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TTTH OMAITA DAILY HEE: FRIDAY, MAY 4. 1900. Tiie-Omaha Daily Bee B. ROBKWATKR, EDITOR. ITBU8IIED KTERY MORN1NO. TF.RM8 OF RCB9CRIPTION. Tully pee Iwlthotit Bunday). one yeer..M. Pally Ree and Sunday, one yesr Hlustrated Bee. one year J-M Bw4ay Be, one year J Meturdav Ho. one year 1 w DELIVERED BT CARRIER. rlly Bee tlnntudlns Bundey). per week. .17 Pally M (without Sunday), per week. ...12c Evening pee (without Bunday). per week. c Evening Bee (with Sunday), per week....r Sunday Bee, per eopy.i : : Addrees complaints of Irreghlarltlea In de livery to City Circulation Department. OFFICK8. Omaha The Bee Building. Bouth Omaha-City Hall Building. Council Muffs-10 Pearl Street. Chleafo-1640 I'nlty Building. New tork-16n Horn Utt Ins. Building. Washington SOI Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication! relating to newa and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, espress or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only I-cent etamps received as payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE rUBLJSHINa COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss : C. C. Roaewater. general manager of The Bee Publishing company, being duly iworn, says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of April, 19C. was as follows: l xnno I A1.4HO 1 81.400 4 4 34.TK0 1 81,20 81.2MO T 33.1SJU I 46,100 t SI.4CO 10 3 1,200 n 31,4m 13 81.3.TO 13 81.1TO 14 83,1 is ae.ioo 16 31,300 17 31,410 lg d,1,80 1 40,240 20 4H.BT0 1 46.2AO 22 8H,30 O 8ft,0OO 24 81.3HO 25 31,450 K 31.4TO 27 81.B20 28 32,370 29 88,80 tO 3I.OOO Total 1 .04 1,300 Less unsold copies......... 13,373 Net total sales l,024,9Rfc) Dally average 84.209 C. C. ROSE WATER, General Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me tills 80th day of April, 1906. , vSeal) M. B. HUNQATE, : Notary Public. WHEif otrr or Town. Sakesrlfcara ImtIi( taa elty teas, imrilr sfcaald have The Bee aaalled ta theaa. Addreaa wUl he chaaujed as flea aa reaareted. To Omaha republicans: Get to gether. Even aa the only republican mem ber of the city council, Mayor ZImman will be quite able to take care of him self. J Chicago has discovered that Its city hall Is full of noxious gases, but just wait until the Omaha city hall becomes the scene of democratic medicine making. Western prosperity was never bet ter demonstrated than in the fact that it failed to become even damp when the water gushed from Wall street securities, , From the manner In which the Brit lsh lion is growling at Turkey the sul tan may regret that he did not place orders In Birmingham for some of his new guns. That cartoon ot conquering heroes lacks perspective. It should ' have made Building Inspector Wtthnell twice the size of his nearest associate on the ticket. The announcement that Senator Clark will retire from the senate mav be expected to cause a shrinkage In the number of candidates for the Mon tana legislature. With Cassle Chadwick telling all she knows about Pittsburg financiers, di vorce courts may find a rush of busi ness despite t.hat supreme court de cision. When Secretary Bonaparte recovers from that attack of ptomaine poison ing, the pure food bill will probably have another champion in high official circles. The "Hon." Pat Crowe should bo told that in spite ot past favors ex tended to him, people of Omaha would appreciate his room a great deal more than his presence. If. aa alleged, a majority or the sen ate committee is against Senator Smoot. his friends will exercise what is left of "senatorial courtesy" until it becomes threadbare. May promises to be another big month ia Omaha's building operations. With the favorable conditions in the building trades another record is sure to be broken this year. The Russian idea of politics can be gathered from the fact that the polit ical parties are to hold their conven tions after the representatives to the Do urn a have been elected. Perhaps the wisest thing the czar ever did waa to name for premier a man with, . no public record. Oddo nenU of the present system may be kept guessing until the guns are in place. Lincoln papers posing as republican oracles, Inclined to locture Omaha re publicans because they let a demo- era tlo mayor slip into the city hall should keep still as long as a demo cratic mayor presides over the mu aid pal government at the state capital The fact' that the majority of for iga experts advise against a lock canal at Panama gives the Tnlted States another opportunity to dlsre gard the conventional and establish i new record in .the realm of applied mechanic something Yankees par ticularly enjoy. sax FBAsnsm axd a national loan The public will be Impressed by the sound sense shown by the California senators with wiperl to the Joint res olution offered by Senator Newlsnds of Colorado contemplating the loan ot government funds or credit for the rebuilding of San Francisco. Notwith standing the delicacy of the position In which they were placed, they were ble to emphasize the Impropriety and untlmellnoRS of the proposition and to have It pigeon-holed. Not a voice was raised Inside or out side of congress when the government reached Into the treasury and handed out as a gift $2,500,000 cash, for that was to rescue a multitude from hunger aad dire distress, and it harmonized at once with the extreme necessity of the case and with the humane impulse which dominated the whole American people. But "it Is an altogether dif ferent matter to propose to advance $100,000,000 to $200,000,000 of fed eral funds or credit to be used In con structing residences, business build ings and municipal Improvements, a policy never adopted or even seriously proposed In the great disasters at Chi cago, Boston, Charleston and Balti more. In the cases of all those cities the national government gave tem porary emergency relief as it has done at San Francisco, but they were all rebuilt on broader and better lines without dipping Into the national treasury for the necessary capital. Nor has any evidence been presented yet to congress of substantial need In the case of San Francisco for depar ture from the sound rule of national policy. The Insurance loss is yet to be adjusted and there is nothing to show that the resources of San Fran cisco and California, public and pri vate, re-enforced by the faith, sympa thy and Interest of the commercial world are Inadequate to the emergency, or even that the victims themselves of the earthquake and Are disaster ask that an exception be made on their behalf. Until they make such request and certify it in the most authentic manner through their proper official representatives, consideration of the subject in congress would be. prema ture and futile. KANSAS REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. The fact that stands out conspicuous in the Kansas, republican convention Is that the whole party in that state takes advanced ground In line with the leadership of President Roosevelt. The proceedings of the convention re flect the rivalries of aspiring local leaders and of well defined factions, but the success of any one leader or set ot leaders or ot one faction over - an other in nowise involved the position of the party on vital issues or its sym pathy with and loyalty to the presi dent, the general endorsement of whose policy could not have beeta stronger. The platform it will be noted concludes with this separate and particular declaration: "We espe daily approve his demands for the reg ulatton of railway rates and commend our senator and representatives in congress for their support of this pol icy." The Kansas republicans, are able to do more than certify in mere words, however unqualified and strong, their alignment with aggressive national leadership, for they specify their own record in harmony therewith in state legislation and administration to grap ple with monopoly and corporation abuses.- In the last legislature they were really first among the states to strike effectively at the tyranny of the Standard OH monopoly, and the series of laws aimed at its wrongs and in volvtng accessory railroad abuses have become, as the platform justly asserts, models for other states, besides en couraging them to revolt for their own protection. . v . The platform under all the circum stances of Its adoption, constitutes an expression significant of the spirit of the people steadily rising against un due corporation influence In govern ment, and indicates the line on which public policy, both In state and In na tion, is bound irresistibly to proceed STOCK MARKET REACTION. The breakdown In the stock and se curities market Is general and sensa tlonal. It Is a narrow and Inadequate view which confines its cause to the San Francisco disaster, sudden and ex tensive as its losses certainly are. The more simple explanation of the tremendous slump In stock quotations Is reaction from over-speculation. period of extraordinary prosperity had established the conditions, as it always does, for a universal advance of prices But such an advance can go only to a certain point when the spirit of ad venture takes advantage of it for spec ulative and gambling purposes. The manifestation of this spirit has been noticeable tor the larger part of year, especially in the stock market Prices of the most substantial stocks, as well aa of insecure ones, have been pushed to a level at which it has be come more and more apparent that they could not be permanently main talned. Such prices were at variance with the general judgment ot level headed men. Not unlikely the San Francisco catas trophe furnished the occasion that marked the turning point and hastened somewhat reaction, but reaction was inevitable. There is evidence that It was foreseen by the keener and more experienced elements of the investln snd speculating public who have bee lor a good wlille steadily preparing for it, and those preparations hur riedly made after the news from Sa Francisco would accentuate the slum at this time. This tact, however, is reassuring that speculation, although it has gone to undue lengths not only n the se- uritles market, but also In many east ern cities In real estate and in some other fields, has not gravely involved the whole country. The west psrtlcu larly has been free from It. The gen eral business and Industrlsl commun ity Is on a solid basis, and the effect of such a readjustment of values as Is In progress in the stock market, while it will necessarily be serious to the in terests directly affected and a disturb ing factor indirectly to other Interests, Is not pregnant with universal finan cial disaster. The ultimate result will naturally be to put the general situa tion on a more secure foundation on which ruling prices will correspond more nearly than they lately have In the stock market to real values. PREREQUISITES TO SUCCESS. In the shadow ot the late election it is not amiss to look ahead for har bingers of success. As we have re peatedly pointed out, Omaha and Douglas county are strongly repub lican and will be strongly republican whenever the full republican vote is polled for the ticket. To get all the republicans, however, to pull together, it Is absolutely necessary that the rank and file of the party be given a voice n its management and in the selection of its nominees, and that the ticket, nominated be truly representative of all the republicans by whose votes It must be elected. One of the first prerequisites to suc cess calls for putting an end to the proscription of any element of tho party. What was called the "old ma chine" In its palmiest days never put up a ticket bearing the republican name without according liberal repre sentation on It to the factional minor ity. The "old machine," so-called, in the height of its supremacy always di vided the responsibility of party man agement with the representatives of the "antl" element. The Idea of folst- ng a ticket on the party composed ex clusively of members of an ironclad club, chosen In secret conclave by a few self-appointed slate makers, and of taking the party management away from the regularly elected party com mittees, is repugnant to the basic prin ciples of republicanism and repels the enthusiastic support of the rank and file, without which party success is jeopardized. The way for the republicans ot Omaha and Douglas county to prepare for victory in the future Is to go back and retrace its steps, to admit mis takes and to correct them. All the republican elements must be har monized and brought to work together. The false leaders must be discarded and real representatives of the party put to the front. Every one of us want gas as cheap as we can get it and. the sooner we can get dollar gas the better, but whether we are to have dollar gas or gaa at the present price, it Is abso lutely necessary that the gas company have facilities for manufacturing and distributing enough gas to meet the demand of consumers. The Bee falls to see where the application of the gas company to erect another gas holder adjacent to its present plant, which has been held up in the council, In any way affects the fight for cheaper gas. The people of Omaha believe in deal ing fairly with the franchlsed corpora' tlons and in compelling those corpora- tlons to deal fairly by them, but wo do not believe they are disposed to hamper the enlargement ot the gas plant and the Improvement of the ser vice. The World-Herald actually makes a plea for decency in politics, or rather for clean newspaper campaigns. The World-Herald should be encouraged In its repentance, for it has been one of the worst offenders against political decency. Time and again the very virulence of its attacks on the private life and character of republican can dldates has reacted as a boomerang to insure their triumphant election. This was notably the case with the late Mayor Moo res In three successive campaigns. If the World-Herald will turn over a new leaf it will encounter no dissent. It should be known that the dis crepancy in the election returns on councilmen from the Second ward arose from the fact that in reading aloud the figures on the voting ma chine in one of the Third ward pre cincts immediately at the close of the polls, as provided by law, the election officer by mistake transposed the names and gave the vote recorded for Bridges to Bingham and vice versa So long as there was a question as to which was really elected The Bee pre ferred to give the republican candidate the benefit of the doubt. A Washington newspaper corre spondent with microscopic eyes has discovered that the election of Dahl man in Omaha "signifies Bryan's strength in his own state." If any one else has unearthed a part played by Bryan in the recent municipal cam paign he has been very tardy in com lng to the front with hla discovery. Omaha real estate men are con vinced that business property in Omaha is greatly undervalued, com pared with what It brings in other cities. There Is no question abou this. A lot of money is to be mad in Omaha real estate right now, espe daily by those who buy it far invest ment and for improvement. After the cotton raisers have sue ceeded in eliminating the cotton brokers, what will the southern plant ers do for money during the summer months? Heretofore over half the crops were sold by the time they were picked. In the reorganization of the Rus sian cabinet it may be possible to pla cate many Interests, but hardly possi ble to stop the making and throwing of bombs by those who are still dis satisfied with everything and every body. The "new woman" is again to the fore, having established her right to sue Equitable Life directors tor money alleged to have been squandered, while mere man has been tor months in effectually trying to do the same thing. When San Francisco lays plans for Its new Chinatown it will be compelled to provide for the picturesque if it is to maintain its reputation; but the glories and squalor of the original site will probably never be equaled. err (iaeea of the Coast. Boston Transcript. Dnnlel H. Burnham says: "San Fran cisco tins a chance to do what Louis Na poleon did In Paris In 1S52 the opportunity to make Itseir one or the Beauty spots oi the world." And what Is better. It can do this without the handicap of Louis Na poleon. The llold-I p Policy. rittsburg Dispatch. The house may be holding up. the pure food hill tinder the Impression that It ia n that way getting even with the senate for holding up 'the Philippine tariff, free alcohol and railroad rate measures. The elermnt that does not get evert is com posed of the people who need the relief of those measures Lonar Distance Srnlrilns. Chicago Chronicle. The twenty-five Russian authors who re. cently issued a fierce manifesto against American Interference with the private affairs of Gorky" and his Russian travel ing companion must be satisfied by this time that Americans are too Intent on their own private affairs and too well sat isfied that they know best what they are willing to tolerate to be disturbed by such long-distance scolding. They apparently expected the president and congress to send an apology. How the Fortifications Fared. Army and Navy Journal. The great fortifications at the entrance to the Golden Gate were seriously Injured by the earthquake. The full extent of the Injury sustained by the great works Is as yet unknown, for nothing but a survey by the engineering corps can disclose the full extent of the damage. At Lime Point the emplacements of the big guns have been cracked and twisted. ' The heavy con crete, both on the floor and In the walls of the ' emplacements, bear unmistakable evidence of having been given a bad shak ing. Conditions are raid to be equally bad t the fortifications back of Old Fort Point. Aa It Is now the great thlrteen-lnch guns on both sides of the gate, constituting the main defense, are practically useless. They weigh many tons each, but their adjust ment upon their carriage la as delicate as that of a watch. The earthquake de stroyed this, and though the damage can be repaired, It will take considerable time and much labor. The Lime Point bat. terles stand out on an Immense bluff tower ing hundreds of feet above the bay. The shock here was exoeodlngly heavy and is believed to have Injured the fortifications t this point more than elsewhere. MOVE I RIGHT DIRECTION. Providian Faada for President's Traveling- Eapeaaea. Chicago News. As Indicating a growing sense of the re quirements of decency and dignity In public affairs, the present report that congress will consider an appropriation to pay the traveling expenses of the president Is dis tinctly encouraging. The house appropria tions committee la discussing such a meas ure and is In consultation with the presi dent as to the form which It should take. Whatever plan may be found best, some well-considered action toward the end Indi cated should be taken at once. It Is for the best Interests of the country that the president should make occasional Journeys mong hla people and It ia only fitting that special traveling facilities should be placed t hla disposal. Practical requirements of railway operation as well as the dignity of his office often make this unavoidable. The fact that In the past presidents have found It necessary to accept these facilities as free gifts from private corporations or adopt the alternative of subjecting them selves to heavy expenae haa been a stand tng reproach to the nation. Now that the public has been aroused to the Iniquity of the paas-taklng evil In gen eral, there need be no fear of a lack of popular support for t the proposed appro priation. The nation will bear gladly the cost of the prealdent'a neceasary Journeys. If It thereby can put an end to the aituatlon which haa led past Incumbents of the office to the humiliation of accepting favors at private hands. A properly drawn bill mak ing the necessary appropriation under rea sonable restrictions should be passed with out further delay. . . PERSOAI- KOTES. Prof. Servtss explains lucidly that the earthquake waa due to the weight of the polar ice caps, and if one can only forget the fact that the professor knows nothing of the weight of the polar Ice raps, the article la not without Intereat. That la a crushing jeritldam administered by the Wall Street Journal to an editorial of one of Its contemporaries: "Two unre lated propositions are advanced. The nrxt ia unthinkable and the aecond la not true." Otherwise, perhapa, It U all right. President Jordan of Stanford university says that In the rebuilding of the univer sity buildings destroyed In the recent earth quake no claasic style structures will be erected, aa the modern style of building very much better withstood the recent shakeup. James H. Vassar, who has been con nected with the United States subtreaaury at Boston more than forty years, and nearly that length of time in the Impor tant position of specie clerk, Is the most remarkable and accomplished coin expert In America and has few, if any, equals In the world. J. E. Henry, a millionaire lumberman and manufacturer, practically owns the flourish ing little town of Henryvllle, N. H. He has held nearly all the offices for years, with one son a postmaster and another a police court Judge. Mr. Henry paya to per cent of the village taxea. The village has 1,00(1 population and all the voters except four are In Mr. Henry's employ. Belf-depreclallon seems to be a common virtue of military heroes In Japan. In bis parting addresa to his officers on the breaking up of the Manrhurlan army Marshal Oyaina saya: "That I, in split of my defective ability, have been enabled to avoid any signal failure must be pri marily aecrlbed to the loyalty and fidelity of the officers and soldiers under my com mand." noun aiioit York. Rlpllea oa the tarreat af l ife la the Metropolis. Thomas W. Klley, a millionaire hanker of Brooklyn. Is about to bid the country a sad and solemn farewell. He Intend to apend the winter of his life In some for eign land, where the visible finger of scorn may not mock his vision. The trouble with Klley, as he expresses It, was too much money. "It waa my undoing," he says. Incidentally, yes. But the real cause of hla expatriation sprang from etrlvlng to maintain two wives and two domeatlc establishments while pretending to he a model of moral and domestic probity. Klley waa president of the North Bide bank of Williamsburg, a wholesale merchant and a big man In finance. lie was what la called a model cltlsn, scru pulously honest In his business dealings. leader In charitable and church work. The discovery that he had one wife nt the Jefferson avenue address and another at 21 Erooklyn avenue startled the com munity. It appears that neither wife knew of the existence of the other until a short time before the exposure. Klley admitted the facts. When the story of his two families came out he resigned from the presidency of the bank and dropped out of sight. No crim inal proceedlnga were brought against him and he kept In communication with his lawyers and business associates all through his absence. Borne poor fellow who has nothing to do but to compile statistics has found that the densest district of Manhattan has under 730 persons per acre; the densest block, 1.200. He says: "The 10,000 per sere of excltnttoua Imaginations would com press the whole human race within the limits of New York, for lo.ono multiplied by 20,21l equals 2 .092. ISO, 000. " The earth s population Is estimated to be 1.4S7.9O0.00O, which la twenty-nine to the square mile. Were New York as thickly populated as the district on the east side, numbering 730 to the acre, the city would hold 152,729,140 In habitants, or nearly twice the population of the United States. If the whole area of Greater New York were peopled as densely as the section south of Fourteenth street and east of Broadway the city would comprise 90,64A,e10 Inhabitants. No other city In the world produces any thing like the New York barge excursion. There Is nothing like the unrestricted free dom of the broad-decked, roomy excursion boat, where there Is no gingerbread wood work to break, no boilers to blow up and which creep along at a pace conducive to leisurely enjoyment. There are 150 of these barge excursions In New York annually. Usually the start la made early In the morning. Dancing Is the chief feature. Then the Journey homeward begins with dusk. Chinese lanterns are lighted and those dancers who are not so tired that they have dropped asleep keep on with their ceaseless whirl. Below decks there Is nothing but a howl of discord. Usually a dosen groups are roaring as many differ ent songs at one and the same time. The effect Is not pleasant. Everybody has had an abundance to eat and drink. Is tired out, but happy. As the barge nears the pier a specimen of the "Hustling Harry" type mounts the pilot house. "Gents," he says, "please give de lodlea foist chanct to make a gltaway from de boat. Any mun wot aits freah'll get slapped In de slata good an' hard. Last year our trip was put on de blink at de finish by a lot of top- slders wot never should be permitted to soclate wld loldles au' gents. If dere's any of dem on die ship dls evenln' I hopes dey'll git wise an' save a set-to." Then It's for borne. Prof. John H. Thlry of Long Island City, who for half a century haa been Identified with the educational Interests of New York City, and who has been known as the "father of the school savings banking; sys tem," became the father of a lusty baby boy laat week. Considering the fact that Prof. Thlry Is In his eighty-fifth year and that he went on record a year ago as one of Dr. Osier's most unrelenting critics, the birth of a son and heir In his household haa brought forth a volume of congratula tion. Mrs. Thlry Is 30 years old. With the aid of Mrs. Hetty Green, Comp troller Mets has been enabled to defeat the financiers of Wall street and to save the city thousands of dollars. It developed to day, when the city's bond balance was made out snd compared with balances for a month or more past, that on several oc casions when the city treasury waa In' dire need of Immediate funda Mrs. Green had broken the market. Intereat rates tumbled because she refused to press the city when the Wall street banks were demanding high rates. Within the last month she has loaned the city $4,600,000 at rates a shade under the charges ot the big bankers of Walt street, and It la said that, had more money been needed, ahe would have opened up her coffers over at the Chemical National and given forth more. "She la a grand little woman," said Deputy Chamberlain Campbell. "We can always 'rely on her. If ahe has the money when we need It we can get It from her." A double tragedy In which mother and son were killed through an electrical ap paratus uaed to operate a chicken Incu bator, the Invention of the young man him self, occurred recently at Croton Falls, Westchester county. The victims of the accident were Daniel Jeungst, Jr., aged 30 years, and his mother, Mrs. Anna Jeungst, aged SO years. The husband and father Daniel Jeungst made the dlsoovery an hour anerwara. The Jeungst brothers own the electric plant which supplies the lights for the sta tion and streets of the village of Croton Falls. The younger Jeungst was In the chicken-raising business and he Invented an Incubator, which was operated by elec tricity generated by the Jeungst plant. While experimenting with his Incubator, by which he hoped to hatch 500 chickens at a time, Jeungst attempted to shut off the electric current and In reaching for the switch caught hold of a live wire, when 3000 volts of electricity shot through his body, killing him Instantly. His mother, who accompanied him to the Incubator house and who held the lantern, realised that her son was In peril and thoughtlessly grabbed the wire to pull It away. She, too, was killed Instantly. Generosity of Coal Companies. Baltimore News. There Is no doubt that the action of Bat llmore 4k Ohio railroad officials In accept ing free gifts of valuable coal stork from the Fairmont Coal company has an ugly look. There have been many complaints of discrimination on the part of the rail road, several having been testified to before the Interstate Commerce commlaaion In the course of the present investigation. In certain parts of Weat Virginia the Imprea alon prevaila among a great many people that It ia uaeleea to attempt to mine coal unless you have an "understanding" with the railroad people first. The officials who have received free stock are among rates on coal and In urnlshtng ,. hrdl those who have authority In making rates on coal and in furnishing cars t the mines. And yet they have testified that they can think of no reason beyond friendship which would Influence the coal companies to make there a preaent of tbia stock. For Thin, Poor Blood You can trust a medicine tested sixty years! Sixty years of experience, think of that! Experience with Ayer's Sar saparilla; the original Sarsaparilla; the Sarsaparilla the doctors endorse for thin blood, weak nerves, general de bility. What does your doctor say? Wc have no secrets We publish the formulas of all our medicines. Mtm by the J. O. At" Co , Lowll, Mass. Alio atanufaoturers of ATER'fl HAIR VIGOR-For the hair. ATSS'B P'LIS- For constipatioi. ATSR'SCBSKRTPECTORAIy-Foroouelis. AYER'SAOUECURtt-For nulariaandaras. 8TATK PRKSS COMMENT. Wausn Gasette: Hon. George K Sheldon 1 Is becoming a more and more popular I candidate for governor. He seems to have j a good strong following from this part of the state. Blair Filot: Up to the present time no one has signified any desire to run up against Secretary of State Galusha. He haa made a very competent officer and at no time has he ever been accused of beinij owned by anyone or any corporation. Norfolk Press: The democrats promise to make their campaign In this state on a platform declaring for a 2-cent passenger fare and as being against free paaos. That Is good enough as far as It goes, but they will have to go farther and declare In favor of a maximum rate law and re frain from placing a bunch of pass grabbers on the platform aa candidates. This is no time for hot air. Utlca Sun: The state central committee of the republican party In this state has called the convention for that party to meet in the city of Lincoln on August 21. It Is to be hoped that when the convention meets that good men will be nominated that cannot be controlled by the railroads. Let the republicans at this convention show the railroad corporations that they are not a power In Nebraska. Columbus Journal: Those who have watched the railroads In their flght against the republican officials who have Increaaed the railroad assessment have strong sus picions that the railroads have again cut the pole for the democratic agitators. Judge Reese, a square deal republican, was de feated by the railroads, who preferred antl-railroad BMas." But the people are next. They will have no, more democratic antls. Burt County Herald: Judge Boyd Is good material for congress and Is growing stronger day by day as his candidacy be comes, known over the district. It Js Im portant that a candidate be nominated at the congressional convention who will com mand the united support of the republicans of the district, otherwise he will be doomed to defeat. This district Is very close. McCarthy only had 700 majority out of 43,000 votes polled at hla first election. Central City Nonpareil: There can be no question but that the railroads are laying the wires to capture the republican organisation and nominations In this state this year, and the only way In which the "square deal" members of the party and they are the large majority can prevent the consummation of the machine's schemes Is to elect delegatea who are known to be absolutely safe and against whom there In not the faintest suspicion of railroad In fluence. Hickman Enterprise: There la no need for uneasiness on the part of Mr. Pollard's friends relative to a aecond term In con gress from the First district. His record during the first term is a sufficient guar anty that the people will not hesitate to send him back again. Besides, no aspirant for that place, whether he is from Lan caster county or not, can afford to estab lish the precedent that our representative is only entitled to one term no matter what bis qualifications are. Scott's Bluff Republican: Among those mentioned for governor this fall is John Wall of Arcadia. Mr. Wall haa been a resident of Nebraska for the laat thirty years and during that lime has been in the mercantile business In which he now la engaged. In all theae years he haa been an active republican and has hosts of friends all over the state. It now looks as though John Wall would be the only candidate In the Big Sixth for that posi tion, and aa the Sixth district has alwaya been together when It came to selecting state officers his chance for nomination looks pretty good. Norfolk Press: The republican state committee has decided to appoint a plat form committee In advance of the conven Browning, Hiing (k Go 0I10INAT0RS AND SOLE MAklM Ot IALP SUES IN CLOTHING. - ClifflSRlG SALE Friday and Saturday we place on 6ale 125 Russian and Sailor Blouse Suits that sold from $4.50 to $7.50 for- Mothers, lay aside your household duties and attend this great reduction sale. For these values will not be found again this season. -HERE ARE THE SIZES NUMBER 3 34 39 27 16 2 SIZE 21 3 Fifteenth and Douglas Sts. Bread way at IZad f tract MEW tion. This will be a decided Innovation, and whether It will be a success or not will depend on whether the committee Is rout posed of men who represent the sentiment of the rank and file of the pnrty. There is a big chance to plug up a committee thru will suppress party sentiment, and If that is done there is liable to be trouble Inter on. People are Inclined to do their own thinking, regardless of the politicians, and anything that looks , like an attempt to thwart their right to do so will be resented. PLEASANTLY POINTED. "Our John's goin' to be a preacher. k gu-'ss," said Farmer Komlop, "Jerigin' from what his college professor ses shout him." "What's that?" asked his wife. "He set he's inclined to be bibulous." Philadelphia Ledger. "The vote that I esteem," said the states man, "la the vote that la not bought." "Yes," answered Senator Sorghum; "you can figure that as clear profit, "Washing ion Star. "How do you know your husband really works hard at his office at nleht?"- axked the suspicious woman. "Because he hasn't any headache next morning," answered Mrs.- Wise. Indiana polls News. "Go away." said the cook to her ad mirer, as she looked up from working the dotieii. "Don't you see I'm busy?" . "But," he replied, persuasively, "you know you told me to come to you In your hour of knead." Baltimore American. "Good morning,'" Naybor, called socially across the fence. "Hello," growled Subhubs. as -he thnmned a clod of earth with his hoe. "What are you raising; asKea .isy bor. 'Blistera, mostly," grunted Hubbubs Philadelphia Press. "Is Mike Clancey here?" aked the vis itor at the quarry. Just after the prema ture explosion. - "No, aor." replied Costlgan; "he's gone.", "For good?" "Well, sor, he wtnt in that direction." Philadelphia Press. Deacon Hardesf'y I'm sorry to hear that" you are dissatisfied1 with your preaohen He' Is a most excellent man. Brother McGlnnis (of another congrega tion) O, yes. and he's a good preacher: but he doesn't draw well. We have a chance now to get a man who has Just been tried for hereay. Chicago Tribune. "Beg pardon, air," said the peddler of supplies, "but have you got a typewriter?" "Yea," replied the merchant. "May I ask what etyle?" "Oh, out of sight! A regular peach! Come In and 1 11 Introduce you to her." Phila delphia Ledger. "Doea your wife belong to the same club as mine?" , "Yes." "Well, my wife tells me It is sn sdvance club ' "So It Is. Keepa me buy advancing my wife money every time she loses at 'bridge' "Columbus Dispatch. BEATEN BIL.LV" BROKENHEAHTED NESS. J. W. Foley In New York Times. 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