TITE OMATTA DAILY I1EE: FRIDAY. JANUARY 29. 1904.
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(Seal.) Notary Public.
In the hands of Colorado troops the
"bull-pen" Is mightier than the writ
Unless all signs fall, Omaha Is on the
eve of a material advance In real estate
values. '
The street corner advertising sign ordi
nance has. been put In cold storage for
thirty days more.
Lots not only laughs at locksmiths,
but has a way of giving the merry ha-ha
to cardinals at times.
That the Great Western has become
a vital factor In the upbuilding of
Omaha is no longer a disputable fact.
Not the least sign of the ability of the
Panamanians to govern themselves is
the wisdom they have shown In selecting
protector. j. .. . - , - i
The opening of the Ouiahn Grain ex
change, will murk an epoch in the growth
of Omaha as a great commercial and
Industrial center.
The alleged terrible upheaval among
the republicans of South Omaha over
the prospective spring election is simply
tempest in a teapot.
Teople who are beginning to tell "how
the cattle came out of the winter" should
remember that winter has a way of
doing things after February 1.
If cotton keeps up its present rate of
advance for any length of time the real
badge of the purse-proud matron will
be the once despised calico wrapper.
Now that the United States senate
Is considering bills to commemorate bat
tles with Indians the famous "Pawnee
.war" of 1884 may receive attention
iworthy'of its importance.
Mr. Webster can afford to be real busy
bow, for ho can take a rest of four years
If his friends in Nebraska succeed in
coupling him up with Roosevelt. No
lce president was ever worked to death.
People living in the suburbs will have
lost nothing by the failure of the Stuht
Injunction. Those 32-candle electric fire
flies could not hold a candle to the Wels
bach lamps even If they are planted on
tilts.
Reports from Pennsylvania would in
dicate that Bomeone who can take up
the work where Sir Humphrey Duvy
dropped it will confer a perpetuul favor
Upon the miners in particular and the
tinman race lu general.
The atatement that Secretary Shaw In
tends to leave the cabinet is without
foundation, says a Washington special.
The denial was superfluous. No well
Informed person believed for a moment
that it bad any foundation.
Conncilmen who object to being held
tn check by Injunctions should bear in
tnlnd that there would be very slim pick
ing for lawyers and little occupution for
the courts if it was not for the restrain
ing orders and injunctions.
To be faithful to one's friends is an
admirable" trult, but the Iowa con
gressional delegation should remember
that the not lueonslilerahle salary of a
federal district Judge. Is being permitted
to remain in the natioual treasury.
It is too bud that Alonzo Cruzen's
candidacy for the United States senate
should be handicapped before be reaches
the country by a secretary who refuses
to give out the report of inspectors In
til case "for reasous of public policy."
Dispatches. froni Washington Indicate
that Senator Tillman is taking active
steps in the direction that was tipped
off to The Bee at the time the South
Carolina swashbuckler addressed the
ffacksonlan club in Omaha Just after
tU AeXeet of ISHXl
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iTOULD MtDlAtlOS AYAlLt
The third article of The Ilague con
vention says that "the signatory powers
consider it useful that one or more pow
ers, strnngnrs to the dispute, should, on
their own initiative, nnd as fHr as clr
cum at uric will allow, offer their good
offices or mediation to the states at vari
ance." The right to do this belongs to
powers who are strangers to the dispute,
even during the course of hostilities, and
It is specified that the exercise of this
right "shall never be regarded by one
or the other of the parties to the contest
as an unfriendly act."
it Is perfectly plln thnt under this
provision of The Hague convention the
United States or Great Britain or Trance
or Germany may properly offer their
good offices for nil timlcable settlement
of the Issues lietween Russia and Japan,
without incurring the charge of Mng
unfriendly to either. It has been sug
gested that such mediation should be
offered by one or more of the powers
who nre strnngers to the dispute. It bus
been urged that the United Stntes Is in
an especially fnvorable position to offer
mediation and that If this government
should do so it would very likely be
Joined by other countries who are de
sirous that war In the far east shall be
averted. .The statement has come from
foreign sources that our government had
taken steps to learn the attitude of the
powers toward a proposition looking to
The Ilague tribunal for an adjustment
of the far eastern trouble, but there has
been no information from Washington
confirmatory of such report. The reason
able supposition, on the contrary, is that
our government hits not proposed any
mediation and will not do so, although
It would perhaps be disposed to accept
an invitation from n European power to
unite in an offer of good offices ns pro
vided for In The Ilague convention.
It is questionable, however, If any
offer of mediation would be accepted by
the contending nations. The nature of
the controversy Is such as hardly admits
of settlement by such a tribunal as that
of the Hague, the real purpose of which
Is to adjust disputes that do not Involve
issues regarding domain nnd affecting
rights relating to "the very existence of
national authority and power, as in the
issue between Russia and Japan. These
nations are contending for something
thnt Is vital to their Interests and their
development. Russia is striving to
firmly establish a foothold in the far
east that will make her master of the
situation in that quarter of the world.
Japan Is endeavoring to thwart this pur-
nose nnd place herself in a position to
control the oriental world. Each Is
playing for a mighty stake and It is
hardly probable that either will be dis
posed to leave to any outside power or
powers the privilege of determining the
form of settlement.
It Is undoubtedly a fact that neither
Russia nor Japan desires war. Each Is
unwilling to begin a conflict, although
actively preparing for what seems to be
almost inevitable. It T8 veipln,Iij1)ow-
ever, tnai neuner is ainposcft to Invite
mediation and It is probable that if
offered it would be rejected, from what
ever source it should come. I
THtASURT ASD CARAL PAYVtXTS.
Frobably within a few months, cer
tainly before the expiration of the year,
the government will be called upon to
make payments on account of the Pan
ama canal amounting to $30,000,000. In
view of this the condition of the treasury
and the possible effect upon the money
market of so large a sum drawn from the
public money are matters of interest
The receipts of the national treasury
have been Improving since the beginning
of the year and for the current month
will probably be fully up to those of
January last year.
In its last issue the United States In
vestor says that the encouraging out
look for the treasury has an Important
bearing on. the problem of making the
canal payments. It removes all proba
bility of an Issue of ttqnds for that pur
pose. It is pointed out that the cash
balance in the treasury stands at $227,
000,000 and this can easily be increased
by $13,000,000 by reducing the balances
set npart to the credit of disbursing
officers. It is therefore manifestly un
necessary to issue bonds for the money
required to pay for the Panama canal
franchise and concessions.
But an important question is as to the
proportion of the payments that will
be made directly from the treasury and
the proportion thnt will be drawn from
the banks In which the government now
has deposits amounting to $168,000,000.
In regard to this the Investor remarks
that it may depend in large measure
upon the condition of the money market
ut the time the payments must be made.
While it would be possible to make the
payments without drawing on the banks,
this would reduce the working balance
In the treasury vaults to BUch a low
stage that this method will hardly be
resorted to. It is therefore probable
that If the money market ia reasonably
cusy when the payments are made a
considerable proportion of the $30,000,000
will be drawn from the deposits in the
banks. If, as Is probable, says the In
vestor, the actual payment abroad are
mude by the accumulation of exchange
in advance, this will not involve the
actual withdrawal of any currency from
circulation, but will simply result in its
transfer from ote set of banking institu
tions to aurtber. As the money would
be drawn fwm a large number of banks
no single institution would feel the
drain seriously and there would be little
if any dlsturbtWe of business.
It is stated tvat Secretary Shaw has
been advised toyraw on the depository
bunks for the entire $30,000,000, it being
argued that unless he does so be will
have only a very ruVrow margin of cash
above the necessary working balance in
the treasury next TfAJl and will have
difficulty In meeting buy urgent demands
for currency that may lse at that time.
It is safe to say that the secretary
of the treasury will be Averned in the
mat- by tUe condiUon V1 tfce money
market at the time canal payments are
to be made and that he will do nothing
which might operate to the disadvantage
of the business of the country. From
present Indications It appears probable
that there will be no necessity, particu
larly If congressional appropriations nre
not on an extravagant scale, for draw-
ing a dollar from the banks for cunal
payments. .
SLirSHOD C'OfATl FIX A Kt'lCHI KG,
The report of the late treasurer of
Iotiglns county for the six months end
ing January 0, HsM, as officially pub
lished, affords striking proof of the Im
provident financiering and unbusiness
like methods pursued In the manage
ment of the affairs of the county. It
will be noted, for example, that the bal
ance In the county general fund on July
1, lisO, amounted to fl.'.OIO.JKi. nnd the
amount collected In general fund taxes
from July 1, 11)03, to January 0, 1004.
aggregated $!5,S42.70. making the total
amount available for the general fund
during the past six months $ilO,Si2.2.
Instead of being content to limit its gen
eral fund expenditures to the funds nt
its disposal the county board ordered
the treasurer to transfer to the general
fund balances, aggregating $31,774.04,
remaining in half a dozen other funds,
so that the general fund was swelled to
an aggregate of $142,630.60. Of the $31,
774.04, $20,000 was transferred from the
bridge fund, $5,000 from the road fund.
$4,922.54 from the miscellaneous fund
and $1,603 from the advertising fund.
These questions naturally suggest
themselves: What right had the county
board to order n transfer of $5,000 from
the road fund and $20,000 from the
bridge fund Into the general fund? Did
the treasurer have n right to obey the
orders of the board and make the trans
fer if the law did not authorize them to
order such a transfer? If there was a
surplus at the end of the year In the
road and bridge funds, why should not
thnt surplus have been allowed to re
main In those funds so thnt the commis
sioners could have reduced the bridge
nnd road taxes for 1904 proportionately
instead of making the levy for roads
and bridges even larger than it had
been the preceding year? What consti
tutes the miscellaneous fund, nnd why
Is a separate miscellaneous fund account
kept if the money collected for this fund
is to be dumped into the general fund?
The advertising fund represents the ex
cess of money collected from delinquent
taxpayers over and above the amount
paid to the publishers for advertising
the tax lists. Where is there any law
that would authorize the appropriation
of this fund for general expense pur
poses? What is the object of making
tax levies for separate objects If the
proceeds are to W dumped into the gen
eral fund at the pleasure of the county
boards?
Another piece of improvident finan
ciering is presented by the county treas
urer's exhibit of outstanding interest
bearing warrants, which on January C,
1004,' amounted? to " $130,487.62?' and
$9.10!).C5 of these outstanding warrants
represents unpaid warrants on the road
fund. It appears that on January 0
there was a balance In the county road
fund of $0,146.12. Manifestly the out
standing road fund warrants could have
been readily taken up and the interest
stopped had not the county board made
the transfer of $5,000 from the road
fund to the general fund.
An examination of the published state
ment of the treasurer also shows that
the main object of these comi-nnnual
statements is frustrated by the lack of
publicity on the main question, namely,
the current expenditures In the various
departments of county government The
treasurer's report simply shows that
about $125,000 has been ladled out of
the general fund during the past six
months for various purposes. How
much of this amount represents the
county payroll, and what proportion was
paid out for other purposes Is not
shown.
What the taxpayers of Douglas county
have a right to expect in these published
statements of the. county treasurer is an
exhibit of the amount drawn out of the
treasury for salaries and clerk hire in
each of the various offices, including the
sheriff, county Judge, county clerk, clerk
of the district court, register of deeds
and treasurer; the amount drawn by the
sheriff for feeding prisoners, transport
ing convicts. Juvenile criminals and in
sane persons to the penitentiary, re
formatories and insane asylums; the
amount expended for building and' main
tenance of pnblic roads and bridges and
maintaining the county infirmary; the
amount paid out for supplies, drugs,
fuel, stationery and materials used for
repairs of public buildings. In other
words, a detailed exhibit of expenditures
in each of the various county offices, ns
well at the amount paid for interest on
warrants; the amount of Interest re
ceived from depositories.
To be sure, much of this information
may be obtained by taxpayers who are
willing to go to the trouble of making
personal inquiry concerning each item
of disbursement at the court house, but
that is not satisfactory to the general
public.
It is to be hoped that Governor Cum
mlns has been misquoted by the Asso
ciated Press regarding the settlement of
the conflict between labor and cspitul,
which he is credited with representing
as the issue between man and master.
The issue between man and master was
settled for the white man In the early
part of the nineteenth century and for
the black man when the master was ex
punged from the map by the abolition of
slavery. The relation of capital and la
bor in the twentieth century la that be
tween employer and employe.
The local Bryanlte organ hag turned
all its long distance guns on John D.
Rockefeller, but it falls to see any abuse
within 500 miles of Omaha worth attack
ing. It does not concern itself with mat
ters that affect the local taxpayers
whether it be either railroad tax evasion
or mismanagement, wastefulness, ex
travagance and Jobbery in the affairs of
the county, city or school district
Attorney General Knox has submitted
to congress the Inventory of the horses
and carriages at the Department of Jus
tice for hiiuseif, the solicitor general and
the assistant attorney general. It consists
of three hwses, four carriages, three sets
of harness and one ebony-colored driver.
ine equipment is not quite as lavish
as thnt of the lord mayor of Iiondon.
Japan says that if war results from
pending negotiations it will be the fault
of Russia. The czar says that he de
sires peace above all things. With these
sentiments it has taken months to de
cide upon pence or war. What would
have been the result if either side
wanted u fight?
The grain rate war is now on and
we shall not be surprised in the least If
the elevator men and Kraln slilnnera
should be offered a bonus if they will
irllow the railroads to transport their
grain from the Missouri river to Min
neapolis free of charge. '
The recount of votes cast for clerk of
the court of this district is approaching
ft finale and the margin between the con
testants is not much broader than a wire
fence.
A World-Wlda Problem.
Kansas City Times.
But what tha public want to know is
whether. Russia can train down to welter
weight class.
The Hero of the Hoar.
Minneapolis Journal.
The man behind tha arun la all rlvht In
his place, but the man of tha hour la the
man In front Of the furnace. ahnvl In hinH
and determination written on his face.
. Sailing; Under Trae Colora.
Philadelphia Record.
The UDshot of the hm t,n..oA k k.
House against adulterations of food, and
drink In International commerce Is that
hereafter all products will have to sail
under their true colors.
Trouble at tha Outposts.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
It looks very much aa if Russia and
Japan were both waiting; for some little
ciasn at the outposts to precipitate general
hostilities. That's the usual way for wars
to btgln when neither side wants to assume
tne responsibility for lettlna looaa the
snarling dogs.
The Unalt Reached.
Chicago Record-Herald.
With the holocausts, railroad accidents.
steamship disasters, mine horrors, death
dealing tornadoes, floods and the sreneral
destruction and distress due to the ex
treme cold that have had to be rttmrAoA
It would seem that this winter could hardly
lase any kind of a change that would not
be for the better.
Merarera aad Trusts Buckle To.
Minneapolis Tribune.
The story comes from New York that
President Harrlman pf the Union Pacific
is oiganlzlpa; a movement among tha rail
roads for cheaper steel rails. Ills roads
have refused to hnv nnv mm-,. .,. 1 1 - -, . i
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present price; but fisFMU guarantee orders
xor millions of tontwfiat he considers
a reasonable rate. This movement was
Inevitable, supposing the railroads to have
common business prudence. When all pther
iren ana steel prices have been, cut, there
is no sense in paying boom prices for steel
IU1S.
Cost of Gas.
Indianapolis News.
Mr. Prosper haa told the dl rectom nf tha
Consumers' Gas Trust company that they
can manufacture fuel gas at a cost of 46
cents a thousand" feet, and, after paying
the Interest on the 12.nno.nno. which if i.
supposed the new plant will coat, sell the
gas profitably at 75 cents. If the experi
ence of other cities Is of any value, we
tnliiK that 4ho cost of manufacture 14
cents Is high. The marirln twttween M
and the proposed selling price of 75 cents
is certainly UDeral. We believe that when
all the facts are known It will he fnnnH
practicable to sell gas for 60 or 60 cents.
Inrestmenta More Solid.
World's Work.
With the general growth of wealth, the
number of perfectly safe municipal bonds
has increased. .Many such bonds Issued
for electric plants and water works are
among the best Investments.
We have even reached a stage of de
velopment where certain Industrial se
curities are beyond suspicion. Borne of the
best managed of these have now paid divi
dends so long and so regularly that their
stock takes rank with the best railroad
stock. Aa a general class "Industrials" are
yet justly under suspicion, for any group
of adventurers may organise anything and
put dishonest stock on the market. But the
older and more conservative "Industrials"
that have proved themselves are as safe
for a long time to come, at least as any
other class of Investments, and the Invest
ing public Is now so accepting them.
Such Is the change that the actual pos
session of wealth hits brought. Bo long
as we dealt in expectations we could not
apply the real Investor's care to securities.
Now that we have real wealth we demand
greater security, and we get It It la a
radical change In the financial mood a
great advance In character.
PX'T HIM OCT!
If Bryan Will Not Go Decently, Porte
Should Be I'aed.
Philadelphia Record (dem.)
It Is preposterous that the bright pros
pects of success of the democratic party
should be menaced by this man Bryan,
who Is determined that where he failed
twice no other shall win. Twice he was
allowed to dictate the party platform;
twice he was nominated for president;
twice he led the party to defeat. Instead
of having the decency to retire, he Is mak
ing himself as conspicuous as possible;
knowing that he cannot possibly be nomi
nated, he is determined that no man who
can be elected shall be nominated. He
declares that no man who did not vote for
him can be nominated, and that the disas
trous platform of 18i6 and 1900 must be re
affirmed. He Intrudes himself upon tha
meeting of the democratic national com
mittee; he announced that a dally edition
of his bilious weekly will be published In
St. Louts during the convention; he talks
Incessantly about a platform and the can
didate In the tone of a dictator.
The democratic party can save Itself
only by throwing him out As he will not
go, the party must eject him by force. If
It cannot do this It cannot win. Kvtry man
In the Vnlted States knows that the adop
tion of the Kansas City platform would
make democratic success absolutely Impos
sible, and no one knows It better than
W .11 Lara Jennings Bryan, and that Is why
he Is Insisting on It. Mr. Bryan Is trying to
conceal his own responsibility for tha da
feat of the party by securing Its defeat
under ether candidates
BITS Or WASHHOTO LIFE.
Mlaor Seeaea aad Iaeldeats Sketched
oa the Saot.
Dispatches to the New York Evening
Post attempt to show that there is no con
nection between the recent spurt In Wall
street and the probable action of the su
preme court In the merger case. Bernxd
Ing the delay In reaching a decision It Is
said tha court Is bound by no precedent In
the matter of time required to consider
that or any other case. The Judges, sfter
hearing the case, proceeded to their Indl
vidua! examination of the argument, the
law, and the precedent. This take time.
for there Is always a mass of cases In the
court's hands at once. After an Interval
usually of some weeks the Judges confer
on the case and compare their personal
views. Theso conferences are apt to be
numerous, at various Intervals. When
judgment has thereby been fully defined.
the chief justice assigns the writing of the
court s opinion to a Judge. In the majority.
and the preparation of a dissenting opinion
to one or the minority. Public announce
ment must wait until this, too, Is com
pleted. The court's deliberations In the Insulnr
cases, three years ago, had special reasons
for being expedited. The whole scheme of
Porto Rlcan government was Involved, and
the United States Itself was the most
deeply Interested party. Argument was
heard In that case on January 11 and 12,
1901; decision was rendered March 27. This
Is commonly accepted as marking the nor
ma! minimum.
A point regarding which genuine curiosity
exists in Washington Is this: Will the
court. If It upholds the attorney general's
contention, reaffirm the sweeping applica
tion of the Sherman act made In the circuit
court last April, or will It Ingeniously
limit its judgment so as to apply only to
the northern merger and cases Identical
with ItT People familiar with the court's
habits generally expect the second of thess
two possible -alternatives.
Representative T. F. Marshall of North
Dakota has started out to reform the code
of cards and dice In Alaska. Mr. Marshall
hate introduced a bill providing for an
amendment to the act which defines and
punishes crime In this district of the
north. The measure Is notable chiefly for
the rap it gives an Industry which next to
drinking and gold mining Is supposed to
flourish like poverty grass In every new
country.
Hereafter any miner on the Yukon who
allows a friendly Jackpot to be opened In
his tent Is to be fined $500 and Imprisoned
in the nearest Jail for six months.
Mr. Marshall was so careful In the draw
ing of his bill-that he lugged In and set on
the list of prohibited games nearly all of
our old friends and some new ones of
Alaskan birth. Here Is the list of the pas
times forbidden to miner, prospector, set
tler and traveler In the land of gold and
grizzlies: Faro, monte, roulette, rouge et
nolr, lansquenet, rondo, poker, draw poker.
brag, bluff, thaw, craps and vingt-et-un
(twenty-one). Mr. Marshall gives the
name of the good old French game of
twenty-and-one In both languages for fear
a shrewd Alaskan lawyer might pull a
client out of a hole by a technicality.
Mr. Brlstow, the fourth assistant post
master general, who Is one of the most
efficient officials of the government, as
shown by the recent postofflce Investiga
tion, is also for reasons not hard to seek
one of the least popular. By most of the
subordinates In the department and by
many congressmen he Is looked upon as a
sort of policeman. To tell the truth, his
personal bearing has something to do with
this feeling, for he never puts himself out
to make himself agreeable, nnd Is always
bent on the pursuit of the particular official
purpose he has on his mind. There are
those who say he lacks tact. It may be so.
Two years ago a deputy auditor In the
treasury was killed by a discharged clerk.
He had for a long time been regarded as
a terror by the men under him. The news
came to the capttol by telephone, and the
telephone girl who caught It tried to tell
about It to a southern representative, "I
didn't get the name of the poor man," she
said, "but he was a high official In one of
the departments, always getting somebody
else Into trouble and nobody seemed to like
him."
"Great Scott!" exclaimed the southerner,
throwing up his hands, "Brlstow has been
shot."
Oeorge Menchlnes, known as the polygot
guide at the capltnl, is dead. He had
served aa guide there for nearly twenty
years and was most successful In his em
ployment. He came from Wales and could
speak and write In French, Italian, Spanish
and Portuguese, besides having a familiar
ity with revera! dialects. He spoke his na
tive Welsh, and naturally had a good com
mand nf Kngllsh. He went to California
In 1R49 and made a fortune In sluicing gold,
which he invested In valuable real estate
In Newark, N. J. This he lost tn the panic
of 1873.
Since his assumption of the duties of the
speakership Mr. Cannon has Improved In
health and strength, until now he fills the
description George Harding gave of a
prominent minister tn Indianapolis, now
residing lri New York "the bounding and
bripht-eyed." When Richelieu, In Bulwer
Lytton's play, had accomplished his pur
pose, he rose from an apparently mortal
Illness, shouting, "I live! the blood of
France has entered my veins!" So Mr.
Cannon now seems to have been strength
ened by an Infusion of twentieth century
United States liquor. Certainly he finds
the speakership less of a burden and a
grind than the chalnmanshlp of the com
mittee on appropriations.
Alfred B. Hall answers twice to the roll
call of the Massachusetts house of repre
sentatives, there being two members of
that body bearing that name one from
Revere and the other from Winchester.
He of Revere, who Is the younger, lately
married a Winchester young lady, and he
of Winchester, who Is a widower, got most
of the congratulations, his fellow members
thinking It must be he that was the bride
groom, the bride being from his town.
There Is no end of bother in sorting out
their correspondence. It Is the first time
In the history of Massachusetts that two
members of the same branch of the legis
lature have borne the same name.
There has always been a feeling In con
gress that the government was paying too
much money for the transportation of
malls. One or two special commlttoes have
Inquired into the subject of compensation,
but the rates have never been scaled down.
The democrats believe they could unearth
facts In connection with these contracts
that would make the disclosures In the
rural' free delivery service pals mt. In
significance. ' The republicans realise this
and are consequently fighting shy of an In
quiry. One of the officials of the Postofflce de
partment the other day made the following
remarkable statement to the Brooklyn
Eagle correspondent: "Contracts for car
rying malls on railroads are made for a
period of four years. The rate of pay Is
determined by a test weighing of malls
over the route to be covered In the con
tract, such test lasting usually thirty days.
I know of one Instance where a number of
bags of newspapers were hauled back and
forth over a road dur'-.ig a weighing period,
when the department 'was striking an aver
age for the pay f r the followwig four
years. No attetrt was made to deliver
the stuff which' -as thrown off the train
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He knows. Trust him. He
has the formula.
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st a station and picked up by the next
train, and thus carried over and over the
line. In this way the weighings were
tremendously Increased, and for tour years
the government paid rates based on the
hauling back and forth of those bags of
newspapers."
FEHSOSAI. KOTtSS.
An Austrian government official Is warn
ing his countrymen not to emigrate to
the United I States on the ground that we
are having bad times. Let nobody deny
the Impeachment to the Austrlans who
think of coming.
Edward H. Fnnston, the father of Gen
eral Fred Funston, who represented the
Second Kansas district in congress for sev
eral years, has become a candidate for re
election to succeed J. de Witt Bowersock,
the present member.
Representative Curtis of Kansas,, who,
because of his Interest in Indian legisla
tion. Is often referred to as the "Indian
member of the house," has had an Inter
esting career. He earned his living at
first as a Jockey, then he became a hack
driver, studied law, was elected county at'
torney and finally landed In congress.
Backed up by the citizens of Chardon, I
little town near Cleveland, Thomas Hoss
ler, driver of an Independent oil wagon
for two years, has been carrying on war
with the Standard Oil company. At differ
ent times the mammoth concern has
sent rival wagons into tha town, offering
to sell considerably below any figure Hoss
ler could reach and make a living. The
citizens stuck to the independent dealer
and in each case the Rockefeller octopus
has been forced out of the small flold.
Hossler says triumphantly: "A man who
has his neighbors behind him can't be
beaten by an old millionaire."
Miss Mary Edna Torney, the victim of
the Chicago theater disaster upon whose
case the. verdict of the coroner's Jury was
based, was a first primary teacher at the
Throop school, Chicago. She graduated
from the West Division High school In 1895.
The following year she was appointed to
the position she held at the time of her
death. She was small and slight of figure.
with a girlish appearance. Her body was
not burned and her clothlryr was not even
scorched. She was not bruised and evl
dently had not been trampled down In the
mad struggle for life. Her body was em
balmed and medical examination showed
that the lungs had been perforated in more
than a dozen places by the gas from the
burning building.
THE BLIGHT OF BRVAMSM.
Springfield Republican (lnd.): Mr. Bryan
will write himself down the most singu
larly endowed and most remarkable politi
cian of any generation of American pontics
if he can make the next democratic na
tional convention Indorse free sliver again.
But the thing can't be done. Don't worry.
New York World (dem.): One bright
prophecy was made Uy Mr. Bryan re
cently: "I think It Is to predict that
the real democrats of t.ne' "mtry will be
In a majority In the convention, that they
will adopt a really democratic platform
and nominate a real democratic ticket."
This Is Just what did not happen in Vm
and 1900. -
Philadelphia Record (dem.): The demo
crats party can save itself only by throw
ing him out. As he will not go, the party
must evict him by force, if it cannot do
this it cannot win. Every man In the
United States knows that the adoption of
the Kansas City platform would make dem
ocratic success absolutely Impossible, and
no one knows It better than "William Jen
nings Bryan, and that is why he Is Instat
ing on It. Mr. Bryan Is trying to conceal
his own responsibility for the defeat of the
party by securing Its defeat under other
candidates.
New York Times (lnd.): "There will be
no fight In the convention by the so-called
reconstructlonlats," says Mr. Bryan. "They
will not be strong enough." He Is right.
No politician ever get strong by lying on
his back under the bed. That la the pres
ent positlon and refuge of the democratic
leaders who should be disputing and de
stroying the pretensions of Mr. Bryan. He
Is going up and down the land shouting
out the conditions upon which he will per
mit the candidate to be named and the
platform drawn up at Bt. Louis. They
cower In Ignoble silence and lose the light
before It has begun.
Nashville American (dem.): When the
Bryanlte blight settled upon the democratic
party In 1890 there were thirteen democrats
In the senate from the northern states.
There were Just seven less from the north
ern states when the senate convened last
December. In December, 1896, the senate
stood forty-four republicans, thirty-nlns
democrats and six populists. The senate
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now stands fifty-seven republicans and
thirty-three democrats. The Bryan blight
has been ns destructive to the democracy
as the boll weevil Is to cotton. Yet the
Chauvinists are still shouting for the old
flag and nnother beating.
Brooklyn Eagle (dem): Long ago the
Bryan nlatltudes began to pall upon the
public taste. We have had them for eight
years. They do not survive the
shock of contact with the actualities of
life; they crumble at the touch of that
which la real. He Is still telling the coun
try how much better It Is for a party to be
defeated than to win at the sacrifice of cer
tain contentions. His assumption is that
the voters sre wrong, while he is right.
Nothing need be said as to the arrogance
of this proposition it Is characteristic of
the man. Party appetite for defeat, how
ever, does not happen to be Insatiable.
There Is a limit ta It. Democracy does not
happen to be an instrumentality designed
for the welfare of the opposition. It has
other ends in view. So far the net effect
of Boon Ism has been to place the prob
lems of republicanism In solution, to clarify
the republican situation, to simplify con
ditions for republican campaigners and to
make the party Invincible at the ballot box.
The performance should not be continuous
LUES TO A LA t Gil.
"Wnat kind of a chap is her
"Oh, his conversation ennslsts of twenty
eight dollars' worth of talking to every
nickel's worth of horse sense." Judge,
"It's kind o hand on a hnhd-workln' man
wnen ne gits lonesome," snld rnrle Knon.
"to notice dat some o' de no-'counteet peo
plo is considered de bes' company." Wash
ington 'Star.
"I love you," he declared, "with all my
heart, with all my strength"
"Hut you're not very strong," she inter
rupted. Chicago Phet.
"How the winter days do fly!"
"Don't they? Time gees as fast as a
load of coal." Detroit Free Press.
"It must be awful," said the sympathetic
gray mare, "to have all your teeth knocked
out."
"Well," responded the bay mare, who
had met with the eccldent. "It has its ad
vantages. Nobody can tell my age now,
you see." Philadelphia Fiess.
"He's absolutely loyal to the organiza
tion, Isn't he?" !
"Absolutely. Why, he'd follow the or
ganization even If It was In favor of de
cent government." Judge.
Laura Is Margaret entertaining?
Alice I should say so. The minute we go
Into her studio sh gets out something to
eat Indianapolis Journal.
"Father," said little Willie, "what is a
tniHr nrnmoter?"
"My son." was the rnswer. "that is a
very difficult question. Some people say he
Is a fine business man and others that he Is
the victim of an exaggerated case ef klep
tomaniac" Washington Star.
It's mighty hard
To be a bard.
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The weather changes right away,
Ann ail tne say in ci"ar .iu ,inw,
And nothing that you sing comes true.
And when you chant zephyrs soft
And sunbeams sparkling from aloft
There comes with an overwhelming whlzs
A blizzard on f. record bllz.
Tt'n mizhtv hard i
To be a bard I , ,
"M'KIKLEY."
CTn commemoration of his birthday snnl-
VTune"Battle Hymn of the Republic."
Today our country honors, with oration
ana wun song,
A name that will not perish as our nation
tnnvmm alnnar
In behalf of righteous Judgment, yea.
Tor tnose wno suner wiuiii
As we go marching on.
Chorus:.
tJlory, liiory nmiPiujHn,
Glory, Glory hallelujah,
Glory, Glory hallelujah.
As we go marching on.
He's left a shining record, that will dim
the brightest star,
All radiant with his charity alike through
peace ana wax;
A record that will stand approved before
As we go marching on.
His life emong his fellow men stands nut
In bright array
As one of truth and soundness, and gentle
in his way;
As such he's numbered with the host that
made America; ,
As we go marching on.
His Influence, ever living deep wtthln our
arateful hearts.
Will serve to help us onward In perform
ing well our part,
In mailing men the better through the
gooa we can impart ;
AM we go laurelling uii.
McKlnley thus Is living and Is marching on
above.
Towaru a grand fulfillment of the Master's
eudless love.
When peace shall reign forever over all
mat live ana move;
As we go marching on.-' , ,
JOHN '. STALKY.
Late Company B. Eleventh Regiment,
omo volunteer iiiiamry.
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