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N. B. HUNOATE. Notary Public.
It begins; to look ag If Candlflate Davis
would neither fill the bill nor pay the
bill. ' X
When li a cincb primary not a clncb
primary t When It clncheit the schemer
who thought they bad the other fellows
cinched. ' ' '
Many a inau would have celebrated
Labor Day with more energy were ho
sure his Job was waiting for him this
morning. Settle the strikes!
1 Basket ball Is now in a position to be
recognized as a genuine American sport,
since two Nebraska girls have broken
limbs in preliminary practice. .,
. . ?
There was a state election in Ar
kansas yesterday, but somehow or other
uo one is expecting to be .surprised by
the announcement of the result -
f Tht next chapter in the controversy
, ever paving specifications' will be con
i Irlbuted by President ' Warren of the
' bltulithic enterprise oi, by some one
Speaking' for him.' ' ,1 - '-'
;' We fear our suburban summer resort
gardens are close to the time, when Jack
Frost will present his ticket of admis
sion at the goto and frighten the other
pleasure seekers away.
s Now that he knows who his opponent
is to be, tho democratic congressman
from the Second district need baveno
'further compunction about having him
self formally notified that he la to run
again.
Loyal Germans will now turn aside
from the study of war bulletins and
prepare to show Intelligent appreciation
of the house of Mecklenburg-Schwerln
from which' has sprung ' their future
queen and empress. '
. There mmld be more interest shown
in the proposed meeting of democratic
editors to be held in New York if it
were known whether the men in charge
of the campaign desire to ask for advice
or to give- instructions. '. , -
It is said that tho man with whom
Princess Louise ran away lived incog
nito at a Dresden hotel for BeveraJ
weeks preceding the last elopment. Now
Jf the princess will continue to 11 v. In
cognito much will be forgiven.
t One KeuueUy was elected to the legls
' luture ou the fusion ticket two years
go largely out of mistaken idenf.ty for
1 trie two Kennedys who are to be elected
on the . republican ticket for congress
and district Judge respectively this year.
It Is a bad tiling to go into the pre
diction business, particularly in politics.
Several pullticul weather prophets who
were rash enough to commit themselves
in writing in advance of the recent n
' giefiiloiial prlinury will how have the
exquisite delight of taking it all back.
At least one American officer has
learned something as the result of the
Russo-Japanese war, ' and be did not
havo to be on the firing line tc learn It
General Humphrey will never again de
clare that' a race of rice eater cannot
successfully fight sr race whose soldiers
are fed upon meat-
Trades unionists of Great Britain are
considering the ' question of taking a
more active part in politics. As there
are already two socialist parties organ
ised' In that country It will be seen that
the ' English trades unionist has little
mora confidence In the socialist propa
ganda than hi American compeer:
This, seems to be a year for reminds-ct-iu-o.
Jut after Grandfather Davis re
ferred to the economy, of government
under Jlnchaunu's administration a popu
lar oagusUie runs a story of the "Cotton
tleul" by wbli'b several statesmen of the
late confederacy feathered their ncais
At the expense of the; rebel government
' thinking Bcrrtft or' nut. '
Two months ago the newspapers
which are no "most, ardent.' In thtlr
support of Judge Tarker were denoun
cing TV. 3. Bryan unstintedly. lit was
a populist, a socialist," a demagogue, a
party wrecker and so on. Now that
he .hns offered his eervh-es to the demo
cratic natlonnl 'committee and Is an
nounced to take the stump in October
some of the democratic organs which
so soundly abused him are apparently
thinking better of him. They speak of
him as a gifted orator and a man .of
brilliant ability, one of them remarking
that "in presenting the Issues of the
campaign as marked out by the demo
cratic platform Mr. Itryan Is capable
of rendering services to his party as
useful as they are sure to be brilliant
and commanding of attention." Tet at
a matter of fact Mr. Bryan has not
changed his views. He still believes la
every principle and policy enunciated In
the plntfornih on which he ran and he
has declared his purpose to again en
deavor to bring the democracy to a full
recognition and adoption of his political
views. The opinions tlJit caused him
to be characterized two months ago as
a socialist and demagogue be has not
renounced and It Is safe to say will not
renounce.'
It will Indeed be Interesting to learn
Mr. Bryan's present opinion of the
democratic candidate for the presidency.
Last April he made a speech in. Chicago
In which be said: "Judge Parker Is not
a fit man to be nominated either by
the democratic party or any other party
that stands for honesty or fair dealings
In politlcj." Thls was a deliberately
formed judgment and nothing has since
occurred to Justify a change. We do
not believe that Bryan, has changed his
opinion of. Parker, but there are obvious
reasons for his remaining in touch with
the party. However, he can hardly re
gard ns sincere the change toward him
of those who only a ' short time ago
could find in denouncing him no lan
guage too severe.
AN KP0CH-MAK1NQ VICTORY.
A military expert expresses the
opinion that the value of the Japanese
victory at Lino Yang will He rather in
Its moral than its 'military results,
should the Russians succeed in making
an orderly retreat to Mukden and be
yond. Ha remarks that again the su
periority of an Asiatic over a European
army will have been demonstrated and
"add fresh fuel to the fire that is burn
ing from Palestine to the coast of
China." The further the Japanese can
penetrate from the sea, the more diffi
cult will be the Russian task to recover
the lost ground. '
It is very generally recognized that
the Japanese victory, assuming, as the
dispatches at hand warrant, , that they
will hold all they, have wou, is. epoch
mftklng In its Importance. Of course
there Is the possibility of Japanese re
verses, but .there is nothing to Indicate
a danger of anything happening
that would greatly change' the eltutrtion
or seriously retard the. progress ofthe
mlkad6's victorious a miles. There con
tinues to come from St Petersburg as
surance that Kouropatkln's retreat . is
simply carrying' out carefully devised
plans of campaign, but this has ceased
to be 'seriously taken even in Russia,
and the general opinion 'is that the Rus
sian commander has been completely
outgeneraled. He was able to avoid
being entirely enveloped, but he extri
cated himself at great loss. Kouropotkln
Is urgently calling for reinforcements,
but it is improbable that any can reach
him in time to avert Impending disaster,
while Japan is steadily sending more
troops into the field. Aside from its in
fluence on the fnture of the war the bat
tle of Lino Tang is interesting in itself
as one ot the greatest battles, if not the
greatest, of modern times.
- A SINGULAR ARGUMENT.
Borne of the Parker organs are urging
in advocacy of bis election the singular
argument that as president be could not
carry out the demands of the democratic
platform, owing to the fact that there
is a republican senate. In other words,
they ask the people to give the demo
cratic party, control of the executive
branch of the government because its
president could not do anything. Thus
tho Brooklyn Eagle states that It does
hot agree with Parker on the matter of
expansion, "but we agree with him on
enough other things to allow us to off
set his views on expansion with the cir
cumstance that, with an assured repub
lican senate, and with himself com
mitted to only four years in the presi
dency, he cannot carry out his views."
That paper is also not favorable to the
platform declaration regarding the tar
iff, yet it supports the democratic ticket
in the comfortable assurance that the
republicans have the senate and will
"see that neither . anti-expansion non
sense nor free trade nonsense can be
mado into law."
Was ever such an argument as this
employed before in behalf of the elec
tion of a presidential candidate? Were
the Aniertcau people ever before asked
to choose a man for the highest office
in their, gift for the reason that he
would be powerless 7 Do the people
want a mere figurehead in the position
of chief executive of the nation?
The democratic party Is to be trusted,
according to one of the most prominent
and influential of Its organs, because it
can't do anything, because it is power
less to carry out Its views aud promises
and thereby Injure the interests of the
country.' Judge Parker said in his
speech of acceptance: "It is a fact and
should be frankly conceded that though
our petty he successful in the' coming
contest we cannot 'hope to secure a ma
jority of the senate during the next four
years, and hence we shall be unable to
secure any modification in the tariff,
save to which the republican inajovlty
In the senate may consent." For ll.e
same reason that party could do nothing
else reiiuirlng legislative art Ion. Why.
then, elect a democratic president? The
people do not want a state of stagnation
In their, public affairs during the next
four years. -They do- not want the
wheels of progress clogged. Yet this Is
what democratic success In November
would result in. Nothing would be done
to promo'te national development or to
advance national Interests, because the
purposes of that party do not have this
aim. They are reactionary rather than
progressive. The record of the party
for the Jas forty years evidences this.
What the country wants Is an admlnls
tration that ran accomplish something,
a man at the head of the government
who will not be powerless to effect those
things which are essential to our ad
vancement as a people.
But while the country 'could feel se
cure against Injury in some respects be
cause there Is a republican senate, there
are some things which' a democratic
president could do that it is not desir
able should be done. lie could give a
setback to the principle pf civil service
reform and would be very likely to do
so under the great pressure for the
spoils that would be brought to bear
upon him. In this way the public serv
ice might be demoralized, as to a large
extent It was under Cleveland. He could
make changes, In the consular service
that would seriously Impair Its worth
and efficiency, and It Is not to be
doubted that this would be done. In nil
directions In which the powers of the
executive can be Independently exer
cised there would be changes which it
Is hardly conceivable would be of bene-
fit nw arlrantnnrA 4 ji 4ha nAiinref Tntal.
s, w uu uiiidc iv i ti" tuuuu ji iiici-
llgent voters should seriously consider
the extraordinary argument of the
Parker organs fn behalf of his election
thfit as president he could do nothing
to carry out his views or the demands
of bis party.
DISTIltQCISHTD FORKIQX VISITORS.
The European delegates to the inter
national arbitration conference in St
Louis will visit, a number of American
cities after the conference and Omaha
is to be one of the cities honored. No
more distinguished body of representa
tive men ever set foot In our country
before. The delegation consists of about
200 of the most progressive members of
the parliaments of the European na
tions. They are all men of influence and
character and the importance of their
visit baa been recognized by congress
by making them the guest of the na
tion during their stay. An effort should
be made to make their sojourn a pleas
ant one and to leave with them memo
ries of tho United States which may lead
to amicable intercourse in the future. If
we make 200 good friends of the char
acter and standing of these foreign mem
bers of parliament it 'cannot fall to
prove of benefit all, around. Apart,
however, from all such considerations,
the claims of courtesy and hospitality
make It incumbent upon Omaha to re
ceive and entertain these gentlemen in
a manner in keeping with the character
of the guests. In honoring them Oinaba
would honor Itself. And as a represents,
tivc western city Omaha should fey all
means play its part in according such
men r. welcome that will be spontaneous
and hearty. All the world has heard
of western hospitality. Let us show our
guests that it is no myth and that
Omaha knows how to respond to a visit
fronvJeglslators who come on a mission
to promote International peace. The
proper authorities should take the mat
ter in hand at once and make such ar
rangements ns may be agreed upon" for
the reception of our distinguished
guests. They are expected to arrive In
Omaha toward the end of next week
and will be accompanied by Hon.
Richard Bartholdt of St. Louis. Let
our municipal authorities bestir them
selves and receive these gentlemen as
they deserve to be received.
' Some strange stories ore reaching here
of Mr, Bryan's apparent willingness to be
conciliated by the reorganlsers. Immell
ately after the St. Louis convention he
announced that he would vote for Parlor,
but it was-regarded as significant at the
time that he did not commit himself to
such a, support of the ticket as ha la now
giving it. Hla appeals for Parker In Mis
souri are explained In some quarters as
efforts to overcome an anti-Parker preju
dice In that state which threatens tor re
sult In an apathy which may defeat
Bryan's personal friends on,- the stata
ticket. But other stories are on the Ne
braska line, and are to tha effect that Mr.
Bryan Is endeavoring to . conciliate the
Jackson club democrats - of Omaha and
other parts of Nebraska, whose help he
needs In hla effort to make a fusion ma
jority in the Nebraska legislature which
will send him to the United States senate.
If Ms. Bryan la playing politics only for
himself and hla personal friends it Is time
his loyal followers ehou'd know It Chicagj
Special to the St. Louis Olobe-Deraocrat.
We always have to go away from
borne to hear the news. The Jacksonlans
of Omaha and Nebraska will be de
lighted to learn that Colonel Bryan has
gone clear out of his way to please and
conciliate them. '
A committee of twenty insurance ex
pert appointed by the National Board
of Underwriters of the United States
to Investigate the conflagration hazard
of all the large cities of the United
States will ' soon visit Omaha. They
will And our city well equipped with
flre-extlngulsblng ' machinery ' and ap
paratus, and the fire department well
manned and officered, but they will also
discover that the defective electric light
wiring and a disregard of the electric
light wiring regulations constitute a
serious menace to public safety. Is It
not about time for the municipal au
thorities to take same decisive action
so that the insurance experts may give
Omaha a favorable report? .
It Is practically 200 miles from Muk
den to Harbin and Harbin is at least
100 miles from tho Mancbuilau froutUt.
so it inuy be seen how fur Japan wilj
have to travel yet before it can carry
the war even to the edge of the enemy's
country. '
rrs
According to our correspondent .from
Hot. Springs, Major Moo res has been
amusing himself by entertaining the re-
publicans In convention assembled at
that health resort His honor, the
mayor, wonld have amused himself
more if be had Wen able to participate
in the congressional primaries here last
week.
i -rua
Grave Feara Realise'.
Detroit' Journal.
Russia has accumulated enough facts and
figures to prove triat the yellow peril is
fully as "yellow and perilous a the liveliest
Imagination has painted It.
' Caatlon Marks Earh !Mre.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Chairman Taggart and Cortelyou will be
cautious about organising torchlight pro
cessions this year. Neither of them can
afford to promote the Interests of the Stand
ard OH company.
Gaiety of the Strife.,
Chicago Record Herald.,
Russia's Baltic 'fleet turns out to have
been badly damaged during It recent trial
trip. But Its triumph in getting back to
Cronstadt without suffering from sponta
neous combustion must not be underesti
mated. Bobllme Xonpartlsaashlp.
' Boston Globe.
The wife of Senator Elklns has set an ex
ample of wifely dutlfulness by declaring
to a newspaper man that before expressing
any opinion In politics she must have her
husband tell her what she ought to believe.
This In spite of the fact thstv her own
father Is the democracy's candidate for the
vice presidency.
Good Pay for a Croofc.
Burlington Hawkey.
Edward O. 8oule ot Iowa Falls, who
wrecked a savings bank and stole soma
$50,000, entered a plea of guilty in the dis
trict court at Eldora and was sentenced
to eighteen months at Anamosa. A mathe
matician has figured out that Snule Is get
ting pretty good pay for wearing stripes.
If he still has the money It Is not the worst
speculation that he ever entered Into, and
even If he has tt not he did have It, and
that Is something Ilka It. He gets $2,799 per
month, or $32 per day, or $9.26 per working
hour.
A Permanent Reminder.
Pittsburg Gazette.
Senator Fairbanks' reminder about the
Coxey armies Is pertinent and to the point.
If thero be any citizens who desire a re
turn of the days when armies Of the un
employed marched to Washington to de
mand relief, let him vote for It with full
understanding of what he does. We opine,
however, the majority has all It wants of
Coxey marching' and soup house charity.
What is wanted now is ample employment
tor all who desire to work, and that Is to
be had through maintenance of republican
policies and confidence in the security af
forded by sound systems..., ,
Pacts Oatwelsrh Theories.
Chicago Chronicle. .
General Lee's kretement, in lUs official
report, that the Increased, desertions from
the regular army are due, In great part,
to the abolition of the canteen will prob
ably excite tha wrath of the opponents of
the canteen, but It will have a good deal
of weight with disinterested, people. Cer
tainly If anyone' a!jild -be able to judge of
tha Influence forood or evil exerted by
the canteeiv office is pf the army-ought to
be the men. Their testimony Is practically
unanimous thai "the canteen waa a factor
for good and Its abolition has worked harm.
No amount of merely academic theorising
will outweigh these faxts.v .
-jA Sermon 'ni'. Character, ...
SphngneTd'Republlcan. i. ' .
David B..HlH',MH5g1uUrlly in the demo
cratic party, wSa meyar more strikingly ap
parent than lt'jJ.todYt when he has an
nounced his coming retirement from active
politics In order riot to handicap Judga Par
ker's candidacy. , the Cleveland democrats
always-distrusted hlm; . the Bryan demo
crats hate him. - He may not be so black
as a multitude ot-foes have painted him,
but the fact that1, at 61 -years of age he
has accumulated Such a , heavy load of
enmities and failed so far to win the con
fidence of the general publics makes a whole
sermon on the subject of character in poll
tics. ,
CRIMES AGAIXST INVESTORS.
Methods by Whjph the Unwary Are
Deprived of Their Money.
Wal Street Journal. ,
Tha Investor, In Judging' m value ot a
security, has tour aulues. -1. The names
u ine directors or tha company. 2. Tho
baiance sheet , and statement of earnings
wnlch It may Issue M. The dividend that
may be paid upon the stock. 4. The price
at which the security sells in the market.
It la possible that all four of these
guides may be valueless; that the directors
may be simply lending the use of their
fiaraea to ah enterprise which la purely a
gamble or a deliberate attempt to deceive
the public; that the financial atatement
may be "doctoredl- So as. to conceal tha
true condition of the company; that the
dividend Is paid not out of net earnings,
but out of aale of stocks and bonds, and
that the market price may represent merely
manipulation, a scheme to unload at a hlgtr-j
figure on innocent holders securities which
Insiders know to be worth much less.
The great evil which honest Investment
has to contend against is one or all of
these departures from - these safeguards
against fraud and decey. Too much so
called "high finance" has consisted In sell
ing at high prices securities worth much
less than the sum asked for them. It
may be said that the Investor is alono to
blame If ha pays more than he should for a
security, but it Is fair to ask whether there
is not Immorality In selling for much se
curities which the seller knows to be worth
little. Especially doea this appear to be
sd when the purchasers are small In
vestors, men and women of limited means
and estates on which the livelihood of
many depend- No pity need.be wasted
upon ft person who, having deliberately en
tered upon a speculation, loses. But the
honest Investor has Just cause for com
plaint If he Is Induced to buy aecurlties
that are not worth' what they are repre
sented to be.
The man who lends or sells the use of his
name to a corporation to whose affairs
he gives little or no attention, the official
who Issues a financial statement the.: is
"doctored," the management that pays a
dividend not earned, simply to maintain tha
credit of the company or to market Ita se
curities; tha pool which puts up the price
of a security in order to unload It upon
Investors at more than It la Intrinsically
worth,, are all guilty of dishonesty, and
every such act of dishonesty serves td
bring Wall street Into disrepute. That
Wall street survives In spite of such prac
tices !s proof hat. after, all that Is said,
a majority of its agents of Investment,
though they may occasionally make mis
takes, are actually strlvSig to deal hon
estly with investors, realising fully that
honesty Is the best policy. i
There Is perhaps no way to deal effectu
ally by law with tlteae crimes against in
vestment. Perhaps there might be a law
holdln? the director to a stricter account
ability; that there might be a penalty for
"doctoring" of financial statements and a
punishment for the declaration of unearnci
dividend Slid fur stock manipulations. The
great difficulty la to enact lawa that, while
muetlng thes various evlls, shall not at
i hi. mint unir, restrict in reasonable no
rty of honest enterprise.
GOSSIP A BO IT THE WAR.
attle ( Lis Van Camparad with
Battles Fasaeae la Hlatary.
Tha place of Llao Yang In tha record ftf
famous battles will not be determined for
some time te come. Tb actual thimber of
men engaged on each side Is. not known
outside of tha respective war offices, and
the losses are equally Indefinite. Estimates
of tha total number range from JfO.OOO to
500.000 men. Four hundred thousand men Is
the generally accepted estlmat of the com
bined strength of the contending armies on
the opening of tha contest two weeks' tgo.
The etsength of the Jspsnese amy varies
In the estimates from 190.000 to 140.000 men.
and that of the Russian army from lto.roo
to 200,000 men. Estimates of th total losses
run from 25,000 to 60,000 In killed, wounded
and missing. If these eatlmates are fairly
verified by official returns, Llao Tang will
take high rank among the great battles ot
the world. In this connection Statistics of
great battles of modern times will be of
Interest:
, Men
engsged. Leasee.
Location and Country.
jena, Frencn...
loo.oro , n.(r
Germs n so.ono 45.000
Lelpslc, Allies.. Sne.oa 63.000
French lSO.ooo 65. (TO
Waterloo, French 101, nno 19.000
Allies 120.0(10 Si. 000
Bull Run (second)! I'nlon.... 36.000 2,900
Confederate, 4.000 1.700
Shlloh. Union SS.ono 13.CO0
Confederate 40.0(0 10,000
Fredericksburg. Tnlon 113.000 12.000
Confederate. 78,000 4,ono
Gettysburg, T'nion 94.000 23.000
Confederate 76000 Jl.ooo
Wilderness, Union ... loo.ono 12.000
, Confederate .... 80.(00 . 11,000
Sedan, tJermsn 2.VOoo 9 ooo
French 140.(00 S.0O)
Garveiotte, German Joo.ono 21,o
French 120,000 14.000
Other great battles of the world, in which
the exact 'number of men engaged has
never been definitely ascertained, and noted
for the losses sustained, are:
Los.'ca.
I Plevna, Russian 40. 0O
Turks ; no.uw
Sadowa, Prussian..' 9JM0
Austrian 44.000
Austerlits, French 7,oo
Allies 60)
Wagram, French iO.000
Austrian 86.000
Frledland. French 800)
Allies ly.ut)
Kj Ian, French 20.0i0
Allies 18,000
Hohenlioden, French 6.00
Austrian 20,000
Field Marshal Oyarrta, commander-in-chief
of the Japanese forces at Llao Tang,
was born In 1841, a samurai or noble of tile
Kagoshima clan. From bis earliest Infancy
he was brought up as a soldier. At 4 years
of age he was separated from nls mother
and began to learn the lessons of hardi
hood. He was never allowed to wince for
pain or complain of hunger. He was com
pelled to go barefoot In the snow in the
winter to toughen him. In wintry winds
he wore but the thinnest clothes to keep his
skin from being tender. His days were
spent in the practice of arms and physical
exercise; his nights in studying the bushido,
or old Japanese code of honor, which
taught the samurai that life was nothing
as compared with the glory of his dalmlo
or leader. Little Oyama was of sturdy
stuff and could stand the training which
killed many who are devottd to it.
At the age of 10 he had killed a bear un
aided, and the same year took part In tia
first battle with tho retainers of a rlvai
dalmlo. Young Oyama at this time was
passionately devoted to his cousin, the
great Salgo, the head Of the Satsuma clan.
At the outbreak of the Satsumi rebel
lion, headed by hla cousin Salgo, and In
which his own brother took a leading part,
Oyama found himself in ft painful dilemma;
hla loyalty to the central government and
to the person of tha emperor triumphed,
however, and he took the: field against his
clansmen, and as commander of the "flying
brigade'' fought bravely .and succesifu ly
until Salgc's fall.
During the ensuing ten years of recon
struction, . which Marquis Tamagata de
voted to establishing and perfecting the
standing army and to fortifying the whole
country. General Oyama was hla right-hand
man. Without him the task could hardly
have been accomplished, for, after Salgo's
death, Oyama had come tb be regarded as
the representative of the Satsuma clan and
defender of their interests, and he used all
his Influence to secure the co-operation of
the still powerful Satsuma element.
Far from being a hard eyed, shaggy,
browed general, aa one might Imagine, the
hero of so many difficult campaigns is the
kindest, most amiable old gentleman It
would be possible to meet. He himself
declares that He haa no liking whatever
for war, and that It Is Irony of fate, not
personal Inclination, which has made him
the soldier he Is today. Like most of
Japan's great men, he Is not rich. In this
world's goods. He Is far too liberal to
amass a fortune. It is told of him
during the Chinese war . he bought
provisions for his men and horses out of
his own pocket rather than pillage tha
wretched homes slong the route. ',
The folowing description of Admiral
Togo is given by a writer In Collier's
Weekly:
After we had been, in the ward room for
some time Captain Takarabe, the com
mander of the Manshu Maru, entered and
announced, "Gentlemen. Admiral Togo."
Every one sprang to his feet and fixed his
yes on the little officer, small even tor
ft Japanese, standing In tha doorway. There
stood the admiral of tha fleet, ft calm, de
termined looking mail, about 66 years ot
age, with coal black hair standing straight
up from his head, ' expressionless eyes,
prominent cheekbones and a powerful jaw
relieved'' by an Imperial. Calmness Is- a
great characteristic of Admiral Togo. He
gased on the scene before him without
sny sign of Interest or emotion. It was not
by any means sn unkindly look, tut simply
the look of a man whose body was present
but whose mind waa elsewhere. Just that
same look Nelson might have had during
one of those lonely vigils before Brest or
Toulon a century ago. Togo Is ft man of
few words, hut of Iron determination. I
never saw any one who Impressed ma
much with a sense of real great pais, some
thing above the ordinary . ruck of men. I
shall never forget tha picture he made as
hs stood In the ward room of tha Mlkasa,
surrounded by his staff and tha reprerenta
tlves of the powers.
Shorter In stature than any present hs
nevertheless, like tha mighty Corslcin,
stood out before all. and was the cynosure
of all eyes The representatives of every
nationality, some -of them actually hostile
to tha Japanese cause, felt directly fts.thay
came into tha presence of the fighting ad
miral tha spell of his fascination, and, sink
ing all differences, crowded round this little
man In ft mad endeavor to shake him by
tha hand. At tha same time you could
hear words of adulation and congratula
tion uttered In English, French, German,
Stallan Austrian and Japanese. As for
Togo, ha gased on the scenebefore him
unchanged as ha had gased unchanged tan
years before on ths sinking of tha Kow
shlng, and tha sending of 1000 human
beings to s watery grave, an event which
awoke tha world to the rising of ft new
star In the far east. Ws drank tha' health
of the admiral In champagne. ' and ha so
far unbended as to Just touch the glass
In return to tha compliment. This was no
sign of ungraciousness. It simply meant
the mind of tha man waa centered else
where, on tha fortress forty miles away,
and tha meaaage which might come at any
moment that the enemy had put to sea.
. A POWER IS CAMPAIGN WORK.
G vera or Odrll'a Maaageaseat Re
ablleaa Interests la New Tvrk.
Holland In Chicago Record-Herald.
Governor Odell will be able by the middle
of October te roreeaet the result In New
Tork state within $.000 or at tnoat 10,000 of
tha actual figures. Much has been heard
during this campaign, and for the last
year, of the personal unpopularity of Gov
ernor Odell. The statement Is not without
foundation. There would be danger of
Governor Odell's defeat If he were a candi
date for re-election. His way Is not ths
way of the glad hand, nor does he know
how to be all things to all men. And yet
It Is probable that something of reaction,
not toward popularity or kindly feeling,
but In tha direction of great admiration of
ability as a technical politician and tact!
clan, will be established during this cam
paign In Governor Odell's favor.
So far under his direction, the campaign
in New Tork state, meaning by that organ
isation politics, ths discipline and command
of the machinery of the party may be com
pared with the perfect discipline, fine econ
emy which characterises the well-managed
corporation, ,
This Is tha work of Governor Odell as
chairman of the state republican commit
tee. It undoubtedly explains in part the
alleged unpopularity of ths governor. The
perfect campaign manager must have a will
that Is Inflexible; must, tike tha mcnager of
ft corporation, know no kindly sentiment;
must strike heavily where that Is neces
sary; must be a true disciplinarian. Gov
ernor Odell has not shirked this responsi
bility snd he has undoubtedly created re
sentments. Ha Is In no sense an easy boss,
although' no man better appreciates flns
political work, or mora cordially recognises
It than he.
As Illustrating the perfection of his sys
tem and the futility of the attempt of any
laiy district leader to deceive him, an anec
dote telling of a recent Incident may be
worth reporting. , Governor Odell summoned
Into conference all the twenty-one dls
trlct leaders of the borough of Brooklyn
It was fine proof of the skill with which
the governor Is able to cenceal from ths
public Important conferences that tha
gathering of these leaders was unknown
to any one excepting Odell and those who
were present. After the leaders were
seated before him the goverr.or said to
them: "I want you to take a canvass of
your districts, a house-to-house canvass;
I want you to find out aa far as possible
how each voter stands and do It through
questioning of him."
Some of tho aders replied In the wordsi
"Governor, what you are asking Is an Im
possibility In ft city like New York. It Is
easy enough to make a house-to-houso
canvass In the country, where everybody
knows everybody else, or even In ft city
like your own, Newburgh. But It can't be
done In ft community of ft million people
tike Brooklyn."
"Can't It?" replied the governor.' He
wheeled around, opened ft bookcase and
drew from It a pile of pamphlets, twenty
one In all. To each district leader he
gave a pamphlet so numbered that the
leader recognised It as the number of h!s
district. When the pamphlets were opened
they were found to contain A list of every
house in eacn district and an approxi
mate canvass of the political association of
etch voter In every house. Some leaders
were ashamed. Soma of them astonished;
a few attempted to defend.
What he has done In Brooklyn he Is
doing all over the state. 8om years ago
one of tha candidates for governor, no
longer living, devised a plan which would
not have succeeded had Governor Odell
been chairman of the republican commit
tee at that time. The plan Involved the
hiring of five farmers or working men in
each district throughout rural New York
to stay away from the polls upon election
day. On the face of the transaction. It
waa not bribery. Each one of the five
was employed to do certain work that kept
him buey that day. Tha party vote fell
off on election by just about the aggre
gate made up by multiplying by five ths
election districts of rural New York.
PARKER AS SONG EDITOR.
Great Eathaslasm Aroused by Polit
loal Raajtlme,
Baltimore American. '
New York democratic newspapers, those
of ex-Candidate Hearst included, are au
thority for the Information that Candidate
Parker not Only appreciates the exalted
place which poetry and music are to take
In the democratic campaign, . but feels so
profound an Interest in the matter that
he Is 'willing to hear , recitations In the
music room at Rosemount and suggest for
them a final polish. It has not heretofore
been known that ex-Judge Parker num.
be red among his accomplishments a rars
judgment of that type of rhythmic litera
ture and melody which combine to make
the campaign song, snd to this ha odds tha
distinction of being the first In the long
line of presidential candidates to assume ft
royal censorship and Instruct tha composer
as to what Is and Is not ths proper thing.
It may not be complimentary or vote
making for Judge Parker that tha Initial
campaign singer Is sn Englishman, de
scribed as "having been in America only
two years and knowing nothing of Amer
ican politics." As every Englishman
"dearly' loves a lord" It Is possible that
Mr. George Hayden Bromby, F. S. A., the
Englishmen In question, has been won by
the announcement that the ex-Judge Is by
some means possessed of ft coat-of-arms
consisting of "three staga and a chevron
charged with a trefoil slipped," 'to quota
the ex-Judge's own description. However
that may be, Bromby, F. 8. A., aa organist
In ft New York church. Is the campaign
singer who waa welcomed at Rosemount
as ths author ot "Sate, Save and Bound,"
ft campaign effort which should become
famoua because, If for no other reason. It
was edited by Mr. Parker himself and goes
forth to the world with the stamp of his
approval. It Is told In one of Mr. Hearst's
papers that the ex-Judgs led the composer
to the' piano and warmly applauded words
and muelc until the composer came to these
concluding lines of tha second stansa:
With confidence in Parker sura
That ha will prove O. K.,
And make a mighty president
! To rule tha U. S. A.
The candidate, It Is asserted, balked St
this snd remarked to the uninformed and
unnaturallsed Englishman that "ws do not
have, mighty presidents ruling ths U. 8.
A.," snd suggested that tha word "guide"
or "lead" be substituted for "rule." Ap
parently he had no objection to ths force
ful adjective "mighty." Ths composer ao-
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dealers in mineal waters, and in every hotel and club in America.
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THERE fS SUBSTITUTE
cepted the amendment and left the eg
judge r happy man, "loaded down wltl
white flowers from the Rosemount lawn."
It Is a. vital and pregnant episode whlol
will doubtless result In numerous campatgt
lyrics, by Englishmen If not by Americans
It Is significant, also, in Its notice to com
posers ..that the ex-Judge would like ti
exercise censorship upon all compositions
and therefore their authors should not fat!
to go to Rosemount and submit words snd
music for his approval. The Incident also
Indicates that Parker Is certain to get the
vote of unnaturallsed Englishmen.
PERSONAL NOTES.
The fact that J. Plerpont Morgan eats a
melon every day Is not surprising. It has
long been understood In the street that ha
Is present whenever one Is cut.
Tom Watson, the populist nominee, )s In
an enviable position. Ha may say anything
he wishes to say and do aa he pleases with
out fear of the results In November.
Prof. Jordan of the University of
Padua is enrolled In Bellevue hospital, New
York, in ft most lowly capacity. Hs la
Stuylng American customs for use in ,ft
forthcoming book. ,
Now cometh William Sturdy, 90 years old,
of Providence, who deposeth snd says that
while he still smokes, ha haa not used
tobacco all his life. Ha began smoking
at the age of 16, and has kept up the habit
of using the soothing weed ever since.
President Kruger iett ft fortune of more
than 60,000,000 francs, over $,000,000. The
Cri de Paris, commenting on this, says
that "General Cronje, In order to live, la
obliged to play the 'montebank at ths St.
Louis exposition and give each day two
representations of the battle of Paarde
burg. Mrs. Florence M. Cook of Detroit has the
honor of being chosen by the newspaper'
musical critics of her home city as prise
winner in the contest for words to fit the'
title and music of the "Yankee Girl" two
step. The prise was $100 in gold ' offered
by the Whitney-Warner Publishing Co.
of Detroit
Major George W. Evans; disbursing offi
cer and chief of the finance division In the
Interior department, haa completed his
fortieth year of service with the govern
ment. Ha began life as a newsboy In
Washington and In that capacity followed
tha. army of the Potomac in Its various
campaign."!, in his present position, which
he haa had eince IKS. he has handled mora
than $1,000,000,000 .with .absolute -aoauraeyy
Major Evans was. J a Ford's theater tha
night Lincoln was assassinated.
A SMILE OR TWO.
Goodman ' Gonrong One o' these mV
ment experts ssys ther' ain't a bar'l of gen
oolne Scotch whisky in tha United States.
Tuff old Knutt Gee! Jes' think wot a
good time he had wile he wus makin ths
Investigation! Chicago Tribune.
Parson Jackson Am yo" suah yo didn't
Scoulah dat tuhkey In a game ob chancer
Mose Mokeby Dead suah, pahson. I used
mah own dice. Town Topic.
"I suppose you have made It a rulerln
politics never to forget a filend." ' '
"There's no danger of that," answered
Senator Sorghum. "If a msn has dona
anything friendly for you In politics he
never lets you forget lt."-Washlngton
Star.
"Those were all married people, who
came down by stage to the beach tonight,
weren't the:'?"
"Yes." V
"Why was that big crowd there to meat
them?'1
"It wanted to see the tied come In."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
War Correspondent I wish I could sand
In some news to my editor that would
cheer him up a bit.
His Tent Mate Why not send In a re
port that you have been killed? Puck. :
She I wonder why Jones left the church
before the end of the service?
He I don't know) perhaps he Is ft Som
nambulist. Philadelphia Telegraph.
"I never did enjov dining out," said the
old dyspeptic, "even when I was a boy."
"Why, how's that?"
"Well, when I was a boy I never seemed
to get enough to eat, and now I always
get too much." Cleveland Lender.
"Just look at' that woman's face! Isn't
It about the homeliest you ever saw?"
"I should say so. Do you know who she
Is?"
"No: but It's a cinch that she's either
a literary woman or an heiress." Philadel
phia Press.
HEY, THEREI
Chicago Chronicle. ,
Hev, there, you grouchy people
Who sit aroun' an' pout.
Why don't you try: to be cheerful
An' cut that mournln' out?
Bay, what Is th' use In muurnln' .
An' lettln' your spirits halt? .
Better be lausjhlnM an' prelaw.1..-. .
Than alius rlndln fault.
HI. there, you gloomy knockers, '-
Whistle a bit an' sing.
Smoke up an' be good natured
For. there's fun In everything.
Hey. there, you sullen people.
wake up, an' look up above: .
You ought to be thsnkfufc you're llvlnr
An' know how to laugh an' love.
Sav. whsl Is th' use In mopln"
An wlpln" your weepln'.-cves? .
Get out In th- autumn sunshine '
An' shout at th' S-iure skls.
Hey, there, you crabbed creatures,
Hnrrv sn' start up a sore:. -
For it's luiht an' love an' laughter
That pushes th' world slong.
Water."
iith and no r; 14.
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