TTTH OMAITA DAILY HEE: FRIDAY, MAY 4. 1900.
Tiie-Omaha Daily Bee
B. ROBKWATKR, EDITOR.
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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
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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.
He hastoo ware his fawther's panes maid
smal ...
becaus thare poor but we doant kare at
awl
ann hennry beamus sedd Its plane to sea
wenn hees grone up heea llamil to be
a famua man ann we wll awl be gladd
we noo him wenn hees but a llttul lad.
ann hennry sedd that wenn bll peersen
trlde
to bully him he dared bll go owtalde
ann nockt him down ann swl the boys
sedd thay r
wood be his friends foreavur ann a day. -
ann hennry sedd It only gose to sho
the battulfcelds the Plals fore falm una
and wenn he llckt bll peersen In a Ate
he was a hearo in a slngul nlte.
ann aftur that nobuddy aedd a wurd
abowt his pa nee ann hennry aedd he hurd
that since bit peersena lickt hia falm la ore
ann nowun la askairt uv him no moar
ann bll la offle humbul ann he aemea
like sum dedd hearo uv hla vannlaht
drems.
ann awl the llttul boys malk fun uv bll
snn eawl him nalms witch Is a blttur pll
fore him to talk but he lusst passes on
becaws he nose his mltey strength is gone
since he got llckt ann henhry beamus sedd
he wood not be surprised If hees fownd dedd
bl his own hand ur els wood disuppere
ann nun uv us would eavur see him here
agenn at awl becaws he kood not bare
to no he is Ion longur masstur thare.
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