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E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR. ,
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- The republican platform does not salt
the World-Herald. The expected some
times happens.
While the United States always wants
the best, It seriously objects to having
Its citizens bound In Morocco.
Adams county democrats might have
known there would be a fight when
thirteen delegates attended the conven
tion. With the Mormons building temples
In Ilarlem, the New York Mothers' Con
gress will not have to go to Washington
to get a fight
Candidates who sre footing hotel bills
at Springfield can take this week to re
plenish their funds. No telling how
long the convention will vote.
What has become of that Fremont
Columbus power canal project? Is it
not. about time for those New Tork en
gineers' and financiers to make good?
It Is a pity that the new government
irrigation reservoir was not built In
Wyoming In time to catch the water
which swept down the Cache la Poudre.
Mexico's vice president Is to draw
$18,000 per year. It Is therefore possible
that candidates will ' not have to be
thrown and bound to get them Into that
office. '
Tom Watson Is said to have been put
ting In a few good words for Million
aire Ilearst. Ferhaps the Georgia states
man is" anticipating another split-tail
campaign
Four years aga the .-vote of the lone
member- from Hawaii determined that
the Kansas City platform should retain
the 10 to 1 plank.- Has any one heard
yet bow Hawaii la to stand on 10 to 1
at St Loulst y-
Nebraeka , furnished an expert when
the Women's Federation talked of house
hold economics. Colorado's experts
shine when the federation talks politics
which Is somewhat characteristic of
the two states.
In the appraisement of the tangible
property of the railroads the State Board
of ' Railroad Assessment must give
tangible proof that It Is not owned by
the railroads. The proof of the pudding
is In the eating. '
The Iowa Idea has resolved Itself Into
a demand for reciprocity only on goods
that do not come Into competition with
American produced articles. Now If all
the other nations with which we have
trade relations adopt the same definition
of reciprocity' we may get to free trade
In noucomjiUltlve products.
The tax paying cltixeiis of Nebraska
are willing to give the state board
plenty of time to figure out the valuo
of railroad property in this state by
every known method, provided only that
It arrive at a fair assessment In the
end . The excuse of lnsulficlent time
will not cover an Insufficient assessment
If the Klukaid ' 040-acre homestead
hill accomplishes the object of settling
ui the sand hill region of Nebraska,
the North ' riatte 'country will shortly
enjoy a still gtvuter balance In its favor
ns the controlling clement In state poli
tics and the old situation of South
Platte aseeudenry will be thoroughly
revewd. 1 , .
. i r rrs
While it Is Investigating the existence
of gambling resorts in this county, the
praud Jury might Inquire why . the
guardians of our public morals organ
ised under the name of the Civic Fed
era don struck the Jacksonlan club out
of the Hat nrenared br their attorney
for thV caftip&Uiil document they con
tributed to tha recent republican prt-
JaaJTa
VJLLtBtU BttiRM TBK UHAUD JCHT.
Two weeks ago a manifesto was Is
sued snd published by the executive
committee of the Omaha Civic Fetlera
ticn in which It was charged that
Omaha has long been a rendesvous for
protected thieves, robbers, porch climb
ers and burglars; that the thefts, rob
beries snd burglaries of these criminals
have been planned In Omaha and the
loot has been brought to and divided In
Omaha. The manifesto closed as fol
lows: Our Investigations har also led ns to
conclude that ther la her a powerful com
bination of thoa who live or profit by th
violation of th laws. Not all th members
of this combination ar known violators of
th law. Bom ar respected cltlsena.
They all get their reward aome in on
way, som in another.- t
This document was prepared by El
mer E. Thomas snd appeared over the
signatures of T. J. Mahoney, I. W. Car
penter, W. T. Graham, A. B. Somers
and C. S. Hayward. When men occupy
ing high positions In business, social and
political circles make such grave accusa
tions they should be prepared to make
them good. A grand Jury, Instructed by
Judge Day to Investigate fully all
charges of corruption snd violations of
the criminal code, is now In session. It
Is the duty of County Attorney English
to have each member of the executive
committee whose name Is appended to
the Civic Federation manifesto brought
before the grand jury and to make them
tell what they know and furnish what
proofs they have to substantiate their
charges.
If Elmer E. Thomas, T. J. Mahoney,
I. W. Carpenter, W. T. Graham, A. B.
Somers or C. 8. Hayward can individ
ually or collectively bring proof that
there la now or has been within the
past two years police-protected burglary,
porch climbing or public) gambling In
Omaha, It' Is their duty to disclose all
they know concerning these alleged
crimes and criminal conspiracies on the
part of public officers. If they have
signed their names to an Incriminating
arraignment on mere rumor, .without
proof to substantiate the charge, they
have not only blackwashed the city, but
have done almost Irreparable wrong to
public officers and citizens whom they
have advertised as partners of criminals
and profit-sharers of crime.
In a public talk recently made before
the Fontanelle club by Byron G. Bur
bank be was reported by the World-Her
ald as making the deliberate charge that
compulsory contributions have been ex
acted and continue to be exacted from
women of the town and from criminals
to fill the pockets of unnamed public
officers and other parties. It is the duty
of County Attorney English to have
Mr. Burba nk cited before the grand Jury
and made to tell what he knows or on
what Information he bases his charges.
If Mr. Burbank can furnish proof that
such a state of affairs does exist In
Omaha or has existed it Omaha within
the past few years, it will be the duty
of the county attorney to press the
grand Jury .to bring bills ,of Indictment
against the parties implicated. If Mr.
Burbank's allegations are simply mall-
clous rumor, It Is high time that the
atmosphere be cleared by . thej grand
jury.
More recently still, Erastus A. Benson
has been reported as making public
declarations very similar to those made
by Mr. Burbank. Let Mr. Benson be
cited to appear before the grand Jury
and tell .what he knows concerning
these alleged conspiracies to extort
money from protected vice and other
law violators. If he Is simply repeating
Idle rumor, let theottmosphere be cleared
and let Mr. Benson and others who have
blackwashed the law officers of the mu
nicipal and county governments' desist
from further slander.
It Is .high time for Omaha to clear its
skirts either by punishing the guilty
parties, If such a state of lawlessness
really exists, or by stopping the slan
derers, however high their social or
political position may be.
. ! .' I S
TH DBLKQATB.1 TO ST, UiVlS.
The democratic state conventions held
during the past week did not add any
Instructed votes to the Tarker presi
dential boom, while Hearst gained
twenty In California and a new aspirant,
Wall, received the twenty-six -Votes of
Wisconsin. The other two conventions
of the week. South Carolina, eighteen
votes, and Montana, six votes, sent their
delegations' unlnstructed.
Farker has now pledged to him 122
delegates from tho states of New York,
Indiana and Connecticut Hearst has
pledged to -him eighty-two votes from
Iowa, Nevada, New Mexico, Rhode Isl
and, South Dakota, Washington and
California. Olnoy has the thirty-two
votes of Massachusetts and Wall the
twenty-six of Wisconsin. There are 174
unlnstructed delegates, distributed as
follows: South Carolina, Montana, West
Virginia, Fennsylvanla, Oregon, New
Jersey, Florida, Kansas and the District
of Columbia. Both Parker and Hearst
claim many of these unlnstructed votes.
According to reports from Washing
ton the supporters of Farker are not en
couraged over the outlook in Ohio,
Vhorfe democratic convention will meet
next Tuesday. They have been making
a hard' fight in the state, but it is pre
dicted that the delegation will go to St.
Louis unlnstructed. It is also said that
Maryland will seud an unlnstructed del
egatlon, though it has been supposed
that her sixteen rotes would bu in
structed for Gorman. The Farker sup
porters .claim Alabama, whose conven
tion will be held this week, but there is
said to be some doubt as to whether
the delegates from that state will be In
structed for the New York man. Ten
nessee is expected to send a Parker del
egation and the votes of Arlsona will
probably be for Hearst. It seems to be
plainly Indicated that the unlnstructed
delegates will bold the balance of power
at St Louis.
The fact that no addition was made
to the Instructed votes for Parker dur
ing the past week does not look wall for
that candidate, who j: was reasonably
expected would make some gains. As
the figures of instructed delegates show
he is still considerably In the lead, but
yet a long way from the goal and It Is
evident that his boom Is not prospering
to sny great extent
CABAL. ZUSB OUT Kit II MB AT.
Those who have deprecated the fact
that congress devolved upon the presi
dent the duty of providing for the gov
ernment of the canal tone, oh the ground
that it gave him autocratic power over
the inhabitants of the strip on the Isth
mus controlled by the United States,
will hardly find fault with the proclama
tion of General Davis, appointed gov
ernor of the tone, setting forth the pol
icy of administration that will be car
ried out There Is In this nothing to
which any American cititen can reason
ably object and that It will be bene
ficial to the people of the tone Is not to
be doubted. Social conditions there st
present need reforming snd this will be
done, while the people will also be
taught respect for law. This may not
be- welcome to some of them, and pos
sibly some severity will be necessary In
order to teach them, but they must
learn the lesson however reluctant they
may be to do so.
Of course It was utterly absurd to ss
sume, as 'some of the critics of the ac
tion of congress have done, that Presi
dent Roosevelt might exercise despotic
rule over the canal tone, and It must be
presumed that these critics now see bow
ridiculous their professed apprehension
was. There could be no conceivable
motive for the president applying there
other than established American princi
ples, for which no man has a higher or
stronger regard lhan Mr. Roosevelt It
goes without saying that the govern
ment of the tone will commend itself to
all our people.
ASBBBTllfQ AMBHICAB MOUTH.
Our government claims the right to
send warships to Chinese ports which
China has declared to be open to the
world and also to the inland waters of
that empire wherever Americans may
be and where by treaty they are author
ized to engage In business or to reside
as missionaries. The Chinese govern
ment has been notified of this claim and
it remains to be seen what position it
will take in regard to it Last yesr,
when an American gunboat was sent
into the Inland waters of China for the
purpose of obtaining Information re
garding Americans there was a protest
from the Chinese government although
it permitted the gunboats of other coun
tries to cruise In those waters without
protest This fact seemed to Justify the
action of Admiral Evans, which is of
course- fully approved by our govern
ment China will doubtless be disposed to
deal fairly In this matter and not with
hold from the United States a privilege
which Is allowed to other countries.
There probably is no treaty stipulation
affecting this matter, yet the Chinese
government can hardly fall to recog
nize the expediency of avoiding any. dis
crimination. It Is the unquestionable
duty of our government to look after
the interests of Americans residing In
China ad in dotng this It Is manifestly
warranted In claiming whatever privi
leges are accorded to other nations. Of
course there should be nothing done
tbst might prove offensive to the Chi
nese government, but it Is entirely reas
onable to expect from that government
the same consideration which it gives to
other countries and thjs is all that will
be asked. China Is so greatly Indebted
to the United States for our friendly
policy toward that empire, which In a
great emergency saved It from dismem
berment that the Chinese government
should have no hesitation in recogniz
ing the claim which this country makes.
That would be a manifestation of re
ciprocal friendship which It is reason
able to expect and which would
strengthen the good relations that now
exist
The choice of state chairman is
mighty important to republican success
In the impending campaign, but not half
so Important as that, whoever be may
be, he should not be handicapped by
another farcical railroad assessment to
defend.
Colonel Bryan's strenuous efforts to
win over Omaha and South Omaha
democrats to himself and the Kansas
City platform would indicate that the
Success faction of Douglas county
democracy has become quite formidable.
Who -mu Bar nrt .
Chicago Poat
nwah wajtta to be a democrat who would
die for his platform. Do we hear any ob
jection T
Tkore Staa.de Nebraekat
Bloux City Journal,
rthln Kleo haa a "bla four" whloh will
b tent to th Chloago convention. Iowa
courts comparison.
Thlaga Coming the Standard Way.
Philadelphia Record.
We pour oil on th waves to compel them
to placidity and on th roada to lay th
duat. It is poeilbly in line with thea
unctuous methods that th Standard Oil
company propoaes to graa th wheela of
finance for th diggers of th lathmjan
canal and Incidentally to grea Its own
wheels.
Vl Saaa'a Big; PoeJtet. .
Kansas City Tim. '
Tour Unci bA Is very well-to-do. He
put hi hand in on pocket and coin to
the amount of tuO.000,009 is scattered In
Insurance to rebuild Baltimore and Iloohea
ter. II puts hi hand in another pocket
and out comes $40,000,000 for tb Panama
canal, and he stand thea demand with
out even th tremor of a Hp or tn Quiver
of a whisker.
Where Aaaarleaa Travel L.
Philadelphia Preaa. .
Th United State ha greatly Increased
It trade wtta other nations In ront years
though lltu has been aocompllahed ta that
in Bnutk Amarlaa. In ten yre ex
port to that part of th world lncraad
only 12V per cent, while to other countries
they Increased from 60 to ttO per cent.
There la something decidedly wrong In
that reayect. fibfpa and th Panama canal
may help. .
OOS9lf ABOIT THS WAR.
Sceaea ' and lac-Ideate Sketebe a
Ty Pa a By.
Blnce th opening gun ot th campaign
waa fired, February I, the Russian army
haa lost or had disabled four battleahlps,
on armored crulaer, three protected crui
sers, one armored gunboat, two unarm-
ored gunboata, one torpedo transport, on
torpedo destroyer and three torpedo boats,
a total loss of sixteen ship to date. Th
loase to th navy of Japan ar on bat
tleship, on protected crulaer, un dis
patch boat, one torpedo' boat and on
troop ship, a total of four. Th relatlv
strength of th respective navies at pre
nt Is: Japan, 134 ships of all classes;
Russia, ii. -
Sketching conditions In Japan In war
time, a writer in Scrlbner's Magaslna
says:
And then th stories I heard of th de
votion and sacrifice of th people lft at
hornet Th women let their hair go un
dressed onos a month that they might con
tribute per month th price of th dress
ing sen. A gentleman discovered that
very servant In his household, from but
ler down, waa contributing a certain
amount of his wages each month and In
consequence offered to rats wages just
tb amount each servant was giving away.
The anawer waa:
"Sir, w cannot aUow that; It Is an honor
for us to give, and it would be you wbo
would b doing our duty for us to Japan."
A Japanese la fly apologised profusely for
being late at dinnor. Sh had been to th
station to her son oft tor th front,
where already were thre of her sons.
Said another straightaway:
"How fortunate to b abl to give four
son to Japan."
In a tea hous I aw an old woman with
blackened teeth, a servant, who bore her
self proudly, and who, too, was honored
because sh had sent four sons to th
Talu. Hundreds and thousands of fami
lial are denying themselves one meal a
day that they may give more to their
country. And on rloh merchant who has
already given 100,000 yn, haa himlt cut
off on meal, and declares that b will live
on one the rest of his Ufa for th sake
of Japan.
Ther is a war play on th boards of on
theater. Th heroin, a wife, aaye that her
unborn child in a crisis like this must be a
man-child, and that he shall be reared a
soldier. To provide means, she will herself,
if necessary, go to th yoshlwara.
On every gateway Is posted a red slab
where a man has gone to th war, marked
"Oon to th front" to be supplanted
with a black one "Bravry forever"
should h b brought horn dead. And
when he is brought horn dead his body Is
received at th station by his- kin with
proud faces and no tears. ' The Roman
mother ha com back to earth again, and
it Is th Japanes mother who makes
Japan the high priestess of patriotism
among the nations of th world. ,
Th fact that th up-to-date mikado ot
Japan sleeps In a European bed does not
seem anything to' be surprised at until It
la remembered that 40.000,000 of his subjects
prefer th floor. His majesty does not
stop short at this on foreign custom, but
Wears European clothes, uaes a knife and
fork in preference to chopsticks and rides
In a carriage that would not attract par
ticular attention 10 a Chicago boulevard
but for th gorgeous livery of the man on
tha box. '
"The war In the far cast," said a former
confederate officer living in New Tork,
quoted by th New York Sun, "ha been
full of surprises and quick aotion. But
ther Is on thing Which ha surprised
ma, and that Is the ado that ha been made
over the fighting,'' thus far.
"I am pro-Jap. 3hit a an old aoldler t
have not been abl to get my blood stirred
over what has occurred up to date. Grant
Ing that th losaef 4n what will probably
go down in history as the battle of th
Talu have exceeded th figures given out
by both sides, th cumber Is still too small
to dignify th encounter as a great battle.
"Tou can Shut "your eyes and call up
battles by th score which make tho fight
on the Talu dwindle into Insignificance.
"Tha confederate loss at Gettysburg was
0,000, tha federal about 20,000. In th two
days' Battle of the Wilderness th federals
lost 18,000 an th confederates 11.000. In
th first big battle of th rebellion, Bull
Run, th federal loss was over 11,000 and
the confederate loss was estimated at over
8,000.
"if w make due allowance for th In
accuracies of history many of the battles
ot other time were deluges of blood, com
pared with Which the battle of th Talu
is but a drop in th bucket In round
numbers Hannibal in the battle of Canna
21 B. C, alew 40,000 Romans. In th bat
tle of Halidon Hill, In 1833, Edward HI
slew 80,000 Scots. At Waterloo the allies
lost 22,000 and the Frenoh 88,000.
"I doubt if we shall ever see In, our
time any such sanguinary battles as have
reddened history. I do not look for any
such results in this struggle between Rus
sia and Japan as we found at th close
of our civil war.
"In that four years of stubborn fighting
ther died in th confederate prisons tt,M
federal prisoners, while M,S2A confederates
died in federal prisons.. The whole num
ber of prisoners captured by th confed
erate in that struggle was 270,000. Th
whole number of confederate prisoners
captured was 220,000. , I give you these Aug
ures from memory.
"I do not look for any prolonged war In
th far east. But if I should be wrong, I
etlll maintain that ther will b no such
battles fought as those which have occurred
la ether times."
"It was past noon and th men were to
b glvn their midday meal." says a cor
respondent of th Nw York Independent
writing from Japan; so just th dlatano
of two narrow-gauge track away I
watched these hundreds of soldiers fortify
themselves after probably six hours of
fasting and continuous travel. Each flask
was removed from Its socket, th empty
basket opened, and chopatlcks were brought
out from Inside small wooden cases. Men,
carrying huge covered tubs as big as half
barrel and mad of frsh whit wood,
cam down th platform, two men to eaoh
tub. In th tubs was steaming snowy
rice, cooked ao each grain was separate,
and every soldier had his basket filled full
of rloe. A ainall piece of dried flan half
th sis of an ordinary herring waa given
him and several slices of tha radish pickle
called dalkon, without which no Japanes
feels his dish of rice Is complete, and these
thre articles of food mad for him a meal
that waa above criticism. Tea kettles of
brown pottery, larger than; any I had
vr seen in my life wer 'brought and
eaoh man's flask was filled, and h was
given aa much tea as he cared to drink.
Th Japanese practloally never drink freak
water, but their tea take Its place. This
1 mad from water that haa been boiled."
Short ist lent, '
Chicago Chronlol (dem.).
If th democrat would only nam th
right man for president they could have a
platform as short and sweet aa th on
proposed by th republicans. It would only
be necesaary to reaffirm th declaration of
Independence and th constitution.
Sag liases for th Praaaot
Baltimore American.
With Hooley under arrest, Bully on trial
and J. Plerpont Morgan brought down to
common little . 140,000.000 deal. It would
sem that this 1 ot th day of th pre
molar. ".
BAILROAD TAXATION. .
Wlnslde Trlbtinei Roewater ha ben
downed again, but h la greater In hi
defeat than any of th railroad crowd
who ar gloating just now 0vr Ms failure
to be a delegate to th national conven
tlon.
O'Neill Independent (pop.): Editor Rose-
water's efforts befor th state board to
hav them raise th railroad assessment
Is commendable but misdirected. H
should snd did know that th railroad
put the members ot th Stat board into
offlc and knowing this, ha alao knew they
would do th bidding of their masters.
Tork Democrat: Mr. Rosewater appeared
befor th Board of Equalisation laat week
loaded to the guard with facta and figures
with which to confront th array of rail
road tax agents. Th dltor of Th Be
has th courage and ability to hold hi
own in such controversies and he Is en
titled to credit for his efforts to secur
a just assessment.
Papllllon Times: Will th state board
hav th courage to asses th railroads
at th values set out by Editor Rosewater
and others or will they obey th com
mands ot the railroads and assess at the
earn old rat, thua placing th burden ot
taxation mora than ever on th shoulders
Of the farmers and merchants ot the state f
Tha people will be abl to Judg for them
selves in a short time.
Calloway Queen: . Whatever else may b
said of Edward Rosewater. he certainly
represented th sentiment of th common
people In hi mission befor tb State
Board of Equalisation. It I a hard for
th Individual to pay th assessed valua
tion on hi mit as It Is for th railroads
to pay th same on their millions. If It
Is good for th ealf It should b good
for th cow, and In this Instance ther
should be no discrimination.
Wahoo New Era; That Roosevelt will
be unanimously renominated, and carry
Nebraska by an overwhelming majority
are th only sure things tn politics at th
present writing. Th election of the re
publican stat and legislative tickets In
Nebraska la far from being a sue thing.
There ar ominous Indications of an open
rebellion within th ranks of th republi
can voters. The outrageous feature ot
th new revenu law Is tha cause. Much,
however, will depend upon the outcome of
th deliberations ot th State Board of
Equalization. Edward Rosewater has th
sagacity to discern what is the only sal
vatlon of th republicans in th coming
state contest. If his Ideas of railroad
valuation and assessment are not adopt!
by th board, look out for a political up
heaval like that of 1890.
M15ICIPAL. DEBTS.
Abolition of Direct Taxation Coaated
Among th Improbabilities.
St. Louis Republic
Advocates of municipal paternalism fore
tell disappearance of tha system of direct
taxation. Th receipts from publlo utility
enterprises, conducted by the municipality.
they believe, will be sufficient to maintain
th local government. Municipal owner
ship project have been so successful, they
contend, as to warrant great hopes In this
direction. -
The abolition of direct taxation Is not
an Impossible prospect; but. In th nature
of things, it may be counted among th im
probabilities, for at best it la only a hop
based chiefly 'On theory. If it should be
come practical, through big municipal en
terprises, ther I a likelihood that taxa
tion .will take som other form and nam,
for the profits could scarcely be expected to
meet all th obligations and responsibilities
of advancement.
Up to this time It has been th habit of
cities to make debts and confer them upon
future generations. Th comparatively
new cities in th United State are deeply
In debt, and th bid cttie of Europe ar
not In better circumstances. Improvements
must be renewed at periods, and at Inter
vals complet transformation becomes
necessary. ,
Perhaps Investigators do not ascribe
enough Importance to the effects of time
and condition. The prflt-eamlng plants
depreciate snd hav to be reconstructed.
Public buildings wear out and property
has to be improved again and again. Thua,
debt-making goes on from generation to
generation.
The cost of maintaining tha government.
which, though large, Is relatively a small
part of the municipal expenses, may be
realised from municipal enterprise. But
without . further experimentation It is
hardly advisable to predict that they will
bring revenu sufficient to meet all obliga
tion.
Som measurement of th task may be
conceived by scrutinising th debts of th
principal cities. According to federal statis
tics published lata In 1802 th net debt of
New York City aggregated more than 1X11.
000,000. of Chicago more than (36.000,000, of
Philadelphia more than $47,000,000, of St
Louis $28,000,000, of Boston more than $47,
000.000 and of Baltimore mora than $30,400,
000. Th total net debt of tho six principal
American cltlea was then about $500,000,000.
Th last year book of German cities placed
th combined debt of fifty-two German
oltlee at more than $448,000,000. It gave th
debt of Berlin a more than $74,000,000,
Munich more than $35,000,000 and Leipalo
more than $19,000,000.
What can be accomplished, In a financial
way, through municipal enterprise, la en
tirely a matter of conjecture. Municipal
ownership alone does not offer solution of
all municipal Ills, although It does offer
solution of many. There Is also necessity
for more system and better organlo laws
and higher standards In locaj politics. Th
best results may be looked for through
business administration.
OMAHA FOR STATE) HEADQUARTERS.
Chang I t Be tor th Btt
for All Coaeeraad.
Nebraska City Tribune.
It 1 to b sincerely hoped that
th new Stat central committee of
thf republican party will move
th etat headquarters for th com
ing presidential and state campaign to
Omaha. It Is not that Omaha offers any
great advantage In location or mean of
access over Llnooln, but from th fact that
certain condition at Lincoln hav grown
sufficiently objectionable that a good swift
kick to about th only thing that will
awaken Lincoln to th fact that It does not
own the republican party of th state and
that th party organisation 1 not operated
for th aole purpose of making millionaires
out Of Lincoln hotel keepers. Lincoln h
not th facllltle to properly ear for and
entertain a crowd. Many delegates to th
stat convention, especially thoa arriving
Tuesday night, found It nearly Impossible
to secur quarters in which to sleep, and
th congested Condition of affaire gave Lin
coln hotel men a brilliant opportunity to
assert their arrogance and perpatrat a
number of petty annoyance that may b
fairly listed under th had of axtorUon.
Lincoln ha had republican convention and
republican headquarters for so many oon
sutlv years that Lincoln hotel men m
to fairly bcllev that th party 1 operated
aa an adjunct of their hostelrle and that
th "privilege" Is to b worked for all It Is
worth and that the golden stream cannot
be diverted front their pocksta. A good
swift jolt from the stat a committee In re
moving thi year1 headquarter to Omaha
will probably awakes som of the
worthies to tb decency ot th situation,
and If they ar left on th starvation llat
for a year or two maybe tbey will "be
good" for a while when they get a chan
to harvest future convention and be4
.uarur locations.
Fifty Yearo
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tho hcallhfulnoss of tho foods
. PRIOK BAKINQ POWDKH CO OHIOAOO,
CAMPAIGN WITHOUT A "BAH'L."
Detersalaatloa to Make a Cleaa and
Honest Caavass.
Kansas City Star (Ind.).
There can be no doubt a to tha deter
mination of President Roosevelt to make
his campaign for election as clean' and
honest as hi administration has been. And
this policy will be an element ot strength
second only to that of official Integrity and
courage. It is not conceivable that Mr.
Roosevelt could countenance dishonesty in
politics any more than he could tolerate
it In publlo office, even though th publlo
at large, by fore of custom, regards th
on with much more ' seriousness than th
other.
President Roosevelt long ago gave out
a statement declaring that he did not car
for a bljt campaign fund. This was in
answer to Wall street, which threatened
to withhold Its contributions unless th
chief executive desisted from fighting trusts
and other unlawful combinations. . It was
at a time when th speculative market
had been somewhat affected by th pro
ceedings In the Northern Securities case.
Mr. Roosevelt was net daunted. He knew
that th reaction against fictitious stock
prices had .to com In due season. He
knew that If th break cam as a result
of a proceeding affecting speculative Stocks
only, business In general would not be In
jured. H had faith In th long run result
of th action, and especially In th manifest
purpos and th positive law on which his
action was based. Watl street has charged
him with demoralising business, but at
most he has merely taken th wind out
of th Inflated stocks.' Th legitimate busi
ness of th country has not suffered, and
tha president has been . greatly strength
ened among th masses by his defiance
of th Stock brokers wh hav presumed
to control him, but have failed.
Th selection of Mr. George B. Cortel-
you aa chairman of tb republican national
committee is ta keeping with th president's
purpos to hav a clean canvass. Mr. Cor
telyou Is known to be a strong advocate
of honest political methods. He is entirely
tympathetle with hi policies, both po
litical and administrative. Through him
th country may look for a campaign that
will reflect th personal and official char
acter of tb man in th Whit Hous. Mr.
Cortelyou will hav only oh superior offi
cer, and that officer will b President
Roosevelt
TUB POrULlSTS AND ROOSEVELT.
Drift of the Republican Staadard
XetabU la th Wast,
- St Louis Globe-Demoorat
Som of the democrats are beginning to
b exercised over th suspicion that the
populist in 1004 will support Roosevelt in
stead of th democrats candidate. They
ar pointing to th circumstance that a
familiar flgur at th White Hous theao
days is Marlon Butler of North Carolina, a
former aenator from that state, and for a
long tim at th head of tb populist na
tional committee, a position which he still
holds. It la aaid that Butler la an ardent
admirer of Rooeevelt. II has been talking
so strongly in favor of th president that
soma of his old allies of . th democratio
party say h will support Roosevelt this
year.
Ther Is a possibility that Butlar will be
In tb republican tin in 1S04. Lot of old
tim populists will vote th republican
ticket this year. So will lots of old-time
democrats. The republican standard bearer
Of 1904 will draw heavily on th other par
ties for Support. Throughout th west
ther Is a general disintegration of party
forces when Roosevelt Is th issue. All
political shades of voter ar In favor of
him. H will carry th wast by a majority
which will look very Imposing in figure.-
He will also carry every state in th east
which has been casting republican ballots
In th electoral oolleg in recent presiden
tial years.
Th democrats regret th lose of their
populist allies of 18M and 1900, but th drift
among th populist I away from the dem
ocrat now. Many men who supported and
shouted for Bryan in th two latest presi
dential canvasses will be in th Roosevelt
line In 1904. These ar day when party
tie In th west, among all th people ex
cept th republicans, alt very lightly. In
very stat north of th Ohio th repub
lican vote In 1904 will touch very high fig
ures. This will be true, too, in all th nor
mally republican state west of th Mia
slaalppL Som of th transmlsslselppl
state which hav usually been democratic
are likely to be elthsr doubtful or repub
lican this year. Nevada, which has ben
going democratio recently, will be repub
lican in 1904. So will Colorado, Idaho and
Montana. Thi Is going to be a grand year
for th republican party and for th great
American nation.
A Btkik te th Bah.
Springfield Republican.
Th success of Mr. Folk In Missouri has
been a popular rebuke to Chief Justice
Oault of th stat supreme court. This Is
th judg who Identified his name especially
with th judicial overthrow of th jury
verdict against tb boodler which Mr.
Folk bad secured. If that wer ail, th
oour of tb judg would not b open to
criticism, perhaps; but he followed up th
Judicial attack oa Mr. Folk's work by be
coming a leading candidate of the demo
e ratio machln for governor and stumping
th tat in hi own behalf. Judge Oault
has deserved his failure in the democratio
primaries, If for no other reason than that
his open electioneering ha not been con
ducive to th dignity of tb bench.
the Standard
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COST Or THE WAR.
Eattmates and Their Beavrlaa- oa Rns.
alaa aat Japaaet Borrowings.
New York Evening Poet
A fatrly safe estimate of th cost of a
protracted modern war, to'each belligerent
Is $1,000,000 a day.- England'a expenses
in th Boer war work out at substantially
that sum; so do Japan's In th war with
China during 1894-95. Military and naval
disbursements in our own Spaulsh war,
at Us height In July, 189S, ran $80,000,000
per month beyond th same month the
year befor; whloh show th same dally
average of "war cost." Laat Friday's
statement by th Russian finance agent
at London set forth that "th coat of th
war for th first five months up to Jan
1, Including $22,600,000 for iallroad equip
ment is $128,000,000.' But aa th eastern
war began only on February 7, It will hav
lasted, by June 1, not five month, but ex
actly 116 days, which makes th dally
average cost $1,000,000.
The London agent further stated that
after June 1 th monthly cost would be
$2,600,000 for the navy and $15,000,000 for
the army, making a total outlay .of $234,
600,000 up to January L- This for eleven
months would be a lower average; M.
Routkowsky explains it by saying:
"The first part of th war was mora ex
pensive than th .latter will be, owing to
the cost of mobilisation and th general
expenses incident to setting the machin
ery of warfare in motion.'
. But thla assumption is not In th least
warranted by experience; It Is, in fact
extremely absurd, in view of th Russian
purpose of steadily enlarging- Its forces in
Manchuria. OurSpaniah war mad tb fol
lowing., consecutive T mDthlj? gboirlng of
army and navy . expenditure. April, $24,
700,000; May, $32,700,000; Juno, 836,600,000; July,
$66,800,000; August $39,800,000; September,
$38,000,000;. October, $28,200,000; .November.
$26,000,000. Th war was practically over
by th eud of July, but. tb monthly In
crease up to that , tim is plain enough.
Th Boer war mad an -exactly similar
showing. It la quit saf to estimate Rus
sia's war expenses, between today and next
January, at $230,000,000. Russia's foreign
credit balances are now about $33,000,000,
and Its bom stock of . gold (396,000,000, of
which $314,600,000 is pledged against out
standing bank note. ' Hence, very ob
viously, the plan for th $300,000,000 borrow,
tag at Paris.
Idyllic Plotar f Parker.
London Chronicle. "
History shows no more idyll plotur than
that presented laat week by Judg Parker
on th day when th democrat of New
York a lata met In convention to deold
whether or no he waa to be their CA.ndl4a.te
for th presidency.., Thanks to a watohtul
press, w ar abl to follow ail hi move
menu. He pasaed the eventful hour work
ing on his judicial opinions, directing th
spring plowing In on of hi stubbl fields
and looking at his beloved hard of red
polled cattle. In the afternoon, after a
romp with hi grandson was finished, h
went up the rocky hillside to pick wild
flowers for Mrs. Parker. The only Usee
he used th telephone waa to order rye ass!
oat for sowing and to express surprise
that seed rye cost 6s 8d a bushel. And In
th evening he read aloud to a caller from
th life of Thomaa Jefferson. What could
be more perfect t By th side of thla, Cln
clnnatua appears a rollicking blade.
LINES TO A SMILE.
"Are you coins to re-elect that man to
ennaress In spite of the Insinuations against
mm r -
"Bure," answered Farmer ' CorntosseL
"Thoso insinuations have don him good.
He hasn't bean so sociable and entertain
ing in years." Washington Bur.
1 .
Van Schmidt I don't believe old Kerr
Mud aeon ever had a gentle Impulse.'
Flis-Ulle That's where you're wrong.
He's been very kind to at least on woman,
I'm sure. .
Van Schmidt How sot
Fita-liiie well, Isn't h a bachelort Nw
Orleans Times.
Mrs. Hlghmore (with cold dlgnltyTo
what am I Indebted for the honor of this
visltT
Unexpected Caller To your careless ser
vant, perhaps, madam. I dare say sh for
got that you wer not at home. Philadel
phia Press.
Teacher Who was the best friend Ireland
ver hadt
ber, but he discovered Ameriky. Town
Topics. . , . '
Marketer How much ar th strawber
ries Strawberry Merchant-Eighteen a boa an'
... nut an' lt v btfjf t 'mm II
box an' not turn 'era oV,. Baltimore Amer
ican.
"I see that you hav tha villain hissing
defiance every two or thre pages," said
the stage manager,
"Yea, answered the playwright wearily;
"when It comes to biasing I want th vil
lain to have a good start on th audience."
Washington Star. 1
THU VIOLKT.
Clinton Bcollard In Criterion.
Pluck tn the violet, for 'tl hr flower I
It mates her sweetnaa and her modeatyi
It mirrors. In a olear epitome,
Th grace snd ' tenderness that are her
Whene'er i look on it. In shin or shower,
wi
vision or her eyes I aeern to see
herein dwell truth and trus. and what
may re
On on day love O dear-desired hour I
Pluck me the violet I It I th spring's
I'lvlnest essence; the compacted nilrtn
And melody and loveliness of earth
Wherewith hrr heart la kin forever
more, ..,
One of those sensitive and snbtle things J
To dwell upon, to dream L te 4orl