THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1002.
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tScai) M. B. HUNOATE,
Notary Public.
To the Bummer resort men We may
bare an Indian summer yet.
A a destructive engine of peace as
.well as war, the automobile stands In a
Class of Its own.
Mr. Mcintosh should learn not to pro-
M - - - - ,
Governor Savage.
Makers of quick exposure cameras can
core a bit by photographing growing
Nebraska corn in action.
It Is quite apparent that our old com
patriot, Walter Raleigh Vaughn, has not
( forgotten bow to blow his own born.
If excursion trains are conducive to
railway accidents, the railway trainmen
will be thankful when the summer ex
cursion season sees Us finish.
With a national convention of plumb
ers in session right among us, there
should be no new leaks sprung on
Omaha for a, few days at least
The newly negotiated treaty between
the United States and. China may be
taken as the signal that the open door
Is almost ready to swing on Its binges.
It is good to know that Nebraska is
coming to the front as a Umber-growing
state. No state should be without tall
timber for the benefit of its candidates
for office.
. The Union Pacific strike situation
seems to grow worse instead of better.
This is unfortunate for Omaha. The
strikers ; and the railroad managers
should try to get together.
President Roosevelt wants to be let off
with as little speechmaklng as possible
during bis western tours. What he
does say, however, will be worth hear
ing and will set the auditors a-thluklng.
Jim Hill's reduction ,of grain rates Is
altogether outside of the communlty-of-interest
agreement The other 4-oads
show no disposition to meet the cut, and
do not have to, since It in nosnvay af
. tects competitive business.
Bank Wrecker Andrews of Detroit
.who has Just been sentenced to fifteen
years' imprisonment . doubtless wishes
bis term were to be served in Nebraska,
where the chances of an early pardon
would be much more promising.
The . way all the democrats with
avowed congressional aspirations were
shoved off the track by the local demo
cratic bosses shows that when it comes
to operating a well-greased machine the
democrats hereabouts are no slouches
themselves.
"If I was mayor of Omaha," says
W. 8. Summers, "I would enforce the
law,- , but W. 8. Summers Is Uulted
States -.' attorney. Why don't be . en
force the law against the land specu
lators who are conspiring to rob the In
dians In the purchase and leasing of
reservation lands?
King Edward knows what be Is doing
In extending a glad band to the brave
Boer generals, who kept bis armies busy
with nearly three years' fighting in
Bouth Africa. Cordial treatment of
their leaders is likely to do more toward
reconciling the Boers with their condi
tion as British subjects than any other
thing,
From the stories brought home by the
Elks, 8lt Lake City will not be in it
as a competitor for nations! conventions
USti! it pvCp.v ic&m tO tlc&t their
guests better. Omaha's reputation for
hospitality to entertaining visitors with
out holding them up Is worth more to It
than all the money that might be gath
ered In daring t convention week.
RA tLRVAD ASSESSMENT IUW A ASD
SEBnAHKA. ,
And now It turns out that the railroad
attorneys and railroad tax agents who
appeared before th Iowa State Board of
Equalisation hare not been as success
ful In keeping down the railroad assess
ment as hare been the railroad attor
neys snd tax agents of Nebraska. Two
weeks ago the announcement was made
that the railroad Assessment of Iowa
had been Increased by 14,000,000 over
the assessment of 1901. This was dis
tinctly a setback to the bombastic John
N. Baldwin and bis Iowa associates, but
now It turns out eren worse.. Instead
of raising the railroad assessment by
$4,000,000, a computation made by the
secretary of the executive council places
the increase at $4,316,728, or a fraction
orer 0 per cent on the railroad assess
ment of 1901, which aggregated $47,
328,911, while the assessment of rail
road property in Iowa for 1902 aggre
gates $51,387,984.
Computed in dollars and cents, the in
crease in the taxes leried on Iowa rail
roads for the year 1902 orer the year
1901 Is, In round figures, $172,000. But
this Is by no means excessive. On the
contrary, an Impartial assessment of
Iowa railroads, apportioned to the
actual ralue computed on their bond
and stock basis and pro rata with all
other classes of property In Iowa,
which la 25 per cent of actual ralue,
would hare Increased the assess
ment of Iowa railroads to $90,
000,000 instead of $51,300,000. But eren
small favors should be thankfully re
ceived, and the people of Iowa hare
reason to feel gratified , over the relief
afforded to the general taxpayer. ;
As compared with the action of the
Nebraska board, the Iowa board Is cer
tainly to be complimented.' Instead of
increasing the assessed 'valuation, the
Nebraska board has actually decreased
It Instead of paying more taxes under
the assessment of 1902, Nebraska rail
roads will pay much less than they paid
in 1901, unless the board la ordered by
the supreme court to reconvene to revise
Its action and assess the railroad cor
porations according to the valuation of
their property and in proportion to the
assessment leried upon all other classes
of property In the state . as returned by
the assessors but not as computed by
the railroad tax bureau. '
will make so compromise.
The president of one of the anthracite
coal companies gare out a statement a
few days ago that there will be no com
promise or settlement . of the , strike
through political or other Influence. He
said the presidents or tne anthracite
companies bare the absolute and un
qualified support of their respective
boards of directors and stockholders la
the position they bare taken "that these
great properties shall be controlled and
operated by . their owners and not by
outsiders." Ue declared that this Is the
only real Issue in the controversy and
that it "will be fought to a finish in the
lines already drawn, no matter bow
long It takes." " V 'r- '
1 This disposes of the report that a set
tlement was expected to be reached by
September 1 and that there would be
a compromise. The above declaration
undoubtedly represents the position of
all . the . anthracite .companies and Its
meaning is plain. The resumption of
mining will not ' take 1 place until the
miners yield. . The companies are hot
giving any consideration to the Interests
of the public. They are heedless of ap
peals to avert the threatened coal fam
ine. They are deaf to the suggestion that
It is the duty of the companies to mine
coal. Their unalterable purpose is to
starve out the miners and break up their
organization, regardless of r the conse
quences to the public
There appears to be an equally earnest
determination on the part of the miners.
They show no sign of weakening and
President Mitchell says that it all de
pends on the action of the operators
when the strike will terminate. lie
states that the financial assistance the
strikers are receiving is satisfactory and
expresses the belief that they will win.
As the situation now stands, therefore,
an anthracite coal famine seems inevi
table and how serious ' a matter that
would be most people can understand.
The price of anthracite, has reached un
precedented figures in the eastern mar
kets and even should mining be re
sumed shortly the price would doubtless
remain so high that many would he un
able to use this coaL
. LABOR ABD TH& PARTIES.
Intelligent worklngmen know that the
republican party has been the friend of
labor. All that has been done In the
way of , national legislation in the In
terest of labor was done by the repub
lican party. Most of the labor, legisla
tion of the states is also to be credited
to that party. It has ever sought to
improve conditions for labor by erery
practicable means and it has nerer
failed to gire consideration ' to erery
reasonable request of those who labor.
While the democratic party bas been
profuse In promises the republican party
has acted.
: The fact that the wage earners of the
United States are better off than those
of any other country la largely due to
republican policy. It baa protected the
industries and the labor of the country,
enabling the American worklngman to
obtain higher wages than are paid in
any other land and thus to accumulate.
Before the organization of the repub
lican party little attention was given to
the Interests of labor. The ineu of toll
were little thought of by those In public
life prior to the birth of the republican
party and labor was not respected aa it
la at present There bas been a rast
Improvement a great advance, in the
last thirty-five years In the condition of
labor and for this the republican party
is entitled to nearly all the credit
. Consequently that party has the
strongest possible claim to the support
of worklngmen. It has the right to ex
pect from them a proper recognition of
what the party haa done In behalf of
labor and of Its always earnest desire to
promote the welfare of the working
classes. To one who seriously thinks
of the obligation that labor owes to the
republican party It Is not easy to credit
the statement that many of the labor
unions of Chicago have pledged them
selves to the support of the democratic
party. It seems a reflection upon the
Intelligence and Judgment of the men in
the unions that one hesitates to accept
Have these worklngmen forgotten what
the democratic party did when it
came into control of the government In
1893J Hare they forgotten the dis
astrous consequences to labor of the pol
icy of that party a policy to which It is
still committed?
The republican party has a claim to
the allegiance 4 nd support of working
men that is founded upon faithful care
for their Interests and welfare. The
democratic party has no such claim.
THE TREATY WITH CH1XA.
The tariff treaty with China will prob
ably have no Immediate effect upon
trade with that country, but It marks a
departure in Chinese policy that must
ultimately be of great benefit to the em
pire and to all the countries doing busi
ness with It In future there will be no
discrimination by China against any
country in the matter of trade. Her
great market will be open to all on
equal terms and the abolition of the
ilkln tax must hare the effect of ma
terially increasing trade with foreign
lands. That tax has operated to restrict
trade with the interior and it hus yielded
little revenue to the government, though
it has been a good thing for the officials
of the provinces. These have of course
strenuously opposed the abolition of the
tax, which means the loss to them of a
large revenue, but the Chinese govern
ment could do nothing else but submit
to the requirements of the powers in the
matter.
A very energetic competition for the
Chinese trade is now to be expected and
undoubtedly American manufacturers
will not be behind those of other coun
tries In working, for that trade. It is
possible, of course, to get an exaggerated
idea of the extent of this commerce,
but a country of 400,000,000 people cer
tainly presents ( what appears to be a
most promising field for commercial ex
ploitation. W. R. Vaughan, the nineteenth cen
tury mayor of Council Bluffs, who has
located his headquarters under the dome
of the national capitol, which is sur
mounted by the statue of liberty, has
organized the first Twentieth Century
Liberty party, consisting 0? W. B.
Vaughan and his gold-headed cane.
The new party proposes to swing around
the liberty pole like a merry-go-round
and will exert all Its psychic Influence
upon erery congressional district In the
United States of America, including
Alaska and the Hawaiian islands.
When the merry-go-round crosses the
Union Pacific bridge It may be expected
to proclaim David H. Mercer, formerly
of Omaha and more recently of the Dis
trict of Columbia, as its preferred choice,
always proridlng Mr. Mercer does not
forget to transmit a respectable draft to
the new liberty party as a campaign
contribution. . . - .
In 1898 William F. Gurley Instructed
his tenant Johnny Wright who keeps a
popular sporting resort for colored men,
to take his Instructions from Frank
Ransom as to whom be was to support
for congress, and Ransom designated
Hitchcock aa bis preferred candidate.
If Mercer should be nominated again
this year what will Gurley -do? Will
be Instruct Johnny Wright to go the
way Ransom wants him- to, or will he
desert his bosom friend, Hitchcock, for
the man to whom he is Indebted for
thousands' of dollars worth of federal
patronage as attorney for winding up
broken national banks? Here is a di
lemma almost as exasperating as would
hare been Gurley'a position If bis part
ner, Ransom, had been nominated by the
popocrats. 1
It is gratifying to note that the state
press Is realizing what the repudiation
of the principle of municipal borne rule
In the ' Omaha police commission
decision means. Other cities and towns
can see that if the management of our
fire and - police departments can
be handed orer to a board ap
pointed by and responsible to the
governor, there is nothing to stop
the lawmakers from taking from them
the management of all their local affairs
and Imposing upon them municipal offi
cers In whose selectltu they hare no
rolce. Such a rlcious doctrine, uproot
ing tho rery foundations of self-government
cannot fail to grate on every liberty-loving
citizen.
Contractors are said to be getting
busy already to connect with the work
of building the Isthmian canal, which
is billed as the biggest engineering un
dertaking in sight on the international
boards. It goes without ssylng that
American contractors should be In po
sition to bid for this work successfully
as against those of any other country
both by reason of being nearer to the
scene of action, but also because of su
perior mechanical resources and machin
ery devices. If the United States Is
to put up Ibe money to build the canal,
American labor and American Industrial
concerns should have first opportunity
to earn It.
Great Opcaxtugf for Poets.
St. Louis Republic.
There' nothing surprising lo the wide
spread competition of poet for th
Sklnker Road prise. Th winner In that
tuneful tournament will at one attain
International renown as th World's fair
poet laureate.
Aaotfcer Oatbarat ( Caltest,,
Philadelphia Press.
Colonel Bryan has agala taken aa In
ventory of his Inner thoughts and last
week' Issue of hi newspaper uinciaiiy
announced th result. He will not be
a candldat for th nomination In th
next campaign, but h won't permit any
on to be nominated who would not b
a thoroughly beaten a he would be If
on th ticket It la conceded that Colonel
Rryan owes this much to himself and
his country.
Stick to Ike "Oae-Hos Shay."
Indianapolis Journal.
Great wealth enables it possessor to
Indulge in expensive pleasures, but three
may carry the penalty of danger. The
poor man who I content to cover four
or five mile an hour in s "one-hoss
shay" behind a Jog-trot pony may hav
more contentment than th millionaire tn
hi automobile, and h certainly Incurs
much lea risk.
Tremendoa Gipasiloa.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
To be specific, th excess of export over
import in the 108 years from 1790 to
March 4. 1897, was $388,028,487, while th
excess In the fit years from March 4,
1S97, to March 4, 1902, was $2,707,998,194,
the excess of export In each year sine
1897 being greater, than that of the entire
108 year prior to th Inauguration of
Prealdent McKinley.
The Croellst Cut of All.
Springfield Republican.
After spending $1,000,000,000 In conquer
ing the Boer republic it Is a little hard
on John Bull that he I unable to hold the
South African market. All advices indi
cate that the Germans and particularly
the Americans are gathering In the trad
and the contracts, while the latest British
trade commission solemnly report that
this Is a most serious matter. It cer
tainly Is.
HlnttBta- at Straus Thin a-.
Minneapolis Journal.
Th voluntary reduction of grain rates
by northwestern railways Is a striking
and profitable Illustration of the change
that is coming over railway managements.
They have at last learned that it does
not pay to "burk" the people and state
governments. The railway management
are at last coming to take a view of
their business that th people, the leg
islatures and the courts have now taken
for some years namely, that the roads
have no right to charge more than will
yield a fair rate of profit on fair capital
ization of their properties. It saves an
noying litigation and save time and pre
vent a dangerous public irritability for
the railways to reduce rates from time to
time In accordance with th rule, as t raf
fle growi. '
Era of Busy Times.,
Indianapolis News.
Never, perhaps, was the country so busy.
Men are more likely to be asked to work
overtime than to find difficulty In getting
work. Another thing' Is that these are
great times for th producer of food.
About 90 per cent of the Increased cost
of subsistence ' goes to the farmers and
market gardeners. 1 And did anybody ever
hear of "bard times" when the farmers
were prosperous? But the chief explana
tion is perhaps In the universality of op
portunity for work. Th thing that makes
the "pinch" of hard times Is not a
small margin, but no work. Who listens
to th complaint of a man who has work
that h floes not gmt ennush for It? He
is in a way regarded as the ancients re
garded one who was ungrateful to th
gods. On the other band when men at
every corner are -.out of, work, the good
margin of those that have work Is lost
sight of, and there is only patent the sad
dest of all sights an honest man will
ing to work who can get no work to do.
THERE NEED BE NO DOUBT.
View of ihepNew Associate Justice
ob National Politics. ' ,
1 " ,Bro'ooyn t Eagle. .
Referring: to th new . member of th
United States supreme court Mr. Justice
Oliver Wendell Holmes, the Eagle editorially
said: . -
"Hls views ar. accurately known on all
the subjects covered by the late decisions
of. th .United States court In cases affect
ing Porto Klco and the Philippines. He
believes that the' constitution extends to
the colonies only1 to the degree to which
the congress of th United State carries
it there by legislation. As the court was
lately of that opinion only by a majority
of one, the fact that Judge Holmes shares
that opinion give to his appointment an
unmistakable Importance." .
That statement was mad advisedly. - It
was made on knowledge. It was mad on
purpose. It was made with th object of
meeting the natural curiosity of our read
ers concerning Judge Holme' views on ex
pansion, and for. the purpose of assuring
them that his view were what, with
knowledge, .the Eagle set them forth to be.
We may add that If they had not been
the views of Judge Holmes he would not
have been appointed, and another man,
with those views, would have bea se
lected for th place.
SILLY SEASON ON THE MIDWAY.
Chlcaso Comment am Chancellor An
drews' Moral Essays.
Chicago' Record-Herald.
It la reported that Chancellor B. Benja
min Andrews gave the students on th Mid
way a plain talk concerning the social evil.
He said that young clubmen were loos In
their morals, and that It was a sham that
they should wish or expect that th young
women who wer to become their wives
should be more pure than they. He raised
his voice against hasty marriages, and es
pecially against., elopements, which, he
aid, were often followed by a resort to
th divorce court. . He 'told th co-eds
that "they had better talk with mamma
before running away."
Then he digressed to prats bachelors.
"There 1 still room," he declared, "for
the bachelor among us. Th unmarried In
dividual Is of great Importance." Ha may
fall In love with his work Instead of with
woman, and though hi life I not th
Ideal one "history forces us to admit that
soma of th greatest men that the world
ha ever known wer bachelor." For ex
ample, aaserted . the doctor, ther were
Jesus Christ and Paul. "Were they not
successful men, and did they not work out
great good to the world and their fellow
men?" The thought seemed to raise doubts
In the speaker' mind about marriage.
While he advised his bearer to be very
careful about saying anything against
marriage he warmed to th new them and
asserted again that history would not per
mit us to overlook th greatness of th
bachelor. He declared also that "th in
dividual and not th family la th unit of
authority." Then he checked himself, re
ferred to marriage a th Ideal state, and
closed with other saving and qualifying
clauses.
Now, all that Dr. Andrew said may b
true, some of It, In fact, was so obvious
that it was hardly worth saying, but It
suggests this Inquiry: 'What ar th peo
ple who listened to It at the university
fort Hav they gone ther for hard work,
for mental training, for xact knowledge of
xact sciences, for th serious study of his
tory and politics, for Inspiration In art
and literature? If so th time that they
spend In listening to puerile gabble which
I about on a par with villas gossip Is
aadiy wasted. They wight better
away from th university and av their
money.
Such lectures or talks as tho of Pr.
Andrew ar only calculated to bring ridi
cule upon the University of Chicago and a
sensation akin to seasickness to Its friends.
rOR TITR FARMERS' BENEFIT.
Chlcsgo News: As the nam of the new
trust Is the International Harvester Com
pany, It evident Intention Is to have th
people of Russia. Egypt and India do busi
ness with It before they harvest their
wheat.
Bt. Louis Republic: The harvester com
bine organized under the New Jersey laws
with a capital of $12fl,tK)0,C00 for the avowed
purpose of preventing an advance In th
prices of harvesting machinery Is either
the champion bunco bluff of the century or
a herald of the millennium.
Minneapolis Journal: - This trust will see
that th simple, unsuspecting farmer Is not
msde to pay more than he ought tor hi
harvesters. The manufacturers are being
forced against their will to make the farmer
pay more, but by an set of supreme unsel
fishness they hav rallied, asserted their
benevolent strength, hurled the demon of
high prices Into the corner, have spat upon
him and are now holding him down with
$120,000,000 capitalization and a little water
cur on the side. Hsve hope, oh ye of
little faith; the trusts will yet save us all
from the demnition bow-wows of high
prices.
Minneapolis Times: It may be unkind,
however, to Intimate that this combine has
been effected for other than benevolent
purposes, for one of the directors hss given
the following reason for Its organization:
"It is well known that the prices of raw
materials used In the manufacture of har
vesting machinery have advanced steadily
during th last few years, and. although the
manufacturers hitherto have avoided aa
advance In th prlcp of their products, it
has become apparent from the existing con
ditions that higher prices would soon be
come a necessity unless the methods of
manufacture and business could be ma
terially Improved and large economies ac
complished." Therefore, for the sake of
the farmer, these manufacturers have
banded themselves together to keep prices
down. Such consideration for the welfare
of others Is rare In this commercially ue
flsh age.
CHANCELLOR ANDREWS' TALK.
Boston Globe: Dr. Benjamin Andrews has
got one convert already it
all events, a bachelor, aged 81, in Baltimore,
i 10 wea a widow aged 79.
Milwaukee Sentinel: The more Dr. B.
Benjamin Andrews talks th more the pub
lic 1 convinced that he would appear to
better advantage If he said nothing.
Chicago Inter Ocean: It seems to be Dr.
E. Benjamin Andrews' Idea that the way
to teach a summer class Is to tell It how
to do a lot of things which he believes
should not be done.
Boston Transcript: It Is all very well for
Dr. Andrews to assert that bachelors ar
moral degenerates and that the unmarried
Individual of marriageable age has no place
In society nor in the scheme of the uni
verse; but with the prices of life's necessi
ties ever soaring upward the bachelor
throng Is likely to increase rather than
diminish. With coal at $9 a ton and beef
steak at 40 cents a pound, It Is a brave
young man, or perhaps a very thoughtless
one, who enters matrimony, unless he I
very much better fixed than the average
young man.
New York Sun:. After all, the slngl
continue to be exceptional,, and the work
of marrying and giving In marriage and
buying wedding presents goes on In tre
mendous volume. Surely th married can
afford to pity and not molest th unmar
ried. The latter have the lmnudenr tn Ar.
a little pitying on their own book some-
iimes. uou i worry them. Some of them
ar enjoying themselves and all are useful
as a foil. Would Dr. Andrews 1rlv wn.
to-do bachelor uncles and spinster aunts out
or tne oueinessT There are few. more en
gaging figure. No well-rearulated famii
should be without a specimen, and there
can 1 be enough of them..
PERSONAL NOTES.
A statue to the memory of Fits John
Porter will be erected by the citizens of
Portsmouth, N. H.
According to ber pictures In the illustrated
press. Miss Gladys Deacon Is plump, lithe,
petite, Junoesque, blonde, brunette, tall and
short.
Senator W. A. Clark of Montana has pur
chased the Helena Independent and that
paper will hereafter be known as his per
sonal organ.
Minister Wu Ting Fang has accented an
Invitation to speak In Binghamton. N. Y..
on Labor day, before a labor mass meeting.
This will be the first address ever made by
a Chinaman to laboring men.
All the negroes who have ever been con
nected as servants with th Warfleld family
of Maryland wer given a dinner by Edwin
Warfleld, president of th Fidelity and
Trust company of Maryland, the other day.
Thomas Lewis, a 25-year-old Llberlan
negro, is studying medicine and surgery at
the Emergency hospital at Detroit, Mich
He went there from Philadelphia and says
that bl father Is chief of a tribe in Africa.
A Chicago experimenter bas discovered
that mosquitoes are fond of dark reds and
blue. Hang your room with white, orange
or yellow If you would discourage th
mosquito; those ar colors be does not
Uke to.
William C. McMillan, son of the recently
deceased senator from Michigan, is urged
by many .politicians as his father's suc
cessor and It Is contended that if he enter
the race there will be little opposition
to bis slectluu, provided th next legis
lature Is republican, of which there seems
to be no question.
The friends of Frank Holme, the news
paper and magazine Illustrator, who is
stricken with consumption, have adopted
a novel way of "financing" him as an
Arizona institution. They hav Incor
porated him. HI corporate name Is "Th
Bandelorg Press," and the corporators
ar Kirk La Shelle, George Ade, Finley
Peter Dunne and Augustus Thomas. Tba
capital stock Is subscribed at $25 a share,
and Is to pay 6 per cent If the Incor
porated Holme survive and retains hi
earning capacity In Arizona.
TAUGKKIXO HIMANITY.
Hlh Priced Coal Provoke av Roar
Down East.
New York World.
To th family man who "keep house"
there is nothing humorous In the announce
ment that bard coal bas "gone up" another
dollar and is now only to be bad In do
mestic sizes fer $9 a ton.
The thrifty householder's habit Is to stock
bis coal bin som time before September 1
with enough coal to feed hi cellar furnace,
bis kitchen rang and bl open grate for
all winter. His August order to the rststl
coal dealer is for from ten to twenty-five
tens, varying with the six of bis bous.
fifteen ton being aa average winter's cos
sumption In a bouse of ten or twelve rooms.
The time bas come to fill the coal bin, but
beads of families shrink from giving an
order that mean th addition of $75 or $100
to their yearly living bills.
Th coai problem must soon becom at)
acuta on to all th people who "keep
house" oa moderate Income. It will be
com ttill tnnra seuta a coupl of months
later to th poorer people who buy their
coal by th basket. For them Indeed, If
current prophesy Is fulfilled and $9 a ton
remain th pries for a long time after th
strlk Is aoded. It will V "th prlc that
taggr humanity.'
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
Dakota City Eagle: J. H. Mickey, repub
llcan nominee for governor, made his mony
on the farm. W. H. Thompson, the fusion
nominee, no doubt made his charging the
farmers good, fat fee.
Nebraska City Tress: This will oe an
excellent year for a democrat to change bis
politic and come over In the republican
fold. . Ther will b so many coming that
they can't track you.
North Piatt Telegraph: Unci John
Mickey is having a regular picnic running
for governor o( Nebraska. His majority
will probably be his only trouble. It will
take so long to count it.
1 Kearney Hub: Chairman . Lindsay gives
it oat that tho republican speaking cam
paign la Nebraska will commence Septem
ber 1, and that during the following sixty
days he will bring Some of the most promi
nent, speakers In th country into th
stats,
Mullen Tribune: A rot cast for J. H.
Mickey for governor will aid In placing
an executive at the bead of our state af
fairs, who Is an able scholar, an honorable
and successful business man and one who,
If elected, will give the people of Nebsaska
a clean, honest and successful admini
stration. Emerson Enterprise: The report that W.
H, Thompson Is a railroad attorney I now
denied, and It is ssld It originated from th
fact that he ride on a pass. It might be
pertinent to lnqulr why a lawyer who is
not a railroad attorney should b favored
with a pass.
Friend Telegraph t Fusion papers will
have It that J. H. Mickey Is a banker.
Well, let the voters of this state take their
choice as between a banker and a lawyer
If they so choose. Then there I another
comparison which they might make a
between Thompson a a railroad attorney
and Mr. Mickey s a farmer.
Beatrice Express: J. H. Mickey bas done
more real farming than all th fusion can
didates put together, so It is rather bad
taste for the newspapers In charge of the
enemy to Insist that he never was a farmer
because be is not now actively engaged In
fall plowing. He was born on a farm and
worked at farming until his prudence and
economy enabled him, after year of ardu
ous toll, to take life a little easier.
Kimball Observer: The fuslonlsts sre
insisting that J. H. Mickey Isn't a real
farmer and that seems to be th most seri
ous Charge they can bring against btm.
Out here In western Nebraska nearly every
banker Is also engaged In the stock busi
ness, and most of them spend three days
directing the affair of the ranch and
looking after the bank, and to accuse
these ( men of not being real stockmen
would be the sheerest nonsense.
Waterloo Gazette: This year the eom
plalnt Is made by some fuslonlstq that the
republican candidate Is not in the habit of
imbibing very freely of the cup that In
ebriates, and thejr are being reminded that
last year they kicked because Dietrich
drank beer with his German friends. From
which It would seem that the charge that it
Is ' pretty ' hard to please some of our fu
sion brethren perhaps contains a little more
truth than pnetry. Wa wnnd.y ttnw this in
anyway. '
Falls City Journal: If you believe that
the head of the Nebraska state government
should be a man, who having well defined
convictions, has the courage of those con
victions, . then vote for J. H. Mickey. If
you believe that a man can be a Christian
gentleman and still make a good governor
vote for Mickey. If you believe that a
man against whom honor and Integrity not
a word has been spoken, would be a good
man to have 'as our chief executive, rot
for Mickey. . ...
Ord Quiz: Two .years ago the' fusion
press set, up tb wall that Dietrich was a
saloon man, aad for that reason should he
turned down. . Today these sam papers sre
harping right along the same old line only
they now wall because Mickey is for tem
perance. Just as their tactics availed them
when Dietrich was a candldat Just so will
they avail them now. J. H. Mickey has
always been; successful, snd be will con
tinue to be as candidate for governor on
; the republican ticket this fall.
I Hildreth Telescope: While scoring Mickey,
the republican nominee for governor, be
cause he Is connected with a bank, the Min
den Courier ahould remember that Con
gressman Shallonberger, who wants to be
re-elected on the fusion ticket, hss been for
many years and is now a banker. If It Is
a bad thing to be a banker and run for of
fice on the republican ticket it is a bad
thing to be a banker and run for office on
the fusion ticket. However, Brother Rich
mond Is not expected to be consistent.
North Platte Telegraph: Had ex-Senator
Allen have said that W, H. Thompson, the
fusion candidate, was better than his party '
he would have been nearer the truth, and
It would not have been much to say either.
But when he said J. H. Mickey was better
than his party, it was saying a great deal
mor than the. wlley ex-senator intended.
Republicans accepted the assertion aa a
great compliment, as we regard the suc
cess of the principles of greater moment
than that of any man. But when you come
to look upon Mickey as an old soldier, a
pioneer homfBsteader, fanner, successful I
business man and Christian gentleman ws
are not surprised that his political oppon
ents are compelled to acknowledge bi su
periority to tbem.
. Tscumsah Chieftain: It hurts our demo
cratic friends to think that the republicans
hav nominated a farmer candidate for gov
ernor. They don't want the republican
to have anything to do with farmer. Th
Idea with them seem to be that farmers
and "pops" mean one and th sam thing,
and they claim a mortgage on the pops
to the exclusion ol all republicans. ' But
the fact ar that Mr. Mickey Is a farmer,
as well as a banker. He lives on a farm
adjacent to Osceola, directs the manage
ment of th farm himself and bas been a
farmer ever sloe ha cam to tb state
over thirty years ago. It Is a bard do
for th democrats, but Mr. Mickey 1 a
farmer.
Benkelman News: Our adversaries ar
wonderfully Inconsistent In the biennial
charges they mak against our candidate
for governor. Two years ago Dietrich was
charged with being a saloon man, a gsm
bler and a whisky sot; all sorts of such
stories were circulated bythe fusion press,
all of whloh wer found groundless snd
maliciously fabrlcsted. Dietrich was elected.
This year Mickey is assaulted by the
fuslonlsts as being a prohibitionist. H
has voted tb republican ticket all bis life,
however, be I an antl-whlsky man, a mas
of temperate bsblts, s Christian gentleman,
who can be trusted to deal safely with the
affairs of this commonwealth. Mickey also
will t elected.
Albion News: The News consider It
"poppycock" t designate our candidate
for governor "Farmer Mickey." It I 00
th same lvl ef nonsense as It was when
Bryan was photographed with overalls on
and a pitchfork In his bands. Thsy ar
both farmers, of course, th sam as th
writer Is, and nearly vry business man
In tows. -But what do It slgnfy If Mic
key or Bryan Is a farmer? A farmer I
Just aa good as s lawyer, or a lawyer Is
Just aa good as a farmer, provided al
wawa that, ba la. A man's occupation
Ooat mak him. honest or competent.
There ar honest as wall aa dishonest
men In every walk of Ufa. W suppos
the Idea Is. that It will tickle the farmer
that en of their number, bas been named
toy: a high 'fflc'. aad they will all vol
for him regard I esa of anything else. This
Idea I necessarily accompanied by th
further Idea that farmers ar sit chumps
snd Idiot. This effort to form classes,
and to set one aralnst the other. Is moot
contemptible. This Ms the greatest sin'
Billy Aryan will have to answer tor. H
I continually harping about th "com
mon people," as though there was a class,
of registered thoroughbreds who were dif
ferent from the rest of us. Why not be
sensible even In politics.
Beatrice Express: Soma of. the fusion
newspapers persist In the statement that
Mr. Mickey la a prohibitionist. There Is a
wide difference between a temperance man
and a prohibitionist, but the terms 1 ar
often purposely contused by designing ed
itor and politician, who desire to create
prejudice against some candidate. This old
"wolf" cry has been raised so often In Ne
braska that It no longer causes alarm or
Influences votes. Whenever a decent rep
utable man Is nominated for an office some
body I pretty sure to cry that he I a pro
hibitionist, merely because he Is not sn old
rounder. Mr. Mickey, la temperate In all
things Including bis view touching the
liquor question, and when he Is elected It
will be bis duty at once to obey and en
force the laws, and this he may be depended
upon to do. ' The governor of a state does
not enact sumptuary or other legislation.
Fairfield Herald: If. Hon. John H.
Mickey we at all the kind of a man
to be easily puffed up he would naturally
feel considerably elated or Inflated, or
both, over all the nlc bouquets that ar
Just now being eo freely handed him by
the republican press of th state. It la
becaus Mr. Mickey Is a good example
of the enterprising Nebraska cltlsen whose
stirring snd sterling qualities hav brought
him success that ws ar proud of him.
In addition to being a man with a clenu
record and sound Judgment our candidal'1
ha th backbone eseentlal to back It up
and make a good governor. In this re
spect Mr. Mickey bas long and abundantly
proved his qualities of self-reliance and
Independence of Judgement. We think that
the verdict of Nebraska voters th 4th
of next November will b that Mickey's
allrlght.
York Time: It may not be any particu
lar credit to Mr. Mickey, but It is no dis
grace to him that he was born on a farm,
has lived all his Ufa on one, and still lives
on one of th best conducted farm in Ne
braska. It may not be any credit to blm,
but It is no disgrace, that h bas made
money and saved It, and has been elected
president of a good, strong bank in the
county seat of his oounty. A farmer may
aspire to these honors as well as anyone,
and the fact that he succeeds does not In
the least impair the respect - of sensible
men or him nor their confidence in blm.
Directors of banks do not usually elect a
prealdent to manage their Important in
terests unless they have confidence In bis
Integrity and ability. They ar not look
ing for cheap guys nor swindlers for such
position. They put their money and busi
ness integrity at bis disposal and he must
be a business man and thoroughly reliable.
Mr. Mickey Is that kind of a man.
POINTED REMARKS.
TfeMa4lnhla Pkh! "Yoiin man." asM
the evangelist, "do you not wish to be
saved 7"
"Not yet" replied young Rakeley, "I'm
only Just beginning to be lost."
Pittsburg Chronicle: "The fact that
money haa wings should suggest something
to the government."
"What that?"
"Th advisability of printing hank notes
on fly paper."
Chicago Tribune: "If I had 'my way
yard, "I believe I could stop this strlk
In twenty-four hour."
"well, you srenerally do have roue
weigh," grunted tbe ouatomstv
. . i
Smart Set: She Do you know that lady
In the far corner?
He In a way. I have a listening ac-.
qualntance with her.
She I don't believe ! understand you,:
sir.
He She is my wife.
Philadelphia Press: "Tour ' highness,"
said th Grand Vizier, "what title shall we
confer upon this new agent you've selected
to keep your harem well filled?"
"Just call him a 'Conductor,' " replied '
the sultan. "He collects th fair, vou
know."
Town Toplca: Mr. Gramercy Have roa
decided where to go this summer?
Mrs. para Yes. A 1 need rest I v se
lected a very quiet place, where I won't
have to dress mora than three or four
time a day. '
Philadelphia Press: Mr. Borem Dear
me! when I'm enjoying myself I quit for
get th flight of time. Don't hesitate to
ten me wnen u s time to go.
Miss Tyre-Dout It's too lata now. Tnui
should hav aaked me to do that long ago.
Chicago Pot: "Here's a cony' of mv
speech for th banquet tonight, said th
professional prominent cltlsen. "It oc
curred to ma that your reporter might not
wait for It."
"You rs rlsht about that" ' replied the
city editor. If your name Is on th pro--gram,
h won't."
FAREWELL TO THE BOYS IN BLUB.,
Denver Post' "
We often sing In Joyful strains,
' In admiration's loud refrains, .
The heroism ever true ,
Of Uncle Sammy' boy In blue.
That sacred color now must go
And alt back in the has-been row.
And future praise w must dab
Upon our boy In ollv-drab.
Th blue that since th nation's birth '
Ha been the proudest hue on earth.
The color worn by hero aire
In blase of many battle fire
And honored by their loyal sons
Amid the roar of hostile guns
Now feels the sharp official stab
And flees before the ollve-drab. .
The girls who've sworn they will be true.
Unto their solid boys In blue
Who've sons a foreign fo to fac
Must change their vow to fit th case.
When now thesr confidence they
Exchange of heroes far away.
They'll center all their loving gab
Upon the boys in ollve-drab.
In future year when wars shall cease
And all creation be at peace,
(Have but the democrats, who'll be
At war while preaching harmony).
The generations yet unborn
Right up to the millennium morn
With this proud boast the air will jab:
"Our ancestors were ollve-drab."
This color fad we pray they'll bar
Before it goes too bloom In' far
And never let It And a place
Upon "Old Glory's" sacred fsee
Oh! may It never spread unto '
Our slorlous red. whit and blue,
For who could whoop while keeping tab
Upon red, white and ollve-drab?
TurningGray?
Why not have the early,
dark, rich color restored?
It's easily done with Ayer8
Hair Vigor. Nearly every
body uses it. Ask. your own
friends. Probably they know
how It always restores color,
checks falling, and keeps the
hair rich and glossy.
M I have need Avers Ksir Vigor and
have found it a grest remedy. It
checked the filling of my hair when
all other remedies had failed." Mrs.
G. A. Morrison, Mlllinocket, Me.
tUi. AUarasftsi. A C. AYE CO. UwtlL Mass..