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N'otury Public.
If Mr. Hryan Is no sure of Nebraska
why should ho waste valuable time
trying to save his own .state?
The candidates on the local fusion
ticket will i Introductions not only
to the public, hut also to one an
other. The confiislonlsts of Douglas county
have got together and hnrniony, with a
big II, Ik dense enough to he cut with a
woodsaw.
Colonel Kdmistcn Is great at asking
questions, but when It conies to an
swering them lie might have to call In
assistance.
The three-ringed Douglas county
popocratlc circus hns folded Its tent
and the Ak-Snr-lton street show Is now
on the boards.
The prohibition train seems to hug
close to Iowa and lowans will remain
In doubt whether the alliulty is a. com
pliment or not.
Omaha knows how to entertain roy
ally and Its hospitality Is as boundless
is the great prairies of the transmls
Msslppl region.
What would the democratic conven
tion do without the Itosewnter bogle
in whip the delegates Into submission to
the machine program.
Keep It before the people that Oni'iha
Is one of the most enterprising cities In
lYmcrlca, notwithstanding the shortcom
ngs of Census Supervisor Wheeler.
The prospects of an electric road have
cone glimmering for the present season,
but tho project has by no means been
abandoned. Tho coming legislature
will doubtless enact a law that will on
ublo the county to build and operate its
electric tramways.
Mark Hanna is coming to Nebraska to
face Hryan and when the people have
seen and heard Mark llauua they will
laugh at the bogey man the popocratlc
organs and orators have conjured up to
Rcaro puoplu Into voting for the ad
vance agent of calamity.
Yes, prosperity is comparative, and
the question that presents Itself to
every voter Is, Do you want n change?
Do you want to go back to the dark
days of IS'.Ni before the election of
McKlnley or would you rather .continue
present prosperous conditions?
The popocratlc press is doing all It
can to keep the coal miners' strike
n-golug in the hope, of extracting po
litical capital out of It for the Hryanlte
cause. This explains why the yellow
Journals, which mostly favor Hryan,
persist In giving out sensational reports
und descriptions of the strike.
I low much lougcr will the local dem
ocrats stand for the farce of three con
ventions putting up a piebald ticket
for them? How much longer will they
allow a handful of populists and a still
Kiualler number of so-called stiver re
publicans to dictate nominations on
their ticket? Why not farm all the
places out to tho highest bidder?
Tho nno Imposed upon The Hee bv
tho state supremo court for criticising
its action In the recent lire and pollct
commission case Is so without prece
dent that the state treasurer does not
know what to do with the money
Nover beforo has u penalty for coutempt
been covered Into the treasury, all
which goes to emphasize the unusual
character of tho entire proceeding.
Neither Mr. ltryan nor any of his
orgnna have yet seeu fit to give u cate
gorical answer to tho question, What
about tho negro disfranchisement In
South Carollua? It is easy to talk
about the wrongs suffered by tho Kill
plnos, thousands of miles away, but
tho wrongs Intllctcd by tho democrats
on tho negroes of tho south stare us
right In tho faco and cannot be evaded
WIIATS Tilt MAinii WITH TtXAs'
Two weeks ago (i.ilveston and other
Texas coast towns were submerged
by a tidal wave and more thnn fi.000
people perished, while double that num
ber were made homele.. Tho ca
lamity that had befallen the people
of Texas aroused the sympathy of the
whole country, which promptly re
sponded to calls for substantial aid Iti
the shape of money, food and clothing.
In every city In the land subscriptions
were made for the relief of the Hood
victims with unstinted generosity.
Tho state of Texas however, has
done nothing toward relieving the dis
tress of Its own people. Wo are told
that the constitution of Texas Maiids
In the way of any appropriation by
the legislature for such a purpose. In
other words, Texas Is constitutionally
opposed to going into Its own pocket
book to help Its own people.
Twonty-llvo- years ago Nebraska was
devastated by grasshoppers and thou
sands of destitute homesteaders com
pelled to appeal for aid. There was
nothing in the constitution of Ne
braska that authorized the state to tax
Its people for the relief of grasshopper
victims. Hut the legislature stretched
a point and ordered the Issue of .flOO.000
of bonds for the purchase of provisions
and seed for the destitute settlers.
I'lvo years ago Nebraska was
stricken by drouth nfid the legislature
again stretched its constitutional con
science by authorizing the Issue of
ji-'oo.ouo of bonds for the relief of the
drouth sufferers.
What's tho matter with Texas? Why
can't Texas with its (boundless re
sources and colossal wealth exhibit
some spirit of self-reliance? Texas
has expended !r,(KW,0(x) on a state cap
Itol building. Why can't It spend as
much for rebuilding Galveston or at
least rebuilding the dwellings of the
homeless?
This stickling over the constitution
is an old falling With Texas. Its con
stitution fenced Texas out of the
World's fair at Chicago and afforded
the excuse for its refusal to partici
pate In tho Transinississlppl Exposi
tion. A constitution that does not per
mit the people of a state to tax them
selves for the relief of their own allllc-
tlotis Is in conlllct with the demands
of humanity and modern civilization.
If the people of Texas have not nerve
enough to override It to meet such an
emergency they had better reconstruct
their precious constitution as soon as
possible.
God helps those who help themselves.
iMi'iriAiivx ox ovit sui.oir.its.
In a recent speech Senator Lodge
characterized the cry of militarism as
an Imputation on the American sol
dier. "When did it happen," he asked,
that the American soldier was ready
to take arms against the liberties of
his fellow citizens?" He pointed to
the fact that at tho close of the civil
war we had a million men in arms, the
greatest veteran army that then stood
on the earth's surface tried in a hun
dred battles, Hushed with a great vic
tory. Then, indeed, there might have
been danger, but this great army went
back Into the ranks of private life to
compete In civil employment and to
make some of the very best citizens
of the republic. "And now," said the
Massachusetts senator, "they undertake
to say when they cry militarism that
the men in tho Philippines are pre
pared to support some one In over
throwing tho republic. The proposi
tion hardly bears statement. The road
to empire does not lie through the pa
triotic army of the United States. The
road to empire, which will never come
to be opened in tills country, is al
ways along one line, and that line is
disorder, anarchy, tho overthrow of
the courts, the abandonment of great
traditions and tho downfall of the eon-
titutlon and of free government."
Tho American soldier Is not less de
voted to free institutions, not less pa
triotic, than any other American citi
zen. Tho gallant men who are serving
their country in the Philippines came
from tho ranks of tho people and went
Into the military service voluntarily
from n sense of patriotic duty. Those
men love their country, they honor tho
Hag because it is the symbol of liberty;
they believe In republican Institutions
as profoundly as did the men who
fought to preserve tho union. Mo
greater Indignity could bo offered these
soldiers, who are faithfully performing
their duty in putting down insurrec
tion against American authority than
to Imply that they could be used to
overthrow the republic and to estab
lish Imperialism and militarism.
Vet this is what the Uryanlte party
Is doing and It should be rebuked by
every man who respects the American
soldier and lakes pride in tho gal
lantry of our army and the glory of
Its achievements, which lmvo won for
It the admiration and praise of the
civilized world.
Tin: axswviis to tui: vowr.us.
Tho answers or the United States
government to the notes of Germany
and Hussta, regarding tho Chinese
question place this country in a posl
Hon that should be entirely satlsfac
tory to the American people, since It Is
a position which contemplates dealln
fairly and justly with China, without
any surrender of what tho United
States may properly demand as repara
Hon. Thus while our government re
Iterates Its purpose to hold to accounla
blllty the responsible authors ot wrongs
done to citizens of the United States
In China, It takes the only reasonable
and proper view that the punishment
of those responsible for the outrages
In I'ekln and elsewhere should be by
tho Imperial authority Itself that
China "should bo afforded In the llrst
Instance an opportunity to do this and
thus rehabilitate Itself before tin
world." Tho matter of punishing the
authors of the wrongs Is regarded by
our government as a condition to lie
embraced uud provided for In the uc
goti.itioiis for n Ilnnl settlement, but
not to be made n preliminary condl
Hon to diplomatic negotiations.
The German proposal Is therefore de
clined and that government H at the
same time informed of the purpose of
the United States, at the earliest prac
ticable moment, to name Its plenipo
tentiaries for negotiating a settlement
with China, the American minister in
tho meantime to enter Into conference
with the duly authorized representatives
of the Chinese government with a
view to a preliminary agreement
"whereby the full exercise of the im
perial power for the preservation of
order and the protection of foreign life
and property throughout China, pend
ing Ilnnl negotiations with the powers,
shall be assured." The reply to the
Ktisslau Inquiries states that It is not
Intended to withdraw the American
legation from I'ekln, that tho authority
of the Chinese plenipotentiaries is
deemed sulllcleiit for the preliminary
negotiations and that the American
minister at I'ekln will be authorized
to enter Into relations with Karl 1,1
and Prince Chins as tho Immediate
representatives of the Chinese em
peror. The Chinese government was
notllled of tho acceptance of the au
thority of those plenipotentiaries by
tho United States.
Our government has thus assumed
what Is really an Independent attitude.
It proposes to enter upon the prelim
inary negotiations at once, regardless
of what the desires or Intentions of
the other powers are. It In effect says
to the Interested nations that It pro
poses to. deal with China In Its own
way and that It will not be a party to
any plans or designs that may threaten
the Integrity of that empire or lead to
further complications and dllllcultles.
I'he United States desires that China
shall rehabilitate Itself before the
world and will put no obstacle In the
way of Its doing this. It Is to be ex
pected that this position will not be
favorably regarded by all the power.-,
but In any event it is tho absolutely
wise and proper attitude for the United
States, which wants nothing from
China beyond what can be Justly de
manded. Tin: 1'i'siux couxtv ticki:t.
'I'he ticket nominated by the three
fusion conventions for Douglas county
must be sadly disappointing to the
rank and tile.
The rcnomlnntlon of County Attorney
Shields Is a confession of weakness
and want of courage to nominate a com
petent man for this responsible olllce.
In the language of the bar Shields
has been tried and found "Incompetent,
irrelevant and Immaterial."
Tho legislative ticket will, If any
thing, commend Itself still less. With
two or three exceptions the men are
scarcely known outside of their own
very narrow circle.
The only man on the ticket who has
been prominently before the public Is
Frank Hansom, but his prominence Is
ol a kind that does not Inspire popular
contldence. His nomination in the
name of tho "silver republicans," who
do not muster a corporal's guard in
Douglas county, is in reality a conces
sion to certain corporations and individ
uals who want an attorney to light
their battles in the legislature. Of his
issoelates for the senate one Is a silk-
stocking lawyer nud the other n
hronle candidate for legislative honors.
With the exception of Patrick Me-
Ardle, who started out as a greenbacker.
turned up as a republican and llnally
landed as a populist, the house ticket
Is made up of men entirely untried. It
Is a combination that does not combine
and In which the business interests of
Omaha are practically unrepresented.
sri'iiHMK coriiT ur.Lii:i
t the recent meeting of the Nebraska
State Har association tho principal
theme of discussion turned on pro
posed measures to relieve tho overbur
dened docket of the supreme court.
That there Is urgent demand for action
looking in this direction will hardly be
disputed. It Is expressed most forcibly
by .Judge Wool worth when he says:
Kollef of tho people, not of tho court, 1
should say, Is tho subject. Tho situation
now amquntH almost to an absolute denial
of Justice. Centuries huvo been Kpent In
perfecting our Judiciary system and it re
mains for Nobruska to deny an appeal and
review. This Is a molancholy commentary
on tho civilization of tho stnto. I do not
believe wo can i;ct a constitutional con
vention, and I don't believe wo can get a
constitutional amendment. One way Is to
relievo tho court of a largo number of
casos, trivial cases, Involving Inconsldera
bio sums. Another method Ib to appoint
commissioners. Tho commissioner system
was reasorably effective, but whether it
would contlnuo to bo so I am not certain,
regardless of whether tho appointment Is
by tho governor or by the court. Mr. Martin
has niado a siiKKestlon that I have often
thought of. AuthorUo tho court, or as
sume It to bo authorized, to appoint ref
erees, by agreement of tho parties If they
can ngrce, and by the court if they cannot,
to see what Is In tho cases pending. 1 bo
llovo tho court has this power.
This not only describes the abuses, but
also enumerates the remedies suggested
by Various members of tho bar. None
of these remedies, however, except pos
sibly that of referees, could bo put Into
effect at once, and even tho referee sys
tnt would Involve additional expense to
our already too costly litigation.
We believe the suggestion made by
The Hee some months ago to bo still tho
most feaslblo plan for relieving the pres
sure on the supreme court by calling to
the assistance of tho supremo court
Judges, in nn- advisory capacity, mich
members of the district bench as could
readily devote a portion of their time to
such worlc. At that time expressions of
opinion were Invited from the district
Judges of the state and nlmost to a man
they signified their willingness and
eagerness to co-operato with tho su
preme court In nny way calculated to
attain the end of more speedy Justice.
To hold a constitutional convention ot
to secure the ratltlcatlon of a constitu
tional auieudiueut enlarging the supremo
court would require two to four years of
time. To piU into force u uew commis
sioner system by legislate o (inn tmiiit
would require nearly a year. In the
Interval the business of the court con
tinues to pile up and the abuses to
grow constantly worse. The objection
to the referee system Is the expense It
would entail, while It would have no
more recognition In law than the im
pressment of district Judges Into the
service.
The peculiar advantage or the plan
proposed by The Hee Is that It can be
made effective at once by mere Initia
tion of the supreme court; that It In
volves no new expense to burden the
litigant, while the decisions reached
would have more weight than those
given by any specially named referee,
because rendered by men experienced as
Judges and accustomed to Judicial prac
tice. The district judges are on the
state payroll and In many districts are
occupied only a portion of the time; they
derive their commissions from the peo
ple Instead of from the arbitrary choice
of governor or supremo court and
would inspire the coiitidence of both at
torneys and clients.
If an Immediate remedy is wanted no
plan will sallsfy the demand so well
as a commission made up In this way
from nmong the district Judges.
South Omaha liquor dealers are pre
paring for the Inevitable. With the
close of the century and Hie proclama
tion of the governor announcing an in
crease or population to L'O.UOO will also
come an Increase of liquor license fees
to .fl.OOO per annum. Under the Slo
clunib law every city of over Ki,U00 In
habitants must exact at least $1,000 u
year license. The South Omaha liquor
dealers will probably derive some con
solation from tho fact that they will get
rid of the occupation tax and the nickel-ln-the-slot
machine contribution tax.
Tho great strike in Hie anthracite coal
region occupies Hie front page In big
black type of every Hryanlte paper.
The temporary advance In the price of
hard coal Is hailed with delight as proof
positive of the disastrous eff"cts of the
gold standard and the conlllct between
the civil authorities of Pennsylvania
and the embattled strikers Is Jubilantly
pointed out as the effect of Imperialism
and militarism. This only goes to show
that Hryan's political fortunes depend
entirely upon the return of a tidal wave
of calamity In some form.
In the spring of IS'.MI there were l.!(!7
vacant dwelling houses and Hit vacant
stores In Omalia. Today every habit
able dwelling has an occupant and not
a dozen stores In the town are empty,
notwithstanding the fact that hundreds
of dwelling houses and scores of store
buildings have been erected since IMHS.
And yet the Hryanlte deluslonists say
that there is no prosperity in these parts.
The forecast for the Hritlsh elections
Indicates an nssured victory for the
party which has favored the war in
South Africa and directed Hritlsh
movements In Chi'nn. In Great Hritaln
as well as In the United States the
peoplo invariably give support to the
party in power which has successfully
maintained the honor of the national
Hag at home and abroad.
Kvery up-to-date railroad company
will soon have to organize a department
charged with the duty of apprehending
train robbers If the latter persist In
distributing their attentions indiscrim
inately as they have of late been doing.
Miii'U'h llarleN Itfiit'li (lie Spot.
Detroit Journal.
Prom the way the galled Jade winces we
Infer that Mark Huntia's unconventional re
marks about Mr. Uryun must hnvo poised on
a very sensitive part of his egotism.
Sonu- lliM- In the HlocU.
Globe-Democrat.
An Increase of about 11,000,000 In tho pop
ulation of tho United States In ton years
will be shown by tho census, and only
000.000 of the number is duo to Immigration.
There need bo no alarm about tho American
birth rate.
rroHperlt ' IMiis'i-lionril.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Postal statistics show that for tho first
tlmo since 2-ccnt postage was put into
effect receipts have exceeded expenditures.
And somo democrats contlnuo to say that
there Is no proeporlty.
llr iiiiIniii In (lie .Nortliin'it.
Tacoma Ledger.
Reasons why tho Pacific northwest may
well dread the possibility of Hryan's elec
tion are difficult to enumerate only because
thero ore so many ot them. This section has
resources Just beginning to be developed; it
has Industries Just (Hiding a tlrm busts. It
does not want Its resources to llo dormant.
It does not want the life of ItB young in
dustries choked out. It desires to grow, to
live up to Its rich possibilities. Therefore
it protests against free silver. Therefore It
has no patlonco with the enemy of n reason
able tariff or the antl-expanslonlsts who
would stltle enterprlso and advocate retreat.
I'll t It of Duty In China.
Washington Post.
If wo were called upon to compress Into
a slnglo sentence tho safest rule of action
for our country at this time, we should
put It in four words: Keep clear of tier
many! If wo need any reason, further
than our own solemnly proclaimed promlso,
to withdraw from Chinese soil, the fact
that Oermany intends to remain there Is
moro thnn enough. Kmporor William has
ostentatiously announced his purpose of
vengeance and spoliation. He has soundad
the keynote. Slay and pparo not! and has
confidently Invoked God's blessing on his
enterprise of rapine nnd extermination. Hut
there la no place in this abominable equa
tion for a hutuano and enlightened nnd freo
people.
llonM Monkey with the III). n.
lleatrlco Express
Tho Hon. O. M. Hitchcock of tho
Omabr- World-Herald appears to be
losing that cahn, lnscrtitablo Judg
ment for which he has long been celobrated
and admired, A man who will stand up In
public to argue with Mrs. l.oaso of Kansas
is certainly Intrepid, but he lncks proper
mental balance. Hotter to tackle tho Hyrcan
tiger, the armed rhinoceros, tho rugged
ItUBslan bear. Mrs. l.caso made a speech
the other day nnd when she paused for
breath Mr. Hitchcock leaped blithely upon
tho stngo und attempted to refute somo of
her remurks, whereupon sho wont for him
with that hurricane cloquenco which has
proven ho disastrous In Kansas and when
sho wits done Mr. Hitchcock looked liked
a human Galveston after experiencing u
tidal wac. Mrs. I.eueo Is happleht when
romo jaBh Individual comes forth from tho
au(Jleu;o to ursue a few iomu ultu her.
Emancipation-
Not Imperialism
The Out li ink
The republican party is ihargcd with pur
suing n policy which tends Inevitably to
imperialism, it ilalms to be pursuing a
policy which tends to the emancipation
of subject peoples, to the creation of freo
communities nnd to the enlarged honor be
cause of tho enlarged inllaence nnd useful
ness of tho nation. Which of these inter
pretations of tho events of tho past three
years Is correct? Has it been three years
of aggressive Imperialism or of emancipat
ing republicanism? On that question the
history ot the administration, as given by
Mr. McKluley In his letter ot acceptance,
throws no Inconsldcrnblu light. The ac
curacy of that history, sustained na It la at
every point by official reports from men of
national reputation, must bo assumed until
It Is successfully assailed.
It appears to us very clear that, whether
wo regard the avowed purposes of tho ad
ministration, tho results It has already
accomplished or tho methods It has used
In accomplishing theso purposes, the work
to which It commits tho nation Is n work,
not ot Imperialism, but of emancipation,
and that to stop It now would bo to halt
a most benlflcent movement in behalf of
liberty, JustL'o nnd the human race. Tho
party which emancipated the negro Is mov
ing forward to cmunclpnto four separnto
communities from foreign despotism. Tho
party which resisted tho nno emancipation
movement Is now resisting tho other nnd
now, ns then, la unconsciously nlded by a
small number of Intense humanists, who
nro moro Influenced hy phrases than by
facts. Ignoring theso phrases nnd basing
his action on the work nlready accom
plished tho unprejudiced voter has to ask
himself these questions: Is It desirable
to atop tho benlflcent work already so far
accomplished la Porto lllcn and the Phil
ippines? To dry up tho sources of their
public income? To cheek their enlarging
commerce? To close their Just opening
schools? To run tho hazard of that re
crudescence of anarchy, accompanied by
plunder and assasslnntlon, which would
probably follow In nil tho Philippines the
withdrawn! of our forces, slnco It has fol
lowed in each locality from which our
oi'i; I'ir.i.i) t on r.ut.MKits.
Itnlslnu ill Home All I'rixliiels .Needed
fin- II in - ( ' tl H 11 II I i 1 II ti .
Philadelphia Times.
Americans get boastful nt times and
claim to feed and clothe themselves nu 1
a largo contingent of the humnn family In
other countries besides. Plgures that
don't He. however, tnko the conceit out of
those who read and think nnd show that
to a considerable extent wo only trade
wheal, corn, beef and pork for coffee, tea,
sugar, wool, silk, wine, fruits nnd other
foreign agricultural products. The Agri
cultural department nt Washington has
Just published a bulletin showing that our
average annual Importations of these arti
cles for the past llvo years have reached
the sum of f3G6,9SI,70S. We buy coffee from
llrnzll, J.na and other sections, sugar
from Cuba, Oermany, Hawaii and the
Dutch Hast Indies, tea from China and
Japan, silks from Prance, Italy, China
and elsowhoro, hdes and wool from Great
Britain and South America, wines from
Prance, Italy and Germany und foreign
fruits from a dozen countries.
Of wool, hides, wines and sugar wo pro
duce some nnd import more. Of coffee, ten
and silks we Import all we use and It Is
a question of some Importnnco to our agri
cultural Interests whether wo can Increase
cur production of tho llrst named articles
and successfully engage In tho produc
tion of any or all of the others. Of climate
nnd soil wo have n diversity that would
seem to open the way to tho successful
cultivation of even coffee nnd sugar on n
largo scale. As to silk It Is only n question
ot rchitlvo cost. Wine and tropical fruits
can bo produced In unlimited quantities
whenever our farmers consider It worth
while. It Is probable that we will bo com
pelled to he large buyers of wool and hides
from South America and Australia simply
becaii80 It Is more prolitnblo to crop small
farms with a diversity of products thnn to
turn large sections of tillable land into
sheep and cattle ranches.
Tho possibility of supplying our own
wants In wholo or In part In thoso arti
cles which we now Import nlmost wholly
from other countries is one that offers
Itself ns a solution of the problem of over-1
production In other agricultural staples.
Those who cheapen cotton, wheat, corn
end other staple products growing more
than can be sold nt remunerative prlco will
do well to study these figures of our agri
cultural Imports with a view to extending
their farming Into now fields. Wo have
mastered tho processes ot refining sugar,
rousting coffeo and raising grapes. Why
shouldn't we learn to grow sugar and coffee
nnd make wine ns well?
! Kit SOX A I, l()l.TKItS.
"Let no guilty man escape" Is Germany's
present attitude toward China.
In spite ot tho fact that tho prlco of
coal has gono up people seem more nnxlous
than over to got It.
Hryan Is addressing tho stockyards and
Iioosevelt tho cow-punchors, so tho round
up seoins to bo fnlrly complete.
Thero Is no string attached to the recom
mendation of tho Agricultural department
thnt our fnrmers should turn their atten
tion to raising hemp.
Senator Hoar is a believer In the theory
that rest and sleep prolong life. When
ever ho is nble he takes un hour's nap In
the afternoon and nightly retires nt 10,
rising nt 7 In tho morning.
Joaquin Miller, tho poet, hns been much
nnnoyed by tho recent reports of his falling
heallh. 'i nm feeling better than I have
felt for ten years past," ho said tho other
day, "and I can see no reason why I should
not live for ten yenrs to cmno.
In Ilellovuo hospital, Now York, experi
ments nro being mudo which, according to
tho New York Herald, seem to point to
succcbs In producing a mosquito which.
Instead of Btlusiug human beings, will de
vote all Us tlmo to attacking other in
sects. Governor Llud of Minnesota, speaklue
recently nt a meeting In St. Paul In' cele
bration of tho landing of tho first German
ploueers In America, said that "under ordi
nary circumstances" he did not approvo of
tho observance of foreign national holidays
by American citizens of foreign extraction.
Somo furprl8o lb expressed by unknowing
people over tho achievement of n Chicago
woman, who put her foot down on a bur
glar and held him until n policeman ar
rived. Tho wonder Is that tho villain re
talned his breath. Great feet? Wo should
sinllo.
Pormcr Secretary of State John Sherman
placed on record In Washington n deed con
voying to bin adopted duughter, Mrs. Mary
H. McCallum, his handsomo marble front
mansion and his adjoining property on K
street In that city. Tho consideration
named In tho deed was J100, love nnd af
fection. Charles B. Stcuver, a millionaire hunker
and brewer of St. Louis, does not propose,
to have lawyers lighting over his estate
after he dies. Mr. Stuovcr has Juht dis
tributed his fortune among his six chlldron,
t-eHtrvIng 150,000, which 1m Intends to give
mvuy by will Ho came to this country In
IS!'.', being then 20 years old, and began
life as u farmer In Clinton county, this
stats.
forces have been wlllidrawn" Or. If thin
process of emanr Ipatlon nnd civilization
Is to he carried forward to Its completion,
can that lie better done by. taking the work
out of the hnnds of the men who have
Initiated nnd thus fnr prosecuted It
In order to entrust It to men
who nre nt best wholly untried, who
have heretofore opposed this benlflcent pol
icy nt almost evory stop, who have hail no
other dellnlte policy to propose In Its place
nnd who even now have none other to sug
gest than that we transfer our national re
sponsibility In the Philippines to a mi
nority of tho lnliabttnnt.1 nnd protect this
military oligarchy ngnlnst nil Interference?
a policy which President McKlnley thus
aptly characterizes In one of tho closing
paragraphs of Ills letter:
"Tho proposition ot those opposed to
us Is to continue nil tho obligations In the
Philippines which now rest upon the gov
ernment, only changing the relation from
principal, which now exists, to that ot
suroty. Our responsibility is to remain,
but our power Is to be diminished. Our
obligation is to be no less, but our title
Is to be surrendered to another power,
which Is without experience or training
or the ublllty to maintain u stable govern
ment at home and absolutely helpless to
perform its International obligations with
the rest of tho world.
The sentenco which wo have emphasized
presents tersely and conclusively the fatal
defect in tho policy proposed la tho dem
ocratic platform, which Mr. Hryun In his
first speech of the campaign has promised
he will execute if he is elected president
a policy which appears to us to be dis
tinctly ono of national dishonor, because
It practically repudiates tho obligations
Involved, first, in our destruction of the
Spanish Heel la Manila bay, then In our
treaty with Spain. Theso two events com
bine to make us responsible for the pro
tection of persons and property in the
islands. That responsibility we cannot
escape if wo would and ought not to es
cape if we could. The acceptance nnd ful
fillment of that responsibility nre not Im
pcrialUm. Properly fulfilled It will prove
to bo a policy of emancipation.
STATU I'ltnSS (IV STATU POLITICS.
Humboldt Lender: The efforts put forth
to secure the election of a fusion legis
lative ticket by Mr. Hryan would Indicate
that perhaps the democratic candidate Is
searching for n soft place to light.
Norfolk News: The fuslonlsts hne found
it exceedingly diirtcult to work up any
enthusiasm for Governor Poynter. They
are heartily nshamed ot his olllelnl record
and cannot urge support for lilm with the
vigor they would had it been perfectly
satisfactory.
Humboldt Leader: Governor Poynter's
pardon of Hcuwell, the Cass county mur
derer, In tho early part of his reign, Is
but another spike in the colIin of lils sec
ond term nmbltlon. Tho peoplo of that
county will see to it that their opinion
of tho inexcusable act will be duly recordoj
early in November. Watch for It.
Alnsworth Star Journal: The reason so
many cattlemen arc going to vote for
Dietrich for governor Ih made manifest
when it Ih remembered thnt tho Western
Nebraska Stock association passed a reso
lution condemning Governor Poynter for
pardoning so many of the thieves, to se
curo tho nrrest and conviction of whom
the nssoclatlon has spent much time nnd
money.
Hustings Itecord: Tho purlflcotlon of the
Hcntrlco institute for the Feeble Minded Is
partlully accomplished, Lang having va
cated In favor of Dr. Hearing. If the gov
cnor can bo Induced to extend his house
clcnnlng movement to the Soldiers' homo
at Grand Island tho Inmates ot that In
stitution will be gratified beyond measure.
Poynter's recent whitewashing trip to tho
homo may have satlslled Swigert, but not
tha public.
Hastings Itecord: Tho only vacant store
room In the city of Hastings was secured
by tho fusion campaign club. The repub
licans were obliged to iuduco a man to
vacate Ills own storo in order to socuro
quarters. Pour years ago the campaign
committees wcro offered quarters on Sec-
I ond street rent free. How many fuslon-
Ists who contributed to tho expense fund
this year wero reminded of the good old
days of 1S9C, when they could huvo rented
(a storo room for one-third as much and
had not the price?
Weeping Water Republican: J. A. Lee
says tho popocratB are hot nfter him slnco
tho Republican mudo public tho fact that
ho would vote the republican ticket this
year. Ho showed ua n personal letter he
laid received from state headquarters, urg
ing him to go out and hear Hryan when
ho speaks nt tills place on the 21st. Mr.
Leo said that ho was going to wrlto them
that tho only mun ho knew of who would
attend their meotiug was Hank Hubbard
anil advised them to send him a special In
vitation to mako suro of It.
Holdrege Citizen: The rank nnd file of
tho populist party nro beginning to wake up
and Unci out how, by menns of n few fusion
leaders, they nro being worked as a part of
tho democratic pnrty, notwithstanding that
they htnrted out to form a new paity he
catiso thoy considered tho old parties hail
outlived their usefulness, and now to find
out that an nttempt has been mndo to con
voy, by their leaders, them bodily Into tho
democratic ranks without tholr consent, docs
not make them feel very good-natured and
bomo of them nro showing their spunk and
mnuhood hy refusing to bo led Into tho dem
ocratic ranks by tho bclf-appolnted lenders.
Weeping Water Republican: As a mat
ter of curiosity wo looked up tho Repub
lican tiles for 1SDC and find thnt the Inst
bank reports published beforo election
wero printed In October. Tho total cash
deposits nt that time, In tho two city hanks,
was r,2,fi77.72, while tho reports of tho
sumo banks, printed this week, show a
total of J183.213.fl2, making a net gain of
$130,530.20, or about 350 per cent. Nearly
all of this money belongs to farmers within
a radius of a fow miles of Weeping Water
and it Is nn object lesson which In Itself
explains why so many changes nro being
mado from tho party which thrives on
calamity to the grand old party of pros
perity. Nollgh Leader: Tho assessors' returns
from tho different townships ot Antolopo
county show tho following amount of live
Btock subject to taxatlun: Cattle, 27,713
head; mules, 118; horses, 8,413; sheep, 800,
hogs, 23,320. Not to mako it too high wo
will approximate tho Increase In actual
valuo per head during tho last four years
ns follows: Cuttle, JS; mules and horses,
J10; sheep, $2.."0; hogs, $2.30. This would
show an Intreuso In tho valuo ot cattle
amounting to $211,900; horses nnd mules,'
$68,910; sheep, $2,000; hogs, $03,300. A
grand total of $3tiG,170 added to the wealth
of tho farmers of Antelopo county on thrse
articles alono through four years of Mc
Klnley prosperity. Do you want a change?
Beatrice Kxpress: There is rcuson
to bellovo that Dr. Dearlug will be ft suc
cess as superintendent of tho Feeble Minded
Institute If tho politicians at Lincoln do not
muko his tusk ImpOBfclhlo by forcing upon
him u lot of Incompetent assistants. Tho
decadence of the Institute dining the lgt
fow years has not been to inurh duo to
tho lni-upailty of tho tupcrlntendcnts io
the reform system of giving places to unfit
people Most of thn attaches of all tho
itat institutions have been appointed aa a
rei'.uJ for political work performed and
wuh' u: icfcrenee to the fllncxs of the P
poiti', i- yo long ns that fys( m prevails
no tun n an make a success of the llcatrh o
institute It is go nbolutcly necessary that
nil tin- otn inls nnd employes of such nn es
tablishment should work together plesnatltly
and harmoniously. Dr. Denrlng Is a mau of
expr:lc:nc and education and throughout
the triim scenes of the last few month
hns borne himself with dignity. If he ho
hnlf a (iiHtice he will probably mnke a tci -old
for himself.
pi in. it iti i in: iii:mi:dv.
The I'lr-M i lihiu in lie SoukM In llcnl
Inu til Ml (lie Trtltt.
Pi'-ton Transcript.
Governor llm sevelt hns hit the mill en
the head Hi statement regarding the
trusts. In hh ic-cr of acceptance, wherein
he points out that publicity Is tho first
thing to be sought, is In lino with his pre
vious position upon the subject, and sug
gests tho remedy for tho trust ovlls about
which wo hear ho much. It Is of the ut
most Importance In nny discussion that the
disputants shnll tunh rstaiid the terms used
to mean the same thinun, and It Is no lcn
important. In legislating against nny sup
posed evil, that the nature nnd extent et
that evil shnll be determined to the satis
faction of all parties Interested.
In any anti-trust legislation It must bo
remembered that the courts of the United
States have already settled upon three or
four principle. Mz.: The restraint of
trade (by the trust or combination) mum
be an express nnd unreasonable restraint,
freedom of contract Is nn lnvlolablo pre,,
crty right under the constltuton; statis
may refuse admission to foreign corpora
tions, but must slop at tho lino of Inter
state commerce, and Interstate common e
cannot ho taxed. On the other hand, tho
polleo power of the stnte. while limited In
matters of Interstate commerce. Is well
nigh supremo, nnd It is this which has
been Invoked with some success In several
of the states.
In New York, however, legislation has
been directed toward the fundamental prop,
oy It ion. Governor Roosevelt has Insisted
In his public messages that the llrst thing
neressary was to define a trust so thnt
there should he no unlawful or unreason
able Interference with the commercial op
erations of .niv corporation acting properly
within the scope of Its charier. That thero
are real abuses of corporate privileges he
has not one moment doubted, but to pre
vent abortive nml useless legislation Is no
less important to tho public wclfnro thnn
to pass measures which will deprive them
of their unusual advantages over compet
itors. In the statute of New York passed
In 1S97 the nttnrney general Is empowered
to summon witnesses or In preliminary pro
erodings, calling upon them to produce
books, documents or papers In their pos
session or under their control relating to
the subject under examination. Tho
amendments to this act jiassed in 1R9?,
while reme lying defects In the Rtatule, go
even further in bringing to light tho opera
tion of thes Industrial combines.
That publicity will do n great deal toward
remedying the evils of the trusts It not to
bo doubted by those who have watched tho
rntirae of legislation against railroad com
bination. Tho moment a "secret agreement"
was Lrotight to light II lost Its value and be
came Inoperative. The existence of rebates
to shippers In restriction of natural nnd
healthy competition censed ns soon ns they
became known to other railroad companies
and to tho public. So, us soon as their
methods became public, would some of tho
trusts bo shorn of their power. General In
formation relating to capitalization, profits
nnd operation would In most cases point out
the remedy to bo applied. Until the public
lias data upon which to work the ngltntlon
against trusts must bo empirical nnd in
many coses guided by prejudice. When
peoplo know what they are talking about
they begin to got down to n practical basis.
Governor Rcosovclt's plain and tirief decla
ration regarding the trusts Is worth niHny
pages of fulmlnatlons of popullstlc orators
vho are shooting In tho dark and moro
than volumes of democrntlo protestations
by men whoso membership In tho corpor
ations nssalled stamps their utterances with
insincerity.
THIPLKS LIGHT AS A III.
Hoston Transcript: The Court What li
Mr. Hindi's reputation lor truth ond ver
acity? Thn Witness I nhould sny It Is verv bad
or It ought to be. It was only yestenhiv
thnt ho told mo he fullv understood thn
(iilne.sn situation nnd hits understood It
from tho llrst.
Phlcnzo Record: "I never tip waiters
unless they are attentive und civil."
"You're eiisy: I never tip them unless
they nre nffubln and condescending."
Pittsburg Chronicle: "I henr thnt you
bought a gold brick down to the city,
rinic Reuben," said n resident of Clover
township to a returned traveler.
"That's what the feller said It was," re
plied Uncle Reuben, ruefully, "but It turned
o.i t to be brass."
Chicago News: "Nolsoless pneumatic
tires are put on rocking chairs now."
"Well, lot us be patient; muvbe they'll
get around to putting them on piano keys."
Indianapolis Journal: Noah Thlngortoo
What dues Hryun raise on his farm?
Noah Tall Ho thinks ho Is rnlslnj his
majorities.
Chicago Tribune: "I think my husband
Is tho most iilisent-mlndcd mini I over
saw."
"What bus he been doing now?"
"He gave In our household goods to the
assessor ill what It would cost to replace
them and then went ami hnd them Insured
for what they would bring at a forced
sale "
Detroit Free Press: Mr. Horem She
asked me in sing und Insisted upon encore
after encore.
Miss Pepjirey Yes, she told me nfler
wnrd Hint anything wiis better than sil
ting thero nnd lulklng to you all evening.
Philadelphia Press: Mm Pansay Yes,
and when he proposed I tried to pretend
that I didn't euro for him nt nil. I tried
hard not to let him read any cneoiirnte
ment In my face, but ho did.
Miss Pepprey Ah! T suppose he could
read between tho lines.
Washington Star: "Don't you ndmlro de
termination In a mnn's ehnrnetor?"
"It ull depends on thn result," nnswered
Mr. filrlus Darker. "If It brings success
t pralso It ns splendid perseverance, If It
brings falluro 1 denounco it ns confounded
obstinacy."
Huffnlo IJxprcss: Landlady (threaten -Inglyi
I'll glvo you pleco of my mind
one of these duys If you're not careful.
Hoarder I guess I can stand It If It hn't
any bigger than tho piece of plo you gave
me.
Chicago Tribune: "These nre your facts
und llgures." suld the clerk In thn onico
of the party manager. "Vmll have to
wrlto your own peroration, of course."
"Not much!" exclnlmed the newly-engaged
spellbinder, gathering up the rtocu
ments anil putting Ihein In h s pocket.
"I've got half ti dozen perorutlons left
over from 1S9C."
yo7i m;vi:h can thll.
Klin Whce'er Wilcox.
You never can tell when you senil n word
Uko nn arrow shot from a bow
Hv an an her bllnd-be It cruel or kind
just where It will clunco to go.
It may plercu tho brcust of your dearest
friend, , ,
Tipped with Its poison or balm;
Ti a stranger's heurt In life's nreat mart
It mnv curry Its pain or Its calm.
You never can tell when yoj do an set
Just what the result will he;
lut with every deed you uro sowing a need,
Though Its harvest you may not see.
ICuch kindly uet Is an neorn dropped
In Ood's productive soil;
Though you may not know, yet the tree
shu'I grow
And sluit' r the brows that toll,
You never can I'll what your thoughts
will do
In bringing vm huto or love;
For the thoughts uro things, and their airy
wings
Are swifter than carrier dmes
They follow the law of the universe
K.uh thing must reatn Its kind;
And thev speed i Ira. k to bring you hack
Whatever went oit from your mln.
by buch urtful dodging.
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