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THE OMAHA . DAILY DEE: THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1004.
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Notary Public.
The campaign for better streets la an
all summer campaign.
Although a trifle disfigured by recent
vents, the Jackaonian kitty Is still able
to ratiTy.
Boston ia showing undue excitement .
the bean market la not directly affected
by, the strike. '
Boris Sarafoflt, 111 hare to get busy
In a hurry U .ho ,4s. to beat 'the record
.made by Balaoull this year.
Omaha la promised a horsel show this,
Call. Society damea and their - dress
makers will take due notice.1 .'. ' 1
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The man who has found the bacillus
of leprosy will exalt himself still ' Curj
ther If he will now' flnd.Vomethlng that.
will kill it
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The meat packers' strike does not fall
en democrat and republican with equal
weight, 'for mostrbf the 'democrats are
atMjr.rtopyway
By corerlng his maroiage lneeerecy
for three years, Senator Clark of Mon
tana proves that Judge , Parker la. not
the only democratic statesman who can
keep his mouth,1 ahul
From now" on' llntA "his term expires
Treasurer Fink, will never be able to do
anything right in the eyes of the World
Herald. Gtvlni that tsx sale notice to
The Bee was, an unpardonable sin.
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Thev editor of the Chicago Chronicle
evidently took one look at the St Louis
platform, saw Bryan standing on it and
immediately . decided that so frail a
structure ouWl not hold both of them.
bow
Emperor William can wish an.
eees to Russian arms is hard to under
stand; when .It Is known that the Japa
nese army Is organised upon the Ger
man teystenv even" down to the goose
step., '
Commissioner iGonnolly has decided to
contest the position of water commis
sioner with, the "water-logged statesman
at the. polls, and , there is liable to be
much fun for the boys and death to the
frogs, . )??
Bovw-al outside manufacturing and
Jobbing establishments are said to be
look'lng this way with a view to' fixing
on pmaha for new locations. If they
wilt look carefully, we are sure It will
look good to them,
it ayrr " '.
If . the Interstate Commerce commis
sion '.decide the .-coal .carrying roads
case in time, it may furnish some cam
paign literature which will be any
thing but pleasant- for the democratic
vice presidential candidate. ,
The first thing out of the box. as a
consequence of the strike of the packing
bouse employes Is an advauce of 2 cents
& pound In the price 'of meat. Luckily
spring chlckeus ara ripe and fishing la
lawful In the 'sunimer time.'
In the superheated season, an advance
In the price of. meat may be conducive
to public "health, but on broad gauge
principles the' consumers of meat will
not see the Justice of being compelled
to contribute to the cost of the strike In
advance.
It has not; yet been explained why
the Nebraska, .delegation at St Louis
should have cast four votes for Senator
t'ockrell, who 'fought to destroy the
union, and ouly one vote for General
Miles, whose life haa been devoted to
the defense of the flag.
The State" Board of Educational Fund
Investment haa purchased another
block of Douglas county bonds from a
firm of private brokers and the ques
tion naturally arlaea why the county
should sell ita bonds through brokers
instead of directly to the state and save
the coiamlwlwa.
" BRTAlf SUPPORTS THE TICKET.
The announcement of W. J. Bryan
that he shall vote for Tarker and Davis
will cause no general surprise. After
his fierce attacks on Parker before and
In the St Louis convention it was to be
expected that he . would endeavor to
square himself and keep within the
party pale, however strong the strain
upon his conscience. Mr. Bryan admits
that the "triumph of the-Wall street ele
ment of the party denies to the country
any hope of relief on economic ques
tions" and also that the anti trust plank
of the platform was virtually nullified
by the nomination, yet he finds that the
candidate stands for enough things that
are good to Justify Mr. Bryan voting for
him.
The four reasons given by Mr. Bryan
for supporting the ticket Invite com
ment. The first Is that it stands for op
position to imperialism. The democratic
party and Mr. Bryan himself, are
largely responsible for- what be terms
Imperialism. Democratic senators conld
have defeated the treaty that gave the
Philippines to the United States, but
under the Influence of" Mr. Bryan voted
for its ratification. There Is nothing
imperialistic in the policy of the United
States toward the insular possessions,
which are being governed in accordance
with the principles of republican insti
tutions and the people so instructed as
to make them In time capable of self
government The St Louis platform
favors the preservation of Xhe open door
fof the world's commerce in the Orient.
Retention of American control In the
Philippines Js essential ,ta this. The
voice and influence of the United States
in favor of the open door were little
heeded before our possession of tho
Philippines.
There Is no Justification for the state
ment that Mr. Roosevelt is: injecting the
race isene into American politics. That
has been done by the democrats of the
south, through their dhif rancbislng legis
lation, some of it enacted and enforced
years before Roosevelt became president.
All that he has done Is to recognise the
rights of the colored man under the fed
eral constitution and laws, while the re
publican party has simply urged that
states which deny these rights should
have their . representation In congress
and the electoral colleges reduced,' as
contemplated by the constitution. . .?
Equally unjustifiable Is the assertion
that "Mr. Roosevelt stands for the spirit
of war." ' There is not a single fact In
hla record as president to warrant'such
a statement , On the contrary Theodore
Roosevelt la ' a man of peace, as' his
many public utterances convincingly
and conclusively show. But when
American rights or interests are men
aced or "assailed! Mr. Roosevelt does not
hesitate to exercise the authority given
him by the constitution and the laws for
the protection of the nation's rights and
.interests. That he does this with. vigor
and firmness shopld commend him to aU
Americans who desire for their country
the respect of the. world.' '' ' -
As to reducing the army, as demanded
by thej, democratic , ..pjafojrm, -.-how. Jf ar
would ifeat ipsirij ?earry ' reducttoht A-'
cording to the last report of the secre
tary of war, the actus I strength of the
regular army on October 15, 1803, was
3,681 officers and 65,500 enlisted ;aen.
a, total of 59.1S1. Of these -843 offi
cers and 14,667 enlisted' men were in
the Philippines. Wllf any rational man
say that this is too large a regular mili
tary force for a country with about
80,000,000 population besides Insular pos
sessions? During the year preceding this
report the army was reduced nearly
12,000 and brought down to the mini
mum authorized by law. The repub
lican administration has done what was
required of It In this respect.
Mr. Bryan's reasons for supporting a
ticket which he admits is opposed to'
much that he stands for and regards as'
vital are so inadequate that they are not ;
likely to pxert much influence, but doubt
less his adhesion will be welcomed by
the men whom he has Tevlled and who
have held him In equal detestation.
NOT SO "MANLY" AFTER ALL,
An effort is being made to Impress the
public with the "manliness" of. the
course pursued by Judge Parker In pro
curing the nomination for the presidency
on the democratic ticket He Is being
extolled for example for being manly
enough to notify the convention before
it had adjourned that he proposed to
read into the platform a declaration In
favor of tho maintenance of the gold
standard. Mr. Bryan punctured this
pretty effectively on the spot when be
declared that while be regarded It as
manly in Judge Parker thus to give no
tice to the convention,' It would 'have
been manlier In him to have made his
declaration before . he was nominated.
and still manlier to have told bow be
stood on the money question before the
delegates to the convention had been
elected so that the rank and file of the
party who sent them there might have
acted with their eyes open. Mr. Bryan
really 'was only saying in polite terms
that he did not regard Judge Parker's
action aa In the least degree manly, but
that on the contrary It. was taking a
mean advantage of the party by putting
it in a quandary which a prompt and un
equivocal answer to the oft fired ques
tions would have obviated. (
Another claim to "manliness", urged
for Judge Parker rests upon his alleged
loyalty to the ticket In 1896 and In 1900
when although decidedly at variance
with the Bryan doctrine of 18 to 1 he
still voted for Bryan as the embodiment
of the free coinage fallacy. But waa It
really manly to have voted against bis
convictions r The money question In
1803 was the paramount issue and the
Issue upon which the voters were ex
pected to divide. Mr. Bryan In the St
Louts convention also said that he ad
mired the man who placed duty to coun
try before duty to party and voted
against his party candidates when con
sclentlouitly convinced that their election
.would be Inimical to the welfare of the
republic, which was as much as to say
that he did not admire the man who
subordinated duty to country to party
affiliations and stifled his conscience to
save bis party regularity. It Is safe to
say that had Judge Tarker been nomi
nated on a gold standard platform In
189 Mr. .Bryan would not have stulti
fied himself by voting for him.
When It comes to a question of "man
liness" then tn the case of Judge Parker
there Is much room for considerable
argument.
A LITTLE MORE LIGHT.
OMAHA, July 13. 1904.-TO the Editor of
Tne Bee: Your comment on Blackburn's
proposition for Joint primaries doubtless
voices the sentiment of the- leaders of the
machine faction, but I can't conceive why
you Interpose any objections to carrying
out the Jefferla primary election rules
adopted by the county convention last fall.
It looks to me as If the leaders of the
machine faction wanted to dictate the can
didate for congress and control what fed
eral patronage would be at the disposal
of the congressman from this district.
Give ua dark lantern fellows a little
more light on this subject so we may
know Just where we ara t
INQUISITIVE ANTI.
There are none so blind ss those who
will not see. All the light The Bee can
shed on the Blackburn proposition, were
It as bright as the noonday sun, may
fall to convince "Inquisitive antts" that
the proposition Is fundamentally wrong.
It Is wrong because it attempts to over
ride all precedent by arrogating to the
congressional committee of this district
powers which never have been con
ferred upon congressional committees id
this or any other district in the United
States. It Is wrong also because It dis
criminates against the republicans of
Douglas county and seeks to reflect upon
the Integrity of the .committee of this
county. ,
There Is no disposition, so far as we
know, on the part of the dominant ma
jority of the county committee to abro
gate the Jefferis primary election rules,
although It may become necessary to
modify them in ome unimportant .par
ticulars to meet existing conditions. The
Blackburn proposition contemplates the
abrogation of the Jefferis rules in their
most vital essence, namely, the selec
tion of congressional candidates by the
rank and file. '
Under the Blackburn scheme the dele
gates are given the privilege of barter
and trade in the convention, unless one
candidate has succeeded in electing a
sufficient number o delegates to give
him a majority over all.' The manifest
design of the scheme Is not merely to
allow Blackburn and his congressional
committee to foist upon the party a
candidate of their choice, but also to
compel that candidate to assume obliga
tions to members of that commltteo
who want to continue at the federal pie
couuter for an interminable period.
It Is plain to all who can read be
tween the lines that 1 the Blackburn
proposition la so framed up as to make
it well Jlgh. Impossible' for; a Douglas
ouoty candidate to secure a nomina
tion., without the aid and) consent of the
postmaster at Gretna and the postmas
ter at Blalf. . Now, the present Incum
bents of those offices may be eminently
qualified,1 meritorious snd popular; there
may not b another man in Gretna fit
to fill the office but Mr. Raker, and
there may not be a man In Blair fit to
fill that offtce except Wee. Cooke, but It
seems to vm not unreasonable that re
publican patrons of the postofflces In
those towns should have something to
say. ,
The Intimation that the leaders of the
machine faction want to dictate the
candidate for congress and control the
federal patronage of this district Is as
absurd as it is baseless. The machine
has no candidate for congress.' Having'
no candidate of their own the leaders
of the machine faction, so-called, are
willing to let the antls fight It out among
themselves. They do not, however, pro
pose to play eatspaw for Mr. Blackburn.
They recognise the right of the congres
sional committee to. call a convention
to &x the number of delegates to which
each county shall be entitled, and to
lbsue a requisition to the respective
committees In the district to provide for
the election of the dclegatea under such
rules as each of the respective county
committees may see fit to adopt.
' There is the matter In a nutshell. If
any more light Is wanted on the sub
ject The Bee will cheerfully furnish It
THE TIOHTINQ AT PORT ARTHUR,
The reports of the fighting at and
around Port, Arthur are somewhat con
flicting aa to details, but they leave no
doubt that It ia persistent and sanguin
ary and marked on both sides by re
markable bravery and fortitude. At
this writing the reported heavy losses of
the Japanese, due chiefly to the explo
sion of mines with which the approaches
to the besieged port sre thickly sown,
has not been confirmed, but such a loss
cannot be thought impossible, although
It is to be supposed that the Japanese
are not unaware of the fact that mines
have been laid aa thickly as possible for
their destruction. It seems evident how
ever, that such knowledge does not in
the leaat deter 'them when they sre
ready to strike. They go to the duty
assigned them with a light-hearted In
difference to consequences that has sur
prised the world, yet which Is entirely
consistent with their Ideaa of life and
death and. that sentiment of patriotism
that ia peculiar to them.
The Japanese seem not to be affected
by climatic conditions. The coming on
of the rainy season retarded but little
their military operationa and they keep
these up under the intense beat which
now prevails. ' The Russian troops also
ahow great fortitude and endurance, but
tbey seem to be more liable "to disease
than the sturdy little brown men, doubt
less due to the wide difference In their
methods of living. The war haa not yet
reached Ita gravest phase, In the matter
of destruction of life, but undoubtedly
the losses on both sides have been much
larger than the reports Indicate, neither
side making accurate public statements
of the casualties In battle. The end of
the determined conflict cannot yet be
foreseen.
THE KAISKR S GOOD WISHES.
Emperor Willis m of Germany Is hon
orary colonel-ln-chlef of a Russian In
fantry regiment and on learning that It
was soon to depart for the far east the
kaiser sent s message congratulating the
regiment upon the prospect of meeting
the enemy and expressing his good
wishes. Ir. seems s proper enough thing
for him to have done under the circum
stances a simple act of courtesy to a
command with which he Is Identified In
an honorary way. but the matter ap
pears to be regarded as especially sig
nificant in some quarters and was the
source of much comment In European
diplomatic circles. It Is said to have
been accepted by some as Implying the
wish of Emperor William for Russian
victory and the prediction Is made that
Japan will resent the dispatch and pro
test against Germany's attitude.
The incident suggests how sensitive
Europe is regarding even the slightest
circumstance bearing however Indirectly
or remotely upon the relations of the
powers to. the far eastern conflict. It
shows how easy It would be, through
some simple breach of neutrality, to pre
cipitate complications that n?lght be
come world-wide In their scope. So far
as Emperor William Is concerned, he
doubtless did not intend that his mes
sage should have any such interpreta
tlon aa bas .been given it yet It Is not
unlikely that his sympathy Is with
Russia. The Germans take a good deal
of stock In the "yellow peril" Idea and
it Is quite probable that the emperor
shares it with them.
In rejecting the proposition made by
the managers of the packing bouses to
submit the differences between them
selves and their employes to arbitration
the leaders of the meat packers' unions
have made a very serious mistake. No
strike bas any chances of success un
less It Is backed by public sentiment,
and public sentiment In this country Is
overwhelmingly n favor of the peaceful
settlement' of labor troubles by arbltra
tlon. The only opponents to arbitration
are the extremists on both sides the
men who want to stamp out labor
unions and the labor leaders who want
to dictate terms, whether reasonable or
unreasonable, right or wrong. To be
sure, there are some vital matters that
cannot be arbitrated, but that fact does
not necessarily constitute a bar to an
amicable settlement of difference that
can be arbitrated. For the present at
least, the packing' house owners who
proposed a settlement with " their em
ployes by arbitration have the best of
It with the disinterested, unprejudiced
public, and they will gain strength un
less the labor leaders shall adopt a
course of wisdom and prudence.
'.The Rosebud 'eservirtlon opening has
produced one 'result which was to have
been ..expected, tEach town , In which
registration books are open Is firmly
convinced that It Is the only place where
the work can be done properly, and that
each of the. ether towns) is filled with
people there only, for the purpose of
robbing the tnndcent land-seeker.
', Business conditions of the last twelve
months have shown that the business
Interests are- less dependent upon Wall
street speculators than they ever were
before, and It remains to be seen If
those speculators, with a candidate of
their own choosing, can exert more In
fluence in the pofltlcal field than in the
business world, . . ..
-The Gretna Breeze haa discovered "a
splendid record"' made in congress by
the democratic representative from this
district, as evidenced by much news
paper mention. - It isn't in It however,
with the record he made at St. Louis
as head distributer of convention press
tickets, evidenced by much newspaper
men's kicking.
Some of the anti-Parker literature pre
pared by democrats and distributed
among fellow democrats at the St Louis
convention will be - highly Interesting
as the national campaign progresses.
Republicans could hardly say anything
worse about the democratic nominee
than bas already been said about blm
by democrats.
' As a general thing all strikes start
out peacefully and with the very best
Intentions for the maintenance of law
and order, but as time goes on Irritation
is followed by exasperation and exasper
ation by violence. The only assurance
of a peaceful ending of a strike Is speedy
arbitration. , '
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Objeetloa Saataf aed.
Washington Post.
The savage Igorrotea at 6t. Louis protest
Vigorously against the order requiring them
to wear clothe. Tbey can And .nothing In
tne supreme court decisions to Indicate that
panta follow the flag. '
' Silence) Xenraiere.
Springfield Republican.
It ought to be safe to say that never
again in American politics will th attempt
be made to force a el lent and unknowable
candidate for the presidency upon a na
tional party convention.
Otre Ik Mall Clrras a Ikew.
Minneapolis Journal.
Tht railway mall clerka demand stronger
mall cars and claim that twenty-two of
their number were killed last year In rail
road accidents. Th average mall car in a
smash-up la Ilk a strawberry box between
two flatirona. The mall clerks are entitled
to better protection, whll at their work.
Crasaa Aaalast Easy Divorcee.
Springfield Republican.
What particularly Justine th crusade
agalnat easy divorce la such an Item of
news aa this from Illinois which tells of
the marriage for the (hlrd tlm of a couple
still under SO years of age, tbey having
been twire divorced. Similar cases are
frequently reported, especially In th west
Th trouble here ia lees from las divorce
laws than from th easy and careless con
duct of th divorce courts In applying th
lawa. Th public sanation of th matter
should at leaat have the efTert f waking
th Judiciary up to a stricter observance of
Ita duties In passing upon case of divorce.
BITS OP WASHINGTON LUTE.
atla Sceaea a ad Iacl4a keteked
a tk Spot.
A medal of honor awarded John Hayes,
a cockswain on th Kearsarge, tor dls
tlngulshed bravery in th battle with the
Alabama, at Cherbourg, June It, 18M, has
beat lying In the Navy department archives
for nearly forty years. It has Just-been
sent to him. Hayee now Is living at Mus
cda, Oraat county, Wisconsin, and la 71
year old. In a letter received at the Navy
department he says he bas Just learned
about th medal which was awarded De
cember a, last. He writes:
"That medal is mine and I want It. I am
too old to work, and I am receiving a pen
sion of tU a month."
He inclosed his enlistment and discharge
papers, signed by Rear Admiral Belknap
and Rear Admiral Winslow. Admiral
Belknap waa th father of Lteutaaant
Belknap and Admiral Winslow an uncle
of Commander Winslow, who have ad
Joining desk in the bureau of navigation.
They found the medal corroded and with
th ribbon almost rotted away. They sent
Hayes the medal and notified him that he
is entitled to $100, which will be sent him
on application.
Shortly after Issuing an order that all
tobacco must be kept in the original boxes
until sold John W. Terkes, commissioner
of Internal revenue, went Into a cigar store
In Washington and asked for a piece of
his favorite plug. Like many Kentuckiaus
Mr. Yerkea is fond of a chew at times
The salesman handed out what waa or
dered, but when the commissioner tried to
cut the stuff It crumbled Into dust almost,
"Yes, It is pretty dry," said the man be
hind th counter, "but w can't help It.
We used to be able to take a few pieces
out and keep them in a moistening box, but
some darned fool up in the Internal reve
nua office decided that that was Illegal
and we can't do It any more. Beats all
what Idiots get appointed to office." "Well,
that certainly was a fool ruling," replied
Mr. Terkea meekly, and he slipped away
with his brittle piece of plug tobacco.
A statement attributed to th director of
th mint, Qeorg T. Roberta, to th effect
that "ther will never be another silver del
lar coined In this country," has caused un
usual Interest In the financial world, and
th Intel view sent out from Portland, Ore.,
Is given prominence In financial Journals.
The clrector of the mint ia In Alaska, but
ir.4Ulry among his associates shows that
thoy are rather skeptical as to his having
made such a sweeping statement. One of
th officials said: "It Is undeniably a fact
that the supply of silver bullion that was
purchased under the Sherman law Is ex
hausted and there Is no present prospect
of any more new silver dollars being turned
out by the government Indeed, this possi
bility would seem to depend only on th
election of a 16 to 1 congress. Altogether
th bullion purchased under the Sherman
law amounted to 168,000,000 ounces, or 1220,
000,000. Of this all has been used up except
90,000,000 ounces of bullion, which is being
held for subsidiary coin."
Within the next two weeks It is expected
that worV on the foundation of the new
national museum, which Is to be one of the
finest buildings .n the world, will begin.
The building Is to be erected In the Smith
sonian grounds, lust off B street 'and fac
ing the Smithsonian park. It will cover a
sit 6S1 feet and over 300 feet wide. When
th museum Is completed It will be as long
aa the Washington monument Is high, lack
ing two feet. It will contain ten acres of
floor space. Through th center there will
be a hall fifty feet wide. Two entire floors
will be devoted' to the exhibits and th
basement and upper floor will be, used aa
workrooms. In addition to th workroom
on th basement floor there will be a tin
lecture hall, while on the top floor offloe
rooms for various officials of the Institution
will be placed. The new museum will be
built of granite, and It is raid that It will
require four years to complete th building.
It will cost $3,600,000. In order not to block
Other buildings In the Mall, th new mu
seum will face south, where an Imposing
entrance will be erected. That the approach
from th city may not be less attractive,
th plana have been so arranged that there
will be practically two main entrances, al
though the on on the north will lead Into
a rotunda. In. this rotunda It Is purposed
to place works of art and architecture, that
th visitor may be immediately attracted.
Allison W. Tourgee, United States consul
at Bordeaux, France, reports to the De
partment of Commerce and . Labor that
California prunes are imported to Bor
deaux and ther repacked and re-exported
In large quantities to th United Statea,
where they compete successfully with the
Amertcanefrult which has not Incurred th
coat of a doubt exportation. Says Consul
Tourgee:
"Last year ther were almost no prunes
raised In thia region, probably not one-
twentieth of a normal crop, The deficit
was supplied by the Importation of prunes
grown in California and Oregon. This fact
I know from having been required to make
Inspection of the condition of such Im
portations and afterwards to take testi
mony In litigation resulting from contro
versies over the quality and salable char
acter of such prunes.
"Though the prune crop of this region
wss so small aa to be almost a negligible
quantity In the markets of the world, not
enough, In fact, to supply th home de
mand, the export of French prunes waa
not materially lessened. A considerable
portion of this exportation was to the
United States, amounting to 86,000 francs
(118.S36) In the last six months. I have
been unable to get any Information that
any were shipped as "California prunes."
None passing through this consulate were
Invoiced as such. French prunes are
shipped In much smaller boxes than the
California product and are so different In
appearance that It would be abaurd for a
Bordeaux merchant to send them out to
fill his order without repacking and re
working. Th chief difference between California
prune and French prune as they com
from the growers' hands Is that th latter
are 'cooked.' I have seen a few ship
ments of California prunes which seemed
to have undergone some sort of process to
assimilate th appearance of th French
prune. I do not know what It waa, but
official experts her concluded that th
same had been steamed and some viscid
substance, like glycerine, used to give th
peculiar glistening appearance of the best
French product."
Hatloaal Caavat!aas ar Moist
New York Herald.
Th disorder that has occurred In th
gigantic barn at St. Louis, with Its 10.000
spectators, shows the need of a radical re
form In the character of the national con
ventions of both the great political parties.
Our (special dispatches note that when th
platform was presented last night th
vole of th reader could not be heard
mor than ten feet away. As It was
adopted without discussion, most of th
delegates must hav either voted blindly
or depended upon the newspapers for their
knowledge of Ita rharaoter. In that vast
structure and In presenc of th gigantic
and excitable mob that packed the gal
leries anything In th nature of serious de
liberation or debat would b Impossible.
Hence th platform, th declaration of
policy on which a great party asks to be
Intrusted with the government of the na
tion la frans nci by (he thousand dele
gates, but by the flfif' member of th
committee.
POLsTICAL SNAPSHOTS.
Chicago News: Graver Cleveland's Joy at
th Parker telegram may be Inferred from
th fact that he stopped In th mlddl of
his Ashing to send a message of congratu
lation.
St Louis Republic: Senator Davis Is a
hale man of in heart In physical
strength and activity, in appearance and
manner. H Is at years old only In ex
perience and wisdom.
Chicago Post: Candidate Parker has re
eelved a bishop's blessing on his campaign.
Candidate Rooaevelt will not lose heart
the Dutch Reformed church takes no stock
In an "historic episcopate."
Kansas City Star: John T. Davis, son of
Henry O. Davis, the democratic vice prert
dentlal candidate, regret that hla father
accepted th nomination. It would be In
tereatlng to know how the other heirs feel
about It.
St Louis Globe-Democrat: The demO'
cratlo platform on the subject of plutocracy
is Illustrated by a vie presidential oandl
date with 110,000,000 and over 80 years old.
Perhaps he ia expected to leave his money
to the party.
Louisville Courier-Journal: Elect the
ticket T What makes you think we won't
elect the ticket TWhy, you haven't th sense
of a last year's snow-bird! Oo chase your
self around the corner and look Into the
horse-pond, and you will see th face of a
Jackass! Or, If you Ilk that better, Jump
on behind. 1
New York Tribune: "We therefor de
precat and condemn the Bourbonlike,
selfish and narrow spirit of th recent
republican convention at Chicago," sot
emnly avers the democratic platform. Such
a statement from a convention of Bour
bona la enough to m&k even the demo
cratlc donkey hee-haw.
FAT ARMY OFFICERS.
Corpnlcacy Frowned t'poa Among
Moanted Warriors,
Philadelphia Record.
At West Point It has been decided that
no fat cadet may go Into th cavalry, be
cause he must lack the agility of th
Ideal horseman and must prove a burdsn
to his steed. "Excessive weight," says
General Burton (Inspector), "Is ruinous
to a horse. Is cumbersome to a rider and
weakens the endurance of the Indi
vidual." It Is obviously absurd to compel th
fat man to walk with the Infantry when
It Is admitted that his hulk wears out a
horse and diminishes his own strength.
If he cannot ride to advantage, how can
ha be expected to foot It along with hla
slim and agile troops 7 There Is a mis
take here,, because there Is reason to be
lieve In this superiority of the fat man on
many accounts. We call to mind our old
friend Jack Falstaff, for Instance. In
Chicago teachers are engaged for the
publlo schools by weight the more a
teacher weighs, the better his or her
chances of appointment. It Is the opinion
of the school board that efficiency tn
teaching depends largely upon avoirdupois,
and that an applicant who falls below a
certain standard must be rejected. It
Is possible that In robbing the cavalry
of Its fat men the government Is depriv
ing that arm of Its most Important qual
ity that of solidity and weight, before
which a hollow square of Infantry must
give way.
Anyhow, It will never do to determine
the choice of men for any service by
weight, if Is a perjudice that fat men
are not quick and quiet of movement. The
elephant is perhaps not the most graceful
of animals, but It Is the most deft light
of foot and enduring, as well as the moat
Intelligent.
CHAPfCIC . .AMD THELAJD, . ;
Rales of th. Game la Progress at
. Bonesteel. '
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Th land opened to settlement tn South
Dakota yesterday offers many who have
waited on the border of the Rosebud reser
vation their long promised reward, and the
Indian gives way to th horn maker.
Under the allotment plan at Bonesteel
the pioneers of the settlement movement,
men who have been encamped for months.
and even years, In anticipation of the open
ing, and who. In fact made th opening
possible, shared yesterday only th same
chance as th newcomer. The days of the
race for th land have passed. Where
the swiftest horse, formerly bore its rider
to the choicest acres, chance is now the
determining factor. AU men are equal
before it. The, strong and the fleet won
In the opening of, the early reservations.
The old way was mora picturesque. Un
doubtedly the new Is the mor Just. Th
scene of vloleno that were enacted when
the Oklahoma reservation waa opened hav
not bean repeated In South Dakota.
The 80,000 aores of land of tn Rose
bud reservation that go thus by peaceful
allotment to the whit men to be turned
into farms Is th last great .tract under
government disposal. It Is In th hart
of the wheat growing section of South Da
kota, and has offered unusual opportuni
ties to th Indians. But th Indian has
not been a consistent farmer. Despite
Chief Swift Bear's contention that th land
should go to th young Sioux, th Indian
agricultural advancement has not .been
such aa to warrant the ideal conclusions
that here. Indeed, was the Indian's earthly
paradise where he might work out his own
salvation. .Th dream of the Indian rights
disciple has failed at Rosebud, aa it has
failed almost everywhere.
And so, again, resistless civilisation
crowds Into a new field. It does not rush
In, as n th old days, at the crack of th
revolver, and th race Is no longer to the
swift. But again th Indian moves on, and
chanc determines his successor.
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that we ar going to sell before inventory at price that will interest
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188 pair Lappet muslin curtains tn lace stripe and dots, Tftf
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$1.25 and $1.50 Curtains 95c.
2S4 pair fine munlln curtains, full 41 Inch by t yards. ' QC
pedal, per pair , J
$1.50 and $2.00 Curtains $1.25.
331 pair extra fine C. T. N. muslin curtains. II good patterns to
elect from, dots, stripes and figures, all hand plain hemstitched
ruffles, nice and full, whll
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Good cloth window shades, lx ft.,
ring pull, Thursday and Friday,
5c brass extension rods, SO to M inches, ICff
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Mc bras extension rod to match, 42 to 71 inches, . 20f
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Carpet Co.
We close ut 1 o'clock Saturdays during July snd August.
PERSONAL ROTES.
Rear Admiral Goodrich, th new com
mander for th Paclfla squadron, has mad
a specialty of torpedo and fortification
work. He waa born In Pennsylvania.
President Harvey W. Scott of the Lewis
and Clark exposition to b held at Portland.
Ore., next year has been compelled by
III health to giv up th dutle of that
position.
On of th delegates sent by Indian terri
tory to th democratic national convention
was C. A. 8 keen, who standa six feet three
Inches In hla stockings and Is a big man
even for his stature.
Major General W. T. Clark, inspector of
th t'nited State Treasury department, Is
the last of General Grant's staff officers
during th civil war. He Is v71 years o'.d
and enlisted as a private.
A remarkable feat of memory Is reported
from Loyala college, Baltimore. Clark J.
Fltipatrick, a freshman, aged 16, has com
mitted to memory th whol of Homer's
"Odyssey," a work of about 12.000 lines.
When Assistant Secretary A dee of the
Stat department travels abroad, as ho
does every summer, he always carries two
watchea on his person with Washington
and European time. He saya: "When
I want to think United States I pull out
the Washington watch, and when I want
to think European I look at th other."
R. Peacock, an Egyptian railroad man
from Asslout, la visiting this country. He
Is locomotive superintendent of th Egyp
tian stat railways and bas come her
at the request of his government to In
spect th American railways, with a view
to introducing some of th modern Amer
ican methods of transportation into his
country.
Lord Dundonald, who haa been dismissed
by th Canadian government from his posi
tion as head of th dominion mllltla be
cause he would not permit politician to
Interfere with him. Is utterly unlike the
conventional army offioer. He looks more
Ilk a dreamer than a man of action a
handsome man with rather pal oompltx
ion, dark curly hair, delicately eut features
and exquisitely modulated voice.
. "These fellows look wise and take you off
in a corner and tell you Juat how H Is,"
said Delegate Tim Sullivan of ths New
York delegation at the Southern hotel (St.
Louis) the other night "They do It well
that's their business. But they do know
It all? Her I am. I admit I know noth
ing about It, and I know mor than M per
cent of them her. Halt these fellows
couldn't tell you how many state there
are. I toll you what They're all hawks
here, no chickens. I want to see some
chickens. Do you se my coat buttoned?'
There's only thirty watches son sine
this morning."
flashes op . ptnr.
"De worst nuisance- on earth.' said
Uncle Eben. "is da man dat keens huntln'
around to see how many nuisances he kin'
nnd to kick about." Washington Star. -
, Nero was watching Rome burn.
"I'll bet a new tora aaalnat a clraretta
butt," he chuckled, "that th fir depart
ment thinks this a sane Fourth!"
And so saying he banged his tornedo
cane against the asphalt to high glee.
Cleveland Leader.
Miss Pennrev It seems hard to bellav.
Did she really call you a Hart
ihibs faaeay to my very teeta.
Miss Peporey To your teeth T But were
you present at th time? Philadelphia
Press.
"How Is It, Mrs. Younglove. that you ar
remanllng In town this summer?"
"The boy who lives next door Is down
with the measles."
"Oh. how lovely! You always did have
such luck." New York Times.
Confidential Friend Senator, ara von In
favor of lectin United Statea mmmAntm bv.
direct vote of the people?
Senator Lotsmuh certainly not.' I am
tn favor of electing them as we elect very
body else by having a few of our most
competent men meet qvletly somewhere
and select them for us. Chloago Tribune.
"Well," said the prominent man. who
had been asked for a testimonial, "I had
little faith in the curative properties of
your medicine, but I took on bottle''
"And it cured you?" suggested the manu
facturer's representative.
"Yes. of what little faith I had." Phila
delphia Ledger.
There was a young girl at th Sault
Who. really had nothing to dault.
And that's why she made,
in sunsnine ana enaae.
Those eyes that the boys call ; "gault
gault." Cleveland Leader.
DOWN I A SUBMARINE,
There's a charm that Is hfdden.
That none but w know
Down in a submarine.
Though loudly th blasts on th surfae
may blow.
No ripple is felt In our path her below
Down in a submarine.
The lightning may rend and th hurricane
a weep,
Whll quietly, down In th depths, here w
sleep,
And anon ww, shall rts and so silently
paep
At the battleship Bailing so proudly.
Then, quick to th turn, we are after our
prey;
Our battles ar won In a sub-rosa way
One little torpedo aent nut wins the day
We hear the report but not loudly.
Perchance we are struck,
In th fathoms below
Down In a submarine.
Our exit from earth would be quiet, we
know,
Ensconced In our casket we're ready
to go
Down In a submarine.
For go we all must, at the one proper time;
While you go prosalo we go sub-lime,
(You go in pros and we go In rhyme)
And we're 'ready when fate shall en
thrall us.
The mermaids will welcome us all with a
mile
As w loin In the dance, of a submarine
style,
And we'll reet In th halls of th ocean,
. meanwhile.
Till th trumpet of Gabriel shall call us.
FRCP T. RUDIOER. f
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