THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1901. Tim omaha Daily Bee E. IIOBEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING-. tkhmh op SUBSCRIPTION, Dally Hco (without Sunday), One Yenr..$.W have Ijcoii pawed' on In n lately re Bf.ii?rftW lw Ported decision of the Pennsylvania mi- Sunduy Bee, uno Year...... f w Saturday Dec, Ono Year........ l.W Twentieth Century Farmer, Ono Year... l.w OFFICES: Omaha: Tho Deo Building. South Omaha: City Jiiall Building. Twcn- ly-uitu-anu m a tree in, council Bluffs: 10 Fcarl Street. Chlenaot 1640 Unltv llulldlne. New fork: Temple Court, Washington: Wl Fourteenth Street. , CORRESPONDENCE. Communications rulatlng to news nnd edi torial mutter should bo addressed: omana la-ii, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS, Uuslnesa letter. . and remittances should u addressed: The- Bte Publishing t-om- bu puny, crniuna. HEMITTANCE3. Remit by dnttt, 'express or poatat ordof, jmyuoio' to Tho iJeo 1'ubllshlng Company, only ii-cenl sunups nocupieu In payment or mail accounts, Personal cnccKs, except on omaha-or Kastern excnangi's, not accepted. TiJE BEE 1'UuX.XUaiNQ COMFA.XX. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. , State ot.Kubiaska. Douglas Courily. Ulturun It TinxHimlr prrrtnrv ot 1(10 HCO says TthYu tho actual number of lull and y?v OT" ,T" V&iu m tfi month ot March, liiOl, wan aa toilowa; l ao.oio 17 .. tiui 1 2 ,...UU,8UU 3 117,800 4 .20,800 t ,.,..20,880 6 ao.iMo 7 28,0-10 I! 27.UU0 9 27,040 10...', 28,205 11 27.U20 IS 27,000 1.1 27,000 14 27.050 IS 28,1 BO 16 28,120 !!"!"!! .'"aolaao 2o'.!'.".!!!!!!!ai!aau 21 28,iu 22 23 20,280 II 110,180 S3 20,1110 C 2O.BII0 -7 2U.UU0 28 B2.440 u nit arana 31 30,020 ,807,075 Lena unsold and returned copies.... 12,807 Net tbtal sales .884.078 Net dally average 28.BJ4 GEO. B. TZBCHUCK, Subscribed In my presence nnd sworn to uciore mo mis jst aay 01 April, a. u. jsih. M. B. HUNG ATE. Notary Public. The auditorium brick supply Is limited to 20,000. Come early and avoid tho tabllshlng organic law for tho common rush, wealth. It Is not lawmaking, which Is a Perhnns those Cubans will convince themselves sooner or later that Unclo Sam Is not to be trifled with after all. lug lu particular Just now, except that It Is still a trifle too distant from Omaha. the neonlo of the flood-awcot Ohio val- ley to come to Nebraska und get out of tho wet i If no one else wants to confess to hav- lug perpetrated the Cudnhy kidnaping, the public will have to return the credit again to tho Hon. P. Crowe. Agulnaldo hns not yet announced his lecture four. He will not come up to ex pectations,, howover, if he docs not fol low the footsteps of Illustrious predeces sors to ,to lecturo platform. Senator Cliauneey M. Depcw- hns- cele brated his sixty-seventh birthday. We await anxiously the speclally-bfowell now story sprung by tho great, dfter dinner senator In celebration of that auspicious event. If Nebraska republicans will only leavo tho managctacut of the party nnd tho selection of lta candidates to the popocratlc press it will havo an easy way out, but they will hardly satisfy either republicans or popocrats. A local popocratlc contemporary Is shuddering over tho "unmanly snort of llvo bird shootluc." Tho unmaulv wnort of nrlxc-flghtlng carried on at South Omaha under the uoso of tho fusion county nttorneydocs not fcazo It n bit Tho Nntlonnl Educational association is preparing for Its annual convention to bo held at Detroit next July. The last convention was held In tho soutn und tho west should come In for tho meeting. ofs100'J, Why not go after It for Omana Our popocratlc friends seem to have braska's, new republican senators to Washington than they over had In tho doings of their popocratlc predecessor. Of course this interest Is purely unselfish and patriotic. Nebraska Is to contribulo a uotahle In stallment of red men off Its reservations to the Indian, congress at Buffalo. Tho. Indians who havo had a monopoly of trinket selling at Niagara Falls for a century or moro will do well to look to tho laurels that they have so long maintained. If the nroiwsed now railroad to Km. porla covers uew territory exclusively Without competing with -cxlstlnc lines tho other railroads will doubtless enter no objections. If It gives promlso of dl- vldltig preseut trallie It will not take tone;for tho rouds now here to discover that It la not needed. Nebraska's bank balance sheet, as pre- pared by the secretary of tho State Hanking board, makes a gratifying ex- hlbltlou of icllccted prosperity lu tho substantial Increase lu tho nmouuts on deposit ami tho Items of loans ami dls- counts. Nebraska's banks are on n substantial footing these days. The attorneys general of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois havo gotten together for a combined campaign against fraudulent lusurauco companies. The combination should not bo kept exclusive to those threo states, as tnero is work along the same lines lu all tho western-territory, Let Nebraska's attorney general apply for admission. South Omahn llvo stock figures da not lndlcnto that that market has yet suf- fercd any by tho, announcement that ouo of the packers has transferred his prln- cipal business to St. Joseph. On tho contrary, tho receipts havo gone up In- stead of dowu since tho announcement was made. Depend ou South Ouinbn to hold lta own. A CASH VnKCtSELY LY I'OIXT. Thu question raised by The Hco lu n lucent odltorlnl ns to the effoct of the attempted veto by Governor Dietrich of the constitutional anicmluieut agreed to mo eurnnKB legislature eems 10 nretuo court, which holds squarely that , V , the Rovernor has no part lu the sub- nilssfon of constitutional amendments, This case, entitled Commonwealth OKftluttt (Jrlcst, arose from nn applica tion for mandamus to compel the sec retary of tho commonwealth to cause tho publication of a proposed amend ment that had been vetoed by the gov ernor of Pennsylvania. The constitu tion of Pennsylvania, with reference to b ,h u mctll(Mi ot nmcndment nnd to mu vein iiower, is ciuseiy ur.ui i iwn of Nebraska. It contains a provision similar to ours requiring the approval of tho governor-to every bill, order, resolution or vote, to which the concur rence of both houses may be necessary, before It shall become a law: and the article" relating to amendment requires agreement by li .prescribed majority of each legislative branch nnd publication tor a designated period before ratltlca tou or rejection by the voters nt tho nollu. UOa The opinion of Justice Green ot the Pennsylvania supremo court, which goes ,,t0 tho question In great detail, is clear cut. After quoting the constitution lie says: It will bo observed that the method ot creating amendments to the constitution Is fully provided for by this artlclo of the ex isting constitution. It Is a separata nnd In- I AAnanAnnt ftrttrln fltanrilnr aTntlA nnri f II- tlrcly unconnected with any other subject, Nor does It contain any rcfcrcnco .to any other provision ot tho constitution as being needed or to bo used In carrying out tho particular work to which tho eighteenth article Is devoted. It Is a system entirely complcto In Itself, requiring no extraneous aid, cither In matters of detail or ot gen eral scope, to Us effectual execution. It Is also necessary to bear In mind the ennr- actcr of tho work for which It provides. It I mnatltiitlnn-mnklne: It Is a concentra- tton of an th0 power of tho people In cs- distinct and separate function, but it is u apeclflc exerclso ot tho power ot a people tomko ,ts constitution. .Tno c Scs 0,1 10 "uw u,ul l"u duty or tue secretary ot tne voiuiuou oup' fo"owlng Immediately upon o entry on ho Journals of the vote I snowing llini tne proiiovvu uuikuiihil-iii hns secured tho constitutional majority of their membcrsuip, nuti mat no cannot excuso liimseit ror nou-pertormance uy. setting up the advice, opinion or action of any other person, organisation or department, official or otherwise, for tho simple reason that the article ot tho constitution which prescribes his duty does not allow It. Referring to tho section of tho coustl tutlon rclatlug to tho veto power the Judge says that this power "Is contlued exclusively to the subject of legislation It is entitled, 'Of Legislation,' nnd only purports to be an jiuth6rlzatlon and lim itation of the legislation of the common wealth. It prescribes tho manner In which tho business of making laws must bo conducted, and tho subjects with reference to which It may and may not bc CXOrclscd, but nowhere Is there tho slightest refcrenco to or provision for tho subjoct of amendments to the constitution. It Is not c.Veu alluded to lu tho remotest manner. On tho coil trary, tho entire artlclo Is confined ex cluslvcly to tho subject of legislation; that Is, tho actual exerclso of the luw roaklug power of the commonwealth, In Its usual and ordinary acceptation." In support of tho position taken by the court tho oplulon refers to a uuni ber of other cases in which tho same conclusion has been reached, tne. most notable being that In which Chief Jus- tlco Chase of tne unitcu states supreme court held that amendments to tho fed eral constitution do not require the ap provnl of the president before submls- 0n to tho various states for ratltlca- tlou, although tho amendment article 0f tho federal constitution is very slin uar to that of Pennsylvania nnd Ne- hrnska. It thin flni.lnlnn nnnnf IntoH the law In ,t s clcar tunt lh0 vct0 message tiled by Governor Dietrich with tho proposed amendment to the Ne braska constitution Is altogether beyond his authority and can have no legal effect. Tho secretary of state, wnen tho time comes, will have uo alternative but to accept tho records of i the legtsla turc as .his only guide and to cause tho publication of the nmcndment nud havo It printed on the offlclul ballot for an expression from tho people, without re gard to tho attempted veto., T)IE CHlSIii Mf ENQIiAHiX The British government Is today con rronteti wun tno most serious uranium In history. It Is n question not only raising revenue lor current expeniu turcs, but also of providing for the very 1'B deficits that arc Involved In 'the war expenditures wuicn tne soutn ai Hcan conflict has caused. It Is not geu orally understood how great the South African campalgu has been lu expense to Great Itrltatu. It means hundreds of millions of dollars already expended nnd a great deal moro of outlay yet to bo made before the pacification of thlB country Is to bc accomplished. Tho blue book which was presented In Par I llnmcnt u few' days ago, on tho nu thorlty of Governor General M liner, In a very clear and definite way stated what tho government would huvo to do In order to restore peaco nnd order in tho provinces and bring the iieoplo of tho Transvaal under British control The policy outlined by Mllucr is ono of reasonable mnguanlmlty and will ap pcnl to tho best Instincts of the burgh ers. It docs not contemplate uuy harsh treatment of tho people, who huve been at war against Great Brltatn, but rather adopts tho American Ideit of treating them with proper consideration and giving them a participation In tho government to bo established. If tb British government shall adopt that policy the pacification of South Africa will not bo very difficult As tho situation now stands, lunvever I there scema to be uo fluttering prospect of the Itrltlsh governmciit doing atiy thing to Improve conditions nt home or abroad. The men who are nt the head of affairs seem to be absolutely blind to everything regarding the ma terial Interests nnd welfare of the na tion and looking only for political ad vantage. The whole aim of Chamber lain, who Is the dominating Influence In. the government, appears to he ab solutely political and It Is by no means a nature to reassure the British public. Unglaud Is confronted by n crisis of the most serious nature and It Is not a reckless prediction that within the next ten years that country will ex perience n decline of llnnnclal and com mercial power that will place it In tho third position among the nations of the world. TfB VHOPOXED UMAHA-EMPOlltA LINK. The proposition to construct a railroad no from Omaha to Emporia, Kan., with vlow to affording the city a southern outlet and connections with the Banta Ko nnd the Missouri, Kansas & Texas, deserves careful consideration. On the face of It tho proposition made v tho promoters seems to be n business proposition, but more thorough Investi gation will be needed before a dcnnlte answer can be given to the question whether It would pay Omaha and Doug Ins county to vote the $250,000 In Iwuds usked as a consideration from our people. That Omaha's foundation for substan tial growth rests upon Its unequaled distribution facilities afforded by rail roads radiating In nearly every direction goes without saying. Of tho territory within reach of Omaha Jobbers and manufacturers, rail connections are lack ing In ouly two or three directions. While we doubt whether the dream of uorth and south trunk lines with Gulf of Mexico outlets diverting European xportatlou will bo realized In this gen eration, the necessity of north and south lines for local traflle Is constantly pres ent, and the proposed Emporia line would unquestionably satisfy part of that demand. When It comes to voting bonds as u subsidy for construction It will devolve upon tho parties Interested to formulate their schemo Into dcllnltc terms and con dltlons. This proposition will then be a proper subject for public discussion, on which the people should bo thoroughly enlightened by the time they nro asked to record themselves at the election nt which the proposition Is submitted for their endorsement. Chancellor Andrews ot the Stnte unl erslty Is said to have taken occasion to lilt nt Governor Dietrich in an address nt Chicago before a nowly-organlzed branch of the University Alumni usso elation. Taking n hit at Governor Diet rich may afford satisfaction t. tho fu slou backers of tho imported chancellor, but it Is hardly lu keeping with the dig nity and scholarship supposed to be In eluded lu the qualltlcatloqs of the head oLu great Institution of learning. .Nebraska's commissioner to tho Buf falo exposition will have to get a movo on him If Nebraska's exhibit Is, to be In place within reasonable time after the opening of tho exposition, May 1. To get tho full benefit of the exhibit It should bc Installed as soon as possible. Nebraska will bo fairly well represented from the start on the Midway according to the lists of tho commissionaires, but Its substantial advertising has to come from tho official state exhibit. Omaha's street Improvements are waiting ou the acceptance of a form of petition which will comply with tho law and safeguard the city against property owners who ma' attack their signatures lu tho courts after tho work, is done. It is to be hoped these preliminary proceed lugs will bc expedited as much as pos Hil.. as many of tins streets ore In cry lug need of now pavements, and delay In the commencement of the work Is likely to throw It Into cold weather. Prophet In Wnllliia. Washington Star, The gentlemen who declared some time ago that the prosperity was only for elec tioneering purposes aro still waiting their turn for prophetic vindication. Corp of thr (taeatlon. Buffalo Express. It Is not so much a question whether the rorto Rlcans aro better off than ever be foro but whether they aro as well off us people living under the American flng are entitled to bo. Pretense nnd Practice. Cleveland Leader. Tho Invasion of China was started In the namo of civilization and Christianity, but tho motive was soon forgotten. Loot was tho only thing thought of after tho troops had been landed It was a bad start for the twentieth century. How It Will Work Out. New York Herald. There isn't beet enough in England to "go around" an& giro every man a slice. If the soldier gets the home product, the rest ot tho population the four hundred and four million will depend on this country ro something to eat. American exportation will not be affected In the least. Kicking nt the Snitc. Sun Frnnclsco Call. There is hardly any sort of a senato In the Anglo-Saxon world that is satisfactory to tho pcoplo of whose legislation It has charge. Wo are talking of changing tho method of olcctlng members of our senate Great Britain wishes to abolish her House of Lords nnd now In Canada a cry has arisen for making a clean sweep of the Do minion Senate. Uncle Umm'm Uold Pile. 'Philadelphia Lodger. About half of tho $500,000,000. ot gold In the United States treasury Is owned by tb government, the other half being ownei by tho people, who bold gold certificates as se curlty for it. There is no danger that the certificates will bo turned In, as the bold ers would rather have them than tho metal but tbero is satisfaction In knowing that the government could pay them all and have quite enough gold left to carry on business, o Warrant for Pessimism. Brooklyn Eagle. We know that It Is the habit ot not a fe In comparing the present with the past to magutfy the past and to minimize tho pres ent. But everybody aud everything In the present can, In the broa view ot the progress of tho race, bo regarded as better than their prior approximate analogues, for the world is better and humanlfy Is better now than ever before, since knowledge W more, unselfishness Is more, altruism is more, courtesy Is more and vanity, vapid Itr, vapor, virulence and venality arc for less, t llnckln the Keallrr Option. Indlnnnpolls Journal. The Iowa bank defaulter declares that It was the "board of trade business" which caused his ruin. It Is the same old story, nd It will continue to be repeated until men learn that, In the long run, tho outside operator In options Is a loser In nine cases f ten. Cnitntttntlon nnd the Klaa. Buffalo Express. The act organising tho territory of Ha all rave Its courts Independent Jurisdic tion, Under which the contention was set up that there was no appeal to the courts of tho United States. The supreme court of the United Btates has assigned Hawaii to the Ninth Judicial district and ordered the circuit court ot nppenls to show cause why It should not take Jurisdiction over Hawaiian cases. This Is an Indication of the opinion ot the court on the question whether tho constitution follows the flag which may give administration Inwycrs somo uneaslncts as to the fate of tho Philip pines and Porto Ulco cases. Man'a Soclnt SlnuillnR In tlir Went. W. D. Lyman In tho Atlantic. Tho majority of western men are out of their element In anything except bust- ness and politics. The wife usually acts as head ot tho family in all manner ot so- lal ana religious crises, as Inviting n min isterial guest to ask a blessing at table or conduct .family worship, while the mas culine partner slouches around nt such times In hulking and uncomfortable) con sciousness of his own lack ot piety and polish. That solemn sentc of his own dignity aa head of the .house, (hat shrinking defer- enco paid to him by tho weaker vessels of his family, which magnifies tho pater famulus In England, and to some degreo In ho old-.ashloncd New England community this never lightens up the pathway ot tho average western householder. He may con- Ider himself In great luck It he Is not dis crowned entirely. UUY nOT IX SOCIKTV. Paucity of Children In the Pnlncea of the Wealthy. Boston Globe. The New York clergy aro making a vigorous nttack upon modern American con ditions In tho abodes of wealth. Dr. Rains- ford declares that women In the higher walks ot life shirk the duties of motherhood In order to bo tree for tho pursuit of pleas ure, while other pastors of wealthy churches deploro the spread of gambling among their flocks. Reports from twelve prominent churches attended by families ot wealth and fashion showed a lOtal membership ot 9, Ml, with but 1,500 children on the rolls of the Sunday schools. It was reported that only sixty-ono children nttended tho Sunday school of a church which has 1,000 mem berg. Investigation shows that the homes ot the rich are practically childless. In the mile ot palaces on Fifth avenue between Fifty-seventh and Seventy-second streets there are only fifteen children under 12 years ot age. The average Is about one child to three of those costly and beautiful homes. In n slnglo tenement house were found more than four times as many children as In a whole mile ot mansions extending along Fifth avenue The Inevitable result of such facts can not be misunderstood. For the love of fashion and easo the race Is being sacrificed Nature Is silent nt such social blasphemy, but her laws wilt .not be defied without a ycuf.il til luv villi. HISTOnV IN",BltON.K TAM.ETS. Confidence In' lta Accuracy Is Being Sadly Shaken. Springfield '(Mass.) Republican. There seems to be almost an epldomlc ot historical Inaccuracy ou bronze tablets. The Mary Washington" chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution pf New York havo unveiled a tablet In the register's office of the Brooklyn bridge.- This Is the Inscription: This Tablet Marks the Site of tho Provost prison, Where I'atrlotH Died for the Causo ot Freedom About A. D. 1T56. Erected iy the Mary Washington Colonial Chapter, Daughters of tho American Revolution, April 15, A. D. 1901. ' Revolutionary patriots aro meant. The soldiers who died for "the cause of free dora" In the old Provost prison were sol dlers ot the revolutionary war, and that war did not begin until 1775. Yet this tab let has fixed tho revolutionary war about twenty years too soon. This is the third case of the Hort that has como under our observation within a short time. One was very near home, and involved tho historical status ot the founder ot Springfield. The tablet said one thing and the truth said another, but that was an error which was speedily rectified by an amendment to the Inscription on the tablet. Then came Mrs. Logan's choice selection of senators from different parts of a period covering slxteon years to figure on a tablet, representing her Irusband taking tne oatn or omce in tne senate cnamoer. Mrs. Logan wished to make tno taniet "in terestlng." And now comes Mary Wash tag-ton chapter of- the Daughters of tho American Revolution setting back the war for tndependenqe'ViSenty yeari). It is oulto needless to say that our con fldenco In" brorft tablet history is being badly shakep. .But,, If. It Is so easy to make tho most obvious errors on nronzo tablets which aro months In making, and which contain the briefest nnd barest outline ot facts, can it bo cause for surprise that written history Itself should be so full ot controverted points? Did General Rose crans or General "Baldy" Smith concelvo the plan for the relief of Chnttanooga? Tho point Is in dispute. Did Marcus Whit man "save Oregon?" Tho point is In dis pute. When we pass from special con trovcrsles into the larger field of his torlcal Interpretation, the chance for wldo differences In opinion becomes even greator, Was tba American civil war tuovltable? Two recent writers hold views exactly con trary on that point. Our civil conflict, says Spenser Wilkinson, a British student of war, "had its origin In conditions nt long and gradual growth, rendering an ul timate explosion inevitable." On tho oihor hand; Prof. Macy, in his "Political Parties in tho United States," condemns tho view that whatever hns happoned Is "In tho na ture of tho caso. Inevitable." Ho regards our civil war as by no means Inevitable "It U an undeniable truth," lie writes "that the civil war occurred as tho result ot. a series ot political crimes nnd blun dors." Tho whole field ot historical study, from dates on bronzo tablets to the broad geu eratlzatlons which historians draw from epochs, may be reduced In reality to the simple problem of gutting things straight To solve It is one pf the most difficult things that the human mind can under take to do. A history absolutely accurate was never yet written. The historian who will get his Interpretations and his facts altogether straight will be the perfect man Cornerntoue of St. Pnnl'a LOUP CITY, Neb., April 21. (Special Telegram.) The laying of Kbo cornerstone of St. Paul's Lutheran church was con ducted here this afternoon by Rev. G Robcrtus, assisted by Rev, A. Woth of Seward and Rev. John Madely ot Loup City. A large crowd'was In attendance and tho new church will start out with a largo . membership. A Lesson in llnlttmoro Tho experience of the Indianapolis Press. v,hlch suspended publication recently, should disillusionize a horde of people who bcltcvo '.he road to success In Journalism Is an easy ono to travel. The Indianapolis News was built up by iohn H. Ilotliday and William J. Hlchards, who devoted a quarter of n century to the work. So suc- cssful wore they that when tho property was sold to dissolve. a partnership It brought nearly $1,000,000 nt public auc tion. Holllday and Richards retired and immediately established the Press to com pote with tho paper they had Just dis posed of, but with no thought of destroy ing It. Few newspaper experiments havo at- racted so much attention as has tho Press, Tho men behind the cnterprlso knew tho Indlannpolls newspaper field as Intimately as they know the alphabet. They knew, oo. all tho Ins and outs of tho nrt ot making a complete, clean, vigorous and attractive paper. Before n slnglo number of the Press had been printed Messrs. Hol llday and Richards Invested $250,000 In their plant, thereby procuring an equipment capable ot producing a perfect newspaper. n nddltlon they surrounded themselves with talent of nn unusually high order. Tho result was that from Its first lssuu the Press was a model nowspaper, care fully prepared, expertly edited and pos sessed of most prominent qualities of taste nud elegance lu appearance and In con tents. Hut It did not succeed. From tho out set It was n losing venture. Now, after sixteen months, In which time the losses, In nddltlon to the original Investment, aggregated over $200,000, the experiment has been adjudged n failure and the paper has suspended publication. Tho amount of tho loss $450,000 in all Is staggering when all the facts are considered. But, while this sum gives some Idea of the enormous expeuso connected with the pro duction of n complcto newspaper, It Is but an Incldont, and asldo from the moral sTAirrg rusiox ihscumsiox. m Tckamah Herald (rep.): The democrats ot Douglas county have put their seal ot dis approval or fusion. They have declared that hereafter they will go it alone. They do not propose to mix and divide the spoils with populists or silver republicans. Where will Ransom bo nt ? Grand Island Democrat: The Douglas County Democracy, ono ot the strongest po litical clubs of tho state, has adopted n res olution pledging the organization to here after oppose any and all efforts to bring about fusion between democrats, populists nnd silver republicans. Their declaration Is, In effect, that In tho futuro the demo cratic party should go It alone. Tho Dem ocrat believes that two .or three forces aiming at tho same result can best achieve the end sought by union ot strength. There Is no decided difference In essential prin ciples between democracy and populism, nnd a party namo. should not be allowed to be come a stumbling-block In the pathway ot good government. Norfolk-News (rep.): It Is possible that the Douglas County democracy may not have set the pace against fusion in the state, but certain it is that it has recog nized the ultimate failure of that political policy nnd is the first to make a. show ot independence from the combine, t.nd may be paving the way ror ultimate victory on an Independent platform. Fuslontsts have per sistently; regarded republican criticism or that policy as induced by hope or political preferment, but aro now recognizing that It Is Impossible to win repeated victories by supporting several separate and distinct parties and platforms, when voters look for a firm stand on one sot of principles. The time to win nn a fusion movement Is past, or passing, and voters will Insist on afflli nting with ono party or another that has a Arm nnd abiding policy. Howell Journal (dem.): There will be no fuelon In Nebraska next fell If a few hot heads arc allowed to have their way. There are democrats and populists who will lay awake nights trying to defeat tuslon, and they will receive no end of encouragement from republican friends. Theso men will wreck fusion,. and by so tiolng Insure re publican success, if It Is within their power to do so. Honest democrnts and popullstB, who havo tho Interests of tho state at heart, favor fusion, and can be counted upon to do all .In their power to bring a union of forces about. By the means of fusion many reforms were ncoompllahed In Nebraska. It Is true some unworthy men got into office, but, taken as a whole, our reform officials havo been competent and honest. In Col fax county fusion has worked to the satis faction of all concerned. We have had no scrap over the division ot spoils and, with out an exception, have put good men in office. Wo can truthfully say that tho re form forces ot this county are a unit in favor of fusion. Thero will be fusion In this county whether there is in, the state or not. Wo cBnnot understand now any con sistent reformer can oppose fusion when he must know that n three-cornered fight means that Nebraska Is to remain under re publican control and corporation hirelings sent to represent us in both houses of con gress, rubllo good demands that the re form forces continue to fight under one banner. jytAIJO IN SEED DISTIIinUTION. Quality and Quantity of the Couarea- nlonal l-nse i-acKaife. Philadelphia Times, nf thn reasons clven for the selec tion of tho canny Scotchman, James Wil son, as secretary of agriculture, was that Tin WAS a practical as well as a book fanner, and that crooked contractors and congress men with nxes to grind couldn't rooi mm. His sponsors seem to havo thundered louder in thn index than his record warrants. Sec retary Wilson may know tobacco seed from turnip seed when no sees inem, nut u .hn hv the Wholesalo Secdmcn's league are true the public is being badly Imposed upon In the weight, variety ano. quamy oi tho seeds now distributed and the con tractors are being paid double what thu seeds are worth, These are a few of the charges publicly made at n meeting of the Scedtnen's leaguo held In New York laBt week. In tho pack ages sent out under tho contract for lOOt all tho Important specifications havo beon Ignored. Instead of named varieties the packages are merely marked selected seeds. Tho packaged aro smaller than required by tho spciflcations. Packages of cucumber seed that should run SO to the pound run 04 to the pound. Onion seed, which should run 9C, run 100 to the pound. Pens, which should run 160, run 304 to tho bushel. Sweet corn packages, required to run CO to the bushel, actually run 290 to tho bushel. Packages marked tobacco seed contain turnip and other vegetable seeds Instead. Many cheap seeds not called ror in the con tracts aro Included. The contract was let for $78,000, which Is twice what the 16,000, 000 or 17,000,000 packages of seeds with which It is being filled are worth. Rvnrvhodv knew that the seed distribution feature of tho department's work was a costly humbug. Tnese cnarges indicate it to bo corrupt as well as costly. It Is not to be supposed that Secretary Wilson, shrewd Scotchman that he Is, can stand guard over every package of seeds sent out, but ht U bound to stand guard over nil Journalism American. , of this case. The Press was In every way equipped for success, yet it failed. Why did It not succeed? The answer appears on Its face. Tho days of mushroom growths In Journnllsm are passed. The successful papers ot today aro those established ones having perma nent qualities. They fill the field; In them tho public hns confidence, their opinions are respected, their dignity recognized, their power for good, to tho public and to tho business men who patronize their ad vertising columns, Is demonstrated, a mat ter of common knowledge. Other papers that appear In competition are soon forced to confess to failure. They may flourish for awhile, but tho people always go back to their favorites. This Is so true that there Is no caso on record li) recent years where a new Journalistic venture has seri ously interfered with the prosperity of the established newspapers. In tho caso ot tho Pres3 Its competition Increased tho popu larity of the News. In tlili day and age It Is, then, safe to conclude thnt success In Journalism is n thing of exceedingly slow growth. Tho business has grown to such gigantic size thnt now ventures nro virtually barred by reason of the enormous capital required. Even where money Is spent with almost wanton liberality, as In the case of the Press, to Insure tho publication of a com plete paper, failure Is more often tho re ward than is success. Tho very slowness of the successful growth Is a guaranty of its' stability, and, though other ventures may bo mndc nnd rewarded by an ephemeral success, the established pnper Is able to defy competition if St kcops itself young and vigorous in tono and spirit. This Is bencuse there Is no power competent to de stroy the successfully established paper ex cept Itself. So long, therefore, os It does not commit sulcldo It Is free from danger. ThEe fncts may cosily bo glenned from tho Press experiment by men who think they sec nn opening for success In this very peculiar field ot labor. corps of Inspectors and see that they compel the obsevrnnco ot plain contract specifica tions. Tho charges of the Secdmcu's lenguc aro of so direct and specific n nnturo that Secretary Wilson is in duty bound to In vestigate them, and If 'well founded bring rascally contractors and negligent Inspect ors up with a round turn. It Is not Sec retary WlUon's fault that congress has passed laws providing for a costly distribu tion of seeds which fall to bo ot any public benefit, but It will bo his fault It contractors nro permitted to cheat the government In the quality nnd quantity of tho seeds fur nished. If Secretary Wilson Is fit for his place he should bo nble to prevent costly frauds of this nature. I'KHSOXAI, KOTKS. Tho Boers have not captured General French and no attempt has been made to kilt President Kruger. Honors are even. Senator Fairbanks of Indiana and John W. Foster, secretary of state in Harrison's cabinet, havo each given $1,000 for the monument to the late ex-presldent. Ex-Alderman Benjamin James or Boston, who died recently, was a direct descendant of Peregrine White, tho first white child ot English parents born iu Now England. It Is a fact not generally known that there tli no "Statue in the national capital to Grant, Sherman or Meade, although thu number of lesser generals so honored U very largo. George II. Phillips, whose operations in the 'Chicago cornplt havo made him no torious, Is a boyish-looking man of 31. 1 1 A I D ,n aVav Mn nln- nt i . .1 V ilA . ..v . -J J ' VKl j uiwiuillf, ui U .11114 .1 ) U i U J 0 hard at work. Envious paragraphcra havo cut In two tho million-dollar salary of the manager of ttw steel combine. Mr. Schwab declined to discuss tho ques.tlon, "How to llvo on $2.50 a week," and was promptly punished. The ship which will carry tho German Antarctic expedition has been named for tin late Knrl Frederick Oauss of Gottlngcn, who was deeply Interested In polar re search. The name was selected by the kataer. The new Invasion of tho south by north ern men and by sons of tho south living In tho' north to advance education recalls Whlttlcr's closing lines to Virginia: "And every gato sho bars to hnto shall open wide to love." A memorial to the late Archibald Forbes, the newspaper correspondent and author,' has been presented by his widow to the University of Aberdeen. It is n large bronze cioss with an inscription and will stand In tho chapel. ' Tom Johnson, tho reform mayor or Cleve land, insists that 3-cent street car tares are the right thing for tho town. But Tom turns a deaf car to the request for 3-cent reform In a Pennsylvania town where ho owns the street car lines. "Steel Trust alley" Is the new nickname given to upper Fifth avenue, New York, where Warner Leeds, Henry Pblpps, An drew Carnegie and other manufacturers have purchased property. "Paradise alley" one Impecunious clerk has dubbed it. Senator Quay's gaslronomical taste Is a trifle peculiar. A friend who called on the Pennsylvania boss recently found him demolishing a largo dish of corned beet nnd' cabbage, which ho was washing down with liberal quantities of champagne. A new1 Inheritance tax law in Minnesota avoids tho unconstitutional feature ot tho old law by providing for a tax on both real ana personal property. The rate Is 5 per cent on collateral and 1 per cent on direct inheritances, with an exemption ot $5,000. The shirtwaists planned for letter car riers for, summer wear nro to be of gray gingham or cheviot, with turndown collar, dark tie and neat belt. This Is a meager outline ot what promises to bo a stunning fashion. There will bo a faint outline or a vest or taffeta silk embroidered In colored polka dots, open enough to show the laca down the front. Tho bodice Is finished with a laco bertha around the shoulders. Say, wouldn't that rig Jar you? colonel lienry is. Frocman, late com mander ot the Twenty-fourth Infantry, re urea under tne age limit, says: "I am very much pleased that Funston has been made a brigadier general. Ho was In com raand ot the department In which I served nnd he was most courteous to me In every way, never giving me an order and always sending congratulations whou anything was done by the regiment. I consider him a bravo officer and a gentleman." At tho St. Nicholas dinner In New York Prof, Wilson of Princeton related the story of the Scotchman nnd his dog in reply to the plaint of anti-lmperlallsts; A Scotch man and bis dog entered a fish store, where tho dog's tall was seized by a lobster. As the animal boiled down the street the fish dealer yelled: "Whustle to your dogl" "Nay," replied tho dog's owner, "rather whustle to your lobster!" "International destiny has us by the tall," said Prof. Wil son; "whustjoo the character of the age, not to us!" , Take Pofloii nf Hall. IOWA cm',; la., April '22. (Special.) At a recent meeting of tho buttdlng com mittee of the university the committee took possession of the new hall of liberal arts, the contractors yielding under protest. Tho university will ask the twnnty-nlnth gen eral assembly bf the state ot Iowa for an appropriation or $200,000 for a new medical ball. AttltUlt HAY AXI ITS rotlNDElt. Leigh World; Tho citizens of Nebraska will think of J. Sterling Morton next Mon day, when the bends of perspiration are standing out on their brows, when they ar digging tho holo In which to plant tho ten der slip which some day makes tho stately elm. We commend to our readers to honor the father of Arbor day by planting a tree. If you can't plant an elm or an aah plant a cottonwood. Callaway Courier: The annual recur rence of Arbor day, which comes this month, ought to remind every citizen that ho can In no way better subserve tho In terests of tho country or of posterity thaa by planting a tree occasionally. Trees are what we need In Custer county and the man who makes even ono to grow is t that extent n benefactor of the raco an will leave behind him n monument which, if not more lasting than chiseled marble, will cortalnly be moro useful. Columbus Telegram: Monday next will bo Arbor day, n day thnt should Inspire every true son of Nebraska with the holy deslro to perpetuate the forests of our great commonwealth. Plant trees. Let the example of Nebraska's distinguished son, J. Sterling Morton, bo your guldo and give to your community a few trees that will add materially to the beauty of th lnndscnpe. If this bo done as well in tb futuro as In tho past we shnll soon hava no more stretches of bnrren prairie land. In times to come a grateful posterity will rise up nnd cnll him blessed who shall havo caused ono treo to grow whera naught' but cactus had grown before. DEALING WITH CUBA. New York Sun: Wo must remain la Cuba until we nro enabled to withdraw from there through tho perfection of guar anties for Cuban order and our own na tional peace. Toward this policy America sentiment Is practically unanimous, inde pendent ot partisan divisions. New York Tribune: It will probably b a good thing for tho delegates ot tho Cuban ; constitutional convention to como to tha United States and have a talk with the president. They will doubtless learn sev eral things, to their own edification aud to tho benefit of their Island, and we shall hope that on their return they will de clare, as Agulnaldo did tho other day, that they aro "sntlsflcd with America." Philadelphia Record: It Is not difficult to forocnBt tho result of the conference be tween President McKlnley nnd tho com mittee nppolntcd by the Cuban constitu tional convention to proceed to Washington in order to dUcuss tho propositions con tained In the Piatt amendment. That prec ious mensuro was embodied In tho army appropriation act mainly, It not wholly, for tho purpose of getting the president out of a hole and tiding him over tho recesa of congress. Mr. McKlnley will not bo likely to show his hnnd at this Juncture, and with tho exception of oleaginous words of llttlo meaning the Cuban committee will get nothing for Its trouble. Now York Evening Post: Tne truth Is that tho transfer of Porto Rico from Span ish to American sovereignty was an opera tion requiring the most delicate skill, and that wo went about It In rough, though good-natured, carelessness. The Island waa densely populated. Population, pressed hard upon subsistence. Industry, agri culture, commerce were all In a state of unstable equilibrium and a push would send them sprawling." Our method was to give them a succession of pushes. Wa tinkered tho island's tarirt laws, nnd thea we retlnkered them. Wo kept suffocated tradj hung up for months, not knowing what to expect. Wo have remodeled. Porto Rican finances and codes and laws and taxation. No wonder tbat.fthn, nice, ad justment ot population (o means of liveli hood was broken up, and that widespread distress followed. Wc were given a watch to repair and wo set nbout It with a crow bar and sledgehammer, POINTED HEMAHKS. Detroit Journal: Doctor's fees nro often stigmatized r.a robbery. A ulcer uaugc, perhaps, would call them pillage. r'hloniT.t TInrnrd.lInrnlfl! If r Thank heaven, I never wrote you nny lovo letters. She-Oh, well: they probably wouldn't havo been literary enough to pubVsh, even If you lmd. Washington Stnr: "Why do you wander aimlessly from place to place?" inquired the philanthropist. , . .... "Well." answered Meandering Mike, "eight hours' Hleep a day Ih enough furnny body. An' we've, gotter do somet'lng wit' dc other sixteen hours, uln't wo?" Philadelphia Press: Visitor (from beyond tho suburbs) Whut'H ono of them auto mobiles wuth? Salesman I can sell you this one at a bargain. It's" only $975. Visitor (the lire lu his eyo dying out) Show me somo of your wheelbarraim. Cleveland Plain Denier: "A New York woman loft $10,000 for the comfort "of her pet dog." "Married woman." "No. Old maid." "Then It's all right. If sho had been mar ried some other puppy would havo gotten It." Philadelphia Press: "Isn't It kind of Mrx, Da Style, 'ihe Brother Harry?" said has promised to buy mo ono of those fash lonufrn poodles for n pet." "Madam." replied Mr. Do Style, who de spises these poodles, "I give you fair warn ing. If your brother leaves a. pet In this housa I shall leave this house in a pet." Wushlngton Btur: "You cannot deny that vou nro scurod," said thn minister, as a bombshell exploded nenr the naluce. , "I don't wish to deny that l am scared," answered tho cznr. haughtily. "To deny that I Hm seared would be simply to con fess that I am foolish." Pittsburg Chronicle: "I'm hungry, sir," said tho beggar. "Won't you give ma enough to got n meal?" "Here, my good man.' wald Mr. Pompus, "here's ii penny for you." "Oh, thank you. sir! By the way, have you got iv pepsin tablet nbout you? 1 always get dyspepsia when I overeat myself." Chicago Tribune: MiuuW made tha worst break lust night 1 oyer made In my life. Mabel How? Mnud Broke off my engagement with Jack llllllnwlnk. His unnle died this morn ing nnd left him Independently rich. Hadn't yoj heard? Philadelphia Press: "What with croup, measles und all children nro a great ture," remarked the family man, "but. they'ro blessings." 'Indeed they nre," cordially responded the stranger. "1 don't know how wo should get along without them." Alt I You nro a family man yourself?" "No. A physician." II O II 8 KCI.K A S I I) CA It Oh. Josh Wink, In Baltimore American. Tho melancholy dnys linvo come tho sad dest of the year The carpot'N on the rlotlicxllne, nnd Inces sunt whncks wi) hear: The bedding's In tho kitchen and the. beds are In thn hall. The pictures nro upon the floor while soma one Ousts thn wall, Wo cat cold meat 'nnd crackers from a wnbbly kitchen chair. For this is glnd houseclcnnlng time ap free from toll '.nd caro. ' t Tho neighbors line their windows and a hasty census tako Or nil the brlc-a-brac wo have, nnd calcu lations inukn ir It was bought with ready cash or on In stallment plan: We rescue our provisions from tho hasty snrbage man, And life Is guy und curelessllke, It makes one want to roam To hlo away becnuso tho folks are cleaning house at home. The melancholy dnys nro here the days of soup and dust Htov polish daubs the tublewore there's ln on Wagner's bust Piano holds somo 'frying pansthe bath tub's tilled with books The womenfolks Ah, who unulrt tell who they worn, by their looks7 fling liey! Thn vlad houseclcnnlng time the time of dust and soap. It Is a gladsome sight to see-through able telescope. 1