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TTTK OMAITA DAILY PEE: MONDAY, JULY 13, 1008. i! , 1 1 it i ii The Omaha Daily Be. FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOn hOHEWATEll, EDITOR. Entered at Omaha postofflce as second class mstter. T FJ H M H OF SUBSCRIPTION: Ially Bee (without Sunday!, one jrr..H.W Dally and Sunday, one year -0D DELIVERED BY CARRIER: Dally Dee (Including Sunday), per week..lEc Dally Bee (without Sunday). per week..loc Evening Bee (without Sunday), per wek, KtfMng Deo (with Hunday), per week....l"o Sunday Bee, one year V? Saturday Bee, one year ' Address all complaints of Irregularities in delivery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Be Building. South Omalm -Clty Hall Building. Council Bluffs 15 fleott Street. Chlcago-lj4W Marquette Building. New Vork-Rooma 1101-1102, No. 34 est Thirty-third Street. A , Washlngton-72f Fourteenth Ptrect N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to news and edi torial matter ahould be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. t'.nmit by draft, express or postal order payaulo to The Bee Publishing Company. Only J-tent stamps received In payment of mall accounts. personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. STATEMENT OF ClttCULATION: Blau of Nebraska. Douglas County, sat Henri,!- If. Taachtuk, treasurer of The Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn, says that the actual nnmher of full and complete copies of The Dally. Morning. Evening and Sunday B-o printed during the month of Juno. 19uS. was as follows: 1 35,630 1 38,490 B 36,740 S 36,030 4 30300 6 36,760 6 36,830 T 38,900 8 36,960 0 33,910 10 36,970 11 36,350 13. .'. 38,030 13 36,890 14 30,060 IS 36,080 18 38,490 17 36,930 18 39,110 19 30,460 SO 36,890 81 36,764 03 38,480 83 38,099 84 38.340 86 38,800 88 38,070 88 38,830 89 38,600 30 38,330 Totals 1,089,090 Less unsold and returned copies.. 9,877 Not total . . 1,079,313 Dalley average 36,977 UEOROJ5 B. TZ8CHUCK. Treasurer. Subscribed In my preronce and sworn to before me this 1st day of July, 19"H. M. P. WALKER, Notary Public WHEW OlT Or TOWH. Subscriber leaving- the city tern purarlly should have The Dee Mailed to these. Addrese will he) rkasgtil sve often aa reqawlti. Live stock receipts are light. ; senger recelpta are heavy. Pua- Thla hot wave coming down on us from the direction of Denver Is easily explained. Those new motor car works cannot start up for business any too soon to suit Omaha. . The revised version of that story reads: "Kern Kern Who In Denver Is Kern?" "Will you kindly walk into my par lor,',' says Mr. Bryan to Mr. Hearst, but Mr. I learnt declines with thanks. - The Dee off erg the suggestion that on their return to Omaha the "Jims" establish a proscribed district for the "Jacks." Tammany "JJosb" Murphy declares that he Is entirely satisfied with the work of tho convention. That ought to settle It. Carrie Nation has been visiting South Omaha again, but without her hatchet. Has South Omaha reformed, or is it Carrie? This campaign publicity business works both ways. Some people may be counted on to contribute Just to get the advertising. According to reliable authority, Adlal Stevenson was waiting on the front stoop and half way down the steps, but they forgot to come for him. I President Roosevelt refers to the so cialists as "doctrinaire advocates of deadening socialism." In a word, the real way to raco suicide is by the adop ou of socialism. ho next appeal to the galleries by Candidate Bryan may be looked for In the shape of the Indignant return of loruo proffered campaign contribution on tho ground that the money is tainted. According to the official record, Mr. 'Bryan was nominated at Denver at ,8:40 Friday morning. Our local dem ocratic organ, however, nominated him !forty minutes- earlier In OTder not to .delay its presses. The next on the boards is the pro hibition party's nominating convention which meets tula week at Columbus, Ohio. This is one convention In which the presidential nomination is not foreclosed iu advance. Members of the resolutions commit tee, supposed to have framed the plat form at Denver, are now debating as to what its various planks mean. They should appeal to the court of last reeort at Fairview for an authoritative interpretation. The Union Pacific will doubtless be very glad to stop paying grain eleva ;lon charges and keep the money in .ts own pocket. It will, therefore. In ill probability cheerfully obey the ' aandate of the Interstate Commerce commission in the grain elevation ' iases. 1 The cutting down of the republican tanner stretched across the street In Lincoln has at last aroused the parti tan fire among tho militant republ icans of the Capital city. If the 3ryan admirer who did the Job bought be was helping Bryan be will Ind that he was badly fooled "DOtTMSa THE VOSStS " After Colonel Bryan's explosive as sault upon "Boss" Ouffey, it is amaz ing to find him, boasting as he dors of his consistency, scampering down to tho railway station at Lincoln to ex tend the hand of fellowship to "Boss' Murphy of the Tammany wigwam. The Tammany crowd were traveling by special train which could easily have been stopped long enough in Lincoln to let them go to Fairview to pay their respects to the democratic standard bearer. When in response to Mr. Bryan'8 cordial invitation "Boss" Murphy wired the insulting response that if Mr. Bryan wanted to see him he could come down to the station and watch the train go through, a proper sense of self-respect would have prompted Mr. Bryan, if not to give the Tammany Vboss" the same sort of a salute that he gave "Boss" Guffey, to Ignore him with silent contempt. This episode simply illustrates Mr. Bryan's keen discrimination between "bosses." "Boss" Guffey, for whom it Is not within the range of possi bility to deliver any electoral voys from Pennsylvania, is unceremoniously bumped and ejected through the tran som In flagrant disregard of the ac cepted code of political ethics. But "Bobs" Murphy is supposed to be a factor In New York for which Mr. Bryan has not entirely given up hope. So while "Boss" Guffey is conceded no rights which Mr. Bryan is bound to respect, "Boss" Murphy is coddled and told that he may name the vice president, if he wants to, and when he declines to become responsible for the makeup of the ticket, Mr. Bryan chases himself all the way from Fair- view to the train shed at Lincoln to greet him and to be photographed with the Tammany "boBs." Mr. Bryan is for "downing tho bosses." All "bosses" are bad, but some "bosses" whose help may be use ful are better than others. VICt HIKMVESTIAL OFFERS. The best that the democrats return ing from Dcver have to say for their choice of John W. Kern of Indiana for second place on the ticket with Bryan is that he Is inoffensive and will not alienate any vote. The strong est argument put up for Candidate Kern, sponsored by the notorious "Tom" Taggart, is that he has always been a stickler for party regularity, and that although he started out with the bolting gold democrats in 1896, he became quickly reconciled to Bryan and free silver and always stayed In line for the ticket. Outside of this, his place in public life has been in conspicuous, never having risen be yond service as Mayor Taggart's city attorney and membership In the In diana legislature. Twice rejected 'for governor of the state. Candidate Kern has nothing whatever to show in the way of executive experience, of legis lative achievement or of intimate, ac quaintance with the big questions Of national affairs. Contrasted with the democratic vice presidential nominee, the republican candidate, James S. Sherman, has been long in tho forefront of congressional activity. He has a strong personality and has bocn a potent factor in con gressional lawmaking. He is a na tional figure admittedly or a more positive type than Mr. Kern and far better equipped from all points of view for leadership in the national arena. The vice presidency, as every one knows, is usually regarded as a shelf for some one tostand on waiting for something that Beldom happens. Oc casionally, bowovcr, something does happen to mako the vice president In fact the chief executive of trie nation. If the American people had to wait for such a contingency by a choice De tween James S. Sherman and John W. Kern, disregarding politics and guided solely by considerations of ability, ex perience and reliability, no one at all conversant with their respective ca reers and qualifications would doubt that the cholco would fall to j antes a. Sherman, who huppens to be the re publican nominee for vice president, rather than to John W. Kern, who Is hitched to the democratic kite. SVMMKR Sl'OBTS. This is the season when tho "call of the wild" stirs more than commonly active In the blood of the civilized man. aud lures him to out-of-door scenes and doings. He may be seden tary in his habits, and even indolont in his ways, but somehow or other the summer heat gets into his sluggish blood and sets it moving at a more rapid pace. Other seasons of the year have their peculiar sports, which are indulged in by men prone to that par ticular form of dlvertlsement favored by the weather or climatic conditions. But In the summer time all men, and women, too. feel the out-of-door Itu- r.,i..i The Inclination to get out is irresistible, and under the sun In the cpen nature Is revived and energy re nnl The hot weather makes work Intolerable at times, but it gives a ,rt tn .lav that Is Indefinably potent. Golf links and tennis courts, boat clubs and swimming beacnes, me uau ,,rm.n,ie and the raco courses, are an parts of the great plan for getting h..man balnea Into tne open, auu in ducing them to take the exercise that Is bound to result in better neaun nd Bweeter sleep. This does not mean that every one is to become an athlete, or tf strive to excel at a par ticular game. It means simply that every one Is to move about in the sun shine, to absorb something of the re vivifying influence of the greatest tonic ever compounded, bright day light and fresh air. Nebraska offers this tonic as no other spot on arth tan. Here the sun shines brightly, but rarely at an ex cessive temperature, while the effect of his rays is always tempered by the sweetest of breezes that stir an atmos phere as pure as was ever inhaled by lungs of man. The air, charged with ozone, aod unsullied by the Impurities that collect in lower altitudes, nor stripped of its qualities as in the higher regions, is a stimulant Itself. All around us are the homes of clubs whose activity is In the line of outdoor sports in the summer, and on our streets, in the offices and stores. In the homes and the work shops are seen the vigorous and healthy folks who owe their physical well being to the combination of air and light and exercise they indulge In so freely. Outdoor sports are always to bo commended, but nowhere do they have a better effect than right here in Nebraska. WAS HE TWICE GOLD-BRICK ED Boosting for Mayor Jim for chair man of the democratic national com mittee, an unnamed member of the Nebraska delegation Is plausibly quoted as saying: You are, ICs this way: Twice Mr. Bryan has adopted the wishes of members of the committee as to the chairman and twice he got a gold brick. It la essential to the success of his candidacy that he not only have a chairman who la loyal to htm, but that he also have a man who Is enthusias tic with him personally, a believer In his leadership and In the probable success of his cause. If Mr. Bryan was twice gold-bricked in his national chairman, he went up against the game with his eyes open and cannot throw the blame on his committee. In 1S96 Senator Jamos K. Jones of Arkansas was Bryan's per sonal choice for campalsn manager and did everything strictly according to Bryan's direction, when Bryan did not insist on doing it all himself. Throwing a bouquet to the tripartite committees lu charge of the three po litical parties that flew the Bryan ban ner in 1896, Mr. Bryan, himself, writes in his "First Battle," as follows: After a campaign la over It Is sometimes possiblo to point to mistakes In manage ment which affected the result. But I do not belluve that anyone will be able to point out a serious mistake made by either of the committees, nor can anyone point to an I nut unco In which either committee failed to Improve an opportunity presented. Not only was Mr. Bryan completely satisfied with the way In which he was gold-bricked the first time, but he liked it so well that ho kept Senator Jones at the head of his campaign in 1900. A man who is gold-bricked once may plcid Ignorance and Innocence, but a man cannot expect sympathy if he Is gold-brlcked twice by the same bunco eteerers. If Senator Jones were still alive it is qulto possiblo that he would complain that he was gold bricked twice by being made campaign manager for a foredoomed candidate. The sudden death of a supreme court Judge In Iowa has waked the politicians there up to the fact that there is no law In that state provid ing a way to nominate a candidate for an office which becomes vacant after the legally fixed date for the primary election. If that is the case the law will have to be patched up, but In the interval a good lively scramble Is sure to be started by candidates willing to run by petition. A seat on the su preme bench of Iowa is not going to be left without bidders for it. The Commoner carefully prints in full the address of Temporary Chair man Bell and the nominating speeches of Ig. Dunn, Governor Glenn and Augustus Thomas, but carefully omits the address of Permanent Chairman Clayton, who declared that as presi dent Mr. Taft would be a second Roosevelt. That speech of Clayton's must havo been designed for conven tion consumption only. Stuyvesant Fish, who used to be president of the Illinois Central, pre dicts a bumper crop that will tax the resources of the railroads to their ca pacity. With this notice tho railroads will not be able to shift responsibility if they come to a car famine about crop moving time. It is indeed unfortunate that the protracted hearing of the hydrant ren tal case should have compelled the at torneys In the water works litigation to twice postpone that annual trip to Europe which has been presented to them with the compliments of Omaha taxpayers. President Kipley of the Santa Fe in sists that the railroads must be al lowed to raise rates or to reduce em ployes' wages. President Ripley made some similar predictions of dire conse quences from objectionable legislation two years ago, which did not come true. Two hundred and thirty-four auto mobiles are listed with the county as sessor for taxation in this city and county. A lot of orders for new ma chines must have been delayed until after June 1, when tho assessor's re turns were to have been all made. If Judge Parker and his friends support the ticket this year with the tame vigor as accorded by Mr. Bryan and his friends to the ticket four years ago, the outcome need not be consid ered in doubt. R nonius Mate for Carrie. Minneapolis Journal. Colonel Hobson's declarations of war on the orient are getting as frequent aa the times when Mrs. Nation consigns her op ponents to the warm place. Whither M e Are Drifting. Springfield Republican. It was a wonderful holler. Yes, of course. It beats the Roosevelt yell at Chi cago by J9 minutes, say the experts. But wait until Then there'll be some cheering. By lfcSO our national conveo tlons will ficg with rrsyer and then cheer I steadily for a wr-ek. I One Failure Overlooked. New York Evening Tost. Among the things which Chairman Hell forgot to accuse tho republican party of having failed to do. is finding the north pole. Reciprocal Support. St. Ixuils Globe-lVmocrat. Mr. Parker says he will support Mr. Bryan, Just as Mr. Bryan said he would support Mr. Parker. If tho returns are of the same kind, honors will be easy. Abasement of I'arkrr, New York Sun. Judge Parker's magnanimity having led Mm to forgive, and abase himself before Mr. Bryan, why shouldn't he do as much for Mr. Roosevelt? Let bygones be by gones. The way to fight Is to yield. Lends Interest to the Campaign. New York World. In assuring the Omaha democrats who cheered that he was for the nomination of Mr. Bryan "quite as much aa you are," Representative Longwurth dutifully ex pressed loyalty to one of my policies. Supremacy of the III Noise. Chicago Inter-Ocean. To Mr. Bryan's personal record aa a sound producer is now added an un rivaled record as a sound evoker. Eighty eight minutes of cheers may, however, be annulled In eight seconds in tha voting booth. Sober People I nalarmrd, New York Tribune. Tho stockholders of the Illinois Central railroad have just subscribed to all of the JH.000,000 of additional stock Issued by the company. In most cases the stock was paid for In full, although only a 60 per Cent Installmont was requested. The Den ver convention isn't worrying anybody. Talk About Imperialism. Kansas City Star (Ind.). The democratic party was never com pletely Bryanlzed until now. The Fair view "farmer" has been nominated on his own terms. The party, so far aa convention proceedings are concerned, stands for noth. Ing that does not come from Ilncoln, Neb. At last Mr. Bryan has demonstrated to the country , what Is meant by "Imperial ism." An Unwelcome Kerralt. Philadelphia Kecord (deni.). Former United States Senator Burton of Kansas Is said to have cast his lot with the democratic party for this campaign. The democracy will welcome all who have hon est cause for dissatisfaction with repub lican maladministration; but it will hardly extend the glad hand to any whose chief grievance is that the Roosevelt administra tion has exposed and punished them as grafters. COKN AND PROSPERITY. Promise of an Enormous Yield of the Ulnar of Cereal. Chicago Tribune. The government crop report for July pro claims tho probability of another enormous yield of corn. The data for estimate are furnished by correspondents In tvery part of tha corn sone. It Is now believed that the total for 1907 will be surpassed, al though that of 190J, the banner year, will not be reached. The collected figures show almost 101,000, 000 acres devoted to corn. This acreage ex ceeds by more than 4,000,000 that of 19u. In that year, when the yield was finally counted. It was found to bo 2,27.41tt,OjO bushels. The crop of VM Is estimated as likely to come wUhln SCO.000.00O bushels of the bumper record for ,lJtf. While the Ideal conditions of that season have not been realized tills year, the situation is so favorable everywhere that the farmers are happy over the outlook. Linked with the prospects on the farm Is the Improvement of railroad conditions. The crop must be hauled to market. That moans an Increased demand for cars, more locomotives in use, more opportunity for work for the army of men who follow rail roading as a business. The money paid for the corn will liven up business generally. It is an encouraging word which oomes from tho fields. The high price of meat is largely due, so the meat men declare, to tho cost of feed ing cattle resultant from the high prices of corn which have prevailed. The market ing of two arid three-quarters billion bushels of this commodity cannot fall to have an effect In the opposite direction, so that the meat eater away from the farm will share In another way the prosperity of the farmer. Tha crops are tho great factors In na tional prosperity. Bounteous harvests have often como to the relief of the country at times when the manufacturing and com mercial interests were under an eclipse. With good crops this year the early clos ing of the present period of Industrial de pression will be assured. INCREASING BUSINESS ACTIVITY Stills, Factories and Shops llesnmilaK ttperat Ions. Washington Post. ""The resumption of operations by many mills, factories and railroad shops In the east and west, together with the slump in immigration, has done much to settle the problem of dealing with the unemployed. Yesterday's news told of ttye reopening of mills and shops at Pittsburg, Johnstown, Tarcntum, Chicago, Sacramento, Hunts- vllle, Heading and elsewhere, giving em ployment to over 10,000 men. The number of Immigrants arriving during the first half of the year was only one-half as great as the number of emigrants, a loss of about 180.000 laborers, t'ntll business gets Into full swing again it is not probable that the in flux of immigrants will add appreciably to the number of the unemployed. Conditions throughout rho country are very encouraging, both lu agriculture and Industry. Compared with conditions at the same time last year, It la found that there is almost as much activity in trad ing now as then. The midsummer slack ening of business Is not to be charged up to this year alone. It occurs every year, and the fact that business shows a steady gain at this dull season is the best proof that the effect of the Octo ber panic has disappeared in the face of prospects of huge crops. A heavy fall business Is in sight, and It is in preparation for it that mill and shops are now reopening. There are fewer Idle freight cars now than at any time since last April, when the depression reached Its limit. From that time on the trend has been toward better times, as con clusively thown by the demand for freight cars. The west Is most optimistic over the business situation. In the crop-raising regions bank clearings are now normal. Money Is piling up In New York, where speculation Is at a standstill. There is do longer ths slightest danger of a short age at crop-moving time, and assurance Is made doubly sure In the knowledge that $500,000,000 of emergency currency can be made available at a moment's no tice. The opinions of Industrial leaders to tha effect that the approaching fall and win ter will be busy and prosperous are am ply borne out by the Increasing activities of business this month, when dullness la the rule, even la must proefwous years. ON PRESIDENT! L FIRINO LINE. Same Views aid Comments an (he tolnsjs at Denver. Denver Post (rep.). The nomination of Mr. Pryan Is a phe nomenon that seems almost beyond com ment. The east will have nothing of hlra. Tho practical leaders of the party did not want Mm. Ills standing as a presidential possibility has not Increased since his lost defeat. And his third campaign on his new democratic platform seems to foreshadow the disintegration of a once great party. An organisation that continues to draw Its po litical Inspiration from the old south and lis economics from the eighteenth century lacks sanction of essential facts In dealing with the problems of today; and tho pro fession of faith announced In tho new plat form Is the adoration of a fallen Idol. The demand of tariff reform, with an eventual tariff for revenuo only. Is not an alluring possibility for a manufacturing nation that pays the highest wages In the world; while the "anli-lnjunctlon" plank Is only moro unctuous, and not half as sincere or attain able as that of tho republican platform. However, the democracy has chosen Its candidate and Its platform, and If they do not seem to fit each other very well the democracy must do the best It can with them. What tho nation will do with them is another matter. The Cleveland Resolutions. Brooklyn Englo (Ind. dem.). The clumsy and unknown nerson from Nebraska who offered the resolutions Is said to have received them from William J. IJryan. The first sentence is: "As it has pleased the Ruler of the Universe to remove rrom our midst Grover Cleveland, late pres ident of the United States, who was thre times the candidate of the democratic party. be It resolved. It neither pleased nor displeased the Rnlxr of the Universe, to remove Grover Cleve land. He did not remove him. Mr. Cleve land's life was doubtless commendahla tn the Almighty, but lie died on account of natural causes. He acquired a disease which finally ended his life. The ending nf that life was due to laws which affect liv ing and dying, which the Ruler of the Uni verse established, but with the course nf which He does not Interfere. The operation of thoso laws removed Grover Cleveland. They did not remnv him " from our midst." "Our midst" Is our stomach. It Is nothing else and It Is nowhero else. Tho expression Is often mis applied to obituary resolutions, but the mis application is always due to Ignorance of grammar and to Ignorance of anatomy. eouiu tne authorship of the resolution. be shown to be the act of Mr. Cryan. the proof which that would furnish of his Ig norance of grammar and of his ignorance or anatomy, with his Intrenld nA,iit r. both, would Justify voting against him and wouia do a sufficient reason for hi. feat. There are many other reasons for his defeat, but this one alone should suffice. Western Democracy In Saddle. Springfield (Mass) Republican (Ind ). The democratic party of today has no representation In congress worth consider ing outside of the south, although It pell an enormous popular vote In the northern states. Whnt has happened at Denver, In effect, Is that the southern congressional leadership is embodied In men like Culber son, Williams. Uucon and n.a cart aside, and In Its place appears a leader ship and a control which, crudo ami 111 disciplined as It may seem, has Its sources in the masses of the democratic party In the north and west. Sneaking more specifically, the democ racy of the west ts In the saddle, the de mocracy of the east and south merely ac cepting a domination which could not be csst off. And the western democracy Is at least democratic in tho truer and more Ideal sense that It signifies popular aspira tions and popular rule. It is a progressive democracy, dangerously radical some will say, but It stands for something vital and It embodies much of the spirit of tho com ing generation In American politics, what ever fortune It may have In tho present struggle for control of the government. A Mighty Talkfest. S. J. Blythe in Chicago Examiner. Once more the democracy has proved It Is the greatest conversational party on earth. It loves the sound of the human voice. I.ed by the celebrated word-Vesuvius of Lincoln and tailed by that cloudburst of language, Alfalfa Bill of Oklahoma, so called because he grows three crops of whiskers on the same soil, everything be tween Is vocal. Thus far the democratic national conven tion has been a wordfest, and so It will continue to tho end. We have had oratory In all the known styles, from that of the late John J. Demosthenes to that of Jimmy Oliver of Paradlso Park, New York. The English language has been burned at the stake, has been taught to do double flip flaps through the air, has been macerated, lacerated and chased screaming In agony from pillar to post. Nolse-Maklna- Overdone. Indiunupolls News (rep.). The tllly custom of turning a national convention Into a nolsc-fest nt the first mention of a favorite candidate's name has about gone the limit when the sense less clamor has been kept up for an hour and a half. Every convention has felt that It must outdo every other convention that has preceded It; and so the demonstration Is prolonged and renewed till It becomes only a test of endurance. It means noth ing, after a reasonable continuance, as to to the popularity of the person whose name evoked the outburst. Every one knew that Mr. Roosevelt was popular before the Chicago convention shouted Itself hoarse through three-quarters of en hour of wild vociferation; tjio greater hoarseness Invited by tho democratic enthusiasts yesterday in the much longer uproar at Denver does not testify to the greater popularity of Mr. Bryan. All It shows Is that the democratic noise-makers -'ere determined to show that they could keep up the racket twice as long as the republican nolsc-makers did. The I'erpetual Candidate. Now York Times (Ind). "Enough for any . one man" was Mr. Bryan's own expression after ho hud twice led his party to defeat. After the result of tho election of l'.0 was known, tho per petual candidate sent this mournful dis patch to his friend J. P. Merlll of Kansas City: "Thunk you for your telegram of con dolence. The defeat was a severe one; you all did nobly. I cannot conscientiously ask the party to consider me uain for the pres idency. I led them to defeat four years ago, und that ought to be enough for any one man." More than enough for any one man, for any one party, for any one country Is Mr. Bryan's third hopeless candidacy. Liberty and License. Baltimore American. A frenchman visiting America complains of the "lack of personal liberty" In this country, and contrasts It according to his viewpoint, unfavorably with the lib erty to be found in France. But there Is everything In a viewpoint from the Ameri can viewpoint liberty In France is often license, and statistics call attention to the fact that Franc leads In the number of certain crimes that are directly tha result of this so-called liberty. From the American viewpoint, this Is a pretty well governed country In fact tha best la the world. HOLDING VP THE HUNGRY. Heaver Faod Fonadrlea Do the Job la a Rsit Kaahlon. Staff Correspondent Chicago Itecord-llerskl. vThe most genuine amusement of the en tire convention Is being obtained by tne IVnver restaurant keepers. These Denver Ites have entered Into the dcfenslvo and offensive, but chiefly offensive, for the pur pose of practicing the art of extortion on the visitors. The "holdups" are practically raw and the work of tho restaurant keepers Is so coarse that It would never be tolerated for a moment If It were not for the fact that most of the visitors have thus far been so busy and so occupied that they have no opportunity to "go on the mat" with the proprietors of the restaurants. But the visitors are now shrieking for re venge. The only revengo In sight, how ever. Is the decision, voiced on every hand, that never again will a democratic conven tion come to Denver. If this proves to bo the caso Denver will have Its cafe man agers to thank. Meanwhile tho managers Jingle tho Incoming coin and smile. The extortion mentioned does not refer to th cheaper Denver restaurants, but to the best dlnlr places In the city. Every where tho very least amount of food of the very worst quality and cooked In the very worst possiblo form Is being dished up to visitors In sny old fashion. Prices are the only things which are main tained at a high level. The service Is as bad as tho food, and It takes anywhere from thirty minutes to seventy to get any thing cerved which requires cooking. No one connected with the cafe management ver restaurants during this convention. After a pilgrimage of the various alleged first-class cafes and hotel dining rooms a party of Chlcagoans has drawn up a set of rules to be observed while eating In Den ver restaurants during thl sconventlon. Here are the rules urged upon the visitors: Bring a microscope so that you will be able to see the food. Bring a hatchet so that tho meat may be broken up. bring a neat pat of butter In your hat so that you won't have to eat bulterlne or butter of the Napoleonic era. Bring an assortment of fresh eggs In your fxicket If you happen to want eggs of a ater date than the former democratic con vention. Bring a chair that you can rest on whllo tho food Is coming. Wear a mackintosh, so your clothes won't be made by the waiter a receptaclo for milk, coffee or soup. When about to order what would be enough for a meal In any other city don't. Order six portions of everything Instead. When the bill is carried lm by two men, pay it and escape, thankful you still have a return ticket which will take you out of Denver. The situation was summed up by a waiter In a well-known cafe, who. In an swer to roars of protest against paying $1.75 for a tenderloin steak about the size of a watch, said: "That's a pretty small steak for tho rrlcp, but It ain't my fault. Since the convention Is on wo waiters have got to take what they give us In the kitchen, and then it's up to us to try to keep the customers quiet. I never worked so hard in my life as I, have this week because I've had to do so much thinking up of excuses." ' STRAIGHT PHOM THIS SHOULDER Nab of tho Deatrnotlom of tho Taft Ilanner at Lincoln. Kearney Hub. Some people at the state capital take it as an indignity that the republican state central committee should hung out a big Taft banner, "Nebraska for Taft," because W. J. Bryan Is a resident of Lincoln. The Commercial olub of the el'y has protested. The Lincoln Star, speaking from a com mercial standpoint of tho probable visit of. democratic hosts to Lincoln to seo Bryan dn'd notify him officially of his nomina tion, says: "Think of It we are getting without cost, almost as good a thing out of the demo cratic conclave as Denver Is getting and Denver pays $100,000 for It!" And In another paragraph the Star refers to "getting an Immense profit out of the shouting democratic hosts." Thus it Is announced officially what has been apparent for some time, that tho business interests of Lincoln, thinking only of their money-getting are hoarding Mr. Bryan as a profitable commercial asset. It will be aa well, however, fur those people to remember that Lincoln Is the capital of Nebraska of the whole state and that It Is a great deal more than the home of W. J. Bryan. The offending banner need not give of fense to any person. It does not attack Bryan. It docs not slur him. It need not give offense to any deocrats, any more than a Bryan demonstration on the streets need offend republican residents of the city. If Lincoln peoplo Insist on commercializ ing tho Bryan candidacy they will have to figure loss and gain, later, with the whole state. If commercial considerations count, they may well remember that republican hosts have year after year gathered at the capital and spent their money there. Republican stato headquarters have been maintained In Lincoln nine-tenths of tho tlmo, but of course they can be accommo dated elsewhere. The state capital haa been down In the southeast corner of the state a long time, but if Lincoln people do not realize what Lincoln owes to the whole state, and If they desire to put the capital on wheels, doubtless a location can be found where tho business men are something more than shop-keeping mercenaries. ONE SPECIAL PRIVILEGE LEFT. Democratic Delegates Permitted to Do the Endorsing:. Brooklyn Eagle. Richard L. Metcalfe, associate editor of the Commoner, says the American people havo at last had their eyes ojHiud, one consequence of which Is that they are now arouxc-d to tho importance of the r stora tion of equal rights to all. The rest, ho is copfldent. will tuko care of Itself, "not through any visionary scheme, but through tUe destruction of special privilege by tho application of our own system of govern ment. Just as tho fati.eis had it." Nothing toulj l;o finer. Nothing could make it clearer that plutocrary U doomed. All that is neefssary for a finishing touch la to nominate und elect Mr. Brynn, after which tiiere will bo no trouble. There ate, however, reasons for believing that one apeclul privilege v.-Ill not. be Interfered wlih. Mr. Bryan will exercise It bef-jre ut.y nomi nations are In order. lie will r.aine him self, his running malo and w:lte tl.o p at form. The privilege of Indorsing his pro gram remains for tho dek-gutes to appre ciate. Spared Campaign. Kxrrrlse. Bostou Transcript. In nominating for president a man serv Ing a twenty-five-year term for murder the social laborltes sre not so Inconsistent as them seem. They will not need him before his term expires. Fallrrtoo'e thautaoqaa. FULLKRTON. Neb.. July 12.-Bpeclal)-August T the Fullerton Chautauqua assem bly will open its ninth annual session. It promises to be as successful as the preced ing years. Excellent talent haa been se cured by the management and the grounds are being prepared for the tenters. Con cessions are being granted and aa excellent dining ball wlUbe conducted. (iiiowixo tun notn tif.s. Aa Eastern llsllrond Looks Ahea and Aria. Philadelphia Itecoid. In pursuance of Its policy to maintain Its support of Umber for railroad ties tho Pennsylvania railroad has Just complete,! the planting, of S.'S.fOtl grilling trees. Tho company has set out since it took up re forestation and timber culture a cotiplo of years niro a totnl of I.tW.ft'O trees. During the present year M.X seedllnps were Im ported by the company from Europe and, ITS pounds of hardwood seeds, besides a large qunntity of conifers, were planted In Its own nurseries. Besides reforesting de nuded land, the field operations this yesr Included the restocking of areas that hail been logged In 1!7. While the objects la view are chiefly utilitarian, the propogatlon of ornamental trees for the beatitlflcatloni of Its properties has not been neglected bjf the company. The example set by It IS conservative lumbering and the care of Its wood lots should bo an Incentive to Intel llgent forest development on the part cf far seeing agriculturists. It will pay others to grow timber as well as It pays the com Pny. PERSONAL NOTES. - i James Whit comb Riley snys ha woulj rather be a poet than a politician. In In diana that can easily be understood. Edison says that four hours of sleep Is enough. Immediately preceded by a hup of three or four hours it really will do very well. Woodrow Wilson now sees where lie fell down as a presidential possibfllty. He had no steam roller. Ho has not even a llwn mower. ' Australia has sent word that the Amerloar) fleet can't go there too soon. It ought, at least, to give the sailors a chance to get their digestions back Into such shape that the sight of pate dc fels gras wouldn't make them scream for the doctor. A Cambridge, Mass., Judge htm sentenced a prominent man of that state to six months In the House of Correction and 5,0ut) fine for having accepted a bribe to seruro another person a position as Inspector in th water department. The sentence carries with It permanent disqualification for further holding of office. Jacob II. Sleeper, the secretary of tha American legation at Venevula, who was summoned home by the American govern ment because of dissatisfaction with the ac tions of President Castro, has visited tha State department where he talked over with Acting Secretary Bacon the incidental connected with his departure. His narra tion of events contained nothing that has not already been published In the news papers. Sir William MacGregor, governor of New foundland thirty years ago, while holding the post of medical officer In FIJI per formed a remarkable fcasnf heroism. A shlpful of Indian coolies had been wrecked, about twelve hours' steaming from tho capital, and Dr. MacGregor a man of vast physical strength who headed the relief party, clambered along a broken mast which gave access to the vessel and re turned again and again with a man or woman on his back, and sometimes a child gripped by Its clothes In his teeth. Henry Estabrook of Omaha and New York delivered the principal address at tha unveiling of the Roebllng statue at Tren ton, N. J., July 1. Mr. EslabrooKTs eulogy of the great engineer, designer and builder of the Brooklyn bridge, wus a "masterful oration." "He was the orator of the day." reports tho State Gasette of Trenton, and when lie had completed his address every person who had heard him was his friend, and. all hands held the Iloebllngs in even greater regard than before because of tho frank manner In which he had told of John A. Roebllng'a humble beginning find his pe culiarities. It was an interesting story re lated by a scholar of great oratorical power In a manner so pleasing that hardly one, person In the thousands who stood In thu hot sun before the speaker's stand moved away until the speech was ended." WHITTLED TO A POINT. "Are you taking much interest In the conipulgu?' "ISot et," answered Farmer Corntossel. "I'm waltln' till they get though with tho preliminary contest to find out which feller lakes tlio best photograph." Washlngleii Blur. "In sptto of his wife's being both beauty and a flirt, Viilcun can't pUBh him self into celrsil.il society," gossiped Hebe, "because utter ull he Is nothing but a black smith." "1 don't know," said Diana, with aomo acerbity "look at Mercury, how high ho is, and he's only a climber." BalUmoro Amerlcun. "And so this," said tho prisoner, looking about him, "is the 'sweatUox.' " They told him his surmise was correct. "If you gentlemen don't mind," he went on, "I would rather be transferred to the Icebox." Philadelphia lt-daci-. "Say, Mike," queried Tlodldn-g Pete, who was looking at the piece of a Sunday school paper that had come with a handout. "Wot does it mean 'bout belu' between de devil -an' de deep sea?" "It's de same as beln' told t' take yer choice between goln' t' work an' takin' a bath,' explained Meandering Mike. Chi cago News. Officer Excuse me. madam, there goes eipht bells; It's my watch on deck. Mrs. Landsman Well, I don't blamo you for keeping your wuteh on deck if it strikes as loudly aa that. Harper's Weekly. "Hubby, won't you go shopping with ma today 7" "Nix, nlxey, and again nix." "There Is going to be u demonstration of this new sheath Bkirt, and " "Sure I'll go." Houston Post. City Cousin Let's see. uncle, didn't Bella, graduate from the normal school this yearf Undo John Yep; but from the way she's been aetin' since she got home t' the farm I reckon It ought to be called the abnormal school. Puck. Manauer Did you say that our leading mu'i was overcome by the heat of last, night? old Man No. I didn't,' I said he col lapsed ut this morning's roast. Baltimore Ainericun. Wife I've Invited one of my old beaux to dinner. Do you mind? Husband Mind! Heavens, no! I always love to ussociate with lucky people. Life. A N Ell It ASK A. ECHO. ' N. J. Tamplln In New .York World, Does llrj-an fear to tri-ud the puth Wiiieh lie himself has picked And meet the regnant (1. O. P. To lick or to be ll k. d? Echo be Hiked. Why do-.-s he hang on like a leech And work his well worn bluff? Tno times a loser In Hie race, la not that qulrf f-MoUi;!i? E ho enough. Observe the smile upon I is face. Put there to meet the scoff Ainl Scorn cf peruint- donie-rats The smile that won't eui.ie off. Echo come off. He says that h- alone has strength To pull the partv thronyh, j And at vonii oi poxlng hliu j To party is not true. '11 Echo not true. " ' Oh. hi ar Mm speak upon the stump His Hie. nts rising high; "Behold In rre the people's own; I am Vox 1'opull." Erl.o-uli. "I want to run; I ouql.t to run. Because, dear Mi-nils, you see, It's nothing mom thm rlieiit and Wha4 The delegates owe tne." Echu ah, me. With Brysn at the front once more. The Matchless lsler. brave Bay, will the party follow hlin To glory or the gravet . . Echo the fcve. ,