Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 13, 1902, Page 6

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Notary Public. —_— King Corn wants to stand off Jack Frost just a little longer. i Why should Omaha be represented in congress by a nonresident congressman? As to the difference between Our Dave and Omaha republicans, there is nothing to arbitrate. The way for Dave Mercer to save the district 1s to stay out since he has moved out of it, * ers to repose confidence in it might have some welght. Buf the record of the party In regard to the trusts shows conclusively that It cannot be relied ' upon. The democrats have never been able to agree upon Aany practicable | democratie committee of the house of e—— How could all that Texas ofl burn with’so much water as is known to be in the oil stocks? In 1896 and 1900 the democratic ery was that prices were too low. Now it is to be that prices are too high. Senator Berry declares that it Jeffer- son Davis was a tralitor, he (Berry) is a traitor.” Nobody contradicts the Ar kansas senator. Tom Johnsen, having attained the welght of 300 pounds, feels that he is divinely appointed as the successor of Grover Cleveland. Talk about prosperity—here in Omaha ward clubs have to put off advertised weetings because they are unable to get halls to meét in, CEEE— The Iowa State Weather bureau plays & sure game. It does not venture into the hazardous fleld of prophecy, but issues a monthly bulletin telling what tho weather has been, Senator Teller's predicament appears to be ahout this: That he was a repub- lican too long to be a good democrat and he has been a democrat long enough to spoil him for a republican. | Striking anthracite coal miners say they see no indications to lead them to expect an early settlement of their strike. Now, If the unexpected would only happen. Luckily or unluckily, the oil in those Texas oll wells was not protected by fire insurance policies, else we might look for another boost In fire rates by the underwriters' combine, — President Roosevelt will not stop at Council Bluffs. He must have been led to belleve that when he meets John N. Baldwin in Omaha he will get all the reception Council Bluffs could give hiw, — There seems to be a decided difference of opinion to the eligibility of men for positions as kindergarten tepchers, the difference depending whether the question is viewed by a maun or a ‘woman. e From. the latest authentic explana- tlon it appears that Baldwin failed to reach the north pole because half his dogs gave out. The explanation is In every way both sufficlent and sug- gestive. e From all accounts, the Grand Army of the Republic ought to make arrange- ments for & simultaneous exaibition by @ clrcus with each annual reunion, to make sure that the attending crowds are undiminished. et The worst libel on Candidate Mickey that has yet been perpetrated is the cartoon that represents him wearing a silk bat. Fusionists may scoff at him as a farmer who also runs a bank, but to top him off in a silk bat is taking un- warranted liberties. ——pe—— Although the population of the Unlted States has increased 20 per cent since 1890, the number of cattle has Bot Increased at all, and the foreign de- mand for American meat Is much CANNOT BE RELIED UPON. It the democratic party had never had an opportunity to legislate agalnst the trusts or to enforce the anti-trust law enacted by the republican party, the present appeal to the people of its lead- policy In respect to the great industrial combinations. Fourteen years ago a representatives Investigated the trusts and reported that no agreement could be reached as to a plan for dealing with them. The committee was hopelessly di- vided on the question and left it to the determination of a subsequent con- gress, In 1890 the Sherman anti-trust law was cnacted and went into effect. This was in fulfililment of the pledge made in the republican platform of 1888, A democratic president and congress came into power in 1803 and they did noth- ing to enforce that law or to render it more effective. On the contrary the administration declared the act 6f 1890 to be defective and Inadéquate and the only attempt made by the democratic congress to deal with the trusts was a provision in the tariff law of 1894—the law which brought so much disaster to the industries and labor of the coun- try—which even the democratic admin- istration paid no attention to. There was an opportunity then for the party to strike the trusts, but it failed to im- prove It, although the demand for some action against the combinations was hardly less general and vigorous than it is at present. At the first session of the Fifty-sixth congress the judiciary committee of the house, by a strictly party vote, reported a constitutional amendment to apply to all territory subject to the jurisdic- tioh of the United States. This pro- vided: “Congress shall have power to define, regulate, control, prohibit or dis- solve trusts, monopolies or combina- tions, whether existing in the form of corporations or otherwise. The several states may continue to exercise this power in any manner not in conflict with the laws of the United States. Con- gress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.” The democrats, with four exceptions, voted against the proposed amendment, while all the republicans but two voted for it. Falling to receive the required two- thirds vote it was lost. In view of this record what faith can the people have that the democratic paity, if given the power, wouid do any- thing to overthrow the trusts, beyond perhaps enacting anti-protection legis- lation, which would be disastrous to all industries? A southern democratic con- gressman is reported as saying that when President Roosevelt “gets the people educated and aroused to the necessity of action by congress on this question, a thing which not only he, but the democratic party, is doing, these same people will have also come to realize that the demo- cratic party is the only hope they have for the accomplishment of this purpose.” The people are giving very careful at- tention to this question and it is not ap- parent that the democratic view re- garding it is growing in favor. e THE OOLORADO CAMPAIGN. The campaign in Colorado this year will command more general attention than usual. The political situation in that state has undergone a decided change in the last two years. The fac- tional differences in the republican party have disappeared and the republicans are now united and harmonious. Most of the silver republicans have returned to their former afliliation and the great prosperity that Colorado has enjoyed in common with the rest of the country has materially strengthened the republican organization. The populist element has ceased to be a factor of any consequence and was entirely ignored by the demo- cratic convention. The democrats hav- ing reaffirmed allegiance to the Kansas City platform it is not improbable that the effect will be to alienate those of the party who regard the free silver question as dead. The legislature to be elected will choose a successor to United States Sen- ator Teller, who has fully identified him- self with the democrats, and the séna- torial contest will be the important fea- ture of the campaign. Former Senator Wolcott is a candidate for election to the senate, Teller is strong with the peo- ple of Colorado and is probably more generally popular than Wolcott. The re- publican leaders in the state belleve the party has more than a fighting chance to win and it is preparing to make a vigorous and aggressive campaign. ERE——— BOIES A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, The nomination of ex-Governor Hor- ace Boles against Speaker Henderson in the Third Iowa district is an event of national importance, however lacking therein a congresslonal nomination may ordinarily be. It means nothing less than the re-entering upon the stage of the ex-governor as a candidate for the presidential nomination. It has been un- dertaken in pursuance of a deliberate movement among the old conservative leaders to rescue Iowa from Bryanism; & movement whose first step was suc- cessfully accomplished in the repudia- tion of the Kansas City platform in the late state convention; in which Boles was put forward as the leader. The ex-governor and his backers can hardly seriously expect his election over Colonel Henderson, but they do expect materially to reduce the majority of 11, 000 which he secured agalnst a weak the tida! wave in & sound money na- tional campalgn. There is no such natural republican majority in the dis- trict. The ex-governor s a strong cam- as democratic stronger than then. This is one rea- candldate two years ago and by force of paiguer and personally popular, having candidate for goveruor carried the district by a majority of 3 2408, The democratic leaders do ex- son why beefsteak is 20 cents a pound.lpecl. and pot without reason, to cut down materially Colonel Henderson's majority, possibly by oné-half or more. In the prestige of & spectacular contest with the speaker of the national house of representatives, Boles will at once be put forward as the Iowa candidate for presidential honors. He was a formida- Dble candidate in the Chicago convention in 1896, as & preliminary to which in the sllver agitation he had issued a serles of public declarations skillfully designed both to persuade the conservatives of the east that he was a safe man, and yet to sooth the silver and radical west- ern wing with belief in his sympathy with them. Convinced that the demo- cratie party two years hence will need a compromise candidate, and a western man with at least covert eastern sentl- ments, Boles will simply re-carpenter the platform of his former candidacy, shaping it, of course, to changed circum. stances. But the significant fact, the fact of na- tional importance, is that Boles will dominate the lowa delegation in the na- tional convention. Whatever may be the actual strength or the fate of his can- didacy, it will take Iowa out of the column of Bryan states. Its delegation will finally line up for whatever candi- date the conservative element may agree on, and be avallable for all the purposes of those who are now conspir- ing to wrench the party organization from the hands of Bryan and his friends, Mr. Bryan Is simply decelving himself if he imagines that he can let things drift as they are doing In lowa, and later leap Into the breach and storm the state. He will be powerless against a home presidential candidate, and with the great central western state of Iowa against him the backbone of his faction will be broken. FIRL INSURANCE RATES AGAILN. It is gratifying to know that Omaha is not the only place where the people are protesting against the recent ad- vance in the rates of fire insurance ex- acted from policy holders by order of the underwriting boards. Whereas Omaha has been content to protest against the flagrant discrimination which has weighted this city down with various adverse points on the rate schedule, in Philadelphla a concerted movement has been started against the advance in rates in general and con- vincing proofs offered to show that the advance ordered was without valid ex- cuse or justification. In Philadelphia all the various busi- ness associations have joined together in what is known a fire insurance committee of the allied business organi- zationa of Philadelphia “for the purposa of securing through proper investiga- tion and representation a reduction in the rates complained of, belleving that the increase in Insurance rates is a menace to all business interests.” In pursuance of this object the committee has dissected the statistical exhibits compiled by the fire underwriters to show how the insurance companies have been constantly losing money, and have pointed out how the figures have been juggled to make losses appear where, in reality, profits have been reaped. Where the underwriters have claimed a loss of nearly $27,000,000 on the fire insurance business of ten years past, investiga- tion of the Philadelphia committee shows an underwriting profit approxi- mately of $70,000,000, which allows for all legitimate profit on the capital In- vested. The important point for us in the work of this committee is that its conclusions apply not only to Philadelphia but to every city in the United States where fire rates have been raised under pre- tense of recouping extraordinary losses. Says the report of the committee: “No good reason exists for increasing the rates all over the United States.” What- ever is accomplished by the allied bus ness associations of Philadelphia, there- fore, will inure to the benefit of the policy holders everywhere and ought to have the support and actlve co-opera- tion of the business interests throughout the country. E—— T0 SAVE THE SECOND DISTRICT. The republicans of Omaha desire to be represented in congress by a repub- lican. Why should Dave Mercer frus- trate their desire by thrusting himself forward for an unearned nomination for a sixth term, even if it were within his power at this time to usurp a renomina- tion? The nonresident has made his election impossible by separating himself In service and sympathy, as well as in domicile, from the people whose com- mission he has too long borne. He has alienated the masses of the party by obvious and incorrigible subserviency to the corporation agents and rallway lob- bylsts which infest the national capital, and it was only natural that he should transfer his residence to the congenial atmosphere of the District of Columbia, The voters of Omaha will not tolerate bim. All candld observers know that his election Is an lmpossibility. A loyal republican would, under the eir- cumstances, take himself out of the way of the party, or, rather, would not have dreamed of getting in the way. It is, of course, useless to appeal to Dave Mercer's loyalty, for that does not exist, but why should not republicans who are loyal to their own interest and the party properly attend to the case of the nonresident, whom the democrats want nominated because they know they can beat him? Smp——— True, the democratic committee has passed a resolution asking all deme- eratie candidates for the legislature to pledge themselves for municipal home rule, but that does not put them on record. The pledges will have to come from the candidates themselves, no mat- ter what ticket they are on. ———— What would the republicans of Potta- wattamie county, Iowa, think If a re has never owned a dollar's worth of property or pald a dollar of taxes should attempt to domineer over them and dic- tate whoe shotld or should uot repre- SEPTEMBER 13 1902 sent them In congress and in the legls- lature? That is precisely what John N. Baldwin of Council Bluffs is trying to do for this congressional and legislative district. Champ Clark Is stumping Missour! again for the forty-eleventh time and he says: “If I had my way I would make it a felony without benefit of clergy ever to utter that slanderous phrase again, ‘Poor old Missou.'” Then why doestt that state show us by going republican? E— So far as can be learned the unfortu- nate death of the secret service man de- talled for the protection of the presi- dent has not eaused amy resignations from surviving members of the service. There is a fascination about dangerous callings that overcomes all the elewent of danger. All Want William, Chicago Tribune. Mr. Bryan's persistency may arise from a singular hallucination that the repub- licans are anxious to see some other demo- crat run for the presidency next time. Philadelphia Inquirer. It needs 1o sage to foresee that there will be another story to tell it the supply of anthratite should, through a refusal to ar- bitrate, become weather s at hand. exbausted when cold Unt Changes of Time. Buffalo Express. Comrade Roosevelt, who fought with Wheeler in Cuba, found several men in North Carolina who fought under Wheeler a generation ago. The whirligig of time brings about marvelous changes. Crops Beyomd Harm. Minneapolls Tribune. It is most always the unexpected that happens. Farmers have been dreading early frosts this year because of the un- usual coolnees of the summer, but destrue- tive frosts have held off until it is now too late for them to do much damage. The crop year is certain to be ome of almost unprecedented bounty, taking all crops by and large No Second Fiddle for Johnson. Cleveland Leader. Some of the western newspapers assume to belleve that Johnson is lauding Bryan with the view of getting on the ticket in second place with the Nebraskan two years hence. That is a mistake. Johnson does not help other people with the purpose of “playing second fiddle” to them. He is after first place on the presidential ticket of his party and nothing less than that. Always Headed Right. Indfanapolis Journal, It was sixty-two years ago that the elec- tlon occurred in Maine which gave rise to a political song which told how Malne went for Goverrior Kent. Edward Kent was mayor of Bangor from 1836 till 1838 and his election as governor in the latter year was the first indication of the coming de- feat of the democratie party throughout the country in 1840. Maine has pointed the way to victory a good many times since then. Y DR | . 014 Hickory Wil Keep. Portland Oregonian. A ‘i:‘rm:nlppmprl“. gift than a cane could’ scarcely have teen selected by the 1oy: 8 of Georgla for our alert; high- steppfng young president. However, being made of well-seasdned hickory, and duly clamped with silver, this souvenir will keep (until. that distant day, pow scarcely to be imagined, when Theodore Roosevelt will need a staff wherewith to support his tottering footsteps as he moves slowly about the house. Wh the Money Flies. New York Tribune. 1t 1s not in the best (nterests of true, high class sport that the betting on horses should go beyond bounds and become the chief feature of the daily reports in the newspapers. One .of the principal book- makers at Saratoga Is quoted as saying that the total of the amounts risked at the Springs had averaged the portentous sum of $2,000,000 for each afternoon, and much exceeded the speculation known at any time heretofore on the Amerfean turf. This is probably an exaggeration, but the newspapers agree in saying that the bet- ting on the Saratoga course was amazingly fast and furious. It is time to throw cold water upon §0 unwholesome a fever. The pace has become too rapid. PINE TREES ON THE SAND HILLS. of the Government Experi- ment in Forestation. New York Sun. About 15,000,000 acres in morthwestern Nebraska are so sandy as to be unfit for tillage. Two-thirds of thie region fs still the property of the national govermment. Progrs About twelve years ago the State Board of | Agriculture and the Nebraska Geological Survey began to study the sand hills from a scientific point of view and reported that it was belleved to be possible to cover large tracts of this country with trees and shrubs from which a good revenue might eventually be derived. Mr. Hicks of the geological surve: o reported that the foresting of the sand hills would probably lead to coneiderable economic results. ‘The national government, therefore, sent large number of Scotch, Austrian, rock and jack pines, which were set out in fu rows In one of the worst locations in the sand hills in the southwestern part of Holt county. Practically all of these trees have thrived. The Scotch and Austrian pines now attalned a height of six to eight , the rock pines four to six feet and the jack pines twelve to elghteen feet. The trees are now entering upon the period of thelr most rapid growth, their thriving ap- pearance ehows that they are well adapted to the conditions and the Division of For- estry reports that they are certain, unless burned out, to attain sultable size for lum- bering. These varietles of pine tree, it is declared, are perfectly adapted for bundreds of thousands of acres in the sand hills, where the natural conditions are the as those under which the present publican wheo lives in Omaha and who m forest is growidg. It 1s proposed to continue the work that is so promlsing, An extensive forest in the sand hills would be of great value to the region where it exists and also have a favorable influence upon the winds and temperature of & large part of western Ne- braska and thus upon the agricultural con- ditions there. The forest itself would yleld, in Bfteen or twenty years, fuel and posts, the timber would be large enough in twenty-five or thirty years for telegraph poles and rallroad ties and thereafter, if properly managed, would be a source of continual revenue. The possibility of turning & large and worthless area into a region of great util- ity has been demonstrated. It Is an inter- esting illustration of the efforts, now con- stantly widening, to reclaim the waste places of the country and turn them to good account. In view of the progress that {s being made in this direction, wi cannot say that amy reglon In our lan will not some day be found capable of ad ding (o the gemeral wealth. Wealth in Corn Philadelphia One most effective argument in favor of the uninterrupted prosperity of this coun- try is met with In the unexampled size of the year's crops. It is pointed out with much appearance of authority that we can have no great industrial dlsaster so long as the yield of grains does mot fail and the agricultural industries upon which our welfare rests are in a high state of pro- ductiveness, as they are known to be dur- ing the present season. Such a misfortune to the corn crop as resulted from the drouth Iast year in a time of commerclal nervous- ness might have induced a terrible finan- cial catastrophe. Fortunately our pros- perity then was olidly established, and this year our strength need not be put to a test, since the harvests already gleaned and to come are the largest in the history of the country. After the experience of last summer it is peculiarly gratifylng that corn is again to be abundant and cheap. The prices of fu- tures In the speculative markets have had their ups and downs. Thers has been anxiety because of floods, and lately prophets of evil have discerned signs of damaging frosts, but the plants go on growing and the ears filling out so that by no chance can the crop be short of ex- traordinary. It is computed that it may reach the great total of 2,600,000,000 bush- els, and the estimate appears in no wise chimerical, since the famine of last year, instead of dampening the ardor of the farmer for corn, increased his asaidulty, so that there is a greater acreage at the present time than ever before in the annals of agriculture on this continent. There is no crop among them all in this Public Ledger. country which is so importamt as maize. While we raise more wheat than any other people in the world, we produce five times as much corn as wheat. We raise three bushels of corn for every bushel of oats. Our corn crop is about four-fifths of the world's crop. Indeed, this cereal is prac tically our own, since many countries, Ar- | gentine, Mexico, Egypt and the Balkan States, must unite their harvests to make up the infinitesimal total which Is not pro- duced within our national boundaries. Its value fs our owa discovery. The soll and climate conspire to make the Mississippi basin a rich fleld for its growth. Towa, Kansas, Nebraska and Illinols can each be depended upon to produce more than 200,- 000,000 bushels per annum in prosperous years, and other states in this belt are not far behind in the work of running up the country's great total. If we have an Immense crop of corn we shall be assured of a large export trade. By diligently advertising this grain we have at last succeeded in creating a market for | it in Europe, when we have it to spare, at a fair price. In the government's fiscal year 1900 we exported 209,000,000 bushels of corn and in 1901 177,000,000 bushels. The trade then reached a value of more than $80,000,000 annually. Last year we could send abroad only 26,000,000 bushels, of an estimated worth of $16,000,000. The large crop means more cattle and hogs and cheaper beef, bacon and all kinds of meat products. It will invigorate the carrying trade on the railroads and on ocean freight lines, and will in a variety of ways con- tribute to the industrial prosperity of the country. : OTHER LANDS THAN OURS, Probably no country presents a more im- posing array of vast consolidations of all classes and callings to protect the interests of those united in them than does Germany. A recent publication of the imperial com- mission gives some idea of gheir extent and usefulness. It calls attenfion to the fact that Germany has 145 chambers of com- merce and trade and ten of agriculture, around which are groupted the People’s In- dustrial council, the German Agricultural council and land-economy colleges. The interests of traffic are represented by the Home Raflways' council. The learned pro- fessions are regulated by councils of doc- tors and lawyers. There are, it appears, various independent associations to protect the interests of manufacturers, trade and trafic, as well as to represent speclal classes and vocations, such as the union of German smelters, the great association of architects and engineers, the German fish- ery union, the inland shipping union, the householders’ and temants’ unfons, all of which bave been established throughout the land for all the more important occupa- tions and branches of industry. Not alone the independent workers have thus banded themselves together, it tramspires, but the movement has spread and now {includes unions of officlals, commercial unions and associatious of workers of every descrip- tion. The cartel or unfon of masters has been formed chiefly for the promotion of industrial objects. In addition, there are various associated enterprises of various groups and classes, and last, but not least, | the great co-operative societies of the work- | ing classes. A graphlc summary this, which | goes to show that when it comes to great | collective, organized enterprises the Teu- tonlc Fatherland does not purpose to be behind the procession The storles about the young king of Spain, which are being spread broadcast by the Parisian press, do not indlcate that the lad is developing as yet the tendencles toward vice which made his grandmother, Queen Isabella, notorlous and which brought his:father, King Alfonso XII, to a premature end. They show rather a self- willed disposition and a lack of reverence for his elders, which cannot be consldered surprising {n the case of a boy brought up as a king. The story that he wishes to paes by on the other side the few eligible European princesses and marry the daughter of some South American millionaire reveals, if anything, a mind that rebels at the un- natural limitations with'n which his matri- monial impulses are confined. But Alfonso XIII s already paying one of the penalties | of his position in having a great varlety | of storles about him printed in the Parisian | newspapers. The Parls press s a kind of | clearing house of the gossip of the royal tamilies of Europe. . It s well known that the expenditure of $365,000,000 under the German navy pro- gram, as ultimately expanded, will render Germany the second naval power in the world within five or eix years. Public at- tention having been concentrated upon this startling fact, there has been a tendency to ignore the efforts of France in the same | direction. 1t s true that the French gov- | | ernment is by no means expending so much | | money upon additions to its mavy, though | in or before 1906 France will have six new | battleships and five new armored crulsers ready for The aim of M. Lanessan, | | the minister of marine in the Waldeck- | Rousseau cabinet, was rather to introduce | such changes in the distribution of the existing naval forces of his country as | signally to increase their efciency fn time | of war. As these changes were embodied | in a law which has received President | | Loubet’s assent, they will be carried out | immediately, with the result that both in | | the Atlantic and the Pacific the French | naval force will be superior numerically and in fighting power to that of Great Brit- | ain, unless counter-precautions are taken by the latter power. o Another of the unwelcome sequences of | the late war in Sout Africa is manifesting itself in the cost of living in the Trams- vaal. The price of rents, labor, domestic | supplies and everything else conducive to human comfort there bas been advanced 0 that a man of moderate means or in- | | come has difficulty in making both ends | | meet. White labor is suffering and Kaffir | labor, on which the mines were formerly largely dependent, is unobtainable at the old rates of wages. The employment of | Kaffirs as teamsters and camp followers by the British army commissary was only secured by giving the blacks higher wages than they had received in the mines before the war. Now that peace has been estab- lished these natives will not return to their old employment in the mines unless they are pald as high wages as they were re- celving in army service. The situation, from the mine owner's standpoint, is be coming quite serious. Operations in sev- eral mines in the Rand district, which for- merly paid dividends, have been hampered to such an extent, through the lack of na- | tive labor, that they are being worked at & loss. In other cases the mines ha been forced to close through the same cau White labor is Dot obtainable because the scale of wages 18 not high enough to meet the increased cost of living. . The published report of the Jewish Col- onization soclety having charge of the Baron de Hirsch fund of $50,000,000 is of espec al interest because of the magnitude of the undertaking. More than $2,000,000 was ex- pended in 1901, seven-elghths of this sum being obtained by Interest and one-eighth being a draft upon eapital. The adminis- | republican counties in the state. tratior expenses amounted to $150,000, or Ti% per ceat of the total expended. The Ar- | gentina project is the largest. In Argen- tina $230,000 was expended for direct re- llef, $435,000 for purchase of new land for colonies and $65,000 for administrative pur- poses. American organizations recelved $40,000 in subventions and $110,000 by way of loan for agricultural work. In Russia $110,000 was epent for schools, $5,000 in subventions, $160,000 for workers' dwellings in Wilna and $30,000 for loats. The weav- ers of prayer shawls in Dubrovna recelved a loan of $170,000, Roumania received $141,000, Palestine, $50,000; Asta Minor, $65,000, and Galicla $120,000. It is a worldwide charity of the very best description, for it aims to help those who help themselves. POLITICAL DRIFT, Maine went as it dla for Governor Kent, The rotund Tom Johnson will do his trust hunting in an automobile. One of the candidates for comgress in Maryland bears the name of Stump. He 1s on it, too. The country in which Portland, Me., is situated voted enthusiastically against the prohibitory law, which the late preacher- sherift struggled to enforce. Elected of- fcials are expeeted to take the hint and wink both eyes. Malcolm Smith of Cedar Rapids is one ot the busiest men in Jowa these days. He is chairman of the state prohibition commit- tee, a candidate for congress in his district and also the nominee for district judge. Tho prohibitionists propose to make a vigorous campaign in Towa this year. Gaven McNab, nominated by the demo- crats of California for state superintendent of public instruction, declines to accept the gold brick. “The office,”” he says, “would be a regular white elephant on my hands and I would fall of election by about | 50,000. My name was used without my knowledge or consent.” The two American ofties fn Wwhich the nuinber of colored inhabitants is fcreasing most largely are Washington and Philadel- phin. In Washington, where the colored men do not vote, the increase {s of no po- litical importance, but in Philadelphia the increase 1is favorable to the republican party, already In the majority there. Dr. George C. Pardoe, the republican can- didate for governor of Callfornia, is a resi- dent of Alameda county, which includes the city of Oakland, opposite San Fran- csco, and which is one of the strongest In 1808 it gave McKinley 5,000 majority. Without its vote Bryan would have carried Califor~ | nia by 2,300. One of the democratic state senators of Peansylvania, John ¥. Higgins, who be. trayed his constituents two years ago by voting in the legislature for the return of Matthew §. Quay to the United States sen- ate, was & candidate for renomination from Schuylkill county, but at the primaries re- celved only 300 votes out of & total of more than 6,000 c 4 Galusha A. Grow, congressman at large frem Pennsylvania, will not be a candidate for re-election in his home district. Mr. Grow celebrated his'S0th birthday recently. He was speaker of the house during the civil war. The vemerable statesman is quoted as saying: "I have appreciated highly the honor that has been done me in electing me congressman at large, and 1 am satisfled with the record that has been made already.” feveral candidates have already appeared in Michigan for the senatorial vacamcy | caused by the death of James McMillan, At teutlon is called to two features of the Michigan canvass, One is that ‘the late Senator McMillan and his colleague, Senas tor Burrows, were chosen by the unanimous ote of the republican caucus in each case nd the second is that Michigan has unmi. formly been represénted by republicans in the senate siuce the present lines of party division were established. HEMY AND BOODLER: fndianapolls Néws: Think of that com- bination of St. Louls boodlers taking wol- emn oath in which they dared to appea) to Almighty God. What becwie of the oath they took when assuming the duties | of the offices to which they vm\ilecul“ | Minneapolis Journal: How easily one | crime leads on to another 18 shows by | the oath which the boodling St. Louts alder- ! men swore. Belng united In a corrup! league to betray the interepts of the city they pledged themselves to accapt death ac puniehment for betrayal of ‘thelr eapimos guilty secret, and thus opened the way for murder. Such a blood-curdMug oath os they swore sounds more like &8 excerpt from the proceedings of .some Russian nihflist society than of & wonference of some despicablo American boodlers. But, after all, the boodler fs just about as much of & villain s the nihillst. The duly differ- ence is that the boodler ia gemerally a *good fellow,” but that so-called “redeem- ing trait" really damns him the more, Springheld Republican: The publication | of the ironciad oath taken by the filnetoen members of the St. Louls boodle combine was the fiual touch needed to make the story of munieipal torruption. in that noble Amorfean city romantic even in its vil- {lainy. The manner in which the boodlers swore “befors the Almighty God" not to reveal combine secrets, and to accept death from the other members in case of be- trayal, places them quite in the rank with the old pirates of the Spanish main. “Aad all of this I do solemnly swear, 80 help me God"—such was the conclusion of the oath. Why is it that the most infamous rascals take their vows in crime with an appeal to the Almighty to sustain them in | plundering other people? No more absurd | contradietion could be concelved. The St. Louis boodlers, however, are not unlike generations of rascals who have gone be- fore. Instead of invoking the devil, their logical patron, they always turn to the deity when in a critical place. e sk P AMONG THE SMILE MAKERS, Press: “Pshaw! He's no Detroit Free 1 a NHQ and I used to work right side he may have recovered from the you know, and turned out weil It effects, after alt Chicago Post: ‘Go,” sald the stern par- ent, “and never darken my door again!’ “All right, old man,” returned the in- corrigible. "If I happen to get back this way 1'll come in through the window." Philadelphia Pres: ““When two men start swearing at each other it's us stream of abuse.’ ¥, 18 ‘What's so funny abéut {t?" ‘Why, you'd think so much ‘damming’ would stop the stream, but it's just the opposite.” New York Sun: Joan of Arc was review- ing the situation. “Strange,”” she murmured, “they talk about the Beef Trust, and yet it seems easy to get the Stake. Remarking that this was pretty Swift, she then proceeded to polish up her Armour, Cleveland Plain Dealer:' I want to see the cook right after dinner, “You_are not going te discharge her, George?” “Discharge her? No, indeed. I want to | et the receipe from her for thix pnadine sauce. Tt ought to make the best kind of office mucllage.” r: “So you are not going n S “Not for a long time* answered Mrs. Cumrox. “it is our infention to live in America, thereby calling attention to_the fact that we can afford to pay the highest prices for everything.” Chicago Tribune: “I'd Itke to know what you meant, sir,” demanded the irate young woman, “by saying in your paper this morning that the popcorn counter at the charity bazaar last night was presided over by ‘the daft Iittle Miss Skimmerhorn'?" 0od heavens, madam.” said the editor 1 hat was written eft"! turning pale. Philadelphia Press: “M; Jell,” complains the hnmw‘fe. n the Spanish,” says the man, her husband, thinking to take her mind oft her troubles, . “that sentence would pro- nounces .MK helly won't hell.” " “Well, ghs the woman, moodily stir- ring again in the kettle, “{here are some more things about the Spanish that this fountry should have beneyolently asaim!- ated.’” jelly won't PEACHES AND CREAM. Baltimore News. Peachess and Cream, Eplcure’s dream!* Oh, what a dish for the dainty they seem! Silver and Gold, ¢ Tastily bowled, Tempting the palate, so lusclously cold! Half-spheres of rapture afloat in & sea Of lacteal richness that satisfies me! Peaches and cream, peaches and cream! Fresh from the joy-laden boughs they are brought, Bits from the great treasure-House of the All with & fragrance enravishing fraught, Nectar-fed brood of the dew-refres with wine that the eye starts agleam. Gold, they are set in the silver of cream! 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