Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, April 30, 1904, EDITORIAL SHEET, Page 10, Image 10
10 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, APRIL 80, 1D04. Tire Omaha Daily Bee. K. ROSC WATER, BDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERM 9 os iTnar-niPTloN. Bally Re (without Sunday), On Yar..W. Or ally Bee and Sun.lay. One Year f M Illustrated Bee. One Tear t Sunday B, uno Year 1-0 jsoturday He, one Yr 1 Twentieth Century Farmer. One Tear.. l.0 ' DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Pelly Be (without Sunday), per ropy.... t Illy It (without Sunday), per week. ..lie t'elly Be (Including Sunday), per wk..l7c Sundny Bee, per ropy e Evening Bee (without Sunday, tMr WM. Evening Be (Including Sunday), per week Mo Complaint of irregularity in delivery should b sddressd to City Circulation Department . omens. Omaha The Be Building1. South Omaha City Hnll Building. Twenty-fifth and M Streets. Council Bluffs 10 Pearl Street ChfeairoltWrt fnlty Building. New York J37 park Row Building. 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ISO U 8B.WH) B0.70O K 80,200 10 SO.TSO M RO.ROO u..... oo.imo rt 26.oo II 30.H20 tt SW.TIO 11.". ao.ono t 80.210 14 m.nwt ta so.uwi is 80.400 it so,ws:o 11, aojioo Total into j 10 Less unsold and returned ooplea.... 10323 Net total ante .B10.RS.T Net average aole SU.B73 GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my vreaene and worn to before me thl 1st day of April, A. D.. 1904. (Seal) M. B. HUNGATE, Notarv public Nature has added a flood to the other attractions of the St. Louis exposition. America's Idea of an open door In China la one that does not awing out ward. A campaign for street repairs Is over due. Let the Civic Improvement league take notice. It la now up to the weather roan to make not the least Important contribu tion to the Auditorium completion fund. 8t. Louis has a leisurely way of doing things and nobody need be surprised If ths big shdw la not la full blast before the 1st of July. Walt for the big show. King Ak-8ar-Ben will make his debut with bis court festivities for 1004 bigger, better and grander than ever. China Is beginning to growl at Russia and the pan-Mongolian alliance may be formed while the ciar still dreama of the pan-Slavonic league. When the wireless telegraph starts to popping at Fort Omaha It will be time to Jubilate over the establishment of the signal corps school. ' .. Borne of the newspapers which have, recently Joined In the demand for Just taxation of the railroads would he dis appointed if their advice were followed The German ofllcer who has been re lieved from service in South Africa be cause he talked too much may congratu late himself upon getting out of a fever csaup so easily. Someone has said there are no sine cures In the Russian service, but the po sition of commander of the Black sea fleet at the present time must closely approximate a "snap." "When the balance Is struck on con gressional legislation It will be found that Congressman Klnkald has the big gest score of any of the players wear lug the Nebraska uniform. There were people who still had con fidence la the business ability of Dr Woodend of New York, even after he bad algned a guarantee for Madame Pattt , Now they realize their mistake. Lincoln Jobbers are organising a trade excursion modeled after the trade ex cursiona undertaken by Omaha Jobber for several successive years. There Is no tribute to success so effective aa imi tation. The Japanese soldiers who committed suicide rather than surrender did not ' have an enllghteued knowlodice of their duty. They should have lived aa leng aa possible to reduce the food supply of the enemy. Dr. Cruui. collector of the port of Charleston, will have to serve without psy until congmss meets again, but Lis friends declare that he shall not go hungry while maintaining the light of a negro to hold office. It will cost the Uulted States govern ment twice as much to celebrate the anniversary of the purchase of the Louisiana territory as the territory originally cost. Expositions coiue high, but we must have tlietn. lime was when people would pay for the privilege of hearing Mr. Bryan talk, but when he paid his own money for a hall and talked to them for nothing he confessed that as a drawing power he baa lost some of his attraction. The caar may change his mind about desiring no outside interference in the settleuieut of affairs at the end of the present war. He was willing enough to have the powers take from Japan the fruit of victory of its former war optmsa vr tp mxpohith). The event of primary interest to a very large portion of the American peo pie Is the opening today of the Loulsl ana Purchase exposition. Intended to commemorate one of the most Impor tant events In the history of the nation. The opening will be accomplished by the president f the United Ptates press ing the key of a Morse telegraph In strument in the White House and, through direct wire connection, will con vey Instantaneously to the great central switchboard oh the exposition grounds the electric energy that will release- the enormous horse power required to operate the great engines In machinery hall and other mechanism of the ex position. This Is the consummation of several years of Energetic effort on the part of the management of the great enter prise and the expenditure of tens of millions of dollars, a considerable part of which came out of the national treas ury. In magnitude a,nd cost the ex position at St Louis Is unprecedented. The area covered by It la nearly double that of the Chicago World's fair and the buildings at St. Louis are generally much larger than were those at Chicago. While the present exposition will per haps' not excel that of eleven years ago architecturally and scenlcally. It will doubtless In some respects be superior, notably In electrical achievement. There will also be among the exhibits some features of great Interest that were not at Chicago. The managers claim to have gathered In their dozen exhibit palacea the best products of man's work, the best Illustrations of his ef forts, methods and progress In educa tion, art, liberal arts, manufactures, machinery, electricity, transportation, agriculture, horticulture, forestry, mines and metiAlurgy, fish and game, anthro pology, social economy, physical culture and live stock breeding. Foreign coun tries have contributed liberally to the exhibits, of course sending the choicest and most attractive of their products. The exposition Is still far from com plete so far as the placing of exhibits Is concerned and It will probably be several weeks before all these are In place, a recent statement being that there are thousands of carloads yet to be unloaded. This is the common ex perience, but It Is none the less unfor tunate, because It will Interfere with the attendance at a time wben the ex position should have a good start finan cially. People will not go there while there Is confusion In the placing of ex hibits and little to be seen except the buildings and decorations. As to the outlook for the enterprise financially there la naturally conjecture and this very generally leans to the view that it ia not likely to be a financial success. This Is based upon the fact that St. Louis has not an Inviting climate during the summer and that consequently not many people wtlj go there In that season. Another thing likely to check atten dance It the reported disposition to sub ject vlsltora to extortion. The St Louis papers have been very earnestly calling attention to this and warning those who will provide accommodations for vlsltora that the only thing that could wreck the fair now Is extortion. The Louisiana Purchase exposition la a magnificent enterprise and appears to have been managed thus far with algnal ability and practical judgment. It will be a splendid display in every line of human achievement and deserves to be a financial success. " AN OVTTLOW VT GOLD. Eastern financial papers note that the gold movement of the present season Is likely to be exceptional in several re apects. While a considerable export Is usual at this tlrus of year, the ship ments for the present month are very greatly In excess of those for April of last year. It la pointed out that prepa ration for the Panama payment has something to do with this early move ment, though it la only a factor. The war In the east Is making Its draft upon the banking centers of Europe and they In turn draw as they can upon this country, which is now the chief reser voir of the world's reserve, supply of gold. It la evident, remarks the New York Journal of Commerce, that we can stand a pretty heavy drain tbla spring and summer without any occasion for un easiness. There Is now in this country In the treasury and in circulation about 11,200,000.000 in gold coin and certlfl- catea representing coin. It constitutes over two-fifths of onr volume of cur rency, which la larger than ever per capita. It is therefore apparent that we can spare In the coming months all that Europe Is likely to need and so long as our own credit la unimpaired and the outward movement of gold Is due to no financial weakness here, there Is no dls advsntnge In parting with It As to the canal payment of $40,000,000 gold. It has been so arranged that It will cause no disturbance to the money market Moved by reports of offers of media tion or Intervention for terminating the war in the far east the Russian govern ment has felt It to be necessary to offi cially announce that no formal proposals looking to the restoration of peace have oeen maae to It and that none would re ceive consideration If made. It is also declared that "the imperial government will not admit the intervention of em power whatsoever with the negotiations wnicu will occur between Russia and Jspsn after the termination of hostile operations In order to determine the con ditions of peace." ,Thla official statement of Russia's po sltlon accords with whst we have here- tofore aald in relation to the reports re garding proposals of intervention. We (ave pointed out that the pride of Bus la would not permit tliat government to at this time listen to an offer of me- dlatitiu from any source, that U ahe hould accept such an offer it would be a confession of weakness and that the effect would be disastrous to her pres tige. All this should have been per fectly obvious to everybody and It is therefore somewhat surprising that King Edtvard and King Christian should have even intimated to Emperor Nicho las anything in the nature of interven tion. As to' that portion of the Russian declaration relating to negotiations after the termination of hostilities, It is possible that the government will not then be disposed to take quite so brave a stand as It now does. Whatever the result of the conflict, other powers are likely to Insist upon having something to say In determining the conditions of peace. The world would hardly nermit Russia. If successful, to absorb Corea. which she probably would propose to do, while on the other hand It would not al low Japan, If victorious, to remain In control of territory which was Inde pendent before the war and which she has promised shall remain so. Russta owes her present position In Manchuria to a combination with other powers which refused to permit Japan to re tain Port Arthur after she had won It from China. Russia Inspired that com bination and she mav have to take some of her own medicine when the time comes for determining the conditions of peace. VALVATIOtl OF RAIL HO AD FBAKCH1SKS Before beginning work on the assess ment of railroad property It la eurnestly desired by members of the state board that someone shall publish a correct definition of a railroad franchise and figure out n good, reasonable and Just way to determine Its value. The plan wanted Is one that will hold water and stand the test of the courts. A railroad franchise Is a grant of sov ereign power to establish, construct maintain and operate public highways and exact tolls for the transportation of persons and products In transit within the territory tributary. In other words, the state clothed with the sovereign power of taxation delegates Its power to railroad corporations, coupled with the privilege to levy taxes In the shape of transportation tolls and to exercise the right to take property without the consent of its owner as eminent domain on the broad presumption that the land occupied by a railway Is used for a pub lic purpose the same as land dedicated for public thoroughfares and ordinary highways. To determine the value of a franchise as the component part of a railroad we must first ascertain the value of Its tangible property, which, to all Intents and purposes, is the body, while the franchise Is its soul. To correctly com pute the value of a railroad franchise we must first ascertain the value of the road as a dead property. That Is, the value of Its right-of-way, trackage, ter minals, depot grounds and improve ments. Its rolling stock and all other real and personal property at their re spective values without reference to their use as a going property, and then ascertain the producing or earning power of the railroad as a going prop erty In the exercise of Its taxing power. Take for example a railroad whose tangible properties would inventory $1,000,000. This tangible property con verted Into money loaned out or Invested In 'legitimate business would produce from 5 to 8 per cent, or from $50,000 to $00,000 a year net. If the net earnings of such a railroad in full operation, after deducting operating expenses, cost of repairs, maintenance and taxes, were $100,000 a year the difference between the earning power of the tangible prop erty and the net earnings of the road capitalized at 6 per cent would represent the value of the franchise. In the example cited, if the earning power of the tangible property Invested at 5 per cent would yield $50,000 a year on $1,000,000 and the net income of the road were $100,000, the value of the franchise would be $50,000 a year, or, computed at the same ratio aa the earn ing power of the tangible property, would represent $1,000,000. The supreme court of Nebraska in, granting a mandamus to compel the proper assessment of the Omaha street railway, gas company and other fran chlsed corporations, laid down this rule: When the capital stock of a corporation has a market value that Talue may be taken as a basts to ascertain tbe value of Its tangible property, since the value of the stock Is the net value of its assets, and Is round by deducting Its Indebtednets, from the gross value of its tangible and Intangi ble property. The supreme court of the TJnlted States In Its decision, "Adams Express Company against Ohio State Auditor." expresses Its view relative to the assess ment of franchises by an opinion deliv ered by Judge Brewer, as follows: It Is a cardinal rule which should never be forgotten that whatever, property Is worth for the purposes of income snd sale It Is also worth fur the purposes of taxa tion. Suppose a bridge were entirely within the territorial limits of a state and It ap peared that the bridge itself cost only 11. m, 000. could be reproduced, for that sum, snd yet it was so sltusted with reference to railroads or their connections, or used by the traveling public, that It was worth to the holders of it In the matter of Income 12.900,000; could be sold In the market for that sum: was therefore In the eyes of practical business men of the value of I2.SOO.000; can there be any doubt of the state's power to assess It at that sum and to collect taxes from It upon that basis of value? The value which property bears In the market, the amount for which Its stock can be bought and sold, Is the real value. Buslneea men do not pay cash for property In moonshine or dreamland. They buy and pay for that which Is of value In Its power to produce Income or for purpose! of sale. It is to be hoped the state board will no longer be puseled us to tbe character of a railroad franchise, and the reason able and Just way of determining Its value for. taxation purposes. In the light thrown upon the assessment of street railways and other franrhlsed cor porations by tbe supreme court of Ne braska and Justice Brewer, speaking for the United States supremo court, we feel confident that the plsn outlined above will hold wster In the courte. While more new buildings will be erected this year In Omaha than In any preceding year within the past decade, the building department of the city should not forget to overhaul all the old storehouses, warehouses and hotels that are not provided with proper exits and tire escapes and to compel the own- era to make them safe. Our democratic friends are becoming solicitous about the selection of a su preme court clerk by the republican su preme Judges to succeed the present democratic Incumbent. The democrats become solicitous about the appointment of republicans to office only when they think they can make democratic capital out of It. There are sidewalk Mens and side walk signs some are more nnslsrhtlT or more hideous than others and some are more dangerous to life and limb dur ing high winds. Whatever may be the outcome of the war on the sidewalk signs the hideous signs and the dan gerous signs should surely go. One big retail establishment at the state capital has handed In a voluntary assessment for taxation under the new law of nearly a Quarter of a million dollars. It remains to be seen what figures the large mercantile concerns of Omaha will set on their own stocks and wares. A Necessary Exercise. Philadelphia Press. Don't blame Bryan for talking. There Is nothing else left for him to do. The Heal Thing- Overlooked. Chicago Tribune. An orator In the German Relrhataa- has been lauding American push. He should be shown a sample of American pull If he wants to get enthusiastic. Precious Few Month Orgaa. Chicago Post. The people, after all. send their represen tatives to congress to transact the business of the country, not to manufacture material for a presidential campaign. Who remem bers thlsT Two or Three Easy Jobs. Washington Star. A college professor, late and hurrying to his class room one day, was stopped by his small boy, who asked for but a brief moment of hla time. "All I want," said the young hopeful, "Is for you to tell me how to work miracles and make condensed milk." That would seem to be quite an undertaking, but It is a mere trifle a com pared with th taak of satisfying, In the matter of a presidential candidate, all the various element of the democratic party. Doctor of the Old School. Boston Globe. The death of a country doctor of the old school has evoked the comment that the bustling, resolute, independent doctor who was a surgeon and obstetrician, a neurolo gist, & chemist, a dentist, a veterinarian, and an undertaker on occasions, and who wrote wills, said prayers and conducted funeral services, and did many other things unknown to the modern physician, belongs to the past Century. In the place of th old country general praotltlonar, w have how the modern specialist, who gets con siderably larger fees than his versatile predecessor, but who hardy has so many friends. Rerlo-rpmla Democracy. Baltimore American. The democrats are nothing if not serio comic. Their pledge of fealty and alle giance to the Jcffersonlan democracy was never before quite aa funny as It I thia year when the whole country Is celebrating, In a democratic stat. the fact that the Jefferson who Is hailed as the democratic apostle once reached out and took In terri tory by the very means condemned in more or less radical terms In every democratlo platform in the country. In brief, they swear allegiance to all that la Jeffersonlsm In on paragraph, condemn his policy of territorial expansion In another, and then make arrangements to go to St. Louis and celebrate the act they have condemned In their own chosen apostle. ' REFORMERS BIT SO REFORM. What Have Nebraska Fnslonlat to Show for Their Bra of Control Schuyler Free Lance. The editor of the O'Neill Independent answers the question In thl paper as to what good did th populist movement do In Nebraska by saying that It ridded ths state house of "a host of Ignoble thieves, embesslers and rascals." Also that It pro. duced "some great and honored men." add ing: "We will mention a few of tbe names which are engraven upon th eternal wall of Time In glittering letters of everlasting glory, there to live on and on and forever shine upon tbe fairest pages of our coun try's history; W. J. Bryan. Judge Hoi comb, Senator Allen, W. H. Thompson, Congressman Robinson. Victor Vlfqualn, Patrick Barry, M. F. Harrington. Bmyth, Metcalfe, Hitchcock. Beck, Freeman, Bui livan, Governor Poynter, Powers, and a host of other like Illustrious ant) noble men." Tes, w know that th cleaning out of the Bartley gang In the state house was a good lob and that the fusion movement produced some wonderfully "noble" men, as you say, but what did the movement ac complish for the good of th people when It was In absolute power in the state and In shape to dot Did they rid the state of the railroad paas, which la th root of all corporation evil, or did they let It alone and nearly all of the list of noble men mentioned accept and ride on them, just as republicans did? Did they give the peo ple any relief along the much-talked-of lines of railroad rates, or did they simply lay down after the courts held up a radical measure passed and failed to pass any thing of a corporation character? Did they devise any plan whereby the revenue law of the state cuuld be amended so that the Income of the state would be at least equal to the expenses, or was that neglected and left for a later republican legislature to attempt? Were the state Institutions taken out of machine politics and put under civil service rules and with a view of good service and economical administration of affair? Was a law passed by them set tling the question of the Elevator trust by allowing farmers to build and operate their own, or was that left for the republicans to do? Were the corporations compelled to pay tbeir just share of Uses, or waa that matter left aa it was before? We won't refer to such men as Porter and Meserve and Edmlsten snd Cornell, nor refer to Ijtt Herdman, the present su preme court fee grabber, who outclasses Eugene Moore an hundred fold. We are not engaged in throwing dirt on one side nor Indulging In any gliturlng laudations 00 the other. All we want to know Is, What did that fusion movement benefit the people along the line of nonular ltnl. tion? What did that grand lot of "noi-eir ucit atunea flu aaide Uvm talk lt. OTHER LAUDS THAJT Ot'RS. The new Anglo-French agreement Is pleasing to th Italians, who have always looked to the British fljet for the protection of their Mediterranean roasts. The Medi terranean Is now virtually Inclosed by the territories of friendly powers, Egypt being recognised by the new agreement ss a Frit lh protectorate. These powers, each hav. Ing a powerful fleet, are now In a position to enforce any policy they agree upon In reference to the future of the Mediterran ean. They are relieved of anxieties that have hitherto existed, snd may to some ex tent, perhaps, lossen their military and naval expenditures. King Edward's visit to Lisbon, to Rom snd to Paris did much. It Is understood, to. promote the present era of good feeling, and the visit of th king of Italy to Parts and London had a Ilk beneficial effect on the relations of th three powers. President Loubet's present Visit Is s reclprocstlon of King Emman uel's visit last October. Much Interest at taches to his relations while at Home with th Vatican In view of the position of the papacy in Italy and the recent antl-clertcal legislation In France. The socialist revolutionary party of Rus sia has redoubled Its activity sine the out break of th war. It's St. Petersburg com mittee has clandestinely published a review Of the last year's work, followed by an sccount of the rapid growth of the revolu tionary organisations. The committees of Vitebsk and of Baratolt have distributed similar decuments, the latter making a spe cial appeal to the member of the semstvos to aid In bringing about a convocation of the Zemskl Sobor, or Constituent Assembly. The Kleff committee has Issued a mani festo In regard to the war, urging that In stead of aiding the government to carry on the struggle against the Japanese, with whom Russians have no cause of quarrel. every effort should be made to overthrow the government. On February 11 the Bl- alystok committee printed a "Leaflet to the Workers of Blalystok," declaring that the war was not necessary, and urging a demonstration In favor of International peace and th solidarity of workers throughout the world. The "Group of Tula" appealed especially to the officers and soldiers of the army. In Odessa pro tests have been made against the enforce ment of so-called voluntary subscriptions towards the cost of the war. While the prefect has now forbidden any further patriotic" manifestations In the streets, all the workmen In the railway serive who refuse to subscribe In cash to these patrl otlo manifestations are at once discharged. President Loubet's visit to Rome marks snother stags of that Interesting process which has been going on in Europe for the last few years looking to the amelioration of national animosities and th cultivation of more friendly and cordial relations. There Is no doubt at all that these ex changes of official courtesies, which have occurred at London, Paris, Vienna and Rome, have had a marked effect In Influ encing the sentiment and feelings of th people at large, and that this again has j reacted upon ministers of state and paved the way for such treaties of accord as have recently been mad between France and England and France and Italy. In the latter case there has been for many years a feeling of resentment In French minds over Italy's positions in th drelbund but even the French are beginning to see that It Is possible for Italy to be loyal to the triple alliance and at the same time culti vate and maintain friendly relations with other great neighbors. The popular greet ings given to the French president in Rom and to the Italian sovereigns In Paris are all healthy signs and represent a condition which makes for peace. Th visit of King Edward and Queen Alexandra to Denmark recalls th fact that in 1700 an act was passed prohibiting; the British sovereign from being out of the three kingdoms without the consent of Parliament. No such consent Is now neces sary. The act of 1700 was repealed In 1718. It Is noted by th Pall Mall Oasette that th first two Georges wer frequently out of the country. George III. waa never more than 100 miles from London. George IV. was abroad In 1821. William IV. never left th realm. In pursuance of an old law, the king waa required to appoint a commission of th lords Justices, or a guardian, to exercise royal authority dur ing th king's absence. In 1846. when th late Victoria waa about to visit Germany, th opinion of the law officers was taken as to whether th law still required ths appointment of a commission. Th officials decided that Inasmuch aa there had been no commission since 18a, th practice had become obsolete. "In the debate In 1848 It was pointed out that th great (1) facili ties for travel had removed the expediency of such a proceeding;. This, of course, Is even truer today." The more complete excavation of Pom pell carried on In recent years has been so rich in results, and has so greatly enlsrged our knowledge of th life and art of th Roman Empire, that th attention of arch seologlsts la now turned to the other burled city, which has been hitherto neg lected. Superficially, th ruin of Hercu laneura ar much leas Important, but th place Is known to hav contained som rich villas snd some public buildings of consequence which msy prov to have been as well preserved beneath the ashes of Vesuvius as were som of thos In Pom pell. At all events, th proposed excava tion Is of Interest, though the project of International co-operation does not appear very practicable. Th Italian government, however, has accomplished so much In archeologlcal research of late that the means for this undertaking will probably be found. DISCOVERY OK SEW ELEMENTS. rrosaoctlve Addition to th Kaaabe ol Flaoresoeat Metal. Chlcsgo Record-Herald. Th scientists ar hot on th trail of new chemical element. It surprises no on nowadays to read In bis morning news paper that "a new element has been dis covered." Ten or fifteen years ago the number of chemical elements was only sbout sixty seven or sixty-eight. Then Bir William Ramsay and Lord Rayleigh of England to gether found argon in the air, an element closely resembling nitrogen. Later Sir Will iam alone separated from a mineral the gas helium. Within a short time. In rapid succession, h Isolated three more atmos pheric gases, neon, xenon and cryptlon. ictinlure Is a recently discovered metal, exhibiting radio-active properties like polo nium and radium. And now comes tbe announcement of tbe discovery of two new element by Dr. Charles M. Baskervllle of the University of North Carolina, the first American to enjoy th distinction of adding to th catalogue of chemical elements. Th names given them are "berxellum" and "carollnlura." To th mind of th layman, with little knowledge of chemistry, the feature of the discovery that I of th greatest In terest Is th fact that berxellum and caro llntum are self-luminous, like radium snd polonium. That la they possess radio activity, or incandescence. They glow as doe the gas mantle of the Welsbach light. And it la Interesting lo know that tbe two new element ar obtained from thorium, the chief constituent of this gas mantle. As yet thorium Is th only one of th fluorescent metals which baa had an Indus V?4 application. It was discovered about WERE IS no SUBSTITUTE FOR Absolutely Puro ST IS A fiZATTER OF HEALTH three centuries sgo by Berxellus In a mln eral found In Norway. A few years ago Welsbach, while experimenting with Incan descent fabrics hung In a Bunsen flams, found that he got th best results from thorium. A search was then mad for a larger supply of the raw material, and it was finally found In a sand In North Caro lina called 'monarlte." The presence of monazlte sand In Dr. Baskerville's own state has led therefore to the discovery of thee new self-luminous elements the uses and qualities of which are yet to be demonstrated by further study and experiment. TRIVIAL SIDE OF BRYA3ISM. "1 There to Bo No Liberty of Con- seleae Within a Party t" Collier's Weekly. Is It not somewhat trivial, all this talk of Mr. Brysn's. sbout the dlctlnctlon be tween those who voted for him and those democrats who differed with him In on or aio.o Issues? Is there to be no liberty of eonsclence within a party? Are we Ameri cans to be two great droves of animals, with labels on us? Mr, Bryan has done what he could to Injure every prominent democratic possibility except his favorite, of wlnra he says: "I regard Mr. Hearst ss on of the men who are to be considered snd at present he has the largest following of any person mentioned, and is the only one who heartily supported the ticket whose frlnnds seem to be active." Does Mr. Bryan think that he can hold a posi tion of honor and weight. In the world's eyes, when he says, in substance, that he will throw hla Influence for any kind of cheap agitator who accepted ths gospel ac cording to Bryan, and fight to the death the noblest democrat who might have had th misfortune to think Mr. Bryan mis taken at times, and to hrve voted ac cording to his conscience? He seems to go even further than this, and to oppose Judge Parker, who did vote for him, for the ostensible and sufficient reason that the judge's opinions are unknown, but political relations are now such that Mr. Bryan's hostility to Parker must b generally re garded as connected with his friendliness to Hearst We keep arguing, perhaps exces sively, with Mr. Bryan, because we hav believed him worthy of an honorable and useful place in currant history, and regret to see him occupying a position so little to his credit That a radical party is needed, jealous of th power of wealth, careful of the people's rights, we heartily agree, and might well be found voting for such a party, wisely organised, and vir tuously led. "The srt of government" Is not, as Voltaire said it was, "to compel two-thirds of the people to pay all they can to support th other third." But noth ing csn do more to make Impossible a powerful and progressive liberal party than th consplcuousness of th shallow and reckless element which Is now so liberal In noise. 1 POLITICAL DRIFT. Political experts calculate that the thirty two delegates Instructed for Hearst cost the Tellow Kid 110,000 each. The campaign Is on. A political orator tn'Phliadelphla became so excited the other day that he swallowed his false teeth just as he was reaching th climax of his mas terly effort Governor La Follette of Wisconsin is traveling on a rocky road In his campaign for a third nomination. So far he has fallen down 120, oompared with two years ago, and lacks sixty of having a majority of th delegates already chosen. A man with purpled eyes, jaw In a sling, a Maltese cross of court plaster on his nose and clothes rent from collar to heel, appeared before a police judge In Chicago last Wednesday. "I attended a democratlo harmony meeting," th victim began. "Enough!" exclaimed the judge. "Go horn and sin no more." According to a London cable dispatch to th New York Sun, Richard Croker recog nises the folly of the democrats In attempt ing to elect a president this year. He is quoted ss saying: "Of cours w haven't a chance this election. What we've got to do Is to consolidate th party so as to put in a democrat in lDOS." Richard is himself again. Senator Mitchell of Oregon Is th only man In all th history of th senate whose service has Included three distinct term separated by periods of political retirement., When ha went to Washington first. In 171, he remained for six years. Then he returned to private life until UfcS, when he went back to Washington and continued In the senate until U87. After another lapse of four years he was again elected In 1901. Referring to th prospective nomination of Judge Parker by the democrats, Repre sentative Hepburn in a speech In the house said: '"Ah, If th sphinx had been here. If be could have changed his habitat from Cairo to New York, lie would hav been of all gentlemen most acceptable for the nomination. He not only lias never said any fool things, but he could give guar antees for the future." "Wasn't the Sphinx a woman?" yelled a democrat, but Repre sentative Hepburn did not deign to reply. They didn't do thing political much differently In th days of th fathers a century ago. The New York Commercial Advertiser of April 20, 1804, speaking of electioneering art, says: "The arts adopted by tbe aristocratic combination are numer ous, wicked and detestable beyond expres sion. They appear like the violent efforts of an unprincipled and expiring faction. Th most disingenuous misrepresentations, th most cruel falsehoods and th tnoat virulent calumnies ar fabricated and pub. tlshed with bold and unblushing Impudence. Notwithstanding these falsehoods and cal umnies have been refuted with legal testi mony, yet they are republished by the tools of the party aa established and self evident truths." The nuxieru party booster could not rwar more eloquently MIRTHFTL REMARKS. "You don't mean to say you approve of these patent medicines?" "Of course. They put all sorts of Ill ness within the reach of rich and poor alike." Philadelphia Press. "I see that Mr. Zefferton Is still running for office." "No," answered Senator Sorghum. "He assumes to be running, but compared to the others he's only sauntering Washington Star. "Th major don't tell that poker story ss grind as he used to. He has forgotten th' principal details." "What were they?" "Betting up th' drinks while he was a telllng It." Judge. "Of course, Mr. Brutl may hav his faults, but he's exceedingly swell." "What! The man Is nothing but a com mon wife beater!" "Oh, not common, not at all common. He always beats her with a gold-headed cane." Philadelphia Record. "Senator Depew," said the ' reporter, "I am getting up an article on 'How Men Pro pose.' Would you mind telling me some thing of your apparently successful method?" "Certainly." replied the genial senator. "Same method as I employ In my after dinner speeches. Stick to the old, old story." Town Topics. "If the fools are not aU dead yet," said Uncle Allen Sparks, "the fool killer cer tainly must be." Chicago Tribune. "Waal, nobody can't say Krhralm didn't love hla wife," remarked Farmer Oorxlman at the funeral, "see how tie s a-cryln . "H'm!" remarked Mrs. Crabtree, "they do say thet some men cry Wen they think o' the extry expense they got to meet" f nuaaeipnia f resa. .... Bald the wife of a gallant old soldier: "You know that I don't like to ecohller; But If you ever sgaln mention I married your pension I'll bust your old head now I've toldlerl" ' ' -Llf. THB KID'S LID. 8. W. Glllllaa in Baltimore American. She bought tbe kid ' ' A lid, She did. It was a funny looking thing . From which hung down a rubber string Intended to prevent the breeae From sailing it above-the trees She bought th kid t - A lid. . She did. I She bought the kid ' A lid. She did. It was a wlde-out straw affair, The kind you'll notice everywhere. With braid of blue around th brim Her husband said It suited him. Bh bought th kid A lid. She did. Bh bought the kid Bhedald. ' It had a sky-blue ribbon round The lump of straw with which 'twas crowned; The ribbons dangled down behind Like any ether you would find She bought the kid A lid. She did. Tbe lid 1 Oulte hid The kid. It did. It whs as big as all outdoors, The biggest found In all the stores; ' The kid, who'd wtlgh an ounc or two, Waa lost beneath that straw-stack blue Th lid Oulte hid The kid. It did. Th kid That lid Then bid, He did. The boys had guyed Why should he live To be ''a snowbird 'neath a sieve?" He said 'twould he oo bad to tell, Then threw the lid Into th well. Th kid That lid Well hid, . He did! stood money for arooa elothes." .Bess Broiusnel to Ills Valet. II Kit E IS A CHAVK to MAKE THE EXCHANGE OHEATI.Y 'ill YOl it Aoi.t..- ta;k. iv voi; will look AT THE DISPLAY IX Ol.'K IOl ;i.AS BTUEET WINDOW THERE YOU WILL REH YOl'Nt; MEN'S AN I) BOYS' M'KINd TOP COATS OF ALL THE I'OriLAK MATEUalLS. tJ..Ml AN I J 8.50 COATS MARKED f2.n0. ONE DAY ONLY-SATURDAY. EroWnirvg- A. S. WILCOX, Maasg.es. A. 1 7T