TI1E OMAHA DAILY BEE; TUESDAY. OCTOBER 11, 1904.
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Notary Publio.
The "twentieth century forward
movement" scorns to bo up to Kouropat
kin.
Candida t Davis' speech, at Boston
singularly omits bis personal recollec
tions of the Boston tea party.
Nebraska foot ball players will have
to brace up in the light of the pennant
trophy carried off by our base ball
players.
.The bookkeepers of King Ak-Sar-Ben's
royal exchequer will now proceed to get
busy and tell us how the royal cash ac
count stands.
General Kouropatkln may be getting
active just to show the czar that there
la really no necessity of sending Gen
eral Grippenburg to the Orient
Tom Taggart muft beubusy in In
dlana. 'He has not W able to carry
the democratic : ticket In all of the
doubtful states for twenty-four hours.
I- The city council Is always duly ap
prised of the return of Mayor Moores to
the helm by the receipt of the usual
number of-veto messages, which accom
pany him.
. Any private individual or corporation
who owned Omaha's new market house
and bad the same facilities and author
ity would make it a paying proposition
or know the reason why. ,
It Is reported from Denver that the
cattle raiser and sheepmen will mergo
their organizations. If so, this will
probably place a large quantity of second-hand
firearms on the market
Sixty. thousand divorces were granted
In the United States last year; but be
fore,the figures can be used as basis
of argument the number of marriages
consummated should be made known.
And still Dr. Harper does not telf how
the denominational college shall draw
cash from the church while proceeding
along nondenomlnatlonal lines. Not
every school manages to get In touch
with the coal oil tank.
So far Senator Gorurc has not been
quoted on tho prospect of democratic
success. As the personal representative
of the vice presidential candidate, the
appeals he hears are evidently designed
more for the purpose of tapping the
barrel than encouraging the privates In
the ranks.
W. It Hearst is said tov have spent
several hours visiting Judge Parker. If
the yellow Journalist does not look out
some one may tell him that the man
from Esopus Is candidate for president
'on the democratic ticket so that bis
papers can no longer pretend to be ob
livious of the fact
; Now China wants England to consent
to the abolition of the opium traffic. If
the latter is in position to approve it
may consent, but it Is not likely that it
will be willing to' permit China to
arouse itself from its opium dreams
until the Hon Is firmly established in all
the land It covets in Asia.
The railroads have been spending a
great deal of money of late to stimulate
travel, but if they want to get the full
benefit of their promotion departments
they will have to spend a little more
money making, travel safer. "Unneces
sary accidents axe too liable to act as an
antidote to the stimulation. -
Tbe presldeut of the electric lighting
company claims that bla proposition for
an extended Street lighting contract will
satisfy the public that they are getting
-a better bargain than they would by the
1 .erection of a, municipal lighting plant of
jthelr own. Perhaps and perhaps, not
If so, however, it will da no barm- to
Ut the voters say so at the polls by
vetlnf the municipal plant up or down
at the coming election.
WATSOy OX PARKER.
The letter of acceptance of Thomas
E. Watson, populist candidate for presl
dent is a vigorous and straightforward
presentation of the principles for which
he stands. There is no limping in the
statement of his cause, no reservations
and no equivocation. He has not been
"reorganized. ' but adheres firmly to
populist doctrines and earnestly insists
that they are the only genuine Jeffer
sonlan principles.
For the general reader of current poll
tiral discussion perhaps the most Inter
eating portion of the letter is that re
lating to the democratic candidate for
president. Mr. Watson deals severely
yet Justly with Judge Parker. He I
relentless, but at no point unfair and
he fortifies himself with quotations from
the utterances of Mr. Bryan before the
meeting of the St Louis convention.
Ho declares that Parker is not a Jeffer-
sonlan democrat and says: "His attl
tude is thoroughly disingenuous, pro
foundly lacking lu true manhood and
leadership. He was willing to stand
upon the New York platform which Mr.
Bryan denounced as a dishonest plat
form. His position was so Indefinite, so
foxy, so entirely neutral, that Mr.
Bryan declared to cheering thousands
that Parker was 'absolutely unfit for
the democratic nomination.' " Referring
to the gold standard telegram, which
Mr. Watson Justly states Parker was
driven into sending, the-populist candl
date points out that "neither then nor
In any utterance afterward did Parker
say that the gold standard was' right"
until he had been shelled into doing so
by the attacks of the free sllverites.
The analysis of the democratic can
didate for president and his campaign is
the roost Incisive that has been made
and ought to have no little influence
with those voters who believe in the
principles represented by Mr. - Watson
There is no abuse in characterizing
Judge Tarker as Mr. Watson does, for
the democratic candidate has shown all
the qualities that are ascribed to him
In hardly a single instance has he been
candid and straightforward. It Is now
well understood that he was virtually
forced to send the gold standard dls
patch, leading democratic papers in New
York plainly telling, him that without
such a declaration bis campaign would
be utterly hopeless. He talked in bis
speech of acceptance of giving the Fili
pinos self-government and when prodded
by the anti-imperialists to explain what
he meant stated that the terms be used
should be understood to mean independ
ence. He ignored the race question in
his letter of acceptance and has since
refused to express 'an opinion on that
question. His position has not been
clearly denned in regard either to the
tariff or the combinations. As to one
matter, however, there can be no mis
take respecting his attituds. He is
opposed to the pension order fixing 62
years as the age of partial disability
of union soldiers. ' - On that his position
is clear and was adopted voluntarily and
without the slightest outside pressure.
Candidate Watson bas very accurately
described Candidate Parker and there is
reason to think that the description will
not be altogether without effect
DISASTERS OX THE RAIT
Disastrous railroad accidents have
been so numerous during tho past few
months that an account of one no longer
commands public Interest The average
newspaper reader is apt to do no more
than read the headlines which state the
number of killed and injured and pass
over the details. Yet the matter is one
which very greatly concerns the public.
for if the causes of these disasters are
to be remedied the people roust -take
a baud in providing the remedies and
therefore should as far as possible ac
quaint themselves with the causes.
When comparison is made between the
number, of railroad accidents in the
United States and in European countries
it is difficult to avoid the conviction that
there is something lacking or radically
wrong in American railroad manage
ment We like to think that this, coun
try bas at the head of its railroads the
most capable men for such service in tho
world and undoubtedly there is some
warrant for this, yet it appears to be a
fact that we have still something to
learn' from foreign management at least
so far as the prevention of accidents Is
concerned. We do not presume to sug
gest any remedial measures,, but simply
to point out that the epidemic of rail
road disasters Is a matter which should
receive the careful consideration of the
public as .well as of the railroad man
agers. '
COVXTIXO THE WAR COST.
There are no available figures showing
what the war lu the far east has cost
the belligerents thus far, but the sum
amounts to hundreds of millions, the
Russian expenditure being of course very
much the larger. In an-address a few
days ago to the Toklo clearing bouse
Count Okuma, the leader of the progres
sive party, warned the people to prepare
for a long war, the date of the termina
tion of which It was now Impossible to
foretell. He predicted that the cost to
.Tupan for a two years' war would
amount to $1,000,000,000, or $20 for every
man, woman and child In the country.
The cost of war thus prolonged to Itus
siu would be about half again as much
as for Japan, but perhaps would not be
as keenly felt by the former because of
It 8 far greater resources.
Both countries, however, would suffer
enormously from a war of two years'
duration and it may weir be doubted
whether they could keep up hostilities
for such a length of time and maintain
the large annies they now have In the
field, , Modern warfare is tremendously
expensive. Great Britain found this to
be the case in South Africa and our
small war with Spalu added $120,000,000
to the ordinary expenses of the United
States. The Japanese army is probably
the,ni08t economical In the world and the
Russian army is perhaps second lu this
respect but subsisting armies is but a
part of the problem. The cost for the
munitions of war Is very heavy and con
stantly Increasing. Count Okuma pre
dicted that Japan will have to borrow
$250,000,000 next year, moat of which
would have to come from her own peo
ple, since It is nnlikely that she could
negotiate a foreign loan to any large
amount The people will certainly do all
that Is possible for them to provide the
government with money, but It Is really
a serious question bow long they can
stand the burden of war expenses. Rus
sia will also undoubtedly have to borrow
abroad, for with all her resources she
cannot get much more from her people,
who are already severely oppressed by
taxation.
It seems Improbable, however, that the
war will be prolonged for two years, for
determined as both belligerents now are
to fight to the bitter end, it Is not un
reasonable to assume that after a few
more months of snngulnary conflict both
may bo disposed to listen to a proposal
of intervention through which may be
secured an honorable peace.
PROMISE AXD PERFORMANCE.
The fusion candidate for governor Is
throwing out all kinds of promises these
days as bait to catch voters. His latest
is a promise to put an end to the free
pass system in these words:
If I am elected governor, I promise you
that I will recommend to the next legisla
ture ond exert every possible Influence at
my command to put Into the statutes such
laws as will at once and for all destroy
the free pass system In Nebraska.
This does not sound entirely new and
novel. The promise to abolish the free
pass system has been part of the politi
cal capital of the so-called "reform
forces" ever since they got together
under the fusion banner. To go back
no farther than the last time a fusion
candidate for governor was elected, we
find In the platforms upon which he ac
cepted his nomination the following dec
larations: We favor the complete 'abolishment of
the present custom of granting favors to
persons by furnishing to individuals free
passes. (Sllr republican, 181(8.)
We demand the enactment of a law
prohibiting the issuance of free railway
passes to public officials and private cltl-
sens, except to bona, fide employes, or the I
accept nee of the same. (Populist, 1898.)
These promises go further even thau
that promulgated now by the fusion
nominee this year. They not only
pledge the abolition of the granting of
free passes, but they pledge the office
holders to refuse to accept them. For
some reason or other, however, notwith
standing a succession of populist admin
istrations, not only in the governor's
office, but In the legislative hulls and In
the supreme court the free pass system
seems still to have survived and to
await destruction. If reports from those
who are supposed to know may be be
lieved, the free pass was even more
rampant if anything, at the stute house
when the populists furnished the oc
cupants than it has been sin?j it was
restored to republican control.
Let it be .understood that,, the free
pasi is an undenlablo evil and a dan
gerous corrupting i foree and that The
Bee is heartily in favor of any practical
measure that will abolish or even curtail
it It is well, however, for the Ne
braska voters to be reminded that they
have relied on popocratic promises be
fore.
The republican of Omaha have
agreed witLout contest upon a school
board ticket and what is more, upon a
ticket whose personnel will commend
itaelf to every friend of the public
schools. The Bee has no hesitation in
saying that the men nominated for the
school board average much higher in
point of individual qualifications and
standing in the community than the
tickets which have been previously put
up in recent years. They are all men
whom one would readily, trust to look
fter his interests in any business trans
actionmen who possess good educa
tions themselves and have a fair Idea
of what a good education consists.
While they are all republicans, they are
all public spirited, taxpaylng citizens,
who may be depended upon to give care
ful and conscientious effort to the duties
of the position. To read their names
is all that is needed for the men and
women who are to vote for school board
members to assure themselves of their
competency and ability. That their elec
tion is practically foreordained goes
without saying.
It is part of the game for the World-
Herald to do Its utmost to foment dis
cord and dissension among republicans.
If only it can succeed in splitting the
republicans the democrats may possibly
scrape up enough votes to elect a few
candidates on their ticket In this county,
and anything that helps to boost a demo
crat running for any office is in some de
gree a boost for the proprietor of the
World-Herald In his quest for re-election
to congress. Republicans, however, who
are republicans from principle, are too
intelligent to be bamboozled by auy such
gauzy tricks.
Give the voter a chance to have bis
say by direct primary nominations and
he will come out more readily than if
he Is allowed only to vote for delegates
likely to trade him off In convention.
That is the lesson of the republican pri
maries in Douglas county. Although
the vote was light owing to weather
conditions, it would surely have been
much lighter had the old-fashioned con
vention system prevailed.
Utah republicans forgot state Issues
long enough to Join in welcoming Sena
tor Fairbanks. One of the peculiarities
of the present campaign Is that no mat
ter what may be the factional differ
ences in any of the states, all repub
licans are united for the national ticket,
while even unity on state issues does
not work unification of the democratic
party for Parker nud Davis. ,
If the next legislative delegation from
this city and county does not do any
thing else, it should see to it that the
law is to revised as to enable our prop-
erty owners to get, their streets repaved
within a reasonable time after they an
nounce by petition their desire for
pavement and their willingness to pay
for it.
One or two eastern cities In Omaha's
class1 illuminate their streets after tin
fashion of our Ak-Snr-Ben's llluinlna
tlons every Saturday night throngb the
year. If Omaha had a municipal elec
trie lighting plant it could do, the same
without great additional cost, with re
sultant benefits to retail business.
Force of Habit.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Mont Pelee has broken loose again. Pelce
Is like the average human being. Ha.vlng
had a taste of notoriety. It can't keep still
Perversity of Voters.
Washington Post.
There Is a good deal of natural perverelty
In the averaa-e voter. After he heara a lot
of talk about an upright candidate he is
filled with a burnln desire to turn him
down.
' Good for the Other Fellow.
Baltimore American.
Disarmament seems to be one of those
things which every nation thinks Is the
best possible policy In the way of bringing
about the world peace for the other fellow
Slaking; More Fan Than Totes.
Chicago Post.
Meanwhile Tom Watson Journeys blithely
over the landscape hurling brickbats at
all parties without fear or favor. Tom
may never land In the White House, but
he gets' considerable amusement out of his
free-lance campaigns.
I
Ilandlrnvped by r. Record.
New York Tribune,
Very seldom within the last fifty years
has the democratic party been able, even
for a brief period, to fool a sufficient num
ber of people to answer Its purpose, and It
will not .succeed this time. As usual, the
contrast between character and professions
Is too glaring. Judge Parker's managers.
spokesmen and newspaper agents are mak
ing a desperate effort to confuse and mis
lead the public mind, but meanwhile the
party record stares the whole country lu
the face, and the men who for years have
been making that record what It has coma
to be are light at the front, directing every
movement and burning to appropriate to
their own uses the proceeds of victory.
LIGHT FOR THE COAL, TRIST.
Thoughts that Stir Consumers When
They Pay the Price.
Chicago Tribune.
When a person pays 18 a ton Xor hard
coal delivered In Chicago (In Omaha 110.50)
he naturally thinks of the Coal trust. He
knows there Is a Coal trust. He remembers
that he was buying coal a few years ago
for considerably less. He naturally asso
ciates the increase In price with the monop
oly. Perhaps he does the monopoly an In
justice. Perhaps not.
Then It occurs to him that the commodity
Is a necessity of life: a thing which the
poor as well as the rich must buy some
thing universally used where life and com
fort are malntalne'l.
He recalls other monopo's like the
Standard Oil company an' railroads, but
he remember -S that the pn-;s of oil has been
reduco.1 fror.i time to time since the trust
was formeJ, and (hat rat, for transporta
tion have ' been - lessened since railroads
were butl ' h
He tries to thlrlkof some one feature of
the Coal trust which would seem to Justify
Its existence.- He-1 -not a socialist and be
lieves: that- combinations o ca'.tal are a
tendency of the age and must have some
thing to commend them. But the more ha
learns of the Coal trust the more he won
ders whether combinations of capital should
be wholly unrestricted. He wonders why
coal should aflvance 60 cents a ton between
April 1 and September 1 each year; why the
retailer should pay exactly the same ad
vance each year for the same term: why
the output should always be about . the
same. - .
The more he wonders the more he comes
to the conclusion that there should he light
thrown on tlw subject light from an au
thorltatlve source, like the national govern
ment. He finds that the people generally
think as he does, that they all want light
on the subject. And, being a reflective man
he sees that the prejudice) sgalnst monopo
Ilea and trusts Is bound to grow more and
more until the light Is thrown on the Coal
trust.
THREE CHEERS FOR SEATTLE.
Generosity of the City Recalled by
Launching- of the Nebraska.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The battleship. Nebraska, launched at
Seattle on Friday, was authorized under
the act of March 8, 1899, but the contract
for building waa not signed until March
7, 1901. There were five battleships of
the class authorised In the congressional
acts of 1899 and 1900 the Georgia, Ne
braska, New Jersey, Rhode Island and
Virginia, ,
Contracts for all except the Nebraska
were let to eastern shipyards. The
cltlsens Of Seattle were so eager to ave
at least one battleship built in the ship
yard in that city that they raised 1100,-
000 to enable the contractor to compete
successfully with the eastern shipyards.
There was delay in the construction of
all the vessels of the Nebraska group.
The Virginia, under construction at New
port News, was to have been completed
In February of this year, but was sixteen
months late; the Georgia, under con
struction at Bath, Me., was eighteen
months beyond contract time; the New
Jersey, under construction at Qulncy
Mass., was fifteen months, the Rhode
Island, under construction in the same
shipyard, fifteen months beyond contract
time; and the Nebraska seventeen months
beyond contract time.
The delay waa caused by the difficulty
in securing materials. However, in the
last year rapid progress has been made
and all the vessels of the group will be
ready in 1905. i
Later, the larger battleships Connecti
cut, Kansas, Louisiana,- Minnesota, and
Vermont, each having a displacement of
16,000 tons, were put under contract.
Three of these have already keen launched.
Much more rapid progress has been made
in their construction than in that of the
vessels ' ordered a year and two years
earlier.
We are turning out battleships In our
own shipyards at a rate not equaled by
any other naval power except Great
Drlllan. Since the, Spanish-American war,
in 1K98. we have put in commission the
first claaa battleships Maine, Missouri,
Alabama, Illinois, Kearsarge, Kentucky
and Ohio. Of the vessels ordered tlnce ISO),
the Connecticut, the Kansas, the Louis
iana, the Nebraska, and two others have
been launched. Eight of the new battle
ships under construction are to be ready
not later than 1908. Meantime, we have
put in commission new monitors, several
lighter cruisers, and a score or more of
gunboats and torpedo boats.
The Nebraska is to have a displsee
ment of -15,000 tons, or- is to be 1,600 tons
heavier than the new Maine and nearly
1,000 tona heavier than the Oregon. Its
successful launching on Friday slgna'lses
triumph (or the oitlsens of Seattle as
well as for the shloyarda of the Pacific
coast.
ARMY GOSSIP It WASHIJGTOS.
Matters ( laierest Gleaned front the
Army a ad Mmrr Register.
There will be an onportunlty for the ap
polntment of twenty-three civilians to the
army as second lieutenants. On July 1 the
vacancies In that grade numbered forty
seven, which were held to the credit of the
enlisted men who were found qualified for
advancement. This week the general staff
favorably acted upon seventeen w'th every
prospect that at least six more would be
appointed. One civilian candidate has al
ready been commissioned. This lesvea
twenty-three places for other civilians. In
which class there are several hundred can
dldates, some of whom are already at work
through their influential friends to obttin
appointment. The president has signified
the Intention of appointing, subject to ex
amlnatlon, two civilians, and a thJrd Is
likely to be permitted to take the examl
nation. One of these thus early favored
applicants is a second lieutenant of the
Porto Rico regiment.
The reports from the army paymasters
relating to tne deposits or soldiers show a
material falling off during the last year as
compared with previous periods, and this
la becoming a sufficiently serious matter
to engage the attention of the authorities
There are a?veral reasons given for the de
crease In the amount of deposits made by
the soldiers. Some of the enlisted men on
their way to the Philippines hsve fallen
into the practice of allotting their pay In
advance in San Francisco, with the result
that they go to the Islands with obligations
at home, leaving them little or nothing for
deposit with the paymaster. Others pa
tronise local banks, some of which pay In
terest on the deposits. Then, too, the ab
sence of the canteen has had Its elTect upon
tho soldiers' deposits. The enlisted men
are Induced to squander their money In dis
reputable places which have grown up In
the neighborhood of army posts. This
means of obtaining money from soldiers Is
as ruinous to any individual chance of
economy and thrift as It Is demoralising.
The Army Register foj 1905 will contain
a new feature. It will Include the list of
officers of the. active list who will be re
tired, under operation of tnw. ditrinir the
next year. This, with the dates of compul
sory retirement now given In the records
of individual officers, leaves very little to
be provided by the War department in the
nnual Register.
One of the "lessons" taught by the com
bined maneuvers in Virginia is the neces
sity of anticipating to the greatest possible
extent the various and numerous needs cf
such a mobilization of troops. It was
found that confusion, delay and annoyance
resulted from whatever was postponed un
til the last moment. The experience of
officers who had th work of supplying
transportation and administration Indicates
that the best results are obtained when
everything possible U done In advance of
the assemblage of troops. Trls Is an en
tirely feasible proposition when it is known
beforehand how many, Jf not what troops
will participate, where the camps are to
be located and how the commands s.re to
be transported. The preliminaries, say the
officials, should be arranged as far In ad
vance as possible, to the end that on the
day of mobilisation there will remain only
tne work which could not be done previ
ously.
A bullet proof cloth h.a been tested by the
army ordnance -fflcers and the conclusion
Is that the weight, discomfort and expense,
together with the only partial protection
afforded by this armor, rende.- its use for
th individual soldier prohtbltive. With
reference to its use for shields for cannon,
etc., the difficulties of protecting It from
the weather and the resultant deterioration
and securing It to and holding it against
the stjel facing more than counterbalance
the, gain in weight. Tested over wood
backing, indentations half an inch deep in
dicate probable Injury to the human body,
even if the cloth were nof. penetrated.
No ono hears anything of the various sug
gestions made by the bureau chiefs of the
War department on the subjected of In
tended or needed legislation relating to the
respective staff corps of the army. Somo
months ago ths chief of staff addresser! a
circular letter to tho chiefs of staff bureaus
inviting recommendations of changes re
quired In the personnel and organization of
those branches of the army. It is the
common Impression that replies have been
shelved and that nothing will be attempted
by the geenral staff in the direction orig
inally contemplated. This declslou. If 'It
amounts to a final conclusion, is prooahly
due to the appreciation In , the War de
partment that during a short session of
congress there Is likely to be very little nc- I
compllshed In the way of Important or radi
cal legislation.
jne adoption of a new design for the
medal of honor has required a change in the
form of the inscription which shall be
borne by that emblem. This Is necessary
to the end that the Inscription shall bo
legible. The acting secretary of war has
issued the following order:
Because or the limited space available
for Inscription on the new medal of honor,
It becomes necessarv, In order that the in-
o.iii,iimi nnii oe icri me, jo shorten the
mrin ,nai nns Deen ronowea In engravini
medals that ha ve been Issued In lecen
years. ii is therefore directed that all
medals of honor that may be Issued here
after, Including those that may bo Issued
to replace medals of the old design, shsll
be engraved as follows:
" cases of award of the medal fir
distinguished conduct In some particular
battle or other engagement, the Inscription
o in ocuuruunce wun ine following
form : "
The Congress
to
First Serg't William J. Stevenson.
Co. H, 226th N. Y. Inf. Vols.
Gettysburg,
July 2, 1863.
In all cases of award of ths medal
on
grounds other than distinguished conduct
In some psrticular battle or other engage
ment, the inscription will be In accordance
with the following form:
The Congress
to
First Berg't William J. Stevenson,
Co. H. 22Gth N. Y. Inf. Vols.
Just and Generoos Art.
Philadelphia Record (dem.).
The president has done a Just and gen
orous thing In revoking the order of the
commanding officer of the Schuylkill ar
senal regarding the manufacture of sol
diers' uniforms. It Is quite likely that ths
work could be done a Utile cheaper by
contractors than by the seamstresses who
have been doing it for many years. But
It would be a little too much like the
"sweating" process that has made the
clothing trade notorious, and among the
women who have been working on uniforms
there are very many widows and daughters
of soldiers, and the government certainly
should not drive a hard bargain with them
Japs Railroad Builders.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The world doubted the staying qualities
of the Japanese soldier when this war be
gan. The world no longer denies to him
the possession of that quality and of every
other that fits a man for the bloody trade
of war. The world must also concede to
Japanese engineering enterprise the ability
to pusn great unaertaklngs to rapid and
successful completion. Railroad construc
tion In Corea and southern Manchuria la
not easy at any time. It Is especially dif
ficult now. That It Is being achieved at
such a pace Indicates the resolution and
resource which great nations and great am
plie builders alone possess.
fURIOUS how much
comfort there is in a fur
scarf and muff. Still more
curious how much style
there is.
Worn with or without
an outer coat, the neck piece
snuggles up around your
ear-tips and warms you all
over; and the muff does the
like for wrists and fingers.
As for the style it's all
in the shape. A two-year-old
muff or scarf is as obvi
ously out of fashion as a
two-year-old hat; and it is
equally true that an illy de
signed muff or scarf, or one
that's not made so carefully
as to hold its shape is a
remorseful expenditure.
Every Gordon Scarf or Muff is as smartly de
signed, as carefully made, as the most elaborate
garment. '
Made in all good furs (lonf. Haircdones like
Fox are the most popular).
GORDON & FERGUSON, St. Paul, Minn.
EstabUthed IS7I
A WORD TO FIRST VOTERS.
Aa Independent View of the Problem
Confronting; Them. '
Minneapolis News (Ind.).
Mr. Cleveland In his Saturday Evening
Post article aeems to take the position that
young man In deciding how he shall vote
the first time Is making choice of his party
affiliations for life; that joining a party Is
much like declaring one's faith In a reli
gious creed It Is for good and all. Well,
we do not subscribe to that doctrine. Par
ies change, outgrow their usefulness, sur
vive the principles that made them strong,
or Indeed come to take views quite at vari
ance with those long professed. Is the
thoughtful, conscientious voter still to cling
to party, though It has ceased to stand for
what he believed and bellevesT No, decid
edly not. .We have scant respect or sym
pathy for the nidi that says "I am a dem
ocrat," or "I am a republican." and votes
blindly the ticket that bears his party label,
no matter what the party may have de
clared for, and no matter what names the
ticket may bear. And we believe that In
creasing numbers of voters are looking at
men and measures free from the constrain
ing bias of patrylsm.
The fact that a first voter this year shall
decide, say, to vote for Roosevelt and Fair
banks, ought not to be tantamount to a
commitment by him to be a republican
henceforward and forever. It ought to
mean for him, if he be a thoughtful and Tn
telllgent young man, simply an acknowl
edgement that this year he prefers the re
publican ticket and platform to the demo
cratic. And, seriously, what has there been
in the recent history of the democratic
party, in its leadership or achievement in
national politics, to attract the thoughtful
young man? And what is there In the
present professions and appeal of the party
to attract him ? It has apparently no clear
view and no definite policy on any of the
great questions before the country. De
mocracy means one thing to Mr. Bryan and
quite anothr to Mr. Cleveland. It means
one thing In Nebraska and something very
different In New Toi-k. The first voter
ought to consider all this a,nd it ought to
have great influence with him In determin
ing his vote this year.
PERSONAL NOTES.
First Assistant Postmaster peneral
Wynne seems to have won out.
One of the young women copyists of the
government has broken the record by type
writing 23,000 words in a departmental day
of seven hours.
Dean Thomas Hnlgate, the new president
of the Northwestern university, elected to
succeed President James, has been con
nected with the university for eleven
years.
A physician who formulated a set of
rules as a guide to living to be a hundred
years old died at 46 the other day. Per
haps he was like other physicians and re
fused to take his own medicine.
For the sixth consecutive term Hon.
Cyrus A. Sulloway, known as the "Tall
Pine of the Merrlmac," has been unani
mously renominated by the republicans of
New Hampshire for the First congres
sional district.
While arguing a case In the slato su
premo court at Helena. Mont., the other
day, ex-Oovernor P. H. Leslie casually
mentioned that he had Just entered upon
the sixty-fourth year of his practice as a
lawyer. Before President Cleveland ap
pointed him territorial governsr of Mon
tana he was governor of Kentucky.
Tardy honora are about to be rendered
to Major 1'Enfant, the distinguished French
engineer who drew, up the plans for the
national capltol at Washington more than
a century ago. A monument will be
erected in his honor In the capital and a
stone will be placed at his grave at Green
Hill, Prlnoe George county, Maryland. I
Plain FactsPlain Fiaures.
Orchard Wilhelm
Carpet Company.
Ti Remarkable Genuine bargains in couches.
Couch Sale. Every couch in our store
niarked at a very liberal reduction in price, not
because they are undesirable, but because our stock
Is larger that it should be. Here are a few of the
bargains:
9.50 couch, tufted top, oak frame, L CA
reduced to.... U.JU
$10.00 couch, tufted top, oak frame, . 7 Kf
reduced to '. ', )J
$12.50 couch, tufted top, oak frame, Q 7C
reduced to Os
f 15.00 couch, tufted top, oak frame, Qf.fi
reduced to , ..''VW
$18.50 couch, tufted top, oak frame, " f T fin '
reduced to , , IJiUU
$22.50 couch, tufted top, oak frame, " 1 C Cf)
reduced to OtO3
$38.00 Genuine leather couch, A
reduced to , Jff
$42.50 geuuine leather couch,
reduced to J m 39
$47.00 genuine leather couch, TO Cf)
reduced to....l fJff
$48.00 genuine leather conch,
reduced to
ooevettMT, mo wf aeaooa a naoueoa, St. nua.
II
SMILlStt 1.1MCS.
"There's no getting around It," said ths
maiden.
And so saying. he diFcngnged her wnlst
from the young' man's arm. Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
"Do you believe that army officers ought
to marry none but rich girls?"
"Well," said Mrs. Cumrox thoughtfully,
"I don't see why we might not as well let
our money go to the army ns to the foreign
nobility." Washington Star.
"Yes." said the crooked legislator. "I'm
onnosed
to the bill at present, but Id
chRna-e my mind for. say. 11.000.
"Indeed?" replied the lobbyist, "I don't
doubt that such nn exchange would benefit
you. Your mind doesn't appear to be worth
that much. "-Philadelphia Press.
"Your yard Is pretty full of dogs," said
the caller. "Are they all yours?"
"No," replied the man of the house,
flushing with resentment. "I'm not so
durned poor as that." Chicago Tribune.
Husband What! You don't mean to say
you ore going shopping in all this rain?
Wife Of course I am. I've saved up Jl
for a rainy day, and this Is the first op
portunlty I've had to spend it. Chicago
News.
Subbubs I tell you, ' old man. If you'd
only move out to our town you'd never
live anywhere else.
Cltlman I guess that's right. I see poor
Coffin, who used to live In your town, illej
on his wny to New Mexico Isst week.
Philadelphia Press.
THE OLD PIANO.
V. D. Neshlt in Chicago Tribune.
The old piano, with Its yellowed keys,
And sagging strings all flecked with mot
tled rust.
Its squat legs carved Into grotesquprles,
Its lid with scratches hidden by tho
stands today there In the unused room
Where ail discarded things are idly flung;
With the once cherished things It shares
Its tomb
But, ah, tho strains it made whc-i it ui
young! .... f,..,
Tho old
"Song Album," dusty, too, and
torn.
Lies sprawled
rack.
all carelessly upon the
With leaves half
opened t the pages
worn-
Old favorlties to which
we once turned
back.
Old songs, the simple songs lhat held the
heart
By reason of their melody and truth;
They coax anew the memm.-. tha-. Ftart
From out that fountain head of dreams,
our youth.
Sometimes she goes, with gentle, noiseless
tread
Into that room, end looks with saddened
eyes
Upon the "album" with Its leaves outspread
Blent Into all the dust wherein It lies;
And then, as qua.nt'y as they did of old,
Her Angers touch caressingly the keys
And fain would .J re from time s relentless
hold
The days that ' died with all these
melodies.
Then, sifting through the discords thst
rise
The Jangling sounds that mock the cher
ished tune.
There fall soft chords that float out whlper
wlse And quaver Into silence, like a croon.
And then she lifts her hands, and turns
to so.
But stuvs, a half voiced word of love to
sneak.
As though the old plnno well must kr
know f
i her
The dreams that bring old roses to
cnee-K.
THIS ULUC SICNATUftE
BEWARE OF WSTAS GOODS'
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