Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 20, 1902, Page 6

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, MAY 20, 190%. THE OMAHA DALY BEE E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. ly Bee (without Bunday), One Year. liy Bee and Sunday, One Year.. Illustrated Bee, On . Bunday Bee, Une Year Baturday Bée, One Year . Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year. L DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Dally Bee (without Sunday), per copy..2c Dally Bee (without Bunaay), per week..lic ally Bee (inciuding Sunday), per week.lic Bunday Bee, per copy.... .. bo Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week.l0e Eyening ‘Bee (including Bunauy), ~per ee Complaints 'of ‘irregularities. in deiivery shoula be addressed to Ciwy Clrculation Department. OFFICES. The Bee Bullding. 5 Haii pullding, Twen- eets. Chicago—16#_Unity Bullding. New York—Temple Court. Washington—w1 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news editorial matter shoula be aadressed: Umaba Bee, Edltorial Department. BUSINESS. L) L KS. Busizess letiers and remitiances should be addressed: I'he Bee rublishing Com- pany, Umana. REMITTANCES. Remit by dratt, express or postal order, ayapie to ‘the Bee Puolishing Company. nly Z-cent stamps accepted in payment of mall accounts. Fersonal checks, except on maha of eastern exchange, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. SBTATEMENT OF CIRCHLATION. Btate of Nebraska, Dougias County, se.: George B Tzschuck, secretary of he Bee Publ ing Company, being duly swor ¢ the actual number of full an; ! f The Dally, Morning, Evening an printed during the month uf April, 1%, was as follows: 20,560 29,530 EERE Net total rales 870,838 Net dally average . o 29,227 EORGE B, TZECHUCK. Cabscribed in my presence and sworn to beiore me this ¥th day of April, A. D. 1902, (Seal) M. B. HUNGATE, Notary Publle. e ——— The meat packers have learned by this time that it is no joke. Those Jacksonlans appear to be rais- ing a crop of insurgents themselves. Those Texas ofl gushers are not in Jthe competition with the lava spouters of the Antllles. It begins to look as if those American mules In South Africa had kicked them- selves out of a job. Promoters of the kodak combine are sure to be accused of taking snap judg- ment on the snap-shot artists, If Nebraska democrats want another bout on the issue of 16 to 1 free silver ‘colnage, they will by all means be ac- commodated. If Douglas county republicans are to make their nominations hereafter by the Crawford county system, they might as well start in at it this spring. Mount Pelee s entitled to rank first for ralsing the dust. But while volcanic dust goes farther than the other kind, it is not in such great demand. The chief duty of the new democratic congressional committee will be to find out on which side of each issue most of the democrats have planted themselves. e——————— Spain s proceeding with reference to its young king on the theory that reign- Ing royalty is not the real thing until It has passed at least one assassination plot. ] And now the local democratic organ wants party reorganization to begin first right here in Omaha. Is it possible the local democratic machine is as badly clogged as that? % i i Nebraska state politics and politiclans gre warming up for the June meetings. With only a month remaining for get- ting entries into form, the political training stables will be kept busy. Eme— Portland is drawing upon Omaha for pointers as to how to run a successful exposition when it opens its Lewis and Clark centennial falr. Portland knows where to go to get the right polnters. . ————————— / More than $1,500,000 added to the as- sessment roll on which the 1002 elty tax levy Is to be imposed as a result of the campaign waged by the Real Estate Ex- change. That is a fair sf s Here is another problem for the infant class in mathematics: If all the prop- erty and franchises of all the rallroads in Nebraska are assessed for taxation at some $26,000,000, at what figure should the other taxable property in the state Do assessed? L _____ — "} ‘While discussing the Philippine situa- tion our popocratic friends must not for- get that we would never have bought the islands under the terms of the peace treaty were it not for the personal ef- Worts of Colonel Bryan and his friends to force ratification by the senate. According to reports from General Chaffee, the Moro dattos, with one ex- ception, now claim to be particularly friendly to the United States. The one exception is likely to change his mind suddenly whenever the United States concludes that his friendship is worth enforcing. -y An exploring expedition will have to be sent out at once to unearth enough populists in Douglas county to answer to the roll call under an apportionment that gives them more than 100 votes in the coming populist state convention ‘when scarcely that number have regis- tered ' themselves as populists in the whele county, v THE CAMPAIGN FOR TAX REFORM. The campaign for tax reform is by no means confined within the city limits of Omaha or the boundaries of the state of Nebraska. It {8 being waged in every section of the country where the meth- ods of assessment and taxation dis- criminate in favor of one class of tax- payers and against another class. The keynote of the campaign for tax reform was sounded at the national conference on taxation by experts who have made a study of the problem. The newly ap- pointed clvil service commissioner, James R. Garfleld, declared at the na- tional conference: The chief aim of tax reform today should be the arousing and awakening of the public conscience upon the subject of taxa- tion. It lo unfortunately true that our crude, unjust and unequal systems of taxa- tion are responsible for much of the official corruption and personal dishonesty that ob- talns today. The unprecedented growth of the country has produced the need of enormous public expenditures, which must be met by increased taxation. If we con- tinue a system by which the larger portion of the wealth of the country escapes its share of this taxation burden, we are tend- ing toward a condition of affairs which is unbearable d must produce revolution unless checked by a change in the method of taxation which will produce approximate Justice and equality. A still more eminent authority, Prof. E. R. A. Seligman of Columbia univer- sity, In concurring with Mr. Garfleld, sald: “What we need is a campaign of education in this country leading ulti- mately, If necessary, to a change of con- stitutional methods.” The campalgn for tax reform inaugu- rated by the Omaha Real Estate ex- change in its effort to secure a more equitable assessment of the public utility corporations in this city and the efforts of the editor of The Bee to bring about a more just assessment of the rallroad properiy in Nebraska is waged on practical lines with the same end in view. The complete revision of assess- ment methods in Nebraska by which the assessment of all classes of property will correspond with their relative values and the taxes upon all property, whether owned by individuals or cor- porations, whether tangible or Intangi- ble, will bear its just proportion of the tax burdens, will be the ultimate out- come. This was the lntention of the framers of our state constitution when they expressly required that “the legis- lature shall provide such revenue as may be needful by levying a tax by valuation so that every person and cor- poration shall pay a tax in proportion to the value of his, her or its property and franchises.” AMERICAN GENEROSITY. The commendation which the United States has recelved abroad for its prompt and generous contribution to the relief of the people of Martinique and St. Vincent is gratifying. It stands out in striking contrast to what was done by the foreign governments iminediately concerned. The French government was two or three days behind ours in taking action and then was far less liberal than the United States, while the British minlsters, when the mutter was presented to their attention, were unable to do anything because they knew of no precedent. Perhaps there has never been a more striking instance of British subjection to precedent than this. In the presence of an almost un- paralleled calamity, bringing destitution and suffering to thousands, a British minister declared that because there was no precedent the government could .do nothing in the case. In such an ex- igency our government is not deterred by lack of precedent. It makes one. How great has been the service It ren- dered in this instance 1s yet to be fully learned, but there Is no doubt that its prompt action has saved many from death. The public response to the appeal of President Rosevelt does not appear to be as liberal as was looked for, perbaps due to a feeling that enough had been done by congress and that it is the duty of France and England to show more generosity in caring for the suffering people In their islands. It is quite natural that there should be such a feeling and therefore the popular relief contributions are likely to be less lib- eral than was expected. BIRTH OF A REPUBLIC, Today Cuba becomes a republic and takes a place among the independent states of the world. The long-cherished aspiration of her people is at last real- ized and the sacrifices they have made achieve their reward. The Spanish flag disappeared from the island as a sym- bol of sovereignty more than three years ago, to be replaced by the American flag as an emblem of protection. Today the flag of the United States comes down and the Cuban flag replaces it, long to wave, it will be the hope of all Americans, over a free, prosperous and happy people. . The struggle of the Cubans to f themselves from the galling splnm yoke is one of the most tragic records in human history. The revolts against despotic rule cost thousands of lives and brought disaster almost beyond computation, accompanied with most se- vere suffering and privation to the masses of the people, The loss of Cuban population during the twelve years previous to 1800 due to intermittent war and to the cruel reconcentration policy was about 200,000, a rate of decrease which, had war continued, would have depopulated the island in five years. It was a terrible situation that had been reached whbei in 1898 the United States intervened and took Cuba’from Spain. The pledge then made that Cuba should have a free and independent govern- ment is now fulfilled, after the United States has placed the island in better condition in nearly all respects than it ever before was in and instructed its people in sound principles of self-gov- ernment. ' No greater magnanimity was ever shown a people than the United States has shown to the Cubans, and while we have impesed upox the new government some conditions which are restrictions and may be viewed as selfish, time will undoubtedly demon- strate that they are quite as much In the interest and for the benefit of the Cubans as of ourselves. We had an unquestionable right to ask certaln re- quirements deemed to be necessary to safeguard our Interests and also to Insure the future security of Cuba, which must always be under our pro- tection. These requirements will not interfere with a wise and proper exer- cise by the new government of its func- tions of soverelgnty. It will simply prevent it from doing that which might be inimieal to Independence or which wotld burden it with obligations dan- gerous to the country's future welfare. The object of the conditions is peace and security for Cuba, which it was an im- perative duty of the United States to provide for. The American people have every reason to be proud of what has been done by the government in pre- paring Cuba for entrance into the sister- hood of republics. The government that will be inau- gurated at Havana today has the sup- port of & very large majority of the Cuban people. There is a factional op- position, but it is not likely to be im- mediately troublesome. The patriotic spirit of the people appears to be fully aroused and the few dissatisfied politi- clans will have little present opportunity to volce their grievances. What they may do later on it is useless to con- Jecture. Whether or not the new gov- ernment will be stable and lasting is also a question which it would be profitless now to consider, Enough for ioday that we hall the new republic and wish it godspeed. — THE SPANISH ANARCHISTS. There are many anarchists in Spain and it 1s not surprising thet they had conspired to kill the young king on the day of his taking the coronation oath. The plot, however, it would seem had not been so well arranged or so care- fully guarded as is usual with anarchist conspiracies. The discovery, which has been followed by the arrest of a number of persons, will of cayrse not only cause the authorities to exerelée extraordinary vigilance for the protection of King Al- fonso, but will probably lead to very drastic measures for the suppression of anarchlsm. The existing laws are se- vere, but they seem to have had little effect, except that tHe Spanish an- archists have for several years been less demonstrative than before the enact- ment of these laws. They are probably quite as numerous, however, conditions in Spain for the past two or three years bhaving been such as to encourage the growth of anarchism. The young king is reported to have shown remarkable coolness and self- command under the circumstances. ‘When everybody else was excited and agitated he is said to have been per- fectly calm. This will doubtless have an effect upon the popular mind favor- uble to Alfonso, for the Spanish people admire and appreclate courage, and fearlessness exhibited by a mere boy under such conditions will especially im- press . the people and doubtless strengthen their esteem for and loyalty to their youthful sovereign. IR The Civic federation arbitrators are realizing what a big task they must perform to come up to popular expecta- tions that look to them to adjust every serious difference in the field jointly oc- cupled by capital and labor. As yet, however, the triumphs of arbitration stand out by contrast with its fallures. When peaceful compromise completely takes the place of the trial of endurance we will wonder, as we do so frequently in other cases, why the old and costly strife was persisted in so long. Conveniences for the Shufiie, Kansas City Journal Some people live 13 the vicinity of slum- bering volcanoes. Others thaw out frozen dynamite and get there just the same. Ringing Down the Curtain. ‘Washington: Post. ‘When the Hon. Willlam M. Stewart de- clares the silver issue is dead, it comes very near belng the inscription om the tombstone. Overworking & Gift erprise. Chicago News. Mr. Carnegle admits that he offered to purchase the freedom of the Filipinos for $20,000,000. Doubtless he would have thrown in some free libraries for good measure it his offer had be epted. t of Existing Monopolies. Indianapolls Journal. ‘When seeking the real cause of the an- thracite strike it will be found in the com- bination owning the mines, and that its members have encouraged rather than made an attempt to prevent it. If half the complaints made of the mine owners have any basis in fect they constitute a monop- oly which the law ehould reach. Gr —_— Distribution of Syndicate Springfield Republican. The managers of the Steel trust under- writing syndicate have disbursed a second division of $10,000,000 in profits, which is equal to 40 per cent on the of cash advanced by the syndicate, profits alreedy declared thus equal 80 per cent, and are expected to exceed 160 per cent. The Steel trust is certainly a success for the promoters. Speculatin Chicago Chroniole. According to the commercial agencies the unseasonable moisture and low tempera- tures have unfavorably affected business this spring. It would be strange if they hadn't. ‘The man with & cold in his head d lumbago in his back may be & budding Napoleon of finance, but he will devote more thought to mustard plasters and hot foot baths than to colossal business projects. Happiness Spri; 8t. Louis Republic. ‘With the races under brilllant headway, college and professional base ball fairly started on a prosperous season, the summer gardens about to open and spring vegetables beginning to come in, the person who can’t be happy these duys is & subject either for our tenderest pity or justified censure. If In reasonably good health and omly the most moderate circumstances, it 1s & sin not to be happy st such & time. Also is it incen- Live Nebraska Towil_]sh St. Paul—Center of State. Located fn almost the exact geographical center of the state, St. Paul may fairly be coosidered a representative Nebraska city. By the census of 1900 it is credited with & population of 1475, which has since been considerably increased. The town was founded in 1871 by N. J. and J. N. Paul, both of whom still reside here, one being president of the St. Paul State bank and the other a judge of the district court. Almost without exception those locating in St. Paul during the thirty-one years of its existence have been men of progressive ideas, yet conservative in the management of their business affairs. The truth of this statement is attested by the two solid blocks of substantial brick business bulld- ings, the handsome residences and other modern improvements with which the city 18 equipped, together with the fact that in all these years there have been but two or three small failures. During the exceptional period of distress in 1893-4, which closed the doors of many business institutions in older communities, not a St. Paul enterprise was forced to suspend. In common with the country at large, our business men have prospered during the fat years that have followed, and today there is mo city of its size in all the west that can show a cleaner bill of business health than ours. Surrounded by a farming and stock grow- ing country, St, Paul depends largely upon those industries for the blessings it enjoys. There is no richer soll under God's blue heaven than that of Howard county. There 18 no better class of citizens anywhere than the farmers and stockmen hereabout. In addition to these important industries we have two large flouring mills which furnish employment to many men, a wholesale grocery house that supplies the entire Loup country. an up-to-date creamery, and be- sides a full quota of mercantile and pro- fessional establishments there is a bottling factory, a steam laundry, a fine opera house, two newspapers, three banks. Two railroads pass through St. Paul, one of them sending a spur up the Middle Loup valley to Loup City. It is thus made an ideal distributing peint for all the Loup country. Both the North and Middle Loup rivers flow by our doors with their vast, inexhaustible volumes of water, offering aplendid opportunities for the establish- ment of industries requiring cheap power. The clty s equipped with an excellent water works system, a complete_local and long distance telephone exchange, and an electric light plant will no doubt be in- stalled in the near future. Several rural mail delivery routes to be supplied from this place are now pending at Washington, and there are assurances that they will be established shortly. Five religious denominations are repre- sented, all of which own creditable church edifices. Our public schools rank with the best In the state. A diploma from the St. Paul High school entitles the holder to admission to the state university without further examination. A magnificent school bullding, which will this year be equipped with steam heat, furnishes comfortable ac- commodations and the district is practi- cally free from debt. There 18 still room here for more pro- gresaive citizens. While many flelds of in- dustry are already covered, there are still numerous opportunities for investment with assurance of ample returns. Our people have passed through the fire of adversity unecathed. They are now on the highroad to prosperity and financial independence. They d ready to extend a hearty wel- come to all who come among them with the intention of establishing a home and as- suming their share responsibility in the town's upbullding. Letters of inquiry will be cheerfully answered by the undersigned or referred to rssponsible parties who can give more intelligent information. CLARK PERKINS. a business college and never defer rejoicing. If you m! for grieving you are the galner. If of your own volition you miss a chance for jubilat- ing—oh, the folly of such a loss! COLOR LINE IN WOMEN'S CLUBS. a chance ‘Warm Comment on the Action of the Federation at Los Angeles. Chicago Chronicle. Political bigotry and race animosity have had an apparently easy victory at the bi- ennlal convention of women's clubs in ses- sion at Los Angeles. ‘What has been adopted nominally as a compromise upon the color question is in fact a complete surrender of the northern clubs to the manifestly superior tact which directed the bigotry of the convention. There is assuredly no reason in common sense why educated and refined women be- longing to the yellow, the brown or the black races should not co-operate with other intelligent and refined women in promoting industry and philanthropy. No question of social intercourse was involved. Political bigotry so completely dominated the women at Los Angeles that a rule ha been adopted requiring the unanimous vote of the membership committee to admit any del 5 of a tle” the question is amusingly referred to the board of di- rectors and a three-fifthe vote of that body will be required to elect. This brutal and transparent subterfu designed to keep out women of 9“.1'. American colored blood if elected ‘delegates by state clubs, ‘was adopted by &n overwhelming majority. ‘Whether on thinking the thing over self- respecting women who also respect the con- stitution of the United States will desire in any considerable number to remain mone- tary supporters of the farcical and now un- American Natlonal Federation of Women's Clubs e & question the answer to which unbigoted women belonging to women's clubs will awalt with considerable interest. The conviction 2as been growing rapidly throughout the women's clubs of the coun- try that the national federation is both useless and ridiculous. This conviction will now become more general and its effect will be the saving of considerable money for more benign club uses than & biennial travesty which has ceased to be merely absurd and has become malignant. It would have been vastly more to the credit of the Los Angeles convention if the majority had frankly voted that they are in favor of reducing again to slavery all women in the United States whose blood is not pure white, A chemical Investigation of blood cor- puscles might, it is true, render the strict application of such a decision acutely em- barrassing in many unsuspected places. The triumph of political bigotry and social barbarity at Los Angeles is a shame to American womanhood. RANGE FENCES MUST GO. Encroachments on the Public Domain ‘Will Not Be Permitted. Boston Transcript. The position of the cattlemen with ref- erence to the new government order for the removal of the wire fences, which they have constructed as they pleased about ranges for their stock. is somewhat similar to-that of the wheat-growers of an earlier day, though if they are now caught in thelr own nets they have less cause to com- plain. The government has never given them formal permission to do what they have done, or any assurance that it would not at any time put a stop to arrangemenis so comfortable to them but unjust to those desiring to make permanent settiements. The government certainly has as good a right as any citizen to dispose of its own property in its own way, and if trespassers tave encroached upon’ it they have no rizht to comolain if orderod to desist and confine themselves to territory that they bave homestly purchas¢d and pald for. We should judge from the reports that the cattlemen had carried matte: with rather a high hand. The large operator wets a considerable portion of land that he has a right to call his own for an an- chorage. Adjoining or near it he may buy or lease rallroad or school lands, and then it has been his custom to fence in these large areas, regardless of all the public land that may come between his holdings and to which he has no shadow of a title. It is the rule of the strongest; the strong crowd out the weak. The big operator does Dot give the small one equal or even partial share with himself in these unlaw- ful privileges. No man in the government is more fa- millar with the sctual condition of things In the cattle country than President Roose- velt himself, and it is this personal knowl- edge that has doubtless prompted him to take the action he has In the present emer- rency. But for all that it may be true, as Senator Warren of Wyoming says, that this order for the removal of the fences will result in bloodshed. There are no uglier customers than squatters. They have joyed all the profits and other advantages of actual property so long that they forget the slender tenure upon which their claims rest. But unless the government is dis- posed to abjectly surrender and admit that occupation is possession the question must be settled someé time, and the longer it is delaped the less peaceful must be the means resorted to to effect such a settle- weat. EMPEROR WILLIAM'S GIFT. Minneavolls Journal: Emperor Willlam is ®olng to present us with a statue of Fred- erick the Great. Fred was auite a soldier in his time. but his fame rests chiefly upon the fact that he was an ancestor of the present emperor of the Germans, Springfleld Reoublican: It is a very in- teresting gift which the kalser-now makes to the American people in the form of a bronze statue of Frederick the Great, to be erected in the city of Washington. Freder- ick himself never could have anticipated it. President Roosevelt's acceptance of the ift is graclous and satisfactory in its ex- nression that the statue will be considered an evidence of friendly relations between the two countries. Now a statue of George Washington should be ralsed in Berlin. Chicago Chronicle: The king monument business was tried on American soll a few years ago. The attempt was a failure. Every similar attempt is foredoomed to fallure. The American spirit will tolerate neither kings nor kings' monuments nor monuments to agents of kings. Maudlin sentimentality erected a monument a few years ago to a king’s epy. Ome quiet night the American spirit chipped its shoulder off. The maudlin sentimentalists repaired the hurt. On another quiet night the Ameri- can spirit placed a charge of powder at its base. There was not enough of the kingly reminiscence left to repair. This, it is candid to predict, will be the inevitable fate of any kingly monument placed on American soll. We are through with kings and all thelr works and pomps. Indianapolis News: Emperor Willlam re- turns to the subject with great grace and appositeness. He bews to vresent to the citizens of this country a statue of Fred- erick the Great. to be placed In Washing- ton as a lasting sign of the intimate rela- tions that have been successfully fostered and developed between the two great na- tions of Germany and America. Frederick the Great, the emperor recalls, maintained a friendly attitude towards the American republic, and the example set by the great king the emperor means to follow. Fred- erick the Great was really one of the few men that deserve the title. He was great. Tt is sald that President Roosevelt has de- termined on a vlace near the new war col- lege as the location of the statue. A fitter nlace could not be chosen. Frederick the Great was pre-eminently a great warrior, though he was great in other phases of his character. The value of the gift, however, is a recognition of Prince Henry's visit and the consequences of it. It sets & good ex- ample for general imitation. Nations might turn aside at times thus to mark a recogni- tion of one another. PERSONAL NOTES. President Palma «cems surprised that so many Cubans pail 1heir patriotism to the ple counter. And yet he has lived In the United States. Samuel* Hinkle of Springfield, 11, owns the old leather hat box carried by Abrabam Lincoln to Washington on the occasion of his first inauguration as president. The governor of New Jersey has by au- thority of the legislature appointed a voting machine commission of three members to pass upon the different voting machines for sale. Mayor Low of New York has just been fined $5 for using & hose without a permit. Willam C. Whitney has also been com- pelled to pay the same amount for violation of ordinance. Senator Penrose gazed admiringly at two pretty, rosy-cheeked country girls who were sightseeing in the capitol at Washington. ‘These girls,” he said, “are what we call ‘brown eugar girls’ in Philadelphia—sweet, but unrefined, you know." Dr. J. L. Wortman of Peabody museum, Yale university, has gone on an important expedition west, lasting until next Septem- ber, during which he will work over agaln the fleld of Dakota, Wyoming and the bad lands, where the late Prof. Marsh made his important discoverles. A Washington preacher who thinks he knows says dancing is “hugging set to music.” Dogmatic declarations of this kind imply practical knowledge of the art, and he who has experienced the joy of the rhythmical whirl, with arms fairly loaded, stamps himself as a gibbering jay in giv- ing the snap away. Next to flylog through space in his fly- ing machine M. Santos-Dumont enjoys knitting, making embroldery and tapestry. It is hardly credible that a man so utterly fearless, so completely devoted to the most dangerous pursuit that ever attracted reck- less human nature should find delight in occupations so eesentially feminine as fancy needlework. Prof. Alfred Crolset, one of the repre- sentatives of the French republic at the forthcoming Rochambeau statue unveiling in Washington, is a true Parisian, having been born in the French capital Afty-seven years ago. His career as & scholar has been most brilliant, but he is also & man of affairs, being probably chief among the educators of France. Prof. Crolset has been very influential in university exten- slon work. Personally he is a man of dis- tinguished presence and is regarded as one of the most eloquent speakers in Franc Before returning to Burope he will deliver one lecture at Columbla university. CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS, Elwood Bulletini Judge Norris seems to have the lead for the republican nemina- tion for congrees in the Fifth district. The judge is a very pepular man. Tekamah Journal: Sepator W. W. Young of Btanton called on the republicans of this county the first days of the week and made many nmew acquaintances. Mr. Young 1s a candldate for the republican nomination for congress from this district. He is a clean and able gentleman Emerson Enterprise: The Dakota City Record gives Judge Willlam P. Warner a strong endorsement ae the republican can- didate for congress for this district and states that while the judge is not an avowed candidate, yet no man in the dis- trict is better fitted for the position than be. Beatrice Times: The editor of the Times has been shown a letter written by Mr. M. E. Schultz of this city to an influential re- publican in another quarter of the county, announcing his candidacy for the repub- lican nomination for congress in the Fourth distriot. It is a clean, manly letter and the republicans of this district could go further and fare worse than to make Mr. Schultz their candidate for congress. Burt County Herald: Semator W. W. Young of Stanton, an aspirant for the nom- ination of congressman before the repub- lican convention of this district, was in the city Monday getting acquainted with re- publicans. The senator is a gentleman of abllity and good standing in the state. He has been a resident of this district for over twenty years, has been an active repub- lican, a good campaigner, a splendid orator and a man with the courage of his convic- tions. Kearney Journal: Frank B. Beeman fis the only logical candidate for congress in this county and he ought to receive the hearty and undivided support of the re- publicans of Buffalo county. If he should not be successful in the nominating con. vention it will then be time enough to rally around the successful candidate. But un- til that is done it becomes the duty of eve~y loyal republican in the county to stand by his home man. Mr. Beeman ought to have a delegation strictly loyal to him from first to last. Lelgh World: About every other paper published in the Third district has a blue pencil mark across one corner which indl- cates that there is an editorial announcing someone for congri Nearly every county in the dietrict has a candidate for the place, but of all of them W. W. Young of Stanton seems to be in the best favor. Some weeks ago this paper was one of the firet to announce his candidacy and snce then he has been growing in favor until it now looks as though his nomination is as- sured. It would be hard to find a more able man or a more honest worker than Hon. W. W. Young of Stanton. Wayne Republican: H. C. Vail of Alblon, a very pleasant gentleman and a prominent attorney of his section of the big Third district, was in Wayne a short time be- tween trains last Friday. He is a candi- date for congress and you know it when you have met him. Mr. Vail would not wish to have you expect to be thus im- pressed by the reason of his telling you of his worthy ambition, but then you know there are candidates for congress and there are candidates for congress. This gentle- man, who is the happy medium, is going to have a strong showing in the convention to start in on and more to finish on if the other fellows don’t look out some, Fremont Tribune: As about one-third of the thirty-three counties of the Sixth There are four or five counties in the ex« | treme western end of the district that have never been represented by a republican, and they have but one candidate, Hon. H, M. Grimes. Judge Grimes reeides In {(ne | same city with Mr. Neville and s the logieAl opponent. He has a following that will ba with him at all times. There fs scarcely a IVDlFr fn his judicial district that is ope | posed to him, regardless of party, and this [end of the district is most justly entitied to the candidate. It nominated he will carry the dlstriet by & handsome majority. Let Judge Grimes recelve the nomination and republicans will be thoroughly united. Nellgh Leader: We don't wish to entor the list of prophets, desiring that the fu- slonists retain thelr supremacy, but the congressional struggle in this district has the mppearance that George A. Brooks of Knox county and W. W. Young of Stanton will be the leaders, with the latter some- what ahead In the race. Either of thess gentlemen would make a strong, aggres- elve campaign and of a character that would win success. The Leader has no candidate, but desires the nomination to £0 to some men with abllity and energy. congressional district have a republican candidate for the nomination for con- gress the newspapers in as many counties are urging the fitness of A. E. Cady for governor. Mr. Cady made a phenomenal run for congress in 1896 and the other candidates for the place would like to eide- track his candidacy at this time, This fear makes it look very much as if he stood a good show for the nomination. He would doubtless be able to make the most effective campaign for the election of any man mentioned and it is equally true he ‘would be a rattling good candidate for gov- ernor. Fremont Leader: When the editor of the Leader first observed the name of Hon. L. D. Richards of Fremont mentloned in connection with the congressional nomina- tion of the Third district by the repub- licans, we supposed it was the overflow of some enthusiastic admirer of Mr. Rich- ards, as it was understood he was not a candidate. But since the frequent men- tion of Mr. Richards' name for the place brings him out as a candidate for the people. It is another instance of the place coming to a man instead of the man hunt- ing the place. There is a great big list of men hunting the place, some good and some otherwise, but our fellow townsman is not one of the hunters. Sidoey Republican: Judge M. P. Kin- cald of O'Neill is making & determined canvass of the big Sixth for congressional honors. The judge has friends in every corner of the district who will be much in evidence at the proper time. He made the race twice under adverse circumstances and now that the republican nomination being equal to an election it seems to the Republican that the district is yet under obligations to Judge Kincald. He is an earnest and energetic campalgner and makes votes wherever he goes, and to know him and know him well is only to admire him still the more. He always has that hearty handshake whether he fs on the bench or in private life; he will be found a strong man in the republican con- vention at Crawford. Bayard Transcript: A good many of the newspapers throughout this congressional district are industriously booming favorite sons as successor to Hon. Willlam Neville, It is not the time to reward foseils, no matter how high their character or ex- oeptional their morals. It will be a lively scrap from the time the candidates are named until the polls are closed and the republican party must not be placed fn a disadvantageous position at the beginning. it — GETTING THE BLUE How They Come and the Way to Rout Them., 8an Francisco Bulletin, Probably in two cases out of three the blues are caused by one's physical tate, It a man has overworked or has been under any unusual strain or excitement, or has worried a great deal, or has been for awhile in a state of joy and elation—all of which require an expenditure of energy—he is very likely to bave the blues and to be in low spirits by way of reaction. The body 18 & machine which can do a certain amount of work and no more. If it does a great deal today it must do less tomorrow and thereby make up for today's extravagance. It a man takes one glass of whisky the elight stimulus that he feels will be fol- lowed, as night follows day, by an cxactly equivalent sinking of the spirits. If he has been thoroughly and gayly drunk his re- covery will be attended by a correspond- ing melancholia and misery. When a man has the blues he ought to consider that he 1s merely an exponent of one of nature's laws, and that he no right to harass others with complaints. Some men are not pleased vnless they communicate their unpleasant moods to all about them. They become sulky and cross with their wives and chil- dren, and they throw a gloom over their household. Buch conduct is very selfish. A man in the blues ought to take some pills ard a good loog walk all alone or with some companion of steadfast cheerfulness, Lucky it is for him if he has a wife who will not be downcast and who can restore him to cheerfulness without spolling him, — ECHOES OF LAUGHING HEARTS, Chicago Tribune ‘What {s thing in oil you have today?" asked the occasional patron, Well 1,” sald the dealer in art goods, “here’s an excellent portrait of Mr. lfiwke- teller.” Somerville Journal: The man who re- turns home from a journey and doesn't bring his wife a present must be very sure of the fascination of hig whiskers. Washington Star: “Some men,” sald Uncle Eben, * 'magines dey's havin” a good {lme when dey ain doin’ nuffin’ but hang- {n" aroun’ sceln’ which kin stay awake de onges' Philadelphia . Press: “This, Young husband, “is what I cal ried life.” ’ 'm glad you are satisfled with some- snapped his shrewish bride. “Oh, I'm not. I merely meant to de- clare that it is not ideal.’” Detroit Fres Press: Bookseller—Now, here's a good book. It's entitied ‘“What He Told His Wife.” Oldwed—That's fiction; I want poetry, the best sald the real mar- Jud?: Mr. Bingo—I am a “floor walker* and “buyer” for Lacem & Skirts. Mr. Bango—Arduous job. great rellef to get home nights. Mr, Bingo—Well, no; I am “floor walker'* and “buyer” for that house, too. Chicago Post: “I didn't know there were asnakes in this region.” ““There aren't.” “Well, we saw one on our day'ssputing.” “Who' carried the bottle?" Somerville Journal: Belle—Papa, here are letters from three men who want'to marry It must be a me. Papa—Great Scott! Has all the world gone crazy? Boston Transcript: . Harry—Did it ever occur to you hot h more attraetive an- other fellow's ter is than your own? Harriet—Can y that it ‘ever did; but 1 have frequently thought how much glauumr the company of another girl's rother is than your own. THE OLD TINTYPE, . Baltimore American, He _gazed on the old-time pleture— The tintype, ained ; And over his'face crept shadows That showed how his heart was pained. “Twas only an old-time'picture Of him, in the bygone days That loom now, ever so faintly. Through memory’s mellowing haze, He sighed o'er the old, old Dented and scratched and And smiled at the maiden, ~sat by the side of hi The maiden, dimpled and happy, Who was pictured there, a The maiden who held his fingers In the style of the long ago. g:c(ure, m ; *Twas only an old-time plcture, And taken in old-time wtyle— Each held the hand of the other, And each wore a tintype gmile. He trowned at the old-time plcture. - The tintype, scratched and depressed. *I wonder,” he muttered grimly, “I wonder who has the rest.”” Choose Now Don’t wait until the last minute to buy your suit, for your size may be gone, and then again we want a, little time to press-and make slight alterations if neces« sary. 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