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Tftn OMAHA DATLY BEE: MONDAY, JITTA 21, 1002. kniE OMAHA DAILY-BEE. E. ItOSEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. ii 1 i TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, pally Be (without Sunday), On Tear.H W iaily llee and Sunday, On Tear Illustrated Uee, One Year g. fund ay lie, Una tear !' Saturday Hue, Ona year 1-W 'I wentleth Century Farmer, Ona Tear.. 1.00 DKUVRD BY. CARRIER. Pally Hea (without Sunday), per copy.... Jo Dally Hf (without Sunday), per week....c Dally be (Including Sunday), per week..!7o Bu nday Hee, per copy. So Evening iira (without Sunday), par week.lvo bvenlng tit (Including Hunmrl. Der week ia ComplalnU of Irregularltle In delivery should ba addressed to Otjr Circulation department. OFFICES. Omaha Tha Bee Bulluln. . . South Omaha City Hail Building, Twin-ty-tiltli and M Street. Council bluffs W Pearl Street. Chicago lwo Unity Building. Mew York Temple Court. Washington 6ul Fourteenth Street. . CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to nw and aditorlal matter ahould ba addressed: Omaha Bee, Kdltorlal Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letter and remittance hould be addressed: Tha Be Publishing Com pany, Omaha, , . REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or potal order, payable to Th Bee publishing Company. Only J-cent tamps accepted In payment of mail accounts. I'ersonai checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not acceptaa. liiK Uttili PCBUtUil.NO CUMPAHI. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btatevof Nebraska, Douglas County, sa.l Ueorge B. Tsschuck, secretary ol Tha B Publishing Company, being duly worn, ays that the actual number ol full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Hnnday Bee printed during Una mourn or June, uwa, was aa iuuua. I u,4io t VW,4WO I ieU,30 i 21.STO I SW.6UO ao,8iox 1 2U.07O 1 2MM 9 SW.B40 10 29,010 II 2v,BnO 12 St,S10 i 13 v att.flHO 14 VM,kK 10 UU.DeiO H 2U,4ttO 17 StU.MO 11 2,7M IB 20,740 .... 88.BOO XI S,S70 O S9,B0 tt JtO.BSO M 81.330 26 20,000 M. XO.BHO j7 ao.oeio 28 2O.B40 a X9.BUO (0 29,610 1 ' Total . S89.W0 I!s unsold and returned ooplea.... 0,053 Net total gale 879,3f Net dally average SO,81S GEO. B. TZ8CHUCK. Subscribed In my rresenco and sworn to before m this 30th day of June, A. D., 1902. (Seal.) M. B. H UNGATE. Notary Public, Lest we forget Thin Is the anniver sary of the first battle of Bull Run. According to the trades union label, a scab by any. other name Is Just the same. It Is to bo hoped that the Featherstone foundry has not foundered before tt was founded. Ak-Sar-Ben Is undertaking to organize a royal excursion to Deadwood. When his highness hits the trail the royaj dust will fly. At last accounts the fire Insurance companies still had Omaha charged up with several unearned points of dis crimination against It, Perhaps these rains are designed sim ply to prove to the railroads that their boasted fast train schedules are not In fallible. Governor Savage and Mayor Moores are taking Ban Francisco by storm and we shall not be surprised to receive a jubilee proclamation from the city at the Golden Gate. Too bad, the dates for the keel laying of the battleship Nebraska at Seattle and the great professional pugilistic bout at Ban Francisco were not arranged so that Governor Savage could "officiate at both. The only excuse offered for the com bine of land-grabbers and agency offi cers engaged in swindling' the Winne bago Indians is that the Indians have always been swindled. This is an ex cuse as is an excuse. The newest proposition for a trust embraces the Flttsburg stogie. If It will only curtail the output and run the price up above the consumption mark we may find this trust to be the essence of . beneficence. The seventeenth of July has come and gone, but the spell of fever heat tern perature that was to have set In on that day, according to Weather Prophet Hicks and Astronomer Test, has not yet put in an appearance. Among those urged for the guberna torial nomination on the democratic ticket are tx-Senator Vtlas and Gen eral Bragg, both of pronounced Cleve land democracy. Let the Bryan bat teries be again unllmbered. Information from the" Texas oil fields Is to the effect that few wells are yield ing except by the use of pumps. In- a .word, the Texas gusher proves to have been a short-lived phenomena, but yet long-lived enough to serve successfully In baiting oil stocks for victims of the speculative fever. '.''." Fusion state headquarters tor the cam paign o'f 11XKJ will be maintained in Omaha. ; The tuslonlsts evidently think there is some advantage In occupying Strategical points, while the repuMWus, who have located at Lincoln, prefer to consult the convenience' of Candidates and profits of hotel keepers. Some liiproved method of instituting street improvements must be sought by Omaha at the hands of the next legisla ture. There Is no good reason why Streets impassable fur need of new pave ments should be practically thrown out of use as thoroughfares because the ex cesslve requirements for petitions caunot be met , Senators Millard and Dietrich and Congressman Burkettjost no time In get ting back to Nebraska as Soon as con gress adjourned, having no desire to re 1st the attractions of the comforts of home. Our Dave, however, had to put In a week at Atlantic City to nerve him aelf up to the ordeal of facing bis con Stitueuta. v ADTKBTlUt THE JHCXDMKXT. The proposed amendment to the Ne braska state constltiUlun, agreed to by the necessary three-fifths majority of tho last legislature, should be voted on at the coming election. Its purport Is to enable lis to amend the constitution hereafter by a majority vote on the proposition Instead of as now by ma jority of all the votes cast at the elec tion. To bring this amendment . prop erly before the people, In conformity with the provisions ot the constitution. it devolves upon the secretary of state to hare it advertised for three months next preceding the election In news papers published in every county in the state. If this publication Is to be made, no time is to be wasted because the adver tisement must be inserted not later than the second week of August. In this in stance confusion and complication have arisen from the fact that Governor Dietrich undertook to veto the amend ment at the time it was adopted by the legislature and the resolution of sub mittal was left out of the compilation of the session laws on the theory that the Teto was effective. , Under a correct reading of the con stitution, as interpreted by the courts. It did not rest with Governor Dietrich either to approve or disapprove of the proposed amendment The constitution rests the legislature exclusively with the power to formulate and submit con stitutional amendments and the veto message of Governor Dietrich was as much out of place as would be a Teto of a supreme court decision. No matter what position we take on the amendment Itself there is no ques tion that It was properly passed by the two legislative houses and is now before the people for their ratification or re jection. The governor's veto affords no valid excuse for neglect by the secretary of state to have It advertised and placed upon the ballots for the coming elec tion. 1 A JUDICIOUS DM.C1SIOX. The decision of the national convene tlon of coal miners against a general strike was entirely Judicious and will strengthen their cause with the public. The bituminous miners are under con tract and they determined to adhere to this. Moreover they felt'that they could be of greater service to the an thracite miners by remaining at work than by engaging in a sympathetic strike. There can be no doubt as to the wisdom of this. The men who con tinue at work will contribute to the support of those who are battling for what they believe to be just demands and this assistance will be far more helpful than an extension of the strike to the soft coal miners, who have no grievance, wonld be. The appeal of the miners to the pub lic, which Is a plain and candid state ment of the situation, cannot fail to win sympathy. They do not exaggerate the hardships Incident to their labor and they truthfully declare that they have tried by every honorable means to ad- Just the grievances with their employ era. They are still ready to settle these by arbitration, but otherwise they are determined to fight (lt out They call upon all organized labor to assist them and It will be surprising if there is not a generous response, since there Is no question as to the purpose of the an thracite coal operators to .destroy the miners' union. The course of the operators will prob ably .be speedily developed whether they will undertake- to work the mines with new men Or will maintain the ex lstlng status in the expectation of starv ing the striking miners late subjection. Some of the - operators have claimed that4 they' could resume 'work at any time with a sufficient number ot men. but this is doubtful. At all events the really critical stage in he conflict would seem to have been .reached and the en suing developments' Will be "awaited with very geuerai iulcicol., j r 1. HtWTOBK AS A FIXA9C1AL, The trend in the direction of making New York the financial center of the world has for the last two or three years been unmistakable, but tho re alization of this is perhaps somewhat re mote. A lead.'ng financial Journal notes that we have in the last : few years bought and also sold British consols, Laml some considerable lots cf our rail road bonds have gone abroad. These bonds may have been bought abroad for the purpose ot being resold, as the consols were bought here. If the trade balances, observes that paper, have been settled inaluly by the return of securities the limit of this means of settlement must be' near at band and the amount due from this couutry for Interest and dividends ' must already have been reduced to very- low dlnien slons. It says that we' have nearly reached the position of a creditor nation if we have alreaMy bought back nearly all of our securities and . reaches the conclusion that "if this 1 country has taken up nearly 'all ot its bonded debt held abroad New York Is nearer being the monetary center of the world than was supposed by Americans who replied to the arguments of the' London Times that we were still a debtor nation." Bearing in mind that in three years the international balance In favor of this country on merchandise and silver ag gregated 11,750,000,000 and that in that period many millions of American cap ital have been loaued la Europe, or left there tor investment because it was not needed here, there is apparently good reason for the assertion that the United States has in fact become a creditor na tlon. It is ot course impossible to as certain exactly the amouut' of American securities held abroad ,or what. the ex tent of other forms of indebtedness ' is, but it would seem to be a perfectly safe conclusion that the aggregate ot these does not equal the enormous trade bat auce in favor of this couutry during the hist three years. Admitting this to be so and with this balance steadily In creasing, how long will, it be until New York must Inevitably become the world's finnnclnl center? It would seem to be self-evident that If the course of our International trade ahould continue on the prewnt basis for say three years more we will have completely liqui dated all Indebtedness to Europe and put ourselves not only in a position of absolute financial independence, which Is practically the situation today, but he able to virtually control tho financial ffalrs of the world. That the United States is already exerting a very great Influence in this respect is well known to those conversant with International financial conditions. The American money market Is regarded with greater interest abroad than ever before and with hardly less concern than is felt respecting conditions In the English money market London still has prece dence, but New York commands almost equal consideration, with every Indi cation and promise that within a few years the American metropolis will be come the financial center of the world. HOWOMAHA CAN Bff MADE TO GROW. Omaha's future growth depends upon Its ability to enlarge its field of steady employment for wage workers. The phenomenal growth of all modern cities is primarily due to the industrial revolu tion. The concentration of mills, fac tories and workshops at distributing centers makes it possible for cities to feed, clothe and house large popula tions. In the race for commercial supremacy the cities that have succeeded in attract ing working men and working women by opportunities to earn fair wages in going concerns are the cities that are In the lead. Swapping and selling mer chandise will not alone make a great city out of Omaha. Superior railroad facilities will aid materially in opening markets for jobbers, but railroads and commercial travelers alone will not draw more people to Omaha unless they have the assurance of something to do. Omaha's greatest need today is mills and factories to convert the products of the farm and cattle range into finished articles for home consumption and for eign exportation. If those who are In terested in the future growth and pros perity of this city will concentrate all their energies in this direction, Omaha will soon experience a substantial ad vance In population, In commerce and in industry. It is an open secret that hundreds of thousands of dollars are being Invested at this time by Omaha capitalists in speculative enterprises outside of Omaha. Most of these speculations are gambling ventures in mines, oil fields and land deals. If these people could be Induced to invest half of this money In promoting and building up promising home industries they would in the end get better returns and Omaha would quickly distance all its competitors in this section as a thriving industrial center. William J. Bryan comes out again as letter writer, sending acknowledge' ments to Dave Ball, a Missouri politl cian, for saving an endorsement for the Kansas City platform at the recent state convention of Missouri democrats Those who do not believe In the Kansas City platform," he declares, 'are always looking for excuses to Ignore It Those who , be lieve in it ought to see that It is not Ignored." By this test every dem ocratlc convention that Ignores the- Kan sas City platform must be taken to be opposed to the discredited planks out of which It Is constructed and Indif ferent, at least to the wishes of Mr, Brvan. Understood in this way, the significance of the silent state plat forms this year becomes more ominous for Mr. Bryan and his friends than at first appeared. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson while dodging between rain storms in Kansas last week encountered the Inevitable fruit of his declaration of a year ago that Kansas was to be classed as a seml-arld state. Constant reminders of a facetious character effectually pre vented the secretary from forgetting the distasteful expression. Presumably he Is ready to recant and admlt'tfeat there Is nothing arid about Kansas except Its prohibitory law. Governor Jefferson Davis of Arkansas seems to be accumulating enough free advertising to justify his debut on the stage. Although running for re-electlonj his latest draft for notoriety comes from a quarrel with his campaign committee. which, however, has since been ad justed, this following close on his schism with the church and subsequent reconciliation. With such versatility, Governor Davis must be a coming man, Remember that the same popocrats who are now complaining of high prices were complaining of low prices In lSUu. In 18UC, too, they Insisted that prices would continue to fall as long as the gold standard was maintained and that the only way to produce higher prices was by the Inauguration of 10 to 1 free liver coinage. Prices are always too low or too high ai the point of view shifts. President Palina wants the Cuban congress to remove the legal tender Quality of old Spanish silver coined prior to 1808, It is not because they were Issued by Spain, however, that be wants these coins put out of circulation, but because they are worn under weight and offer too great opportunities for counterfeiting. It Is intimated that' the crown prince of Germany Is contemplating a visit to the United States In 11KH aud that Em peror William Is disposed to give his consent A visit from the emperor him self would be more appreciated, even though bis son be fully able to repre sent him. Like Lamentations tier. Indianapolis Journal. Judging from th doleful biorles of tha railroad attorneys before th tax commla glon all these long rows of figures show Us the lacraia busJuu ot th railroads nd their startling expenditures for Im provement must be the fiction ot aa enemy. Peril of Ilrlftlna; fram Share. Chicago Record-Herald. It mlyht bavs been several hundred thousand dollars In Vncle Sam' pocket if CrownlDshield had continued to be the greatest tar that ever stayed ashore. Self-Kvldent Tratss,' Cleveland Leader. The fact remains that the country Is prosperous when the republican are In power and when republican law are In the statute book. This may be displease log to the hypocrites In politics, but It can't ba disputed. Career Dimmed at Ita Clea. Indianapolis News. However Just the reprimand and pun ishment of Oeneral Smith and few will doubt Us Justice there cannot help but be deep regret that an officer whose career has been so distinguished and creditable hould find its ending thus. Hawaii Gettlna: Reparation. Ban Francisco Call. Our new territory of Hawaii ha given every possible indication that she is eml- cntly worthy of a place in the sister hood of states sod a position of distinc tion on the 'floor of the federal senate. Every mall brings us news of soma bit terly serious row in her public and polit ical affairs. Dangers of Gettlna; Together. Boston Transcript Why these frantic appeals to "get to gether" on the part of our democratic brethren? What causes most of their trouble is the getting together and the con sequent necessity to read the riot act and coax the mighty champions Into tbelr re- pectlvo sphere of influence again. What tie party needs is to get apart and cool off while. A Service to the People. Kearney Hub. The Omaha Bee has performed an Import ant service to the people of the state who are Interested In the question of taxation of railroad property by publishing In full the testimony, interrogatories and arguments before tha supreme court at the recent hear ing. People who have read the matter from day to day in Tha Bee have no excuse for remaining in Ignorance. Tho Object la Plain. Kearney Hub. The precious reformers In Omaha who ev ery once in a while rush Edward Rosewater Into court on some new complaint charg ing "corrupt practice" during his prelimi nary senatorial campaign In Douglas county are rather overdoing the thing. The object la plain enough, being simply an effort to minimize the personal Influence of Mr. Rosewater in certain matters publio and po litical. IS BRYAMSM DEADf Aa Affirmative Voice Raised In "The Enemy's Conntry." New York Evening- Post (Ind.). There can be but one end to the present conflict in the democratic party, as there could be but one to that which raged in the same organization a generation ago. The financial issue which Bryan represented In 1896 and 1900 la as thoroughly settled now as was the reconstruction issue which Francis P. Blair had represented In 186) by the time that Tllden became the leader of hi party. The overwhelming majority of democrats recognize this as clearly as do the republicans,, and they are as strongly opposed to' Bryan's attempt to keep it alive' now as the overwhelming majority of democrats in 1876 would have been to. a serious attempt by the Bourbons of that day to make the campaign of that year on the dead and burled issue of 1863. One needs only to study democratic news papers throughout the country to see that the tide sets against Bryanlsm with a force that Is simply Irresistible. Mr. Bryan's day has passed. The most that he can now do Is to make more com plete the ruin of his own reputation. As a mischief-maker, pure and simple, ba can cause more or less trouble, and he can da- lay somewhat the speed ot reorganization, as when his Influence availed last week to secure Creamrmatlon of the Kansas City platform from the Missouri state conven tion. But a politician who Is once exposed as a self-seeker, bent upon ruining If be cannot rule, will not long have the power to do much harm. The American people have ceased to think about the Chicago platform of 1S96 and the Kansas City plat form of 1900. They are thinking now about the record made by the republican party in congress during the session which haa Just closed. It is refreshing to find evidence in all parts ot the country that Bryan can no longer divert many democrats from giving their undivided attention to live issues. PERSONAL NOTES. General Bragg denies it, but wait until h sees Mrs. Bragg. Reconciliation and remarriage followed and now they are enjoying their second honeymoon. Minister Wu'i photograph, taken since his recall, don't look like those of a man dead anxious to see hi happy home again. John D. Rockefeller is credited by a friend with having said recently that he could not guess within 115,000,000 the ex act amount of his wealth. Ch&rlea P, Lebon of Boston has sent to President Loubet of Prance a bound volume ot poems commemorative of tha visit of the member of RochambeaiT mission to his city. Colonel W. Heckert of Toledo, O., Is doing his best to prove that Yankees are not the greatest inventors. He had al ready patented 130 ot hi notions, and is brimful ot Ideas yet. Dr. Carl Buler's library at Berlin has been purchased and will be presented to th University of Chicago. It will give tox that institution on of the finest physical cul ture libraries in this country. Oovernor Gage of California has roused a storm of disapproval by securing me parol from San Quentln prlspn of Man Noon, a highbinder. Mah Noon is a fin cook and the governor haa installed him as chef in hi own home. .Th Chinaman was sentenced not long ago to fourteen years for attempting to murder another Celes tial. He also shot and dangerously wounded an officer who went to arrest htm. It la sow declared that Jules Verne, th French writer, la not in danger ot be coming totally blind, as ha been reported. For soma time he ha been troubled by a cataract growth, but he 1 able to go oa with hi work, declaring that he does not mean to stop until he haa written 100 books. His latest work published is the eighty-second, but about a dozen more are nearly or quite ready for th printer. M Verne la now 74 years old. 81x years ago Frederick Slit, a well-to- do resident ot Martinsville, N. J., was dt vorced. For over five years he lived i lonely life and then began to look for an other wife, but could not find anyone to suit. Then ha advertised without giving bis namq, and among the replies was on from a woman who answered anonymously Th letter took Mr. Elxt's fancy and an Interview was arranged. Then he found that th cprraspondtat was his fonnsr wife, rtKrtni.icA state ticket. Lyons Pun: Hon. J. It. Mickey Is so idea) American, a typiral Nebraskan, and ha will make an rxrrllrnt covernor. 1rlrh Utrld: State Superintendent W. K ' lcr has made one of the best rec mi ever mads by a state superintendent i f Nebraska. On this record be Is a candi date for re-election and no doubt will b elected at the November election by the largest majority that a state official ever scored. i Beatrice Express: The fusion newspapers are referring to J. H. Mickey a a tool of the corporation, a railway henchman and ao on. They are so used to that style of argument that they naturally fall Into It. even when they make themselves ridiculous by doing so. Mr. Mickey Is a farmer and stockman, and his nomination was a sur prise and disappointment to the corpora tions. He Is not the tool of anybody or nythlng, and when he is elected governor he will give the state a fearless and honest administration. Kearney Hub: John H. Mickey has been a part of Nebraska, and a most useful and honorable part, almost from the begin ning. He went Into the wilderness, now Polk county. In 1868. He hss grown up with his locality and contributed to all ot It growth. He has prospered, and he has deserved prosperity. He has been hon ored, but honors have been bestowed for merit Republicans are fortunate in their standard bearer. Blatr Pilot: No use wasting much breath this year over the election in Nebraska. A good crop is soon to be harvested and the ground is soaked down for about thirty five feet and that means a good crop next year. Beef selling 'around the $8 mark and hogs likewise, wheat way up and corn bumping the celling, day laborers getting 20 cents an hour and plenty of work. Not a cloud in sight. Mickey will get there with about 20,000 majority and Nebraska will elect six republican congressmen. Beatrice Express: The pops are not say ing a great deal about the Little Giant who was worked off upon them by the democrat as a candidate for governor. He is not a man after their own hr-arts, and it Is doubtful whether they will rally round his flag on election day with any great enthusiasm. The' pops are unfor nate all through the state this year. Thsy have to do what the democrats tell them to do, and this is rather humiliating. In view of the fact that they have been dic tating, and the democrats obeying, for , a good many years. Hastings Tribune: When our people calmly . reason on political questions they are pretty sure to be right. ' When they are. prosperous they are more apt to be logical in their voting than when Idle from a calamity. Populism rose In Nebraska when we had the hardest of hard times. Now the state has good crops, money is abundant and everybody doing well. Fu slonlsts hope to win against these good time and this prosperity. However, the voter are knowing to the fact that repub lican policies have helped to bring about this wonderful change from hard times to good times and will vote the republican ticket Leigh World: John H. Mickey, the re publican nominee tor governor, I a man that the republican party can tie to. He Is a farmer and Uvea near Osceola. He has oie of the nicest farms In Nebraska and has made what he has of this earthly goods out of tilling the soli just like hun dreds of others have done. He Is a gen eral favorite in the neighborhood In which he lives, which Is the best recommendation a man can fcve. He Is also a student and is well versed on affair of state, as we'll as all current events. Mr. Mickey will make Nebraska a good governor and we predict that he will be elected by a large majority. Lyons Sun: The republican nominee for state treasurer, Peter Mortensen, was born in Denmark, October 8, 1844. He came to America in 1870 and settled in Missouri, where he lived until 1872, when he took up a homestead In Valley county, Ne braska, near the present town of Ord. He was a pioneer In this county, having built the first house constructed within Its lim it. Ha lived on his farm until 1881, when he transferred his residence to Ord, where two years later he entered the banking business. He has been Interested in bank ing since that time and 1 now president of the First National bank of Ord. , In 1874 he was elected county treasurer and was re-elected four time, serving In all nine consecutive years. He has always been greatly interested in the develop ment of the county and state. He will make the state a good treasurer. York Times: There never was a more successful political convention, nor one which resulted better for the party, than the republican state convention at Lincoln. In every respect it was a three winner. There never was so lacge an attendance at a republican convention In Nebraska. There never was such complete absence of bitter ness 'or friction. The contest for governor, the only real battle, was like a friendly game of chess, where no one sought unfair advantages, .but did his best In a fair and manly way to win the game. As soon as It was over all excitement subsided and a feeling more than friendly was manifested among the candidates and their friends. No man was mentioned for the position whose nomination would have created greater confidence, nor been more generally satisfactory than John H. Mickey. v He Is just what the republicans require in a candidate and Just what the state need In a governor. Holdrege CItlxed: It Is rather rldlcu lous, to say th least, to charge that the republican ticket is a railroad ticket, when the republicans nominated a man who Is a stock raiser and business man, who had not been prominent in politics, but waa noml nated over the two candidates who were supposed to be backed by the railroad corporations. While In the fusion conven tlon Harrington, the leader of those In ths populist party, who acted as If the cry against the railroads waa sincere. Is In duced to withdraw in the interest of har- flfony and W. H. Thompson. 'Was there ever a greater farce perpetuated In the name ot reform? The railroad Interests are entitled to protection aQd Justice; so Is any other Interest, but whea men or a group - of men try to array one business interest against another it i safe to refuse to trust them and conclude that they cannot be depended on for anything except to work for their own selfish interests, regardless of tbelr professions. Aurora Republican: Peter Mortensen of Valley county Is again the nomine of the republican party for the office of state treasurer. He waa chosen not becauae of any personal weakness of th other as Dlrants. for they are all good men, but because of th fact that h was constd ered th beat man for the place. Four years ago he was first named for state treasurer by the republican state conven tion, the honor being conferred upon him unsought and against his expressed wishes, but he accepted the nomination In the face of Impending defeat tor there was no chance then of a republican ticket being elected, and made a vigorous fight for tbs honor of tha party. Th popularity he gained all over the atata by reaaon of that campaign no doubt aided In his renomt nation at this time. Those who know Mr. Mortensen best know that be Is abundantly competent and peculiarly fitted to success fully car for the stale's treasury and per form th executive duties of that offlc. They know that his tried and true integ rity, his well grounded, conservatism and bis character, which is devoid ef all ndu self-aeeking, will guarantee the faithful performance ot b's duties as state treas urer. Stanton Picket: John II. Mickey's horn Is on a farm. He has comfortable build tors, a good orchard and many acres of growing crops, ths tame a thousands of other farmers. He has a fin herd of shorthorn cattle of which he Ts Justly proud. Ho has stock In a bank, the same as hundreds of other Nebraska farmers. He Is a bank officer, the same a score of other farmers. He hss character and abil ity beyond question. Tet no sooner wss he nominated for governor than the fu sion press branded him as a tool of tbi railroads, a mrre puppet In the bonis of corporations. Is it not about time to call halt on this style of campalgnlngT No Individual or political .party can prosper permanently by false accusation and mis representations of those who see and think differently. Perhaps this ts one rea son why the fusion parties are growing weaker and lower In public esteem. It pays to be fair. Many do not agree with Mr. Mickey politically; such Is their priv ilege, but that he Is honest and honorable no man whojs himself honest and honor able will deny. BITS OF WASHIKGTOX LIFE. Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched on the Spot. Uncle Sam's energetic efforts' to escort John Gaynor and Benjamin D. Greene from Canada are stimulated by the prospect of getting a hold on a portion of a roll of $1,44. 106.02, which sum represents Greene's and Gaynor's share of the total rake-off of Carter, Oreone and Gaynor in the Savannah dock construction. Carter's share was 1724,108. It was shewn at the trial of Car ter that Carter Invested hi money in silt- edged railway securities, which have doubled and quadrupled In value since ten year ago. It is conservative, therefore, to say that Greene and Gaynor have 110.000.- 000 in ready money or convertible securities which they are prepared to use to keep out of the penitentiary. It Is now more than three years since Carter was convicted, and his fellow-conspirators as they sre charged with being are still living at fash ionable hotels and summer resorts thumb ing their noses at the courts and "sailing, Secretary Shaw tell this story on him self: . "Sam, the darky who brushes my clothes. In a barber shop In Washington Is par ticularly clever In delicately reminding cus tomers that he expect a tip. One morn ing just before the Fourth- I was thinking of other things and was walking away with out dropping a coin Into his hands. ' 'Let me brush you coat again, Mr. Sec retary,' said Sam, running after me. "Why do you want to brush it again?' I asked. ' ' 'Cause, Mr, Secretary,' said Sam with out cracking a smile, ' 'Cause I might brush out some gold dust. Sir.' "Sam got his tip1." Secretary Moody Is having more or less fun with the newspaper correspondents these days over the coming war game to be played off New York and Newport. "Can't tell you a word about It not a word," is his invariable reply to anxious inquirers for hints aa to some of tho plan. Doth the War and Navy departments have already put the correspondents on thelrvown resources, just as In time of ac tual war, and until It la all over they will have to suffer the hardship of uncertainty, together with the officers of both branches and the soldiers and sailors. "Why not?" said Secretary Moody to a group of newspaper men.' "You ought to take your medicine with the rest of us. And by the time your managing editors have sent queries. by the score, cursed you for not sending news and threaten! you with discharge you will find this mimic war is "real hell.' " Questionable escapades of diplomatic for tune rest lightly upon the shoulders ot South American president and generals. according to a story recently related by Dr. David J. Hill, first assistant secretary of state. The revolution In Venezuela iial been under discussion. Speculation was rife as to whether or not President Castro would be driven out of Venezuela. Dr. Hill cited the case of former Presi dent Blanco, - whose administration was overturned after he had, according to com mon report, accumulated - great wealth. Benor Blanco waa etrolllng in a boulevard in Paris. A, passing pedestrian arrested the pace of hla companion. "See that man. He stole $3,000,000 when hla government waa overthrown." Quick as a flash Senor Blanco tuined. "Beg pardon, sir," he said icily, "but it was 15.000,000." Senator Hoar has boSight a house on Connecticut avenue, Washington, a three- story brick structure of a jlosen rooms. He borrowed the 118,000 which It cost, but hopes to make a profit by selling before long. He and Mrs. Hoar have boarded for thirty-three years In Washington hotels. Much disappointment is felt In the capital because Senator Clark 'does not Intend to build a residence on the site of the old Stewart castle which he purchased soma time ago. Finishing touches are being put to his splendid home In New York and it Is said the senator will not build again out side Montana. Not only has the government of th United States got an elephant on its hands, but Its officials have the dilemma con fronting them of how to spend $10,000 to properly house that elephant. Dunk, the largest elephant at the Zo ological park in the District of Columbia, has been anchored with heavy log chains under an Improvised shed for the last ten years. The shed has gone to plecea around him, but the elephant still stands swaying back and forth and cheerfully eating pea nuts and sweetmeats presented to him by bis many friends. Women of the district began s crusade on congress laat winter for better quarter. They demanded an appropriation of 820,000 for an elephant house, with bathing pools and other accessories. The matter was threshed out in committee and Dunk's cause was argued pro and con, with th re sult that half ot th sHim asked for was provided. This money Is now available but th designing and construction of elephant architecture Is not so easy. - The officials have studied the problem for some weeks end have concluded to turn the Job over to a firm of private architect. This firm Is now busy gathering data on which to draw th design for aa appropriate resi dence for Dunk, and by next winter Dunk will have his private bath, his promenade ground behind steel bars and all ether accessories demanded by his women friends. I'hllaathrwpuy ana Thrift. Philadelphia North American. The colored race should be profoundly grateful to the philanthropic Mr. Rocke feller for giving employment to Tuskege tudents in the construction of new build ings for th Standard Oil school at Chi cago, and enabling them to earn money to pay their school fees. True, b pay them only half the wage of white union laborer doing, th same work, but when th whit men insist that th colored man muat join tha union and draw union wage, the agent of th philanthropist nobly stands by th negroes, and keeps them at work on halt pay, although th whit men walk out ClARPIVO THE MATIOVS FOOD. Systematic Effort to rrevent Decep tion and Adnlteratlen. Philadelphia Ledger. Th $10,000 appropriated by congress at the last session for srlentiflo Investigation of the foreign substances added to th food products of the country promises to prove of value in determining which are deleterious and which harmless among the many preservatives, adulterant and color ing substances widely used In food prepa rations. The canned, preserved and pre pared food business has reached enormous proportion at present, and a great va riety of chemicals and other substsnces are used in these food products. Some of the foreign substances are harmless and some are pernicious. The Vntted IStstes bureau of animal Industry will now under take a "systematic Investigation ot ths properties of the manufactured and pre served foods." Not only will chemical ex amination be made of the foods, but ex periments will be made designed to deter mine the effects of the several foods con taining preservatives and coloring matt-r upon the consumer. An effort will be mad to establish a "training table" at an edu cational Institution convenient to Wash ington, and those student volunteers who co-operate In "the experiments will for a stated time take no food but that fur nished by the physiological chemists In charge of the Investigations. When the subjects get In a good normal condition from the use of ordinary wholesome food, a food containing one of the commonest preservatives, boric acid, for instance, will be used and the effects noted. Other preservatives and also coloring substances will be used, and the experiments will be continued until enough observations have been made to Justify Inferences and con clusions. The experiments wtll be made on animals and human beings, and Dr. W. H. Wiley, chief chemist of the bureau which will have charge of the Investiga tions, says: "To know whether these substances are Injurious or not Is of the highest conse quence, not only from the economic point of view In the manufacture of these prod ucts, but also from the hygienic point of view their exact effect upon the con sumer U most Important. "Heretofore, unfortunately, most of the Investigation which has been undertaken In this direction has been at the Instance of the manufacturer or other Interested parties, so that the natural bias peculiar to the human mind has had ,to be taken into consideration In accepting the result. "Through the liberality cf congress chemistry has for the first time been en abled to take up the study of this subject in a thorough and systematic manner, and will be enabled to supplement the investi gations which have heretofore been made upon the subject of food adulteration. The results which will finally be' obtained will be useful to our lawmakers,., who will be able to form the statutes so as to secure the necessary precautions in the preserva tion of foods, while at the same time they will exclude positively Injurious sub stances." Dr. Wiley thinks the Investigation will give an impetus to pure food legislation, -but even If congress neglects to pass pure food laws, the published results of the ex periments undertaken, it the conclusion meet with sclentlflo approval, should be the means of checking harmful adultera tions and of putting the public on guard. WHITTLED TO A POIXT. Brooklyn Life: He But she spends too much money. His Wife No-o, I don't think so; but her husband doesn't make enough. New York Sun: Biggs So you were the only one of the crowd to bring back any fish, eh? How did that happen? Hoggs We played poker all day, and when we got through I was the only one who had enough money to buy any. Cleveland Plain Dealer: A coronation In August would be much more august than one In Juno. Chicago News: Landlady What portion of the chicken would you like, Mr. New comer? Mr. Newcomer Oh, hulf of it will be ample, thank you. Judge: Mike How much further does the solgn say it is to Noo Yor-rk, Patsey? Pat Twlnty molles. Mike Well, that s only tin molles apiece. Baltimore Herald: Beryl A good deal is thought of her singing. Sibyl It's merciful they don't put their thoughts into words. Philadelphia Press: "Thla," said the ped dler, "Is a little device especially designed for use in our summer weather. "What Is It?" inquired the curious man. "It may be used one minute as a fan and the next minute to shovel off the anow." Yonkers Statesman: "I guess I'll get out . at this next station and Ftretch my IctfJ," aald the man in the Pullman car. . "All rltfht. Hlr." replied the porter. "Our next stop Is Chicago. You'll be ale to g'-'t 'em extended there all right." Washington Star: "I hare plsyed enrd enough to become fairly familiar with poker slang," said one American financier; 'but I donrt quit sea why you refer to an ace as a Plerpont Morgan." "Because," answered the other, "it s big ger than a king." THE BELLES. Catholic Standard and Times. Oh! the belles! Hummer bellts; What a plenitude of heartache their giddi ness compels; How they giggle, giggle, giggle. In the sea breexe laden night, How their victims squirm aud wriggle In r.n, t cstssy ot fright. How thev hurt When they flirt. When with ghoulish glee tney gloat On tha squirming of a fellow when they have nim by the throat. Oh! the belles! Uraxen belles; How they conjure, scheme and plan To entrap the summer man, ( The ribbon counter gentlemen who mas ejuerudo as ie!'.i. v Oh! the belles! Greedy belles; How they wring, wring, wring Sodawater ver thing From the i ''ieis of those "Cash!" exclaim ing sw ..s. Oh! the belles! Foxy belles; What a. wealth of hint thsy fling To compel the pleasant ring. Diamond ring, Ot the golden wedding Dells, bells, hell, Oh I the belfes! HairFalling? Don't tell your friends of If. They would think It so strange. You see, they know Ayer's Hair Vigor checks falling of the hair, restores color to gray hair, and makes the hair grow. Then why don't you use It? " A few years sgo ray hair ot very dry snd I could pull It rieht out by tbe handful. Alter using a icw cumcs ui Ayer's Hair Vigor I got relief. My hair stopped filling snd I received a new head of hair. ,T Mrs. O. Harrer, Milwaukee, Wis. 114. AOarsnM. J. C. AYU C0 UwsU, SUM.
