THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1904.
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t 36,tUM
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lg 80,100
1J 20,900
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22 30,200
23 80,060
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28 2,tMO
29 80,120
80 81,2440
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' (Seal) M. B. H UNGATE,
Notary Public.
The rank and file of republicans in
Douglas county are not In the avenging
business.
Omaha never looks better than when it
Is Just putting on Its spring bonnet, as It
Js right now.
From present Indications
democrats must have been
students of Folk lore.
Missouri
attentive
Japanese will go to Louisiana to raise
rice. They will also continue to raze
Russian forts la Manchuria.
An American -precedent Is again
adopted by Russia. Cotton is now de
clared to be contraband of war.
Santo Domingo having become quiet
for ) while rjajtl has, started a revolu
tion to mat sure that the Island is not
forgotten, . '
The mayor of 8t Paul Is having a
round with the ministerial reformers and
blue law advocates. Omaha Is not the
only city where the radicals clash.
To the charge that It loses no oppor
tunity to stir up factionalism In the re
publican party, the World-Herald an
swers that it admits the soft Impeach
ment Despite the charge that Omaha Is a
haven for criminals It Is observed that
criminals who are wanted for anything
anywhere are careful to stay away from
Omaha.
Russian soldiers may show more ener
getic fighting qualities when they real
ize that their choice is to face either
the Japanese In the field or typhus and
mallpoz in the forts.
When called upon to decide the right
of a belligerent to search a neutral ship
Great Britain adhered to its record.
Having taken both sides of the con
troversy It rendered no decision.
In ordering the cowboys to leave their
cards, whisky and guus at home when
starting on the spring roundup the South
Dakota authorities have struck another
blow at the picturesque in western life.
It Is not strange that city officials lose
their temper over the street repair ques
tion. People compelled to ride over the
rough places in our down-town pave
ments have been losing their temper
very day.
South Dakota luckily bus no vote In
the "Big Sixth," for the residents are
displeased with Judge Klnkaid, whose
bill, they allege, has taken much from
the Rosebud reservation boom by at
tracting people to the (540-acre Nebraska
homestead.
The St. Petersburg Bourse Gazette
ays it does not know how long the
Bight of Russian defeat will Inst. If
Russia had not been benighted so long
its awakening would not be so unpleas
ant, for th'e present war bids fair to
awaken the uiujlk as well as the Mon
golian. ,
The republican county primary, which
is to be held next Friday, conies nearer
to the people than any primary held for
similar purposes before. The individual
vot;r never before had a chunee to ex
press bis choice direct for the person he
wishes to represent lilm in congress and
in the national nominating couveution.
Lincoln jobbers are swinging ground
thi) clrcU in a trade excursion Intended
to cultivate friendly relations with the
merchants of the Interior towns. This is
a eommeudable spirit of enterprise, but
Lincoln's trade need not be built up by
pulling Omaha's down. The two cities
, can accomplish more for each by both
working together than they can by pull
ing apart
TBB PB HOC RAT 10 ISSVB.
So far as can bo Inferred at preeent
the whole democratic Issue In the com
ing presidential campaign will have ref
erence to the tariff policy of the repub
lican party. The talk of the leader of
the minority In the house of repre
sentatives has had particular reference
to the tariff and so far as the democrats
In that body are concerned has unmls
takably shown a purpose to put forward
the question of taruT reform as the lead
ing Issue In the national campaign of
this year. In the senate the democratic
lender was less demonstrative in this dl
rection, evidently realising that his
party might go to an extreme in regard
to this question, and as a consequence
the democrats In the two branches of
conpress were by no means agreed as to
what the position of the party ought to
be in respect to this very Important
question in the coming campaign.
It is not at all likely that there will
be complete agreement between the fac
tions of the party at the St. Louis con
vention, though some sort of a corapro
mlse may be patched up. The simple
fact is that there are thousands of demo
crats in the country today who are not
at all in sympathy with the free trade
idea, but on the contrary believe that It
Is In the interest of American labor and
American industries that the policy of
protection should be maintained. The
men who take this view are not only
those who are engaged In industrial en
terprises, but also many who are era
ployed In industries and who take an
Intelligent as well as an Interested view
of what the consequences would be of a
reversal of the existing economic policy
of the United States.
The war upon protection to American
Industries and American labor is cer
tain to be renewed In the coming presi
dential campaign. The democratic lead
ers have already announced that this is
to be the leading issue of the campaign.
They have so indicated In their discus
sions in congress and In every state plat
form that they have thus far adopted.
To all intents and purposes they have
side-trncked every other question and
have gone back to the old fight on the
tariff. The republican party will gladly
meet them before the people on this
question, absolutely confident of its
ability to demonstrate by unanswerable
facts the Inestimable benefit that pro
tection has brought to the nation and
the necessity to a continuance of our
prosperity of maintaining that policy.
THB MILITARY BXPBRT8.
It must be confessed that so far the
military experts have been for the most
part sadly astray in their conjectures
and predictions regarding the course of
military operations in the far' east
These gentlemen, here . and abroad,
started out with what they conceived to
be the necessary course of the opera
tions of the combatants In the far east,
based upon the books relating to mili
tary i strategy and tactics,, butf thus far
nearly every surmise ,and guess they
have made has failed to Justify their
Judgment and It Is not surprising that
there is no longer any confidence In
what they foreshadow regarding the
campaign.
The simple fact is that the remarkable
secrecy malptained by the Japanese In
respect to their campaign, . which has
been altogether exceptional In the his
tory of modern warfare, has put it out
of the power of any one to form a def
inite Judgment of what the military au
thorities of that country had in view,
and the results thus far show that the
Japanese plans have been quite differ
ent from what the military experts of
Europe and America believed to be ab
solutely necessary. For instance, it was
stated a few days ago that the military
observers at Washington did not expect
that the Japanese would make the move
ment they did across the Yalu, simply
for the reason that it was thought the
Russians were in sufficient numbers to
defeat such a movement The result
simply shows how Inadequate was the
Information In regard to the Russian
strength for resistance and also the
lack of Judgment as to the force and
skill of the Japanese. These experts
are still calculating on what may hap
pen, their opinion in the main being gov
erned by the idea that the Russians
have a great strategic plan for over
whelming the enemy, apparently losing
sight of the fact thnt thus far the Japa
nese have shown much greater ability
and skill in conducting the military
operations tLn have, their opponents
and that there Is no sound reason to
expect that they will not continue to
manifest superiority in this respect
The obvious fact Is that up to this
time the Russian commanders in the
far east, unquestionably the ablest men
thnt could be selected for that service,
have shown themselves to be Inferior in
ability to the commanders of the Japa
nese forces both on sea and, on land.
The admiral of the navy of Japnn ope
rating before Port Arthur has demon
strated that he is one of the greatest
naval officers the world has produced,
while the military commander of the
Japanese forces invading Manchuria has
established his claim to a place among
the greatest of modern soldiers.
There will be reverses for the Japa
nese, undoubtedly. It is not to be rea
sonably expected that they will have
an uninterrupted eonrso of victory. They
are contending with a powerful foe and
soldiers of Indomitable courage. But
the record the Japanese have thus far
made warrants the utmost confidence in
their ability and valor. Meanwhile the
opinions of the socnlled experts In re
gard to the -ranipalgn have been shown
to be of very little value.
One of the members of the Omaha
Board of Kducatlou is said to be consid
ering the matter of resigning because of
removal from the city. The way the
law has usually been read the relin
quishment of residence within the school
district vacates the office without resig
nation A resignation, however, might
relieve the other members of the school
board upon whom devolves the duty of
filling the vacancy.
TBB MtRCBHlTB AVBHQBRS.
The factlonists who have constituted
Thomas W. Blackburn their chief
spokesman In the republican primary
campaign are endeavoring to rally the
rank and file of the party on the plea
that Dave Mercer's defeat of last year
must be avenged. These good people
do not seem to remember that Mercer
was repudiated by the republicans of
the Second congressional district for
good a ud sufficient reason.
First and foremost, Dave Mercer had
forfeited the right to represent this
district by reason of his nonresidence.
A man's home is where his family re
sides and Mercer's family resided for
forty-nine weeks of the year in Wash
ington, Atlantic City and Minneapolis
and three weeks in Omaha. During
the last years of his congressional in
rcer they only put in an appearance In
Omaha once every two yef.rs Just be
fore election. Needless to say he has
not resided here since.
In the next place, Mercer was not
legally nominated. Ills nomination was
brought about by the importation of
repeaters from Iowa end the coercion
of corporation employes in Nebraska
and a large corruption fund. Accord'
Ing to the memorandum published in
support of the alleged confession of
Shercllff, the 'Pollock diamond robber.
Tom Dennlson made a donation of $400
to Mercer, presumably to help pay the
expenses of bis campaign, and Judge
Hubbard, the Iowa legislative lobbyist
of the Northwestern railroad, urged upon
Governor Shaw the pardon of Shercllff
because it would be worth several hun
dred votes to our Dave, who had ren
dered him, or rather the Northwestern
railroad, such valuable assistance in log
rolling the Sioux City & Fnclflc Rail
road company's bill through congress.
In the light of these revelations the
rank hypocrisy of the Mercerites, who
were appealing for support to the better
elements of the party by bombarding
Dennlson, Is without a parallel in the
annals of political history of Omaha
and Douglas county. The attempt to
avenge the defeat of Mercer is in reality
nothing more than an attempt on the
part of Blackburn and the satellites who
revolve In his orbit to continue in con
trol of the machinery of the Second con
gressional district and to reinstate the
minority faction in power In Douglas
county.
We apprehend, however, that intelli
gent republicans will not allow them
selves to be hoodwinked. They know
that Mercer as a political Issue is a dead
issue and cannot be resurrected. They
know that he got all he was entitled
to while he was a living issue. In other
words, they are not in the avenging
business and will not allow themselves
to be used as cats paws to pull Tom
Blackburn's chestnuts out of the cal
dron.
Remember that if Blackburn, In his
capacity of congressional committee, bad
performs! his duty and issued his call
for a congressional convention long ago,
the same as has been done in every other
congressional district in the state, there
would be no complicating circumstances
whatever. confronting the republicans of
this county.
It is one thing to raise a hue and cry
for merely political purposes about the
Inadequate asseesment of railroad prop
erty, but It is another thing to get the
facts and figures and make the showing
before the regularly constituted authori
ties who are to make the assessment
If reports are to be believed Hercules
had an easy task at the Augean stables
when compered with the work of sanita
tion on the Isthmus of Panama. But
where the Grecian god deflected a river
the American commissioners expect to
turn on an ocean.
The real election in Florida took place
yesterday when the democratic primar
ies were held. Th'e result will be rati
fied by, the same people this fall, as the
opposition in Florida is not supposed to
count or rather It is not counted.
Not satisfied with its gift and its loan
from the government the St Louis Ex
position company now wants to levy
tribute of $1 on each federal employe
on the grounds. Nothing like getting
all the traffic will bear.
Tne Heal Thins;.
Philadelphia Press.
The yellow peril Is certainly menacing
Russia.
Loyal to Free Silver.
Philadelphia Press.
When an Iowa democrat Is bought evi
dently he. stays bought The Hearst move
ment has come up with different condi
tions in soma of the states.
Abuse Never Win,
Cleveland Leader.
Evidently the democratic slogan for 1904
Is to be "Down with Roosevelt." A cam
paign of personal abuse can be welcomed
by republicans. It will weld the affections
of the plain people all the closer to the
patriotic and forceful American whom they
admire, love and trust.
Physical Condition of Immigrants.
Boston Transcript.
The statement that the poorest physical
specimens to come before the physicians of
the Immigration commissioners' force are the
Immigrants from English mill towns rather
than Jews. Italians or Scandinavians, sup
ports the observations of moat of the English
socialistic writers from Ruskln through
to J. A. Hobson. The operatives of Brad
ford and Nottingham owe their bad
physique to the country where unrestricted
Individualism dominated British Industry.
Hitting the Insurance Surplus.
Springfield Republican.
The Toronto fire loss of 112,600,000 'makes
the April record nearly double the usual
flgure ra.aa.ono for the United Slates and
Canada compared with something over $18,
OuO.000 for April In each of the two past
years. For the four months of the calendar
year, according to the New Tork Journal
of Commerce, the fire loss'reaches the ap
palling total of tl4s.66.3bO against to2.7fl0.0O0
In the tame time last year. With the Bal
timore, Rochester and Toronto conflagra
tions excluded, the loss will amount to
about tfil.OOO.ooo, which Is the flguro for the
like period of ijoz It Is remarked that
no general Increase In Insurance rates has
been made and that soma of the under
writing companies seem to be opposing
action In that direction.
Parker Far In tho La.
Philadelphia Record (dem.)
An estimate of the election of delegates
already chosen to the democratic national
convention, and of those In which ths re
suit can be confidently calculated, gives
VA, or nearly half the total, to Judge
Parker. In the Parker list are put the
sixty-eight delegates from Pennsylvania
From tha character of the Pennsylvania
delegation there Is little doubt that It will
be solid for Parker. To retreat now under
the menace of faction and take the chances
of a new alignment of the party forces
would be fraught with danger to the demo
cratic cause.
I.NSIRAXCB LOGIC.
Plan to Squeese the West for Eastern
Fire Losses.
Chicago Chronicle.
During the last year there have been
exceptionally destructive conflagrations In
Baltimore, Toronto and Rochester.
Therefore it has been resolved by ths
Union Fire Insurance association, which
Is a trust, pool or union of the Insurance
companies of the country, that after thl
month there must be an Increase of 20
per cent in the premium rates to be
charged In all the large cities of the
country between Lake Michigan and the
Pacific ocean.
In 1871 there was quite a blase In Chi
cago. In fact, the west side then a small
town as compared with now and a frag
ment of the south side were about all
there was left of Chicago. But the In
surance men apparently reasoned that
it must bo their fault that the other parts
of town burned down and so those sur
vlving parts and the new buildings in the
burned district were obliged to pay in
eurance rates that made some people
doubt whether, barring the Inconvenience
of the matter. It would not be cheaper to
be burned out than' to pay for Insurance,
Others may have been forced to "stand a
raise," too, but it seems certain that Chi
cago was obliged to pay a large share of
Its own fire losses.
The order emanated, of course, from
eastern cities, where the insurance com
panies have their lairs. This big western
city had got Itself burned up -and they
made it pay for It as largely as possible.
Now three distinctly eastern cliies are
the chief sufferers by Are, and again by
eastern order all the western cities the
nearest one more than 600 miles away
from either fire must be mulcted 20 per
cent on previous rates to pay the losses.
That Is a kind of loglo that Chicago and
St. Louis ( nd San Francisco cannot quite
see through. If It Is the proper thing for
these western cities to pay the losses In
the burned eastern cities why should It
not have been the proper thing to assess
the Chicago losses of 1871 on New York,
Boston and Philadelphia?
BRYAN'S CHICAGO SPEECH.
An Omaha Democrat Points Ont Some
"Peerless" Inconsistencies.
W. 8. Shoemaker In Chicago Chronicle.
The purpose of Mr. Bryan's Chicago
speech was twofold: First, to reach a
large number of the democratlo voters of
the Mississippi valley, and, second, to
criticise the action of New York demo
crats as expressed in their platform at
their recent convention. As to the first
proposition, he mentions Illinois, Wiscon
sin, Michigan, ' Minnesota, Indiana and
Ohio, the democrats - of which states he
desired to reach as. they had not yet held
their conventions to select delegates to
the St. Louis Convention.
What are the facts as to those states?
Illinois, which went for Cleveland in 1892
by 26,993, gave 142,496' plurality against the
democratic ticket in 1896, and again In 1900
gave a plurality, against the Kansas City
platform ticket of 94,924 votes. Cleveland
carried Wisconsin in 192 by ,6,544, and In
1696, on the free silver Issue, tt gave a
plurality of 102.612 against the democratlo
ticket, which was Increased In 1900 to a plu
rality of 106,681. . Democratlo Indiana In
1892 gave Cleveland' a plurality of T.126, and
In 1896 a plurality of 18,181 for the repub
lican ticket, and ' In 1900 it wenf repub
lican by 26,478 plurality. Michigan, which
gave 20,412 , against Cleveland tn 1892, fol
lowed with a republican plurality in 1886
of 66.878, and again in 1900 of 104,584. Ohio
In 1892 went republican by a plurality of
only 1.072 votes, and in 1896 it gave 47,497
republican plurality, and in 1900 a plurality
of 69,036. And last fall Tom Johnson,
mayor of Cleveland, tied up with Mr.
Bryan and persuaded the democratlo con
vention of that state to endorse ths Kan
sas City platform and he lost the state
as e, candidate for governor by 113,812.
Minnesota went 12,369 against Cleveland In
1893 and In 1896 61,876 against Bryan and
in 1900 77.660.
I simply cite these figures to show the
political situation in the states which Mr,
Bryan went to Chicago to "reach." As he
reached" those states In 1896 and 1900 and
the result was so disastrous to the demo
cratic party, it woutd seem that demo
crats of those states ought not to follow
his leadership or advice any farther. If
they should submit to one more "reach"
from Mr. Bryan or his side partner Mr.
Hearst there would not be enough demo
cratic votes in those states cast at this
fall's election to wad a shotgun.
As to Mr. Bryan's second proposition, he
Is equally unfortunate. In the first place,
It was In bad taste and undemocratic for
Mr. Bryan or any other cltlxen of a sister
state to go to Chicago or elsewhere to de
nounce the action of the democrats in New
York. It will be time enough for Mr. Bryan
to find fault when the notional convention
shall have spoken. Mr. Bryan says the
New York platform is dishonest. But what
shall be said of his treatment of It in his
Chicago speech? It would bs Indecorous
for me, only an ordinary mortal, to charge
Mr. Bryan with being dishonest and re
sorting to trickery 4n his comments on ths
New 'York platform. I will only say his
strictures on the platform were adroitly
put and very unfair. One example will
suffice. Ha starts out with what he desig
nates tho first plank, studiously overlook
ing what In reality is the first plank. The
platform began In these words: "The
democrats of New York In renewing their
pledge of fidelity to the essential principles
of Jeffersonian democracy, as repeatedly
enunciated In our national and stats plat
forms, make these further declarations
upon the national Issues of the hour," eto.
Then followed the further declarations,
which Mr. Bryan commented upon without
noticing the first declaration at all. Bo It
appears that whatever is contained In the
Kansas City platform of the essential
principles of JefTersonUn democracy It Is
approved by the New York platform, and
yet Mr. Bryan la not happy.
If the democrats of the ststes sought to
be.reached by Mr. Bryan should send
Kansas City platform endorsement delega
tions to the St. Louis convention I should
certainly doubt their good Judgment. The
sending of Hearst delegations would be
equally disastrous.
I have suported every national demo
cratic ticket since 1864. Including Mr.
Bryan's candidacy In 1896 and 1900. and I
would have rejoiced at his election In
either campaign. I believe, therefore, I
have a right to criticise Mr. Bryan's re
cent course. He should on his return from
Europe have taken the advice of his New
York friends who tried to reason with him.
ARMY GOSSIP I WAHRtSGTOX.
Blatters of Tfoto Gleaned front the
Army and JlaTy Register.
Considerable Interest must attach to the
policy of the administration tn filling by
means of recess appointment the vacancies
In the grade of brigadier general, that
which already exists by the failure of the
senate to confirm the nomination of Colonel
A. L. Mills (captain. First cavalry), ths
superintendent of the Military academy,
and that which will be created by the re
tirement In July of General P. C. Halns
Of course It Is the purpose of the president
to appoint Colonel Mills to the place dur
Ing the present recess, an Incident which
will give that officer the pay of the grade
until there Is senatorial action. Before
that recess appointment, however, It Is ru
mored that there will be a number of other
spppolntments for the purpose of retire
ment at Increased grade. Of course this
action Is no longer necessary In the case
of colonels of civil war service who are
of ths classes of officers to be promoted
upon retirement, but there are many offi
cers such as some colonels and lieutenant
colonels who have no civil war service to
their credit or who are of ths classes such
as those of thirty years' service who would
not attain the grade of brigadier general
under any existing conditions of law. It
Is possible, therefore, that there will be
several recess appointments In the grade
of brigadier general for the benefit of
officers who would not otherwise reach
that rank.
Whatever the president may do In be
half of Colonel Mills It Is certain that the
nomination when It finally reaches the
senate will not be confirmed. The senate
military committee was in favor of the
promotion and so recommended, as Is well
known. So much opposition was finally
expressed In the senate that It Is now
realised that the nomination wilt be re
Jected or will fall of favorable action dur
ing the short recess. It Is probable this
senatorial sentiment Is known to the presl
dent and If he makes a recess appointment
of Colonel Mills It will be merely for the
purpose of giving him the pay of the grade
until the end of the second session or until
there Is a rejection of the nomination
It Is understood that the president may
appoint Colonel E. H. Crowder to the
place, although Lieutenant General Chaffee
Is said to be against the selection of any
of the younger officers. The chief of staff
entertains the view that appointments
hereafter made to the grade of brigadier
general should be from among the list of
colonels, mainly for the reason that any
departure from this former custom Is hav
ing a bad effect upon ths service and that
it is advisable not to fill the grades of
general officers by the appointment of
those who will have a long time to serve
and in that way cause stagnation In army
promotions. That la a feature which ap
pears to have been forgotten or at least
overlooked in the distribution of executive
favor. It hr.s led to much discontent In
ths army and expressions from, army offi
cers have reached the senate In a form
which Indicates very clearly that that sys
tem of appointment has gone altogether
too far. The senate Is very clearly of the
opinion that no more of these appointments
should be made.
An innovation Is made In the publication
of the record of enlistments made by the
recruiting service of the army in the report
for March, wherein the names of the offi
cers in charge of the respective recruiting
stations are given. This report shows that
during March 2,976 enlistments were made,
of which 2,389 were made In cities and 686
at military posts and surrounding towns
and in the field. At the city stations 1,532
foot and 749 mounted white soldiers and
fifty-eight foot and fifty mounted colored
soldiers were secured, the total number
of rejections being 7,811. At stations, st
posts and surrounding towns 325 foot and
sixty-one mounted white soldiers, thirty
foot and twenty-two mounted colored sol
diers and five Indians were enlisted, the
number of rejections being 201. In the
field 100 foot and eleven mounted white
soldiers, three Porto Rlcans and twenty-
nine Filipinos were enlisted and the num
ber rejected was nine.
During the week the War department
received the Information from General
Bates that Major Frank DeL. Carrington,
IT. 8. A., had disappeared from St. Louis.
The latter officer was recently detached
from the command of the Philippine scouts
on account of charges which had been
made against him and was Instructed to
await orders, pending the result of an in
quiry into the matter. The alleged dis
appearance of Major Carrington from St.
Louis 'under such circumstances became of
more than passing moment. Later in the
week General Bliss advised the War de
partment that Major Carrington was tn the
city and that his earlier advices on the
subject were not Justified by circumstances,
Inasmuch as Major Carrington had been
In the city all the time.
The general staff has completed Its work
on the new articles of war, but of course
nothing can be done with these until the
next session of congress, as It requires
legislation to make them operative. The
new army regulations are nearly completed,
the material remaining to be acted upon
being that relating to the new military
secretary's department and certain chanties
made necessary by general staff legisla
tion. The new Infantry drill regulations
have gone to the public printer and It Is
expected the proof for final revision will
be ready In the course of a few weeks.
Five chapters of the new field regulations
have been completed and revised.
PERSONAL ROTES.
No one need fear a shortage of money
Just because the Philadelphia mint has
coined Its last gold bar. Uncle Bam knows
where there's more of the same stuff.
General John C. Black of Chicago, who
Is visiting Atlanta, Ga., on May 4 decorated
the grave of the late General Gordon.
General Black Is grand commander of the
Grand Army of the Republic.
Leslie's Weekly says that thirty-six of
the 616 men who met at the Republican
national convention In Pittsburg, Pa., in
1866 and nominated Pathfinder John C. Fre
mont for the presidency still survive.
Never try to commit suicide by Jumping
Into a well until you have measured your
own diameter and that of the well. A
Missouri man tried It the other day and
stuck. The neighbors pulled him out and a
Justice of the peace fined him ,11 for his
lack of foresight.
A Chicago physician, desiring to decrease
his weight from 228 to 149 pounds, tvs
started to fast thirty-five days. In the first
five days ha lost Ave pounds. The fast Is
to be divided Into sections, and at ten-day
Intervals he Is to allow himself to eat one
baked apple and one piece of toast.
Very many towns in Massachusetts are
making arrangements for the observance
of Old Horns week, and Governor Bates
has been asked to Issue as official proclama
tion Inviting all former residents of the
Bay state to return snd Join in making the
week's observance a memorable one.
General Nelson A. Miles has been invited
to attend the Kansas semi-centenary cele
bration In Topeka and take part In the
exercises and parade on Tuesday, May 11.
He saw a good deal of military service
there when Kansas was a territory. The
plans for the celebration are increasing In
magnitude snd It Is now promised that
something will be "going on" every day
for the entire week.
Fifty Years
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Improve tho flavor and adds to
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PRICE PAKINQ POWDER CO.. CHICAGO,
POLITICAL, STRAWS.
Sutton News: Adam Breeds of the Hast
ings Tribune will in all probability go as
delegate to the republican national con
vention from the Fifth district. This Is all
right. Adam Is a loyal republican worker
and a good fellow.
Schuyler Free Lance: Editor Hammond
of the Fremont Tribune wonders what
Bryan wilt do If Parker Is nominated by
the .democrats for president. We don't
know, but suspect that he will do much as
Editor Hammond will do when Mickey is
renominated by the republicans for gov
ernor. Aurora Republican: Adams county re
publicans endorsed Governor Mickey along
with the other one-term stats officials.
Tills was contrary to expectations and
leaves Hamilton county all alone In the
darkness outsldo the circle of the glowing
light of harmony. Will some wise and
fatherly gentleman please stand forth and
tell us where we are really at?
Crete Vldette-Herald: We hear kind
words spoken of the candidacy of F. J.
Sadllek upon all sides. While there are
five or six candidate for secretary of state,
we verily believe that Mr. Sadllek will re
ceive the nomination. His especial abil
ity and fitness for the position, his ex
perience as a publio official, his location,
his nationality and his extensive and fa
vorable acquaintance throughout the state
all conspire to make him a strong und
formidable candidate.
Kearney Hub: Talking to a newspaper
reporter at Milwaukee the other day, Ed
ward Rosewater expressed the opinion that
Bryan would be a candidate for , United
States senator before the' next legislature!
and that If he entered the fight with his
influence and the co-operation of the popu
lists he would make a warm campaign,
This is a possibility, and while there is
no doubt that there will be "something do.
ing," there is no reason to doubt that tne
republicans will come out with a good legi
slative majority.
Kearney Hub: There has been nothing
more remarkable In the history or me
braska politics than the steady, natural
development of Congressman Burkett
candidacy for the United States senate,
and especially his candidacy for the nomi
nation for that office by the coming re
publican state convention. This progressive
campaign has been entirely in the open,
snd' while it has been in progress for
months, nothing derogatory to Represent
atlve Burkett. either' as a man or as a
representative In congress, has appeared
In any Nebraska newspaper, this fact in
dlcatlr.' that he has elements of political
strength and personal popularity that make
his nomination a safe proceeding, even
though all republicans do not approve of
the nominating method.
Lincoln Star: The appointment of H. O,
Lindsay to the office of the clerk of the
sunreme court will make necessary, It Is
assumed, the selection of a new chairman
of ths stats central committee. It is a plaoe
of great Importance, and It goes without
saying that great cars should be exercised
In the selection. In the situation of parties
in Nebraska the need of the right man at
the helm of ths organization Is always ur
gent, and It is especially so In ths year of
a presidential contest. Already a numDer
of well-known republicans have been sug
gested for the chairmanship. It la well
that the matter should be thoi-i.'ghly con
sidered by the party pending the meeting
Of the state convention. Occaalonally the
convention Itself directly names a chair
man, and under some conditions this IS
proper. Generally In a campaign of great
Importance, If a new chairman must be
chosen, the matter is wisely left to the
central committee, which acts In agree
ment with and usually upon the sugges
tion of the candidates. With a senatorial
candidate, In addition to the state and con
gressional tickets, this is likely to be the
method this year.
t'navoldable Accidents.
Philadelphia Record.
Although ths lamentable loss of thirty
two men by a premature explosion of a
charge of powder In the turret gun of
ths battleship Missouri has been ascribed
by the court of Inquiry to an "unavoidable
accident," It would bs worth while to find
some means of making such accidents
avoidable. A "blow' back" could not have
occurred If no inflammable gases had been
left in the chamber of the gun, and such
gases would have escaped sooner or later.
The question to be determined Is how
many seconds or longer units of tlms
should be permitted to elspss between the
firing of a twelve-Inch gun and the opening
of ths breech to receive the next charge.
It ought to be possible to calculate the In
terval required to Insure absolute safety.
A Summer
TONIC
When worn ont with ths day's heat
there is nothing so refreshing and
invigorating as
HORSFORD'S
Acid Phosphate
the Standard
POINTED PLEASANTRIES.
Paul Revere had made his famous ride.
"It was really a failure," he osnfldedl
"nobody arrested me for ascending the
speed limit."
Feeling he could never be counted with
the Four Hundred, he accepted the measly
laurels of fame. New York Sun.
"Don't you find It rather bard to remain ,
neutral?"
"Not a bit," answered the emperor of
Corea. "It doesn't make any real differ
ence to me which army burns up the towns
and destroys the crops." Washington Star.
Askew Offen-Hello, Mulb'ry! What
scheme are you working on now?
Young Mr. Mulberry Sellers A great one.
I'm getting the signboard rights along both
sides of the Panama canal. Judge.
"Are you handling Senator Bunoomb'a
speech? asked the managing editor.
"yes," replied the copy editor, "I'm Just
writing the head. Let's see, 'Glittering
Generalities' would be Just ths thing, but
it's too long."
"Abbreviate it. Make It 'Hot Air.' "
Philadelphia Press.
TowneWhy do you call her an amateur
actress? She's on the regular stage.
Browne I mean that she has only been
married to one man and she lives with him
yet. Philadelphia Catholic Standard.
Mile after mile they sped along, alone,
under the witching moonlight, yet speak
ing only the merest commonplaces.
It was becoming Intolerable.
"Is there a sparker with this machine?"
the maiden asked, at last, looking up at
him soulfully. Puck. .
Missionary (out west) Did you ever for
give an enemy?
Bad Man Wunst.
"I am glad to hear that. What moved
your Inner soul to prefer teace to strife?"
"I didn't have no gun." Modern Society.
Queer. Isn't It, that it should take the
bald-headed man so much 'longer to comb
his hair than It does the man who boasts
of his luxuriant locks. Somervllle Journal,
At the end of thirty years Hiram had
accumulated a fortune.. His wife and
daughter were delighted. "For," said they,
with becoming modesty, "we now not only
have money enough to cut a splurge, but
poor, dear papa is too broken down to ap
pear among tne pesi people.
PROFANITY.
-Life.
New Tork Tribune.
- The verses of Maurice Francis Egan,
which won the prize in a recent contest
for ths best poem condemning the practice
of profane swearing, are worthy the prtte
they won, but It la Interesting, by way of
comparison, to reproduce the following
verees from "Watt's Compleat Spelling
Book" of colonial days. They are entitled,
"Of Taking God's Name In Vain."
To mention God, no man has Just prstenss.
But -to his honor, or the truth's defense,
In common talk, where trifles most abound,
God, Christ or Lord strikes horror with the
sound.
Nor should we dars appeal to Him on high,
To gain belief, or to attest a lie.
Thus to abuse that name, if man presume,
Tbe third commandment loudly speaks
their doom.
Yet some, alas! in every trivial cause,
To atop a gap In speech, or for a pause:
Or to fill up the sentence, at each word.
From mouths unhallowed breathe Christ,
God or Lord.
Good Lord, If e'er such monsters I corns
nigh.
From their ill ways give tns ths grace to
file.
I bars always respected age
osoopt In clot bin."
Dean Brnmmsl to bis Valet.
GET A NEW SUIT AT ONCE
AND BE IN THBJ SWIM.
AGE 18 A GOOD THING IN A
HOUSE WB ARE 60 YEARS OLD
AS A GUARANTEE OF EXPER
IENCE AND RESPONSIBILITY.
SUITS, $12.60. lit, $18. $30, ttt.
TOP COATS, 115 TO IV.
BroWrir2-
R. S, WILCOX. Manager.
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