Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 20, 1900, Page 4

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Tzschuck, secretary of Publishing company peing duly sworn save that the actual number of full and comple ples of The Dally, Morning, Bvening and Sunday Bee, printed during the month of July, 190, was as follows L. BT N3 17 27 470 | 27 18 27 510 | 27 9820 27,780 26,010 27 300 27500 27 AN 27 460 27193 27,570 27500 27 450 27,010 | 850,065 2,278 Total Less unsold and returned coples Net total sales Net daily average 7,777 | 27.025 SCHUCK © me this GEO. B Subscribed and sworn to b st day of July, 100 M fa B. _HU) L mmer may sent (0 them notifying The office, In person 1 be changed destred, The Pekin legations have re lieved and the credit belongs to Presi dent McKinley Several beautiful obituaries will have to be called In by reason of the rescue of the legationers at Pekin, The Gougar woman s again in evi dence as one of the ehief Bryan shout ers. What has Bry this? 1 done to deserve —— The shirt walst man is scheduled to make his appearance in a thriving city of western Nebraska. Every vegetable and fruit flourishes in Nebraska, e General Chaffec and his assoclates ought to be able to make a fine collec- tion of peacock feathers while entertain ing themselves in the Chinese capital, The man with the multiple spectaclos must also be at work giving out esti mates on the value of the gold brought down from Nome on each incoming vessel. One of the first tasks of the allied commanders at Pekin Is to locate the man responsible for the fakes about the massacre of the ambassadors and make the punishment fit the erime. —_— The United States is not a favorable soll fn which to plant anarchistic plots aAgainst constituted authority. The fungus is not indigenous and will not grow here as a transplanted specimen. —_— And now we are told by his Omaha organ that Mr. Bryan's position is im pregnable. That is just what it sald four years ago, but the impregnable position was carried by MeKinley not withstanding. —_— Field Marshal Count von Waldersee s In hard luck. He has the title of communder-in-chlef of the allied armies in China, but t) credit has heen gathered In by others. The count, how- ever, can live In hope. —_— Now that the safety of Minister Conger Is assured all cars over in Towa are glued to the ground for the voice of Governor Shaw naming the successful asplrant to the senatorial vacancy reated by the death of Senator Gear, —_— Having demonstrated their ability in setting a counting wmachine bound to elect without reference to the ballots it s not surprising that the Kentucky démocrats have been able to set a jury bound to convict fn the Powers murder trial. —_— No one has yet pointed out the clause or paragraph in the constitution under which Bryan would act in establishing a protectorate over the Philippines. 1f Mr. Bryan knows in what part of the constitution it Is would he kindly specify? Remember that were it not for P dent McKinley's Insistence upon prompt advance upon Pekin for the relief of the legationers the allied armies wounld still be squatting in the vieinity of Tien Tsin, studying which move to make first, ol When the mountain wouldw't come to Mohapmed, Mohammed concluded to go to the mountain. Having discovered that the people are not coming to see and hear him in an numbers, Mr, Bryan declares he will renew bis tour making practices In quest of an audi ence —_— It is intimated that Charles A, Towne, the discarded tail of Bryan's kite, will be commissioned to follow in the wake of Roosevelt during his western tour in order to take account of the damage done the pepocrats by the rvepublican vice presidentinl candidate. Mr, Towne | in an o BRYAN'S PART IN RATIFICATION OMAHA, Aug. 18, 1600.—To the Edftor ot The Bee: Had Mr. Bryan an official voice in the making or the ratification of the treaty of Paris? If #0, In what capacity did ha act and by whom was he appointed? Please answer in The Bee and oblige. Yours trul PETER LIDDELL Mr. Bryan's part in procuring the rati fication of the trenty of Paris was not | inl capacity, but it was just as effective. To ratify a treaty requires a two-thirds | vote of th This ne Jority could not have been obtatned for the treaty without modification, except by the assistance of Mr. Bryan in turn ing the v of demoerats and populists, A& soon as the treaty had been agreed on by the commissioners in Paris Mr. Bryan resigned his commisgion in the army for the express purpose of using his influence to secure its ratification He journeyed to Washington and | brought his personal pressure to hear on the senators subject to his persuasion, With all his efforts the treaty final passed by a vote of 57 to 27. A change of one vote from the affirmative to the would have eaused the defeat treaty and sent it back to the | pence commissioncers to incorporate changes in it In conformity with the views of the senate. Of the vote that | made np the requived majority ten were democrats and five populists, among the latter being Senator Allen of Nebrasku i admitted to have represented the wishes of Bryan, | Mr. Bryan admits that he, by his pe sonal efforts, procured the ratification of the y by which the Philippine Islands were annexed to the United States, He declares that his motive in favoring the ratification of the treaty was to bring the war with Spain to an end The effect was to foree the United States into a war with the Fili pinox more deadly and costly than was the war with Spain. 8o long as the treaty was still pending the military and | naval forces of the United States were required under the agreement for an| armist not to encronch beyond the boundaries of the territory they then occupled. The moment the treaty was ratified sovereignty over the islands passed from Spain to the United Stat and every foot of ground in the Philip- | plnes became United States property in | which the president was bound to main tain order and uphold the national au thority. His duty to suppress the Fili- pino insurrection was the same as if rebellion had broken out in New Mexico, Alaska or Hawall. In other words, had | the treaty not been ratified the Philip suld not have been annexed and yet the war with Spain would not have been renewed. 1f annexation of the Philippines is the first step toward imperialism and mili tarism, the blame must attach to Mr. Bryan as much if not more than to any other one man. sennte negative of th were whore vote however, " pines v WHAT OF AMERICANSY Mr. Bryan sald at Lincoln that “if we dare to exclude the people of Porto Rico from a share in the government in Nieh they live, we will deny our faith | in a principle that has been fundamental | in this country for a century and | quart How abont the colored Amer- | ican citizens in the xouth who are being excluded from a share in the govern ment in which they live? Does not the | principle to which Mr. Bryan refers ap- | ply also to these citizens, made free by the greatest ¢ivil confilet in history and given the rights of citizenship by con- stitutional amendment? These American citizens have been Qisfranchised fn several southern states, in violation of the principle that has been fundamental in this country for a century and a quarter and fn nullifica tion of the federal constitution, yet Mr. Bryan shows no concern about it. He is very solicitous regarding the rights of the Porto Ricaus and the Filipinos, but he does not concern himself in the least about the rights of his colored fel low citizens in the south. He knows that they are terrorized, intimidated and rohbed of the dearest privilege of citizen- ship, that hundreds of thousands of them have no share in the government in which they live, yet he Ignores this condition of affairs, which is the great- et of all dangers to our free institutions, and devotes himself to battling for peo- ple In far-away islands, a part of whom are warring against American authority and sovereignty. Mr. Bryan might ac complish much in behalf of our own citi s in the south who are being deprived of thelr rights, were he to espouse their cause, but this he will not do for obvious reRKons. A FALLACIOUS THEORY:. Some of those who opposed Bryan four years ago and are now supporting him, while admitting that the principles of Bryanisw, as enunciated at Chicago and reaffirmed at Kansus Clty, are dangerous, reassure themselves upon the theory that as to the principal policy of the Bryanite party -the overthrow of the gold standard—a Bryan administra tion could do nothing because the senate is republican and Is likely to continue s0 for several years. They say, in effect, that while it is true Bryan stands for a financial policy that would prove de structive and disastrous, he will, elected, be powerless to put that poli futo effect, Now the election of Bryan would cer tainly carry with it the election of a democratic house of representatives and it Is highly probable that the senate would become democratic in the middle of Bryan's term. Mr. McKinley's elec tion secured the control of the senute by is party in the middie of hissterm and Mr. F n's election would be almost certain to secure to his party the con. trol of the senate by the middle of his term. The republican national comnit tee has pointed out that the party ma jority in the senate might be lost on March 4 next and probably would be if Bryan were elected. Any one who will look at the list of senators whose terms expire March # uext will see that the senate on March 4, 1001, is very likely to be of the same political complexion ax the president. But even should the senate remain in | ture of it most severe tests the methods and work | ppublican control during the entire will find he has his hands full, \ terw of a democratic adwinistration, THE OMAHA D still an administration would be able to practically nullify the gold stand law. The senate would be a bul wark ngainst the repeal of the law, but it could not prevent the payment of gov ernment obligations in silver. There is 1o question that this could be done, nor is there a reasonable doubt that a Bryan administration would do it. Mr. Bryan would be bound by all that he has ever said to pay obligations of the govern ment in silver and the pressure upon him to do this would frr tible, It cannot be necessary to point out, at least to | of this would be, that such ard a be In spite of the fact the gold standard has been fixed in law, the country would be placed virtually on Iver basis and there would be produced one of the gravest financial disturbances this nation has ever known, The notion, then, that Mr. Bryan would be powerless for evil because the senate is republican 18 obviously fal lacious, Equally mistaken and delusive is the idea that a Bryan ad ministration would wanifest no hostility to the gold standard law, but the contrary would faithfully carry it out The Kansus City platform denounces that law and demands its re peal. Can any rational wan believe that an administration elected on that platform would respect o statute which it has unqualifiedly condemned? Can there be any doubt that such an ad ministration would take advantage of any loophole for contravening the law and would exert all the power and in fluence at its command for the over- throw of the law? of some on it FEATHER IN OMAHA'S CAP. The award of a gold medal to the ex- hibit of the Omaha public schools in the edueational section of the Parls ex position Is another feather in Owala's . The people of this city have always taken special pride in the work of their public schools. They have cheertully voted bonds to build handsowe school buildings and paid taxes without grudge to maintain the schools on the highest standard, The school exhibit from Omala had recognition in every exposition in which it has been displayed, having re- celved awards at the Paris exposition has | of 1889, at the New Orleans exposition, at the Chicago World's fair and at the Transmississippl exposition Aside from the advertising which Omahn secures through success in these competitions, the most gratifying fen- is that when judged by the »f our schools stand a comparison with those in the old and wealthier and larger educational centers of the country, AS T0O ADVERTISING BRYAN. When the announcewent was made that arrangements were in progress for a grand reception to Candidate Bryan on his return to his home in Lincoln from the notification meeting at Indlan- apolis and flaring proclamations were made informing his admirers that half- fare rates would be in force ou the rail- roads to bring in special excursions, The Bee inthmated that when the reception was found to be a disappointment in point of numbers the Bryanites would try to explain that it had not been suffi clently advertised, What was then intimated has proved true. Chairman Hall of the democratie e committee in trying to find ex cuses for the meager numbers welcom ing Bryan home says that the “event was not extensively advertised and that the weather was not as favorable as it should have been.” Think of having to advertise a Bryan meeting ut which Bryan is the star at. traction! Four years ago the wmere mention of the name with the time and place of his appearance would have been all that was necessary to insure a general out-tufuing of the inhabitants. Bryan requiring advertising! What a confession of weakness! ) In this particular case, however, the excuse hus no good foundation because every Bryan organ sounded the trumpet for him a week ahead of time. Must it not be humiliating for Bryan to fiud that his name has lost its power? Bryan has already confessed to the sus- picion that the crowds that greeted him four years ago attracted chiefly out of curiosity because where he 1 the biggest crowds he got the smallest vote. But not even curiosity s serving him now and he must resort to printer's ink and advertising space, If advertising falls to do the work, as It seews to have failed in connection with the Lincoln home-coming, new scheme will have to be devised by his managers to insure audiences for the caudidate commensurate with the office to which he aspires. some Sound money democ who were sincere in opposing Bryan as the apostle of 16 to 1 free silver four years ago are just as firm in their couviction today that Bryan's election to the presidency would be a misfortune from which the country would take yeurs to recover. I Bryan has tried to switch the issue does not muke Bryanism less dan gerous or abate the duty of patriotic citizens to ward off the menace, The Bryanites are trying to make it appear that the United States exercises protectorate over the South American spublics by virtue of its enunciation of the Monroe doctrine, It might be a good idea for them to look up the definition of the word “protectorate,” The United States will hardly recognize a claim for damnges for any failu a South American public to perform its duty toward foreign nations ats cause United States Commissloner General Peck cowes fn for a decoration of the French Leglon of Honor as u compli went to his part in the Paris exposition. As Nebraska has contributed one of the honorary commissioners ft muy also be in danger of Laving a similar decoration conferred upon one of its elitizens etary Porter not only reserves the rlght to pass on the validity of certifi cates of momiuation, but regurds him- i actical men, what the result | vigorously | AILY BEE self as empowered to the | names adopted by the different org zations, The only that fusionists did not fnsist upon his el ing the designation of the republ nominees when their certificates filed Pvise wonder fs the ng i were Advantages of Clvilization, Baltimore Amerl the American minister in Pekin in a Chinese minister to the United States is summering a seaside resort. Even the Oriental mind civilization must present €ome While shut up to China 18 state of slege the “ to advantages o Find, Washinzton Star People who Insist that the present pros- perity is fictitious must find some means of convincing the western farmer that what he is recelving credit for at the bank is not real money, but & base imitation, not worth 50 cents on the dollar, invented by Wall street for purposes of deception Fool With, Post on would experience Dangerons to Chica The Chinesc at Ca quite a gurprise if they should fire upon the American gea-going monitor Mouterey. The | vessel is formidable in appearance, but 1t 1t should open up on a Chinese port the Celestials would begin to think that they had stirred up a floating volcano £oon to Bewnre of the ( Philadelohin 1. Davis is doing vico by reception vert, is his new alijes little se his latored efforts to prove that the of the Boer in this country showed a secret understanding betwe our government nd that of Gre Britaln. Me fails to show wherein such an understanding, if it were possible, would be detrimental to this country, and he calls attention to it to create out of the envoys' visit Webste simply a sensation Not at Al Remarkable, Philadelphia Ledger What a thrill ran through the country and what capital the opposition press made of the fact the first time that the total ap propriations for two sessions of a republican congress amounted to $1,000,000,000. The present congress has appropriated nearly | three-fourths of this amount—§710,150,862 —in a single session and nobody seems to think it very remarkable. The people seem | to have gotten accustomed to being shorn of their wool by the politicians Sign of the Times. Washington Post Tt is & good sign of the times that Eng- land 1s at last wearying of the senseless, inexcusable and cruel attempts to crush out of soulh Africa the one spark of human treedom glowing there. Of course, the war will go on. Great Britain has already wan- tonly sacrificed too much blood and mone for her rulers to agree to arms. 1t would be occasion for world-wide rejoicing it they would abandon their fell purpose, but, in the meantime, let us thankful that the murmur of protest, the | echo of which comes to us across the At- lantic, is evidence that all of the English people are neither heartless nor blind and that the love of human liberty is not alto- gether extinct in their souls. Good Growth of Small Bankns. New York Tribune. Small banks, with a capital under $30,000 have grown up under the new currency law in those parts of the country where they were most needed, in numbers which give token that they meet serious and widespread bus- iness requirements. The whole number of national banks up to June of the present year was 3,083 of which 149, mainly or small capital, had been organized since the last annual enumeration. They are largely located in the south and west, the addition in New England being only a single one, showing that in general its financial machinery is equal to all the strains ex- pected to be put upon it. It is not so in other parts of the country and the new in- stitutions made possible by the wise pro- vislons of the currency bill bring with them an urgently demanded relief. There will bo more of them as the years go on THE LATE JOHN J. INGALLS, Chicago Chronicle: Ingalls was a man of ability—of very great ability. He was a bitter partisan, he had a tongue like whiplash and a temper like a hornet, but his intellect was as keen and bright as a Damascus blade. He was easily the big- gest man intellectually that has come out or Kansas since the war Minneapolis Times: Mr. Ingalls was a man of great genlus. As a debater he was feared and respected by the ablest of those who opposed him. Few men of his time had as great a mastery of invective; few of the speeches of the period in which he flourished had such literary finish and polish as his. In all admiration of his talents one can only wish that he had builded more. Kansas City Star: While Ingalls was in the United States senate Kansas was al- ways an object of national attention. He was, by long odds, the most brilliant and impressive figure in the history of the state. His fame is as secure as that of Webster or Clay or John Randolph of Ro- anoke. He will be remembered for ex- traordinary qualities which have been pos- sessed by few American statesmen and by none who went before him or came after him in Kansas Chicago Times-Herall: His career in public life was no less dramatic than his entry upon the crest of the pandemonium that marked the downfall of Pomeroy in the Kansas legislature. He was such a master of invective and sarcasm that he was more than a match for any senatorfal antagonist. As a debater he had no su perlor In the senate during the three terms in which he served In that body. His trouncing of political opponents was mer- ciless and severe Indianapolis Journal: Senator was one of the most brilliant men of his time. In his day he was a power in Kan- | sas—the power to placate enemics by his persuasive eloquence. While he attracted much attention by his speeches in the sen | ate and was its president pro tem, he daid | not have the influence in that body that less conspicuous men exerted, because he could mot be counted on respecting some important questions. His writings for newspapers and periodicals attracted much attenticn for their brilllancy and originality of expression, but it is doubtful if he has left much in a literary way of permanent vatne. St. Louls Globe-Democrat time during his senatorial service that In- galls the most interviewed man in Washington, and he had & way of expressing himself that rendered his talks exceedingly interesting. Perhaps he would have been reckoned more of a statesman If he had haa less vivacity. Epigram is sometimes two- edged. Conservatism and brilllancy may be at variance. When Kansas became popu- listie it fell out with Ingalls perhaps it would be more accurate to that it fell out with itself, history best | promise and aspirations. Ingalls did not succeed in getting back into the current ot official affairs, though respects | equipped to be useful to his state and the country. He belonged to the party of free dom and progress and rose to distinction in its ranks. Whatever his individualities chose the noble side and exerted his pow ers manfully. His ability had some of the aspects of genius. | be rememberea as & wenator and public mau of far mo Ingalls There was a was its its in wan he than ordinary force. REPUBLICAN Prospects in NEBRASKA 1n Our Next Legisintare. As mentioned in a former article, the election of a republican legislature in Ne braska is of greater importance than even our presidential election, not only for our state. but for the whole union, because it would add two republican members to the United States senate. Therefore the most encrgetic part of the battle will be fought on this point of the field and the repub licans ought to pay the closest attention to it. The fusionists certalnly will. Th have already, in anticipation of a possible and even probable defeat of Bryan's effort for (he presidential chair, planned to cover his retreat to a seat in the United Sta senate by electiug a fusion majority the next Nebraska legislature The difficulty presented by the legislative election lies in its difference from the pres fdential electior. For the latter the candi- dates for presidential electors are actually nothing but messengers, who have to de- posit the vots which they have been ore dered to deliver, and the candidates for whom they have to are known. therefore, it is rather an indifferent matter who delivers the vote and thelr personality will not prevent anybody from voting for them On the contrary member of our legislature ¢ pends on the candidate’s personality and his political standing. The candidates for United States senators are not known. The in the election of a erything de legislator has his cholce among those wh will aspire, and he is exposed to all the legitimate and {llegitimate means that will be employed to bring about his Moreover, he has also to make laws for the people and disposed of the taxpayers money For the election of our legislators consequently everything depends on the re Hability, independence and honesty of the candidate’s character and on his intelli- gence, experience and his availability. The greatest carefulness and sagacity is con sequently necessary in presenting cand dates for our next legislature and the se lection of them cannot be left to the oid railroad-ridden leaders of the republican party. it the party expects to be success ful. In order to elect a republican majority of the legislature it will not only be neces sary to keep all factions of republicans to gether, but also to satisfy a number of; voters who stand outside of the party lines and are ready to vote for the best man For this reason the republican candidates for the legislature must be free from all suspicion of connection with the corpora tion interests and their agents, and consid erable attention must be paid to the feel- ing of the whole foreign element. 1t has been much neglected and wherever there are relfable, able and popular men to be found in this element they ought to be | presented as candidates. | This 1s the only way to republican sue- | coss in the election for the legislature, and | all Interference of the former corporation leaders through their packed caucuses and | decision conventions will be ruinous. Their name alone have a bad influence and their bad judgment in seleoting their candi dates the rest, having caused man defeats of the republican party. The vot ought take the matter fnto their own hands, ought to tell these men, keep your hands off, and ought to select good and available candidates in honest primary elections. The voters must learn to do their duty, they being responsible for the result. And they must act dutifully every county, as negligence in a few coun ties and even in a single one may be disas trous the whole campalgn. The care lessness of oo many republican voters is the foundation of the numerous republican defeats. 1t they had not given way to the impudence of bad leaders the republican party would not have suffered its great loss We hope the rank and file will understand it this time and act accord Ingly. Too much Is at stake. The major ity In the United States senate and the fate of national affairs may depend on it We in Hall county can speak from hard old and recent experience, our republican party haviog submitted obediently to tha commands of a number of corporation tools, who subjected the nation's and the party's interests to railroad imposters and to their own desires for profitable offices and corporation business About Hall county affairs another article will speak FRED HEDDE Grand Island ors to Neb, JOss, dents Tr by the 1t the suc of the allied in rescuing the besieged foreigners n the capital of China is received with Joyous acclaim by the civilized world. Dis- patches from various national capitals ap- plaud the achievement and give the im- pression that all mankind regard it as brilliant victory for modern arms. But there is one mild note of dissent in the al- lied concert. Fleld Marshal Count von Waldersee was not a factor in the move ment, therefore it cannot be regarded as a really great triumph. Unfortunately the count could not reach the seat of war in time, Certain arrangments were neces- #ary to give his departure the royal flavor and pomp demanded by his station. But time did not wait for him, neither did the allies. To him the news of Pekin's cap- ture brings little comfort and less glo and for the time being he can ruminate on the pathos of the words, “What might have been." Perhaps the next move in the oriental chessboard will give the count a chance to display his military prowess. At present the allies have ac- complished what they were called upon to do. wht w. The army news of 8 The legation compounds or fortresses in Pekin, which withstood the assaults of the Chinese troops and mobs, are surrounded by high brick walls that effectually cut off the sights and most of the sounds and smells from without, but there are nu- merous back gates and nurrow passages and no other city in the world offers such facilities for “‘underground’” means of com- munication. The British legation is ad- joined on the west by the imperial carriage vard and on beth north and south by the compounds of friendly Chinese, while one of its back gates opens into a native mar- Kket. There are in the British legation compounds, to which most of the minis- ters and their charges repaired during the last half of the siege, not only the estab- lisliment of the minister and separate e tablishments for the first and second sec- retaries, but extemsive quarters and bar- racks for consular students and military escorts, the minister's private stables and general stables for the rest of the lega- tion. The legation, in fact, is such a large establishment that it has its own doctor and hospital and its own chapel and chap- laln. The other legations, except the American, are all maintained on the same general plam, though not on so elaborate a ale. The Chinese minister at London, Sir Chichen Lo Feng Lu, is a highly accom- plished master of English, as he proved some three years ago by making a speech on a philosophical legal subject before a brilliant audience, in which was the lord chancellor himself. Ho has translated Blackstone's “Commentaries,” “The One Hundred Greatest Men of the Western World” and other books into Chinese and has lately been engaged on a translation of a life of Cromwell. It is his intention to found a library in his native city and to present it with the whole of the works of Shakespeare in Chinese. “It 18 a remarkable thing about Pekin," ays a writer in Colller's Weekly, “that, in a city lald out on am enormous plan, with large avenues, high walls, beautified by pretty pagodas, elegant temples, large yamens contalning the imperial palace and sacred grounds, so little is done to- ward the comfort of pedestrians and of people riding on mules, horses, camels or vehicles. The thoroughfares are never re- paired, 50 that the streets are flooded soon after it begins to rain, You cannot walk in the streets at such times. The only means of travel then is the peclliar springless Pekin cart, by which one gets | full of mud and filth, The mule placed be- fore the cart has to wade through the morass and the wheels sink deep into the mud. With the exception of open canals, traversing cities, the Chinese do not drain their streets.” David Starr Jordan, president of St ford university, who is spending the sum- mer in Japan, glves a summary of Japanese sentiment on western aggression in the far east in a letter to the San Francisco Call. First, he says, there is the zcal of the missionarles; second, the recklessness of railroad und mining engineers and third, the occupation by forelgn powers of the Chinese coastline. Theso points are not new. A more interesting point is that the Japanese believe that the western nations have an exaggorated idea as to the speed with which the Chinese provinces can be developed. As Mr. Jordan writes: “Railways or other enterprises on a large scale cannot be made to pay {n China The nature of the people is such that things have to move slowly. A little at a time China demands progress, but not at any break-neck pace, and not all the Occident can force ber to quicken her steps. The movement in the Orlent must come from within. Even in progressive Japan, Buropean influence counts for lit- tle; European pressure for next to moth- ing. The Japanese seo something they want—a blcycle, & lamp, a brand of clga- rettes or a soclal custom—and forthwith they take it. Nobody can force it on them." A Public Benefacto: 8t. Paul Ploneer Press. This country and all the world should | pa marchless torgue feel gratified for the spirit of dignified and unvarying opt!mism with which the Mo Kinley administration has treated the Chi 1086 beginniug. Good tured patience wuch as the government b count for a thousand times pessimistl snarling to b Eu ropean capitals 1 in oMcial life & public bene trouble from forbearance and the than heard in at might be nan private the or two and ctor, optimist | | FOINTERS ON STATE s, Hastings Tribune Poynter nor Lieutenant were present to welcome the old soldiers at Lincoln. It will be different next year when Charley Dietrich is governor and the reunion fs held in this city Norfolk News: Some of the fuslon pop- ullsts are anxiously inquiring where their chance for government office will come in providing Mr. Bryan is elected. With Mr, Towne's declination they feel that they have no rights whatever as far as national affairs are concerned Humboldt Leader: With four columns of “help wanted” advertisements in the Sunday edition and only fourteen “situation wanted” ads it would seem that the lead- ing fusion daily of the state could see a slight fndication of the prosperous condi- tion which It so strenuously denies in the editorial columns. Hildreth Telescope: The middle-of-the- road populists of the Fifth congressional district will hold their nominating con- vention at Oxford on August 26. The pre- sentation provides for 157 delegates. Wil- liam Dysart of Webster county is prom- inently mentioned as the probable nominee for congress. Stanton Picket Both Governor Poynter and Lieutenant Governor Gllbert gave the state reunion that is being held this week the cold shake. They were on the program and failed to respond or furnish excuses. Well, it is not as though the encampment can not go on without them. Those gentle- men themselves are the losers. Schuyler Sun: The mountains of Col- orado seem to have more attraction for Governor Poynter than the Grand Army of the Republic encampment at Lincoln. It was expected that the governor would make a speech to the veterans, but he falled to respond. There are but few Grand Army men who will support our present governor for re-election Norfolk News Attorney General Smyth's attention is directed to Mr. Bryan of Lincoln, who seems to have a monopoly on scare- crows and seems to be supplying the demand regardless of the desires of other men and parties. His price is extortionate, being nothing less than the presidency of the United States, and If the trust is not crushed by Mr. Smyth the people may institute a boycott and refuse to pay the demand. Wilcox Herald: The pops had met at Ragan (o nominate a township ticket and elect delegates to the county convention at Alma. When they heard that Stevenson was nominated for vice president they promptly adjourned without transacting any business and consequently that township was not represented in the convention at all, something that has not happened since the organization of the pop party. Yet the fusion aggregation tell you it is all har- mony. Neither Governor Governor Gilbert Kearney Democrat: S. C. Grosh has been placed in charge of the printing deparis ment at the Industrial school at Kearney until after election. The regular instructor of the printing department, J. R. Ferrls, has been taken to Lincoln to superintena Governor Poynter's printing bureau untit after election. This is another item of ex- pense that the governor will not feel r quired to include in his campaign expense account, as the taxpayers will pay the sat- ary. Plerce Call: Up in Knox county the fu- slonists seem 10 be in a hard row for a news- paper that will loyally support their nomi- nees. The Verdigris Citizen hus dumped the fuston crowd and is supporting the mid- dle-of-the-road ticket, while the People’s News at Crelghton, the officlal organ of that county, refuses to support John S. Robin- son for congress. The last straw to break the backs of the fusionists came this week when the Niobrara Tribune, a democratic paper, came out In support of the middle- of-the-road movement. Humboldt Leader: The action of ernor Poynter in leaving on a fishing ex- cursion and failing to respond atter al'owins his name to be placed on the program for an address of welcome to the Grand Army of the Republic at the state reunion wily not serve to strengthen him with the old soldiers at the polls In November. Follow ing the example of his chief exccutive the licutenant governor also failed to put in an appearance without any explanation and the opinions expressed by some of the veterans toward the precious pair would not serve to make their supporters set up nights to con gratulate themselves. North Platte Tribune: It may be interests ng to those populists who believe that a railroad pass Is a railroad bLribe to know that W. D. Oldham, assistant attorney gen- eral, who ks at the fusion ratification meeting in city tomorrow rides on a pass. P time past Mr. Oldham has been ascociated with Aftorney General Smyth in “fighting” the rafiroads, yet at the same time he accepts pusses and uscs them on every railroad in the state. Can this be considered consistent? Is it right? Do you expect favors from an enemy you are fight ng? Do railroads issue passes without expecting adequate returns? These questions that populist reformers may consider thi ye are well CONCERNING “MY FRIENDS." The Cry of Four ¥ Ao and the ®tate the infinite distress that gold stand- ard means to the human race. 1 believe we shall win now. But whether We Win now or not, we have begun a warfure against the gold standard which shall con tinue until the gold standard is driven from our shores back to England foregoing delivered with the * #mooth unctuosity of an old-time exhorter calling sinners to repent and reform. We ask no quarter, we give no quart was uttered with the majesty of one willing to die a martyr in the grand war for 16 to i Who can forget those tremendous economic and philosophical utterances made by the deliberate and sage Bryan in 18967 “We shall prosecute our warfare until there is not an American citizen who dares to advocate a gold standard policy Who are now the “We?' Where is the American citizen who does not advocate & £old standard whenever he feels Iike it? With Chadband simplicity the peerless asks “why do we prosecute this war against the gold standard?’ And with more than Pecksniffian humility he answers his own question “We—(who are we?)—reply that tha gold standard is a conspiracy against the hu- man race and that we should no more join it than we would an army marching to de- stroy our homes and to destroy our fam- ilies, Now, after four years of gold standardism, have any homes or families been destroyed in the state of Nebraska or anywhere else in the republ How can the bellicose Colonel Bryan de sert the sacred “‘tantamount fssue’ of the free and unlfmited coinage of silver at 16 to 1 which in 1896 he sald “must be settled, and settled right before any other governmentai policy, expediency or principle could becoma an issue?"” In 1806 Colonel Bryan could not have spoken eight words, much less 8,000, with out making silver “paramount’ ‘to all other questions. But in 1900, though he declared ho was | e could not accept candidature except on & free sliver platform, Bryan says “Imperfal- {sm 1s paramount.” The valorous colonel decreed the paramountcy for 1900 with the samo jaw that he proclaimed the tanta mouncy of 1866. And the paramount of today knocks the tantamount of yesterday into the realms of the used-to-be-and-the-has-been by the explosive force of a Fourth of July resolution at Kansas City “Oh; My friends, ballots for me are bal- lots for the war to ‘continue until the gold standard s driven from our shores back to England.’ Give me ballots or give me death! MID-SUMMER MERRIME Philadelphla. Press: Tess-How dld you enjoy yourself at her wedding? Jess~Very much. Her gown was a wretched bad fit_and everybody was re marking how poor the presents were. Detroit Free Press: The Mother—1ow can you marry a man who is beneath yoi woclally? Tha Daughter—Why, I didn't know he was. The Mother—His p half as much as we ar mamma, yple are worth only Washington Star: “F Pluribis Unum sajd Senator Sorghum slowly. [ feel sure I have seen that somewhere before.'" “Why, that means ‘one out of many. “well, that's pretty good. That stands for the number of chances the fellow that's running against us has of being elected Somerville Journal: It is not kuown defi- nitely whether a man can be absolutely honest in political life at Waushington and still be successful. : Ulen't it wonderful how as he sinks Detroit Journs A man's memory I8 stimulat for the third time, rowning “Wonderful, indeed! I was just reading of a_ well-attested o of a politiclan wha upon sinking that way actually remembered the pledges he had made to his constituents before election Somerville Journal: First Kentuckian-—1 read in a book the other day, sir, that water cent of the human body entiickian—Yes, sir Kentuckian—Well, First ., that's enouxh sir What are you kick ing A they sald to him, areanging their chips in piles of te You seemed glud enough when we let you fi “Yes," replied the hard loser, Philadelphia Press but it you Chicago Tribunc ering in the forest, unts of mel Found a bee tree, did you?" he said to the iman who had come along loude dow y. “How did you manage the I “Bmoked to d ofosKor was sum- far from the busy ‘em,” replied th th with brimsto Wood-bee askussin professor, horror struck D oN man. exclaimed the EUGENE FIE NTEVENNON. Chicago Times-Toerald Mr venson's own convictlons on an political or financial question are of such light welght that his candidacy does no erve to steady the flightiness of his chief. How different in the days of ‘92 when Mr. Stevenson journeyed to Buzzard's Ba on the visit immortalized in the followini lines by Eugene Fleld, printed in the Ch's cago Record on the glven dates AT BUZZARD'S BAY 1 July 20, 189 the porch al Buzzard's Bay Tard by the breakers grim Sat Grover on a summer's day And there were no flies on him Some distance off old Adlal sat In passing sorry wise For from his brogans to his hat Did roost ten million files Quoth Grover: “Adial, what | see Huth flled me with regret But if you travel round with me You'll have to wear a net Cry of Today. 3. Sterling Morton “My friends,” sald the peerless leader of the democratic party has begun & war of extermination aga ihe gold standard. We ask no quarter give no quarter. We shall prosecute our war fare until there is not an American citizen that dares to advocate a gold standard pol You ask why? We reply that the gold tandard {s @ conspiracy against the human | race and that we should no more join it onservitive | fey Roth | than we would an army marching to destroy I8 | our homes and to dei roy our families. ‘We believe that me langusge cam over- | July 21 1892 The Fisherman's Daighter, Baby Ruth Played on the porch one summer day With her teething rings and her dolls things In her innocent, sportive, childish wa toward that » burning Prosentl Through the ady porch, wand and blaz | The Pisherman came with the this rame, The nominee from Hi Then mington the Ruth, Gave forth a cry with wonder fraught Oh, mamma, dear.” she cried, *‘tum he Tum nere an’ see what papa's caught! Fisherman's Daughter, Bab, A ( b