Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 27, 1902, Page 6

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The Jacksonlan insurrectos of 1596 and the Jacksoulan insurgents of 1802 can shake bands across the chasm. e The scientists who bave been visiting the scene of the volcanic disturbances in the West Indies will now tell us how it.all bappened. Among other bepeficiaries of these bountiful rains the Pingree potato patches and posy gardens should be speclally thavkful, | The latest is the merger of eleven Japagese styamsbip lines. The Yankee of the east 18 not slow at learning from the Yankee of the west. ———— If it accomplishes uothing else, that encampuent of High school cadets sbould serve to reinforce the refrain, *“There is no place like home.” The late Anibassador Pauncefote has immnortalized Lis name by attaching it to at least one importaut treaty sure to occupy a permanent place in history. — Before South Omaba plunges into municipal ownership, prudence would dictate a thorough lnvestigation by ex- pert engineers of tbe probable cost of the experiment. | It's a poor congress in which some member does not propose some bill to restrict immigration that if in force at the time would have shut his own an- cestors out of the country, We ylolate no confidence in assuring the public that the school book trust will be perfectly satisfied with the re- tention of Superintendent Pearse at the head of the Omaba schools. — Willlam Jeouings Bryan and Tom L. Jobuson have been conferrihg with ene apother. The early addition of the Commoner to the Johnson literary bu- u would not be surprising to many ©of Lis friends. EE— Our amiable contemporary, the World- Herald, might at least have commemo- rated the enforced Jacksonian exodus by, a double-shotted and double-leaded editorial such as it regularly bestows upon subjects of much less vital fw- portance. e ‘A Bt. Louls man comes forward with the explanation that all the deaths at St. Plerre were due solely and exclo- pively to lightning. 8 none of the vietims can verify or contradiet, the St. Louls philosopher is quite safe in spreading lis theorles. e ——— 1 A:German firm bas been trying to corral A wonopoly of the oplum market in China by an offer of a liberal cash subsidy to the government. The vile wharacter of the opium trade cuts no figure with the advance agents of civili- zation when trade profits are in view, \ e Governor Savage is reported to be ery anxious to appoint a police and fire comumission for Omaha. If this is true, why did the governor appear before the sypreme court, through the attorney STILL TIME POR ACTION. The consensus of opinfon among all partiea s that the people of Nebraska have outlived their constitution of 1875, Experience has proved the organic law of the state defective In most vital parts and wretehedly Inadequate to twentieth century demands. This is especially true with regard to the investment and safeguarding of the eduecational trust funds of the state and the strait- Jacket judielary which has compelled the employment of nine aseistant su- preme judges not contemplated by the constitution. Two ways are open for the revision of our constitution. One I8 by the sub- mission of essential amendments throngh the present leglslature at the coming election—the other by the more expensive and long-drawn route of a constitutional convention. To carry out the first plan a special sesslon of the legislature wonld have to be called, so that jts work could be completed hy the end of Julyr, in order to comply with the constitutional re- quirement of three months' publicity of the proposed amendments before the election at which they are to be voted on. If amendments are submitted and ratified this fall the vote would be canvassed by the legisiature that meets in January, 1903, and the revision would go into effect at once, A constitutional conventlon, on the other hand, means postponement of its henefits for at least five years. A con- stitutional convention cannot be ordered until the question of calling it is sub- mitted to the people at an election when members of the legislature are chosen. If the legislature of 1903 should submit this question, the people could not vote on it until November, 1004. 8hould the proposition carry, the legislature of 1905 would have to provide by law for call- ing the convention and appropriate the necessary funds for its estimated ex- peus The election of delegates to the constitutional convention could not take place before the spring of 1005 and might walt for the regular election in the fall of that year. This means that the convention could not meet until the fall of 1805 or the winter of 1903-6. The revised constitution would be sub- wmitted to the people at an election in 1006, either special or general, and would not be put into effect until the new state officers are inaugurated in 1907, Manifestly, five years delay of consti- tutional reform would be of incalculable damage to the state and its institutions. A constitutional convention would en- tail an enormous expense, probably not less than $200,000, while a special legis- lative sesslon meed not cost to exceed $£20,000. That amount would be saved on interest of public funds and the extra salaries of supreme court commissioners and their stenographers In one year. The calling of tbe legislature is at the discretion of the governor. It is within his power to limit the subjects with which the legislature can deal at the special session, and that within itself enables him to curtail the expense In- curred. There I8 still time for the gov- erpor to act, but he must act soon or his opportunity to render invaluable service to the state will be lost. EE— PEACE IN SOUTH AFRICA. All tue indications point to peace In South Africa. Every dispatch that bas been recelved from that quarter for the past week has conveyed the informa- tion that peace was in sight and the world bas been waiting for a confirma- tion of that report. The latest advices warrant the opinion that the British government is willing to make such con- cessions as will insure a settlement of the whole difficulties. In a speech made a few days ago by Lord Salisbury he said that the British government would not recede a single bit from the positiou it bad taken in regard to the South African issue. This was generally ac- cepted by the world as meaning that the British government would not re- cede from the position it had taken, but subsequent circumstances seem to Indi- cate that it 1s willing to recede from its position and make certain conces- sions to the people of South Africa. The world will hope that the present negotiations will result in a peaceable settlement of the conflict in South Africa. While practically all nations are in sympathy with the valiant peo- ple who have been fghting for their independence in South Africa, it is uni- versally realized that their cause Is hopeless and that consequently it is the part of wisdom on their part to give up the contest. It appears to be the opinion of most of them that this is the wise and proper course. S—p—— AMERICAN DIPLOMACY. Beyond question the diplomatic his- tory of the United States during the last twenty-five years Is the most illustrious in the record of the republic. With all the diplomatic complications which the United States bas bad in this period we have maintained the policles and principles that for all the generations before have actuated us. There have been some expressions of commendation of the course of Secretary Hay In our forelgn relations and on the other hand there have been criticisms of his course, but on the whole the verdict must be that the United States has pever bad in all its history a more thoroughly pa- triotlc or couscientious public servant than Jobn Hay. Hou. Henry L. Wilson, the American minister to Chile, who is on a visit to this country, said in an intervew a few days ago that our strong and efficient general, to oppose the applicants for a mandamus to order bim to make the appolntment ! ————— Chile and Argentina are again to settle & little difference by international arbi. tratfon. Arbitration has been applied 'most frequently and more suceessfully to disputes in South America than in ‘any other quarter of the world—but then 'Dom America produces more disputes to be settled than all the rest of the woild. position in South America is due In very large measure to the wisdom and cousclentious efforts of our secretary of state. The work that Secretary Hay bas done in bringing about better rela- tlons. between the United States and the countries south of us will never be understood In our time. There have been policies and propositions suggested by bim, all looking to better relations between the United States and the countries south of us, which bave tended all the time to the ¢reation of better THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1902. relations. In a word, the whole policy of the government, In the administra- tlon of the last five years. has been to convince the states to the south of us that our only hope and desire was to promote their advancement, and pros- perity under our tuition. Perhaps there is no fact more convine- ing sgainst the proposition of a desire on the part of the United States to ab- morb countries south of it than the posi tions assumed by our government in absolute antagonlsm to such an idea. There has never been the least intima- tion on the part of the United States government of a desire or purpose to absorb any of the territory of South or Central Ameriea, but on the contrary there have been repeated declarations of a purpose never to take any of the territory of those countries. All this is to the credit of our diplo- macy for the last quarter of a century. During all that perfod, and especially in the last third of {t, we bhave been teaching the world that we are not an aggrandizing nation, but one which is seeking to Institute its policies and its principles the world over and is willing to make any sacrifice to accomplish thie, In this work there is no question that our diplomatic labors during the past twenty-five years are the greatest in our history and among those who bave contributed most to the promotion of this idea is the present secretary of state. S— Commissioner Ostrom 1s to be com- mended for pressing through the county board a resolution instructing the county surveyor to prepare a railway map of Douglas county, showing all the main tracks, sidetracks, culverts, viaducts and other terminal facilities, including right-of-way and depot grounds. Such surveys should be made in every county and maps representing the exact railway mileage and lmprovements should be ac- cessible to the commissioners In every county. Efforts to compel such surveys bave been frustrated In various legisla- tive sessions by the railway lobby, evi- dently becanse they might be at vari- ance with the returns of the raflroads to the audlitor. Douglas county has more mileage of sidetracks and more valuable terminal facilities than any other county in_the state and its tax- payers are vitally concerned in knowing just how much railway property there is in the county and what proportion of it is not returned for taxation. E—— ‘According to the Washington corre- spondent of the local popocratic organ, ex-Senator Thurston is to be invited to participate in the oncoming campaign and an effort will be made to have him deliver a great many speeches in the fusion districts of Nebraska. Whether this piece of news emanates from the ex-senator or from democratic leaders at ‘Washingtcn is not related. Nobody In Nebraska at this time is authorized to extend invitations to spellbinders, how- ever eloquent or persuasive they may be. 1 Mr. Thurston should be engaged for the coming season by the national speakers’ bureau he is not likely to be in requisition for the fusion districts in Nebraska, where the anti-monopoly and antl-trust sentiment is too pronounced to be igrored or defied. Lincoln will today open formally to the public its new Carnegle library building, which should be a source of pride not only to the Capital city, but to the people of the whole state. Ne- braska's high rank for literacy is due to its liberal support of its educational institutions, and the public library is only second to the public school in influence as an educational factor. The conditions of all of Mr. Carnegle's gifts are that the community favored with his beneficence show its appreciation by proper malintenance of the foundation; and this should bring directly home a realization of the duties that go with the privileges. The people of Lincoln are certainly to be congratulated on the acquisition of such a magnificent public institution. E—— Nebraska always bas been blessed with a superabundance of square pegs that want to fill round holes. A glance at the list of ambitlous aspirants who bave projected themselves into the po- litical arena as candidates for state and congressional nominations affords strik- ing proof that the supply of square pegs {s greater this year than in any previ- ous year of Nebraska's checkered his- tory. It goes without saying that Omaha wants more mills and factories, but these industrial concerns cannot be se- cured by merely passing resolutions in the Commercial club, It takes capital to bulld and operate mills and factories, and capitalists can only be induced to fnvest in Omaha when they have assur- ance of lower taxes and favorable rall- road ratee. e Striking a Hot Pace, hington Post. Ouba has four political parties and & large stock of Web Davises. The material for excitement down that way could hardly be improved upon. Philadeiphia Led, It Attorney General Knox does not think he will nave plenty of fighting before he finally conquers the beef trust he is mot Baltimore American, Martha Washington's head is to o on & If some domestic history is to b stamp. believed, Martha Washington's feet often did the same thing when they put them- selves on record, San Francisco Call, Senator Dolliver recently referred in de- bate to an suthority whom bé called “Ed Burke” and it took the grave senitors fully fifteen minutes to catch on to the fact that he was talking about Edmund Burke. ——— Politieal Soavengers. Springfield (Mass.) Rapublican. It the democratic managers are looking for hidden scandals in the late military government of Cubs it is to be hoped that thelr researches will go unrewarded. s a bright spot in our history, on the whole, and it would be a keen disappoint- ment to find that political scavengers were able to dim its luster. Exactio: Trust. of the Col Chicago News. The atrocities committed by the coal roads not only against the consumer of but against the independent mine r are endurable only because there bas been no escape from them. Robbery by excessive freight rates, a hard and fast combination by which the price of coal fixed arbitrarily without regad to the laws of trade and all the other abomina- tions that go with the workings of a ban- it trust bave been revealed by the testi. mony presented to the Industrial Commis. slon. They are, Indeed, matters of com- mon knowledge and common experience. It s this grab-all trust that works the minere at starvation wages and refuses to consider their reasonable requests. It is the capsheaf of trust criminality, the most consplicuous of all the robber combines. It is impossible that tbe government can continue to let this trust enjoy fair weather, The authracite coal road outrage calls for prompt and effective treatment and cannot be fgnored or put aside for attention at some time later. It should be attacked at once. MENACING INDUSTRY, Projected Merger of Soft Co in Four States. New York World. The news that a $300,000,000 frust Is being Morganized to control the soft coal output in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tilinois and Indiana is particularly disquieting just at this time, when the price of anthracite i mounting merrily toward the $10 mark under the manipulations of the Morgan combination of 1900, It has been supposed, and it is in a sense true, that there s too much bituminous coal to be cornered. Thousands of Ameri- can farmers can dig it on thelr own land— but how does that help the small con- sumer? The private owner cannot buy costly machinery, and if he could he would be unable to compete with half a dozen men ownlng the mine# that yield coal, the railroads that haul it and the mills that use it. The mew trust, in fact, need not control all the coal lands in its territory, but merely those that are considerable factors in production, and for the present it can safely disregard the vast Tennessce and Alabama fields as too far from the greatest markets. ‘What will industry, to which coal Is a vital necessity, do to protect itself? It may Insist upon the literal fulfiliment of the statutory ban upon “‘combinations and conspiracies in restraint of trade and com- merce.” It may insist that congress shall remove the 67 cents per ton duty on soft coal. Industry united has power to do both, and it should be united. Mines WHEN A TON IS NOT A TON. How the Coal Combine Mine Philadelphia North American. When {s a ton not a ton? This is not a catch conundrum. The answer i ‘When it is a carload of coal at the mine. Indeed, a ton of coal never is a ton anywhere. In some mines a ton demanded from the miner is nominally 2,850 pounds, but as the com- pany ordains that each 100 pounds con- stituting that ton shall consist actually ot 112 pounds, the true weight of the miners’ ton becomes 3,200 pounds. When it reaches the coal dealer the ton may possibly weigh 2,240 pounds. When it gets into the con- sum; bin it weighs 2,000 pounds. Figures cited to show the labor cost of coal at the mine are generally confusing and misleading, and the confusion is due largely to the fact that the ton is not a fixed unit of measurement. The mine books may show that a certain amount was paid in wages for a certain number of tons of coal, but the figures are alwayes false. It is an easy trick to so juggle with such data as to make it appear that the miner re. celves $1.63 for each ton produced. The truth appears, however, when the annual output of the anthracite district, shown by deliveries in the market, is com- pared with the annual wage account. Last year the anthracite companies marketed 56,000,000 tons and pald $35,000,000 in wages to all sorts of workmen. That fixes the entire labor cost of the production of a ton of coal at €3 cents. The companies get out of the miner something over 30 per cent more labor than they pay for. Yet the operators complain that the miner is unreasonable and arrogant in de- manding that a ton shall be a ton, and thap it shall be weighed and paid for honestly. Pinches the BUILDING OF GOOD ROADS, A Movement of Increasing Importance to City amd C try. Minneapolis Journal. The late Congressman Peter J. Otey of Virginia delivered a good roads speech just before his di that was a rowerful ap- peal for the federal government to take chary of wagon road bulldin, It is a curious proof of the decay of the substance of the states’ rights doctrine that the most strenuous advocates of such a local appli- cation of federal authority the bullding of country roads should come from the south. The point made by Mr. Otey that it fe as reasonable for the federal govern- ment to bulld apd care for country roads it is for it to improve pavigation om some unknown rill is well taken. Much of the money spent for rivers and harbors might better be spent for country roads. It is sometimes forgotten that there ls good precedent for federal wagon road bullding. Though the strict construction- ists of the comstitution fought it hard the tederal government in the first part of the last century built the famous national pike from the Potomac to St. Louis, 800 miles long and traversing eeven states. This road became the great highway of national life and development in the twenty years preceding the introduction of steam rail- ways. It at once reduced the time of travel from Baltimore to Wheeling one-half and freight rates quite as much. Often at one time as many as twenty four-horse coaches could be seen on one stretch of the splendid highway, while broed-wheeled Conestoga wagons drawn by six borses carried with ease as much as ten tons. No better road was ever built in America than the old national pike. With the introduction of steam locomotion its glory passed away and its utility as an Interstate route came to an end. Ever sipce public road maklng has declined in efciency In the Unltex States. Yet for purposes of local transportation good roads are now needed more than ever. Almost all of the freight handled by rall- ways and steamships is first bauled by team either over country road or elty street, and there is besides the vast amount of local freighting that beglus and ends with wagon carriage. The lack of good roads seems to be due to the fallure to provide a powerful governmental agency to plan, bulld aud care for them. Whether this agency shall be provided by the states or the federal government makes little dif- terpuce 50 it is provided. The local com- munities must be assisted by the larger and wealthler communities Heretofore we bave labored under the false impression that & local road is of benefit only to the persons who use it dally. It is on the con- trary of benefit to the whole country. Good :wnlry r‘:-d- mean more Prosperous coun- ry people and bence more prosperity amd well-belng for all, Live Nebraska Towns PONCA—Pretty as Its Name. Ponea, the county seat of Dixon county, is located In a beautiful and plcturesque valley at the confluence of the South creek and Aowa river, about a mile south of the Missourd river. It was founded in 1836, being one of the earliest sattlements In northeastern Nebraska. Like all frontier towns, it went through the various vicissi- tudes of early days, had booms and de- pressions, and the numerous experiences incldent to the growth of a western town It settled down to a steady growth long ago, however, and now has a population conservatively eftimated, at 1,500. Ponca is one of the prettiest residence towns in Nebraska. It has a profuse growth of trees, part native and part planted by the inhabitants. Many modern and costly dwellings have been bullt in late years and a large amount of building is going on this meason. The principal business blocks are of brick or stome. The citizens are enterprising, thrifty, industrious, and many of them wealthy. Ponca has an_ excellent system of public #chools, with tén teachers and a modern brick building erected a few vears ago at A cost of $20,000. The Lutheran, Presby. terian, Methodist, Baptist and Catholic churches are all represented with neat, well buflt structures. In the line of general industries Ponca s well equipped, having well-stocked stores and groceries carrying the best of everything the market affords. The placs has two banks, the Security bank and the Bank of Dixon County, whose last state- ments showed & combined deposit of nearly & half millfon dollars. There are two news- papers located here, the Journal, founded in 1873, being the oldeet paper in north- eastern Nebraska, and the Leader, founded in 1595, Both enjoy a good business. A fine opera house, a good system of water works and local and long distance tele- phone systems are among the up-lo-date featurea of the place. The largest mapufacturing institution of the city is the Ponca Brick and Lime works, employing fifteen men, and making an excellent quality of brick, which find & ready sale both at home and in neighbor- ing towns. The Gath Brick works also employ & number of men and turn out good work. The Aowa Mill company, whose plant is run by water power, does an extensive businesa, as does also the Ponca Creamery company. The Ponca Paint factory is the owner of leases on a fine lot of ochre and other pigment depos- its. Ponca has fine potter's clay, excellent oclire deposits, coalbeds that are belleved to be in paying quantities, and atrong indi- catlons of petroleum and gas are found along the river bluits north of the eity. What Ponca needs is experienced men of means to develop her resources. Fvery en- couragement would be offered to such men, with every probability of thelr belng able to do much for themselves financially, an well as adding a great deal to the material wealth of the city, CHAS. 8. ASHTON. —— — — — — — ————_ ___—————— JROUND ABOUT NEW YORK. Ripples on the Current of Life in the Metropolin. Sabbatariane in New York were treated to a rude shock recently by the pastor of a Catholic church, who took all his boys to a base ball field on Sunday afternoon and supervised a warm game of ball. It differed from the average professional or amateur game in that cheering was pro- hibited, s r words tabooed and scra ping forbidden. Even the umpire was treated with respectful consideration. In all respects it was a model game, a rare example of outdoor recreation and de- corum. “All the boys work hard during the week,” says the clergyman, “and need recreation on Sunday. It {s an experl- ment so far and if all goes well it will be continued during the summer. Boys might do worse things on Sunday.” The Brooklyn Eagle commends the good example set by this clergyman and declares that his views are shared by many pas- tors mot of his faith. “Any sport,” says the Eagle, “not wantonly interfering with the rational observance of Sunday, any sport which takes young men and boys into the suburbs and keeps them in the open air and sunshine and away from the saloons and the street cormers should be generally commended and encouraged. You may hear some shouting, for base ball is not as quiet as ping-pong, and occasion- ally your ear will catch fragments of lan- guage not employed in polite society, but th:se offenses against the accepted ideas of Sabbath observance may be forgiven when you realize that in the recreation itself there is nothing to degrade and much to improve. Sunday ball playing is a good thing when practiced within reasonable limitations.” During the merry month of May the med- fcal colleges of Omaha turned out as fine & bunch of graduates as ever doffed the mor- tarboard. Young, handsome, talented, am- bitious, energetic—possessing all the neec- essary qualities to uplift and adorn the no- ble profession. But in passing from the theoretical to the practical maw,, doubt- less, were uncertain as to the best route to the goal of their ambition. The experi- ence of a New York doctor, now well up near the top, may be helpful in getting there. He was not a genius when he left college. In talent he admits belng inferior to many in his class. But he had nerve In abundance and skill in choosing time #nd place to display it. “I resolved on leaving the hospital,”” he says, “that, since 1 was not at alf a remarkable person, my only re- course was to make the public think I was. I declded that if I could only impress upon people I met the fact that I was a dread- fully busy man, they would in time come to belleve 1 was. So, no matter where I happened to be, I always arranged % with my confederate to be sent for. If I were in- vited to dinner, 1 had hardly seated myself when a hurry call came for my services and, with conspicuous apologles to my host- ess, 1 would be obliged to obey the higher call of professional duty. I consistently permitted my confederate to drag me from the theater while the most tragic scene was on, thus glving the spectators an oppor- tunity to learn how much my professional rvices were in demand. [ never made a call that T was not hurriedly summoned by some mysterious patient; the joys of re- ceptions, of afternoon teas, of soclal inter- course of any kind wepe something I was & stranger to for three weary ye: “It was rather hard while it lasted, but it was effectual. People began to think I e real thing; that if there was such a demand for my professional advice they must have it, too. Thus mediocrity tri- umphed and many , better doctors ‘who started in with me are still prescribing for Itallans and workingmen at 50 cents a call.” It was at the Wild West show In Brook- lyn. A young man and his best girl sat in front of the observer. Next to the man, on the other side, was & Hibernian gentleman. As the show progressed the broncho busters came on. Ed Solders mounted the ugliest pony in the bunch and immediately there was something doing all over the fore eround. Ed stuck manfully to his saddle until the beast, in a frenzy of anger, rolled with him. When the broncho had ceased pawing the ground about the prostrate man and had hiked off into the gloom they picked Solders up fnsensible and carried him away. It wi a blood-curdling scene. Tt scared the best girl so that she grabbed the young man by the hand and buried her head on hi houlders, while he supported her with bis arm. When it was all over she recov- ered her composure and blusbingly resumed ber dignity. There was a tense silence. At last it was broken by the Hibernian gentle- man, who, nudging the young wanp, res marked In & stage whisper: “Say, lad, pray hiven thot another wan av thim guys gits folred.” “Have a cigar,” whispered the young man with an understanding look in his eyes. e — Smoothing War's Frowning Front. Boston Transcript. It is to be feared that the time is not at band when “‘they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears Into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neitber shall they learn war any more.” But it is a promise of a return of the day when the republic dictated “peace to the world from ports without a gun” when & fort is turned into a pleasure ground, a transformation which is pow consummmated by the favorable action of both houses of cougress in the case of Governor's island. The groups of children at play and of tollers resting In the barbor breezes will make & fner fea- ture of the landscape than the bullying enginery of war, even when they are old “Columbia’s, useless as blunderbusses. l | REPUBLICANS OUT FOR CONGRESS. North Platte Tribupe: As the time for holding the congressional convention ap- proaches the show of Judge Grimes re- ceiving the nomination increases. The people of the district are becoming cog- nizant of the fact that he is the logical candidate. Plainview Republican: Senator Young seems to be the choice of the republican editors of this district for congress. All or nearly all of them seem to think that Congressman Robinson is a hard man to beat and that Young would be the most apt to defeat him. Wausa Enterprise-Herald: W. W. Young seems to be leading the candidates for the republican nomination for congressman from this district at present. Mr. Young s quite popular among the people of the “Big Third” and his nomination we believe would mean election. Beeme: Times: Hon. W. W. Young of Stanton, candidate for congress in this dis- trict, was in Beemer on Tuesday interview- ing our people and getting acquainted. Mr. Young was in the senate last year and did good work for his constituents and would no doubt represent this district in an able manner. Clay Center Sun: If the Big Fifth gives Clay county the ccngressional nomination the popularity of the nominee, Hon. 8. W. Christy, will give him an enormous vote in this county and will give him & strength throughout the district that it is hardly possible for any other candidate to aspire to. There seems to be nc doubt that Mr. Christy is the strongest man in the fleld. te: As time draws near for lonal convention the situation is gradually simmering down to a race be- tween the two candidates, Brooks of Knox and Young of Stanton. Mr. Brooks is mak- ing an aggressive campalgn and is sanguine of success. Knox county bas never before had a candidate in the congressional fleld and can be relied upon at this time to spare no efforts in landing the nomination for its favorite som. . Western Nebraska Observer. Judge Grimes is recognized as one of the leading candidates for congress from this district and will go into the convention backed by the delegation from every county in his judicial district. Being personally ac- quainted with the judge, knowing his offi- cial record and high standing-in the Al trict and believing him to be the logical candidate, they will leave no stome un- turned to secure his nomination. Valentine Republican: The republicans of Cherry county should from caucus to convention exert every possible influence for the nomination of Hon. M. P. Kinkald for congressman from the Bixth district. Mr. Kinkaid is well and favorably known In this district as a man of brillfant thought and exerting ability which thoroughly qualify him to equitably serve his constituency. He is a man in perfect harmony with the peo- ple of the entire district and his nomina- tion will simply mean his election by an overwhelming majority. Atkinson Graphic: The large number of prominent republican: eking the pomina. tion for congress in the Sixth district indi- cates a gcneral bellef that the republicans will win out in the next election. Avall- able men Iltke Kinkaid, Grimes, Cady, Brown, Beemer and as many more who are seeking the nmomination, are not found in such abundance in many congressional dis- tricts. The Blg Sixth could, If required, furnish capable and well-equipped repre- sentatives for all the Nebraska congres- sional districts, and a vernor besides, without perceptibly diminishing the ranks of splendid and representative republicans ‘who have their homes within its territory. Hastings Tribun ‘With all due respect to the various candidates who are after the republican nomination for congress from the Fifth district, the Tribune s of the opinion that the strongest man in the fleld today is W. P. McCreary. This in not sald simply because he bails from Hastings; far from it, but because of his splendid ability, his excellent, Inimitable and eftective campalgn work. He has tumped the state for the republican party for the last fifteen years and has always worked for the election and advancement of others; and his omly fault fs that he has neglected to pull for himself instead of constantly boosting for oth If the republicans who convene here in comven- tion on the 10th of June should honor Mr. McCreary with the nomination it will be placing honors where they rightfully be- long and they will never have occasion to feel otherwise than proud of their can- dldate. Kearpey Hub: The Hub is ured by & friend of A. E. Cady that he will nét under any circumstances be a candidate for the republican nomination for governor. This statement is called up by several para- graphs that have recently appeared in the Hub and that have called out favorable comment from other republican pap This informant states that he emtered the canvass for the congressional nomination very reluctantly, but now that he is In it is o to stay, and that he is “not & man who is likely to change a course of action after he has decided upom it.” This being the case it is of course useless to talk of Cady and the governorship this brings us back agaln to the fact, or rather to th feeling that the man who will be nominated for governor gt Lincoln next month is not yet in the field, although there ar ral candidates, either of whom would be ceptable. Superior Journal: The more the repub- licans of the Fifth congressional Alstrict study the situstion and amalyze the “vote given to Captain C. E. Adams in 1888, the more certain they feel that be is the logical candidate for 1902. His vote in 1898 showed gain over the wajority of the year before of 5,207 votes. In the campalen of 1898 Mr. Adams took an advanced position upon the settlement of all questions grow Ing out of the war with Spain. Every posi tion taken by him and discussed by him on the stump-—the Cuban question, our national policy in the Philippines, the bullding of an interoceanic canal, our commereial advan- tages goowing out of the signal victories of our army and pavy, the maintenance of our flag on all captured territory, the prompt reinforcement of our army and navy-—has become the fixed poliey of our government today. His services as a soldier, his prac- tical tdentification with all western Inter- este, his experience In agriculture, in stock ralsiog, In irrigation and the handling of the commercial problems which have alded €0 materially in fostering and building up western interests, have eminently fitted him for a seat in the American congross, PERSONAL AND OTHERW:! Now doth the atraw hat walst glorify the earth. The lawyers did pretty well In the Fair will contest in San Francisco. securing $2,000,000 out of an estate of $17,000,000 That Michigan philanthropist was not far wrong| when he wrote about ‘‘indignant women™ in his will. It appears he gave a fow of them the mitten. Immediately after Senator Hoar's spesch the senate went into executive session and discussed a sixty-pound salmon introduced by Senator Mitchell of Oregon. Murphy, MacMahon and Gaffen are the triplets controlling the destiny of Tammany hall just now. “Begob,” says Dooley, “there ain't many Dagoes in that bunch.' The esteemed Mrs. Lease is free-footed at last, the courts of Ka having severed her matrimonial etrings. Old Man Lease was wise enough to remain on the back seat while Mary Elizabeth did the talking. Manfiro Nackahama. a Japanese naval officer who has just died, was well known In this couhtry. He was one of a party of shipwrecked Japanese picked up‘by a New Bedford, Mass., whaler in 1839, He was educated here, and on his return home translated into Japanese a number of valuable English books. Dispatches from various points in Canada #say A large number of Americans are settling across the border, buying up farm land, cattle ranches, going into business and taking charge of factories. As a con- sequence the natives are chuckling over the prospects for a boom. They seem to like the visitors, too, judging by their zeal in hanging onto Greene and Gaymor. “Joe'" Cannon and several colleagues were discussing the right kind of bait for bass when a rather assertive and loud- voiced member laid down this proposition: “The wise man is he who hesitates; only the fool is certain.”” “Are you sure about that?" asked Mr. Cannon insinuatingly. ‘T am certain of it was the dogmatic party's reply, and It was some time before he understood why everybody smiled audibly. Shortly before Andrew Carnegie salled for Europe a friend congratulated him on the success of his new book and jokingly added that he had heard the millionaire Intended to write a volume of love poems. ‘“What nonsense!' said Carnegie. "“Why not?" said his friend. ““You have been in love, haven't you?" *Oh, yes. dry reply. “I have also been that’s no reason why I should write a poem about it, even If I had abllity to write ver Colonel Posey 8. Wilson of Alexandria, Va., frequently illumines the pages of the New York Sun with letters, discoursive and poetical, and adorned with words and phrases from foreign tongues. The colonel in his latest eruption expresses regret be- cause the president did not select him as special ambassador to the coromation. I not see,” he says, “why President Roose- velt sends members of the ignobile vulgi to mee the crowner's questing of King Ed- ward, when I, a relation of the kin willls to go and pay my fare, ex manu mea. That sounds very much like the Posey that bloomed in Wyoming years ago and shed its fragrance in the columns of the lamented Omaha Herald. and the shirt —_— POINTED REMARKS. Harvard Lampoon: Elderly (as freshman jumps)—Have a_oare' Freshman ‘(breathlessly)— I've got troubles of my own. ‘Washington Star: “I see that our frien the politiclan, has come out uncompromi nj w for reform. “Well !"" rejoined Senator Sorghum; “1 didn't know he had made money enough to Indulge in such luxuries' Philadelphia Press: “I want to get a dog_collar,” sald the customer, 5 "§es, sir,” repiled the clerk Who had re- cently transferred ‘haber- 'rom the dashery rtment. “What size shirt do you wear? How time does drag!™ dulum of the clock. 4 the mercury in fi to l'"qvnd & seems only a short time since I was in the ‘thirties. Smart Bet: Mrs. Jones—I don’t see what she wanted to mariy him for. He has a ghu olyo and false teeth, Well, my dear, you s did have know hankering after Chicago Post: “The p! e, husband,” they sald to the he man who had just been elected to fice, ““is that he has a well-defing polm stwo of ;om.” answered ¢ ;L’) e prou one for nd one for not to mention the accident policy.” Washington Star: ‘“Therg's only one com- fort to be drawn from & volcanic erup- tion," sald the optimist. “What s that It must grind the feslings of the coal barons fearfully to see such an enormous consumption of fuel without being able to collect a cent.” Philadelphta Press: Conductor—Sixteenth I(r’.fl Aln't this where you git out, ma'am? Miss Anne Teek—Sixteenth! Wh{ 1 told Thirty-sixth street. Such stupldity! ‘Il report— Conductor must be I kase ‘twas LOVE SONNETS OF AN OFFIOE BOY, Chicago Record-Herald. It's over now; the blow has fell at last; It seems as though the sun can't shine no more, And nothing looks the way it did before; )l The glad thoughts that I used to think are st! shut up today, the 1ld's locked t keys where she typewrote are still; er chair 11 The h Looks sad and lonesome standin’ empty there— This mornin' when fhe boss come in he oun A letter that he'd got from her, and so He read It over twice and turned around And saia: “The little fool's got may- 8 o ont It seemed as if 1'd sink down through the ound, Andever peep no more—1 didn't though. The chap's a beau we dldn‘t know she had. He cofue from out of town somewhere, iwtul homely and that the Wil Rt ke cate and dogs and both be sad! But still there's one thing makes ms kind of gla: ed work aAway, And though he keep pretendin’ to be gay, It's plain enough to eee he's feelin’ bad. I wish when I'm & man and tich and rou; She'd see me tall and handsome then, and be Blamed sorry that she dldn't wait for me, And that she’d hesr the people cheerin’ When | went past, and down there in the 'm‘-':-'ur lookin' ai me sorrowfly. clerk must stay and