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TIIE OUAIIA DAILY BEEt TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1902- '11 ie oniaiia Daily Bee. E. ROSE WATER, EDITOR. published every moksiau. terms of subscription. Pally Hee (without Sunday;. One Yrr..l.J0 l'h Mw anl eunday, une iear Illustrated i3ee, One tear Hunuxy nee, One Year ttaturuay H-e, On Year Twentieth Century Farmer, one Year DELIVERED BY CARRIER, riallv rnlthmit Kumlav). tier copy. .CO 1.50 l.lA) 2c Dtliy fcee (wnnout aundayj. per wee. ...12c Dally ilea tlnciud.i.ig bunuayj, per weea..lc bunuay bw, per ciijy 6c Evening Uee twith.at Hunuay), per week, tic Evening bin airtcluding Bunuay), per week. . ..' ' I"0 Complaints of irrtguiarlii? a in delivery ahouid be addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omana city iiau Building, Twen-ty-finn and M streets. Council faluits w fearl Street. , ChicaaO jmu I nity maiding. . Mew ora &2n far Row iJulldltig. Washington s"l Fourteenth btreet. CORRESPONDENCE. Communlcationa relating to tiewa and edl tonal matter anould be addressed: Omaha Bee, Ealturlul Department. .business dj-:tters. Business letters and remlttancea ahouid b addressed: . Tile Hee publishing Com pany, Omaha. ' REMITTANCES. Remlt.br draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only -cent atampa accepted In payment of mail account, l'ersonai checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchangee not accepted. THE BEE PCBUtJHUSa COMPANY, STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, as: George B. 'ixscuuek. secretary ot ihs Ben 1 1 h 1 1 h I n it i'nvtt.nv Htnff dulV ISUril. ava mat the actual number of full and complete coplea of The Dally, Morning, kvenim ami HunriRT Hen Drlnled during the month of September. liKrt, waa as fol low; X ...30,130 3 80,740 I ...80,860 4 BOIIO I 81,670 6 80,420 7 .2e70 ( 30, WM) t 80,70 10 ...81,050 11 30,tCI0 8V.2SO ' U 31.2(H) 14 XO.SIH) It 81,050 1J 81,130 J7 81,0110 U 81,I4t u ai.iuo 20 81,450 H 80,t70 22 8i,ooo I .i'Siii A om-mr 25 iflUOO M 80,770 27 80,50 88 jw.oaa 29 ao.soo 10 81,10 Total .......... 928,2115 Less untold and returned copies.... lo,i44 Net total sales 018,081 Net dally average 80.002 GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to oeiore me mis sotn day 01 oepirmoer. A. D.. Mi. M. B. HUNUATE, (Seal.) Notary Public. If promises of coal could be burned there would be no fear of a dearth in the fuel supply; .. Give Russell huge half a ctiuuCe auJ he will fool the whole flock of bulls, bears and lambs yet. Air ship navigation has received an other Jolt, but the aeronauts will keep right on tempting martyrdom. Can't some aspiring sleuth brlig our old friend Yet Crowe Into the plot of that train holdup near Lincoln? Kansas City will have to be. careful or it will be put. down on the map as the hoodoo of theatrical enterprises. A proclamation by Governor Savage calling out the army and navy of Ne braska to greet Secretary . Moody is In order. Just to show that he is not In the same class with the coal barons, the sultan of j Bacolod has undertaken to defy the whole American government President Baer has for once said he has nothing to say on the coal strike situation. If silence Is gold, It may be transformed into anthracite. If Sir Thomas Llpton really wants to bring another yacht over for a try at the America's cup, be should have no difficulty In being accommodated. Congressman Mercer has not yet conde scended to answer the questions which bis champion, Ourley, was unable to answer because he is not a mind reader. South Omaha school board boodlers are coarse. In Omaha they do the work smoother by putting sisters, cousins and aunts on the payroll and then raising their salaries. What will the club women do in this year's school board election? Has the menace of uiui-iiiuo jHliiift lu the schools suddenly disappeared since Superintendent Pearse has been re-engaged for another three years? Remember that next Thursday will be the first day of registration. Remem ber, - also, that last year's registration docs not count. Remember, also, that nobody can vote at the coming election unless he appears personally before the registrars of bis voting district to have his name enrolled. Wonder If the crown prince of Slam brought with him a trunk full of multi colored ribbons and fancy medals for distribution among, the members of the various committees acting as his hosts during bis visit to the United States? He certainly should be as lavish with his decorations as was Prince Henry, Chicago has gone about the business of charter revision In a business way, lustead of waltlug until after election, Its mayor and council have already taken the initiative Iv oreanlzluir a charter committee, which will formulate the various changes demanded and pledge candidates for the legislature to their support before they are elected. Why should officers of the Omaha po lice department be detailed to go to Lin coin to work on the Burlington train robbery case at the expense of Omaha taxpayers? Have the local police not enough to do in protecting Omaha agulust crime and crlruluuU? If the Lincoln train roliU-ry had been merely a Lauk robbery, would Omaha police of! rers have been sent there? Is this not a beautiful Illustration of what we may expect as a result of turning the police department over to the Baldwin-Mercer- . Broatcb brigade for use as a railroad constabulary ? TH TRIKB AVD POLITICS. The democrats are endeavoring to make political capital out of the anthra cite coal strike. This Is the habit of that party whenever there Is any disturbance between labor and capital. It seeks to profit by every such occurrence and builds Its hopes upon popular discon tent. The chairman r the New York democratic state committee Is quoted as Haying thnt the "coal strike Is simply one appalling Incident In a general situ ation for which rvocy thoughtful and patriotic citizen nitrtf surely hold the re publican party responsible," In what way can the republican party be reasonably or Justly held responsible for this unfortunate conflict? No such assertion has been made by either party to it, and no one who has Intelligently considered the claims on either Bide can honestly assert that politics or party In terest has anything whatever to do with the controverny between the conl opera tors nud the miners. So far as political affiliation Is concerned the controlling men among the operators are democrats. Baer, who Is the "head and front" of the coal combine, is admittedly a democrat. J. Plerpont Morgan, who could settle the trouble with a word If he were disposed to do so, Is said to be a democrat The politics of other members qf the coal combine has not been stated, but It Is probable that some of them are demo crats. At any rate, all of these men have refused to permit political consid erations to have any weight with them, and while there Is no certain indication In this as to their politics, It must be re garded by rational men as at least evi dence that the republican party Is not responsible for the strike. Moreover, it 1b by no means certain that a majority J of the striking miners are not democrats, B'nc many of them are foreigners, who are quite as likely to be affiliated with the democrats aa with the republican party. The obvious fact, which will be ad mitted by all candid men, is that neither party la in the least degree responsible for this conflict Politics has nothing whatever to do with It The grievances which the miners urge In defense of their course are of long standing. They are wholly apart from politics. The op erators oppose the demands of the miners on the plea that to yield would be to surrender the control of their prop erties to the labor organization. The character of the contest is clearly de fined, and the charge that the republican party Is in any sense responsible for It is absolutely preposterous. There haa never been a conflict between labor and capital in this country more completely devoid of politics than that which is now being waged in the anthracite coal region. AS At-NtXATlOX Mors M CUT. If certain reports emanating from Washington are to be relied", upon a movement is organizing with the object of taking every possible step for the purpose of impeding the success .of the Cuban government and xf forwarding the annexation propaganda, both di rectly and indirectly. It is asserted that those who were so active in speaking for annexation at the close of the last session of congress only fired the first gun in a campaign which will be waged without remorse. If this were all, re marks an eastern paper, it might be ex pected that the movement could be de feated. "If conditions were prosperous In Cuba," says that ' Journal, "or even moderately satisfactory, no cries of dis tress would be likely to come from the island, and probably no disturbances would occur there. Under those circum stances there would scarcely be any handle of which the annexationists could successfully lay bold. But there Is now every prospect that the condl tlons in Cuba will become more and more difficult unless she can secure either reciprocity with, or annexation to, the United States. - A reaewal of the demand for reciprocity will give the an nexatlonists exactly the opportunity af forded them at the end of last session and they will advocate their favorite project aa a substitute for trade con cessions." ..... There is no question that there is a sentiment in this country favorable to the annexation of Cuba and It has more or less Cuban support Senator Elklns of West Virginia is a prominent and earnest advocate of the idea that the United States should absorb the Cuban republic and give It American state hood. He does not proDose anr forcible 8,n, for the attainment of this, but that the Cuban people should be invited to become a part of the United States, with a guarantee of rights and privileges on a perfect equality with those eujoyed by the people of the states of the union. Mr. Elklns is not alone in this position, Ibere is a considerable number of Americans who earnestly believe that Cuba ought to be a part of this country and that ultimately she must be. They think that must be the inevitable result of the close proximity and the necessary political and commercial relations be tween the two countries. The wisest cannot predict with abso lute certainty what the future will bring lorth, but it seems to be unquestionable that, at this time there is no general sentiment in favor of Cuban annexa tion. We believe It to be todav tha practically unanimous feeling of the Amerlcau pe1,le that the . republic of Cuba Bnou,J b tfven the fullest and fairest opportunity to demonstrate the fitness of its people to carry on an In dependent government and to establish and maintain themselves among the na tions of the earth. We do not doubt thut it is the Judgment of a great urn- J.rIt7 ' our people that it is the duty of the Inited States to aid the Cuban goverument In every legitimate way to establish Its stability and to commend itself to the confidence of the civilized wntiil. We therefore think that any move ment looking to the promotlou of Cuban annexation is to be condemned, us In volving not only a wrong to the Cuban people whose Independence we are In violably committed to, but aUo m lnluit cal to our own interests and welfare, politically and socially. MUXH1PAL HOME RVLK. In a speech drllvered to an Immense audience at Kansas City Saturday, which occupies a whole page In Sun day's St Louis Glole-Democrat Major Wllllnm Warner, a republican war hoise of Missouri, arraigns the democracy for denying home rule and local self government to the cities of that state. M.-Oor Warner Is quoted In this issue as follows: In this state the dominant party, in Its platform, declares In favor ot home rule and local self-government, while by Its act It denies both to the three great cities of the state. In Its platform tor the purpose of getting into office it aaserted that "Local self-government is a cardinal principle of democracy," but when in office a million of Mlssourlans in St. Louis, Kansas City and St. Joseph, by ring legislation, are de nied the' right of self-government. In these cities. In the appointment and con trol of the police, the taxpayers are no more consulted than la an Egyptian mummy. The only right granted to them regarding their police la to pay the bills. In determining the amount to be paid the decision of the board of police commis sioners, appointed by the governor, 1 Anal, and from this decision the taxpayers have no appeal. The) police force, under these conditions, when appointed are inde pendent of the taxpayers of the cities. They are controlled and governed solely by the wishes and directions ot the execu tive. Major Warner's arraignment of governor-appointed police commissions in Missouri and the Imperative necessity for home rule applies with equal force to Nebraska and Omaha, the only differ ence being that In Missouri a democratic governor arbitrarily dominates the local government of St Louis, Kansas City and St Joseph, while In Nebraska a republican governor appoints police com missions named for him by the railroad managers and railroad politicians. The republicans of Missouri very properly denounce this subversion of local self- government by democrats, and the republicans of Nebraska should emulate their example, even If the wrongs are perpetrated by men sailing under the republican flag. The conscience of the average candi date for the school board does not seem to be troubled about platform pledges that commit him to a policy of economy and retrenchment while he Is privately committed to raising salaries and con tinuing sinecures on the school board payroll. He Is not troubled by plat form pledges to maintain civil service rules that guarantee employment to teachers and Janitors during good be havior while he Is privately committed to the distribution of soft places to political ward workers. Nor is his con science very much disturbed by the plaform pledge that all promotions shall be made on merit and length of service while privately he is committed to pro motions based on the puIL It Is oue thing before taking and another after taking. China seems to have become the basis of operations for counterfeiters putting out spurious silver dollars for circula tion in Manila, where chances of detec tion are supposed to be smaller than in this country. The overvaluation of the silver In our dollar constitutes a con stant temptation to counterfeiters, and the opportunity for safe prosecution of their work afforded by conditions in the far east are not likely to be overlooked. The only effectual way to put an end to this sort of crime Is to readjust our coins so that the silver in them is ap proximately worth the face value in stead of having its value doubled As now by Impressing the mint stamp upon It , The scheme to supply Detroit with electricity generated by the falls at Sault Ste. Marie la a pretentious under taking, which will be watched with more than ordinary interest by the gen eral public. The long distance trans mission of electrical power would solve many serious problems that confront our big manufacturing centers. . The annual report of the Burlington road. Just lr "rl, shows Increased earn ings of more thaa three and one-quarter millions, with accompanying In creased dividends and increased surplus. How much of this is money which 1b held out by evading taxes on their prop erty is not computed. Glvea Himself Away. Indianapolis News. - - Baer never speaks without making it clear that the middle letters of his name sheuld be transposed. Cans and Effect. Chicago Record-Herald. The largest increase in postal receipts la the history ot the service was shown in the reports of fifty leading postofBces for Sep tember. That was the month In which the people who were away on vacations wrote home for money to get back with. Creed Leads to Hoaaeet. Indianapolis Journal. All deputy Vnlted States marshals in North Dakota have been summarily dis missed by the Washington authorities for charging up mileage agalnat the govern ment while traveling on Vallroad passes, A government official who thicks he can do that sort of thing and not be found out is about aa foolish aa a postal clerk who robs the malls under the aame lmpreaslon. The Scorcher Maat Pay. , New York World. . The award in the United States court in Trenton, N. J., ot $12,070 damages to the victim of an automobile accident may open the eyes of acorchlng chauffeurs to their resDonaibllltiea unon the road. The Drlncl pie which seems now perfectly established, that he who causes damage must pay tor it, alll do more to check recklesa misuse ot the roads than the imposition of any number of $10 Bnea. Hot Ideal from the Hah. Boston Transcript. Why hasn't someone versed in the new psychology brought to general notice the availability of the subliminal consciousness aa an aid to keeping up the bodily temper ature throughout the approaching bieak anl coallesa months? The roey flush of confusion is an everyday Inatance of this working of "suggestion." We need only slight modification of Deacarte'a famous dictum: "We think we'ro warm; there fore we'ra warm." Try It often; its efficacy grows with uasl . The Strike Solidified Fhlladeiphla North American. The anthracite coal district Is virtually under martial law. Ten thousand of the state's soldiers are guarding the tnlas, the roads, the homes of nonunion labor ers, affording to the fullest extent the protection which the coal trust declared was all It required as a condition prece dent to complete resumption of mining. Instruction given to the commanders of the regiments are equivalent to suspen sion of habeas corpus and military rule is absolute. The coal barons told President Roosevelt that the miners wanted to return to work and that the strike would collapse If troops were sent to protect the majority from the violence of the lawless minority. The miners have answered that statement. More than 100,000 men, members of 349 out of the $50 local unions, mit on Wednes day and without a dissenting voice de clared their purpose to continue the strike indefinitely If their demands are not granted. The total membership of the unions is 146,000. Since the strike began many miners have left the district and found work elsewhore, the number being estimated variously from 15,000 up to 35, 000, the latter figure being that of some of the coal trust's organs. Consequently the vote of the locals is practically the unanimous voice of the mine workers rep resented by the coal barons as being eager to surrender unconditionally. Nonunion men attended the meetings ot the locals and voted with the members to sustain Mitchell. In the Panther Creek valley men Imported to work la the col lieries as strike breakers deserted in a body and left the country. Nonunion men In the Shenandoah district repented of having taken the place of strikers and announced their Intention to quit work and return to their homes. Many of the nOCND ABOUT . NEW YORK. Ripples oa the Csrrent of Life la the Metropolis. Madison Square garden Just now ' pre sents the most brilliant spectacle ever witnessed under that roof. The huge building Is gorgeously decorated with flags, banners and bunting and Illuminated with thousands of electric lights. On the floors are three score booths filled with articles tor sale, on the charity fair plan. The unique feature of the fair is the total eclipse of man in management. Not a aon of Adam, young or old, is permitted to do a thing but "dig up" when he ventures in. The affair is for the benefit of the Pro fessional Woman'a league and is run by the members. Women are paramount In everything. Men are nowhere, except aa guests, and there are plenty of them In that capacity. Th enllaotlnn nf' tavaa fnr this year was begun Monday of last week with a rush, to take advantage of the per cent rebate allowed on payments made before November 1. The total collections for that day were about $9,700,000 or $100,000 above the record. The money was carried to the National City bank at about 10 o'clock at night. It waa parked In leather bars and conveyed in a cab from the Stewart building to Wall street. The ab was guarded by three armed policemen, one on the box. and two inside. At the bank two men were wait ing, who signed 'receipt for the cash, put it In the vault and went home. The greater pant . of the payments reached the receiver's office in the shape of checks but fully 4,000 persona . went personally to the office to pay the taxes. Fifteen policemen t. were required to keep the lines Intact and to prevent confusion. Some of the larger payments were: Eight hundred thousand dollars by the New York Central railroad, which Included as usual the taxes ot the Vanderbllts; $350,000 by the Astors, $100,000 by John D and Thomas Crlmmlns, $100,000 by August Belmont, $71,000 by the Rblnelander estate and $75,000 each by , William R. Grace and George Eh ret. If the coal strike continues New Yorkers are threatened with the shutting off of the supply of gaa and. with an advance in the price ot many necessities of life. For In stance, It is announced that the price of bread had been advanced 1 cent a loaf on the East side owing to the Increased cost ot fuel. It Is simply Impossible to con ceive what would be the consequences of a continued coal famine in connection with spell of cold weather.' Sickness, death. intense suffering, perhaps starvation, dark ness, riots, cessation of many industries. loss of work, blockade of rapid transit, stoppage of elevators these a-e some of the dire predictions that are made. The agent of a Brooklyn apartment house has notified the tenants that if the strike con tinued the building could not be heated and that they must make their own ar rangements for warmth. A manufacturer of oil heaters says that never was there such a demand for stoves as there Is today. "The cold weather has not yet touched us," he saya, "and yet we are a month and more behind in our orders. The dealers are begging us to let them have the goods; the price is no object so long as we can deliver some portion of what they want." The other manufacturers say tl.e same thing. When the first frost comas they expect the demand to double. Even though the strike should collapse they ex pect to sejl all that can be made, becauae ot the high prices that must prevail for fuel all through the coming winter. In any case. It la difficult to keep away from the coal question, because it is a toplo discussed by everybody in every place. The rallroais are buying Immense quantities of hardwood to burn in their stations, and old-fashioned wood-burning stoves are being Installed. During a downpour of rain on a recent afternoon, relatea the New York Tribune, a woman of not far from 200 pounds weight entered a Madison avenue car at Forty-ninth street and waddled toward a broad expanse of vacancy far forward. The floor was wet from umbrella drippings and the woman'a gloves and shoes were in the same condi tion. As she waa about to alt down she hooked the crook of her umbrella over 'he strap pole above to ease her descent, uttered a yell and collapsed. A fair-haired young man sitting next to her grabbed her hand as she want down, and Immediately began a war dance, springing from his seat like a Jack-in-the-box. A good looking young woman by Ma i-ide aetied bla damp coat taila and, with a try of "Oh, Coolly!" joined in the remarkable scene. The conductor rushed forward ml endeav ored to calm the strnngely excited trio. He collared the young man and, uttering a whoop that could have been hiard two blocks under ordinary atmospheric condi tions. Joined In the wild dance. About that time the floor sud nea'ly everything elae in the car begau to sputter. The dancers sputtered louder 'haa any thing tlse. and there was a "swtih." rur of blue erooke and a sudden stoppage t the car. The three passengers tum)l' Into the seat In a heap, the fat woman on top. ".be conductor waved bla arms friu-'iilly and thea pulled the big woman off t"ie heap. "Must be water in the slot." he sall with a a air of great wlslora. locals, while resenting charges of law lessness and denying that the presence ot troops Is necessary, declared their inten tion to assist in maintaining order and offered the service of members to the civil authorities. Instead of reopening the mines, martial law has closed them tighter than ever. No collieries hare resumed operations, no min ers have applied for work, no more coal Is being cut. Teace relgna and the coal barons are unable to make good their promise. The result of this attempt to break a strike by military force ! not surprising to those who know the anthracite miners and the difference between a miner and a mine laborer. The miner is an intelligent, skillful, often an educated man, and he Is not to be overawed by martial display. Ho regards the presence of troops as a reflection upon bis citizenship, and bis de termination to maintain his rights Is In variably strengthened by attempts to coerce him. Miner of this class never have been rioters. Laborers who neither speak nor understand English may be impressed by uniforms and bayonets and led to believe that the troops have authority here, as In some other countries), to force them back into the mlnee, but if all the laborers in the anthracite district should go back to work the mining of coal could not be re sumed on a scale large enough to supply the ordinary fuel demand in the absence of the licensed miner. This the operators know thoroughly, but they do not admit the facts. Most of their newspaper organs either do not understand that the licensed miner is the controlling factor in the problem or purposely mislead their readers into the belief that the Ig norant, riotous foreign laborer Is the only obstacle to the reopening of the collieries. PERSONAL, NOTES. 'Governor Heard's soldier boys don't care much for strike duty In New Orleans, Judg ing from the fact that so many of them re signed when ordered out to fight rioters. The Nye family, ot which the famous hu morist "Bill" Nye was a member, formed an association at Sandwich, Mass., last week and will hereafter hold yearly re unions. The proposed joint debate between Sen ator Hanna and Mayor Tom Johnson of Cleveland is off, Mr. Hanna having declined to discuss tariff problems with "an avowed free trader." Leon Sklzleoinlasmolowsky escaped from a court official In Long Island City the other day, the latter having been accidentally en tangled In eight or ten syllables ot the fugitive's name. Charlea W. Simpson, formerly a wealthy bookseller and stationer of New York, Is now an Inmate of the almshouse there, al though all his relatives are said to be in affluent circumstances. An effort la being made to compel them to care for him. Senator Cockrell of Missouri never drinks water when speaking In public. Before he begins his address he puts a specialty pre pared pellet of potash under his tongue and this keeps him from becoming hoarse. The senator declares that for fifteen years he has never touched water when speaking. Perhaps the $150,000 spent by General Mc Cullough In his questor the governorship of Vermont will not be all that he may have to pay. A cattle drover named L. C. Sturte vant of Addison county has just entered suit against him to recover for services and disbursements on his behalf in the canvass for' delegate to the republican slate con vention. Mr. Sturtevant accompanies his suit with bills and letters showing Item ized expenditures In which cigars and drinks occur with much frequency. This disclosure has attracted considerable attention espe cially as to the Items for rum. General McCullough says that the whole thing Is a political trick. CHEER FOR DEMOCRACY. Allen's Dismal Dismay Hailed as Cause for Congratulation, Washington Post. Wllllnm Vincent Allen, populist, ex senator from Nebraska, sees no hope for the democracy and that is one ot the reasons why some millions of democrats do see hope and are feeling its uplifting power. The reason why Mr. Allen uttera his wall-, Ing note is the refusal or neglect of demo cratic state conventions, one after another, a long and cheering list, to reaffirm the platform on which their party has been able, with the assistance of Allen and his brethren, to achieve two defeats in presi dential elections, to vacate many guber natorial chairs and to slump from majority to impotent minority in the senate. And it is precisely that reason, the abandonment of that fatal weight and the alliance with the populists, that cheers the hearts and inspires the hopes of all democrats whose faith has not been vitiated with the vlrua ot populism. The sadder Hon. William Vincent Allen gets and the louder he latueuls the more cheerful will be the countenance of genu ine democrats. It Is a palpably false theory that an alli ance with populists, purchased by conces sions to their cheap money doctrine. Is essential to a chance of victory. The re verse of that la the true statement of the situation. Only a small minority of demo crats were friendly to 16 to 1 in 1900. The delegates representing a large majority of democrats voted against it at Kansas City. Many of the delegates who voted for it did so to avoid the complete disruption of their party that would have followed the rejec tion of Bryan's ultimatum. It is safe to say that at this time the tree coinage con tingent of the democracy Is exceedingly small and It la an equally safe conclusion that many ot the populists who voted tor Bryan in 1900 would support a conservative democratlo candidate. The shades of oblivion hold no issue on which a party would present more grotesque appearance than on the lasue to which Mr. Bryan Is Irrevocably bound, but which Mr. Allen accepts only as a step, a long one, to ward his ideal the Irredeemable paper dol lar. The democratlo party, mounted again on that old Issue, would not know whether the humor or the contemptlbleness of tho situation was Its paramount phaae. Whether to laugh at or curse Itself would be a pressing question. Looking at all ot Its mistakes and their resulta, and finding Itself again repeating the worst of its blunders and the one tor which it has been most severely punished, it would conclude that It bad survived its usefulness and ought to go hence without delay. It la the fact that the democratic party Is ahowlng that it has had enough of Brysnlsra that discourages Mr, Allen and simultaneously cheers the democracy. The old party ahouid go Into the arena in 1904, not aa a circus clown, with a repertoire of antiquated Jokes, but with a message to the country that will command respect. Inspire confidence, attract young men and win over to Ita support a great many tired republicans who are waiting for such an arrival. And. as we have intimated, the probability that it will atart on that hopeful course la accentuated by the despair of Mr Bryan's friend and coadjutor, William Vincent Allea. ill! iifiipr; I ra M m ; during the wildest storm. It protects, for it prevents. It quiets, for it cures, If you are weak and nervous and are tired all the time, take Ayer's Sarsaparilla and know what it is to be well and strong. Keep the liver active with Ayer's Pills. Purely vegetable, gently laxative, a great aid to ; the Sarsaparilla. Ask your doctor about these medi cines. He knows. He has the formula. 'xS.OTJS?' THE CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN. Wlsner Free Press: Congressman Mc Carthy proposes to know his district thor oughly before going to Washington. There will not be a corner that Mc. has not touched. Wakefield Republican: The better you become acquainted with J. J. McCarthy the more you will be convinced that he Is tho right man to send to congreas. J. J. Is best liked where he Is best known, and good old Dixon county will next month roll up a big majority for1 him. Battle Creek Republican: Hon. J, J. Mc Carthy, republican candidate for congress man, accompanied by Jack Koenlgstetn, sec retary of the republican congressional com mittee, spent Tuesday afternoon in town, making the acquaintance of a large num ber of our people. Mr. McCarthy makes friends wherever be gqcs and he has every prospect of being triumphantly elected. He spent Wednesday with the people ot Meadow Grove and Tllden. Norfolk News: The Robinson forces en tered the campaign with confidence and It must be admitted that some of the re publicans lacked that. But the situation haa changed. The very thorough and ex cellent campaign methods of Mr. McCarthy, Chairman Falee, Secretary. Koenlgeteln and other members of the committee have over- come any doubt that the republicans may have had of success and caused the fusion lata to fear for their ticket. Holdrege Citizen: Ttfe republicans should make strenuous efforts to roll up the largest possible majority in this county for Judgo N orris. He stands for lbs Ameri can idea ot giving work to American work- lngmen and keeping the wheels of Indus try running. Judge Norrls Is a young man of courage and conviction and could be depended upon to assist the present ad ministration in its efforts to curb the en croachment of the trusts and gigantic cor porations and at the same timee avoid doing anything to disturb the financial and Industrial structure of this country so as to bring disaster and ruin to our coun try. . - i Beatrice Express: Congressman Stark was a very shy and diffident statesman be fore he received bis latest nomination. Then be had firmly decided to retire from public life, and would not consider the Idea of succeeding - himself;' but all the time he waa playing, with considerable skill, for the nomination, and would have been a Very sick Mr. Stark It be hadn't suc ceeded In getting It. Mr. Stark Is really a discreditable man to represent the people of this district in congress. He Is too fond of the cheap tricks of the politician. His efforts to make himself solid with the old soldiers were enough to show that he is not sincere. Sidney Telegraph: Hon. M. P. Kinkald, who will represent the Big Sixth district in congress after November 6, waa calling on the voters in the city Thursday. He was a pleasant vlcltor at the Telegraph office. Judge Kinkald is a thoroughly west ern man. Prior to taking up his residence in Nebraska be lived for a number of years In Wyoming and waa one of the first prac ticing attorneys in Dakota. He has lived In this congressional district in Nebraska for twenty-two years. He is thoroughly Imbued with the western spirit of progress and with western interests deep at heart he will be of great Influence and benefit In our national halls ot congress. i David City Banner: Notwithstanding the busy season and the lethargy of the people In regard to politics, Hon. E. H. Hinshaw, the republican candidate for congress, Is having moat enthuataatto meetings through, out the entire district and from every county comei reports that many former fuslonleU, who have seen the wisdom of republican policies, are also enthuslastlo in his support. Mr. Hinshaw Is a hard worker, an able attorney, who has worked his way up from a farm boy, is a thorough campaigner and makea friends wherever he WW "No Clothing Fits Like Ours flood clothing and the well fitting clothing are what concern you. You'll find it here. Our prices may not be so much less than those of others, but we'll give you more for your money. ; No tenement house work everything made in our own factory. . Suits $10 to $25. Overcoats $8.50 to' $ 40.50. R. S. WILCOX, Manager. "XO CLOTHING FITS LIKE ODHS.H There is safety in Ayer's Sar saparilla. You can trust it even goeft, and the more one becomes acquainted with him the better they like him. The principal reason, however, that we are en thusiastic in his support ia because we be lieve he is right on the great . political issues. There la not a question of doubt In the minds of posted republicans regard ing his election, which Is regarded ss only a question of the size of his majority. Rockefeller Pwte on the Ncrewa. Indianapolis Journal. . The Standard Oil company has advanced the price of refined oil about 9 per cent, doubtless because of the Increased .use ot oil for fuel on account ot the high rata of coal. There Is nothing in the production, of crude petroleum to warrant this increase, but the Standard monopoly could not resist the temptation to wring a little more money out of the hands of consumers. There la no duty on refined oil or petroleum except when exported from countries which' Impose a duty on American petroleim, so. that the absence of tariff makes It possible for the Standard to advance the price. . FLASHES OF FIN. Chicago Tribune: "Don't let ma inter rupt you," said the man with the agent's sample case. "I won't," said the man' at the desk, busily writing away. Washington Star: "Some bad folks," said Undo Kben, "trlfea to make a cloak ' religion. But you kin ginerally aee iat lt'a a misfit." ..,!,,,, Judge: "I tell you," said the stranger, "the coal problem has grown, to-be, a very serious one In our town?' "It Is everywhere," said the native. ' I know; but in our town you can't get an ounce of It unless you have ,a prescrip tion." Chicago Post: "I can see the scoundrel In your face," cried the angry man. "I have, heard," retorted the cool one, "that the eye la a -mirror. ' Is- your gaze fixed on one of mlneT'J ,,;.?, t ifizmJ: Philadelphia Record: "I suppose you are well seasoned," said the tourist in the hunt ing forest. "I ought to be." responded the old guide; "those city hunters have peppered me enough." Philadelphia Press: "There Isn't'any such, thing as honest legislation In this country," complained the pessimist. - "oh, I don't know," replied the legla lator. "I was promised fcoo If I helped pass a certain bill, and I did it, and got all that was promised me." Washington Star: "Bo you think muslo has Ita advantages as a profession?" "Unquestionably," answered the govern ment employe. "No matter which way an election goes, the leaders of the brass bands are always sure of their jobs." - i Puck: "An' he treated her to sodar ylstlildy; an' now look at him payln' to git her weighed!" . . "Yes; he's a corkln' good spender when he's got der dough!" New York Weekly: Struggling Pastor Nearly all the congregation have sub scribed liberally for the building fund and I feel sure that I can also nave your hearty co-operation. How much will you Mrs. Leader Let me see. Oh. I am the only member who has a carriage and coachman, I think. "Yes. the rest are poor." "Well, I will drive around and collect the subscriptions. ' FOOT BALI. IS HKRB. Cleveland Plain Dealer." Now doth the brawny college man Put on his foot ball togs; He thinks he'a bigger than the Pan Aa round the field he Jogs. , Now doth the rooter proudly swell And buy a horn to toot, And practice up each song and yell. And root, and root, and root! Now doth the stringy foot ball hair Hernme the rafciriK fad. While cushion stutters' sadly stare. And barbers all go mad. Now doth the druggist finger checks; His liniments and Halves Are used to grease the rooters' necks And rub the players' calves. Now to the gridiron do I go The bucks and punts to see; For foot ball hair I cannot grow The stand's the place for me.
