Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 27, 1903, Page 6

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The address will be changed as often as desired. —_— The Real Estate exchange is studying electrics just now. ——— Sullivan was renominated Tuesday, and the next day It rained. ey What has become of Dave Mercer's Bouth Omaha pontoon bridge? —— Tom Johnson's grip on the Ohio dem- ocratic machine {8 more firm than ever, E———— Tom Johnson has favored the country with a slice of “the Ohio idea,” served up raw. g EEEE—— It does seem that the irrigation con- gress selected an inopportune date for its meeting this year. Nebraska participants in the Denver conference will now have to ask them- selves where they are at. mmm— COolonel Bryan will now feel safe in leaving Nebraska long enough to make his proposed trip to Hurope. ——— The Commercial club is to be com- mended for placing its stamp of disap- proval on the trading stamps. Sir Thomas is certalnly gracious when he forces himself out of courtesy to tell us that he is having a good time. o——————————y Sheridan saved the day for the union army at Winchester. Bryan's presence at Columbus saved the day for the Kansas Oity platform. The marked improvement in electric arc street lamps within the past ten days affords tangible proof of the bene- fits of competition in public lighting. =i— It i to be hoped that BStilwell's Orifental raflroad will not come into col- lsion with the Pan-American raiiroad from no man's land to the North pole. ey Nebraska popullsts will rejolce to know that they still have the glorious privilege of shouting for democrats and marching at the tail end of the proces- slon. By decree of Judge Grimes peram- bulating tooth carpenters may hence- forth engage in repairing decayed mo- lars and defective jaws in the town of Lodgepole without being subjected to the annoyance and Inconvenience of paying an occupation tax. Omaha has reason to feel proud over the striking manifestation of the irre- sistible influence of its truly independ- ent but always popocratic newspaper. Great quantities of tomatoes have changed ownership in the Omaha veg- etable market on the tip of the World- Herald that the tomato crop would run short. ‘When the local fuslon organ asserts that the democratic convention “nomi- nated for the supreme bench the ablest, most learned and most generally trusted jurist who has ever graced that tribunal it simply exhibits its natural tendency to slop over. Judge Sulllvan is an able jurist, but there are others off and ou the supreme bench and there bave been others before his day. The Nebraska supreme bench has been graced by such brililant and Jearned Jurists as Willlam Little and Oliver Perry Mason, and such able and trusted exponents of law as Gantt, Reese and Maxwell, each of whom was the peer of Jobm J. Bullivan, to say nothing of Bhis colleagues, Silas A. Holcomb and Samuel H. Sedgwick X DEMOCRATIC MISREPRESENTATION, The chairman of the Nebraska demo- cratic convention sald in his speech that in its government of the Philippines the republican party has suppressed the Bill of Rights, which is contained in ‘!ln’, first eight articles of amendment to the federal constitution. Perhaps the more intelligent members of the con- vention knew that this statement was erroneous, but many of the rank and file of the party and probably some who are not democrats may not be aware of the misrepresentation in the state- ment of Judge Loomis and it therefore appears proper to expose that fact. The Philippine civil government act, passed by the last congress, extends the Bill of Rights to the archipelago, with the exception of two provisions. That act provides that mno law shall be enacted in the islands depriving any person of life, liberty or property with- out due process of law, or denying to any person therein the equal protec- tion of the laws. It further provides that no law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for redress of grievances. The act also declares “that no law shall be made respecting an establishment of re- ligion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof and that the free exercise and enjoyment of religlous profession -and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall be forever allowed.” In these very important respects, there- fore, our constitution has been extended to the Philippines and the civil gov- ernment 1§ being administered in ac- cordance therewith. Democrats should endeavor to be fair and bonest in their discussion of our Philippine relations. They ought to realize that they have nothing to gain by misstatements and misrepresentation. The Filipinos have not been given all the rights and privileges of the Ameri- can people, but they are enjoying a larger measure of freedom than they have ever before known and are ac- quiring an experience in self-govern- ment that is gradually fitting them for independence. Many of them are now in the public service and more will en- ter it ns that service is enlarged and compe§ent natives are found for it. Justice is being impartially adminis- tered, education s being extended, and careful attention is being given to the industrial and commercial improve- ment of the islands. All this is well known to the intelligent portion of our people and they cannot be misled by such false declarations as that of the temporary chairman of the Nebraska democratic convention. Statements of this kind may influence the ignorant voter, hut they are futile with those who are familiar with republican policy in regard to the government of the Philippines. Sr——————— GRANT FAVURS THE CANTEERN. General F. D. Grant, commanding the Department of Texas, makes a strong argument in his annual report to the War department in favor of re-estab- lishing the canteen. - He says that aslde from other recreation features of gar- rison life, the canteen, which is the enlisted soldier's clubroom, “is & pro- tected circle into which no vice or deg- radation can intrude,” and he declares that “to close the doors of the soldler's garrison club and send him out into the haunts of inigquity and vice run by immoral vultures who, degraded them- selves, set up no standard of morality, but, breaking down all barriers of re- nt, invite and induce soldlers to Join In all sorts of depravity and in- famy, is a wrong to the soldier well as a wrong to the community in which the soldier is located.” This accords with the expressed views of nearly ev- ery officer in the army who has had the opportunity to see the result ot abandoning the canteen. They bear ts- timony to the demoralizing effect upon the men and to the great injury to dis- cipline that has ensued. In view of the practically unanimous opinion of army officers favorable to the restoration of the canteen, it would seem that there should be no hesitation on the part of congress in complying with that opinion. The abandonment of the canteen was manifestly a mis- take and there can be no sound excuse for continuing a policy that is so con- clusively shown to be hurtful to the army. EemEm——— TRE OHIO DEMOCRATS. Tom L. Johnson won an easy victory in the Ohio democratic convention, com- pletely routing the Zimmerman con- tingent, which on the first test vote was found to have less than one-third the membership of the convention. John- son showed himself to be complete master of the situation and was nom- inated for governor by acclamation, the platform throughout volcing his views and entirely ignoring the opinions, in most respects, of the conservative ele- ment. It reaffirmed allegiance to the Kansas City platform and by special resolution W. J. Bryan was asked to speak in Ohio in support of the declara- tion of principles—a request which it is pretty safe to say he will accept. Tom L. Johnson is now the Ohio dem- ocratic boss, but it is higly improbable that he will be able to harmonize the party. The conservative element of which John L. Zimmerman, a man of abllity and high character, is the leader, 1s utterly opposed to Johnsonism and many of that element will not support the candidate for governor. Mr, John- son can hardly draw from other sources sufficlent to offset this disaffection. He probably does not expect to be elected, though undoubtedly he will make a vig- orous campalgn. It is understood that his greatest desire is to elect a legisla- ture that will choose a democratic suc- cessor to Senator Hanna, but he is quite as likely to fall in this as in his fight for the governorship. But Johnson has placed himself in a position to become something of & factor in the national campaign next year, even if he lose all that he is now battling for. He has shown that he has a following in Ohio that makes him a force to be reckoned with and there is reason to belleve that the grasp he has taken upon the de- mocracy of that state he will firmly hold. A Johneon delegation from the Buckeye state in the democratic na- tional convention of 1004 is more than probable. As we have heretofore remarked, Ohlo is the center of political interest this year, and we can see no reason for doubting republican success. DOUMED TO DISAPPUINTMENT The democratic party of Nebraska in coalition with the dismembered fraction of populists who love to parade as re; forruers has degenerated into a political scold. Jts mission seems to be to de- nounce the republican party for every- thing it has done and arraign it for everything it has not done, and hold it responsible for all the cyclones, drouths and labor strikes, volcanic eruptions and landslides, floods and fires that have afflicted mankind in general and the people of the United States in par- ticular. The democratic platform, framed un- der the personal supervision of Wil- liam J. Bryan, denounces the national republican administration “for its failure to carry out its promises here: tofore made for its alleged subserviency to special interests.” What pledges the national administration’ of the repub- lican party has repudiated or failed to make good, either under Wiillam Mec- Kinley or Theodore Roosevelt, Bryan's latest platform fails to point o... Inferentially the Bryan platform de- nounces the republican party for enter- taining any scheme of legislation for the establishment of asset currency. Inaémuch the republican party in general and the republicans of Ne- braska in particular have not com- mitted themselves in favor of asset cur- rency legislation, this plank is like put- ting up a straw man to knock him down. There is perhaps more truth. than poetry in the arraign- ment of the late legislature for its lam- entable subserviency to railroads and other public corporations, but the fusion reformers are not in position to make capital out of the shortcomings of republican legislatures and repub- lican rallroad assessment boards in view of the indefensible record made by fusion legislatures and assessment boards. To scold and denounce the opposition party for doing mno better than your own party will scarcely draw recrults to the ranks of sham reform. What is true regarding the plank arraigning the re- publican party of Nebraska for the shortcomings of the last legislature ap- plies with equal force to its arraign- ment for burdening the state with an immense floating debt. Everybody in Nebraska knows that the fusion reform administrations are responsible for their full proportion of the foating debt and it is chiefly because they falled to give the taxpayers the relief they had promised tbat the popular tide turned in favor of the republicans. Had Bryan's followers done for the people of Nebraska what they now de- mand at the hands of the républicans their lease of power would have been extended. If they expect te be rein- stated in power by scolding and ar- ralgning the opposition they are doomed to disappointment. Marriageable Kansas teachers are up in arms against the rule which is being generally adopted by school boards in the Sunflower state as well as in Ne- braska, forbidding courting and mar- rlage by teachers during school terms. To head off this invasion of their in- alienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness the teachers of Harvey county assembled at Newton, Kan,, last week and adopted the fol- lowing resolutions: ‘Whereas, Our fathers came to Kansas in pursuance of a high and holy desire to es- tablish the institutions of freedom and equality on Kansas soll and did herole service In the dark and bloody days of the border war to establish constitutional lib- erty in this state; therefore, be it Resolved, That we view with alarm the tendency of school boards in certain parts of Kansas to adopt harsh and oppressive measures in restriction of our sacred and inalienable rights; that to submit to such tyranny would prove us to be unworthy children of such noble parentage; that a larger percentage of our teachers being marriageable, we urge upon all the neces- sity of vigorous and unceasing rebellion against this attempt to deprive us of our right to court and be courted. In the face of this declaration of in- dependence few school boards or school superintendents will dare to promulgate an anti-courting edict. SEe—— The decision just rendered by the fed- eral court declaring valid the law that prohibits telegraph companies carrying on business in the state of Minnesota virtually also afirms the validity of the Nebraska telegraph law, e——— A Reasonable Doubt. Detrolt Free Press. Returns from Kentucky leave it in doubt whether Caleb Powers is being tried for murder or for being a republica Touching & ful & Denver Republican. Hon. David B. Hlll says the present pros- perity is pure fiction. And the late demo- cratic hard times were composed of stern, hard facts. ject. Seas w Indlanapolis News. Says General Chaffes, commander of the land forces at Portland: “But most of the time I presume I shall be on Cuskings island, my headquai or on my little boat, the yacht Kanawha.” And when we consider the weather and the season in connection with this prospect we realize that even the grim game of war has its compensations. Enlarged oss Activity, Ban Francisco Chronicle. The progress of the country can be measured by the growth of postal dis- bursements. 1In 1838 the sum expended by the Postoffice department was $64,000,000; last year it was over §124000,000. The in- crease 18 out of all proportion to the growth of population and is indicative of » greatly enlarged business activity. A Fair Infer: X Detroit Free Press. We Infer from the Hon. David B. Hill's speech at Olcott's Beach that what the American people need most is & slim, bald headed president who lives in Wolfert's Roost, New York. Imitation that is Not Filattering. Chicago Chronicle. In loyal and patriotic imitation of the mother country it sesms that our fellow citizens of Hawall are contemplating & few lynching bees. Westward the star of em- pire takes its way. New “Spheres of Inm ‘Washington Post. Japan now proposes to trade Corea to Russia for Manchuria. As Japan does not own Corea and Russia has no title to Manchuria, both nations would profit by the bargain, llke men trading stolen umbrellas. . Good Lesson to Learn. Chicago Record-Herald. Bir Thomas Lipton shows how well it pays to take defeat cheerfully. If he were disposed to be sour at this time the ridicule would be overwhelming. As it is, nearly everybody would be pleased If through some unlooked-for combination of ciroumstances he should succeed in win- ning the cup. Learn a lesson from Sir Thomas. Don't whine, don’t grumble, don't get sour. Wind, Water and Faot. Philadelphta Record. ‘When the assessor comes along to asoer- tain the actual value of property for the purpose of taxation he makes some won- derful disclosures, For example, we learn from the Chicago Tribune that the actual taxable value of the tangible property of the Union Traction company in that city is $11,80,00. But upon this foundation is bullt a paper superstructure of $75,000,000 in stock and bonds. Making allowance for possible future investment i improve- ments, there is a difference of over $63,000, 000 between capitalization and assessed value of real and personal property. It is disparities of this sort that necessitate undue charges for services rendered, that breed doubt, dissuade investment, and, In seasons of stringency and financial dis- tress, bring on panic. The Chicago street raflway stock Inflation s not singular; it is only a specimen of its kind existent throughout the United States. CANADIAN GHOST DANCING, Railroad Promoters In Afr Shindy. Chicggo Inter Ocean. The Canadian government has under con- sideration the construction of a new trans- continental raflway. A bill to incorporate the Grand Trunk Pacific, as the line ia to be called, has passed second reading in the Dominion Parliament and will doubtless become law. It will add at least $135,000,000, and probably more, to the Canadian public debt. Judging from the speech of Senator Mc- Cullen in the Dominion Parllament, other arguments than those of possible profit seem to be influential in bringing about the proposed addition to the Canadian public debt. Senator McCullen argued for the railway upon strategic grounds. He spoke of the exposed condition of the Canadlan frontier and of the east with which the Unmited States, In case of war, could cut the Can- adian Pacific line and stop the canals, thus separating eastern Canada from western Canada. He dwelt on American expenditure on the army and navy, and on the proposal to revise the treaty prohibiting the con- struction of war vessels on the lakes, as indicating a hostile purpose. ““The United Btates,” he said, fous for a fight with a European ocountry. The Spanish war has whetted their ap- petite. The United States think they could beat Great Britain at any time. Supposing there was a conflict. Canada would be the fleld.” In a word, BSenator McCullen's argument was that Canadian taxpayers ought to burden themselves with §125,000,000 or more of debt to build an unprofitable rallway as a measure of defense lll.ln-t the United States. Senator McCullen would be merely amus- ing if he and tae kind of politics he repre- sents did not appear to be finding so many dupes in Canada. The truth {s, of course, that the American people do not think at all about beating Great Britaln in war or conquering Canada. They know that they have beaten Great Britain before and are sure they could do it again If necessary. But they do not see the least necessity of doing anything of the kind and have not the least wish to fight any European power. Benator McCullen {s merely ralsing ghosts in en attempt to frighten the Canadian people with & danger which does not exist, It is deplorable on every account that so many Canadian politiclans should indulge in ghost dancing. e in & Hot « REJOICING REPUBLICANS. Dominant Note in the Nebraska Re- publican Platform. Chicago Inter Ocean. The dominant note in the Nebraska re- publican platform adopted at Lincoln on Tuesduy 1s one of rejoicing over the escape of the state from Bryan and Bryanism. The Nebraska republicans are republic- ans, not populists. They are strongly in favor of the Roosevelt policles. They ad- here-to the protective policy and they re- gard the Philippines as American territory. In all these things they antagonize Mr. Bryan, who for ten years has been trading on the disappointments and discontent of the western people. Nebraska gave-Harri- son a plurality of 4,07 for president in 1892, In 184 the popullsts united with the demo- crats and defeated the republican candidate for governor. In 1885 the republicans elected their candidate for supreme court judge, but in 1890 the state gave Bryan a plurality of 12,035 over McKiuley, and the legislature came under the control of the fusionists. In 1897 the fusionists carried the by a plurality of 13,879, elected thelr candldate for governor in 1898 by a plurality of 2,721, and their candldate for supreme judge in 1699 by a plurality of 15307. That was the last fusion victory in Ne- braska. In 1900 the people of the state, with the issue of republicanism against Bryan- tsm before them, gave McKinley & plurality of 7,522, and elected republican state oficers, and a republican legislature. The republic- ans carried the state by 2,000 in 101, and elected the governor in 192 by & plurality of 5,355, Nebraska has now republican state officers and a republican legislature, and is represented at Washington by two repub- lican senators and five republicans and one tusionist in the house. The contrast between republicanism and Bryanism in the state has been very marked, While the Bryanites, or fusionists, were in control of the state government and legislature they went to the extreme of partisanship and disgusted many of thelr own party by thelr childish display of party feeling. The Bryanites antagonized Ne- braska soldlers, flouted patriotio sentiment, and covered the windows of the capitol with pictures of their candidates for president. They assumed they were the state and sub- stituted party spirit for publio policy. Little wonder s it that the Nebraska re- publicans exult over the rescue of the state trom Brysn and Brysolsm. “are anx- THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1908. NEBRASKA'S WEBSTER. Rev, B. ¥. Trefs § Webater Ticket Would Win Out. New York Sun, August M. To the Editor of the Bun—8ir: Reading the fact In & recent issue of the Sun that the republicans of Nebraska have an- nounced John L. Webster as their candi- date for the vice presidency in the next national republican convention, I take the liberty to offer some information concern- Ing Mr. Webster that may be of interest. Having lived in Omaha for a number of years, and belng more or less Intimate with him, and having come into contact with & number of men of national prom- inence, I am confident that Mr. Webster's candidacy is by no means epheme will the plan of it remain for execution west of the Mississippl alone. Imagine a man in the very meridian of lite, of splendid physique, presenting a personality impressive in any gathering where intellectual power is the chiet fact; rather tall; clear gray eyes; mustache cov- ering the mouth; chin and jaws square and firmly set, with the hair thin above the temples and slightly frosted, rather by the efforts of & strenuous life than by the num- ber of years, and throw around this figure an atmosphers of power—then you have a fairly good pioture of John L. Webster, the greatest lawyer the wide empire west of the Mississippl has ever produced. While Mr. Webster is & lawyer whose abllity and success are well known to the members of the American Bar association, to a great many corporations of the east, to every man, woman and child in the state of Nebraska, he is what might bs termed & famillar figure in the episodes of na- tional political life. While for years he s Roosevelt and genfus has been In the service of the law. Here he has made his success, and, like- wise, in this success.is his testimony to remarkable fitness for the vice presidency of the nation. The day has gone by when any sort of & man was oonsidered good enough as the tall-end of the national ticket. Change in the trend of senatorlal iegislation, na- tional tragedies that are prevented from bringing final dlsaster only by the fore- sight of political conventions and the probability that henceforth the vice pres- {dency will play a more prominent part in the affairs of administration than It has, have conspired to make the seléc- tion of the man who will act as side partner to Mr. Roosevelt during the next four years of government a matter of momentous concern. Perhaps.in the range of vision falling upon the names of men who are now suggested as possible candidates for this position no one can claim superfority, and it is doubtful if the claim could be made good to an equality with John L. Webster. In the first place, Mr. Webster lives in Nebraska. He is a western man, with all the virllity and strength gecessary to carry on life, 8o tremendous and portentous, in the west, yet having the native culture and refinement bred by generations of ancestors springing from the best stock of the Puritan fathers—a combination that gives him remarkable effectiveness when coming into contact with men. The west is en- titled to, the vice presidency and of all states In the west none can lay better claim to the title than Nebraska, and i anything will cinch the state to the republican party it will be the recognition by that party of one of Nebraska's most splendid citizens. Mr. Webster possesses administrative abllity to a remarkable degree, is a splen- did parllamentarian and approximates the 1deal as a presiding officer. In fntellect he is a glant. The nation has heard much of Benator Thurston, who for years was the attorney for the Union Pacific in Omaha, and of General Manderson, who represented Nebraska for two terms in the United States senate and was the presiding officer of that body for a number of years, but ‘Webster towers above either of these two men, in brain power, comprehension of large affairs and fascinating personality that mark a full-orbed manhood. He s not a politiclan who can engage In the precinct caucus and beat the alderman of his ward or the saloon keeper half way down the block from his law office, but he can deliver an opinion on the constitution, draw a logical conclusion from the political history of the past to apply to the present, with all the power, clearness and grasp of any of the mighty ones who have walked in the realm of statecraft from the days of Calhoun until the present. I make no false eulogy of the man, for the things that I speak of him will be attested even by him most ardent political enemies. Well balanced In his judgment, conservative yet progressive in his esti- mates and executions of plans, thoroughly informed as to political conditlons through- out the entire country, learned and schol- arly, still always a man of affairs, and eloquent with a charm of speech that | fascinates and compels the attention. I am quite sure that no state in the west has produced his superfor, and scanning the horizon one finds but very few who can be accounted his peers. It would be a magnificent thing for the republican party, not only as a means to easy victory, but as a delight and honor to itself, when vietory was won, to select John L. Webster as its candidate for the vice presidency of the United States, EDWARD FREDERICK TREFZ, Pastor First Congregational Church. Binghamton, N. Y., August 21. OUR RIVAL IN CORN. Strides of Argent in the Trodue- tion of ¢ Rough Cereal. New York Tribune. Corn 1s king of American crops. Its yearly value is much greater than that of any other. It seems also more secure against rivalry than any other. Canada, Russia and other lands compete with us in wheat, Competitors In cotton are growing in many places at an ominous rate. But the United States has seemed to have pretty nearly a monopoly of corn growing. In this indus- try, however, a rival Is also arising which may before long be developed into great proportions. That rival is Argentine, & country which for more reasons than one might well be re- garded as the United Btates of South Amer- fca. It is only about two-fifths as lary the United States, and has only one- fifteenth as great a population. But its soil 1s wondrously fertile and its climate genial, and it s growing In population and in the arts of civilizsation at a gratifying pace. Its production of cattle and sheep, of hides and wool, of linseed and various other things s well known to be great. It is to be remarked that it is also becoming a great producer of corn, for whioh crop its soll and climate seem to be particularly well suited. The last year's crop of corn 18 reported to have covered 4500,000 sores and to have meas- ured 130,600,000 bushels. That is, of course, very much less than our 4,000,000 acres and 2,623,000,000 bushels. Yet proportionately to the population of the country, it Is a credi- table showing, Moreover, it is to be ob- served that the Argentines get more than thirty bushels from an acre, and get a dol. lar of their ourrency, or é cents gold, a bushel for it, making a yleld of §15.2 an acre, while we, with our boasted higher civilization, are content with twenty-seven bushels to the acre, which, at 4 ocents & bushel, means a yleld of only §10.80 an acre. There s no occasion to get scared at the speotre of Argentine competition In the corn market. Yet it is evident that Argentine 18 destined before long to be so conslderable & producer of that crep as to cut a figure in the markets of the werld, and probably 1o rank as & rival of the United States. NOT THE “IGNORANT FOREIGNER." Lymehing Pro Chicago Chronicle. Probably because his audience eannot— or does not—talk back the sensational preacher frequently indulges in rash and unfounded statements. He s not re- strained by the fear of a refutation, be- cause he knows that nobody will get up into his pulpit and challenge his asser- tions. A Galesburg clergyman, whom it is not worth while to name eince it is not desir- able to advertise him, has been holding forth on the lynching habit. He declares it 10 be “the outgrowth of the scum of Europe dumped upon our shorel and then proceeds to demonstrate to his own satisfaction that Justice Brewer was wrong when he attributed certain lynch: Ings to race prejudice. Our Galesburg pulpiteer will have it that “the ignorant forelgner” s responsible for the whole thing. Of course the clergyman is wrong in both assumptions. Lynching is, unfortunately, a distinctively American Institution. What fs more, it is an institution which flourishes most ex- tensively In those sections of the country where the American breed is purest. That s to say, the south furnishes the greater proportion of lynchings and in the south the proportion of foreign-born citi- zens {s so small as to be inconsiderable. It was the same when the west was still in a transition stage.' The vigllantes were Americans—and Americans of the most intelligent type, too. There was not an “Ignorant forelgner” among them. It is to be noted, likewise, that the north- ern communities in which lynchings re- cently have taken place are not centers of forelgn population. Newcastle, Del., is one of the oldest American towns. Dan- ville, Ill, s a typical American ocountry center. Evansville, Ind, is an American rallroad and river town. Its proportion of forelgn residents must be very small. Moreover, (n all the instances cited the names of those participating in the riots are not characteristio of “the scum of Europe.” They are not Slav names nor Croat names nor Magyar names. They are of English or Irish origin with an oc- casional Teutonlc cognomen. ‘We cannot, In short, shift upon the over- loaded shoulders of the “ignorant for- elgners” the responsibility for lynchings. That 1s one undesirable distinction which the American enjoys as a praotical monopoly. His fondness for Alspatching business with celerity has extended to the oft-hand administration of supposititious Justice, and when his race prejudice, the inheritance of slavery days, is added thery is no need for the “ignorant fareigner” to assist In the proceedings, much less fnau- gurate them. Our Galesburg cleric to the contrary note withstanding, Americans conduct the lynch- ings and the race question fs at the bottom of most of the summary executions where A negro is the victim, ' — A FASCINATING SPORT. Apostrophe of a Landlubber to the Charms of Yachting. Indianapolis Journal. The average inlander finds it a bit aif- fleult to get his enthusiasm over yacht racing up to a very high pitch, and it is only the International featurs of the races now on that arouses interest throughout the country. Of the races on the lakes and the races that are salled at various points along the Atlantic and gulf coasts the gen- eral public throughout the Interfor knows nothing and cares less—and wonders how the devotees of the sport can be so pro- foundly interested. But to him that goes down to sea, who has listened to the music of the waves against the prow, who has felt the strength of the wind with his hand on the tiller or wheel, there {s no mystery. One may love an automobile or a launch, but in these he Is always dealing with forces that can be accurately measured and cribbed with mechanism. One may love to handle the reins over the back of a spirited horse, but he knows that the horse is so curbed and confined with harness that it is com- pletely at his mercy. But with the salling yacht it is different. There one is face to face with elements he can no more control than he can fly. He must have an alert ~ N S N N 2222 T T TR A AN ASSRNRARN Five kinds of Wels- bach mantles, each a leader in its class— 18, 20, 25, 30, 35c. All Dealers. LT LERTNNNNANRRNAN W\\\\\\\\\l W77 7777 Vs | Senator Gorman's candidacy. He has dec~ orated him with the halo of his displeasure. PERSONAL NOTES. Prof. Frederick Starr of Chicago univer- sity {s now discussing the ethics of playing marbles for keeps. The profesecr is be- coming serious. John G. Carlisls has purchased the Poindexter place, consisting of a residence and fifteen acres of land at Diamond Hill, mear Greenwish, Conn. The kaiser has granted, out of his privy purse, an annual life pension to the unfor- tunate post, Detley von Lillerneron, the Lovelace of modern Germany. 1t 8ir Thomas really did agree to take an American bride in the event of Shamrock's winning, there {s no need to hurry about putting the wedding cake in the oven, The owners of electrio signs displayed above the sidewalks In Chicago have been officlally notified that thelr signs must be kept alight until 11 o'clock p. m. or their loenses be revoked. C. N. Herrfed, governor of South Dakota, acoompanied by his staff, will be present at the opening of the American Mining con- gress, which will convene at Lead, 8. D., on Beptember 7 to 12, and the governor will make the opening address. Four generations of the Sankey family, of ‘which the celebrated evangelist, Ira D, San- key, 18 a member, have been holding their fourth annual reunion in Newcastle, Pa. Owing to {ll bealth the evangelist was un- eye, a strong arm, and, above all, a cool head and a steady nerve, if he would wring from them obedlence to his will. He must know their moods and act immediately on their slightest signals of change. He must know his boat better than he can know any living thing, must understand the last pound of its strength and the farthest limit of its abllity to combat the elements in which it has its life and being. To him that loves combat—and what real man does not?—here surely In wind and wave are opponents worthy of the best strength that in him lies, and when there is added the human interest of the contest between men to know which designer and which skipper can make the braver fight in the world-old battle between the man and the sea, it is small wonder if all that have ever known the keen tension of this battle shall follow with breathless interest every movement of the yachts and the men that [ Clad in & handle them. ONLY ONE APIECE OF THEM. Noted Comb! Combines. Detroit Free Press. Some of the great rallroad magnates are dolng brave talking that is evidently in- tended to bear frult through political | T! chances of the future. James J. Hill has suddenly decided that the United BStates is In pressing need of an army of 200,000 men, prepared to take the fleld at the word of command. The underiying idea with Mr. Hill is that “We must have peace for our industrial and commercial grewth, and peace we will have it we have to fight for it It must be confessed that the author of this sentiment, which has so famfllar a ring, 1s somewhat obscure as to his reasons for this sudden anxiety, and if Mr. Hill is so desirous of peace. he might make his own peace with the federal government by respecting anti-trust laws. Stuyvesant Fish is another raflroad mil- lionaire who is not entirely satisfied with the course of affairs. As president of the Tllinols Central, he must be conceded much knowledge on the subject he discusses, but allowance must be made for the fact that he 1s largély an interested party, He de- parts from his custom in coming before the public to tell it that raliroad consolida- tion is fraught with blessings to the people and that “well managed” trusts are a joy forever. 'The people hasten to acknowl- edge this solicitude for their welfare. There has never been a formidable combina- tion organized that did not herald its com- ing by proclaiming glad tidings to the dear public. But we ses no reason for discour- agement on the part of Mr, Fish. We used to ha ve nearly & thousand separate and distinct raliroad systems. Now we have fewer than thirty. This should satisty the most enthustastio consolidationist. Seven men practically control them all Does Mr. Fish wish to merge the whole outfit, paralel lines and all, leaving the control where it is, or reducing it by the well known process? He should know by this time that all these consolidations are making toward state ownership in spite of a popular, intelligent opposition to that policy. Gorman Gets the Halo. Philadelphia Record (dem.) Colonel Brysn has done his best for able to attend, belng confined to his home in Bfooklyn. Prince Henry of Prussia, who visited Americe last year and 1s coming over for the St. Louls exposition, celebrated his forty-first birthday last week. On his birth- day Emperor Willlam gave out this parole to the army and navy: “Helnrich, pring von Preussen.' SMILING REMARKS, Grapht—My dear old uncle, Mr. Richman, is_very ill and llk!lx to die at any momen Bhlrpo—surr‘ man, but I can't len: vyou & cent.—Philadelphia Ledger. Even the man who s smokes strong plug tobacco in an old clay n.so may, neverthe- less, be able to persuade some trusting ‘woman that he has a romantic soul.—Som= erville Journal. Mamma-—What 18 “Willte crying about? Mald—8hure, he wanted to go across the street to Tommy Brown's. Mamma-—Well, why dnn t you let him go? lll-lfl—'l'h ' charades over 4 T wasn't sure o8 outh's Companion. “‘After all, the old saying, ‘There's always room at the top,’ dneInt mean an sauCnises it means.” replied the traveling hat mo Iower berths in a sleeper MQ ulullly taken before you get the: delphia Press. “Do y«-l u"eva thirtane s an unlucky number, Dt 5‘ “Thot Ol do, Maginnis. O! made ? el lllht year fr' the' beginnin’ flll lh' I.n It wor & melghty lucky year, and why? had but twllve months in it."—Kansas City Journal. Ql-l Man—I came (hic) to see ¥'r gas !My ot the House—But you've been drinkl 5 he compan double —Pr\'ohlyn l Ate. “Don't yom think_tha you are deficient in sentiment toward your coumry7 ), answered Senator ‘Sorghum, with “but there ll l time for everything. patriotic as avery Fourth iy, PTha Fest ot the year it's business.’ "anhlnl!on Star. “Doctor,” sald the sweet Joung thi “I've been lold that eating cucumbers m remove freckles.” Co it will, under ome condition,” repied. e Gr “And what {8 that?’ b “That ths freckles are on the cucumbers.” ~Philadeiphis Press. Now I ape SALLY, FROM SALEM. Portland Oregonian. (To protect herself from thieves a valley girl came to Portland Friday with her pln- attached to her garter, while a decoy pi :tun;d;l :v)lth old paper, dangled openly Hrom. er Salem came to town (ho Nla of l.ll ‘Willamette valley; o8t bewitching gown, How peach-like was the modest Sally. A_well-filled_purse swaz from her belt, ‘But more for show barter; In wicked Portln.nd Bllly felt It was not safe to carry money where the thousand and one thugs could have easy access to it, so Bhe utilized her garter. e t & big department stors, n‘mou ins were all she needed, And at satins by the score Tlll lmot interceded— he bogus purse swung from her belt, Brit ah, the Tittle martyr, A touch upon her leg she felt And was sure that some desperado al-cov-red her plan until she nu“ t it was merely The lllpplnl of her garter. Bhe felt so scared she had to quit, And bought the little packet; The clerk nounrod (hn Regoiced to end the rac) He saw the purse at Bnlly l belt: “She's not a willing partner’— g. little knew how ly felt, jering how on earth sho was to get at ey ey and wishing she DaGet Bestowed it In her garter. Agound the corner Bally went, No tawn was ever swifter, The clerk he thought him on the seent Of some uncaught shoplifter, “She had & wallet at her belt, 1 wonder what she's arter'— But oh, how he and Sally felt When he looked around the mereen and found she was merely a skirt-lifter and was trying to get A nickel from her garter. Hair Vigor This is what Ayer’s Hair Vigor does: Re- stores color to gray hair, makes the hair grow, stops falling, cures dandruff. Isn’t that enough? gosrses: