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Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-13
BRrAN's LETTER TO MORTON.


Former Secretary J. Sterling Morton
has finally produced the letter written.to
him by William Jennings Bryan in 1889,
in which Mr.. Bryan says in black and
white that he is seeking office not for
the honor but for the money that is in It,
Colonel Bryan has denied positively that
he ever gave expression to such a senti-
ment as would place him upon level
with the ordinary Office seeker, who
looks upon politics as an occupation and
its emoluments as n means of living.
Colonel Bryan will probably now come
boldly forward and admit that he had
forgotten the existence of this letter
written under circumstances which
might justify its contents. As young
lawyer struggling for standing in his
profession Mr. Bryan had perfect
right to apply for sinecurc office whose
salary would have been in the nature Of
a find, while the duties would in no way
interfere with his continued practice of
the law.
Yet equally significant with the sordd
sentiment of the letter and more sig
niticant than his denial of its utterance
is the fact that the appointment which
Mr.. Bryan was at that time seeking,
that of state railway commissioner, was
one in which the railroads were particu-
larly concerned, and that to secure this
appointment he went for his endorse
ments to the men known to represent
the railroad interests. In what light
does this leave the presidential candi-
| date, posing as the self-constituted en-
| emy of corporate aggression and con-
stantly using as his political capital his
alleged antagonism to railway monop-
| oily?
If Mr.. Bryan was ready to seek rail.
! road aid to secure the first office to
! which he aspircd, what faith can now he
| put in his assertions that he represents
only the plain people, for whom he is
| fighting the aggregations of wealth
| What he would have done had the rail
roads complied with his prayer to sup.
| port him for commission as State
Board of Transportation secretary will
have to be left to the imagination, but
no one can doubt that his sense of graf
itude would have prompted full re-
| quital for the favor thus received.
Viewed from this standpoint, the
Bryan Morton letter is revelation
which cannot but weaken the position
of it's author before the people.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-13
GIVING HIM A START.

Harper's Weekly.
Il know what you're going to say" sha
said:
And she stood up, looking uncommonly
tall;
"You are going to speak of the hectic
And say you're sorry the summers dead,
And no other summer was like 1t, you
know,
And l can imagine what made it so.
Now aren't you, honestly?" Yes" l said.
II know what you're going to say" sha
said;
You are going to ask if I forget
That Gay in June when the woods were
wet
And you carried me-here she dropped
her head
over the creek; you are going to say,
Do | remember that horrid day?
Now aren't you, honestly?" Yes" 1 said
81 know what you're going to say" sha
"You are going to say that since that
time
You have rather tended to run to rhyme
And"-her glance fell and her cheeks grew
red
"And | have noticed your tone was queer
Why, everybody has seen it here!
Now aren't you, honestly?" Yes" I said.
II know what you're going to say" I
said
You're going to say you've been much
And I'm rather short of tact-you will
say devoid
And I'm clumsy and awkward, and call ma
Ted,
And l hear abuse like dear old lamb.
And you'll have me anyway, Just as ! am,
Now, aren't you, honestly?" "Ye-es," she
said.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-13
COURT ROUSE IMPR0VEuENT.s

A we'll known house raiser has been
projected to the front with certain local
backing with new scheme to cut down
the court house square and put another
story under the present structure. The
public is assured that such plan is per
fectly feasible and that it can be carried
out at an expenditure OF about 100000.
Various plans for the improvement of
the court house have been brought forth
from time to time, suggested by the diff
ferent defects that interfere with its
present usefulness. When the original
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-13
PUT "VERY" ON THE SHELF.
Overworked and Misused, and Classed
as Hack Number.


When delicate, keen-edged tool, adapted
for special purpose, is employed on all oc-
casons it soon becomes blunted and unfit
for use. Words, which are the tools OF the
mind wear out and become useless when
misused There are superlatives and in
teneives which should be used only on spe-
cial occasions, when highly seasoned speech
is proper, If those words are used fire.
quently they lose their force, as salt does
its savor and become mere unmeaning ex-
pletiyes. Lovely" is an admirable word.
1t has meaning which is all its own. There
are times when no other combination of
sounds will tell the story as well. But there
are women to whom everything that pleases
| them Is lovely" from beau to spring
hat or from a sermon to an oyster stew To
make matters worse, everything which
pleases is perfectly lovely" Everything
which does not is perfectly awful" 1t is
relief, after listening to an oyerseasoned
| explanatory conversation OF this kind, to
| listen to English people praising something
| in their negative semi-depreciatory way
| to be told that something is mot half bad
instead of perfectly splendid"
These exaggerated errors OF oral speech
are not so bad. They are forgotten as soon
as committed. But written speech is full oil
| these solecisms OF weak writer's who wish to
be strong writer's Some unhappy words
which would lend emphasis II used infre-
quently are brought in so often that they
| become meaningless, Every" as an adverb
is one OF them. A statement that a man is
good or bad, fat or lean, mad or sane, does
not carry sufficient weight with the ma
| jority. Before every adjective there must
be a very" That word, as an adverb Is
1,a1 han ,f.rt in he inc
James translation OF the bible. The rarity
OF its use makes It count for all the more
when utilized. When 1t is said that "the
man Moses was very meek" one understands
that he was meek beyond the custom OF the
Israelite OF his day When st. James says
1.-THE Lord 10 very pitiful" the VERY is
full OF significance. But II the good and
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-13
Notable GIFT of Speech.

81. IduI IIONttT ITtSS,
One Of President McKinley's most admir-
able gifts is his ability to say just the right
thing at the right time and to stop right
there. His speeches during his western
tour are really remarkable illustrations Of
this gift. Naturally he has had occasion in
these brief speeches to allude to what is go
ing on in the Philippines and to state tersely
the grounds upon which the policy of the
government is justified There could be no
better evidence Of the ehadowy and unsub-
stantial nature of the antiexpansion sent-
ment which Bryan is relying upon to support
the platform he has dictated to his party
than the marked enthusiasm and applause
which have everywhere greeted the states
manlike and patriotic utterances of the
president on this subject.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-13
personal AND OTHERWISE.

Thomas A. Edison will treat by his new
electrical process the ore from the ortiz
gold mines of New Mexico, which he has
just bought for s3,000,000.
President Steyn of the orange Free State
Is described as suave, cultured and, unlike
his neghbor and ally, President Kruger, Is
careful of his personal appearance.
New Jerseys secretary of state reports
that 1916 corporations were chartered this
year and that they paid into the treasury
OF the commonwealth in incorporation fees
s72s, ,O23
Statistics show that the visitors to Lin
coins tomb number nearly $500 week
and come from all over the world The
statement speaks for the better side Of hu-
man nature.
Admiral Dewey barely got through the
naval academy at the foot of the class, and
Captain Carter in prison for embezzlement,
passed West Point with the highest honors
ever given to cadet
T. NJ Judson of Philadelphia, who re-
Gently made it a point to investigate the
effect OF female soffrage in Colorado, found
many bright and intelligent women who
thought it had done the sex more harm than
good.
The Toronto admirers OF Edward Blake,
formerly of Canada. but now a member Of
the British Parliament from Longford, Ire
land, will give a public reception in his
honor on October is. Some of the most
prominent men in Canada will make ad-
dresses.
Four years ago Governor Morrill, of Kan
sas found himself getting too fat, and he
worked off a lot Of flesh by taking long daily
walks. Recently he was left in an enact
ated condition by an attack of rheumatism,
and now he is adding flesh fast by taking
the same kind of walks.
Maxence Roldes, the labor agitator, who is
getting up an army of $1,000 men and women
to march from LIE Creusot to Paris to ask
the government to interfere in the matter
Of the strike at the Creusot Iron Works says
he gets his idea from the "CoXey army
movement in this country.
Prof. Alexander Graham Bell of telephone
fame has been spending the summer at his
country place at Beddeck, Cape Breton, en-
gagged in work On flying machine which
he says will be a perfect success. He is
developing the kite idea, rejecting, how
ever the theory that the machine must be
unusually light.
Moses Thatcher of Salt Lake City, Utah.
purchased, nine years ago, 10000 acre
ranch in the southwestern part of the state
Of Chihuahua, Mexico, and he now intends
to go into stock raising upon it on very
extensive scale. The land was bought
| originally for the timber and this has been
practically cut off.
! When a parrot in the chaplain's room a
| Windsor castle called out something as
| the queen passed by it, she insisted or
| knowing what the bird had said and the
| chaplain was compelled to repeat it-"Gt
| along, you ugly old woman" The queer
| laughed good -naturedly and said she wa!
| glad there was at least one voice in The
| kingdom not afraid to express an opinion o
| her. Nevertheless, everybody is wondering
| why and by whom the parrot was taugh
| such a curious speech.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-13

campaign equipage and can fight on the run
or any old way. The Beers do not size up
with other soldiers on drill and couldn't
form a line fer dress parade without having
a chalk mark on the ground, and they have
never learned any OF the intricate move
ments and officers do not shout commands
in stentorian voices. When they get into
camp an officer says: Now, boys go and
eat yourselves" when 1t is time to turn in
no bugle sounds taps. but somebody begins
TO pull off his boots and that is the signal to
retire. In the morning daylight wakens
them up and when the boots are on they
are ready. When they are pla2ed in posi-
tIon to fight there are no orders to charge,
but an officer says: Now you can choot OF
you see a head alreddy," and the slaughter
begins. oh, the Beers are no Fillpinos, but
a regular schuetzenfest.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-13
GIVES ARMENIANS A SHOW
Turkish Trade Allows Them More
MISUNDERSTANDING to he
Rebuilt.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct IAN imperial
trade has been issued abolishing all meas
ures that prevented the free movements of
Armenians.
1t also orders the rebuilding and repair
ing, with government assistance, of the
churches schools and monasteries destroyed
during the troubles and the payment OF
sums due officials or the families of off,
cials who were expelled or killed in the
massacres.
In addition to these remedial measures
the trade pardons fifty-four prisoners and
commutes to Imprisonment for life the SEN
tences Of twenty-four persons condemned
to DEATH
AS this action on the part OF the Ottoman
government is accepted by the patrarchs as
satisfactory, these dignitaries will withdraw
their designations.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-13

Every successive issue of the World
Herald uncovers fresh assortment of
discord in the republican party of this
county. This. evidently, is for effect on
the fusionists in the interior of the
state, who know that the result in
Douglas county is likely to win or lose
the battle next month for the contending
candidates on the state ticket. Few pco-
pie in this neck o. woods, however are
being deceived by the popocratic Fakery.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-13
tOWIlS,

The latest achievement of the popo-
cratic bosses and their ironclad machine
in Douglas county is to pull off forcibly
two candidates duly nominated TO the
office of county judge by delegate con-
ventions supposed to represent the rank
and file of the so-called fusion parties
and to substitute for them the name of
before the conventions. And yet the
popocratic organ will continue to talk
about republican machine.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-13

THE BOER SPIRIT.

The spirit of the Beers is shown in
the dispatch from President Kruger eX-
pressing his gratitude for American
sympathy, in which he said: "The re-
public is determined that if it must be-
long to England, a price will have to be
paid which will stagger humanity. l
have, however, full faith that the sun of
liberty shall rise in South Africa as it
arose in North America" The Beers
are actuated by an intense patriotism
and a profound belief in the justice of
their cause. AS one of them, in an ar
ticle in an American magazine, says:
"The Beers do not ask for mercy; they
ask for justice. Those who keep up the
unfair agitation against the South At
rcan republic are the last men, however,
to listen to the voice of righteousness,
or to be guided by any noble impulse;
political corruption is the seed they SOW
and by their uneXampled opportunities
they feel confident OF reaping their
criminal harvest. Up to the present they
have gathered only tears; Il still more
)
In the past, the Beers have been able
to fight against immensely superior
odds. They feel that the final victory
will be theirs, for they know they
have right on their side.'
A people thus animated and having
profound faith in guiding providence,
as the Beers have to an extent hardly
equalled by any other people, will fight
for independence to the last man. 1t is
no idle boast of Kruger that England
in order to conquer these people and
possess their land, must pay price
which will stagger humanity. 1t eX'
presses a determination that is shared
by every Boer and which has been de-
lberately reached. They have duly con
sidered the cost of war. They know the
great odds that Is against them and
they are fully prepared for whatever
sacrifices may be required. If they mus
lose their independence they are ready
to lay down their lives with it.
There is every reason to believe tina,
the war will be protracted, bloody anC
desolating. British confidence that tn,
Beers will be conquered in a month ol
two Is a delusion. The idea of some
Englishmen that few reverses and thu
| killing of few thousands of the de
| tenders of the Transvaal will brini
them to terms is fallacious. These
sturdy Dutchmen are as persistent al
| they are fearless They are not onl!
intrepid fighters, as England has learned
| in the past, but they have a doggct
tenacity possessed by few other people
| They have shown this IN their conflicts
| with the natives as we'll as with thu
| British. 1t has been demonstrated il
every stage of their history since thei
entrance into South Africa. 1t has beel
said that the Beers of today are in
| ferior in courage and fighting qualities
to their predecessors. There Is NJ
reason to think that such is the cas-
and undoubtedly the charge will b
| shown to be groundless.
There can be no doubt that the Boer
| will be finally overcome. The almos
/ unlimited power and resources of Grea
| Britain will give her ultimate victor,
and there is now no Gladstone to in
terpose and save the Transvaal republic
as that great statesman did seventeen
years ago, But Britain's triumph ma,
be one of the costliest in her history.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-13

If Kansas City has gained the as
cendancy over Omaha in the matter of
freight rates in Omahas territory it is
largely due to the fact that our people
have never gone cunning for the railroad
rate-makers as do the shippers of Kan
sas City. Whenever our shippers get
ready to exhibit the necessary backbone
there will be no further talk of injustice
at the hands Of the railroads.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-13
REvOL LUTIONARIES SENTENCED
Two Months for n Partisan Editor
and Two Years Each for
Two Rioters.

PARIS, Oct 12.-M. Sebastian Faure, the
revolutionary anarchist, editor of the an
archist newspaper, Journal du Peuple, was
today condemned to two months imprison-
ment for provoking the anarchist demon
stration of August 20, when the Church oi
st. Joseph was invaded by a Paris mob and
some $50 persons were more or less seriously
injured.
Firman and Du Jardin, who wounded a
commissary of poli,e while the rioting was
in progress, were sentenced to two years
Imprisonment
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-13

The builders of the electric tramway
between omaha and Manawa seem to
mean business, Their plans for the inn
provement of the lake resort evidently
contemplate regular winter carnival
program, as well as a summer resort bill
of attractions. Lovers OF healthful win
ter sports will hail the day when such
an enterprise is launched that will ap-
peal to the better class of patrons in
both Omaha and Council Bluffs.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-13

Omahans who saw the industrial pa
rade in Chicago concur in the opinion
that it was decidedly tame in compari-
son with the pageants of the knights of
Ak-Sar-Ben. Comparisons quite as IA
vorable to Omaha have been drawn with
the Kansas City street displays.
Omaha's carnival has been first in all
lines of original effort and it remains
for other cities to follow in it's wake.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-13
Now that General Funston is back in

Now that General Funston is back in
the United States opponents of the ad-
ministration will have to hunt up some
other general to quote in support of
their position. Whenever they quote
any one within reach of the telegraph
wire the contradiction follows too
quickly on the heels of the bogus inter
view to be of any value to the party who
gives ii currency,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-13

arose between the Southsiders, who
wanted the line 10 connect with the
Tenth or Thirteenth street tracks of the
Omaha street railway and the citizens
of South Omaha, who contended for an
extension of the line from Albright. We
hope the old controversy will not be re-
vived, should the promoters of the new
enterprise conclude to build the line.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-13

Democratic speakers over in Iowa are
having even n harder time of it securing
audiences than in Nebraska. Numerous
meetings have already been abandoned
because the people were not sufficiently
feast of oratory provided by the demo
cratic committee.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-13
Pirates Get or Cheap.
San Francisco Call.

Several OF the fiends who robbed the ter
ror- stricken passengers of the ship Scots
man as the vessel was going down have
received English justice for their terrible
crime. They have been sentenced to i'm
prisonment for one month. Piracy is not
such an expensive game after all.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-13
FINANCIAL CRASH IN ITALY
Several large Banks and Business
Firms Go to the
Wall.

LONDON, Oct 12.-The position Of the
Italian bourses, which has been serious for
some time, says special dispatch from
Rome, resulted in veritable crash today.
Several banks and large firms are in
serious condition. The losses are estimated
at some hundreds of millions OF lire.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-13

Chaplain Mailley had no control over
the selection of the place of his birth,
but his enlistment under the stars and
stripes was voluntary act. He fought
for the right flag in the Philippines just
as he is fighting for the right cause in
the present campaign.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-13

Congressman Grosvenor mentions one
Industry which has not flourished under
the present national administraton-the
free soup house There is no demand for
1t when the laboring man is able, as
now, to buy whatever he wants to eat
and does not depend on charity.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-13

The war in South Africa comes as a
relief TO the democratic editors who have
been at a loss for something to write
about which would not drive voters
away from the calamity party.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-13

The fool friends of Candidate HolcOmb
who have called Helen Cougar, the pro-
hibition ranter, to his assistance on the
stump should go slow about limiting at
prohibition proclivities on the part of
the rennhlican candidate.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-13

Published reports in popocratic organs
that Bryan addressed between 5000 and
5000 people all under cover of tent
lead the curious mind to inquire where
Iowa people secure so many tents of
such dimensions. Tents of such capacity
are only found in the possession of the
largest of circuses and are not scattered
around promiscuously among country
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-13

The fact that Dewey, Schley, Funston
and others who have made themselves
famous during the war are not candi-
dates for office is one of the things the
popocratic mind is unable to fathom.
The spoils hunter is incapable Of appre-
ciating the fact that every one else is
not devoting all his energies to procur-
inc offipn
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-13

along toward second place as a hog
packing center. OF the principal CEN
ters Omaha Is the only one of the lead
ers which does not show decrease in
the number packed but on the contrary
comes to the front with an increase of
265 900 since the lst of March.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-13

President Mckinley may not be able
TO visit Nebraska on his present western
tour but Nebraska will show him that
1T Is to be relied upon just the same to
support the administration of prosperity.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-13
Challenge Follows AcauittaI.

PARIS, Oct. 12.-The high court has dis
missed the case against M. Grosiean, Judge
OF the assize court at Versailles. against
whom NJ. Melot, the advocate general, had
preferred charges in connection with the
trial of NJ. Paul Deroulede, chief of the
League of Patriots, now implicated in the
proceedings before the Senate growing out
OF the alleged conspiracy to change the form
of government. NJ. Grosjean has sent a
challenge TO NJ Melot.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-13

1t is worthy of note that no popocratic
orator cares to compare the legal abili
ties of the two opposing candidates for
supreme judge. AS lawyer and jur-
list Judge Reese is so far ahead of Judge
Holcomb that the two are not to be men-
toned In the same breath.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-13

CoIorado Exchange
It's now the time for candidates to trot
the country DER,
And make Il tifteen-ninute stand before
each farmers door,
And shake hands with the farmers wifa
land squeeze her fingers, may bel
And toss the latest infant. saying, "Gra-
cious! WHAT a baby"
Then afterward the candidate-when baby
gins to holer-
Makes straight for some nice printshop an
lays down a half a dollar,
And says, Here's 90 cents, you see; you're
now upon my bounty
so send along your paper-'tis the best
one in the county!
And don't forget to tell the folks-(dont
put it off too late)-
THAT you're out red-hot for Mr.. Blank
the peoples candidater-
And then for several minutes Mr.. Blank
thinks he Is it,
Does he see it in the paperr
Well, 1 don't think!
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-13

The fogs which have been hanging
over New York harbor for the last few
mornings must make the visiting Lon
doners feel ut home.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-13
. monthly bulletin of exports sboy

The monthly bulletin of exports shows
gratifying increase in amount and
value. 1t speaks volumes for the pro-
ductive resources of this country that
it is able TO keep up and even increase
the amount of it's exports in the face
of the tremendously increased demand
for domestic consumption.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-13

Why did Juan Boyle resign the chair
manship of the Sixth district democratic
congressional committee? We pause for
the reply. Can the World-Herald an
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-13

The soldiers of the civil war used to de-
clare that nothing would kill a government
mule, but the experience of the transport
Siam goes to show that they underesti-
mated the powers of Pacific typhoon.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-13

w. ]. Bryan will probably join with
other people who vote that the man who
makes business of preserving letters
is n dangerous man in the community.