic party
to conduct public affairs." Of course, this
refers to tho modern democracy and not to
nnclent history. Tho platform, which was
unanimously adopted, has cleared tho at
mosphere and, with tho nominations, will
place tho republican army hi battle array
with not a reasonable doubt of tho cam
paign's Usuc.
Hcuton Olcbe (dem.)j It would be almost
ldlo to waste words on any analysis or se
rious criticism rf thiii platform. As might
havo b?en expected. It savors throughout of
tho same Insincerity that marked tho late
session of congrms. The resolutions jlnglo
a cut nnd dried tifuo that fits tho noncommit
tnl policy which has been so long on ex
hibition before the people. The party hav
ing dono llttlo that was expected of It,
simply enunciates a set of resolutions ex
premlng satisfaction with what It has both
dono and left undone. As a platform of
evasions It Is well In keeping with the re
cent history of tho party.
Now York Tribuno (rep.): No survey of
republican "success during the last four
years or throughout tho long period of gen
eral prosperity of which tho party has
been the chief instrument would bo nde
qunto It It did not recognlzo tho wlsdcm
with which It has refused to assist In im
parting an appearance of paramount im
portance to proposals of doubtful value and
topics of .ephemeral Interest. Demagogues
and fanatics havo uniformly failed to ro
ceivo Its countenance. The incalculable
service thus rendered to tho nation in
times both of tranuqlllty nnd disturbance
Is repeated this year and ngnln "tho repub
lican party, upon Its hl3tory and upon this
declaration of It0 principles and policies
confidently Invokes tho conslderato and ap
proving Judgment of tho American people."
iiowakd tiirrs run ;ui,n iiuicic.
Norfolk News: J. Rdgar Howard's Papll
Iloa Times says that tho uniform adopted by
tho Douglas County Democratic club "will
consist of n black hat nnd a badge," while
nttendlng the Kansas City convention. If
tho Douglas county democrats wish to show
their sympathy for Agulnaldo and his sup
porters thoy could do It In no better wny
than by adopting their stylo of dress and
tholr originality Is to be commended. Thoy
may find their liberty much less than that
of Agulnaldo, however, when tho Kansas
City pollco forco catches sight of them.
Friend Telegraph: Colonel Kdgar Howard
has been nominated by fusion for congress
up In the Second district. The colonel has
had a sort of hankering for the loaves nnd
fishes of fusion nnd there has been a grow
ing desire that Howard ought to be sldo
tracked at some point or lie was llnble to
It,. ,,,, nvnf In llin mah fni nffiprt thtu full
j Tho cf)om ,n accoptlnK tho nomlnatlon In
opposition to Davo Mercer assumes tho Job
whose wonderful proportions ho will fully
r-oll-,0 atlnr llio vntna nr.. rnu. I Mn.
, vcm,)or on w ,ho ,)enk b
,, . ,,,rtrh ,,, ,.,,ii,,a
blow through his whiskers.
Falrbury Enterprise: Tho fiulonlsts of
thu SoLond congressional district hnvo suc
ceeded In sidetracking Edgar Howard of the
' ,,.,,, M-l,..o .. 1, , ... o ., ,.,.nn.n,t n.
"'" ' , , v Mv n '. i n
Ul0 a,,0 of th() fus g!nR at .,,,
thoy wnntCcl to quiet lilm ami took the above
nloans to hlm of harm-g wav. Howard
.......
, wnu. put no can never nope 10 uereai uavo
1 Mcrcer, who Is conceded to be one of tho
' stronnest nnd most nonular men who ever
represented that district In tho lower house.
, Toc.mnaeh chieftnln: Tho political ioko of
j tllu SL.auon la tho nomination of Kdsar '
Howard for crugnns by tho fusion forces
of th Second dlntrlnt. iln l. nil tea npninat i
Davo Mercer and hnn the samo chaucn of
j winning out that a snowball ban to Mir-
j vivo the Fourth of July. Ily caustic crltl-
( ctsma In hla papitr, tho Papllllon Times, Mr,
Howard has made himself very obnoxious to
! tho popocratlo ring now In chargo of the
a'ate home. Ho wanted to run for auditor.
but tho gang wouldn't allow that. Ho wan I
finally pacified with tho congressional noml- 1
! nation in a sura republican district and
now tho fusion bosaci arc laughing In their
sleeves at tbo ecny way they fixed Howard.
Poor Howard wort of half realizes that bis
I enomlea have made a monkey of him, but
i the J. C. Journal seems to take the matter
as a herlous prcpcsltlon and announce that
(Howard's chances tor an election tra even.
va -mins of out waii.
An ftrmy officer serving In thrt Philippine-,
writing to n frlond In Rochester, N. Y
flatty contradicts Admiral Dewey's assertion
In his dispatch of July, 1893, that tho Fili
pinos wero better fitted for self-government
than the Cubans. "Tho common state
ment." says this olllcer, "thnt the nntlvo I
superior to tho Cuban Is tho grossest Insult
to tho Cubans. It was spread by tlloso
whre only view of tho Cubans was the
ragtall nrmy of Santiago, nnd who believe
most Cubans nro negroes, and whoso experi
ence of this Islnnd hits been confined to Ma
nila. Tho benighted, stupid serf of the In
terlor hns fow of the qualities, nono of tho
nsplratlons, of n white man."
The writer also ridicules the stories of
tho "marvelous rcsourcen" of the Islands,
nnd tho trado thoy will develop. "There U
very llttlo lumber on these Island.," h )
writes. "Ilorneo, with her virgin foresis,
will nlsorb this trade. There Is practically
no gold, no (.liver, no coal. Thero Is but
llttlo copper. No trade Is being developed
with theso Islands by tho United States
Tho Americans supply the nrmy, that Is all.
Tho hemp, suqnr and tobacco trades are in
tho hands of foreigners, and remain so
No lino of steamers has been added from
tho United States to those Islands In spile
of the Immense patronage that could bo
got from tho government. Tho former trado
of tho Islands amounted, Imports and ex
ports, to $29,000,000. For this we nrnapet.d
Ing $100,000,000 or more n ye.ir. Develop
ment ns of an uninhabited country Is Im
practicable. Tho land la practically nil
taken up. Tho population per square nilhi
Is twice thnt of tauMana or Florida. Tho
people aro much less susreptlble of Im
provement or Improvements."
In nn official report to the surgeon gen
eral of the army, tho surgeon stationed
nt Sogod, Cebu, Philippine Islands, call.
attention to tho services of Private Jones
of the hospital corps, stationed nt that
place and commends him for future con
sideration. Tho services nro certainly
worthy of nttentlon.
A native Filipino nttacked his wife with
a bolo and cut her arm badly, also slashing
her faco so that tho eyeball was forced
out. The surgeon was absent when tho
wounded woman was brought to tho hos
pital, but I'rlvnto Jonos wns on hand.
With" only candles for light, he dressed
tho wounds, replacing the eyeball and sew
ing up the wound In tho faco nnd wounds
In tho back. Tho woman refused to hav
her arm amputated, though Private Joium
advised thnt operation. So tho arm was
merely dressed antlseptlcnlly.
Two days later, however, tho arm began
to turn black, so Private Jones cut It on
above the elbow by "the circular method,"
tho simpler form of amputation that makes
no llaps. When the surgeon returned to
duty, some days later, ho found thu patient
doing well nnd the arm healing properly.
"It seems ut first unfortunate." com
ments tho Now York Sun, that tho bap
tismal name of Private Jones doe not ap
pear In tho report, yet It Is conceivable that
tho Private Jones of Sogod Is tho only per
son of his name In the hospital corps. It
ho Is, baptismal names would bo super
fluous, oven to Jones. So long as ho H
identified by tho authorities so that no
other Jones gets tho prnlso due to Jone
Sogod, first names aro useless. Hut Jo. km
of Sogod certainly Is a credit to the hos
pital corps and we hope the surgeon gen
eral will keep a kindly eye on him."
Things appear to be getting along finely
In our llttlo possessions of Ouam. Cap
tain I.cnry reports that tho evaporating
plnnt Is In excellent condition, that tho
steam saw mill Is erected and ready for
work, thnt tho telephone system between
PHI and Agana Is tnplcteri and In suc
cessful operation nnd that officers of tho
Yosetnlte nre engaged In a topographical
survey of the Island.
"Hike," the term used by tho soldier.
to describe their runs after tho Insurgents
In Luzon, Is tho Kansas equivalent fur
"hustle." It was orlglnnlly Invented by
tho Kansas farmers when they desired to
Instruct their employes by giving tho com
mand, "hike yourself," with tho Intention
of saying "get n gait on." Funston brought
It to Manila and it became so popular lu
tho nrmy that Instead of saying "doublet
tlmo" or "hurry up," or anything elso of
that chnractor, when nn extra effort M
asked of the men, they aro simply told to
"hike" nnd the cry, "hike! hike!" Is n
common In the Philippines now as "for
ward" Is in tho drill book.
AVIIITTI.nil TO A l'OI.VT.
Urooklyn Life: Tommy (enusht In tho
net) I-II must say. gran'ma, that these pre
serves Is Jest like the ones mother useter
make.
Indianapolis Journnl: "t thought If I gavo
TTncle John a pretty srnrfpln ho would cut
off his long whls-kers."
"Did he?"
"No; he wears them braided now."
Cleveland Plain Denier: "Did that rlrh
young (loldbug propose to you last nlghr?"
"Not oxactly. mnmma. Hut ho asked for
an option on mo for thirty days."
Chicago Record: "Dolly, what mudn you
have lilies on your bat? They'll be out of
style !n a fe-.v weeks."
"How funny you nre, Polly! You asked
inn a question and then answered It your-eulC''-
Somervllle Journnl: Kvery married man
niitrht to try the experiment once lu ti
while of paving Ills wife tho name sort of
compliments trnt he puys to other women
althniiKh not often enough, of courso, a
makn his wlfo conceited.
Pittsburg Chronicle: Mr. Penn Speaking
of the keynote of tho campaign
Mrs, l'ltt Well?
Mr. Pitt-Well?
Mr. lVnn I was about to sny thnt It I-
appropriate for the keynote to be sounded
In the Koystono stnte.
Chicago Tribune: Miss Wellon stood In
front of the mirror, looklnc at the reller
tlon of her oricn tnlden hair, now thickly
strenked with silver.
"I am tired of tho double standard," sho
ci-.'d.
And she proceeded to make arrangements
to place It on nn exoluslve uuld b.isls.
Cleveland Plnln Dealer: "Her last coolc
was a girl named (lunn."
"Of eourne she promptly discharged her?"
"No, she waited a week. Then the ulrl
l?nt a load nt a Sunday plcnlo nnd wua
ll.-ed."
Washington Stnr: "A perfect gentleman
nevr forgets himself," said the man. with
a good memory for phrases.
Then." remarked Senator 'orghum, "I
may nxume to rank In that distinguished
elans. Whenever there wits anything paus
ing around, no m.ittur what the elmnnr
frimi constituents mid place hunters mlxht
be, I nover neulected to remember myself."'
THU SI.OCAX IS SOIiMM.Mi.
Ripley D. Snunder In St. Louis Republic.
It's time to nund the party cry, It's time to
tal'n vnur stand;
Tho campaign's opening gun Is heard across
thu llstentiiK laud;
And It'.- line to feel the thrill that wakes
In fourteen million souln.
For It HturU the nation mui-chliiir to It:
duty at the polls!
Then It's rally round your colors und lift
"em to the sky,
The day of biittlt's dawning and the fight
ing spirit's high,
And there's glory In the prospect whero tlio
cloud of eonlltet rolls.
As the finest people on the earth rush for
ward to tho polls.
It's tlmo to tnko your station In the gath-
' erlng arrnv;
It's time to train for service In Novem
ber's furluiiH fray,
For the ilgnal's out for action and tho lines
nro looking grim,
And tho man who has a party creed, that
creed Is calling hlm!
Then It's rail:' round your colors und do
rour manful part;
The opening gun U Hounding und tho light's
uliout tn start;
Answer "Here1" nil proud und plucky at
the culling of thu roily.
And march with your party to tho buttl
ut the pollstl
