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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : rillDAY. iNOVKMRHR 11 , 181)8. ) THE OMAHA DAILY K. R08KWATKR , Kdltur. UVIP.Y MORNING. * TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : Dally . .IiooVlthout ( Sunday ) , Ono Ycar.tR.00 Dslly bee nnd Sunday , One Year. 8.W Six Months > 4.00 Three Months 2.W Sunday lini , One Year 2.UO Saturday Ho . Ono Year 1.5" Weekly IJcc , Ono Year. . . < * > OFFICES. Omaha : The Bee Building. South Omuha : Singer Ulock , Corner N nnd Twenty-fourth Streets. Council Ulurrs : ID 1'carl Street. Chicago Office : " 02 Chamber of Com merce. New York : Temple Court. Washington : 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. All communication * relating lo news nnd editorial matter thould be addressed : T- the Keillor. UU8INE8B M TTEK9. All btmlnoHs letters nnd remittances ohould he ntldrpMcd to The Ilco Publishing Company , Omahu. Drafts. cherkH. express nnd postofllce money orders to bo mnar payable to the order of the company. THE IJEE PUBLISHING COMPAN" STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska , Douglas County , ss. : George U. Tzschuck , secretary of The Ltec Publishing company , bclnir duly nworn , says that tlm actual number ot full and complete copies of The Dully , Morning , Evening nnd Sunday Dee , printed during the month of October , 1S5S , wan as fol lows : l..i Ud.ouo 17 asi ( H 2 2.1n ff IS a.l , ( ) 5 ! . . . ' ! . " ! ! ! ! ! . - , ! 20 2.1,27:1 5 2.1.H.11 21 2.1t45 ! 7 . tt.1U,1 2,1 . 2.-.S1.1 8 . U7.tu : 21 . il.l.lITU 9 . 'M.-M7 10 27 . an.-iuii 12 . : MOIB 2 ? . j4..5ts : n . ai.ois 20 . i-.7ii : H . si7 , is so . ! ! .iimo 15 . 2(1,7-10 31 10 . 2 < iiod : Total . .Wl-J. < ; M Less unsold and returned papers. . I'.KU.'t Not total average . 7 7.l7B Net dally average . as. " IS GEORGE U. T/CSCHUCK , Sworn to before mo and subscribed In my presence this 31st day of October , 1SOS. N. P. KKIL. , Notary I'ubllc. Now for the scnutorlnl contest. What will the UoiiKlaH clclepratlon lethe the legislature do with the charter ? The McClenry bugbear has boon packed nwny . .i popocrntlc sawdust for future consumption. The Philippines question will over shadow all others when congress as sembles In December. In the governor's chair at Albany the hero of Santiago will have a chance to practice civic heroism. The people have voted another term In the speaker's chair to the Hon. Thomas 15. need of Maine. The democratic otlicers and employes of the United Suites senate may as well begin to look for other jobs from March 1 next. The rule about the house of repre sentatives going against the adminis tration every off year national election has been temporarily abrogated. With the defeat of Reformers Mutst and Real the ? 10X)0 ( ) snlllllng committee has been effectually snitlled out by the voters disgusted with its antics. With Kansas and South Dakota re deemed and regenerated It is a burning shame that Nebraska should not also have joined the glorious republican pro cession. With two-thirds of the states west of the Missouri back In the republican fold , even Colonel Bryan will have to admit that I he free silver Issue has faded out of Night. The severe shock given to the fusion forces last Tuesday Is slgnlllcant In that It plainly shows the majority of voters are convinced of the Insincerity of demo- pop pretensions. There can bo no very mischievous pop ocratlc legislation this winter. The state senate Is republican by a safe ma jority nnd that fact Is conceded by their organs and leaders. If the United States senate were to 1m entirely reconstituted this year Instead of having only a third of Its member ship renewed , It might be hard to tind enough democrats to form a caucus. Minnesota has elected n popocralle governor , but It was not free silver nor the McCleary bill that turned the tide In Minnesota. It was simply the Swedish vote which wunt over to Mud. If there arts to fbe any material I changes In the charter for metropolitan j cities by the coming legislature they should be fully discussed by the city authorities and legislative delegation at the earliest possible moment. The Nebraska delegation to the next congress will still have a majority of popocrats , but the two members who constitute the republican minority will be In accord with the republican major ity of the house and will represent the whole state. The south was all abla/.e for war with Spain and the liberation of Cuba , but when election day came around it re turned an almost solid antl-MeKlliley delegation to congress and Is just as pronounced for Its old free trade and free silver fallacies as It was In 1SIMI. Republicans who look to the south for a radical conversion to republicanism arc very much mistaken. At sonif place and at some time soon there Is bound to be placed In America n comprehon slve exhibit of the products and resources of the Islands of the sea re eently acquired by the United States. A proposed exposition at Shn Francisco and another at Buffalo now have nuch nn exhibit In view. The American people want to know more about Undo Sam's new possessions. TlIU t > A'l'KST tX XE Oltlclnl returns from more than two-1 thirds of the-Mnte and estimates of thu counties whose returns are yet Incom plete Indicate thu election of William A. J'oynter and the fusion state ticket by majorities winding from 1,500 to Under ordlnnry circumstances this would have been regarded as n remark able gain for the republicans of Ne braska. Two years ago Silas A. HolcomU car ried the state by 21,002 and one year ago J. .1. Sullivan was elected supreme Judge on the fusion ticket by nearly MKX ( ) majority. The tremendous flump in the popocratlc vote down to less than L',000 Is therefore really a most extraori dlnary gain for the republicans. This being a republican year , with a tidal wave of republicanism sweeping the western half of the continent , - braska republic-mi ! ! should by rights have elected their entire state ticket byj J decisive majorities. That they could have done so with proper generalship on the principal battleground must be p'aln to all who understand anything about politics. The fact that the incoming legislature Is republican on Joint ballot affords a gratifying offset for the Inexcusable dls- aster that has overtaken the state tli-kt-t. Thu causes of thu disaster furnish ma terial for serious reflection and will "be discussed later by The 15ee , with n view to avoiding a repetition in the future. vine STANDS nr M-KIXLEI : The republican victory In Ohio must be especially gratifying to President MeKlnloy. The state has , we believe , never before given so large a plurality for any party In an off year and has never exceeded It but two or three times In Its history. Thu campaign was made on national Issues , with the ( juesj tlon of endorsing the administration : it the front and the response of thu Buckeye voters Is certainly all that the president could desire as an assurance , of the approval of his course. It may be that one or two republican congress men have been lost , but If so It will not detract materially from the ( significance of the republican victory. Early in the campaign Ohio was reckoned among the doubtful states. Senator Ilamm even was reported to have expressed apprehension that the apathy of republicans would lose the state to the party. Had there baen such a result it would have been a severe blow to the administration , but the re sult shows that there was really never any serious danger that the patriotism of the Ohio republicans needed only a little stirring up to bring them out In force to the support of the administration. The verdict of the * president's state in this off year is an approval and endorsement of his course which he will undoubtedly value more highly than any other result of the year's elections. WHAT lT.Mt.iXH. The election of a republican house of representatives Is an expression of popu lar satisfaction with the results of re publican financial and economic policies. The last two years have been years of prosperity for nearly all Interests. Most of tile manufacturing Industries of the country revived under thu Dlngloy tariff and while finding an Improved home market , duo to the larger.employment of labor and the consequent freer dis tribution of money among the people , a number of them have also considerably Increased the exports of their products. The agricultural Interest has prospered as almost never before. This Is largely due to nn exceptional foreign demand for food stuffs , but there has also been n very material Increase In the consump tion of our own people , made possible by the policy which gave employment to labor that was idle under the operation of democratic policy. The condition of the wage-earners has been greatly im proved , as the statistics of savings con cluslvely show , and while It Is tnie that there are still many Idle people In the country , the number Is fur less than two years ago , while the average of wajres paid in most Industries is higher. Tin commerce of the nation , domestic and foreign , lias been greater during the | > M two years than In any other equal period In our history , the accumulation of cap ital has been enormous , the supply of money has largely Increased and the price of money was never lower than now. These conditions are known to the people and a largo majority are content with the policies that have produced ' them , or under the operation of whl-'li their realization was made possible. Kvory man who Is able to reason from cause to effect understands that they could not have boon realized with five silver and a so-called ttirlff-for-revenue only. The election of n republican house of representatives means that a majority of the American people approve of the energy and vigor with which the ad ministration prosecuted the war against Spain and are too fair and considerate to permit a few faults and defects to detract tfrom the achievement of one of ' the most remarkable triumphs In the annals of war. Doubtless some were deterred from supporting republican candidates by the criticisms of the War' ' department , but we are disposed to think that the number of such was not very great. So far as the question of territorial expansion is concerned It waa nowhere really an issue , so that the re sult of the congressional election. * can not fairly be regarded ns having any bearing on that question. The election of a republican house oC representatives was a blow , perhaps : i' decisive blow , to free silver. Nearly all the gains of democratic representatives were made In states where the money question did not enter into tint campaign and most of the men elected are under- stood to bo for sound money. Tills rc- atllrmaUon of the popular verdict of two years ago will strengthen financial con- ' lldeiico nnd Improve the conditions that ' make for prosperity. Finally , the election of a republican house of representatives , with n senate In political accord , means that there will' be harmony between the legislative and thu executive branches of the government In dealing with the questions growlngout of thu war and that these will be ' ( ! sldered and disposed of not from a partisan standpoint , but with n patriotic purpose to conserve the best Interests of the American people. Kor the second time In twenty-live years a congressional elet-tlon has gone In favor of the ad ministration midway in Its term of ofli lice and at no time since thu civil war was such a result ro Important ns now. QUATS nKKian'R v/cronr. The election of William A. Stone , the republican i candidate for governor lu Pennsylvania 1 , by a plurality of about I'-Ti.uOO. Is a distinct and decisive victory for Senator Quay and again evidences j i the shrewd and able political manage- j meiit of that leader. The campaign was | i a , remarkable one nnd "Qtmylsm" was the i shibboleth of all the opposition to the republican candidate. There was no objection to Mr. b'tono on the scoie of ability or personal character. lie had made a creditable record In congress nnd his equipment for the duties of governor was not questioned. Hut he Is a Quay man , nominated at the mandate of the senator , nnd this was sutlicient to array against him many republicans nnd most of thu Influential rep bllcan newspaper * . Kx-Postnmster General Wanamakcr , who exerts a cons'di'rablc Influence , took the stump against Stone and vigorously attacked the alleged republican machine , while such Influential papers as the Philadelphia Public Ledger and the Philadelphia Press made an earnest and persistent fight on the republican candi date. The democrats nominated one of their strongest men and there was another - other candidate for governor wiio stood for "holiest government. " A month ago' the situation seemed decidedly gloomy for \ the republicans , but Senator Quay was at his post and the result Is n complete - plete j rout of the opposition , so far as the state ticket Is concerned. The lt-glsla- ture. i which will elect a successor to Senator i Quay , Is of course republican , ,1 but whether a majority are adherents of the senator is yet to be determined. H Is moro than probable , however , that it will be found that ho has taken abundant care of his Interests in this direction and will be his own successor. Whatever may be thought of Mr. Qvay's political methods , his skill as a political manager must bo admitted. The Builders' and Traders' exchange has called a meeting of its members to hear a discussion of nn exposition for 1SW ) . It goes without saying that every mechanic In the city is favorable to the now project. Most of the construction work , to bo sure , has been done on tbo grounds , yet the large buildings will need extended repairs and exhibitors will give employment to many mechan Ics. Besides , there must be a largo amount of repairing nnd building done incident to the exposition. In short , there is every reason why the builders would naturally favor such a project. The support of the building trades Is , however ] , not the most Important factor In I the proposed exposition. There must be reasonable assurance of govern mental recognition and co-operation and there must also be nmplu resources at thu command of the promoters , coupled with elllclent management. Colonel William Jennings Brynn can derive very little comfort out of the Into election. All the Pnclllc coast states have elected republican governors. All of the Pacific coast states excepting little Nevada have elected legislatures that will send gold standard men to the United States senate. Among the entire congressional delegation from the Pacific slope only two or three silvcrltcs will take seats In the house of representa tives. The only silver states tills side of the Hockies are Idaho , Montana , Utah and Colorado. Wyoming lias turned Its j back upon free silver and so have North and South Dakota and Kansas , with Nebraska close to the border lino. The prospect of a free silver reaction for 1'JOO Is very slim Indeed. With a boot sugar shortage reported from the European countries that pro duce most of the sugar beets , the In centive to build new boot sugar factories in tills country should be Increased. especially when It Is certain that both the present congress nnd the next will give duo consideration to the growers' Interests In connection with nil legisla tion that may come before them. Thu future for the American sugar beet is bright. _ There Is all the difference In the world between "just before taking" and "after taking. " Just before the election the Omaha Fakery made the most bombastic } predictions of popocratlc triumph In Douglas county. Just after the election Its returns from Douglas j county appear under the following headlines - lines : "Uepubllcans Have Won. " "Ex pectation of Defeat Upon the Part of Democrats Borne Out by the Figures. " The battle of Nebraska In 1SOS waste to bo won or lost In Omaha and Douglas , county. If U turns out that the repnb- I state ticket Is defeated by from 1,200 to 1..100 the responsibility fur the disaster rests upon John L. Webster , who arrogated to himself the sole man agement of the campaign in Douglas county , and the party bailers who p'aced Webster In command of thu republican forces. Ex-Senator Hill Is the only Joyful democrat of prominence In New York , lie and his followers profess to believe 1' that the defeat of Van Wyck and the ' democratic ticket Is due solely to Boss i i'Croker's domlnatjoii. If Illll had bossed I the Tammany cohorts Croker would probably have done the laughln A Pnrnilr tlinl FaUnl. Uhlcato Post. Mr. nryan made a great effort to elect his friend and candidate , Hitchcock , In the Second conrc slonal district. He traveled I all the way to Omaha to promenade tbo , streets of that town In full regimentals with Mr. Hitchcock , nut all In vain. The Second 0'itrlct ' would not have Hitchcock. I ( iithiK Tliroimli the Motion" . ' Philadelphia Times. This air of military preparation In Mr. null's domalnt U reminiscent ot "Johnny , fJot Your Gun. " The Second Knix'kont. Indianapolis Journal. Perhaps Weary Wiry will not l > e no nox ious 1 ( to get out of the array , now that free silver Is put to ult-ep I'lilllttX Your Unclv'it I.CK < Globo-Demoernt. Some of the Cubans , like the Spant.irda , hnvo an idea ( bat Undo H.im le fabulously rich and romantically lavish lu srattcrlng millions. They should dismiss thu notion that BUCCCJB lu , var la a reason for prodi gality. ITCHHi New York Times. Few disclosures concerning current events aru more comic thtin the comments of the reptilian 0 rman press upon our conduct j of the negotiations at i'nrh. How baft , lio\v greedy , how barbarous , th. y say , la the conduct jj duct of the Yankees in demanding Islands which wo may want for Another Kick lit HIP Dond. Kansas C'lty Star. The general result * of the elections , so far as definite returns have been received , In dicate that the republicans have made gains j In the west and suffered losses In the cast , As there Is a wide margin of support for I the republican financial policies In the cast j i , and a great need of votes for them In the | I west , a balancing of the account docs not afford much encouragement for the demo crats to keep the silver question to the front. KIcetloiiN null K.\IIIIINOII. | Philadelphia Ledger. The result of the election among the Pennsylvania troops at Manila will not be known officially for at least n mouth , but p for all practical purposes It will be known . the next morning , being received by caMe. I That of the troops at Honolulu and on the | ocean will he delayed much longer , as they i cannot bo reached by cable. The situation ' exemplifies one of the difficulties that will ( have ' ' to he provided against If wo are going to extend the limits of the United States to the ends of the earth. TinAilvnlire oil Culm. Philadelphia Record. For the American army of occupation at Havana , which will con-jU'.uto the principal garrison of Cuba , a camp site has been e > elected - lected ' about eight miles south ot thn city , near the town of Mariano. The great aque duct which supplies Havana with water will bisect -the camp , so that there will bo no lack of this first essential of a well 'regulated military encampment. The chances for es caping malaria and epidemic In a properly located ' ' and arranged field camp arc mani festly better than they wouM bo If the newly arrived troops should ho quartered In the Spanish barracks at Havana , which are no torious breeding places and centers of con tagious disease. Trnilc mill the Fin if. Chlcuzo Record. "Trade follows the flag" Is one ot those expressions which have a sonorous sound , but which don't mean anything In particular. As a matter of fact the sentiment U inac curate. Trade doesn't follow the flag. Like everything else it follows the line of leaat resistance , which In the case of trade means the least Intelligent and active competition , i The Hag of ho United States , for Instance , I may float over half the world , yet If Oer- j mans or Englishmen or Frenchmen under- j EcH Americans , and produce better goods ' they will get tlie .trade flag or no Hag. i That trade docsii't-follow the ( lag that It ' doesn't oven nVofVopollzo the homo of the , flag has been tacitly admitted rnauy times by the very pcoplo who -are now loudest In proclaiming the fashionable maxim. PEKSOXAt , AM > OTHERWISE. General Wheeler was the youngest man In the confederate army to attain the rank of lieutenant general. He was 26. Ex-Governor Walte of Colorado ha ? become - come a rich man In mining. Several of his claims have turned out well , one return showing as high as ? 10,000 a ton , and he will now devote all his timeto mining. j I ' It looks as though the time was at hand j i when swords are to be beaten Into plowshares - shares when eight students of the Unlvers | i Blty of Heidelberg are requested to leave for sending challenges to fight duels. Walter Savage Lander has a rival In Rev. H. D. Le Lecheur , an American missionary , who Is about to lecture In Chicago on his adventures In Thibet , declaring himself the only v.-hlte man who ever saw the Grand Llama. Do Witt C. Crclger , ex-mayor of Chicago , came to that city In 1853 and was offered the nomination for mayor. "Of a city of CO- 000 ? " ho replied. "Walt twenty-five years and ask me then. " Ho was elected just a quarter of a century later. j Two years ago the khalifa's influence stretched In an unbroken line from Sarras , above the second cataract , to Dedden in Equatorla , 1,100 miles from north to south , and from Guru to Matcraneh , 800 miles from west to east. Now It would bo difficult to say exactly where It extends. , There Is too much authenticity in the reports - ports to doubt that the Chinese emperor is. for the moment , once more alive. For he was not only seen to move , hut actually made a speech when the Japanese minister had an audience to announce the conferring of decorations on him and the empress by the mikado Joseph Jefferson has thus answered Israel Xangwill's criticism of our drama : "Mr. Zangwlll forgets that a dramatist cannot write for one man alone. The play that pleases one man is a failure. It ia the play that pleases the dollar-and-n-half man , the dollar man and the seventy-flvo-ecnt man that succeeds. The dramatist must write for all three. " The Boston Transcript saya : "Subscribers to the $60,000 fund which has been raised for the purpose of erecting In this city an j equestrian etatuo of General W. T. Sherman have been Informed that Augustus St. Gau- dens , the sculptor , will soon have the model t completed. A relative of General Sherman a visited St. Gaudcn's studio In Paris and in- sptcted the model recently. " r Captain Eulate's appointment to be capv tain of the port of Cadiz la said to bo due a to n desire to reward him for refusing to 1 sign the parole or accept the hospitalities ref of the United States while a prisoner at f Annapolis. Ho Is the only ofllccr who did ' refuse and the only one ofbe Santiago r fleet besides Cervcra who has been honored I by the Spanish government. * The emperor of Japan has awarded a medal * of honor to Albert Skean of Philadelphia 'n for conspicuous gallantry In the late wjr : between Japan and China. At the battle of ' Wcl-Hai-Wel he ran a small dispatch boat " between the scsno of the great naval battle and Port Arthur , reporting the progress c of the fight. In the course of the day the ' crov ; of the dUpatch boat took part In a ' hand-to-hand scrimmage with some Chinese ' troops on one of the near-by islands and ' Skean was conspicuously gallant. Subse- ' quently ho shipped with the American ' Steamship company and was made third t oillcer of the Indiana , which was to run to i the Klondike. Soon after that the govern1 1 mint bought the Indiana for a transport ' and she suited to Manila. Arriving there < Skean heard that a decoration from the I Mikado had been awaiting him at Yokohama < for two yearn. The Indiana was ordered i there and Skean secured hlf meUal ot honor. 11 I A Motii3ii.\ wo.\mn. of flip IV\ionltloii Coiiiiiinnil * I'lmtlntcil PriiUp. Ilaitlmorc American : About $400,000 will ho distributed among the stockholders ot the Omaha exposition. The American pco plo arc learning how to run big shows and make money with them. Springfield ( IMass. ) Republican : It Is an unprecedented financial record which the re- ccatiy closed Transmtsslsslppl Exposition at Omaha made. Not only do the not receipts suffice to meet all bonded obligations , but the etoskholdcrs will be reimbursed In full. Stockholders In such an enterprise rarely get much of anything back and rarely ex pect to. This exposition opened under the gloomlcpt of circumstances outbreak of , war which threatened to leave the affair i I stranded In the absorption of publls alien- ' tlon and Interest In more serious mailers , The oulcome Is beyond the expectations of the ] most sanguine. i - , j Detroit Free Press : The closing of the TransmlsslBsippl and International exposlt tlon a week ago Monday brought to an end one of the most signal triumph * that has attended - tended any human enterprise of fate years , not even excepting the great Columbian ex- poaltlon of 18i3 [ , when all the circumstances are taken Into consideration. Only a single section < of the United States , and that the newest and least developed , undertook to gather at Omaha for the Inspection of the world some of the evidences of Its material prosperity and Intellectual greatness. The j. result ( has no doubt been a revelation to the rest < ot the country as well as a gratification to ( ( the elates represented. The tronsmlsslsslppl elates have proven their ] right to be considered enterprising , progressive and even cultured in splto of their newness. The buildings at Omaha wcro only Inferior In archltecluraf beauty and good taste , though , of course , not eo large nor expensive , to these at Chicago , and they were filled with such a profusion of the producls ' ' of weslern agriculture , western Industry - dustry and western art as to make them a source of delight and surprlne to their thoua sands of vlsltom from eaet of the Missis- ; slppi. Financially , as well as Industrially and artistically , Ihe enterprise has been a success , over $400,000 remaining in Ihe trees- ury to bo distributed to the Blockholdcrs. What adds greatly to the significance of tills success Is the fact that within a dozen years this very region of our country was iiCi the throes of great financial depression , consequent largely upon the coflapse of the "boom era. " Hut a few years ago almost all of the IransmiseUslppl region was "plas- lered" with morlgages , munlclpallllcs were bankrupt and boom towns falling into prcmaturo decay. Today the young west has aroused Itself , recovered from the stag gering blow of a great financial collapse and started upon a genuine and permanent period of growth and prosperity. If there were any doubt of this fact the wonderful success of the Omaha exposition has dls- pelted It. Not even the absorbing interest of a foreign war has prevented the western pcoplo from fufly accomplishing their great undertaking. TIIK I'HIMIM'IXH RIjEI'IlANT. Doston Transcript : That is a searching question put by ex-Governor Uoutwcll : "Can any American , who volunlarlly ncccpls Ihe Inhabllanls of the Philippines as po litical equals , or Hanctlons a policy of vassal- nge , defend himself to himself , falling which is the last Infirmity of evil ? " I i I Plttsburg Dispalch : Ono of iho most marked commercial changes of late years has j been the growth of American foreign trade and every ono knows that growth to ba n disproof of the dogma about trade fol- lowing the flag. Trade follows the lines that lakee il where Ihero Is Ihe besl demand and if ( ! enlightened nineteenth cenlury policies are malnlalned Ihose currenls of Irade are independent of cllhcr naval ormamenls or colonial land grabbing. I Baltimore News : Either the Philippines ore worse than worthless to us or they are worlh many limes Ihe sum lhat any one proposes shall he paid to Spain ; yet nearly everybody seems to feel that It would bo foolish for us to pay anything for the Islands. Nolhlng could show more clearly Iho crudity of the thoughl lhal has been expended upon Iho subject by the "hurrah" i people. They haven't bothered at all over Iho Increase of the army and navy which the annexation would surely necessitate , but j1 they balk at this little 30,000,000 or so simply because it is put directly under their noses. I I Boston Post : Imperialism has come to mean the annexation of the Philippines , of the retcnllon ot Iheso lelands by the United States under seme form of possession. The annexation cf Hawaii , being an accomplished fact , has been swallowed by the American people. The laklng of Porto Rico , an Island lying j ' near our shores , is generally ac- qulcsced in. Hul the policy of Imperialism which reachrs out 10,000 mile ? for ths Phil- Ipplnes f and their 8,000,000 savage and semi- barbarous , tribesmen has come to find less and less favor with the people. Philadelphia Ledger : It Is not likely thai we will have more success In governing the Philippines than England has had lu ruling Jamaica , from Iho possession of which Eng land ] , would willingly part. Are wo going to repeat the English failure In Porto tllco ? Is It not the sheerest folly to underuko the far greater problem of the Philippines ? The Gordlan knot of diplomacy at Paris can bo cut by the reltase by the Unite 1 States of all claim to the Philippines. In any ' event , -we should pay no penalty to Spain for destroying her fleet at Manila , no Indimnlty and no purchase money for the Philippines. ciiowrii. Slemly Incrrnxe lu KxporlH at Ami-r- U-au Jluiiiifurturo , St. Louis Ilcpublle. The millions of Americans engaged In manufacturing industries are gratified to Icarn ' frcin the monthly official reports that the foreign demand for their products la steadily Increasing. In the eight months { ending with August 31 , 1S9S , the total value of manufactured articles exported was $201-144,60C , against $185,1)02,092 ) In the cor- j responding months of 1807. Kor August , 1898 , the manufactures exported amounted to $25,802,480 , against $22,471,772 In the same month of 1897. The Important paint is es tablished that the world is more and more attracted to the handiwork of our artisans , Our factories have secured an enlarging market abroad and the Increased demand was never as marked as during the present administration. The story Is told in the latest commercial summaries. In eight months of this year Iron and steel manu- j1 facturea were exported to the value of $52- 925,062 > , agr Inat $40,757,920 it ) thu game mouths of J87 , and $29,957,090 In 1S9C Ex ports of at el rails were $3)5d,005 ! ) in 1898 , $1.002,334 .1 1897. and $799,148 In 18 ! S , a striking increase. Locomotives exported to August 31 , this year , numbered 428 , against 215 In 1897 and 252 In U9ri. In August last li'ty-nlne locomotives wcro sent abroad , an avirage of nearly two a day. If this growth wcro confined to one line of manufacture , or to half a dozen , the significance of the matter would be In doubt. Hut almost the entire Hut show * the same upward movement lu foreign rnar- ketr. It extends to railway earn , agricul tural Implements , telegraph , telephone and trolley apparatus , copper manufacture ! , , cot " ton fabrics , carriages , clocks and watches , window glass * , boots and shoe * , jewelry , lamps , musical instruments , roofing slate and tllca , paints and colors , stationery , pro- ductu of aluminum and nickel , typewriters , bicycled and a largo number of other arti cles turned out In our factories. Our steel rails go Into Urltlib railway * In India , our " locomotive * to the Brltlib army on the Nile i and our electric cars nnd appliances to Lon * | don , Glasgow and Paris. All Europe has1 . j discovered . that our agricultural machinery la Incomparably the best. The Russian cuts his grain with American reapers and the Chinese turn to Americans to conduct mechanical . and engineering ontorprlnes. | Japan and Russia are building war ohlpa lu our yards. Our boots and shoes are wanted on the contlnenl because they combine style with durable qualities. The reputation of American manufactures mounts higher wits each succeeding year and the future Is bright with promise for the skilled workA men ot this counlry. TIIK KliTt'lli : 01' CfllA. IK the t'nltrd Slnti-n ( o Tin ) the Hole Washington Star It Is predicted In some quarters that the United States will repeat with respect to Cuba England's history with respect to i Egypt. That Is to say , once In contiol It ! will continue in control. The situation will demand , that the stronger power remain , In the t Interests of the country Its.if. The United States will keep Its promise made to Cuba. ' 1 he people ol the Island i will have opportunity In duo season to de- j ' cldo as to their future. All that the United States cUsires Is that a good and stable government shall exist there. It must In- slst upon that , because it Is responsible to the t world for the bringing about of such a condition. It has turned Spain out to make way for that. If the Cubans can adjust their differences and demonstrate their ca- < paclty for the work , the United States will' ' rejoice. If they should decide , however , ! that the United States can do more for' them t than they may reasonably hope lo defer for themselves , and should ask for annncxa- tlon , the probabilities arc that annexation will take place. Cuba Is a new country. Its rich soil is unimpaired : by the crops It has produced. Its forests are almost untouched. Its min eral resources are undeveloped. Its people , so long the sport and prey of Spain , are ambl.'lous , though backward. It Is situated directly In the line of the greatest modern activity. What may not American enter prise hope to effect there ! What changes are certain to follow even a brief American occupancy and control ! What may not the people of the island promise themselves from a hearty and unreserved co-operation with those who have driven Spain out and are come as their friends and benefactors ! Cuba's future Is rosy In any event. The blight 1 of Spanish domination is ended , and whether the island nets up for itself , or snuggles permanently under the stars and stripes , prosperity is assured. THE HECKMCSSAUSS OF IT. AmnxtiiB IMianen of the More lo An nex the Miilnyn. Springfield ( Mass. ) Republican. Ono ot the most amazing phases of the movement to make this republic an Asiatic power has been the recklessness fmddenly developed among many citizens ordinarily supposed to possess prudence and conserv atism. The more one thinks about It , the moro Impossible It seems. In a bad dream such things could happen ; In n lunatic asy lum ' ' they would bo entirely natural. The proposition to open the mints to the free 'and unlimited coinage of silver was not ono whit mare crude , moro dangerous , moro reckless than this scheme of Malay empire" " . Wo challenge any one to show that the consequences of the absorption of the Philippines have bceu moro carefully thought out than the results , of free silver cclnago. In fact , the advocates of opening the mints have given twenty years to the consideration and the buttressing ot their cause , where the advocates of Asiatic ex pansion , have not given six paltry months. Yet certain lawyers , edltore , clergymen and merchants , who denounced the silver propaganda j as the height of recklessness , are now themselves advocating a step no less rash , no less crude , no less volatile in its delirium of bad and hasty thinking. They admit that no ono can foresee the consequences quences of this step ; they acknowledge that It will Impoeo tremendous burdens and re sponsibilities upon us , and , for the llfo of Item , they cannot demonstrate wherein the United States will be really benefited by BO radical a change in its policy. They "point" to certain vague advantages in trade to bo derived from annexation , yet , analyzed , every one Is seen to rest upon an assumption , or a theory , as to what the future will bring forth. Seven mouths ago no living Amor lean had dreamed of such a thing as annexing 10,000,000 Malaya in a tropical Asiatic clime. Had the proposition been made , it would have been laughed out of hearing as too crazy for sane men to consider. These people lawyers , Judges , statesmen , editors , merchants and clergymen who are now giving a veneer of respectability to this ill-digested scheme of empire , can never again consistently reproach any fellow-citi zen for recklessness In his political think ing. How ridiculous for the man who sup ports the annexation of the Philippines In the ' teeth of all the grave and weighty ar guments against It ever after to denounce the . vagaries of populism or socialism tr any form of revolution in the affairs of the coun try. If your neighbor proposes to abolish congress , or municipal government , cr tbo supreme court after only six months of thinking on the subject , you cannot consist ently sneer at his mental processes. You , also , have advocated a course equally revo lutionary , equally precipitate. Have educated , conservative men of this country suddenly gone daft and betrayed their land Into excesses which no ono can contemplate without anxiety and alarm ? Have they lost their courage , or have they lost their reason ? It Is almost bewildering the recklessness , the. Insanity of It. liEAMS OF MIHTII. Somervlllo Journal : Early to bed nnd early to rls ? mnkcs a man a source of wonder to his neighbors. Kansas City Star : "Young man. " said the minister to the heedless Hlnncr. "havo you ever thought on your future life ? " "Yes , a great deal , and do you know I cannot inaku up my mind between Porto Rico and the Philippines. " Detroit Journal : The Boston girl clasped her hands devoutly. "We all love Hrnwnlng ! " che sighed. "How awkward , " exclaimed the Chicago girl. It was on her lip" to nsk how Browning felt about It , hut she fort-bore , lf t tihu acum rudely to Intrude In a delicate aff.ilr. Indianapolis Journal : "Gamblers nro . such gimoro is fellows , " ild the youngest i v " "Correct , " said tlm Cheerful Mint. "Any O of them IH willing to hold nut u helping hand when he him a thunci. " Washington Star : "Thcrf-'s nnct thing that ought to make these Americans feel kinder toward our colored population , " re marked Aguhmldo. "Whut's that ? " Inquired an imMstunt rebel. $ It has never hsen made a. pretext for any rag-tlmo muHlc. " Chicago Post : "John , " she paid when hn oanm homo ufur a visit to the polls , "lot mo oeo your Imnds , " "Wlmt for ; " ho asked tip he put them on exhibition. "I want to look , at your nails and sin whether yon have bef-n xcratchlng your ticket In spite of the promise you made. " in Advice Hint Fulled. Homervllto Journal. "Iarn to sny 'No1 ! " the old man said : "You'll Itnd that ono word will bo your baU , 'ion. " The v. , . n - man meekly bowed his head. And x'tit some limn In thoughtful Thnt nluht lu < met n royMtrrliiK friend , Who quickly offered him hlr Unit tempta tion. "Let's drink , " said he. "You don't object ? " "No ! " Bald the youth , HcHult : Intoxica tion ! Tin : 01 , ' * i'iui.v : . ' Drnvrr Post. " tlirv mrni'irv n > "M nil outln' back iif ! the trail of year * , Hani HI Mti | .iif . . , . . ifoni snappln' at the bold , trrMpiiitvln to'irc , An the heart crown warm an' lender the nli'turrs comfi to view Of the tmrry days of boyliuod when tli9 world to UN w.ts IIPW. Wo km fcf the country Fc-hool hoitaa Ktundln' olo-c hcMdi4 th > > l.ini > Where thc > ol b.ild-hradcd muster was a tyrant In his reign , An' tin' barrcpi-ln'Mten plnyground , an * the niPddtr swlmmln' pool , An' the orthographic baidr * In ( lie 01' , Hpellln' Soliool. That was jea' the Icndln' feature , when we reached the nno to sues How cnciiantln' In her loveliness a country cal could lie , lleaclied iho ago when cnnnln * Cupid sent his llr.it lovc-lfidin dart To disturb the peace iintl quiet of a teller' * tender heart. In ( our play wo used to chase 'em an' to ketch 'cm If wo could , An' to hug 'cm ( Incidental ) quite appro- prjately good , Hut tne , ( 'won ' o' live lint rmthln' but the hnnd o' death could cool Allus gut tnor HUH i 10 i. , . . . . . , , . .t the S.hool. There wns one , n little , maiden , Jcs1 the poetry of Kraci- , With a colony ot freckles clustered on her purty fiice. With u pair of eyes that sparkled JtV llko Jewtla in her bend , An' a smile Hint miuio n feller think hi * heari was s.ck ui.ud. Used to dream about Mlrutidy , nn' I'd groan till I'd awake. An' my ma1 M yell an' ask mo. It I had the stomach ache , Hut I novi-r dast to tell her of the lire that _ wouldn't cool Tint u gnl had not a blazln' at the or S : > < HHn' School. Me an' her missed words a purpose SO'B . to go an' tukc our seat , An' our hcmls M bend together In a lovln' tect-a-ti.'c.t , An' when cprllln' school was over sha would conplo to my arm , ' An' wo'd wander lioiiu. together In tlio moonllKht ' ( rest the farm. Wander homeward liulldlu' castles In tlio Inve-llliimlncd ulr Of the day when we'd Kct married an * enth other's fortunes share. An' wo'd vow that tlinu'R told lingers Rich a love could never cool As thu sort that hud attacked us In the or School , As I write these recollections I kin ralso my eyes an' peep. At u motherly ol' woman pottln' In her chair asloup , With inn Htockln' she was knlttln * lyln * keerlcss In her lap , An' the pllvt-r hair a peepln' from her peed ol'-faHhloned rap. Puny soon her eyes I'll open with a kiss V unon the llda. An' I'll rcjid her what I'vo written 'bout the days when wo was kids , An' as like UH not who'll tell mo I'm a tender-hearted fool Pur a kci'uin' up my chlnnln' 'bout that or Spcllln' School. THE NEW UMTUD STATUS. Edwin fj. Salhn in Judge. There's a bustle in Hawaii , There's a stir In the Ladrones ; Wo may talk with Porto Illco Through long-dlstanco telephones. And each morning nt our doorway. With the Ink still fresh and wet , IB laid down the last edition Of th ; Philippine Gazettu. I'vo a girl in Honolulu , And anolher In San Juan ; And ns late.'t ynnkee hmses They are nice to look upon. While tlii maiden who In Skagwa ? Was nn acquisition rare Must resign , for In Manila I have ono with longer hair. Maynguez and Areclbo , Aprimdllln what are thcso nut th ; germs of yankee cities Waking after centuries ? And we speak of Kahoolawe , Mindanao and Luzon In the surne breath with Ohio , Mastnchusotts , Oregon. Comes a national election 1 nd a people watt , Intent , Kor the verdict of th ; ballot As to who Is president. Then the Thirty-second precinct Of the Island of Cebu Boosts Bchlcy Garcia Agulnaldn go he barely squeezes through. OUH DAILY BULLETIN. Npv.ii.fr CHICAGO , 111. , Nov. , 11 , 18f > 8. Tlio ' ' * Labor Martyrs' Memorial Association of I * . tills city will celebrate the anniversary \ of tlic execution of tlio Anarchist * to- day. Labor organlxationn have do- ell nod to participate In the ceremonies which nro steadily attracting less and less attention from year to year. \ If any man cannot attain the length of his \vlshes-he may have his remedy by cutting them shorter Cowiey. If any man cannot afford to get the highest in price in cloth ing let him take the highest he can afford. Then if he deals here , he will be sure of the best obtainable for his money. The range of our prices now on that wholesale stock we are closing out below cost to make , from the lowest $7.50 per suit , at which a decent suit or overcoat can be sold , to the highest say $15 , $18 and $20 that is worth while to pay , enables any man to suit his purse and himV { self at the same time. 4 We have an unusual variety suits for young men , some gay in pattern and others much more modest. \ Take your choice. I