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TM OMAHA IDAIIjV BEE: TFESDAV, ! ITLV 3, 1900.
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livening and Sunday Bee, printed during
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6 uo.'ono 20 ati.i-o
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8 ail, 070 2.1 20,000
o i:u,r,r,o 21 U7,unr
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11 li.1,710 K 127,010
12 155,700 27 20.S00
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1'AHTIIiS I.MAVI.Vi I'OIl Stl.M.MKH.
1'iirllpn I cm-1 ii it thr rlfy for
the Niiniiiirr ninj- luive The llee
unit to tli cm rPKiilnrljr 1
notifying: The IJr- Ilunlneiia
oniee, In prrnoii or Iiy mnll.
Thr ntlilrPHN Mill lie changed
n often nil ilmlrril.
If you Jiuve not been counted In the
crnnuH of 1!00 you will not count for
nnother ten ycirrs.
The courts will now tnkf a mention
nntl.tbc lawyers will liave an oppor
tunity to put in full time on polities.
Wo are periodically Informed that
politics In the school board has been
bottled up. The trouble Is that It doe?
not stay bottled up.
Colonel Malier Is attending the.Kansne
City convention, but the dispatches fall
to disclose whether 'or not he took his
famous military typewriter along. ,
Hotfi sides In-the Ice trust controversy
claim to have won out. In the mean
while the people tire paying the same
old price and compelled to buy from tho
same combination.
The following sign is suggested for
the state house oflice doors: "Gone to
Kansas City; back soon. Do not tam
per with tho machine during the ab
sence of the engineer."
It must bo a serious shock to Bryan
to learn that many If not a majority
of the delegates to tho Kansas City
convention are Inclined to believe that
10 to 1 Is not a sacred ratio.
Colonel Uryan wants It to appear that
there Is no cut-and-drled program for
Kansas City. Yet everything will be
done according to schedule when the
time comes to make tho moves.
If the Chinese persist In killing the
missionaries muny of them will soon
be In a condition to tost effectually the
truth of the doctrine of Immortality the
"foreign devils" 'have been preaching to
them.
Four years ago David It. Hill was
turned down as temporary chulrman of
the democratic national convention by
Hrynn's friends. But tho versatile Hill
turns up this year just as If nothing
had happened.
If all tho silver bulllouulres shell out
as liberally as Senator Clark for the
democratic campaign fund we can look
for nnother "mule" campaign lu In
dlnna nnd other states whore democracy
believes It has u chauce.
When all tho governors who nro dele
gates to the democratic convention get
together at Kansas City wlmt tho gov
ernor of South Carolina said to the gov
ernor of North Carolina will be repeated
over nnd ovor again.
Tho County Democracy and the Jack
sonlans decided to keep tlib river lie
twoen them Whllo enrouto to Kansas
City. Tho democratic nverslon to tak
lng water Is espected to be sufllcleut to
prevent them from getting together on
Mm lAil I lUmn
van; uuu u(
So Harrington, the widely ndvertlsed
populist opponent of corporations, wants
to lay down without even a test oi
strength In tho fusion state couven
tlous. The grip of the corporations on
tho popocratlc machine In Nebraska
mtiEt bo strong Indeed.
k President McKlnley will bo notllicd
officially of his reuomluutlon ou .lulv
12, nnd ou that occasion wo may expect
n letter of acceptance which will out
line in more detail tho Issues of the
campaign In n forcible maimer char
acterlstle of hls-publlc utterances,
The Fourth of July will bo celebrated
In Fnrls this year by visiting Americans
ns never before fcenso there are more
Americans lu attendance on tho exposl
tlon at tho French capital than at nny
other time lu the history of that city.
Tho Jourth In Furls In the year 1000
will be u memorable eveut.
ANTl-tWAX DKMOCRATS.
lion. Charles S. Knlrchlld, who was
secretary of the treasury In the first
Cleveland administration, says that
under no circumstances will ho support
Bryan. Abram S. Hewitt of New York,
formerly prominent In democratic coun
cils, declares that he would Hot vote for
Bryan whether free silver was en
dorsed, Ignored or repudiated by the
Bryan platform. He rejects the claim
thnt Bryanlsm Is democracy and de
clares that Its tendency N toward tin
nrchy. Another Umpire (ditto democrat
of local prominence says that Bryan Is
no more worthy of the support of sound
money men than he was four years
ago. "Are we to suppose," says this
democrat, "thut In tho four years that
hnve elupsed ho has so changed as to be
a suitable candidate for president?
Had he done anything of value dur
ing that four years, made nny effort to
learn wisdom or nciulro experience, we
should Incline to give him the beneilt of
the doubt, but his career lias been that
of the political agitator, and such n
training Is not what Is necessary to
remedy .Mr. Bryan's faults." lie de
clares It Is yr. Bryan's absolute lack of
training In any business, his Ignorance
of affairs, lu short his whole make-up
as a brilliant but shifty rhetorician that
makes him the undesirable candidate
that the national democrats decllhed to
support In ISOtS and that they should
decline to support in 1000.
There are n grent many democrats In
the country of this way of thinking.
They do not approve of all that the
present administration has done. They
object to some of the policies aud acts
of President McKlnley. But they feel
that there Is such great dauger to the
Interests and welfare of tho country In
volved In tho success of Bryanlsm that
they prefer a continuance of tho Mc
Klnley administration In spite of what
they regard ns Its errors and faults.
This element Is perhaps stronger In
New York tbuu in any other state und
there Is no doubt that its iutlueuce and
much of Its vote will bo given there for
the republican ticket.
CAUSt: OF TUV disturbance,
Hntred of the foreigner, a correspond
ent is Informed, is doubtless the direct
cause of the disturbance In China. A
former American missionary to that em
pire, Rev. Dr. Sayrcs, says tho Chinese
hnte the foreigner on general princi
ples. The secret of tho attacks on mis
sionaries Is the fear of any foreigner.
This feeling Is produced by the belief
that the advance of tho foreigner, be he
missionary or otherwise, Is the forerun
ner of foreign government nnd It has
been intensified within the last few
years by the aggressive policy of Euro
pean governments in constructing rail
roads, telegraph lines and Introducing
other Instrumentalities of civilization
into China.
Opposition to this Is not universal,
but It Is regarded by a large majority of
the people as endangering their Inde
pendence, their religion and tho customs-that
have prevailed for thousands
of years. There Is 'no d6ubt that the
government Is In hdurty sympathy with
this feeling und If It has done nothing
to encourage the antl-forelgn movement
It certainly has made no effort to dis
courage It. Now that It has got Biich
headway und the government Is ap
parently unable or unwilling to repress
It It Is Impossible to say where It will
stop or how great may be tho slaugh
ter and the devastation resulting from
It. The indications are thnt an interna
tional army of several hundred thou
sand may bo required to put down the
uprising.
URYAN DOMINATES ALL.
Such Is tho statement of the local
Brynnlte organ nnd It will not be ques
tioned. There will be nothing done nt
Kansas City without the approval of W.
J. Bryan, If Indeed he does not abso
lutely order what shall bo done. He
has directed what the character of the
platform shall bo und his wish In the
matter will bo strictly carried out.
Some of the eastern delegates are still
talking about some sort of modlllcatlon
of the financial plank of tho Chicago
platform, but Mr. Bryan has said this
must not bo done and it will not be.
These delegates are not unwilling to
have that platform reallirmed, but they
do not want the silver Issue made para
mount nnd would like to hnve the con
vention omit a specific declaration for
1G to 1. Mr. Bryan has thus far refused
to bo a party to any such subterfuge
and in this respect bis position Is far
more creditable than that of the eastern
democrats who would attempt to trick
tho people. The leader is consistent nnd
has the courage of his convictions. He
earnestly believes In the free coinage of
silver ut the ratio of 1(5 to 1 and ho pro
poses that tho platform on which he
will stand shall so speclllcally and tin
equivocally declare. It Is probablo the
platform Is already framed as Mr.
Bryan wants It aud that the resolutions
committee of the convention will have
u merely perfunctory duty to perform,
Mr. Bryan will undoubtedly dictate
who shall be his running mate. It Is
quite probablo that the man has already
been selected. At all events the candi
date for vice , president on the Bryau
ticket will bo In harmony with tho plat
form and lu all other respects satis
factory to Mr. Bryau. It Is not to be
doubtet" that tho convention will In duo
tlmo be Informed as to tho preference
of tho party leader and them will be no
hesitation In accepting the man so desig
nated, whether ho be democrat or point
list. Tho trend appears to be favorable
to a New York man, but of thoso men
tloned only ono or two are eligible under
the conditions prescribed by Mr. Brynn
As to David B. Hill, his selection would
seem to be Imposslblo lu view of hi
opjKJsltlon to the Chicago platform four
years ago, which was not coullned to the
free silver plank, but extended to tli
Income tax nnd other demands. Siiir.er
Is n lightweight who. whllo most thr
oughly imbued with Bryunlsui, would
give no strength to the ticket lu the
Empire stato and probably would be a
detriment to It elsewhere. The fusion
populists aud silver republicans nro dls
posed to make n vigorous tight for
Towue und it will uot bo surpiiDlu If
he shall be found to be Bryan's prefer
ence. At all events there Is no doubt
that the vice presidential nominee will
be determined by Mr. Bryan.
Never before lu our history has a
political party been so absolutely domi
nated by one man ns the democracy of
todny Is by William Jennings Brynn.
Ills bosslsm Is uncontested and unques
tioned. Ills will Is tho party law nnd
all efforts to countervail It only result
In humiliating those who make them.
The Kansas City convention will sim
ply ratify the orders of Mr. Bryan.
itoxusrr Tin: nt'sr vulicy.
For communities, as for Individuals,
hotiesty Is the best policy In the long
run. The excessive padding of the
census of American cities tcu years ago
has douc them more harm than good,
Muny of these cities, notably lu the
west, have overreached themselves by
this self-deception aud squandered mil
lions of dollars trying to trot with a
class to which they do not belong.
In this respect Omnha has been no
exception. The entire machinery of
local government has been keyed up to
the standard of cities that have from
50,000 to 100,000 more population and
correspondingly greater resources.
Exaggerated claims of population
have been damaging also In other di
rections and given tho community an
unenviable reputation. While the
llgures of tho census were being con
stantly contradicted by tho llgures of
the ballot box and the llgures of tho
school enrollment, the city directories
have sought to square tho circle by
yearly computations ridiculously out of
Joint with the true proportions of popu
lation and directory returns. These
fakes, It is to bo hoped, will not have
to be perpetrated again after this year.
An honest ceusuu for Omaha, even if
it shows a comparative shrinkage with
the padded census of 1S90, will bo more
satisfactory lu the cud. In the race for
commercial supremacy that will take
place among cities in the west at
the opening of tho new century Omaha
should start at tho scratch with full
knowledge of what It has to overcome
nud need hnve no fenrs thnt It will lose
by publicity of Its nctunl condition.
This applies not only to Omaha, but to
every city nnd town that may have been
misquoted lu tho lust census.
politics puna axd simple.
Some fuslontats eecm to think that
Towno's nomination by the democrats at
Kansas City may bo assured by convincing
the democrats of his eminent fltnets. Let
us whisper a word. It's victory those fel
lows want. Assure tbem of that and fitness
may take its chances. Tho moro you con
vince such men as Hill, Croker, Van Wyck.
et al, of Towno's fltnets to bo Bryan's mate
tho less they will like him. Convince them
that they can win with Towne, but will fall
without him, and they'll every ono whoop
er up for Towne. That's practical politics.
This is quoted with evidences of ap
proval by the official organ of the Ne
braska state house machine, from an
other populist paper. From the stand
point of the populists, und of nil the
Bryanites for that matter, tho problem
of filling out the presidential ticket a
Kansas City has notning to do with
party principles or patriotism, but Is to
bo solved simply us an example In
mathematical probabilities, whether
more votes are to bo gulned or lost at
critical points by accepting or rejecting
the tail of the Sioux Falls combination.
The states In which the populist wing
of the fusjpn alliance constitutes the
preponderant factor lu the combination
can be ddunted on the lingers of one
hand. Whether the populists would be
alienated more by the nomination of a
democrat for vice president thun the
democrats would be by tho endorsement
of Mr. Towne Is, therefore, tho pivot
nbout which the action of the demo
cratic convention will turn. Tho ability
of tho various candidates, their devotion
to principle nnd their compntlblllty with
the hcud of tho ticket will cut no figure
except so fnr ns It might strengthen or
weaken the cause In doubtful states.
"Bryan Dominates All" says his per
sonal organ. 1 Democracy has made a
long nnd dlsmnl howl about what it Is
pleased to dominate as "one nmn
power" In tho republican party nnd now
It Is admitted that not only tho party
platform but; the candidate for vice
president must be dlctnted by the man
who Is to head tho democratic ticket.
In the republican convention President
McKlnley absolutely refused to say
whom ho desired for a running mate, If
he had such a choice, and popocratlc
papers at the time contained columus
to tho effect that tho president's closest
friends preferred some one else than
Boose volt. s
Tho unseemly contention between the
various motor companies with lines be
tween Omaha and Lake Mauawa, made
lu the Interests of the owners, avo en
tlrely subversive to the rights of the
public. When a franchise and right-of-
way Is granted for a transit system nnd
the money Is invested to put It in opera
tion the public has a right to reap what
ever advantages may accrue. Tho dog-
In-tho-manger policy does not pay In the
long run.
Tho Philippine commission serves no
tlce that when It Is ready to establish
civil rule in the Islands no political
bucks are wauted to fill the offices. If
Its program Is carried out, and there Is
no reason to doubt but. it will be, op
ponents of the administration will bo de
prlved of another of their most fetch
lug arguments.
Senator Pcttlcrew delivers himself on
the question of what the democratic
national platform will contain. If the
document does not i-ome up to his Idea
he will probably Introduce a resolution
asking for Information and then Jump
tho fence. Two or three political tmi
ties remain which the senator has not
yet Joined.
(iormun papers comment on tho fuct
that the new treaty with Frauce gives
the people of that country better ad
vantages thau are accorded to Germans
lu tho mutter of trade with tho United
States and demands reprisals. The
Gorman papers should set about to de-
maud the abolition of their homo lcsls
latlon so hostile to the business of
American exporters and designed to at
ffet only the Interests of this country.
With July starting the third quarter
of the year a report from the clerk of
tho district coutt showing what fees he
has collected since he has been In olllce
Is In order under the late decision of the
supremo court, nud the county board
should see to It thnt the new law Is en
forced for Hie benefit of the taxpayers.
lixrr-iitlon (o (In. Itulr.
Philadelphia Times.
If at all on tho ticket, 1111! will occupy a
rear place. This rule of bald-headed men
In the front row has Its limitations.
iillviuillnK mi Ancient One.
Boston Trnnscrlnt.
Mr. Bryan is said to bo dovotlng his atten
tion exclusively to tho wheat crop of his
Nebraska farm. In this wheat by and by he
probably expects a plenteous political
harvest.
Smv III Peril nnd Flrd.
St. Louis Star.
Tho college maiden Who contemplates mat
rimony would better mako note of the fact
that a young man In Pennsylvania broke off
his engagement because tho girl, nt gradua
tion, carried off tho oratorical prize.
'I'lipy Mote Not.
Baltimore American.
Democratic Btatesmcn are confining their
remarks to interviewers to a statement be
ginning: "I btand whero 1 stood" ut uome
tlmo In tho past. This explains why so
few of them keep up with tho procession.
Ilfick to Their .Million.
Chicago Chronicle.
News of another British triumph comes
from tho Transvaal, whero Lord Mctbuon la
reported to havo surrounded and captured
8,000 sheep presumably after a terrific and
sanguinary engagement. If tho nhecp of
South Africa can bo subjugatod and pacified
It is evident that the end of tbo war is
not far off,
A Popular I'nllncy.
New York World.
One of tho popular errors concerning presi
dential years Is tho assumption that they
aro bad years for business. This year has
thus far been a remarkably good business
year. Tho commercial records show that
threo out of the flvo presidential years be
tween 18S0 and 1800 wero better business
years than either of tho thrco years that
preceded them.
Kx piiim Inn In Hniliirn.
New York Tribune.
The actual increaso In volume of busi
ness transacted this year Is almost unl
crsally misunderstood and supposed to
O relatively bmallcr than It Is. h
bo
the peculiar circumstances which prevailed
a year ago. At thnt tlmn thorn vn In
progress settlement of largo amounts bo
tween many new corporations recently
formed and the former owners nf nrnnortv
purchased. In most cases, even where
tho transactions wero in effect mero con-
dictations, nnd the former owners united
O form a COniDinv and tnnk aurcurl nrnnnr.
tlons of its securities as payment for their
properties, tho transaction was greatly
facilitated and rendrreri mnro Imnln .v
pro forma purchases, each owner selling
s property for cash nnd paying cash for
10 stock which ha acoulred In new mm.
panics. As a consequenco payments amount
ing to many hundred millions were made
every month for some time, which rep
resented no part of thn f?npt-Al hnaltiniaa
of the country, had nothing to do with the
pussing oi products rrom producers to final
consumers, and did not really expand In the
ieasi degree me volume of business upon
which depended -the .waces of lnhnr nr thr,
earnings of capital,
Where Will FhhIoiiIxIn Oet the Vnleli'
Baltlmbro American.
It Is safe to predict that McKlnely and
Roosevelt will be even stronger Tn the east
than T-cra McKlnley and Hobart In 1S96,
and that, on the other hand, Bryan and his
now running mate for 1000 will prove
weaker in the cast than were Bryan aud
Sewall four years ago. Tho democrats are
now talking of putting some New Yorksr
on tho Bryan ticket, but' they can find no
one to match Roosevelt. Their party has
no such man.
When tt comes to tho middle west, ths
republicans have a right to their confi
dence that they will sweep that section Just
as they did In 1896. Hero are tho figures
of four of those states In tho last national
election:
MnKlnlA.- Ttrvnn
Indiana 32,1.751 3C6.3.t
Ohio G25.S91 177,491
Illinois 007,130 401,632
Michigan 133,552 236,711
Totals 1,750,137 1,451,113
Here, therefore, tho democrats havo a
majority of nearly 300,000 to overcome, and
they cannot point to any evidence of an In
crease of strength In any of those stotei.
The local elections held since 1S90 glvo no
grounds for any claims In that direction,
and, If anything, the republican party there
Is more united and stronger now than over
before.
KAllI.Y UA.MPAin.V I.IKS.
A Premature Output Qulekly Corn
ered mill Put lo Sleep.
Phlladolrihta Times.
Nailing lies constitutes an Important fea
turo of tho business of candidates nnd cam
paign managers In every political uvnoatgn.
The "good-cnough-Morgan-uutll-after-clcn-
tlon" method of Influencing voters Is hoary
with age, but never a campaign Is waged
without tho employment of this ancient de
vice. Tho first fairy tale of the present
presidential campaign 13 the story that threo
Utah mine ownors, who supported Brynn lu
1896, havo contributed K'0.000 each toward
tho olectlon of McKlnley and Rocsevclt
Mark Hanna, who would bo only too glad to
confirm th!a story If true, sadly admits that
It Is all moonshine, and thus tho first cam
paign Ho of the season Is nailed.
It will not bo tho last one, however, and
Ihoso who want to kcep ln slsht of tlm real
state of tho coming campaign shuui'l learn
to nail campaign lies for themselves. Mark
Hanna for tho republicans an.l Senator Jones,
or whoever may bo chosen to comlu't tho
domocratlo campaign, will deny some nf tho
campaign Ilea, but they can't find tlmo to
deny all of them. Tbo safe rule for the
average newspaper reader Is to believo no
campaign yarn that is Improbable. Fifty
thousand-dollar contributions froji Fifth or
other mine owners to tho campaign fund of
cither party will be as senrco as hen'a teo'h
and any story of this sort from nny source
may be placed In tho category of campaign
lies without walling for denial or rfututl-'ns.
So of tho stories affecting tho personal
character of candidates or reciting lUi-gid
corrupt deals tn promote their sucoen. The
candidates of tbo republican party nre- In
personal charoctcr nbove reproach nud thlr
public records aro without ittaln. n 'ar m
tholr pcrtonal Integrity Is concerned. The
democratic candidates will bo nam of like
character and any sensational titorlcs affect
ing cither may bo nailed ns campaign lies a
coon aB they appear. Men big cnougn lo bo
cnndldatcu for president and vice pruldent
havn lived too long In tho flerco sunlight o'
publicity not to have had all of their per
sonal fclblds and weaknestca, If they havo
any, fully exposed.
The reading public should begin early to
nail the campaign lies by refusing to boileve
any of the sensational and Improbable Inlet
that will bo put In circulation during the
campaign. Tho coming presidential cam
paign will bo a contest waged i.pon di
vergent political principles and pollclro and
the result ought not. cannot and will not
bo affected tn the extent of a dozen oles by
sensational campaign lies.
i: nuns or of it w.vn.
An I iiirejiiilli'eil View of thr !nloon
QurMlnii In Mnnlln.
At thn request of the publishers of the
New York Independent Mr. Harold Martin,
representative of tho Associated Preps at
Manila, has written for that paper a detailed
account of the saloon business In Manila
and the changes wrought In tho drink con
ditions of the city by the coming of Ameri
can soldiers. The nrtlclc appears In tho last
Ueuo of the Independent.
Tho saloon business In the chief city of
tho Philippines has bern discussed exten
sively In tho press and several army chap
lains have Indulged In warm contradictions
respecting tho conditions that prevail. A
few extracts from tho account of an unpreju
diced layman will bo Instructive nnd timely:
"In considering the Increaso In heavy
drinking In Manila slnco Its occupation by
our soldiers," Mr. Martin writes, "and the
consequent Increase In tho number of
saloons to meet thr) demand created by our
soldiers and their officers, It should be re
membered that Manila Ls the focus point of
an army of 60,000 men. Ten thousand troops
aro today quartered In and near Manila
and such of these mc-n as aro Inclined to
drink nnd carouse will, If possible, come
Into Manila for that purpesc. To thoso of
our troops who are quartered in the provinces
and only occasionally get Into town Manila
offers tho worst that tho Island affords In
tho way of pleasures nnd distraction. Tho
great Increaso In tho sale of liquor slnco we
occupied this city two years ugo Is due to
our continued presence here; Americans do
tho drinking. Thcro Is today no npprcclablo
Increaso In tho drinking among the original
Inhabitants of Manila. It wo left tho Philip
pines tomorrow Manila would return to Its
thrco saloons and Its many llttlo wine rooms,
selling Spanish wines and native blno, be
causo theso would again satisfy local de
mand for liquid refreshments and Intoxi
cants. "It Is difficult to state accurately whether
our soldiers stationed In and about Manila,
and theso who aro continually passing
through tho city, Indulge In moro heavy
drinking out hero than they would In a
homo station under similar conditions. This
must largely be a question of personal
opinion. I believe they do, and for these
reasons: "First, bccA'fe a warm country
causes perspiration, which brings Its con
sequent thirst; second, because n troplcnl
climate la debilitating to men of northern
raco and their systems feel tho need of
stimulants; third, Manila offers very little
In tho way of healthy distraction and recre
ation and there ls little hero for men to do
In their lclsuro hourso except drink, and,
lastly, becauso when men are 10,000 thou
sand miles awny from homo nnd living the
rough llfo of a soldier they become subject
to certain feelings of license and a freedom
from moral restraint. Theso above-stated
reasons, In my estimation, tend to mako our
men in tho Philippines drink moro than
they would at home.
"Before tho arrival of tho Amcilcan sal
dler In Manila there was very l.ttle heavy
drinking here, and this becauso both Spm
lards and Filipinos aro temperate, people;
they do not drink to excess. Any one who
has been In Spain or who has seen the
Spanish soldiers In Cuba, In Porto Rico
nnd tho Philippines will ndmlt they aro not
addicted to heavy drinking, and I do not
think this point needs any further support.
And the Filipino ls as temperate as the
Sranlard. I have been In these Islands for
one year and I have yet fo sec an Intoxicated
native. I do not maintain that the Fili
pino never gets druek, but the occurrence
ls unquestionably very rare. It Is truo that
before wo camo they manufactured and
consumed large quantities of this blno that
has such a terrible effect upon our own
men, but they drank It In molcrntlm, while
our men uso It to excess. A gentleman
who has been two years und a half In the
Philippines has Just told me he has teen,
during that time, two or thrco natives who,
he thought, wero drunk, and Inquiry anion?
the old Spanish and English residents of tho
country elicits statements all of ono tenor,
that tho Filipinos are a most temperate
people.
"Hence, given tho Incontrovertible facts
that both Spaniards and Filipinos are not
addicted to drink, we can understand how
Manila got on, before wo enmo hero, with
threa saloons licensed for the sale of Uqucrs,
such as brandy, whisky and other strong
drink, whllo today, May 10, there nro 170
licensed saloons in the city nod flfty-thrce
licenses for the wholesale distribution of
liquor.
"Before wo camo here there wore In and
about Manila some 4,000 native wlno rooms
licensed for tbo Ealo of Spanish wines and
the natlvo blno. Blno Is n fiery drink dis
tilled from grain, generally rice, and.
flavored with anise seed. It Is very strong,
and when taken In excess by our men
renders them temporarily crazy and utterly
Irresponsible. I have seen our e 'Idlors,
when under Its Influence, attempt to kill
their companions In the guard bouse, and
become so violent thnt It was necessary to
gag aud securely bind them. When wo
first camo to Manila tho American uold'.e s
very quickly discovered whore blno could
be had, and, owing to their excessive use
thereof, tho authorities wero forced to close
many of these wlno rooms. Formerly those
places were frequented by the natives, by
the Spanish soldiers and by the Chinamen
of tho city. Since tho Spaniards have goio
tho domand for Spanish wines has droppel,
and today about 700 of these native wlno
rooms are doing business."
Out of the 170 llcensod saloons In Manl'a,
Mr. .Martin says, only twenty-tevon aro tun
by Americans. Tho scarcity of healthy dls
trnctlon and amusement in tho city cause
the saloons to bo extensively patronized.
As to drunkenness and rowdyism, Mr. Mar
tin Bays It Is not as bad as painted. It Is
given an exaggerated color becauso most of
It is seon on tho Escolta, tho main busi
ness street, which Is about three blocks
long and very narrow. As tho street Is
usually crowded u drunken row attracts
unusual attention. In conclusion Mr. Mar
tin says: "The Filipino people, like any
othor peoplo In the world, form their Judg
ment of another raco by tho men of that
other race with whom thoy como In contact.
In tho matter of drinking they bellovo the
wholo American peoplo to be on a par with
the drunken clement of our present army of
occupation. They don't llko us, and decllno
to glvo us tho benollt of tho doubt. A tem
perate peoplo themselves, they havo a deep
contempt for drunkenness,
"I do not bellevo our advent to the
Philippines has yet caused any appreciable
Increase of drinking among tho Islandtrs;
this effect may pcstlbly como later. . Wo
havo brought our own vices to this land,
ami up to the present tlmo wo alor.o Indulro
In Intemperance. When the Flllplnca con
sider tho matter at nil, thoy say our men
aro fools not to rcallzo their excesses will
eventually kill them, and they marvel at
the Amorlcan lack of self-control In the
matter of drinking as exemplified by our
army."
Neyuioiir'n Clone Cull,
Philadelphia ledger.
Admiral Seymour and his forces of allies
gavo an example of magnificent pluck and
endurance against overwhelming odds In
futllo nttempt to reach Pkln and rescue the
foreign ministers. With rations for ton
days only, this comparatively small htnl
fought almost c:nilnuousIy day and night
for fifteen days against overwhelming odds,
and when finally relieved outside of Tien
Tsin wero found entrenched, fighting heorlc
ally and successfully holding off a vast
number of Chinese,
TRIES TO SQUARE HIMSELF
Dorr PiiU Ills Knot In II liy l)-nlnic
thnt He 'nn Coiunillleil (o Sup
port of Mr. lionet nler.
NEW YORK CITY, Juno 29. To tho Ed
itor of Tho Bee: Your Item In llee. June
21, concerning myself, does not stnto tho
truth with reference to a letter I wrote Mr.
Hosewater In answer to a letter from him
asking my support. 1 ask you to deny
whnt you havo Bald or publish tho letter re
ferred to In which you claim I m.ido such
pledge. It Is untrue thHt nny railroad
asked mo to support Mr. Schneider and I
.voted for him because most of tho peoplo In
the Sixth congressional district wanted him.
It Is untrue thnt Mr. May Influenced my
vote. Peoplo who know mo do not count it
easy to Influcnco me. It Is duo me that you
correct your statement as abovo suggested
or at lenst tell tho truth.
If this ls not done, on my return from
Europe will adopt n plan to let my constitu
ency know that you hove not only slandered
me, but forfeited your self respect in my
estimation by, making up out of whole cloth
this llttlo story as a sort of excuse for tho
Ldcfeat of your Mr. Ro6ovater, which no
tion, to say tho least, Is diabolical. Yours,
etc., GEO ROE B. DARK.
Tho Bee cheerfully accommodates by
printing his letter, which reads as follows:
I.EXINOTON. Neb., March 30. 1900. Hon.
E. Rosewatcr Dear Sir: Replying to your
esteemed favor of the 29th concerning your
candidacy for member of the natlonnl com
mittee I will gladly glvo you my support
unless this constituency should desire other
wise and I will hero stato that upon In
quiry I find nearly all In your favor. While
not having a personal acquaintance with
you I have always admired your vigorous
campaigning. I will do myself the honor of
giving you a call soon, when wo can discuss
this matter more fully. I will ask you to
consider this strictly condcntlal, ns I do not
wish to start even a weak, opposition to at
tempt ray dofcut In tho congressional con
vention. .Very truly yours,
"Q. B. UARR."
A few days after this letter was received
the editor of Tho Bee accepted nn urgent In
vitation from tho chairman of tho repub
lican committee to address the republicans
of Dawes county nt Lexington nt tbelr
county convention April 21. On tho morn
ing of that Day Mr. Dnrr called on blm at
his hotel and Invited him to his bank, where
he volntecrcd tho posltlvo assurance of his
support, but again cautioned him not to
make his pledge public until after the con
gressional convention, which was held at
Kearney tho next day.
During the month of May reports
reached Omaha that Mr. Darr was wavering
and his vote was claimed by Mr. Schneider.
To ascertain tho truth Hon. J. II. MacCall,
at the request of tho editor of The Bee, con
ferred with Mr. Darr concerning his Inten
tions and replied by letter that whllo
pressure was being brought to bear on Mr.
Darr he could be absolutely depended on to
stand by his pledge. Bcforo the delegation
met at Philadelphia, however, a prominent
republican whoso veracity will not bo called
In question expressed grave doubts as to
Darr's reliability. "I was in the office of
Bon White a few days ago," said he, "and
heard tho attorney of the Elkhorn dlctato a
letter to Mr. May nt Lexington directing
him to make suro that Darr support R. B.
Schneider for national committeeman."
This requisition was honored at Philadel
phia and Mr. Darr will have to squaro him
self with his constituents when be returns
from Europe. It there was anything dia
bolical In printing tho truth concerning
his backsliding, The Beo apologizes.
PKIISOXAI POIXTKHS.
The Chlneso have made wonderful prog
ress lu civilization since tho war with Japan.
They now uso rapid Are guns instead of
bows and arrows.
A monument Is to be erected In Washing
ton to tho latg General Albert Pike, for
forty-three years the sovereign grand com
mander of tho Scottish Rite Masons.
According to the philosopher of Saddle
Creek drinking beer on a hot day does not
make the drinker perspire. The fountains
of tho flesh are opened by tho labor of
blowing off the foam.
A New York musician has brought suit
for $5,000 against a hotel barber for cutting
a mole from his cheek. If ho values a
molo so highly, tho question Is, what esti
mate doos he put upon his entire head?
Captain McCalla of tho cruiser Newark,
now In Chlneso waters, has a weakness for
that homely but refreshing drink, raspberry
vinegar, of which he always takes to sea
with him a great store, made by Mrs, Mc
Calla. Rear Admiral Louis Kempff, who landed
tho United States marines at Pckln, grad
uated from Annapolis In 1SG1 and went im
mediately to the steam frigate Wabash, as
sisting in the blockade of tho south African
const.
Comptroller Coler of New York has re
fused to allow ths bill of William R. Rodg
crs, one of the city's paving contractors, on
tho ground that Mr. Rodgers did not pay
his workmen at the prevailing rate of wages
as was specifically agreed in the contract.
Tho supreme court sustains Mr. Coler.
At a recent meeting of tbo New York city
council William Waldorf Astor was given
permission to put bay windows on a house
which ls being built for him at Seventy
fifth street and Broadway. When the ap
plication was read Councilman Casslday
asked In mellifluous tones: "Mr. Astor?
Is that tho English Jlntleman?"
Just nt this most Imopportuno moment the
Watcrbury American remembers that nt
tho Harvard club dinner last spring Secre
tary Long laid bis hand on Roosevelt's
shoulder and amid much laughter said
"Teddy," you'ro tho man who would rather
bo right thau bo vice president."
We Close
all day Wednesday, July 4th, but
will keep open Tuesday evening until 8 o'clock to
accommodate those who would like to make pur
chases for the next day.
"It's going to be hot" and you may
need a soft cool shirt, or underwear, or a straw hat
or a light weight flannel or serge suit.
Lowest prices for reliable merchandise.
Browning, King & Co.,
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
Omaha'a Ouly Exclusive Clothiera (or .Ucu aud ttoym
mil II. OF Tilt". PIANO,
Potxtlile lUplniintlon for .Mytrrloii
llniiinii Mlnrrle.
New York World.
While tho sociologists . nro thoughtfu ly
studying out tho Intricate problems of
their science and Investigating the ctntl
Hons of happiness, the Increase of Inian tv
tho prevalence of divorce and other klndrfd
topics, It might be well for them to ton
slder the rofsible connection bctwten rliro
playing and tho growing crop of otherwise
unaccountable humnn miseries.
In tho case of Mr. Hogan of Blnghamion
It appears that though ho lived across t!ie
street from the piano the persistent pun
ishment of Its keys by a fair and unwearied
pianist established direct electric curren s
between tho piano nnd his brain. His mind
refused to work except along these currents
and when it should have becu engaged In
solving the practical problems of bread and
butter it merely continued tho strains of
"Sleep. My Baby," and "I'd I,oao My
Happy Homo .for You." Fcar.ng permanent
Insanity nnd choosing what s?cmcd the
lesser of two evils, Mr. Hogan seized thj
poker nnd proceeded ncrois the street with
tho fell purpose of demolishing allko the
piano ond tho performer.
If tho habitual playing nt the piano can
lead to such disastrous results lu p-ac fill
Blnghnmton, It Is obvious that Its ravage
must bo much moro do-tdly In tha New York
flat, where nil tho conditions are aggrava ed,
Tho nlrs which menaced tho re.von of Mr.
Hogan are much In voguo In this city, the
flat-house piano Is never tuned, tho air
'haft Is tho most perfect conductor of s u d
that human malignity has Invented and nt
this season of tho year tho windows must
bo kept open at any cost. Unles3 soms
method Is devised of restraining tho piano
players wo must expect an epidemic of such
outbursts ns tho one which narrowly es
caped developing Into a tragody at Blng
hamton.
I.IOIIT AM) 1.IV11I.Y.
Washington Star: "What do you think Is
your natural vocation?" nsked tho friend
"I haven't nny." said young Mr. Dawdle.
"What I was born with wns u natural
vacation."
Cloveland Plain Dealer: 'Tan I leave my
wheel here with perfect safety?"
"Thero'n no perfect safety In that bunch,
ma'um. Them In all Keconn-handcrs "
Chicago Tribune! "I hope I nm not gov
erned by any merely worldly motive," re
marked tho Salvation Armv ofllcer, "In
sending out onr prettiest girls to sell Wiir
Crys, hut I can't help noticing that they
dlsposo of twlco as muny as tho others do '
Detroit Journal: "I guess I'll prey like n.
certain Lion I know of, for a change'" re
marked the Russian Bear, with a sly wink.
Tho next wo knew this uncouth benst had
united the artlon to the word and crabbed
somo Chinese territory.
Chicago Post: "He ls a mnn of great
strength of character and self-control."
"llov do you know?"
"IIo stopped smoking for two weeks onco
without referring to the fact oftencr than
eighteen or twenty times a day."
Philadelphia Press: "What's the mnttr
with thnt fellow over there?" Inquired the
first mosquito, indicating another member
of tho trtbo.
"Oh, he's the worst kind of a crank
He's crazy," replied tho second mosquito.
"He's a vcsetarlan."
I1A.TTLE 1IYM.N OP THE IlOXEIt?.
Air, "'Whlstllnff Rufus."
Shen Chu Ch'uan
Yl IIo Tuan
Chlh Yin Kuel tzu nao Chung Tuan
Ch'uan fen? cblao
"Wei pel t'len
Tu Chin? Shen fo wang tsu Ilslen
Nan wu lun
Nu hslng chlen
Kuel tzu pu shlh Jen so ch'an.
Ju nu Hsln
Tzu hsl K'an
Kuel tzu yen chu tou fx Ian.
Pu hsla Yu
Tl fa Kan.
Ch'uun uhlh chlno fang chlh chu t'ien
Shen yen nu, ,
llslen yeh fan. '"1
Yl tins hsln shan pa tao Ch'uan
Kel shlh hsleh
Fcl pala lien
Kou t'u chon yu shlao chen yen.
Bheng hunng plao
Fn hslnnir Yen
Ch'lns lal ko tung chung shen hslcn
Shen ch'u tunr
Hslen hsla shan
Fu chu Jen tl pa ch'uan wan,
Ping f.i yl.
Chu hsueh ch'uan
Yao ping kuel tzu pu fei nan
Tino fleh tao
Pa hslen kan,
Chin chleh hul luial kuo lun ch'uan
Ta fa kuo
Hsln tau han,
Ylng chl O Lo tzu lislao Jan
Yl knl kuce tzu ch'uan sha chin
Ta ch'ing yo fung chin chlng shan.
Squinting
Whenever you bco a person who
partly closes -the eyelids In looking
sharply at anything you may know
that that person needs glase. It Is
always owing to some optical defect of
the eye. Cutting off a portion of the
badly focused rays makes vision
clearer. Lenses which place the eye
n perfect adjustment will entirely re
lievo this trouble. With the glasses on
the wider tho patient opens his eyes
the better he sees. A lady told us one
das that she had been punished hun
dreds of times during her childhood
for thU fco-culled "habit." she had
been punished for availing herself of
tho only means which nature furnished
her for seeing distinctly, She ought to
have worn glasses all her llfo. We
nave had a good many of these cases
hero In Omnha. Wo hnve never known
a single Instnne In which they could
not bo easily cured with glnsbcs.
J.C.Huteson&Co.
MANUFACTURING OPTICIANS.
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