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THE OMAHA DAILY BEllULAY , SEPTEMBER 2 , 1892.
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A\rrniji > Circulation f r July a4,310.
THE Douglas county fair is a positive
IUCCOSS.
DAVID B. HILL hits announced where
lie is at on the question of protection.
Tun Sullivan fight may by this tlmo
next week ho called a Corbott fight.
Who knows ?
Tim democratic Pock of Wloconsin Is
moro popular with his party than the
democratic Peck of Now York.
Tun democrats of Nebraska should at
least bo given the credit of the courage
of tholr convictions in this campaign.
WE bollovo this country is well pre
pared to ward oil the p'agtios of cholera
nnd free trade without serious damage
year.
TITE citi/.ons of Omaha are to bo com
manded for their very prompt work In
the direction of cleanliness. Let all
join in this important work.
BRING Nancy Hunks out hero and wo
wll ) guarantee that with this fresh and
bracing air aho will cut four or five
moro sjconds off that trotting record.
MK. GLADSTONE was knocked down
by a hoi for the other day and escaped
lurthor injury by hiding behind a tree.
The heifer was afterwards shot , wo pro-
Btuno , by jealous conservatives.
IP THE cholera breaks out In this
country it will nettle several vexed ques
tions : Whether or not Brockonridgo
will orate at the World's fair opening
and whether the fair will bo closed on
Sunday. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
WARM salt water is the most recant
and simplest remedy for cholera , but it
Eeoms to bo doing splendid service In
Hamburg by reducing the mortality 60
per cent. It might bo well to remember
this simple remedy.
THE democrats of the Seventh Iowa
district have nominated for congress a
briefless barrister ot Des Moines named
J. A. Dyer , whom Iowa college students
of 1683 will remember as the author of
an oration on the calamity plan.
THE erection of another elevator and
tbo starting of the roller mill nro good
Indications of prosperity in Ansolmo.
The Woavorites ought to tnko measures
to atop this sort of thing. It hurts their
cause and thus delays the millennium.
MANY tof the merchants of this city
have decided to grant their clerks a half
holiday in order that they may see the
attractions of the county fair. With the
perfect woiithor that has fnllon to the
lot of the fair managers the attendance
will bo unusually largo.
THE smell of burning garbage may
not bo pleasant , and the Btnoko thereof
may bo oven mnro porvnslvo and dis
agreeable than the smoke of the cigarette -
otto , but the community will cheerfully
endure it for the sake of cleanliness.
Lot the good wont go on.
SENATOII ALTEON has , iw is his
wont , set before the people a bill of faro
composed of facts and figures which
democrats cannot digest. There is no
moro clear and cogontstatomont of pub
lic affairs obtainable and it comes from
nn eminent and invulnorabla source.
CoitPOitAL TANNHH writes to a Ne
braska friend to deny the report circu
lated In thin sti > , to that ho had joined the
people's party. Perhaps it was not
ronlly necessary.If Corporal Tunncr
should bccomo insane the disorder
would not bo likely to lake that form.
Kx-lNBt'KOTOU WILSON'S work was
well done and his memoranda lilod with
the mayor was ample justification for
tlio annulment by the oily council of the
lumbar contract. What is wanted Is u
contract that will cover the various
grades of lumber actually used by the
city.
NANOV HANKS has ngain lowered the
trotting roi'ord. but it should not bo for
gotten that Nebraska lias sotuo colts
that huvo ttUo lowered the rucordn in
their respective clussos und promise to
keep right on achieving fame for thom-
Bolvca and this great btato. Wo can
grow fabt horsed as well ns corn ,
Tin : receipts at the Union stock yards
in South Oumhtv for the month o
August were -19,291 cattle , lllUil : ) hogs
and 14 , 01 slioop. This is nn iii'ironso
over thu Hgurca of August , IS'Jl ' , to the
extent of 3,1)7-1 ) cuttlu and -10,010 hogs
with sheep about ttio saran. Such com
parisons tin this uro what puts BO much
confldonca Iu all citizens of Ouiuhu , Wo
" uro growing.
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.1 CIIOLCIIA lA
The danger of tin Invasion of tills
country by cholurn Is now generally
recognized , nnd the demand for procnu-
lonnry measures has become us earnest
an tlio occasion ficorns urgent. The nr-
Iviil in our waters of the cholcrn-
nfrctod steamship Moravia , hns had the
ilTect to nrouso tlio authorities to a
Ivoly appreciation of their ro iwnsibll-
ty , mid undoubtedly ovorythlng prne-
ticablo will bo done , with the least pos
sible dulny. in the way of providing
safeguards against the introduction of
the droitdoO. disease Intp this country.
Tha authorities at Washington tvro
alert and active , and will tlo everything
n their power. It appears that they
tire likaly to bo somewhat bumpered
financially , the present congress having
cut down the nppiopriation for the opl-
lemii ! fund , but unloss'lho situation becomes -
comes very muoh more serious than Is
low apprehended , the supply of money
ivnllablo for this use will probably bo
bund to bo HUllloiont. The question of
the extent to whloh the fcdonil govern-
mcnt may go In establishing a national
quarantine system Is being considered ,
nnd , while it Is understood to bo the
) ollcy to co-operate with the stales , the
irovnlont belief is th.it the president
las nmplo authority to establish a cotn-
) loto national quiiiantino. The states.
lowovor , will bo urged to take the
nitiutlvo In establishing quarantine ar
rangements , to bo supplemented by such
action on the part of the general gov
ernment as may bo found necessary or
expedient. There is no question as to
the power of the states to make and en-
'orco qunr.-intlno laws.
It is announced that the Treasury de
partment will issue u circular ordering
i twenty dnys' quarantine of vessels , or
.ongor if necessary. Quarantining the
Canadian and Mexican borders is also
urged , und such Immediate precaution
on our northern border ii manifestly to
lo ) desired. It is doraotistuitcd that
ehotonx follows the lines ot commerce
and travel , and this being so the neces
sity of providing precautions along our
northern frontier is plain. Another
suggestion is that the president should
prohibit immigration , aiid if it.shall bo
found that ho has the authority to do
this there will bo a universal demand
that ho shall exercise il.
There is u natural feeling of alarm in
the seaport cities , but the activity of
the authorities will doubtless have the
effect to allay the popular apprehension ,
and It is to be expected that within a
very short time the precautions will bo
so complete as to reduce the danger of a
cholera invasion to the minimum. In
the meantime the advice to everybody
remains good to observe cleanliness in
their persons and surroundings and to
bo careful regarding their diet
CLBAX Ul > PROMPTLY.
The events of the last few days , which
seem to render an invasion of thls-coun-
try by cholera almost inevitable , should
stimulate the authorities of all cities to
the greatest activity in providing precautions -
cautions for heading off the terrible
plague. It is not wise to plnco any reliance -
lianco for security upon remoteness from
the seaboard. Communication is so
rapid and general that the causes of in
fection may bo scattered over a wide re
gion of country , along the channels of
transportation , in a very brief time , and
there are numerous ways in which the
seeds of cholera may bo spread. They
may bo distributed through the mails ,
in clothingin freight , and in other
ways. Distance from the seat of the
disease does not necessarily furnish im
munity.
The most effective precaution against
cholera , us against all other infectious
diseases , is cleanliness. Cholera is pri
marily a filth disease , duo to uncleanly
surroundings or habits and fostered by
imperfect and improper nutrition. It is
mostvirulent in those localities in which
these conditions are most pronounced.
Wherever there Is a thorough system of
sanitation it docs not make headway.
It is presumed that the authorities of
this city are giving this matter the at
tention it manifestly merits and doing
all they can with the facilities and
moans at their command to put Omaha in
as cleanly a condition as possible. If such
is not the case there should bo no more
time wasted in deliberation , but active
and energetic work should bo begun at
once and persistently followed up until
nothing remains in sight which cholera
might feed upon. The money for this
vitally important work must bo found ,
and wo do not believe there will bo any
dilllculty in finding it if the right effort
is made. At any rate it ought to bo ap
parent to everybody that the time for
action of the most vigorous kind is at
hand.
TUB IIOaiKSEVKlNO VISITORS.
Tho' harvest excursion soison hns
opened and several thousands of people
from eastern points nro now within the
borders of Nebraska to BOO the countrv
for themselves and judge of iU'uttrac-
tlons and advantages by the evidence of
their own senses. Tlioro is no other
means by which those having no per
sonal acquaintance with the region west
of the Missouri can so satisfactorily do-
lormino whether It units their purposes
and needs aa by paying it a visit. The
Benson chosen for the excursions id
favorable for comfort in traveling and
pleasure in High t-soolng , and nllhoueh
the corntiolda have not yet tnkon on the
hues of the harvest the imagination , ol
the visitor will readily supply the golden
oars. Most of the small grain 1ms ul-
roudy been harvested , but the oxcur-
siunlsl can at least see whore it stood ,
and if ircTIs of nn inquiring turn of mind ,
as it is to bo assumed ho Is , considering
the object of hln visit , ho will easily
learn whether the fields liuvo yielded
well or otherwise.
Thobo home-Booking excursionists will
ho welcomed wherever they go , nol
merely as | x > sslbo ) Investors who would
bo a desirable acquisition to the popula
tion of the state , but as visitors who
have a claim upon the disintorcbtoi !
hospitality of our people. Nebraska
long ago piissod that Btngo of develop
ment during which now regions depend
pond rather upon extravagant predlu
tlons of future greatness than upon palp
ublo proofs of p.ist tind present uoulo vo
mont. The volco of the boomer la not
hoard In the land mm the specultitoi
docs uot eolzo upou the starts of the
visitor nnd implore him to buy. But
vo tire glad to have these excursionist ? ,
come nnd look upon our smiling Holds ,
nnd if wo show n llttlo prldo and enthu
siasm In pointing out the ndvnntngos
vhlch this country olTora to the home *
-coker - It must bo accepted us nn cn-
iiicly honest and sincere expression of
our belief In the rich nnd vnrlod re-
souwos of this slate.
i\t any rate the homoscoklng excur
sionists nro welcome , nnd M much of
Nebraska ns It Is possihlo for thorn to
see in the limited time which they
Hive sot apart for the purpose will bo
shown them gladly. They cannot sue
t nil , for it is n big state ; but glimpses
lore nnd there will give them some
lotion of the whole. It is to bo hoped
.lint . they will try to visit some of the
thriving young cities of the stnto as
well ns the rural regions , for Nebraska
s bopoming very proud of her growing
centers of trade and manufacture-
They stand as indisputable proufa of
ho prosperity nnd growth of the great
agricultural Interoats upon which they
chiotly depend.
un
Candidate Stevenson said in his :
Bloomlngton speech , referring to the
tariff with Its provision for reciprocity
It is worse than Idle to speak of its
jonollts to the American farmer. * *
In no Instance has it opened up to
the farmer an additional market for n
pound of meat or n bushel of grain. lias
it in n single instance glvon to the me
chanic or laborer increased wages ? "
Hero wo hnvo another ovidoncoof either
the ignorance or the want of candor , to
put it mildly , of the democratic candi
date for vlco president.
It is only very recently , but before
Mr. Stevenson delivered his speech ,
that olHcial statistics of the foreign
commerce of the country were pub
lished , in which were embraced the re
sults of reciprocity. As u whole , those
statistics show , and their authenticity
cannot fairly bo questioned , that the
foreign commerce of the United States
for the fiscal year ended Juno HO , 1892 ,
was very much greater than for any
other year in our history , exceeding the
nvorniro annual value of exports for the
preceding ton years over $263,000,000.
To this enormous commerce the farmers
of the country contributed by far the
largest sharo. The exports of breadstuffs -
stuffs exceeded the nvorngo annual
value of the preceding ton years by the
sum of $131,200,224. The exports of
cattle , sheep and hogs exceeded the
nvcrngo pnnual value of the same ex
ports for the preceding ten years by
820,283,071.
The excess of the exports of pro
visions over the annual average of the
ton years prior to 1891 was 827,703,432.
The combined value of exports of cotton ,
breadstuiTs , provisions , cattle , sheep and
hogs , till classed as agricultural pro
ducts , in the fiscal year ended Juno 30 ,
1892 , exceeded the exports of 1890 by the
sum of 3159,238,323 , and exceeded tlio av
erage annual value of the ton years
prior to 1891 by the sum of $215,9(35,039. (
As to reciprocity , it is credited with nn
increase of exports to the countries with
which reciprocity relations have boon
established amounting to over $10,000.-
OCO , but this is not all It has accom
plished. It had a direct influence in
inducing European governments to re
move the long-mainluinod restrictions
against the importation of our moat
products , and thus this feature of the
present tariff law opened additional
markets for millions of pounds of Ameri
can 'meats , the demand for which , there
is every reason to expect , will steadily
grow from year to year. Another thing
the tariff aid was to reduce in 1802 by
over 320,000,000 , as compared with the
year 1890 , the importations of horses ,
sheep , cattle , barley , oats , oatmeal , rye ,
eggs , , vegetables , hops , fl.ixsood and
tobacco , giving that much more homo
market to our farmers.
With regard to the effect of the tariff on
wages , if Candidate Stevenson had con
sulted , which it is charitable to suppose
ho did not , the report ofn very careful
nnd thorough investigation mtulo by a
committee of the senate , consisting of
thrco republicans and two democrats ,
all of whom signed the report , ho would
have learned that since the present
tariff law wont into ollect there hns been
n slight advance in thu wages of labor ,
measured in money , in thirty occupa
tions covering n wide rnngo of pro
ductive industries. But if this testi
mony Is not satisfactory to Mr. Steven
son and his fellow democrats , there is
moro nt hand , and from n demo
cratic source , which they will perhaps
not decline tqnccept. Wo refer to that
of the Now York labor commissioner ,
just made public , which shows that in
76 per cent of the manufacturing indus
tries of that state wages were higher In
1891 than in 1690.
The immediate ) constituency of Mr.
Adlni E. Stevenson may bo singularly
Ill-informed and credulous. Tills
would naturally bo Inferred from the
character of his speech to them. But
however this may bo , ho 1ms not helped
the democratic cause at largo by assors
tions nnd assumptions which uro
readily overthrown by reference to indisputable -
disputable facts. Mr. Stevenson hn
supplied the texts for some of the mos
forceful republican arguments thua fur
in the campaign.
' FALSE , FUULlSll AND HUltTFUL.
The opinions of trade journals upon
subjects which do not come within tholr
special doma'n are usually conservative
nnd often valuable. In reply to n cor-
rcspoiidont'who wishes to know whether
It would bo enfo for him to invest money
in the milling business in Iowa , Kansas
or Nebraska , the Milling World says :
It wo are to bollovo lUo crop figures and
mortKugo-paylut : statistics published In
tboo states , they ore prosperous common
wealths , Invlilcli a inillor of means ought
lo bo aulo to flucl muuy good uhnncea ( or In
vestment , It wo uro to bollovo tbo Weavers ,
the Puffers , the Simpsons and others of tbul
class of men known as "calamity Howlers , "
then Kansas , Iowa und Nebraska uro in a
lorrlblu ilx , mort a ud to death , tholr farm-
era weeping nltibt and day over poor crop
returns and low market values , and the
mortgages piling up so rapidly. that the
arithmetic can't Upop up with the tromqn-
doun tlpuros , and those states uco coed one *
for a miller , or unyoody else , to stay away
from , If tho.so men are lylnc about those
states , they ouuht to bo silenced , as thov are
dolug lust us uiuoh to chuck Immigration AS
thoaph every onetf 'thnlr catntnltr represen '
tations were wbgffy , correct. II Uioy nro
tolling the truth , i qoutsider should Invest u
dollar In either odlbpso status.
This prosont'sl'iti ? aspect of the cnso
not often nlludedT to , nnd ono thnt Is
worthy of borlous-ntlontlon. The crop
llguros and mof-j ngo pnylng statistics
of thu states referred lo nro regarded
jy the Millinynifo'orld ns proofs of
> rosporlty , but nsilt Is unnblo to recon
cile such evidence with the blatnnt
declarations of tlio prophets of disaster ,
t is unwilling tb assume the rosponsi-
ilUty of ndvising the correspondent na
o the wisdom of taking the stop which
ho contemplates. It Is by no means
strange thnt outsiders should bo thus
perplexed. The evidence seems to
how conclusively that * lown , Kansas
and Nebraska , are good slates In which
to invest money , but the calamity poole -
) lo proclaim the contrary with such
extravagance of rhetorical voclforntlon
, hat these unncqunlnted with the fncta
nro untiblo to reach nny conclusion
whatever ns to the real merits of th'o
case. "If these men are lying about
Ihoso states , " says the Milling H'orM ,
"thoy ought to bo silenced , as they nro
doing just us much to chock Immigra
tion ns though ovnry one of tholr
representations was wholly correct. "
Well , they nro lying , and their men-
ilacity will produce exactly the result
predicted that is , It will tend to discourage -
courage immigration and will cause In
vestors to turn to other fields. If the
plans of the calamity prophet ? had boon
laid with the avowed purpose of inflict-
"ng thn greatest possible harm upon the
states in which they are working they
uould not hnvo boon bettor calculated to
nchiovo that ond. It cannot bo tnkon
for granted that overboby will under
stand that the calamity howl Is designed
merely for political effect. Thousands
ll beltevo that so much smoke must
mllcnto firo. The case to' which wo
imvo referred is probably only one of
iun < * vds whore capitalists desiring to
invest money in business enterprises in
the west hnvo hesitated to do so because
the apostles of alsastor and rum Imvo
ivon the lie to statistic il proofs of pros
perity and progress.
It ought to bo easy for every intolli-
? ont man to see that no good can como
to Nebraska or any other state by pro
claiming to the world a condition of
popular distress and disaster that does
not exist. The cry ot the people's party
is false , foolish nnd hurtful.
OFFICIAL reports ns to the European
wheat crop , whicharo ) the only ones to
bo depended upon'ln these dnys of stock
jobbing rumors , continue- indicate a
shortage. The Hungarian minister of
agriculture , In1' ' his estimate of the
world's crops , jS'uVplusos , nnd require
ments , states that- Europe will have to
mport something over 170,000,000
bushels of wheat this year from
America , Indiartfind ( Australia. This
nffords ground i'fdr the belief thnt the
European demands upon this year's
American supply will fully justify pre
vious predictions. < > u , .
, , ,
Mas. LEASE'S ifog-horn voice is re
sounding in Iowa .thoso dnys , reminding
the people of that state that" t'hoy are
miserable nnd downtrodden oven if they
do have money in their banks , own their
homes and are educating their children
nt colleges. Fortunately for them , the
farmers of Iowa tire not nt all nfllictod
with acute aamphoolia.
Dcniocrii'lc Aciiunlntmico with Truth ,
New 1'vrk Trllninc.
McKlnley prosperity has ceased to bo a
republican campaign hallucination. It (3 ( a
reluctant and compulsory democratic-confes
sion.
Generosity iKii't Kplclemlc.
UMie-Dsm tcrat.
Thnt democratic western corruption fund
grows slower than oven the Grant monument
fund did. It may nrnount to something oy
1S9J , but it will be of DO use for 1803.
The Co il Truit I'lpcil Thnt Way.
St. I'aut Plonter-l'rat.
Tbo managers of the now tissue paper
trust decluru that tbo object of the combine
is to do business moro economically , and
that it is not proposed materially to aavauco
prices. This is thinner even tnun the tissue
that the trust will muico.
The Cniiipilxii : .Hunt Walt.
PlitlaileljMti Leiluer.
It will hardly bo worth while for the
politicians to attempt to start tholr campaign
at this limo. They will bare to wait until
Messrs , bullivan and Corbott have settled
their differences if they want to engage pub-
He attention. _ _ ,
JCuTuiicg en Kxplaln.
A'cia Yiiilt Aih-crtleer.
"General" Stevenson , in bis speech In
Bloonuneton , III. , oatd no attention to the
charges that ho was a , robot sympathizer
during the war , but conlliiod hlmsoll lureoly
to the "robbor tariff" und the terrible foreo
Dill. Tbo public really does uot care what
Adlal thinks , or thinks bo thinks , on this
( juostinn ; but jf ho was with the boys in blue
during tbo war ho ouKht to ba malting ar
rangements to establish that important fact.
Throe Protection Arguments.
Cincinnati commercial
In 1857 a yard ol peed gingham cost from
20 to 25 cents. Now u yard of the satno quali
ties brhiRB , at retail , from 8 to 10 cents.
A pair of boots of modoruto quality cost $5
thirty-live years ago , In the good old free
trndo times. A better pair can now bo Dought
for3. . , ri
In 1857 n dozen frui * cans cost 83. That was
In tbo free trade times. Now a dozen cans of
improved pattern oiin bo bought for 51) to 0 ! )
coats. > i
Thn IillotVliu Korku till ) lio.it ,
A'tw 1'arH AdttirUtcr.
If wo had statistics ooarlng on the casual
ties resulting tratrd the idiot who roclis the
boat , thu exhibit would bo appalling. Ho is
ono of the most deadly enemies the human
race has lo contend with. The imbecile who
blows Into thutuuzcuf ) ; his gun to see If It Is
loauou is a mend off manlilnd , for ho blows
oft his own head bofora ho has time to point
the same at bis sister , under the snttlod con
viction that it Is ijih loaded. And yet In the
matter of Intolltfcirtho mau who rocKu the
boat und the inauRwho blows Into his gun
rank about cqual-W oth ara several dogrooi
below the wild lui's'ccoU and the Individual
who luoks the requisite diacorumont to go In
when it ram * . ' '
A 1'ittriotlo lluttnn.
JVeio I'oiMm. .
A man of ordinary appearance and fairly
well dressed , looUlbg llko n downtown busi
ness man , perhaps u merchant , or u manager ,
or a lawyer , or a steamship agent , or a manu
facturer , came Into tbo countlngroora of the
Sun yesterday on business , wearing In tbo
upper buttonhole of the left-hand eldo of his
light-colored summer coat a miniature Amor-
lean lib ? , moasurlDR about an Inch ono wuy
nnd n half Inch the other , lie had u manly
look. There was American independence in
his countenance and tylo. Ho was evidently
proud pf his country aud its Hag , Ho gave
evidence of this fact In his face when ho no-
tloctl Hint thn pymbol which he were in bis
buttonhole wa observed. 1'erbaps his wear
ing of this dainty American symbol offered
mi example that may no useful iu tbeso
tiuioi. ' 4'ho man wan unknown to uj , but wo
nro strongly disposed to frneu that ho is n
' .nio American patriot , whether ho wns bom
n this country or any other. The American
lag bas n meaning , nnd Ita monnlnp ought to
beltnown tn every person who has the prtv-
logo ol living under It.
.Modern I'lilxu 1'ropliot * .
ItortMiifi Oirpnnfdn.
Senator Peffcr snvs thnt "tho people's
unrty will cnrrv Nobnuka , Colorado , Ne
vada , Alnntnnn , Wyoming nnd the two D.i-
koius next November , nnd.vlthont the lenst
doubt , Georgia , Alabama nnd Mississippi.
Wo shnil como very near carrying Texas ,
nnd hnvo n largo vote in Arkansas nnd Mis
souri. " The gentleman wit'i the nbbro-
vmtod whiskers is too modest t > y fnr. Ha
should nt least Imvo Included Oregon ns n
victim of the political c.vclono ho U prophe
sying ; for , has not GonoVnl Weaver declared
his contldonci ) thnt nothing cnn proven ) the
election of people's narty electors In tlili
stnto this fall ! Mr. Weaver Is n competent
Judge , too , for ho occupied nearly thrco days
crossing the stnto by rail , and In a direct
Una
Somntlilng About Mirage.
Xcw l' rh liun.
For tbo odlllcntlon nnd In.itructlon .of cor-
tnln misguided democrats nnd for tholr recla
mation , If possible , to the tranquilpaths of
political sanity , It will bo profitable to quota
some part of a description which nn observer
furnishes to the Ulobo-Uomocrnt of St.
Louis , lie Is writing about the nitrate land
of eastern Texas , where you can see \vhnt
you want without asking for It nnd without
gctt Ingit.
In that portion of the staitcd plnln which
stretches from the Pccoa river to the ljan-
unndlo the atmosphere , this citizen reports ,
plays odd freak * nnd nmltcs strange revela
tions. When the sun Is nt , tbo proper nnglo
for the purpose It I * possible to see n bolt of
timber whoio none exists. A ranch maybe
lifted out of a vnlloy and sot on n hill. A
sheep herder grows Into gigantic proportions
nnti his lambs bccomo elephantine. A railroad
train In thu dlstuncc looms up 100 feet high
nnd appears to DO about tlvo mltos long. Thrco
or four miles to the cast of the town of Mid
land , If It bo about noon of a sunny dny , the
stranger will see a line llitlo city iu the
midst of a cllstonlng lake. The silvery
water moves In contio ripples ns If before a
gentle broczo. Auout 800 windmills are np-
parcntiv In motion nbovo the city nnd It docs
not seem that the tract they stand upon can
oxcocd a mile square. Around this city and
the lake is n frlnga of dark green timber.
Boyoud the timber is a boundless expanse ol
grcon grass. On the prairie cattle may bo
been grazing. As the train comes nearer the
cows appear to become mastodons. The
sheep seem to bo wooiy horses. The build
ings shoot up Into the heavens. The wind
mills become Eiffel towers , standing on noth
ing , The people walking across the street
tread on air. There is a general repeal of
the law of gravity. The lake hns suddenly
disappeared ; tbo city vanishes ; the trees
become mon and the man trees.
Then the traveller stops upon n real
wooden railway plntlorm and out Into the
dusty , sandy thoroughfare of a Texas town.
Ho experiences of a sudden nil tha dlsbcatt-
onlng sensations with which the rainbow
chaser is familiar on election night.
To tbo overheated imagination of tbo polit
ical uilratro hunters endless cavalcades of
democratic recruits , deserters from the re
publican camp are constantly marching to
tbo strains of inspiring music toward tha
democracy In Iowa , Illinois , Wisconsin , Ne
braska no a Minnesota , These states are
aflame with excitement nnd enthusiasm.
The democratic vote is crowing like Jack's
bean stnhr , and the republican vota is rapIdly -
Idly shriveling Into nothingness.
A tariff reform circular expands until It
covers a whole state Ilka a panoply. A free
trade speech , uttered la shrill and piping
accents to aa audience of three dudes , a
small boy and an unnaturallzod tourist from
Canada , occomns a trumpet blast , In tones of
thunder reverberating through valleys and
hillsides , nnd calling myriads of political
volunteers from forgo , loom , anvil , work
bench nnd factory. Bv this mlrairo a mem
ber of tba Now York Reform club appears
to bo six feet high. Ills placid eyes dilate
with the fury of baitlo. His splice-tail coal
becomes sharpened to a point , and bo re
sembles tha devil of n fellow , his bangs
turned to horns and his crutch cnno a phan
tom spade , with which ho burls the vvholo
republican vote into thu bottomless pit of
oblivion.
At closer vision things change , and this Is
what appears to the sober-minded citizen
divested of his mirage phantasy :
j Hopubllcan inajorltv , J894. . .1(1.773 (
I iionubllc.in majority. 188 $ . .
j Republican majority ; 1881 . . 14.Y > 95
| Hcpubllcan majority , 1833. . .21.321
Nnhrnal-i. . J Kopubllcnii majority. 18S4. . '
JSobrasJa.-j iapu0llll | | | majority , 1838. . .27373
I Hopubllcan imilorlty , IR3I. . . 3.308
1 KeuuDllcau m.ijorlty , 1883. . .i.-J.Oia
\r . , J Hopubllcan majority , 1834. . , ( U'J71
Kansas . . . -j itu , , , , ! , ! , , , , muOrlty ] , 1833. . .8J.159
No democrat should misuse valuable tuna
und needed political ammunition by going
on a mirage hunt In the west this year.
JEHSKT AX1) Tllli COAL UttMlllfiJS.
Chicago Inter Ocean : The decision made
nsainst the scandalous coal combine by the
chancellor of tha state of Now Jersey is as
clear as can bo. Ho rules it to bo wholly il
legal.
Philadelphia Press : Coal quotations were
low last year , abnormally low. A just mean
would place the prica of coal somewhat
high r than last year's quotations ; but tbo
advance itiis summer bus bred a public Irrita
tion wuicu It is Idle.to deny and foolish to
disregard.
Chicago Herald : The decision of Judge
McUIll Is a swooping ono. It forbids the
Pennsylvania and Heading und the Port
Heading-railroads from operating the Jersey
Central , and directs the latter to resume con
trol of Its own property and franchises nnd
the performanca of Us corporate duties.
Chicago News : The decision Is plain
common sensu. It is tha doctrine that the
Btuto or the people have not nre-itoa nnd
would not errata corporations having the
right to form consolidated corporations that
In one thing-Had another would exert , a power
superior to tbo power ot the poopio them
selves.
Philadelphia Times : If the New Joraoy
lease was Indispensable to the harmonious
working ot the several railway lines em
braced In the leases It would bo a serious net-
back to tha progress of the Reading ; but the
leases wcro not inspired by speculative In
terests , but by the imperious cJomanas of
common Interest , and the failure of ttio laasa
will not in any practical way Impair tbo co
operation of these linos.
Chicago Tribune : The decision is sound
in law. It is also sound In its Interpretation
of the Inw , a * uuslyned nnd Intended to pro
tect , the poopio from organized uttoniDts at
wholesale Injustice , from contemplated
robbery on a vast scale. It cannot be too
blunly commended for the way In which It
asserts the rights of the public , and probes
lo tbo bottom the lalse pleas which have
buon adduced to justify the action of the
bard coal combine.
New York Herald : If Chancellor McGIH's
ruling is uphold by ttio court of appeals n
very serious responsibility will ho placed
upon Now Jersey to inout tbo Issue thus
raised. Shu cannot nffnrd to huvo her lawn
llairrnritly disobeyed oven for tbo inugnlllcont
object of enabling a few gentlemen to got
dividends on their investments. If tbo suit
similar to that Chancellor McUIll decided ,
wuicQ Is now being pressed in Pennsylvania ,
should have a like result tbo governor of tbo
state would bo authorized Iu counselling thu
charters of tbo olfnadmg roads and bringing
thorn to subjection uv force. It is not In
conceivable that If tbo Reading persists Now
Jersey will huvo to resort to equally radical
mrasurcH to vindicate the authority und
ofllcauy of her laws.
Now York Commercial ! His nnma Is Peck
and ho Is a democrat. Hut bo bos scored u
p'lnt for tbo republicans.
Indianapolis Journal : "What next ? " the
domocratlo manager asks on reading the
Peek report. Nothing worse for the democ
racy Is possible.
New York Recorder : Mr. Peek has told
the truth aud itlsu disgrace to our polities
that public men und public journalists uro
beginning to abuse him bccuuso ho did not
conceal the truth and send out a mass of lieu
to deceive the people.
Minneapolis Tribune : In Now York In
JH'JO ' , according to Labor Commissioner Peck ,
only 7.03 of thostrlkoi. for Increase of wuguc
failed and only 'J.'ii per cent of tbo strikes
lor decrease of hours fnilod. The not gain
In wages was &lrS33. ! . Commissioner Peek1
nlso states thnt strikes succeed only when
Industrial conditions nro favorable to pros
perous Industry. What become * , then , of
the democratic tirudo on tha Und oltrict ot
the tariff on strike * t
Chicago News ( Ind. ) t Hecauso the report
Is favorable to the McKlnley law , nnd therefore -
fore unfavorable to Mr. Cleveland's tariff
position , ttio conclusion Is jumped nt that
Hill nnd Puck have juggled the llgtirot to
make n showing thnt protection actually
does protect the worklngman. Upon this
far-fetched nssumptloh It Is argued by dome
crnts thnt Hill Is trying to nssiwslnnto tbo
chances of Cleveland. This Is nil very com
forting to the republicans.
Now York Advertiser : Wbon Air. Cleve
land remarKed In Madison Square garden
thnt tbo protective tariff wns adding to the
wealth of the rich nnd.was robbing the
farmer and the workingmnn bv stealth ho
wns evidently not supplied with tna neces
sary stntlstlcs. The report which hns Juit
been mndo by Commissioner of Labor Peek
boars directly on this subject ; nnd It shows
thnt Mr. Clovolnnd , In making bis Mniihon
Squnro statement , was the victim of dofco-
tlvo knowledge , ns usual.
Now York Tribune : Tcwtlmonv of real
Importance regarding the effect of the uro-
tootivo tariff on wages Is furnished by the
report of the Now York ntnto bureau of
stntlstlcs of labor , whlcK * is summarized
elsewhere. Mr. Charles R Pock , the com
missioner In charge of the bureau , li n demo
crat and hns hold bU present olllco for nlno
yonrs. Ho was originally appointed by
Governor Cleveland in 1SSU The Investiga
tion of this subject was doubtless begun with
the expectation of obtaining democratic cam
paign material , but thn result will not bo at
nil to tbo free traders' tastes. Ttio Inquiry
covered the year Immediately preceding the
enactment of the McKlnloy law mid the year
Immediately following It , nnd cmbricoil
sixty-eight Industries , employingUSS.OOO per
sons. What Commissioner Peck ascertained
is thnt for the Intter year there wns n not
Increase In wupcs of $ ( ( , : ! 77OIK ) ns compared
with the preceding year , and nn increase of
& ) l,315,00(1 ( In production. Thoio nro striking
und instructive llgurcs , particularly m they
uro the outcome of investigations carried on
wholly under democratic auspices. "I called
thco.to ourso mliio enemies , nnd , behold , thou
bust altogether blessed them. "
itAi's snuit .t.vj > sii.ua :
I'htlndolphla Times : AH ho romls of the
continual conlllots between Inuornttd capital
there Isn't n trump In the country but says :
"Cllvo cs u rest. "
Washington 1'ost : Ono of the horrors of the
ciinipnlL'ii Is the series of boileriilutoeartoons
now running In the rural prcis.
Imllnmiimlls Join mil : "Polities nrodceld-
cdlv mixed In our family. " said Mr. . ) iinjc-
Piipp. " .My wlfo Is n democrat. I urn u repub
lican and the baby , ns nour as 1 can make out ,
Is a calnmlty-howlor. "
lilto : "John , " she snld , as they loft the soda.
fountain.
"Wliutlslt ? "
"Wasn't 15 cents a good deal to pay for a
glass of Siii
I'hlladolphla Record : If John Ii. Sullivan's
book , which Is tn bo published today. Is any
thing like Its distinguished author. It Is cur
tain tomuko u powerful lilt.
Now York World : Child Mntnma , I heard
you say thnt u iiiun at 40 Is either u fool or
puyslolan. rap. i Is 40 , sovhal Is lie ?
Mamma Ho is uot a physician , clear.
Philadelphia Lodger : , , A correspondent
asks. "Can yon toll mo imythlne that is ? uod
forcholoraV" Iced cnrumbers In liimo do < es ,
ar Immature or ovor-rlpo fruits , followed by
lur'o clniiinlits of Ivo water , uro bolluvr-cl to lid
good for ehoieia und mighty bud for the pti-
tlont.
Atohlson Cilobo : How u man bates to clvo
awuy a 15-cont cigar.
Itlnchnmton Lender : The predicted f.illnro
oC this season's corn crauso worU'cd on the
mind of u local chiropodist that ho has been
on u toot for u wcolc.
Capo Cod Horn : It does not Impair a stafro
man.icer's usefulness to have an obliquity of
vision , that U to say to Imvo u oust in his eye.
Now > 'ork Herald : Jess I wont to .1 for-
ttmo teller last nlsht and she told mo 1 was to
innrry u Ilrltlsh peer. Iev3 ! How very un-
rompllmoutiiry ! ? lie mint have mistaken you
for a concert hall girl.
Eowoll Courier : Kant attention tlio atti
tude of the man who is hit with a policeman's
billy ,
THE UEOVLE'S I'.lllTVL.VOH'A .IT.
M. U. Bacon In ll'iJii/ifiiptnii / Post.
Thrco times three nro sivty-slt.
Straws not needed for limiting bricks ,
Urops depend un politics.
And the people's party knows It.
Plow and boo nro both plnycd nut ;
The way to farm Is to run about
To I' . I' , meetings und storm and .spout ,
And the people's party knows It.
O , tbls will bo u elorlons In nil ,
And when tilings are done us wo have planned
We'll Imvo prospot Itv fresh and canned ,
And the people's p trty knows It.
When we've kicked tlio plutocrats downstairs
And purged Wall street of HR bulls aud bears
We're till u-aoln' to bo millionaires ,
And the people's party knows It.
The loavcj of the trees 'II be dollar notes.
And diamond rlnss around the heads of oats ,
And si vcr tips on the horns of the coats ,
And the pcoplo'a party knows It.
The elieoso Ml bo silver and the butter ' 11 be
cold ,
Tbo streams Ml run wblskv hot nnd cold ,
And the mugwumps forzottn hcolil ,
And tbo people's party known It.
80 hurrah , hurrah for the great 1 > . P. :
1 7 mid i' ' : u .
A Is II nnd X Is Z. '
And the people's party knows It.
McOooic. Nub. , August - ' . ' .
inn AOT : TIIK
rrnnk rnrklunn , thn i : onpr < l Murderer ,
Captured In Wyoming.
CIIRTRXXE , Wyo. , Snpt. 1. [ Spoclnl Tele
gram to TUB IKK. | frank H. I'urklsoti ,
who escaped from the county Jail uailor ro
mnrkiiblc circumstances last September , wni
brought hero yesterday by Deputy Shorlfl
Mcllar of Hock Springs. Parklson \ vain
n soldier nnd ho wns tried foi
ho murder of n follow soldier nt
KUHussol named Hey linker. The ovlilenci
wns purely circumstantial but Pnrklson wni
found gtilltv ot manslaughter nnd sentenced
to olpht years tn the penitentiary. Out
night In September there wns n knock on tht
Iron door of the jail which li In the roar ol
nnd forms part of the court house. Whch
thu RUnnl opened tbo door ho found hlmscK
looking down thu muzzle of n big six-shooter.
The cuard wns bound hand nnd foot nnd then
cngod.
Parklson nnd Charley Millar , slnco hanged
fern double murder , were both rolon ed.
Thn latter was captured the next day , out
Pnrklson made his wuy to Hook Springs nnd
wont to work In n coal mlno Uiero. Ho has
Hvod there over slnco. A few days ago hi
wns recognized by n tnnn who hnd been nn
Inmate of the county Jail nnd his arrest fol
lowed. There was a reward of $ MO for the
arrest of Pitrklion.
K.I.Y J.VTO AX O/'JJA J
Thrco 1'oonlu Killed by tlio Wreck of tilt
Tust Mull.
Nuwnuno , N. Y. , Sopt. 1. Tlio fast mnl !
tram on the Hudson Ulvor railroad mot wilt
a disaster nt the Now Hamburg drntvbridga
this morning. The draw had boon oponnd
nnd was just being closed when the train
dished on H. As the brldgo was nonrlj
closed thu cnglno jumped the gap , but tin
tender failed to cross.
Engineer Joseph Owens and Fireman Ed
ward Host were instantly killed.
Mall dork J. H. ICano was nlso Instantly
Iclllod.
Half a dozen passengers were slightly tn >
jurcd.
The brldgotcndcr claims tbo signals \vera
properly sot , The dead engineer was ono ol
the best employes on the road.
DOUJILK T11AUKIH' .12' JiSl' .ll.
A Tiiro Dealer Kills Ills .Mistress unit
Shoot ! ) Himself.
DKN'vnit , Colo. , Sent. 1 Shortly after mla-
nicht Henry D. Orm , n faro dealer , shot and
instantly killed his mistress who wns known
hero ns Dolly Hood , but whoso rein name
wns Lavissa Hildoitlruo , who came hero
from Huzlolon , O. Orm then shot himself
and will probably die. Orm Is aboul 2. ) years
of ago , while his mistress was 35. They had
quarreled und she threatened to leave him ,
whereupon ho took her life nnd mndo whul
will posslblv result in a successful attempt
to end bis own.
Stele l-ots of Government Timber.
GuTiiitit : , Okl. , Sopt. 1. S. J. Moore ,
doputv United States marshal , has lust re
turned from an extended trip through tha
Kiowa , Comacoho nnd Apache country ,
whcro ho wont to arrest parties who have
boon stealing timber off tbo government land
tn that part of the territory. Ho reports thnt
the settlers of Greor county , Texas , nro
chopping nnd hnuling this timber to mnrkot
nnd hnvo followed this Industry until tbo
country has boon stripped of its wealth of
timber. The marshal's posse brought back
sixteen prisoners and committed thorn to jail ,
The government has ordered the soldiers at
Fort Sill to arrest all cartlos hereafter de '
tected in cutting timber on the government
land ,
ImlluiiH Dancing Again.
CJuTimiK , Okl. , Sept. 1 , A number of dap-
uty United Stutcs marshals are In the city
and report that the Indians In all parts oi
the territory are now dancing the sun nna
tnesslah dances , Ono deputy states that tha
Apache Indians huvo joined the Cboyennes ,
Comanchos , Klowns and Arapahoe tribes t d
that the live tribes nro now traveling from
ono reservation to another , duucing at each.
While ho was at Auardnrks , the deputy
bays , there wcro several hundred Indians ol
these tribes Joined together In the dance ,
which was kept up from early In the evening
until dayllirht. During this tlmo many old
sculps wore resurrected and the pcrformanco
looked much lllco a war dance.
Solrnro ol Senior * CniiHcs 1'rotcntfl ,
VicTOiiiA , B. C. , Sopt. 1. The news of the
seizure of ono San Francisco and three
Victoria sealers by Russian gunboats has
created n great sensation hero. Tlio Sealers
association Is preparing to have n statement ,
telegraphed to the premier at Ottawa. The
Board of Trade will also embody the facts In
n memorial to Ottnwn nnd the Vancouver
board will be requested to co-operate. *
Convicts Itoturnoil to thn Minoi.
NASIIVU.I.K , Tonn. , Sopt. 1. Eighty-eight
convicts were sent back to Oliver Springs
under n strong gunrd last nnrht. At Cliutqn
a military detachment joined the nartv. Tlio
convicts nro the ones who were driven from
Oliver Springs by the minors. Two hundred
I were sent to Tracy City today under guards ,
! and 575 to Inman on Friday.
Kqiml Hlghta In \ mreiilund. .
Wiii.Li.voTo.v , Now Zealand , Sept , 1 , The
house of representatives has again passed
the bill oxtondlcg the elective franchise to
woman which was rejected in IS'Jl by tbo
legislative council.
Largest Mannf.ietnrors and DcalOH
of OloUilnslu ihu World.
If I 'uz pa
I'd buy myxboy a new suit of clothes before I
sent him off to school , " is the
height oi the average boy's am
bition just no\v. \ . We are show
ing the finest lines of fall suits
for boys and children ever im
ported. No old styles. New nov
elties , new shades , in fancy anJ
plain cheviots , cassimercs and
worsted , checkeJ and striped
cassimeres and everything new.
Hoys' suits , ' ! to M$2 up-.M to 18 years$6 up. Full line
of fall overcoats , the very latest , at special prices. Hoyj'
hats and furnishing goods in en Hess variety. This sale
is special in the children's department the coziest spot
in town. Ladies who are out shopping will enjoy a rest
in our easy chairs , to which they are equally welcome V
whether they buy or not.
Bro wningKing& Co
Our store eo o < t at 0:30 : p. m. , except HaturI I QV . fnr 1 Sill & DniltJlK S t
, . .
days when wo closu at 10 p. in. | O. II vUl 1JIU IX UUIlgluo O I
