Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 17, 1902, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY. EBRUARY 17 1902 _— . THE OMAHA DALY BEE E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily Bee (without Bunday), One ¥ Daily Bea and Bunda One' Year. ar DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Dally Bee (without Sunday), per copy (without Bunday ). per Week. ::: uneludm. Sunday), per week..1io Bee, Bee vitnour Bund lvlnlnl Bee (Including week . . Ct it Ty stiouid lh‘.’ dressed to City Circulation De- partment. The OI‘FICI}& -nn—!cuyuu.u "Butlaing, Twen- !ll'll Bl fll—“ ui b0 Codgy Boliding: 70 orb—'l‘.m le (:aurllll frovnny L‘Olh\llrollvlncn. unications telating 1o news and edi- aiter should be addressed: torial Department. BUBINKSS LETTERS, isiness jettors and remittances b ke e Fublishing . Company, REMITTANCES. ak rdor by dract, or postal order, Bomis by drati express ot postal Beent stam; acospted 1y payment 34 -Wllflh. monl ch.ckn, .lflbl on i BEE POBLABLING LOMPARY. STATEMENT OF CXICULAHW torial Hee, 80,180 80,160 Total ... Less unsold and returned cople Net total sales. Net dally lv‘r %flwmm Nourv B—E———— People who want to keep abreast of British politics will do well to keep an sye on Lord Rosebery. If Bryan bad only known that Cleve- land had also been invited to that Til- @en jubllee, would he have deigned even to send his regrets? ES————— For once The Bee agrees with J. B. Kitchen in his conclusion that grinding taxes to sharpen political axes is not good politics In the long run. S We wait with bated breath for the return attack on John L. Webster's sec- ond elucidation of the hidden beauties of the Declaration of Independence. L - J From the number of telephone bills introduced into the Iowa legislature there must be a surplus of talk charge- able to overproduction in fhe Hawkeye state. L Chief Donahue's crusade against “until daylight” public dancing was foubtless inspired by an anxiety to pre- vent young people from catching cold sfter midnight. If Fighting Joe Wheeler were still on deck in the house he would doubtless bave jumped into the breach with a hot reply to the gallery play of his name- sake, Wheeler of Kentucky. Sp——r—— Hot water and hot sand may serve the purpose for midwinter foundations of the Union Pacific shops, but hot alr in midwinter and midsummer creates that tired feeling for the patrons of Ythe Omaha Fakery. Sm————— It Marconi’s wireless telegraphy could only commect Omaha with the Platte river canal and power plant ‘would, soore 4 prompt and lasting vi ver the slow-going processes on whieh the promoters have been relylng up to date. Governor Taft asserts as a result of his observation that 0 per cent of the Fillipinos are too ignorant to sit on a jury. Taking the standard of jurors as they usually run, this is the severest ar- ralgnment that has yet been laid against our new wards. E— Pat Crowe has a right to claim a place a few rounds higher up the ladder thay those Bulgarian brigands. When Orowe's demand for ransom was met bhe promptly executed his part of the bargain by releasing the hostage like an bonorable bandit. S The dounty board has adopted a reso- lution wotifylug the various county offi- cers and department heads to cut their garment according to their cloth—and It they need any more cloth they will have to step up to the counter run by the county board for a fresh supply. m-ufi-.-u.m.u.. may -see in the postponement of the meeting of the Nebraska Exposition tommission called to block out plans for the state's participation in the St. Louls world's fair a forerunner of the post- ponement of the fair just to give Ne- braska plenty of time to get ready. Em——ee— On the same principle that & man's shirt is nearer to him than his overcoat, the question of just distribution of tax burdens bere in Omaha concerns us a great deal more vitally thap the ques- tion whether the Tagalogs should rule the other races In the Philipplues or the Americans should rule the Tagalogs. e For the health department to lssue precautionary proclamations is all right, but they should be followed up with a more, stringent enforcement of the health regulations. Omaha is naturally & healthy community, with the best of' climatic conditions and municipal sani- tation, and if the people will only do their share no difficulty will be encoun- v A BRIEP EXPLANATION. When the yellow ' journals and frensied swashbucklers were shouting themselves hoarse for war in the spring of 1898, they stigmatized everybody who favored a peaceable settlement of the Cuban conflict as an enemy of freedom. After the war wak over all who opposed expansion beyond the Pacific were de- nounced as “little American: The re- buke then administered by The Bee to this exhidbition of intolerance is now quoted by the World-Herald, which was one of the most virulent among the yel- low journals of the war perfod, with a demand that Mr. Rosewater answer the question why he denounces as dema- gogues, mountebanks and inspired igno- ramuses those who protest against the administration’s Philippine policy. The Bee has never dodged an issue nor does it propose to run away from its record. The Bee opposed the acquisition of Hawall when President Harrison sought to annex it. It opposed the at- tempt to force a war upon the country for the liberation of Cuba, believing that Cuban independence could be bought cheaper with money. The Bee did not favor the acquisition of the Philippines while the treaty of peacé was pending before the senate. In contrast with the World-Herald, which urged the demo- crats and populists in the senate to ratify the treaty, The Bee pointed out the inevitable consequences of the treaty—namely, the permanent annexa- tion of the islands with all the burdens and - regponsibilities the United States would have to assume, After the treaty was ratified, nothing remained for loyal American citizens but to uphold the president and congress In carrying out the letter and spirit of the treaty and in restoring peace in the Philippines and protecting the lives and property of all Its inhabitants. In this course The Bee has been con- sistent, as well as outspoken. The time for talking independence for the Fili- pinos was before the transfer of sov- ereignty” in the islands to' the United States. Those who were partles to the ratification of the treaty and those who favored ratification have no right now to assall the 'president or congress for duchursuu the duties imposed on them under the ti®aty, And those who fnvoke the memory of Abraham Lincoln to stir up rebellion and sedition in the islands and foment discontent at home for political ends are demagogues and mountebanks, if not something worse. They know their clamor can do no good to the Fillpines and they know that there can be no Independent Filipino republic before the Filipinos are able to govern themselves. —_—— CIVIL SERVICE REFORM EXTENSION. The announcement by the postmaster general that hereafter fourth class post- masters will not be removed from office except for inefliclency or misconduct-and that the department will no longer con- sider these places as political patronage, will be heartily approved by the 75,000 postmasters of the fourth class through- out the country. It will also have the very general approval of the friends of eivil service reform, who will regard it as a very proper application of the re- formr which can hardly fail to have a good effect. It is quite in accord with the president's views respecting the merit system and undoubtedly to him belongs the credit of this departure from the old policy. Indeed, it Is noted that when Mr. Roosevelt was a member of the civil service commission he often discussed the idea of placing the fourth class postoffices under the civil service rules, but it then seemed a task too great to be undertaken. Conditions are now more favorable for such a change of policy. It is not contemplated to make the new regulation strictly applicable to cases where senators or representatives have already ked for changes in fourth class postoffices. - It s stated not to be the intention of the department to run counter to senators and represeuta. tives in carrying the new policy into execution, Therefore where changes have been contemplated, or where there are promises outstanding to make changes, the department will give them full and fair consideration. Whenever & senator or representative hereafter shall call at the department to urge a change in a fourth class office the new policy will be called to his attention and he will be urged to allow the depart- ment plan to proceed in its own way, 1t is to be expected that the gpoilsmen will kick vigorously agaiust this change, but it is sald that the president and postmaster general expect it to meet with all the encouragement necessary to establish it successfully and per- manently,. The clivil service reform principle has encountered opposition from the spofls politiclans at every step of Its progress and there 1s still a goodly number of such politicians. They mani- fest their hostility to the reform at every session of congress. Only two days ago a United States senator de- clared that he Is opposed to the system from start to finish. But theé prineiple bas the support of iutelligent public opinion and it will assuredly get no set- bdck from the present administration, President Roosevelt being one of its strongest and firmest friends. The rule that fourth class postmasters will not be removed except for inef- ficlency or misconduct is reasonably ex- pected to prove of benefit to the service. It is believed that its effect will be to Induce fourth class postmasters to exer- ¢lse greater care and take more lnterest in the service, thus couducing to more efficlency. At all events, the postal ser- vice cannot suffer any injury from the new policy, while it is & very notable extension of the civil service reform phnciple. Reducing the number of of- fices that have served for political pat- ronage to the extent of 75,000 Is a cir- cumstance of more tham ordinary in- terest. ator Willlam V. Allen in response to the latter's repudiation of the Hon. T. Jef- ferson as the only and exclusive origi- nator and phtentee of the self-evident truths of man's equality in the enjoy- ment of natural rights. Unless the distinguished ex-senator quickly joins in the assiduous cult of democracy's patron saint and sees the glorious light that shines In the red hair of the sage of Monticello, he may take due warning that no future honors are In store for him that must be had with democratic help. . e ] NU SYMPATHETIO PRUSECUTION. The trial of the late state treasurer, J. B. Meserve, who was indicted by the Douglas county grand jury for the em- bezzlement of state funds, Is set for next Thursday. Former Attorney General Smyth, who has been retained to defend Mr. Meserve, has given it out that he proposes to waive all technicalities on behalf of his cllent and confidently ex- pects to secure his acquittal by an im- partial jury. County Attorney Shields, who will conduct the prosecution, has cited witnesses and sent for papers and records to substantiate the charges and, 80 far as appearances go, proposes to vindicate the law. There is, however, well grounded ap- prehension that the preparations of the county attorney are a mere prelude for & judicial farce. It is an open secret that the county attorney and his assist- ants made every effort to convince the grand jury of the impropriety and in- Justice of presenting an Indictment agalnst Mr. Meserve. It is a matter of notorfety that they disapproved the ac- tion of the grand jury after falling in their obstructive tactics. It is a matter of notoriety, too, that the county attor- ney is just as much in sympathy with Mr. Meserve as the former attorney gen- eral, and, while he may make a showing as prosecutor, his heart will not be in the work, and when a man’s heart is not in his work he seldom, it ever, succeeds. No honmest man would desire Mr, Meserve to be convieted unless his gullt can be established beyond a reasonable doubt. It is, however, due to the people of Nebraska as well as to Mr. Meserve that his'trial should not be a jug-handied effort in which the prosecutor and de- fense play a pre-arranged part in a dra- matic exhibition. While the amount of public funds al- leged to have been embezzled by Mr. Meserve is comparatively small, the es- sence of the crime with which he is charged is absolutely the same as that for which Joseph S. Bartley was con- victed and sentenced to a twenty-year term. When Mr. Meserve accepted the position of state treasurer he assumed all of the grave responsibilities devolv- ing upon the custodian of public funds for the state of Nebraska. With the ex- ample set by his predecessor and with the full knowledge of its consequences, Mr. Meserve should have been the last man to appropriate public funds for pri- vate gain, especially the patrimomy of the school children of Nebraska. It was not merely his duty to turn over every dollar of the principal that came into his possession, but every dollar of inter- est pafd to fim by banks, whether they were officlal depositories or not. If ex-Treasurer Meserve can make a convincing showing that he has com- plied with all these obligations, he should be exonerated.. But an exon- eration secured through incompetent or negligent prosecution will not vindicate him in the eyes of the people of Ne- braska. While a speedy trial is granted by the constitution to every person ac- cused of crime, there is no reason why the trial of Mr. Meserve should be rushed. He Is at large and cannot suffer serious loss or Inconvenience by reason- able delay. - PROTEOT THE HOME INDUSTRY. The duty of congress to protect the American sugar industry was strongly urged by Senator Mitchell of Oregon in & speech in the senate last week. He declared that congress should not strike down an agricultural industry like that of beet sugar, In which, on the faith of the pledge of protection given by the United States many millions of dollars have been Invested—an industry whiech, it compelled now to compete with the more than 1,000,000 tons of sugar that will soon be produced annually in Cuba must inevitably be driven to the wall and out of existence. He asked why congress, while turuing a sympathetic ear to the Cuban sugar planters, should not have some consideration for Ameri- c-n farmers who cultivate sugar beets, sald Mr. Mitchell, “give a helping hand to the agriculturist, as well as to the manufacturer; to the men who toll on the farm, as well as to those who work in the shop; to that poor, struggling portion of humanity who go from their humble homes to thelr daily toll with the rising of the sun, well a8 those who dwell In parlors of luxury.” He sald that the sapid de- velopment of the beet sugar industry, under the fostering care of the protec- tive tariff; fully justifies the estimates that are made that if properly protected this industry will in the near future, at least inside of the next ten years, lead to the annual cultivation of about 8,000, 000 acres of beets, giving employment to over 300,000 people, who will receive more than §100,000,000 annually In wages, and furnishing opportunity for profitable luvestment to the extent of over $500,000,000 in capital, Senator Mitchell contenlled that plac ing Cubau sugar on the free list or largely reducing the duty would not benetit the American consumer. With duty removed or materially reduced the market will be controlled absolutely by the sugar trust, which after procuring the raw sugar at its own price will fix a price on the refined article to be pur- chased by the great body of American consumers. No one can doubt this who knows anything about the character The bhot-spurred Edgur Howard hurls the opprobrious epithet “ingrate” at the jmm-oumuuu-uu-sa- and methods of the sugar trust. ~Its attitude In this matter has reference wholly to its own randizement. The trust understands that it ?u but one competitor, the beet sugar Industry. If it can destroy that the market will be completely In its hands and the con sumers of sugar must pay whatever price the trust shall ask. Neither would the Cuban producers be much if any benefited, for they also would be largely at the mercy of the trust. It is not yet clear what will be done by congress in regard to this matter. The subject will, It is sald, soon be dis- cussed In a conference between Presi- dent Roosevelt and republicans leaders In congress, when probably a decision as to what should be done will be reached. As is well known, the presi- dent is very earnestly In favor of some concession and it is sald that most of the republican congressional leaders are in accord with him. The perplexing question is as to how far concession can g0 without being disastrous to the home Industry. The certain thing in the situ- ation is, that Cuban sugar and tobacco will not be given free admission to the Amerlcan market, b John N, Westberg in his capacity as a private cjtizen has entered - complaint with John N. Westberg as a member of the Advisory board agaifist the Dodge street motor cars and we may confl- dently predict that John N. Westberg sitting in judgment on the Advisory board will order the street railway com- pany to furnish a more commodious equipment for Private Citizen Westberg as he journeys from the city hall to his home in the Sixth ward. This threatened collision between a man in his capacity a private citizen and the same man in his capacity as a public officer might have been avolded but for the stupid provision in the city charter prohibiting city officers from traveling on street rallway passes. These observations should not be considered by the street rallway company or by the public as an apology for the poor car service on the Dodge street line. The tendency among the great Amerl- n universities to seek locations where, although within the confines of large cities, they may yet have room to grow and enjoy comparative isolation, is seen again in the determination of Johns Hopkins university to abandon its pres- ent site in the heart of Baltimore for one in the near suburbs of that city. The removal of Columbia university from the center of New York City to the newer residence section a few years 'ago showed that an established institu- tion of higher education could not ouly be transplanted with safety, but with good results from the standpoint of ex- pansion. It will doubtless take several years yet before Johns Hopkins univer- sity will be housed. in its new home, but when once there a new period of growth for it may contidently be expected. S————— If the salarie§ of our federal judges are increased acgordiug to the proposal already endorsed by the senate, it may be safely accepted as settled that they will never be reduced agafn. The fed- eral constitution ‘expressly prohibits con- gress from dinrinishing the compensa- tion of members of the judiciary during the terms for which they are appointed, the object being to prevent the infliction of punishment in the numre of a fine by congress reducing their” salaries to get even for some objectionable decision they might render. The result, however, is that, once raised, judicial salaries must stay up, for the judges would quickly declare unconstitutiopal any leg- islation seeking to take part of their stipend away from them. e Unless the dromio whom the Douglas County Democracy has projected Into the congressional arena can be induced o step down from the second-story sanc- tum to the ground floor business office to arrange the differences between him- self and the dromio whom the Jacksoni- ans have In mind for the yame position during the coming campaign, the confu- slonists of this district may discover that two bodies cannot occupy the same space at the same time. —_— Some Corners that Fail, ‘Washington Post. The collapse of the last De Wet corner reminded us quite forcibly of the grain operations of young Mr. Phillips. Friendly After the Fight. Baltimore American. In the new tréaty of amity the United States and Spain are shaking hands after the late unpleasantness. And long may this hearty handshake be registered in the mem- ory of both nations! Profits of the Tra Boston Transcript. Mr. Brodrick has stated to the House of Commons that 446,088 horses bave been bought by the British gavernment for the war, of which 77,101 eame from the United States and 11,364 from OCanada. At the average price given of $140 to §150, Ameri- can horse breeders have had a good time Chicago Inter-Ocean. From Austria, France and Italy we re- celved a hostility mot r less open. From England we recelved a hostility velled under pretenses of friendship. The British myth with which we have been regaled for the last three years—that England was then our only friend in Europe—Is thus exploded. To comment upon this fact would be super- fluous. The lesson is too old to require repetition here. Fitted for the Task. Philadelphia Record. Complaint is made that out there in the Philippines army officers perform many. of the functions of civil administration, to the exclusion of clvilians. -Why not? When the rmy officers can perform this service as well or better what i the use of emcum- bering the government with swarms of of- ficlals who cannot discharge the least duty without protection of the military? New York Tribune. The public schools over which the Amer- fcan flag is floating in the Philippines may not be in actual fact the little red school- houses of which we heard so much a few years ago, but they seem to be dolng an excellent work in the face of whatever dif- fculties and discouragewments may be in. evitable. Many of these schools have been opened and much progtess has been already made {n the education and enlightenment of the children of the natives. “Ancient Landmarks”’ ‘Washington Post Since Mr. Bryan and his followers can- onized Abraham Lincoin their politieal literature has been replete with accusations and raflings against the republican party for its alleged abandonment of the teach- irgs of Lincoln and the dootrines and poli- cles on which the republican party was founded. Democratic organs that are ad- vocating about all that Jefterson abhorred, Jackson detested and Cleveland loathed indulge in pathetic reproaches of the party power based on the charge that it has erred and strayed, like lost sheep, from the creed of the first republican president— A statesman who in his life was not In frequent receipt of democratic praise. Here is & sample paragraph of democratic origin which is having & fine run through the democratic press: “Nothing is plainer than tbat t lican party has graduaily forsaken all the clent landmarks held sacred by its found- ers. No one can conceive of & doubt being entertained by Abraham Lincoln as to the fundamental truth that all men were created with equal rights, nor as to the possibility of one man's governing another without his consent. But these who now proclaim these truths are smeered at by representa- tive republicans as ‘small Americans.’ " What are or were those “ancfent lan arks” which the republican party h ‘“gradually forsaken?’ What was It that called that party into existence? What was its creed, its ‘“paramount Issue?” Simply and solely opposition to the exten- sion, not the existence, of slavery. To prevent the carrying of that Institution into territory then free was the mission of the republican party, and many of the most influential democrats in the north left their party and joined Lincoln, Seward, Greelay, Chase and their assoclates. Has anybody forsaken that “ancient landmark?” Al- though lees than halt a century old, it seems anclent, so many and 8o great have repub- been the changes since Lincoln was elected on that {ssue. As to Limcoln's views on equal rights and the consent of the governed, let us look at the facts of his oficial record Slavery was certalnly a denial of equal rights and the consent theory. But Mr. Lincoln respected the constitutional right in the premises. He and the leaders gen- erally of his party were not only willin but anxlous, early in 1§61, to have a co! stitutional amendment ‘.adopted prohibit- ing any interference with slavery in any state wherein that institution existed. But all that did pot win for Abraham Lincoln the approbation of democra And al- though he continued his efforts to save the union, without touching slavery, until the 145t day of 1862, there was not the slight- est Indication that the time would ever come when the democratic party would adopt Lim and arraign the republicans odf the charge of having forsakem him. Lincoln’s mission, the work to which Lin- coln’s party addressed itself, was, as we have sald, to prevent the extension of sla- very. That task was fully accomplished be- fore Lincoln’s life ended. When and where bas the republican party been unfaithtul to the great mission which it was born to ac- complish? Of course that party's record is not free from mistakes, and some of them have been disastrous to the country, Its great- est mistake was the enfranchisement of the ex-slaves, but that was giving some millions of men a chance to consent to the government that ruled them. Great &s that error was, it is quite defensible on the equality of rights and consent of the governed theory. Is It not somewhat significant that the _republican party's most calamitous blunder was an to square its policy with the Decla: of Independence? REPUBLICANS DISCUSS FAVORITES, Hastings Tribune: The Tribune would not bo surprised In the least if the friends of Hon. W. E. Andrews would soon start & movement for bis nomination for com- gress in the Fifth district. Superior Journal: Frank A. Dean of Hol- drege 1s spoken of quite favorably by some of the Fifth district papers for the nomina- tion for governor on the republican ticket. Mr. Dean s a prominent business man of that city, and is also its mayor. Kearney Hub: 'Senator Arends of Otoe and F. M. Wetherald of Thayer are can- didates for governor, It 1s sald. It is also announced that H. H. Wilson of Lincoln is & candid The first two are well known to most of the state, but the third party needs an Introduction. Lyons Sun: Hon. W. G. Sears of Tek: mah has been prominently mentioned as a probable candidate for the governorship, We are not prepared to state Mr. Sears’ attitude toward such a proposition, but we are confident that in ability and integrity the state has no timber superior to him for the place. Valentine Republian: The O'Nell Fron- tler announces Judge Kinkald as a candi- date for congress from the Sixth district and sets forth good and sufficlent reasons why he should be nominated. The Repub- lican heartily endorses the candldacy of Judge Kinkaid and belleves that is the dominating sentiment in the entire con- gressional district. No man has a more valid claim upon the republican nomina- tion than he, and no man would more, ta~ telligently represent the people of this d trict. He ls entitled to and ought to be given the nomination without opposition. Columbus Times: Columbus, in present- ing a candidate for congresslonal honors tbat Is the peer of .all aspirants, to say the least, is simply the new Columbus way of being supreme in all things. Dr. Homer A, Hansen was born In Logan, 0., November 2, 1872. He graduated from the Logan High school June 1, 1901. After a year's travel he began the study of medicine, and gradu- ated in March, 1895. Located at onmce in Platte county. Passed winter of 1898 at postgraduate school in New York city. In 1900 six months abroad In schools of Europe. Recelved the degree of Master of Arts from northern Illinols college June 1, 1901 In politics he has always been an active republican. No better selection could possibly be made for a congressman from this dstrict. It is unnecessary to state that he is a thinking, reading, progressive man, and that this district is, with a good, el candidate, positively republican in this year of grace, 1902, and the Times believes that Dr. Hansen is the man, Fremont Tribune: The Lincoln News an- nounces that Lancaster county bas in H. H. Wilson a candidate for the position of gov- ernor on the republican ticket and that the candidate in question is such by his own volition and that his candidacy will -be in- dorsed by the republicans of the county. But for the circumstance that the News speaks for Mr. Wilson and thereby creates an impression that he is a Thompson man and therefore a Bartley candidate, we would ume Mr. Wilson's candidacy was meant to be an antidote to check & movement in that influential county in behalf of Governor Savage. It has been asccepted as certain that in some way Bartley's friends would wanipulate the county so as to help the governor. The Tribune, without full knowl- edge of the exact aflfation of Mr. Wilson, would not wish to commit itself until it ie well assured he is mot another string to the Thompson- about steering clear of the smudge and smirch and diegrace of defslcations. They don’t propose to be steered up any blind alleys if they know it. Exeter News: The strong and Independ- ent republican papers of this district, in counties not having candidates of thelr; own, are almost unanimously in favor of the nomination of Hon. Charles H. Sloan for congress. They recognize this fact, that it is & district contalning nearly 200,000 people, with & large number of citles and villages, and that the task of making the campalgn is one that can be safely imposed only upon & candidate of large personal acquaintance and & strong and effective public speaker. The district, according to the vote last fall, republican, but the republicans can not expect to win without @ serious fight, and this year's convention will be only satisfied with nominating an able campaigner. They will further demand that the nominee, when elected, shall bave the mental equipment and ability to suc- cessfully cope with the best minds sent to our national house of representatives from districts that have heretofore been prudent in selecting their representatives. These ations make Charles H. Sloan of Geneva the logical candidate in this dis- trict at the coming convention. Judicial Test of Beams. Chicago Chronicle. Solomontan wisdom entered into the mode adopted by Justice Underwood to determine whether or not a large quantity of beans declared good by the seller and petrified by the buyer were edible. He cooked them. For a time they resisted the bubbling of the Water in the presence of the court, but after a reasonable subjection to the right temperature turned out mellow and palat- able with judgment against the buyer. The Judicial test of ordeal for the beans by fire is Dot contemplated by the statutes, but it shows the practical benefit of Raving house- m-m-mnuumn-n»‘u. POLITICS IN THE FUSION FOLD. Rushville Standard: General Victory Vit- quain is being boomed by his friends as a candldate for governor of the reform forces. Vifqualn is a good man, a strong man and & popular man and should he get the nomi- ation would be supported by all patriotic Nebraskans. But until developments are adjusted, John O, Sprecher of Schuyler stands first on the list with this paper. Madison Mall (ex-Semator Allen): The recent ineffectual attempt of the democratic editors to force the populist party to dis- band will make co-operation more dificult than ever. Those populists who have favored co-operation will mecessarily be- come alarmed and be more cautious than in the past. The movement was so Inex- le that it ecarcely seems credible that the work of sane men. Pawnee Chiet: The Chiet would like to see a democrat nominated for governor by the fusionists of Nebraska this year. The available candidates are not many when we take into copsideration that the man who {s nominated must be generally known to the people te be a man who is absolutely free from corporation influence. We he- lieve that C. J. Smyth would come nearer meeting the requirements than any name vet suggested. The people have confidence in him and his record with the corporations is well known and would meet with sub- stantial indorsement were he made our candidate for governor. Pawneo Press: In contemplating pros- pecti’e candidates for state officers the coming fall, on the fusion ticket, the Press has hedrd frequently mentioned for state treasurer ex-Senator Jobn M. Osborn of this county. The allled political forces could nowhers find a more sultable candi- date nor one of more strict integrity than Mr. Osborn. His interests are the inter- ests of the masses of the people, of whom he fs one, and his euperfor ability and substantial character in every way render him a proper candidate for this important position. With Mr. Osborn as state treas- urer, the people of Nebraska could feel assured that their financial interests would bo faithfully guarded and a strict account given of his stewardship. Stanton Register: As a candidate for gov- ernor John C. Sprecher of Schuyler is one of the strongest men that has beem men- tioned. He is fearless In his advocacy of right and no one ever knew him to shirk a duty. His honesty is unquestioned and his Integrity and ability is equalled by few men in the state, Mr. Sprecher served two terms In the state leglslature and he was easily one of the brightest men who were elected. His ' legislative ord is clean in every particular. Always perfectly square in his dealings, as governor he would do right and punish wrong. Loved and respected by his friends, his enemies canuot help but admire his sterling qualities. If the fusion force nominate John C. Sprecher no mis- take will be made. Columbus Telegram: Senator Allen ap- pears in greater fear of democrats than of republicans. The burden of all his song is & plea to pops to keep away from demo- crats. Once upon a time he did not sing such a song. Then he was glad to get ns close to democrats ds the law would allow. He did get close enough to win the highest honors within the gift of democrats—but now—well, there no honors in sight Just now, and so Allen has begun a crusade agalnst the memory of Thomas Jefferson and against everything anq everybody besr- ing the democratic brand. The Telegram does not desire to create discord within fusion ranks. We sincerely hope that the democrats and pops can get together this fall and redeem Nebraska, but it had fust as well be understood now as later that no man, be he Senator Allen or another, can heap insult upon the memory of Jefferson and still be n political harmony with Ne- braska democrats. The democrats of this have treated Senator Allen right. He has no kick comingy unless it be the kick of an Ingrate. — MERCANTILE CREDITS, How They Are Said to Be Aftected by the Bankruptey Law. Bostor, Advertiser, * Senator Dolliver of lowa is credited with & determination to try to get the present bankruptey law abolished. He gives as & Teason that it makes {t @0 easy for young men to rush fnto debt and then secure & discharge in bankruptcy .sat many previ- ously honest young men are now borrowing all they can, with the purpose of appealing to the bankruptcy law in order to defraud their creditors. On moral grounds he thinks that the law should be repealed. We agree with Mr. Dolliver in the ment that the present bankruptey la & premium upon dishonesty by afford end of loopholes by which dishonorable men can escape paying their debls. We do not agree with him as to the practical working of the law. It really tends to lessen credits instead of increasing them. Time was when the average merchant could go to banks and borrow money for his needs. The bankruptcy law has mightily changed this. The large banks no longer buy commercial paper. Some still accommodate old and well-tried customers, but they are gradully withdraw- ing from these discounts. In the larxe clties commercial paper, except that of great corporations, is bandled to but 4 mall fraction of what was done a few years ago. In smaller places, where Individual borrowers are better known, the change is not o radical, but it is going on thers The bankruptey law was passed in order to help credits, in order to secure a federal engine of collection. It has hurt them, be- cause it makes the way of refusing to pay and of getting & clean discharzs 0o easy. The true foundation of crediis is the de- &ree of willingness felt by bankers to loan For they in the end carry all oredits. And the bankruptey law has already, in part, dried up the confidence of the banking world in lending money upon commercial paper and the distrust is Increastng. The result is that the banks were never so strong and never made so fow ldsses, but the small merchant and manutacturer, hoa- est many times, suffering the same as the dishonest, is finding the sources of credit closed and is going out of business or beinx absorbed into larger concerns of estab. lished capital and credit. We have no idea that the present bank- ruptey law will be abolished or seriously changed. We believe that Jo some regards It 1s serving a good purpose, but a very different one from what was anticipated by some of those who uxpected much from it. PERSONAL NOTES. The exhibition tour of the womam who went over Niagara Falls In a barrel, has been a financlal failure. Dr. Butler, the new president of Colum- bla, Is sald to have deciined fourtsem col lege presidencies before he got the offer that he wanted. Tho chiefs of the fire departments of Waterbury, Conn., and Paterson, N. J., are respectively Snagg and Stagg. A hoodoo must lurk in the combination somewhere. It is related of Samuel Alvin Sperry, who has just died in Reno county, Kansas, that he was one of a family of fourteen ohildren, all of whom lived to be more than 76 yi old. Henry Kayton, the veteran artist of Bal- timore, has just celebrated his 93d birth- day. Among his best works an artist were his portraits of President John Tyler and Governor Iredell of North Carolina. A writer in the London Saturday Review speaks of “Mr. Senator Tell of the United States House of (elected) Lords.”” This reference is undoubtedly to Senator Teller ot Colorado, but is it & joke or an exhibi- tion of ignorance? Bir Conrad Reeves, chief justice of Bar- badoes, who died a short time ago, was a mulatto who rose from the humblest soeclal condition. He began life as & newspaper reporter and eventually to be re- garded as the greatest f man, ablest lawyer and most patriotio ot all mative West Indlane. At the time of his death he was 80 years old. Alphonse G. Caron lived as & clown for & quarter of a century, traveling with big circus shows In this country and sbroad. Now he has stepped from gay to grave with & vengeance, having opened an under- taker's establishment uptown in New York. Caron's father was a clown and his mother was Zanfretta, known to half of Europs s a clever dancer and trapeze performer. It now appears that Carnegie plaglarized in choosing for his epitaph the words: “Here lies a man who knew enough to surround himself with men wiser than he." The late Emperor Frederick of Germany made a epeech shortly after his father's death in which he said: ‘“‘He was & great man—great especially because he knew how to surround himself with men greater than he was.” FLASHES OF FUN. Jud undlord—‘!‘ho rent of this suite of rooms i $50 & week, Includmmg water. Coloflel Kentuck—How much without the water 2 cl‘o New: TUD—BH' perhaps she doe-n't love you. Jack—O, yes, she does. Tom—How do you know Jack—~When 1 told M that I ooy 1o g0t mertied g ‘she sftered 19 borrow some from .lQl' father, soup ta lied th m" the waiter. e Tast part of the ox I'd ever id the professor. Baltimore Amuflcl ‘'As to my merit," llld the young man who was asking the lady's Tathor for her hand, “you will have e at my face value.' ”‘Vall, answered the fond fi (hlr “you'll have to drop in er in the ds { . mar- ket quotations on brass lr. not out y Pittsburg C‘lmllll ‘The IM‘\]. of American Wheelmen has ]0 " portion of Itse membership,” ‘vant arder. "l'kn o(h!r ‘Dmué lfll doh bacl aling,” P “That's ‘th use for soup,” Washington Star: raising ' mustache, womai hldnl obnrved it,”” sald the other. Probably He's ralsing it =, hll valet, Not n rlv 5o much trouble and can watch it grow.’ Cleyeland Plain Deater: W hat about “Ma, ts pa asked Mm how llu bald eagle "t ‘? [l pame and be said it wos oegaues X ¢ ‘l.l"dknd fhr:;n it differed. And fered because the bald e ried bird.” “You go out and tell your father that he's a sifly 0ld tmbecie.” Chicago Post: ‘“What are you going to ive b Toonir saked the desistint Foc: g Bha pnnd-ud the matter deeply for u ment. mo arll gtve ne, of my engagement o She sald ar la L ft's Very nice for i girl to be engaged to two men in Lent, do you FAYRE MAYDE AND BRAVE KNYGHT, W. D. Nesbit In Baturday Evening’ Post, Ye Fayre M e in ye Palace satte, And wept full dol!lullh, With reddencd Noss and streamingo Eye, A so ghte to see, Ye Brlvn yghte rod. adowne Y. Pyke, Ryghte proude in costlle geare, But stopt full guddenlie whenas ' Her weepings smote hys Eare. 'G-dl':)okel"‘ he called. “What meane soche o mofirlnlullo phis? thee, AR fl:_l::f{l‘l. NN May telle me ye woe : - TR ey - Aflse T s Billle Goate Yo Fayre Mayde wwu' ¥o Fayre Mayde lackadaye ¢ ruuo this waye!” me wee) ye Brave oK Knyghte spake hym he o hall tochte That menn ul:ro e Who have ye myghte To showe hym vhn is what! He uyma hys prnnnelnn Chatger thenne, Ang e hyslance at reste. Ye, Farre. u-ydo Toude d1ade wayle agayne: hea To Bg‘na costlle Sealeskinne sacane. “Fyve golfinge sults, eyghte walking fryli. d furbel i‘.'-'n:' l(.n;:h (S elosds wolde. fayne 1t thoutedde ‘“Whoa - “‘B.R’."t'm'fififn eayde are Miled wyth yo Fayro Mayde aiade deplors, “But Papa—cruelle Papa—sayes He will notte buy me more. But suddenne soundes Ran her Eare didde were ye Hoofebeates e Knyghte fled downe ye YE LESSON. Qh; Maydennes faysn. yo Lofaon t8: Telle notte ye fo h bo i You're wedde— fiu;"'my. potte fige you :Lno. N g ye Horse