Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 7, 1893, Page 13

=== \GALLS ON POLITICS Iashing Criticism of Men Who Olass Politios with Poker and Pugilism. CLAMOR OF IGNORANT DEMAGOGUES lon Elovatad to Positions of Trust Are as @ood as Their Constituencies, MBITION FOR OFFICE IS A LAUDABLE ONE | he Legislative Fabric Has Dapended Upon the Ability of a Ohosen Few. | private pursuits. | and magisirates are men of fair, ordinary. 00D GOVERNMENT THE CONCERN OF ALL | ollitieal Millionaires ter th Men May Become Great—An Epldemio of Moral Typhus-—Rewards of Politica—The Groat Forum. N A representative de- mocracy likeours,where the people are ereigu and the will of the majority is preme, every citizen should be a politician, not necessavily in the selfish sense of being an aspirant for oftice, but in the broader and more patriotic of taking an active and intelligent intevest in public affairs. ‘There is uo dynasty, no reigning family, 0o prerogative nor dit goveruing class, no inherited privilege or power. The only national government and tho congress, chosen periodically by a majority of the people, and the judiciary, nominated by the executive and contirmed by the senate, These are the ministers delegated to carry into effect the purposes and desires of the inhabitants of the Umted States in their relations with each other and with foreign nations. The czar, the emperor and the queen represent an authority above and independent of the poople over whom they rule. But there is no such dominion or supremacy here. Mr. Cleveland is not a ruler, but a servant Representatives and senators in congress are delegutes to act for constituencies, to w are responsible. The vague idea that there is a “government,” sn independ ent political entity, to which the people can appeal for relief from the evils of socie ‘“'state” that can take control of private bus Iness and individual fortunes, proceeds from an entire misapprehension of oar system. The ‘“unationalization of our industries,” stripped of its euphemisms, moans merely the substitution of the tyranny of a mob for 80V Sil- the tyranny of a monarch; tho taking by | force from those who have and giving to those who have not; the obliteration of the orgauic distinctions between men; the con- founding of the moral and intellectual limi- tations of the race; the attempt by laws of congress to nbrogate and repeal the laws of God. T 'eople Al to Blame. ‘We hear much recent denunciation of bad government in the United States; loud declamation against corruption in congress, municipal boodlewsm, ring rule, legislation for corporations, monopolies, plutocrats ana ‘millionaires. Much of this clamor is manu- factured by ignorant and dishonest dema- gogues, and is both ignorant and insincere, but if it were true in terms the appropriate reply 1s that the people of this country are | supreme, and that they have just as good government as they doserve to have. If taxes are excessive, if revenues are wasted, Af fools and knaves occupy high places, the people themselves ave to blame. 1t a legis- latorsells his vote the constituency that elected him is primarily at fault. If a mute and stupid millionaire sits dumbly in the senate, speechless except at roll call, and almost inaudible then, finding in the public service ouly the occasion for brutal in- | dulgence or vulgar ostentation, the state fthat sent him is responsible for the degradation. He represents the deliberate Judgment and proference of a majority of its citizens or he would not be there. No man is rioh enough to break into the senate of his own motion, He goes there as the vol- untary choice and selection of the state, with its certificate of eligibiiity. His credentials are a waiver of complaint, reproof and re- proach at his defects or delinquencies. In every community there are more intel tigent, industrious, upright and patriotic men than rogues and scoundrels. If there were uot society would disintegrate. [t would perish by its own infirmities. When the houest, thrifty majorities upoun any pre- pext neglect their political obligations, omit I attend the primaries, the nominatiug con fventions and th' polls, they abdicate their overeignty v he scepter, .nul if they choose to lay th down it is puerile to whineabout bad gover ment, Our political system is not automati It will not run itself. its functions, and if good men will not then men 1 ‘The overthrow of Tweed and his brigands in New York show community can do when it will. The feeble iamentations in the metropolis now about municipal misrule, filthy streets and filched revenues disparage the capacity babitants for self-government. If s condition is inevitable, then a ¢ strong, capable and honest monarchy or despotism would be better. 1f the people do mot value their freedom enough to exercise n gfl'nuxuu\u anadischarge its duties they * to be, and sooner or later will b, sub. 3ncu and slaves, Cleveland, Chronle Ofce Seeker, The corollary of suffrage is oftice, legislative and judicial. One is the comple ment of the other. Both are indispensable components of the systom. As there ar electors, o also must there be magistrate legislators and judges. It is as much the duty of the citizen to hold oftice as to cast the ballot. "The same clas izous their primary political obl fatiguod with liberty, sncer Softico sookers,” us if the desi cro dishonor ch a panly, executive, who neglect ions, and are and s nte ble, an offense involving turpitude and moral degradation ‘The pseudo-reformors, who have coutempt for popular self-government, at heart are monarchists, stigmatizo public employment, except th, spoilsmen and place-hunters, Mr. who has been one of the most pe inveterate oftice seckers of tho ag attorney, sheriff, [3 three times nominated for the pr. takes frequent occasion to scourge office sceking, apparently forgetting that the ambition to be postmaster is as respectable ana as laud able as the ambition t be president, and that to the community he serves a postmas ter is quite as important aud fully as nece sary as a president eonly difference is in degree, und not in kind It Deponds, That political activity is honorable as well a8 essontial to the perpetuation of democ racies must be admitted. Whether poli- ties, as a vocation, is desirable is quite another question. It depends. Probably it would be just to say that existing conditions of public life are not favorable to happiness. Possibly the obstacles are increasing, rather hing. Constituencies are more Competition is more formidabl aud money is becoming a factor in the blem of success that cannot be ignored. is does not necessarily imply personai sorruption. The legitimate nn(u of political campaigus are large for advertising, district r the crown and hold | Somebody must exoert | what a | of its in- | i traveling, literature, rooms, music, compen. sl ‘gr speakers, banners, scrutiny of pnll ints, prell inary canvasscs of voters |m0lvflnl bringing out intirm and 1nu|mmn volers upon elestion day. But 48 hese are wholly or in part borne by sub- scriptions and assessmont, financial consid erations need not exclude the poorest candi- date from political preferment. Great Men Are Rare. One of the favorite calumnies of our polit fcal incendiaries is that which stigmatizes the public service as inaccessible except to the rich, There are too many who occupy exalted stations merely because thev have money, but a very large per cent, much more than a majority, of those in public emplo, | ment have no income except their salaries. The pay of senators and representat scems meager compared with the income o successful lawyers, railroad presidents and werchants, but it {s ample for decent sup- port and maintenance, and in most nstatces exceeds any income previously earned in The bulk of our legislators average, every-day capacity, who would b conteut with the revenues of a country law- yer in full practice or the professor of lan- guages or the tradesman in a untry town. Great men are as rare in politics as they are elsewhere, and they are no more neded there than elsewhere. The main part of go ernment is business, and requires the same faculties and methods as a great manufac- reial enterprise. scope 18 broader and the opportu- tempting. Goverument affairs citizen, nnd the legislator with novel and fe in original language, has an many millions as voters in the republic. The poet, cher, the novelist, the clergyman ad - 2 ituencies, even when MOSt Popi i gress, an effective retort, dent i read and discussed table the next day a dran t the bre life—the great fascinations of public s of participating in ‘I'here is no theater from which the voice of the actor penetrates so where the response is 80 instantaneous from unknown muititudes, as congress or the “stump.” A School for Statesmon. It might perhaps be of greater advantage { in some directions if our institutions per- is the president | agents and | | representatives | greater, | steady gains of trafic to | greatest political mitted the pre tion of men for legisla- tion, diplomacy, statesmanship and ad- ministration by the study of history, politicai economy, parliame constitutional and international law, g ¢ instructed and trained fg and navy and for the pro is not practic- able .m. em of party goverement continues must be an episode rather than Oceasionally a thoughtful, conservative community, rec- ognizing the value of experience, training and discipline, resists the impuise for ro- tation in ofice, and retains its as long as ity or the inclination s ovhierwise, and the prac d the departments falls into hands as the mnlh\lllo of and inef punts in- 3 tho Intorests to be cousidered Heoom more unportant with our growtn in wealth and numbers. It would, pe rlu\]m be within bounds to say that the twenty repr have been the ssions. politic pursuit. g fewer and fowe \ c responsible archit builders of our legislative . f: since the war. In the senate, for obvious reasons, the proportion of potential participants is but even here it is less thana mijor: Mar and notable success is, therefore, no more Lo be taken into accouat in polity than in any other occupation. Those who greatly succeed in business, at the bar, in the | pulpit, in speculation, are the Many ‘are called but few chose Polities, Poker and Pugilism. Public service being a duty or obligation which the state demands of its citizens, since it can be performed by no one else, should be honorable and desirable. It is like seryiceon the jury or in_the army or navy in time of war. Without it the state would perish. Its functions could not be exercised, and 1t is lamentable that, instead of being serious and defiued in their province, politi- cal careers are o random, helter-skelter and uncertain that they seem in common estima- tion to combine the tinsel bombast of the stage, the fever of the gaming table and the desperate hazard of battle. Grave, calm and tranquil natures that love method and the orderly sequences of life, preferring the the glittering chances of the lottery, place politics in the same catalogue with” poker and pugilism, so that to describe a man as a_politician is dis- paraging to many, and implies taintydisre- pute and stain. ‘he implication is both un- fortunate and unjust. Instead of being a stigma it should be an ornament and decora- tion. The degradation of politics is impos- sible without the degradation of the people. Hits {1is Nelghbors. side from the exalted considerations of pride and patriotism, there is noihing that more intimately concerns the selfish per- sonal interests of the American citizen v good government. Wages, prices, taxes, in- cowe, profits, education, commerce, manu- factures, agriculture, money, comfort, pros- perity and the security of life, property and liberty are all affected by politics. They err who affirm that it is only a question of who shall have the offices, and that it makes no difference which succeeds. Some of the recent revolutions our politics have de- preciated the value of every acreof land in great states, impaired the capacity of every debtor to borrow or to pay, and inflicted & shock upon the credit of rich and solvent exceptions. communities from which for half a genera- | tion they cannot recover. Political Milllonaires Under the Ban. A most distinguished and eloquent citizen of New York recently in a public interview advise oung men to take no nterest in politics till by business or professional ac- tivity they had secured competence or fortune, 80° as to be independent of party vicissitudes. This was well meant, but no instruction could be more deleterious to dem- ocratic institutions. To confine political ons to the rich would develop the most able of all forms of despotism. practice it would have deprived our history of many of its most luminous aud inspiring examples. Undoubtedly to proud, ambitious and sensitive spirits there is something of humiliation in accepting hospitality that can- not be returned. Sumptuous entertainments, splendid equipages and apparel, luxurious palaces and lordly expenditures have a power and charm that can ueither be denied nor ig- nored. Added to high rank and station they glve their possessor an importance and influ- ence far greater than that to which he might be entitled by his intellectual gifts or attain- ments. There is no modern magic so subtle as that of wealth. To multitudes there is no acquisition so alluring as a great bunk a y so dazzling as that of ng & check for a million. But our leaders not been fortune. Washing- .an of his time, but the situation has changed and political milliouaires are under the ban They are suspected. Their attitude is apolo. hey ure on the defensive. 1t would for a cumel to go through the \ needle than for the richest man in the country to become president today. He may occasionally buy a legislature or pur- a convention, but he never escapes de- although he may evade punishment have von | The Romans had a proverb, Obolus non olet (Money does mot stiuk); but in American money does stink, and the people r noses when the bribe giver or the bribe taker passes by. Poor Men May Be Great, Lincoln, Garfield, Morton of Indiana, Henry Wilson aud many other great popular tribunes entered at the straht gate. Had they followed the precents incuicated by the writer mentioued, and waited for fortune bo- fore soliciting the suffrages of the people, their names would have been written on the | rollof commou men. Recent annals offer no more striking refutation of this error than that afforded by the life and services of Samuel Jackson Randall of Penunsylvania ‘This very able and eminent man, whose ex- traordinary qualities and achievements should have given him more conspicuous re- nown, has lately been recalled to public recollecti®n by the final settlement of his cs. tate, from which it appeared that he died possessed of less than §1,000 after thirty years spent 1 municipal, state aund national slation His poverty was not specially creditable to him, for there is no good reason why a rep- resentative of congress should not practice law in vacation, buy and sell real estate, build houses, deli lectures, write news- paper articles and earn mouey in any legiti- mate and honorable calling, but it shows that there is uo wcompatibility between the { swept the innocent with | portant committee, he | mable ser | demands upon the time | public 9 | of public life ar, or | In the main, the associations | must be a_loquacious, THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: svnnm_uu 1 m—stxmnn PAGES narrowest simplicity of life, the most rigid economy of expenditure ana the highest suc- cess in public affairs. An Epldemie of Moral Typhus, Randall's careor was coincident with the epoch of profligate profusion and extrava- gance that followed the war, the carnival of venality, the golden age of the parvenu, the shoddy aristocrat, the boodler and the thief The Credit Mobilier, office brokerage, whisky rings, pension syndicates, the sale of par. dons sprang like toadstools from national decay. department of the government, infesting where they flew and poisoning where they reposed. Great names were unjustly blighted. The weak yielded to temptation. The needy fell into the pit. It was an epi- demic of moral typhus, whose fatal contagion the guilty to the hospital and the grave. No taiunted breath tation. ‘T'wice speaker, acknowledged leader of the house and chairman of its most im- | had_opportunities for ionable gaius beyond the dreams of But he lived modestly within his salary, and by personal example, not less than by legislative work, rendered inesti- {ce to his country. Whether such @ career i in the mercenary sense, would be a miserable interrogatory. Its equivalents were ample and will endure for- ever. The Rewards of Potftics. The compensations of politics are nota matter of bookkeeping. ‘They are not meas- 1 by wages or by per centum. Doubtless re are vicissitudes and misfits, but calam- ities attend all enterprises. Those who fail outnumber those who succeed. Public favor sometimes seems capricious and fickle ‘e idol of today is exec { tomorrow he constituency of Aristides still survives mesis yet awaits Lo resent prosperity Princes are not uniformly grateful and the strength of the servant are no vs considerate. The lamentation of Wolsey has uot lost its pathetic significance, and the injunction to throw away ambition continues to fall upon wounded and weary souls, But the rewards » far in excess of its burdens ‘I'he people are not always slow to anger, but in the end they are both just and gener: ous to those who serve them with fidclity. They honor courage, independence of thought, manhood and truth, and are quick to forgive mistakes and errors that proceed from an intrepid spirit. The = ingratitude of republics is only a proverb. There are some scurvy companionships and occasional familiarities that are iutolerable. The he. er and the bummer cannot always be divregarded, The man who has a pull must be endured. ike the apostle, a successful politician must be all thiags to all men, Now aud then he is compelled to submit smilingly to relatiouships that in private life he would resent. If there is 8 doubtful remnant, an ignorant, detached, unconvinced, indifferent, floating, ‘debauched contingent, it must be taken into the account. If one party omits to secure it, the other will not, and this element may determine aefeat or triumph, The Hayseed Epoch is Closed. The statesman, the diplomatist and the commander who rely exclusively upon the thirty-nine articles for success may retain the approval of conscience, but their ad. versaries will secure about everything e and_activities of politics are elevating and ennobling. The traditional idea that the successful politician greasy, swaggering, noisy rowdy, the companion of thugs and rufflans, a dissembler, hypocrite and dem- agogue, whose days are spent iu the saloon and whoso nights are passed in the gam- bling house and the brothel, is disappear- ing. The hayseed ep is closed. The most degraded constituency 1s no longer deluded by profanity, slang, filthy anecdotes, bad grammar and dirty avparel. General Butler, who knew human nature well, ad- dressed the slums of Boston arrayed l‘ fllll evening .ostume with arose in his Tape upon the theory that they wanted umr representative not to be outshown by the aristocrats of Beacon Hill. “Sunset” Cox never forgot his manners or his learning, though he had many constituents who cared little for either. The Senate the Great Forum. It is an error to suppose that to become a politician the citizen must cease to be a scholar or a gentleman, o presidency is the supreme goal of political ambition, but to one acquamted with the couditions of publie life it is difflult to conceive why any man should desire to be president of the United States. Time, strength and patience are wasted in o ceaseless multiplicity of petty and frivolous details. The study of historic questions, the formulation of na- tional policies, is interrupted by the dis- tractions of paltry personal ambitions, curi- osity, the demands of society and the sv,rmz- gle for continuation in power. Few presi- dents have gained in public estimation by their incumbency. Many have lost. Grant would have occupied a higher pedestal had he remained at the head of the army, and Lincoln died at a fortunate time for his fame. The ideal place for one who has aptitude for public service is the senate of the United The house offers wider scope for leadersnip, broader opportunity for power and fame. In the senate there areno leaders, and rivalry and emulation seldom dugencrnlo into strife for supremacy. Representing states rather than constituencies, its mem- bers are equals, and applause is conceded to excellence irrespective of partisanship. Unurlcs{ is the rule of its conduct and ignity characterizes its de- bates. Its ~ records have been sel- dom defaced by personal invective or altercation. Length of term exempts its action from the casual uberrations of popu- lar error and passion, he limitation of numbers affords opportunity for deliberate discussion of principles of government and adminisiration. Its judgment of recruits is affable but pitiless. Scrutiny is relentless. The newcomer 18 gauged, weighed, e ted and assigned to his own place. the verdiot there is neither appeal nor culpation. Bulwark of Government. Censure of the seuate is always popular. When icicles hang by the wall and news is searce the purveyor of public opmion finds ustible fund of entertaming plate in denunciation of the American House of Lov its millionaires, its methods, its expenditu ts bay rum, bath rooms and barbers. The demand for its immediate and unconditional abolition is greeted with enthusiast approbation by Wat Tyler, Perkin Warbeck, Guy Fawkes and Jack But as rocks resist the billows ana the sky the senate stands the impregnable bulwark of constitutional liverty, the strong citadel and tower of defense for the con- stantly menaced iustitutions of self-gover ment, & barrier alike against the frenzied onset of passion and the insidious encroach- ment of prerogative. Born with the nation, it has advanced with equal footstep in dig: nity and power, and when its gavel falls to announce the close of its last session the government of the United States will stand adjourned without day. b ZW 2y, ex- Ella Nash is the name cently took fora bride of Buchanan county, Mo, Jess—Jack proposed to me several times before I finally acc Bess—What lengths of time inte Jess—On, five minutes or so. of a man who re- Miss can get a passport to frontier of his own country uuless he can gain u..- nsent of hus wife. A western seer offers to reveal the name of a swain's future wife for $1. He does, too. James Robinson sends his dollar, ana the seer replies that his wife's name will be Mrs. Robinson! Mprs. Julius Daulels of Rockford, has been married on three different occasions, the first and third times to her present hus- band, and the secord time to another man. It is remarkable siuce she has never been divorced and her other husband is still liv- ing. A Louisia woman is a petitioner for a divorce because her husband refuses to split the wood and is of no earthly account at house-cleaning time. If the latter half of her complaint has weight in law what man can say that hels safe! A recent issue of the Jonesboro (Ga.) En erprise had the following: “W.S. Archer uests us to state that he hrs a son, a very tively young man, who is desirous of forni- ing & matrimouial alliance. All communica- tious will receive prompt attention. 1., An obscene brood hovered over every | | her iu the same house, | Ing { dimmed the bright mirror of Randall's repu- | | Herbert Mamie Reeves | | whom Rev. Mr Bishop Key of the Southern Methodist | Epis l church M mnn to Mrs. L. he on Texas Fom wll(‘[e is about 50 ynr- old. He is said the finest looking of the Suuthern Meth |Mt bishops. A Russian proverb Has it: “When you walk, pray once; when yoi go to sea, proy twice; when going to be married, pray three times." At the same ratfo the proverb would probably read: *‘Whed in the divorce court, pray all the time.” | Kentucky is queer. The Shelby News of that state “has unquestioned authority for the statenient that there is a woman in this county who has four hisbands living with e of them has ever been divorced, and &1l of them are get- ting along pleasantly together," A license nas been issued for the remar- riage of John Hanson Craig of Danville, , the heaviest man in the United and Mrs. Jennie Craig, a snake cha y married at Sher. idd, president of Mrs. Craig was divorced at the Jauuary | term of the circuit court on proof of 1l treatment. Craig has exhibitea himself all over the country. His weight is placed at over 800 pounds. A woman without arms has been married at Christ church, New Zealand. The ring was placed upon the fourth toe of her left foot. A similar marriage to this was per- formed at St. James' church, Bury St. Ed- munds, in 1832, The ring was placed on one of the bride's toes, between which she grasped the pen and’ signed the marriage register. Dolores Diaz and wife of Kl Monte, Cal, have just celebrated the sixty-fifth auni versary of their mar The husband is 88 and ‘the wite weing was the chief source of amusement at the festivities. T aged groom and his wife led oue or tw: | the easy square dances and the old gen man danced in great glee a Spanish round dauce with his little gr granddaughter. A country paper in Penusylvania prints the following list of wedding presents at a rural wedding in its parish: From fat and mother of the bride, one Ji from br from rof the entire family and also six white shirts: from Brother Elias, one pock of poems, one dream book, one polite letter writer and a dog; from Aunt Harriet, six hens and a rooster, also a jar of tomato cat sup; from Cousin Sarah,one poem made her- self on the bride and bridegroom, fifteen verses in all. A Boston jury has granted a woman whose husband divorced her that he might marry another woman #£10,000 damages. The ver- dict is directed, not against the errant hus- band, but the woman who succeeded to the first ‘wife's place, anl the cause is given as alienation of the husba this verdict stands in law. ladies marrying divorced men will be obliged to do so subject to the claims of a sort of chattel mortgage held by the first wif All of which will complicate matters considerably, but can't be expected to deter a woman who is bent on marriage. The gossips of the national capital are ing a pretty story about Secretary of the Navy Herbert and Mrs. Manning, w iuw of Daniel \Lumm): secretary of under Mr. Cleveland': They say that the sec ning will be the cont rties in a wed- ding soon. The presence of Mrs. M'mlullg on the Dolphin as the guest of Sec y Herbert gives color to the rumor. a widower, and the honors of lus house are done by his dgughter, Miss Lila Herbert. — IMPIETIES, A man never turns to the church for com- fort so long as there is anything else within reach In some men religionis like the circulation of the blood—it doesn't stay long enough at one time in their hearts to give them any correct under standingof ‘what it is like. The Presbyterian minister of Ecclefechan, ) native place, excused himself re- cently for not sending in a report on “‘the re- ligion and morals" of his parishioners on the ground that “there is neither religion nor morals in the district.! A New York clergyman preached last Sun- day on the topic, “How Shall We Spend Our Sundays?” Well, brothér, s: paper, if you come ta she World's fair you can take u trip down the levee in the fore- noon, attend a base ball game in the after- noon and g0 to the theater in the evening. The fair 1tself is closed. Distressingly Worldly. —The Rev. Fourthly (making a pastoral -call)—It 1 been a long time, Mrs, Upjonn, since I have seen Miss Bella at church. Mrs. Upjohn (shaking her head sadly)—I fear, doctor, Bella incorrigible. 1 have had seferal new elegant dresses made for her lately, but she doesn’t seem to have any desire to go to church to—to look well in them, you know. I'm afraid she is getting hopelessly worldly. “hicago Tribune. The late Dr. Ephraim E. Wiley, for many years president of Imory and Henry col- lege, was something of a wag. Being intro- auced to a Roman Catholic bishop on one oc- casion, the bishop said, with dignity and yet with evident satire: “Dr. Wiley, you are a member of the Methodist society, I think?" “Yes," said the doctor.” The bishop then said: “Our church is a little older than yours.” “Yes,” said Dr. Wiley, “‘and Satan is older than either of them.” Out west—that is to say. in the wild west ~—it is the custom, says the Harvard La; poon, to mark a man’s grave by a white cross, surrounded by a little fence. One day 1 happened to notice that there was but one cross in the cemetery at Mud Flat., “‘Look here, Dick,” said I, turning to my cowboy friend, ““this must be a remarkably healthy place, eh?” ““Wa-al, it's this way, pard,” he replied, “timber's dd_scarce out here, and the last man gets the fence. aid one of the elders of y parish church, as he met old Mrs. Kittlebody in the village street, ‘‘hae ye had a ca’ frae the new minister yet?" B " returned the old lady, rather “An’ hoo are ye pleased wi' him " 1 the eclder. “Oh, juist middlin’, Juist middhn’," replied the da th some acerbity. “Icanna’ say I think very muckle o him.” “An’ what mak’s ye hae sic a puir opeenion o' him?"” inquired the church officer, in his most insinuating tone. ‘*‘Weel,” was answer, “I dinna' think he's muckle gud o' a mimster, for ev Sabbath since he came he’s prayed for guid weather, an’ it's getting wetter than ever.” Tt was at a late quarterly meeting of Sev- enth Day Baptist churches in Wisconsin that two clergymen were to present papers on the same day, and the question of preced- ence having arisen, Mr. A. sprang to his feet, and s think Brother B. ought to ha Dr the best place on the program ; he is an older | man than I am, and, besides, is full of his subject.” When the audience remembered that Brother B.'s subject was *“The Devil,” rful smile seemed to beam around the The brethren do so enjoy these lit- A few Sunday nights ago Bishop Boyd Vin- cent and Rev. Hemy T. Badger attended services at Christ chureti. Among the class Taylor; had just confirmed were thr little ones wh attended the night service. When Yhoy went home some members of the family .asked them wlom they had scen. And, romembering the sub- lime face of the good bishop and the not less good face of Rev. Mr. Badger, they promptly replied saw God, Jesus Christ and Mr. Taylor.” This is.a fact.—Portsmouth, 0., Press. R T three thwgs worth saving— Time, Trogble and money—and De Witt's Little Early Risers wifl sive them for you. These little pills will sivee you time, as they act promptiy. They will save you trouble as they cause no pain. _They will save you money 4s they economi# toctor's bills. There are —abi—— A Bloomington, IlL., woman's conscience so troubled her that she repaid a sum of money of which she had aefrauded a business man years ago, with compound interest, or four times the original amount, TweENTY YEARS THE LEADER!!! 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From {f to 12 a. m. ALine of Silk and Satine Headrests, 1 7c Worth 35¢ each. From 2 to 3 p. m. Misses' and Boys' Stockings in all Colors, Red, Browu, Tan and Navy, 8(3 They have been selling for Huc. J. Mackey. minister. illotson, carrier. ) Rnse Brady. teacher. Miss 13. A. Alexander, teacher. . Ed Hampshire, fireman, Davis, carrier. ", Crane, minister. v Hogan, toacher. . Miss Julia Newcomb, teacher. 10. Miss Mira Lehmer. teacher. 11. Alfred Clark, carrier, I'rom 8:30 10 9:30 a. m. Ladies’ All Wool Jackets, $2.80 From21t0 3 p. m. One Lot of Dress Trimmings, 50 Yard. Regu- lar price dlc. I'rom 8 to 9 a. m. The Famous Reval Clothes Wringer, with all lat- $1 2 Regular estimorove- price, ments. 28. Thomas Croft, carrier, . Miss L. M. Brunner, te: Rev. Murray, minister. . Rev. W. E. Kimball, minister. . Rev. M. Coffey. mmmle . Father McCarthy, minister. Rev. T. E. Cramblott, minister. H. E. Gunner, carrier. . Jumes Cook, carrior. P. J. Corcoran, carrier. Mary Alter, teacher. From 5 10 6 p. m. LADIES PINE caMBRic QK[ RTS and Muslin Whito Regular c $1 goods 45, Rev. C. N, 46. Annn W J. R Ste 48, J. Stone, carrier. 49. Kate Hungerford, teacher. 50. William Owens, carri 61, J. Dailey, fireman. 52, Bishop Worthington, minister. 53. Rev.J. T. Ross. minister. . Hattie Crane, teacher, Mr. Tracy, carrier. . James Clark, carrier. Charles Bird, fireman. . Ella Thorngate, teacher. F. W. Schellington, carrier. . Rev. T. Mathews, minister. Nora Lemon, teacher, C. Remillard, carrier, Alice Fawcett, teacher. . Miss G. Garrett, teacher. . W. J. Muher, carrier. . Rev. Detweiler. minister. Charles Bloom, policeman, E. L. Hong, carrier, Rev. J. Gordoun, minister. . P. F. Harvey, policeman. Rev. Robert Whecler, minister. . Bd Kelly, carrier. . Miss N. Powers, teacher. . Emma Whitmore, teacher, . Rev. J, W. Wiison, minis Rev. H. Sharply, minister. . Rev. Treden, minister. . L. Godola, police. . Mr. Martin, carrier. . IPather Janett, ministor, Agnes McDonald, teacher, Td Fisher, carrier. Armstrong, carrier. J. M. Stafford, carrier. Rev. Savage, minister. E. Bowles, carrier, . Rev. Conway, minister. Rev. F. Poster, minister. . Miss M. Goos, teacher. . Miss M. Fried, teacher. . A. A. Keysor, policeman. 2. Prof. Allen. teacher. . Rev. D. K. Tindal, minister, . Rev. I, B. Graham, minister W. Westergard, carrier, Mr. Martie, policeman, . Rev. W, K. Beans, minister, Chief Galligan, fireman, J. Michaelsen, carrier. M. Dollurd, police. Kate Urchham, teacher. . Miss S. Squires, teacher, 3. Rev. Mann, minister Wi Ws Ilum'un. pnl) nan, . Prof. '\I ty teacher. 5. Rev. J. l’ ‘uhn.-un. minister. 5 Hulvn Rogers, teache . Captain J. Murphy, fireman, John Parker, earrier, Rev. McCabe, ministor, ant Fox, fireman s McCheane, teacher, Miss B. Burkett, teacher. . Mr. Garmill, carrier. Miss T. Quann, teacher. . A. Peterson, carrier, \Ilu». \l W. Christiancy, teacher, Tool, teacher, \lul nuH. policeman. Miss A. Freeland, teacher. 21, Miss rnuld, tencher. . Rev. W. Allen, minister. C harles Newton, A. Sundburg, Miss S. P. Pivman, Gus Willinms, firemal " Miss 1. Carney, toacher. 28, Father McDevitt, minister, . Mr. Miller, fireman, . McNab, minister, The rogular price $6. her. minister., er. L)W y . Rev, , minister, ng. fireman. Miss H, W, Squlrun teacher. 135, From 8to9a m. 86-inch Cheese Cloth, W From LINEN 1c orth e 10 to ff a. m. TOWELS 12%c Regul ar 25¢ goods. ‘ “verybody Voting This Week. D. W. Tillotson, Car- ‘er, Second, Frem (O to (1 &, m, Your Choice of Any $1.00 Corset, c Regular price 81, From 8 to 6 P Ladies’ Jersey Waists, 106 From 9 to 10 a Boys' Cambric Waists, Regular Unlaundered 1 21 20 p| lc 12, J. P. D. Lloyd, miuister. 13. Rev. L. M. Fravklin, minister. 14, Miss Ada Hopper, teacher, 16, Rev. W. I>. Helling, minister. 16. Rev. Turkle, minister, 17. Mr. Andersol 18, Auna IFoos, teacher. 19. Rev. ). Williams, minister, 20. Rov. S. W, Butle miuisl.m'. 21, J. Woodruff, ¢ Rev. Pasi The regular price is #0c. m, Extra Quality 36-inch Brbwn Sheeting, 50 From {{ t0 {2 a. m. . Years from \ 4 tol4. A Lot of Boys’ 0dd Suits, $10.00. $1 9 9 Some in the lot sold for From 9 to,0 &. m. »E / A Line of Novels by Good Authors, F'rom 2 to 3 p. m. KID GLOVES 89c¢ Regular $1,25 goods. Regular 250 50 and H0¢ books. . k. Jorgeusen, carrier. llmlu Gardner, minister, . P. I, Hansen, carrier. C. Rose. carrier. G. Kleffoer, carrier. . Charles Nolson, carrier. . Rev. S. M. Ware, minister. NS Rm‘d. carrier. Rev. Duryea, minister. . Ida Streer, teacher. . Clara Llder, teacher. rom {fto 12 m. Fine Jersoy-Ribbed White Vests, Regular Dri‘uo is Miss A, Hansen, teacher. M henson, minister. tzpatrick, minister will Roc carrier. S. Stone, cnrrl , teacher, or, minister. Joe Laux, lireman. D. W. Overall, carri Emma McClintoclk, teacher, . Miss A. Long, teacher. . G. L. Gilbert, police. . A. Sigwert, police. . J. H. Shields, minister, . H. Ealer, carrier. From 4t05p m. 64-inch IRISH DAMASK 89¢ Regula r 65¢ quality. Rev. J. Henderson, minister, G. A. Coulter, fireman. . Artie Webb, teacher. Rev. Father Hellman, minister. J. F. S. Her, minister, 56, Charles Nichols, fireman. Miss C. Mason, teacher, . R. C. Miller, poiice. 9. Andrew Haze, police. J. G. J. Glanber, minister, . Dr. A, Thain, minister, 52, Allan Romano, police, From (0 to {f a m. Fin3 China Tea Cups and Saucers All shapes and colors, Rogular price 40c and 60e, From 3 to 4 p. m. Men's Domet Outing Flanxl Shits, 33 Regulay c > Goods. I'rom 5 04 p m Fine Fancy and! Chungeable $1.00 Satin They are worth $2,25, From 3 to 4 p. m. Fine Ladies’ Night Gowns From | Men’s Fine Kid Gloves, Rogular $1.28 goods. Oto {f a. m. 750 Re, uu:ur From Extra Fine Crochet Quilts, 75¢ l.(podfi. 5 lUG p. m l{euulnr qumny —— PARASOLS. 5. Belle Humphroy, i4. Sadie Schlissinger, t . Miss M. Sanford, tea Emma Godso, teacher. F. H[v'xl\- % | M., J. II. Russell, police. . Rev. Parks, minister. Rev l‘ul« r~uu‘ minister, Miss 15, M. Hartman, teacher, Helen I,u\d tencher, Miss M l\lt)l'llll‘ll‘) teacher. . C. G. Flink, curcier. Rev. J. L. Powell, minister, Jennie Woodward, teacher, . Jennic McKoon, teache 79. Mary Simmonds, teacher. iyerum, police. Nicholson, fireman, g on, carrier. Anna Mack, teacher, Jennie Herbert, teacher, 5. Mrs. A. Drake, teacher, . Chas. Reynolds, fi:eman, V. Bevan, police, H. C. Cook, police. . D. \ulll\'un carr . Alice Hadlens, teac her . Chas. Denine, fireman, C. B. Duval, teache Mr. W. White, pol . Miss J. Webb, teacher, I. Wood, carrier. Chus. Monroe, police, H. ( Imm ns, fireman, Miss 13. Norion, tencher, . Mr. Nowmaao, carvier . Mr. Burkett, earrvier, Miss Burnett, teache Miss D. Vale, teancher. v. Hodgetts, minister, v. Ewing, minister. Prescott, police, s 17, Butterfieln, teacher, Gustavison, police. Lington, fireman. Wm. ummings, po ice. . Re \\ Copeland, minister, Crocker, minister, Tod ( ummlnufl. police. W. 8. Laester, fireman, Mary Meyer, teacher. Miss (. Vincent, teacher, Misg M. Turner, teacher. Miss B. Van Curen, teacher., T. Dwyer, carrier, Wm uulux fireman, . Ma LA wi ulu teachsr, Miss ( ichols, teacher. . Chas, New mh‘ rrier, M. M. Fiint, police. I2d O'Neil, Fireman. C., Webster, minister, Rev, Chas. B. Taylor, minister. Remember and vote for your favorite and put them In the lead next week DRAPERIES. THE MORSE DRY GOODS GO., 16th and Farnam Sts. CARPRTS,