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THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1904.
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aya that the actual number of full and
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, Notary Public,
Every ehoer for Parker Is applnusg for
Grover Cleveland's rqpord.
The scavenger law promises to prove
a windfall for Omaha lawyers.
Our police board truly decides that
firewater and firemen" are Incompatible
and cannot mix, at least in Omaha.
An inexperienced man as county treas
urer would have been swamped by the
operation of the new . scavenger law in
Douglas county.
The generosity of the Russian char
acter wa never so Btrongly shown as
In the grace with which It turns over
towns and forts to the enemy.
No new paving in Omaha this year
perhaps, however, the paving contract
ors will Inform us whoa we may. expect
them to let us have the work done.
"Eat less meat In the heated season"
is a good rule, to follow,, more especially
Just now, with a strike in all the big
meatpacking establishments threaten
ing. Colonel Bryan has the solace of know
ing that he will be the whole thing once
more at the democratic state nom
inating convention for, "Nebraska next
month. . j
Since the nomination of Parker and
Davis the Watson and Tibbies boom has
actually reached the point where the
pictures of the candidates appear'ln the
newspapers.
Telegrams being received at Esopus
would indicate that several well-known
democrats did not mean what they said
in 1806 and again. In 1900; but do they
niean It nowt :
Harvard university is to introduce the
study of Jln,jltsu -presumably with the
intention of nding a field of contest
wherein it will have some show of win
ning against Yale.
Recent advices) would indicate that
Bandit Ralsoull has been encouraged by
the ease with which he connected with
the Terdlcarls relief fund and that he Is
already hungry for more.
Three people have been killed as the
result of republican primaries in West
Virginia. West Virginia republicans
should be more careful of their votes
this year with a resident of .their, state
running as candidate on the democratic
.ticket.
After baying attended five national
conventions of his party W. II. Thomp
son declares tha convention at St. Louis
to have joeeu; best of all, although it
doubtless suited hi in least of all. There
Js nothing like looking for the sliver
lining when the clouds roll up.
Later developments will show whether
the conference between the steamship
companies over, liutnlgratlou rates is
really for the purpose of restoring the
former tariff or to call the attention of
the possible Immigrants to the fact that
the low prices will not coutinue for
ever. Nebraska could without doubt have
had the second place on tho Parker
ticket had It only been bold enough to
claim. But the candidate for vice presi
dent launched by the Nebraska de
niocraeya few months ago seems to
have been entirely overlooked at 8t
Louis, '
The World-Herald expresses the opin
ion that the nomination of our fellow
Nebrasktn, T. II. Tibbies, for the vice
presidency on the populist - national
ticket is not likely to iuterfere with
his plans for the future. Who knows
but that brother Tibbies' plans for the
future contemplate revolutionizing the
I'nlted States senate by the use of the
gavel as Us presiding officer I
LET WELL EXOVOH ALOSE.
The railroad lawyers and tax agents
who conducted the campaign of educa
tion last year at an outlay of $30,000, ex
pended prlnclpallyin subsidizing cheap
editors and lubricating dear, lobbyists,
are said to be preparing an onslaught on
the State Board of Equalization, with
a view to bulldozing the board into rats
lng the assessments of other than rail
road property on the plea that It has not
been returned on the same ratio of val
uatlon as the railroads. The plan of
attack, as given out by Bob Clancy, the
literary attache of John N. Baldwin, is
disclosed through a double-shotted edito
rial in the Blair Pilot, in which a stren
uous effort is made to prove that the
Nebraska railroads have been overval
nod this year, and that an example is to
be made of Douglas county, "the home
of the tax agitators."
With the kindest feelings towards the
embattled railroad artillerists The Bee
ventures the advice, without cost, that
they had better "let well enough alone.
In support of this advice It would call
attention to the report of the Interstate
Commerce commission, Issued within
the last forty-eight hours, embodying
railroad statistics for the fiscal year end
lng June 30, 1004.
According to the Interstate Commerce
commission the capitalized value of rail
roads in the United States, including the
trunk linos, branch lines and side lines,
broad gauge and narrow gauge, Is $&),
180 per mile. It goes without saying that
the Nebraska railroad mileage will aver
age up in its earning capacity, and con
sequently its real value, with an equal
amount of mileage' in any 'other state
west of the Alleghanles.
, Computed at the par value of stocks
and bonds on the basis of $63,1 86 per
mile, the actual value of the railroads
in Nebraska would aggregate $363,051,
800, which, assessed at one-fifth, would
have made their assessed value $72,700,-
272, while as a matter of fact they are
assessed at a fraction less than $47,
000,000. Assume, however, that the
bonds and stocks of the railroad mile
age of Nebraska are worth only 80 cents
on the dollar in other words, that the
tangible property and franchises are
worth 20 per cent less than their capl
tallzation the aggsegate value of the
railroads of Nebraska would be $201,
161,088, which, reduced to one-flftr
gives $08,232,217, as against a fraction
less than $47,000,000 of its actual as
sessment. Will any reputable railroad manager
or magnate contend that the railroads of
Nebraska are worth less than 80 cents
on the dollar of capitalization? They
certainly must concede that the bonds,
which constitute more than one-half of
that capitalization, are worth par or
within a, few cents of par, and 20 per
cent off from the entire capitalization
would leave the stocks at about 60 cents
on the dollar, which is certainly ex
tremely low. In spite of this low esti
mate the railroad assessment as made
this yeariB still over $11,000,000 below
the one-fifthof the capitalized value of
the roads after deducting 20 per cent for
possible shrinkage.
For all these reasons ' and several
others we submit to the gentlemanly
tax agents and railroad lawyers whether
It would not be good tactics on their
part to follow the famous advice of the
late Senator ' Hanna and "let welj
enough alone?"
WILL THEY STULTIFY THEMSELVES 1
Of the more than six million demo
crats who voted for W. J. Bryan un
questionably a large majority of then!
sincerely believed in the . principles
avowed in the Chicago and Kansas City
platforms and especially in the money
plank. Those who . were not for free
silver but supported the ticket In the
last two national campaigns In order
to be "regular" constituted ' a minority
of probably not more than one-fifth of
the democratic vote. Nor Is it to be
doubted that a very large number of
the adherents of Mr. Bryan in the last
two national campaigns still think
that the financial plank of the platform
of 1800 and 1900 was sound and right
and therefore that the money question
is not dead.
These democrats have now presented,
for their support a candidate for the
presidency who says that he regards
the gold standard as firmly and irrevo
cably established and shall act accord
ingly if elected. Will they stultify
themselves by voting for him? Will the
millions of democrats who have earn
estly and sincerely denounced the gold
standard, charging that it is a device
of the money power to control the gov
ernment and enthrall the people, recant
all they have said,, repudiate the utter
ances of years, and support for the pres
idency a man who is unqualifiedly com
mitted to the .gold standard and Its
maintenance?
The pertinence and the Importance of
the question are obvious. It is in the
thought 'of hundreds of thousands of
democrats. Already there are indica
tions of revolt against the St Louis
candidate. . Whether or not the feel
ing being manifested will assume ser
ious proportions cannot flow be pre
dicted with any . degree of certainty,
but it is by no means Improbable that it
will grow, especially - among western
democrats. It is most natural that
they should associate . the attitude of
Judge Parker with the influence of the
money power of the east, with the plu
tocracy of Wall street ' They are not
likely to be satisfied with being told
that before his nomination Judge Par
ker was known 'to be a gold standard
man. If there was such knowledge It
was carefully withheld from, the con
vention and Parker's chief champion,
David B. Hill, stated that he did not
know what the' candidate's financial
views were. Unquestionably If Parker
bad sent his gold standard dispatch be
fore the nomination be would have been
defeated. His representatives In the
convention realised that be could not
be nominated on a gold standard, plat
form and therefore agreed to Ignore
the money question.
It would be idle to make any estimate
of the number of democratic votes
Parker will lose. by reason of his dicta
torial message to the St. Louis conven
tion, but that the number will be large
is not to be doubted and they will not
all be In the west. There are many
thousands of democrats in the eastern
states, even in New York, that are not
favorable to the gold standard. Many
of these will not renounce the position
they have so long held by supporting
Parker. We confidently believe that
the course of the democratic can
didate has improved republican chances
everywhere except in the south and
possibly has materially benefited them
even in one or two of the southern
states. Instead of harmonizing the
democracy It has widened the breach
that existed before the meeting of the
St. Louis convention. '
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1TEWTORK OVBERSATORIAL COyTEST.
The state of New York occupies a
commanding position In the politics of
this year. Not only are the republican
and democratic candidates for the pres
idency citizens of the Empire state,
but a governor is to be chosen and both
parties are at present giving even more
attention to the matter of the selection
of gubernatorial tickets than they are
to the national candidates. It is of
course recognized that the contest on
governor will have a more c less de
cided Influence on that for president,
so that the leaders of each party are
seeking the most available men to head
the 'state tickets.
Severs.! prominent republicans are be
ing considered as possible candidates,
among them former Secretary Root,
who would make a strong leader, but
he is not seeking the nomination and
is understood not to desire it. If he
could be induced to accept a nomination
the republicans would be assured of a
most aggressive campaign, for Mr. Root
is a man of great energy as well as
ability. He is moreover very popular
with the masses of the party. With Mr.
Root as their candidate the republicans
would feel that a campaign would be
made in the state as thorough, as dig
nified, as convincing and as successful
as was the campaign made by Theodore
Roosevelt himself when be was a can
didate for governor.
Among possible democratic candidates
for governor Mayor McClellan appears
to be most prominent in the attention
of the party and if he desires the nom
ination he probably will get it There
is no doubt that he would prove to be a
strong man, for it is said his popularity
in New York city has been steadily
growing since he became mayor. He
has not in all things pleased Tammany
and this fact has been to his advantage
in popular regard, though it may have
lost him the favor of some of the Tam
many politicians. If not a "pivotal"
state this year, New York will certainly
be '"the center of" political interest .and
the' hardest fighting will be done there.
. LAY IT UNDER THE TABLE.
The proposition submitted to the re
publican committee of Douglas county
by Tom Blackburn should be summa
rily laid under the table, not because
it emanates from Blackburn, . but be
cause it is not debatable. The proposi
tion is , unrepublican, unprecedented,
and bears on Its. face the rankest dis
crimination.
From time immemorial the functions
of the congressional committee in every
district of the United States have been
to name the place and fix the time for
holding the nominating convention and
to apportion the delegates to which
each of the political subdivisions (of
which the county is the unit) that make
up the district are 'entitled. Nowhere
has a congressional committee under
taken to arrogate to Itself the right to
subdivide a single county, or for that
matter all of the counties, Into voting
districts. Nowhere has a congressional
committee attempted to deprive the gov
erning bodies of the respective counties
of their legitimate prerogative to make
their own apportionment within the
county. Nowhere in this country is
there a precedent for singling out one
county for a primary election, under ar
bitrary rules and conditions, while other
counties in the district are permitted not
only to dispense with primaries, but to
allow delegates elected by a former
county convention to act in future con
ventions. This Is precisely the propo
sition of the committee of which Black
burn is the sole maker and owner.
The Blackburn proposition should be
laid on the table, furthermore, because
It is tantamount to a public declaration
of a lack of confidence In the Integrity
of the committee of Douglas county.
There would be no objection to holding
Joint primaries, so called, but the con
gressional committee really has nothing
to do with Joint primaries for the nom
ination of members of the legislature,
candidates for .county offices and can
didates for the Board of Education. That
matter is left to the discretion of the
county and city committees.
When the congressional committee has
decided when and where the convention
to nominate the congressman is to be
held and apportioned the number of del
egates Its duty will have been dis
charged. The counties will be free to
elect the delegates Just as they deem
best and these delegates - prop
erly certified, either by the election of
ficers, If they are elected by direct vote,
or by the chairman and secretary of the
county committee if elected in the
county convention, will be entitled to
admission in the congressional conven
tion.
In the present Instance It Is proposed
that the delegates elected In Washing
ton and Sarpy counties by the county
conventions called to select delegates to
the state convention shall be duly ac
credited and recognised as representa
tives of Washington and Sarpy counties
in the next congressional convention,
but that ta republican of Douglas
county shall hold primaries under spe
cific rules and conditions that will de
prive them of the privilege of electing
these delegates in a county convention.
Whether these rules and conditions are
satisfactory or not, the congressional
committee has no right to prescribe them
or dictate what they should be.
If, however, Blackburn and his com
mittee insist upon running the prima
ries of Douglas county for congressional
nominations, let them assume the au
thority and responsibility both and foot
the bills. The county committee can
look on with equanimity, but it certainly
should not stultify itself by abrogating
the powers preperly vested in county
committees, not only In Nebraska, but
everywhere in the United States.
After all the heated atmosphere to
which we have been treated by the dem
ocratic press regarding the evils of the
money power, their two chosen standard
bearers are both men of wealth, gold
standard men, pure and simple, and the
power behind the nominations has been
Wall street and the trusts, whose op
position to President Roosevelt is be
coming more and more pronounced
every day. The trusts fear a curbing of
their power at the hands of the repub
lican administration, hence their trans
fer of allegiance, which has been wel
comed by the democratic party. If this
is not a complete reversal of the tradi
tional policy of the democratic party,
what is it? Its policy of vacillation and
expediency does not stand comparison
with the consistent policy of the repub
lican party, made up of the great middle
class of the nation, in whom, on the
last analysis, lies the nation's strength.
As a direct result of the insane cele
bration of the Fourth of July in Omaha
one man has lost his life at the age of
34, owing to the premature discharge of
a 22 blank cartridge that burned the
palm of his right hand and became fatal
through lockjaw. Who is responsible
for the untimely taking off of this man
in the prime of life? The coroner's Jury
will say that he came to his death by
accident The court of public opinion
should say that he came to his death by
the reckless disregard of unwritten laws
that command every community to pro
vide safeguards against Just such deadly
accidents by the suppression of Insane
Fourth of July celebrations.
The report of the Interstate Commerce
commission showing that 0,640 peo
ple were killed and 76,553 were in
jured by railroad accidents In this coun
try last year, proves the necessity for
greater care on the part of railroad man
agers and persons connected with the
operation of trains. America has the
highest percentage of casualties of all
the countries of the earth, and the only
action taken looking to improved condi
tions is the annual comment of the
newspapers following the publication of
the official figures. W hile the laws passed
by congress for" life-saving devices on
cars are in a great measure Ignored by
the railroad companies.
The attempt of the World-Herald to
blackwasb County- Treasurer Fink 'be
cause, in the discharge of his duties as
prescribed by law" and interpreted by
the courts, he has published the delin
quent tax .list in The Bee, is not likely
to reflect on Mr. Fink with the rank and
file of taxpayers, . although his action
was doubtless a- sore disappointment to
the popocratic paper, If anyone is at
fault in the matter it is not Mr. Fink,
but the board of commissioners, who
failed to act within the prescribed time
because they wanted to give the World
Herald a cinch on the Job.
The Board of Fire and Police Com
missioners Is to be commended for its
enforcement of the rule by which intem
perance is made a cause of removal for
any member of the police or fire depart
ment No man is fit to stand guard over
the life and property of this community
who indulges excessively In drink, and
for the same reason no man who goes
on periodic sprees should be retained on
the fire force.
Doesn't Jleed the Money.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Lord Kitchener has mads up his mind
never to marry. In other words, he wishes
American glrla to understand that he
doesn't need the money.
PaaUblas; the Soevealr Fiead.
Brooklyn Eagle.
A costly table In tha Japanese section
at tha St. Louis fair has also been ruined
by vandals, who required pieces of It to
keep as souvenirs. How would It do to
collect tha ears 6f the vandals as sou
venirs of a happily departing species?
Also, One Death.
Minneapolis Journal.
Before the Fourth the Omaha city ooun
ctl decided that It was not right to de
prive tha dealers In fireworks of their
profits. Twenty Omaha people were
maimed on the Fourth, several of them for
life. Tha dealers, however, have a nlo
profit.
The Rasebad Ual Lottery,
Boston Globe.
Uncle Sam's laws against lotteries are
strict, but the Rosebud reservation draw
ing is very like a lottery. There are x.00
quarter sections to be allotted, and of these
it is estimated that 1.600 are valuable. For
tha first number In the drawing there is a
standing offer of $10,000. while the first 100
numbers are estimated to have a cash
value of 15,000. However, the drawing
schema is better than the Oklahoma rush.
Danger la Tea Much Harry.
Washington Post.
It Is charged that while only trained,
high-grade men can operate trains that are
not fully equipped with all the latest Im
provements, tha Installation of these im
provements la often used as an excuse for
employing Inferior men, thus offsetting sny
measure of safety that might have been
added by the Improved equipment. The
public, after all, is to blame. Every man,
of course, regrets the lose of life in rail
way accidents and is ready to censure the
managers for running trains at too high a
rate of speed, but when he starts on a
trip he wants the upeed limit removed. The
nation is In a hurry and the railroad com
pany that proposed to lessen the speed of
trslns for the express purpose of reducing
the chances of accidents would promptly
be ridiculed es an old fogy outfit and its
business would f te lu Oval.
ROVXD ABOUT XEW YORK.
Rleples aa the Carrent af Life la the
Metropolis.
Moralists endeavor to Impress upon man
kind that no good comes from swearing,
but there are exceptions, especially In the
matter of tax values. In Omaha, for In
stance, no material advantage Is gained by
swearing after the schedules are In. The
ebullition is useful only In relieving the
pressure on the hot air tank. New Tork
City presents sn altogether different aspect
to the swearing multitude because swearing
there counts for much. By that method
the assessed valuation of personal properly
shrunk tSS.OOO.OOO this year. Only five New
Yorkers whose personalty assessment was
over $1,000,000 did not have their assess
ments reduced by the swearlng-off process,
They are Andrew Carnegie, whose assess
ment of 15.000.000 is the largest In the list;
Russell Sage, who pays personal tax on
12,000.000 of property; Frederick Vanderbilt.
assessed for $2,000,000; Alice Vanderbilt.
$1,000,000, end W. K. Vanderbilt. $1,000,00),
The largest reduction was the cutting off
of $1,700,000 from the $2,009,000 assessment of
John Jacob Astor. Alfred O. Vanderbllts
assessment was reduced from $l,500,ono to
$250,000. J. P. Morgan's $fi00.0C0 assessment
was reduced to $400,000. The original
secernent on personalty amounted to $4,5JS.
KS4.3M. Almost every one Included In the
list for assesments visited the office of the
tax department during the time allowed
for rectification of the records. The total
of personalty left subje -t to tax after the
swearing off is $626,071.$7i:.
With the steadily Increasing population
of New York there Is a corresponding In
crease in rents. While this would no doubt
go' on under any system based on the pres
ent plan of ground ownership there are
some phases of It which aggravate the situ
ation snd which are bitterly complained
against There- Is a practice popular with
fotelgnera, particularly Italians, of leasing
tenements for three, Ave and ten years. In
this way many future purchasers are
broken In. This leasing process, so popular
In Mulberry and Mott streets, Is not re
garded favorably by philanthropists. -It Is
complained that Inasmuch as few owners
will lease an entire building for much less
than the rentals bring the lessee Is obliged
to grind the tenants In order to recoup
himself. Tenement workers, indeed, have
occasionally met this leasing practice in
ugly form. There are many Italian mer
chants on a large scale who Invest their
earnings In tenements In the Italian quar
ter. A house In the Italian quarter brings
from $20,000 to $30,000, of which the larger
amount usually remains on bond and mort
gage. The humble purchaser always moves
Into the house, acts as Janitor, rent Collec
tor and repair man and pays off a good
part of the mortgage every year, until he
becomes the unencumbered owner.
The German emperor has determined to
confer decorations on those who risked
their lives In saving passengers of the Ill
fated steamboat General Slocum, recently
burned In the river at New York. As the
former ruler of many who Ipst their lives
on the vessel, he has Instructed Consul
General Buenes to procure for him a list
of names of those whose rescues were dis
tinguished by heroism. It was he who first
cabled for a list of the dead, which was
promptly sent. While this list was being
prepared, however, another request was re
ceived for the names of the bravest three
women nurses. This Consul General Bue
nes submitted to Health Commissioner Dar
lington, who is now engaged in the deli
cate task of picking these from among
the many women who did noble service
on that occasion.
The erase for trading stamps that hns
seised the metropolis has, It would seem,
given birth to swindling companies, and the
authorities are being kept busy in Investi
gating complaints. The latest scheme Is
to establish a "cash stamp" corner. The
tradesman buys stamps of the company
In lots of 5,000, at the rate of $4 per thou
sand, and gives them to his customers, one
stamp for every ten-cent purchase. He
signs a contract to redeem the stamps
presented by customers In books of 1,000,
giving goods from his stock to the value
of $2.25. The company agrees to purchase
from the dealer the redeemed stamps, pay
ing him $2.25 a thousand. In cash or credit
If all the stamps Issued were redeemed
the company would make a profit of $1.75
on every thousand, less expense of desk
room, rent and printing.
The plan of the swindlers Is to flood a
district with stamps, take the money of
tradesmen, and perhaps redeem a few lots
of stamps, but when the time comes for
the redemption of any great number of
books the offloe of the concern will be
found vacant and the swindlers missing.
Popular actresses made in the past from
$300 to $1,600 a year on the sale of their
photographs, but now this source of rev
enue Is altogether lost to them.
"I," said a popular actress, "drew from
my photographer, up to ten years ago, a
regular annual Income of t00. I was under
contract to pose only for him; he had the
exclusive sale of my pictures, and on each
picture that he sold he paid me a royalty.
"That Is the way It used to be with all
popular actresses. They signed papers to
the effect that they would pose only for
one photographer, and he signed papers to
the effect that he would pay them a royalty
on each of their pictures that he sold. Thus
they made easily from $5 to $25 a week.
"No such pleasant condition exists to
day. The change Is due to that perfecting
In the half-tone process whereby the maga
stfies, the weeklies and the newspapers can
reproduce photographs beautifully."
When the case of Wlnford Burkhart, a
former soldier In the Philippines, charged
with abandonment by his wife, came up be
fore Judge Hlgglns in Jersey City the
other day and the court was Informed that
Mrs. Burkhart was at the Jersey City hos
pital too 111 to appear at the hearing, he
left the bench and called up the hospital
over the telephone.
"Hello! Is this Mrs. BurkhartT" he
asked, after she had been called to the
'phone.
"Well, this is Judge Hlgglns of the crim
inal court."
"What do you want of me, your honor?"
"I want you to tell me the story of your
husband's Ill-treatment of you," Judge Hlg
glns answered.
"Well, judge, It was like this: He slapped
an army officer in the face over In the
Islands. They sentenced him to five years'
Imprisonment. I went to see President
Roosevelt pleading for my husband's free
dom, and he was released. Then I got him
a Job. And, Judge, soon after that, with
out sny cause,' he deserted me."
"I'm much obliged to you, madam," the
Judge answered, hanging up the phone.
Returning to the court room he said to
Burkhart, who Is 25 years old: "I'll hold
you in $250 bonds, and you must pay your
wife $3 a week." Not being able to furnish
bond, Burkhart went to Jail.
Like the shade of Hamlet's father the
monument to Sunset Cox In Cooper square
continues to move uneasily about through
the lanes and plasas of this neighborhood.
.When one rides downtown on a Madison
avenue ear in the morning he sees the
bronse figure of tha stateman at the front
door of John Wanamaker's shop, and when
ha returns In the evening he finds the
statue communing with Peter Cooper a
block away. There has beei so much of
excavation work in this neighborhood In
the last year that poor old Sunset has
shifted around fifty times. He is the brum
ghost of Ntw York.
DEMOCRACY'S LEADER.
Ixulsvllle Courier Journal (denv): It Is
a good ticket. It Is a strong ticket. It Is
a winning ticket. And it ought to be to
every Intelligent and loyal democrat an
acceptable ticket.
Chicago Tribune (rep.): As a cltlien and
a Jurist, Alton B. Parker has been upright,
clean-minded and honorable. The demo
cratic party has done well In presenting
to the country a candidate of such personal
rectitude.
Philadelphia Record Idem ): After eight
years of political nightmare the democratic
party has shaken off Its delusions, recov
ered possession of itself and of Its faculties
and resumed Its historical place as the
conservator and defender of the rights and
Interests of the common people.
Chicago Post (rep.): The party Is to be
congratulated on its choice. It has se
lected a strong man, a man of unusual In
tellectual force and sterling charatcer, a
type of our best clUsenship. Judge Parker
Is a fit leader, and, although he has de
voted himself sealously to his profession,
he Is no novice in politics, snd for years
has been a recognised power In democratic
councils.
Pittsburg Dispatch lnd.): The moat hit
ter partisan will concede to Judge Parker
with gladness the high personal character
which Is essential to an ssplrant to this
most exalted office of all known on earth
As to his qualifications as a statesman the
people must await the deevlopments of the
campaign to discover, and as to his fitness
for the great position for which his grooms
men have nominated him doubtless the
world will never know more than now.
Springfield Republican (ind.): In personal
Intercourse, Judge Parker, according to all
accounts. Is a kindly, tactful man and well
adapted to-dealing with all sorts of men.
Not the least valuable characteristic of the
man as the democratic candidate, more
over. Is that in personality. Judicial type
of mind and steady, well-poised intellectual
processes, he stands as the antithesis of
his formidable opponent. All this can now
fairly be said of Judge Parker, whose char
acter and policies will become more and
more defined as the weeks pass by.
POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS.
New1 York Sun: A sunrise nomination,
but a sunset platform!
New York Tribune: Where are those
perspicacious romancers who have been
telling us about the "pathetic" figure cut
by William J. Bryan In the St. Ixmls con
vention?
Chicago Post: Esopus sends out a seem
lngly convincing campaign cry. Parker has
passed the parish church plate for fifteen
years, and neither Parker nor the plate has
been found wanting.
Philadelphia Press: Judge Parker's
mother is reported to have said that she
attributes his success In good part to a
generous application of the rod In his
youth. Other mothers will please take
notice.
New York World: Fancy William Jen
nings Brysn st the head of a two-thirds
majority surrendering unconditionally to
the minority on the vital plank of the plat
form! Bryan may be a demagogue, but he
Is not a coward.
Cleveland Leader: How that middle name
of Hon. Henry Gassaway Davis would have
fitted some politicians! Only In the sense
that money talks, however, can that amus
ing middle name be said to be appropriate.
Davis was never guilty of much speech
making. Springfield Republican: David B. Hill Is
not reputed to be an emotional man, yet
after the nomination of Parker had been
made he Is reported to have "laughed and
cried alternately." It will, perhaps, be In
teresting to observe what he does last of
all, when this campaign Is over.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: A man in his
81st year occupies second place . with
Parker. Should he succeed to the presi
dency he would not last long. In case of
his death or disability the secretary of
state would become president. Is Hill slated
for Parker's secretary of state?
Portland Oregonlan: The picture of
Richmond Pearson Hobson delivering an
Impassioned harangue before the demo
cratic convention and the picture of Rich
mond Pearson Hobson on the deck of the
Menimao before Santiago show what a
vast descent there is from the ideal to the
real.
PERSONAL NOTES.
The youngest member of the democratic
national committee Is R. A. Billups of
Oklahoma. He is only 24 years old.
Senator T. C. Piatt has purchased Villa
Eden at Highland Mills, N. Y., to please
his wife, who says she Is tired of "living
around In hotels."
Judge Parker's mother says she used to
whip him frequently. He will realise the
utter triviality of that kind of whipping
after November 8.
Washington A. Roebltng of Trenton has
given $10,000 to the fund to establish new
buildings for the Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute of Troy, N. Y., destroyed by fire
recently.
A foreign observer, after a trip in this
country, wrote a magaslne article In which
he declares that Americans sre totally
without grace and asks: "How could we
expect to find grace In a country where the
men chew tobacco and the women gum?"
David Rankin of Tarkio, Missouri's
farmer king, was given a handsome leather
couch by some of his employes on his
seventy-ninth blrthdsy, which arrived last
week. "Boys," said the vigorous old man,
"I've got a lot of these things in the
house, but I never have time to use them."
AS LONG AS THEY LAST
' $15.00
Regular Price $20.00 to $30-00.
Every Business Suit goes for $15.00
Every Outing Suit-goes for $1.00
Every Rain Coat, Ladies or Mens 3 31 off
Every Straw Hat ....2? Per Cent Off
Every Pair Odd Trousers 33i off
This Sale for Cash Only,
This is our regular stock and there U ABSOLUTELY
no reservation on the articles advertised. ,
Fantam Street
KOW FOR CAMPAIO FrDGE.
Enltahtenfna- tha Peaale aa the Aetlr.
Itles af Oreataeaa.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
As the crisis approaches, mors of th
habits and customs of the Dweller at
Esopus are revealed. Every day humsi
traits are shown. The simple II f Is opene
to view through the special correspondent
snd the photographer.
On Wednesday morning Judge Parkei
took a swim before the camera an
Wednesday afternoon, with the aaelstanrt
of two hlrrd men and two grandchildren
he drov Mary Jane, the white lamb will
two Mack legs, out of the public rivei
road back into the Parker grounds. Ot
Wednesday evening he sat on the porcl
and rested.
The world knows that these things hap
pened at Esopus on Wednesday. A weel
ngo It would not have cared a rap ahou:
them. But fame and the special corre
spondent have seised upon Judge rarkcr an
his Jeffersonlan simplicity, and the dem
ocratlc candidate finds himself In the po
sltlon of the famous cltlien of Oyster Bay
Their esses. Indeed, are parallel snd an
sure to give rise to a campaign of per
sonai Information that will be more ex
citing than any campaign of persona) or
atory possibly could be. May we not ex
pect something like this:
Thn president cot JUdre P a rker'i
up with an appetite breakfast conslstec
this mrtmlng and ate of muffins, two eggi
heartily of bacon and
esRs, of which he
rrom tne pet nen o1
on of his grand
whs always fond dur
ing his ranch life In
children, and adlst
of blackberries. Th
distinguished Juris'
prefers his eggs don
on both sides. Hi
often calls for a sec
ond dish of berries
the west. A Rocky
rora cantaloupe and
a glnss of milk fol
lowed. Or this:
The president spent Judge Parker spill
the morning punch- ha'f a cord of wood
lng the bag in his sfter he had taken
gymnasium and box- his morning swim
lng with the chll- today. Although he
dren. Revolver prac- says nothing and will
tlce in the afternoon have nothing to sav
showed that Mr. .until notified of his
Roosevelt was as nomination, around
skillful as ever In Kttopus It Is gener
hitting the bullae e.jally known thai
lJudge Parker hut
Iflxed Ideas on th
jsubject of splitting
(wood as an exer
iclse. Or this:
When the presl-. Judge Parker has
dent had finished his given up coffee on
breakfast of cold the advice of hit
sliced tuun, fouriphyslelan. Weeds In
eggs, and a newithe potato patch
breakfast food this claimed his attention,
morning, he or
ganl ltd Archie,
Quentln, and Theo
dore, Jr.. Into a lawn
and with his two
grandchildren ht
spent a busy morn
ing, judge iMrkei
mowing party, and had
.Ittie to say to
before noon the lawn the
correspondents
at Oyster Bay waslwho - were looklna
looking spick and over the fenoe, and
span. The lawn wiii'when asked what be
bo mowed every thought ot the action
Thursday after this, at St. Louis lntl
In the afternoon the mated that he would
president took a await the notifies
horseback ride. Ition committee.
Breakfasts, luncheons, dinners, and tha
physical exercises of presidential candi
dates are not the only things that It Is
the duty of the special correspondent to
tell about, however. Even tha animals at
Esopus and Oyster Bay take on a national
Interest at this time, snd we nay .expect
to real .that:
TjAltm Mirii A lLTr Jim Ik
fancy bred hen thatjwhlte lamb with the
was given tne presi- diock less, sot into
dent by a neighbor, more trouble this
has been laying blue afternoon when she
eggs. This freak ofls'.lpped down the
Helen Maria's was cliff near the river
unaccounted for un-jand was found hang
til yesterday, wheivlng by the rope that
one of the Roosevelt had attached her to
children was deteoted'her stake. Judge
coming rrom the Parker, ills grand
hennery with a mis- children, two hired
cnievous smiie. a men. and a corns or
brush and a cup oficorrespondents res
dye, cued Mary Jane Just
in time to prevent
strangulation.
For we are, after all, a human interest
people, and whatever cdncerns our presi
dential candidates and their dally life Is
sure to lure the public to read the fudge
pages of the great American newspapers.
LAUGHING LINES.
"They say the stork has no voice."
"It doesn t need any. It has a loud-voiced
proxy in
nearly every family. "Chicago
Tribune,
"Runnybout has a beautiful automobile
suit and hat, but no auto."
"No, he is having the machine enameled
to match the clothes." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
"United we stand!" thundered the demo
cratic orator In the convention.
"Oh, I don't know," interrupted an ob
servant brother, "It seems to me that di
vided we stand." Cleveland Leader.
"Why Is gunpowder like baking powder?"
"31ve it up."
"They are both used In making crackers."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Mistress We shall shut up ths house for
a few days, Norab. Ws are going to Devil's
lake.
Norah (crossing herself) The saints pre
ss rve us! Chicago Tribune.
HOT TIMES IN GEORGIA.
Atlanta Constitution.
Hot times, believers I Dey got ms oa ds
run;
But de watermllllon's yander, with his
ripe side ter de sun;
En de peach Is rosy red
Not too high up overhead.
En in spite er all de weather I'm a-havin'
er my funl
Though de white man got me gwlne fum
de breakln' er de day.
En de mule Is In de furrer, en s-leadln'
er de way.
Though de furrer's mighty long.
Still I'm slngln' er s song,
En sometimes I sits as happy as s mockln'
bird in Mayl
But I thump de watermllllon, whar he
klvertn' de groun".
En I knows, de way he answers, dat his
health Is good en soun'!
Though de weather make me run,
Oh. fm havtn' er my fun.
En Georgy Is de Promts' Lan'ao, shake
de peaches down I
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