TI1E JMAIIA DAILY DEEt TUESDAY, MAY 24. 1904.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, s.t
George B. TaechucM. seoreUry of Th Ben
Publishing Company, being duly sworn.
Days that the actual number of full and
complete eoplea of That Dally. Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month of April, 104, was as follows:
l W.840 u ao.aoo
t 80.1BO 17 3J,BU0
M.SSO M 80.100
4 8o,ibo u itn.mo
1 80,000 W SD.8MU
. 80AT6 n 8O.OS0
T 80,800 23 80,800
8O0OO U 80.OS0
1 80,180 M ItU.BOO
10 ST.lOO 25....... 80,044)
U 80,000 M ., ,4U
U 80.0StO 17 O,80
IS 83,040 28 80,00
14 SO, ISO ' ' U HO.IUO
15 SOFTS' M 81,200
Total BOO.OOO
Less unsold and returned ooptes.... ,xi
Net total sale WMf,l4
Not average salea ,. KO.BStt
QBO. & TZSCHUCK.
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Before ma this 2d day of May. A. L. lBOi.
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Notary Public.
We take It that the riatte river power
canal project is waiting; for the June
rise.
When a "reform" school graduate; In
mates Into the penitentiary it is time
to change lta name or Its gyiein.
American officer who may think of
taking service In the Chinese nnny will
be wise to draw a few years' salary In
advance or get good security' for pay
ment Another blow for the picturesque In
America! The Dunkards havo formally
resolved to be known hereafter as Ger
man Baptists and may change their
garb with their name.
I J-- JL J-
The people's estimate of the' compara
tive value of want ads in Omaha papers
they pay. for advertising in The Bee,
while the other papers have to give
advertising space away for nothing.
Colonel Bryan has discovered another
paramount issue for the campaign of
1004. Needless to say It is not the same
as any of the paramount issues that did
service for the campaigns of 1801 and
1900. ,'' ' ..'
It may be that thoughts of Alsace and
Lorraine, actuate France in Its talirof
an International congress to end the
present war. France does not disguise
Its friendship for"""Russla but; misery
loves company.
Omaha ought to take a half holiday
from business on Juno 10 to celebrate
the fiftieth anniversary, of the organiza
tion of Nebraska, as a. territory. Wa
do not have semi-centennial anniver
saries every day. .
Russians say the oqly defenses now at
Dalny are tho mines. As these have
been more effective against the enemy
than Russian fighters, the Japanese may
yet have trouble before entering the
czar's rnade-to-ordur. town. .
The most recent evidence abroad of
the growing importance of the United
States Is found In Russia, where a
native of the Philippine islands when
arrested as a Japanese spy appealed to
Minister McCormick. He was released.
Pemocrats of thostates which by the
nnlt rule are tying the bands of the
delegates favorable' to the nomination
of Hearst might be prosecuted under
the Sherman law, which provides pun
ishment for combinations in restraint of
trade.
'The automobile crop seems to' be
flourishing prollflcally Just now in
Omaha. That is all the more reason
why reasonable regulations should be
strictly enforced governing their speed
In busy city streets, where the danger
of accidents is greatest.
'After two pitched battles with the
Thibetans It is , announced that the
natives threaten the Indian fropUer of
Great Britain. If this does not prove
a valid excuse .for extending that fron
tier' north of jhe Himalayas, Great
Britaiu ' will be establishing a new
record.
Massachusotta again proves that its
people are no mean .descendants of the
heroes of Lexlugton. In passing a bill
making it a crime for household servants
to take commissions on sales to their
employers It has struck a blow at those
aristocrats who delight to be robbed as
royalty is fleecedv .1
Henry Watterson Js bJUed to shine as
the principal orator at the State univer
sity commenctmeut exercises at Lincoln
next mouth. It is not probable, bow
ever, that he wlt be found during his
sojourn Quartered at Falrvlew as the
guest of that, other distinguished and
disappointed democrat. . .
TUB NATIONAL CoH T BSTIOV.
Four weeks from today tha republican
national convention will meet In Chicago
to put in nomination candidates for
president and vice president The selec
tion of a "presidential: cafrlidate Is al
ready determined. ' A large majority f
the delegates, rjave been instructed for
Theodore Roosevelt and he will be nom
inated on the first ballot, or possibly by
acclamation. It Is noted as an interest
Ing fact that only three times In the
history of tba republican party and only
five times in the seventy-two,years that
the democratic party has nominated can
didates for president by national con
vention. has the distinction of a norhlna
tion by acclamation been conferred.
Grant was thus nominated in 1808 and
In 1872 and McKlnley in 1000, and Jack
son was thus nominated in 1832, Van
Buren In 1830 and 1840, Cleveland in
1888 and Bryan in 1000. . Lincoln would
have been similarly honored in 1801 had
It not been that Missouri cast its vote
for Grant
In regard to the party platform, Jhe
resolutions committee of the convention
will have little work to do. As hereto
fore noted, a declaration of principles
has already been drafted for submission
to the committee and very likely this
will simply undergo a few modifications.
Its reported tenor is In line with the
last republican national platform, par
ticularly as to the tariff, reciprocity, the
currency, industrial combinations, the
merchant mariner the navy and the in
sular possessions. It will urge the
maintenance of the policy of protection
to our Industries and labor, as has been
done by every republican state convene
tlon, the party being entirely harmonious
In regard to this question.
The convention will name a national
committee, the chairman of which, in
accordance with the desire of President
Roosevelt will be Mr. Cortelyou, secre
tary of the Department of Commerce
and Labor, whose .selection has been
cordially approved by the republican
press of the country and by party lead
ers very generally. The only unsettled
matter is the choice of a candidate for
vice president, but there is no strife for
the honor and there is every reason to
expect that it will be settled promptly
and satisfactorily, without the least dis
turbance to the harmony of the conven
tion. Any one of the several men who
are being thought of os vice presidential
candidates would be acceptable to the
party and the convention will be guided
In making its selection by the considera
tion of availability.
The promise 1b that this thirteenth
national convention of tho republican
partjrwill be one of the most harmoni
ous ever held and that the influence It
will exert upon republicans will be
inspiriting and. Invigorating. It will
show that the party Is prepared to enter
the campaign with ranks united and
with energy, enthusiasm and confidence.
The factional differences In two or three
states, however regrettable, will have no
serionsly unfavorable effect ' upon the
ticket that will be named, at Oldago.
0B8TBVCTISIU LAKB THADC.
) The contest between the lake vessel
owners and the organization of masters
and pilots threatens to be of great injury
to lake commerce if not soon settled. A
protracted conflict would necessarily re
sult in more or less injury to western
producers, who depend largely during
the period of navigation upon the lake
shipping for getting their products to
eastern and foreign market a The ten
dency will also be to advance railroad
freights, to the disadvantage of the pro
ducers. There are several Issues between 'the
vessel owners and the masters and
pilots, perhaps the one most difficulty of
settlement being the refusal of the ves
sel owners to recognize representatives
of the organization. After a conference
In Cleveland last Saturday a vesselman
said he could see no reason for suppos
ing that the tleup of lake commerce by
the masters and pilots will end at all,
that tho vessel owners have firmly de
cided to stand together and the mem
bers of the organization are equally de
termined not to yield. Efforts are be
ing made to submit the questions in
controversy to arbitration, but there
does not appear to be much prospect of
success in this direction.
' Tho tlelng up of the commerce of the
greet lakes frit any considerable length
of time would be a very Berious matter.
The traffic on those waters is Immense,
giving employment to thousands of peo
ple, while the capital Invested amounts
to hundreds of millions of dollars. The
lake commerce, it is needless to say, Is
a most essential part of our domestic
trade and a factor In the transportation
system of the country which is of al
most Incalculable value.
vommbxdablt fhomft actios.
When our State department was In
formed by the consul of the United
States at Tangier, Morocco, that .an
American citizen residing there had
been abducted by bandits and held for
ransom, Instructions were promptly
given the consul to proceed with, the
greatest energy and, . to . Inform the
Moorish government that an outrage of
this kind upon an American cltlaen will
not be tolerated. It waa alao decided by
the Navy department to send one or
mote warships to Tangier should it be
found necessary to thus impress upon
the Moorish government the expediency
of taking immediate snd vigorous steps
for securihg 4he release pf the captive.
The latest information la that the sul
tan realizes the seriousness of the situ
ation and . evidently understands that
our 'government is very much in earnest.
At any rata his representatives, it Is
stated, have been authorized to grant
all the demands of the brigands if the
men they have In esptMty are imme
diately released apd it( is understood
that negotiations to this end are in
progress. There Is In this Incident an
assarnuce to American citizens In for
eign lands of the readiness of their
government to extend its protection to
them In all proper ways, and It further
suggests the great importance of bar
ing at command the means with which
to support our Just demands. This is
the Justification of an adequate navy,
Neither the appeals nor the threats of
diplomacy are of much consequence if
a government is powerless to back them
up in the event of their being disre
garded. The sultan of Morocco would
probably have paid little attention to
the demand of the American consul had
he not been informed that if necessary
a naval force would be sent to Tangier
to enforce the demand.
The Washington authorities are to' be
heartily commended for their course in
thlsmatter. It will reassure all cltl
zens of this country abroad of the care
of their government and of its purpose
to demand redress for any outrages they
may suffer.
MUHM WlTXBSSiS FOU OftAtlD J CUT,
Two eminent Omaha ministers. Rev.
Robert Yost of the St Mary's Avenue
Congregational church and Rev. T. V.
Moore of the Westminster Presbyterian
church, delivered sermons in their re
spective churches- Sunday denouncing
municipal vice and graft in general and
the police department of Omaha in par
Ocular.
The salient points of the sermon de
livered by Rev. Mr. Yost were directed
against a city government that tolerates
gambling, wine rooms, open saloons and
slot machines. To emphasize bis ar
ralgnment Rev. Yost called attention to
the diamond robbery committed in
Clinton, la., "a case in which the stolen
goods Were traced to Omuha and after
ward recovered by the owner." "To
say the least" Mr. Yost added, "It looks
a little strange that an outsider should
come here and recover the stolen goods
when the Omaha officers could not or
would not" According to reports at
police headquarters, the stolen goods
were recovered through the recent ar
rest of the robber on another charge.
In order to get free on the recent crim
inal indictment be confessed and as
sisted the owner in the recovery of the
diamonds from parties to whom they
had been disposed and scattered.
Rev. Mr. Moore took as bis text the
late manifesto of the Civic Federation,
He declared that he had taken some
pains to inform himself and did not
proceed merely on the word of highly
respected citizens over whose names the
statements appear. As with regard to
liquor selling, gambling and prostitution,
a blind man could see for himself. "Slot
machine gambling is carried on openly
in scores of places at this very moment"
and the Civic Federation bad specified
half a dozen gambling bouses which
were in operation until a short time ago.
"Only yesterday," continued Mr. Moore,
"came the evidence that even a church
member In this city is renting a house.
knowing it to be used for immoral pur
poses. If . this is so Judgment must
begin at the House of God."
When ministers of the gospel make
such apeciflc charges tbey must either
speak from personal knowledge or
knowledge obtained from credible wit
nesses. The police authorities Insist
that there have been no public gambling
houses in Omaha for many years and no
gambling house conducted by profes
sionals has been running since two years
ago last February. They assert, more
over, that -policy shop gambling was
stopped a year ago last August and no
policy tickets have been sold in Omaha
since that time. The only tolerated
gambling, they say, is conducted In the
bucket shops, club houses and in the
back rooms of a few cigar stores, where
card playing is carried on Just the same
as it is in private rooms at hotels, and,
for that matter, in the houses of some
very respectable people.
,Now, the police officers either tell the
truth or they are lying. If they tell the
truth the reports charging them with
protecting professional gambling are
calculated not only to do them gross in
justice, but to reflect seriously upon the
Integrity of the police commission that
has control over the police of Omaha,
and Incidentally upon Governor Mickey,
If the ministers tell the truth and the
police otflcers have falsified they are
proper subjects for grand Jury Inquisi
tion and criminal prosecution.
The police assert that there are no
tolerated wine rooms at present in
Omaha and while it is true that quite
a number of slot machines are In opera
tion in cigar stores, drug stores and
other places of business they claim that
none of them are money slot machines.
The Bee fully concurs with Rev. Yost
that gambling is an evil that can bo
suppressed and slot machines are kinder
garten gambling, but whether trade slot
machines come under the statute pro
hibiting gambling Is still disputed.
Nobody will gainsay or deny that the
social evil Is tolerated In Omaha. But
even ministers of the gospel who are
frank will admit that the social evil
has existed from time immemorial and
will so continue. The proper parties to
prosecute are the owners of buildings
who rent their premises for Immoral
purposes and If church members are
among the owners of this class of houses
so much the worse.
At any rate, the grand Jury should
send for Messrs. Yost and Moore, and
also for all other ministers who have
made like accusations from ths pulpit
and let them tell what they know per
sonally of gambling, criminal vice and
parties who rent bouses for Immoral
purposes. Tha only way to clear the
atmosphere is to call those who claim
to know about graft and vice before the
grand Jury.
alia World-Herald has a grapevine
telegram from Lincoln to the effect thst
Conaressman Burkett soon, as bis
promotion to the senate is sssured, will
reward his political manager, Ed Slzer,
bv Drocurinrf his appointment to fill the
seat In congresa from tha First district
thus vacated. We fear this story will
hava to ba revised. There is no provi
sion in tha constitution for filling vacan
cies in the lower house of congress by
appointment but on the contrary, a
special election is designated as tha only
way to meet such contingencies. The
W.-H. political fiction writer should try
again.
Rev. Robert Yost prefaced bis sermon
last Sunday with this declaration: "I
don't believe Omaha Is tha wickedest
city on earth. I have lived In 8t Louie."
If Rev.' Mr. Yost had lived in Chicago,
In Denver, San Francisco, Kansas City,
St Paul, Minneapolis or even Hartford,
Conn., he would have discovered thst
Omaha is not any more wicked than
the towns named and possibly a little
less.
Most of the people who haveeen
talking about graft in Omaha official
circles lately are the same people who
were busy circulating "ugly rumors"
Just before the last grand Jury. When
called before the last grand Jury they
failed to make good, but tbey should
hava a chance to try again before the
present grand Jury.
Gives Away Secret.
Chlcaao tlocord-Herald:
Susan B. Anthony recently testified In a
will oaae that married women knew nothing
about haadllns money. Miss Anthony evl
dently doean't believe all these stories
about women and tha trousers pockets.
CoaSdences Respeetad.
Philadelphia Press.
They are still trying to explain why the
California democratic convention, which
waa against Hearst when It met, managed
to turn up a majority for him early next
morning. These, however, are confidential
matters which those Informed won't give
away.
The Country saved Asraia.
Indianapolis Journal.
Tha attorney general of Nebraska baa
ruled that teachers have no right to require
school children to "tell on" their play'
mates, and if the youngster refuse to
tattle on demand they will be upheld by tha
courts. Teachers who ask pupils to tell
tales on their associates are unfit for their
positions, and no court la needed to prove
th fact
Perish the Thoaarht.
Baltimore American.
Tha same standard of morality In private
Ufa applied to business method la a theme
coming to th front and being taken up by
the press and the pulpit The standard a
practically applied would cause a revolu
tlon, not to aay a cataclysm. Imagine, for
Instance, the weird ' effects of truth and
honesty as leading factor n Wall street
manipulation!
Empty Paxtketa Replenished.
I New York Tribune.
After emptying many millions from their
pocket and stocking Into tha Panama
ditch, tha French people are glad to aea
Uncle Bam shovelling a few of them back
across the sea. . Tha perform an oe ha
mightily increased their respect both for
his pocketbook and tha easy confidence
with which he take up a Job they laid
down In despair. ; -; ,:
"Who's Who" la Iadls.ua.
New York Sun. .
"Ood bless you,. me boy," said Hon. Bill
Flynn of Indianapolis to th Hon. Tom
Taggart of Indianapolis tha ' day after tha
Indiana democratto.1 convention. Mr. Tag-
gart'a strong rftrhOhund; was sore "with
congratulation, tout! his heart was gay ks
a bonny bird's-in a bird seed store Not
with him b tha glory. "It was the many
friends of Parker that won." And what a
winning! "It means that Judga Parker will
bo nominated." -:. '
Doe it mean also that Mr. Hill has
promised True Thomas Taggart that h
hall ba chairman -ef tha democratto na
tional committee or stick in hi thumb and
pull out a plum when pie tim cornea If It
comes 7
Tom Taggart' bar I a wishing cap, HI
clothe ar rainbow. HI glad feet tread
three and one-half Inches.
Playlasr Dosr ! the Misgtr, "
Baltimore Sun (dem.).
Tha country haa outgrown tba delusions
which constituted Mr. Bryan's 'strength.
The silver issue la dead. Tha cry for a
depreciated currency "more money"
the oondltion of a return of higher prices
and prosperity, la discredited by tha event
of th years si no 18M. We have high
price and mora money per eapita on a gold
bail than tha country ever had before
There 1 no scarcity of currenoy by reason
of tha suppression of the free silver move.
ment, but gold has filled th demand and
tha financial situation la sound. All of
Mr. Bryan's prediction of blue ruin have
been falsified by the actual occurrence,
and his remedies ar now generally under
stood to have been quack remedies. Th
country has prospered without them, and
what ha declared impossible haa happened.
His trumpery doctrines ar disproved and
hava been forgotten by everybody but him
self. H alone survives to play tha dog In
tha manger and prevent any democrat from
doing what ha couldn't do get elected.
BLACK AID WHITE.
Soathera Wrath Depend Much on. tho
Color mt tha Cnlprlt.
Chicago Inter Ooean.
Thomas Bavla of Rldgeway, Va., got
drunk, entered the home of a respectabl
woman, and Is said to hava attempted to
commit tha crime for committing or at.
tempting which negroes ar hanged or
burned In that latitude, and which I al
leged as the aole cause of lynching by It
excusers. He waa arrested and put In Jail.
Monday night a mob gathered and took
Thomas Davie out of JalL However, he
was not hanged or burned, but merely
given a sound thrashing and then locked up
In jail again. Thomas uavis, it may ba
mentioned, la a white man.
From ' on viewpoint Thomas Pavls un
doubtedly deserved the thrashing. Proba
bly It will do him mora good and be a
better corrective Influence upon hi man
ners and moral than more legal forms of
punishment which,- presumably, he will
hereafter receive by due process of law.
Yet th fact remain that Thomas Davis
was charged with tha crime which In that
latitude is considered a aufflclent reason
for hanging or burning any negro charged
with even attempting it. Would Thomas
Davis hava been let off with a thrashing
and legal punishment if ha had been a
negro?
probably not and yet It seems well not
to carry th comparison too far. Without
Inquiring why a mob, that would hav
been "maddened" to tha point of murder
In Its crueleat form if th offender had
ben black, o far. controlled Itself a to
pause with fitting corporal punishment. It
la enough to record the fact, end to point
to a cheering circumstance.
This Is that a mob, ven In southern
Virginia, Is not always or necessarily
maddened" by that particular crime. This
I a pleasing exception to what tha defend,
rrs of lynching havn represented ea a uni
versal rule. It. is true that th exception
may aot yet exUnd to oaae la which biaek
men ar tha offenders, but that It should
sUt at all u some Improvement.
a it sit aossir i WAtrmrT09.
Matters af Interest Gtoaa frna tha
Arm y nnd Navy Register.
An Important order wli; appear next week
from th War department being that which
change the entire system of military In
structlon. Tor month rha third division of
the general staff ha been engaged on this
order and haa had tha advice of officers
who would naturally be consulted In th
preparation of the order and the establish
ment of a new system. Th division which
has had charge of th subject haa sub'
mltted to th chief of stall a long report
explaining tho detail of tha new order, th
provision of which go very thoroughly
Into th methods of Instruction, beginning
with the post school for enlisted men and
ending wlih th Army War colleg. For
th first time tha exact scop and system
of that Institution ar announced.
Th War department authorities ar en
gaged In making arrangements with th
land owners at Manassas, Va.. In anticipa
tion of the occupation of property at that
place thla summer fo rth regular army
and militia maneuver. Borne difficulty has
been encountered In convincing ths farmers
tnat tha government can not be held re
sponsible for th appropriation of poultry
and th looting of orchard. It i not
likely that very much of this sort of thing
will be don, but of course. In a larg
body of troops ther ar men who will
engage In this sort of pilfering. Th new
lease, drawn by th Judge advocate aea
ral of th army to cover tha use of prop
erty, will Uke Into account th question
of damage sustained by fenoes and crop
of course, and for this purpose a board
win convene after tha maneuvers to de
termine the extent of loss In that direction,
Th chief of engineers of th army haa
not yet considered whether there shall be
any increase in tha number of West
Pointer who graduate In June and who ar
destined for commissions In th corps of
engineers. For several yeara It has been
ths practice to appoint th ten graduate
who stand highest on the list of graduates
a second lieutenant of engineer. It Is
probable that tha practlc will be followed
this year and next year, despite th fact
that there ar present thirty-seven vacan
cle In th Junior grade of th corps. Ther
was some talk of appointing fifteen grad
uates this year in order to reduce th num
ber of vacancies aa rapidly a possible,
but It Is considered worth while to take
Into account tha necessity of avoiding a
"hump" In tha corps against th time when
ther will be no or few retirement and
when officers of tha advanced grades will
ba of about tha same age. This consider
tlon will probably lead to the decision to
apppolnt no more than ten West Pointer
this year or any succeeding year to th
corps of engineers.
Th newly organised association of In
fantry officers Is In a most prosperous eon
dltlon. It has thriven beyond th expects,
tlon of Its authors and the list of member
contain more than 1,009 names. This list
will be published in the first number of
the Journal which Is to be printed quarterly
by th association for the present: later on
it may be mad a bimonthly. All of th
Infantry regiments are represented in tha
membership and most of th regiments
have been admitted In a body.
Th War department will not lack for a
commissioned personnel from which to
choose officers of th retired list for active
duty. Most of those who hava expressed
a willingness to to on dutr under tha terms
of the army appropriation act hav specified
a preference fof staff duty, especially on
the general staff In Washington and In th
military secretary's department. Among
those who have sent In their applications
are several, former chlefa of staff corps.
To all of these, however, th department
la replying that It baa been decided not to
assign retired officers to Staff corps work,
although there la nothing In tha law to
prevent such assignment. It is not a nut
ter of th law. however; It I largely on
of policy and might be o candidly an
nounced without offense to anybody. It Is
policy and not law, too, which decides
against detailing retired brigadier general
to recruiting duty and to limit those placet,
so far aa may be, to officers who ar com
paratively young and who do not possess
rank and title which will be overpowaringly
out of proportion to th nature of the
work. General Chaffee believes that In
making the assignment of retired officers
to duty there should be taken Into account
the clasa of duty to which the officer with
his rank would be detailed were he still
on th active list. It may develop, after
all, that the drafts upon th retired list
will not be as generous as waa ezpeoted.
It I certain that If General Chaffee's In
fluence control, th assignments of retired
officers to duty will not be reckless or
merely for the aak of giving employment
with It attendant benefits to as many ap
plicants as possible. If there war no
discretion exercised It I certain that con
gress would promptly put a stop to th
whol practice or place a limit on th
number of retired officer who may be em
ployed at on time.
PKRSOHAL, NOTES.
William O. Conway, whs had bean em
ployed In the land office, Washington, for
fifty years, died recently. He was th old
est olerk In point of Continuous service In
Washington.
An American named Oay Is practically
king of an Island of 70,000 acres In th
Hawaiian group. He and his wife reign in
ktndly fashion over 100 native. Th Oay
industry Is shsep raising.
A large number of Hindu snake charmers
hav arrived In thla oountry to exhibit at
the World'a fair. Doubtless many of them
may be able to secure permanent Jobs In
Keeley Instlttulons after tha fair has
closed.
After experimenting for six years with
wbmen conductora, tha Chllllcotha, O.,
street car management has decided to em.
ploy men In their places, th only thing
against tha women being their difficulty in
handling switch which seems queer.
Mayor John Weaver of Philadelphia was
a department store clerk at IT a Week som
twenty yea? ago. While so employed he
studied shorthand, . which he mastered.
Then h became a court reporter, meantime
studying law and eventually winning ad
mission to th bar.
Mis Helen Oould says th memento that
she prises more than anything els she
poaaeaae Is th flag which th sailors of
th Raleigh voted to give tp her in prefer
ence to the city of Raleigh. It holds a
prominent place In her home at Lyndhurst
The American flag file every day at Lynd
hurst from sunrise te sunset.
Secretary William H. Taft has a friend
who Is a fanner near a Main prohibition
town. A stranger one went Into the farm
er's house, says th secretary, and asked
for a glass of milk. Th farmer filled a
glass with whisky, milk and sugar. Th
stranger, after draining th cup, banded H
back and remarked: "My Lord, what a
cow!"
In a murder trial In Lancaster, Mo., laat
week State's Attorney Bmoot asked a fe
male wltnesa som question about her do
mestic affair. Th witness resented th
asking of such a question, saying: "I
reckon a woman haa a right to boa her
own house." Mr. 0moot asked what sh
meant by that, whereupon Judge Sheltoa
Interposed: "Th remark made by the wit
ness Is perfectly clear, snd I am ceaftdent
the Jury understands what sh means.
They are all married S3 en."
"After all, there is nothing like
DR. PRICE'S
BAKING
I tavc used it
fof neatly fotty
THE POPULIST PARTY 19 NEBRASKA
Sohuyler Free Lance (ind.).
That the populist party in Nebraska la
'put to Sleep" any reasonable person knows
and It la tha sleep that knowa no waking at
that. And the sleep la due entirely to th
party Itself under the leadership of a class
of fellows who were very short sighted,
to put it mildly.
The populist party in Nebraska did not
grow into strength, by reason of th prin
ciples advocated la its platform. It was
first an organised protest against, repub
lican miarul in th state and an uprising
of th people of all political affiliations
against a disreputable set of publio thieves
who were holding Office under republican
ml and In oharg of that party. The
uprising caused a new alignment along po
litical line and man became populist
largely as a protest against the republican
party in Nebraska rather than th embra
cing of the doctrine of the populist plat
form. But being clear of political bias
they were free to reason and embraced
populist principle because they were right.
ThS populist party under a fusion with
th democrat were In power In Nebraska!
and with a 10,000 majority In the state soon
hsd control of every branch of the state
government They hsd a full opportunity
to do and could hav mad any reform they
saw fit, but they failed moat dismally. The
leader of th party soon ware a claas of
men who wer on a par with th leader
of th republican party and their pretenses
at reform wer but on the surface and
really meant nothing.
The great majority which mad a nomina
tion by th fusion toroe equal to aa
lection was looked upon a a guarantee
for th future and the reason for Its ex-
Istlng were forgotten. They did not con
sider that a failure to do what the people
had a right to expect would mean' disaster
and the condition politically today in th
Stat Is but th moral of th tale which
time haa told.
The populist party had an opportunity
to make itself Invinoible In the state, but
forgot Its mission and became a collection
f hero worshippers whose apparent ra
son for existence was to boost a few
leaders and to simply Indulge In boasted
"reforms" which did not exist. Th mem
ber of th party who waa honest In hi
pretensions at reform and tried to draw the
Una was soon relegated to tha rar aa a
disturber of harmony. Th object of the
party' existing seemed to be to have the
members vie with eaoh other In their bund
subserviency to ths Aliens and Holcomba
snd Kdmlstens and Bryans and Thomp
sons. But th voter demanded that ther
be mora than a regulation denunciation
Of republican rascality and official short
comings on the one side and a sham claim
of reform and desploabla party servitude
to a little set of party dictators on the
other. The band of loud mouthed re
formers fell short their one 30,000 majority
and th deolin cam rapidly until today
th populist party, once powerful In th
state. Is a sickly dependant upon th dem
ocratic organisation. Great Ood, what a
decline!
On the corporation question nothing waa
don but talk about what th republican
party did not do and what th populist
party waa supposed to do. Th railroads
never fared better than under th "reform"
administration. And th railroad pass,
which was so bitterly denounced In the
hand of th republicans, was accepted
with greedy hand by the "reformer,"
who forgot that they should at least prac
tice what they preached.
The state sadly needed a new revenue
measure, because th debt was getting not
only away beyond th constitutional limit,
but was Increasing rapidly year by year,
yet these "reformers" failed when It came
to act and today all they have on that line
is to attack the law the republicans pasaed
when they returned to power. And In con
nection with that the corporation were
never molested In 'their aesesement and
during the "reform" administration ware
taxed lower than before or since under re
publican rule.
Th state Institution should hav been
taken out of th degrading deptha of party
politics and Instead of being officered with
pot-house politician as rewards for serv
ice, should hav been placed under a civil
service plan, which would mean that all
officer thereof should be In th service by
reason of aepeolal fitness and then to re
main because of that fitness Instead of by
reason of a stand-In.
Th populist party waa a failure In power
and fell down In every feature It was a
sue e as at denouncing republican short
coming snd dlahoneety, but It was a failure
when given th rein of government. The
party can well ba classed as a eoleletloa of
leud-mouthed "reformers" who proved to
be the rankest kind of political lickspittle
whoa only saous for existing was to learn
what a few leaders desired and to do their
bidding. They were a success at self
laudation and political abeervlenry.
The downfall ec th party la due te
CREAH
POWDER
with satisfaction
yca$e,,
natural causes and defeat was a well
merited rebuke. They forgot that they
wer intrusted with power beoauae of a
sentiment against republican misrule and
did not seam to realise that their lease of
life depended upon their doing what had
been promised. The honest populist who
was in the movement for true reform and
who measured party success by results
soon learned that It was no home for him.
It changed from a movement of tha people,
for th people Into a private combination
of thoae who had but the one duty, and
that waa to follow the laid of a few dicta
tors and do their wllL
PASSHia PLHAaAJfTRlES.
Maud Is It possible that Kit Qarlln.
horn Is still trying to sing In public t Why,
her voice went to pieces years ago.
Mabel I know It. but she saved tha
pieces. Chicago Tribune.
"But to what do you wish to convert oat"
asked h native. .
"To the use of the goods we have for
sale," replied the advance agent Of Civilisa
tion. Chicago Post.
Clergyman I shall denounce thla play,
sir. It 1 shockingly Immoral.
i Manager All right, v jue vena sruuna a
copy of the sermon for our advance agent,
will youT Puok.
"I wonder who originated the . expres
sion 'reckoned without hlsjiost,' "
"Very likely It waa somerdeluded summer
hotel guest who tried to figure out for
himself what his bill waa going to be."
Philadelphia Press. .
Nodd Tou don't mean to say your child
said all those bright things? -Todd-Yes.
sir.
"Why. I didn't know he ceuld read yet"
Brnart Bet.
"The trouble with th American people,"
aid the rotund personage,, "1 that they eat
too much."
"Well," answered the dyspeptic, "wait
awhile. The Beef trust will fla that."
Washington Bur,
"I'm getting old." ' '
"Having rheumatism T"
"Worse than that. I'm having reminis
cence." Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune,
First Doctor It wouldn't ba wise to state
the patlent'a real condition.
Second Doctor Then let us Issue bulletins.
Town Topic. .. .
Mr. Critique Yea, Indeed, my bouse Is
simply full of Titian. -
Mrs. Nouveaurlch Uood gracious, ain't
there no way of klllln' 'emT fTlnoelon Ti
ger. -
LOVE SONNETS OF A LAWYER.
Milwaukee Sentinel.,'
I.
Whereas, you crossed my path som time
Towu?' May lxteenth, A. p., nineteen
four,
And I. for divers reasons, do adore
luur miry mco iin i""Mi " . -'. ,
Whereas deponent salth he worship so
That he will never araw one ire j '
more
fTmii vni, ink wa.v Ih heartache sore.
And cause said heartache front ht breaat
to now. . .
Now, therefor, this dsponent humbly
ThatT'you will grant him the aforesaid
knnn '
Praye also for the court to grant no stays
For an Informal wd(1lng-ay. In June.
And for such other Judgment and relief
As la not clearly outlined In this brief.
II.
Bhe married th defendant, who thn
n - ., w mA M.Ai.t M Mrs. Do!
Alas, defendant didn't do It, though
But in a laca room ai i " -"".T
Played draw, and lost his ducat by th
Plaintiff alleges more, and eya It's so.
Wherefore, this plaintiff prays for a deer
Bev ring me nunu
And for such alimony, coats and fee
. at A lirAIUV ICt SallnVav!
AS to me l nun -.--- ---
And for whatever luds men I
Th Court deems right to satisfy her grlf.
Fooling tho Pooplo
Abraham Maoola
said you eaa fuul '
uue people all the
tiai. Voaeaatool
all the peotile aviaa
tim
Bat yen anno4
fool aU th pee
pie all the tint.
THK
DELL
s Coffees
are the eoffeM that star by all tha people all the
llioe. AkyuarroMr for ths EL1 1-penna
package Coffee at S tU. Ushjsct to IH
8urt n.l.lf tlM It jwur limit, if Pt
ak lorU. ii. Plaalalloa, las beat la tU world,
at 4a ets.l or Crown hrmui at 40 cts.i or laaa
rial at eta., Haaaes el SO ets. and as aot
ivitrt Ihlr .
KCD DKAOUFI na,
ts aaM , aa p d itv, Ua a aeaaag
fiiCM wAf AH TO tOUU TABUS.
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