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Conductors on the Omaha & Papllllon
Inter-urban are not quite ready to pull
the bell cord.
Secretary Hay insists 'that cotton is
not a contraband. Ills decision does not
include gun-cotton.
Republican candidates for the legisla
ture are expected to disclose their inten
tions with becouilng modesty,
I L.i , '
It should bo distinctly understood from
the start around the city hall that the
horse show ho 8 no ambition to shine in
the circus clnss.
Must Omaha valt for a more serious
automobile accident before taking more
effective measures to regulate the speed
of these vehicles on "bitty-streets? :
Oniaha still occupies a place on the
map as the wickedest city, although the
curfew whistle has been blowing rega
larly for more than, thirty days. t.
Therallroads Invito the man who can
not keep warm in : Omaha; next winter
owing to the high price of anthracite to
walk to Council Bluffs and gat warm
there. .....'
A Nebraskan has landed the position
Of director of concessions at the Lewis
and Clark exposition to be held in Fort
land, next year. That gives the first
concession to Nebraska.
Wheat is again sky-rocketing on the
Board of Trade as If it were still the
Fourth of July. Cut like the sky-rocket
It, too, is, bound to come down when
the stick is ready to fall.
John N, Baldwin's candidate for con
gress has an official organ, published In
Blair, edited by Robert Clancy, who be
came famous as private secretary to His
Accidency Ezra V. Savage.'
The meat entlng public is adjusting
itself more and more to strike condi
tions. If the packers and' strikers do
not get to a settlement soon the absti
nence experiment may get to bo a habit
The Nebraska exposition contingent at
St. Louis has emptied the picnic baskets
contributed by the railroads and is now
beginning to take its lunches at the state
pie counter,. The 'Unexpected does not
often happen.
Corncake Murphy haa turned up
again, tills time at the St Louis ex
position. , Tho high "price of meat ought
to put him In his element for a new
campaign to demonstrate the nutritive
qualities of corn bread and corn Juice.
One of tlie toTvnsltea laid out on the
Rosebud reservation is named Roose
velt. It Is to be noted so far that none
of tho ambitious townslte promoters
have pinned their luck to Parker. Town
builders always prefer a winner.
The republicans of the Stx-ond oongres
tioiial district can elect their candidate
for congress this year if they will get
together and,' nominate a man upon
vtioiu they can al unite. The nomina
tion ;f any man who cannot command
tU undivided support of the party is the
turns as coaceJlng defeat in advance.
When legislation to promote the In
troduction of voting machines was orig
inally asked the- voting umehlnes were
quoted at 1500 apiece. Quotations seem
ti Lave risen now to ft XX) apiece. Is
te extra $100 to be charged up to pro
1 iotiuu expenses or is it to be laid
t iuiubt the extortions of the Steel trust?
Oat man bus been found over in Ru
fc.'a, who while rci.uf.tl to be a military
t-ipeit endorses the plun of the cam
paign u::d operations of tiem nil Kouro
pULin. It is to W fc'urcd, however,
llut' this irort.'sioriu! btrateglst Mlil
,ive a Lard time convincing his fillow
J.a!uut that tl.cio is more jilui'y la
1 . i t! .all j- s fvrw v 1
STILL UALXISO OROVSIK
The world waits with intense interest
for the result of the military operations
in Manchuria, which It is the general
opinion will have a decisive effect upon
the conflict Steadily, if such report
as come from the theater of hostilities
can be relied upon, the Japanene forces
are gaining ground and forcing the Rus
sians into a position of disadvantage.
Over a month ago the armies of RuRsIa
held a line some seventy miles long,
resting on the railroad and . having, a
protective front of mountain passes
from thirty to thirty-five miles distant
The persistent and well-directed attacks
of the Japanese, marked by what seems
to be most excellent strategy and cer
tainly characterized by great Intrepid
ity, have driven Kouropatkin to a line
less than thirty miles long ad taken
from him some of the strongoit defens
ive points.'
There has been an almost tnlntr?r
rupted course of Japanese successes,
during which the Russlafis have re
treated some ninety miles, losing all
the time guns and men. With extraord
inary tenacity and determination the
Japanese keep pounding. away and it Js
a question how long the Russians, with
their forces being steadily and rapidly
depleted for reinforcements cannot
keep pace with the number of killed and
wounded can .stand the severe blows
they are now receiving. While it is
said that the military officials at St
Petersburg feel confident that Port Ar
thur cannot be captured, it Is Jhe opin
ion of experts elsewhere that the strong
hold is doomed, though its fall may be
accomplished only by an appalling sac
rifice of life. So great is the advantage
which the Japanese have gained .that
the 'final -overthrow of Russian power
in Manchuria seems assured, and that
at Co very distant time.
TUB GROWTH Of CHICAGO.
According to its new city directory,
Chicago has not in the past year made
so large a gain in population as during
several preceding years with which com
parisons are made. While the explana
tion Is given that the apparent decline
is due to certain Omissions, as that of J
the names of unmarried women not en
gaged in business, it is still pretty clear
that in the last twelvemonth the growth
of Chicago in population did not keep
pace with the record' of 1 three or four
preceding years, though undoubtedly
the stated Increase for the year of only
about 10,000 is considerably short of
the actual growth. )
The directory for 1004 contains 657,000
names, an increase of 3,000 over that of
1003, and the publishers of the directory
estimate the present population of the
city at 2,241,000. Even if this should
be regarded as somewhat of an overes
timate, it is still true that Chicago has
had a most marvellous growth and it
is still gaining in population, business
and wealth.; It now ranks-fourth or
fifth among the leading cities of the
world la the number of its people and
probably is easily third ra. the 'extent, of
Its industries and commerce. ' All this
has been accomplished in little more
than half a century, which is an un
paralleled record . Of achievement that
all Americans are Justified' In being
proud of. If the city is not Just now
growing as rapidly as formerly this is
not to be taken as evidence of decadence
or as Indicating that a halt has come
to the great Interior metropolis. Chi
cago will continue to grow. There Is
not the slightest reason to doubt this.
J.t has been said that in time it will be
come the London of America. Possibly
this will never be realised, but Chicago
will go on advancing and will never
fall below Its present rank as the second
city of the western hemisphere.
AOT C0N1BABASD.
Nearly two months ago the Depart
ment of State Informed the diplomatic
representatives of the United States In
Europe that this government did not
assent' to tlie Russian view that coal
and other fuel and raw cotton is abso
lutely contraband of war. It appears
that the position then taken by our
government and undoubtedly still ad
hered to was that If 'the Russian con
tention should . be accepted it "might
ultimately lead to a total inhibition of
the sale by neutrals ,to the people of
belligerent states of all articles which
could be finally, converted to military
uses." -It was neid that sucii an exten
sion Of the principle ' of contraband
would not be in accord with the reason
able aad lawful rights of neutral com
mere. There can be no. question aa to the
soundness of this position and the Amer
ican people will expect the government
to firmly insist upon it Coal and other
fuel being transported in the ordinary
course of trade should not be regarded
as contraband and it is not to be
doubted that all the maritime powers
will concur in this view. Russia has
manifestly made a great mistake on her
own account in assuming an opposite at
titude, for it la quite as important to
her as to any other country that fuels
should not be clussed as absolutely con
traband' of war.
The position Of our government In this
respect . covers only part, and not the
most important part as affecting Amer
ican interests, of the Issue which the
far eastern war has raised in regard to
contraband. What is now being very
earnestly looked for is an expression
from the Department of State rewpeot
lng foodstuffs. A greater number of
our people are InrVrested In tbls than
in the question whether or not coal and
other fuels shall be treated as contra
band. A Rusblan prize court has con
demned and confiscated the portion of
the American flour on the steumnhlp
Arabia which was consigned to a Japa
iieo port There whs no evidence that
tLls flour was intended for the govern
ment of Japan. It wiis shipped In the
regular course of trxde and consigned
to merchants in Yokohama. Possibly it
would have ultimately been purchased
ty t' Jr V" ut-t i-vVcni-neht auJ UscJ
In Its fleet and armies, but a belligerent
Is not Justified in seising the property
of a neutral merely upon the supposl
tlon that such property msy eventually
become in the possession of the enemy
of th4 belligerent The ablest exponents
at this time of International law assert
that to render goods contraband there
must co-exist a hostile character and
hostile destination. It has been held y
the supreme court of the United States
that foodstuffs, unless clearly intended
for military purposes, cannot be seised
as contraband. That was the position
of our government during tho South
African war and it was acquiesced In
by' the British government which
promptly paid for the seizure of a cargo
of American flonr.
Having defined the position of the
United States regarding coal and raw
cotton, the government should now
again state its view respecting food
stuff, which Is a matter of first Ira
portance to our people.
OMAHA THE FIOHTIZfQ GROVSD.
Rev. Wilbur F. Crafts, superintendent
and treasurer of the International Re
form bureau, with headquarters in
Washington, is arranging the prelimi
naries for an anti-vice crusade in Omaha.
According to Mr. Crafts Omaha is one
of the wickedest cities of its class and
has a reputation for recognizing, protect
ing and conniving at vice such as no
other cities have. "Omaha," he declares,
"was one of the first large cities to adopt
the fine system in dealing with the so
cial evil, thus giving it a recognized
standing, and while the fine system no
longer prevails the evil itself still ex
ists unmolested." The plan of campaign
which Mr. Crafts contemplates is out
lined in on address he delivered on Sun
day. He would do away with thefor-
bidden district and continually pursue
the women who traffic in virtue, and in
cidentally raid the newsstands in which
vile pictures are exposed and newspapers
and books are sold that corrupt the
morals of youth.
This is by no means the first time that
Omaha has been pictured as one of the
wickedest cities in America, but "wbq
has given Omaha that bad reputation?
Politicians who have failed to secure
recognition and appointments from the
present mayor, ambitious gentlemen out
of politics who are anxious to fill his
position and traveling evangelists with
whom every city they visit is always
"the wickedest city." Concede that
Omaha is not a city of saints, bow does
It compare with San Francisco, Denver,
St Louis, Chicago,', and last but not
least Washington, the headquarters of
the International Reform bureau? It is
well known to all men familiar with the
prevailing conditions at the national
capital that tolerated vice has been mpre
rampant and more shameless under the
very .shadow of the dome .of the capitol
than It is within a radius of three miles
of th? city hall of Omaha.
We apprehend that when it me to
a comparison' ot the social' and moral
conditions of Oniaha with other cities of
lta else in America, Omaha will not suf
fer by the comparison. While Omaha's
proscribed district is on the edge of the
city out of the sight of the great mass of
residents the Washington city district
is 'within a stone's throw of Its prin
cipal' hotels and extends almost from
the treasury building clear down to the
central Washington market house.
However, the polluted atmosphere of
Washington, Chicago, St Louis, San
Francisco or Denver or a score of other
cities that are much more afflicted with
the virus of vice than Omaha, should
not stand in the way of any movement
to better the moral conditions in Omaha.
There Is always room for improvement
providing the reform broom is Used In
the right channel. In other words, pro
viding the methods pursued are prac
tical instead of visionary.
The International Reform bureau has
done a great deal of good in waging war
upon immoral literature. While Omaha
Is comparatively free from shocking pic
tures on the billboards and in news
stand windows a general clearance of
vicious literature would be In order.
When it comes to the extermination ef
the social evil, moral reformers attempt
what the experience of three thousand
years has proved to be. impossible. At
the very best the social evil can be reg
ulated and repressed, but not suppressed.
The "fine system" which once "prevailed
in Omaha and which still prevails In
many other cities was abolished in this
city over nine, years ago, and the most
searching inquiry has failed to produce
tangible proof of any systematic levy of
blackmail for official - protection. As a
matter of fact the abolition of the fine
system made official protection unneces
sary. In dealing with the problem of the re
pression or extermination of the social
evil reformers should be governed by
conditions rather thap by theories. The
dispersion of the inhabitants of the pro
scribed district does not mean the sup
pression of the social evil, but only its
scattering Instead, of its concentration
under police surveillance'. If, however,
it wee possible to exterminate the so
cial evil by the process of dispersion,
the continuous prosecution, of the women
would not accomplish the result one-half
as effectively as the continuous prosecu.
tlon of the owners ot the balldlngs and
the rental agents who are making money
out of vice.
Any rational effort at vice repression
and moral regeneration will be cheer
fully seconded by The Bee, but spas
modic and visionary reform haa been
tried in Ornalxa time and again without
producing any beneficial results.
Jim Dahliuan's proposition for the
democrats and populist to divide the
electoral ticket half and half in Ne
braska, each 'party putting up four
electors, and asking the rank jind file
of both to vote for the eight la about
tho limit How many pops would vote
for four gold-coated Wall street Parker
electors, and how many democrats
Would vote fur four referendum Cut
money Wutsou pounds Xu iuc of
a division of the electoral ticket how
ever, is In full conformity with the
whole plan of -fusion as perpetrated In
this state, where it has always been
based upon tho . elimination of party
principles and an apmrtIonment of the
spoils. . -'
1 . i
The World Herald is kicking because
the secretary of the republican state
committee is 'on the salary list as a
state house employe. There might pos
sibly be some merit la this objection.
coming from som otbrV source, but It Is
with decidedly bad praro that it Is raised
by a pojmcratlc'ortsa la Nebraska. It
does not take ruucti of a memory to go
back to the tlnve when Jim Dahlman
was taking f2,000 a year out of the state
treasury ostensibly for signing his sal
ary voucher as secrets ry of the do-noth
ing State Board of Transportation, but
in reality for running the democratic ma
chine as its chairman. It does not take
much of a memory either to go back to
the time when J. H. Edralsten as chair
man of the populist state committee got
his pay in the guise of chief deputy oil
Inspector without inspecting any oil, and
It does not take even so long a memory
to go back to the time when Chairman
P. L. Hall of the democratic state com
mittee was receiving bis political re
ward as secretary of the State Banking
board. There were still others of minor
Importance during the demo-pop regime
occupying official position- with the fu
sion state committees . while 'drawing
money regularly on the state house pay
roll. In legal parlance Nebraska demo
crats and populists are "estopped" from
raising this issue against the republic
ans.
Tom Blackburn's solicitude for a legal
nomination for each candidate on the
county ticket does not extend to the
candidates for congress and for Judge in
this Judicial district. The plan for di
rect nominations of county . officers has
established precedents and conforms to
the general demand for the elimination
of conventions In which delegates are
traded and sold, but the usurpations of
his congressional and Judicial -commit
tees are without anvthin'a: to iustlfv
them,. -
Revlataax an Old Law.
Philadelphia, Ledger. .
The coal barons have rrvlaoil tho lav nt
supply and demand; the more coal they
dig and atora the higher the price.
aaio Old Sonar.
Bomervllle Journal.
The meteorologists whd art' telling us
now that this Isn't a particularly hot sum
mer, after all, are the same comforting
gentlemen who told us six months ago that
tho snowfall last winter was really below
the normal.
A Bit of Experience.
Chicago Tribune.
The announcemenflhat alcoholism can
be' cured by wearing Spectacles properly
fitted to the eyes should not be dlsmlpsed.
ugnuy. euon spectacles might do away
with that singular tendency to see double
that la so confusing at lmes. ,
Active Work fotf'ratrlota. '
. New York? Tribune. -
Drowsy, sleepy. Auguaq . month of day
dreams, of slumbers In Hammocks, of vaca
tion, rest and reouperatfcm, Is here, but In
a presidential campaign many a patriotic
American will be up and stirring and doing
a great deal of valuable and effective work.
"Yellow Peril" Marchlna- On.
Minneapolis Journal.
Thus far the dally "decisive battle" In
the far east Isn't deciding much except
that the Japs - are' making a reputation
for their country which will entitle it to
rank hereafter as one of the great powers
of the world. Their success may or may
not mean the realisation of the fears of
those who He awake nights thinking about
tho "yellow peril." We are content to
cross the "yellow peril" bridge when we
reach It Meanwhile, lot the Japs con
tinue k their march toward Mukden and
Harbin.
Protection, Prosperity and Planoa.
Ban Francisco Chronicle.
The American Economist makes an ex
cellent point by reminding lta readers Of
the fact that 160,000 planoa, valued at $50,-
000,000, were made and 'old in this country
during the last year, ft does not go so far
as to say that the happiness of the Amer
ican worker would be Incomplete without
a steady supply of planoa equal to that im
plied by the large output and sale of last
yearT but It does Insist, that the existing
tariff haa much to do with the ability- of
the people of the United Btatea to absorb
so large a number of a single kind of
musical Instruments. We agree with It.
Hurrah for protection, prosperity and
plenty of pianos!
RULES FOR HOT WEATHER.
A Coda ot Inearncttona Fashioned ay
r a Board Of Health.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Health Commissioner Darlington ot New
York haa with the advent of warm weather
considered It his duty to Issue a code of
Instructions to the public for the purpose
of enabling It to Intelligently combat dls-
s. His suggestions are Intended pri
marily for the benefit of the people of New
York, but It may not be unprofitable for
others to study them. Here are Dr. Dar
lington's general health rules;
Be hooeful and cheerful: the disease may
b cured, but It will take some tlmo.
IKi not kiss anyone upon the mouth.
' Shave your bvard, pr wear It closely
Ctl'lfd. ,
Waah hands thoroughly and clean finger
nails before eating.
b(ay In the open air aa much aa you can.
Keep at least one window open In your
bedroom.
Keep feet dry and warm.
Never run nor lift heavy weights. Never
take any kind of walking, breathing or
other eienlx-i when you are tired.
(Jo to bed early and sleep at least eight
hours.
, Take a warm hath once a week.
It Isn't likely that tha New York health
commissioner expects all of his rules to be
followed by all classes. Ha would be fopl
lhh to Imagine that young men and young
women who enter Into summer resort en
gagements are likely to observe his second
commandment, and it Is not to be expat-ted
that those among us who dwell lu tue sub
urbs and have to catch trains are golug to
give up running, even If ws do not assume
unnecessary risks by lifting heavy weights.
Others there are who will be disinclined to
look with favor upon the hot bath, und as
tor going to bed earlywell. it Isu't likely
that such a sueaUon will be taken very
seriously In New York.' 1T0 the doctor's
ten commandments we snlght add theas
few ruk-s ot a general nature: Don't run
your automobile ,noitttian sixty ml lea an
hour; don't Ju-i'ij bu kward from moving
cars; don't rotk the l t; don't be an In
liocont bystander; don't mow the lawn loo
often.
If people WI1L bear these Instruction la
mind there will be hiI reasons for ex
pecting this Ui be a lull i tieallLful iuil-
ARMY GOSSIP I WASHISGTO.
Cnrreat Rreats Cleaned front tho
Army and Kavy Register.
The War department people are very
rratlned at the result attained by the post
exchanges which havs been established at
military gurrlsoDS. Something like $1,500,000
wns appropriated by congress and expanded
In that direction. It Is estimated that It
will take V-00,000 next year and tha. fol
lowing year to complete the approved
project in the poaaeaslon of the quarter
master general' ot the army. The original
eatitnate for furnlahlng military post ex
changes amounted to $3.00.0O0 and It ap
pears thnt this rum will answer all pur
poses. The system Is pronounced o ths
greatest success as contributing to the con.
tentment of the enlisted force. It furnishes
the necessary means of recreation, Intel
lectual and athletic, and there Is every.
where the highest praise for ths liberal
method ot entertainment.
There remain fourteen vacancies In the
position of poet quartermaster sergeant of
the army. There are nerly three times
that many ellgibles on the list. The ap
pointments will . not be made, however,
until the return of the quartermaster gen
eral to Washington, which will be about
September 1. There la no need of an ex
amination to obtain additional ellgibles.
A statement Just Issued from the War
department gives a list of recruiting sta
tions, showing the number of recruits for
the line of the army enlisted at each sta
tion with IU auxiliaries In the quarter end
ing Jui 30, 1904. During this quarter the
largest number of men were enlisted at
the station at Portland, Me., in charge
of Lieutenant W. R. Harrison, artillery
corps, where 183 enlistments were made.
The total number enlisted during the quar
ter at the various recruiting stations was
B,80. During the month of June 2.7SO en
listments were mads by the general re
cruiting service of the army, of which
1,05 were made in cities and 67S at mill
tary posts and surrounding towns and in
the field. At the city stations LS43 foot
and 663 mounted white soldiers were se
cured, and 84 foot and 4 mounted colored
soldiers, the total number of applicants
rejected being 7,066. , At stations at posts
and surrounding towns 252 foot and St
mounted white soldiers, 22 foot and
mounted colored soldiers, 2 Indians were
enlisted, and the number rejected was 207.
At station in the field 2S foot and 18
mounted white soldiers, 3 mounted colored
soldiers, 198 Porto Rlcans and 82 Filipinos
were enlisted, and the number rejected
was 139. .'
The five lieutenants who recently gradu
ated from West Point and who were as
signed to the cavalry arm as supernu
meraries owing to lack of vacancies In that
branch in the grade of second lieutenant
will now be assigned to actual vacancies.
There are six vacancies In the grade or
one mors than enough to accommodate
these surplus officers. There are ten va
cancies in the grade ot second lieutenant
In the artillery corps asd five In the grade
Of first lieutenant The latter place will
be filled by promotion of Junior officers as
soon as reports are obtained from the ex
aminations, ultimately making fifteen va
cancies In the grade of that branch. There
are forty-one vacancies in second lieu
tenancies of Infantry.
The army quartermasters havs made elab
orate arrangements for the reception of
the 25,000 troops which will attend the
combined maneuvers at Manassas. This
la not an every-day problem by any means
and It oughts to be one of the spectacles
of the encampment for' the civilian' be
holder to see that number of soldiers de
trained hr entrained. There will be no less
than 100 passenger trains and of these
eighty will discharge 17,000 soldiers in two
days during which period the militiamen
will arrive from various directions at Ma
nassas. The railroad people have entered
heartily and harmoniously Into the project
and have rendered valuable aid to the
government by the construction of plat
forms and some twenty mllea of railroad
track, mostly In the form of spurs. It Is
planned that on arrival of each train con
sisting of passenger, baggage and freight
cars, the freight and baggage portions will
be separated from the passenger coaches
and taken to sidings where they will re
main during the maneuver and where they
will be accessible by SDeclal construction
of the track to the 400 wagons of the quar
termaster's department on hand to transfer
the material at once to the respective
camp sites. Ths passenger trains, after
being relieved of passengers, will be hauled
to their sidings. The arrangement of the
track will be so that there will be no
crossing or Interruption of traffic. Every
thing will move In the aame direction with
the result ot a facility In transfer of
troops such as may be accepted as the
most approved system of entraining and
detraining. It is stipulated that the troops
which arrive at night shall pitch shelter
tents and at onoe go Into temporary camp,
drawing upon the rations carried individ
ually and accommodating themselves to
the emergency of the field.
POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS.
Baltimore News (Ind.): Judge Parker's
attitude toward camera artists shows that
he is a careful about his face as he is
about his views.
St Paul Pioneer Preesf rep.): Judge Park
er's act In resigning a Job that was good'
for another fourteen years Is like a man
throwing away a pair of aces and drawing
to a three-card flush, whatever that meana.
Washington Post (ind.): former Senator
Pettigrew has changed his opinion and de
rided to stump South Dakota for tha demo
crats. The announcement is not considered
dnngerous, as the democrats have not fig
ured upon carrying South Dakota, anyway.
Cincinnati Enquirer (dem.): "No trusts,
no campaign funds," la one of the start
ling phrases of the day. Well how would
it do to come to an agreement under which
both sides would agree to use no money T
Here is something practical for the millen
nium hunters to look for.
Baltimore American (rep.): Republicans
prominent In national politics should let
the campaign of 1906 take care of itself for
the present and concentrate their energies
on winning the fight this year. If they do
this and do it well the people will feel
that no important service to the country
has been neglected. Three years hence will
be ample early for beginning the next cam
paign. New York Tribune (rep.): Eight hun
dred orators have sent In their names to
the democratic committee, and are ready
to howl for Parker In any key and In any
part of the field to which they may be
sent. There may be money larking on that
side, but the surplusage of wind indicated
ought to make up any fiscal deficiency
and perhaps It will If the 800 blow hard
enough.
Springfield Republican (Ind ): While Mr.
Root cannot have rellahed the work of
assailing the democratic candidate for vice
proldent. It muat be admitted that the
points he made relative to the candidate's
advanced age were 1-Kltlmute. germane
and proper. The democrat! had no right
to menace the country with possible con
tingencies of this kind, and, dlaagreeable as
the line of criticism msy be to an esti
mable person, who, of course, feels aa
young as he used to be, the republicans
cannot be Mannwl for making the niatter
something ef an laue aa between the lg
leading cabdldates fur Vli. Jltildciit.
LITTLE HOrE FOR DEMOCRATS.
Conditions Which Spell Defeat' fot
tho St. Lonls Nominees.
Baltimore American.
If a candidate la nominated for president
with the approval of a majority of his
party and happens to do some fetching
thing, as Judge Parker did with Ms famous
telegram, there is apt to be a wave of
enthusiasm, just as the spray files up when
a stone Is thrown Into a pond, and during
ths few hours of excitement whlcfh follow
the most extravagant hopes are Indulged
These hopes are the froth of th campaign
and when the froth subsides, or men's
minds settle back to their normal condi
tion, they are apt to wonder what made
them so sanguine. Tha democratic leaders
are In some such condition now.
The day after Parker's telegram hey
were wldly congratulating each other on
having such a. man for a candidate. It
was a duplication of little Jack Horner
and his plum. It did not Occur to them at
the moment that If they had ever so great
a man he had the democratlo party behind
film, and that party only. A candidate
must have votes to win, and It Is about as
certain as can be that the democratlo party
has not enough votes to eleot a president.
Where are they to come from? The demo
crats have carried the country twice since
the civil war, and on the first occasion
there was a clearly defined spilt In the
republican ranks, while on the second oc
casion that spilt bobbed up at the moat
Inopportune moment The stars In their
courses fought against Bluer and made
democratic success possible.
Normally, the coustry Is republican for
excellent reasons, and there must be either
some split in the party or open dissatis
faction with the administration of public
affairs to give any encouragement to such
a serious suggestion ss a revolution In the
manner of conducting the government.
There Is neither a spilt in the party nor
any dissatisfaction that can be ascertained
and noted even by 'the democrats. The
president was the unanimous choice of the
party to succeed himself not by any ma
nipulation, but from the conviction which
had crystallised mnny months before the
convention that his party wanted him and
the people, democrats aa well aa repub
licans, are satisfied with ths situation; in
fact they would be hard to please if they
were not. What hopes can the democratlo
leaders legitimately entertain, therefore, of
reversing the tremendous majorities in re
publican states?
PERSONAL NOTES.
Many hard things have been said about
Tom Taggart, but it appears that ho also
once sold railway restaurant sandwiches.
Representative Cooper of Wisconsin,
chairman of the house committee on Insu
lar affairs, has accepted an invitation ex
tended to him by Secretary Taft to be pres
ent at the exposition in St Louis August
13, "Manila day." -
Because Tolstoi's son Is going to the
front to fight for the integrity of alt the
Russia, one. should not rashly conclude
that there is serious dissension In the fa
mous family. The venerable count himself
was an army officer at his son's age.
Governor Herrick of Ohio was the other
d.y interviewed by a reporter, who aked
fcrr: "Didn't you saw wood for a living
when you were a boyT" "Yea," replied the
governor, "and I still think that It's a good
thing, sometimes, to saw wood end say
nothing."
Joseph Conrad, who has made such a
reputation as a writer of Sea stories, Is well
known to be a Pole by birth, but few of
his many readers are aware that his real
name' Is Korzenlowskl. This was such an
awkward mouthful to the world in general
that he adopted' the mors' simple name by
which he Is generally known.
General Esteban Huertas, commander-in-
chief of the Army of Panama, Is the young
est and smallest, general in ths world, aa
his country Is the youngest, if not the
smallest, of republics. He Is about 29 years
old and has been a soldier since he was 8
or .-His features are of the swarthy In
dian type and he Is proud of the fact that
be has risen from the lowest ranks.
A surgeon at Memphis, Tenn., puts his
scalpel under the cuticle and reveals to
suffering mankind the true Inwardness of
the vermiform appendix. The surgeon says
the appendix Is "the distal end of a tube
that led from the vltelluU to the lower
part of the embryo." There you have It-
Just aa plain aa though preserved In alco
hol. The beauty of the Memphis exhibit la
that tho customary bill Is omitted.
It Is Interesting to recall how men now
of prominence labored In their early days.
Orover Cleveland when a lad worked In a
country store, Senator- Beverldge was a
railroad laborer, Senator Fairbanks a car
penter. Judge Alton B. Parker taught
school, Governor Odell of New York de
livered Ice, Cardinal Gibbons was a clerk.
Governor Herrick of Ohio sawed wood and
peddled dinner bells and organs, Bishop
"Merrill learned the shoemaklng trade.
The recent order assigning General Funs-
ton to the east was modified by the War
department and he will go to Chicago In
stead, relieving General Grant of the com
mand of the Department of the Lakes. The
latter will go to the Department of tho
East, with headquarters at Governor's
Island. General Williams was assigned to
command the Department of the Columbia,
to be vacated by General Funston. The
changes will take effect October 1.
Pea ii at Polities.
New York Tribune.
The attempt on the part of the democracy
to make political capital out of the numer
ous strikes at the present time will fall
with voters who remember that under the
last democratic administration with which
Unequaled Opportunities'
Are Now Placed Before You.
rchard j Wllhelm
Carpet Company.
emnant Sale
out of the ordinary. In this sale will be found large
quantities of carpeting In almost full roll lengths, all
go at remnant prices, 1-4, 1-3 and 1-2 regular.
OIL CLOTH, HALF PRICE
30c and 35c Oil Clotb ut 19c and 20s psr yard
LINOLEUM. HALF PRICE
50c and $1.75 Linoleum at 2Sa to $1.00 per yard
INGRAIN CARPETS
4Sa to 80c logralb Carpets In this sale at 1 9a to 65c yard
MATTINGS. ONE-THIRD PRICE
25c to 50c flattings In this remnant sale 8c to 15c yard
VELVET. IIODY IJRUSSELS and
AXA1INSTER CARPETS
In quantity with or without border. $1.75 to $2.00
goods la Remnant 5aU at 5c and $1.35 per yard.
H'd coe at 1 o'clock Sdturdayi during July and Au$u$t.
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Absoicf c!y Paro
this country waa afflicted It was fiot a ques
tion with laborers to strike either foe
Increased wages or against a reduction oi
wages. The problem that then confronted
laborers and put thousands of them upod
the streets of all our larger cities as beggars
waa to get work at any living wage.-' It la
not pleasant to recall such facta, hut a lit
tle memory Is often much better than a
large amount of regret.
TART THIKLKS.
"Is that suburban railway In which yoa
are Interested paylnff any dividend?"
No; we nave hud so many accident
that all we can pay la datnuKes." Cleve
land Leader. ...
There are some songa that will never
die," enld the .munloal enthusiast.
1 guettfl itintH riirnt, anawerea mt.
Cumrox. "My daughter sits down at the
piano and tries to kill a few of 'em every
evening. But it's no use." Washington
Star.
didn't you send us word you were coming?
Pot luck, you know, my loy! Hope you
have managed to make, a pretty good din
ner.
Ilnexnected Guest (nolltely HX-ss you.
old man! I hope I mny never havo a,
worse one. Hartford Palladium.
"Mrs. Hlgbee is worried nearly to death."
"What over?" . . '
'She can't find out anything about tha
family that moved In next door to her."
New York Mall.
Launcelnt' had lust refused a proposal
of marriage from Elaine, the Lily Maid of
Astolat.
Nope," said he, "no leap year gina.in
mine."
Saying which he went and whispered
sweet seroea In (Jueen Guinevere's ear.
Chicago Journal.
The Boa Constrictor What's making that
r-hlstllng sound In the next room?
The Kducated Pig The fat man leaned
aa-mlnB, i-dcu r, f ,h tlir-' 1 1 !tll. ami
got a puncture. Chicago Tribune.
"Lots of us will be rich or famous at
least, day after tomorrow," said the deep
thinker.
"Why, how do you mean!"
"There are alwavs so many of us who
are going to RccompliHh something great
tomorrow'." fhllauoipma iress.
"Upon what meat doth this our Caesar
feed, demanded Cassius, "that he is grown
so great?" . '
"You know well enough," sullenly re
sponded Brutus, "that he hasn't had any
thing to eat but grits and fruit since tha
meat strike began."
The crowd, moreover, sided with Brutus.
It looked aa if Canaius were trying to rul
it In. Chicago Tribune,
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When Taggart puts the thumberews on
And screws the things down tight.
There'll be cold sweat on Com Hank's brow,
Much agony In sight;
But though the victim squirms and squeals
They won't give up the plan;
It's a stmrne to take his money, hut
They'll get It If they can.
When Taggart nuts the-thumbscrews on
The torture will bo great.
And he won't give his victim rest
From early until late;
The aged man has got ths dough x
And Taggart Is the man;
It's a shame to take his money, but
He'll get It If he can.
When Taggart puts the thumbscrews os
And tries to get the dough
From poor Oom Hank there'll bo a row
And tears will freely flow; ,
The walls will rise and sighs resound,
Hut thnt won't stop the plan;
It's a ahame to take his money, but
They'll get It if they can.
When Taggart puts the thumbscrews OB
He'll make poor Davis cough.
Or elrte by all that Taggart knows
He'll twlat the thumbs clear off;
The democrats are nfter pelf
And Taggart has the plan; .
It's a shame to take his money, but ,
He'll get It If lie can. - -
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