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Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-30

The observance OF Memorial day will
be quite as general this year as in the
past and popular interest in the occa-
sion is perhaps more nearly universal
than ever before. Since the last OBJ
servance of this day the number Of
graves of union soldiers has been
largely increased, while there has been
added to them those of the heroes VINO
lost their lives in the war with Spain
some on the battlefield, others in camps
but all equally entitled to the affec-
tionate remembrance of the people
whom they Loyalty ana faithfully
served. There is no doubt that the SEN
timent of patriotism has never been
stronger than 1t is now and its best eA.
preston is found in the reverence
shown for the men who illustrated Its
meaning in giving "the last full meas
ure of devotion" to their country.
American pride in and love for the
soldiers of the republic have been
terminated and Intensified by the valor
and herolsm of the descendants Of the
men who fought to preserve the union.
The later defenders of the flag have
given the world an illustration of
American patriotism and courage not
less impressive than that furnished by
the men of the sixties. They have
added to the glory ana the power OF
their country. They. have increased
the respect of mankind for the Amerl-
can character. They have shown thar
in this republic there is martial spirit
capable of meeting any demand that
may be made upon it. This has been a
great inspiration to popular patriotism
and has also strengthened the feeling
of reverence for the dead. Millions TO
whom the civil conflict which ended
thirty-four years ago Is merely history
have learned from recent events 10
, more truly and justly appreciate the
loyalty, the devotion and the yalor of
! the men of that time. The magnitude
of their deeds, their courage, their forti-
! tude, their fidelity and their sacrifices,
can be better understood in the light OF
the war experience of the past year
and no one familiar with the herolsm or
the men who fought in the rebellion
will wonder that their descendants are
| heroes.
The ranks of the union soldiers are
rapidly diminishing. The youngest
among them have passed the half
century mark and many are nearing
the psalmist's limit of three score and
ten years. Not many years hence the
| last of the veterans of 1S61-65 will have
entered the "bivouac of the dead" But
the work they accomplished will live
on, the record of their patriotism and
their valor is imperishable and their
memory will be cherished and honored
as long as American institutions are
preserved. We are today united peo'
pie. Everywhere within our borders
there is loyalty to the flag. 1t is not
possible to overstate the debt Of graft
tude we owe to the men who achieved
| this.
The teaching and the influence of Me-
mortal day are ennobling and elevatinS.
Its effect upon national character has
been altogether wholesome, for it ap-
peals to all the better qualities of our
| nature
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-30
Schley rs n Popular Hero.

The enthusiasm manifested over Admiral
Schey at Omaha indicates that the populace
of that city differ from the administration
in their estimate of the services rendered
respectively by Sampson and Schley. That
is to say, the administration apparently re-
CARDS the killing of the Matanzas mule as
the crowning naval exploit of the campaign
in Cuban waters; the Omahans look upon
the destruction of Cervera's fleet as of
slightly superior Importance. 1t is all a
matter of opinion, though, unfortunately
for Admiral Schley, the peoples approval
can go no further than enthusiastic hoorays
and swords of honor, while the administra-
tion can and does reward the slayer of the
mule with substantial preferment on the
navy list.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-30
FIRST NEBRASKA.
Peer of the Volunteer Regiments in
the Philippines.
sprlngfleId (Mass.l Republican.

Springfield (Mass) Republican.
The present condition of the Nebraska
regiment at Manila shows how severe the
service of that organization has been. Or
iginally 1,O32 strong, less than 200 now an
swer the roll-call. 1t was this regiment
that began the war on February 4, and II
fought steadily on the firing line until It
was recalled from sheer exhaustion at its
own request. Its colonel was killed in ac-
tion at Quingua, yet only a few of the
whole number have been wounded The
secret in this terrible falling off in strength
in the regiment Is the climate. Many OF
the men will probably be dead from dis
ease within a few months. No one com
plains of the hard treatment these volun-
teers have had, although they were kept
fighting after the war for which they had
enlisted was ended. General Otis seems to
have deliberately kept the volunteer regi-
ments at the front in order to get as much
service from them as possible before send
ing them home, holding the regulars In re-
serve, meanwhile, for the work after the
volunteers had sailed. That the Nebraska
and other volunteer regiments have ac-
cepted the situation so cheerfully, despite
their right TO be discharged, must excite ad =
miration for their soldierly bearing and their
devotion TO the flag The remnants OF these
volunteer regiments deserve the cordial ap-
probation of all their countrymen for their
display OF such qualities
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-30
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

The late Mile. Rhea once refused a
marriage proposal from governor of South
Carolina
Rear Admiral Walker has purchased for
a country house the New Hampshire farm
on which he was born.
The Milwaukee carnival Of this year will
consist of water festival on the bay" and
q beer festival on the land
Senator Depew has on the desk Of his
New York private office a little bust of
Lincoln not quite completed. 1t was the last
work done by w. w. Story.
A New York man has filed a petition in
bankruptcy claiming that the income of
$780, 900 a year which he receives from his
grandfather's estate is not sufficient to
enable him to keep his debts paid.
1t is recalled as one of the many evidences
of his characteristic fidelity to his RESPONSE
bilities that when Roswell p Flower was
in congress he was never absent from his
place while the house was In session.
Coils P. Huntington alweays wears when
at work an ordinary black silk travelling cap.
This he dons at once upon removing has hat
and his clerks have story that no man
in his employ has ever seen him bareheaded.
Marie Corelli, the novelist says that what
ever pride she has is not in her work, but
that she has fought her fight alone. II
have" she says, mo thanks to offer to
any one save those legitimately due to my
publisher"
Tom" Mann, the English labor agitator,
has become the landlord OF q London public
house. His new venture has created con-
siderable excitement in labor circles. few
years ago he thought of entering the church
and actually made his appearance in the
pulpit at st. Thomas Square chapel, Mare
street, Hackney.
Russell A. Alger, secretary of war, was
originally intended for the bar, but his close
application to his books so undermined his
health that 1t was feared that he was going
into a fatal decline and his physician at
once ordered an outdoor life as the only
means of saving his hearth. 1t was then that
he started in a small way the lumber busi-
ness in which he quickly made his fortune.
Senator Platt OF New York remarks con-
fdentially for publication that the peace
conference is beautiful, visionary and i'm
practicable" and that universal peace is
not for this generation" There Is murmur
of heartfelt melancholy in the senator's OBJ
servations. Advices from his political do
minions furnish very little assurance of
peace. Hence, the senator's vision Is be-
logged by local conditions.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-30
LET THEM DROP THEIR MASK.

Ex-senator Dubois announces that
the silver republicans will meet in ma
tional convention at the same time and
place as the national democrats and
predicts that the union of the demo-
Gratis and silver republicans in 1900 will
be closer than ever before.
Ex-senator Dubois doubtless has the
right to talk for the silver republicans
of Idaho and he may correctly repre-
sent the sentiment of the silver repub-
licans of the mining states west of the
Rockies. But when he talks of a ma
tional silver republican party he in.
suits the intelligence Of the American
people.
There are no silver republicans in
New England, in the great states of
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey
and Ohio nor any worth mentioning in
the states of the Mississippi valley and
absolutely none in the southern states.
In the states west of the Mississippi
this side of the Rockies not enough sill
YER republicans can be drummcd up to
make respectable state convention.
The rank and file of silver repubi-
cans in those states who voted with the
democrats and populists in 1896 have
for the most part cut loose from their
former allies and gone back into the
republican fold. They have realized
that there is no middle ground that a
self-respecting man can occupy. They
had to become democrats or identify
themselves again with the republican
party. Ex-senator Dubois and cor
poral's guard Of self-styled silver re-
publicans may masquerade as a sep
arate national party as side show to
the democratic circus OF 1900, but they
would stand much better in the eyes
of men of all parties if they would drop
their mask and boldly announce them
selves democrats.
Inasmuch as Mr.. Dubois pledges him.
self and his associates in advance to
subscribe to every plank in the demo,
cratic platform and stands committed
to the support of the democratic ticket,
what excuse can he offer for proclaim-
ing himself a silver republican?
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-30
Squire SmnlIey, lac.

NHICdBO OHTOHICIt.
squire Smalley is yelping again-this
time about the custom house inspection of
baggage at the port of New York-and, as
matter of course, he chooses the London
Times as the vehicle of his denunciations
1t Is marvellous that this boot licking adorer
of everything British and captious critic of
everything American should remain in a
country which he mentions only to con-
demn. Why shouldn't Smalley follow Will
liam Waldorf Astor and the Bradley Mar
tins to England? A public subscription for
the purpose of paying his passage would
quickly exceed the amount he earns by libel
ing his own country in the London news
papers.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-30
Facts versus Calamity Fictions.


The Omaha WorldIHerald, the Nebraska
organ of Mr., William ]. Bryan, recently
stated that one of the results Of prosperity
is large reduction in the number of trav-
cling salesmen and 1t claimed that this
was one of the evidences that the great
revival of prosperity" had "balked." The
Omaha Bee took up this assertion of its
contemporary and put it to a practical test.
II asked a number Of Omaha jobbers how
many travelling salesmen they employed In
June, 1896, and how many they are em-
plOying now, with the following results
Salesmen-In 1896, ia; in 1898, 245; in
crease, II. General employes-In 1896. $50;
in 1898, $50; increase, 26O, The Bee
did not undertake a complete canvass Of
Omaha 1t marely picked out the twenty
three firms which first suggested them
selves, and found an increase of 33l en-
ployes, or an average Of over fourteen to
each firm. 1t is probable that the same
average increase would be found through
out that city and in other cities. This ought
to dispose of the latest attempt OF the free
silver advocates to prove that the claimed
return OF prosperity is only fiction, at
least SO far as travelling statesmen are con-
cerned.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-30
ECHOES OF TuE WAR.


The warmest imperialist on Gale Real Is
Freedom, published seml-weeky at Manila.
A bunch OF copies hot from the front, as
late as April %, has come to hand, and the
way It dishes UP war news and war strategy
is enough to turn green the glls Of the
yellows at home. Freedom has not the
slightest use for anybody, native or Amer-
can, who doesn't agree with its view that
shooting civilization into the barbarians
Of Luzon is exactly the right caper Those
who disagree with 1t are denounced as
'men with souls so small that thousand
of them could room on the little end Of
nothing for forty years and never come
within telephone distance OF each other
Imagine the Joy that roted in Freedom S
editorial sanctum-when a "loathsome CON
temporary" OF Spanish leanings, was vlgor-
ously suppressed for daring to express a
contrary opinion. "a hybrid Spanish
American sheet yclept the Courier" glee-
fully eXclaims Freedom, (which saw the
light of day on the 18th inst, also saw the
gloom of darkness on the 10th, being sup
pressed by the authorities, and its entrance
is now ornamented by one OF Uncle Sans S
sentries."
In its issue of April is, Freedom says:
Some volunteers have protested at this
ulllGt dBdluSl u SldlbulpUl Ill Il contemporary
to the effect that large number OF them
wished to romain in the Philippines. The
volunteers are ready to do their duty, and
they are doing 1t nobly and bravely. But
a large number do not wish to stay in these
islands few miners and prospectors,
some frontiersmen and some seeking ad-
venture Joined the volunteer regiments for
the purpose of remaining in this country
A few are willing to transfer to the regular
branch If sufficient inducements are held
out. But seventy-fve per cent of the,vol-
unteers have family ties and business in
terests at home that demand their presence
at the earliest possible moment"
Among the prasworthy deeds of civil
ians in the campaign of the past ten days"
says Freedom of April II, that of MIR Fred
f. Strong, an attache of Company NJ, Fifty
first Iowa, deserves place. Fred or Slim,
as he is familarly known by the boys, is a
native of Ottumwa, Ia, but did not join
Company NJ until it left San Francisco
where he embarked on the Pennsylvania as
a stowaway. While but a lad in years he
is rather tall and has proved very useful
to the company in many ways When the
advance began on Malabon he came to Ma
Mia, went out to the firing line, was sup
piled with a gun and ammunition by the
SOutn DdhOld DOyS anu bultt udSS was
in every one of the famous advances made
by that regiment.
Tuesday evening shortly after crossing
one of the numerous streams in that region
he was wounded in the head by Mauser
and carried to rear, where he remained until
the following morning when he was brought
to Manila and taken in charge by members
of the Iowa hospital corps Lieutenant
Conkling dressing the wound, which proved
to be merely a scalp wound quite painful
but not serious"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-30
THE COMING MAN.

The contest for the speakership Of
che house of representatives is already
narrowed down to Representative Sher-
man of New York and Colonel Hen.
derson of Iowa. The candidacy of Mr..
Hopkins of Illinois is no longer Sc
riously considered, the Chicago Tribune
having declared that he put himself
out of the race by his injudiclous talk.
Mr. Cannon of that state would like
to be speaker, but he has not the
slightest chance. Mr. Grosvenor of
Ohio has not formally announced that
he is candidate and probably will not
do so. Mr.. Dalzell and Mr.. Bingham
of Pennsylvania are being talked OF
by representatives of that state, but
they are receiving no consideration, so
far as we have observed, elsewhere.
AS the situation now appears,
therefore, the next speaker of
the house will be either Sher-
man or Henderson and the ad-
vantage seems to be with the latter.
The action OF the Wisconsin dclegu-
ton favorable to the Iowa candidate
is significant and will have its iniiu-
ence. The obvious fact is that the west
feels strongly that the successor to
eX-Speaker Reed should be western
man and there is no other western rep
resentative so well qualified and fully
equipped for the position as Colonel
Henderson. We have no desire to de-
preciate any other candidate, but we
do not hesitate to express the opinion
that Colonel Henderson is in all re-
spects the best qualified man IN the
Fifty-sixth congress for speaker.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-30
An Unfounded Complaint.
New York Sun

Waldorf Astor has no reason to complain
of American treatment of his great-grand-
father, and it is absurd for him to pretend to
make 1t an excuse for his own permanent de-
parture from the country where was ac-
cumulated the fortune of which he holds SO
large part and where it still remains al
most wholly. John Jacob Astor came to
America the poor son Of poor German
butcher and died here the richest man in
the whole country. 1t would seem reason
able, therefore, that his descendants enjoy
ing the fruits of his industry and enterprise
should feel satisfied with his treatment and
rejoice at the luck which caused him to
emgrate to this country.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-30

While The Bee is engaged in taking depo-
sitions 1t might be well to ascertain Just
how much money the Diamond and other
gambling dens paid to Bee employe as an
inducement to retain The Bees favor
World Herald.
viii the World Herald be good enough
to make this charge more explicit? The
Diamond has been closed ms a gambling
house for nearly five years and every
well Informed person in this community
knows that it was closed by the en-
forcement Of the anti-gambling law,
which never would have been enacted
but for the fight made by The Bee
against the gamblers combine that had
hung up $1,000 to procure it's defeat
If any cmploye of The Bee received
money from the keepers of the Diamond
gambling house to secure its favor or
silence the bribe failed to accomplish
its object. Employees of The Bee who
have been suspected of accepting or
soliciting bribes have been dismissed
from the staff and have usually found
ready employment on the World Herald,
where such practices are common. The
Bees record as consistent opponent of
the gambling evil cannot be success
fully assailed.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-30

The duplicity of the Cuban generals
in making up the muster rolls of the
Cuban army will not have tendency
to increase their popularity or con-
tidence in them among either the sol
diers or the authorities of the United
States. For the purpose or dIscrediung
this country with the Cubans and max
ing the distribution of the S3,OOOOOO
gratuity source of trouble the rolls
have been padded with fictitious names
and those who actually served in the
army have been left out. The immedi-
ate effect will undoubtedly be to cause
discomfort among the actual soldiers
when they find themselves unable TO
procure the money claimed by them.
When the true facts are known, how
ever, the recalcitrant generals will be
the ones to suffer.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-30
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THE BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD.
Theodore O'Hara.

The muftled drums sad roll has beat
The soldiers last tattoo;
No more on LIES parade shall meet
That brave and fallen few,
On Fame,s eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And Glory guards, with solemn round,
The bivouac of the dead.
No rumor of the fos's advance
Now swells upon the wind;
No troubled thought at midnight haunts
OF loved ones left behind:
No vision of the morrow's strife
The warriors dreams alarms:
No braying horn nor screaming fife
At dawn shall call to arms.
Their shivered swords are red with rust
Their plumed heads are bowed;
Their naughty banner, trailed in dust,
Is now their martial shroud.
And plenteous funeral tears have washed
The red stains from each brow
And the proud forms, by battle gashed,
Are free from anguish now.
The neighing troop, the flashing blade.
The bugle's stirring blast,
The charge the dreadful connonade,
The din and shout, are past:
Nor wars wild note nor glory's peal
Shall thrill with fierce delight
Those breasts that never more may feel
The rapture of the fight.
Like the fierce northern hurricane
That sweeps his great plateau,
Flushed with triumph. yet 10 gain,
Game down the ssrried foe.
Break Ger the field beneath,
Knew well the watchword of that day
Was VICTORY or death"
Long had the doubtful conflict raged
Ger all that stricken plain,
For never iercer fight had waged
The vengeful blood of Spain;
And still the storm of battle blew,
Still swelled ths CORY tide;
Not long, our stout old chieftain knew,
Such odds his strength could blde.
Twas in that hour his stern command
Called to a martyrs grave
The flower of his beloved land,
The nations flag to save.
BY rivers of their fathers gore
His first born laures grew, .a.'...''.
And well he d :emed the sons would pour
Their lives for glory too.
Full many a norther's breath has swept
Ger Angosturas plain
And long the pitying sky has wept
Above Its mouldered slain.
The ravens scream, or eagles flight,
Or shepherds pensive lay,
Alone awakes each sullen height
That frowned Ger that dread fray.
Sons of the dark and bloody ground,
Ye must not slumber there,
Where stranger steps and tongues resound
Along the needless air,
Your own proud lands heroic soil
Shall be your filter grave;
She claims from war his richest spoil
The ashes OF her grave.
mus neath thelr parent turf they rest,
Far from the CORY field,
Borne to a Spartan mothers breast
On many a bloody shield;
The sunshine of their native sky
Smiles sadly on thsm here,
And kindred eyes and hearts watch by
The heroes sepulcher.
Rest on, embalmed and sainted dead,
Dear as the blood ye gave;
No impious footstep here shall tread
The herbage of your grave;
Nor shall your glory be forgot
While Fame her record keeps,
Or honor points the hallowed spot
Where Valor proudly sleeps.
Yon marble minstrels voiceless stone
In deathless song shall tell,
When many a vanished age hath flown,
The story how ya fell;
Nor wreck, nor change nor winters blight
Nor Times remorseless doom,
Shall dim one ray of glory's light,
That gilds your deathless tomb.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-30
ENFORCE THE BUILDING ORDINANCE

ENFORCE THE BUILDING ORDINANCE.
While Omaha has been fortunate
enough to escape widespread coniagra-
tions no good reason exists why every
precaution should not be taken to pre-
vent destructive fires. The area within
which the construction of wooden build
ings is barred is comparatively small, but
even within those limits constant yio-
latlons have been permitted under yari-
GUS pretexts. Within the past year the
number of shanties and frame addi-
tions erected in the fire limits has been
growing and the fire risk consequently
increased.
When 1t is remembered that the
funds at the disposal of the fire
department have been so restricted
as TO compel the curtailment of the
force the necessity for more rigid en-
| forcement of the building ordinances
Is imperative. Not only should the
erection of new firetraps be blocked,
but all temporary structures put up last
year by special permit should be re-
moved or torn down without unneces-
sary delay.
The city has certainly been lenient
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-30
Let the Good Work Go On.

The eager desire of the kaiser to re-
establish more friendly relations with the
United States appears in the sending of a
German journalist to act as the official jour
nalist of the Washington embassy. The
kaiser learned from Bismarck how to use
the press The interview in Monday
papers with German naval captain, in
which the American navy was praised was
probably the slick work of the new journal
istic attache sent over by William. Let the
good work go on. We all like to read the
stuff,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-30
Hest In the world.

The achievements of General Lawton and
his troops show again that the American
soldiers are the best campaigners in the
world. In marching 120 miles in twenty
days in tropical climate, engaging the Fill
ipinos twenty-five times and capturing
twenty-eight towns, they showed that grit
tion.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-30

The long expected modification of the
civil service order has been promul-
gated. But as it exempts only 1000
offices from the civil service protection
and but small proportion of those are
likely to be rotated the prospect for
great gobs of disappointment for the
Office seekers Is still good.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-05-30

Nebraska people appear to be cyclone
proof. Within n week two storms have
completely demolished large number
of dwellings and wrought great dam
age to property, but so far not a person
has been killed or even seriously in