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THE OMAHy- DAILY REE: TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1904.
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Mr.' Perdlcarls is .one who does not
"regret to report"
It's no Joke that tbe campaign to re
pair Omaha's street pavements will last
Ml summer1; and then some.
How soon will those elevators and
mills promised to the Commercial club
and Grain exchange by President Stick
Bey last winter materialize?
As many delegates will sit In the St
.Louis convention without Instructions as
with Instructions. Such a situation
oould only be presented by a leaderless
party.
t '. , . ','
Chairman Jones will be permitted to
call the democratic national convention
to order Just to. let him down easy, and
: be should be thankful for -that much
consideration
It Is salV by Russians that tbe csar Is
systematically misinformed as to events
In bis realm; which; Is the first Intima
tion that. e Is compelled . to read the
"yellow'". Journals. ,
Tbe Bee, gave its readers by far the
best reports' of the Chicago convention
' and it will,1 be equally enterprising in
providing special news service for the
St. Louis convention.
r
Tbe phases of Missouri Justice are
peculiar. Here-one -man has Just
pleaded guJlty to taking a bribe from
Ed Butler which a Callaway county
Jury aays Butler never paid..
Haytl should not close the Incident of
the assault upon the French and Ger
man' ministers too soon for it will re
quire more force to open It again when
the European gunboats arrive.
Tax Commissioner Fleming offers
solace to our property owners by assur
? ,lng them that for a term of years the
st-is,x rate averages up weil. Still they
would prefer to hare it average down
, . morel " '
Omaha haa demonstrated its apprecia
tion of he Auditorium and tbe Audi
torium management can beet show ita
appreciation of Omaha by putting on
the finishing touches of tbe structure as
rapidly jut possible.
When all- the lands subject to home
stead entry under the Klnkald act have
been taken up Uncle Sam will have no
use for keeping open tbe land offices
at; O'Neill, Valentine, Alliance, Broken
B)w and McCook.
While Nebraska democrats are pro
testing against Parker, it is interesting
ttf-recall the fate ot Kansas democrats
Iq 1876 who went east shouting for
"Creebbacks or a fight" and returned
cheering tot "Tilden and bard cash.'
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The Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul
railroad la said to be preparing for an
extension of Its South Dakota lines to
Paget sound within the next two years.
In that event Omaha will at no distant
day secure another competing rail con
nection to the lumber regions of Wash
ington state more direct than any yet
copstructed. ' k " "
Notice bow the western boys are com
ing to the front - the' honor lists f
eastern colleges. The western boy has
the grit and the perseverance as well as
the .Intelligence, even If he may have
lacked some; la .the atmosphere of cul
ture at home. Results tell, and it is
there that the western boy is constantly
scoi-lBg better and better.
The populists aay they will be satis
fied wfth nothing less than the bead of
the ticket la Nebraska this year If they
travel again in double harness with tbe
'democrat It will be remembered, how
ever, that they expressed themselves tbe
very same way last year and the year
before, and then restod. mildly, content
.with' a auiall piece of the tal
TBS BEST PAID LABOR.
"More than one-third of all the man
ufactured products of the whole earth
Is produced by American labor," said
Speaker Cannon at Chicago, "which
works shorter hours than any people
on earth, and has more steady employ
ment than any people on earth, and
on the average receives, conservatively
stated, one and threefourths dollars
compensation where similar labor else
where receives but one dollar."
This Is the statement of a fact which
the working men of the country should
give serious consideration to.' American
labor Is the best paid labor in the world
and this Is due to the great develop
ment of our Industries under the opera
tion of the republican tariff policy. Un
til that policy was sdopted the indus
trial growth of the United States was
very slow. Prior to that time British
manufacturers supplied most of the
wants of our people. We had a tariff,
but It was of the character which the
democratic party Is now urging that is,
"for revenue only" and gave no en
couragement to industrial enterprises.
Then the price of labor here was to a
large extent regulated by the British
standard.
Very soon after the adoption rf a
protective tariff Industries began to
spring up, making a demand for labor.
Even during the civil war there was
considerable progress in manufacturing
and after that conflict ended our indus
trial growth became rapid. As the de
mand for labor increased the price
necessarily advanced and there was
created an American standard of wages.
There have been fluctuations in it but
it Is still the highest in the world. It
is true that there have been times of
depression since the 'republican tariff
policy was first adopted, but at no time
has tbe price of American labor dropped
to the European standard, the nearest
approach to it being in the years of the
last democratic administration, when
hundreds of mills and' factories were
shut down and a great army of labor
was thrown out of employment
The policy of the republican party is
to keep up the standard of American
wages and of American living. Presi
dent Roosevelt has said that at all
hazards and no matter what else is
sought Tor by changes of the tariff, "the
American workman must be protected
In bis standard of wages that is, in bis
standard of living and he must be se
cured the fullest opportunity of employ
ment" This is the' sound American
policy, always observed by the repub
lican party. How shall the wage stand
ard be maintained? Manifestly by ad
hering to the policy under which the
standard was created. No argument
can be needed to show the intelligent
worklngmnn that if that policy should
be abandoned the Inevitable effect upon
industries would be disastrous and that
in' the crash produced labor would
necessarily suffer most In regard to
this the experience of ten Jfears ago
snotiia be sufficient to carry, convic
tion.
ACQUIRING TBS WATER WORKS.
When the Howell 'compulsory water
works purchase bill was pending before
the legislature nearly eighteen months
ago The Bee ventured the prediction
that the measure would not expedite,
but on the contrary would retard mu
nicipal ownership. The father of the
bill, Senator Howell, and the members
of tbe delegation who helped to railroad
the water works purchase bill through
the legislature tried to make people be
lieve that The Bee was opposed to the
bill because it was interested In pre
venting the purchase of the water works
plant by the city.
Time has vindicated the position The
Bee has taken and disabused the minds
of those who ascribed its attitude to self
ish motives. It is now admitted on all
hands that the passage of tbe compul
sory water works purchase bill has sim
ply Imposed upon the city a needless In
crease of the municipal pay roll and
forced upon It the Imposition of higher
taxes for this year than would have
been levied If tbe new water board bad
not been created.
It is amusing as well as amazing to
note that the father of the compulsory
purchase bill now wants to make the
people ot Omaha believe that the delay
In the appraisement is caused by the dis
inclination of the water Works company
to sell its property. In the first placo
the conditions under which the water
works were to be appraised and acquired
under the Howell act do not differ In
the least with the conditions of the origi
nal contract and in the next place the
water company is not in the least
alarmed over the prospect of parting
with the property at the price fixed by
the arbitrators. Were it otherwise the
company would have Interposed some
objection to the bill when it was before
the legislature, and the company could
very readily have Interposed some ob
stacles to the passage of the ordinance
by tbe city council that provided for the
appraisement by tbe three arbitrators
and accepted the appraiser recommended
by the Water Works board.
It is a matter of notoriety that the
water company is willing to' sell the
works at any time if it can get its own
price. Had it been opposed to a sale on
the conditions named in the Howell bill
It could readily have invoked the power
of the courts to prevent the appraise
ment The attorneys for the company,
wbo rank among the ablest In the west
pronounce the bill as full of boles as a
skimmer. It Is a matter of notoriety
also that the proposition to vote bonds
for the purchase of the water works,
which wss submitted to and ratified by
the citizens of Omaha at the election
four years ago, was engineered through
the council by the water works man
agers, and there Is a well grounded sus
picion among those familiar with the
tactics of tbst corporation that the
Howell bill received its original Inspira
tion from the same source. '.
While the taxpayers and water. con-1
sumers of Omaha doubtless favor uu-
nlclpsl ownership of the water works at
the earliest practical moment they are
not llkelv to acquiesce In the purchase
of the works at an exorbitant price.
A '-8AXK" FOURTH OF JULY.
Just what would constitute a "sane"
celebration of Independence day and at
the same time give reasonable scope to
popular patriotism It is not essy to de
termine, but an effort is being made in
a number of cities to nationalize the
celebration snd thereby reduce the css-
ualtles and calamities that are com
monly Incident to it Chicago, as here
tofore noted, baa led the way in this
and the result will be regarded with
very general interest All the prepara
tion for a patriotic observance of the
day have been made. The firing of
harmless torpedoes snd small crackers
will go on as usual, but the police will
be under instructions to confiscate all
revolvers, blank cartridges and caps.
The Pennsylvania State Board of
Health has called on all mayors and
burgesses of the state to see that the
laws relating to fireworks are enforced
and If this is done the toy cannon, gun
and pistol and the revolver will not be
In evidence In the Keystone state on
July 4. Elsewhere municipal authori
ties have made decrees against tbe use
of the "toy" cannon and pistol, the re
volver and the cannon crackers, so that
the promise is that quite generally this
year's celebration of the republic's na
tal day will be less noisy and less de
structive of life and property then
formerly.
It is not desirable to put too great
a curb upon the patriotism of the peo
ple and especially upon that of the ris
ing generation on the Fourth of July,
yet the annual record of killed and
injured on this day certainly Justifies
the effort to put a stop to the use of
dangerous weapons and fireworks. In
this the authorities should have tbe as
sistance of parents, upon whom rests a
large measure of responsibility for the
Inflictions and afflictions of our great
national holiday.
Government by Injunction has reached
its climax in Milwaukee, where tbe
Custom Tailors' union has secured an
order of court restraining a merchant
tailoring firm from discharging union
men and employing nonunion men In
their places. The union claims to have
a contract with tbe merchant tailoring
firm which runs until October 1, binding
It to employ only union men, and this
contract it Is charged, haa been broken.
Incidentally, the court commissioner In
granting the injunction also restrains
the firm from intimidating or threaten
ing the union tailors. A more novel
writ was Issued in the same city against
the Wisconsin district of the German
Evangelical Synod of North America, re
straining it from Interfering with the
duties, of a pastor who bad recently
been turned out in the cold by his
church. The ground on which this In
junction waa procured Is that the min
ister will no longer be permitted to per
form the duties of minister of the gospel,
which will mean tbe loss in emoluments
to him of $1,600 a year. However out
of the ordinary these injunctions would
seem to appear, they are simply the
natural, sequence of the assumption by
tbe judiciary of tbe exercise of powers
to intervene indiscriminately in the man
agement of public and private corpora
tions.
It is admitted that during tbe impend
ing campaign, as in all former cam
paignsnational and state the storm
center will be in Douglas county. That
is why the republican campaign head
quarters were located by the state com
mittee at Omaha. In this respect the
state committee not only emulated the
example of the common enemy, but also
the example set in every other state,
The headquarters of every political or
ganlzatlon in New York state is located
in New York City and not in Albany.
The headquarters of all parties in Illi
nois are-at Chicago and not at Spring
field. Tbe headquarters of tbe re
spective political parties in Michigan are
In Detroit and not in Lansing; just as
the headquarters of California repub
licans and democrats are not at Sacra
mento, but at San Francisco.
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The choice ot the democratic national
convention is expected to depend upon
the ability of William J. Bryan and
William R. Hearst to control one-third
of the votes In the convention. But the
Influence of Bryan and Hearst upon the
choice ot the convention will by no
means be confined to their ability to
control one-third of the membership of
the convention Tbe most potential
force they will exert is the threat that
any ticket offensive to the Bryan-Hearst
following is foredoomed to defeat
The annual demand for harvest hands
bas begun in Oklahoma and the force
will work through to tbe Canadian
border, handling sufficient breadstuff to
feed the nation over what in the mem
ory of men was once tbe "great Ameri
can desert"
Tbe prohibition national convention,
which meets in Indianapolis shortly, is
not expected to Interfere in the least
with the effectiveness of that held in
Chicago last week, nor with the temper
of that to be held at St Louis next
inqntb.
Eehoea of the Glad Sweet Sobs.
Chicago Record-Herald.
No wonder President Roosevelt Is pleased
with his running mate. Mr. Fairbanks la
th father of five children,
Tails la Too Mack.
Chicago Newa.
While Nebraska did not land Mr. Web
ster, It might secure the vice presidential
nomination on tha democratlo ticket tor
Mr. Bryan It It oould get him to accept
Pvoteetlom of Shaae Trace,
New Tork Tribune.
Bhade trees in the streets of American
dtlee and towns are la moat plaoaa too few
and far between. None of those in good
condition which are ornamental to the
thoroughfares should be neglected. la fact
all of then should be protected with sedu
lous care, la toe man. Instanons they do
not receive diligent fostering, and horses
kill no amall number of th'rn by biting
away the bark.
Rarlak Wit Rebaked.
Philadelphia North American.
Ttomnrrata ara nertiirhlng themselves be
cause the Chicago gatherlra Is what they
call a "canned convention." It Is true that
the can hasn't been made that will noia
the St Louis ferment V
EfTeet f OversioBsilatloa.
Philadelphia Record.
It Is probable that the Industrial trouble
which appear to have permanently Inter
rupted the prosperity of the Inhabitants of
Porto Rico are chiefly due to overpopula
tion. There does not appear to be any ave
nue of remunerative employment for tha
men and women who are willing to work
In that Island for a living wage. Under
such circumstances It is possible that tha
builders of the Isthmian canal might find
an available recruiting ground In Porto
Rico for seasoned tropical laborers In tha
army of ' construction which will be em
ployed for tha next ten years or mors In
Panama.
One Hero Self-SaerlSeed.
New York Evening Poet
Tha name ot one man who did his part
on tha 81ocum will, perhaps, never be
kaown. lie waa an excursionist those on
the Is'.and who watched could see that
When the fire waa at its height ha climbed
out on the starboard paddle box of the
steamer, and, encouraging them with cool
and quiet commands, picked six women In
turn out of the struggling mass Just below
him and handed them down to the men
on the deck of tug No. 7 of 'the New Tork
Central railroad, which had run up along
side. In a short time the fire had spread
to the place where ha stood, and the men
below, no longer able to face the flames
that were leaping out around them, called
on him to Jump. The man never flinched.
but as the tug sheered off he picked up
another woman and with all his strength
swung her clear and threw her Into the
outstretched hands be!ow. His own clothes
were on Ore by that time, but still he did
not Jump and the last the tugmeA saw of
him was when he fell senseless into the
river. They watched for him to coma to
the surface, but he never rose again.
CORTELYOU AIMS HIGH.
Dominant Tralta of the New Repub
lican Chairman.
Walter Wellman in Record-Herald.
Are you a clerk, a stenographer, a book
keeper, a mechanic, a salesman, a wagon
driver? Make up your mind that you are
going to be the best clerk, or. the best ste
nographer, or the best bookkeeper, or tha
best In whatever line you are, there Is In
the shop. That Is the road to success.
-That Is the road George Bruce Cortelyou
traveled. Ten years ago and that is a
mighty short time Cortelyou was ste
nographer and confldentlal man to Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General Maxwell at
Washington. When Maxwell came into of
fice he found Cortelyou there. ' Maxwell
was a democrat, and a democrat who be
lieves that to the victors belong the spoils.
Cortelyou was a republican, and expected
to be flred-that is, to be transferred back
to a mere clerkship, as he was under the
protection of the civil service rules. In
fact, he had arranged bis transfer, and
Maxwell had picked out the democrat he
Intended putting in Cortelyou's place. It
chanced that this democrat was not then
In Washington and could not get there for
a couple of weeks. Bo Cortelyou worked
on with Maxwell. Before the fortnight was
over Maxwell turned to Cortelyou one day
and said:
"Would you like to stay here with me In
definitely?" . '-
"Of course I would.", i '
"Well, you stay. The fact Is, Cortelyou,
I don't know how I could get along without
you."
And Cortelyou stayed.
As the months rolled by Maxwell was so
much delighted with the quiet skillful,
rapid work of his secretary that he fell
Into the habit of boasting about the de
partment that he had the best stenographer
in the shop. He cracked up Cortelyou to
his brother officials and to Biasell, the
postmaster general. Finally Blssell tried
to set Cortelyou into his own office, but
Maxwell raised such a row about It that
he was forced to drop the Idea.
One day, not long afterward, Bissell was
at the White House. President Cleveland
remarked that he needed another stenog
rapher and that he wanted a good one.
Could Bissell help him out?
The fat postmaster general laughed. Mr.
Cleveland asked him what he was laughing
about.
"Why," said Bissell, "I was Just thinking
what a good Joke It would be on Maxwell.
He haa a stenographer he's always brag
ging about says he's the best In Washing
tonand won't let anybody take him away.
Of course, Mr. President If you wanted this
man j
"What's his name?"
''Cortelyou." ,
. "Send him down to tha White House to
morrow." And Bissell went away, smiling over the
Joke he had played on Maxwell.
. When Cortelyou started in at the White
House it waa as a stenographer to Presi
dent Cleveland. He wrote tbe prealdent's
letters. ' After a day or two Cortelyou
thought it best to offer a Uttla explanation
to the man whose confldentlal work he
waa doing, and so he said:
"Mr. President perhaps you think I am
a democrat But I think it no more than
right I should tell 'you I am a republican."
"I don't care a damn what your politics
are," replied Mr. Cleveland, "as long as
you do your work well and are loyal to
your chief."
Cortelyou was such a good stenographer
and a man so sealous and trustworthy in
all hla work that President Cleveland kept
him and liked him. When McKlnley came
in Cortelyou was there and became assist
ant to Secretary Porter. He waa the beat
stenographer and man of business on the
White House staff, and when Porter's
health broke down it was the most natural
thing In the world that he should be pro
moted to the secretaryship.
Seven or eight weeks ago one of the
president's personal and unofficial friends
was at the White House at luncheon. This
friend knew the trouble the prealdent waa
having in finding Just the right man for
chairman of the national committee. Two
or three men he wanted be eould not get.
for one reason or another, and certain cor
porations and politicians were trying to
thrust upon him men he did not want,
"Mr. President," said this friend, "I have
a national chairman tor you a man who
belongs to no factlona, wbo Is not the
choice of any corporation, who haa the
confidence of all republicans, who waa
close to McKlnley and Hanna, and is oloae
to you, who Is honest, able, strong"
"Wbo Is he who is ha?" asked the presi
dent.
"George Cortelyou." .
The president thought that a suggestion
worth thinking about It was a new idea.
No one had suggested Cortelyou before.
Cortelyou had not. bean thought ot In that
connection. In looking for 'a man for a
certain task we are all prone to hunt far
away and to overlook the man at our
elbow. The president did think about
Cortelyou. He consulted his advlaera. In
a wsek Cortelyou's name was on the elate
It pays to be the best stenographer in
the office, the beat salesman In the store
the beat bookkeeper In the counting room,
the best workman In the Shop, tbe best
hostler iu the sublt.
headhq for ST. toni.
Eastern rtemerral Preparing to
Same The Metlellaa Boom.
Delegates from the eaet to the demo
catio national convention, which meets m
Bt. Louis July , are preparing to leave for
the front The St. Louis Republic reports
that tha vanguard will arrive almost a
week In advance of the date set. Among
these are Senator Arthur P. Oorman of
Maryland and Senator James Smith, Jr.,
who are to meet at the Southern hotel
next Friday night.
Charles T. Murphy, the Tammany leader,
and John J. Delaney, corporation counsel,
with Thomas F. Smith and other shining
llghta In the Wigwam, will leave New
Tork early In the week en route for St.
Louts, but will snake several stops, the
purpose of which will be to try to corral
some of the delegates who go unlnstructed.
The Republic's New York correspondent
says the object of these emissaries Is to
secure promises from the chairmen of the
various delegation who are not pro-Parker
men to vote with the minority so long as
there Is any hope of upsetting the plana of
the Parker managers. They will urge that
Parker Is not a national character, and that
little enthusiasm can be aroused for him.
No attempt will be made to besmirch the
New Tork Judge, since efforts In this direc
tion would be worse than useless and might
prove a boomerang.
But the Tammany leaders are once again
Inflating the McClellan boom, and are
hoping against hope that the son of Little
Mao will be the man upon whom the
minority will settle after the first ballot
is taken. They claim that McClellan could
inspire the enthusiasm which the demo
cratlo nominee should possess, and point
to his record in congress on trusts, the
tariff, and the financial question as the
strongest recommendation to the democracy
of the nation for their support
McClellan, though an avowed gold man,
Is in favor with Bryan, and 'would have
the support of that wing of the party.
That an effort Is being made to bring
about the New Tork mayor's nomination
was admitted to the Republic's correspond
ent by Al Downs, former secretary to
Mayor Van Wyck.
"If Parker succeeds in getting away with
the nomination," said Mr. Downs, "of
course Tammany will turn In and support
him with all the vigor It is capable of sum
moning. But we have not yet abandoned
hope of George B. McClellan. He Is a man
upon whom all the factions could unite.
He haa the confidence of the bualneas com
munity and has given New Tork the best
administration the city has ever had. His
record of congress speaks for Itself. His
views on all the live Issues are down In
black and white and there Is nothing In
that record that he would have blotted
out With McClellan the nominee, we
would surely carry the three doubtful
states of New York, New Jersey and Con
necticut "With the south solid for him, It would
be necessary for us to carry only one west
ern state, and we could bend all our ener
gies in securing the electoral vote of Illi
nois or Indiana."
Asked as to who would make a good vice
presidential candidate, Mr. Downs answered
promptly:
"Folk of Missouri, if he would take It
but I am afraid his decision to keep out of
national politics for the present and confine
his attentions to the state of Missouri Is
unalterable. But with McClellan and Folk
the democratlo ticket would be Invincible
next fall."
It Is stm Parker against the field, accord
ing to ' the Republic's correspondent His
supporters are Just as confident as ever
that he will secure the nomination.. Wil
liam F. Sheehan Is preparing a statement
and .table purporting to show that Parker
will have two-thirds of the 1,01$ delegates.
Mr. Sheehan departed Saturday night for
his home, near that of Judge Parker, after
lengthy conferences with David B. Hill and
other leaders at the Hoffman house. While
theae were In progress Senator Gorman
was holding star-chamber sessions with
Henry Watterhouse, Charles A. Towne and
Senator Smith of New Jersey. Not a word
was given out about what transpired at
any of these meetings. The conferees were
admitted and dismissed by back doors to
avoid Interviewers. ,
So far as can be learned, those opposed
to Parker discussed the likelihood of their
having more than one-third of the dele
gates. They claim they will be able to mus
ter SSI votes, or enough to balk Parker.
Thta figure, however, Is baaed on Wisconsin
holding out for Wall, Massachusetts for
Olney, Missouri for CockreJI and Delaware
for Gray.
The opposition to Parker hope that In
stead of developing strength after the first
ballot a reaction will set In and that they
will be' able to force a compromise on a
dark horse.
There are, in fact more "possibilities"
today than at any time since St Louis was
selected as the convention city. An at
tempt has been made to resurrect the Gor
man boom; Gray la again brought out al
though the Delaware Judge has, by his own
declaration, taken himself out of the race;
Massachusetts insists that Olney can sweep
the east if nominated, and there Is no Uttle
talk about Francis a a compromise candi
date, who would be satisfactory to all fac
tions. Parker's friends hops to secure the
twenty-six votes of Wisconsin and the
thirty-two of Massachusetts. Hla oppo
nents are confident that they will be able
to hold these states In Une, and also win
from Parker some of the delegations whose
instructions are so worded as to give them
wtde discretion. Both sides claim to have
the Pennsylvania - delegation, headed by
Colonel Quffey . and casting sixty-eight
votea The Parker managers say, in a
most convincing manner, that Pennsylva
nia will be found with Parker when the
proper time arrives. If this statement be
true, and It waa made by one of Parker's
sponsors, it Is difficult to see how tha
nomination of the Bsophus jurist can be
defeated.
Parker has 770 Instructed delegates, and
there are 848 from states unlnstructed, but
favorable to hjm. Here alone are SlJ with
out taking Into consideration delegates who
go untrammeled and will he free to fol
low their own inclinations. If Parker
ahould sucoesd in carrying off the prise,
Williams ot Illinois la mentioned as a
likely vice presidential nominee. This
nomination, It Is said, will strengthen the
chancea of carrying Illinois.
It haa been remarked that at tbe repub
lican convention In Chicago the Illinois
delegation waa even more apathetic than
that of New York. Thla, It is said, waa
due to President Roosevelt's Interference
In the selection of a gubernatorial candi
date. There la considerable bitterness
rankling In the breaats of Illinois repub
licans, and democrats say It should be a
comparatively easy matter to win the
electoral vote of that state.
Vice presidential goaalp, however, la not
Indulged In very freely. Eaatera demo
crats aay they have one big bridge to
cross In the selection of a presidential can
didate, and don't care to talk vice presi
dential possibilities until tbe standard
bearer haa been chosen.
Since the court of appeals adjourned en
June IT some atatemant by Judge Parker
outlining bla position on the possible Is
sues of the campaign has been loosea tor,
but none was forthcoming. His alienee Is
seriously embarraaslnc hla rnanaaers
William F. Sheehan. who la the accredited
mouthpiece of the Jurik sf, however,
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that Judge Parker will be heard from In
due time. He Is against s statement, and
Is the one man who has sdvlaed Parker to
refrain from making public his views. Au
gust Belmont, it is known, favors a general
statement by Parker; so does David B. Hill.
But . the Judge fears that such a state
ment might appear to be a bid for the
nomination, and he will not raise a hand
In that direction. If the nomination comes
to him he will sccept It But he will not
pull a wire nor move a muscle to se
cure It.
"When Judge Parker la Inclined he will
be heard from," said lUllott Dsnforth.
"What he haa to say will effectually shut
up those who have been harping on hla
attitude of alienee. ' At the proper time
he will give expression to his views on all
public questions.
"Judge Parker is as certain of nomina
tion as anything oould be in advance. He
will be nominated On the second ballot.
The trend of recent affairs Is all In Judge
Parker's favor. It means clear sailing for
him. There Is no other candidate in sight
who so nearly controls the situation."
PERSONAL ROTES.
President Roosevelt was born under Jupi
ter and Jupiter Is now the morning star.
That seems to settle it
The United States senate will hare
among Its members at the next session
five former cabinet officers. Senators Knox,
Teller, Alger, Proctor and Elk Ins.
Just aa the season wanes we mention
the fact that there are such things ss boy
graduates and June bridegrooms, but by
comparison they are mighty small.
An Imposing monument has been placed
over the grave In the cemetery at Kirk
wood, Mo., of B. Grata Brown, who served
Missouri In the United States senate and
as her war governor. It Is ready now to
be dedicated. -
The Afrion Review says: "In the Trans
vaal and the Orange River colony. If the
present rate of Intermarriage between
Briton and Boer Is kept up, within twenty
years the two races will be so welded to
gether aa to be Indistinguishable."
Death sentences are never executed In
Belgium because King Leopold promised
his mother as she was dying that he would
never sign his name to a death warrant
Consequently, although th statute pre
scribes the extreme penalty, it Is only car
ried constructively.
Hon. Robert D Davis of Fall River,
Mass., who was the senior delegate to
the Chicago convention ' from his state.
was also a delegate to the ' convention
that nominated Lincoln in 1860. The Bay
state delegates presented him with a gold-
headad can while in Chicago.
Governor Warfleld of Maryland, who
urges girl graduates not to wed early, and
says ha shall not allow his daughters te be
married before they ara 28, Is taking great
chancea of getting hla name Into the
papers aa father of en of a pair of elop
ers. His address was ot the nature of a
dare" to his , daughters,
A newspaper clipping bureau In New
York haa collected 8,714 newspaper stories
about the late Senator Hanna since his
death. On an order from Elmer Dover
Mr. Bnrelle. th proprietor, has arrangsd
these clippings In an album, consisting of
1.812 pages. It will consist of eight vol
umes and It will contain matter equal to
16,821, S3 words.
An American woman who recently was
presented at the Chinese court writes to
the Philadelphia Friend to say how deeply
he waa Impressed by "the magnetism and
two-fold character of the fascinating old
woman." the empress dowugur of China.
The empreas' voice, she added, waa the
most beautiful ever heard, having th "clear
tones of a bell."
UNEASY LIES
WBAlig AN ILL -
Beau
We have every good shape and style in summer hat
Boit, etiff or straw,
$2.00, $2.50, $3.00 and $4.00.
Ilats and caps for tbe children, too, in domestic and im
ported makes. .
"No ClothittB Fits Like Ours."
S. R. WILCOX. Manager.
Cream:
a r-nw.wa T - - - -
eOUUeNl rUVeUiiU
Powder supplies
leavening agent, "
biscuit and cake of
JfOTn. Ak baktaff powders are lew
priced, as slum coete battwoeeata
a peaad bat elom is a corrosive
oleon aad it render the bakisg
ewder eaagereee te ase ia ieoa.
POINTED PLEASANTRIES.
The tall Cossack waa taking his first look
at a Japanese soldier.
"Llttleovltch but- O, myskl!" he ex
claimed, feeling this to be the atyle of dia
led that was expected ot him. Chicago
Tribune.
"Notwithstanding all the exercise h
takes Portley seema to get fatter aad
fatter." . .
"ires; all his exercise certainly seema to
go to waiat." Philadelphia Press..
"You say that he has a visionary and Im
practical nature?"
"Yea," anawered the rlrl who la employed
In the poetofflce. "He is one ot theae
people who write 'Rush' on an envelope
instead of putting on a special delivery
sump." Washington fltar.
Mr. Brttton It is surprising that you
Americans are not more cordially disposed
towsrd England. Your best people de
scended from us.
Miss Yankie I beg your pardon; as
cended. Philadelphia Ledger.
"I want to get a present for my husband.
He's very fond of athletics. What would
you suggest?" . ...
"Well, how do you think a base ball
bat would strike himr '-Cleveland Plain
Dealer. ,.
Naggus (literary editor) I've forgotten
how that society novel of yours ended.
Bonis (struggling author) I wish I could
forget It It ended with most of the copies
Still unsold. Chicago Tribune. ' -
Ma Eve had Just completed a sevent-Ieax
fl walking ault.
'When I am through with It I shall pack
It away," ahe reflected. "Borne one of my
descendants may cut it down and uae It
as a bathing ault One ahould always,
think of tbe future." Cleveland Leader. '
"Don't you think you owe It to yourself
to leave an unblemished record behind
you?" 1
"Maybe I do," answered Senator Sor
ghum. "But it Is one of the debts that
tnere bo use worrying twwi. whmihws
Star. . - -.;r
"Well, to make a long story short, con
tinued the tiresome man.
"I'll help you," Interrupted the .weary
one desperately. "So long." Philadelphia
Press.
John L. Webster of Nebraska- -'
Came and aaw and well, aad then
Put hla collars In his satchel
And went right bsek home again..
. Chicago Record-Herald.
MABEL'S SEASIDE! OUTFIT. '
Baltimore American.
Now Mabel's packed her trunks snd gone
to dwell beside the sea. .
She took more things than she will need te
wear. It seems to me.
She took her dark blue stamina, her pongee
and her voile,
Twelve nainsooks, twenty organdies, that
cost me lota of toil; .
Foulards galor. two crp de ohlnea, a
mousseline de aoSe,
Two taffetas, embroidered mull Lord help
poor old pa! ''"...
Some dotted awlss aa fine aa mist ball
dresses by the bunch, ....
With gowns for breakfast dinner, tea, aad
other gowns for lunch., -. ,
Of snowy muslins she7 took ten. Of shirt
waists ninety-two. . , '
Of yachting suits and white duck aktrta
enough to please a shrew.
She's also got her bathmg sult-lt surely la
a dream
Made out of hardly anything worta men
tioning, 'twould seem. .
She's got a gross of petUooeta, eight hun
dred pairs of hose, .,
And handkerchiefs enough to blow each
blessed human nose.
She's forty-two klmonas and a hundred
weight of gloves, ... ... .
And dressing gown and picture hat and
other things In droves.
She took a dosnn mirrors and a peck at
powder puffs.
With bottle after bottle of the best com
plexion atuffa, , 1.1 w
With thirty-seven parasol and things I
'pose her ma .
Knows quite a Utile more about than me,
for I'm her pa.
We stood around to see her off. and shed
some tears of fear '
She'd miss her catch and make us buy her
summer duds next year.
Her ma's last words were: "Mabel, dear.
be sure and don't forget
To wear your bathing suit each day but
don't you get It wet".
THE HEAP THAT . , .. ,
MADB HAT." ' ''
Brummei to his valet, ,
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