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The return of Ambassador D. E.
Thompson was not on tbe program,
but
Omaha will welcome the signal corps
boy's and endeavor to make their stay
agreeable and permanent
In the dlscuHsIon of the water works
Issue political mountebanks and lwpos
ters should be relegated to the rear.
It will probably be hard to convince
eastern Knight Templars now enroiite to
California that there is real necessity for
irrigation in the southwest.
Real interest in the Omaha horse
show will not be awakened until tbe
society reporter begins to describe the
costumes to be worn by the women.
Governor Peabody offers to send
troopg to Cripple Creek If the sheriff
wants' them. The last time the militia
went. to the district the sheriff was not
consulted.
Before Jot Polk comes to Nebraska to
talk 4or the democratic stute ticket he
shoujjfl look up the records of some of
the tnen who expect to derive proQt
from'lts jjuccess. .' ,. ,' .
The battleship Nebraska may have to
go without a silver service, but as It Is
to be equipped with ' the latest long
range guns, its record will probably not
be seriously affected. 1
gk-o the democratic national ticket was
promulgated at St. Louis our old friend,
Adlai Stevenson, has not even peeped.
Judge Parker's managers should hasten
to promise him "something equally as
good."
Great Britain 'is demanding smaller
ships for the navy, probably having no
admirals whom they desire to emulate
the lamented Makaroff. But the war
ships of the no distant, future will Le
submarines.
Every day the packing bouse strike
is prolonged brings us. nearer to annex
ation. The fact that South Omaha
worklngmen are moving to Omaha for
protection is a strong argument In favor
of Greater Omaha.
Tbe meeting of King Edward and
Kins William fat Kiel seems to have
brought the British to a sense of their
unprfcpareduess for war in spite of the
Jingoes that Uncle Edward would grant
too many concessions to his ambitious
nephew.
On of the burning questions of the
hour. Is: Howfur would the general
public have been taken into the Vonfl
denct) of Tom l-uwsou had that worthy
received his full share of the graft in
that copper mining dealT The average
American hates a squealer.
,
Washington reports that Nebraska wilt
probably hot borrow as much money
this year as it did last year to move
crops. While this may be taken to indi
cate that crops will be lighter, the fact
Is that there is more loanable money in
Nebraska than there ever was.
The Nebraska State Board of Health
has actually recommeuded the revoca
tion of the licenses to practice issued to
two physicians against whom charges of
criminal operations have been proved.
It is just possible we may next hear of
the Bar association expelling some at
torney for disreputable or fraudulent
conduct"
' The promoters of the Fremont power
canal want it distinctly understood that
"Fremont is 'strictly In it,' and has
never been in stronger position before
the engineering and financial world."
This Is very gratifying, but the people
who have been praying for the power
v canal would like to have the project ma
terlulUe in our own time aud generation
HE MEANT "ISDEPESDEXCE-"
Judge Parker has jut an end to con
troversy regarding what be meant by
the phrase "self-government" In his ref
erence to the Philippines iu the speech of
acceptance. There was a difference of
opinion among iiie democratic organs as
to what the candidate Jntended, some
Insisting that he meant "Independence"
and others that the phrase used bad no
such meaning. There was an urgent de
mand that the Judge should give a defi
nite explanation and in a letter to one
of his supporters who asked for In
formation he set the matter at rest by
stating that "self-government" was "In
tended to be Identical with Independence,
political and territorial." The Judge
further said that he Is in hearty accord
with the declaration of the St. Louis
platform regarding the Philippines and
would make the promise to the Filtplnos
now to give them Independence "as soon
as it can prudently be done" a qualifi
cation that may not lie quite satisfactory
to the extreme advocates of Philippine
Independence.
It would seem that the democratic
candidate for the presidency had made
himself sufficiently clear in regard to
this question, that there could be no
further doubt that he is la favor of
abandoning the Philippines and that he
would have this done with the least
possible delay. That is the interpreta
tion given his letter by the chief organ
of antl-lmperlallsm, the New York Even
ing Tost. Tha paper observes that
"there is no longer ground for any sup
position other than that Judge Parker
would launch the FlllpfnoM as n nation
Just as quickly as the administrative
machinery can be created and made to
operate." This is not, the view, how
ever, of those democratic organs which
are not in sympathy with the proposi
tion that the United States should sur
render the Philippines The New York
Times finds nothing in the speech or the
letter of Judge Parker "which would in
any other than a heedless anti-lnjperlal-lst
mind lead to the conclusion that were
he in the White House he would pursue
toward our possessions in the far east
a policy different from that pursued by
President Roosevelt," and it expresses a
doubt whether Judge Parker, were he
installed in the presidency and sur
rounded by wise cabinet advisers, would
not change his mind about the wisdom of
making the promise of independence
now. "Certainly," says that poper, "he
would if he listened to the advice of
men competent to give it, of men who
have studied the Philippine problem at
close range and know the difficulties
with which we have to contend. It may
be BO, it may be 250, years before we
can fit the Filipinos to take care of them
selves. It 18 a barren futility to waste
time In considering whether we ought to
make them any pledges now concerning
an event so uncertain and remote." Tho
Brooklyn Eagle expresses the opinion
that the country should persist in its
present Philippine policy and Js likely to
do so, adding that it is probable that as
president Parker would "mind his own
business."
Tho country wis Judge , of what the
democratic candidate would do if presi
dent by his views' and avowals. He has
made It plain that he favors giving up
the Philippines and that fact cannot be
disposed of by any assurances of his
supporters that If elected he would con
tinue the present policy respecting those
possessions. There is no doubt that a
very large majority of 6ur people are
opposed to the Parker position and it
is a safe prediction that this will be
demonstrated in November.
ELECTION REGISTRATION ItEFOJIM,
Among the reforms, that the next leg
islature should Inaugurate is a radical
change in the registration law. Elec
tions are needlessly expensive under the
present system. Prevailing methods of
registration are inefficient and generally
unsatisfactory. In the city of Omaha,
for example, which is divided into seventy-six
voting districts, the taxpayers
are saddled with the seventy-six sets of
election registrars when one election
board for each of the nine wards would
be ample if its sessions were arranged
so aa to accommodate all classes of vot
ers. At any rate, it would seem that if
one election board In each ward is suffi
cient for polllrig the party vote of the
whole ward on primary day in seven
hours, one board of registrars sitting
three days ought to bo sufficient to reg
ister all the voters living in the ward.
The most efficient and most inexpen
sive way of securing municipal regis
ttatlon has been successfully inaugu
rated In Minnesota. In that state one
single day la set apart for the registra
tion of voters and the same day is also
fixed for the conduct pf the primary
elections of all parties. 7 When electors
present themselves for registration and
have proved their right to vote they are
asked with what party they affiliate.
Such as are willing to ' declare their
political affiliations are given a primary
election ballot of the party to which they
profess allegiance and directed to cast
that ballot in one of the stalls connected
with the registration booth or shop.
Those who decline to declare their po
litical affiliations have the privilege of
walking out without participating iu the
primary. - -
The Minnesota experiment has proved
eminently satisfactory. It is an Improve
ment on the three days' registration sys
tem and at the same time saves the
electors the time and trouble of attend
ing primaries on another day. It is the
most effective method for bringing out
the rank and file of each party to par
ticipate in the primaries and it also pre
vents repeating and minimizes' the evil
of political double-dealing. In other
words, it goes far toward preventing men
who affiliate with one party from taking
part in the primaries of the opposite
party. , Another eopmientlXble feature of
the Minnesota syetetu is 'the fact that
registration and primary election days
are made legal holidays, thus enabling
wageworkers to register and discharge
ftbetr political duties without restraint
Whether tbe Minnesota registration
and primary system is adopted in Ne
braska or not the next legislature should
by all means set the day or days for
registration at least thirty days prior to
the day of election ami provide for pub
licity that will prevent fraudulent regis
tration and padding of registration lists,
which Is now an easy matter because the
last registration day comes three days
before the election and leaves no time
for checking up the list of registered
voters.
THE DEMOCRATIC APPEAL.
The nature of the democratic appeal
was set forth, most forcibly by President
Roosevelt when he said: "Our opponents
now appeal for confidence on the ground,
which some express and some seek to
have confidentially understood, that if
triumphant they may be trusted to prove
false to every principle which in the
last eight years they have laid down as
vital, and to leave undisturbed those
very acts of the administration because
of which they ask that the administra
tion itself be driven from power." This
Is an absolutely accurate statement of
the character of the democratic appeal
and It should be strongly impressed upon
the mlnds of voters. The democracy
under its present leadership has re
nounced the chief principles for which
it contended during the last eight years,
thus proclaiming that they were wrong,
and as was said by Mr. Watson, "at tbe
same time demand that the crowd which
has been wrong shall be put in the
pluces of those who have been right."
Again Mr. Roosevelt said in his speech
of acceptance: "Our opponents, either
openly or secretly, according to their
several temperaments, now ask the
people to trust their present promises in
consideration of the fact that they in
tend to treat their past promises as null
and void." Only a party that greatly
under-estlmates the popular Intelligence
would place itself in such an attitude.
If the democracy thinks that a majority
of the people can thus be footed it is
destined to a wide awakening when the
voters render their verdict at the polls.
Never before did a political party ask
for confidence on the ground that If vic
torious it could be trusted to prove false
to principles which for years It held to
bo vital.
There is ' nothing sure in this world
except death and taxes, and taxes oc
cupy the minds of people even more
than does the grim reaper. This Is
doubtless the prime cause of the popular
discussion now in progress in every sec
tion of the state over the effect of the
new revenue law. It is asserted by a
prominent taxpayer of Lincoln that the
present revenue law is responsible for
the Increase in the amount of taxes
levied this year, and he ventures the
prediction that if the law remains In
force the rate of taxation in 1905 will
Increase materially over that of 1904.
That depends, however, upon the course
that will be pursued next year by
county and municipal governments.
Last, but not least It is within the prov
ince of the coming legislature to limit
the amount of taxes to be Imposed and
to restrain taxation boards from levying
any more taxes than would produce the
Income necessary for the maintenance
of local government.
According , to City Attorney Wright
the Howell-GIlbert compulsory water
works purchase bill was harmless, but
Mr. Wright will have to admit that it
was mischievous and has worked incal
culable injury to the city and placed It
in a hole from which it will scarcely be
able to extricate itself. The useless
water works board has already cost the
city $6,000 and will cost as many thou
sands more, but the most damaging
thing to Omaha has been the compliance
with the provisions of the bill by which
the city availed itself of the three ap
praiser plan Instead of appraisement by
eminent domain proceedings. Such an
appraisement If too high could have
been rejected, while the Howell plan
will compel the city to purchase even
if the price is $2,000,000 or $3,000,000
higher than the works could be dupli
cated for.
Howell's red letter water primers are
becoming more deceptive from day to
day. In comparisons instituted be
tween the conditions in Omaha and Mil
waukee we are told that since 1881
Omaha has paid for fire hydrant rentals
$1,550,000, while Milwaukee since 1871,
when its plant was established, has paid
nothing for fire hydrants. For once Mr.
Howell has told the truth, but he seems
to be oblivious to the fact that the cost
of the Milwaukee water works is com
puted at $5,573,500. If these are the
correct figures, that investment rep
resents an interest charge of $9,190,275
since 1871, while Omaha has not paid a
cent of interest on water works that it
does not own since 1881.
When people were voting for McKIn
ley and Roosevelt four years ago they
did not have to be assured that both men
were fully competent and equipped to
discharge the duties devolving npon the
chief magistrate of the land. The same
is true this year with respect to Roose
velt and Fairbanks, but is it true wltR
reference to Farker and Davis? Ask
yourself.
The announcement that the traveling
men attached to the meat packing estab
lishments "have resumed work" should
be hidlgnantly resented. What have
these traveling men been doing during
tbe time that they were called in to help
out the strike, if they have not been at
work?
There is a great deal more truth than
poetry In the charge of ingratitude pre
ferred by the Western Laborer against
the Uulon Pacific shop men toward
South Omaha packing house employes
who contributed to their support during
the machinists' and bollermakcrs' strike.
Troubles Raoiigh at Bam.
Washington Star,
In the east I'ncle Sam has no Intention
of "butting la" on tb born of a dilemma.
He will simply stand pat for peace with
nonor ana tne proper protection or nis own
Interests, letting the others fight It out
among themselves.
Deals Staying at Home.
Chlcano Record Herald.
The Atlantlo liners will now give one
board and lodgvig for $7 a week and take
one across the ocean besides. What's the
use staying at home?
A Wrinkled I.laW.
Workers' Oaaette.
The stuffed prophet of Omaha "society"
says that the packing house strikers ought
to Invest their strike funds In and run their
own packing houses. That Is the wurst
yet.
Who Will Decide f
Washington Star.
Charley Schwab having returned $2,009,000
to his frlenUs who were bilked In the ship
building swindle, hie former associates are
divided aa to whether he Is ripe for a hero
medal or a padded cell.
Man's One Prerogative.
Philadelphia North American.
Notwithstanding a Boston man has set
fire to the seat of his trousers by scratch
Ing a match across It, It Is Just poaslblo
that other reckless men will still go strlk
lng a light In the same daring manner
when no other means offers Itself. It Is
one of the highly esteemed maacullne pre
rogatives.
Going Forward and Backward.
"' New Tork Tribune.
Corporal punUhment has been abolished
In the dominions of the czar, yet some of
the retrogressive teachers In the public
schools of New Tork are trying to restore
It In our places of Instruction. Even Rut
sla Is going ahead, while those educators
are clamoring for a return to "old, un
happy, far-off things."
Success Walt on Merit.
Bill Barlow's Budget.
Don't whimper and whine that you never
get a chance the door of opportunity is
wide open and neve.' more so thun now.
The one thing which has carried American
Industry into every quarter of this great
globo Is opportunity the chance every man
has. to reach and fill the best job in the
gift of his employers. Promotion Is al
ways possible, and but walta on merit.
Energy and the ability to do things were
never quoted so high on the markets of the
industrial world as right now.
A Plaything; for the Winds.
Brooklyn Eagle.
There Is at present no conceivable device
for the switching or moderating of danger
ous winds. The only thing that can be
done is to build atrong, for the withstand
ing of winds and waves and flames. The
planting of trees In treeless districts tends
to lessen the number and severity of cy
clones, as their effect Is to moderate tem
peratures and prevent the extremes of heat
and dryness which give rise to these aerial
convulsions. Though we claim to have
bridled the forces of nature, the fact Is that
we have but Just begun to study them, and
they are now, as they have always been,
our masters. Five thousand years hence
it may be that science will even control the
winds.
Race Decadence In England.
Philadelphia Press.
Premier Balfour takes a rather pessimis
tic view of the decadence of the race In Eng
land. The most energetic part of the rural
population, he says, drifts to the cities or
emigrates and this leaves to the less ener
getic the greater part of the burden of con
tinuing the race. No legislation is likely
in his opinion to modify the permanent
causes which bring about the deterioration
of the race. The decadence of agriculture
is one of the causes and that cannot be
overcome because England, while it main
tains a large population, must Import the
greater part of Its food supplies. The situ
ation in the United States is reversed. Here
agriculture is predominant, and the nation
Is troubled with Immigration rather than
emigration.
Tribute to a Journalist.
Collier's Weekly.
Colonel Watterson is a prophet, a seer,
a python, an aruspex, a fountain of elo
quence and a Joy forever. Many men are
logical; thousands have clearness and
measure; but no Journalist living today
gets as much excitation into hla pen aa
the good colonel gets every day without
effort into hl. His . style is gusty and
full of whirling leaves. His thought is
never palo. When he takes up his brick
bats and turns his attention to "Teddy" or
the smart set,everybody Is delighted, even
those who are the target. Personally, we
enjoy more keenly being sworn at by the
colonel than being praised by other writers.
He Is happy himself and the cause of hap
piness in other men. He never made a
half-way statement. He never failed to
call a spade a d shovel. He keeps us
awake. He makes life richer. He la gay,
buoyant, inspiring. Why ask him what
he means? He furnishes so much that to
demand precision irr addition would be to
show but sorry gratitude to a prodigal na
ture. We celebrate, the colonel. May he
live and prosper. It Is rare to find a
newspaper writer whose disappearance
would leave a gap.
DRUMMERS IK THE II AX D WAGON.
Trade Rustlers Rallying; to the Sup
port of Roosevelt.
Kansas City Star.
It was to have been expected that the
Commercial Travelers' league, which ren
dered such effective service for McKlnley
In 1896 and, 1900, would be equally interested
In promoting the Interest of President
Roosevelt in the campaign this year. The
two elections of McKlnley were due pri
marily to the exceptional confidence of the
country in the man and the policies he rep
resented, and to the distrust of Bryan and
Bryanlsm. From a business point of view
there Is no reason why President Roosevelt
should not Inherit the confidence that was
reposed In his predecessor, and from the
same outlook the democratic party has not
lessened the distrust of the people in Its
capacity to 'meet the grave responsibilities
of government by the framing of the St
Louis platform and the nomination of
Parker and Davis.
Parker la tar from a type corresponding
to Bryan, but the party has made the mis
take of going from one extreme to the
other from populism to plutocracy. Ex
treme do not meet the approval of the
masse. They are especially distrusted by
men who hafe a keen sense of those In
fluences thac affect business.
The commercial travelers are sllve to the
situation. They are an alert body of men.
They know the country from on end to
the other. In their Interchange of knowl
edge and opinion, they become Informed
on all classes of business. They frankly
avow that they are. not a political, but a
business, organisation. If It apieared to
them that Industry and commerce would
be conserved by supporting the demo
cratic ticket, they would make their choice
according to such conviction. But they
have not yet had their confidence In the
democratic party established. They will
aeek the election of Roosevelt and Fair
banks. They have a remarkably effective
system of operation and publicity. They
rtach every line of trade. They are good
talkers. They are positive and convincing.
Their attitude 1 thoroughly significant. If
they make the showing they did In the
last two presidential canvasses. President
Roosevelt will have no more active or In
fluential supporter tnaa the "drummers."
POLITICAL APPEALS TO PAIMOX9.
Demoerarle Impendence oa n.eontnt
la Center of Popnlntloa.
Chicago Chronicle.
From one point of view the managers of
the democratic campaign are wise in de
termlnlng to make their chief campaign In
the cities.
It Is evidently their purpose to appeal to
the passions and prejudices of the Ignorant,
criminal and vicious who abound In great
centers of population. If there la any
chance of democratic success It lies In such
an appeal, since there Is nothing In the
platform or the record of the present-dny
democracy to Justify a hope of response
from Intelligent, respectable and conserva
tive voters.
If the democrats are o win at all or,
rather. If they are to make even a re
spectable showing at the polls they must
rely upon the Ignorant and Idle the dls
contented, dangerous and desperate of the
cities.
But there Is another side to It If the
cities are the center of Ignorance and
crime they are likewise the centers of In
telllgence and conservatism. In mere point
of numbers the Ignorant and depraved may
sometimes exceed the Intelligent and re
spectable, as w see in an occasional Tarn
many victory In New York City, but In
other cities th forces of decency and hon
esty exercise an Influence far In excess of
their numerical strength. When it comes
to a square Issue between intelligence and
Ignorance between honesty and corruption
intelligence and honesty will win in the
long run.
So that the democratic managers, while
theyvare planning to arouse the baser ele
ments of metropolitan cittcenshlp to aa
tlvity, are In truth Issuing a achallenge to
substantial citizenship which the latter
must, in self-defense, accept. If the demo
cratic campaign la to be bottomed upon
class hatred, prejudice and more or less
disguised socialism, then the republican ap
peal must be to patriotism, thrift and de-
cency and that appeal never falls.
It is the misfortune and the crime of
the soi-dlsant democratic party that It no
longer has any principles upon which to
base a claim to the favor of honest and In
telllgent men. It has deliberately repu
dlated the fundamentals of Its one-time
creed. It bears no message to the reason;
It relies wholly upon the appeal to preju
dice, coupled with tho remnants of a blind
devotion to a party name long sine be
come a misnomer.
Mr. Taggart and his associates cannot
pilot such an organisation to victory.
There are not enough fools, knaves and
criminals not enough fossilised "demo,
crats," socialists and secret revolution
ariesto overcome the elements which
stand for honesty, decency and good gov
ernment.
And that Is why tho program to arouse
the slumbering viclousnesa and ignoranco
or the great cities is predestined to failure.
The call which awake them will likewise
alarm municipal intelligence and patriotism,
and of the result of a conflict between
those opposing forces there can be no
doubt.
TAKE OFF YOUR HAT.
A Suggestion for Men Troubled with
Hairless Pate.
Chicago Chronicle.
Baldness has lately been given as one
of the signs of degeneration. The fact
that women are not apt to become bald
as men are puts an end to any such sup
position, for no one would admit that men
are more degenerate than women. In
many ways a woman gives evidence of
decay earlier than a man, but her hair,
which the Bible calls the glory of a woman,
remains In Ita vigor long after her hus
band ha become as bald aa the white
headed eagle appear to be.
This" baldness ts a mystery calling for
solution. In lieu of any other explanation
It Is the custom nowadays to fall back
utfon the germ theory, and the germ :s
now credited with being th cause of bald
ness. It Is suspected that the barber's
shop Is too often the clearing-house of all
sorts of capillary and cutaneous affections,
and some have hinted that It would be bet
ter that a man allow his wife or his sister
cut his hair rather than trust to the care
lessness or the Ignorance of the barber.
Until the germ theory Ik shown to be a
fact, however, men will still resort to the
barber. They even go so far as to say they
prefer baldness rather than have their hair
cut by any non-expert female member of
the family. t
The present fad of going without a hat
has not been in vogue long enough or con
tinuously enough to test It effect upon
the hair, but those who seriously advo
cate it as a reform predict that the ex
posure of the top of the head to light and
air will be the end of the microblan af
fections of the scalp.
The fad or fashion of going without th
hat ends for the season as soon as autumn
sets In. Ever, the most radical reformer
would not go without his hat In cold
weather, for men are far more conserva
tive than women In obeying the dictate
of fashion and custom, and on no account
even for any amount of good, wonld they
appear bareheaded when convention de
manded otherwise. They may dispense
with the overcoat, but with the hat never
until fashion says so.
If the dictum shall come from King Ed
ward or some other infallible authority,
"Take off your hat," coughs, cold, ca
tarrh and other Ills might be the result.
but we 'would at least have a chance to
know Just what mischief stiff hats are
doing, and whether these or some kind of
degeneracy Is th cause of the prevailing
baldness.
A CHAMPION OF LAW.
Colorado Preacher Who Could Not Be
Rnlldosed.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Rev. Thomas 8. Leland of Cripple Creek,
Colo., seem to deserve the thanks of th
people of the United State for his sturdy
attitude toward the masked thug and
"bulldozers." who warned him to leav the
town on peril of assassination. This pastor
of a little Methodist church ha taken no
part In th warfare which th Western
Federation of Miner on the one aide and
the Citizen' Alliance on the other have
waged for more than a year, to the detri
ment of the state of Colorado and to the
grievous harm of the orderly ' and law
abiding spirit of th country, except that
a month or so ago he protested strongly
against the lawless deportation of cltlsen.
Th other day be waa visited by a masked
band, who warned him that It would be
good for his health If he should leav the
town and the state. Mr, Leland said that
he would stay, and that If he were mo
lested he would not even call upon the
sheriff for protection; he would take car
of that himself. He waa an American cltl
sen and he would stand up for his lights,
and among them was the right, recognised
by all laws, human and divine, to protect
one's self from armed bandits and anas
sins. He spoke th right word at th right
time. The norvcombatant citizens of the
town and of the state seem likely to rally
to his Idea; they are heartily tired of the
riotous and anarchical conditions which
have been shamefully maintained in that
state, until the duly constituted authority
Is a byword and the arbiter of dSsa0 has
become th rifle, the Infernal machine and
dynamite.
Demoeraey's Wet Blanket.
Harper's Weekly.
The fact becomes Increasingly evident
that Judge Parker's speech of acceptance
fell flat upon hi party like wet blanket.
Gt JBOAT GOSPEL.
Plea for I Militant Spirit Anion;
Foreign Mlaalonarle.
Chicago Post.
Ih a revised version of the New Testa
ment, frankly recognizing modern meth
ods, the fifteenth verse of the sixteenth
chapter of St. Mark would read something
after this fashion; "Go ye Into all the
world and preach th gospel to every crea
ture and where there seemeth to be oc
casion for It, take with thee an army of
soldiers or a fleet of warships." ,
There was a time when the gnspel fol
lowed the gunboat, where, we must admit,
there was much opportunity for It, but ap
parently we have reversed this the gun
boat now follows the gospel. The mission
ary once went after the "armies of civili
sation," now the army of civilization goes
after the missionaries.
In the olden time the greatest of all mis
sionaries said: "Blessed are ye when men
shall revile you and persecute you, and say
all manner of evil against you, falsely, for
my sake." This was to be the evangel s
portion, and he was to be blessed for ac
cepting It.
rinf the anlrlt of the missionary has
changed. He no longer considers It a bless
ing to be reviled and persecuted. If the
benighted heathen do not take kindly to his
efforts to give them another religion,
whether they wish It or not, he cable home
for an army or a squadron of war vessels.
and after the llttl Interruption to his
evangelising labors has ended h say to
th pagan pr the Confucian or the Mussui'
man: "Now will you be good?"
The founder of Christianity sent out the
gospel of peace; His followers today seek
to spread the gospel of the gunboat. Mo
hammed carried the Koran in one hand
and the sword In the other; the modern
missionary plants his church In the land
of the lnfldel-wlth or without his permis
slon and the missionary's government an
chora a warship within range. And If the
obstreperous Infidel does not fancy this
arrangement solely Intended to benefit the
unbeliever why, the booming of cannon
will drown the sound of the church bell.
Now It must not be Inferred from this
that we should leave our missionaries un
protected while they are striving to' con
vert the heathen, or that we do not con
sider the spread of the gospel something
greatly to be desired. We simply wish to
request that our missionaries will be a
trifle less militant and direct their efforts
more to showing the benighted of earth
how to Improve their material conditions
before asking them to change their spir
itual point of view.
Let us bear In mind that when we get
Into trouble with the heathen we go after
it, and this Is a true In spreading the
gospel as In pushing trade.
TROL'BLES OF A TRUST.
Symptom of Internal Congestion la
the Steel Combine.
Baltimore American.
While proceedings to dissolve trust which
are Illegal and devised "for the restraint of
trade" are proper and have been made
effective, it Is a theory of some economists
that the surest "trust buster" is the trust
itself. While some great combinations of
capital seem to embody elements of per
petuity, for the most part tbe speculative
trust and the trust that tries to absolutely
corner a market, which may be classed In
the category of President Roosevelt' "bad
trusts," often finds that it days are few
and full of trouble.
The United States Steel corporation, for
Instance, has been a spectacle for the stu
dent of economics ever since Its organiza
tion. The depreciation of its stock, due to
vast Inflation, has been phenomenal, not
withstanding its Immense business, and it
is now the target of a brilliant assault by
Independent concerns, which have com
pelled It to materially cut prices upon cer
tain products. To 'show how delicately
sensitive is the machinery of this greatest
Industrial combination of the world, capi
talized at $1,400,000,000, It Is only necessary
to quote the fact that within a few days
the Pittsburg Steel company, with a capital
of only $3,000,000. has forced It to meet a cut
of $1 per ton below Jobbers' rates In car
load lots upon wire and wire products. This
movement of the Pittsburg Steel company
is backed, It is asserted, by other Independ
ent manufactories, and the prospect are
good for a lively war which may benefit
consumers, but not seem so pleasing to the
stockholders of the warring companies.
The usual statement is made when such
episodes occur that the purpose of the In
dependent companies is to force a purchase
of their plants by the dominant corporation.
The direct statement i even made that
Mr. John W. Gates, who Is heavily Inter
ested In the Pittsburg company, Is at the
bottom of the movement, but that tho
United States Steel corporation will not
make further Investment at this time, but
will manipulate the market to the disad
vantage of Mr. Gates' concern and refuse
to be "pinched."
Whatever may be the result, the move
ment Is the moot Interesting that has oc
curred since the organisation of the giant
corporation, and the war of rates will be
watched with Interest by outsiders as well
as stockholders. '
SIZING IP THE SITUATION
Sign of tho Time Point to the Elec
tion of Roosevelt.
Philadelphia Press (rep.).
Not a few of the gold democrats who
voted for McKlnley have undoubtedly re
turned to their democratic, allegiance, but
many hav not. While they may not re
gard th currency Issue as pressing and
vital aa it was four year and eight years
ago. they feel that business stability and
sense lot security can be best assured by
continuing the existing administration. A
change would at least entail uncertainty
and doubt Besides, it Is known that not
a few Bryan democrats, rescntlnr the in
fluence now in control of thu party, will
refuse to vote for Judge Parker. They
may not offset the number of gold demo
crats who are reclaimed, but they consti
tute an element that cannot be dlsregaracd.
Carefully surveying' th Indication thus
far. it Is evident that there is no swearing
Chang In any direction.
There I another thing which may fairly
be said. Those who are In a position to
gather Intelligent opinion privately know
that the beat informed supporters of Judge
Parker In New York admit in their candid
moments that they do not expect to see
him elected. We do not speak now of his
actual managers, for w do rot affect to
know their opinion, but w speak of a
body of observer who are next to the
manager and who hav their own means
of forming a rational Judgment. They b-
lleve now that Judge Parker ha th bet
ter chance of carrying New York, but evfen
with this result they do not believe te will
be elected. The condition in New York
are still undetermined. Much will depend
upon the character of the nomination for
governor and on th course of bitter fac
tional fight. But whatever the turn In
New York the democratic observers of
whom we apeak see no prospect of carry
ing th other states which ars Indispens
able. Their present opinion, whatever it
may be worth. Is that President Roosevelt
will be elected without the vote of New
York.
On the other hand, republicans believe
that the situation In New York haa ma
terially Improved In the last month, and
they are now feeling a good deal of confi
dence that It will be saved. It Is clear
that, without assuming too much and with
out undertaking to discount developments
hereafter, the . present outlook points
strongly to President Roosevelt's slecUoo.
PERSONAL NOTES.
General Herman Hatipt, now In Wa Wttl
year. Is the oldest living graduate of West
Point. He was appointed at the ag of II
by Andrew Jnrkson.
That Chinaman, Vln Kow, who has found
himself without a country Is lucky. H
can never bo bothered by Internntlpnal
complications.
Senator Fairbanks has been Invited and
has accepted the Invitation to be the guest
of honor at the annual dinner of tb Horn
Market club of Boston In November.
A Briton who Is In Wanhlngton saya
Americans would have the ruddy complex
Ions of the English if they would but
change their diet. Most Americana draw
the line at ale and whisky for breakiatt,
however.
Major R. W. MeClaughry, warden of th
United States penitentiary at Leavenworth,
Kan., has Just celebrated the thirtieth an
niversary of his management of prisons.
In this time he has hud bout 24,000 pris
oners under him.
Secretary Taft has Issued an order that
all persons holding medals of honor Issued
by the government for meritorious serv
ice, should return them to the office of
Major General Alnsworth. the military sec
retary. In order that medals of honor of
the new design, provided for by the last
session of congress, may be awarded them.
Captain Andrew Rowan of Atchison,
Kan., made quite a reputation while serv
ing In the Philippines, chiefly from th
common-sense and Informal way In which
ho performed whatever duty came to hand.
Ho was stationed at a post In one of th
remote provinces of the Islands. A back
ward season had been disastrous to crops,
and the prices of provender had gone sky
ward aa a result. About this time several
wealthy Chinese merchants had been ar
rested for smuggling. Rowan put the Mon
gols at work cutting grass. This brought
forth a protest that finally found Its way
to the chief authorities at Manila. In due
course of time the followlns telegram
reached Rowan: "Why are you compelling
wealthy Chinese merchants to cut grass!"
"Because grass Is high," waa Rowan'a
laconic reply.
POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS.
Philadelphia North American: Taggart
Is said to be an expert slelght-of-hand
man. But he won't be able to Juggle the
returns.
Pittsburg Dispatch: Addlcks of Delaware
might imitate the czar ' and promise to
abolish the knout in that state If he la
sent to th senate.
New York Commercial: As It stands to
day, New York state Is anybody's fight.
A blunder by either side In the selection of
Its candidate would throw th election Into
the lands of the other. .
Philadelphia Press: Judge Parker might
call on Mr. Cleveland for a few epigram
for his letter of acceptance, and upon Mr.
Bryan for some figures of speech, with a
dash of Deverylsma added to give it
piquancy,
Washington Post; Judge Parker declares
that he will speak In this campaign orlly
when he has something definite to say.
Campaigns would not be so much dreaded
by the country if other speakers were to
follow his example.
San Francisco Chronicle: One pf Bryan's
most recent vagaries is advocacy of the
election of postmasters. Mr. Bryan may
think that the average citizen la anxious
to Increase his electoral burdens, but he ia
mistaken. Citizens protest against increas
ing the number of officials to be selected
for the sufficient reason that they have no
adequate means of obtaining trustworthy
Information on which to base their Judg
ment of the fitness of those they are j.
ready called upon to choose.
POINTED PLEASANTRIES.
TTnlA flam Uau ... - . 1. A
ships of mine?
ine Turn res, and I'm beginning to b
Interested in the display. Show me some
"Honor and shame from no condition
rise." And self-made men are men who
advertise. Houston Post
"Did you ever see such an array of fancy
negligee shirts as that fellow hasT" re
marked the first summer boarder.
"Huh!" snorted the other, "I'll bet he's
a drummer vearing his samples." FUC
delphla Press.
"I see that another Japanese commander
Is rapidly coming to the front His nam
Is Prince Hlgasrlfushlml."
"He ought to be at Port Arthur."
"Why?T
"They could us his name for a scaling
ladder.'' Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Two thousand years ago a Greek phi
losopher said: 'Markets are places which)
men have established to deceive one an
other.' "
"He must have been on the wrong aid
of wheat." Chicago Journal.
"You don't say 'down with the trusts!'
any more, said the friend.
"No." answered the apprehensive citizen.
"It doesn't seem to have any practical ef
fect and I'm afraid some trust might hear
me and retaliate by casually remarking
'up with prices.' "Washington Star.
We meet the extravagant woman at th
bargain counter.
"Why do you spend so much money?" wa
ask. "Would It not be well to lay by some
thing for a rainy dayT"
With a merry gurgle of laughter she re
plies: "Goodness, no! I never go shopping;
on rainy duya." Judge.
AT REST.
(In loving memory of Mrs. Rose Hnoman,
who died at Omaha, August, 16, 1904.)
'Tls the beauty of age that lingered, and
pressed.
And smoothed out the traces of time and
tears.
And covered her hair and brow and breast
With the softest weave from the loom of
years,
And kindled a light in her face and eye
Like the clone of a beautiful day in the
sky.
'Tls the beauty of death when the years
are told.
And the dear one looks to the rest so
near.
And we know by the smile that the Hps
unfold,
That there is no dark and there Is no
fear.
A beautiful life and a beautiful rest,
1 would not part them Oh, God knows
best.
'Tls tho beauty of love that we, bereft.
Cling to the space we cun never fill,
And we hide our grief In the emptiness left.
And long and long for the voice that I
But give to us love, though It bring th
break,
To th bliss of loving Is as nothing the nch.
PRUDENCE LAMB.
Jenklntown, Pa., August 85, 1904.
Tired, Tired
Tired. That one word tells
the whole story. No rest.
No comfort. No particular
disease. Just all tired out.
Fortunately, physicians Know
about Aycr's Sarsaparilla.
They prescribe it for ex
haustion, anemia, depressiqp,
general debility. Aiilst.
No matter whst alia you nor what
medicine you take, you cannot eetweU
If your bowels are constipated. Cor.
rect this at once ty tanna ayerz run.
Just one pill each mgnt. iBO.so
i axo
iuoi vw p"" V ii-
crest aid to the Sarsapsrilla.
4. caveat.
