Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 2, 1895, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAY BEE. 2 g Bl Dally Doe (Without Bunday), One ¥ Daily Bee and Eunday, One Year £ iy Baturday | Weekly B Tullding 3 Corner N and 20th Sts, Pearl Brreot 7 Chnmber of Commeree. ms 13, 14 und 15, Tribune Buflding, Stroet, N. W. PON DENCE, relnting to news and edi- the Editor, New York, 1t Washington, W7 T CORT All communteations torlal matter slos nddre To shov a be Compan TATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. George Tishing the aciu the Daily M. rintod during th ollow duly 8w 1 and complete coples tvening and Sunday ‘month of July, 184, . 18 0., ... BLci o 2.0 was as . 190,088 19123 15 L1881 L1067 10,165 20,090 19,007 19'003 19.019 Daily Sworn to hofore me presence this 19th dny of Au (Se: s P, Now let the work on the enlargement of the water mains commence at once and proceed without delay. The extension of the macadam paving on the county roads will doubtless be taken up in time for the fall campajgn. hing works Into the free silyer hopper now if Mr. Bryan's organ is to be taken as a bimetallic weather prophet. Byery suc ve step In penitentis matters under the new law is additiona proof that the whole thing is one gigan- tic swindle from start to finish. The question is: What convicts will be left to come under the proposed new prison contract after the main field has been pre-empted by the beontractors? Congressman Mercer ought soon to discover himself, for there is some pri pect of a site being selected for the South Omaha postoffice building. IHas he forgotten that banquet? If. not to him, to whom can the disappointed bid- ders appeal for consolation? The joint debate between rival eandi- dates for political honors does not seem to stand in high favor in Kentucky Persons who are willing to settle their differences in so tame a manner as a forensic contest cannot expect to be popular on the Kentucky boards. state convention has de- elared for the initiative and referendum. The populist ofators will be kept busy through the entire campaign trying to explain to their bewildered followers what the to do should the get the initiative and referendum. The populis Brigadier General Pe 8 will lead the Thurston county hosts to the re- publican state convention, but he will first disarm his grizzled warriors. His stock of shotguns and rifles was pur- - chased for use in fighting Indians and mot in fighting for political recognition. Dr. Saville sa that it not the busi- ness of the city health officers to minis- ter to paupers, no matter what the exi- gency may be. According to the inter- pretation of the law by the eminent head of the heaith department politics is the only business he is expected to attend to. Taylor, the South Dakota defaulting ex-state treasurer, not content with com- promising for a minimum sentence un- der the law, insists on being out on bail while his appeal to the court of final jurisdiction to declare the law in- applicable is pending. Taylor Is not letting any good things slip by him. An Omaha divine recently declared party politics to be the bane of munici- pal government. He probably knows no more about It than many others, but in this instance he struck the nail squarely on the head. Tt is the duty of every voter in Omaha to work for a non- partisan judiciary and a nonpartisan school board. Prof. J. Lawrence Laughlin's articles In reply to Coin are now out in book form. Before we know it the copy righted edition of the Horr-Harvey de- bate will be launched upon an innocent public. If any one else is thinking of publishing his views on the silver ques- tion he will do well to hurry his printers or the entire financial literature field will s0oon have been pre-empted. For appearance sake two bids have been made for the proposed new prison contract and thus a show of competition made. Members of the State Board of Public Lands and Buildings have been elaiming big savings to the state it on'y their plans of penitentiary management are carrled into effect. When the com- petitive bids that do not compete are accepted aud the new contractor starts to work we will soon be enabled to Judge whether these great promises are rede ble. Government Director Coombs has finall; rrived at the opinfon that the connection of the government with the Union Pacific road Is a drawback to its prosperity and should be termi nated as soon"as possible. Yet M Coombs professed to favor the Reilly bill, which soughit to continue the pres ent obnoxious connection in still move obuoxious form for fifty years, The only way to terminate this connection 18 to order the road to sale on fore- closure. The sooner the better for the government and for the road. m | marked ” THE OMAHA DAILY BER: 1 B R ST, AR Y] TN THE NATIONAL GUARD ENCAMPMENT The eneampment of the Nebraska Natlo Guard at Tastings, which has closed, while on the whole sful and showing a improvement both in dis- |cipline and form, has brought out [cloarly & number of radical defects which ghounld be remedied by changes in method and management. The National Guard Is the militia of the state of Nebraska, and its encamp- | ment is a school of instruction for offi- cers and men, It is not an adjunct of the Grand Army and it should neither be made a side ghow to amuse the old soldier or a circus to attract the crowd for the bencfit of some town. While the Grand Army is the army of the past and the National Guard the army of the future, there is nothing that the National Guard ecan gain by being [eamped on an oat stubble adjacent to the G R. camp. The duties of the young soldier should keep him busy from 6 o'clock in the morning till 8 at night. IIe has neither time nor opportunity to listen to the stereotyped speeches poured forth by the hour from the lips of battle-scarred politicians and fence-mending generals, The encampment should be a school of instruction, and that fact has been given practical recognition this year more than ever before, Dress parad inspections and reviews are properly a part of military life, but they should be given as a lesson in tactics and not s o mere spectacle for the multitude. A week in camp is all too short for a school of military tactics and discipline. At least two days are wasted in piteh- ing and breaking camp, which leaves only four days for real work. The great expense of the encampment is trans- portation, and if the school were ex- tended to last ten days or two weeks the increased benefits would greatly exceed the increased expense. The challenge cup presented by Gov- ernor Dawes was intended to stimulate the energies of the various companies toward obtaining perfection in form and drill. When the administration of its award becomes such that in two successive rs the best companies are thrown out on a technicality it be- comes merely a cause of contention and discord and utterly fails in its purpose. If rules were laid down broad enough to admit all companies and its award decided by unprejudiced and competent regular army officers there would be some honor in winning it and the Gov- ernor’s cup would cease to menace the very existence of the National Guard. While nothing in military life is so essential as strict discipline and obedience, it should be remembered by the officers in command that the Na- tional Guard is a voluntary organization and it should not be made unpopular by discipline which is severe beyond son. They should not forget that many of the men have come from the store and counting room and have not the endurance of the farmer or me- chanie. When more than one man faints away on the line it should be a warning that should not go unheeded. Nor is there any reason why in time of peace a guard should tramp the camp all night long or why the companies should be drilled through a drenching rain. If the next encampment is di- vorced from the Grand Army reunion if it will spend two weeks camped on some meadow far from any large town, but near some body of water with good lishing and boating to while away lel ure moments; if it will observe a d cipline that s striet, but not foolishly severe, there is no reason why the Na- tional Guard should not only grow in efficiency, but also in popularity. Just stcee THE CONTEST IN MARYLAND. There is no doubt that Senator Gor- man has in hand the hardest fight of his political career and if he is successful he will take much higher rank as a shrewd and skillful political manager and manipulator than he now has. The opposition to him within the democratic party appears to be steadily growing and it now includes some of the strong- est men in the party. When such dem- ocratic leaders as Governor Brown, ex Governor Jackson and ex-Governor Whyte boldly avow their determination not to support the Gorman ticket the sitnation is indeed serious for the sen- ator and his faction. Ex-Governor Whyte, a very strong and influential man, whose proud boast it has been that he never scratched a democratic ticket during his long political career, an- nounced a few days ago that he is op- posed to the Gorman candidate for gov- ernor. He declared that the time has arrived when manhood demands that those who are democrats from principle should not be led like sheep to the slaughter by those who leap into the saddle and constitute themselves lead- ers. He admitted that the situation is a serious one for the democracy, but 1id that now is the accepted time when every man of brave instinets and hon- orable aspirations feels that this politi- cal yoke is no longer bearabl The opposition to Senator Gorman is in part due to his attitude toward the administration, the Maryland senator en- tertaining anything but a friendly re- gard for Mr. Cleveland, but it is not al- together for this reson that there is a strong faction of the democracy against him. His unscrupulous political meth- ods are condemned by the more fair- wminded men of the party, who have grown tired of submitting to the dicta- tion of a political boss who recognizes no such thing as honor or honesty in politics. “Gormanism” is in the politics of Maryland synonymous with every- thing that is corrupt, base and unscrup- ulous in political wanipulation, and it has grown so bold and reckless as to have become utterly intolerable to the more decent and self-respecting men in the democratic party, men who believe that it is better the party suffer defeat than to be burdened with such a char- acter as the continued success of Gor- man's methods must give it. Those who have revolted against the ticket dic- tated by the senator do not hesitate to proclaim this and the Indications are that the anti-Gorman faction is steadily gaining strength. In some counties this faction has controlled the conventions and some of its leaders are said to be in favor of putting an Independent dem- ocratle state ticket fn the fleld, though it is hardly probable this will be done The situation certainly looks most fa- vorable to republican success. publican eandidate for governor is a strong and popular man and as in the clection of representatives to congress last year the republicans cast the larg- est vote It I8 obvious that the chances for republican victory this year are ex- tremely good. DURING FAIR WEEK. Omaha will entertain not less than from 25,000 to 50,000 people every day during fair week. The capacity of our hotels will be taxed to the utmost and the hospitality of our eitizens must be extended as far as possible to the visitors and guests within our gates. To systematize the distribution of float- ing population’ outside of the regular hotels there should be a bureau of in- formation centrally located to which all ties who ave disposed to accommo- date strangers should report and through which visitors to the fair should be assisted in seeking quarters. During fair week there will be a tre- mendous pressure upon all transporta- tion facilities. The demand will be not only for adequate transit between the city and fair grounds, but also for a street car service to all parts of the city at all hours of the day and night. The street railway company should be pre- pared to run cars all night on the principal thoroughfares, if not on all the lines. In Denver the street railways run what they call “owl ears™ at regular intervals after midnight all the year round and there is no reason why Omaha should not have similiar transit facilities when there is a demand for them. During fair week there will be a great crush of people in the streets of Omaha at night and the illuminations and pyrotechnic displays will necessitate precautions against accidents and fires as well as against pickpockets, sneak thieves and house breakers. The fire nd police departments will therefore have to be reinforced by specials and the regular force must expect to be de- tatled for extra duty. During the fair there will necessarily be a relaxation of the police surveillance over reputable resorts that sell liquor, but there will have to be increased vigilance upon the dives and joints where men are trapped and robbed through decoy cappers and professional swindlers. People who come to the fair are entitled to protection and a fair re- turn for every cent of money they spend while here. The men who have labored so faithfully and incessantly to make the exposition a memorable affair should see to it that the reputation of Omaha does not suffer either in commodious ac- commodations, in the variety of enter- tainment, in cheap and rapid transit and in the safety of man, woman and child both nd night. ADVERS XPECTED. Comptroller Bowler of the Treasury department, who has assumed the right to pass upon the constitutionality of the appropriation to pay the sugar bounty, has received the briefs and pricted ar- guments in the hearing had before him and is understood to be completing his decision upon the points involved. It is the impression, naturally derived from the attitude of the comptroller as shown in the hearings, t his decigion will be adverse to the claim of the sugar rowers, and it is said to be the belief of some that it Will go still further and assert that the comptroller is clothed by law with certain judicial functions which take him out of the category of a purely ministerial officer and impo upon him the duty not only of conside ing the law as passed by congr but of determining whether that law is or is not in itself null and void because in conflict with constitutional pro- visions. In the event of Mr. Bowler de- ciding against the sugar growers it is to be aoped he will go to the extent ex- pected in asserting the authority of his office, because it would make a stronger demand on congress for legislation to better detne and to properly restrict the functions of the comptroller of the treasury, who now arrogates to himself powers which certainly congress never intended, in creating the office, he should exercise. It is not surprising that the position assumed by Bowler should cause ap- prehension to other interests whose bills against the government in the nature of subsidies or bounties will come before that official for adjudication, among these being the steamship company sub- sidies for carrying the mails. If the comptroller has the authority to hold up the appropriation for sugar bounties there is no apparent reason why he is not equally authorized to refuse to al- low the payment of mail subsidies, and indeed it is not easy to see where the line is to be drawn with respect to ap- propriations of this nature. It is evi- dent that Bowler is supported in his po- sition by the president and secretary of the treasury and this being the case it is pretty safe to say he will not recede from it. The sugar growers may there- fore make up their minds to wait a year or two for the payment of thelr Jjust claims, for there is very little doubt that the courts will decide in their fa- vor, OBSERVING NEUTRALITY. The arrest by the federal authorities last Friday of twenty men charged with a violation of the neutrality laws in organizing an expedition to Cuba is the first tangible evidence that the of- ficials of the government are observing proper vigilance in the enforcement of the neatrality laws and its effect will probably be wholesome. Undoubtedly the Spanish government has felt that this government was not doing its whole duty in this matter, that although the authorities at Washington had taken all the mensures necessary to the obsery- ance of neutrality the subordinate of- ficlals were not so active and vigilant as the circumstances demanded. The existence of this feeling has been in- dicated in the utterances of the Spanish press and it must be confessed there has been excuse for it In the numerous | departing from’ the 1 ald the Cuban ! fngurgents. The re- | reports of expwditions formed in and iited States to Nor 1s It questionable that.a nomber of such ex- peditions have been organized here and suceessfully laniled in Cuba. Only a few days ago it was stated that the agents of the msurgents In New York had received inforthation of the landing in Cuba of an, expedition which left Philadelphin some itwo weeks ago which is said {6 lave con 1 to the insurgents five field 08, two howlitzers, 3,000 & rifles and 200, 000 rounds of ammunition, De- sides a great qifanfity of medicine and fleld apparatus. . Such an expedition, de- parting from ore’of the principal ports of the country, is well caleulated to cause the Spanish government to doubt whether the ofticlals of our government charged with seeing that the neutrality laws are observed are faithfully per- forming their duty. The arrest of the filibustering party last Friday, against whom there would seem to be a good case, may help to remove this doubt and it may also serve to put a check upon these attempts to, violate our laws, which bave been encouraged by the suc- cess that has hitherto attended them. Amerlean sympathy with the cause of the Cuban insurgents has not abated. On the contrary it is probably keener and more general now than at any pre- vious time sinee the insurrection started. But the American people respect law and desire that the international ob- ligations of their government shall be faithfully kept and therefore they will give 10 countenance to operations which contravene the laws and violate our ob- ligations to a friendly nation. This peo- ple will continue to extend to the Cuban insurgents the moral support of its sym- pathy, regardless of what Spain may think of it, but the neutrality laws must be enforced and the demand for this Is more urgent now than ever, pi “Women have a constitutional God-given ht to ride a bicycl they are bound to ve o comfort and appropriate dress therefor.”” So declared the Arkansas judge who dis- charged. the bloomer-clad prisoner a rested with. a great flourish of trum- pets for appearing in public in indecent apparel. This settles it. Any woman deprived of the privilege of riding a bieyele, and riding in bloomers at that, may appeal to the guaranty of the con- stitution for a redr. of her wrongs. It will henceforth be a serious thing for any man to interfere with the pursuit of this God-given cycling habit by every woman who is so inclined. and and ab'e The St. Louis Globe-Democrat says that the sunflower 18 not appreciated in this country, so fayored with its natural growth in profusion. Perhaps so. As a matter of fact the sunflower is one of our most ornamental of wild flower: He who scoffs at the sunflower does not understand its beauty. We have at last discovered one place where, according to the report, the peach crop is not short. That place is in Nebraska. If there is any other spot in the United States where the peach crop is up to expectations it ought to speak up at once. Has Dut York Democrat, Virginia democrats have started a idential boom for J. Sterling Morton. preceptiable -endorsement the Morton pres- idential boom has rece'ved in Nebriska is from that great admin!stration organ, the State Journal. pres- The only S, Information on he Times-Herald. Secretary Morton has ordered that the cans of horse meat must be labeled. The secretary should go a little further and order that the color and age of the animal be put on the labels. To be eating a sorrel filet from a horse that did duty before the war under the im- pression that you are devouring a chestnut fllly of tender years is an imposition that the astute secretary should guard against. k Bt of th Springfleld (Mass.) Republica A surprising number of towns in the north- west have adopted tho practice of ringing a bell at 9 o'clock at night as a signal for all children under 16 years to go to their homes on penalty of arrest. Reports from these towns are to the effect that the people are much pleased with it, and so other towns, ani not a few cities, are agitating the que:tion of its adoption. Paternalism in government seems to have a strong hold in the country. heln. or Pelf, oln Independent (pop.). That Paul Vaniervoort lsn't altogether “all right" in the line of reform is demon- strated by his complete lay down with the an-corporation-A, P. A. gang in the Omaha fire and police mudile, populist for peif. As Is well known, the new commission law was originated and passed as a slap at Governor Holcomb, and Vandervoort joins the gang to help carry out thelr schemes. Either he is crooked as a shep- herd's staff or he wants a job very bad. In elther event the populists should put a brand upon him. —_— The Dignity of the Court. Ashland Gazette, Hizzonah, Judge Scott, sah, had another rumpus the other day with an attorney prac- tising in his court, with the usual result of contempt procecdings. This very able judge has found it necessary on several other occa- sions to vindi e his outraged ‘“‘honah” by the same method. In fact, he has run across considerably more contempt thar all tue other Jjudges that have ever sat on the bench in Nebraska combined. 'If 'he could succeed in getting all the peopleswhbse contempt for him is supreme into jail what an enlargement of the Jalls would be necessary! e Judge Brewer on Court Abuses, Chicage Taibune. Many sensible remarks are made by Jus- b address. He wishes right to continuances curtailed. He wants the time of process shortened. When a case has been once-commenced he does not want any other court tabe allowed to inter- fere. But what he has %0 say of most value relates to this outrageous freedom of appeals —that curse of the American law procedure, which, under the pretense of securing exact Justice for all, breeds the grossest injustice. It 15 to be hoped that,these timely words from a member of thg highest American tribunal, spoken before a body like the Amer- can Bar association, Will not be without effect, but will serve as the opening speech of a cam. paign for a great and much-needed reform, and | He is a| 'S NOMINATION, Tekamah Herald: 1t the populists wanted Judge Maxwell for supreme judge they should bave said #o two years ago. Norfolk Journal: It was hardly expected that the populist convention would go out of 1ts own ranks to select a nominee for supremo Judge, but Judge Maxwell will prove a strong ndidate, remont Tribune: Had Judge Maxwell stuck to the republican party the popullsts nover would have thought of nominating him, though he would have been the same man in every essential point that he now fis. Tekamah Burtonian: At the populist state convention yesterday Maxwell was nominated for judge, to the disgust of the democrats who had made a strong appeal for fusion so they could elect thefr man. “Keep in the middle of the road” is to be the populist watchword this year. Paplillion Times: In the face of his positive refusal to accept the nomination the populist state convention nominated Samuel Maxwell for supreme judge. It was a splendid tribute to a splendid man. From a political stand- point the action of the convention in naming a republican to head a populist ticket was ill advised, but there can be no doubt that the honor was conferred sincerely. Red Cloud Golden Belt: The populist state convention nominated Judge Maxwell for su- preme judge and Mrs. 1. W. Peattie of Omaha and J.'W ston of Red Willow for regents of the university. Judge Maxwell had de- clined the nomination in advance, and the question now Is will he accept or is it a scheme to have him decline and let the state central committee name the democratic nomi- nee. Inard Tribune: The populist state con- ventlon nominated Judge Maxwell for supreme Judgs Wednesday. Judge Maxwell held the office for three terms, being elected as a re- publican. As a judge his ability is recognized by the legal profession in every part of the country, and his decisions are cited as au- thority ‘more by the lawyers of the count than the decisions of any judge that ever graced the supreme bench in Nebraska. In the event of his acceptance he will make a very strong run. Seward Reporter: The populist stite con- vention met at Lincoln yesterday and nomi- nated Hon, Samuel J. Maxwell for supreme judge, the being practically unanimous for him. The fact that Maxwell had the sup- port of almost the entire convention is a little surprising when his recent statement that he could not accept is considered. It is a little peculiar, but strictly according to populist custom,’ that they continue to take as candi- dates men who have been turned down by the republican party. North Bend Argus: The nomination of Judge Maxwell was against his earnest pro- test. We believe the nomination is a mistake and that the party would have better nomi- nated some man willing to accept. Maxwell is a man above reproach, true to his convie- tions and incorruptable, and yet we believe that his nomination was an error. However, we know of no man for whom we have greater re- spect and in whom greater confidence can be placed. Should he see fit to accept the nomi- nation the party will make a noble fight for his election. - THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIO Nebraska City News (dem.): Billy Bryan's convention forgot to pass resoluticns con- demning the golden rod as the national flower. Pender Times (rep.): The democratc state convention which met at Omaha yesterday nominated C. J. Pheips for supreme judge, Dr. H. S. Blackburn and J. J. Little for regents of the State university. Who in thunder is Phelps? Wilber Democrat: The nomination for supreme Jjudge went begging. Nobody wanted the empty honor, which was declined by one after another, until C. J. Phelps of Schuyler was dragged from the obscurity to which he will relapse in November and made the can- didate. Howells Journal (rep): The Omaha ccn- vention was harmonious; couldn’t help but be that way. When the kickers didn’t like the county conventions, or things did not €0 their way, the dissatisfied ones withirew and sent delegates to the L'ncoln convention. it is a good idea to have two organizitions of democracy, so the kickers will not go to some other party. Joking aside though, the Omaha - convention ' represents the regular demec party and we'll wager that they represent Nebraska in the national conven- tion. Schuyler Quill: In the nomination of C. J. Phelps by the democrats of the wtate for supreme judge, not only is that gentleman honored, but a compliment is paid to our city and county. To honor one of our citizens is to honor the community, and every citizen should feel a degree of satisfaction. Mr. Phelps s an-attorney of ability and has a long and successtul practice, and the dem- ccratic party did credit to itself in naming him. He stands well at home, not only as a lawyer, but as a citizen, and, laying aside all political matters, we feel like saying that Schuyler and Colfix county is pleased. e 28 HAVE THEIR PRICE. Kansas City Journal: The daughter of Millionaire Mackay paid a large price for her profligate foreign husband, and now she is compelled_to pay a large annuity to get rid of him. Fore'gn nobility catches the Amer- ican dollar both coming and going. Philadelphia Times: Considering the price she paid for him the Princess Colonna is get- ting rid of the prince rather cheaply at $12,000 a year. Up to date this Is the reord figure for a title on second sale, and the prince’s ability to ccllect at both ends of the matrimonial market Is likely to excite envy. Kansas City Star: Princess Colonna, the most conspicuous example of the misfortune sure to follow tho purchase of European titles with American beauty and gold, has been forced to buy peace from her worthless husband by agreeing to pay him $12,000 a year. And yet American heiresses are not warned in the least by the experiences of their unlucky sisters. Minneapolis Journal: Milllonaire Mackay's daughter, who married Prince Colonna and had to leave him, has settled with her former liege lord by agreeing to pay him $12,000 a year, he to give up the chiliren to her. This is a rather humiliating bargain for the prin- cess, but she is probably glad to get rid of the fellow on such terms. She will probably not advise her girl friends in this country to wed Italian princes. Brooklyn Eagle: The more one sees of foreign nobility the more is one convinced that this republic can take on a few humble airs about its virtues. The prince would not dino with a Yankee farmer, but is there any creature in this 'and who Wil crawl as low for a few dollars as these European fortune hunters? And is there a woman so little deserving of sympathy as the one who will sell herselt to an unscrupulous gambler be- cause of the title he supports? Chicago Post: The simple tale of Mrs. Mackay's daughter is a charming lesson for ambitious American girls. Everybody knows that princes come high, but few have proved so expensive as this uproarious black- guard. He married for money, she for a title. Both gained their object and neither had any right to look for happiness beyond that con- veyed by the marriage contract. It was a clear case of buy and sell. But the prince, like other ‘‘gentlemen” of so-called noble blood, exceeded his privileges. To extrava- gance unheard of and to a life of debauchery and dissipation he had the misfortune to add domestlc cruelty and barbarity, and the ex- plosion and scandal which followed were the natural results. What is Miss Eva Bryant- Mackay's net gain? The title of a princess. What has she given for it? Hundreds of thousands of dollars with which to pay up gambling debts and avold greater miseries twelve years of horror as the wife of a ruffian, the humiliation of knowing that she was the gossip of two continents and the abject fear that In her flight from one refuge to another her children would be stolen trom her. PRINC! Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report Roval Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE LOCAL CAMPATGN CHATT W. N. Nason has announced himselt as a candidate for county commissioner in the Fourth district. The men now after the re publican nomination are Henry Livesey, Half- dan Jacobsen, Henry Rhode and Mr. Nason, Vandervoort's police board 1s in again. When it was all fixed for McDonald for chief of police, Johnny ealled on the board and gave It out cold that he would not accept the position if the board insisted upon putting the Sigwart-Haze-Cox- Shoup combination on the force. He said that he took no stock in the old saw that it was the proper thing to set a crook to cateh a crook, and if he was going to be chiet of police he wanted a different deal in the election of his force. It's a case now of changing chiefs or ehanging the force, and there's no change in the force. Rufus Windy Gibson declares he has no such scruples anybody that suits Paul will suit him trouble Johnny Joo Edgerton and Virgil Ovid Strickler are at outs. Joe says that he don't like a hypo- crite and that's all the explanation he is willing to make at this time. Rev. Alexander Irvine declares that children shail not attend school in O 50 long as the saloon license money goes into the school fund. If Alexander pro- poses to raise his boys to shine in the der- vish crowd that thelr father is mixed up with now the question of their education need not trouble him any. They won't need it. his aha Clinton N. Powell has announced himself as a candidate for the republican nomin: tion for district judge and “Blsmarck” Al- stadt is out for councilman-at-large from the Second ward. You can't keep good men down. Van D. Lady is a candidate for city clerk. Van says if a dervish can't get his reward for political dirty work this year he sees nothing to hope for in the future. This is the condition that leads him to oppose his friend Higby for the nomination at the com ing convention. Van can get a recommenda- tion from Hunt and Wiley and thinks that nothing more will be necessary. Hahnemann Pyburn has called a meeting of the executive committee of the Douglas county republican clubs at Coates' place in Douglas precinet Wednesday afternoon. Plans will be decided upon for preventing further distributions of the campaign funds where they fall into ungrateful hands, The republican county central committee will meet next Saturday to ratify a plan of campaign that has already been decided upon by the dervish leaders of the committee. Heretofore the representation in the county conventions has been nine from each ward in Omaha, fourteen from South Omaha and five from each country precinct. The scheme now Is to make a different appor- tionment, one that will sidetrack the candi- dates who are depending upon their support from the country precincts and South Omaha. This combination will present a proposition that the representation from South Omaha and the country precinets remain unchanged and that each ward be entitled to onc delegate in the convention for each 100 votes cast for lieutenant governor at the election last fall. This basis would give the Sixth ward twenty-four delegates in the conven- tion, the Eighth twenty-one delegates, the Ninth ward fifteen delegates and so on. This deal would leave the county and South Omaha cutting very little ice in the con- vention. The men who are In the deal have the machinery of the committee in thelr hands, but they will have a lively fight when the matter comes up for consideration in the committee meeting, as the candidates who are not in the deal are getting together in opposition to the proposed revision, James A. Powers is a candidate for the republican nomination for polica judge. H. E. Cochran is also seeking the nomina- tion for police judge. George Helmrod and J. L. Pierson have entered the race for the nomination on the republican ticket for city treasurer. There's a slip somewhere. Councilman Edwards has claimed all along that the nomination was to bo his reward without having to hustle for it. He says that if he does not get the nomination it will be because the dervishes aro ungrateful The ropaganda. Chicago Chronicle, The laws of this country will not suppress mere meetings and publications to encourage the Cuban insurgents. There s nothing in the statutes to discourage sympathy for any people in rebellion against an oppressive government. But there must be something more than a mere Cuban propaganda in the United States, with a contribution box in its hand, to make a reasonable demand for rec- ognition as a belligerent power. TOWA PRESS COMMENT, Sloux Clty Journal: Thore 18 no good reason Why a state campaign In fowa shoald be several times as long as & campa'gn for the ction of the Dritish Parllament Cedar Raplds Gazotte: Sume paver started the story that (here are to survivors of the Thirty-second lowa Infantry. 1lad Gabr'el biown his horn the resurrection would not | have been livel The boys are protty lively corpses x City Nebraska, Towa Tribune: The land business in South « Dakota and northwestern will have a great boom this fall and winter. arms ‘n this part of the country will bo in demand, and, what s more, they will bring good prices. Dubuque Telegraph: Like Nebraska, Towa ought to have a valued policy law, an aot under which the companies would be ohliged to pay full indemnity If the loss were total, and proportional Indemnity if ft were partia | But in the ab of such a law it Is doubt | ful if-the companics may in harmony with | the conlitions on which they ars Incor- | porated fret and annoy po holders who have sustained loss and by delny and quibbling | coorce them Into acceptance of less than they re entitled to, Cedar Rapids Republ ton of Nebraska !s a western man. his fortune in the west. The we whatever of political honor hie po: came to the cabinet as a representat ve of the west, though it is probably true that when he selected him, Mr. Clevelund knew that to all intents and purpeses he was a New Yorker, At a rate, J. Sterling ie not in sy thy with the west. Iic has ridiculed it after a fashion that would do credit to a professional Snglish_critic, and now he is throwing co:d water on the prop:sition to nominate @ western man for the can: J. Sterling Mor- He male gave him Ho K808, Ay ashington Star: cle” Bben, “dat’ de roh'll tek notus" sald man who talks big whut ' he has done an’ whut he's elphla Record: Miss Coygirl—Jack told me last night that T ought to because he was willing to prove for me. Her Friend—What did yc sald 1 couldn't & that light Then what did he say?' “Nothing. He Just turned the light out. think Miss Hargre Hon- or, don't_you think that the nit injury” to Smalley's spine will s00n a8 he gets his $5,000 dam- railroad ? 1, want to get a Cleveland ¥ lor: “And now,” shouted the exhorter, “what s to be done when a man {s rushing headlong with light. ning speed along the road to destruction— Deacon Jones (between snores)—Redu: o' yer sprocket. She's too high gear : slze IndianapoNs Journal: “Now that you have tried bloomers, 1 have ho doubt you will stick to them,” said Wheeler. “Dear me, no," d d_the bieycle glrl. “It must be Kulckerbockers you are think- g of.” Adams Freeman: He—I love the country, where everything so smacks of freshness. She—That may be, but freshness can gain no smacks here, Indianapolls Journal: Gates—The only time I ever_use whisky Is when I am get- ting a tooth pulled. My wife will not allow me to touch it under any other circume pulled lately? 't any left. Whenever T look in memory What pictures (here may be, And review the doings of bygone days, his one thing puzzles m Why the ings and sceries I would most reca Have vanished clear awa. While the times I myself Are as fresh as yesterday? - MAIDENLY glass— a fool of THE My thoughts are reverting to days that are past, And So sweet classe As the first to whom homage is due. I call to my mind both her smile and her frown, And the ‘modesty, too, she displayed. Ah, dainty, indeed, in her taflor-made gown, Was this dear liitie maidenly maid. irl that 1 formerly knew, and demure that she's easily T look for her now, but she's vanished from sight, And a voter has taken her place— A pirl who's afraid 1'm usurping some right hat belongs to the whole human race. She's clever,' I'm told, and will make her own way— She's as sharp as a man fn a trade; It's all the result of progression, they say, But I long for the maidenly maid. The tallor-made gown is a memory now, And the bloomers we see in ts place— Whatever their merits—you'll have to allow jre distressingly lacking n grace. The girl of today may excel, I concede, In the fleld she has tried {o fnvade; ell she succeeds In her effort, indeed, t we sigh for the maidenly maid. El Th We've n no For we 'do not war of one sex, So why should the attention devote To a movement that ever must v So manly in manner they are that When ‘in bloomers we see them ¥ n enough now, it is worthy of fully sigh, al Comb his hair—wash always the he ought school sui $2.50 and —— stand that. ings, 3 to 8 vears, blue, tan, colors, all wool cheviots, fla $6. 75¢, $1.00 for special values, Browning, Get Ready For Schoole=— won't know him—but put him into a new suit of clothes and his own mother won't know him—First impressions are on your boy the first thing and he’ll learn lots faster —If he's neatly dressed him up—and the teacher best—get the teacher stuck to have aneat two-piece t in Brown or Gray Mixed Double Breasted Cassimere or Che~ viot for 6 to 14 year old boys at $2,00, $3.00, Surely you cam A Reefer for chilly morn~ nnels or kerseys, $4, $5 and Maybe knee pants will be all he needs—35¢c, soc; in mixed and plain colored cassimeres, worsteds and cheviots, ages 4 to 15 years, red, brown, plain or mixed ! | ! King & Co S W Cor. 15th and Douglas Sts.