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Tirn OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1903 Ti tr, . Omaiia Daily TJee: FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROflEWATER VICTOR KOBBWATER. EDITOR. Entered at Omaha Foetofflc M eond claa matter. TERMS OP SUBHCTUPTIOrfs Dally Be (without Sunday), one year..K' Pally Bra and Sunday, on year S0 Sunday Bee, one year W Baturdar Be, ona year 1K DELIVERED BT CARRIER: Dally Be (Including "undsy), per week.l&o Ially Be (without Sunday), per wee.k..l0o Evening Pea (without Sunday), per week o Evening Bee (with Sunday), per week... loo Addreaa all complaint of Irregularities In delivery to City Ctrrulatlon Department OFFICES: Omaha The Bea Building. Smith Omaha City Hall Building. Council Bluffs 16 Scott Street. ft.icmtn IMS, Marquette Hldg. . Nw York Rooma 1101-1102, No. U Wait Thirty-third Street. . Washington 726 Fourteenth Streat N. w. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to newa and edi torial matter ahould ba addressed; Omaha Bee, Editorial Depeitment. ' REMITTANCES. Remit tojr draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-rent stamps received In payment of . mall accounta. I'eraonal checka. except on Omaha or eastern exchangee, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION: State of Nebraska, Douglas County, aa.: Georgw B. Tsachuck. treaaurer of The Bea Publishing eompanr. being duly swern. aaya that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning. Evening 'and Sunday Bea printed during in montn or may. isos, was aa ioiiowb: 1. 36.640 16 36.100 .. oo.oai v 86,700 .....36,630 36060 3e,eeo 17 .....36,00 18 86,130 11 sa.seo 80..... 33330 81 83,330 93 83,830 S3 38,300 84 38,100 35 36,000 86...; 88,800 87..... 88,330 88....... .....36.380 83 .38,880 30 35,460 81 SS.SOO r.........Bs,tio ......86,370 36,180 10 38,800 11 ssjiso 13 30,310 13 30,160 14.... . .... ..36,030 18 36, 60 ToUls 1,130,6(0 Lee unaold and returned coplea.. ,ao Not total 1,110,710 -'ally average 33,833 QEORQa B. TZSCHUCK, . .t , . Treaaurer. . Subscribed In nr preaenca and aworn M before ma thla 1st day of June, 190g. -J aa. f. WALKtK. . Notary Publld. . WHEW OCT OF TOWN, abaorlbar leavta the city tern, aorarlly ahould bare The Baa tailed ta theaa.' Aadresa will ba ritaaard aa aftea aa reqaeated. Mr. Taft 1b a standpatter for tariff revision. " ' A few weeka of old-fashioned drouth would help the west. Personal: O. Sol showed his face on our aireeta during the 'morning. Ife "Oh, see who's here" movement is popular in Chicago with everyone but tho delegates. It would besimply awful if Mr. Can non should get angry and adjourn the Chltacoconvcntlon. Freeze Quick la the democratic can dlJate for a county office In Ohio. The comment Is obvious. The fear grows that Mr. Bryan will not be satisfied with the results of the Chicago convention. "A sane Fourth of July never hurt anybody," says the Minneapolis Jour nal. Was It ever tried? Of course there Is a shortage- In the lumber supply., See how much of It they are using up this year in mak ing platforms. . A Chicago convention note says Tim Woodruff wears an old-fashioned muffler. He has to do that to subdue the noise made by his vest. "Posterity will laugh at tho Merry Widow hat," says an exchange. The hat has secured that slight attention without waiting for posterity. ' "Canned correspondence" from Chi cago seems to have run afoul of facts It is cheaper to get your specials by freight, but not always so reliable. Leslie M. Shaw declares that he is opposed to government by a picked few. Particularly when ho has not been consulted in the picking of the few. Mr. Bryan's daughter goes to Den ver as an uninstructed delegate, but it is expected that she will remember the family teachings of. the .last twelve years. Prof. Lowell, who has been study tag Mara for a number of. years, is now planning to get married, thus trans ferring his attention from Mars to Venus. Nebraska bankers report that the deposits ot farmers is steadily Increas ing and Nebraska's share of the $8,000,000,000 crop is scarcely out of the ground. . - . John Hays, Hammond is learning what a peculiar thing tho vice preai dentiai omco is. it pursues a man who does not want it and turns down the man that seeks It. v The saloon at Leavenworth, Kan now pay a license of 1200 a month each. Leavenworth has made money by enforcing tho prohibition laws and putting tho saloons out ot business. Four young Guatemalans have come to tho United States to study scientific farming. That's encouraging, as the most popular study In Guatemala here tofore seems to havo beea scientific assassination. Over 15,000 persons attended th races at a New York track tho other day, notwithstanding tho anti-betting law was rigidly t enforced. It is Just possible. that horse racing may not be loomed, svea y gambling MR. TAfT JKD Fit rLATFORM. William Howard Tart of Ohio has been nominated as tho candidate ot tho republican party, and the conven tion that named him baa framed a plat form in respons to the demands of th dominant sentiment of the repub lican party for a clean-cut and incisive statement of tho party's position on all Important issues before the people. Mr. Taft has been nominated because the people have recognized his ability and his integrity and because they have had confidence in his determina tion to carry on the work begun "by President Roosevelt. Mr. Taft's entire public career has been one of frankness with the public he has served. He has made sacri fices to perform uncongenial tasks when they were" in the line of his pub He duty and has been refreshingly free from personal or selfish motives in the management of public affairs. His position has always been open and clear on all public issues and it is in keeping with his character and his record that he and his supporters in the convention should insist upon the adoption of a platform that will stand tho test of inspection and attack. The intent of the party, as expressed in the platform adopted at Chicago, is bov plairi that voters will know ex actly what to expect by tho election of the republican candidates.' It -declares emphatically for a revision of the tariff, to be undertaken - inmedlately after March 4, 1909, and outlines the charac ter of the legislation proposed. It de mands' further perfection of the cur rency iystem to meet the growing de mands of business, with the cardinal republican principle that every dollar must be as good as gold, always re tained. It declares for postal 'savings banks, the protection of negro cltiiena in their rights of franchise, the exten sion of commerce, the.deyelopment ot merchant marine and continued effort along lines already pursued by repub lican administrations to the advance ment of tho material interests of the entire nation.' . , . ...'.' , . In the matter of railroad regulation, prosecution of trusts and the protec tion of the rights of American labor and capital alike, the platform fur nishes ringing assuranco that thef arty will take no backward step from the policies ' clearly defined under Mr. Roosevelfs administration. On evry Issue before tho people the party takes a determined and progressive position. With the record, the leader and the issues the party is in position to enter the campaign with full confidence that the actionVt Chicago in June wlU meet, the approval of the people at the polls in November. cost or titer toy costksts. Mayor McClellan of New York has raised an Interesting Question by' his announcement that he proposes to bring suit to recover the expense in curred by him la defending his title against the contest brought by W. R. Hearst, which is still In progress, after three-years' battle in tho courts. Mayor 'McClellan estimates his ex penses at about $100,000 and says It would pauperise him to pay the amount. He has not decided whether the suit shall be brought against the city of New York or Mr. Hearst or both. The question is important. If it is decided that the city must stand the cost of the contest, it Is safe to assert that hereafter there will be few elec tions at which the defeated candidate will not Institute contest proceedings. If the parties to the suit must pay the expenses of a contest it will make con tests, such as that, in New York, im pobslble unless both men are wealthy. Regardless of the financial problem, it is equally as important in the inter ests of good government thai contests bo held, if. there ie strong reason to suspect Irregularity, or .fraud In the elections. In the New York case it is be ing pretty clearly demonstrated that the election was unusually fair and that Mr. McClellan was elected by a hand some plurality. At the same time,, it has required the recount and the fight in tho courts to convince the public of the fairness of tho election. Tho only remedy is a . most rigid en forcement of election laws, with every safeguard thrown around the ballot box and tho operation ot the election machinery so that an honest election and a talr count are assured. In no other way can tho expense and annoy ance ot election contests be avoided. OCR BARBAUQVS FOURTH. Last yesr, according to reports made at the recent meeting ot the American Medical association, there were 12S deaths and 1,498 serious in juries resulting from tho celebration of the Fourth of July. Tho list of casualties was almost as large as that incurred by American troops In the war with Spain, and yet little prepara tion (a being made against a repetition of tho slaughter on two weeks from next Saturday. 'Dealers are already advertising their novelties in explo sives and preparations are being made by many societies and in many towns and cities to make tho day noisier and deadlier than usual. Boastful as Americans are ot their patriotism, it Is unfortunate that we cannot show It" In the safe and sane manner adopted 'in foreign countries, of which two illustrations have been furnished within the last fortnight The little kingdom ot Norway has Just celebrated Us birthday with a holiday In which everybody Joined. . Children's fetes were held in all)he cities. Flower parades wero tho special features. The older folks attended baiars. and apo dal amusements prepared for tho oc casion and tho proceeds ot all the en tertainments went to societies charged with the care of foundlings and or phans. In Vienna laU week." tho slx- tteth anniversary of tho emperor's ac cession to the throne was celebrated In a historical pageant which Is de clared to have been tho most magnifi cent of modern times. No one was killed or maimed, aiid no property was destroyed, yet patriotism found ample vent. America Is the only nation that cele brates Its natal day by exacting a toll of life and limb from the participants. It is the only country that permits a shallow-pated boy or a half-drunken man with a stick of high explosive in bis hand to pose as the symbol of pa triotism. It is the only nation that gives license to its underlying barbar ism one day in the year. With all our boasted progress we have much to learn from other countries In the way of celebrating national holidays. cojvricr labor. The problem what to do with the convict labor in the Nebraska peniten tiary Is becoming acuto. The contrac tors who for several years have em ployed, ujider a contract with the state, the men confined within the pen itentiary, have refused to pay the rate asked by the authorities, and have been ordered to remove their property from the state's prison. A period of idleness has set in.' Just how long it will continue cannot be foretold, but the situation serves to"- bring the mat ter of convict labor before the public for serious consideration. If for no other reason than as a part of prison discipline the convicts must be kept steadily employed at Borne useful labor. It Is essential to the physical as well as the moral well being ot the men who are held for a time apart from society. Whether the state has a right to derive a profit from the work of these men Is a question not thoroughly determined. It is generally agreed, however, that they should not be exploited for the purposes of private gain. One of the greatest evils of convict labor, and one that has been very largely remedied, Is the bringing of wares produced by convicts into competition with the product of free labor. This condition has been removed to a very large ex tent in Nebraska and the free labor of the state In recent years has endured a minimum of Interference from con vict labor.' It is unreasonable to expect that a convict should be paid as high a price as a free laborer, for the reason that It is scarcely possible for him to pro duce at tho same rate. Men who are sent to prison are seldom well quali fied or trained In productive labor. A phase of the problem that has been forcing ltaelf to the front recently is that which demands that the prisoner he given whatever he earns above the cost of his keep. This would seem to be ' merely Justice. It the prisoner knew that during his reformatory or penitential period of confinement he was engaged in some useful work, and would on his release be permitted to share In the products of his output, it would scarcely fall to stimulate him to greater endeavor. The mere fact that some ot his labor would bo re turned to him in the form of wages would encourage a spirit that would lift him above the -sodden state of dull submission to his sentence. The Nebraska authorities have been looking carefully to the economical management of the state's prison, at the same time giving attention to the moral aspect of the problem. Whether the contract with tho Leo Broom and Duster company., is renewed, or whether the state is compelled to find some other means for employing the enforced labor ot the prisoners, the solution should be one that will pro- vent the profit from falling Into pri vate pockets. CVLOKEL rATTKRSoy IXPLAlNS IT. There is nothing half-hearted about Colonel Henry Watterson, tho veteran editor of tho Louisville Courier-Jour nal. To uie one ot his own favorite expressions, it is "whole hog or none'' with him. Since he recently had a conference with Colonel Bryan at Falrview Colonel Watterson is giving the most enthuslastlo supporters ot the Nebraska leader pointers on how to get right into the heat ot the fight. It is true he was bitterly opposed to Bryan in 1896 and in 1900 and against Bryanlsm in 1904, and he wrote vol umes of abuse of the peerless leader In those years, but he is for Bryan now, and has removed tho limit. Colonel Watterson was at Falrview when Colonel Bryan made his state ment denying any knowledge ot the contribution of that 815,000 to the democratic campaign fund of 1904 b Ryan and Sheehan. As soon as he got back home Colonel Watterson took his pen in hand and wrote a column editorial, designed to place the matter In the list ot closed Incidents. He re viewed the whole case, from the send ing of the money, the acceptance of it by Mayor. Jim pahlman ot Omaha and Mr. Bryan's brother-in-law, Tom Allen of Lincoln, and then reverted to the article In the Hew York World In which attention was called to tho Ne braska law which calls for publicity of campaign expenses. The World wanted to know why Mr. Bryan and his political associates had not com piled with that law. Colonel Watte r son Is right on the Job with his an swer, which Is as follows: la anawer to thla hullabaloo about "pub licity' and the revlaed points raised in the foregoing. It ia enough to aay, first, that tha Nebraska law does not apply to na tional campaigns, and, second, that tha campaign In 1904 waa Mr.' Parker's cam paignMr. Ryan Mr. Parker's baoker and not Mr. Bryan's campaign. That waa decidedly not Mr. Bryan's year. Whatever happened, or did not happen, could only ba charged up Cgalnat him by an unreaaonabla aad Implacable enemy. Tet. tha World dwella upon It aa it It were a scandal. Indeed, it works U much aa a yellow journal might work a acandal of Ita own Invention purely for advertlelng pur pose, the bigger th II and th greater tha stench, th livelier Ita headline and the mora profitable th scoop. !t would seem tha part of peevish ness to carry tho argument any further. If Colonel Bryan ha one code of ethics touching the use of campaign funds In state elections and another for national campaigns, there Is nothing more to bo said on that phase of the subject. At the same time the matter has not been entirely cleared up. Sheehan admits the money was sent to Nebraska. Dahl maa and Allen admit that they got it, but insist they used It to help Candi date Berge In his race for governor. Berge says he never got It or any, part of It and knows nothing about' it. T. H. Tibbies pleads guilty to having re ceived $5,000 as his share of the swag. Who got the balance? .. The substitute editor of the double header thinks he has made a discovery, but he has merely shown his little ex perience In such matters. For his in formation it may be stated that it has been a common practice for a number of years to send out in advance manu script copy ot opening prayers deliv ered at large gatherings. It Is not known that these prayers are cen sored, but It is certain that they are none tho less efficacious because ot be ing premeditated. A New York club proposes to give Nebraskans an opportunity to gaxe on some paintings by ..the old masters. This will be a much appreciated favor, but, when the members of that club reach Nebraska they will have an op portunity dally and hourly to gaze on some pictures so much more beautiful than any the old masters ever con ceived that they will wonder at their temerity fn thinking to educate Ne braskans in art. "The days are past when the pub lic or the politicians - care anything about what I say," mourns Senator Piatt of New York. The senator is mistaken. Tho public and the poli ticians would bo very much interested in hearing him say: "I am going to resign my seat In the United States sen ate." The generalship ot the "allies" at Chicago is said to have commanded the admiration of the old-time politi cians. Tho "allies" are a good deal like the armies lp some of the Latin American countries. They have gen erals to spare, but are painfully short on enlisted men. Senator Dolllver says that ho fears ho could not afford to be a vice presi dent, because all he owns In the world Is a 600-acre improved farm In Iowa. A man with a 600-acre farm in Iowa cannot only afford to be vice president, but can evensVk.a vacation -every other year. .'' ,n . The Treasury department has re ceived a contribution of 18,000 to the "conscience fund.", T. Fortune Ryan might be asked it he can identify any of the bills as belonging to the pack age he sent to Nebraska In 1904. A Chicago dispatch says that Sena tor Depew Is still telling Jokes. The senator's best Joke is the one he played on the people ot New York when he induced them to continue him In the state's service at Washington. .Among other things that went down in Chicago was an array of set speeches that might have kept tho convention there until the middle of next week had they been delivered. An English Judge objects to Ne braska divorce proceedings, but the difficulty Is that all people seeking di vorce haven't time to go, to London to get it. Omaha Modern Woodmen are keep ing the name of their city at tho front. Tho winners at Peoria are representa tive of a splendid body of men at homo. Don't Gat Too Oay. Pfttaburg Dlapatcb. Still, w had better, not get cheaty over the $3,000,000,000 cropa until they are har veated. Prootottag tha Pletareaqaa. Chicago' Record-Herald. Why not add to the.gayety of nationa by appointing th alllea a committee to notify Taft of hi nomination? Soverelaaa Hobaob, Chicago Tribune. Two of the principal eventa of the month thua far have been the meeting of Edward and Nicholas at Reval and the meeting of William and Henry at Lincoln. Neb. A Tla from tha Barker. Chicago Inter Ocean. It haa not got there quite yet. but It may com In time to the point wher only millionaire and the friend of. mtlllonalrea can afford to attend party convention. Caa't Make It Interesting. Baltimore American. It la rather a pity for the country that tha democratic party cannot get ltaelf Into auch ahape that It could put up, at least, some ahow of a fight for the presidency of th t'nlted Statea, Hktt'i tha laef Philadelphia Record (dem.V Experience la tha beat teacher. If Gov ernor Hoka Smith of Georgia ahould for any reason have occasion to vend a letter to Colonel William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska, ha might give him very valuable Information. Where Bryan haa aowed Hoke has reaped, , They are wise indeed who are wlae after, the event. - Poor Old Oesaoeratte Party, New York Warld (dera ) Announcement la made from Mr. Bryan's office at Lincoln that 6VT delegatea to the democratic national convention are now In structed or pledged to oto for his nomi nation at Denver., Only. 673 votea are necaaaary to nominate under th two-hlrda rule. If Mr. Bryan'a eatimata is correct tha democratic party la well on th way teward Us fourth ooaaeeutlve defeat for tha presidency. The poor old democratic party I WHERE THIS BLEFHA.TT TRUMPETS toaveatlea Seeaea aad loeldeata at Mlaor Moateat. A national convention brtnga great oppor tnMtlea to tha smooth resident, and th Chicago gathering la no exception to the rule. In the chase for the dollar on th aide or In th open. Old Opportunity doean't hare to knock at the door or wink the off eye. Th native tumbles In advance and graba opportunity at tha atartlng poet. A specimen of tha Chicago Johrwiy-on-the-spot waa on exhibition on the opening day. By an endleaa chain Schema and two tlcketa, scalper steered a ecore of purchaser Into th convention hall, re turning each time with th ticket pre viously sold. Borne one of the doorkeepers who were not In on th deal at last wok up and cruelly broke tha chain. The acheme netted 80- Soma seat tlcketa In the hands of brokers brought aa high aa 1100 each. Arlaona'' delegation, numbering two political soldiers, generated by Acting Gov ernor Iaaao Taft Stoddard, marched two abreast from their headquartera at the Grand Pacific hotel to the field of political contention at the Coliseum. The general viewed hla soldiers askance. Both - hi men, until united by the decision ot the national committee last week, hailed from warring camps. Judge Richard E. Sloan, the choice of Governor Joseph H. Klbbey, for Taft In thought and deed, waa forced to join handa with L. W. Powell, the other delegate, whoae aeat was conteated, and who cornea unlnatructed. "I guess they're all O. K.," said the commander, "but we had a lot of hot shoot ing up through the ranch territory before we got thla thing straightened." Despite the throng th,at have found their way to Chicago during the con vention week, the Record-Herald saya hotel clerka complain It la a "front." "Crowds?" they say, "tut, tut, don't use that word." And the hotel manager have let loose a wall over their disappointment, and they charge It directly to the "cut and dried" tactics of the political leader. "W expected 2,600 here today," declared Manager Will Shafer of the Auditorium hotel, "but a careful review of our books ahow there are registered art both this home and the Annex only 1.6C0." The Grand Pacific, Great Northern, Strat ford, Sherman house. Palmer house and Victoria reported similar conditions. Politician have a natural horror against "being done." They are wiling to pay well for, anything they get, but are great believers in the paraphrased motto. "Mil lion for tips, but not a cent for tribute." All of which evidenced when a youth with a bundle of evening paper under hla arm ruahed into the Knox headquartera in the Annex and started to sell them. Several were about to buy, but when the paper seller demanded 6 centa apiece for 1 cent papers the first man balked and the others followed suit. "Robbery." they said In chorus, and then the 200-pound gentleman who had tet the anti-belng-wortted example, called a bell boy and handed him a quarter. "Get me all the evening papers," h said. And when the bell boy returned he wa carelessly told to "keep the change." While the national committee was con cluding the hearing of the cases of contest ing delegation two little girls got past the policeman at the foot of the stairway In tha Coliseum Annex leading to the com mittee room. Hand in hand they climbed the stairway. Through th spoke of the banlatera they gaaed at groups of poli tician. . Finally, they mustered up courage and made their way to th burly sergeant-at-arma at the door of the subcommittee's rooma . "Pleas air," they ventured. "Hello! What's thla?" exclaimed, th ser-geant-at-arms. "Please - air," c6ntlued ona of th girls, "If any of them 1 going to fight will you show us? We'd Ilk ta sea them." A dirty little ecamp with a single news paper ot last week' data hurried up to Mra. E. E. Hart, wife ot the national com mitteeman from Iowa, and plaintively walled: ) "Please, misses, won't you buy a paper, so'a I kin git some grub?" Mra. Hart Is experienced, and she sought to ovade the tiny beggar. "Please, missus, help keep me f'ra at'ar vln.' Ain't had a bite to eat tor three weeka." ' "Three weeka!" exclaimed the lady. "Don't you know you mustn't tell stories to me Ilk that?" "Well. I ain't," th codger Insisted. "It you don't bellev it you can com and see me eat!" The picture chaser buttonholed a pom pous looking gentleman wearing a badge, "Delegate, Pennsylvania," on hla capacious bosom. The impressive looking delegate waa buying champagne by th magnum for one of the prettiest women In the Annex. "Please, mister,'' aald tha picture chaaer, "won't you kindly permit ua to make your photograph for the Dally Buaier? Only take a minute. Can't get along without a snapshot of yourself and your wife." The Pennsylvania delegate turned yellow and lugged th picture chaaer off to ona aide, "For God's sake, man!" he shouted, "y aint snapped ua yet? If you have I'll glvs you $100 to unsnap It. My wife's back in Pittsburg!" ' PERSONAL NOTES. Blind Tom never waa a Paderewskl, but he waa almost aa famous to those of a generation ago. The admiral reports that 1,090 sailors have deserted the fleet during the atay in the pleaaant waters of California. Governor Guild of Massachusetts resumed hla duties as chief executive of the state after an absence of more than three morths on account of Illness. The governor declared that he had fully recovered. J. Plerpont Morgan, It ia reported, will probably be given th honorary degroa of LL D. at the commencement exercises at Tale university next week. Mr. Morgan ha been abroad, but Is now on Itis way to thla country. The university authorities refuse either to confirm or deny thla re porl. Prom a email body of allena arrested In Pittsburg, Pa., there were taker) eight re volvera, a doten stlllettoea, an equal num ber of knives and enough blackjacks to knock out half the community. Ther I no war at Plttston, either. These in strument are incidental to a condition ot peace. William O. Clark, who la the oldest living American aoldier, la spending some tim In Santa Rosa, Cal., aa the guest ot his nephew, Lewie Cooper. Clark la a resi dent of Drytawn, in th foothill of Ama dor county, and 1 81 yeara of age. He waa born In 1817, and while yet in hla teens. In 1833, enlisted In th army ot Unci 6ant and fought undar th Star and Btiipea agalnat th Mohawk or Baca In tha volun teer ervice. Aastktr Statement Da. New York Tribune. Now that Mr. Bryan haa two-thirds or mora of th delegatea to th Denver con vention, it I In order for th John A. Johnson boomers to issue a atatemant that they ar really about to begin y gt buay. WATTERSO.w O BRYAX. Faraner Whaoaa far Honor a tha Sannd Tartar. New York Sun. Th spectacle of our valuable friend Col onel Henry Watterson seated conspicuously In th Bryan band wagon and proclaiming th Issu to be "the rase of th people agalnat predatory wealth" will hearten thosa democrats who are working agalnat odda to save th party from the fatuity of nominating Mr. Bryan for president a third time. They have only to quot the colonel against himself to draw encourage ment and satisfaction from hi bolateroua defection. Pour, yeara ago to be exact, In Febru ary, 1904 the colonels friends urged him to make a fight against th Bryan-Hearat combination In Kentucky and procure his own election a a delegate to th national convention at St. I-oul. but the Blue Grass ttat waa almost In th grasp of th fond allies, who are atrangera now, and the colonel's heart . failed him. In a fit of melancholy he taw Mr. Bryan dominate In the convention and becoming once more the candidate of a cowed and despairing party. Throwing up the sponge without even en tering th ring, th colonel uttered a wall of despondency: "If we are to lose another presidential election through, th agency of Mr. Bryan, let Mr. Bryan and hla friend carry th whole responsibility. In a Word, If th democratic party has not within Itself sav ing grace to lave Itself, no Individual er newspaper effort will eufflc to save It." In regarding Mr. Bryan aa a sure loser, If nominated. Colonel Watteraon waa quit consistent. Doubtless he believes In the guarded recesses of his Inner consciousness, whatever he says for publication, that Mr. Bryan will be defeated again if named at Denver. In Its tho Wattertonlan heart was- stout and undismayed. Who can for get a certain telegram from Geneva In September: . "Another ticket our only hope. No com promise with dishonor. Stand firm." And after the rout and ruin ot the party he loves, to which he contributed man fashion from a sense of duty, Mr. Watter son exclaimed: f "I hadn't a fear that Bryan would be elected. Hla election would have meant revolution, and I felt sure that the Ameri can people would follow no man on such a question." t'SIOX PACIFIC LOAN. Mr. Harrlman's 8 access la Driving a Good Bargain. Wall Street Journal. The banker tay that the new Union Pa cific loan 1 a success. The tape saya that It it a disappointment. Tho fact Is that while It la not the conspicuous success that the Pennsylvania loan waa, yet In view of all the condition which exist. It Is, all things considered, a very . satisfactory re sult. ' It Is no alight achievement to place a rail road loan th week before a national con vention and In a time of extreme dullness in the stock market. The comparison with the Pennsylvania loan Is hardly a fair one. Inasmuch as Mr. Hariiman, with hla char acteristic habit of making the best bargain for hit road aa posrlble, would not permit Of the tame kind of term that made the Pennsylvania bonds ao attractive to in vestors -on both sides ot the Atlantic. Why Thanks Are Dae. Washington Herald. "What It there, really, that congreta ahould officially thank tha speaker for?" asks a contemporary. Well, It might thank him for permitting the Individual-member to draw their salary and mileage. Brief Hoar in the Spotlight. - Minneapolis Journal. Temporary chairmen have their exits and their entrances. Soma of them com In through to small a hole that when they go out aga.n, no one can say for a cer tainty whither they disappeared. Pre-tawitoFy Said On July 1st we take our semi-annual inrentory and we find we have quite a number of broken lines which we wish to sell out before then, so have made the following price reductions to clean them utj Boys' and young mens Suits that sold from $12.50 to $18.00, Qlft reduced to Boys' Knickerbocker Suits that' iJ CA sold up to $1250. now fl tJU Boys' Knickerbocker Suits that $C A A sold up to $850, now tl-VV 500 pairs boys' Knee Pants, worth CCo up to $2.00, your choice ally Broken lines boys' Blouse Waists, (Star and K. & E. brands), $1.00 quality, choice lt,Lr Broken lines boys' Blouse Waists, $ AC (Star brand), $1.50 quality, choice V . Vacation time is drawing near and this is an opportunity to fit out the boy at small expense. These prices are for Friday and Saturday only in our Boys' and Children's Department 2nd floor rowning, IDEAL MAN FOR TIIR OFflCF.. Former Senator gpooarr'a Hearty Ena, doraement ot erretary Toft. Milwaukee Sentirl. Tormer Senator Sprtriher' hearty an, unqualified Indorsement' of Taft for thav presidency, recently - ouflted in the New1 York papera, will Interest l.l legion ot t Wisconsin admlrera who set tnre by hla ' political Judgmer.'.. ' "An Ideal man for the presidency, certainly Is a high estl , mate. "I regard Taft aa an Ideal man for th i presidency. HI wide and deep knomN ' edge ot law. hi highly creditable service on the bench, and bla.lntlmary with all the Sffalr of the nation have peculiarly1 : fitted him for that high offlre. ' Vpon tho next president will devolve tha tremendous) responsibility of filling several vacancies In th supreme court of th t'nlted State. With th exception of Mr. Harrison wo have had no president In recent year ta pre-eminently competent to discharge that duty. Taft la the peer of Harrison Intel, lectually, and he add to Harrison's In. tellectual attalnmenta th Taft amlle which) will make hi 'No' pleasanter ithan soma men's 'Ye.' Th nomination will add an. other brilliant achievement to th long) line of valuable service which th repub Ilcan party ha rendered to th country.1 LAUGHING GAg. "I ee," observed the delegate, with thJ retreating hair, "that Texas haa sent TaltJ a present of a pair of wool trousera." ,!Yes," commented the delegate with tha J It growing chin, "all wool and a yard wide." Chicago Tribune. ' "What' a bumper crop, paw?" ' "If a large one that grain gambler Uf to bump th consumer." Philadelphia, 1 Ledger. "1 heard Mis Gadabout wondering th. other day what sort of an electrio ahovs Should get." "I would advise her, If ah wanta ome- thing fitting, to buy a runabout." BaltU i more American. . "What" the matter. Batch? You aeernv. ill at eaae. I thought you d, enjoy a homo dinner." "I'd enjoy It thoroughly. Nswedd, If X could keep mv eye on my hat and coat. Fore of habit, you . know," Lulsvllla . Courier-Journal. K nicker Edison says four hours' aleen; is enough for everybody. Bocker It would ni it you could take l after it I time to get up. New York Sun. "If I had my way about It." aald tha pas. aenger with the akull cap, "the convention would nominate that Incorruptible states, man, that grand old fighter, Joseph B Foraker." "Foraker?" said the psenger with then Sandy goatee, In astonishment. "I thOughVj you were a Bryan man!" i "I am." Chicago Tribune. Church Did you ever work for railroad! company? Gotham Well, yes; I've tried to open tha car wlndowa. Yonkera Statesman, j AROUND THIS CORNER. Detroit Free Press.' . You've passed around the corner, Pal. Your bad luck a left behind; The road ahead, where you may tread. With Joy la fairly lined. Out of the darkness of despair You've journeyed Into llgnt; A heart that's true awaits for you And peace la yourt tonight. You've passed around the corner. Pal, One more your star is high; So leave behind the troubled mind. Good fortune now Is nigh. The grim, dark past we'll bury deep, Before you Ilea the way, Where roses bend to greet you, friend. And peace la yours today. You've paased around the corner, Pal, Th smoother road la thine; Th struggle's done, the battle's Won, Come, place your hand in mine. The atorma that tossed your bark ar O'sr, The sea of life' at play; . The God ot lov still reigns abbvo, . And. peace, la your or ay. 4 ( i . , You've passed aroimd the corner, Pal, But other atrrrggle still i A world of earee and grief are theirs And rough and ateep the hill They clamber up, ao give a hand And help them on today; And God will smile on you th whll Who knows the bitter way. Klnfl & 6 E. S. WILCOX, Manager. 1 ' r'-