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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
6taU of Nebraska, Douglas County, :
George B. Tzsohuck, secretary of The Bee
publishing Company, being duly iorn.
ays that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally Morning,
Evening ami Sunday Bee printed during the
month or July, iwh, waa aa iuiiuttd.
1 SO.OetO
t jK),ao
17 80.3SO
l 80.M0
87,300
tO 83,810
21 S9,IK
12 80,30
30,070
24 80,800
26 80,030
2fl 37.140
27 80,170
2g 80,300
2 80,810
M 30,730
U. 80,010
31,14
4 B0.030
( 217,34a
, SO.TIVO
T..i 80.MO
I ao.vrtw
so, two
10 80,700
II 80,770
11 37,010
ij. ao.eoo
It U0,04O
is ao,ao
u aoauo
Total 33,81S
Leaa unsold and returned copies.... w,tt4et
Net totat sales 33,67
Net average sales in.7tto
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PARTIUS LKAV1SO FOB SUMMER.
rf tie leaving tba city to
. tbe snnamer nay hay The Baa
eat ta then . reajalarly by
aetlfylag The Daa BaatBeaa '
Ace, la paraea at ay anall.
The address will h changed
as aflea aa rteairW.
Latest popular refrain In Ohio:
Mister Johnson, turn me loose."
"Oh,
Sir Thomas will have the satisfaction
of having had a run for his money.
Juit to be hospitable Reliance ,mlght
let Shamrock carry off honors at one of
the races.
All-absorbing question at the Grand
Island convention Who did the swal
lowing T .. .
The sultan again says that he will be
good. He does not say, however, how
long it la to be for this time.
It seems that Madame Humbert went
through with her trial like a man and
then broke down like a woman.
From the bidding for stalls In the new
market house It looks as If our market
men had mastered ail the Intricacies of
merger, trust and community of Inter
est One of Omaha's needs Is for ft set
tled fiscal policy for the city. A few
more years of patchwork financiering
will put the city in an almost hopeless
tangle.
Nominating conventions of Nebraska
democrats and populists can no longer
meet in one town, much less under one
roof, but they are privileged to concur
on tho same set of candidates running
on two separate platforms.
If Secretary Cortelycu does a good
Job aa editor of the consular reports, he
might be prevailed on later to extend
his jurisdiction to the Congressional
Record without detriment to that breeiy
publication.
Ex-Senator Allen declares that there
t
la not the slightest hope of Mr. Bryan
controlling the next national nomina
ting ccuventlon of his party. This Is
going into the fields of prophecy, but
8enator Allen has as much right to pose
as a prophet as has Colonel Bryan.
Under a recent decision of the su
preme court of South Carolina passen
gera who fall to purchase tickets be
fore entering the railroad trains can
recover damages for being ejected be
cause they refuse to pay excess fare.
This principle would doubtless be up
held by the courts of Nebraska and
Iowa If called on to adjudicate similar
cases.
To make sure that the railroads should
not feel offended, a' special place has
been made on the Douglas county, dele
gation to the democratic state convert
Hon for the assistant general solicitor
of the Northwestern road for this
division. It waa not necessary to give
a delegate commission to the political
agent of the Burlington. He is out
spoken for Sullivan already.
A Massachusetts woman with
French name threatens to take posses
sion of the city of Dubuque on the
strength of a title derived from a gift
to a brother of her grandfather by one
of the disreputable kings of France a
few centuries back. It la plain that
this estimable and doubtless well mean
lug woman haa fallen Into the hands of
a lawyer who haa enlisted himself In
Ker inbsrast on the strength of daa-
gliog contingent tea.
MlSCBlVOU3BPCCL.ATIOtl.
Secretary Wilson of the Agrlcultort.1
dops rtuiprit has pointed out some of the
mischievous effects of the great cotton
simulation, from, which a few men
composing the clique that cornered the
visible supply of raw cotton are said to
hove made millions of dollars. One in
evitable effect of this corner Is the sus
pension of operations by numerous
mills and the throwing of thousands of
workers Into idleness. At the high
price to which cotton was advanced by
the speculators the mills could not man
ufacture at a profit It was safer for
mauufacturers to sell their cotton to
the gamblers and this some of them
did, finding this course more profitable
than continuing operations. The thou
sands of unemployed operatives, how
ever, must put up with the Idleness or
lessened earnings until there Is a read
justment of conditions and no one can
tell when this will come.
Another effect pointed out by Secre
tary Wilson is that most European na
tions which manufacture cotton and
also own lands in outlying provinces
where cotton might bo grown, anxious
to become independent of our specula
tors, are organising and holding out in
ducements for the development of the
cotton-ralslng Industry. "The British,
French, Germans, Belgians and others,"
said the secretary of agriculture, "own
lands in Africa and they have been for
some time organizing to produce cotton.
They know that we are training scien
tists to study the cotton plant and they
have been anxious to get our high
class men over there to organize for
them." Thus the peculators, while In
flicting an immediate injury on the cot
ton Industry, have at the same tlnio
seriously Imperiled the position of the
United States as chief source of the
staple by stimulating efforts all over
Europe to obtain supplies elsewhere. If
as a consequence this country (should
lose command of the world's cotton
market It would be a serious blow to
our export trade.
Secretary Wilson stated that the pros
pect of the present crop had nothing
whatever to do with the operations of
the speculators. The shortage of raw cot
ton to the manufacturer Is not due to
shortage In the crop, but solely to the
manipulation of the visible supply by a
clique said to be composed of only
seven persons. The producer has not
profited by the high prices, as the cot
ton Is practically all out of his hands.
The secretary said he saw no prospect
of relief for the worklngmen who are
thrown out of employment by the mills
closing down until the corner Is broken
and the price of the raw material re
duced. There is of course no remedy
for speculative operations of this
character In statute law at present and
it would be extremely difficult If. not
Impossible to provide a practicable
remedy. The mischievous nature of such
speculation Is obvious. It creates a dis
turbance of economic conditions which
is full of danger. It Is unquestionably
an evil, but bow to correct It Is a dlffl
cult question.
TURKKT'S PROMPT SUBMISSION.
The prompt submission of Turkey to
the demands of Russia was expected
after the latter power had taken de
cisive action. Some years ago the sultan
yielded to Austrian demands almost as
readily and the present Incident serves
to show that If the powers signatory to
the Berlin treaty were to adopt a de
cisive course toward. Turkey they could
have Instituted whatever reforms are
necessary to the protection of tthe Chris
tlan people subject to Turkish rule. How
urgent Is the call for concerted and de
termined action on their part the re
ports of terrible atrocities by the Turks
In the Balkan region impressively show,
Making all reasonable allowance for
possible exaggeration, the story of Turk
ish outrages and massacres is such as
to arouse the indignation of the civilized
world and it is most discreditable to the
European governments that assumed re
sponslblllty for the conduct of Turkey
toward her Christian subjects that(they
seem almost indifferent to what is going
on in Macedonia.
For the assassination of, a consul,
whose conduct provoked retaliation,
Russia exacts the fullest reparation and
Turkey yields within twelve hours after
the appearance of a Russian fleet in her
waters. But while thousands of Chris
tians are being oppressed, the European
nations are passive, though there Is no
doubt that by concerted action they
could end this deplorable situation in a
day.
MXTRADITIOS TREATY KXTKSMOX.
It appears that our extradition treaties
are not sufficiently comprehensive, espe
cially In the fact that generally they do
not reach the givers and takers of bribes.
It seems that we have only one treaty,
that with Mexico, which covers the
crime of bribery and it is stated that the
secretary of state found some difficulty
in inducing the senate to approve this,
the opposition contending that the ex
tension of the principle of extradition
to cover bribery might be abused by
some of the signatories and converted to
the uses of tyrants. Considerable argu
ment was required' to overcome this
objection, says a Washington dispatch,
and when the opposition, yielded It was
with an intimation that the extension of
this ' principle to other countries, par
ticularly those of continental Europe,
would be seriously questioned in each
case.
A number of Mlsaourlans, alleged to
be connected with the bribery disclos
ures in that state, are in Europe on in
definite visits, though going there osten
sibly for their "health." It la stated
that in this company may be found a
man who made a fortune In the brewery
business and then branched out into
street railroading, eventually corrupting,
Jt Is alleged, the municipal legislators to
fclve him. public franchises of great
vnie. sail another who is safe in Eu
rope from the) legal processes of Proeo
, rotor Folk la onaj tht chief politicians
of St Louis. It is certainly unfortunate
that these men cannot be brought bnok
to answer for their crimes, although
some may think that the country Is
better off without them. The prevalence
of bribery unquestionably makes Im
portant the question of extradition
treating covering that crime and there
seems to be.no good reason why it should
not receive attention from the govern
ment. The objection urged to this fea
ture of the treaty with Mexico does not
commend Itself as being sound or
reasonable.
THE Cir ADVERTISING.
At the maximum ,rate fixed by the
revised charter the city advertising will
aggregate from 1,800 to $2,000 a year.
Inasmuch as this maximum rate is only
about one-third of the commercial rate,
the competition for this advertising is
not a question of money, but of posi
tion. The official paper of the city must
have at least 5,000 actual and bona fide
subscribers within the limits of the city
of Omaha, and The Omaha Evening
Bee Is the only dally that can show up
a paid carrier delivery subscription list
In excess of the prescribed number. It
was because The Bee wanted to con
vince lta advertising patrons that its
local competitors have been playing
them a bunco game that It entered the
lists and submitted Its bid for the city
advertising contract.
Accompanying The Bee's bid was its
carrier delivery list approximating 7,200
subscribers' names, and In further proof
It offered to submit Its subscription
books to inspection, not only of tho
council, but of its competitors. The
World-Herald In submitting its bid
made a grandstand play by submitting
a list of 6.300 names of alleged sub
scribers to its evening paper, coupled
with the assurance that this was only a
part of its bona fide subscriptions.
When the searchlight was turned on,
it showed that the list filed by the
Wprld-Herald not only covered every
foot of carrier delivery territory in the
city, but also included the names of
subscribers in Dundee and East Omaha.
Further research also disclosed the fact
that the affidavits of its carriers did not
tally and the list had been padded by
several hundred names of people who
had moved away or . ceased to take
the paper and names at locations not
occupied by houses. The proof was
conclusive, after the deduction of the
discontinued and fictitious subscriptions
and residents outside of the city limits,
that the Evening World-Herald's actual
bona fide subscription Hat falls from
300 to BOO below the 5,000 limit This
exhibit ' tallied with the figures of the
newspaper census taken by The Bee in
November, 1002, as again in the last
week of June, 1003. The fact that the
World-Herald positively declined to pro
duce its subscription books before the
council or before the court not only Jus
tified the council in ruling out Its bid,
but would have counted against it In
any court not predisposed to favor It as
against The Bee.
To the business' men who patronize
the Omaha newspapers the contest for
city advertising must be a revelation.
On its showing the World-Herald Is
short by 34 per cent of matching the sub
scription list of The Evening Bee, while
the Junior afternoon paper Is no hearer
a match. With the bogus names stricken
off, and lta list put on the same plane,
the carrier delivery of The Bee reaches
more than one-half again as many bona
fide subscribers in the city of Omaha
as the Evening World-Herald, and its
advertising space worth proportionately
more to the merchant who Is seeking
the patronage of the Omaha public.
MlSLtADlXO FIGURES.
There Is an old adage that "figures
will He," at least sometimes, and statis
tical figures are quite often deceptive,
A striking example Is furnished by the
recent comparative statistical exhibit of
the growth of population compiled by
the United States bureau of statistics.
from which conclusions are drawn that
Nebraska has lost population during
the ten years ending with 1900. Aa a
matter of fact Nebraska made subatan
tlal progress in population, as well as In
wealth, during the last decade of the
nineteenth century. The comparative
census returns for 1800 and 1900 tend
to create a false Impression. It Is an
open secret, not only In Nebraska, but
in Washington, that the census of 1890
was enormously Inflated, while the
census for 1900 falls short by
many thousands. The apparent .oss
of population by the cities of Omaha
and Lincoln between 1890 and 1900,. as
shown by the census figures, exceeds
55,000, or more than 5 per cent of tho
aggregate population credited to tho
state, and yet it is an indisputable fact
that the population of Omaha and Lin
coln in 1900 was larger by many thou
sands than It was in 1890. What is
true of Omaha and Lincoln is true ot
nearly every town in the state. Tho
best proof that Nebraska is not retro
grading is found In its school census and
election returns, . which show a very
gratifying increase from year to year.
We congratulate the populists of
Douglas county over their success in
flndlnK enough names to fill out the
credentials for the 100 delegates ac
credited to this county In the Grand
Island convention. That this was
stupendous task should be fully real
lzed by all and the Ingenuity appreci
ated that dug up 100 men willing to
stand with the populist label. Of course
a few of them are masquerading demo
crats or galvanized socialists, but due
allowance should be made for such
things. The only wonder is that they
did not impress Into the service their
nominees for' mayor and '. other city
offices In the recent municipal cam
patgn.
Inasmuch as Zionism in its original
form of the re-establlshment of a Jew
lsh state in Palestine has been aban
doned, the Zionist congress now(ln ses
sion will do bettar to 'wast no more
time on visionary schemes for a new
Jerusalem and devote its energies to
practical measures ot relief for the
persecuted Jews of Russia and other
continental countries. If It will con
fine its energies to lines that aJromlse
fair prospect of results, the congress
can accomplish some good, otherwise it
might as well call the Zionist propa
ganda off.
j
For tho benefit of our amiable demo
cratic contemporary, who pretends to
see the handwriting of Mark Hanna In
the republican state platform with a
lap at Fresldent Roosevelt by the
omission of a reciprocity clause In the
tariff plank, it is only fair to say that
an unqualified endorsement of reciproc
ity was contained In the original draft
of he platform, which waa amended
out of it in the resolutions committee by
vote of 4 to 2. ' It is needless to add
that the author of the platform
declaration argued tenaciously for the
retention of the demand for tariff re
vision by the reciprocity route only to
be outvoted. If Mark Hanna had given
orders in advance for the drafting of
the Nebraska platform it hardly stands
to reason that anything would have
gotten into the original copy that would
have had to have been ordered stricken
out
The Ohio democratic state convention
consists of 600 delegates, while the Ne
braska democratic state convention,
meeting the same day, is made up of
,000 delegates, with another 1,000 in
the populist annex. It evidently is not
11 in numbers.
Now that the mixed drink drug stores
havo taken down their alluring signs
they can put up a new sign that will
servo the same purpose: "If you don't
see what you want, ask for It"
Our hats off to the local democratic
machine. It can do the coarsest work
without raising a holler of any political
organization outside of Tammany Hall.
Eclipsed for the Moment.
Washington Post
Old Mad Mullah haa considerately de
cided to keep out of the limelight until the
yacht races and the Balkans business have
been added to history.
If There Waa No Appeal.
St. Louts Globe-Demoorat
Justice Brewer's contention that appeals
should not be allowed in criminal oaaes
would remove the only barrier that stands
between the Missouri boodler and the state
penitentiary.
Oae Plank for Hla Platform,
Chicago Record-Herald.
Judge Alton B. Parker haa had an auto
mobile fiend fined 1300 for scorching. By
running on that platform Judge Parker
might be able to put up quite a race for the
presidency. , .
Taking Down the Fences.
- Buffalo Express.
It la good; news, that the so-ealled cattle
barons are taking down the fences on the
Nebraska ranges. The government ordered
the fences removed by July 1. but the
cattle-owners delayed. Another order has
brought most of them to time. It la
estimated that fully 75 per cent of the
fences will be removed by the middle of
September. The government should not put
up with any further delay, but should have
all the fenoes removed, or punish those
who disobey the orders.
TIMES HAVD CHASGED.
Secretary Shaw Suspends the Iowa
Idea at the Yacht Race.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The most Interesting feature of Secretary
Shaw's departure for the International
yacht race on Thursday morning waa not
that hla private secretary thought him lost
when. In reality, he was not lost at all, or
that he disappointed the captain of the
waiting Manhattan." It was that It should
be necessary for the chief of our depart
ment of finance to provide two wagon loads
of things called "refreshments", for his
guests on Onondaga.
The time waa when. Secretary Shaw In
making up a party for an excursion would
not have thought It neoessary to provide
either himself or hla friends with any re
freshments. Back In the good old Iowa
days. Indeed, he was known and widely
beloved aa an anti-refreshment governor.
Neither on the hustings nor at head
quarters, nor In the executive mansion,
were refreshments tolerated. It was al
most as much of a crime, for a guest of
the governor to call upon him whan under
the Influence of refreshments as It was for
one of his political supporters to suggest.
even under any one of the numerous thirsty
circumstances that go far toward making
up the sum of the professional spellbinder's
existence, that It was a long time between
refreshments.
There la nothing to show that Secretary
Shaw Is any more favorably disposed to
ward the refreshment habit now than he
was when in Iowa, but the two wagon
loads of refreshments which were put on
board Onondaga would seem to Indicate
that he haa become more liberal in his
attitude toward those who are fond of
refreshments than he waa when he en
forced the an'1-refreshment laws of Iowa
In the good old prohibition and mulct law
daya
When one la In Rome one must, of course.
do as the Bomana do, or ba counted Ill
mannered and disagreeable. It was one
thing to attend a county fair In Iowa with
out refreshments; It la another thing to at
tend an International yacht race without
refreshments. Even though one cares noth
ing for refreshments oneself, one's friends
are likely to care for them, and likely to be
greatly dlaappolnted and to feel very un
comfortable if they are not on hand when
wanted.
In all probability, Secretary Shaw, had ha
consulted his own feelings In the matter.
would have taken a ham sandwich and a
bottle of milk along with him, and would
have been only too glad If each of his
gueats had done the same. But he Is man
of the world enough to recognise the fact
that some regard must be had for custom,
and particularly for the conventional forma
which obtain In good society. Then, again,
perhaps, he waa considerate of the excite
ment and strain to which his gueats would
be expoeed In tha event of a drifting match.
And, since ha found It necessary to bend
at all to the demands of a custom which
waa obnoxious to him personally, he prob
ably felt that he might as well forget Iowa
and Its way for a day, and give his guests
all the refreshments they could possibly re
quire.
Two wagon loads ought to hare been
ample. Let us hope that they were, and let
us hope alao that, even while Reliance and
Shamrock were drifting their hardest, hla
gueats were able ta keep themselves so wall
refreshed that tha excitement mass aa Im
pression on their nervea.
50TES O ARMY MATTERS.
Grist of la format Ion and Gossip from
Amy and Mary Register.
Considerable difficulty Is being encoun
tered all over the country In providing
quarters at the various garrisons. Plans
and specifications are being drawn up as
rapidly as possible In the quartermaster
general's office and contracts are being
made aa promptly as Is consistent with ob
tslntng suitable bids. . The demands upon
builders and the difficulty In obtaining labor
have combined to postpone the completion
of some of the garrison projects. This Is
the principal reason why It Is deemed wise
to delay the Increase of regiments In the
United States until toward the end of tho
present movement of troops that a number
of barracks now under way may be ready
for occupancy by troops which arrive In
this country after the first of the year.
As has been announced, the Second cav
alry and the Seventh, Eighth, Twenty-second,
Twentieth and Twelfth regiments of
Infantry are destined next for duty In the
Philippines. It is the Intention of the de
partment to carry out the movement to and
from the Philippines between September 1
and March 1. From this plan It has been
deemed wise to omit the Klghth Infantry
owing to the fact that one-half of that regi
ment waa assigned to duty In Alaska upon
return to this country and companies A, B,
C, D, I and M are still on duty there at
such posts as Fort St Michael, Fort Davis.
Fort Egbert Fort Gibbon and Bkagway.
It Is expected that the Seventh, Twenty
second and Twentieth regiments of Infantry
will be held in readiness to sail for their
tropical stations during tha autumn and
winter.
The general staff of the army is consider
ing the list of officers who are believed to
be available for duty abroad In the ca
pacity of military attaches. These posi
tions call for officers of discretion and
keenness, combined with the possession of
private financial resources which will en
able them to meet the excessive demands
made upon them by duty of this character.
Unfortunately, this government does not
possess the generous attributes of other
nations In providing Its representatives
with any part of a special fund which
might be used for their support abroad or
for the expenses which they must neces
sarily meet and which are by no means
personal. It has sometimes happened that
officers engaged In ' this ' duty who were
willing to draw upon their personal In
come have found themselves paying for
services abroad which might well be met
out of a government appropriation. The
recommendation may be made to the. next
congress that the general staff be fur
nished with an emergency fund to meet
such expenses as this, along with ethers
for whloh it might be Impossible to make
definite public estimate In advance. The
billets abroad which the general staff will
endeavor to fill are those at London, Rome,
St. Petersberg. Madrid and Brussels.
General John C. Bates, U. 8. A., who haa
charge of the army maneuvers at Fort
Riley, has recommended to the War de
partment that the system adopted last
year at Fort Riley for the accommoda
tion of official representatives of state
militia be followed this year at Fort Riley
and West Point This will provide for
one representative from each state, for
whloh the government will supply mounts,
quarters and operate a mess to be paid
for by Its members. The government will
also provide tents and cots, but the rep
resentatives must bring their own blan
kets. It will be possible to accommo
date mere than one representative from
each state, but It will be out of tha ques
tion to . furnish mounts (or a greater num
ber. . Numerous applications have been
received from militia officers who desire to
attend these maneuvers and who recognise
the value to themselves of such experience
and opportunities of observation of the
regular army In the practical operations of
the Held.
The War department has decided to make
no change In Its specifications for army
stockings. This la the result of a very
careful Inquiry made on account of the
protests received recently when bids were
first opened for a supply of these articlos
for army use. The specifications did away
with what was known as the "ribbed heel,"
against which complaint had been made by
marching soldiers. The complaint was not
directed against this matter so muoh as
against the provision that the toe of the
stocking should be without a seam. In
machine or contract made stockings It Is
found that this seam crosses the toe Irregu
larly and establishes a welt which proves
most uncomfortable to soldiers on the road.
It was believed that It was entirely In the
Interest of the soldier who Is obliged to
march that he have a stocking which would
not disable him. The protests of certain
manufacurers alleged that the specifications
were drawn so as to limit the bidding, but
on Investigation It appears that Instead of
one or two firms, to which the competition
was said to be confined, there are at leant
seven makers who can comply with the
new specifications. The Inquiry which was
Instituted by Quartermaster General
Humphrey disclosed the fact that the
whole matter was really a row between
the users of one sort of machine and those
who employ another type. The War de
partment took the very proper stand that
while competition waa eminently desired In
making contracts for army supplies It would
not do to make the specifications so general
as to admit a stocking which would prove
a discomfort and a menace to the wearer.
Tha Last Straw.
Kansas City Star.
What's the use of anything, anyhow, since
Commodore Bryan has paid 11,100 for a
team of chestnut carriage horses and In
gold, toot Alasl there are no more
tribunes of the "plain people" left. They
all go the same way Charley Towne, Gov
ernor Hogg, Senator Pettftgrew, Jerry Simp
sonand now Bry an.
Who Is left to mourn for the downtrod
den masses? Not ona O, apostasy, thy
name Is populism!
Now, whatever extenuation there may
have been In the 1600 heifer nurtured by
Farmer Bryan on his own estate, there
can be no palliation possmie in the case
of the chestnut team. There might have
been just the least shade of mitigation
had the horses been paid for In silver.
But where the fall Is complete and Ir
retrievable, why dwell upon a neglected
and tiival detail that might have served
as a modification? Since all la lost, even
honor, It were as well, perhaps, "to naught
extenuate" and to let the tail go with the
hide.
It Is Really Shame.
Indianapolis Journal.
And In a few days It will be the same old
story of "Good-bye. S'r Tumm'ss,' Better
luck next time!" What Sir Thomas really
needs In his hunt for the cup Is a man that
knows how to build fast yachts and an
other man that knows how to sail them. It
la really a shame to take the money under
present conditions.
A Tropical Jamboree.
Chicago Chronicle.
Recent proceedings In Panama confirm
the conviction that If we dig a canal there
we shall likewise have to undertake the job
of keeping the peace In the neighborhood.
If ver there was acase ot aa entire popu
lation being continuously drank and dis
orderly Panama furnishes tha ear. ample.
NEBRASKA'S JOYOrS SO!Q.
Reflected la Speeches and rialforsa
of tha Republican foareatloa.
Jew Tork Tribune.
The Nebraska republicans seem to be be
ginning this year's campaign In the most
buoyant spirits. The convention they hell
at Lincoln was a lodge of thanksgiving.
The platform they adopted was an un
broken paen of praise. For many bless
ings, national and local, the delegates as
sembled at Lincoln recorded their unmixed
gratitude. But on one crowning deliver
ance their jubilation centered. For they
knew that they were celebrating and
rljrhtly celebrating the state's redemption
from llryanlsm; that they were casting
their last clods on tho coffin In which the
body of the once formidable fuslonlst
party lay.
"Fusion Is dead" was the slogan of the
principal speaker, and the platform con
gratulated the state that Its recent votes
had made manifest that there was -"no
permanent place In American politics for
a political leader who bases his claims for
popular support upon the failures or dis
appointments of the people." Only after
twelve years of uphill struggle has It been
possible to wrHe such a sentence definitely
and positively Into a Nebraska platform.
From 1890 to 1902 the forces of unrest
which Mr. Bryan was to lead and organ
ize dominated the state. While still fight
ing apart as democrats and populists, the
republican organisation could achieve an
occasional victory over them as In 1891
and 1894. But welded into a single fusion
party they won the state and held it, with
no breaks till 1900. That year McKlnley
electors were chosen by a plurality ot 1.222,
and the legislature was captured. But
four out of six seats In congress were lost,
and it was not until 1902 that the fuslonlst
cause received Its unmistakable death
blow. Last fall the republicans won five
out of the six congress districts, carried
the legislature by a two-thirds majority,
and elected a full state ticket by plural
ities running In some casea as high as 15,
000 and 16,000.
It was a victory more decisive than even
the most sanguine republican managers
had looked for; and Its decisiveness has
now encouraged the republican party in
Nebraska to give formal notice that Bry
antsm and all that Bryanlsm stands for
have definitely passed. This notice prom
ises to be confirmed in all Its llteralnem
by the results of the coming state elec
tion. Only three officers are to be voted
for an associate Justice or the supreme
court and two regents of the state uni
versity. Nothing but an "off year" cam
paign will be made. Yet there Is not the
slightest indication that the hold now re
gained In Nebraska - by Die republican
party can be or will be shaken. Ex-Senator
William V. Allen, the main prop In
the populist party of the fusion policy,
only recently declared himself disgusted
with the practical results of coalition, and
advised all populists to avoid "entangling
alliances" hereafter ' with either republi
cans or democrats. His Influence will be
oast, therefore, against a revival this year
of the fusion program, and the Bryan
party, already weakened and disorganised,
may find Itself deserted by the Nebraska
remnant of middle-of-the-road populists.
This defection may not run into tha thou
sands; but It will leave the democratic:
organization to conduct a winning fight.
Nebraska's struggle to purge Itself of
fusion rule and fusion Influences has been
a gallant one, and we join with the Lin
coln convention In congratulating tha na
tion, the state and the party on the end
ing of a regime which carried nothing but
clamor, humbug and contentiousness in Its
wake.
PERSONAL NOTES.
6ome people say there Is no such thing as
luck, and yet two St. Louts boys opened a
box of dynamite with a hatchet and still
live.
The citizens of St Louis ought to be
doubly armed; on ,weapon for protection
against highwaymen and tha other to stop
street cars with.
The scarcity of men at the New England
summer resorts Is again the cry. The
men have to stay at home to earn the
money with which to send the rest of the
family.
Emperor William has a standing army of
more than 600.000 men. His Boston friends
will be apt to charge him with a leaning
toward militarism.
Congressman Henry R. Gibson of tha
Second Tennessee district has come Into a
legacy of nearly $100,000, which, it Is said,
he wiy use as an endowment to help
worthy young men through college.
W. J. Lampton, tha humorous versifier,
wrote to a man who had asked him for his
photograph: "My Dear Boy: I send you
the photograph for which you ask. It Is
such a good likeness that It hurts."
None of the foreign ministers who have
established residences In Washington can
successfully cope with the American serv
ant girl problem. Diplomacy cannot
touch It
"Lest we forget" the white man's burden
the fact should be repeated with all the
vehemence of cold print that the sleeping
car porters have declared war on the tip.
Ha who tenders the coin henceforth does
so at his peril.
The late Alexander von Homeyer ot
Frankfort-on-the-Maln was an Indefatiga
ble collector of zoological specimens. Of
birds' eggs he had more than 10,000, repre
senting about l.COO species, while another
of his collections includes over 80,000 but
terflies.
A New Yorker told a bankruptcy court
that his debts amounted to $375,000, nearly
all borrowed money, and that hla assets
consisted of clothing worth about ' $150.
Although New Yorkers are classed as
"smooth people," It Is evident they are
dead easy."
General Botha and several Boer leaders
are said to be Interested In a gigantic
South African colonization scheme. A
company with a capital of $10,000,000 Is to
be organised for tho purchaae of 100,000
acres of land. The British authorities
look upon the schema with disfavor, owing
to the presence of the Boer finger In the
colonisation pie.
Among other British notables who came
over to see the big yacht raoea la the duka
ot Roxburgh, whose father was a great
admirer of American enterprise. When
the late duke met James Russell Lowell,
then United States minister In London, ha
embarrassed the poet-dlplomat by Insisting
upon lending him a cook. "You see, sir,"
hs explained, "It Is only men of good diges
tion who succeed In diplomacy, war or
sport."
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MIKUCIPAL. LIGHTING.
Pablle Sentiment rrratallltlna
Favor ot Ownership.
St. Louis Republic.
Cities, large and small, In all rcn t r.f
the eountry, are developing plana for
construction or acquisition of plants tlmi
come directly within the class of vuMir
utility enterprise. Present enthuslni.ni uK.
gests the danger of applying niMhkipM
ownership beyond the prorer and ttrrn't!
domain, In which event detriment. lnte'd
of benefit, would follow. tut slum f.,.
thuslasm Is essential for fair ucce. u
Is probable that publlo opinion will ulti
mfttely find a safe equilibrium and that ti n
principle of municipal control will be re
st r luted to affairs of Immedinta, actual con
cern to tha publlo.
Opinions differ widely as to the scope of
municipal ownership, for the public cor
poration must ba actuated by a dire tr
afford conveniences to the communhy, by
sound judgment concerning Its own interest
in the project, whatever this may be.
by fairness toward any existing concern hi
eaae tha oity should become a competitor.
While the city's first duty Is to serve tli
public, the duty does not Imply that tli
city shall Itself serve tho public In nil
matters; tha city Is not expected to Im
peril lta finances In order to afford certain
public accommodations, nor should it em
barrass an established private corporation
if inequity is Involved. Prevailing- condi
tions usually determine what course ,a best
and what policy Is just.
Experience, however, is fast rrystalllzlns
opinion Into conviction that enm;ilet
municipal control over quasi-public instl
tutlons Is necessary In order to assutn
good service and reasonable rates. Tim
municipality Is not bound to own and
operate all public service enterprises; it
has no definite duty In this respect. But
there la no doubt that It Is compelled by
duty to require good service and Insist
upon rates that will be equitable to all
citlsens snd private corporations.
If quasl-publla concerns porform functions
for which franchises were obtained, and
meet popular demands, there gonerally Is
no obvious reason why they should be dis
turbed, at least In commercial service. If,
on the other hand, they are neglecting their
obligations to the public, and tho municipal
ity Is unable to control the situation, the
municipality should pursue drastic mus
ures for the common welfare and even go
so far aa to embark In competition in tho
commercial field.
Most of the Important cities own and
operate their own waterworks, to the extent
of.excludlng private competition In what is
termed the commercial field. Several cities
In the United States ate arranging to own
street railways and either operate the roads
or lease them and retain supervision over
the management Many cities have planned
to construct electric generating plants for
lighting publlo buildings and places. Sev
eral cities, among them Cleveland and
Nashville, are considering the advisability
of engaging In commercial lighting and
operating the municipal lighting plants as
waterworks are operated, for both publlo
and private service.
Each city must decide for itself whether
it should furnish light and power to private
consumers, as local conditions necessarily
are the gauge. Nevertheless. It is certain
that each city should, at least have such
ample supervision as to regulate the service
and the rates. If it lacks control, the com
munity is at the mercy of private lighting
corporations and the city la derelict in Its
duty toward its citizens. The same prin
ciple applies to street railways and all other
quasi-public concerns. The municipality
must be tha master of publla-servlce con
cerns, or else It must have recourse to mu
nicipal ownership and operation. In brief, .
the city must see that the publlo la well
served, by one means on another, at fair '
rates. The method for achieving these re-
suits Is dictated by common sense.
WHITTLED TO A POINT.
Mrs. Casual Waa your daughter's wad
ding a success?
Mrs. Candid Yes, Indeed; there wasn t a '
cheap present In the whole lot. Detroit
Free Press.
Chicago Man Let's see. Ne-v York Is tha
Blace you go through on your way to
rooklyn, Is It not?
New Yorker Oh, no. New York la the
place that goes through you On your way
to Brooklyn Judge.
The second to the prize tighter took bis
place In the corner.
"You will notice." he said, as he glanced
at the bucket and sponge, "that I am super
intendent of the punch - bowl." Chicago
Post.
Rawson Rounder I understand that Mrs.
Lakeside is going to marry her former hus
band. Grace 3adder There's nothing In It. She
told me herself that she could never marry
that man enough to love him. Puck.
"Remember," said the serious man, "that
money Is not the only thing to be striven
for In this life."
"Maybe not," answered Senator Sorghum,
"but a whole lot of people think It is, and
I am not egotist enough to try to set any
new fashions."
Damocles smiled as he glanced at the
sword.
"But," Inquired the puzzled Dlonyslus.
"doesn't It even make you feel nervous?'
"Not a bit," replied the brave young man.
"I have Just had a vacation haircut."
Shuddering at the mere thought, his host
arose and shook his hand In silent sym
pathy. New York Sun.
Constituent Senator, how would you set
tle these labor disputes, if the matter de
volved upon you?
Senator Trlmmur H'm haw well er
there la a great deal that might be said on
both sides of that question.
Constituent I know It, senator, and
you're Jtiat the man that can say it Chi
cago Tribune.
THE WOMAX IH THE CASE.
James Barton Adams In the Denver Pont
Since the day when slnul Adam turned
atate evidence on Eve.
And a flimsy web of guilt around his wlfey
tried to weave,
Down through all the countless ages time
haa left along her trail
Has the female had to suffer for the doings
of the male. . .
" 'Twas the woman! 'Twin the woman!"
rang the cry through Eden's bowers,
"'Twas the woman;" yet we hear It in
these modern days of ours
As the iaLae bewhiskered sinners desper
ately try to place
All the blame upon the shoulders of the
woman In the case.
So 'twill be tlU time hAs ended, till ttie auri
Is stripped of light
And the iarth Is in the blackness of tho
never rdlng night,
Tfll the toundlng of the trumpet calls the
dead from earthly sleep
And the heavenly Inspectors separata the
goats and sheep.
Even at the bar of Judgment when we're
called upon to show
The extenuating features of our sinning
here below
There may be full many cowards who will
stand with brazen face
And attribute their .ransgresston to the
woman In tha case.
A big carpenter's bm later on may tasks
you regret you're not painting when the
wood and metal needed It mast likely
you'll And It falsa economy. When yoj
want something first-class In tha paint
line, see our stock and ask peorj who
have bought of us their opinion.
KENNARD
Glass & Paint Co
15th and Dodge St.
