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' Nebraska's decoration of nobility. Is
conferred annually when the cocnflekls
tasseL
, Republicans will have to make very
few speeches in this fair, campaign.
Prosperity talks.
This la Kiag Edward's coronation
week, but the red fire has lout some of
its luminous qualities by the keeping.
Incidentally the Rock Island is an
other road that wants to make us bo
ilers that It is overtaxed in Kebraska.
If inside information can be relied on,
a few seats for the coronation parade
can still be had and at reduced bargain
sale prices.
The time seems to be ripe Tor those
Civic Federation .arbitrators to resur
rect themselves from their state of
innocuous desuetude . .
When 'the asphalt trust gets on its
feet again it will have no difficulty In
finding & few more holes In the Six
teenth street pavement that need repalr-
L .
The socialistic faction of the Central
Labor union has served notice upon all
whom it may concern that it proposes
to begin shooting in the air at the next
spring election.
Unless Governor Savage takes pity on
the thirty or forty business men out of
politics who are aspirants for police
comniiaelonert'hlps the poor fellows are
liable to go crazy,
Both the big political parties in Ne
braska held early nominating conven
tions and decreed for a long, all-summer
campaign. General Prosperity, how.
ever, has countermanded the decree.
' Omaha's automobiUts naturally ob
ject to Wing barred from the use of the
boulevards and parks. Perhaps a com.
promise can be effected on a promise to
keep the horseless carriages down to a
horse's gait
Why should a paper that boasts about
the superior returna brought by its ad
vertising columns feel it necessary to
give it. ijT il packages to Induce
people to advertise with It? Give-away
advertising is seldom worth paying for.
t Long-distance computon at demo
cratic headquarters at Washington have
it all gurd out that the democratic
majority in the noxt house will be ex
sctly thirty, n might be a. good idea
for tfcesa pul:ikul ntL-ohigere to wipe
;the dust o3 tUsir glasses.
What Bryan thljiks about Michigan
democrats who have dared to head their
atate tKsct with a gold democrat and
ljTUGra tlid , Kashas City platform !n
, their rtsolutloiis ca bo t si'y tiusgised,
bat it will "be more picturesquely ex
pressed la a early number of his pa
jHr. The local p.ryanlte orgsn is puitlcd
iover a crvo-tLtiit-tl fissure uncovrred In
1 Illinois and reputed to be something left
, by aa electrical storm. This is cer
tainly a tad guess. The crona -shaped
(fissure tsiuat be the footprint tf that
,cross-of gold epvt'th which, it will be
'remen.bered, ' was launched in llllaola
in the cldat of a iwlltlcal rather than
an tluctslcul sturiu.
The veracious reporter of the Omaha
Fakery, who wrote up the Sixth Watd
ilepuliUau club meeting by longdis
tance telephone, gives out that Ruse
water waa on the ground ilireetlug his
forces, although that awfully awful in
dividual Miih Linus and hoofs was
culm! e-ji clug out his accumulated cor
mpo:: leuce while the battle was rag
lug -rv-ely la the Fixib Ward. Vut a
lie will travel aercu leagues w t'.! tfLti
U i ' . X Li tw.ta.
L.AMK DtTtnsK TOR MATTIItWROlf.
Arcnrdinit to the orgnn of the "re
rrfctabl citizens" who are banded to
gether to fleece the Indlnnq op the Win
nebago reservation, Asrrnt Matthewson
has been maligned snd rrecuted t
t'HUNe ho refused Tjiport to the editor
of The Bee in the senatorial campaign
two years ago. This is a decidedly
lame defense. Tha editor of The Bee
was not aware either during the sena
torial campaign or since lis clone what
candidate Agent Matthewson favored or
.opposed. Every republican candidate in
the district In which Agent Matthewson
was In position to exert any influence
was defeated In 1900, consequently he
could neither harm nor help auy repub
lican candidate for the senate In the
senatorial content before the legislature.
The respectable land speculators in
and about the Winnebago agency have
doubtless forgotten that A emit Matthew
son had an unenviable reputation before
he was given charge of the Omaha and
Winnebagoes. At the time his appoint
ment was pending in the senate news
papers that could not pomlbly hava en
tertained personal hostility to Mr.
Matthewson criticised -his selection e
vercly. With almost prophetic prevision
one of them, the Chlcngo Journal, di
rected the following editorial appeal to
Trealdent McKinley:
Mr. McKinley Deer Blrf Your reported
nomination of an alleged Nebraika bank
wrecker and absconder to be Indian agent
for tb Omaha and Winnebago reservation
might not cauae remark war It cot for the
unfortunate time in which it occurs.. Sim
ilar appointments have bean mads with per
fect Impunity 1b the consular service within
tha last two years, and as for ndlaaa, no
body aeams Inclined to complain when they
ar Illtreated, wben their affairs are mis
managed and tnelc interests, betrayed,, so
tbey would probably have beaa left to Uka
tbalr cbancee this time.
But as It happens, the country is about to
embark in the enterprUe ct governing in
ferior races beyond its , borders, and the
manifestation ot its intention to do so has
provoked hostile criticism ot Ita m gov
ernment et Inferior races wltMa Its bor
der. Tbe opponents of eipanaion bay
aaked the advocates ot expansion, end, they
bad a right te aik It: "Do you Intend that
we shall govern the Philippine islanders as
we have governed the American Indians
turning them over With heartless indiffer
ence to be plundered and oppressed br a lot
of thieving scoundrels wbe bate; gained their
positions through won than ctireless meth
ods ef the president's friends, and wbe bold
them only by the miscarriage ot Justice?"
That is a very bard question to answer
while tbe making of unfit appointments ton.
tlnues. Tbeae appointments furnish the vis
ible evidence that the abuses in Indian ad
ministration have not been ' perceptibly
abated. It may be that you have been
deceived about this particular caee, and that
whan the matter is laid before you the nom
ination will be recalled. It is sincerely to
he hoped that this Is so.
That President McKinley was .Imposed
upon in making this Improper selection
there can be no doubt But so long as
no complaint was made The Bee re
frained 'from urging Mr. Matthewson'".
dismissal. Had be been vigilant in pro
tecting the interests of the Indians in
stead ot standing la with their despoil
era bis previous bad record would not
have been recalled as additional1 reason
fof bla removal, It is acarcely.; neces
sary to add that tbe attempts to make
Matthewson a martyr of personal spleen
and political hostility are groundless
and only prove that bis misconduct Is
indefensible. . '
. . MAX BS TBOVBtaiSOMS JSSCt, ,
The arrangement made by the Ameri
can authorities id Cuba respecting
church property appears not tp be satis
factory to norae of tbe Cubans and the
lower branch of the congress has
adopted a resolution declaring that the
settlement made by the military govern
ment with the Catholic church need not
be considered binding upon the Cuban
government nor upon the church. It Is
possible that this miy become a trouble
some issue in the Island, should the ac
tion of the house of representatives be
acquiesced In by the other parts of the
law-making power and in that event It
would become a .question whether the
government of the United States should
take any notice of the matter, .. .
It is stated that there is not at pres
ent any thought of intervention by the
Washington administration and that
only In case of trouble that menaced the
existence of the Cuban government
would our government exercise the
power authorised by the Tlatt amend
ment. This is the proper attitude for
tbe United States. t is. well enough to
have the Cubans understand and keep In
mind that it is the purpose of this coun
try to preserve the independence of
Cuba and maintain the government es
tablished there, but it is not the inten
tion to Interfere in domestic questions,
such fts that of -church property. All
such matters are for the Cuban reople
alone to determine, free from external
lufiueuce or dictation.
WAhT A UTAH Li. CLtfflAJrcr.
The merchants of Manila are propos
ing to send a representative to Wash
ington to look after their interests, with
particular reference to the currency, ex
isting monetary conditions being unsat
ifcfiictory and unlavorsible to tbe exten
sion of the trade of the Philippines. The
merchants want the currency made sta
ble aud uniform in character and ac
cording to a dibpatch from Manila they
do not feel sure that the act passed by
cwAitfteoi will secure thin. Indued it la
certain that it will nut, The houaa till
would Lave done so,' tsineo It provided
for the golt standard, but this was re
jected by the senate and the act passed
with no prcviwiou for the monetary unit.
Thus the currency situation la the
Philippine was unchanged and as there
bus since been a further decline la all
ver there Las been more trouble in
Philippine buhlnesa. It U perfectly ap
parent that the commercial interests
there unibt suffer until there Is a chunge
lu currency conditions.
The Manila Chamber of Commerce U
la fa Tor of the gold atandjud ani theie
la Du sound rtanoJi why it should not
be es'ab'.Uhed thcr. The rt-ort of the
house committee a insular affair
t ho Wed Conclusive! that it U practice
tie to Lave the go!J etanjurd la the
JrUJ!iiill;a a11 t'l ttfuld be t-j the
advantage of both the Islands and the
United States to have a roumon mone
tary system. It was a matter of very
general surprise, In view of the state
ments that were submitted by the mer
chants of Manila, that the senste re
fuced to accept tbe currency provision
of the bouse bill and left tbe situation
unchanged. This mlRtake can be cor
rected at the next sesalon and It may
be a very serious matter if it should not
be. Tbe Importance of the question to the
development of the Philippines Is plain.
A silver c-utrLry must of course con
tinue to be need In the Islands, but It Is
practicable to establish the gold stand
ard, as desired by most of the mer
chants there, and this congreas should
do. A monetary policy we observe here,
of the soundness of which there Is no
longer any question, may safely be ex
tended to our distant possessions.
IXrtHDlTVRtH XXCCCD RXCftlTTS.
The receipts of the national treasury
are now below the expenditures. For
July there was a deficit of $7,600,000
in round numbers and it is estimated
that for this month the deficit will be
quite $4,000,000. The customs collec
tions last month were more than 3,000,.
000 in exeftts of July last year, but the
internal revenue collections, on account
of rdnctlous In taxation, were about
17,000,000 less. It is tbe normal course
of things for the expenditures to be
excessive la the early part of the fiscal
year and the receipts to be excessive in
the latter part.
Secretary Shaw does not regard the
deficit as in any way discouraging, but
on tbe other band Is entirely satisfied
with tha outlook. It is pointed out that
the apparently large deficit for last
month would beve ben decidedly
smaller bad there not been extraordi
nary payments during the month. For
instance tbe treasury paid to states
$3,2.50,000 in claims arising out of the
fitting out of troops for the civil war.
There will be no more expenditures of
this kind until after the adjournment of
the next session of congress. Treasury
officials say that if the receipts for the
balance of the fiscal year make as good
a showing, comparatively, as July, the
surplus for the year ought to amount
to , about $25,000,000. Such a surplus
would be quite sufficient and no' barrri"
would resnlt if It should be less.
The secretary of tbe treasury is right
in the view that there is nothing dis
couraging in the fact that the govern
ment is releasing more money than it la
receiving. The reverse of this condition
was not favorable to the business in
terests of the country and its tendency
was to invite extravagance in public
expenditures. A moderate treasury star
nine la nnrintihtMlW dAalrahJ. hut it la
r - -
hot well that the surplus should tine to
such proportions as during the last few
years, locking up in the treasury money
that should be in the channels of trade.
The reduced receipts of tbe government
may also serve a good purpose in check
ing congressional extravagance.' Tbe
condition of the treasury Is entirely sat
isfactory and there is no reason for feel
ing any apprehension as to the future.
Who owns tus fiubsi '
The Omaha school district owns thirty-six
public school houses exclusive of
tha High school building. Most of these
buildings bare been erected within a
recent period and mauy"of tnem ..could
serve as models for any city in America.
In every Instance when a school bouse
was planned tbe architect was fully paid
for the plans and specifications required
for the structure. In not a single in
stance did the architect exact from' the
school' board an agreement that the
plans should be used exclusively for
that building and for no other.
(Several of the best school buildings In
Omaha were erected on plans and speci
fications prepared by tbe present school
board architect 1 these school houses
are good enough to supply the public
wants for commodious school accommo
dations in one section of the city, they
are good enough In any other section
where buildings of the same standard
and capacity are required. The present
school boird, however, seems to have
been hypnotized, into the belief that it
will be as Infraction of tbe rights of
the architect to duplicate the plans for
which be has been amply paid.
The question naturally presents Itself,
Who owns the plans, tbe architect or the
school district? The test of this ques
tion is about to be tnsde In' the action
tha tcssi will take with regard to tbe
proposed Monmouth Park school bouse.
The structural as decided on by the
board U to contain eight rooms, but al
though the city now own three eight
room school bouses for whlcn the plans
and specifications are on deposit in the
vaults of the school board, it Is pro
posed to expend from $500 tO($l,000 for
new plans and specifications for the
benefit of the architect
And yet the majority of the school
board is said to be mude up of men
pledged to conduct the affairs of the
school district on business principles.
Would any business man, who owns
plans and specifications for a set of
Cuts, a store building or dwelling,
which he desires simply to duplicate, go
to the expense of getting new plans and
specifications when the old plans would
answer the purpose? What right has
the board to squander public funds In
such a manner? Nobody will contend
that the present architect is incompetent
or that his plans are defective, but for
that very reason no valid excuse can be
cited for buying new plans when the
original plans would serve the purpose.
The crumbling of the fi-hlnx is
charged to the Increased moisture pro
duced by Irrigation works in the lower
valley of the Mle. If the 8j.hlnx could
only talk it would cougratulute itself
that it has not been exposed to the
down-pouring inundations that bave
been making the season memorable on
this segment of the globe.
Mr. Mercer Las been home nearly
two weeks, but up to the present time
he Lss not challenged anybody to a pub
l.c CvLtu m tLjf quiwUva. The next
time our Pave ea?nge a epeclal cham
pion to del ate Ma candidacy he should
endeavor to find a mind reader. He
ought to have known that Gurley could
not tell whether be Intends to turn bis
back on Omaha If be Is turned down
for re-election.
Deficit financiering Is hazardous for
the taxpayers, whether practiced by
county, city or school board authorities.
The city, fortunately, Is so hedged
about by ' the charter that over
drafts on the municipal treasury are
practically unknown. Both county and
school boards, however, are regularly
running their accounts In red letters.
One of the early reforms our people
wiil bave to insist on will be the strict
enforcement of legal provisions that
will prevent the county and school dis
trict, as well ss the city, from contract
ing any obligation until tbe revenues
are available to meet It
At the recent' state conventions
Colonel Bryan volunteered to bold him
self at the command of the fusion man
agers from that moment up to the day
of election. Some of the eastern demo
crats evidently wish the Kebraska cam
paign committee had set him to work
at home and kept blm so busy In bis
own state that he would not bave time
to sally forth Into the enemy's country.
From the way the railroad tax bureau
Is prosecuting its labors it Is prepar
ing for a decision from tbe supreme
court la tbe railroad tax case that will
require a reassessment of railroad prop
erty in Nebraska.' Chances are good
that these expectations may not be dis
appointed. Tbe California earthquake, as diag
nosed by eminent scientists. Is nothing
more than a case of terrestrial gastritis.
Old mother earth bas evidently partaken
Of too many green watermelons lately.
Watch 'Eat Drive It Iw.
Washington Poet
Tbe lows republicans seem to bave sup
plied the. entering wedge for something
practical ia tbe trust-busting line.
. Weeplaaj Hear? Iw Barkis' Bel.
Bt Louis Globe-Democrat
I Senator Teller to a very magnanimous
man. He has Just Isaued aa opea letter la
which be states that be will permit the
democrats of Colorado to retura -him to
tbe senate.
AaV Agreeable ( basse, Perhasa.
Washington Star.
- It would; be a 'matter tor popular re
joicing perhaps if Europe could be made
tbe regular market and America tb -dumping
grounds for the surplus goods which,
according to some , trade reasoning, must
be sold at a reduced, profit.
' " n Philadelphia press.
' One ef tb Cre insurance companies of
thla city bas just paid a semi-annual divi
dend ef per cent- While the stockbold
era are getting an annual retura of It per
cent it doesn't look- very much as if fire
insurance were the closing business it has
bee cracked up tot -be.
A Dig; by Contrast.
Brooklyn fcagle (dem.),
; Ben Cable is ' right wbea be says that
"it Is more important for tb democrats
to have a few very able ma In the aext
houne of representatives tbaa to bave a
majority there of men without leaders,"
of men whose antics would retire tbe party
from confidence, for a long period to come.
Ben Cable was' a- Cleveland democrat,
whjch Is to say, that be belonged to the
political" salt ot the carta.
Iowa anal - ta Mergers.
Mlnrapolls Time.
Governor Cummin of Iowa propose to
try the law on tb new merger. He finds
that It Is an evasion of existing law and a
plain attempt to attain the end defeated
for tbe time being by bis veto ot tbe fa
mous "merger bill" si the last -suasion of
the legislature. Iowa, like Minnesota, bas
a governor who believes la upholding tbe
laws of tb state against monopolistic com
bines tbat treat them with defiance and con
tempt. Peraoaatlty aaS Principle) Inseparable
Philadelphia Record (dem.).
Senator Carmack, who traveled with Mr.
Bryan la bis iate tour of the New England
states, and who heard his speeches, de
clares "be did not mention is to 1, or st
any time advocate tb free coinage ef sliver,
nor did be denounce the gold etandard."
No doubt Senator Carmack states the tact
But of what further seed I a distinctive
preacher when be baa abandoned hi dis
tinctive preach? Why Bryan without Bry
seism? '
PERSONAL. AND OTHERWISE.
King Alfonso Xin et Spain bad a special
photograph taken la celebration of bis
formal aunatuu ot tbe til roue.
' Dr. William Wllberforca Baldwin ' of
Rome, who () a physician to the royal
family of Italy, and a former physician
to tbe rojal family ef Russia, baa arrived
at Interlsken, Lenox, the country residence
of Courtland Field Bishop.
Aa Iowa Judge and his daughter were
among the caller on Mayor Low ot New
York the other day. In the course of a
chat with Mr. Low the young woman said
artlessly: "We are here to see the sights,
and so we celled upon you." . The mayor's
habitual poise was somewhat shaken for
a moment, but he saw that tb remark
waa Intended a a compliment and bowed
bis thank.
Moat people imagine that Lord Wolaeley,
who completed hi sixty-ninth year oa June
4, 1 an Irishman. A a matter ot fact the
ex-Commander-in-chief, although born la
the emcreld Isle, belongs to aa ancient
Staffordshire family. Lord Wolaeley has
probably been In more eng&gements tbaa
any other general.. Since entering tbe army
la 1351 be ha served In Burmah, India,
China, Canada, Ahaotee, Egypt and finally
tha Bcudaa.
Colonel McC'almont who was one of
those prominently mentioned as Governor
general of Australia, married a daughter
of" Sir Henry de bathe Just before tbs
outbreak of the South African war and
west to tho front agulnst tbe wishes ot
his father-in-law, who la reported to have
said: "If you go, I'll cut you oft with a
shilling." Tbe reply to this was a buret
of laughter which tended not a little to
often Sir Henry' heart.
On th eve of his leaving ofOce Water
Commissioner Dougherty ot New York has
woa aa Important victory la court A cer
tala brewer bad been detected iu ab
stracting city water without paying there
for. Mr. Doughercy presented a bill for
$991, and when the brewer refused te pay
be threatened to turn off tbe water. The
brewer brought suit to prevent tbta, but
the appelate court ba decided against him
holding that under the circumstance th
water department aa tb rlgbt to cut off
th atr.
Watering Railroad Stocks
New York Journal of Commerce. '
It 1 new proposed to sooty to railroad
th stock-watering method wbtcb bave
for some time bees conspicuous la tha In
dustrial combinations. Ot lata year stork
watering kaa been lea conspicuous In rail
roads than In industrial. In railroad
there has been rather more ot the reverse
proces of "queeilng out tb water," a
fact that oughs to make its Impression
upon the public when it Is proposed to
apply industrial methods of finance to
railroads. Many years arn thr. waa a
good deal ot stock watering in railroad. In
a rew instance this bordered oa or eroised
th tin of criminality; la most Instance
It was a form of speculation which found
a certain amount of excuse In tbe specu
lative character of railroad enterprises;
some were profitable and many wer fail
ure; capital bad to see chances of ex
ceptional profits to undertake many of
the enterprise. Such excuse aa this
does cot exist for watering th stock et a
railroad long established in a section
largely built up.
Industrial methods of finance bav not
been applied to railroads much in 1st'
years because there Is a good deal less
mystery about railroad nronts. Tb ran-
eral public know nothing of what can be
maa oy a group or steel or copper or salt
companies. In the case of railroad compa
nies It knows tbelr mileage, whether they
haul com or cotton or coal or wheat sad
what they have been making. But gentle
men who bav succeeded brllllantl-r in In.
dustrlaJ financiering believe the public la
in so receptive a state or mind bow that
tbey can apply their method to railroads.
President Leeds of the Rock Island m.
tern tblnks tbe objections to tbe proposed
reorganisation of th company ar du to
Insufficient Information and point to
profits last year equal to ( per cent ot th
proposed common stock and predicts tbat
th. profits this year will be 1 per cent
But If predictions were facts and present'
profits a safe guide to capitalisation thee
profits would not Justify tb proposed cap
italization. The public ha bo official Information nf
what la proposed. Tbe unofficial statement
is mat it is proposed to organize a com
pany in the convenient state of New Jer
sey which shall Issue ITR.OOn 000 r s .
cent bonds, 166,250,000 of preferred and ITS,-
000,000 of common stock, and ia the ex
change for this aggregate of $20,X50.000 of
bare and bond It would acquir 175.000,
000 of tbe capital stock ef th Rock Island
Railroad company.) All tb Income t would
have to pay interest snd dlvldends'on 20,
J50.000 of shares and bonds would be th
dividend it would receive from t?s nnn aaa
of capital stock in th railroad. In the
THB STATE TICKET.
Shelton Clipper: If J. II. Mickey Is bet
ter than his party, as ex-Senator Allen
says he Is, be Is a good enough maa for
any man to vote for for governor.
Ord Quia; Mickey is better than hi
party, say the fusloolats, but tbey do not
make that claim tor Thompson. How, then.
eaa tney auvia anyone to rot for tb
"little giant?"
Beatrice fctprees: This is a republican
year, and it ,1s the general belief that both
democrats eul pops will .be given such a
dressing down that they woa't recover from
the effects of ft In time for the next cam
paign. ,. .!
Oakland Republican: When nothing (else
eaa be said agaloat Mickey or. McCarthy,
they are said to be Irish or Scotch or
something else eqnally , horrible, and ef
course they ar bald to b "railroad can
didates," t . .
Ord Quls: What kind of a maa Is Mickey
in his private lite? Wbat as a business
man and farmer? , Wbat In patriotism and
citizenship? Well, be will take all these
good qualities Into th governor's chair
with htm.
Stanton Picket: J. H Mickey has never
been failure at Anything. This Is suffi
cient reason why he must expect to receive
th opposition of those who contend that
all honest men ar blooming failures ia a
buslnesa way. '
Haye Center Time: We hav always
thought to be blind was on of tha worst
calamities tbat flesh was heir to; but th
fusion editors seem to enjoy it; when they
extol the B. A M. attorney, W. H. Thomp
son, as th anti-railroad candidate.
Columbus Times: John H. Mickey, th
republican candidate for governor, 1 well
and favorably known te all the older resi
dent of thla city. He I known aa hon
est, reliable and competent He will run
ahead of hi ticket, even In "old Platte."
Hebron Champion: J. H. Mickey, repub
lican candidate for governor, was here yes
terday circulating among tb business men
and visitors. II seem to be a plain,
matter-of-fact business man, without any
frills or curly-cues. He made a good Im
pression. Blair Pilot: When they talk of defeat
ing Mickey for governor this fall they are
talking about defeating one ot the best
men ever put en the ticket. Well, It's all
talk. Mickey is good for a majority of
20,000 and all the spellbinders in Nebraska
can't reduce It - vote. .
Kimball Observer: J. H. Mickey, tbe re
puhllbau candidate fur governor, la a thor
ough, honest, conscientious business man,
who was never known to shirk or evade
his duty or responsibility. Tbe people bave
confidence in bis ability aud will vote their
approval on November 4. '
Norfolk News: It is not to be supposed
that any large number of democrats will
express unqualified admiration of Governor
Mickey sot until after election. Then
they will lay pontics sslde lor a few
months and acknowledge th truth that
be is tbe right faan for tbe place.
Beatrice Expresa: Tb Little Giant pro
fesses to believe tbat be is going to be a
winner, but he doesn't state what founda
tion he builds , his airy edifice upon. It
will be a surprise to most people (Includ
ing Mr. Thompson) If Mickey doesn't have
a good old-fashioned majority, big enough
to wipe fusion off tbe blackboard perma
nently. Center Outlook: It Is somewhat amusing
to note what efforts the fusion press put
forth to prove first one thing and then an
other about Mr. Mickey, the republican
candidate tor governor. Their system of
argument 1 pur sophistry. Tbelr argu
ments remind us cf tb -negro who rea
oned thus: "The sun a in wahm, de row
am long, thafoh I'm called to de ministry."
'.Bradsbaw Republican: The fusion press
1 Just now devoting some of It valuable
apace to a little matter tbat 1 Just a little
difficult to understand in regard to their
labored eSort to Induce tbolr readers to
believe that Mickey is a temperance man.
This 1 liable to be conatrued to mean
that Thompson 1 not a temperance man.
If such should be th construction given
their efforts, who will b to trims T.
Wayne Herald! The Herald recently
printed an article taken from the Bioux
City Tribune, which we bad reason to be
lieve' was correct. In regard to W. It
Thompson, the fusion candidate for gov
ernor. Tbe artlcU stated that Mr. Thomp
son wn aa attorney for a railway corra-a-tioa.
Mr. Thompson, however, denies the
assertion and we cheerfully correct tbe
staWmsut, as we do not care to misrepre
past three years of exceptional prosperity
the company bas only paid t per cent div
idends, and In the bad year. 1R? and ldS,
It only paid 1 per cent. Tbeae percentages
were not paid on $75,000,000; tb capital
ba been materially Increased within a
year. Tbe dividends la 1900 and 1901 were
lee thaa $2,000,000, and. In 190$ they nrere
$2,217,900. Wbat I going to incress them?
Tbe present is a period of exceptional pros
perity. If the bonds ar refunded at a
lower, rate of Interest tbe net profits would
be Increased, but tbe entire Interest paid la
tbe last two years 1 let than $3,000,000 each
year; bow murk can Oil be cut down by
refunding? Th earnings may also be in
creased by bringing Into tb system ad
ditional lines, but this will involve ad
ditional capitalization. It is proposed to
put out $208,250,000 of shares and bonds, .th
only means of paying Interest and div
idend on which will be the earnings of $75.
000,000 of Rock Island stock. Th proposed
bond Issue alone would call for $3,000,000,
while the total dividends paid last year
wer $,470.00, snd after this Interest was
paid there would remain $131,350,000 of pre
ferred and common stock.
Let us aaume for1 a moment that tbs
persons In control of the road bave twe
tblrds ef th present stock. Tbea If th
public will bay the shares and bonds ef
th New Jersey company Which will be of
fered for sale these - controlling interest
would get two-third of the 4 per cent
bend and two-third of the stock ef th
holding eompsay. So tbey would be la
control of property which bad cost tbeta
nothing and tbey would be enUtled to $J,
000.000 of Interest befor any dividend
could be paid by the holding company, and
$2,000,000 is more than the dividend paid
in 1900 or 1901 and nearly as much as the
dividends paid la 1901.
These considerations concern chiefly tbe
Investing . public. There ar two other
classes -deeply Interested. One Is tbe pop
ulation from whose business ths company
will extract Its profits. Tbe company will
seek to Justify high charge by pointing to
th fact tbat It Is paying only 4 per cent on
its bonds and very moderate dividends on
it capital. Tha other Is tbe general busi
ness community. It th Rock Island road
can be mad to earn returna oa the pro
posed capitalization It will only be in a
period of exceptional prosperity. One of
these day th business will cease to be
abnormally good and tbe dividend wilt
top. Then business will become bad and
dividends will be passed. Then will come
the receivership ef a leading railroad sys
tem, depreciating the value of all other
railway securities, destroying confidence
widely and Inviting disastrous Influences
upon th general business ot tha country.
sent the facts, therefore- publish Mr.
Thompson's denial. Will fusion papers who
have misrepresented the position of Mr.
Mickey, the republican nominee, with re
gard to the railroads, mlstakably or pur
posely, do likewise?
Mlnden News: Tbe pop papers ar still
running full of tbe old gag about Mickey
being a "bapker" and a "railroad" candi
date. He ia a hanker ariil in mi, iHn
a banker is usually about as good as a
lawyer. The only difference Is that Mickey
maae. nrst a successful farmer, then a
succeserul banker, while Thompson's suo
es a lawyar is not very widely cir
culated. Crete Vldette-Herald: Th Democrat re
fer td Mickey a a prohibitionist Bine
Mr. Mickey never voted anything but a re
publican Ucket, and never affiliated with
the third party, why call him a .prohi
bitionist? lit true be is a temperate man
and a Methodist W. J. Bryan ia a temper
ate man and a Presbyterian, but we never
heard tb Democrat class him as a prohi
bitionist. If one, why not the other?
Albion News: An effort Is already being
made la eertala quarters to turn votes
against Mr. Mickey because be 1 a temper
ance maa, or, In other words, a "prohi
bitionist." It Is not denied that Mr.
Mickey is a temperate man. and probably,
as regards his personal habits, Is a prohi
bitionist He was a member of "the legis
lature which enacted the present 81ocum
law, and voted for that measure. That Is
his record, and Judgment must be rendered
accordingly.
Benedict News-Herald: John H. Mickey
Is one of those men to whom the term
"self-made" applies In all its force. He
has tried his band at a number ot things
and there is not a single thing to which
he ever gave his attention but wbat be
mad a success. H Is on of th meu
that do things and be Is tbe nominee of
a party that accomplishes things, and wben
he la elected governor of this state tbe
people may confidently expect tbat matters
pertaining to tbe governor's duty will be
done with that expedition and success that
have characterized every step of Mr.
Mickey's life. . . "
Falls City Journal: Ths republican party
promised to straighten out the tangle, to
manage the state institution with all
economy consistent ' with a conservative
and buslnesaliketnaaagemeat, to restore
confidence by putting men In office to
whom confidence was due. Those pledges
bav all been kept and jiow when the
party comes befor th people, ready to
Hand squarely upon that record, with such
a man a J. It Mickey at tb bead of th
ticket and tb reaf of tb ticket mad up
of men of recognised ability and unques
tioned worth, w feel that we are Justified
In saying that tb republican party in Ne
braska Is stronger thaa it ever was before.
Tecumseh Chleftlan: Hon. J. H. Mickey of
Osceola, republican candidate for governor
of Nebraska, was in the city last Tuesday
afternoon, making the acquaintance of our
citizens. He attended the Chautauqua and
in tbe evening delivered a tea-minute ad
dress, on Invitation of Manager Dundee and
Superintendent Whitmer. The gentleman's
remarks were not political, but wer along
tb line of the wonderful development ot
Nebraska and the energies and Influences
which bave brought It about It was an
excellent address, stamped with tbe ring of
sirjerity and true manhood. Mr. Mackey
made aa excellent Impression. One cannot
cocvera with blm without appreciating
the fact that be Is a representative of
the highest type of citizenship, a man of
the hour, worthy of confidence. . Ha will
undoubtedly visit Tecumseh again during
the fall and will then endeavor to extend
his circle ot acquaintance,
David City Banner: Tbe opposition is,
for the purpose of making political capital,
accusing Mickey, the republican candidate
for governor, of buivg a t per cent money
loaner and a prohibitionist. It la true
that Mr. Mickey 1 Interested la banking
Interest and tb loaning of money and
also tbat he 1 a temperance man, but
we alao remember that Judge Holcomb,
ex-fualon ' governor, wa at on time a
money loaner at Broken Bow and tbat be
waa charged with having been a per
cent money loaner and the charge was
never denied. He la also a temperance
man and Just as much et a prohibitionist
a la Mickey, but Holoomb made a good
governor and so will Mickey, H ba never
been identified with tb prohibition party,
lie Is a successful business man, being
a much Interested la agrloulture and
stock raising Interests a b is in th
banking SssUeta. He 1 S liberal, broad
minded gentleman and will make Nebraska
as excellent governor, if elected, be
undoubtedly wUl be.
KcnoKS op ova kaiitiiqcakr.
VhUadelphta Free.
There r some political partlssas heart
less enough to sssert that tb earthquake
hock at Omaha and elsewhere through the
state wa merely an attempt on the part
ot Nebraska to ehsJte William J. Bryan.
Milwaukee Bentlnel.
Th country ha waited vainly for tbs
new tbat tb Nebraska earthquake scared
Mr. Bryaa lnte a state ef speechlessness.
. i
Detroit Free Press.
Some Kebraskaes believed It really was
an earthquake shock, and others thought
tbe boys wer throwing Mr. Bryaa dowa
again. ,
WHAT DESIOtlUTI DEED TO WI!.
Parlorm Hope I Front ( tb 1)1.
relaat Clement of Democracy.
Bt Louie Q lobe-Democrat -No
democrat has any hope of winning In '
tb congressional election of 1902 or th
presidential can van of 1904 unless his party
makes great gains la tb old doubtful state
of a dozen year ago and recover all tb
old border state. It cannot win th presi
dency without th electoral votes of New
Yerk, New Jersey, Indiana, Maryland, Wet
Virginia and the rest of th states which It
used to frequently or constantly carry la
th days which ended with th second else- 1
tloa of Cleveland. Nw York, New Jersey, "
Connecticut and Indiana wer tbe doubtful '
states of that time. Maryland was as demo- 1
emtio then a South Carolina. Delaware',
and West "Virginia were reliably democratic;
Th democrats must regain all ot tho If
they are to have any hop of carrying the!
country In any presidential canvas. Sane!
democratic leaders see thla. Some of them
are giving intimations that tbey see it
What sort of a chance 'le there that th
democrat can win any ec thoe states in
1904? No democrat so far as w ar aware.
Is claiming New York, New Jersey. Con
necticut West Virginia or Delaware. Not
many democrats even hav any hop of re- .
gaining Maryland. It was th silver Usue,
ct course, whloh brought Maryland to th
republican aid th silver issu plus th
vioea and follies of Gormanlsm. The silver i
Issu is probably dead. That U, no national i
convention of th democratic party will ever '
Indorse sllverlsm again. But ae long as
Bryan remains th big factor la national
politics, which everyone knows he still Is,
there will be a fear of tbe revival of the
silver Issue and many gold democrats will '
continue to vote tb republics ticket Thle ;
will affect Maryland a well a th other ,
etates. In tb case of Maryland ther Is tb
Gorman issue ss vital as ever. Gorman is ,
a smoother and a quieter personage tbaa h
was before he received his chastisements la i
several elections, but he will soon be ia
offlcs again and power bring presumption
and folly in tha esse of a maa with tb
Maryland boas' proclivities. Maryland la
far from being democratic on the Issue ot
today and tb democratic leaders know this.
It will be impossible for th democrsts
to carry th country without a thorough
reunion of the Cleveland and the Bryaa
force. This fact is so elementary that
nobody will dispute it. Even with th
democracy united It wa eldom possible
tor it to win except In a case like tbat
of 1892, when tb populist madness wss
3-A-w In Vat
for any reunion of th Bryar.lt and tb
Clevelandit clement of the democracy in
1902 or 1904. Th gulf between tbe two
sections, ss ' shown by tbe speeches ot
Cleveland and Bryan, is broader at this
moment than It was during tbe canvass of
189$. Bryan is- using harder language
against ' the Cleveland ingredient of his
party now than he was six years ago.
Cleveland is showing much more feeling t
against -the mea who ' wer In ' control of'
hi party's machinery la the -two recent M
tlor.al canvasses than he did at that time, j
Nobody , can se any chance for a' reap-,
proaehment between the two wings of tb j
democraoy . until after the . campaign of
1904, at the earliest- This Is the situation
which confronts tbe, democracy.' That
party, la order to win,, will bav to get
control of th old doubtful and border
states, and there is "no san democrat wbo
has sny hope for sny such gains for his
side ia 'the canvass two years bene.
I.KT'9 LAUGH A, 1.1 A IB OH TWO.
Yonker Statesman! '' Patience He says
he feel down in the mouth.
Pstrlce Tell him to cense chewing his
apology for a mustache, then. .
Chicago Tribune: She Dear little Fldol
See him wag bla tall! , -
Archie Why er what elae could he do
with It, Mis Birdie?
, , ,
Cincinnati Oasette: "Don't yon object to
your husband smoking about th house?"
"I did until he told me be alwaye u?d
domestic tobacco, and then I couldn't say
anything. . ,
Washington Star: "Do man dat rertende
to be amahter dan any one elM," silt
Uncle Ebon, "ia like a man dat a runnln
In debt. He kin enjoy hleae'f a heap as
long aa his credit lasts; an' after dat he's
In trouble." .
Iealle's Weekly; Casey flee here! (hot
dollar y lent me ylateruay wus a counter
feit. Caldy Well, Casey, didn't y ay r
wanted it bad? ....
ruc; rint ouiicbb vn i n-i iw. e . .
mobbed the umpire at the claea game?
n J ...11 V ... . .,U V .
"a mean eld thing," and toll hr she was
"n.rfftlv hrrld.
Philadelphia Preee: "He never adver
tised his business, did be?"
'No, but 11 Deing prtiiy wen lavcnittu
now."
"lnfleefl! . '
"Yes. the sheriff 1 doing It."
w..h'in Print; A Woman who 1s snend-
t, t h iimm.f In Pennevlvanla wrltea of
a algn displayed in the window ot a small ,
shop in the village nearest her. It reeds:
"For rale b?cona-nana lurniiuiw, .win .
and pie."
Chicago News:' Landlord Tke Sorry.
pardner, that tnere aln t no Datnroom, out
yer ae i am uguiiii vi kh,u" -
year; an - ... . K.,fc .
1 ounsi i uon i won. '
y Landlord Wall, of course, we won't in
sist on your takln' one.
YES HAMMOCK All KB PYPB. '
Baltimore American.
Sme Folk there be who a-eke y Sea,
VVhene Summer Tyme la here, . ,
And some wno try ye Mounlaynea hygb, .
Where Boarde and Roome are deare;
Some lyke ye looke of Lake or Brooke,
u. lLna v finite Wave la rvns.
But thy poore Bard lyke hys Baok
ysrde,
Hya Hammock and by Pyp.
Gadaookes! Ye Lawne la almost gone.
And niannle apottes be Duiue.
Ye where hy ahoea theyre pressure use
Whenne that ya Hammock's atalled.
But there lw Trees and eoolynge Breese,
And gladde thviiKS of that type
A Hook to rend, and Joy, Indeed.
Wyth Hammock ana wym ryp.
No landlords there to charge for Aire,
Or tlivna tbat one may ate;
Nor Koike who talke or dryve or walke.
Or tfl.e how rycli they be;
No byll of far to ink one swears.
Nor yet to cause ye grype
Notts anlethyng but 1'iet to swyng
Wyth liuiuroocM. ana wyift -yps.
Mostultoe do nott com t chew.
Nor yet to eU one upp:
Noe thyng to byte by laye or Nyghte
(Eacepie ye Nolghbour Puppei.
Boe, wliurefore roome awaye from Home,
And Pempyratyoiie wypv,
Vhrni) l'uyee be elrare and we have litre
Ye Hammock ana ye rypT
Ye Sky Is blue) iJjnoke Is, too.
And make a alaim fuels goode,
And alia thyntjs seenie to sty He gUains,
And out lui aa tl.t-y shoul.le.
Some It oiks Inivi Home away to roama.
Wiiriine llotte Wave Is rypv.
But !Wa as r.uits i.h y Uave none goti
A lluiijuoea. or a I ypo.