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Bryan: way be satisfied with a dark
horse at the St. Louis convention, but
it will have to be shod with silver.
The Department of Justice appear to
be decidedly opposed to putting the
federal district court of Nebraska on
wheels.
i It's, ft cold day In midsummer wheu
ths courts of Douglas county do not
have an election contest case pending
on tha docket
Ru.Bftl.in soldiers will not be, expected
to adopt a watchword like, "Remember
tb6 Maine," for there are already too
many boats to be remembered.
Since bis last order Viceroy Alekieff
Is one ahead of Governor Peabody of
Colorado In, the matter of proclaiming
martial law.''
...Charles G. Dawea fixe the time for
the -aeit panic In this country la 1018,
but gives no particular reason except.
perhaps, the unlucky thirteen.
From the evidence of some of the wit
ness i in the Smoot case the Mormon
church seems to have been the pioneer
la the way of Injecting tbe church into
politics.
With the unit rale silencing so many
Hearst delegates, there is real danger
In tbe St Louis convention for tbe ma
Jorlty of the follower of the "yellow
perir are long on talk.
. -yeuow peni," wnicn has so
greatly agitated the mind of Senator
Patterson of Colorado, may be the
Hearst boom marching to the Rockies
father than a coming influx of Asiatics.
-,, If those mines which are floating In
the China sea destroy neutral vessels
Admiral Togo may be sorry that he
mad publle his action on the night be
fore the disaster to Makaroffa flagship,
1UU-JL'.! 1
. Th Indian bur ha ordered all men
of mixed blood who claim allotment on
the Omaha reservation to pull up stake.
With this order rigidly enforced blood'
mixing will not be a paying Investment
hereafter.
- Tom Hoctor ha filed his contest
paper against Mayor Koutsky of South
Omaha. Tbe gist of Hoi-tor's complaint
1 that he fall shy of rote at the recent
lection; but thinks be ought to I given
' the office anyway.
It looks as if May 1 will not be moving
day for Supreme Court Clerk nerdman
after alL But we opto Mr, Uerdinaja
will not object to continuing to absorb
tbe court fee a while longer without
chart for overtime.
.'. The campaign to promote the im
port nee of Omaha a grain market
must not be allowed to lag. The rail
roads would Uk to snuff out th Omaha
Grain exchange, but the exchange will
not be snuffed out If It knows It
On Omaha newspaper seems to be
making a successful attempt to compete
with tbe publishers f "penny dread
fula" in tbe printing of literature said
to have been most popular with the Chi
cago car. barn bandits who were hung
yesterday. '
'I 1 Ml L " B
, The facta regarding the destruction of
the Petropavlovek are gradually coming
to light' At this time one eye-witness
says there were four explosion, while
another ys there was none. An ear
witness would seem to be more valuable
In such cae than a number of eye
witnesses.
The Eleventh Iowa district campaign
for cougresalonal nomination presents
so many complications that th oldeet
residents of th district are guessing.
There is but one thing certain about
and that is all but one of tbe asptraut
will b disappointed, and that on has
so sux thing.
rut fABKtn flattvrm
There Is necessarily general interest
In the platform put out by the Kmplre
state democratic convention, because It
Is believed to express the opinions of
the man who Is likely to be nominated
at St Louis and will be the model of
the platform to be adopted by the na
tional convention. There is a very ch?af
understanding at this time thnt the
declaration made by the New York
democracy was specially Intended to be
a suggestion to the party throughout the
country As to what it should sa of the
national convention.
Trior to the Empire state convention
there was absolutely nothing known as
to the political views of the man whom
the democracy of New York was push
ing to the front as a presidential possi
bility. He absolutely refused to himself
let anybody know what his opinions
were upon any public question. This
went on until there began to be some
thing more than a possibility of his se
lection by his own state as a possible
candidate and then there were mani
festations of what he thought on public
questions. Nothing, It Is true, of a very
decided nature, for It does not seem to
be characteristic of the Judge to mnke
any positive statements of his views,
but the platform of the New York dem
ocracy, presume 1 to have been approved
by the candidate of the party In that
state for the presidency, must be ac
cepted as reflecting the position of the
man who will go before the St. Louis
convention asking to- be nominated for
president of the United States.
What will the American people think
' a man who stands upon that plut-
form, assuming thnt It will be the model
of the national platform? What does It
present to the nation that should en
courage any citizen to vote for the demr
ocracy? The Pniker platform, as given
out by the democracy of the Empire
state, Is supposed to be very conserva
tive, but as a matter of fact It Is utterly
Inane and Insipid. It does not appeal
in the least degree to the old spirit of
democracy, but on the contrary sug
gests a conservatism that the great ma-
orlty of democrats will regard as n.
complete surrender of the late uggres-
slve attitude of the party.
The friends of Judge Parker have
possibly made no mistake. It mny be
that the platform they adopted as rep
resenting the views of their leader, and
which it Is reasonably assumed had
his approval, is the wisest declaration
principles . that they could haye
made. But there are millions of demo
crats throughout the country who will
feel that the rarker platform is inade
quate and will Insist that the national
convention of the party shall do some
thing more as an expression of its prln
ctples.
BLACKBVHTK IDL TflfltAT.
In a personal letter addressed to the
editor of The Bee, delivered to him
Thursday afternoon and published Fri
day morning in the World Herald T.
W. Blackburn indulge In 'the following
creed:
I am advlaed that at a recant meeting
of th eighteen peraplrin patriot In th
auditorium of th Millard hdtel you took
occasion to critic! m very severely for
not calling th congressional committee to
gether tor th purpoae of determining
when a congreulonal convention should be
held In th Becond congressional district.
Bo far as 1 am advised, you old not In
dicate In your diatribe tor what purpose
it was necessary to call together the com
mlttee. I take It, however, you are nerv-
ou lest this district shall not be repr
aented In th national convention and that
consequently the Honorable Theodore
Roosevelt may be two votes short of a
nomination. I can e how your righteous
soul la vexed upon thia proposition. Tbe
danger to Mr. Roosevelt from delay In th
Second congreaalonal district la very e.p
parent and it la quit probable that the
president himself In one of your numerous
Interviews with him has Indicated an In
tens deslr for prompt action on my part
However, I have had no intimation from
th president himself that he expected you
to took after his Interests In this (Becond)
congressional district. I not alao that you
state that If a congreaalonal convention Is
not called In thia district within one week
you will call on yourself. The week ex
plre tomorrow, - April tl. and I would ad
vise you to take action at one If you In
tend to make good upon this proposition.
Tbe congreaalonal committee will not
call a congreaalonal convention to meet thia
week, or next week, or week after next.
Tou will have, therefore, three week
within which to exercise th responsibility
hlch you threatened In your McKlnlay
club speech to assume.
Coming from the chairman of the con
gresalonal committee of this district the
gratuitous fling at the McKlnley club
and Theodore Roosevelt would seem not
only reprehensible but utterly Inde
fensible. Theodore Roosevelt may not
need and does not need the two votes of
this district to secure his nomination.
but tbe republican, of this district are
entitled to representation In tbe national
convention end will be represented
whether the congressional committee
condescends to do it duty or attempt
to disfranchise them. Tbe call Issued
over the name of the late Senator Hanna
in the nam of the national committee
contains the following provisions:
All delegate shall b elected not leaa than
thirty days before th meeting of the na
tlonal convention.
telegates-at-larg shall b elected by
popular state and territorial convention, of
which at least thirty days' notle shall
hare been published In aom newspaper, or
newspapers, of general circulation In the
respective states and territories.
Th congreaalonal district delegates shall
be elected by convention called by the con
greaalonal commltte of each district, pro
vided that In any congressional district
wher there la no republican congressional
committee th republican tat committee
hall appoint from among th republican
resident la such dlstriota a committee for
the purpose of calling a district convention
to elect delegate to repreaent said district.
The date set for the national conven
tton Is June 31, 1904, and In order to
secure admission delegates must be
elected not lee than thirty days before.
which is May 30. Under the laws of
Nebraska at least twenty days' notice
tnnst be given by tbe committee of each
county for the holding of primaries to
elect delegates to take part In state or
congressional conventions. Tbe call for
primaries to elect delegates to th next
congressional convention most there
fore, be Issued and published on or be
fore April SO Mr. Blackburn arrogantly
declnres thnt "the congresslonnl com
mittee will not call a convention to meet
this week, or next week, or week after
next."
If that threat Is carried out no legal
primary election could be held in this
county within the time limit for the se
lection of county delegates. Inasmuch
as Douglas county represents 14,000 out
of the 10.000 republican voters of the
district this threat Is tantamount to a
deliberate conspiracy to deprive this dis
trict of representation in the nntlonnl
convention. Such a high handed attempt
will receive no sympathy or support
from reputable republicans. We mnko
bold to assert that there Is not another
oongresHlonal district In the United
States whose congressional committee
has not already taken the necessary
steps for holding conventions to elect
the delegates to Chicago. While this
district has a right to make a spectacle
of itself the rank and file of the party
have a right to feel Indignant over th
arrogance and Insolence displayed by
the chairman of the congressional com
mittee. Had he done his duty he would long
since have Issued the call designating
the time and place for holding the con
gressional convention and apportioning
the representation to which ench of the
respective counties In this district are
entitled. His refusnl to do so will sim
ply compel the delegates chosen to rep
resent the republicans of these counties
In the congresslonnl convention to get
together not later than Mny 20 to elect
the delegates that represent the Second
district In the republican nntlonal con
vention and there Is not the slightest
doubt that they will be admitted.
TlilC BCiSAU AT WVHK.
The average citizen Is not aware of
the fact that the bureau of corporations
of the Department of Commerce is today
actively employed In carrying out its
work, as prescribed by the law, but
such Is the fact There is uot at this
time In any department of the govern
ment a more active und energetic section
than that which is engaged in looking
after the corporations that are alleged
to be violating the laws of the land In
any direction.
Never think for one moment that
Commissioner Garfield, the chief of the
corporation bureau, Is Idle in regard to
the duties imposed upon him, or for a
single minute he Is indifferent to the re
sponsibility or demands of those duties.
On the contrary he la always and abso
lutely sensible to every claim upon him
and can be classed among the most
conscientious men in this country to
day. There Is no reason why there
should not be the most complete faith
in these officials, who are men of the
utmost Integrity and of the finest honor.
It seems to be the persistent effort of
the opposition to tbe present fldmlnis
tration to throw mud upon It as If that
was the only course to pursue by which
to win credit for the democracy, but
we are compelled to think that no more
mistaken course could possibly be pur
sued, since the inevitable effect must
be reactionary. It appears that the
New York democrats have realised this
and therefore have adopted a position
which is to the last extent quiet and
conservative.
The great question is as to what effect
this Parker declaration, which Is under
stood to represent absolutely the polit
ical views of the Empire Btate Jurist,
will have upon the St. Louis convention
Will it be the model, as many demo
crats suggest, of the national platform
to be announced at St. Louis? That la
the commanding question of this mo
ment with the millions of democrat
who still believe in the platforms of
181)0 and 1000. Will there be a surren
der of the declarations of principles
made in the last two national cam
paigns and a laydown to the men who
now propose to put the democratic party
on a new basis? This is the question
that will have to be fought out on the
floor of the national convention at St.
Louis and we predict that there will
be the greatest fight in the history of
the democratic party. Those who Im
agine that Mr. Bryan and bis following
will cut no figure in the convention
will probably find that they are mis
taken. Meanwhile let us not lose sight
of th fact that the bureau of corpora
tions at Washington is pursuing Its
course without fear or favor and carry
ing out the law of its creation with ab
solute fidelity.
As a sequence of tbe destructive con
flagration that has swept th business
district of Toronto the architect of that
city will recommend that hereafter no
building higher than four stories shall
be constructed unless absolutely fire
proof, and that no building of any kind
shall be erected at a greater height
than seven stories, or about 100 feet and
the Toronto municipal council and
mayor will doubtless carry out his
recommendation. Toronto is one of tbe
best governed cities on the continent and
the prompt steps It has taken to avert
future calamities by fire are not only
commendable but should be emulated
by every large American city.
Governor Mickey and other state of
fleers are said to be wrestling with tbe
question as to where they should make
returns of their personal property for
assessment. That onght to be an easy
one personal property is assessable t
the legal residence of the owner. If
Governor Mickey expect to go back to
Polk county to vote he will have to go
back there to pay his personal taxes.
The report that two Japanese officer
have been found on the White sea with
map of the city of Archangel sounds
rather absurd, but tbe Japanese are not
to bo Judged by ordinary rules and they
may contemplate bringing tbe war home
to Rnsala after th fleets have been de
stroyed, They should, however, remem-
ber Napoleon's campaign on the SIusco
vlte plains.
Having pnid n fine of $25,000 to the
state of Missouri, the Beef trust will
have a hard time to prove that it does
not exist. With all of Its lawlessness
Missouri has a way of getting at some
combinations, for It Is the only western
state which ever succeeded in collecting
tines from lnsurnnce companies which
violated antl-comblnntlon laws.
Western Nebraska bns been placed
under lasting obligations to Congressman
Klnknld and Senator Dietrich In securing
the amendment to the homestead laws
thut will enable hoaieseeUers to secure
040 acres of Uncle Sam's eminent
domain In the cattle-raining region at a
nominal price.
Beware of the Fickle Dam.
Baltimore American.
All the circumstantial evidence points to
its being Bering, but it will not do to act
without caution In the matter.
Characteristic Explanations.
New Tork Tribune.
Admiral Togo ascribes the recent Jap
anese successes as due to the emperor's
virtue and "the help of heaven," while ths
Russians attrlbuta their misfortunes to
blind fate." The explanations are of a
novel kind In modern warfare, but each
Is specially characteristic.
Insplrlna Leadership of Hill.
New York Tribune.
The doctors of the democratic party hav
been ure that what their party chiefly
needed wa Inspiring leadership, hut In
stead of that it has been compelled to
swallow a large and nauseous dose of
Divld R. Hill. A wider contrast between
prescription and treatment ha eldom been
seen.
I.nokiao; Backward.
Minneapolis Journal.
New Tork 1 not only for Roosevelt, but
ha "directed" her delegates to do all they
can to sreure his nomination. They will
not find the Job a very hard one, but It 1
interesting to find Tom Piatt and Chauncey
Depew, two of those most active In trying
to shelve Roosevelt in 1900, going to Chi
cago under instruction of this character.
Am Idea I'ndtr a Clond.
Philadelphia Press.
What Is known a the Iowa "Idea" In
tariff reform appear to be under a cloud.
Governor Cummins, who has been the ex
ponent of that Idea, concede that the ma
jority of the republican state convention in
Iowa will be opposed to the adoption of a
plank embodying his recommendation on
this subject. The probabilities are that
there will ba no friction In the convention.
The governor want to be a delegate-at-
large to the Chicago convention and that
may be conceded, to him.
Parker a a Compromise.
Chicago Chronicle (deal.).
The attempt at a compromise has been a
failure, as the Chronicle ha all along said
it would be. Tbere can be no compromise
between democrats and populist. One or
the other must rule. The populist have
ruled for eight years. If th democrat
intend to rule this 'year they may a well
nominate their strongest man, whose nam
ia Orover Cleveland, for, whether they
nominate on democrat or another, they
are certain to be confronted by a bolt on
th part of Bryan and Hearst.
PRESIDENT AD PRECEDENT.
M8ort of Mam the America People
Lot to Honor.
Lealle' Weekly.
President Roosevelt I criticised In som
quarters for hi action In the pension mat-
tar: the summary way In which he cut
the Oordlan knot In the "recess" tangle
In the Wood rase offended some persons,
and hi promptness In dealing with a crltl
cal Panama Issue called oui loud protest
from a few timid and ultra conservative
Individual. All these people would be
less excited If they knew history a little
better.
When Jackson,- under a threat of war,
forced the government of Louis Philippe
to pay the spoliation claim that had been
pressed vainly on the French authorities
by Madison, Monro and John Qulncy
Adams, he did more then secure for the
United State the 16,000.000 from France.
He showed to France and all Europe (the
other nations having had their claim
gainst Franc settled year earlier) that
the United Slates wis a country which
could no longer ba trUled with. This act
of Old Hickory's gained him ten of thou
and of friends among those who disliked
his politics and distrusted his political ad
vlaer.
Many persons at the time protested
against Polk's act In sending General Tay
lor. In the early part of 1844, to occupy
the disputed territory between the Nuece
and the Rio Grande, saying that this
would provok Mexico to war. Th war
came, and a a consequence tne united
State gained the present state of Call
tomla, Nevada and Utah, th Territories
of New Mexico and Arizona, and parts of
Colorado and Wyoming, and extended th
nation's boundaries to the Pacific. What
American would b willing to hand back
that big domain to Mexico today?
It President Flerc In ISH, when th
Spaniard In Cuba aelsed th American
merchant vessel. Slack Warrior, had had
a little of Polk energy and courage, th
United States would hav attacked Spain.
and Cuba would have been annexed, a
many of Pierce' party wanted It to be
President Buchanan, to hi lasting dla
credit, in 1800, declared that while It waa
wrong for the south to ecede, ther was
no legal way of coercing the seceders, but
Mr. Lincoln found a way to do It. Som
of the enemle of Mr. Lincoln declared that
he violated the constitution, but he saved
the life of the nation, without which ther
could be no constitution
General Grant, by what som of hi
enemle called "executive Interference with
th legislative branch of the govenrment,'
Induced congress to pas th resumption
act Just at the moment when th repub
llcan being on the point of losing power
In the house postponement would hav
been fatal. Leading financiers In Ne
York and elsewhere declared after the re
sumption set passed that It could not
be put In operation at the time set for
it, January 1, 1879. President Haye and
Secretary Sherman acted promptly and
colletced tbe gold which enabled the act
to become effective on schedule time.
In the settlement with Spain at the end
of th war of U3i President McKlnley,
against th threats and lamentations of
many persons, constrained the peace com
mission at Part to give Porto Rico and th
Philippine to th United Stat. He would
hav gained Cuba, at the aame time, to th
benefit of Cuba and the United State, had
not the Teller stipulation, paneed oo th
eve of th beginning of hostilities, tied th
United State hand
. Like th other presidents named, Mr.
Roosevelt, In crises, doe not look for pre
cedents. He create them. Opportunities
do not grasp him. He grasp opportunities
When oppoitunitle do not present them
selves he makes them. He Is a president
who doe thlrgs. And this la the sort of
man that the American l-ejple have eiway
loved to honor, and with abundant ra
,u-
OTHER LAND THAN OVRS.
Curious have been th results of the re
cent election for the eoond Parliament
of the Austrnltnn commonwealth. In the
first Parliament there were three parties
protectionist, free trade and labor, the last
named, howex-er, wa negligible because of
the large government or protection ma
jority. The late election ha changed this,
s a writer note in the current North
American Review. In the Senate the, gov
ernment has but eight member, while the
opposition and the labor party have each
fourteen. In the House of Representative
th fre trader have twenty-seven seats,
the government twenty-six and the lnbor
party twenty-three. In accordance with
British precedent, the preaont government
should resign, inasmuch a It cannot com
mand a majority. But If It Should do so.
which of the other parties could form a
ministry T Not the free traders alone; not
the labor party alone. If there Is any com
promise. It Is more likely to be between
the protectionists and the labor men, then
between the free trader and cither of the
other parties. The government, therefore,
retain power, supported by It opponents.
It appears from the latest report of the
London county council that there has been
loss of $300,000 on the tramways worked
by the council during the year Just closed.
The London Chronicle regard the showing
as "unfortunate," a It will place an In
strument in the hand of those who object
to municipal ownership and trading. Th
loss Is attributed In part to th temporary
decrease of traffic, owing to the electrifying
of the tramway system. The Chronicle ex- I
pressea a doubt whether th fare on those
line are not too low. It raises the ques
tion whether it Is not unsound economy to
grant low fares at the' expense of tax
payers, who will be called on to make
good the detlclt In the operation of the
line. Cheap fares are a great boon to
Londoner, but Increased taxation is not
boon. The Chronicle thinks that the
county council, which has exhibited a great
deal of administrative ability in many di
rections, ought to be able to manage the
tramways with as much financial success
s the great corporations.
To say that Japan Is more densely popu
lated than France, or Germany, or the
Tnlted Kingdom; that In some of Its prov
inces there are more people to th square
mile even than ther are In Belgium, I to
convey only an Inadequate idea of the ac
tual situation. There are one-fourth more
Japanese than there are Inhabitants of
France, while the total area of Japan Is
one-fourth less, but there are in France
62.600,000 of acres under cultivation. Com
pare that with the 13,000,000 In Japan. Nor
does the disadvantageous contrast stop
there. France ha 15,000,000 head of cattle,
26,000,000 sheep and goats and 7,000,000 pigs.
Japan has only one-tenth aa many cattle
and pigs and no sheep at all. There is yet
another thing to be considered. In 'he
European countries, which are the most
crowded, th urban population is very
large. Three-quarters of the Inhabitants
of Great Britain live in cities. So do one
half of the people of Germany. But more
than two-thlrda of the Japanesa live in
settlements of less than 2,000 population.
That is, they live in the country and draw
their subsistence directly from the soil. It
would be simply Impossible for the Japan-
ess to supply themselves with food under
the existing conditions were It not for ths
extensive fisheries In which great multi
tude of them find a livelihood. The in
habitants of the Island which skirt the
Inland sea live practically on fish alone,
and, after their own needs have been sup
plied, they still have great quantities for
exportation. It la In this way that the
rocky Island of Awajl, with an area of only
400 square mllesj is able to support a popu
lation of 200.000 persons. It will be seen
in the light of these faot that those who
aocuse Japan of having engaged In a war
of conquest are Inaccurate and unjust. It
truggle for the control of Core I little
less than a struggle for existence, and such
being th case that It will be desperately
conducted 1 sure.
As to the interior condition of Morocco,
that appear to be growing worse continu
ally. A French newspaper publishes a let
ter written by a Dr. Gleure, a Frenchman,
who is said to be high In the confidence of
the Moorish pretender at Tesa. Dr. Gleure
writes: "Hostilities will be resumed after
th festival of the Sheep, the Ald-el-Kebir,
In tha direction of Flglg and Oudja. The
column will be commanded by ona of Bu
Hamara'a on. The pretender will then
move, at the head of troops recruited
among th Ghlates, th Riff, the Glalaa
and th Benl Guilt, upon Fe. which ho
hope to take with gun raptured from
Abd-el-Atls. The pretender. Mulil Meham-
med, not Mohammed, ha partisans who
are as plentiful as they are resolute. He is
considered by all, from the most influen
tial to the common soldier, as the ault.in'
elder brother. He escaped from the prison
of Marakesh, thanks to the complicity of a
kald, and took refuge In the Tafllet reclon.
where the sultan' other brothers ure In ex-
lie. There he made the acquaintance of
one of our compatriots, the explorer M.
Delbrel, who na espoused his cause, and
with whom I traveled. The campaign
against the Kronls may begin within a
week." The Kronls are the supporters of
Mac Lean. There seems to be some unrer.
talnty aa to whether Mulal is Identicul
with Bu Hamara or a new pretender. The
fact that he claim to be th sultan s
brother doe not, of course, prove that he
is anything of th kind.
A week ago today a resolution was unan
imously passed by th Hungarian repre
entation of th International Parliament
ary Conference providing for the Introduc
tion of a plan for the International regu
lation of the use of explosive n time of
war at the congress to be held at St.
Loul In September next. It wa asserted
that the Ruo-Japane war had proved
that the use of torpedoe and submarine
boats "is a most barbarous practice, and
I a menace to neutral and lnoffenlv ves
sel." This action recall the declaration
of the conference of delegate which as
sembled In St. Petersburg In 180s, at th
Instaoc of th Russian government, for
revising the then existing rule of war.
The declaration set forth that the progress
of civilisation should have the effect of
alleviating as much a poaslbi the calami
tie of war. Th declaration referred spe
clnclly to th use of explosive bullet;
but th contracting nations reserved the
right to com to an agreement hereafter
with respect to future change In th arm
ament of troops, "In order to maintain
th principle which they have established
anu iv reconcile tne necessities of war
with th law of humanity.
MS
On of th principal Russian newspapers
reports that much distress Is prevailing
In Siberia In consequence of the war with
Japan. In Trana-Balkalla the railing out
of tha reserve has had the effect of de
priving the rural districts of most of their
laborers. The residents of Irkutsk are
without domestic servants, a female do
mestic hav had to return to th country
to tak the place of brothers and husbands
who have gone to tbe front. In the Kus-
nets district, where all those capable of
bearing arms have been called upon to
serve, and no ona ia left to till th
ground, there Is serious danger of famine.
The stores of provisions are diminishing.
price are Using, and. In consequence of
- 1 th" bd harvest two year ago, th sup
I ply of seed corn to exhausted. Ia lb Cow-
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR
yil)J
Absolutely Puro
IT IS A MATTER OF HEALTH
sack settlements the position Is even mors
serious, as the Cossack I compelled to
provide his own uniform and to take thls
best horse to the war. This distressing
slat of things Is quoted to prove the
necessity of Introducing the semstvo into
Siberia. Any relief that might be afforded.
It la suggested, would fall "to reach Its
destination for want of public bodies to
administer it. Another journal points out
that the municipalities and semstvo In
Russia are suffering seriously from the
financial strain caused by the war. It re
marks that the contribution of these pub
lic bodies to the war fund should be cov
ered by the Imposition of special taxes.
If, it is argued, the population understands
the object of such taxes they will be
viewed as voluntary offerings.
ELECTORAL VOTES OF 1004.
Strongly Entrenched Position f th
- Republican Party.
New York Sun (rep.)
The electoral vote of the forty-seven
state of the union, under the apportion
ment act of 1000. aggregate 47fi. A major
ity of these necessary to elect a president
Is 239 vote.
The electoral vote of southern states
which may surely be counted for the dem
ocratic candidate for president number 151.
The states of Delaware nd Maryland,
having together eleven electoral votes, may
also be given to the democrats with reason
able confidence, making a total of 182
democratic votes.
To get a majority of the electoral votes,
seventy-even more will be required by
the democrat.
State which may be set down as doubt
ful are Connecticut, New Jersey, New
Tork, Rhode Island, West Virginia, with
an aggregate of sixty-nine electoral votes.
If New Tork, with Its thirty-nine votes. Is
carried by the democracy. It Is possible
that Connecticut, with seven votes, will
go In the same way, and that New Jersey
also wilt return, to Its old democratic al
legiance. Nor can either Rhode Island or
West Virginia be safely counted for the
republicans.
Even If th democrats secure the elec
toral votes of all the five states we have
classed aa doubtful, they will still need
eight votee to get the required majority
of the whole number, 23.
It Is plain, therefore, that the democrats
cannot elect a president without securing,
in addition, either in New England or the
west, eight electoral vrtes, at least.
Unless there comes a political revolution
of the most extensive sort, the democrats
will have no chance of winning any( other
of the New England states than Connecti
cut and Rhode Irlsnd, and they must get
the additional vote required from some
one or from a combination of these west
ern and Pacific crast states:
allfnmla 10'Nebraska
'olorado IHNevada 3
Illinois 27!Sorth Dakota 4
Indiana 16!ruth Dakota 4
Iowa IS'Ohlo 23
Kansas lftlOresrnn 4
Michigan 14 I'tah J
Minnesota 1' 'Washlno-ton
Montana S'WIseonnln 13
Wyoming SI
It need only a glance at these Indubita
ble fact of our political federation to fore
cast a presidential campaign for 1904 which
will be one of the fiercest In our history.
The democrat to win will not only have
to make a hard fight to resume political
control In New Tork, New Jerey, Con
necticut and West Virginia, but must push
the war successfully in the west also.
political DRIFT.
Judge Parker looms up feet t and will
be F2 years of age on May 14.
The first bet of $3,000, even money, on tha
election of President Roosevelt tin been
recorded In Wall street.
The encouragement given Judge Parker
for his persistent silence Is eloquent evl- j
dence of the fear rooted Into the systems j
of democrat by th big wind of 1SW.
Th newly elected aldermen of Chicago j
refused to allow flowers to t pre? en tea
when they were worn in. Chicago alder
men are ufflclently sweet-scented without
floral assistance.
Eighteen member of th police fore of
St. Loul are under indictment for Intimi
dating voter. The ghost dancing of these
"Indian" i such a weird performanc that
It has been excluded from "Th Pike."
Richard Pearson Hobson wa cleverly
knocked out in the race for a congressional
nomination in the Sixth district of Ala
bama. Congressman Bankhcad countered
on Hobson's Santiago record with a con
federate record four years long.
Don M. Dickinson of Michigan, he of the
exuhernnt whiskers, butted into the polit
ical conversation a few days ago, and when
called down for Inaccuracy charged tbe
errors to the reporters. Public characters
crawl through small knothole when cor
nered. It is many year since Mln ha changed
It representative In congre, except
when Speaker Reed resigned or death ha
intervened. All four of th present dele
gation hav just been nominated for re
election by th republican of their dis
tricts. Th Atlanta Constitution give John
Sharp William th credit of being the
best educated man in the public servlc of
the nation. He is especially well versed In
the political history of the nation and
without memoranda of any sort can give
offhand th date of the adoption by any
people f political policies affecting tUem
selves or others In a material sens.
Seldom ha It fallen to th lot of a pub
lic man to receive such a blanket endorse
ment a was given the other day to Sen
ator Cockrell by the democracy of Clay
county. Missouri. One of the pUnk In th
platform read in this way: "W endorse
the c&Jididacy of rrunrls M. Cockrell for
the presidency of the United Slates, th
senate or anything els In th gift of th
people." Clay 1 th banner democratic
county of MUsourL
LAVGH1NO GAS.
"Is the new man a good spoiler?"
"I should say he is! Why, he ustd to
edit th unclaimed letter lint In a Russian
village." Cleveland Plain Lealer.
"Sometimes," said Uncle Kben, "you'll
fln' a man lut thinks he haw proved his
Satiiotism when hi' hoi's out foh three
rinks o' liquor limtld n' one In exchange
foh his vote." WashliiK'fjn Htar.
Two Characters That fellow
yonder
"What of him?"
"Just rich enough o bo miserable,
But
the fellow standing near him is
"What?"
"Just poor enough to be resigned." At
lanta Constitution.
"Many a gal," said Uncle Kben, "ha had
trouble by not reallzln' dat bcin a good
dancer don' necessarily guarantee a youns;
man mo' dun $6 or 17 a week down to d
to'." Washington Star.
"How old would you say she was?"
"Well, lM's see. When we were In high
school tnaether she ued to snub me be
cause I was a kid. Now I'm 37, and um-m-m
well, I should any che wwi about 23
by this time." Town and Country.,
"What are vou here for?" demanded th
violin, and the trombone, and the flut.
and the other mimical Instruments, arro
gantly. "Merely to give ton to the performance,"
moilestly replied the tunttig fork. "That's
the kind of hairpin I am." Philadelphia
Preas.
t t ,
Judge How old are you?
Woman Witness I ran't remnember.
Judge What year were you born in?
Woman Witness I forget.
Judge Well, malsm, your Instinct for
self-preservation slill seem to work all
right. Cincinnati Tribune.
"Do you suppose grafting will ever b
stopped?"
"I don't know." answered Fenator Sorg
hum. "Somehow we don't gt smarted to
Investigating a graft until It I a played
out proposition. And In the meantime
something else has' developed. We are al
ways on the trail, but we can t catch up."
Washington Star.
"What Is your age, madam?" asked th
JuoVe of a witness.
Thirty," she replied.
"Thirty what?" aaked his honor.
"Thirty years, of course," snapped th
fair witness. .... . . ... . .
"Beg pardon." said the Judge, "I thought
Rerhsps it was thirty month." Chicago
Tew. '
STICK TO IT.
Nlxorl Waterman, in Success.
O ;rlm little postage stamp, "holding your
own" .
In a manner so winning and gentle,
That you're "stuck on" your task, (1 tnat
lang?) you'll own.
And yet. vou're not two-cant imental.
I have noted with pride that through thick
and thrmgh .hln
You cling to a thing till you do It,
And, whatever your aim, you are certain
to win
Because you seem bound to stick to It.
Sometime when I feel .1ut Uk ohlrktng
a task
Or "chucking" the work I'm pursuing.
I recall your atlck-to-lt-lve-ness and 1 ask
"Would a postage stamp do as I'm do
ing?" Then turn to whatever my hands are about
And with fortified purpose renew It,
And the end soon encompass, for which I
set out.
If, only, like you, I stick to It.
The sages declare that true genius, so
called, .
Is simply the will to "keep at It."
A "won t-glve-up" purpose is never fore
stalled No matter what foes may combat It.
And most of mankind's vaunted progress
I made,
O stamp! If the world only knew It.
By noting th wisdom which you hav dis
played In sticking adhesively to It.
-My genles In the Art of
Dressing- net only ana
me tbe Prince of Uenus, but
HI lllghsriK, or, th
Seas of Prince." Bean Bruns
saell to hi Valet.
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