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IDeall w. H. llUINUAici,
Indiana republicans hae decided by a
large majority to "stand pat
It has finally been demonstrated that
there are still enough New Hampshire
democrats to make a disturbance.
Some people would like to know bow I
the electric light company conies to
have such a pull in the city council.
If Kentucky miners will look on Colo-1
rado and then turn their eyes to Iowa
they will wink twice Derore going on a
strike.
Remember that the fight for equitable
taxation is never finished so long as cor
porate tax shirkers are trying to evade
-their Just shares of the public burdens.
The BrlUans and Germans are fur-
nlshing more real war new. than tbe
f Russians or Japanese, although those
nations like to be considered at peace
with all the world.
The new building boom Inaugurated
In Omaha ia already blocked out to ex
tend over a Derlod of two Tears. There
Is a big area of high barometer in front
pt Omaha'i progressive prosperity.
If war correspondents live ud to tbe
tules promulgated by the Russian gov-
ernment they may as well come home
and If they do not they may run a
thance of never coming home at all.
. If the Japanese would Introduce in
Manchuria a few American railroads as
at present operated the Russian death I
list would be considered evidence of
the lack of humanity of the islanders.
, The republican majority promises to
add one more cause for satisfaction on
the part of tbe people to its already I
long list Congress may be adjourned
today earlier than ever before within
late years.
, After the senate committee has com
pleted work upon the private lives and
matrimonial relation! of the other mem
bers of the Mormon apostleehlp it may
Bake an Investigation of those of Sena
tor Sinoot
Bo far no one baa laid claim to
responsibility for the loss of the Chin
aa cruiser, but if that narlnn hwvimci
involved in the preeent struggle this will
ifford an opportunity to create
fcellum Russian hero.
a nate-
The Civic Improvement league, that
wants to make Omaha beautiful, has
collided with the curbstone signs at the
Urst onset and unless all alsna fail ti.
federation will have to fight a battle
royal to gain its point
Senator Cullora has added bis quota to
the republican campaign literature and
there are none who dare dispute tbe
showing. The United States commands
a greater degree of respect abroad than
at any time in Its history. ' -
If it Is true that the street railway
rompany has become a rival of the eleo
trie light company in the electric light
nd beating business, so much the bet-
for Omaba, at least until the two
rporatlona are merged and cease to be
lompetltors.
The railroads over In Iowa paid last
rear, more money in taxes than ever
kefore. In Nebraska they paid less in
taxes than for years, notwithstanding
the fact that their property was never
before so valuable and never before sol
profitable. '
The New Englund cottou manufactur -
era say - the duty of the south Is to
produce more cotton at a lower price,
while the south thinks that its duty ia
to manufacture aa much of its product
aa It can wtthout first shipping It north
In bale. And tha aoath seems to have
tho beat e( tha aj-fujuent.
tut) uita ' ntPtBLiCAs:
There Is nothing etiuivocsl or ambigu
ous In the platform of the iDtllana re
publicans. It la a straightforward In
dorsement of the principles nwl policies
of the party and an unqualified approval
of the ' administration . of President
Itnosevelt. The Indiana republicans af
ji.i. , i,Mr l,0v favor
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the' 'Domination of Ttieodore Kooserelt
. . . . ...
or president They believe in the vi-
at in tne interest aiiKe or capnui aim
labor, but faTor changes In schedules
aa conditions demand, these to be made
consistently with the policy of protec
tion. An important plank of the plat
form Is that which declares in favor of
International arbitration for the adjust
ment of disputes which do not Involve
the national bonor and commends the
efforts of the present administration to
letnnoay mis principle-m ireH.ies wuu
other Dowers. The platform as a whole
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08n be approved by all republicans and
Is In notable contrast, in lta clear ana
,inmstakable utterances, to some of the
domocratlc declarations, conspicuously
those of tbe New York democracy.
It had 'been expected that the Indiana
republicans would make some expres-
8lon ,n behalf ef their distinguish
itiiow - auien, renaior r airnaiiKS, as a
nnQtKf, MndlAatA frw rlA nmaMant
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cut ujey were anent in regard to mis,
doubtless In accord with the wishes of
the nator, who has given no encour
agement to those who have urged him
for the nomination. The proceedings of
4. m kAMTTMMo U .k.i I.
truttuuuu n livj yy ,-vi uiai iucic to r ii
tire harmony among the republicans of
n'ana 8HJ tliat there is nothing In the
political situation to warrant the pro
fessed belief of the democrats that they
can carry the state this year. In 1000
Indiana gave a republican plurality of
20,479 and there Is no reason to doubt
that the party is as strong now as it
vm thon and nrnhnhlv utrnniror alnna
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RUSSIA ItiOOTlATMS A LVATf.
It Is announced that Russia has ne-
gotlated a loan of $100,000,000 with
Farls financial syndicates and the report
1 doubtless authentic, it having been
rumored for several weeks that Russian
financial agents were quietly feeling the
money centers Of Eurepe as to the
chances of placing a large loan. It has
also been stated that New York finan-
clers have been consulted in regard to
whether Russian bonds could be placed
there.
The public debt of Russia Is already
enormous and tbe fact of the govern
ment negotiating a loan so soon after
the beginning of hostilities with Japan
I seems to quite conclusively show that
Russia was In no condition financially
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been atated that at the beginning of the
th R8",a? government
had at ha disposal the round sum of
$200,000,000, with a possible reserve of
$275,000,000 more. Making necessary
deductions from this total for Interest
on the external debt, which amounts to
$75,000,000 annually,
it was estimated
inni "U8B,a nBU enoun Iuna" ror an
eignteen months' campaign. But un-
uouoieuiy me war operations nave neen
much more costly than was anticipated
"nd ' ,s no mean9 unlikely that the
"UBnn treasury is already very nearly
of funds available for war
purposes. It la hardly to be supposed
mat otherwise she would so soon add
to her now heavy foreign debt
Tlle resources of Russia are large, but
ner expenditure, even in time of peace,
w ry heavy and with' tbe additional
drain of war she Is likely to. find some
difficulty, if the war be protracted, in
obtaining all the funds required, for her
credit is pretty certain to be impaired.
Meanwhile the cannot gather much more
than she Is now getting from taxation,
which now bears oppressively upon a
great majority of the people.
THM TIGHT AOAlStT PAttKKB.
The question whether the radical wing
of the democracy,- assisted by Tam
many, will be able to defeat the noini
nation of Judge Parker at St Louis, is
just now. commanding thl serious at
tention of the aupportera of tbe New
York man and of the so-called conserva
tlve element of the democracy gener
f"y- According to reports from Wash-
lngton some of the democrats there ex
pect a large defection of the radical
that is, those who still adhere to the
Cn,0g nd Knsa citJ platforms
In the event of the nomination of Tarker
an1 tb0 repudiation by the Bt ixmis
convention of the last two natloual
platforms.
I PPer that these democrats at
tach considerable Importance to Mr.
Bryan'" speech at Chicago denouncing
tM iork canaiaate ana piatrorm
TheT evidently regard It as Intended by
the radical leader to serve notice on the
nservaUve element that he and hi
followers will not support Farker ana
perhaps no other candidate on a plat
'orra which does not reaffirm the prlnci-
P1"" enunciated by the democracy - lu
ifm nd lno- TnMI tbere tne Tam
manT PPltlou to Parker to be reck
onpd wltb and thls 'nl, t0 " Ter'
earnest. The representative of that
(political machine In congress Is Bourke
Cock ran and In bis speech In the house
last Saturday, be suggested Joseph W,
I Folk of Missouri as the possible deino-
I era tie nominee, thus indicating that
Tammany Is eagerly seeking . man to
I oppose to Parker in the national conven-
tlon and may not be unwilling to even
I support a man who has won national
fame by bis vigorous and intrepid prose-
1 cutlon of democratic boodlers. That
would, indeed, be a very rvmarkable
position for Tammany to take, but the
prevailing sentiment in that political or-
ganlaation seems to be, "anything to
beat Tarker."
The effect of the Bryao speech will
aot be-shown at once a&4 aitls
at tuw-ImI that fia -111 lui Yiniirfl from
further with a view to keeping the In
tercut of his followers stirred up, though
he has stated bis position so plainly
that there can be no doubt In regard
to it What is apparent is that the
Bryan deliverance has given the leaders
of the conservative element some uneasi
ness and anxiety, in spite of their pro
fessed belief that Mr. Bryan do longer
exerts any Influence and that he and
his adherents will be practically power
less in the national convention. Dis
cussing the question whether Bry"- m
bolt should his views and demands be
disregarded, the New York Evening
Post expresses tbe opinion that It would
be a good thing for the democracy if
he should bolt "It would be the saving
of the democratic party," says that
paper. "The supreme proof of thorough
reform would He in the eight of Bryan
and Hearst going off to flock by them
selves." It may be doubted whether
this view Is entertained by democrats
generally. There are some who will
cqulesce In it, but we think that most
of them would like to have the Ne
braska n actively working for the party
In tbe coming campaign. At all events
the leader of the radicals has made
known, in unqualified and uncompro
mising terms, where he stands, and it
would seem that this must compel Mm
to refuse to support Farker, if nomi
nated, or any one on a platform that
disavows the declarations of the last
two national democratic conventions.
BOMB HALIBUT FOISTS IS RAILROAD
ASStSSMttlT.
The announcement that the State
Board of Railroad Assessment, which
begin its session next Monday, will ex
tend Its deliberations over a period of
six weeks affords gratifying evidence
that the board will take no hasty action
In Its deliberations. Tbe task devolving
upon tbe tooard Is by no means an easy
one. The schedules and statements
filed by the various railroads operating
In Nebraska are in many respects con
fusing and calculated to befog rather
than to enlighten the board about the
main issue, namely, the actual value of
tho tangible property and franchises of
the respective roads.
Each of the five great railroad sys
tems now operating In Nebraska,
namely, the Union Pacific, Burlington,
Northwestern, Missouri raclflc and
Rock Island, have made returns of capi
talization and earnings for their entire
mileage in the various states traversed
by them. This makes it imperative for
the board In its computations of capi
talization and earnings to abandon the
old method of placing different valua
tions upon tbe various portions of one
system of railway. The Chicago, Bur
lington & Qulncy, which has absorbed
the Burlington & Missouri River Rail
road in Nebraska and sixteen other rail
roads originally chartered under differ
ent names, makes returns of capitaliza
tion and earnings for Its entire system
exceeding 8,000 miles. The TJnlon Pa
cific Railway company makes returns
covering its main line and auxiliaries as
a whole in capitalization in stocks and
bonds and the gross and net earnings.
The same Is true or the Chicago &
Northwestern, tbe Missouri Pacific and
Rock Island railroads, whose returns of
capitalization and earnings cover their
entire systems and consequently pre
elude an appraisement of the actual
value of the various lines and branches
Incorporated Into each of these systems,
based upon their bond and stock value,
or upon their earnings.
One of the salient points In an eqult
able appraisement of the tangible prop
erty of the railroads is the valuation
placed upon their terminals located
within the state and the equitable ap
praisement of their values for state and
county purposes to the respective coun
tiea over the entire system for which
these terminals serve at traffic distrib
uters. While the railway lawyers and
tax agents have claimed heretofore that
tbe value of the terminals, which aggre
gate at least $25,000,000 in tbe city of
Omaha alone, have been distributed
along the several lines that own them,
no evidence of such distribution has
ever been found in railroad assessments
heretofore made.
Another question the state board will
be compelled to settle .from the outset Is
whether the betterments made by the
railroads can legitimately be charged up
as operating expenses, when, In fact, they
represent Investments of surplus earn
lngs the same as new rolling stock, side
tracks or roadway extensions. These
betterments, so called, that have been
from year to year charged up as oper
ating expenses, amount to many mil
lions. In every Instance they represent
an increase in tbe value of tangible
property of the railroad which the atate
board should take Into account Just the
same as additions to or Improvements
on dwellings, store buildings, mills and
ractones would fie taken Into account
as justification of an Increase in their
valuation by the town or precinct as
sessor.
The republican factlonalUts in this
city who have been clamoring loudly for
direct primaries In order to get close to
the people now object to the primary
call Issued by the county committee be
cause it pledges all delegates to carry
out the instructions voted by the party
at the polls. They are threatening to
appeal tajhe courts to get out of taking
this pledge. These political patriot
want the republican rank and file to put
their trust In them, but tbey are not
willing to trust the rank and file.
The new secretary and commissioner
of the Omaba Commercial club will find
a very barge and prolific field In whic
to make himself a useful and potential
factor In the promotion and develop
ment of Omaha's commercial and indus
trial growth and prosperity. He ran
not, however, hope to achieve any very
great measure of success auless he
k-avea the beaten paths and abandons
aAwwra - aut ruU thai bat t mperod and
seriously Impeded the efficiency of tbe
club during the past decade.
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In the tussle between the- rural deliv
ery letter carriers and the express com
panies the rural delivery carriers have
been worsted, as was perhaps to have
been expected. While the carriers will
receive an Increase of pay from $W0 to
720 a year, they will lose the privilege
of soliciting subscriptions for newspa
pers and orders for merchandise on
commission. The provision embodied In
the postal laws relating to rural delivery
carriers as agreed to by both houses of
congress is as follows:
On and after July 1, 1904, letter carriers
of tha rural free delivery service ahall re
ceive a salary not exceeding $720 per an
num and no other or further allowance or
aalary ahall be made to aald carriers.
On and after said data said carriers ahall
not solicit bualness or receive orders of any
kind for any perebn, firm or corporation,
and shall not during their hours of employ
ment carry any merchandise for hire.
That aald carriers may carry merchan
dise for hire for and upon request of pa
trons residing upon their respective routea
whenever tha same shall not interfere with
the proper discharge of their official duties
and under such regulations as the postmas
ter general may prescribe.
Another effort ia to be made to sup
press the railroad ticket broker In
Omaha by the enactment of an anti
scalper ordinance. The experiment in
that direction during the exposition
season of 1898 was not a howling suc
cess. Tbe suppression of the scalper Is
about as difficult as the suppression of
the mosquito.
Philadelphia finds that during tbe past
year it has granted a divorce for every
sixteen marriage licenses Issued and
some of the papers there advertise the
fact that it is no longer necessary for
Pennsylvanlans to go to Dakota to get
quick relief from matrimonial troubles.
Talking Through Hla Hat.
Philadelphia North American.
Bryan says Parker can't carry the "solid
south." What brand of "dope" Is the gen
tleman from Nebraska using these days?
Strang Happening la "Show
He."
St Louis Globe-Democrat
Missouri seems squarely dead set against
the rebel yell; and the unterrlfied are
threatening to get a clean shave and a hair
cut .
Tne Cry for More.
Brooklyn Eagle.
It la estimated that we give to colleges
and charities In this country, of our free
will, about $78,300,000 a year. Yet every
one of them seems to desire as much more.
And very rightly, for the work of a col
lege or a university of neoeeslty always
Increases.
Idler Flock Together.
Baltimore American.
The courtesies of European tnonarchs
to yachting American millionaires shows
that in these days nice . princes courtesy
to great money kings. Among crowns.
sovereigns and dollars there are a fra
ternity and equality which nobody can
deny.
Blood Thicker. Than Water.
Springfield Republican.
Robert B. Roosevelt, although a atanch
democrat, declined to serve as presidential
elector next U1, ,a against his nephew,
Theodora. He says ha differs on "certain
great fundamental principles," but Is "very
fond of him," and i"there Is not living to
day a nobler, truer, more unselfish or bet
ter man," Blood Is thicker than water,
sure enough.
The Groat American Knocker.
New York Tribune.
Bryan thinks that neither Instructed dele
gations for Parker nor the platform he
stands oa give him -any real strength as a
candidate. To have made sure of this he
ought to have taken up the It to 1 silver
bugle Horn and blown It for all, and a good
deal more, than it is worth. But Bryan
is now a prophet without honor In his own
party or country or elsewhere, and, to do
him Justice, wears the negation of it as If
It were his native and familiar ornament.
Pylnar for Oat'i Country.
Boston -Transcript
President Roosevelt makes a natural and
reasonable comment ' when he notes that
the men killed on the Missouri, while they
were fitting themselves to fight effectively
In case of ned, "died for their country as
much as If their ship had been In action
against the enemy." Tha criticism of all
such observations, Is that they seem to
Imply that a man who -dies In any other
way than as a member of the army or
navy does not die for hla country. Take,
for Instance, the case of the diver who
risked his Ufa and lost It the other day In
a work of great public utility. Didn't he
die for his. country? He died In the per
formance of duty, at any rate, and why la
not that for the country aa much as dying
In a gun turret? Or those other divers
who came aar death In trying to rescue
the comrade. Why was not theirs a deed
with the element of patriotism. In that It
was for a nobl end? Or la tber a dis
tinction between dying for one's country
and dying for humanity, and, if so, which
ia the superior?
AHKCDOTB .OP . SENATOR HARMA
Btrg1h of Character Displayed ta
Campaign' Work..
Governor Herrlck In Harper's Weekly.
All my life I had known that Hanna was
a man of Indomitable courage and of In
flexible will power, but I never realised bis
strength until the last campaign. H en
tered the tour of Ohio after a period of
sickness and In a weakened physical condi
tion. Yet h mads every speech assigned
him. Many times I hat seen him coma
back to the car nearly exhausted. His
limbs would stiffen from standing too long,
and he would have to be fairly carried Into
tha living room. Yet the next morning be
would be ready for more work. One even
ing after making five apeechea h got Into
a corner seat with difficulty, where ha
lolled la sheer exhaustion and tried to
amok. Looking aj the end of hla cigar,
h told this story: "I feel Ilka the soldier
In the civil war who while leading a charge
was knocked over, stamped on, rolled In
tha mud and kicked by a mule. Gathering
himself up, he followed hla regiment with
a sora mind and a sorer body. As he
limped along be said: 'I love my country,
I hev fit fur her, I bev bled fur her, an' I
stand ready to die fur her. But when this
blam war is ever J ain't sever a-goln' to
lov another country. "
What he meant was that be Intended to
drop active political work after his election
a aenAtor. Hla heart waa In that fight,
and therein ha ahowed bla pride of charac
ter. Blx years ago an effort was mad to
cloud th title to bis senatorshlp. Prom
that hour he strove to vindicate his claim
to th position, and the rousing majority
given him, I verily believe, brought him
more Joy than would th election to th
presidency. Hla own people, as h put It
had given th II to th charge, and had
voted renewed conndttrtce-tn' film. " '
BIT! OV WASHJBGTOJI UFB.
Minor 8enea and Incidents Sketched
oa th Spot.
Unci Jo Cannon la th greatest hustler
of legislative business that aver held down
th speaker's chslr. Ha Is decidedly un
conventional and raise many a laugh
without Intending to be humorous. II
does It sll In his plain, old-fashioned way
that has th additional charm of uncon
sciousness about it The Washington cor
respondent of the Brooklyn Eagle tells
how business is expedited: "Uncle Joe
has Invented a number of parliamentary
devices for shortening tha usual routine
of passing bills that have proved very
affective. Recently ha announced that a
number of members bad bills which they
wer anxious to have passed and that h
would like to devote two hours to getting
rid of them. He explained that all th
bills would be taken up by unanimous con
sent, and that, of course, any member had
the right to object to any or all of them.
With that he called th first measure and
the rapid fire proceedings began.
"By direction of th speaker the clerk
omitted reading th preambles of long
bills and skipped rapidly through the read
ing of the various sections. With the read
ing of the last word Unci Joe rapped th
desk with his gavel and cleared up all th
other formalities at on fell swoop. 'With
out objection,' he said, 'the bill will b con
sidered engrossed, read th third time.
passed and tha motion to reconsider laid
on the table.' When necessary be included
in his formula th amending of th title.
"Tbe other day the speaker put a ques
tion to a viva voce vot,e, and this Is the way
no ruiea: 'The yeas seem to nave it, nut
the nays' make the most noise.'
When provoked or annoyed Csnnon
makes no attempt to conceal it. Things
were going badly In the house a coupla
of weeks since, with a great amount of
disorder and confusion prevailing. Execu
tive Clerk Barnes arrived with a message
from the president and patiently awaited a
lull In the proceedings to deliver the en
velope. Finally he stepped to the front
to be recognised. The speaker gased at
Mr. Barnes for a couple of minutes, but
failed to formally recognize him. Not
understanding why the president's messen
ger should delay the house by standing
like a graven Image In the center aisle,
Cannon sputtered out: 'Well, If you've got
a message why don't you deliver It?' .
"On another occasion things promised to
get tangled into a parliamentary knot.
Several members were clamoring for the
floor to make motions, when Cannon, wav
ing his left hand In his well known ad
monitory fashion, gave utterance to this
parliamentary gem: 'Now, hold on here,
hold on. Wait a minute, wait a minute,
and we'll get this straightened out before
we go any further. "
Secretary Moody tells how officers on
board American war vessels have to bear
the expense of entertaining on board ship.
"The expense of the entertainments must
ba borne by the officers -themselves, even
down to the laundering of the table linen.
And It is a hardship. Unlike the navies
of other lands, our officers come from the
common people and have not the large
Incomes of officers of other navies and, con
sequently, entertaining comes as a hardship
on them. Even with tha president there Is
no exception to the rule that the expense
of entertaining aboard ship must be paid
by those doing the entertaining. When
the presideit goes aboard the Mayflower he
must pay for It, even down to the launder
ing of the linen on the tables."
There Is a large book outside the door of
the chief of the bureau of navigation In
the Navy department, Wash!- in. In
which all naval officers who repoi. at the
department are expected to write their
names, when they arrived and the probable
date of their departure. The other day
a number of young women who were at
tending the congress of the Daughters of
the American Revolution at the capital ex
plored the department. They found the
register and filled a page with entries like
this before Admiral Taylor's horrified mes
senger found out what was happening:
"Name, Mary Jones, Oshkosh; date of ar
rival, April 27; date of probable departure,
unknown."
Secretary Cortelyou essayed the role of
Haroun-al-Raschld last week. Late on
evening he called up Commissioner Gen
eral Sargent of the bureau of Immigration
by telephone and askod him to get ready
at one for a trip to New York and to be
at the station In time for the midnight
train. That was the first notice anyone had
of the secretary's Intention to visit Ellis
Island. He appeared at the immigration
station the next morning bright and early
and when- he returned, three days later,
it was with a lot of first-hand information,
which he thinks wlU prove very useful In
handling the Washington end of the ser
vice.
The easiest way , to secure listeners to
any speech in congress is by Introducing a
story. When certain men get on their ft at
there Is an immediate pricking of ears.
Less humorous men impress anecdotes as
they do arguments.
If th anecdot has in it th word "damn'
they are sure of their prey for it la an
established fact, that this simple oath la
the most humorous word in th English
language and will carry the moat Innocuous
joke. Cochran of Missouri Is not a funny
man, but he floats a. speech handaomely
with som stories. Her Is one of them:
"A constituent waa going to take th
boat for New Orleans. While waiting for
It he took a walk on th bluff above. There,
admiring the beauty of th scenery, the
majesty of the wsters, his heart swelling
with Joy in his native land, he suddenly
saw the boat pushing out below. Turning
he sprinted down th bsnk at a pace which
nmade th Republic of Paama look like 80
cents. Taking a flying leap, he made th
boat, but, colliding with a portly passen
ger, he knocked him across th deck.
Hastening to apologize, h pleaded tha ex
Igenclea of the ease. But the pros t rat
man, struggling to Ms feet, said:
'You damphool. Thle boat is coming
In! "
"The average cltlsen. Interested In the
history of his country and rsther proud of
his knowledge of men and events," says
Leslies' Monthly, "If asked to name th
leaders in legislative statesmanship, would
glibly refer to Senators Spooner, Lodre.
Depew, Allison, Bailey, Hoar, Teller and
Representatives Csnnon, Payne, Dalrell.
Grosvenor, Hepburn snd the men who
shar with them the glory of star rolea and
speaking parts In th presentation of the
congressional drama. These are the men
who receive th applause of the audience
while tha actual work, the drudgery, even
of the artistic kind, ia performed by minor
peraons In th play, although everything la
apparently planned to prepare proper stag
aettlaga and acenio effects for the star per
formers. Within the last twenty-five years
It waa possible for a member of congrers,
particularly ef th house, to make hla in
fluenc felt by hla oratory. During th
term of Mr. Carlisle's apeakershlp there
waa a growing disposition to limit debate
and this culmlnsted In the suppression of
extended dscusslon of any topic, unleas
favored by a few leaders, when Speaker
Reed formulated and forced the adoption
of hla now famous rules. When th demo
crats later secured control of tha house
tha very liberty, amounting almost to
license, which marked tha reietton against
the Reed rules waa so gross that It cauad
their adeptloa by the democrats. - Th
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rules are still in force, and under them, by
the power Invested In a few Important com
mittees, much oratory Is Impossible. As a
result the 'gum-shoe' brand of statesman-
ahlp ha been developed. Important prob
lems, the solution of which are demanded
by national necessity, are no longer settled
on the floor of the house.. They come to
that body from communities, and the rank
and file of the membership of tha house
has little to do but to register, more or less
faithfully, the mandates that come from
the committee room."
BR. YAH AND BRYAIflSM.
Latest Exhlhlt of Both Before a
Chicago Andlenc.
Chicago Chronicle (dem.) '
The speech delivered by Mr. Bryan In
Chicago on Saturday evening is deserving
of notice only because it fell from a man
who has been the candidate of a great
party for the presidency. Malicious, dull
and vain. Its publication Is all that Is
necessary to Its refutation.
It may not be out of place, however, to
explain that this stupid diatribe was the
utterance of a man ostensibly opposed to
'plutocracy" in behalf of the candidacy of
the ono plutocrat who has aspired to tha
presidency and who has hoped to reach
that honored position by the use of money.
Mr. Bryan upholding the bribery-sup
ported candidacy of William R. Hearst In
the name of "the common people" Is a
spectaole which every American should
remember.
W have had rich men in America who
have not been overscrupulous In the ac
complishment of their objects and we have
had rich men who were corrupt and even
criminal, but Mr. Bryan's patron at this
time and the man who no doubt pays him
liberally for all that he does in his behalf
Is the flrst of our plutocrats who has been
weak enough and unprincipled enough to
suppose that he could buy the presidency.
Mr. Heatst did not earn th money
which he is squandering. He Inherited It.
He is throwing money lavishly In a score
of states In an attempt to buy and bully
his way Into the democratic national con
vention. Ke Is debauching the youth of
the land with his Immoral publications.
H -is entfclng the foolish arid tha depraved
In several of the great cities to th peni
tentiaries and the gallows.
When Mr. Bryan comes to Chicago,
therefore, to assail a. mythical plutocracy
it Is no more than fair to ask him what
are his relations with the contemptible lit
tle plutocrat, who Is trying to buy his way
Into the White House. What ts Mr.
Bryan's position on the pay roll? How
much more does an ex-candldate for the
presidency receive of this dirty money than
one of the heelers In the first ward of tha
city of Chicago, for example? Does the
thrifty Individual from Nebraaka who
writes wills, Indites sealed letters and un
dertakes to devour widows' houses sup
pose anybody in this town believes that he
la working for nothing?
PERSONAL. NOTES.
Mayor Carter H. Harrison of Chicago
will make a tour around the world whan
his term of office expires next spring.
The crown prince of Corea, who is now
In Washington, has the measles. It seems
impossible for the family to escape out
breaks. Colonel Coelho, a prince of the royal
blood of Hawaii, will furnish the money to
erect a magnificent tempi In Cincinnati
for the uae of colored Knights of Pythias.
Ex-President Cleveland and his family
will spend a portion of the coming aummer
at Sandwich, N. H-. and there la a proba
bility that th family may establish a per
manent summer horn In that town.
Richard P. Clarkson, tho long-time editor
and owner of the Des Moines Register, now
pension agent for the Iowa and Nebraska
district, has Just celebrated h!s sixty
fourth birthday. Mr. Clarkson is getting
th better of a fight with rheumatism.
An old acquaintance of Edison's seeking
employment secured a note of Introduction
from the Inventor to the assistsnt general
manager of the telegraph company. "My
Dear :" th note ran. "This will Intro,
duce Mr. . who waa train dispatcher on
tha Grand Trunk when I was a peanut con
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of It that he never presented It for fear it
might paea from hla hands forever.
Standing Bear, one of the Indians rtcently
Injured In the Maywood (111.) wreck, is the
artist of the Ogalalla Slonx. When he Is
not traveling wltlt his show he spends
his tlm on the Pine Ridge reservation
painting crude primitive pictures of Indian
Ufa.
Major George W. Evans, disbursing offi
cer and, chief of tbe division of finance in
the Interior Department, has Just reached
the fortieth year of his service in the de
partment, during which time he handled
more than a billion of dollars without an
error.
Congressman Sulxer of New York has
bean battling for the Seneca Indiana of
his state, whose lands the Standard Oil
company Is endeavoring to secure. So
pleased are .the red men that they have
named him Our Friend Who Wields the
Tomahawk in Congress.
Secretary Shaw la planning a western trip
aa aoon as congreas adjourns. Ha expects
to go to the Pacific coast, and In addition
to visiting Ban Francisco will run north
ward to Puget sound and south to Los An
geles. He will probably make a few
speeches, but explains that,- of course, the
tour Is not in anytense a political one.
A SMILE OK TWO.
"Has your association ever accomplished
anything noteworthy?"
"Yes, indeed," answered young Mrs. Tor
kins, "l'ou Just ought to see the unllnlshed
business It has accumulated." Washington.
Star.
"Does your little girl know how to spell?"
"Oh, dear, no. 1 hat's so plebeian, and
we expect her to marry a man who Is rlcu
enough to let her have an amanuensis. '
Chicago Post.
His Little Son Pa, what is a geologist?
Mr. Purseproud A geologist, my son, la
a person who is Interested In the wrong
kind of rocks. Puck.
Glffle These Russians don't seem to b
making much headway.
Splnks I should say not. Haven't even
begun to predict where they'll eat their
Christmas dinners. Philadelphia Bulletin.
Hicks Conscientious. Is he?
Wicks I should say so. 'Why, Tie Want
out tha other day and left a sign on hie
office door that he'd be "back In half an
hour," and, bang me. If he didn't keep his
word! Philadelphia Ledger.
"Whenever our crowd goes fishing," said
Guzzttl, "and the fellows begin to think of
having a drink, they invariably have to
call upon me." . ' (
"Get out!" cried Frankley, "you nevC
bought a flask In your life." J
"No. but I always carry a corkscrew."
Philadelphia Press.
"Ymi rlnn't feel anv . symDSthy for th
colleague who was convicted or grarungi
INot tne BiignieM, aniwenn
Rr.i o-hiitn "liia lack of honesty waa
only by the primitive Insufficiency
methods, wasningiun oir.
"I don't see," said the thoughtful theo-1
rlst, "how people evet managed t6 jdle be
fore all these new . modern diseases were
discovered. Perhaps .It was a wise dlspenf
satlon of Providence that there should be
so much violence and fighting in tha early
days." Chicago Post.
TUB WAY TO A MAN'S HEART.
W. J. Lampton In New York Sun. '
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She didn't drive, , '
She didn't swim,
She didn't strive
To be an atljlete;
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A figure
In society.
She didn't dance,
She didn't flirt, . ,
She didn't try
To be exDert
In art and books;
Sh didn't train
A bulldog
On a silver Chain.
She didn't golf,-
She didn't row.
She didn't take in . , .
Every showf
She didn't give -
Her purse distress ,
By straining It
Ori too much dress;
She didn't play.
She didn't alng,
She wasn't up .
On everything.
But men and women
Understand
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