Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 1, 1894, Page 4

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T0O NEBRASKA REPUBLICAN: All republicans who are opposed to the domination of railroads and desire to resent the atcempt to make the party subservient to corporate monopolies and public thieves are hereby Invited to express their views by letter directed to me personally, suggesting the best method for defeating the election of ‘Thomas Majors. All communications will be treated as confidential when go requested. We must make an organized effort to save the state from the blighting misrule Which has repudiated the pledges repeatedly made to the people In our platforms; has made the execution of our laws a farce and looted the state treasury. Notice will be given in due time through The Bee what action will be deemed most advisable to accomplish the ends in view. E. ROSEWATER, Who missed? was To Editor Bryan: How far as you have gotten? do you like it so August seems to have succeeded in equal- ing July as a record breaker in the weather man's office. ‘Wanted—Monoy to sink in a railroad re- publican organ In Omaha. Send cash, not promises, to the head of the railroad ring. The city has enough salaries of its employes without furnishing them with horses and carriages to drive about the streets. to do to pay the Put it down that the new tarift will remain unchanged fn all its essential details until the end of the year 1897, if not for a consid- erable period longer. “The New Orleans alderman who was appre- hended In the very act of accepting a money bribe ought to come north and get pointers from his more experienced fellow boodlers, With the president at Gray Gables and Hoke Smith in the south there may be some ground for doubts as to the advisability of continuing the government at Washington. Wa wonder It President Cleveland has dis- covered any tangible difference made in the new tarift law by his refusal to sign it while tacitly approving it and permitting it to be- come law. We haven't. It the editorship of a newspaper Is ex- pocted to meither increase mnor lessen Mr. Bryan's chances of success in his senatorial quest pray way does he venture to take up #0 burdensome a responsibility? Is it merely to give the poor, broken-down newspaper n lft? No, the shops of the Burlington road at Plattsmouth will not be removed. Not at this time at any rate. It would be suicidal to remove them before the coming election, when the railroads propose to herd all their employes to the polis in the interest of Ma- Jors. But can they? Omaha Industries will try to pull along under the new tariff and will offer their products at prices that will compare favor- mbly with those of any eastern concern. If the Nebraska public will give their patronage to home industry, other things being equal, there will be u measure of compensation for the tarift reductions. — As we intimated, the raflronds have had the mandamus proceedings to enforce the transfer switch law agein po:tponed and prac- tically hung up. The State Board of Trans- portation is exertiog itself in this matter Just enough to enable its members to say that they tried to enforce the law, but were prevented by the courts. This pretense has long since been transparent A week or two more of this high tempera- ture will not leave us a single wooden block pavement in fit condition for use. The hot weather has already played havoe with miles of such pavement and every “day sees it fall Into & worse and worse condition. The state of the wooden block pavements in this city is really alarming and calls for somie extraordinary action on the part of the city council It appears that the emigrant steerage rate war 13 still on among the steamship compan- des and that there is no excuse for any for- elgner who does not like America remain- ing here. It Is as easy, it not easier, to get away as to stay. After the sifting process of the icdusirial Ce_ressicn shall bave been ¢ pleted the United States ought to have a population composed of people who enxious to be here and at no other place. are We do not think there will be any trouble about releasing Superintendent Fitzpatrick from his contract with the Board of Bduca- tlon. Mr. Fitzpatrick, however, should volunteer to r/main with the Omaha schools untll a suitable successor A muitable successor caynot be secured ‘unless meveral weeks are given for taquiry Into the record and qualifications of each appli- cant. Is secured. THE SUPIEME ISSUI ANall the peop'e of Nebraska govern them- sel they turn the state over dowination of rallrond satraps? This Is the supreme issue that has been forced upon us by the nomination of Thowas J Majors. Tt ts known to all men who know anything about Nebraska politics that Ma- Jore I3 the creature of the Durlington bosses acting in collusion with the impeached state flicials and the penitentiary gang. It is well known to all men familiar with the methods and tactics pursued in mpst of the counties whose delegates cast their votes for Majors in nvention that Majors could have been nominated but for packing of o county cou- Burlington mercenaries and the wholesale disteibution of raflroad passes. It 1s that the eixty from Lancaster county whose cast solid for Majors were the hands of t Burlington delegates were not representative trammeled voice of Lancaster county repub- licuns, ey were not ¢ convention shatl to to the state never the ntions by icuses and notorious delegatos were pawns These votes more czar. en by the and their mames were not even submitted for ratification to that convention It f8 @ matter of common notoriety that the Lancaster delogalion, which became Majors trump card In the state without whose votes ho could not receive the required majority, selected two v the Lancaster county cons vention had been held. Ost this dele- to convention and wag more than eks after ibly gation was unpledged and free to vote they ased, pt the support Moore for leutenant governor. [In reality it came to the state convention handcuffed. Its votes were not its own, but were cast in obedience to the of railroad czar who seeks to dominate the republican party and subvert state government Can any honest republican, and all American citizen who desires to perpetuate republican institutions in this land, lend himself to this high-handed at- tempt to overthrow popular self-government? Are the sacrifi ma founders of the republic in their nce 10 British tyranny and their herolc struggle to estab- lish a government by the people, for them- selves and their to be ol in vain? What gain was eedom hu- manity in striking the fetters of bondage from the limbs of the African it are tamely to sub- mit riveting the, fetters of corporate serfdom upon the limbs of Am white and black? What difference there between serving the crowned despot of rned by the cre fant tool of the uncrowned, law-dotying laboring soleiy the promotion of the interests of a soulless monopoly? The crowned autocrat of cur days endeav- ors to rule through ponsible tent officers. He malintains a high standard of integrity and punishes se- verely any attempt on their part to rob or overreach subjects. The uncrowned, ir- responsible railroad autocrat rules the land through rogues, bribe-takers and thieves, who freely filch money from the taxpayer in payment for the betrayal of public trusts and violation of official oaths. Railroad domi- nation in Nebrsska does not simply mean subserviency to corporate interests. It means the rule of boodlerism and mediocrity, where integrity and ability are the requisite qualifications. That the elevation of Thomas J. Majors to the governorship would inaugu- rate a reign of recklessness and downright plltering in the state house and in all state institutions is a foregone conclusion. Like master, like man. A governor who has been the boon companion of boodlers, oil-room lob- byists and bribe distributors is not lkely to stand between the taxpayers and public plunderers, nor Is he likely by vote or ex- creise of his executive power to block any scheme for looting the treasury. Confronted with the supreme fssue whether boodlerism and rallroad satraps shall dominate Ne- braska for the next two years, or whether the people shall govern themselves and call a hall to corporate interference with their rights, no patriotic republican, however much he may deplore the defeat of his party stand- ard bearer, can hesitate or falter in his duty. LABOR'S LIQUIDATION. It would seem that labor had about done its share in the way of lquidation Incident to the inauguration of the economic policy of the democratic party, but the readjustment of wages to a lower basls taking place in the cotton manufacturing industry of New Eng- land and the anticipated reduction in other branches of industry throughout the coun- try indicate that labor's sacrifice to demo- cratic tarift reform is not yet complete. It b already been severe and [far-reaching. Not only have hundreds of thousands of peo- ple been in enforced idleness or had employ- ment only a part of the time during the past twelve months or more, but in every line of industrial work there have been reductions in wages ranging from 33 to 50 per cent. The most conservative estimate would not place the loss to labor as a consequence of the dem- ocratic assault upon’ the long-established eco- nomic policy of the country at less than §1,- 000,500,000, involving an exteat of privation, hardship and suffering to a large body of the American people which cannot be ex- pressed in ary terms. It may be that in some branches of indus- trial employment wages have reached bot- tom, that they cannot go lower without touch- ing the starvation point, but there are others In which it will still be necessary to make turther reductions in order to meet the for- eign competition to which the new tarift law subjects such industries. As yet the price of American labor is somewhat above the European standard, but how long can it remain so with our manufacturers compelled to fight, In order to retain a share of the American market, against the cheap labor and capital of Europe? Everybody under- stands that the Juropean manufacturers in- tend to make the most of the opportunity afforded them by the democratic tariff policy what they lost of the American market under republican policy. They have announced this to be their purpose. They will push their goods into this great market and sell them without a profit in order to drive American manufacturers to the wall They have at least three years in which to work out their object, and If within that time they are able to wreck American indus- tries or materially impair them they can speedily recoup themselves for whatever it may cost to do so. How shall American manufacturers meet the attack upon their home market by Buropean competitors ex- cept by reducing the labor cost of produc- tion, and who can say how far the struggle may be earried in this direction? Kuropean manufacturers may carry wages there still lower, and will do so It it be necessary to the success of thelr fght for this market Our manufacturers must follow them so long as labor will stand It, and they must go to the wail whenever labor nefuses to yield more. Aud yet the democratic party proclaims that it does not intend to stop with what it has done. It 1s not satisfled with the heavy liquidation already forced from labor, but proposes to go further in breaking down the as pl exc as to of mandate the our above can any by the resist posterity, there to and we to an free- men, is Burope and being g and despot ture, for. re and compe- subordinate nis to recover American county | | | th of the un- | | strike, protection to American industries and Amerl- ! of the law for- can labor, under which both have experienced | unparalleled prosperity. This 18 a matter in which labor can exercise a declsive power It can determine whether a polley which has already required of It such an enormous saerifice shall be extended so as to exact atilt more, without glving it the least compens tion. If labor does not want the process of “liguidation” to which it has been subjected for more than a year past and must be sub- jected for some time to come to be renderea mere severe, it can say %0 by putting all its forces to work for the election of a republi- can house of representatives. Only by such @ result can a eheck be put to the avowed purpose of the democratie party. METHING MUST BE DONE The pitiable condition of many of the men partieipated in the recent strike at South Omaha demands prompt attention at hands of our city and county officials, &nd appeals to every philanthropic citizen of the community. Mayor Johnston of South Omaha is authority for the statement that it measures of relief are in way provided promptly nearly 400 families will b2 reduced to absolute want within the next few days. Mr. Johnston energy to prevent actual. suffering these unfortunate people. It und that the heads of the families wer: ployed in the packing but have earned ordered to quit work. Ths have frequently promised glve them preference when their forces must be increased and have put many to work. Dur- ing the strike, however, a few hundred new men were employed in place of the strikers and the packers contend that they be expected to dismiss them now in order to reinstate the men who struck. A plexing feature of the present situation is that large numbers of idle men have re- cently drifted into South Omaha from out- and are clamoring for work. Mayor Johnston is endeavoring to protect the employed men of families by causing them to register their names in his office state when and where last employed. this Information the mayor appeals packers and other employers of labor to give these needy men work in order that their families may not starve. The situation is indeed critieal. It is futile to stop to inquire into the caus:s leads ing up to this deplorable condition of affairs at South Omaha. When the men struck for a better scale of wages they undoubtedly were conviuced of the righteousness of their The failure of the strike is not necs- sarily conclusive that they w wrong. 1f their leaders erred in ignoring the widespread depression in industrial pursuits in spite of which they ordered a strike the rank and file of strikers in South Omaha cculd do nothing but obey the order to quit work. They are now penniless. Starvation stares them in the face. In such eme gencies the people look to their city and county officials to devise ways and means for relief. Something must be at once. wio not some is bending every among ratood all em- the the houses prior 10 nothing since men were packers w© cannot per- un- nd to With to the cause. evidence ire to done The New York Times, in the bitterness of its disappointment over the defeat of its Nopes for a tariff reform measure nearer to free trade than the new law, advises that the men whom it holds responsible for the law shall be treat:d as traitors to the demo- cratic party. It says there has been enough of words and that the next thing needed is action. “From this time forward let every democrat,” urges th: Times, “from Mr. Cleveland to the single voters whose com- bined force makes the party, treat these men as not democrats, as not evin republicans in disguise, but as undisguised, unconcealed traitors, who have taken the price of trea- son.” Refer:nce is made to the “conserva- tive” senators — Gorman, Brice, Smith and two or three others who refused to be parties to the destructive attack on the in- dustries of the country made in the Wil- son bill, and the implication is that these senators were the beneficiaries of the Sugar trust. It is possible that the Times may also have had Secretary Carlisle in mind, for that journal has been most industriously en- deavoring to besmirch him in connection with the sugar schedule of the new tarif law. The New York democratic organ is not alone in its desire to drive certain senafors out of the party. Doubtless Mr. Wilson, Mr. Crisp and a number of other more or less prominent democrats who are disappointed at not being permitted to do more in the di- rection of free trade entertain the same sentiment. It is probable, even, that Mr. Cleveland feels that these senators ought to be read out of the party, mot, however, on account of thier support of the sugar sched- ule, for the president was in favor of a duty on sugar, but because they would not agree (o free coal and iron ore. The con- demned senators are umquestionably in the minority in the party. But in regard to the advice of the Times that they be treated as traitors, the question suggests its=If, can they be spared? Judged as politicians several of these senators are the shrewdest men in their party. Mr. Gorman easily ranks first among d:mocratic politicci managers and Me. Brice has at least been valuable to the party as @ liberal contributor to its cimpaign funds. The others have qualities that have been useful heretofore and may b: again. Can the democratic party, in its present con- dition, when it is 5o sadly in need of shrewd political managers and counsellors and really has no on> qualified to assume leader- ship and harmonize the factions, afford to send these men adrift? It is pretty safe,tq predict that however strong the sympathy of some of the disappointed democrats may b with the admonition of the Times there will be no scrious attempt to follow it. A more probable thing is that before the next presi- dential campaign they will be urging Mr. Gorman to assume the management of it and appealing to all the others to put forth their best efforts for the party. It will certainly need them all, if every present sign is not misleading, and the events of the ensuing two years are very likely to work their vin- dlcation, 5o far as their fight against the de- structive assault ou protection is concern:d. 1t looks very much like straining a techni- cality when it is proposed to exclude the populists of Illinois from the privileges of the other pariies under the election law simply ~becauss while the head of the ticket last tim» polled tte necessary 2 per cent of the totul number of votes some of the other cand/dates fell short of the requisite number. The populist strength this year can- not well be diminishea by any such device as this, and it might be augmented among those who view It as analogous to persecu- tion. Let the Mlinois populists put their ticket in the fleld and let it be beaten by the welght of voles cast against it The sugar planters of Loulslana propose to make an effort through the courts to se- cure the payment of this year's bounty on sugar, and have taken steps to bring suit In the United States court of claims. The petition sets forth that all the requirements e e he present’ year have been complied with ang haye been formally ac- eepted by the U States; that under the or of theWlaw relating to the sugar hounty the planteps have gone on and larged the nrel\-J sugar planting, secured advances from their brokers MMd have made | thelr and they demand that the United States ghall carry out its part of the contract, The clalmants bounty Ne- braska are alsd mbving to secure payment, | and will doubtless urge thelr clatm the sam~ general AU as the Louislana plant- ers provent, that they have complied with the law, and, having fulfilled their part of | the contract, ey txpect the government to | do its part. There is high opinion that the sugar producers have a good case, and its prosecution will be regarded with general The amount involved about en- crops, to in on interest. $11,000,000. Is We have the authority of the city engineer that it will be impossible to prosecute the work of constructing a condult system, or | for that matter, any other work of a similar | nature the months. Money | for publfe Improvements of this character therefore cannot be expended until next spring and summer. At the same however, there Is a great deal of necessary work which the eity will have to undertake very soon, and which will tax Its rescurces heavily, The city its sewer system of sewers for portion of during winter voted now time, hea nceds n and the build- drainage in the 1t will have | repave miles of strcets which are now | a practically impassable condition. It | its parks aud boulevards to develop. It money is to be voted for public improve- ments at the coming election the necessary work should take precedence of that which, | altlough perhaps desirable, is of doubtful present utility. The city must continue its | public works and it has than it has money to p X- tension of ing bu to surface ess the eity. in has more work to do | ¢ for it. | The nomination of Mayor Weir of Lincoln as the populist caudidate for congress in the First Nebraska district will not have an appreciable result in diminishing the advan- tage which the republican nominee, Judge Strode, ses. The democrats will not endorse r and he cannot hope to secure of votes at improbable that he will retire in smocratic candidate, as is being urged in 1 even it he shoul retire the republicans would gain as much as the democrats. unforeseen and unusual develops day of election the successor of € Bryan will be a republican. pos: We than a most. It is favor of the ore couple thousand some quarters, a Unless something entirely before the ngressman Postmaster Hesing of Chicago has almost concluded that his talents are needed more in the improvement of the postal service of his own office than th giving unasked-for ad- vice W counsel-to the postmaster general at hington g L — A Fatal Blunder. Bugt Coquty Herald. The action of the republican state con- vention in Omahia Wednesday, handicapped as it was by ralroad domination, committed an_egregrious Blunder—a blunder that at once places that perty on. the defensive. On the head of the ticket the convention put a man, using The Bee's own words, “of mediocre ability, void of character and integrity. His‘catder in public life has heen a reproach to the republican party and a blot upow its escutcheon,” An Appeal t o fieuson. Lincoin News. would_respectful those newspapers and politic devoting their time and supposed talents to virulent abuse of Rosewater that they are indulging in very poor policy. It is, in act, a virtual admission that his defectio is a'most important one and will give thos Who have no personal grievance against niim an idea that his bolt of Majors is hurt- ing the party. Men of sense recognize tha buse of an opponent generally arises from & lack of argument on the part of the men who are doing the talking, and to win decisively in this campaign we must appeal to men’s reason and not to partisan hate or personal rancor. No one Mr. Rosewater is cordially hate number of people in this stat cause he has exposed their ro ause they failed to enlist hi ambitions or their schem nal hatred of a number of ed- itors has urged them to persistent abu and villification of Rosewater, while there are others who have been unjustly assa by him. But let us not make Rosewater | the Issue; if we do it lessens the chance of | winning, 'because it defracts from the | proper presentation of the real issues. Any man has a right to withdraw from the re- publican party If its candidates or iis principles do not suit him, just as any and every republican has. the right to say who shafl be the nominees of his party. The republican party is greater than any of the men in its ranks; and so long as its principles are right and its candidates un- sullied its triumph Is assure The New: support. of | , some be- | e PASSING PLEASANTRIES, Chicago Tribune: “Getta out! yelled the anut vender at the street corner, throw- ng o brickbat at the thieving rat and look- ing daggers at the policeman. Indianapolis Journ Wibble—Honestly, now, do you think you reporters will ever %0 to heaven? Spacer—I oan't say.. Still, the other place ought to be the best for sensational stories and big fires. Washington Star: *Now," sald the ph: siclan who is noted for his heavy charges, “T must take your temperature.’ “All right,” responded the palient, in a tone of utter’ resignation. “You've gof about every- thing else 1 own.' WHEN PRAYER IS ENDED, Kate Field's Washington. My friend was lying at death’ Attended by physicians four. Each one assured me that “he knew The danger and would pull him through." But I dare only whisper, “Pray! Good gentlemen, pray, pull th —_— IN FAR COREA. door, way.' Indiapapolis Journal, In fer awa Grotesque Catipyy Where the loo loosings all night In a willow tree By the sad, salt sea, Brave men went forth to fight. There were Li Hung Chung And Ki Wun Lung And bold Chee Chi Choo Cham, With Chank Wong Ching And Sam Moy Sing And fierce Wah Wee Woo Wam, There was sword nor gun, But each brave one A tom-tom wiklly bea And they all cried “oo AL the foe a t To i safe and sgylfetreat. There were ung Chung And Ki w.. A And bold Chee Chi Choo Cham, With Chang Worng Ching And Sam Moy Sin h Wee Woo Wam, But they all march: s da Li Hung Chung Lung And bald Chee Chi Choo With Chang Wong Ching And Sam Moy Sing And fierce Wah-Wee Woo Wam, | couragement | with {1t is not likely OUTSIDE YIEWS OF IT, Denver Republican: Nebraska's republi- cans have made a bad start in the campaign. The party in Colorado should avoid the dan- of factional division when it comes to choose 1ts candidates next month. New York World: The Nebraska republi- cans, judging from the proceedings of their convention yesterday, have decided to give the democrats of that state some needed en- In nominating a railroad lob bylst for governor and electing the general solicitor of the Union Pacific railway as na- tional committeeman-in place of an honest man, who resigned, the party displayed the tull audacity of its affiliations, St. Louls Republic: Nebraska republican politiclans are doing all they can to elect Willlam J. Bryan to the United States sen- ate. After nominatirg at the head of their state ticket a man whose conduct and affilia- tione excite the s of the better ement of the party, they put John M. Thurston in the place on the national committee that Rosewater resigned in disgust. Thurston is the republican candidate for the senate. It is rubbing it in on the decent element pretty hard o boost him into Rosewater's place imn ely after the editor of the most in fluential republican newspaper in the state had written of Majors in such scathing terms. Eugene Field in Chicago Record: Bdward Rosewater declines to support the republican nominee for governor of Nebraska. He has bolted the convention and he has resigned from the republican national committee, The indications are that he will t his influence and that of his newspaper, The Omaha Be the populists in Nebraska, and these are Influences that are not to be sneered at Rosewater is properly recognized as a man of exceptional ability and determination; his professional and business success in Nebraska has been achieved in the face of every con- ceivable obstacle, and, if it be conceded that he is often headstrong and overbearing, it must also be conceded that he has at all times been truthful and incorruptible Chicago Record: ‘The republicans of N braska have fnvited defeat by making a nom- ination for governor that has caused a serious split in the party and placed the election | virtually in the hands of the populists, if that party shall nominate a clean ticket. It is charged that Mr. Majors, the republican nom inee, has been mixed up In the schemes that have made a vast deal of in the ty and have done much to weaken it. The result is that many men in the republican party of Nebraska have no confidence in Majors. At the last election, in 1893, Har- rison, republican, was elected judge of the supreme court by a plurality of 7,366, he T iving only a little over 3 per cent more of the vote than his popullst competitor. With the disaffection in the party such an advan- taze is not a hard one to overcome with a good candidate. The defeat of the republican state ticket will carry some candidates for congress to defeat as well. The Fifth and Sixth districts will be made doubtful with a strong populist state ticket Chicago Times: Editor Rosewater of The Omaha Bee is manly, but inconsistent. H has repudiated the nominee of the republi- cans for governor, pronouncing him ‘“the creature of the Burlington railroad bosses' and a disreputable candidate. The editor an- nounces his unfaltering purpose to employ his newspaper, which is one of wide influence and national ‘reputation, for the defeat of the nominee, Majors, and in_rebuking ‘‘the abject subserviency to railroad rule to which the party of those immortal commoners, Abrahan Lineoln and Thaddeus Stevens, h been reduced.”” It must be said al the very outset for Mr. Rosewater that his revolt, which, it can be well understood, was not de- termined upon without regret to himself, is the fitting culmjnation of a long, honest and brilllant fight upon the corporations which have dominated the republican party in his state, as, indeed, they or others like them dominate it everywhere. He s in no sense in the position of a disappointed politician abandoning his party because of pique. His record will defend him against all allegations of that nature which may be brought against him by the gangsters he has repudiated. But Mr. Rosewater 1§ inconsistent when he attempts to distinguish between the elements dominating the republican party in Ne- braska and the party elsewhere. Chicago Post: Mr. Rosewater is not only a politician; he is also editor of The Omaha Bee, perhaps the most influential newspaper west of the Mississippi. In season and out of season he has been an unswerving re- publican and has fought the battles of his party without fear. His protest makes it clear that the organization has gone a step too far in doing the bidding of the railway corporations that have always more or less inspired the politicai movements of many of the leaders. The sting of the nomination of Majors is sharpened by the selection for the vacancy on the committee of John M. Thur- ston of Omaha, who is known throughout the length and breadth of the land as the hired lawyer and agent of the railroad companies that Thurston wanted the place, for he is a candidate for senator, and the editor is not likely to be careful as to whom he hits when he lays about him. But | the temper of the corporation agents rose at the savage letter and they determined to give Rosewater the biggest possible dose of cor- poration’ medicine. It is not easy to predict what Mr. Rosewater will do now. It is likely, though, that if the populists put up an ac- ceptable man he will give his support to that party. And in his bolt he will be followed, we have no doubt, by the decent republicans of Nebraska, who have been sickened by the persistent subordination of their principles to the interests of the railroads. Chicago Record: When Mr. Thurston and bis friends at the Omaha convention gave dithyrambic expression to the joy they pro- fessed to feel over Mr. Rosewater's defection it may be assumed that they spoke and acted under the impulse of political excite- ment rather than from deliberate caleulation. Later in the campaign we may find Mr. Thurston regrettink the absence from (heir councils of the ally they now so gayly part withal. If, as seems not unlikely, the editor of The Omaha Bee should lend himself and his influence to a defection toward the popu- list camp the result will be far from pleas- ing to the republicans who “have insisted upon the nomination of Majors in the face of Mr. Rosewater's protest. In the present state of Nebraska politics no party enjoys a sate majority. Both the old parties have lost beavily to the populist movement. The state is very generally in revolt against what Mr, Rosewater somewhat grandiloquently ealled “corporate monopoly and tyranny upon the people of the commonwealth.” Of that revolt Mr. Rosewater has been the acknowledged leader in the republican party. He may or may not continue his leadership, but his in- fluence s not likely to be counteracted by the vague professions contained in the Thurston platform of “renewed faith” in the Minne- apolis platform and the parity of the metals, Nebraskans have been educated beyond glit- tering generalities in respect of the special reforms of which they conceive themselves to be in need. Mr. Rosewater probably under- stands their temper better than any other leader in the state. ——— COAST WATCH DOGS. Philadelphia Times: The dynamite gun is a great invention, but it will require many pucumatic batteries scattered around to make Manhattan island another Gibraltar. Philadelphia Record: The pucumatie gun which 1s undergoing test at Sandy Hook not only flinge its explosive shells with accuracy, but with remarkable rapidity. Ten shots were fired from it on Thursday in fifteen minutes. WIithin its range of action it is safe to say there is no weapon of offense yet devised which compares in destructive effi- clency with this pneumatie terror. Boston Globe: The awful possibilities of modern war are shown by the successful gxperiments st Sandy Hook with the new fitteen-inch preumatic guns, which throw with unerring accuracy §1,000 projectiles weighing a quarter of a ton each and co posed of one of the most destructive ex- plosives ever known. The explosion of any one of these messengers of death would abso- lutely annihilate a ship. A hostile war vessel oft the coast would be destroyed before it could even sight New York. Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U, 8. Gov't Report Rl Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE THE SUSDAY BEE. Oulieof 15 B s, To every Intelllgent the pame of Robert P As superintendent of Mr. Porter has gained as the foremost stutistician of the United States. His vast fund of information touching the numerous subjects of Inquiry contemplated by the census familiarized OTHER LANDS THAN OURS, Tt is still thought to be probable that Russia will take an active part in the quarrel between China and Japan over Corea. Russla has a treaty with the latter, which, besides providing extra territoriality for all Russians in Corea, makes it possible for Russian war. shipe to use freely the unopened as well as the open ports of the little ki m. Al- though the benefits promised are mutual, yet since Corea has no navy, and there is no likelihood of her ever availing herself of 7a.dous stipulations, the text reads wonder- | fully like the conversations of a bear and a lamb. Although Herr Mollendorf wis deco- rated by the czar for his active part in the negotiation of this treaty, the Corean govern ment, whose hind was moved by Li Hung Chang of China, soon gave him dismissal v he soclal, industrinl and com- It s bighly Suggestive to read this treaty I | mevetet somn (i o oo tho Jight of Russia’s diplomacy and fnterpro- | (reielfl Conin A L tation of treaties under Tgnatieft in 1se1, | these wubjects e Then an area of terrltory as largo as France | SMhent authori T wan sliced from China and made a part of | ¢ The Sunday I bbb Do Russia, whose borders at once adjoined | View t strikiig reatures fordable river only a few | of the census He points out the yards wide between. Between Gensan, | decrease in tk a4 explains how the northern Corean port, and siette 18 | It can be w ted for He predicts that less than a day's steaming. Between Russian { at the end of (he century the population town and Corean frontier is but twenty wHl have reached a total of 75,000,000, basing timate, of course, upon miles, his conservative the past, Mr. Porter's the experience letter relearsal of figurep, but rather ive deductions to be gained stupendon ilts at- taine bureau. This letter, by the way the t of a series destined to attract very general attention. The subject of the secoud paper will be: “Public Debt,"" and that of hird: “Individual Debt.” These will appear successive tssucs of The Sunday Bee. Mr. Porter salled for Ingland last week, whither he goes to make a thor investigation of tndustrial conditior will contribute a number of popular nomie articles de- voted to the livin wstions before the American people today. Mr, Porter will take a run through the industrial “Pegions and send back facts relating to the effects of the democratic tariff bill on English manufacturcs, These letters will form lead- ing features of forthcoming Issues of The Sunday Bee. reader of The Bee Porter is familar, the national census international fame some of birth ¢ of Iry It is expected that the czar will shortly Issue an ukase by which authority will be glven to begin work upon the project of con necting the Baltie with the Black sea by artificial widterway. The connection will be effected by a_canal, which shall join the | waters of the River Dwina with those of the Dafeper, and when the construetion shall be completed the Russian navies will be able to proceed from the arsemals and shipyards at Kronstadt to Sebastopol without being obliged to run the gauntlet through the glish channel, the Strait of Gibraltar and the Dardenelles. Such a canal would virtu ally reduce to a nullity the treaties debarring Russian men-of-war from passing from the Mediterranean to the Black sea; they would no longer need to go that way. Simul taneously with the announcement of this Russ ct o renewal of interest in the aux-Narbonne ship canal has been manifested at Paris. This colncidence | Is slgnificant, From a military point of view the proposed waterway through southern France, by which connection would be es- | tablished between the Atlantic and the Medi- | teranean, would be a valuable complement | methods of extorting to the Russian scheme. The two canals | nle employed by Min would afford the means: of rapidly concentrat- | Tweed of Corea. Men ing the combined navies of Russia and | sessing money ure stean France in the great southern inland sea. | geclining to disgorse Such a possibility, threatening the naval su- | paig $500 1 year expected to squeeze about premacy of Great Britain in the Mediter- | gioq, ™ Ly o CEPCEEE e e ranean, may well cause anxiety in the Dritish | "0 00" 8 S0 0 The army prac dmiralty. Lt tice systematic tion, stealing both from their and the wovern- ment, which is by public plunderer Ofticial intes unknown quantity. Causes of the nd why the com- mdn people el in their revolt Mr. Carpenter a vast fund of in- side information respecting Corean affairs which 18 of extraordinary interest is not a the 1t from by the in H Frank G. Carpenter' The Sunday Iee de Cc ibes an letter in the despicable money from the p Yung Jun, the Bill cuspected of pos- A and roasted for Officials who are While fn almost every civilized country of the world there is a marked tendency on the part of the rural population to flock to the towns and cities in the hope of improve ment of its material prospects, in Denmark alone the people show a disposition (o migrat from the towns to the country. This is due to the inereased care and attention bestowed | by the Danish government upon agriculture, | an industry which about ten years ago was | apparently in its death throes. The Danish farmer, on the advice of the authorities, has adapted his business to up-to-date require ments. Finding that the price of wheat has fallen off so largely as to leave little profit to | the cultivator, he has turned his land to | better purposes, and laid himself out to pro- | duce butter and”eggs to the greatest possible extent, the export of butter for the past year | having exceeded the average for the previous | caption: “Omaha's Riverside Parish.” three years by 17,000,000 pounds. As for | e pigs, the Danes have made the discovery | The woman's page that they pay best when sent abroad in the | is prepared with form of bacon and ham, and they have | much original matter designed to attract erected abattoirs and hog-curing establish- | faminine readers. It i fresh, orisp and :‘;;;}“;L:’:"‘: “‘,l'.fiz ;;f‘lJ‘ ;‘;"";‘a""‘l’"‘[L".‘;‘(‘";l{'t‘.fi: entertaining, and will form one of the most ent moment Denmark s the only country in | MOteworthy features of tamorrow’s lssue. Europe from which one hears no complaints of the decline of agriculture and of the evil [ A se days that are alleged to have overtaken | Amers farming. t e It is astonishing how severely Ashantee has been let alone, while Europe has been scram- bling frantically for African territory, whether good or bad. It is almost the only part of Africa, except the Libyan desert, that has not been entered for purposes of exploration or couquest. Her people were soundly thrashed just twenty years ago for meddiing with Buropean settlements on the | coast. They have never forgotten the lessom. | Thoy have kept their distance ever since. the | whites have let them alone nd we have heard nothing of Ashantee for years, except the | brief reports of two or three missionaries and travelers, Yet Dahomey never saw the day when she compared in extent, population or strength with Ashantee. These two na- tions are commonly referred to together be- cause of the similarity of their people, arts institutions, including their frightful | human sacrifices. The population of Ashantee, estimated in 1870 at 2,000,000, was ten times that of Dahomey. The military prowess both nations has always been held in respe France did mot dream of making the con- quest of Dahomey until she was compelled (o fight by native ager hantee hus been let severely alon: she has be- haved herself, and costly wars of con,u:st are not apt to be popular, nowadays, unless there is good excuse for fighting. If the French have actually reached Coomassie, in the heart of the country, their cnterprise i remarkable and not the least for the secrecy with which it has been carried out. Details of the inva- sion will be awaited with great interest. subordina et by rity an rebeilion | | | | i | The recent (e dynamite gun off described In t mae ndy 'he Sunday of a new pneumatic Hook will be fully Bee. This won- | dertul coast defes a projecti | welghing 50 pounds nearly two miles, the destructive qualities of which are terrific. gun throws A missionary who has resided on the river bottoms the past few v nths recounts his experiences in graphic style under the of The Sunday Bee unusual care, presenting of 1 copyrighted article on the great can game of foot ball, by a compe- it New York correspondent, will lend un- usual interest to the sporting page of The Sunday 1 which in ull other respects will be fully up to the high standard here~ tofore attained. Ontari provi “Arbitration in setting forth the vinclal law for fs an artMee, ons of the prd the settlement of labor difficulties. The workings of boards of ar~ bitration and conciliation are shown, Im- rting information of peculiar interest to askans at this time Bishop Cleve tributes a cop and Coxe of Buffalo con- ighted article on the sources of law and ment which all studen of political economy will read with inter- est. he bishop, in masterful style, traces American ideas to their origin, points out the danger of constitution tinkering, re- counts the mistukes of history and recalls the maxims of Washington, ed snake story is rel- es of readers. In an artl- | cle headed “The Aristocracy of Snake- dom™ the striking features of segpent life are depicted by a naturalist who has given the subject much study. A well authentics { tshed by all cl THESUNDAY BEE. Prepare for School We've marked down till prices cut no figurs in our children’s department and Thursday, Fri- day, Saturday we place on special sale _Nobby school suits—$2.50—$3—$3.50—$4.50—$5— These are knee pant suits that sold up to $10. Nobby school suits —$5—$6—$6.60-—$7.50.—$8.50— These are long pant suits that sold up to $15. There'll be none left after Saturday for such as these won't last long. Everything for boy's way-way down. Men's suits half price to make room for fall goods. Browning, King & Co., Keliable Clothiers, S. W, Cor. 15th and Douglas.