THIS 031 All A DAULl BEJ3 : SATURDAY , itfOVEMBER , 1808.
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
13. K08UWATHII , Editor.
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Register today.
Register ! Register !
Last day of registration today.
TJasl chance to register. Do not neg
lect it.
Two years of sluini reform ought tel
l > o quite a stilllclency for tlie voters of
Nebraska.
Registration Is equally as Important
as voting , because the man who neg
lects to register will uot b ? permitted to
vote.
Roosevelt is proving as persistent a.
campaigner in New York as lie did In
Cuba and his courageous work deserves
the same measure of HUCCOSS.
Only half the voters of Omaha and
South Omaha are registered so far. The
registrars sjiould be kept busy today to
the very closing hour of registration.
The railroads are again wrestling with
fhe pass agreement question and they
will scon announce that they will be
more strict than ever In the distribution
of free passes for the coming year. But
their preaching and practice will be as
far apart as always.
Of course the popocratlc embezzlers
did not get away with as much public
money In Nebraska as the republican
embezzlers , but that was not their fault.
Considering the circumstances and op
porlimltles the popocratic ollieeholders
have made a good start In the defaulter
line.
Having saved the state more money
than they handled since their Incum
bency In otlico the popocratlc state
house gang are now desperately trying
to save themselves. Saving money for
the taxpayers Is not half the incentive
to their campaign that Is saving salaries
for themselves.
People who remember the protracted
peace negotiations that grew out of the
last war between Greece and Turkey
will have no trouble In understanding
the delays that are encountered by the
peace commission at Paris. Rome was
not built in a day and neither Is an Im
portant treaty of peace.
The editor of a German paper will
a Latin name has gotten into trouble
over the publication of a poem reflect
Ing upon the emperor's pilgrimage to
the Holy Land. The editor will doubt
less now have the Inspiration to stick
to 1.41 tin texts when the poetic must
again seizes him.
Remember that three candidates 01
the popocratlc legislative ticket votet
in the last legislature for the ousting
of men lawfully elected and thus do
prlvcd the people of Douglas county o
the representation to which they were
entitled. The people of this county can
not afford to endorse fraud.
In France the ministry waits untl
after It IB chosen before making public
Its declaration of Intentions and legls
latlve program. In the United State
the declaration of principles comes li
the shape of the party platform enunci
ated before the people pass on the
claims of opposing candidates.
The republican nominee for county at
torney , Phil K. Winter , is by reason of
his experience as deputy under County
Attorney Hnldrigo thoroughly familiar
with the duties of the olllco to which
ho aspires. IJy electing him the people
of the county will avoid all experiments
with the Important business of the
county attorney's olllce.
Poynter Is not the only popocratlu cniv
( lldate who Is trying to play nil sides ol
the game by working prohibitionists ami
saloon keepers at one and the same time
The popocratle candidates for congress
In the First and Second districts an
each trying the same racket with Pui
same result of shaking the contldeuco ol
nil parties. The people have no use foi
straddlers. no matter what their pollt
icul professions.
I
WHAT WKSTKHN IM'U.'KXCK mil. \
According to the Washington corre
spondent of the Now York Kvenlng Post ,
western Influence Is very largely re- '
sponslblc for Inclining President Me-
Klnley In favor of the policy of ex-1
panslon. The president , this correspondent - ;
ent says , nt llrst would greatly have
preferred to draw out of the Philippine
cntnt'glcment ns quietly as possible , an- ;
ne.\lng substantially nothing In the way
of territory , but requiring the cession
merely of n coiling station , with enough
land about it to provide properly for Us
defense. Presently ills Ideas expanded ,
but It was not until Mr. McKlnley
visited the west , according to this
authority , that ho became convinced
that a majority of the people wanted
territorial expansion.
The president's visit to the Omaha ex
position , says the Post correspondent , '
and his participation In the various civic
celebrations In the course of his journey ,
were carefully planned and timed so
that he could test popular sentiment tov
himself before the Philippine question
came to n head at the Paris conference.
"Tho whole program was a success. The
president came back more fully con
vinced than ever that the r'piesentations
made to him by various public men and
experienced campaigners were true and
that the people of the west , the region
which lie considered the danger-point In
the Held of political warfare , were
strongly la favor of a policy 6f 'getting
all we can and keeping all we get. ' " It
appears , therefore , that It was western
influence that decided the presidential
mind as to the desirability of retaining
possession of all the Philippines and per
haps determined the attitude that has
been taken on fliat question by the
American peace commissioners.
It is certainly true that President Me-1
Klnley found a great deal of sentiment i
n this section favorable to expansion. I
It Is still strong here. Hut the president
could hardly have overlooked the fact , \
f as suggested he was testing popular
'ecling , that there is also a large and in- '
telllgpnt sentiment In the west that Is
opposed to expansion and we are In- i
cllned to think It Is growing with a j
clearer and better understanding of |
what that policy means. It was quite
miural that at first most western people
should regard with favor the acqulsi- ,
tlon of territory which seemed to j
iromlse so much for their Interests. |
Thus on the Pacific coast the practically
unanimous sentiment has been for ex
pansion , but some Influential voices are
now being raised there against It , for
the reason that a careful study of the
question has shown that the advantages i
ire not likely to be so valuable as had |
> een anticipated. So in the middle west
t can safely be said that the expanslou-
st sentiment Is not growing , but rather
declining , as Intelligent , practical and
conservative men come to see and
understand the t ponslbllltles , the dif
ficulties and the danger * Inevitable to
he carrying out of the expansion policy ,
while the benefits to accrue , whatever
they may be , are by no means assured.
While , therefore , the president found
the expansion sentiment In the west the
nore demonstrative , the opposition senti
ment was still worthy of his considera
tion and should not have been altogether
without Influence with him. It is
grounded , at least , upon the traditional
policy of the republic and therefore
merits the respectful consideration of
every American statesman who has re
gard for the precept and example of the
founders of the government.
FBH * CHAXCKS FOli AMKHICAXS.
Americans have already been warned
that there are few chances for them to
make a livelihood by their labor in Ha
waii. Now there Is like information
from Porto Rico , the American consul
having ; sent to the State department1 a
warning to Americans that there are few
If any opportunities for them in that
island now. The labor market , he says ,
Is overstocked. Several hundred thou
sand Porto Rlcans stand ready to take
all places that may be vacated nnd nt
low wages , and any American who goes
there with the Idea of "striking It rich"
Is sure to be disappointed. All who go
should be prepared with money to pay
their board and secure a return passage
to the United States.
There is no doubt as to the correct
ness of this Information. Americans
who have gone to Porto Rico have found
few opportunities there either for worker
or for the investment of capital. It ap
pears that the Porto Rlcans , having an
eye to business and realizing that a
lxK > m would probably follow annexation ,
put the price of land up to sevml times
Its real value and were careful to keep
within their own hands almost every
thing else that Americans might want.
More thau a month ago n newspaper cor
respondent who made a cntvfnl investi
gation of conditions In the Island wrote
that it was no place for people seeking
work , while even for the capitalist and
Investor the field was far from tin in
viting one. The man who is looking for
a Job , said this correspondent , should
look for It at home. There Is absolutely
nothing for the position hunter , for the
clerk or for the workman. Merchants
will find nothing to do there , except to
glean a certain amount of Information
of rather doubtful accuracy , until the
question of tariff rates shall have been
definitely settled. The entire trade of
the island is of no very great magni
tude , but tills is reasonably expected to
Increase when business shall be adjustm1
to the new conditions.
So far as Hawaii and Porto Rico arc
concerned , It is already shown that tliej
will afford no outlet for any class of
American labor. Not only have they an
abundant supply at present , but the fu
ture needs will undoubtedly bo supplied
from sources where labor Is cheaper than
In this country. The same will bi the cast
In the Philippines. Those Islands are
also flooded with cheap labor , suited
to the climate and no opportunity will
be offered there for American labor ,
even If willing to accept the low wages
paid. It may as well bo accepted , there ,
fore , that these new possessions cutf givr
no possible benefit to American working
men , but may In tlmo do ( hum no llttli
Injury through the competition of choaii
labor products. After the pacification 01
Cuba there may bo considerable employ ,
incut for American labor In developing
that Island , but there Is nothing of con
sequence to be looked for beyond this.
As to the commercial benefits to be de
rived from the new possessions , that Is
a matter for the future to determine ,
but It may be doubted whether they will
l 3 so great as the advocates of expan
sion generally expect. As we have moro
than once said , It Is quite easy to form
extravagant Ideas regarding the com
mercial advantages tliuso possessions
will bring us.
FIUVKKS.
The stock In trade1 of the sham reform
ers In the present campaign has been
In figures by which they try to con
vince the taxpayers of Nebraska that
they have been Immensely benefited by
popocratlc rule. 'Hut figures can be
Juggled to prove most anything.
For example. It Is claimed and proved
by figures that there has been a marked
Increase In the apportionment of state
school funds for Douglas county under
demo-pop rule , as compared with school
fund apportionments under republican
rule. The assertion Is made that the
highest amount apportioned this county
seml-annually under a republican ad
ministration was SIM,01)8. ) ( 4 during the
second half of 1S)2 ! ) , while the lowest
amount apportioned Douglas county un
der tlie demo-pop administration was
during the first half of ISO" , amounting
to ? ; ! 7-132.52 , or $ ' _ > ,73.SS ; ! more than the
largest amount apportioned under a re
publican administration.
What do these figures prove ? Simply
that there has been more money col
lected from the taxpayers and lessee *
of state school lands during the past two
years since the advent of McKlnley and
better times than was collected during
the period preceding nnd following the
business crash of 1803.
It must also be borne In mind that
the marked Increase in the apportion
ment of state school funds within
the past two years is largely due to
mortgage foreclosures and changes of
property ownership after years of liti
gation. An enormous amount of delin
quent taxes has been pnidjn In clear
ing up the titles to property.
Last but not least , the figures showing
such a marked increase of apportionment
to Douglas county are deceptive because
they omit tlie principal factor of the
Increased apportionment , which is the
Increase in the number of school chil
dren. While the data Is not at hand to
make a statistical comparison It is safe
to assert that the number of children
of school ago in Douglas county has
Increased more rapidly than the number
In tlie farming sections of the state , espe
cially In the western half. This popu
lation Increase makes the showing for
Douglas county more favorable than it
would otherwise have been.
In any event , however , there is notli-
ng in the figures that jnstllles the demo-
pop claim of more economical manage
ment of the state's business any more
than the payment of state warrants by
Treasurer Mcserve is proof that the
: > urdons 6t taxation have 6een lightened.
It Is , easy to redeem warrants when
tlie people are , prosperous and able to
pay their taxes and it is easy to dis
tribute school money when the taxpay
ers arc prompt with both current and
back taxes.
The most creditable thing tlie colored
people of Omaha can do for their race
Is to reject Walker's candidacy for the
legislature without regard to the fact
that he Is a negro. If the colored people
ple are willing to be represented by
Walker witli his scandalous record as
the Intimate associate of thieves and
prostitutes , no decent colored man will
ever feel Impelled to aspire to honorable
olllce. By turning down Walker , the
colored citizens will give notice that
they require as high 'or higher qualifica
tions from their own people as do the
white citizens.
As a representative business man
Lovl Cox deserves the support of nil
who want the business Interests of tills
community properly looked after at Lin ,
coin next winter. Mr. Cox was elected
to the legislature two years ago , but
was unseated by the popocratlc majority
In spite of his unquestionable title tt
the position. Mr. Cox's majority ought
this time to be irado so large that uoi
even a populist legislature will dare tc
steal his scat from him.
, T. O. Detwcller , on the republican legls
latlve ticket , Is a young attorney of excel
lent reputation who stands well ninoiij.
his associates. Although ho has novel
served In any public oftlce , ho haf
demonstrated good Judgment and com
jiion sense so requisite for legislative
business and his election promises i
faithful and efficient representative ol
his constituents.
Reputable laboring men repudiate tin
pretensions of .loe Koutsky to represent
labor. They want nothing to do will
bar room toughs like Koutsky , who has
figured repeatedly In the criminal courts
and whose concern for the tellers ha.
been to got their patronage for hli
groggery and gambling dive.
Tlit-rc Are Othci-N.
Philadelphia Record.
The Cuban Insurgents will not disband
and they will not work. They are very llki
the political guerrillas who -Infest Pennsyl
vanla. They Insist that they shall be fur
nlshed with ofllclal posltious.
I xiiirlLiit.i * WrniiM Theory ,
Springfield Republican.
Denver U said to be hot for expansion , ye
the Colorado regiment In the Phil pplnes liu.
telegraphed to the governor of the stati
that 1,000 Colorado volunteers de-slro "earn
cstly" to be recalled because the "ration :
are Insufficient and 15 per cent ot the met
are sick. "
Culinu "I'utrlolH" Ilavi- Their 1'rli-e
Now York Mall nnd Express.
If there were enough civil offices In Cubi
to provide one for each member of th
Cuban Insurgent army the latter wouli
probably put down their weapons and gi
'back to civil life In ehort order. At pres
ent , however , the average Cuban stems re
solved to hold 011 to his machete until h
gets hold ot something better.
Sample * oi "It'iiotv" llulililnh.
N' w York Commercial.
All there ls in this yellow rubbish abou
Abner McKlnley Is that certain strikers pretended
tended to self his Influence to contractor !
whose bids were rejected. It IB an olj trick
as old as knavery on one side and folly oi
the other. It is probable that Abner Me
Klnley know nothing of the merchandise
made of his pretended Influence. U Is cer
tain that ho had uo real Influence to sell.
These contracts were let In open market by
an army officer whoso reputation In proof
against disappointed bribers , defeated strik
ers and yellow journals.
Ci-iit-i IJlncrliiilnntloii ,
Buffalo Express.
The Insurance companies doing a life bus
iness In Canada have agreed not to accept
risks on the live ? of married women , unless
they happen to her breadwinners , or , In other
words , wholly Independent ot their hus
bands. The decision Is said to bo with a
view to lessening the crime of murder fpr
Insurance. Can the crime really be so preva
lent as thin ?
Power of ( hi * U'r t.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The president's western tour Is said to
have converted htm to the doctrlno of ex
pansion , and convinced htm that the great
body of the American people demands the
retention , rather tbc acquisition , of all the
Philippines. If this Is what the people want ,
this Is what must be done , but Is the presi
dent quite sure that the great mans of the
American people rcsldeo In the central portion
tion ot the Mississippi valley ?
A SiiKMPNtlve Incident.
J. Sterllnc MortonV Conservative.
One of the most forcible and sensible ad
dresses delivered at the Auditorium during
the Peace Jubilee at the exposition was that
of the Chinese minister. No other man's
oratory on that occasion elicited such uni
versal and continuous applause as did that
of the eminent Chinaman nt that particular
moment when , with Impressive corneatncsa
and eloquence , he declared that "the oldest
nation" was for peace. Whether the vast
audience appreciated the evident rebuke In
tended by the heathen from Pekln to the
surrounding glorification of wholesale mur
der which the modern Christian nations
sometimes call war , and at other times
"hell , " remains an unsettled question.
TIIC CIIAZ12 KOH COI.OM13S.
"All Glory anil \ < > Pay" ( he Fruit *
of ( lie Policy.
St. Louis Republic.
The Fashoda Incident supplies the dis
tinguished French writer , M. Gaston Don-
net , with a text for criticising the craze of
his nation for colonies.
"Our oldest colonies have not yet reached
the point of self-support , " he says. "Mar
(
tinique , Guadaloupo and Reunion , although
they are of adult nge and long since should
have no need of susldles , still receive mil
lions a year. Algeria suffers from a deficit
i of nearly 30,000,000 francs. There Is also a
deficit In Senegal ; there Is another deficit
In the Soudan. "
According to M. Donnct's estimate , the
cost of maintaining these colonies presents
an annual aggregate of 100,000,000 francs.
This docs not Include extraordinary expen
ditures and there Is always a big deficit on
the debit sldo of the colonial ledger.
U Is worth noticing that , next to Eng
land , Franco Is the most considerable col
onial power In the world. Most of her ulrta-
marlno possessions have been acquired since
the eighteenth century , following the dis
astrous conclusion of her struggle with
England for East Indian and American ac
quisitions. When the Napoleonic wars
closed , her colonial possessions Wcro com
paratively few , but- she has gradually In
creased them nnd every subsequent Gov
ernment , especially the third republic , has
been active In this direction.
Whether from lack of commercial ? nter-
prlso on the part of the home population
and the government In developing the col
onial resources to the point of profitable re
muneration , or on account of the natural ob-
Bt.aclcs In the way.jof paying development
presented by the colonies themselves , or by
reason of a combination 'of both , these over
sea possessions add nothing to the great
ness of Franco and are a drain on Its rev
enues.
In the event of a war with England , that
nation , by reason of her superior naval
strength , could take from Franco nil of
her colonies that she considered worta the
taking. Should a general European war
break out , these territorial dependencies
would cause nn embarrassing strain 'upon
the resources of the mother country.
Colonial possessions , so long as they ylold
all glory and no pay , nro never things of
beauty or Joys forever to the taxpayers upon
whose shoulders falls the hardship of
furnishing the money to hold nnd maintain
them.
I'OMTICAIi I ) It I FT.
The average monthly coat of the police
department of Greater New York Is $1,024-
515.
Episcopal Bishop Whlttaker of Phila
delphia advises Pennsylvania republicans to
vote for Dr. Swallow , the eighth command
ment candidate.
This year's campaign In Massachusetts
Is said to be the dullest In years. There
Isn't sufficient life In 0. Fred Williams'
party to kick up a disturbance at a meet
ing.
ing.Tho
The majority for prohibition In Canada
dwindles down to 13,884 , and only 22 per
cent of those entitled to vote cast their
ballots In favor of It. The vote Is regarded
as a distinct defeat.
Replying to the charge that New York Is
"wldo open" under Tammany rule , Dick
Crolter says there are no Seely dinners.
But there are nightly banquets which are
pronounced equal to Nero's Roman efforts
brought up to date.
W. J. Dalley , republican candidate for
cougresaman-at-largo In Kansas , Is a
hus'tler who deserves to win. Finding a
circus at a town at whlbh ho was booked
for a talk , ho hired the concern for the day
and spouted between the acts , circumvent
ing the enemy In great shape.
The seventh annual convention of the
American Republican College league , which
was pcstponcd last May on account of the
war , will to held at Indianapolis on tbc
17th and 18th Inst. uMl clubs expecting tc
send delegates are requested to notify Presi
dent Arnold L. Davis , Hotel Denkon , In
dianapolis.
The estimated cost of running all depart
ments of Greater New York for the ensuinp
year foots up $93,520,082. There 1s a
surplus of about $7,000,000 In the treasury ,
leaving tbo taxpayers to put up $ SC,500,00 (
In round numbers. This sum Is far In excess
of tbo cost of maintaining tbo comblnet
cities seperatcly.
Henry Zelgenhelm , mayor of St. Louis , IE
n man of great force of character , whc
achieved distinction In business and politics
without education. Speaking of his lack ol
education he says : "I could hire plenty eli
i men to write speeches for me , but I won'l
j do It. What I say conies from the heart
and I mean It. I don't have to pay monej
for line words. "
The campaign has now reached that stag <
when the prophets of both parties get It
their work. .Notwithstanding the lessons o
experience from the days of Ramcsls U
Cleveland , the campaign managers solemn ! ;
' I assure their followers that each have i
cinch on victory. These predictions serve ;
useful purpose this year In lending a llttli
gaiety to a funeral performance.
One of the novel features of the rampalgr
In New York Is your Undo Dick Croker Ir
the role of spellbinder. The Tammany bosi
has not been very fluent of speech hereto ,
torn , but the desperation of his fight foi
control of the state broke through the macl *
of silence. His latest speech was delivered
before an audience of deaf mutes and thi
audience acted very like tbo state democ
racy with reference to the Chicago plat
form.
OTIir.H LANDS THAN OtHS.
Half of the Trans-Siberian railway Is
completed and trains will bo running from
St. Petersburg to Vladivostok , a distance ot
8.000 miles , by 1903. Building Is proceeding
from both ends. From Vladivostok about 500
miles havu been built northward along the
Ussurl river toward Khabarovkn on the
Amoor river. At Iman , n new town ou the
Ussurl , material Is transferred from the
railway to steamers , which convey It to
Khabarovkn , whence It la taken up the
Amoor river 100 miles to the mouth of the
Sungarl river. Entering the Sungarl the
barges ascend that etreatn with their loads
ot railway material COO miles to Chu-
lanchcn , In Manchuria. Chulanchcn la a
new railroad town of1,000 Inhabitants , nnd
has a future since the branch line south
ward to Port Arthur U to leave the main
line at Chulanchen. At present It Is reached
from Vladivostok by a long dolour north
ward , but when the difficult section cast ot
the town Is completed the connection wilt
bo direct and comparatively short. Ilulld-
Ing Is proceeding now eait and west from
Chulanchen. Little , It seems , has been done
on the branch line to Port Arthur. The
climate of Siberia Is described ns "far less
cold than the Klondike , " and the fertile
soil "grows vast Areas of wheat as flno
as the Manitoba grain , while Manchuria Is
In a temperate zone and will soon bav
her doors forced open , and the world will
be Invited to como In and partake of the
riches. "
Work of fortifying llerehavcn , at the
mouth of Bantry Bay , Ireland , has begun.
It is the Intention of the British govern
ment to erect works similar to those at
Gibraltar by making use of the hills nnd
cliffs. The nccesary land has been ac
quired on the eastern sldo of Bero Island ,
and the contractors' engineers and workmen
have already dug up nnd tunneled part ot
the ground. Bero Island Is about scveti
miles long , and In some parts nearly two
miles wide. Along Ite center , lengthwise , n
range of high hills Is conspicuous , nnd gives
such protection to war ships lying In Bero-
haven harbor that they could not bo shelled
by nn enemy's fleet unless the latter cnmo
within easy range of guns which might bo
placed upon those hills. Berchaven harbor
has two entrances around Bore Island by
the western , which is rather narrow , battle
ships enter and by the eastern they depart.
It Is now proposed to block the former even
against merchant vessels ; and the Intended
fortifications will make the eastern sldn Im
pregnable. It will be recalled that the
Channel squadron during maneuvers has
frequently utilized Berchaven for torpedo
practice. The importance of the site , lying
as It does on the direct route of English
food supplies from Canada and the United
States , Is very great. It Is expected that
the fortifications will be completed In ten
years' time.
*
The Italian statute called the Law of
Guarantee , promulgated In Italy after the
taking of Rome , In 1870 , by the troops ot
Victor Emmanuel and the unification procla
mation , assigned to the pope a civil list of
3,200,000 lire ( about $640,000) ) annually from
the Italian Budget as a compensation for
his loss of temporal power In the peninsula.
N'elthcr Plus IX nor Leo XIII has accepted
one soldi of the money and lately there has
been much Inquiry In Rome as to what has
become of It and the accumulated Interest.
The Italian government recently found it
necessary to Inspire a ntatement concernIng -
Ing the subject In La Trlbuna dl Roma. An
account of the money Is kept In the great
book of the public debt of Italy and accordIng -
Ing to the minister of the treasury the prin
cipal and Interest accumulating from Jan
uary 1 , 1871 , to October 1 , 1S98 , amounted to
G0.3G9.000 lire. But the Oaservatore Romano ,
the Vatican organ , asserts that the sum Is
not made up by computing the prescribed
Interest , which would bring the amount duo
the Holy See In the presem year to over
70,000,000 lire. It Is the consensus of opin
ion , however , that as there seemed to bo no
probability of the Vatican ever claiming Its
own , the money wns almost from the begin
ning diverted by the government nnd that
the civil list of the Holy Father has no more
material exlstcuce than the pen marks on
the books of the minister of the treasury.
*
The growth of Egypt under British guid
ance Is an Interesting spectacle. How many
Inhabitants the Egypt of the Pharaohs had
Is problematic , but It Is doubtful If It had
more than the Egypt of the Ptolcmys , and
that was not more than 8,000,000. A couple
of centuries ago , under the Mamelukes , the
number had fallen to 3,000,000. Under Mo-
hemct All end his successors there was
some Improvement and the census roll of
1875 was Increased'to 0,000,000 , at which fig
ure , or a little less. It stood In 1882. Now ,
after scarcely sixteen years of British rule ,
the population Is about 10,000,000. That
means an Increase of 66 per cent In sixteen
years , or more than 4 per cent a year. It
means that Egypt today , Egypt proper ,
not counting the vast realms of Equatorla
and the BahrlOhazol , Is moro populous
than ever before In all Its history. That
In Itself Is a singularly Impressive and sig
nificant fact. In industries the growth of
Egypt Is comparably great. The country Is
1 not the granary of Europe , as It once was.
'
Other lands have usurped the place. But
If we measure 'Its ' grain , its fruits , its cot-
I I ton and all its products we shall find It
' Is wielding far moro than It did even In
the fat years of Joseph. It Is not building
1 pyramids and sphinxes and Phllacs. But the
i barrages of the Nile , one bu'lt and one buMd-
| Ing , are greater works than those. Nor may
we overlook Its railroads , of which It has
today some 1,400 miles , or more than Spain
or Portugal , or even Austria-Hungary ,
i Twenty years ago there was scarcely , i mile
1 of good wagon road In all the land and
travel and transportation had to bo afoot
or on muleback or camelback. In the Inst
six years more than 1,000 miles of flno
roads have been built.
*
The wheat Imported Into Sweden has al
most always been brought across the Baltic
from Russia , but Imports are decreasing ,
owing largely to the famine which Is ragIng -
Ing In many Russian provinces. It Is uo
longer possible for the Russian government
to remain silent In regard to the suffering
which Is going on In the provinces of Kusnn ,
Samara , Saratov , Simbirsk , Ufa , Perm ,
VJatka and RJasan , where the famine Is
moo severe than ever before. The local
authorities are giving all the assistance pos
sible. The government must conic to their
assistance , and It Is thought that a Red
Cross society will be organized to facilitate
the distribution of help. Appeals have been
sent out requesting contributions of food ,
Made from pure
cream of tartar.
Safeguards the food
against alum.
Alum baking powders are the greatest
menacen to health of the present day.
JOT1 BAKINO rOwCH CO. , KtW VOB .
clothing and money , but Sweden has never
been nny too friendly to Hussln and It Is
doubtful Is much assistance will bo offered.
The kingdom of Sweden Is Just now agi
tating the question whether or not to follow
Norway' * lend In granting universal suffrage.
Out of a population of some 1,300,000 men i
over the ago of 21 , only nbout 300,000 hnvo j
at present the right of suffrage. To vote
In Sweden one must show that his yearly |
Income Is SOO crowns ( JIM ) and that ho
pays taxes on that Income. The liberals I
are circulating petitions throughout tho' '
kingdom , to bo presented to the Klksdag at
Its meeting this winter. Norway has just
recently given universal male suit age to ( la {
people , but In Sweden much opposition Is
expected from the party In power protec
tionists and conservative * . The classes nro
being organized nnd the advantages which
the United States Is believed to have found
In universal suffrage will have great force. '
DItAWllACICS Or KXI'A-VSIOX. !
An Kxtrnorilliiiiry nmt Formidable
I'rotilfiii for n Itcpulille.
Uostou Tr.i'iHnnpt.
Some Interesting letters to the London
Times by 'Mr. ' Nenjamln KIdd on the re
sponsibility of the KnglU'h-speaklng race In
tropical countries have been brought out In
book form by a New York publisher. Mr.
KIdd favors the adoption by the United
States of the English colonial policy , but as
ho defines the conditions , that would place
before us an extraordinary and formidable
problem for n republic. Ho says : "Tho at
tempt to acclimatize the whlto man In the
tropics must he recognized to bo a blunder
of the first magnitude. All experiments
based upon the Idea are mere Idle and empty
enterprises foredoomed to failure. *
Alike In a moral , In an ethical , and in a
political eense , the atmosphere ho breathes
must bo that of another region , thnt which
produced him , and to which he belongs.
Neither physically , morally , nor politically ,
can ho be acclimatized In the tropics. " Hut
he Is equally positive that the natives
can never bo trusted to govern them-
uelves , co to acquire such possessions as
the Philippines , for Instance , would place
upon the Anglo-Saxon clement the re
sponsibility of their administration without
the power to Introduce the Anglo-Saxon
leaven as n developing force. If wo take
the Philippines , therefore- , there Is only one
thing left for us. Wo must "exercise
dominion over conquered Islands , over vassal
states , over subject races , " and wo. are not
to do this as a temporary expedient , hut
as a permanent policy , because the white
man can never be acclimatized and the
native can never learn to rule. A large
annex to our constitution will be needed to
fit this peculiar and
uevcr-bcfore-contem-
platcd situation.
IU2I2H Oil XO IIOAT.
The liltlinntimi of MlliviiuUcc on ( lie
Coining CIirlNtiHiliiK.
Milwaukee Journal.
Milwaukee and Wisconsin are not to be
bluffed. There Is no question but beer
should bo used to celebrate the launching of
our battleship. The origin of the human
race wns necessarily In the warmer cli
mates of the world. The race gained Its
earlier civilization , as It spread toward the
colder climates , In the grape-growing belts.
There It clung for centuries till It had
bullded up customs and fastened them down
In literature. At least from the time of
Noah the grape has been the symbol of
plenty and Its fermented juice of Joy nnd
health. That Idea has corao to us from these
old times nnd conditions ; It Is effete and
worn out. The nations of the world are no
longer wine drinkers. Its use In ceremonies
has departed except In certain religious
rites , where- has come about that the unfermented -
fermented Julco Is largely used , and In
jonvivlnl sociabilities where It has become
jdlous to n largo part of the civilized world
is typifying Inebriety. Bacchus still holds
to wine.
The sturdy , active , progressive racea are
now beer drinkers. Barley haa replaced the
; rape , not only from climatic and economic
ondltlons , but for sanitary reasons. In
England , the bonny ancestral homo of our
: nstltutlons , ale has gone Into literature as
' .vino did In the Greek , and stands for all
ood-fellowehlp , comfort and hope. In Ger-
nany , the home of our Teuton ancestry , ths
homo of the brew , beer Is a dear to the
people as It Is dignified In their story and
'ong. From these two peoples wo have a
joncurrent testimony In favor of beer as the
drink of the gods. Let the grape treaders
of the southlands boast of wine ; wo will
none of It. It Is delusive , creeping In on
the senses and stealing away with our sense
of proportions and relations , leaving us In
in Ideal renlm far from reality. Beer com-
'orts nnd leaves our senses still on guard.
Who would displace for the beverage of the
warm weather weaklings of the foreign
lands along the Mediterranean ? Beer Is our
very own ; shall It bo dishonored In Its
homo ?
No , air ; the Wisconsin , our one dear battle
ship , must feel on Its proiul prow tha In * \
Bplrntton of the two greatest peoples of thi f
world. It must nepnrnto the tivo eras ol
civilization which line moved from grape *
land to barlcylnml. It must eet a new lUnd *
ard of literature and n now gauge of bcattl
nnd BCIISO. We have chosen the brew for ,
lo , these many centuries nnd eschewed thi
wine ns the means of sociability nnd hCAltl :
nmong the- people ; thall we1 , then , nt thti
late day , In our prldo of strength , yet yield
lo nn ancient nnd worn-out custom , founded
nnd embalmed In literature by races IOUR
ngo played out. No ; Milwaukee will not bo
bluffed. She has berne to the utmost ; It la
brer or no boot.
CI1AI.MU ) TO I'Ol'IMSM.
I'Mlful Condition of tlii * Olcoiiinrun. t
rim * llrniu'll of ( InDoniooriiC } - .
J. Sterllns Morton .1 Oonservntlve.
Nothing could better Illustrate the differ
ence between the simulated democrats who
are chained to the vices nnd vagaries of pop
ulism , and the real , gonunlnc , gold standard '
democrats than the difference between olco- J
margarine nnd real cream-evolved butter. t
The populists are pinchbeck statesmen , nnd
the alleged democrats who follow them nro
oleomargarine democrats. They are as dlf- i
ferent from the ftill-wplght-nnd-llnencus I
democrats of the gold stamp , as tallow and j
lard are from genuine Jersey butter. Hut
oleomargarine , according to Holcomh's ml- ,
ministration , Is good enough for Invalids i
who nro the wards of the atato ; nnd olco- |
margarine democracy 'Is good enough to fur
nish votes that secure nil the ofllces to thfl '
pop lists. The sick will thrive on b.-ind Bprta.1 }
with oleomargarine just as satisfactorily DB '
democracy thrives when veneered with frea
coinage of silver at sixteen to one , nnd other
financial nnd economic fallacies. Oleomar
garine statesmanship Is as good for the utata
of Nebraska ns an oleomargarine diet Is for
the Insane nnd other wards In the publla
Institutions of this commonwealth.
MlllTll IN UlIYMi : . '
Detroit Journal. t
A husband who does Just whnt she say ! . '
A woman doesn't wnnt , one clcnns ,
For by such n husband she's constrained i
Always to say Just what she means , I
Cleveland Philn Denier. j
With nil the flowers of manhood \
Tnat nre- blooming o'er the mead , ;
'TIs atmngo that little Wllhelmlne I
Should tnko up with a Wled. |
. .nshlnzton Star. j
Ho figured hard. No rest wns nigh.
Ills task he dnrcd not shirk.
Ho figured on to show men why
His llKurcs didn't work.
Detroit Free Press.
The wind across my chimney
Wakes no depth of Joy In me ;
For 1 know Hint Its wild singing1
MukcH my coal hills bigger be.
IndlnnnMolIs Journal.
Ho sang a nong to her nut-brown hair ,
Her rosy cheeks , her brow so fair ;
He prnlscd her eyes , nnd sild ; that thcra
\Vun Minllcht In them hidden ;
The mnlden llxeil him with hep Htare.
And said : "Aw , null your klddln' .
Detroit Journal.
"No ( lower of her kindred , no ropobud la
nlsli ! "
Sang mo love-stricken troutvjdour , heaving
a slch.
While the mnld at her casement nbovo
shook her liund ,
And , "Only n blooming old Idiot ! " said.
Illustrated Bits.
You ask me , darling girl , If I ,
Should you refuse me ,
Would tnko some wenpon grim nnd dle1
Well , vou amiwc me.
I'd live to learn from him you chose ,
That other fellow , ,
And from his life couleur do rose ,
Or Hlckly yellow
What mine hnd been what I'd have dona
Had you been kinder ;
Ilaxl the t'ood parson made us one.
And , , love been blinder. - ' -
ft -
TIIK FIRST KISsi
Atlanta Constitution.
Sweetheart , 'twas but n while nso it scare *
seems ypBtrrdny ,
Though now my locks nro whlto ns snow ,
nnd nil your curls lire pray-
When , walking- the twilight haze , cro
stnr.s hnd smiled above ,
I whispered soft : "I love you , " and you
kissed mo for that love !
The llrst kiss , dear , nnd then your hand
your little hand so sweet ,
And whiter than the white , \vhltc sand that
twinkled nt your feet ,
Laid tenderly within my own ! Have
queens such lovely hnnds ?
No wonder that the whl'-poorwllls made
Hvect the urtumn lands !
It seemed to mo thnt my poor heart would
boat to death nnd break ,
Whllo nil the world Sweetheart ! Sweetheart -
heart ) seemed singing for your sake !
And every rose thnt barred the wny In
glad nnd dying grnce.
Forgot Its fnded summer dayrnnd , leaning1 ,
kissed your fnco !
I envied nil the roses then , nnd all the rosy
ways
Thnt blossomed for your sake are still my
llfo's bright yesterdays.
But thinking of thrit first sweet kiss , nnd
thnt first clnnp ot hnnds ,
Llfo's whlppoorwllls sing sweeter no\ %
through nil the autumn lands !
TiM [ IS MONEY
In the final settlement of the interests of the
Henry \V. King estate , in the business of Browning ,
King & Co. , it becomes imperative that we dispose of
our wholesale part ot the business and the large
stock manufactured for that branch of flie business ,
in the shortest time possible. Time is money to us
in this transaction and our necessity is to your imme
diate advantage. We have never sold finer winter
clothing before at anything like the present prices
and while the stock lasts a money saving opportunity
is presented to all our curitomess.
Men's Suits from $7.50 to - $20.00
Men's Overcoats from $10 to - $25
Boys' Suits from $2,50 to - - $6.00
These goods are marked way below their true
value , and we ask yon in good faith not to neglect
this chance.
S , W. Cor. 15th and Douglas.