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George H, Tzschuck, crctary of The Heo
l-uuiisning company, oeinn umy mum,
ays that the actual numtier of full and
complete conies of Tho Dally. Mofnlng,
Evcnlnp and Sunday Bee. printed during
tho month of June, l0O, was as follows:
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..20,100
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20,170
27,010
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20,780
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2(1,010
27,250
Total
Less unsold and returned copies...
11,-180
Net total sales 7H1.1I0
Not dally average 20,o:i8
GEORGE D. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed and sworn before mo this 2d
day of July, 1900. M. n. HUNGATE,
(Seal.) Notary Public.
PAiiTir.s i,i;wnfi ron hiim.mkii.
I'nrtlrn Imvlou (lie city for
lln miniiniT mny linvo TIip He
sent to (In-in rcKiilnrly liy
untlfylnK The lire Business
ollli'e, In iM'rKiiii or liy iniill.
Tlir ntlilrrim will lie chnuged
often us desired.
General Mn Iiiik boon killed In tho
assnults upon tho legations In I'ekln,
io I'n will Imvc to look after the fittnllj'.
A lint of those Injured In tho wreck
of Colonel Cody's show IndlentcB that
tho Wild Went 1h made tip mostly of
people from the east.
fionernl IJadcn-l'owell Is ugnln be
sieged ly the Iloers. He appears to
have a faculty of grabblnc; the liear'H
tall while the animal Is still In active
circulation.
Ktnporor WllUani might come out with
an Interview and say he was misquoted
by the reporter. Iteporters usually have
to stand for the bad breaks lunde by
public inch.
Latest reports direct from Pokln In
dicate that the Chinaman Is likely to
Require, u whole lot of respect for n
Kiin when the man behind It knows how
to handle the weapon effectively.
Tho populists arc establishing head
quarters In Chicago for the avowed pur
pose of "keeping In touch" with the
democratic committee. In this case
the word "touch" Is undoubtedly good.
Populists should hurry up tho notifi
cation of their vice presidential candi
date. If Towne Is forced to withdraw
"for Ilryan's sake" ho should at least
have that much cheap glory out of the
affair.
Tho nssasslnntlon of King Humbert
will nrouso nothing but regret and ab
horrence on this side of the Atlantic.
King Humbert was ono of tho most
fatherly of rulers for his people of all the
crowned heads of Kuropc.
Kvory regularly established repub
lican club should be put on n business
basis for tho work of tho coming cam
paign. Tho republican clubs can make
themselves felt for MeKlnley and Itoose
velt If they will only bestir themselves
In an energetic way.
If the secretaries of the State Hoard
of Transportation had anticipated any
comfort from tho state press over the
prospect of being separated from- their
salaries, they aro doomed to disappoint
ment, lf ever an Institution In the
htato could pass away "unwept, unlion
orcd and unsung," It Is tho Ktato Hoard
of Transportation nnd Its dnnothlng sec
retaries. i i
Oovernor Poynter says his nomina
tion did not cost him anything. When
It comes to a question of keeping down
campaign expenses there Is nothing Hku
having a force of clerks at your elbow
employed by tho state to do tho work
Df the state and n postage account which
can be used to send out cnmpalgn liter
Rturo under tho guise of public docu
ments or olllolal correspondence.
Reports from tho Alahamirstato cam
palgu show that tho lumocrats In that
state nro concentrating all their efforts
for tho defeat of the populist ticket.
In tho north tho democrats tell tho
populists they am their friends and tack
a few names on the fusion ticket In
hope of securing an olllco by aid of
populist votes. In the south, whore
populism Is strong enough to be dan
gerous to democracy, It Is another story.
Tho latest news from the Orient shows
conclusively that the United Htates gov
ernment had formed a more correct
conclusion of tho situation of affairs In
China than any of the great' powers,
Tho events of tho lust fow years have
tended to convince the world that this
country Is a force to be reckoned with
la the naval, military anil diplomatic
world. In all tho history of this na
tion there has not beeu another ad
ministration which has done so much to
hotter the standing of this country, both
at home and abroad, as that of William
MeKlnley ,
ASSASSIXATIUX OF IIVMIir.llT
Perhnps no Kuroponii ruler would
have been thought In less danger of
assassination that King Humbert of
Italy, who had the affection of Ills peo
pie and v.'ns worthy of It. During the
twenty-two years of his, reign Italy had
a number of political crises, but
through thoinull Humbert retained a
linn hold upon the Conlldence and es
teem of the people. He had shown
himself a brave soldier and while not
extraordinary as a statesman he yet
had good ability In the administration
of affairs, Ills policies being generally
conservative. He was careful to cul
tivate friendly relations with other
countries and he gave a good deal of
attention to the commercial Interests of
Italy. He was a man of generous lin
pulses and tho quality of his courage
Is shown In the statement of the Ainer
lean ambassador to Italy, that when
Humbert was cautioned to be more
careful of his safety he replied: "I
must take chances, for that Is part of
the trade of a king."
There Is no political significance In
the assassination. It simply shows that
tho spirit of anarchy Is still alive In
Europe and that no ruler there Is en
tlrely secure. The late king Is sue
ceoded by his son, Victor Emmanuel,
who Is ,'Jl years old and Is represented
to be a man of good ability and excel
lent character. It Is thought that tho
administration of the affairs of the
kingdom will go on without lutcrrup'
lion and of course there will bo no
change In Its International relations.
1'lie murder of Humbert was a das
tardly crime that all right thinking men
will condemn.
A IIUISII SUHltlSXDtSll.
The surrender of General Prinsloo,
with 5,00 men, to the llrlllsh, may
prove a crushing blow to the Hours,
who probably have not now to exceed
three times that number of men under
arms. The lloer commander sought to
get terms that would permit his men to
retain their horses and rltles and leave
them free to return to their homes, but
the Ilrltish would listen to nothing but
unconditional surrender, promising
only thnt the Moors should be regarded
as prisoners of war nnd not as rebels.
It Is reasonable to expect that the
surrender of so largo a force will have
n disheartening effect upon the men re
maining In the Held, so that It would
not bo at all surprising If It should
speedily be followed by other surren
ders and nu early cessation of hostili
ties.
I'hls clreunistnuice clearly Indicates
that the Hoers realize the hopeless
ness of their struggle and thnt many of
them are Ired of war ngalnst such
enormous odds and are ready to stop.
Admirable as their courage has been,
they had no chance of success ngalnst
a foe ten times their number and with
practically boundless resources and It
would tie no dishonor to them to stop
hostilities nnd without further slaugh
ter accept the Inevitable. The British
have apparently tor some weeks not
been prosecuting their campaign with
the former vigor, but It Is evident that
they have been doing some effective
work.
It seems safe to predict that tho wnr
will not continue much longer, that the
surreuder of 5,000 men will so dis
hearten tho remaining forces as to lead
tliem to give up the hopeless struggle.
The disappearance of tho republics Is
to lie deplored, but that being Inevitable
It Is manifestly useless to continue tho
conflict. There ls in the situation
nothing to Justify the further shedding
of blood.
THK VISMOCIUTIC WAT.
The democratic party nppeals always
to tho passions and prejudices, the
fears aud the d'scontent of the people.
It holds out no encouragement, stimu
lates no hope, strengthens no worthy
aspiration or ambition. The party Is
tho same today in this respect that It
was four years ago, when It told the
laboring men of the country that they
were being oppressed and downtrod-
Ion aud that money and plutocracy
wero weighing them down, when It
told the farmers that they wero being
crushed by the money "power mid when
It arrayed class against class.
The party that framed the Chicago
platform has not changed since that
time. In reafllrmlng that jilatform the
democracy proclaimed that It stands
for the same political and economic
heresies, the same reactionary and rev
olutionary doctrines at present that It
stood for four years ago. It has not
advanced, It has not Improved. Although
conditions Imvu come about which con
clusively demonstrate tho fallacy of the
chief democratic Issue of four years
ago, tho party still demands the freo
coinage of silver. Some one has re
marked that the Kansas City mixture
of principles .and policies declares Its
unalterable opposition to progress to
undeniable prosperity aud to national
good faith. The party cannot flntly
deny that there Is prosperity, but It
seeks to persuado the people, that the
conditions aro really not so fnvorable
as they appear to be. It still employs
tho class appeal, Its candidate for the
presidency still talks about the dollar
being placed above tho man aud it still
assnlls the courts. Tho democratic
party Is endeavoring to make so-called
Imperialism tho paramount Issue lu the
pending campaign and It is stated that
Mr. llryan will devoto his notification
speech almost entirely to this subject,
but try however hard It may to conceal
Its true character as the party of dis
honesty, as the party of calamity, as
tho party that lives upon popular
passion and prejudice and discontent,
as the party of reaction and retrogres
sion, it will fall to do so with Intelli
gent, thoughtful, conservative men.
Crying "Imperialism" will not cause
thinking people to lose sight of the mis
chlevous and dangerous nature of the
principles of latter-day democracy,
Mr. Hryan may exhaust his eloquence
lu denunciation of so-called Imperialism,
for which he Is more responsible than
any other one miiu, but ho will not be
able to drive from public thought the
dangers ot Hryanlsm. Not a very
great number of the Amerleau people,
we believe, are seriously concerning
llieiiiM-lvos about "Imperialism." Mos
of them know that there Is no such
danger, Hut they are taking a very
deep and earnest Interest In the ques
tloii whether the llryanlte party Is en
liable of administering the affairs o
this great nation, of maintaining its
credit aud honor ahd of continuing the
present prosperous conditions. That
Is a question of the highest moment to
every man who gives Intelligent con
slderatlon to his own Interests. In
seeking nu answer It Is necessary to
study not only the principles of tin
llryanlte party, but also tho quullllcn
Hons and character of Its leaders. In
the event of the success of that party
who are the men that would probably
be called to tho administration of af
fairs?
The party of lirynnlsm being In all
essential respects the samu now as It
was four years ago, It follows that Its
claim to tho support of thu country Is
no better now than It was then, If lu
deed so good. Conditions hnvo utterly
discredited every theory It advanced
and every prophecy It made In the last
national campaign. It has abandoned
none of tho principles then avowed
What Is there In the present attitude of
tho party to give It a claim to conil
donee nnd support?
AllIS THIS COMMISItClAh Tit A VIS LIS its
ivii imvAXt
In every national campaign there Is
nn element of brag and bluster to
bolster the claims of tho respective
presidential c'nudldates. .The battle of
1000 will be no exception. At tho very
outset of this year's campaign the man
agers and organs of the double-tailed
ticket are putting forth claims of do
feetlons from the republican ranks aud
gains for Hryan which have no better
basis than the Imagination of paid
fakirs.
Tho most absurd of all Is tho claim
that the great majority of commercial
travelers who were for MeKlnley four
years ago are for Hryan this year. The
only ground for this usscrtlon Is tho al
leged displacement of commercial trav
elers through the growth of the trusts
Commercial truvelors are as Intelligent
and clear-heuded as auy class of Amerl
can citizens. They know that more than
twice as many commercial travelers are
now employed as there were four years
ago when trade und Industry were
paralyzed by tho menace of free coinage
and freo trade.
Conceding that n considerable number
of commercial travelers have been dls
ponsed with by combination of large
manufacturing and Jobbing concerns,
where do they get any ussurance that
these establishments would be broken
up nnd forced to do business on the
plan that has been discarded through
tho Industrial evolution? Many gigantic
trusts existed In this country before
Hryan was heard of In public life. The
national anti-trust law was passed two
years before Bryan entered congress
and Nebraska enacted its anti-trust law
the sitmo year by a republican legis
lature, approved by a republlcun gov
ernor. Hryan was in congress four
years, but no anti-trust legislation wan
Introduced or urged by lilni during his
entire congressional career. At that
time the paramount Issue with Hryan
was free trade, Irrespective of the dis
astrous consequences bound to follow
to Amerlcnn Industries nnd Incidentally
to tho commercial travelers.
It stnnds to reason that every commer
cial traveler must usk himself whether
the ndvent of Hryan will promote and
increase American Industry or whether
It will not paralyze American trade by
unsettling national tlnnnces and national
policies. A fair index of the disposition
of commercial travelers in the Impend
ing campaign may be gathered from the
following extract from the Valentine
(Neb.) Hepubllcan:
Wednesday n traveling man Informed tho
Republican that twenty-seven traveling
men, Including himself, wero on tho same
train a fow days ago. They were discussing
polltlcH nnd agreed to count noses ns to
their political beliefs, which resulted In dis
closing the fnct that twenty-flvo were for
MeKlnley and two for Hryan. That, no
doubt, Is a fulr ratio showing how travel
leg men will voto this fall.
Twenty-live to two may be soniewhnt
out of proportion. Wo Imagine It will
bo nearer ltl to 1 than any other ratio
when the ballots are counted.
Our amiable popocratlc contemporary
thrrfws several well deserved boquets
o City Treasurer Ilennlngs, lauding him
for the stand he has taken with refer
ence to tho political activity of employes
of the olllco who may be candidates for
elective positions. It says that he will
have the good will of tho property own
ers who pay their taxes and also those
who believe that city officials and em
ployes are paid salaries to attend to tho
business of the city rather than to at
tend to the Interests of the political
party to which they happen to belong.
I'hls Is good doctrine, but It Is Just as
applicable to fusion olllclnls on the state
pay roll as It Is to municipal otllcers.
Why should tho state house olllclals aud
their employes neglect the public busi
ness lu order to promote the cause of
Hryan and fusion, as they have been
lolng rlgiit along? Why should men
bo kept on tho state pay roll simply to
devoto their time to the manufacture
of political capltnl for fuslonlsts or
render service to the machine? The
most flagrant examples of tho abuses
for whose suppression Treasurer Ilen
nlngs Is complimented are to be found
lu the state house at Lincoln, counte
nanced. If not Instigated, by the top
most leaders of the fusion crowd.
According to the southern Interpreta
tion of the democratic platform govern
ment only by the consent of the gov
erned does not apply to the colored
man. North Carolina will vote Thurs
day on a constitutional amendment
which eliminates the negro from the
voting list. There is no doubt about
lis being adopted, but it is given out
that the negroes will still be permitted
to do all tho work In the south provided
they do not desire too large a portion
of tho proceeds of their labor.
Another reason for the delay of Mr.
Towne In making public his Intention
with reference to the Sioux Falls nomi
nation for vice preKldeut muy be found
In the North Carolina stale election to
be held this week, on which Chairman
Hutler of the populist national commit
tee has staked his return to the ftilted
States senate, .Mr. Towne could not well
refuse to stny lu the Held long enough
for the chairman of his committee to
try to fool the people of North Carolina
Into the Idea that ho Is at the head of a
national party. Should the election go
against Senator Hutler his Interest In
Mr. 'lowne would doubtless fade rapidly
away.
With the near approach of self-govern
nieut In Cuba the business element aud
those who are not politicians by profes
slon are waking up to the Importance
of having something to say lu the for
inatlon of the new government. This
Is an encouraging symptom. Where
men who make politics their sole trade
control, ns Is tho case lu most Spanish
countries, there are bound to be cou
stant strife aud revolution. When men
whose Interests lu the quiet and pence
fut pursuit of .the ordinary affairs oC
life are greater than their desire for
olllco take hold there Is promise of n
Just und stable government.
Ono of tho lending llryanlte papers
declaims ngalnst typewritten oratory
It forgets that Mr. Hryan rend his not!
Ilcatlon speech four years ago from
inuuuscrlpt at the Madison Square
Garden meeting aud that his expressed
intention to follow the same course this
year means that tho Indianapolis not I
Ilcatlon will be a treat of typewritten
oratory. As a matter of fact, however,
It Is a question not so much whether
his speech has been previously reduced
to writing as what It contains und how
It Impresses not those who hear It, but
those who read It when It Is printed In
the newspapers.
Another itpconl for China In Sltclit
Chicago Times-Herald.
China litis one-fourth of tho world's popu
tntlnu, one-twelfth of Its land siirfaco and
la likely, In the near future, to have tho
largest gravoyurd on record.
Tin- White Mnii'n Unrilfli.
Philadelphia Press.
All that Is required now Is an Indian wnr
to mako the white man's burden complete
We aro fighting brown men In the I'hlllp-
plne3, yellow men In China, black men In
New Orleans. But there are not enough red
men lett to fight.
Infer Ilrynnltp lirlimlnti.
St. I.ouis Olobe-Dcmocrnt.
Ono of the queer llryanlto delusions la
that commercial travelers have changed over
to the debased money slilo since the last
presidential election. Practical business
men hnvo seen nothing elnee 1896 to make
tbum converts to the 45-cent dollni.
Kvrn nni'UlioiifN ("nn !li Mcmlrtl,
Ualtlmoro Amerlcnn.
Tho backbone of tho hot wave seems to he
really broken; but, then, In these scientific
days even broken backbones can be mended
equal to now and rejoicings had better be
cautloue till it la discovered how the weather
bureau stands toward tho new surgery.
A 1't-iiillnK C'nur,
Colorado Springs Gazette.
Prosperity.
Confidence.
Employment.
Advorslty.
Distrust.
Idleness.
low wages,
Cheap prices.
No money.
Stagnation
Democrat.
i f
High wages.
Oood prices.
Good money.
V3
Expansion.
Republican.
Case set for November 6, 1000.
Let Vn All ItrJoliT.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Mr. Dry an will be Under no delusions this
year owing to the size of the crowds that
listen to his speeches. He Is an "old cam
palgner." In 18P8, as he afterward aatd, It
was vain to "rely upon sontlnient ?xthered
from tho rear end of a railroad truln. '
Whon tho election was over "I found that I
had carried nearly every tato in which I
did not speak and lost every state I visited."
"Rear end" campaigning is likely to be at
a discount this ytsr and let un all rejoice
because of It.
A String of If.
Plttsbunr Chronicle-Telegraph.
If It were possible to tell tho truth In the
Chinese language, If the dignitaries of tho
Celestial empire who aro murdered from
time to time or who commit suicide would
not come to life again, If dead people In
China would stay dead, If there were not
so many men In tho Celestial empire with
LI In their names and lieu In their mouths,
It tho tsung 11 yumen would hold Its toting
and not II so much and would do eomethlng
besides Issue decrees and edicts, if It would
open communication between the outside
world and I'ekln and produce the lcgatlonerg
Instead of proclaiming their safety, If the
Shanghai liars were all futally killed, the
reader of the nows from China might placo
some credence In whut cornea over the wires.
Ah It Is.-perhups It would be well to bellcvo
nothing hut what hoa been pronounced true
by Amorlcans or Europeans who are cog
nlzant with the facts.
rill3M OF M()l)i:il UiltlOLl.Tl hi:.
.tliirkcit Clin lino Hum TiiUcii I'liu-r In
ClinrnutPr of Ainrrlenn I'liriiii'r,
In a valuable paper lu the International
Monthly for August, by (1. W. Hill of the
Agricultural department on "Tho Trend of
Modern Agriculture," there occuth an cstl-
mato of conditions then and nou :
'A marked chango had taken place In the
character ot tho farming class; foreign Im
migration had lurgely Increased and many
forqignors who had boon mere laborers In
Kuropo, taking advuntago ot tho Induce-
menta offered settlers In tho western stutes
and territories, had become farmcru in
America, Many of tho most Intelligent,
enorgctlu and ambitious ot the young gener
ation of farmers In the Atlantic states hod
been either lured away altogether from
farm llfo by tho attractive Inducements anil
opportunities of acquiring wealth afforded
by tho wonderful growth and activity
ot Industrial llfo In those states, or had suc
cumbed to tho fever of western expansion
and had taken up now landn or embarked
n other and more congenial money-mak
ing enterprises In new sections).
"In tho south, as wo havo seen, the great
Increase In the number of farms spoke of
transition In many ca from slave to
tenant farming, while tbn planters them
selves were but slowly recovering from the
dlsaiitors of tho civil war. In the west and
couth, ut least, tho question ot the hour
was how to secure present subsistence, whllo
certain retitlew uncertainty as to the
future characterized the farming commu
nity generally. Forlgn farmers, or at
least their children and Bucccvsaors, have tin,
dergono a process of Intellectual develop
ment, which wo like to describe as becom
ing Amerlcanlied, and the opportunities for
rapid acquisition of wealth In other Indus
tries have diminished, so that the attrac
tions to tho more Intelligent and ambitious
young farmers to leave tho farm are lers
numerous, Thanks to these clrcumstuuccs
the farmer of today Is rapidly becoming a
thinker, a reader and a xtudont, convinced
that knowledge Is power and determined to
irqulre that knowledge so that ho may ex
ercise an Intelligent and Influential part In
the control of his own destinies, Thin deter
mination really supplies the key to the
trend of modern agriculture,"
rims v n: w.i or tiiii nif-noAii:ji
broken How Republican. Tho populls
state convention could not have well foun
better timber for governor had they hunte
tho state over than they havo selected I
Taylor Flick, lie would be a credit to tiny
party.
llroken How Chief. Taylor Flick, one o
our worthy citizens, was nominated for gov
crnor of this state bv tho mld-roaders n
Grand Island last Friday. Alt honor to M
Flick, Who 1b honest and elncerc every day
of the year.
Plerco Call: Tho fusion element of th
populist party ftatiiln for the spoils of office
tho middle-of-the-road clement for
principle. Though the Call Is not in accord
with those principles It respects a party
whloh has fixed principles.
Kearney Hub: Tho state administration
nt Lincoln Is confident thnt It will be able
to shut out the mld-roaders from getting
place on the olMcl.il ballot. Secretary
Porter Is counted on to promote tho scheme
and tho supremo court Is thought to be safe
on the proposition.
Auburn Post: The fusion state central
committee should add the following plank
to their platform: "We view with nlnrm
tho middle-of-the-road uprising ngalnst
fusion reform. It means defeat to our be
loved party nnd hunger to our otTke-sek
ers nnd repudiation to our great pretense
of reform."
Norfolk Journal: Fusion In Nebraska may
correctly bo stated ns A combination of tho
fellows who hold stnto Jobs with tho fellow
who hope to get the Jobs of the fellows wh
hold Jobs or some other Job equally ns good
Tho chap who Isn't a ple-blter or n would-be
plv-blter Is always lost In tho shuffle In
fusion dint.
Aurora Republican: It Is nmuslng to nolo
tho anxiety with which the fusion press
endeavors to blame tho republicans with
tho mid-road movement. Any fnlr-mlndei:
person can see thnt tho revolt of these popu
lists wns natural and not to bo unexpected
I'lislou was distasteful to them und tho
movement will bring great alarm to the
fusion camp.
Norfolk Journnl: The efforts to keen th
mld-roaders from taking the name of "popu
lists" mny nuccccd with a court biased 'In
favor of the effort, but It will only make
moro miudic-of-thc-rond votes. A party
that Is afraid to let the people have u cbancu
to voto their sentiments ought to nnd will
kso tho confidence and respect of Its own
rank and file.
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i' una uiiy journal: ino delegation o
officeholders from tho state house who nt-
tcniicd tue mid-road convention wero sat
upon pretty hard. Messrs. Porter, Wolfe und
Price, when they found out they could not
get nn endorsement for any of tho fusion
nominees, sought to throw cold water on
tho gathering, but uitd-roadcrs stayed
strictly in thu center of the highway.
North Platte Tribune: Tho World-Herald
refers to the mld-rond populists as repub
llcans In disguise. Congressman Neville
nowovcr, nonis a uuicrcnt view and says
tnat they nre not, and that In order to win
the fuslonlsts must have the votes ot the
mld-roaders. As Nevlllo Is running for con-
grceo In a district where there are many
mld-roaders ho probably knows the condl
tlons better thnn the World-Herald.
Ilcnver City Tribune: At the mlddle-of-tho
road popullut convention, held nt Grand
Island last week, John Stevens, Jr., of Arap
ahoe was honored by being nominated for
tho ofllce of attorney general. Mr. Stevens
Is a Furnas county product and n consistent
populist. He served ono term us county nt
torney of this county with ability and In
tcgrlty. H1b election would bo a great Im
provemont over tho Smytbcs nnd tho Old-
hams.
Humboldt . Leader: Tho Idea of the
fuslonlstn of the state objecting to the use
of tho word "populist" In designating the
middle-of-the-roud ticket, becauso the voter
might get It confused with the "peoplo'8
independent" ticket, Is excruciatingly funny,
especially when ono considers how uncon
ccrnedly tho fusion braves go on using the
name of free silver republicans to designate
portion of their sideshow. Rut of course
that Is dlflcrcnt.
Rrsdshaw Ilpubllcan: When a fuslonlst
tells you that tho mid-road convention did
not amount to anything ask him why It was
that Porter nnd Wolfe went to Grand Island
and did their best to get tho Poynter family
endorted. While thce populists do not In
tend to support the republican ticket, there
are hundreds of them who will never endorse
Poynter and his pusillanimous sellout to
tho railroads nor his kid-gloved method of
tolerating tho Lang nuisance.
Ord Quiz: The populists of the fusion
house stripe were In evidence at Grand
Island last week to Bee If they could not
switch the mld-roaders Into the Uryan camp,
but they failed utterly. Tho mld-roaders
were not to bo fooled by the pretensions of
friendship ohown by tho Porters and Wolffs
They were thcro for a purpose and they
stuck to It nnd followed It to an end. They
named a full ticket for themselves and put
themselves on record as opposed to fusion
Mlnden Gazette: Tho middle-of-the-road
popullts met nt Grand Island last Friday,
adopted n platform and nominated a full
state ticket. Everything Indicates that they
aro In dead enrnest in tho matter. About
400 delegates welo In attendance, and whllo
It Is hardly possible for them to elect a slu
glo candidate on their ticket tho spirit of
standing up and being counted for principles
which they belltva to be right Is worthy the
commendation ot all their political oppo
nents. Kimball Observer. The fuslonlsts nro now
seeking to provent tho mld-roaders from
placing their ticket on the official ballot be
rauso th6 latter has selected the name of
populist Tho fiiHlonlslH have nover been
designated on the nfllclul ballot as "popu
list." but call themselvcH tho "peoplo's In
dependent." Whon tho republicans objected
to tho fuslonlsts using the name "silver re
publican" with tho evident Intention of mis
leading republican voters, they said It whs
perfectly legll.mate.
Deutrico Express: The fusion pops nro
vlowlng many things with alarm, chief
among which Just now lu tho unexpected
strength of tho mlddlo-of-tho-roadere, who
were unceremoniously sat upon n whllo ago
as being too weak and Insignificant to make
any dlffercnco In tho run of things. The
Grand Island convention was a surprise, and
tho ticket nominated thoro.wlll havo a strong
following stronger, perhaps, than anybody
suspects. Of cour.su nearly all tho gain
mado by the mld-roaders will bo tlml much
ot n to tho fuslonlsts, aud tho republicans
aro not viewing it with alarm.
Dakota City Kagl: Tho mlddlo-of-tho-
road populists who nre truo to their prin
ciples and do not believe In fusing held u
Htato convention at Grand Island last week
nnd nominated a full state ticket of good
representative men from different parts of
tho slnte. Now the fusion forces, who am
antagonistic to the movement, are object
ing to them being placed on (be ticket, and
It Is thought tho matter will be taken Into
the courts. Should It be carried to the su
premo court one can almost toll beforehand
what the decision will bf with Slippery SI
on tho bench.
Kearney Hub: The World-Herald does
not speak very kindly of the populists re
cently assembled At Grand Island. It calls
them "republicans masked as mlddle-of-tho.
loaders," says they were there for the pur
posn of "getting the pie," nnd bums them
up as a "collection of masticators" who
.vont to Grand Inland with a pull on "free
rannportatlcn. fr-o lunch, free speech and
frei everything." The Hub Is not able to
upeak for the mld-roaders outside of lluffalo
county, but knows for a certainty that thu
charge does not hold good so far as the
Dulfalo county delegates aro ooocuned,
IIIVM'.ll PAIL, AlUU.MK.Vr.
Inilirinomeiit In ( omllllon of Wnnv
uururm I Worrying Democrats,
American Economist.
The Improvement In the dinner Halt Hut
has been brought about In the last four
years Is tho subject of milch concern among
the supporters of the tionucrnt tironncanda.
They find this subject difficult to discus
rationally. Two facts bother them namely.
tnat the dinner poll has grown lit size and
that Its contents have Increased both In
quantity nnd quality. Unable to dispute
theso factB, they nre driven to the necessity
of Inventing somo very foolish reasons for
dissatisfaction on the pnrt of the man who
carries tho dinner pall. They assert that
ho has to pay more for tho pall and Its
contents than he used to pay prior to March
I. 1S97, nnd that he Is mistaken In supposing
that ho is any better oft now thnn then.
Four years ago Uryan wns vigorously en
gaged lu finding fault with low prices and
In exploiting a pinn for making prices
higher by menus of a cheaper dollar. Now
tho supporters of Uryan nro finding fault
because prices nro high without the cheap
uouar. iney arc very anxious to persuade
the wage-earner that ho now has to pay
moro ii.au ho paid four years ago and that
ha Is tho loser nnd (lot the gainer through
tno vast improvement 111 business nnd In
dustrial conditions thnt hns taken placo
since me count of the votes showed that tho
vm-up uuiiar aim enenp labor candidate wns
not to bo president of tho United States
from Mnrch 4, 1897, to March t, 1901
These Urynnlto mlsleadcrs of thought pay
a poor compliment to thn lntidiimn nt
American worklnguien when they appeal to
Hum nlnni, ll,U lln n-t
acsumo that the wage-earner is 'de.tl'tuto
of brnlns nnd common sense; thnt ho can
be mado to forget all tho benefits that have
come to him through the election of a ro-
publican nnd n protectionist ns president of
the United States; bohcllts of greatly In-
creased pay and greatly increased employ".
meat; benefits which far outweigh the rcl-
atlvoly smnll increnso of tho cost of living
.i.. i. .... ,. "(.
...... ..an iUmv us mo uirci consoqueuco or
increased pay and increased employment,
for with these increases havo inevltnbly
corn a larger demand and a larger ?l
sumption.
To assume that the wago-earner hns no
perception of cnuso nnd effect, nnd to at-
tempt to swing him over to Uryanlsm with
Its attendant decrease of tho purchasing
power of wages nnd tho decrease of tho
opportunity to earn wages Is to presuppose
mai mo work pcoplo of the United States
are children nnd fools. They are not. They
I .,.. .. .... . . .
riiuw penecuy wen want mo triumph of
t- t i . j ... .,... . .
i.co uuuu uemocrncy in ib'ji cost them
nnd they know wh.they escaped through
tho defeat of freo trade nnd cheap dollar
democracy in 1896, They know what has
mado their dinner palls bigger and their
contents of better quullty. and thev are
not worrying because of a trlfllnir Inn.n
of cost so long ns tho wherewith to buy
has increased in n vastly greater nronor-
Hon.
... " -- - ..
KFrncr op oi'em.k; thu mills.
Liinnrnllrleil Prosperity Mtown liy In
crcriNP in Wiikcn I'hIiI Workers.
Indianapolis Journnl.
Ilccetitly 200 manufacturers In the United
State were naked to give comparisons as to
tne number of wago earners employed by
mem nnu tno wages paid In recent years.
mo response oi incse ZOO emn overs was
that thev wirn mnnlnvlno nn isi ...-n .to,
and ihu they had no use for moro until .the
j .- v.. iuuukuiuiiuii m rrpsiueni .mc-
mini-?, nucii iney iouna employment for
109,000 men. Since that time tho number
of men employed has Mcadlly Increased,
Until, in 1891), tho number was 171.64.-an
Increase of nearly 100 per cent.
In 1891 tho 200 manufacturers paid M0.S03.-
SG6 us Wages; In 1S97, 954. 112,774; In 189S,
J62.217.940; In 1899. 978,835,009. Tho average
, . ...v.ac
wages the three yeor nfter Dr,un' defeat
was 163.000,000, or t25.000.000 a year more
than was paid In 1894, when Bryan was
starting bis silver raid upon the Industries
w. j m ;rMio tititrt iuu
dofeat of Bryan the men jemplOycd by 200
manufacturers earned 975,000,000 more than
when tho country was under the Industrial
paralysis that came with tariff agitation and
fear ot an Inundation of sliver In 1893.
It Is evident that the prosperity ot the
wnge earner In thin country depends upon
the volume of capital Invested In msnu-
Mcturcs and In transportation, but chiefly In
manufactures. Statistician y Mulhall estl-
mate that the census of ml will how th
wealth of tho country to bo $91,040,000,000
and that the output of the manufacturing
industries alone the year 1899-1900 will
reach tho enormoua aggregate of $13,326,-
000,000. or one-seventh of the entire wealth
of the country. The growth Is further Bhown
by n comparison which makes the value of
manufactures In 1900 249 on the basis of
100 In 1880. This means that the United
States Is manufacturing two and one-half
times on much now as twenty years ago.
During that period tho population of the
country hns Increased 52 per cent, whllo
the number of people employed In mnnu
facturlng has much more than doubled. The
most remarkable extension In manufactur-
ng has como slnre the Brynn heresies were
overthrown In '1895.
Those who undertake to sneer down the
republican clatm that the unparalleled pros
pcrlty came as the result of tho overthrow
of Bryunlsm will fall. The republican pros
perlty will be a potential factor In the cam
pnlgn, particularly with sensible men who
depend upon wagrw.
PKII.IO.VAI, AMI OTHKItWISn.
Tho centenary of tho birth of Lieutenant
Wughorn, tlm pioneer of tho overland route
to India, will bo celebrated by n dinner In
ondon.
Tho prlnco of Wales recently contributed
a hundred nutogrnphs to a charity bazar In
London, the profits of which were to go to
tho South African relief fund,
A mllllonulro arrested at Shcepshead Bay
for disorderly conduct did not have a cant
n his pockets. It Is explained, however, that
o bad Just dined at tho Manhattan Beach
hotel.
Dr. James M. Safford, who for many years
as been professor of geology In Vnnder-
bllt university, has Junt retired at tho ago
of 70. For half a century ho has been state
geologist of Tennessee.
The supremo court of North Carolina has
sustained a decision rendered In Burke
county Imposing a line ot $1,000 on a railway
company for having given an nnnual puss
to a doorkeeper of tho legislature In 1897.
Tho German manufacturers who gavei the
kaiser three automobiles were bravo men.
Suppose one of the machines should havo
nougb Icno majeste about It to play one
the familiar automobile tricks on his
majesty?
Russian women In reduced circumstances
avo reason to bless the czarlne, who hns
rgunlzed nn nshoctatlon of such persons.
They nro almost constantly employed In
making embroidery for court dresses or for
ecclesiastical purposes.
Lieutenant Hobson recently started for
Kan Francisco, but was obliged to utop oft at
Yokohama to consult a' Japanese specialist
for hl eyes. lie Is afflicted with oriental
ophthalmia, which disease Is also troubling
others of our otllcers and men In the PhD-
Ipplnes.
John Fowler, United States consul at Che
Foo, has been In tho government service
over since hn became of age, twonty-ono
years ago. He began as ft clerk In tho Wash.
ngton navy yards, being two years later
transferred to the Talllpno,a. on which he
remained until the vefsel was wrecked In
1855. Ten years ago he was appolntod eon-
ul at N'lng Poo, whence be d transferred
to Che Koo in 1(99.
LONG LIVE AK-SAR-BEN.
I'lU'llllmi Times
Ak-Knr-llcii! UaH off lo the
king! Tlie most gracious sovereign
that ever got mixed up In a Jack
pot or ladeled out hospitality to
the guests of his regal city I I
met the king last Monday night
In his Omaha palace. My recep
tion Was warm. In fact, the king
threw his whole soul and a lot of
other things Into the reception. By
royal decree the kingly courtiers,
having been Informed that 1 was
a lute arrival from Missouri, gratl-
llcd my wildest deslro to Is'
shown. There wero others with
me, und they also saw things. The
Xebraskan who has never tasted
the wealth of welcome which Ak-
Sar-Hen can show when he tries
his best has lived In vain. Tho
citizen of Omaha who hns not
sworn allegiance to the king Is
not a good citizen of Omaha. Long
Hvo the king!
A rilAM.'i: TO HMIMS,
Chicago Tribune: "Tho boys re eating
J,(?.v,r, Kr;,cn .nm,,p"''J.'"1111 f "m guests.
"Hint's all right." replied the honest old
inrttlpr U-ll,l warn ,,lln.r .1.
summer. "Lot them eat nil they want. It'll
HOC 11 em nW'llV from till thhln trip flin n.vi
dK CU,oJln.e,s,,iJesueH,,rK0 U,C,r
In111l,Il,,,,?!pl,,a ss: "Didn't you" hear
vV.
"Why. th thing liapponed right down In
y"'!r "chborhood."
sumnle'rT' ,ml '"y wlf0B aWny for "
... ..
,.Y!2!,1.1,m:!0n filr! "Ynsslr," snid Hm
colored citizen, tilth a warn of h hmt.i m.
ward tho cabin, "I'd dotTo broke. I
rcrMk,n's I's whut dey culls a banUrup',"
..iVl?! ar-1 yo,JC ""l"" .
n'!l'mm9 Se- mo un' do thre boy.
"You misunderstand. Yrtlir assets hr
on'" y0U 0 llopes of rc,lll,!ln money
"lint's what Ps gettln' to. MV nsssts
nin i iiuiuti' nut fo' votes nn a mule."
Indlnnannlln .Tm,rtfti
Polly-I think
politics Is too silly for sense,
l'nr.T ..V.""t "0 you mean?
! t.MXCV.rs.Iona ,l,,d conventions to tefi
i-ouy-w ny, the Idea of men gettln ur
n.,n.l....l.l ...I. .." .L ' ..... j. ..in
,.. v., .ill. iimniiifinn iiinr t,.A, hm
"""""u' "-" iney nireany Know It.
I
i-"tn....i , , i ,
n?Cn
Fh fSJ'fV. 0,11 ot ,no Bolif bricks ho has
"i ...
K'hero his money Went I lie will unswS?: "uS
,ho m,c1' "
, ,-lIIHllliri? I hrnlMrtl..'l'r.U.nnl.i . 1-
fashion of wearing I sc
m?.lc.e8 mo angry. ,r sa
heuld not."
Pittsburg
Chrolilcle-Tolerrnnh!
1 lilt
hoii inn snoes actually
said Hloomtleld.
1 ' ...... 1 1 ...1 Tl .
SOlomOU nvs thnt n mntt Inn .- ,,.i.
awny wrath.'' """"
PhllflilnlnlilrL TJnrtl, A . tm., ..
said the collector of curln. nrnn.il..
a lock of George
"Yes. 1 knn."
o Rshlngtotrs hulr.'
,.HI..I . 1. . - ......
give you Jl.Oeu for It.1
.iri'.ic-ij iiiv uinor. "I'll
iMiau A measly 11.000 for that!
worth Its weight ni gold.'
"Why.
Washington Post: Htntesman-It's a a-reat
nuisance, but 1 must pitch In and study
th census returns. nwu
wi census returns.
I Satellite What for?
upHnndTn77ut''heti.'er f'll get moV'votes
"invninji ni- snocs or ny not blacking
tiu: moi ;.TAi.-ci,ijiuiNG rainL.
Denver Pnst.
Wo. read about the seushor r-lr! nwn
where tho Iireukrm plu . i.,lH
lio listens to propomls six or seven times
Tho summer clrl n-lm flllu c.i.n,. .,.
, . : i .v. uic
Th5 TyXl?l iS MWrfT
Inir her oh . ""1 0ff
skirts exhibit-
T)l' 'Picnic girl Is bold nnd sweet, the mother
Ti?ArLif wLSei.i.. ...v. .... . ...
i u im Willi fi Pr rPii
But In the ranks of the glrly girls there Is
no fulrer pearl
In all the whole raboodle than tho moun-
lain-cnmuing gin.
Her face Is delicately brown from kisses
Her eyes are ever twinkling with the merry
""".1 flI,"..
J "S,ii?, ,',l?..u11,iUD,nB Drok la
Her shoes and blockings 'on the bank In
neat confusion laid.
UZr,11"lJ ?S.,"s'iLrs of blrd8 that
It rings us lluuld music on ih ever.hrarino.
breczo;
D",, ,,i i' ' ' " nlmule 11
That western bunch of nerv. th mnun.
tuln-cllmbliig girl.
,mV , ,, ,,.. Mt lt,
ulpen-stock In hand,
Her face a charming picture by the early
. " i""'" ' .u-. ... . ...
never-tlrlnir Dowers.
,,,. i' in" .i.r.h.i. picijib Dim ii muni Willi
Oft lying with an open book upon a bed of
tlowers.
Through wildest gorge, In canyon dark and
up the rocky steep,
Along tho creek whoso waters bright o'er
boulders dash und leap,
And whero the brooks from hidden springs
down iiirougn ino onions pun
Hint gocH upor her dully Jaunts, the moun-
iuin-ciimuin. gin.
Anon sho'll pause to pluck n burr that's
clinKlnc to her hose.
Or pluck from oft Its parent stem a
fragrant mountuln rose.
And when that lasy feeling comes lie down
for cat-imp sleep.
Nor fear In that wild, lovely spot that eyes
aro near to peep.
Bbii'll renin till gathering shadows herald
tho nnnrouun or uiglit.
Thnn hasten home to supper with a hired
man's appetite
Thn smoking pork and benns she'll hit a.
Kustronomln whirl
Oil! she's a hefty feeder, Is tho mountain-
ciimning girn
Tho haughty belle of fashfnn In her tailor-
tltteil noun
May rldlculo this jowel with the hands
and faco so brown,
Muy laugh In queenly manner nt her rough,
tonne. IHtlilc clothes.
And sneer to see thn redness of her little
sun-peeled nose,
lint let thorn laugh as freely ns their cor-
ecls will allow. ,
They cannot snatch n laurel of wild beauty
from her brow:
Tho ones who think her horrid aren't really
lit to curl
The breir.e-entanglcd frizzes of the moun.
taln-ciimuuiR gin.
Restful
Glasses
A lady told us the other day that
she had heard of glasses so com
fortahle that tho wearer win
hardly conscious of them. Hho
douhted this, as she had been littod.
very carefully ly a specialist, hut
never saw the time she didn't know
her Kinases were on. If her
glasses or your glasses tit you per
fectly the effect will he restful, not
tiresome. If you want KKHTKUL
glasses call aud sec us.
J. C. HUTES0N & CO.
MANUFACTURING OPTICIANS,
1520 Diuglai St.
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