Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, July 12, 1904, Page 4, Image 4
THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1904. TlIE OMAIIA DAILY BEE. E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNINO. TERMS OK SUBSCRIPTION. Pally Bee without Bunday). One Vear..$4.T l'Hy Htm ami Sunday, Una Year 6 09 Illustrated lie. Un Year 2 00 Sundar Bee, on Year... J.0O Saturday Bee, One Year 160 Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year.. 1.00 DELIVERED BYkCARRIER. Dally Bee (without Sunday), per copy.. Ic Dally Be (without Sunday), per week... 12c Dally Hee (Including Sunday), per week. 17c Bunday I)e, per copy. 5c Evening Be althnut Sunday), per week. 7o EvenlnR Uce (including Bunday), per week 12o Complaint of Irregularity in delivery should be addressed to City Clrculallun Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall Building, Twenty-Aft h and VI StreetM. Council HlufTa 10 Farl Street. Chlfago 164 I'nil Building. New York 232S Park Row Building. Washington 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to new and edi torial matter should ha addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. .." Remit hy ''ffTaft,expess or postal order, payable to The He Publishing Company. Only J-cent tuopl received Jn payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern efrrhanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. U. . - i . STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.: Qeorge Ti. Tzschuck. secretary of The Bee Publishing. Company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally. Morning, Evening and Bunday Bee printed during the month of June, 1904, was as follows: 1 3W.400 - ,18.1 ..JMM.IO t Sn,72B - 17 2U.5S0 1 20.T20 - 18 2,.-0 4 .r.W.T2 -U 28,120 20,7(10 ..21,T0 2O.T30 .. a 2.T40 7 2,TOO ' 22 SO, TOO .....30,T0 . ) 2 20.720 Jt1,00 - i ' 24.. 2O.B40 10 80,40 ? , 26 20,71M 11 ao,02S ' 24 27,778 11 26.H.SO 17.... 80,110 U 80,0K s ' M...i 2,80 14..,.. 20,980 - ' 29 20.SSO li 80,110 " .. (0.. 29,770 Toti i.;...-..;: Lee unsold and returned copies. ,883,OM Net total sales.. ..'... .....sJSTTS ..... 2,1U uaiiy average GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before rae this 30th day-of June. A. D. 1904. (Seal) .-. M. 3- HUNOATB, ; Notary Public. In Nebraska, July beat makes "Sep tember corft. , , The World-Herald saya it will sup port ths ticket, but It will not be held responsible for the results. A. municipal Ice plant Is a good sum mer slogan, but the ardor of the cam paign would cool off perceptibly If the Issue were sprung in winter time. The Japanese have captured Kal Ping. When the Russians held it the place was knewn as Kal Chan, but happily the Japs bare knocked, the sneeze en tirely out of it " . .'. ; ., The war correspondent has finally reached the front now. look for some developments In the far. east if only the development.! of '"S, an especially well equipped press censor. We r aWut!a? that Oooaha will htv Ave sew 'elevators ; before the snow lies, 'Let us have three to start with and we' will cheerfully extend the time of completion for the other two. . Great is the, adhesive power of politi cal pie. Even the hope of It will fasten a western anti-monopoly democrat so tight to a 'Wall street hireling" that the "hireHnf" has to beg for release. The ' Democratic Success league will celebrate and ratify Parker and Davis and snout for,, the plutocrats. The Parker snd Davis barrels are very large ana tno.nesn pots are very tempting. 1 ! If one Is to Judge by cartoons and leadlngedlterlals appearing in his pa pers R. Hearst will continue to buy hot ar and nightmares even though his campaign investment proved barren of results Befpre, and after taking, placed in par allel lines for a handy comparison, will make' (interesting reading. Reference, of course ils made to the World-Herald's attitude on Parker before and after his nomination. ' ' ' ' The most pitiable part of the spectacle Is the unfortunate fatuity with which the Douglas County . Democracy regu larly ,-taies hold of the hot end of the poker and lets the Jacksonlans get the comfortable, grip. The; . reorganized democracy got as close to Thomas Jefferson as possible, In point of time at least, lta nominee for the vice presidency being 81 years of ageaJmoHt old enough to know bet ter, one would think. v It is not so hard te find one "Jonah1 in circles of "high finance." Since Chartes M. Schwab has resigned from the cplnpany the price of common stock of thw United States steel, corporation has advanced from 0 cents to 11 cents. It Is recorded that the British public was not alarmed at the revelation of Kouropatkln's plan to invade India. But this may be a false sense of security. as there is no telling what the KuMsIan leader, 'may do If the Japanese drive him far enough. The' personal press agents are getting busy in Manchuria aguln. The cables were required to tell an awaiting world that General Count Keller of the Rus slan force works under a tree. This is important only from the fact . that it hows that the general is not really tip a stump." Froin the standpoint of the oily poll C clan the democrats have arranged things about right. When talking to an nti-monopollst they can point to the platform; wbon talking to a trust mng ate or speculator tbey can point to the fWndldatea, 11 is all right, if only it will work this time, aa it has in the past, hut a wOAMt child dreads the lire. -' A REASSVRIXO OtTXOOK. .One f the most conservative of the journals that give special attention to financial and business conditions, the United States Investor, in Its latest issue expresses the opinion that the present is a favorable time for the nat ural laws of business to begin to operate and that on the whole the outlook is reassuring. The wheat crop of the country is In fairly good condition and reports from European countries do not indicate that their crops will be so large as to depress prices, so that there is every reason to believe that the Ameri can wheat farmer will have a fairly large crop which he. will be able to sell at a remunerative; figure. , There is more uncertainty about the corn crop, but that has got a good start generally, while the cotton crop is progressing finely. .; . If the expectation regarding the crops that is warranted by existing condi tions shall be realized, the first effect will be to revive transportation activ ity, probably to be followed by an en larged demand from the railroads for iron and steel and of course greater activity in that line of production. At present the iron and steel industry is quiet and indeed it has been depressed for a year past, but good crops will re sult in giving renewed vitality to this n common with other industries and in Increasing the general prosperity. It appears to be the quite general view of those who reflect opinion in financial and. commercial circles that the presi dential campaign will not unfavorably affect the course of business. Certainly there cannot be any such fear and anx iety this year as. prevailed eight years ago and, had a most . depressing effect in every line of business. There is no menace now, as there was then, to the monetnry 'system and the financial credit of the country. Everybody now knows that whatever the outcome of the election the country will continue on a sound money basis and the gold stan dard, firmly established by the republi can party, will be maintained. PARKER IX HIS OWS STATE. The Tammany opposition to the nom ination of Judge Parker persistently de clared that be could not carry the state of New York. This was the principal ground of its hostility to him and the Tammany leaders seemed to be quite sincere in their assertion. It is now In dicated that they will give the candidate their support, but there is a considerable number of democrats 4n other portions of the state that may not d o so and a more or less serious defection is by no means Improbable. It is the common impression , that Judge Parker has hitherto shown ex ceptional strength with the. people of New York, but an examination of elec tion figures does not sustain this. In 1896 McKinley carried the Empire state by over 208.000 plurality., The .next year Parker was elected chief judge of the court of . appeals by nearly 61,000, the rote in 1897 being', very Jlffrt the republican side, due to the fact f hat the republicans were, in great measure, op posed to making a partisan campaign for a judicial office. Judge Parker pol led only a few more votes than Bryan received in the preceding, year, while the democratic vote on governor in 1808 exceeded by over 89,000 the vote for Parker in 1807. in the off year of 1902 Governor Odell received 111,000 more votes than Parker had when be was elected to the judicial position be now helds, though that contest was not at all partisan. ,It Is thus seen that Judge Parker has not ' demonstrated that be is excep tionally strong with the people of his state, although having a peculiarly ad vantageous opportunity for' doing so. THE DEMOCRATIC TARIFF PLANK. The tariff plank of the democratic platform ia largely the. work of Mr. Bryan and is consistent with his re peatedly expressed views. In a speech In the house of representatives March 16, 1892, W. J. Bryan denounced a pro tective tariff as being "false economy and the most vicious political principle that has ever cursed this country." In declaring that protection is robbery the democratic party has endorsed the view expressed by Mr. Bryan twelve years ago, since which time the country has experienced the greatest industrial prog ress in its history' under' tlje operation Of a protective tariff. Referring to the declaration of the Rt Louis platform the Brooklyn Eagle, which supports Judge Parker, says It Is a proposition wlh which the country may take issue.' "It Is undoubtedly a proposition from which the voters may withhold the seal of their -endorsement They do not regard protection as rob bery. The rank and file of republicans and many more democrats thHn can be counted regard the schedules with all their innroiltles as a shield. ' Prices paid for labor Jn Europe are such as are suggestive of pauperism here. The difference is a sort of credit balance in favor of the American artisan. It Is a balance he is more than disposed to keep on the right side of his ledger. To ask hhn to vote It out of existence is to invite him to become his own worst enemy." All the testimony of the years of protection is against the assertion of the St. Louis platform. Examine the statistics of Industrial growth, looic at the figures of the savings banks of the country, compare the conditions of the wage earners her-e with those of other countries. These will supply the evi dence of the beneficent effects of prc tectlon that Is beyond dispute. Nor is this all. The agricultural pro dncers of the country have been bene fited immeasurably by protection and are incomparably better off than those any other land. The development of our Industries under protection, until the United States has become the leading manufacturing nation of the world, has built up a home market which Is the mainstay of the" American farmer. Here .be finds a demand for nearly every thing that he produces at better prices than he can obtain anywhere else in the world. He wonld Indeed be his own worst enemy If he should vote to put of any other land. The development of created this great market and la essen tial for Its maintenance. No class of our people understand this better than those who cultivate the soil and who in recent years have realized n measure of prosperity that confutes utterly the assertion that "protection Is robbery." No party that holds this view, so en tirely at variance with indisputable facts, so completely contradicted by ex perience, deserves the support of the American people. Such a proposition can mean nothing else than the purpose of the party making it to overthrow protection if given the power to do so. The democracy has repeated the threat it made in 1802, with disastrous conse quences to the industries and business of the country. It was successful then, but conditions have changed and Its re newed assault upon protection will at tract no support to the party this year. A MONV MESTAL ACHIEVEMENT. The publication of the list of property embodied in the petition filed to recover delinquent taxes in this city and county under the new Nebraska scavenger law calls attention to the monumental achievement accomplished by County Treasurer Fink. Some idea of the ex tent and magnitude of this stupendous task which has devolved upon him, and which has been carefully and promptly performed, will be gathered from a few facts disclosed by this suit. In the petition there are Incorporated twenty colossal tax records, with pages six feet long and sixty lines to each page, for the most part carrying two descriptions on each page. Altogether there are nearly 700.0QO items furnish ing in detail a statement of delinquent taxes on the property described for every year and for every installment of special taxes. For many of the de scriptions the lots and tracts had to be divided according to the parts held for unpaid special taxes, and . the regular taxes bad to be distributed accordingly. The total amount of. delinquent taxes covered in this suit is estimated at about $5,000,000. While the items. relating to delinquent city taxes in Omaha were Inserted in the record by City Treasurer Hennings and his force, and the items relating to South Omaha city taxes were furnished In a list by City Treasurer Howe of that city, the bulk of the work wAs per formed by County Treasurer Fink and his assistants. While not begun until the middle of May, the record was none the less completed by July 1, when the statutory limit expired and when the papers had to be filed in court. ' To do this, however, required such extraordi nary effort that during that entire time the office was never closed for any part of the twenty-four "taours of each day and night. The misfortune that the tax. record had to be made up at the same time that the regular current taxes were becoming delinquent and' the tax lists had to be used simultaneously for mak ing out tax receipts as well ss making up the tax record, increased the neces sity of night work to prevent conflicting demands upon. the books containing the tax lists. ' County Treasurer Fink wants the public to understand that while pay ments made after the commencement of the tax record were credited on the tax list, only his force is now engaged in entering the receipts on the record, which will be equivalent to withdrawing the suit against such pieces of property, notwithstanding the fact that they are being advertised, and that those who have paid their taxes need not fear judgment, as by the time the suit is heard all such payments will have been credited. It was manifestly impossible as a physical undertaking after the rec ord had been begun to have gone back from day to day and eliminated current tax payments if the record was to be completed and filed within the time re- qntred by law. i It will perhaps be instructive to those interested to know the course pf the suit now pending.. The list will be pub lished In The Bee four times for four consecutive weeks. After September 15, If no contest Is made upon the taxes, the clerk of the district court will stamp in the proper column "Judgment ren dered by default," and the treasurer will, commencing November 2, proceed to sell the defaulted property in addi tion to Judgments rendered by the court st a session beginning the first week of October. After filing this petition the treasurer is obliged to charge a docket fee of 50 cents on each description where the taxes have not been paid, which will bo increased to 1 after Sep tember 1, and parties proposing to con test mnst deposit a fee of $2 with the clerk of the district court before the contest can be received. The first suit under the new law is, of course, the most Important, because it takes up delinquent taxes that have been accumulating for long years. County Treasurer Fink, while recogniz ing the fact that some errors will doubt less be disclosed, Insists, and In tbla he Is borne out by experts who have exam ined the record, that it will be found the most complete and accurate ever gotten out by Douglas county. Our tax paying citizens may regard themselves fortunate in having had at this critical time a min In charge of the county treasurer's office whose experience and attainments made him equal to the de mands of this stupendous undertaking. It is to be hoped the Nebraska sen ators and representatives in congress will te able to secure a revocation of the order breaking up the division of the rural delivery service which had lta headquarters In Omaha. In view of the fact that the rural delivery division headquarters were established In Omaha only a few months ago, because of its central location and the matchless fa cilities for housing the force, the pro posed change seems almost inexplicable If not inexcusable. Railroad tax agents and political em issaries, who are carried on the pay roll of the railroads as employes of the tax department, are preparing an onslaught upon Douglas county before the impend ing session of the State Board of Equal ization under pretense that the assess ment made In Douglas county Is far below one-fifth of the actual value of Its taxable wealth. As a matter of fact, assessments in Douglas county up to the present year have been out of all proportion with those In other counties, notably the counties east of the 100th meridian. While real estate assess ments in Douglas county were made on the basis of one-sixth of the actual value, a large proportion of the town lots outside of the business district were assessed at one-fourth and some even at one-third. of their actual value, while real estate assessments in two-thirds of the state outside of Douglas county were anywhere from one-seventh to one tenth, and some even at one-twelfth of the market value. In the readjustment provided for by the new revenue law at one-fifth of actual value through the entire state Douglas county returns have been revised to correspond wtth those made in other counties. Hence the difference in percentage of increase be tween Douglas and other counties. In asmuch as the railroad attorneys framed the new revenue law and the railroad lobbyists bulldozed the last legislature into passing it Just as they framed it, It comes wjth bad grace from them to complain now. It is so easy to please the politicians. The democratic politicians say they are pleased with the outcome of the St Louis convention and the republican politicians declare they are more than pleased. So everybody is pleased, in cluding even "the prohibitionists, popu lists and socialists. Bourke Cockran says Judge Parker's declaration for gold has materially in creased his chances for election, but Mr. Cockran must remember that the dem ocratic nominee can carry Wall street and the solid south and still lack several votes of the required number in the electoral college. One good turn deserves another, and as a statement has gained general cir culation that Judge Parker swallowed bis convictions and voted twice for Bry an the former champion of free silver no doubt is compelled to return the compliment In a Kntshell. Cleveland Leader. Roosevelt against Parker! A magnet against a mystery! Get Bwsr Now. New York Herald. Before another tfourth comes around there should be stricter ordinances, greater provision and nVeHhod in their enforcement and uniform and, consistent imposition of punishment upon(1ofCender8. "An ounce of prevention Is better than a pound of cure." Dlamltr Coasea High. Baltimore American. It now transpires that the Thibetan war grew out of the fact that Viceroy Curson felt slighted by a real or Imagined lack of courtesy tm the part of the tribes of that country. English dignity comes high to the Thibetans, but they must have It, whether or not they want It Some of Rockefeller's Lack. Boston Herald. Probably one reason why Mr. Rockefel ler Is glad that he Is a loyal American Instead of a subject of King Edward is because if he lived In England his Income tax assessment annually, u ia sam, wouiu keep five of his majesty's first-class bat tleships In commission. It costs a sorry lot to be a multimillionaire in some coun tries. The Heal Problem la Irrigation. , Baltimore American. 4 the wihemei for Irrigation will create any more. water In the arid west The best that can be done is to secure a .nhi rilatrlhutlon of the present 1 11 VJ. U vmhu.w ' and prospective supply. The Only means of Increasing permanently tne oi w- ter Is to prosecute vigorously the plan tor timbering the country once denuded of Its fn...t. mnA that on which no trees have ever been known- to grow. Heavy rain falls and heavily timbered country are in separable companions. PERSONAL NOTES. Two or three days ago Fairbanks' height was reported to be 8 feet t inches. The latest estimate Is 6 feet 4V Inches. i ho .-relief of the late Robert Louis Stevenson, executed by Bt. Oaudens. has Just been unveiled in Edinburgh by Lord Roeebery. sM..,inr, ia mmAtt to the Dractice of hold ing hands which is becoming quite com mon In the parks In Washington. Forget It. Washington people must needs vary the monotony of keeping tneir uauu. ... other people's pockets. The many friends of Harry B. cummings, the negro lawyer of Baltimore, who made a . t ,h. r.nont remibllcan convention. seconding the nomination of President Roosevelt, gave him a reception Wednesday evening, presided over by niBhon James A. 'Handy. Caleb Powers, the former secretary i ot state of Kentucky, who is at present in ,n .rwi in Heath for the murder of Governor Goebel, has about finished his book on his personal experiences uur... the troublous days of Kentucky's partisan war for the control of the state. Ir. H. E. Robinson, editor of the Mary Ti.,KMn nil nresldent of the Mis souri Republican society, believes he has more ancestors tKat admit to memud.u.p In the Society uf Colonial Wars than any other man living. He Is ninth in descent from Major General Atherton, who com manded the historic colonial expedition saainst the Narragansett Indians. Mayor Wright of Denver has a way of getting more work out or city employes than any of his subordinates. While In one of the departments the otherfday he heard two clerks arguing over certain work that had to be done right away. "It's not my work," said one of the clerks, and the re mark was echoed by the other. They went out to lunch shortly and on returning found hi. honor attending to the neglected Job. It's all right," said he In reply, to thetr astonished protest. "Its not your work. Smith, nor vnura. Robinson, as I heard you both say. But somebody must sttend to- It, so I thought I d take a whirl at It myself. Maybe you can finish It between you." The mayor went te his own office and that par tlcular Job was cleaned up In a hurry. ARMY GOSSIP I WASHIXOTO. Carreat Fvents GleaaeS from the Army ! Navy Register. In connection with the nnmber of vacan cies which will be available for civilian appointees to second lieutenancies In the army a question has arisen whether va cancies in that grade caused by transfer of commissioned officers to ths ordnance department will create places to which civ ilians may be assigned. This would be ths case If the transfers had been made prior to July 1. but some doubt Is ex pressed whether transfers made after that date to ordnance vacancies which occurred previously may be construed as creating vacancies in the grade of second lieutenant to which civilians would be eligible. Of course, vacancies occurring after July 1 are kept for the ellglbles for next year. There are now forty-six army candidates st Fort Leavenworth and there will be six graduates from as many so-called leading military colleges who will be eligible to appointment, making a total list of ellgl bles of fifty-two. This allows the ap pointment of a few civilians and It remains to be seen whether the transfers to the ordnance department will add to the op portunities ef applicants from civil life. The revised army regulations will not be Issued to the service as promptly as was expected. Secretary Taft has derided not to give his approval to the amended docu ment until he has taken up the revised edition paragraph by paragraph. It was expected that the secretary would ap prove the revised regulations before his de parture for his vacation In Canada, but he has decided that the meterlal shall be carefully examined and each new provision1 fully considered. Mr. Taft has also de cided that he wilt take up this matter dur ing his holiday, so that while he has passed upon about one-fourth of the revised mat ter, nothing will be done with the re mainder until his return to Washington. During the army and militia maneuvers at Manassas, Vs., In September It Is In tended by the medical officers of the army to make a trial of ths army mule as a means of transporting medical supplies for the first dressing station. Hitherto these supplies have been carried In ambulances and, of course, it Is not possible for these vehicles to break Into columns of troops. At Santiago much difficulty was ex perienced In getting these supplies to the front and the only method by which this could be accomplished was to have the hospital corps men carry them on their backs. It Is believed that the mule will serve a valuable purpose in this respect since the animal can accompany troops In all sorts of country. Throughout Ellhu Root's long service as secretary of war the one subject which re ceived his. most serious attention, aside from the operations of the army In the field, the army reorganization act the general staff scheme and the national militia project, was the question of de veloping In the mass of 'American cltiserui a body of trained riflemen large enough to make our defenses secure In time of war. In season and out of season he Insisted that the country needed men who could shoot straight who knew the iffee of the rifle thoroughly and with whom proficiency In small arms practice should be the first test of fitness as soldiers. Mr. Root's ear nestness In this matter served as a re minder that whereas we have made but little real progress in rifle shooting since the close of the Spanish war, other coun tries are giving close attention to the sub ject Canada alone having but recently In stituted a broad-gauge scheme which It is believed will produce 600,000 trained rifle men within ten years. Owing partly to Mr. Root's persistent urg ing, supported by many other Interested gentlemen In the army, the navy, . the ma rine corps, the' National Guard and civil life, public Interest in the subject took form In the organization of the national board for the promotion of rifle practice in the United States, and as a result of that movement plans have been formu lated which, If carried into effect, seem likely to transform millions of hardy young Americana Into expert riflemen and thus correct what is palpably the gravest de fect In our military system. In preparing these plans careful consid eration was given to the - methods em ployed by other countries to. encourage rifle shooting among their citizens and the paramount purpose was to devise a system which should make every American be tween the ages of IS snd 25 years ambi tious to become a master marksman. In Its general scope the scheme yovldes for a highly organized system to encourage rifle practice In the state militia, in military and other , schools and among private or ganisations as well aa among individuals who would be liable to military servtoe In time of war. , v The Judge advocate general of the army on Tuesday submitted to the attorney gen eral his letter asking for an opinion on the status of retired officers of the army who are eligible to advancement one grade on account of service In the civil war. The letter of the Judge advocate general Is ac companied by a long report which goes fully Into the question and cites cases In the army and navy which might lead the Department of Justice to sustain the Judge advocate general In his opinion that the retired officers who are veterans may be promoted by means of a recess appoint ment. A- similar question relating to re tired officers of the marine corps who served in the civil war has been submitted to the attorney general also. The general staff of the army has ren dered a decision of interest to officers desig nated for detail as students at the general service and staff college. Hitherto the rule has been, In the selection of officers for Instruction at that Institution, to con fine the choice to those who have had four years of commissioned service In the regular army. This rule has been departed from so far as applies to the coming term, In order that there may be admitted to the course at the school those commis sioned officers of the army who were ap pointed to the service under the act of Feb ruary X 1901. After the next term there will be a strict observance of the rule which requires four years of commissioned service In the regular army of officers de. tailed to the school. America Credulity, British Stolidity, London Tattler. Ths really interesting point about Dowle's brief visit to this country was the light thrown on ths credulity of a certain class of Americans. Dowle has no wtwlre in vaded England, but on neither occasion did he find an appreciable number of vic tims. In America, the land of cuteness, he made a gigantic fortune out of tie pockets of ths fools who took him st his own valuation. We are by no means proof against humbug In England, but the bait with which the man Dowle caught his fish In America was not half attractive enough for the stolid Britisher. Baslacas Prassteeta la the West. Philadelphia Press. The western railroad managers talk hope fully of Improvement in the traffic move ment on their lines and predict a gradual Increase In business. The indlrstlons all favor such an outlook. There was an im provement In June, and the crops all look well and promts Increased work for the railroads. Absolutely Pure. delightful' to the taste, and a great aid to digestion.) No wonder t"? 1 ILflTTWIJ. A is M the favorite THE RICHARDSON DRUG CO., KB JACKSON STREET. DISTRIBUTING AGENTS. POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS. Detroit Poet: The victor Is David Bennett Hill. Chicago Chronicle: Two-thirds of the del egates were for Judge Parker and all of them were afraid to say gold money. Washington Star: Judge Parker Is de scribed ss a man of comparatively limited means. But the vice presidential candidate may be able to supply the check book. Washington Post: It is now InUmated that Mr. August Belmont found a whole bunch of unlnstructed delegates at St Louis who Insisted that the money question Is the paramount issue this year. Pittsburg Dispatch: The whirligig of time brings round Its revenge when Cleve land is cheered. Hill runs the thing and Bryan is turned down In a democratic na tional convention only eight years after 1896. Cleveland Leader: One of the hardest things to Imagine In the St Louis conven tion was David B. Hill moved to tears by the nomination of his candidate. It must be a rare friendship which so affected the self-poised and glacial sage ot Wolfert'B Roost. Springfield Republican: Champ Clark never was taken very seriously, either In congress or out, and his speech as perma nent chairman of the convention need not now be deeply pondered for light upon the affairs of the nation. "Breezy" well de scribes Mr. Clark. He la a Success on the stump. Kansas City Star: "Judge Parker," ex claimed the eloquent Mr. Cummings of Connecticut in seconding the nomination, will bear the banner of demcraCy with the fidelity with which the Black Douglas guarded the casket containing the heart of Bruce." This is a pretty piece of oratory te be sure, but the allusion Is not wholly consoling. Sir James Douglas was faithful eneugh, but It will be recalled that he was bowled over In battle as he was conveying the heart of Bruce to the Holy Land, so that his charge never reached Us destina tion. If the Connecticut man's comparison holds good the banner of democracy Is In a "parlous state." CAESAR IS MIGHTY YET. Boston Transcript: At. St. Louis Bryan was suppressed by letting him have his way on the matter most Important to the demo cracy to have settled without regard to his wishes. Minneapolis Times: It is the fashion to say that Mr. Bryan's political power Is ended, but the Nebraska gentleman Is young yet and there Is Very recent evi dence that he Is likely to be a live wire In politics for some time to come. Springfield Republican: It Is an ex traordinary turn which has been given to the convention situation at St ' Louis, by the all-night committee contest over 'the platform. At the moment when Bryan's complete humiliation and downfall seemed to have been assured, the whilom leader of the party has demonstrated the possession of life and power enough to turn upon his enemies and fight them at least to a standstill. New York Tribune: Parker democrats who hailed Bryan's defeat before the St. Louis convention In the Illinois contest as the Waterloo of the erstwhile "peerless leader" shouted before they were out of the Bryan woods. The Nebraskan on Thursday night dominated the commltte on resolu tions, and, so far as that body Is con cerned, dictated the platform. For a "de throned leader" that 1s doing pretty well, even for an all night fight. New York World: At Kansas City In 1900, with a unanimous convention behind II leir OREGON lackbenjr7 (Cordial Will help you to keenly enjoy life dur ing the hotweather. it overcomes the fatigue and nervous strain' from the summer heat -as a mildly stimula ting tonic. v With ice water, and a little sugar if de sired nothing is so de licious and bracing on a hot summer day. Hiller Liquor IJOf Parnasi St., Omaha Distributers Sherman & McConnell Drug Cor. 16!h and Dodge Sis. L. ROSEKFEI.D CO., 019-21 Main St., Council UlulTs, la. CLARK DRI G CO., Cor. Main St. A Broad way, council, BlufTs SOL, S. UOLDSTROM, N Street, umini, eb. C. A. MELCHER, S W. Cor. N Nth eoutn Omaha, titb. V tr flSSS essssie"slsswsF taaww's!e V r? WATTEERL V " everywhere. SHERMAN & McCOKNELL DRUG CO 1TH AND DO DOE. RETAIL AGENTS. him, he succeeded only In dictating the platform and ths candidate. Hut at St. Louis, with more than two-thirds of pie delegates against him, he has succeeded In dictating the platform. This Is a far greater achievement, and the prince of pop ulists may well cruckle when he thinks of the abject homage that was paid him by conswvatlve democracy's overwhelming but white-livered majority. ' New York Mall: For a man who Is sup posed to be utterly discredited and beaten, Brysn shows himself to be mighty power ful In the St. Louis convention today. He had his way last night with the tariff plank In the resolutions committee, and this morning, by a vote Of the full com mittee, he succeeded In getting the Hill gold plank thrown out, and the commit tee, the convention and the party all left fiat on their backs on this crucial lutue. POINTED PLEASANTRIES. "You need more exercise, my man. What is your, buslnessr' "I'm a piano lifter." Eh? Well, hereafter lift two at a time." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "That's ths new mansion of one of our wealthy sugar refiners." "Ah! Another houHe built upon sand." "No: rather upon the rurks he made out f sand." Philadelphia Ledger. The Maid I can't find your costume for the last act. The Boubrette Ixok in my purse. Phila delphia Bulletin. "Will the gentleman let me tell his for tune?" askeoT the gypsy. "Sure," replied the man. "snd while you're about It tell- It to hurry up, will you 7" 1 MMP O, t-m so tired!" panted the girl In the pink shirtwaist, flopping down on the grass. 'And I've lost sill my handkerchiefs.'1 "Will a handkerchief rest you?" asked ; the young man with the tennis shoes, ex tending his own. "No, but a nap kin," she said, closing her eyes sleepily. At which the ants attacked the lunch baskets even more savagely .than before. Chicago Tribune. "My eon Is a comer, all right," bragged the fond father, who had started his boy in business. "I guess that's so," agreed the Russell u avenue man. "He came to see my daugh- .- ter every night last week, and he has scored four nights so far this week." Cleveland Leader. . Achilles was dragging ths body of Hector around the walls of. Troy, at the tail of his chariot. "I wish LewvWallace could see this!" he muttered, lashing the horses still harder. Later, however, he acknowledged that Homer wrote the thing up In fairly good style. Chicago Tribune. "Why Is an auto like a horse?" "Give It up." ' "The faster you make It go, the more apt It la to break." Cleveland Plain dealer. "Don't you think vou devote too much time to money considerations?" "No," answered Senator Sorghum; "I take weat pride in looking on our country ' aa the wealthiest and most prosperous of ' 4 nations." ., "Certainly."- ' ' ' . ' "And In order to make sure that all of this wealth Is present I've got to get some of It Into my own hands." Washington Star. HOW WORD CAME TO ST. LOUS. TIs the voice of the silent, they heard him complain: "You have named me too soon, and must back up again, , . Go back to the place where you failed to make known Those views upon finance I hold not alone. Go back to the platform and there put In bold , . Solid words of plain English, approval ot gold. Oo back to the platform and do not delny." When the message was read there was "mischief to pay;" There was roaring and raging; loud curses alack. In spite of the message they never went back. Co Co., St mm South " ...rr r.-Zm Px' li ' ''V".'1 ' ' IwHAios on- K Jfnf I .LwCi''sW ssai.is'ssiss. . t JT I J