THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1901.
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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.
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