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An election contest la an exciting di
version (or the participants at all
events.
In the recent raising of High ' school
salaries It la noticeable that none of the
f ivorltes with an Inside pull were over
I joked.
Word comes from Washington that
every one of the Nebraska congressmen
eervlng there ezpecta to be renominated.
That goea without saying.
Omaha may congratulate itself on one
thing its funeral directors have not
1 ud' their Bleep disturbed by a tbxeat
i ned strike of hearse drivers.
It would be altogether too great a nov-
!ty for the mayor and council to go
through a whole week without being
served with injunction writs.
Now that the house of representa
tives has passed the pure food bill the
(ate of Missouri may be given an op
portunity to get rid of that "alum taste."
If we really have war In the far east
ve will for the first time realize In full
n our new Pacific cable as a quick
ii venue of information from the scene of
action.
With so many and so diversified ex
amples, it is not surprising educational
fx pert of Europe find something In the
American public school to be avoided
while finding much worthy of emulation.
Tims will show that the republican
Mate committee made a serious mistake
nhen it acted upon the advice of over-
iunbltlous office seekers and the corpora
fjon lobby in pooling all Issues In a May
rtata convention.
Governor Magoffin's decision to keep
Kentucky neutral during the civil war Is
reasonable compared with China's de
rision to guard Its borders against the
M arring armies of Russia and Japan in
case there are any warring armies.
Senator Morgan desires to explain his
teasops for Introducing two bills re
cently. The explanation la hardly
necessary, as his real purpose may be
-rsely. summed up anything to ob
c cruet the plans of the administration.
To nominate a republican candidate
for United States senator in state con
vention will be comparatively easy. To
t lcct the man after he Is nominated will
be easy or difficult according to the
ability, personal character, reputation
. ud claims of the nominee.
Nobody can gainsay the fact that our
lire engine bouses are fire traps, but the
i larm sounded by the building inspector
I hat one of the fire engine houses Is
liable to burn up unless supplied with a
hleel celling is a reflection on the fire
department
The semi-annual apportionment of
slate school funds places about $2,000
ir.ore at the disposal of the Board of
1 :ducatlon than the apportionment of
ue year ago, but that should not serve
a pretext for Increasing the expendi
tures of the school board.
When the democrats of the senate
:ihll have succeeded In Incorporating all
the opinions of all the opposltldu aena
tors on the .Panama treaty in one reso
lution, that manifesto, if really rep re
renting the sentitueuts of the democrats
!n the senate, will be so self-destructive
rs to have no effect, either upon the
renate or the public. '
Governor IVabody wins the first round
jt bis fight in the federal court. He
'. as declared that Insurrection exists In
the state of Colorado. The court holds
that the state has the power to quell
Insurrections snd that the governor Is
the sole Judge of the means to be eui
ployed. Senator Patterson's resolution
n ill now step to tte Cm la the contest
WHIR- IS THK BlTCMt
About thrw years ago two Omaha
firemen lout thplr lives while trying to
put out a flre that had broken out In a
warehouse In our Jobbing district The
Immediate cause of their death was the
of ,nrB8 uantIty of pwdpr
stored In the basement of the structure.
I'opular sentiment was aroused to a
high pitch by the preventable accident
and In response to this sentiment The
Bee urged upon the mayor and conncll
the necessity of strenuous superv!nlon
and regulation in the storage and trans
portation within the city limits of ex
plosives of every description. An ordi
nance containing provisions that would
safeguard the community against a re
currence of deadly accidents by explo
sion and providing for the regulation
and Inspection of premises where dan
gerously Inflammable materials were
kept was introduced, but, for some reason
nobody has ever yet been able to ex
plain, nothing ever came of this or
dinance beyond Its reference to the com
mittee In whose hands it was smoth
ered. Within the past ninety days four
Omaha firemen lost their lives in trying
to put down a fire in a warehouse,
whose floors were overloaded and whose
construction was defective. Again public
sentiment rose to a high pitch and the
demand for more efficient Inspection of
warehouses, mills and factories was
voiced through the press. Assurances
were given by members of the council
that an ordinance would soon be enacted
requiring the systematic Inspection of
old buildings, as well as new buildings,
and affording ample safeguards against
a recurrence of the .horrible catastrophe
by which four gallant flre fighters had
lost their lives. Up to date, however,
the ordinance has not materialized.
More recently still Omaha and the
whole country was shocked by the ca
tastrophe by which 600 people lost their
lives in a Chicago theater In broad day
light A wave of 1 popular indignation
swept the country over the flagrant 'dis
regard of public safety, not only in Chi
cago theaters, concert halls and public
assembly halls, but in those of other
cities, Omaha Included. In Chicago and
in every other city, except Omaha, mu
nicipal legislation has been enacted to
prevent the needless sacrifice of human
life. These municipal regulations have
Included not merely theaters and public
balls generally, but also the chnrches
and school houses. In Omahn the lesson
taught by our own flre and the lesson
taught by the greater calamity in Chi
cago seems to have, however, been lost
upon Omaha. To be sure, a few old
buildings, like the Coliseum and Union
Pacific headquarters, have been pub
lished as unsafe, and the theaters have
been compelled to widen their aisles and
provide better exits by order of the
mayor, but this is the extent to which
Omaha Is disposed to go In the direc
tion of municipal protection from con
flagrations and fire panics. The most
essential safeguard, namely, the inspec
tion of all habitable buildings and all
structures used for storage and manu
facturing purposes, seems to be aban
doned or put off for an indefinite period.
The responsibility for this neglect to
provide proper safeguards rests upon
the council The plea that there Is not
enough money available to pay the sal
ary of one or more Inspectors is not
even plausible. At the very utmost the
employment of two competent special
Inspectors would involve an outlay of
from $2,000 to $3,000 a year. That
amount could either be raised by Inspec
tion fees or from general taxation. A
single life saved is worth more than
all of that
TUB DEMOCRATIC TASK.
Referring to the democratic assump
tion that a candidate who could carry
New York would probably carry Con
necticut and New Jersey also and that
the candidate who gets the electors of
these three states will be the next presi
dent the Springfield Republican re
marks that as a matter of fact the dem
ocratic party has a bigger Job on Its
hands than is thus made to appear. It
would Indeed seem that the party must
carry the three states mentioned in
order to win, says that paper, for there
is little chance of its gaining anything
from the republican column in the cen
tral west and the far west is supposed
to be solid for Roosevelt even to the ex
tent of bringing over to him the few
states that remained . with Bryan in
1900. "But New York, New Jersey and
Connecticut" the Republican points out
"along with the solid south, would not
yield the required number of votes, in
the electoral college, whlchU 234. The
south will yield 150 votes, and New
York will have thirty-nine; Connecticut
seven and New Jersey twelve a total
of fifty -eight which, with the south,
makes 208 votes altogether. A politi
cal drift which puts the three states
in the democratic column would almost
certainly rob the republicans of Dela
ware, three votes, and Maryland, eight
votes, giving the democrats 219 votes,
when 234 votes are needed. The same
movement might extend to West Vir
ginia and gather in the seven votes
there, but still the party would fall
short of a majority. It must carry New
York, New Jersey, Connecticut Dela
ware and Maryland, and gain some one
or more western states besides. In
dlana, with Its fifteen votes, would suf
flee, but that state has become to all
appearances as strongly republican ss
Michigan or Minnesota or Wisconsin."
This fairly presents the task that la
before the democratic party. Its only
sure reliance is upon the states that
constitute the "solid south." Even
should it nominate a candidate upou
whom the democracy of New York
could unite it could , not confidently
count upsn carrying that state. In or
der to do so the democratic majority
In NewYork City last November would
have to be doubled at the presidential
election! It la to be borne In mind that
at the last election the republicans
showed no loss la Um state at larga
and there Is no reason to doubt that
they will maintain their strength this
year. In spite of any efforts that may
be made by the trust magnates In be
half of the democratic candidate. As
to the central west and the far west
we can see no ground for the least ap
prehension that the republicans may
lose a single state In either section.
There Is said to be some disaffection
among the republicans of Indiana, but
there Is no trustworthy Information
showing that this Is at all serious.
Some democrats profess to believe that
the party has a fighting chance in Il
linois, but no state Is safer for the re
publicans this year than that.
Any reasonable calculation regarding
democratic chances In 1004 will show
them to be quite hopeless, unless there
should occur a breach In the republican
ranks which no one now expects. With
the democracy divided Into apparently
Irreconcilable factions, without n leader
or a policy, it is difficult to understand
how any member of the party having
an intelligent comprehension of the
situation can hope to win In the presi
dential election of this year.
TUB ATTITCDH VF FRANCE.
Not the least reassuring fact In con
nection with the far eastern situation
Is the attitude of France favorable to
the maintenance of peace. The cir
cumstance of Russia having consulted
her ally is in itself a very pronounced
indication of the sincerity of the czar's
expressed desire for peace, for undoubt
edly the Russian government realized
that "the" counsel of f'rance' would be
against war. The alliance between the
two countries, It Is stated, Is not of
such nature as to necessarily require
France to give military assistance to
Russia, but there would certainly be
danger of her becoming involved If
Japan .should .receive .the. help, of .an
other power. As we heretofore pointed
out' rn- such on exigency France- could
not refuse assistance to her ally
without Impairing international resptfet
and confidence. Obviously the alliance
Is of little consequence If either power
can refuse aid to the other when aid
is most needed.
In seeking the counsel of France the
Russian government of course implies
a willingness to accept the advice given
and thus places Itself in a position to
make concessions in the interest of
peace without any humiliation. It is a
wise and sagacious move, from which
there appears to be reason to expect
gratifying results. The latest advices
are reassuring. They state that the
general feeling at the European for
eign offices, where a few days ago pes
simism prevailed, is that war will be
averted. This Is a prospect which the
civilized world will welcome, with un
mixed satisfaction and no country more
earnestly than the United States.
JMPROVlXa ALASKA.
The report made by the senatorial
committee . which visited: . Alaska last
summer and made as thorough an In
spection of conditions there as was prac
ticable, can hardly fall to impress con
gress with the necessity and importance
of doing something for the Improvement
and development of that portion of our
domain.
The committee points out that one of
the most essential requirements is the
construction of a good system of roads
at government expense. It appears
that we are far behind Canada in this
respect that country from the first
opening of the Klondike having ap
propriated a large share of the revenues
collected, there to public roas and
trails. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
says that with the construction of a few
good roads and passable trails mining
districts In Alaska which are now but
little . developed could Increase their
output enormously. It urges that the
construction of good roads In Alaska
would be an Immediately profitable in
vestment and It would help as nothing
else could help toward the development
both of mining and of agriculture, for
the agricultural development of Alaska
must of necessity be deferred until
roads are opened. The report of the
senatorial committee Is particularly in
teresting in its statement regarding the
resources of this territory, which are
almost boundless. Alaska has repaid
many times what It cost there are yet
vast undeveloped riches there, and there
is a considerable American population
in the territory. Congress should give
heed to the recommendations for meas
ures to further Improve the territory,
there being no doubt that there would
be an abundant return for every dollar
Judiciously expended there by the gov'
ernnient
The cattlemen of western Nebraska
and particularly those in the neighbor
hood of Alliance are represented by the
Omaha demo-pop organ as In a state of
open revolt against Roosevelt because
he insists upon the enforcement of the
laws prohibiting the fencing of public
lands. If the alleged anti-Roosevelt cat-
tlemen had any sense they would direct
their wrath at congress, which enacted
the law, and not against the chief ex
ecutlve, who is sworn to enforce the
law. As a matter of fact the antl
Roosevelt sentiment in the Nebraska
cattle range region, if any such exists.
emanates from the cattle barons and
railroad magnates, with whom Roosevelt
is unpopular because he will not let them
have their own way. If any consider
able number of cattlemen really want to
expand their possessions they will find
an opening pretty soon in the Rosebud
reservation, but they may have to pay
more than 2 cents per acre.
The apportionment of delegates to the
state convention is nut a fair distribu
tion according to republican strength In
the various counties, ine vote on
Barnes for supreme Judge Is not an ac
curate test the average vote on unl
versity regents would have provided a
more equitable basis of representation,
It Is notorious that Judge Sullivan, the
democratic candidate for the supreme
bench, ran ahead of his ticket while
Judge Barnes ran behind his. An appor
tionment of state convention delegates
on the vote for Barnes disfranchises a
lot of republicans whose votes are
wanted this fall for the republican na
tional, stats and local tickets.
Henry T. Clarke la at the national
capital pleading for an expenditure of
a few million dollars for improving the
navigation of the Missouri river. If
memory serves us right Henry T.
Clarke was largely instrumental In se
curing the dislocation of Fort Omaha
and the location of Fort Crook on a
piece of land which he cheerfully
parted with for $100,000. Where the
proposed Missouri river Improvement
connects with Mr. Clarke at this time
has not yet transpired, but It Is dollars
to doughnuts that the clucking In the
Clarke hennery is not altogether disin
terestedly spontaneous.
Nebraska's new county assessors have
had a meeting to get together on uni
form action in the practical enforce
ment of the new revenue law. For
some reason or other, they forgot to
consider whether a bill should not be
urged upon the next legislature increas
ing their scale of pay. This must be
an oversight however, because we have
yet to encounter any set of public offi
cers organized into a state or national
association. whose, first object is not to
increase their own emoluments and per
quisites, . .
The. newspapers and business men of
Lincoln are very much exercised over
the prospective completion of the Omaha
auditorium, which they fear will make
a -bid -for "the -state poultry show. This
will be a piece of startling news to the
promoters of the' auditorium," as well
as to the people who have contributed
towards ' the erection " of ' 'that 'great'
structure.
A petition from Fremont Neb., has
been presented to congress' in favor of
the Brownlow good roads bill. Fremont
has no navigable river crossing its main
street which . might comq Jo for a slice
of the river and harbor appropriation,
but a treasury dividend on good roads
might catch a canal towpath.
Senator Tom Patterson favors the
Nicaraguan route as against the Pan
ama route for the isthmian canal. The
Nicaraguan route Is a little closer to
Colorado and might therefore, be of
more service as an outlet for some of
Colorado's troublesome miners.
War correspondents might have an
equitable claim for damages against
both Japan and Russia In case the war
cloud is dissipated, but the long suffering
public can in no way be recompensed
for being required to read the lurid pre
dictions. .
The Sticking; Point.
St. Louis. Globe-Democrat.
Stick to the- old platform says Bryan.
That's right.' That's all the Bryan clan has
left to stick to.
Basis for Settlement.
New York Herald.
Secretary Cortslyou finds that the per
capita debt of the country Is $11.61. Know
of several who will settle on that basis.
. Coal Oil Johnny's Ad-rlce.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Young Mr. Rockefeller's advice to young
men not to complain of their hard luck,
but to get down to hard work, is sound to
the core, even if, as some may contend. It
lacks the originality which might be ex
pected of a young man ' who has nothing
to do but think.
Sunshine on Tap.
St. Louis Republic. ' ,
Radium is called liquid sunshine In" New
Tork. In Kentucky they have a some
thing else which they call liquid sunshine.
And In Tennessee, according to the immor
tal poet, Ople Read, they have "the liquid
essence of southern moonbeams falling
aslant the Cumberland mountains." Lan
guage Is beautiful, but not so beautiful In
New Tork as elsewhere.
An American Characteristic.
Minneapolis Journal..
Everybody has ' been lumping on the
building inspector of Chicago since the
Iroquois disaster because he did not en
force the building laws. Now he proposes
to enforce them all along the line, and
still everybody is Jumping on him. That's
one trouble lth the Americans; they're
too much In favor of enforcement of the
law against somebody else.
InvadlnsT the Hermit Territory.
San Francisco Call.
The story of the British expedition Into
Thibet will be most Interesting, as the ad
vance guard of the force is already In ter
ritory which has never been penetrated by
white men. Not many years ago such ex
peditions depended for sketches of the
country and Its people upon some young
officer with a taste for drawing. Now
adays fully half the officers are provided
with cameras and they are as expert in
taking views as the average professional
photographer.
PERSONAL NOTES.
J. T. Clary, thief master-at-arms on the
United States battle ship Nevada, with
service stripes on his arms denoting
twenty-eight years of naval service, re
cently completed 100 trips around the world.
Brigadier General-C. Alfonso Zelaya of
Nicaragua, son of President Zelaya of that
country, has arrived In New York and Is
about to register as a student In the New
Jersey Business college In Newark,
M. E. Ingalls, president of the Big Four
railroad, has sailed from Boston for a tour
of Europe. The city of beans was the boy
hood home of Mr. Ingalls, and he still has
many friends there, who gathered at the
wharf to wish him a pleasant Journey.
The candy trust formed In New York
some time ago has dissolved. It wss or
ganlsed with the Idea that Its course would
be as smooth as that of a molasses kiss
down a matinee girl's throat; but from all
accounts It has found lift far from sweet.
The picture of shivering actors on the
Chicago rialto, looking longingly into the
windows of pawn shops, whither their fur
lined coals and gold watches have gone,
reveals one of the many distressing phases
of life in the western metropolis since the
Iroquois flre tragedy. i
Dining at his Washington mansion during
a term of congress. Senator Clark will often
alt alone at the head of the table In his
brilliant dining room, taking his meal In
absolute silence. He is not a sociable man
In general, but krves to dine out la agree
able company.
IHTS Or WASHINGTON LIFE.
Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched
on the Snot.
General Chaffee's promotion to the top
round of the -army ladder bring!) with it
the usual crop of anecdotes and remin
iscences presumed to envelope eminence.
One story dug up in Washington takes
from Admiral Dewey whatever honor 'at
taches to cutting telegraphic communica
tion before going Into action and awards
It to General Chaffee. Years ago, when
the general was a captain In the Sixth
cavalry, he was ordered to go out and
round up a lot of Apaches' who' had gone
on the warpath. Just as he was ready to
leave he called at the post telegraph office.
"Have you any further orders for me?" he
asked. "No, sir," the operator replied.
"The wires are not working very well
today." "I am not surprised," said Chaf
fee as he turned to order his advance. "I
had them cut early this morning. I don't
need any humanitarian Instructions from
Washington."
It takes woman to do things, after all.
Ever since Georgetown became a part of
the city of Washington the men In the old
suburb have been . trying to get congress
to buy a patch of land of twenty-five or
thirty acres for the purpose of turning It
Into a public park. The Georgetown men
worked with senators and representatives
at every session and could accomplish noth
ing. The other day 309 women residing' in the
most fashionable section of Washington's
small sister city met and resolved that they
would take the park matter out of the
hands of the men and see to It that con
gress acted. The resolutions were hardly
dry on Paper before thirty of the women
were in the room of the senate committee
on the District of Columbia and were mak
ing things Interesting for the assembled
senators. Not a senator said a word for
half an hour. He couldn't. The women
talked singly and in bunches and at the
end they asked In chorus: "Will you have
this petition for a park read In the senate
today?" "We will," said the senators all
together. 1
The petition was read by unanimous con
sent of the senate; It was sent to a commit
tee and the chances are that In the bud
ding .a.prtpgtlme the children of George
town will have a public park in which to
play.
President Roosevelt took his daughter
Ethel and ' his sons Archie, Kermlt and
Quentln to the Lafayette theater last Sat
urday to see Kellar, the magician, and the
youngsters underwent somo exciting ex
perience!. In the flint place, Kellar bor
rowed some rings from the audience, and
one of those who surrendered was Ethel.
Her eyebrows went up In an expression of
concern when the magician began stuffing
the rings Into the barrel of an old pistol,
and, after loading the pistol with them,
fired it at a box. When the box was
opened, there were the rings, tied to rose
buds. But Kellar did not return Ethel's ring,
though ho returned all the others.
"Papa," said Ethel, In a voice that was
heard over half the house, "I didn't get
my .ring back. Tell that man I want my
ring."
But the president did not say anything,
and Kellar brought a bottle down Into the
audience and asked everybody to have a
drink. Some took water, some wine and
some whisky, all out of the same bottle.
When he got back to the stage he remem
bered about Ethel's ring, and apologised
for having lost It. He was worried and
said he would not have lost It for any
thing. Then an Idea struck him, and he
said he would look In the bottle for it
He cracked the bottle with a hammer and
out popped a white guinea pig, with a blue
ribbon around Its neck. Sure enough,
there was Ethel's ring, tied to the ribbon.
She looked relieved, and so did Kellar. He
brought her the guinea pig, and It kicked
and squealed as she took It in her hands.
"Would you like to keep it for a pet?" he
asked.
Ethel said she would, and Kellar said:
"Well, you shall have It, seeing that I
lost your ring, and came so near not find
ing it." He. wrapped the pig in paper and
handed it, to Ethel, who unwrapped It In
great haste. But there wasn't any pig
there only a bouquet of pink roses.
The presldent'and Mrs. Roosevelt laughed
heartily, and Ethel smiled dubiously. But
the boys frankly disapproved.
"Shucks! I thought it was the guinea
pig," said Kermlt
Efforts are being made to save from ex
tinction what is described as one of the
great American wonders. It is a forest of
petrified trees of great value out In Arisona
Territory. Relio hunters are now fast de
stroying these natural curiosities and It Is
proposed to make a public park out of the
region in order to save them. A bill hav
ing this as Its object la now pending before
congress.
The petrified forests are thus described
by a government expert: "The region near
Holbrook, In Apache county. Is noted for
Its abundance of beautiful petrified conifer
trees. The trees lie scattered about In
great profusion. The locality was first
noticed in 1858 by the Pacific railway ex
ploring survey. There Is every evidence to
show that the trees grew beside some In
iSn . After falllna- they became water
logged and during the decomposition the
cell structure of the wood was entirely re
placed by silica from sandstone In the walls
surrounding the great Inland sea. A phe
nomenon perhaps unparalleled, and the most
remarkable feature of the park. Is a natu
ral bridge formed by a tree of agatlsed
wood spanning a canyon forty-five feet In
width. In addition to the span, fully fifty
r.f ih. tree Ilea on one side, making It
visible for a length of over 100 feet. The
state of mineralisation in whlcn much or
h wn Miatji almost places them among
the gems and precious stones. Not only
are chalcedony, opils and agates round
mnna? them, hut many approach the condi
tion of Jasper and onyx. Visitors to the
region carry away as much or tnis vaiuaDie
material as they can lug off. They usually
carry concealed tools and Instruments for
breaking the petrified trees into pieces, in
ki. wv tha finest trunks are being hacked
and disfigured. Some men have even used
powder and dynamite to destroy tne trees
in .a.rrh for the beautiful crystals that
are found In the Interior of the trunks."
Ronatnr Rinn of Missouri had a dinner
at his house a few nights ago. One of the
guests was "Private" John Allen or Mis
sissippi, now a World's fair commissioner.
Allen came trailing along after the oysters
and the soup had been served.
"John," said Senator Stone, looking at
Allen, reprovingly, "you are late."
"I know it," said Allen, "but what can
you expect from a government employs
when the cabinet has put half an hour
more on the working day?"
Representative Samuel Bronson Cooper
of Texas was In a senate committee room
trying to find out why a public building bill
In which he is Interested had not paised.
Senator Culberson of Texas, who is a mem
ber of the committee, tried to pacify him.
"Where's the spittoon?" asked Mr.
Cooper of the committee clerk.
"Over there In the corner," answered the
Clerk.
"What! only got one spittoon in the com
mittee room?" Mr. Cooper asked.
"Yes, sir. You know there Is only one
member of the committee from Texas,"
answered the clerk. . .
Ayefs
Consumption can certainly be
cured.. Not all cases, but very
many. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
is the principal medicine. Ask
any good doctor.
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REJ ITERATED BRYAKISM.
Philadelphia Press (rep: Republican
good times enable BOO Nebraskana to In
dulge In- the plutocratic extravagance of a
"dollar dinner," with Mr. Bryan as a side
diah.
Detroit Free Press (dcm.): "I keep si
lence on ninny things: for I would not mis
lead men," said Goethe. It Is unfortunate
that Mr. Bryan has never learned the
beneficent value of silence in regard to a
few things. If he had, perhaps the speech
that he made at the "dollar dinner" at
Lincoln would not have been delivered.
New Tork Commercial (rop.): Mr. Bryan
has now come out strongly In advocacy of
putting conscience and morality above the
dollar in American politics. Good. As a
starter now let him knock out that plank
In the Chicago and Kansas City platforms
which proposes to rob public and private
creditors by palming oft on them some
forty-odd cents' worth of silver for every
dollar of Indebtedness due them.
Minneapolis Journal (rep.): The Bryan
dollar dinner In Lincoln was very radical.
There generally are more radicals at dollar
than at double-eagle banquets. Now and
then there Is a Hearst or a Tom Johnson,
but radicalism and wealth do not usually
travel together. The radical Is a man who
Is personally discontented with the existing
order of things. It Is hardly reasonable to
expect a comfortably situated man to be
hankering for a change.
Indianapolis News (Ind.): The party Is no
more bound to affirm the platform of four
years ago than it Is bound to reaffirm the
platform of forty years ago, In which the
war was declared to be a failure. The
question 13 not whether one believes in free
silver, but whether free sflver Is an Issuo In
this campaign. Men may believe In many
things which they would not ask to have
Incorporated in a political platform. So
we think that Mr. Bryan's advice is un
fortunate. The best Interests of the coun
try are served when there Is a strong, well
poised opposition party acting from prin
ciple and not expediency. It is on this
ground that the democracy has a chance
to serve the American people.
St. Louts Globe-Democrat, (rep.): Bryan
Intends to take an active part In the
nomination of candidates and in the fram
ing of platforms. Moreover, the two
thirds requirement for candidates will give
him a power In the toiveitlon which his
party will not disregard. There Is a chance
that he can command for his policy and
methods the support of a third of the con
vention. This will make him the master of
the situation so far as regards the selec
tion of a ticket. No man who is personally
or politically objectionable to Mr. Bryan
can get a place at either end of the ticket
This much is tolerably certain. From
present Indications, Mr. Bryan will, in the
St. Louis gathering of 1904, hold the center
of the stage.
Kansas City Journal: ' Eight years ago
the nation was In a wild ferment over the
silver question. The organisation and the
great leaders of the democracy were
against Mr. Bryan, but the people were
with him, and he won easily. Four years
ago the opposition to him was disorganised,
and he won easily again. Conditions will
be different this year. The factions will bo
more evenly matched, Mr. Bryan will bear
the discredit of two defeats. A majority
of the rank and file of the party will be
against him. His defeat, or that of the
men and platform he may put forward,
Is altogether probable. It looks as if the
tables will at last be turned, and that ha
and his followers may have to repeat the
bolting maneuvers of the gold democrats
eight years ago. It would be an edifying
spectacle to see the Bryanltes marching
out of the convention after having for
eight years kept their throats sore de
nouncing those who formerly bolted them.
RAILWAY AND OTHER ACCIDENTS.
Demand for Lcclalntlon tor the Pro
tection of Hnmnn Life.
St. Paul Pioneer Press. .
The Railway Age contends that It Is only
fair to bear in mind that the number of
deaths through the operation of railways
forms only a very small fraction of the
total deaths by violence from all causes.
Last year 164 passengers were killed In rail
way accident, and 167 lost thoir lives from
other railway causes, a total of only 821
out of 711,617,000 passengers carried. But
In this same year there were 8,7 murders
and 8,597 suicides reported. Of the 1,300.000
railway employes l.U were killed In train
accidents, and 2.338 by other causes, usually
their own negligence, a total of 8,233. A far
greater number of persons, the Age goes
on to say, lost their lives by flre and by
diowning, the Iroquois flro alone killing
almost twice as many peraons as the pas
senger trains on all the railways. No one
knows how many Uvea were lost In ordinary
accidents, by flre, flood, tornado, in work
shops, mining, lumbering and hauling; by
electric cars and automobiles; In runaways,
explosions of gasoline and oil lamps and
other forms of violence; but the number
would be appalling.
All this Is very Just and true. Every
fair-minded man deplores the practice
prevalent In some quarters of treating rail
way accidents as ' if the railway officials
deliberately neglected precautions and were
Indifferent when a casualty occurred. As
a matter of fact they suffer much more
keenly than most of those who make th.
loudest ' protestations. - Nevertheless the
question is not whether railways kill more
or fewer persons than theaters, gasoline
stoves, automobiles or tidal waves, it la
merely whether everything has been done
that can be done to safeguard railway
passengers and to protect railway employes
even from their own negligence. The de
mand for the block signal system Is based
on tbo belief that It would add to the
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tola for SO ymra,
ATBR'S AOUB CORK Fer malaria as4 SfM.
safety of railroad travel, and the demand
for compulsory legislation to this end Is
based on the belief that In some cases
considerations of the Nilance sheet may
exercise more Influence than they ought
to, not because of any lack of humanity
but because the superiority of the proposed
safeguard is not so amurcd as to warrant
groat expense, especially when such ex
pense means loss on sections where tlio olil
method haa worked without mishap.
It Is true that it is not fair to slngl.
out the railways In thla matter. Hut the
have not been singled out. Gasoline ano
kerosene are the subject of protective leg
islation In nearly all states; there are law
everywhere regulating the protection or
workmen in shops and mines; automobiles ,
have been extensively doalt with, and JtW(
theaters are just now getting a full hare
of attention. About the only sources of
danger that have so far been exempt from
legislative regulation are cyclones, cArth
quakea, tidal waves and the Fourth' of
July. These attempts at regulation, even
though the regulations are not always en
forced as they should be, mean that the
public has accepted the principle of control
by the state as necessary for the protec
tion of Individuals even if such control In
terferes with profits. And whan, after
years of experience with two different
methods of railroad operation one is seen
to be much safer than the other It is nat
ural that the public, not fully realizing the
practical obstacles in particular cases,
should grow Impatlont at the delay, in
adopting the safer system.
WAIFS OF TUB WITS.
"Let me see 'Sic Semper Tyrannls Is
the motto of Kentucky, Isn't It'"
"No, that's the motto of Virginia."
"Well, what Is Kentucky's motto I"
"I think It's "You can lead a KentucHan
to drink, but you can't make h!rn inke
water, or something like that." Philadel
phia Catholic Standard.
Louis XIV announced that he was tho
state.
"But, sire," suggested the courtiers, "you
would get more boodle If you were the
governorf"
Perceiving his fatal error, the Grand
Monarque hastily took steps to correct It.
New York Bun.
"Them farm mortgages I bought on the
recommendation of them rascals of brokers
was poor security," growled old Jllson,
"and If I hadn't been able to sell 'em to
a widow woman I would of sued "em."
Cleveland Leader.
"What that young nun needs Is disci
pline." "Discipline!"
"Yesr
"How ought he go about tho task, of get-
ting itr
ii r
ell, he might marry." Chicago Post.
'Wi
Shoe Dealer Didn't I tell you to mark
those ladles' shoes down one-half?
New Clerk Yes, sir; I was Just looking
to see what the original prints ware.
Shoe Dealer Prices? Who said any
thing about prices? Murk down the sizes.
Make the "sixes" "threes" and so on.
Philadelphia Press. . .
Torn Thompson I spent two months at
Newport last season.
Frayed Foster Dat so? I 'spoee yer saw
lots uv style dere?
Torn Thompson Nuttln' else. De head
keeper uv de Jail wore a white yachtln'
suit an' canvas shoes all de time. .hwlge.
Maud After alt, the worst you can say
about Lll Franklnstetter Is that she tried
to break off the match between Bev
Wrigley and Marg Jeneup by lying about
Marg.
Mabel No, poor dear; that Isn't the worst
you can say about her, of course, but If s
the worst you can prove on her. Chicago
Tribune.
Down In the Blue Grass region
A paradox la born;
The oorn Is full of kernels
And the Colonels full of com.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Tl'RNINO BACK THK GLASS.
New York Sun.'
I prayed Father Time for a very small
boon.
And begged that he should not resist;
"Oh. surely," I cried, "from your ages
gone by
One second would scarcely be missed
"Just time to say 'yes' whrre before I said
no.'
And never again will I sue."
He smiled, and' from under his shadowy
cloak
The glass of his centuries drew.
"Look, mortal." he said, "and observe the
result
If I should bestow your request;
No favors I show, and the one that you
ask
I could not deny to the rest,"
And then as I watched hlra the qulrk
, flowing sands
Slipped down their monotonous track;
Each moment that hurried to make up the
years
Borne mortal had wlxhed to turn bark.
And here was a sinner and there was a
attlnt. 1
Would do It a different way;
The kings and the peasants, the rich and
the poor
A word or an action would stay.
Then dwindled the stream of the sends
running down.
Till huMhed the itltloners grew;
Time tau me to look, and I saw we had
reached
Th. morning creation was new.
Huteson Fits Eyes
Huteson Grinds Lenses
Huteson the Best Optlcis
CONSULT HIM.
2M South 16th St Paxtsu Block.