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complete copies of The Dally. Morning.
Kvenlng and Sunday Bee printed during
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1 , 7,leO II S6 6a0
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t 38,300 24 3S,80
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It 36,740 21 36,380
II 37,830 2 36309
14 36,810 SO .. 36,110
It 3660 11 36,810
II 38,eo
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Lei unsold and returned copies. ,804.
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WHEN OUT OF TOWN.
Snbacrlbers leaving; the city tem
porarily should hare The Bee
mailed, to them. Andreas will ho
changed as often aa requested.
Omaha is now cutting some Ice.
Count Szechenyl says that he mar
ried for pure love. Of money?
The Foraker boom proves to have
keen a bomb with a defective fuse.
Omaha children who received sleds
for Christmas presents are revising
their opinions about Santa CI a us.
Colonel Bryan shows no disposition
to follow Mr. Taft's example of invit
ing favorite sons to make a record.
South Omaha has a Good Govern
ment league.' It should have been or
ganised last year and enlisted in the
annexation movement.
Cubans bought $3,000,000 worth of
(American shoes last year. It' is grat
ifying to note the Cuban desire to im
prove their understanding.
Saad ed Dualah, a former Persian
prime minister, has been permitted to
return from exile. He Is doubtless a
wiser, If not a saader, man.
The Colombia (S. C.) State an
nounces that Senator Tillman Is writ
ing a book. Otherwise the outlook
for a peaceful year is fairly promising.
The Washington base ball team has
gone south for practice. The trouble
with the Washington team is that It
keeps, going south after the season
opens. ,
A candidate tor the republican nom
ination fot governor of Kansas says he
cannot make a speech and does not
propose to try. . His election should
be dead 'easy.
While Judson Harmon of Ohio may
not bo an avowed candidate for the
democratic vice presidential nomina
tion. ne Is making a noise like a man
la a receptive mood.
The Louisville Courier-Journal notes
the organisation of a Hughes club In
Knoxvllle. That's nothing. There's
a Foraker club at Bryan, Tex., and a
Tsft club at Shawnee. Okl.
From surface indications the waters
which were lashed into fury at the
recent Missouri River Navigation con
gress at Sioux City have again calmed
' down Into glassy smoothness.
Mr. Bryan declares that he will
serve the democratic party if he is
"drafted" at Denver. It Is believed
that, In a pinch, he could get a volun
teer to serve as his substitute.
The new governor of New Jersey
wants power to remove mayors who
fail to do their duty. Under such a
law no New Jersey mayor would try
to make a speech at a waterwagon con
vention.. It li said that Senator "Jeff" Davis
of Arkansas laughed heartily when the
president recently mistook htm tot
Senator Overman of North Carolina.
It Is safe to wager that Senator Over
nian did not laugh so heartily when
he heard of It.
The First Ward Democratic club has
affiliated Itself with the Bryan Volun
teers by simply voting to change Its
name. But that does not liquidate the
payment of 1 10 per Into the democratic
campaign fund, which Is the real
reason for the organization of the
Bryan Volunteers,
itS TO TRgSDO rUt ELECTORS.
An Idea which has beon more or
loss under discussion among repub
lican party leaders In Nebraska Is
voiced by former Chairman Harry C.
Lindsay In calling upon the coming
conventions to agree upon a set of
presidential electors for official en
dorsement later at the primary. That
some such action to make sure that
the electoral ticket is filled with tried
and true republicans and that no
chances be taken on any accidental
sllp-up is clearly imperative.
The Nebraska primary law provides
for the nomination of presidential elec
tors by direct vote In the same way as
the candidates for other offices. If we
were to have a free-for-all race with
ninety counties in Nebraska and two
or three aspirants In each county we
might have 200 names listed on the
official,, primary ballot under the head
ing, "Presidential Electors," and no
one could tell what the outcome would
be.
'In most states where direct primary
laws have been enacted the presiden
tial electors have been excepted from
the places thus to be filled. In Wis
consin, where the law Includes presi
dential electors, as It does In Nebraska,
the democrats have already called a
state convention to make J.he nomina
tions for these and other offices in ad
vance of the primary election and the
choice of the convention will go on the
primary ballot with all the prestige of
official endorsement equivalent to a
nomination.- 1
. There is no demand In Nebraska,
among rerubllcans at least, to fore
stall the primary, so far as the regular
elective state offices are concerned, but
In the matter of presidential electors
It seems to us absolutely necessary to
party self-preservation that the eight
presidential electors, who are to be the
instrumentalities of recording Ne
braska's vote for president, should be
selected in advance of the primary by
the duly accredited representatives of
the party.
It does not matter much whether the
selection Is made by the suggestion of
one elector by each of the district con
ventions, or whether It la done by the
state convention on Its own initiative
so long as the list as finally made up
has the authoritative stamp on It from
the state convention.
SEMT MEXICO AND STATE BOVD.
New Mexico has received the usual
annual renewal of the notice from
congress that statehood for the ter
ritory will be deferred for at least one
year more. This Is not a new story for
New Mexico whose people have been
hearing it for something like forty
years. Gray-haired men in the terri
tory can recall their boyish pride and
hopes when their fathers went to
Washington with a delegation urging
the admission of the territory to state
hood. Some of the men now in Wash
ington urging the admission of the
territory have been making annual
pilgrimages for that purpose for
more than a quarter of a century. The
most encouraging sign of early con
sideration of the territory's claims la
the tentative promise that a joint com
mittee of the senate and house will
visit the territory this summer and
make a careful Inquiry Into New Mex
ico's qualifications for the sisterhood
of states.
Many pf the objections that have
proved fatal In the past to New Mex
ico's desire for statehood have been
removed, or are being removed rap
idly. Great advancement has been
made in the public school system of
the territory and In the increase In
Anglo-American population drawn to
the territory by favorable opportuni
ties for home making. While most of
the residents of the territory are na
tive born and, therefore, Americans,
the use of the Spanish language has
been maintained and it has been
taught In the schools. The effort for
the last few years has been toi break
away from the old customs and to
adopt American methods In all lines.
The result, according to those who have
observed conditions In the territory,
has been most satisfactory and has
gone far toward removing the stock
objections to the admission of the ter
ritory. The territory has a population
of about 600,000 and Is rich in re
sources awaiting the development that
is certain to follow the territory's ad
mission to statehood.
MOBS PAt FR THg ARMY.
v The senate committee on military
affairs has unanimously recommended
a bill providing for the Increase of the
pay of the officers and men of the
army. The measure provides for a
graduated Increase of the pay of com
missioned officers and leaves to the
president the right to fix the pay of
the privates and noncommissioned
officers.
No reason Is assigned for the provi
sion allowing the president to desig
nate the pay of enlisted men and it is
difficult to see why the pay for this
branch of the service should not be
fixed by the same authority that es
tablished the rate of payment for the
officers of rank. The provision, it
may be argued, leaves room for the
abuse of privilege. A president over-
appreciative of the needs of the army
might fix a compensation beyond de
serts, while a president opposed to a
large army or the proper maintenance
of the existing army might reduce
the rate of pay to a point that would
practically disband the troops. While
there is perhaps no probability of
either extreme being reached, the op
portunity for It apparently exists in
the proposed law. The present pay of
privates Is SIS a month and that of
non-commissioned officers from $16
to $3$ a month. That of the commis
sioned officers range from that of a
second lieutenant, $1,400 a year, to
that of major general, $7,600 a year.
In Its report the senate committee
cites official records to show that
while the pay of some officers seems
liberal compared with earnings of men
In civil life, the cost of living at bar
racks, the necessity of expensive uni
forms and other expenditures required
by the nature of the officer's calling,
reduces the pay until it Is Insufficient
for the proper maintenance of the
officer.
Whatever may be proper and neces
sary in the adjustment of the pay of
the officers, few will question the
claims of the enlisted men. The pay
of the private soldier Is now so small
that army life attracts only the class
of young men who are finable or up
willing to earn better pay offered In
the Industries. Failure to meet these
conditions will serve but to further
impair the efficiency of the army
which, at best, Is but a skeleton organisation.
THE PUlLlPPlnES REPORT.
Apparently mindful of the fact that
his direct supervision of the Philippine
affairs will cease with his retirement
from the Roosevelt cabinet as secre
tary of war, Mr. Taft's report on the
affairs of the archipelago assumes
something of the form of a valedictory
and much of it is devoted to a review
of the proeress in the Islands, since
they came under American control. He
sums up the American accomplish
ments In the Philippines in these
words:
A community consisting of 7,000,000 peo
ple, Inhabiting 300 different Islands, many
of whom were In open rebellion against
the government of the United States for
four years, with all the disturbances fol
lowing from robbers and predatory bands,
which broke out from time to time, due
to local causes, has been brought to a
state of profound peace and tranquillity,
In which the people as a whole are loy
ally supporting the government In the
maintenance of order. This Is the first
and possibly the most Important accom
plishment of the United States In the
Philippines.
Secretary Taft fully appreciates the
work yet to be done before the Fili
pinos can toe prepared for Independ
ence and self government He de
clares that education is the keynote
to the situation and to the solution of
whatever problem yet remains. On
that point, he says:
There Is no real difference between the
educated and Ignorant Filipinos that can
not be overcome by the education of one
generation. They are a capable people in
the sense that they can be given a normal
Intellectual development by the same kind
of education that la given in our own
common school system.
The education of the children of
today, In the secretary's- opinion, will
enable them to bear the burdens of
tomorrow and do their share In ad
vancing the people of the islands to
ward self-government and ultimate In
dependence. Much progress has al
ready been made In this direction. Law
reigns throughout the islands and the
natives are rapidly being given a
larger share in the management of
their local affairs. There are 270,000
children In the schools, under 6,000
Filipino and 760 American teachers.
The people have a free press and free
speech and are taking a keenly active
part in all public affairs.
While great progress has been
made, the Improvement would be
greater if the American government
had not pursued what the secretary
calls "a short-sighted policy" In refus
ing to open our markets to Philllpplne
tobacco and sugar. The early pledge of
congress "to govern the Philippine
Islands for the benefit and welfare of
the people of the Islands" has not been
kept. So long as congress refuses to
admit the products of the Islands to
our markets, except under almost pro
hibitory restrictions, the development
of the Philippines must be weakened
and delayed.
The secretary's report Is remark
ably comprehensive and clear, deserv
ing of special commendation because
of Its freedom from partisanship or
airing of "views." Although there Is
little prospect that the Philippine
question will cut any considerable
figure In the coming campaign, the
secretary's report is well worth read
ing' and study by all Americans who
realize that in its colonial possessions
the nation has a problem that de
mands the broadest and best states
manship for Its proper solution.
Guesses are already being made as
to the probable attendance at the Den
ver convention. It Is safe to say that
It will be large, chiefly because the
Rocky mountain tourist season is In
full blast in July and not because any
large number of citizens would take
such a long ride just to attend a po
litical ratification meeting.
The special Washington representa
tive of our amiable democratic contem
porary has discovered in Congressman
Hardy of Texas a democrat who once
bolted Bryan, but Is supporting him
now. If he will look again, perhaps
he will find a few democrats who sup
ported Bryan before, but who are op
posed to him now.
Former Congressman Thurston of
Nebraska, in conjunction with two
other former members of the national
legislature, is said to be formulating
a bill to enforce complete publicity of
all campaign contributions with a view
to divorcing the corporations from pol
itics. This Is the greatest joke of the
season.
Reports from the commercial clubs
of Nebraska towns in response to In
quiries sent out by Senator Brown for
opinions on pending financial legisla
tion show, as usual, that the Nebraska
business man is almost unanimous on
what he does not want, but pretty far
apart on whs he does want.
"South Dakota democrats declare
for Mr. Bryan," stands out in good, big
typo In the democratic organ, while on
the same page appears a heading,
"Bryan Resolution Tabled" (by the
Massachusetts democrats), In type so
small as to require a magnifying glass.
"When the American people start In
to wear out their old clothes It does
not take long to bring business back
to the normal," says John W. Gates,
who evidently was never In the cloth
ing business.
The deputy pure food commissioner
gives It out that he will stop the sale
of baking powders that carry prize
packages with them in Nebraska. Now
for a reopening of the trading stamp
discussion.
Tom Watson is arguing that the
president could not really j-efuso a
unanimous nomination. Evidently
Watson does not expect one of Mr.
Bryan's vice presidential nominations
this year.
New York women are not wholly
cast down. While the city has passed
an ordinance prohibiting them from
smoking in public, there Is nothing in
the document to keep them from
chewing.
"Must we keep the Philippines?"
asks W. J. Bryan. Well, Mr. Bryan
must remember how far he got when
he ran on a platform advocating giv
ing them up.
Vocation Versos the Job,
Baltimore American.
"Germany educates Its youth for a vo
cation, the United States trains Its youth
for a Job," Is the opinion of an official
of the National society for the Promo
tion of Industrial Education. It does
not sound so well, but as quite a large
number of Oermans have quit their vo
cation for a plain American well-paying
"Job," possibly ours 'Is the better train
ing. Newspaper Evolution.
Harper's Weekly.
Newspapers are not trying any longer
to lasue as many pages as they can: . The
price of paper and a recurrence of com
mon sense have checked that nonsense.
Our papers are not likely to be bigger
or cheaper than they are now. The effort
to improve them, which never flags. Is
likely, therefore, to be directed to bet
terment In their quality; getting better
brains Into them, writing and editing
them better and providing them with more
readable news.
Experience No Teacher.
Cleveland Plain Deals r.
There appear to be certain well-defined
abuses against which It Is useless to leg
islate. The law's hand Is often clumsy
and unfited to deal with matters of deli
cacy. Every time an American girl trades
a fortune for a title and then lives to
regret it, the American public sympa
thizes with her and hopes the lesson will
be taken to heart by other heiresses of
marriageable age. But It never Is, The
lure of the title Is still potent. Ye It
Is doubtful If congress can do anything
about it.
Shooting- Up Nebraska..
Cincinnati, Enquirer.
Somebody blames Drover Cleveland for
taking a "farewell shot," aimed In the
direction of Nebraska. It was among the
"unconsidered trifles" that escaped notice
In this office. But Mr. Cleveland has per
haps not fired his last shot There is an
other former democratic leader, though
somewhat past the time of running for
office, who Is still handy with a gun. He
Is the Hon. Alton B. Parker of New Tork,
who has done some rather admirable
sharpshootlng of late. Some of his friends
are sorry that he was not aa perspicuously
in the firing- line In 1804 aa he Is now.
Were It not for the ruthlessness of some
"bygones" Judge Parker would be a fine
man to take Into consideration at Denver
In July. Mr. Cleveland won twice out of
three times, and there are many forgiving
democrats who regret that the "flood of
years" Is overreaching. There Is plenty of
fresh food and blood for the Denver diges
tion, but It Is rood to have a few patri
archs on hand for purposes of dignity.
DOCTORING SYMPTOMS.
Dlasaosls and Prescriptions for Cur
rency Ilia.
Washington Post.
One distinguished democratic senator of
fers to amend the Aldrlch bill by providing
1600,000,000 emergency currency as flat aa
the greenbacks of 1SS2. Doubtless this
paper would circulate at par. based, as it
Is, on that unfailing asset, the taxing
power; but the principle is vicious, and as
long as our United States currency, paper
or coin, has "a shade of a shadow of flat
in It London will remain the financial cap
ital of the world, and International ex
changes wll! pay her banks toll.
And even If flat were eliminated from
the full legal tender coin and paper cur
rency Issued by the federal government,
and there remained a banknote circulation
based on debt Instead of cold, England !
would still hold her supremacy In the I
great International commonwealth of fin-
ance and commerce. No nation that toler- 1
ates one dollar of full legal tender paper !
currency will ever be able to supplant Eng-
lands financial primacy. Gold, and noth
ing else, is the world's legal tender, aa wit
ness the firm foundations of England's,
France's and Germany'a systems.
Aa for the proposal of another distin
guished democratic senator to Insure de
posits In the national banks, however de
sirable or expedient it may be. It will be
very difficult to find authority for it in
the delegated powers of the federal gov
ernment. Possibly It Is a reserved power
of the states; but it is a dangerous power,
and absolutely vicious In principle, the de
sign of which is to put on the level the
provident and the thriftless, the prudent
and the reckless, the honest and the ras
cally bankers.
Oklahoma has done It, and money la
pouring Into Oklahoma. There la clamor
for it in numerous other atatcs, and doubt
less many of them will try It. In a time
of general prosperity little harm, or little
good, will result; but when the day of
liquidation ahall come after a lung period
of reckless speculation, the chances are
that Insured deposits would be attended by
the moat ruinous and universal disaster of
our financial history.
Money is timid and good bankers are con
servative. If the sound buJiks are to guar
antee the deposits of unsound banks. Is it
not possible that a great number of the
sound banks will wind up their affairs
and turn their capital Into other channels?
It Is not possible tliat all our national
banka have rid themselvea of auch frensled
financiers as Harper and Walsh and Morse
and Hslnse. It la a clans the name of
which Is numerous. If not legion.
Why not profit by the experience uf Eng
land as a banker?
BITS or WASHINGTON L1FK.
Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched
oa the Spot.
The Borglum model of a statue to com
memorate the deeds of Oeneral Phil Sheri
dan, which was recently accepted by the
commission, will, when completed, be un
like any of the other aMftues In the na
tional capital. Sheridan Is depleted In the
ct of reining In his horse and returning
the salute of his men. The statue will be
of heroic else. It will r.ot be placed upon
a. high pedestal, but will be within three
feet of the ground and will be sur
rounded by a platform twenty-three by
thirty-one fret In alee. This platform will
oe bordered by artistic marble benohes
facing tho, statue and leaving ample room
for fountains. The site for the statue has
already been selected, and It will be placed
in the center of Sheridan Circle at Massa
chusetts avenue and Twenty-third street
The sculptor Is already at work on his
large model, so that the finished statue
may be ready for erection early next
autumn. All who have seen the model
pronounce the decision of the commission
excellent and prophesy that the statue
will be one of the most artistic In the
city.
Oution Borglum, the designer, Is the
sculptor of the Mares of Diomedcs, owned
by the Metropolitan Museum, and of nu
merous other works In various parts of the
United States.
ImusI Monday Speaker Cannon received
n cluster of American beauties fresh from
a local seminary. They were the finest he
ever saw at least that is what he told
them when they were ushered into his
room at the capltol to be Introduced to the
"next president." There were twenty In
the cluster, or, to be more accurate, In the
"bevy." They were students at the Martha
Washington seminary, and came from al
most as many states. Including Maryland,
Arkansas, Texas, Georgia, Tennessee, New
York, Virginia, and, luckiest of all, one
came from Illinois. And maybe the little
Illinois maiden didn't blush. Uncle Joe
plied her with questions about her people
and her life In Washington. He said nioe
things to the others, too, but before they
left he took a rap at woman suffrage.
"I appreciate the great honor you have
paid me," he said. "However, I rather
doubt whether you young ladles from
Georgia, Texas. Virginia, Arkansas and
other states in the south really want to
see me elected. No, I am opposed to
woman suffrage and I'll tell you why.
Pretty women like you would always con
trot two votes your own and some man's."
The girls blushed.
"Now, I can tell," continued the speaker.
"I only have to Jook Into your eyes when
they light up that way to be sure that
each of you would determine how some
man would vote."
Every American who has had a hand In
Panama canal work, lives through It and
who quits with the equivalent of an honor
able discharge, can wear a medal If he
wants to. President Roosevelt has a plan
to thus distinguish his soldiers of civiliza
tion who are fighting with pick and apade
and facing yellow fever instead of bullets.
On the Isthmus, In 1906, the president said:
"I shall see If It Is not possible to pro
vide for some little memorial, some mark,
some badge, which will always distinguish
the man who for a certain space of time
has done his work well on this Isthmus,
Just as the button of the Grand Army dis
tinguishes the man who did his work well
In the civil war."
The president Is now casting about for
an artist to dealgn auch a decoration as he
has In mind. This will make the third
order to be conferred by this republic, and
the second to originate with Roosevelt.
The medal of honor for the army and the
navy has long been established. It is only
given when llfo Is risked in action. Presi
dent Roosevelt inaugurated a medal of
honor to distinguish heroism in civil life.
Now he will add a canal sons medal of
honor to the list.
The senate has passed a bill authorizing
government condemnation and purchase of
all the land on the south side of Pennsyl
vania avenue, between the capltol and the
treasury. The botanical gardena already
occupy a part of this space. It Is planned
to place Ull future government buildings
in an Imposing line here.
Behind the present fringe of private
buildings on this sldo of the historic old
street, and there are some tumble down
looking shacks among the test, there Is
now being constructed a mall that will
connect the capltol and the Washington
monument. It will be a beautiful creation
of boulevards and trees and parking, with
the Smithsonian, the new agricultural de
partment and the bureau of printing and
engraving flanking It on the south. If
the south side of Pennsylvania avenue is
also acquired for government buildings the
result will be a group plan even more re
markable than that of Cleveland.
At present the government buildings are
Inadequate to the needs of the government.
P.ented space Is now occupied at a cost of
I386.S82.74 a year. This Is a 2 per cent In
terest on more than $18,000,000, and 3 per
cent Is about the average rate paid on
United States loans. It Is estimated that
tl8.000.000 will no", only secure the land on
the south side of Pennsylvania avenue, but
erect two or three buildings on the terri
tory as wel), enough to accommodate the
government bureaus now occupying rented
space. Congressional sentiment canvassed
so far seems to favor this improvement.
The following story, which illustrates
Secretary Taft's quick wit, is vouched for
by a prominent Illinois politician:
"It happened at the Japanese embassy,"
he said. "Secretary Taft had been charm
ing a circle of guests with a clever story
about his experiences in Japan, when he
decided It was time to leave. lie bowed
gracefully and backed out In doing so he
inadvertently stepped on the little toe of
the left foot of Bcnator Beveiidge of
Indiana. The latter gave forth a squeal
and Immediately clasped the Injured mem
ber In both hands. ,
Secretary Taft apologized profusely
and showed real concern over the disaster.
But Beverlilge was not mollified.
' 'I don't mind being stepped on by an
ordinary man.' t.e complained, 'but I draw
the line at being crushed by an elephant.'
" 1 am sorry. Senator," replied Taft, with
a merry twinkle !n his eye. 'but I didn't
think you would mind a little thing like
this after having bean sat Upon by the en
tire Cnlted States senate'."
Senators are only human, after all, and
they know the weaknesa of vanity, observes
the Waahington Herald. This Is apparent
to any one who will observe any particular
senaier when he Is occupying the floor and
the attention of the galleries, if not the
undivided attention of the senate Itself.
He will say a few words, and then he'll
coma to a particularly telling point. Watch
him! Nine times out of ten Ills gate will
wander, undet cover of his eyebrows, to
the press gallery'- If he sees a great many
pencils moving busily up there, his blood
thrills and his confidence increases, and
he plunges on to wilder flights of oratory.
If the pencils are Idle, and the faces of
the scribes wear a mildly sarcastic look,
the blood of the "orating" solon cools per
ceptibly, and the forensic flower fades and
dic.4 slowly upon his lips. 'Die sun ceases
to shine, and his heart turrs to Wad. "
NO WARRANT KOIt 1IOPK.
Bryan's Faille Rare for the Preel
onry. New York Sun.
To Justify their opinion that his candi
dacy would rot be entirely futile, Mr
F.ryan's friends must claim for him a larre
number of western Kates which have been
as regularly republican since 196 as tl.o
eastern states which have always declared
against lilm. Allowing Mr. Bryan the solid
south. Including Kentucky, he would have
IS electoral Votes; add Missouri. Oklahoma.
Colorado, Idaho. Montana, Nevada. Utah
and Wyoming, the number would be l0r
give him Indiana. Nebraska and South
Dakota. It would rise to 507; throw In Kan
sas and California, which would Increase
his tally to 227 votes, and he would still be
short fifteen of the number required to
elect, which will be 241; transfer Michigan's
fourteen votes to his column and he would
still be In the minority In the electoral col
lege. Thus It may be- seen how utterly
vain would Mr. Bryan's candidacy be un
less he could convert the east, which no
intelligent observer believes for a moment
he could do. If the east rejected Mr. Bryan
there would be no hope for him unless he
brought about a political revolution In the
great middle west, of which there Is no
sign at all.
It Is to be noted that Mr. Bryan made a
very much worse showing In 1900 than In
ISM In western states which are allowed
him, for the sake of exposition in the above
calculation. In Indiana the republican plu
rality increased from 1R.1S1 to 36.470: Kan
sas changed from a Bryan plurality of
12.3S9 to a McKlnley plurality of 23.354. and
Nebraska from a Bryan plurality of 13.57
to one for McKlnley of 7.R;2, whllo South
Dakota gave McKlnley in 1900 a plurality of
14,980 In place of a Bryan advantage of 13
In 1898; In California the republican plura
lty Increased fro 2.797 to .19.770; and in Mis
souri the democratic plurality fell from
58.727 to 87.M0; Michigan gave McKlnley
56,a In. 1S98 and 79.JS4 In 1900; Wyoming,
which had recorded a Bryan plurality of
583 In 1)6, gave McKlnley 4,318 In 1900; and
Utah, which wont for Bryan by 51,0?3 plu
rality in 1R96, turned republican by 2,133 In
1900. ,ln short, Mr. Bryan was a much
weaker candidate In the west In 1900 than
he was in 1806, and In both campaigns he
polled almost the entire populist vote.
The middle west today, outside of Min
nesota, where John A. Johnson Is governor,
la Incorrigibly republican. In vain will the
election statistics be scanned for a vestige
of evidence favorable to the fortunes of
Mr. Bryan as a democratic candidate. With
the east remaining the enemy's country
and the west unchanged, no candidacy
more futile than Mr. Bryan's could be con
ceived by the student of contemporary
politics.
PKItSONAI, NOTES.
Szechenyl apparently bears in mind the
good advice: "Don't marry for money, but
love where money Is."
The earl of Yarmouth Indicates that while
he might survive a separation from his
wife, a separation from her fortune would
be cruel and Intolerable.
Mrs. Mary Frances Rellley has Just died,
aged 83, at Sioux City, Ia. As Miss Mary
Sullivan of Qulncy, 111., she, In 1830, was
wooed. It Is said, by Abraham Lincoln,
whom she rejected.
Icemen of Columbus, O., on appeal, have
had their sentences changed from a year
In the workhouse to the same period In
Jail. This may not satisfy the entire coun
try, but, like Mercutio's wound, " 'twill do."
The president has decided to appoint a
board of five scientists from the leading
universities as arbiters In disputes between
the Agricultural department and manufac
turers over the pure food law. He has
written to some of the larger universities
for advice In this matter. ' '
In the wllof the late banker poet, 11
mund Clarence Stedman, he bequeathed
his chief library treasures to the library
of Yale university. Among the bequests
are the testator's editions and texts of the
Greek Idealists; his edition of Theocritus
(possibly the only one In this country) and
other rare books.
Senator Newlands of Nevada Is one of
the most approachable senators. He has a
firm handclasp, a welcoming smile and a
good word for all, and, although he is
not the least busy of the senators, he can
usually spare a few momenta for the most
inconsequential of small talk, as well as for
the serious discussion of private or public
""""" - (
Ex-Senator Stewart of Nevada, despltej
his long white beard and his 83 years of
life, Is still aa erect and as sturdy a speci
men of manhood as one could wish to see.
He Is frequently seen on the floor of the
senate, being a resident of Washington,
chatting with old friends and meeting new
ones, and there are few persons around
the capltol who do not know htm well.
Lambroas A. Coromllas, the first minister
of Greece to come to the United States, Is
one of the most interesting figures In the
diplomatic circles at Washington. He is a
great-grandson of the famous Greek patriot
of the aame name. Minister Coromllas has
himself had soma wartime adventures, hav
ing been captured by the Turks during the
Eastern Roumellan trouble In 1SS8. He
speaks English fluently.
Drswlag the I,nf Bow.
Springfield Republican.
Since the t-cent fare agitation arose
much has been heard from the railroads
to the effect that the passenger business
is generally a losing venture at any rate
of fare. The president of the Lehigh
Valley road declares that that company
could well afford to pay 1500,000 annually
for the privilege of removing all paa
senger trains from the road. "All rail
road men know that freight and not pas
sengers pay dividends," says the Phila
delphia Press. This Is putting the case
Just a little too strongly. Why do the
trunk line and western railroads adver
tise their express train services against
each other so liberally if they had rather
give them up altogether? These are their
more expensive passenger trains, and no
road is under compulsion to continue the
extra fast trains.
(The Beat Bitter Liqueur f
AKICi TOO mm.
rathellr Appeals to Rrynn to tiet Of
the Presidential Track.
New York Trlbiine
What might be called the emotional py.a
of the movement to sidetrack Mr. Biyan ss
a presidential csr.dldate Is now ended. Th.u
phase was full of dratr.atlo and psycliolo.
g.cal Interest. It Involved an B-p.-al to
the sentiment or altruism and self-sacrifice
which alwaj kindles ia those n kln
It a glow of generous enthuslnsm. even If
It does not effectually awaken the con-
t science of the protagonist to whom It
addressed to the necessity and desirability
of the sacrifice which he Is expected 1 1 ,
make. It Is morally cheering and uplifting T
to call attention to the (nie au.i public "
gratitude which awaits the hero who offers
himself up for the good of the country ami
the party, and the managers of the anti
Bryan agitation have shown so disinter
ested a sea! in urging the sacrifice of Mr.
Bryan's ambition on the altar of party
unity and harmony that we almost won- .
dercd at times that the Nebraska states
man was not Infeoted sufficiently with the
spirit of renunciation to embrace the sus
gested "I - die - for the-good-of-the-party"
role.
It must have been hard for htm to resist
the appeal to his softer nature made by the
persuasive pleaders who wanted to save the
party at his expense. An abdication on his
part, it was urged, would lift hlin fmrvcr
to a pedestal in the democratic pantheon
alongside Jefferson and Jackson. If he
would only consent not lo run for rr -el-dent
he could have anything else within
the party's gift In the here or the hereafter.
As a gifted writer for the Baltimore Sun
recently expressed II :
"What a glorious occasion for Mr. Bryan
to shine as the most brilliant star in the
firmament of politics! With his vast Influ
ence In the party and his commanding posi
tion he has It within his power, by the tem
porary sacrifice of his ambition, to weld
together all the discordant elements and to
lead the party, through his wisdom, self
sacrifice and courage, to certain victory
next November. If he Is capable of reach
ing this high and masterly position of
leadership and accomplishes this most de
sirable result Is there anything that the
party- which he had united and made tri
umphant would not In future years give to
him as an expression of gratitude and obli
gation? Is he big enough to see all this?"
Yet Mr. Bryan somehow withstood this
assault upon his magnanimity, this trumpet
call to his unselfish qualities.
rOlNTKD AND PLBASANT.
"In the matter of that property settle
ment, Mrs. Jonea treated you meanly, didn't
she?"
"I should say so! "Why, she couldn't have
treated me any worse If she had been a
member of my own family." Life.
Nan Where do poor, dear Lll and the
husband she has managed to get at last
expect to spend their honeymoon?
Fan There won't bo, any honeymoon.
She's a wasp." Chicago Tribune.
"What do yon suppose old Sklnem said
the other day when I told him 1 was going
to nail- him for a subscription?" .
"What?"
" 'You're on the wrong tack.' "Baltimore
American.
"Don't you regard a wig as a costly
luxury?" asked the amateur of the elderly
profeasional.
"No, air," curtly responded the other. "I
regard a wig as a bald necessity." Phila
delphia Press.
"I notice Mme. Slngerino Is taking the
preliminary step toward a divorce."
"Why, I thought she was now enjoying
one of her spells of single blessednnas.
"So she is, but she's Just become engaged
to be married again." Philadelphia
Ledger.
It had been decided that compounds of
oao wnisKy no longer could be sold u
medicine. w - it i'-m , t. '. t .r-
Consternation arose anions the resoeet-
able consumers.
"How'll we gt our pictures in the papers
now?" they queried, cilBconsolate. l'hllu
delphla Ledger.
Midas had 'Just found everything he
touched turned to gold.
"Tliero will bo gold exports next," he
groand.
Herewith he anxiously watched the fluc
tuations cf exchange. New York Sun.
"Man is naturally egotistical." said Uncle
Eben. "When a little hard luck hits him
he alius gits de idea dat he's Inlitled to a
heap o' notice us de original discoverer of
troub'e." Washington Star.
"Now that you've inherited money, why
don't you pay some of your debts?"
"Great Scott! This is the first chance
I've ever had to save up for a rainy day.
Do you think I've no leas of economy?"
Cleveland Leader.
"You know that fellow fresh from college
who la always spouting his Latin at us?
Well, whllo abroad, I crossed the- English
channel with him and he paid the full
penalty. It was the worst one on board.
"What did you say to Mm?"
"As I passed him when he seemed moat
miserable I Just looked at him and said:
Sick transit, sonny ?' "Baltimore Ameri
can. WATCI VOIHSKLF GO BT.
a W. Glllilan In Success.
Just stand aside and watch yourself go by;
Think of youranlf as "he," Instead of "I."
Note, closely as in other men you note.
The bag-kneed trousers and the seedy coat.
Pick flaws; find fault; forget the man Is
you,
And strive to make your estimate ring true.
Confront yoursollf and look you In the eye
Just stand aside and watch yourself go by.
Interpret all your motives Just as though
You looked on one whoso alma you did not
know.
Let undisguised contempt surge through
you when
You see you shirk, O commonest of men!
Desplue your cowardice; condemn whate'er
You note of falseness in you anywhere.
Defend not one defect that ahames your
eye
Just stand aside and watch yourself go by.
And then, with eyes unveiled to what you
loathe
To sins that with sweet charity you'd
cloth
Back to your self-walled tenements you'll
go
With tolerance for all who dwell below.
The faults of others then will dwarf and
shrink.
Love's chain grows stronger by one might
link
When you. with "he" as substitute tor "I.
Have stood aside and watched yourself
go by. y
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