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KAISER WILHELM.
SIIOWSSyjlPATHY
Action cf Gernaa Ruler at Kiis
Edward's Funeral Pleases .
English People.
and Wealth Sets
Toward Europe
Seven Outgoing Liners Carry Nearly
Three Thousand Pleasure Seek
ers to Old World.
The Omaha
BEGIN JN OMAHA
If Refused Arbitration at Shippers'
Meeting, Battle is to Start
at Once.
M'VANN ANNOUNCES POSITION
Commercial Club's Traffic Officer
Brings Chicago War Cry.
GATHER HERE ON WEDNESDAY
i
Business Men of Transmississippi
Country Hold Consultation.
5&
Harmon, Marshall, Folk and Gaynor
Are Now in the Political
Limelight.
PRESIDENTIAL B00MLETS BORN
CEMENTS BONDS OF FRIENDSHIP
Influence of a Monarch Dead Brings
About Good Feelinz.
GREAT POWERS NOW AT PEACE
Roosevelt Shows Tact and Does Not
Push Himself to the Front.
ATTRACTS THE MASSES TO HIM
Mxlllnc Klnwa and Members
of
Hiiyaltr 'ow Leaving London
for Their Respective
Homes.
LONDON, May 21. (Special Cable.)
King Edward won tho peacemaker even
In death. The Incidents of the splendid
pageant which marked the passage of his
body from Westminster to the grave, ami
the deep feeling and tact which luut been
shared bv KalBer Wllhelm during his
1 visit here has done mine to soothe the
. friction between Germany and England
1 than could have been accomplished by
tho widest statesmanship.
The German kaiser has In fact exhibited
H new phuse of his many sided character
and by his many evidences of keen human
sympathy, not only with the grief of the
royal family, but with the great mass
of the English, has won the stolid IJrltlsh
people.
There are those who declare that the
kaisei has acted grief and sympathy for
a purpose, and these point to the fact
that there was always a feeling of veiled
antugonlsm between the kaiser and his
uncle, the late king. If his sympathy
van acting for tho purpose of winning
the public It was perfect and It has ac
complished its purpo.se. It will take more
than political speeches In the future to
convince the Kngllsh people that Ger
many has designs against' the English
nation. Thus the Influence of Edward
dead has been greater than the Influence
of Edward living In brlnglg about a
better feeling between the greatest naval
power and the greatest mflltary power In
the world which have been almost Wi
the verge of an open break more than
onco since the late king ascended the
throne. . '
Roosevelt Shows Tact.
With the kaiser, former President
Roosevelt has been the figure In the
ceremonies attending tho royal funeral
whic1. ha-; attracted the greatest Interest.
. Mr Roosevelt has shown great tact and
no ii Imposition to push himself forward,
: b.it vncrever he has been the masses
have been nnxlous to see him.
Another InKreHtlngr figure has been King
Alfonso of Spain. -The news of the pro
ihaturo death of his third son and the
1 serious Illness of Queen Victoria has ere-
ate! sympathy for him.
Queen Mother Alexandria received all the
visiting kings, princesses and special en-'
Voys at Buckingham palace this morning
uud formall ythanked them for their sym
lalhy. Her majesty, while showing traces
of deep grief, was calm and collected dur
ing the audience and was very gracious In
her expressions of thanks.
Immediately after the conclusion of the
audience. Klncc Alfonso hurried off to
WBt Park, the house of Ambassador Reld,
where they will remain until Monday. The
kaiser' will stay nt Buckingham palace
until Monday .afternoon or Tuesday. The
..H...I- rovaltles and envoys are leaving
London. There baa been some comment on
the fact that on the ceremonial at West
minster hall Tuesday, Queen Alexandria
was accompanied by her a str, tne aowasei
empress of Russia, instead of by Queen
Mary.
Alcxundrn Scores a Point.
Alexandria properly took! the first place,
as the ch'ef lady mourner, but she should
have been accompanied by Quten. Mary,
who is entitled to precedence over every
body except the king. But Alexandria,
whohas an Imperious, wilful way of her
own, held out against the king and queen
finally getting her wish thnt Empress
Marie sit beside her. The result was that
tr.
Mary played a second part In her
state appearance of tha flew" reign.
HEAVY RAINS HINDER
WORK ON PANAMA CANAL
I loud Causes Break In IlunU that II-
qalres Several Days for
Repair.
WASHINGTON, May a. The Canal dig
gers on the isthmus are having trouble,
principally owing to tho unprecedented
rain fall which has loosened the soil and
interfered with engineer operations. At
one place, about u mile north of Empire,
an old canal dug by tha French - broke
through the bunks into the new cut, flood
ing seven steam shovels and raising the
water fifty-five feet above sea level. It
beca:no necessary to consliuct a giant
fluino ot timber to divert tho water of the
old canal before operation could bo i
u uud.
In another case, uliut was known as
the "Tots" of tho west section -of Gatun
dam have been sliding in and washed
away tha trestles, and notwithstanding the
liicait'si efforts on the part of tha en
klnciis, 10.0CO to 15,OuO cubic yards of ma
terial disappeared almost lustaneoutily Into
a great hole that had been washed under
tho corners ot the dam. However, pile
drivers were set lJ woiic at once and tho
gup wus closed within a week, so that there
has been no serious interruption in tli;
work.
Great progress is being made in tha con
structlon uf the mammoth locks at Gatun,
JLnruing to the canal record, and liT per
cel t of tho concrete has been placed.
'-t'lTe lrr for llunlc Houher. ,
"TiOL'X FALL, S. l., May 21. Specll
l'iva years imprisonment in the Sioux
Falls penitentiary la tho sentence imposed
by Judge Tripp of the first circuit In the
case of tho state against. F. c. Coleman,
who was one of several men who recently
participated in a sensational attempt to
rob a bank at Kaylnr, a new town on th
Milwaukee railroad In Huuiilnson county
?ulemn'a companions succeeded, after
hot pursuit, in making their et-cape. Cole
man himself was not captured until he had
bem chased considerable distance. When
jr be f Lire Jorise Tripp he entered a plea
tr -Jl'y to the vhai-g of burglary.
.JkJ.
NEW VOrtK, May 21. -The ti le of wealth
and fashion toward Kuropo reached Its
spring flood today when a fleet of seven
outgoing1 liners carried 2.6M persons bound
for the pleasure cities and resorts of Great
Britain and the continent. The rush Euro
pewards has never seemed more general
among people of means and leisure than
this year. Not only did the number of pas
sengers sailing constitute the record for a
'single day, but on other recent sailing days
the passenger lists of the liners have been
of unusual length and the outward tide of
travel promises to continue until unusually
late.
The summer resorts In Europe hold out
unusual attractions. The aviation meets and
other big meets planned on the other side,
as a rule, have not only the pleasure and
education of the home people In foreign
countries In view, but the profit to be made
out of visiting foreigners, of which Ameri
cans 'by general agreement emphatically
take the lead, not only In numbers, but In
liberal expenditures.
A representative passenger list today Is
that of the steamer Kalserln Auguste Vic
toria, carrying, among others, Mr. and Mrs.
C. Oliver Iselln, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Bel
mont, several members of the Swarzschild
family, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Campbell-Johnston
of San Francisco and numerous other
well-known people.
The Celtic for Liverpool took numerous
notables, prominent among whom was Wil
liam Jennings Bryan, who goes to attend a
missionary conference to be held In Edin
burgh, Scotland. On the Lapland for Ant
werp were Senator and Mrs. Elihu Root.
Senator Root is on official business.
Expulsion of Jews
from Keiv Proceeds
Hebrew Aid Society of Berlin Contra
dicts ' Statement from St.
Petersburg.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 21. The ex
pulsion of Jews from Kiev has not yet be
gun. BERLIN, May Zl.-The Hebrew Aid so
ciety has received from Kiev, Russia, and
made public the following dispatch:
"The expulsion of Jewish families Is be
ing carried out In the cruelest manner.
Respectable Jewish cltlxens are coralled
within police cordons and . then led n
groups to police headquarters. Even in
the most favorable cases a maximum of
two 'days is' allowed for leaving the city.
'A part of tha number of those ex
pelled are transported In batches to an ad-
acent district for further transportation.
Many families which have ootj been mo
lested heretofore have received orders to
quit the city within twenty-four hours. A
felling of desperation prevails among the
Hebrew population."
Big Circus Tent
Destroyed by Fire
Only One Woman Injured by Burning
of Main "Top" of Barnum &
Bailey Show.
SCHNECTADY, N. Y., May 21.-Flfteen
thousand people were thrown Into a panic
this afternoon when the main tent ot
the Barnum & Bailey circus burned. Cir
cus employes and police succeeded in get
ting the frantic men and children safely
from the blazing tent, , One woman was
Injured, but not seriously. The fire Is
thought to have started from a lighted
match dropped by a boy in the bleachers,
The tent was consumed in less than half
an . hour. , ;
Court House is
. Sold at Tax Sale
City of Sparta, Wis., Bids In County
Building for Thirty Cents Un
paid Weed Tax.
LA CROSSE. Wis., May 21. The Monroe
county court house waa sold at tax sala
yesterday for an unpaid weed tax of 30
cents, levied by tha city of Spaiio, Tho
county refused to pay tho tax on the
ground that it was not liable. The build
ing and grounds were bid In by the city
attorney for SO cents, the amount of the
tux, and tho certificate will be held until
the county makes provision for redeeming It.
Count De Lesseps Flies
Across English Channel
CALAIS, France, May 21. Count Jacques
De LessepB. the French aviator, started at
3:30 o'clock this afternoon on a double
flight across the English channel. He
reached the English side successfully and
was expected to make tho return trip at
once, '
The weather was magnificent when thu
aeroplane rose from the ground for Its
daring trip, heretofore accomplished only
by Louis Bleriot.
Rising, the count took his machine in a
wide circle over the cliffs and then headed
ttraight for Dover. In fifteen minutes he
had disappeared from view,' A torpedo
boat destroyer followed the course of tho
aeroplane.
Do LeTa id a fifty-horse power aero
plane callM "Scarabee." He ascended from
the point at which Bleriot started on his
cross-channel flight last July and rose
gradually to an altitude of 1.600 feet, at
which height he was traveling when he
was lost to view In a light haxe. The tor
pedo boat destroyer Escopetta followed In
the wake of the flylmr craft
DOVER, May IL Count De Lesseps, who
left Calais, France, in an aeroplane at J. 3c
NO APPEAL TO GOVERNMENT
Conflict to Be Direct, Tooth and Nail
Match, Sara Loral Delegate to
Windy C ity's Council of
Patrons.
Wnr, unrelenting, bitter, Mtlng strug
gle Is the answer that tho western ship
pers propose to make to the railroads
at the meeting to be -eld la Omaha on
Wednesday.
"The rallroaus have got together,
framed up their spell, taken It to the. In
terstate commerce commission, filed the
rates and have settled back to await the
rake-off," said E. J. McVann, head of the
Commercial club's traffic bureau, on his
return from the Chicago meeting yester
day. ' v.
."They have done this thing without
taking us Into consultation In any way.
They have, made their talk and taken
their action. ' It Is our turn now. They
will either arbitrate those rates and
that right away or there will be a fight.
Mr.. McVann gave a well defined picture
of the position that ...e shippers assume
when he declared that It would not bo
a fight before the Interstate Commerce,
commission.
"This will be a fight right In the field.
Rough and tumble, everything goes. Re
taliation will be i.iie slogan."
The meeting called for 10 o'clock on
Wednesday morning at the Omaha Com
mercial club rooms la to be attended by
shippers and their representatives from
the territory west of . Chicago and east
of the Missouri river. Men fronj Kansas
City, Sioux City, Nebraska City. St. Jo
seph, St. Paul and Minneapolis are to be
at this meeting.
The action of the meeting is na yet
Indicated, except in the most general
terms. Prospects promise a heated and
fiery meeting.
Honda Not Represented.
The railroads will not be represented at
this meeting in any way, Mr. McVann an
nounces in most emphatic terms.
the shippers take the position now that
their differences with the roads are to be
fought out now once and for all. The day
of equivocation Is past. Figures and esti
mates on the gain which the railroads will
make by the Increased rates which they
have .scheduled to become effective June
1, have been made public by the Interstate
Commerce commission. These estimates, in,
their showing that the higher revenues
will give the roads hundreds of millions
in revenue above their Increased expense,
have been but fuel to the fire.
- These estimates place the Increased ex
penditures of the roads at but a fraction
of the higher earnings made possible by
the raise In freight rates.
An example is cited in the calculation
made on the roads within the territory
bounded by the Indiana and Illinois state
lines on the west, and the Potomac river on
the south. Here the trunk lines reached a
total in gross earnings of 1, 107,437,180 In
the year ending June 80, 1907. With this
figure, ' which is probably far below the
present earnings, as a basis, the Increase
in rates even if It averages as low as 10
per cent, will return a tidy bunch of mil
lions above the $90,000,000 increase in oper
ating expenses. This figure on the In
creased operating expenses, according to
the Interstate Commerce commission, in
cludes a number of projects for increased
expenditures which have not yet been
made. The advance In payrolls in the ter
ritory so described, is covered by $50,000,000.
Advances In Waves.
W. C. Brown, president of the New York
Central lines, estimates that advances al
ready made in the wage of organized la
bor and those yet to be made In 1910, will
cost the roads of the country $100,000,00 an
nually. The shippers, however, point out
that In the territory included In the Inter
state Commerce commission's estimate of
Increased earnings, comprising but a frac
tion of tho country's lines, more than this
amount of additional revenue will be pro
duced by the Increased rates.
The gradual Increase ot rates has al
ready been felt in this territory from in
creases made effective on January 1. As
an example the rate on live stock between
Kansas City and 6t Louis, which becomes
the basis of the Omaha rate to the south
east, has been Increased from 2 to 3 cents
a hundred pounds.
Rates ICffoellvc June 1.
The rates effective on Juno 1, together
with tho old rate and the percentage of
tConiiiiuvU on JSeeond I'.ige.
o'clock this afternoon, crossed tha English
channel and landed on the English coast at
4:20 o'clrck.
Th aviator descended at Wanston Court
farm, near St. Margaret's bay, half way
neiween Dover and Deal and a mile Inland,
The count said he had a very hazy pas
sage and that the English coast was invis
ible to him until he was close above it
He flew very high. The landing was ef
fected easily in a meadow.
Crowds were awaiting De Lesseps on the
field where Bleriot landed a year ago end
only three or four persons actually wMt-
nesaeu me aescent in the meadow. These
heard the whirr of the motor long before
tho aeroplane appeared out of tho fog. De
Lcs.eps descended gingerly from a height
of 1.0C0 feet, Beking a good landing place.
He lighted without the slightest mishap.
Delcaseps soons after landing began over
hauling his machine with the Intention of
making a return flight to Calais as soon
as the weather conditions were favorable.
They were not promising late In tha aft
ernoon. The torpedo boat destroyer which
followed the aviator aa he started later
lost sight of hlin In tha fog.
MA? BIG SCALP ! OGH WHILE SPEAKING OT JOKE VtSVLh
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COUNTRY "CLITb OPENS
Local Events as Viewed by The Bee's Artist.
BOOSTERS TO TARE SPLASH
Trade Excursionists Spend Day at
Hot Springs.
SIGHTSEERS ON SIDE TRIPS
Omahar Folk VUlt Tomb ot CaJamUr
Jane 1onls Bostwlclc Holds Up
Special Train for
. Picture.
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HOT SPRINGS, S. D., May 21.-(8pecial
Telegram.) The Omaha trade excursion
alighted in Hot Springs today on a run
for tho baths. The plunge In the sanita
rium pool Is coming to everybody on the
boosters' train and they will also use It
Sunday.
The party arrived at Lead today at 8
o'clock afier pulling up 600 feft In five
miles.
Many returned to Deadwood early and
parties were organized to visit the grave
of Wild Bill and Calamity Jane, leaving
Deadwood at noon. The trip was made to
Hot Springs on'the Burlington on schedule
time.
A committee from' Hot Springs met the
trade excursionists at Deadwood and dis
tributed the free 'bath tickets. An Invita
tion to a smoker, an inducement to visit
the Wind Cave and various other points
of interest. Taking It all in all the week
has been a hard one and the trip to Lead
was especially hard. Here In this mining
camp, controlled by ' the Hearsts, an at
tempt Is being made , to break up the
American Federation of Miners and the at
tempt has succeeded to a point where the
business men do not know. 5 per cent of
the population. Hearst and his Interests
apparently rule and the camp Is dlscon
ctrted. Just out of Mystic the train came to a
sudden stop. Englnemen and . those In the
baggage .car rolled out, faced six shooters
and offered to cut off the engines over
on the hills within sight of Bald mountain.
B. Martin was turning a crank and mak
ing a moving picture. One of the trade
excursionists threw his hands In the air.
That was1 a lonely spot and a holdup would
not have been out of place. The plan
worked perfectly, and Martin, Bostwlck &
Co. are receiving congratulations on se
curing choice pictures at the expense of
the party.
Mrs. llessle Spoerrl.
Mrs. Bessie Spoerrl, 47 years old, died at
her home, 2214 South Forty-sixth street,
Saturday morning. She is survived by her
husband, Albert W. Tho funeral will be
held fr,om the residence Sunday afternoon
at 2 o'clock. Burial will be at Forest Lawn.
The wants
Turn to them
If you want a servant they will
bring one to your door.
If you want a position they will
find one for you.
If you havo something to sell
tbey will sell It for you.
If you have lost something they
will find It for you.
If you have found something they
will bo the flrat to tell you who
lost It.
If you can't como down
town to the office, call Doug
las 2.W. A cheerful staff will
write the ail for you and see
that it gets proper classifica
tion. Every Invdy
Heads
Bee Want Ads.
Boat Race from
Philadelphia to
Havana Starts
Five Little Motor Cruisers Begin
Trip of Thirteen Hundred" '
Miles.
' PHILADELPHIA, May 21. Cheered on
by a large crowd that stood in a driving
rainstorm on the Pennsylvania and New
Jersey shore of the Delaware river, the
five little cruising motor boats in the race
from this cUy to Havana were sent away
at 12:45 o'clock this afternoon. When the
signal bell on the Philadelphia police boat
Ashbrldge dropped, the Caroline Jumped to
the front and led the way -down the river
past the city. The Berneyo was a close
second, followed by the Caliph, Loantaka
and the llys, in the order named.
As the racers started on the Journey of
approximately 1,300 miles, a big fleet of
excursion boats followed In their wake.
The race is under the Joint auspices of
the Yachtmen's Club of Philadelphia and
the Havana Yacht club, and on. the show
ing made by the trim little racers will de
pend, it Is said, the question of sending
motor boats across the Atlantic ocean next
year.
THIRD SON OF KING
OF SPAIN STILL BORN
Body Will Be Burled Without Cere
mony In Pantheon of Eh
rnrlal Monastery.
MADRID, May 21. Queen Victoria was
delivered of a boy, still born, at 4 o'clock
this morning. The unhappy outcome Is at
tributed to a premature accouchement,
which, however, waa otherwise natural.
The boy will be burled without ceremony
In the Royal Pantheon ot the Escurlal
monastry. .
( When told of her loss the mother wept
bitterly. King Alfonso Is still in London,
where he attended yesterday the funeral
of the queen's uncle, the late King' Ed
ward. The last few weeks had been most trying
for her majesty. Early In the present
month the approach of the confinement
was noted by the royal physicians and
twice during the days that followed the
officials of the court were summoned under
the impression that the birth was immi
nent. While this state of doubt existed, his
majesty was obliged to go to London for
the royal obsequies. According to custom,
Premier Canalejas T. Mendes bore the body
to a room adjoining the queen's chamber
for the official Inspection by the members
of the royal family and court functionaries
who had been waiting there.
xne present is me nrst instance of a
Btlll birth In tha Spanish royal family, al
though a child of Queen Isabella II lived
only long enough to receive the lustral
water.
Queen Victoria Is the mother of two boys
and a girl, all surviving. .
Grand Juror is
by Two
The services of C. C. Gibbons, formerly of
Bertrand, Nb., aa a federal grand Juror
seem to be in demand both in California
and Nebraska.
Mr. Gibbons was summoned to serve on
the federal grand Jury for the Lincoln
district, to convene there next Monday.
The summons was addressed to Mr. Gib
bons at his former home In Bertrand, but
as he was not there the summons was
forwarded to him at Los Angeles, Cal.,
where Mr. Gibbons has been living for the
last two years.
The summons found Mr. Gibbons serving
on the federal grand Jury for the Los An
IOWA FIGHT DRAWS NATION
Outcome of Campaign There Will
Have Significance.
SENATORS BURN THEIR BRIDGES
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Control o State Conveutlon Will
Carry with It Selection to
National Convention in
Two Years.
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WASHINGTON, D. C, Mav 21. (Spe
cial Telegram.) With the Ohio primaries
.over and in which every republican mem
ber seeking re-election to congress, with
the single exception of Ralph D. Cole,
was nominated, politicians are casting
their eyes to Iowa, Pennslyvanla and
West Virginia. West Virginia voted on
congressional nominees today and
throughout the next week, that state,
holding to the convention plan. Pennsyl
vania under a new primary law, will vote
for congressional nominees and mtmhors
of the senate and house on June 4, Iowa
on June 7.
In view of the Interest , taken by Sena
tors Cummins and Dollver who" havo
burned their bridges behind them to de
feat Governor Carroll, for renomlnatlon
and are supporting the candidacy of Garst
the fight in Iowa not on'y over members
of congress, but for the. governorship as
w-ell, la attracting wide attention here.
In view of the interest taken by Senators
Cummins and Dolllver, who have burned
their bridges behind them to defeat Gov
ernor Carroll for renomlnatlon, and are
supporting the candidacy of Garst, tho
fight In Iowa, not only over members of
congress, but for the governorship as well,
Is attracting wide attention here. ,
A number of prominent national figures
are mixed up In the Iowa fight from a
purely Washington point of view. Walter
I. Smith, member of the appropriations
committee, and the powerful committee on
rules; Hull, chairman of the house commit
tee on military affairs; Kennedy, chairman
of the mileage committee, and Representa
tive Kendel! are all vitally concerned in
the struggles, as are their friends.
The progressive and standpat factions
are moving heaven and earth to control
the state convention, which will be held
early In August and the outcome of the
primaries on June 7, is looked to as an In
dex of how conditions are in the middle
west and northwest.
But outside of the primaries on June 7
for governor, members of cr.ngres and
minor state officers, theer Is a realization
thnt the '.elegates elected to the statu con
vention tills year will select delegates to
the national ocnventlon from Iowa In 1912.
This givs the election In Iowa this year
really a presidential aspect.
Representative Hull, who Is one of the
oldest members In point of service In the
house. Is making the fight of his life
n gainst Judge S. F. Prouty, who has con
tested the nomination with him several
times.
Demanded
Courts at Once
geles federal strict and he is in a di
lemma aa Just what to do about It. He
does not wish to put himself in contempt In
the Nebraska federal Jurisdiction and
neither does he wish to Jump his Job In
the California federal district for a similar
reason.
Mr. Gibbons has written United States
Marshal Warner about It, stating that two
years ago ho shook the dust of Nebraska
from his feet with the Intention of muklng
his permanent home In Iaj Angeles, where
he has located with his Lares and Penates.
Ths probabilities are that Mr. Gibbons
will be excused from serving on the Lincoln
grand Jury.
Feeling Nominee Must Come from Far
West or East.
QUARREL IN NEW YORK STILL ON
Hearst Continues to Be a Thorn in the
Party Side.
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BRYAN NO LONGER IN RUNNING
i
Democrats In the Eastern Section .
Have This Opinion, bnt They
Are Far from Kssy (
Abont It.
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WASHINGTON, May 21.Four demo
crats of national prominence have had tht
honor of presidential booms so far. They
are:
Governor Judson Harmon of Ohio.
Governor Marshall of Indiana.
Former Governor Joseph Folk of Mis
souri. Mayor William Gaynor of New York
City. .
As congress lags towards a close, many
of the national legislators gathered here,
spend as much time discussing the complex
political situation as they do the intricate
measures which have so greatly disturbed
the peace of tho senate and house. Th
exigencies of the republican situation have
led to unbounded enthusiasm in the ranks
of democracy. With the accustomed for
tune of democrats, however, optlmtstlo
signs are overshadowed with dissension.
Democrats See Thlnsia.
The democratic leaders from William
Jennings Bryan down, speak In terms ol
rosy hope for the national campaign of
1U12, but they all say that much will de
pend upon the outcome ot the elections
thlB year.- Not one la ready to express In
distinct terms a prophecy as to who will
be the next democratic nominee for presi
dent. All say the foregoing mentioned quad
ruplicate are ellglbles, but the elimination
process must be brought into play very
care fully, cautiously and conservatively.
Colonel Bryan, it Is understood, will not
be a candidate for the presidency in 1612.
On that subject he has become a sphinx.
But from the indications and recent de
velopments he will make no effort towards
political domlnancy further than to retain
sufficient power to have a voice In the
naming ot a candidate. The fact that in
1S96, 1!K)4 and 1906 a westerner was the dem
ocratic nominee for the presidency leads
to the belief that the next presidential nom
inee on the democratic ticket must come
from that territory known as the for west
or else the east.
Considering as east, all that section east
of the Mississippi river, all the foregoing
mentioned ellglbles are then easterners,
It Is quite possible that the demo -rate
of New York will nominate Mayor Gay
nor for the governorship although the
city executive of the Empire state me
tropolis has been engaged in a war of
words with William 11. Hearst, which
opened a new breach in New York state
polltcs. Mr. Hearst stll has some fol
lowing through his Indpendenca league
and, in ouarrelng with Mayor Unyr.or
he attempted to spread his controversy
he yoiul the borders of New York city and
New Qork state and make a natlon.il ut
falr out of it. Demoo ats In C.Vshlngton
attribute no weight to the controversy;
they say Mayor Gaynor is not hurt in tho
least by the attacks made upon him by
Editor ellnrst.
In Indiuna, Governor Marshall's opposi
tion to Thomas Taggart, who asplrod to
be a United States senator, is believed
to have helped htm at large.
Representative Champ Cark, ot Mis
souri, who keeps in close touch with the
national political situation, btlU-e tha
republicans will help the democrat! to
victory this year on account ot the tariff.
From his point of view it might be ques
tioned whether those same republicans
would assist the democrats to victory in
the national Tight two years lac ir.
Senator Cuberson of Texas, is arcady
mentioned as vice presidential timber on
the democratic, ticket.
Ilryan Mulls Away.
It will be up to the next congress to
determine whether or not the next presi
dent shall be a democrat, William J. Bryan
believes.
Mr. Bryan sailed today on the steamer
Celtic as a delegate-at-large from the
United States to the International Mission
ary conference In Scotland. Judge George
Gray of Delaware was a fellow passenger
with Mr. Bryan.
"If the next congress, which I believe will
be democratic, with the members of the
majority hailing largely from the west,
makes a favorable record, in view of the
democratic gains at the last political elec
tion, when 6.600,000 democratlo votes were
polled, I believe that an additional 1,000,000
votes will be won. Insuring the election of
a democratic president," said Mr. Bryan
Just before he sailed.
,Mr. Bryan was noncommittal as to per
sonalities likely to flguro In the race for
the democratic presidential nomination.
"Governor Folk Is a good man and well
qualified." was his comment when the
name of the former governor of Missouri
was mentioned. As to Mayor Gaynor ho
said:
"Mayor Gaynor has made a brllllarft rec
ord and is an able muu.
"But, as a matter of fact," concluded the
former candidate, " year must elapse be
fore there can be any discussion of presi
dential possibilities."
Judge Gray, who Is tho United Btates
commissioner to The Hague in the con
ference over the fisheries dispute with
England, was asked what he thought of
Governor Harmon of Ohio as a democratlo
presidential possibility. Judge Gray said
he had known Governor Harmon for many
years and that lie was an excellent man.
SOUTH DAKOTA J3RAT0RS MEET
Teresa fiarlnrk of Caster Wins First
I'rlse In Nlate Deeluiuatory
Contest.
VERMILLION, S. D,, May 22 -(Special.)
Teresa Oarlock of Custer won Ilrst
place In thu statu sehoil declamatory con
test last night. William Kelley of Mitchell
was second, Clan. lis Mork of Berenfor4
third. Sixteen tchools were represented