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THE OMAHA DAILY JIEE: 31 OK DAY, AUGUST 25, 1P02.
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Tresldents who keep clone to the peo
ple cannot go. far astray.
' There's music In the air In Omaha.
And more kinds of music than one.
General Colby's battlecry Is "Let loose
the coyotes of war. On to Fort Riley?'
For President Roosevelt New England
la not In any sense the enemy's country.
The tree-planting season has passed
and gone and the sign-planting season is
about to begin.
Golf is on the wane and tennis on the
up grade at least that is the thermo
metry reading In Omaha.
According; to' inside Information' the
shah of rersia makes his British hosts
tired. Terhaps It Is mutual.
numbers and gas fitters must refrain
from putting on a mllltla uniform, ex
cepting for a masquerade ball.
Now that the dog pound fund has run
out, canines with barks on may run at
large la Omaha without let or hindrance.
Senator Mason of Illinois is falling
Into the habit of writing open letters
That looks as If he were convinced his
candidacy for re-election was still alive.
French actress has managed to die
leaving an accumulation of debts aggre
gating over $100,000. American actresses
would like to know how their French
aister did It
Oona Paul Krugor finds it as hard to
reconcile himself to the Innocuous desue
tude that envelopes ex-presidents a
those in this country who have moved
Into- the White House and out of It
again.
The vessel on which Mr. Schwab 4s
traveling to Europe cannot be equipped
with apparatus for wireless telegraphy
else we would be having hourly bulletins
keeping us Informed of too state of his
health. 1
Having been Interviewed by the Em
peror of Germany and other royal dig
nitaries of the old world, no wonder J
Plerpont Morgan is close-mouthed when
approached "by ordinary American news
paper reporters.
A contract has been let for paving an
other street In the heart of Omaha that
baa never before been paved. Slowly
bat surely the gaps la our system of
trv-fct pavement an being closed up.
Vet the good work go on.
Omaha has expended several thousand
dollars for. street signs, but there
scarcely a trace of the signs or the
money anywhere. That does not pre
vent us, however, from repeating the ex
perlment so long as, wo have money to
burn. , , .
Colonel Bryan will spend the entire
month of October on the hustings In
Nebraska, Ample notice is given so that
the population can be again moved up
to the railroad crossings and water
spouts, where thousands of eager audi
lore always congregate on the open
prairie whenever Mr. Bryan and his offl
clal reporter pas.
Managers of the populist campaign In
Nebraska are out again with appeal
for popular contributions of campaign
fund. The poverty dodge Is a great
trick, but It can be flayed too often.
When the populists - were on top and
holding out a regular percentage of the
whole state payroll as assessments on
all at the crib, the same plea of pov
art was put forward.
LAWLESS ASD REYOLVTWNART.
The question confronting the rrpub
Ilcnns of Douglas county is whether they
will tamely submit to the lawless ar.0
revolutionary proceed lnjr. by which Da
vid II. Mercer Is trying to force a sixth
terra nomination upon this district in the
face of inevitable defeat
The function of state, congressional
and Judicial committees has under time
honored usage been limited to the call
ing of conventions to which each county
In the state or district as the case may
be, Is Invited to elect delegates in pro
portion to the number of votes cast for a
designated party candidate at the pre
ceding election. The number of delegates
to which each township, precinct or city
ward in any county is entitled In the
representation of that county baa always
beeuleft by all parties entirely to the
respective county committees, who pro
vide for primary elections and conven
tions to select delegates under proper
safeguards.
This has been the method pursued in
every congressional district In Nebraska
this year. This also has been he method
pursued in the selection of delegates to
the Second district congressional con
vention in Washington and Sarpy coun
ties. Having ratified and legitimized
the action taken In those counties, the
Mercer committee has neither the legal
nor moral right to Impose unheard of
conditions upon the republicans of Doug
las county not imposed on the repub
cans of the other counties in this dis
trict or in any other district In this state.
Whoever heard of such a thing as a
congressman levying a head tax upon
his competitors as an entrance fee to
the congressional racetrack? Yet that
is precisely what Mercerjs trying to do
In requiring every aspirant for his place
to pay $50 to his campaign manager for
the privilege of being considered a can
didate, and then f 14 for every ward del
egation and $(J for every precinct dele
gation whose names be wants placed on
the official ballot In other words, every
candidate in Douglas county must con
tribute $50 to Mercer's campaign fund
before be la allowed to compete, while
candidates In Washington or Sarpy coun
ties can come In free. What right has
the Mercer committee to exact any pay
ment from pledged or unpledged dele
gates in Douglas county so long as the
expense of conducting the primary elec
tion is borne by the county committee
out of the filing fees for delegates to
the county nominating convention?
Under the direct pressure of Mercer
this revolutionary proceeding has been
upplemented by a lawless attempt to
impose a test oath on registered repub
lican voters who have compiled with the
statutory requirement of registering
their political affiliation. A still more
flagrant violation of the law Is the at
tempt to allow a select committee of five
to locate the voting places and appoint
the election officers in the various pre
cincts and wards In the face of the ex
press provision In the .law.that these
functions must be performed by the
whole county committee.
It Is almost a foregone conclusion that
nomination secured by . such law
less and revolutionary methods would
be pronounced Invalid by the supreme
court and the name of the candldato
would be ruled off the ticket as a reg
ular party nominee. Mr. Mercer In his
desperation may do willing to take
these risks. But can the republicans
of this district afford to run the chance
even If they were willing to submit to
the outrage perpetrated by the Mercer
committee? '-
THa? PRESIDENT OM TRVSTS.
President Roosevelt adheres to , the
views expressed In his' first, message to
congress In regard to the Industrial
combinations engaged to Interstate com
merce. In his speech at Providence Sat
urday he said the great corporations are
the creatures of the' state, and. it Is the
right and duty of the. state to control
them. There Is need, of supervlslou and
regulation, declared the president, and
he expressed the belief -hat the power
of control by legislation must be as
sumed by the nation. If It shall become
evident that the constitution does not
permit needed legislation then the con
stltutlon should be amended.
The trusts. In the opinion of Mr.
Roosevelt, must be placed under the Con
trol of some sovereign "to which, as Its
creature, the trust shall owe alle3ian.ee.
and In whose courts the sovereign's or
ders may with certainty be enforced."
The great corporations as now organized
not being responsible to or controlled by
any legislature', nor wholly subject to
the Jurisdiction of any one court, "some
governmental sovereign must be given
full power over these artificial corporate
beings.' That sovereign must be the
national" government ' and when It has
been given full power "then this full
power can be used to control any evil
Influence, exactly as the government is
now using the power conferred upon It
under the Sherman anti trust law." The
president still regards ' publicity as
highly essential He urges that the first
exercise of the power of the government
should be the securiug of publicity
among all great corporations doing an
Interstate business, and the publicity,
"though non-lnqulsltorial, should be real
and thorough as to all Important facts
with which the public has concern." The
president admonishes against Ignorant
and reckless meddling with the delicate
and complicated mechanism of modern
business, and advices moderation and
self-restraint counsel which ' will certainly-
be approved' by all who hava a
practical knowledge of the situation,
No one who reads'thls latest utterance
of President Roosevelt "can have any
doubt of his earnest desire for legisla
tion by congress looking to the Super
vision and regulation or the great com
bluatlons. No one has urged this with
more- evident sincerity. It is plain that
Ithe
wit
the president Is most deeply .Impressed
Ith the Importance of this problem and
the'ljuperaUv duty, of teeklog a ao-
lution. He recognises the difficulties,
due to the peculiar division of govern
mental power, but he thinks a good be
ginning can le made In solving the prob
lem If the subject be approached with
honesty and common sense. The atti
tude of the president being cleaily de
fined and there being no question that it
Is approved by the people, the repub
licans In congress should realize the duty
and the expediency of giving this ques
tion the consideration which Its com
manding importance demands. To dis
regard the distinct call to this work of
the leader of the party would be a very
serious political mistake.
TH MURE SENSIBLE VIEW.
Those Cuban "Datriots" who have
hoped to get a large slice of the pro-jj
posed loan of $33,000,000 will not think
better of President Talma and his cab
inet for opposing the loan, but no doubt
their position will be approved by the
substantial interests upon which would
fall the burden of paying the debt The
sensible view of President Palma Is that
Cuba should not try to float a large loan
until the administration can establish
the fact that it can run the government
economically and end up Its first year's
experience with a surplus. .President
Palma realizes that the new republic
has not yet established any credit and
therefore cannot borrow money advan
tageously. A moderate loan to help out
the sugar producers could perhaps be
obtained, and It Is probably advisable
to Contract a small government debt for
this purpose, but to load upon the coun
try, under existing conditions, such a
debt as was proposed lu the congress,
most of it to go to the payment of war
claims, would be a very grave blunder.
It has been demonstrated, however,
that Cuba cannot now float a loan of
$35,000,000, unless It should be approved
by the government of the United States,
and of course this could not be ob
tained. . The Cuban revenues at present
are not sufficient to pVgvlde for the pay
ment of so large a loan, and therefore
our government would not approve and
probably would not permit the loan.
Doubtless President Palma and his cab
inet are fully aware of this, though there
has been no official utterance here In
regard to the matter. The temptation
to borrow Is undoubtedly strong with
many Cubans. The clamor for pay of
the men who served in the revolutionary
army has a great Influence upon some
of the politicians. The more Intelligent
and conservative Cubans, however, see
the danger to their domestic Interests
volved in borrowing before credit Is es
tablished, and these will support Presi
dent Palma.
MERCER UF SEBRASKA.
No on blames th people of Washing
ton for exhibiting anxiety to bar Mercer
Jtept in congress perpetually. He Uvea In
Washington and has all of his Interests
there. He represents the people of the na
tional capital as If .he were elected by
tnera. But why should the District W Co
lumbia' dictate to the Second Nebraska dis
trict whom it should select as iU rep
resentative in the lower nous of- con
gress?" Omaha Bee.
Tne fact that a man serves th District
ot Columbia well In congress is no good
reason for unpopularity at horn. He it
tent her not merely at th member from
certain district la a certain state, to leg
islate exclutlvely for that dlttrlet or that
state, but at a member of th national con
gress, to legislate for th whole country
and incidentally to terv as a member ot
the body which is given, by th constitu
tion, "exclusive jurisdiction" over th ten
miles square chosen by the government aa
capital. Mr. Mercer's Interest
the District is even more broadly na
In
tional than that ot some others of his col
leagues In district legislation. He la aa
well chairman ot Ih commute on publie
buildings, a body which has to do with th
business of providing th government with
a proper outfit. Naturally there is no other
tingle city wher thlt work cenUrs so
largely as Washington. And quit at nat
urally Mr. Mercer, being a diligent worker,
attentive to detail and .eager for results.
exert himself to th utmott to secure ap
proprlatlona for th capital, wher they (re
needed to badly. He la tervlng the whole
people, however, when he aids In th
process of bringing th public building
equipment more nearly up to date. Ne
braska benefits with other states whenever
a new public building Is erected in any city,
and especially when on of the great gapt
in th government's garb her at Washing
ton is filled.
The District hat mad no moves which
savor of a dictation of Mr. Mercer's return,
It hat naturally expresaed its appreciation
of hit tervleet. It would be more than
pleated to see him return. It will benefit
more largely, and th country wtt'a it, from
th services of an experienced man than
from those of a newcomer, who must ao-
qulr the true perspective which only sev.
ral years of tervlc can gtv to th legl.
lator. -Washington Btar. v
Mercer's unpopularity at home is not
because be has made himself popular
with" the property-owning citizens "at
Washington who' are vitally concerned
In big appropriations for public Improve
ments In the national capital, but be
cause he no longer identifies himself
with the people fit this district In other
words, it is because -for years he has
been only an occasional visitor to the
district he represents, during campaigns
In which he is seeking re-election and
furthermore because he has systematic
ally shirked his political obligations and
has never extended a helping hand to
any .randldate.l.tor office, while Insisting
that every republican Jn the district
must help him. Incidentally Mr. Mercer
has managed to make himself unpopular
with his constituents by an alliance with
an unpopular governor and a political
Interloper from an adjoining state who
has nothing in common with the people
ot this district, but has used Congress
man Mercer and Governor Savage as
catspaws to pull Union Pacific chestnuts
out of the political oven.
The assurance that the District of Co
lumbia has manifested no other Interest
In Mr. Mercer than It does In other mem
bers of congress who have served king
terms is not borne out by the facts.
Why have all the Washington papers
democratic. Independent and republican
alike taken such an active Interest in
Mercer while they appear absolutely In
different about men who rank much
higher on the national chessboard Why
do Washington papers publish Mercer
eulogies and Mercer cartoons and Mercer
editorials while they Ignore or oppose
congressmen of the highest type and
standard like David B. Henderson, Jo
seph G. Cannon, Seimo Payne, General
Grosvenor or James S. Sherman? Why
did District of Columbia people present
Mr. Mercer with a silver service and
why did they single Mercer out as the
only congressman to act with the Wash
ington local Grand Army reunion com
mittee? Is It because Mercer owns his
residence in Washington and lives there
and Is more directly Interested In the
upbuilding of the city of Washington
than other members of congress who
have Invested their money In their own
districts?
To be sure, Mr; Mercer", in his Jollying
mood, has just Intimated In a public
speech that he would If re-elected bring
the national capitol to Omaha, but such
palaver Is taken for what It Is worth by
Intelligent voters of this district The
people of Omaha and the Second Ne
braska district are willing to let the
District of Columbia keep the national
capitol and are preparing also to let the
District of Columbia keep Mr. Mercer
and enroll him among Its permanent
population. .
So far as the chairmanship of the com
mittee on public buildings is concerned,
our amiable Washington contemporary
need give Itself no fears that the coun
try In general and the city of Washing
ton in particular will suffer because It
will be filled by a tenderfoot It Is fore
ordained by the unwritten law of con
gress that Mr. Mercer's' successor as
chairman of the committee will be an
experienced member who has served sev
eral terms on the committee and is en
titled to promotion by his seniority of
rank.
The Board of Education Is noted for
Impulsive benevolence. , Having re
elected Superintendent Pearse for three
years when he would have been only
too happy to get an extension of twelve
months, the board in Its exuberant
spirit has Inserted High School Cadet
Drlllmaster Pearse Into the High school
faculty. If Superintendent Pearse has
any other surviving relatives, male or
female, anywhere, he should not be too
modest to make the fact known to the
board with a request to have their
names Inserted on the school board pay
roll with at least four figures. With
$9,000 more In sight than was originally
figured among the available assets by
the finance committee, the board Is in
the right humor to fling money at anybody-
by tliG n&ujv-f Pcaiee, auii Mr.
Pearse should, by all means, make sun
while the hay shines. .
The triple alliunce between Bombastes
Baldwin, Dave Mercer and Governor
Savage has projected the three non-resi
dents who want to dominate Omaha pol
itics through the police force further to
the front of the stage than was origi
nally:,' designed , by.', the playwright
Omaha audiences do not take kindly to
the heavy villain in the melodrama.
Democratic organs and orators may be
relied on to take issue with nearly every
thing President Roosevelt says iu his
speeches that can be given a political
tinge. But It would have been the same
with McKlnley If he were alive. Noth
ing a republican administration does
ever satisfies the democrats.
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Waste of Good Moaey.
Washington Post
Between Canadian justice and Cuban
leniency, the man who steals makea a seri
ous mistake In spending th money with
American lawyers. " i '
A Kant tpMt Pit.
North Platte Tribune.
The Omaha Be refers to the head ot th
legal department of th Union Pacifie
Bombastes Furlosa Baldwin. Judging from
Baldwin's actions while In this city th
arly part ot th week,; the nam Is partlcu
larly applicable.
Pattta th Blata oat ProTlaenre.
Chicago Record-Herald.
President Baer ot th Philadelphia V
Reading company tays God put th mines
Into th hands of ths present operators,
Mr. Baer doetn't go to far, however, as to
claim divine inspiration for th advance In
hard coal prices.
As aOeeontrlo Hal.
Baltimore American.
Secretary Bnaw is eccentric in som
things. On ot bis new rules is that let
ters to hit department shall be answered
promptly. Heretofore answer to letters
written to government bureaus hare af
forded considerable entertainment to th
heir of th writers.
Baldwla lb Urcat at Nortk Platte.
Orand Island Independent
Th people ot North Piatt resent th
Imputation thtt Its eltliens hav lost con
tret and that lawlessness oeigna. And It
appears that aunng tut visit ot jonn n.
Baldwin a controversy trot between a news
reporter and th Union Pacific attorney-
one that bcam to heated that th re
porter hat had a warrant tworn out againat
Baldwin c th charge of provoking an
assault W Just knew, when th colonel
told us about those strawberries, that there
wtt a roan who would go t Jail som
ar
PEHSOilAU sums.
Schwab departs for Europe Just aa Morgan
arrives la this country, ao the hemispheric
balano is likely t b maintained,
'"It- It said that .'more babies hav bean
named after President Jloosevelt than after
anr other executive of th nation tav
Washington and Jefferson.
Th carl of Dudley, th new lord lleuten
ant of Ireland, 1 the youngett man who
ver repretented the British government
at Dublin castle. He hat Juat pasted hit
6th year.
Th estate of th let Pierre Lorlllsxd
ilk that of most other reported multl-mll-
Uonalrea, does not Inventory at well
expected. Th final report of hit executort
placet Its value at $1.?!)T.26.
Muiiafar-ed-DIn, shah of Persia, re
quested that th train which took him from
Dover t London be ma no faster than
twenty miles an bouf. He prefers to see
th country rather flan glv hit wtdowt
th benefit of hit lifS insurance.
Th only wound ever sustained by Lord
Kitchener during hit long term of military
tervlc was received In th Soudan, wher
a bullet from an Arak 'I gun t truck him la
th cheek. Th bulUt, after remaining la
th flesh for torn tl. fell tnt his plat
at a London reatamreak
REPIBMCA'V STATE TIIKKT.
Blair Pilot: It' a good year to plan on
a few days' outing. .Mammoth crops, good
prices and good times generally. Take an
outing; republican prosperity will continue
yet a while. Mickey is good for 20,000
majority. ,
Blue Spring Newt-Herald: John H.
Mickey hat been successful la everything
that he ever undertook. W. H. Thompson
hat been a colossal failure at th thing for
which he ha struggled all his life sad that
thing It to project himself into office.
Norfolk Newt: J. H. Mlokey, th repub
lican nomine for governor it receiving en
thusiastic welcomei at the assemblies,
chautauquat and other publie epea-alr
meetings he visits. He Is a man who may
be depended upon to make friends wher
ever he appears.
Hasting Tribune: J. ' H. Mickey, Ne
braska's next governor, was In the city
Tuesday. Wherever h goes he Impresses
th voters favorable. They learn that
what others have said ot him as a fine
man. Is true, and believe he is Just th
man to vote for.
Norfolk Newt: Mickey is evidently not
sn Ideal from the fusion standpoint He It
causing them too much worry to be really
satisfactory at an opponent of Mr. Thomp
son of Grand Island. If they had been al
lowed to choose they would have picked out
much weaker man.
Tekamah Journal: Th Blair Renubllcan
it devoting volumnt of editorial tpae
trying to prove that Governor Mickey Is
not a farmer. If the Republican expect
Thompson to be In the race at all it will
need all th space to tell why a lawyer
nd tport abould be elected Inetead of Mr.
Mickey.
Mtnden Gaxette: It la all wrong for tht
republicans to nominate a man who It In
terested in a bank for governor, but It
la the right thing to do to nominate a
banker for congress. Thlt It the populltt
Idea. If that It the argument against
Mickey why Isn't it Just a good against
BhallenbergerT
O'Neill Frontier: Our future governor. J.
H. Mickey of Polk county, may not -be at
windy aa th candidate of the futlonlsta, but
he is s substantial man in every way and ln-
as-much at wind It not a necessary qualifi
cation for the office of governor there it no
reason why he should be considered handi
capped because of being thort of wind.
O'Neill Frontier: These tutlonltts are
funny people. Tea, very funny. Two years
ago they insisted that Dietrich was friendly
to th saloon mn and therefore ahould be
annihilated, as It were. Now, because
Mickey don't get rlproarlng drunk and dance
ths cancan in good old democratic style, they
say he is unfit to be governor. Poor, poor
fuilonltti!
Aurora Republican: Mickey teems to be
s hard proposition for the fualonlets. Somt
of their papers remark that he It better
than hit party and we only hop that the
party Isn't very far behind him. It Ne
braska had a tew more candidates like the
gentleman from Polk, pollttcta would be
great deal cleaner and offlees would be
more successfully filled.
Weeping Water Republican: . Candidate
for governor, J. H. Mickey, wat tbaking
hands with a number of our citizens here
Saturday, while on hit way to address the
old settlers at Union. Mr. Mickey is a
very pleasant gentleman to meet and we
believe impresses all with whom he comes
In contact, with his ability to .govern the
affairs of the stat In a Just and business
like manner.
Alliance Times: Two years ago the fu-
sloniats wr bowling against C. H. Diet
rich, the republican candidate for, governor,
because he would go into saloons and take
glass ot heer or two. At present they
sr howling against John H. Mickey Just aa
.ustlly because he does not drink beer and
all him a temperance man and a prohi
bitionist. Well, you cannot plea the silly
littl pinheadt anyway, so w are going to
quit trying.
Stromsburg Journal: Polk coanty is ons
among the very few plague spota on the
political escutcheon of our fair state and
by th way, It it on of th worst, too. We
hop, however, to see a change In Its com
plexion thlt fall, and ty next fall th en
tire eradication of the plague. Aa Hon.
John Mickey it a resident of the county,
sectional pride thould actuate every
voter in catting hit ballot for him. Stand
up tor Polk county and let uf glv the state
of Nebraska the best governor It ever had.
Valentin Republican: . When Senator
Dietrich wat candidate for governor two
years ago th fusion element of this stat
condemned and denounced him (falsely to
be sure) at being a member of the associa
tion of liquor dealers. Now they have
turned taila and go after J.' H. Mickey,
th republican candidate for governor this
year, on the ground (equally as false) that
he la a prohibitionist. Mr. Mickey Is a
good, honest, upright, moral and temper
at man, ths very essential qualification
that- a desirable governor of thlt stat
should possets.
David City Banner: Th atatement mad
by this paper som time sgo, to the effect
that W. H. Thompson, th fusion nomine
tor governor, wat a railroad attorney and
Itt prompt retraction after Thompton went
In public print over hit signature, deny
ing the charge, and at the tame time ask
ing the fusion editors to retract from
torn of their false ttatementt bat caused
torn of th fusion editors of th stat
much mental worry. They glv th Ban
ner credit for being honeet in th matter,
but say they can't In other word they
appear to believe a fait ttstement one
told thould be ttuck to, at least to th
clpt of th campaign.
Beatrice Express: An esteemed contempo
rary askt where W. H. Thompton got hit
title, "th little giant," and want to know
what be hat don to deterva It He prob
ably bettowed th title upon himself, at a
reward of merit; h hat never don any
thing to deterv it, tav to deliver a few
moderately able political epeechet and to
keep a tight grip on the coat taila ot tht
peerless leader., He It a county lawyer,
with a fair practice, but tuch reputation
a h ha mad wat not won at tht bar
In fact, h It Ilk hi idol, Mr. Bryan;
although a lawyer by profession, nobody
ver heard of any distinguished work la th
courts by him. Hit real profession it pol
itics.
Superior Journal: Mr. Mickey does not
pose as a llttl giant," a middle weight or
s heavy weight giant. Ther I nothing
spectacular or theatrical about the man. H
la a plain, very-day bualneaa man, with
plain, every-day common tense, and he will
apply hit faculties and experience faithfully
and conscientiously to th business of th
tat when elected. Hi candidacy for gov
rnor appeals strongly to those business
men and farmers who are tired of th spell
binder element in politics, and who wish th
state run at a businesa Institution. The
republican party hat lately furnished th
state with a good business governor in th
person ot Mr. DUtrlch. It now offer an
other la Mr. Mickey.
Cret Vldette-Herald: It la tald that th
"llttl giant" Indignantly deoiei that he I
aa attorney for th Grand Island ft West
era railroad. Now that h ha got his hand
la th explanation business will he pleat
rxplala to aa Interested publie how It 1 tha
for th laat twenty years h bat traveled
ever both th B. M. and Union Pacific on
annual pastes? If be hat not been In th
employ of th roadt why hav they to tea
derly carried him from pillar to pott with
oat cos IT U It becaue they lov him, er
because his careaa It so small that taey
did not wish to sharg for Its transporta
tion f Had he been an attorney for the
roads he would hav been entitled to these
pasteboards, but how It It up to the "llttl
giant" to tell us bow and why these things
are thus.
Tork Republican: The fuslonittt are
limply compelled to charge that th re
publican state nominees art "corporation
creature." They can't say snythlng else
against them, and that Is false. J. H.
Mickey was nominated for governor only
because , th republicans of the state
wouldn't allow the corporations to nominal
their own candidate. The corporations
bound the fusion party head and foot,
bought It with passes sod put It on their
ctpaclous fobs within three months sfter
It elected Its first set ot stat- officer. Fu-
slonlats know this well. And everybody
rise know It , That th republicans ot
Nebraska worked a political revolution and
rait oft the corporation political yok in
th last attt and congressional conventions.
t also well known. It could do no harm
for the discarded fusion tools of corpora.
tlon political managers to go back and sit
down for awhile, and give their Jaws a
chance to cool off.
Columbus Journal: W. H. Thompson, the
democratic nominee for governor, made an
address last week before th League as
sembly being held at Fullerton. Hit sub
ject wat "Good Cltltenshtp." While hi ad
dress occupied lest than twenty minutes he
went back to Washington's time, then men
tioned Monroe, Jefferson, Jackton and Lincoln,-and
although he could not have ended
hit remarka with a -better man than Honest
Old Abe, yet many who listened te hit ahort
apeecb wondered why, knowing our late
lamented and martyred McKlnley to have
been a good and true Methodist, could not
have had a few words. It It possible that
from a democratic standpoint a man who
has been a statesman or good eltlien Is not
worthy of mention until he shall hav been
dead , 100 or even. fifty years? Let us at
least hope that aa the yean roll by, the
men of the McKlnley- ttandard will largely
Increase, for we know that the world will
be the better for It-because it is said of
him, h , was quiet, modest, dignified and
conalderate of othert, and an Ideal husband.
Nebraska City Daily: How silly people
do get In a campaign! Mr. Mickey, th re
publican candidate, having saved money
on his farm and In hi bank, loaned a sum
to a Polk county farmer; and, as Is-usual
In tuch caaes, took a first and ercond mort
gage, the latter, being for about (40, It
being merely aa Interest mortgage. Of
course, like all other second mortgages
it covers 'the same property st the first
Instrument consequently It shows a whole
lot of security for such a small loan. Now
a soulless opposition describes that mort
gage In .detail, using It to prove that Mr,
Mickey is-a 8hylock, a venal vampire, and
all those ether things that a candidate
becomes In the eye of sn opponent. Th
fact of th matter: Is thst upon nearly
every encumbered property, there Is on of
these , ae ootid mortgages, which shows a
ridiculously large amount of aecurlty. It
It th utual business way of making a
loan, but that does not hinder people from
attempting to make political capital out of
It A a matter of faot. If the farmer in.
tended to pay the loan (and they all pay
nowadays) it would make no difference
how much property was named In the in
strument; that would not make a cent's
difference to the debtor. Th Dally It
not in politics, and It Is neither working
for nor against Mr. Mickey, but tuch cheap
methods of campaigning deserve censure,
no matter who is guilty ot employing them.
OCR NON-RESIDBHT CONGRESSMAN.
Wausa Oaiette; The way Rosewater It
pouring broadsidea Into his friend Mercer Is
a caution. Watck for results later.
Pawnee Republican: When Congressman
Mercer said the editor ot The Omaha Be
had "bats In his belfry," did be mean brick
bats T
Beatrice Sun: It Is often said of poli
ticians that '.'The Bee is bussing In their
bonnet" Wonder if Mr. Mercer heart th
busting of The Bee?
Ord Journal: The Omaha Bee sets ss If
It would not support Dave Mercer. That
paper acted just the .same way about
Tom Majora in 1894. Tom didn't get
elected.
Nellgn Teoman: , Th futlonlsta of the
Second district will run G. M. Hitchcock
of ths World-Herald for congress. In this
case a nomination for Mercer will not prove
quite the equivalent of an election.
Grand Island Independent: Mr. Mercer
thinks he would Ilk to be nominated Just
about a Week before Roosevelt comet to
Omaha. Perhaps his Idea Is that Rosewater
would be good for Juat a little while any
way. '
Waterloo Gazette), Should Mercer be nomi
nated by the republicans, Rosewater will be
la the position of the historic gentleman
who was between th devil and the deep,
deep sea. And will he throw himself into
the breach? -
Stanton Picket: Whether Dave Mercer
wina out or loa In his attempt to secur a
congressional reuomlnatlon for the sixth
term, he is at present about the wont scared
man beneath this clouded canopy, and
acarcely a star In. sight
Fremont Tribune: A three-cornered
congressional contest Jn the Second district
with. Mercer, Rosewater and Hitchcock at
the candidates would be interesting. So
would the spectacle of Rosewater sup
porting Hitchcock to. beat Mercer.
Superior Journal: Th orchestra baa tuned
op down in Omaha, the' democrats nominat
ing Gilbert M. Hitchcock, editor of the
World-Herald, tor congress. Tha rati show
will commence when Dave Mercer makes his
try tor .reaomlnatlon on th republican
ticket. -"'
Blu ' Spring Sentinel: Congressman
Mercer Insinuates that Editor Rosewater ot
Th Be la getting "nutty" and la grow-.
tng a crop of beta. It those boys would
realise th spectacle thsy wer presenting
to the peopl of .th stat they would
wear off and quit
Beatrice Times: From present Indications
Mr. Mercer is a dead duck so far as being
a congressional candidate la concerned. It
Is very evident that Th Bee will light him.
and In so close a district no candidate can
tand th opposition of a powerful paper
within hit own party.
Alltanc Herald: Th glad tiding com
from Omaha that Dav Mercer' ttar haa
aet that thla aervll tool ot corporation
greed Is destined to never again take hit
teat In congress to misrepresent th people
of th great commonwealth. Th ever
lasting glory and credit for thla certatn-to-be-achleved
result will belong to organ
ised labor. ...
Geneva Signal: Editor Rosewater of th
Omaha Be Intimates that aa between Dav
Mercer and Editor Hitchcock of the World
Herald, hi ancient enemy, he It likely to
support Hitchcock for congress. Hitchcock
was given the fusion nomination in the Sec
ond district Saturday. If Th Bee' alleg
lanc 1 divided the interest of the ttate,
congressional and eonnty tickets mty tuf
fer. ,
Springfield Monitor: Should Dav Mer
cer again be nominated for congress In
this dlstrlot, and such a proceeding would
not be string, could it be possible that
Rosewater woutd carry out hta alleged
threat and support th democratic nominee.
since Hitchcock of th World-Herald 1
th candidate selected? Under such cir
cumstances th editor of Th Be would
no doubt com out aa an Independent can
didst.
B tan ton Register:. la discussing the
chances of success la th dltf erea'ongres
slonsi districts this fall a prominent repub
lican said that Dave Mercer would be tie tea,
as h had secured trior "pork" for his dis
trict than soy other congressman. "Pork"
means large appropriation for publlo build
ings and work. New -that Is a great argu
ment to advance for the eleotlon of a con
gressman. Ignore the fact that Omaha only
retains Mercer at a resident because he gets
office. Pas up the fact tnat la ten years
Mercer has never made a speech or advanced
an Idea to benefit the nation. Overlook the
fact that h haa never made a speech de
fending republican principles that was
worthy of reproduction. "Pork" seems to
be the main thought In Mercer's success,
but w are of the opinion that the taxpay
ers of the Second dtBlriet , want a man of
ability to assist in making good iawt; en
ergy and talent to help make the nation
better, rather than- a man whose el am
bition is to get th greatest sllc ot the tax
payers' money to be used to help those who
secure hit election.
THK SAM) or TIV1E.
Manlfestatloa ( Xatare'a Chaage 1st
the Great Bait Lake.
Nw "fork Times. :
If the great Salt Lake of Utah It drying
up and thla I certain to be lta fat unlets
Its watera ahall be early replenished from
tome tourca it will mark but en of na
ture' alow changea on the face of a planet
which to our casual vl,rV teems to be of
permanent form. Thlt body of salt water
In the middle of a continent means aa much
to the geologist as 'the moraine of a glacier
or the abandoned bed of a .great stream.
They are all footprints In a development
the history of which extend through th
Infinite agea. Aa far back aa our written
annala go the face of the' earth haa been
practically aa It Is at present, and th
moat marked transformations that wa know
anything about are, the eruption ef vol
canoes, the extension of an ocean beach,
th recession ot a melting Ice mass or the
disappearing of a lake. .
In no other way can we form so accurate
an estimate of our own littleness as by
standing off and contemplating th puny
accomplishments of a generation. One man
Uvea and dies, perhaps, at what .wa call
"a rip old age,"- and yet natur In his
tlm ha not thought it - worth Its whll
to mnk any material alteration In tha
surface of the glob. Ha notes In remi
niscence vast changes that man haa
wrought, but the oceans, .rivers and- lakea
are Just wher they used to be, th level
of the land is the same, temperatures and
climates are practically unchanged and the
scheme of the world, although full of evi
dences ot evolution, la at It was 100, 1,000
or 6,000 yeara ago. , No fact Is better cal
culated to make a human being realise
what a mite he Is after all, in spit ot all
th pomp and clrcumatanc with which for
a few yeara he passes In snd out- among
hit fellow men.
There are sermons of many different
kind In stone. If they have any measag
fnr h trlhM nf men it Is that thv are
elder, that they cam into the world thou
sands (or Is It millions?) of yeara before
we did, and In th ordinary course ef
vent will remain long after the proud
spirit of mortal has Had Its aarthly haunts.
Tha lifetime ef a ssm is 9 !?!! r two
in a geological age, and such an ag la
not long In the history of a planet If w
were oftener to pause and reflect a little
upon th Insensible Impress which one lite
time makes upon the eternities ws should
find it of chastening effect. It la wall that
we should sometime get a glimpse ot
nature's verv deliberate operation In world
building. , . i .
; .i -jew- ;,. .
.... LINES TO A. LAIGH. ,
Detroit Fre Prase: Lsdy-rX) jrou,Dv.
far to ride to your work? , ,
Pat I walk, mum. Th' doctor1 said me
automobile wa rulnln" me trearth-.- ,
Letlle'a Weekly: "Walter, what'e all that
noise like a pile-driving machine at work?"
' That's the cook pounding your beef
tteak. You ordered tenderloin, I believe,
sir."
Washington Star: "I shall sweep every,
thing before me In this campaign, said tha
unscrupulous politician.
"I see,!' said hla wife; "that explains
what that rude person meant by uaylng
you were out for the dust."
Cleveland Plain Dealer: . "It tbi my
family tree? Well, well, what crooked
limbs! Ther don't appear to be but two
straight ones In the lot." '-'
"Yes, noble patron. 1 straightened those
In honor of your revered grandmother, the
ballet dancer."
Philadelphia Press: "Doe my boy," In
quired the parent, "seem to hav a natural
bent In any one direction?"
"yes, tlr," tald the teacher. "IT gives
every indication of being a captain of In
dustry some day. He gets the other, boys to
do all his work for him."
Baltimore American: "You sea. ma'am,"
began th profesvlunal beggar, ' I got my
arm scalded, i'll be glad to show you '
"Never mind," interrupted Mr. Koarl
dart. "Your only watting your time
here." .
"Not at all, ma'am, my motto la: 'No
trouble to Show goods.' "
Chicago Tribune: Attorney Now, thn,
air, what Is your name?
Greek Witness Nolos Palatealaguagaro-
latuopollsgullleranopo " -
. Tne court (interrupting; i nai wm ao,
air. for Dumoeea of Iden
tmcatmn. rroceeu
with the examination, Mr.
Sharp. Ws
hav other case to try
Brooklyn Life: Mr. Dlmpletoq Why
don't you get your life insured?
Ulmplelon What's the us? I'm well
enough, and I'll probably outllv you..
"Well, you always did look on in oara
aide."
Chicago Tribune: He thought It aa ef
fective way to propose. ,
"I'd be your caddy for life." he said.
"Very wt II," she replied. "Take my fan,
stand io one side and .watch for point!
while 1 play this game out. But remem
ber that interruptions will spoil one's very
best plays."
Then she began a desperate flirtation
with his hated rival.
"1 FIGHTS MIT SIGKI,."
Grant P. Robinson.
I met him again, he was trndglng along.
His knapsack with chickens wa swelling:
He'd "Blenkered" Lhasa (. dainties, and
thought It no wrong,
From one censlnntst's dwelling.'
"What regii. ent your? and under whoaa
flag
Do you Cghtr' said I. touching his
shoulder.
Turning slowly around he smtlmg 'said,
For the thought mad hlra. stronger and
bolder:
"i fights mit Blgel.
Th next time I saw him his knapsack wa
Sn, ,
HI cap and canteen were missing,
Shell, shrapnel and grape, and th swift
rifle ball
Around him ana o'er mm wer mating.
"How are you, my friend, and wer hav
you been, ' J '
And for what and for whom sr you
fighting?"
He said, aa a ahell from th enemy' gun
Sent his arm and hle'musket a kiting,
"I rights mil Blgul."
) ' ' ' '
And one more I saw him and! knelt hy hit
tide,
III life-blood waa rapidly flowing;
I whlxpered of home, wife, children Snd
f rlendu,
The brlttht land to which he waa going; '
"And have you no word for the dear one
at home.
The wee one, the father or mother?"
"Yaw! Yaw!" sld he, "tell themt Oh! tell
them I fight"
Poor fellow! he thought ot no vjther
"I lights mit Blgel' . . . ,
W scraped out a grave, and h dream-
lessly sleep . r .
On the bunka uf His Eliniiajid'mh rlvnr;
His home and his kindred alike are un
known, HI reward In the hands of tha Giver.
Wa placod a rough bvard at th head of
his grave,
And we left him aJon in lilt gTory, '
But on It we marked 'er we turned from
th spot, , . .
Th llttl we knew of Ms story
"I flghl mit fclgat"