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TITE OMAIIA DAILY REE: THURSDAY, JUNE 30. 1904.
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General Miles baa sent his regrets to
tb. water-ways convention.
Free land and free lunch is a better
slogan than free silver and free trade.
Were the small boy at St Louis he
could get much satisfaction In hearing
the specialists lecture the teachers.
Advices from Valentine would Indi
cate that the troops which were sta
tioned at Broken Bow were put off at
the wrong town.
These recent confessions on the part
'of St Louis boodlers may be a plan of
the enemy to keep Joe Folic out of the
campaign this fall.
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One Breathitt county feudist has been
permitted to die by falling from a horse,
but who occasioned the tumble is not
announced.
' Killing the trusts with free trade
would be very much like killing the
Colorado potato bug by saturating the
Tinea with creosote or carbolic acid.
Until the Moorish government files a
claim for money advanced for the re
lease of Perdlcarls America may con
sider the Incident temporarily closed.
. Desperate must be Russia's condition
when it can rejoice in the fact that the
fleet which sailed from Port Arthur re
turned with only three vessels out of
'service. :
The chief of police, no doubt, would
not 'object to. an Increase of his police
force either, but the police fund will
not: warrant pay roll expansion just
now any more than the fire fund.
As long as Russia with its vast tracts
of undeveloped country calls upon the
United States for foodstuffs this country
will look without apprehension upon
the threatened tariff war with Germany.
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If. the Kentucky law Jor the whipping
Of youthful transgressors were enforced
without regard to color the sentiment
of people living in other states might
not be so outraged by It.
Edgar Howard wants to close all cus
toms houses and' convert them into
school houses. If Edgar had his way
he would also .close all American mills
and factories and convert tbep into
almshouses and workhouses.
Now that the council has passed the
Zlmman ordinance requiring public util
ity corporations to replace pavements
torn up by them In as good .condition
as they were found, it is to be hoped
that its provisions will be strictly en
forced. The work of the county board as a
board of equalization the past two
years baa been almost wholly in the
direction of raising undervalued per
sonal assessments. It does not want to
undo this year all the good work done
la the past.
- If the Auditorium is to fulfill ita mis
sion it must be made a place of popular
entertainment and amusement The
Auditorium fund was raised In part by
popular subscription and It would bo
foreign to the purpose of its promoters
to hold it for exclusive affairs, con
ducted under its own management
Make the Auditorium popular In every
sense of the word.
Ak Bar-Ben membership is booming,
but that should not obstruct the usual
subscriptions from business bouses ' to
the parade fund. The retail merchants,
Jobbers and manufacturers get a big
ger benefit from the Ak Bar-Ren or
ganisation than their clerks, bookkeep
ers srid other employes who go in as
numbers en the same level with their
employers and they ought to bear more
( the financial burden.
CURRENCY QUESTION AT ST. LOUIS
It Is expected that the currency ques
tion will command earnest attention at
the Bt, Louis couvention and the decla
ration of the party on the subject will
be a matte. of much Interest The
record of the party ou this question is
variegated. Its platform In 168 declared
In favor of paying all obligations of the
government in paper currency when it
was not expressly stated on their face
that they should be paid in coin, but
four years later the party shifted
ground and in the money plank of its
platform called for a speedy return to
specie payments, as "demanded alike
by the highest considerations of com
merclal morality and honest govern
ment." In 1876 the democracy took an
other new stand, its platform denounc
ing, the republican party for falling to
bring about spcle pnyments and at the
same time demanding the repeal of tho
resumption clause of the act of 1875
In tho campaign of 1S80 the demo
cratic platform merely declared In favor
of honest money, "consisting of gold
and silver and paper convertible Into
coin on demand," and this was virtually
reiterated four years Inter, when the
party proclaimed its belief in honest
money, the gold and silver coinage of
the constitution, and s circulating me
dium convertible into such money with
out loss." The platform of 1888 was
practically a reaffirmation of that of
1B84 and this was also the case with the
democratic money plank of 1892, to
which was added a denunciation of the
silver-purchase act of 18!)0, intended to
placate both the gold and the free-silver
democrats. - It Inferentlally pledged the
party to the repeal of the act and this
was accomplished, though nearly the
entire free-silver contingent in congress
voted against repeal. Everybody is
ramlllar with the attitude of the
democracy on the currency question in
189fl and 1900.
The radical element In the St. Louis
convention will probably make a vig
orous effort to have the platform make
some such declaration on the money
question as that of 'the Nebraska plat
form. This favors "paper money issued
by the government without the inter
vention of national banks" in volume
"sufficient to keep pace with the de
mnnd for money" in other words, a flat
currency. It is needless to say that this
will not be accepted by the eastern con
servatives and it now appears that these
will control the convention so far as
the making of the platform is concerned.
It is possible that they will be disposed
to make some concession to the radicals
on the money question, but it Is safe to
predict that they will not favor flat
paper currency, since to do that would
destroy any chance the democrats may
have of carrying s northern state. It
seems equally safe to 'say that the con
vention will not Indorse the single-gold
standard, for that would inevitably
bring on a bolt of the radicals. The
framing of the money plank pt the St
Louis platform is certain' to tie a per
plexing task.
SOUTHERN REPRESENTATION.
The plank in the republican national
platform referring to elective franchise
discrimination appears to have greatly
disturbed, some of the southern demo
cratic politicians and newspapers. They
profess to see in it a menace to the
peace and the business of the country.
Thus Mr. Williams, the democratic
leader In the house of representatives,
warns the business Interest of the coun
try not to deceive itself, but "prepare
for another period of uncertainty, un
rest ' business disturbance, and race
war in the southern states, instead of
that peace and prosperity which both
races now enjoy, and which has been
rendered possible 'only by home rule
and by white supremacy." The chairman
of the democratic congressional com
mittee characterises the republican dec
laration as Infamous and in this spirit
is southern democratic comment gen
erally. Yet the declaration Is simply that
congress shall take action to determine
"whether by special discrimination the
elective franchise in any state has been
unconstitutionally limited" and If such
Is the case demanding "that representa
tion and in the electoral colleges shall
be proportionately reduced as directed
by the constitution of the United
States." Why this should have any
such consequences as Mr, Williams de
clares it will have rational men will
find it difficult to understand. It la a
perfectly legitimate demand that if the
southern states disfranchise their col
ored citizens they should have their
representation in congress and the elec
toral colleges reduced and if. they had
proper respect for the plain mandate
of tho federal constitution they would
make nonobjection. The course adopted
by a number of those states is not only
an injustice to their colored citizens, but
to the people of states In which the elec
tive franchise is unrestricted. It is a
wrong that "alls for remedy and sooner
or later, it is not to be doubted, it will
be remedied.
THE DOMINION TARIFF.
The Canadian customs tariff has re
cently undergone some important
changes, one of which will have an ef
fect to what extent raunot yet be de
termined, upon our trade with the Do
minion. This Is the Imposition of a
special duty upon dutiable goods sold
for Canadian consumption at less than
the market price in the country of pro
duction. This special duty la to be
equal to the amount of cut in price and
the expectation is that this will prove
of material benefit to the Canadian
manufacturers, who it seems are ap
prehensive of an Increase in what is
termed "dumping" that Is. the throw
ing of surplus goods upon the Dominion
market and selling them at prices be
low what like goods of Canadian manu
facture can be profitably sold for. To
what extent this la done by American
manufacturers it is impossible- to say,
but there la no doubt that the action of
the Dominion government Is directed
principally against this form of Ameri
can "Invasion' and the tendency must
be to somewhat reduce trade with our
northern neighbors.
The manufacturers of Canada have
for a year or two past been urging the
government to give them better tariff
protection. While some of them have
been doing fairly well others have not
prospered, this being especially the casa
with the woolen manufacturers, owing
to British competition. By wsy of re
lief the government has reduced the
preferential duty heretofore allowed on
British woolens and it Is not unlikely
that a still further, reduction will have
to be made in order to enable the man
ufacturers of Canada to hold their own.
It Is possible that the tariff change af
fecting American trade with Canada
will hate some bearing upon the ques
tlon of reciprocity between the two
countries and it is conceivable that it
may be so Intended. At all events the
effect upon trade of the special or coun
tervalllng duty will be regarded with a
great deal of interest by American man
ufacturers. It may be remarked that
the tariff question is Just now promt
nent in Canadian attention-and will be
the chief issue in the federal election
that is expected to take place next fall.
TBE REPUBLICAN JUBILEE.
On the 6th day of July the republican
party will celebrate the fiftieth anniver
sary of its birth. The first convention
that adopted the republican name for
the elements represented in it, and nomi
nated a ticket under the republican
banner, was held in Jackson,. Mich., on
the 6th day of July, 1854. The men
composing that convention had been
previously wblgs, free sollers and demo
crats, but from the moment they as
sumed the name "republican" by reso
lution of that convention they were
known by the new party name and no
other.
Preparations for the celebration of the
fiftieth anniversary of the republican
party have been made by the repub
licans of Michigan, and the gathering
that will take place at Jackson next
Wednesday will be made memorable.
It will be eminently fitting and appro
priate that the republicans all over the
country should observe the Jubilee an
niversary of the party by public as
semblages not merely to commemorate
a great historic epoch, but to also ratify
the unanimous choice of tha late repub
lican national convention of the national
standard bearers of the grand old party
of 1904.
Inasmuch as the Nebraska-Kansas
act approved on May 80, 1854, gave
the impulse to the movement that cul
minated in the organisation of the
republican party, It would certainly be
In accord with the fitness of things that
Nebraska republicans should celebrate
on the Jubilee anniversary of the party
and give expression to their enthusiastic
approval of the work of the late repuh
lican national convention.
Nebraska republicans bare reason to
feel chagrined over the Inexcusable
delay in carrying out the program
mapped out and adopted by the stats
committee at its meeting Immediately
after the state convention more than
a month ago. It was then and there
ordered that the state headquarters be
established at Omaha and the machin
ery put In motion as rapidly as possible
for a vigorous and aggressive cam
paign all along the line, but for rea
sons that nobody has been able to ex
plain, the state headquarters have not
yet been established either at Omaha
or at Lincoln nor has any action been
taken for placing the organization in
fighting trim and laying out a plan of
campaign. The Inaction has been
ascribed to the Inability of the new
chairman to assume charge. Manifestly
there Is an organic defect which the
committee In Its Impending meeting
should rectify. The king never dies and
a campaign committee should never be
without a head. If the chairman is
unable to perform the functions devolv
ing upon him the vice chairman should
promptly come to the front, snd if both
are disabled a member of the executive
committee should be designated to take
the lead. It goes without saying that
the impending campaign is not to be
a mere walkaway. There is work to
be done that will tax the energies and
capacity of the committee to its utmost
snd there Is no time to be lost in
getting the machinery In motion.
Although the council has not seen fit
to respond favorably to the appeal of
the Omaha Medical society for the pro
tection of life and limb on the Fourth
of July, the msyor snd police authori
ties have ample power to suppress the
promiscuous discharge of firearms and
use of explosives without a special or
dinance or resolution by the council.
The discharge of firearms within the
city limits is forbidden by sn ordinance
already existing, and a proclamation
forbidding the firecracker fusllade
would only be in compliance with the
spirit of the ordinance, but In order to
effectively enforce the ordinances pro
hibiting the. discharge of firearms on
the Fourth of July it should be enforced
on every other day in the year.
There is a well defined rumor that cer
tain republican factional leaders in
these parts propose to monopolize fhe
ratification of the nomination of Roose
velt and Fairbanks, We feel sure, how
ever, that neither President Roosevelt
nor Senator Fairbanks would counten
ance, much less commend, any factional
Jubilation over their nominations. The
national candidates of the republican
party are neither sectional nor fac
tional. The refusal of the council to comply
with the request of the Omaha Medical
society to enact sn ordinance that will
forbid the sale and use of dangerous
explosives and pistol toys on the Fourth
of July is a lamentable commentary
upon tha subserviency of our public
bodies to commercialism. The dealers
in fireworks and firearms evoked more
sympathy than the men, women and
children who are liable to be maimed
for life, or killed outright In the annual
Fourth of July carnival. What does all
the money that can be raked up from
the sale of fireworks and firearms weigh
Irt the scale of humanity against tho
life, or disfigurement for life, of one
single boy or girl?
The Bee Is willing to give space to
democrats to discuss both sides of the
interesting situation that confronts
their party In fact we feel sure it Is
almost as interesting to our republican
readers as it Is to our democratic read
ers. And what is more, The Bee offers
the only newspaper medium by which
all elements of the democracy here
abouts can be reached.
Our democratic friends need not Jose
any Bleep by worrying over the resigns
tlon of the chairman of the republican
state committee. The committee will
choose another chairman quite compe
tent to run the campaign and even with
out a chairman would give the demo
crats in this state Ell the run they could
stand for.
To Judge by the remarks of the su
perintendent of tha Birmingham, Ala.,
schools before the teachers in national
convention on the subject of "Educa
tion in the South," it would appear that
the speaker had to create his subject
as well as his spewh.
Absence of the BIse Pencil.
Washington Star.
Mr. Perdlcarls' accounts of his captivity
Inea his relenae iln tint ronvev milt, tha
si
softie expression of appreciation that ap
peared when his correspondence was edited
by Ralsoull.
Getting Back to the People.
Kansas City Journal.
Mr. Knox gave up a $70,000 law practice
to accept an $3,000 cabinet portfolio, and
now he gives up the $8,000 portfolio for a
15,000 senatorshlp. If he keeps on at this
rate Mr. Knox will soon be one of us.
- One (laeatloa of Interest.
Chicago Post.
The only question of Interest suggested
by tha New York affair is this: Will Mr.
Bryan and his following walk out of the
oonventlon and bolt ths nomination of a
"reorganlser" as objectionable to them as
Judge ParkerT Will the "regulars" exer
cise tha "divine right" of secession t
System and Baalness Skill.
Chicago Chronicle.
Whatever Paul Morton may lack In a
knowledge of naval matters. If anything,
he will more than make up In the knowl
edge of how to conduct the executive affairs
of a great department with system and
business skill. ' No great secretary of the
navy has ever been a seafaring man.
Hot Stuff for a Book.
Philadelphia Record.
Mr. Ion Perdlcarls drives a lively pen.
His letters, while In durance, show that
he Is of a philosophic turn and has an eye
tor the humorous. Of course, the public
will in due time expect- to - get his ex
periences In book fiHn. , If he can write
up to the level .etiiils advertisement his
book will be a treat. Indeed. What a god
send such an exp.Aence would have been
for Mark Twain! . - " ' ,
Westera Women , and Boston Women.
A Boston Woman in Alnslee's.
Ths warmth of the wast comes mainly
from her newness I because she is new eh
still has the roaring cameradari of the
pioneer days when frontiersmen looked to
on another not only for icompanionahip,
but for defense against the baaarda ot a
precarious existence which would have
mad excluslveness well-nigh suicidal,
Boston, on tha other' hand, long ago out
grew her municipal baby clothes; and we
have totally lost tha pioneer spirit that
once was ours. Tha city is built to stay,
and with it we also stay-unto the third and
fourth generations. , Our friends flew kites
with us, read Virgil with us, came to our
weddings and will lay wreaths on ' our
tombs. Indeed,' we have, in the natural
course of things, rather more friends than
we think we need; so why collect others T
We do not lay siege to one another, and
we do not much care to be besieged by
others. It Is not our game.
The Sacred Ratio Doomed.
Brooklyn Eagle (dem.).
With the Missouri convention of June 29
the democratic state and territorial or
ganisations will complete their work, hav
ing elected 1,018 delegates. Seven hundred
and ninety-six of the delegatescounting
thlrty-stx whom Missouri will Instruct to
vote for Senator Cockrell and tha conserv
ative policy are known to be opposed to
the reaffirmation of the free silver coinage
planks In the Chicago and Kansas City
platforms and In favor of such modifica
tions and readjustments of democratic
policy as will give the democracy a fight
ing chance In New Tork, Indiana, New Jer
sey and Connecticut, the four traditionally
doubted states of tha north In presidential
campaigns fairly fought between old-line
democracy and old-line republicanism. Two
hundred and twenty-two of the delegates
are either controlled by William. R. Hearst
and William J. Bryan or tied by Instruc
tions to the amplified' radicalism, amount
ing in effect toa the extreme of socialism
and paternalism which Hearst and Bryan
represent.
BVOIXTIOS 131 BUSINESS METHODS.
Speedy Adjustment of Aceoaata Wlth-
oat Legal Process.
Wall Street i Investigator.
That Increased competition In all mer
cantile branches, necessitating an Increase
In expenses, could have no other result
than a decrease In the profits, Is a fact
that has for some time attracted the most
careful attention Of many of our largest
and most progressive merchants with the
view of adopting some legitimate methods
to counteract this constant drain on their
Income. Very many Innovations, having
this object In view, have been tried for
some years past and with marked success
In many Instances. None, however, has
given such satisfactory results as the adop
tion ot the method of adjusting claims
without legal process, The benefits thst
are derived from this method to both credi
tor and debtor are fully verified by Its
rapidly Increasing popularity and the very
large number of our New York and other
eastern, up-to-date and progressive mer
chants that are meeting with unbounded
success by Its general adoption, by which
claims are speedily and definitely adjusted
and the assets of the debtor are applied
to the payment of his debts: thereby both
debtor and creditor are relieved of the ex
pense, uncertainty and anxiety that result
from the old way of collecting claims by
legal process, and the large sums so ex
pended are reserved for the benefit of both
creditor and debtor. This new method must
commend Itself to any merchant who will
give the subject a moment's consideration
and Is willing to abandon a system he Is
accustomed to for years and adopt an In
finitely better, both for himself ajid his
patrons.
BITS OP WASIII3GTO LIFE. (
Hlaer leeaee !sclas lkteB4
a the Spot.
The men who will have charge of the
Panama canal will be given salaries suffi-
Clently liberal to offset the lack of home )
comforts and the depressing effect of trop
ical climate. The Washington correepon
dent of the Brooklyn Eagle says the presi
dent flies the compensation and It will be
large enough to satisfy the favored few
It is known that the canal commissioners
are to receive $12,000 a year each or $1,000
a month. That is the rate of compensa
tion while they are on duty at Washington,
or on a vacation. But when they go to
the Isthmus they are to be paid extra, re
celvlng In addition to thtlr regular allot
ment of $33.33 per day $15 a day for Inci
dental expenses. This is doing pretty well.
In view of the fact that the salary of a
United States senator Is only $6,000 a year
and that of a cabinet officer $8,000. But the
highest salaried officer of the outfit Is En
glneer-ln-Chlef Wsllaos. He Is to receive
$25,000 a year for superintending the con
struction work of the canal, which Is the
highest amount paid to any United States
official, save the president, who gets tce
as much. It Is said that canal employes on
tn isthmus are to be paid on the same lib
eral scale. Clerks and others who msv be
regularly employed at Washington art to
get an Increase of SO per cent when they
go to Manama; that la, all except the cent
mlssloners, who are to receive 45 por cent
extra.
For the next twelve months the home of
Prof. Wiley, chief of the bureau of chem
istry of the Department of Agriculture,
will be the scene of banquets that would
have put Lucullus to the blush. The
viands, however, will be "embalmed"
Deer, eoia storage vegetables and foods
preserved through the medium of sterili
sation. When the test la rnmnl.t.H Tlr
Wiley hopes to 'prove that food cannot be
preserved to advantage longer than one
year, and soma descriptions much less than
this.
'In my opinion, under no circumstances
should food be preserved more than one
year, says Prof. Wiley. "In the first
place, It is not fair to agriculture. Nature
furaishes us with a fresh supply of every
thing once a year, and why should we
preserve that supply to last more than a
twelvemonth T"
Those who are to be guests of Dr. Wliev'a
feasts will give their services volunta
rily. They will liya with tha scientist
and subsist exclusively on ths diet pre
pared in his own kitchen. At the end of
the year their Judgment aa to the quality,
taste and condition of the various kinds ot
preserved food will be taken and their
physical condition throughout tha test will
oa a matter of careful note.
A bulletin .issued by the Department of
Agriculture furnishes soma valuable in
formation on the oost of bringing wild lands
under cultivation by means of Irrigation.
The bulletin describes methods ot getting
rid of sage brush, smoothing the ground,
building laterals and distributing water
over fields as developed by the experience
of farmers in Irrigated districts. The tools
and Implements used are described and the
cost of various kinds of Irrigation projects
detailed. The purpose is to afford to be
glnnera a reliable guide both as to cost of
bringing tha arid regions of the west under
cultivation to describe the methods best
suited to different soils, climates and crops.
It is not generally understood that the
cost of preparing land for irrigation is in
many instances greater than the cost of
building canals and reservoirs. Detailed
figures of the cost of checking land show
that it varies la certain' districts of Cali
fornia from $9.86 to $18.08 per aore. This is
more - than twice the ooet of tha canal
systems In the San Joaquin valley, Cali
fornia, which la given In the report of the
census bureau of 1903 as $4 W per Irrigated
acre. Where the preparing of land Is con
tracted for the cost of checking varies from
$7.60 to $20 per acre. The .price of pre
paring land for flooding Is much less, but
is U per acre in Wyoming.
Tha need of a better understanding ot this
particular branch of Irrigation practice is
becoming more and more important Res
ervoirs and canala are but means to accom
plish a purpose. That purpose la to in
crease tha products of the soil. The value
of the ditch or reservoir depends upon the
acreage of land which it will serve and the
Increase In tha value of the products which
the use of water will bring about. The time
Is coming when the most important prob
lems connected with Irrigation will bi the
best means of applying water and not,
aa at present, those of canal and reservoir
building.
About thirty different methods of apply
ing water are now in use. 1 This does not
mean that there ara thirty distinct systems,
but Includes tha different waya of preparing
land by checking, compartments, deep and
shallow furrows, flooding, sprinkling and
sublrrigatlon. About ona and one-half
times as much water was needed to Irrigate
an acre of land by flooding as was required
In furrowa twelve Inches deep. About one
and one-third times aa much water was
needed to Irrigate In furrows three Inches
deep as In furrows one foot deep. A sav
ing of ene-thlrd of the water by the adop
tion of a better system would mean not
only Increased profits to farmers, but a
large Increase In tha acreage which could
be Irrigated from canals or reservoirs.
A new design for the government medal
of honor has been adopted. It Is to take
the place of the old medal which has
fallen Into disfavor with army men be
cause It has been copied so generally by
outside military and social organizations.
The emblem of the Grand Army Is sold to
be an almost exact duplicate of the old
medal of honor. The new design is the
work of the general staff, and is said to be
entirely satisfactory to the limited number
of people who have seen It.
Congress made an appropriation of $12, (HO
at the last session tor the manufacture of
a new lot of medals which are to be issued
to replace thoso now out, provided tha
holders desire to exchange them. Genera)
Gillespie, formerly chief ot engineers, has
been the leader in the movement to adopt a
new design for ths medal of honor. Bids
have been asked from a number of manu
facturers on the cost of furnishing a large
number of the. medals, and the proposals
Will be opened at the War department on
June 24. The new medal, which Is to be
made from light gun metal, Is a distinct
departure from the old pattern.
Workmen engaged In moving some hang
ings In the supreme court room In the cap
ital at Washington recently discovered the
name, "Arthur P. Gorman," cut In one
of the marble columns. In 1861 the pres
ent . supreme court room was the senate
chamber, and Arthur P. Oorman had J tint
been appointed a senate page. This work
with his penknife indicates assursnce on
the part of this lS-y ear-old Maryland
youngster, remarkable even In a senate
page boy, and senate page boys as a claaa
fear neither men, princes nor potentates,
nor do they respect any power other than
the sergesnt-at-arros. But few of them de.
face the capltol with their penknives In
quite such conspicuous fashion. Arthur P.
Gorman at 13. however, evidently Intended
to miss no opportunities to leave aa Im
pression ot his presence behind him. He
Is said to have been no paragon aa a past
boy, but a very ordinary, active, mis
chievous youngster.
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I'nblased View at tbe Impending
Presidential Contest.
Collier's Weekly (md.)
The nomination of Mr. Roosevelt has for
a long time been a matter of course. It
has been also a matter of common sense
and Justice. If Mr. Hanna had lived and
the opponents of the president had man
ged to prevent Ms nomination it would
have been a triumph of money over prin
ciple. Mr. Roosevelt is popular with the
people. He Is unpopular with machines
and bosses everywhere, from state organi
sations to the little ring that controls the
senate. Ills record Is one which gives the
republicans an advantage In the approach
ing contest. He tins been ahead of his
party on every Issue. He has accom
plished something against postofflce cor
ruption and against corporations which
exist in defiance of tha Sherman law. He
was the most efficient friend of Cuba and
did what was in his power for the Filipinos.
He showed an Inclination toward ameliora
ting the tariff, and In retreating from that
position he was driven by his party. It not
being a subject on which he was fitted by
the nature of his mind to lead. About
foreign complications he has done a little
foolish talking, but ha haa known enough
to rely. In action upon the remarkable
group of men aalected by his predecessor.
He deserves a share of the credit for what
haa been done by Mr. Hay, Mr. Root and
Mr. Taft. for it is one of the most Im
portant functions of an executive to har
monise with and trust the proper men
This record must be of greater moment In
the struggle now directly before us than
all the platforms and promises which coat
only a little paper and a little Ink.
PERSONAL NOTES,
V
Victor Emmanuel of Italy spends at
least three hours each day In hie study
nusy wtlh current literature of every
kind.
Peter Ford of Sterling, III., haa Just cele
brated his 103d birthday. If he lives until
fall he will have voted for twenty-one
presidents.
Mumtas-Ul-Mulk, the new Persian min
ister to ths United States, Is 41 years old
and Is a first cousin of .. his predecessor.
General Isaak Khan. , ,
Enterprising men in the northwest have
made money from the bounty on wolf
scalps. Quite - appropriate to kill wolves
in order to keep the wolf from the door.
George Beaton entertained the entire
population of his nat've city, Athens, O.,
at a dinner recently. He had as his guests
000 people. Among them was General
Charles H. Grosvenor, who presided and
made a speech.
During the recent encampment of the
Ohio Grand Army of the Republic veterans
at Tiffin the most interesting group was
the Shuman brothers, six stalwart natives
of the Buckeye state that fought In the
civil war. They marched side by side in
the big parade.
Robert D. Davis of Fall River, Mass.,
who was tha senior delegate to the Chi
cago 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 headed cans
while In Chicago,
The Boston Authors' club visited tha
Whlttler home In Amesbury, Mass., re
cently. A feature of the event was the
presentation to Mrs. Julia Ward Howe of
a book which she sent to Whlttler fifty-
one years ago. The author had underlined
and commented on various passages.
In New fork City ties occasionally drop
from the elevated structure and fall upon
passing baby carriages. The child in the
latest Instance of the kind was unhurt,
but the perambulator was so smashed up
that the installment collector will probably
have hard work to collect tha remainder
of the money due upon It.
John Philip Sousa, the conductor, haa re
ceived notice of his promotion from officer
de I'academle Francalse to "officer de
('Instruction publique" of France. The new
distinction gives Mr. Sousa the golden
palms and rosette ot the French academy.
He is the only American who has received
this decoration- He is also a member of
the Royal Victorian order of England,
having been decorated by King Edward VII
three yeara ago.
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The Omaha Bee has reached the third
of a century mark and since Its founda
tion It has been continuously under
the management of Edward Rosewatar.
It haa probably been cussed more than
any paper west of the Mississippi, but
with all the cussing It has always re
mained in the lead when It came to
reliability. Even Its rankest enemies
are its subscribers and many of them
on the sole ground of reliability.
SMILING LIKES.
"Gracious !" he exclaimed, "you look hot."
"Bo I ab," replied the man with the hand
kerchief, "It's enough to bake eddybody
hot to have a cold like this Id subber.' '
Indianapolis News.
"Preserve us?" cried the berry.
"I run." remarked tha cook.
"Wouldn't this Jar you?" queried
the
Mason can.
"No, but this would," exclaimed the
sugar, giving them pound for pound. :
Cleveland Plain Dealer. , ,
"I shall no longer put up with your con
duct, young man," exclaimed the irate i
father. ,
"That's ail right, dad," replied the way.
ward son. "I don't ssk you to. I'll be '
satisfied if you put up ror It.' Cleveland .
Leader.
"Some men will talk mighty mo'nful 'bout
Its beln' too hot to work, sold Uncle Eben.
"But when de circus comes slong dey kin .
follow de procession Jes' de same?' Wash
ington Btar,
"When be proposed," said Miss Pasaay
coyly, "I tried not to let him read my
answer In my face." i .
vT" -Aid M n pennerv.
"Yea." continued Miss Passay. With
girlish giggle, "but he seamed to knew
right away.
I suppose he read between the lines,
Philadelphia Press.
Inlured Wife Tou coldl
ly sneer at my
h1arult- Ann reftlRA to touc
eft them, a man
who loves his wife won't do that. And It
was only a year ago, Harold Hlghmore,
that you told me you would willingly die
ror ma ...
Husband I'm willing to die for you yet.
Amelia, but I don't want to commit sui
cide Chicago Tribune.
Tou say you dislike enthusiasm at a
convention?"
"I do."
"What Is your Idea of enthusiasm?"
"Staving awake all night, listening to
hands playing Hot Time In the Old
Town.' 'Washington Star. ' ' -
TTnvlntr a new rjollshed hard wood floor
In his front hail and a glossy oak stalreasa
f rives a man another good reason for com
ng home sober every night. Somervllle
Journal. .
nrc
nni ) one of tha kindest neartea men
alive, was wb'vptng a mountain stream.
"'A rise, my soul, a rise,'" he softly'
hummed, as a trout took his fly. Chicago
Tribune. ,
Certalnlv. I am sure It's a counterfeit
note," said
d tn
the receiving teller.
It has
. nntloAhla flaw: it'a In the t
aper.
"But, my dear man," protested trie de
positor, "in these days you can' belleva
. -1 - wnn ' fflMtMtAlt fh
everythlng you see in the paper." Phlla- )
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THE NOnSK NIOHTWOAUB.
W. F. Kirk In Milwaukee Sentinel.
Vat for should dla spirit of mortal ban
Man valk round a minute and talk purty
Den doctor skol coming and say, "Ay oaa't
save." , . .
And man have to tak running yump Into
grave. . .
Today dla hsr mortal swelling around;
His head ban so slight that his feet ant
touch ground;
Tomorrow he light with nis race me
aannH
And hustle lak hat to vet gude helping
hand. v , , i
Ay see lots of fallers who tenk dey baa
vise
Yu see d'em yurself ef yu open yure eyas;
Dey tal about the gold dey shol making
some day,
And yump ven the vashvomen come for
her pay
give libraries'
Dese har millionaires who
Ay tenk dey skol get yolly bump some
vay,
line aay. ... .
And maybe dey look for some gude frend.
Ay tenk, .
To tnk dem round corner and buy little
drenk.
Ay tal you, dear f rends, purty aune ye ban
dead,
So ay tenk ve ben suokers for getting
swelled head.
It ant wery far from' Frlnre Albert to
ahroud;
Vat for should dls spirit of mortal be
proud?
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