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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , JNOVEMBEB 20 , 1808. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. E. ROSEWATER , Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNINO. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION ) Daily Bee ( without Sunday ) , One Year. . 16 , 00 Dally Dee and Sunday , One Year . 8.00 Blx Monthi . . . . . 4.00 Three Months . 2oo Sunday Bee , One Year . 2.00 Saturday Bee , One Year . l.W Weekly Bee , One Year . 63 OFFICES. Omaha ! The Bee Bulldlnir. South Omaha : Blngcr Block , Corner N and Twenty-fourth Streets. Council Bluffs : 10 Pearl Street. Chicago omce : stock Exchange Bldff. New York : Temolo Court. Washington : 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and editorial matter should be addressed : To Uio Editor. Editor.BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and remittances should bo addressed to The Bee Publishing Com * pany , Omaha. Drafts , checks , express i and nostofllce money orders to be made payable to the order of the company. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska , Douglas County , ss. : George B. Tzschuck , secretary of The Boo Publishing company , belnc duly sworn , says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally , Morning , Evening and Sunday Bee , printed during the month of October , 1898 , was as fol lows : 1 20,020 17 23,0 8 2 2.1,50(5 ' 3 25,410 19. . . i .80.580 4 ars.SlO 20 , . . ! CR,87i : 6 2r.tri : 21 S5I4 ! 6 25,474 22 U.1.U40 7 25,405 23 an.SlB 8 27.H20 24 S.1.07O 9 25,207 10 25,028 23 , . ! ! ! 23,267 11 t/,007 27 S5,4 < M1 ] 2 31,012 23 2nn : < 8 13 ai.018 29. . . , , US,7iO : 14 27,048 80 2S , 00 15 20,740 81 aO.OBO 1C 20 , OO Total 815,0118 Less unsold and Returned papers. . 17,82t : Not total average 7 7,275 Net dally average , . . .25,718 GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK , Sworn to before mo and subscribed In my presence this 31st day of October , 1893. N. P. KEIL. Notary Public. The west , which Is enjoying fine winter - tor weather , sends Its condolences to the blizzard stricken cast. The Nebraska farmer smiles when he remembers the old adage that plenty of snow means good crops. There are more people and fewer Idle men In Omaha today than ever before at this season of the year. With all the talk of railroad building during the coming year a direct line from Omaha to the northwest should not be overlooked. Glllctt , the Kansas cattle king , had plenty of fun during his meteoric career. He should go to England and compare notes with Hooley. While all this railroad building In and out of Omaha Is going on , why not resurrect the plan for a double-tracked road between this city and. Lincoln ? If any other cities in Nebraska pro pose to ask the legislature for a revision " "of their charters now Is the time to speal up. At present only Omaha , Soutt Omaha and Lincoln have applications or file. The retail merchants of Omaha hav < not yet felt the full benefits of the ex position. The volume of holiday trtult this season promises to break the record Omaha householders have money thli year with which to buy. The superintendent of schools flics bli report In November for the year endlni in June. This Is doing nearly as well a : the census bureau that seldom complete one decennial census before preparation for the next are under way. Omaha has established a reputation u a convention city as well as an expo eltlon city. Whether or not we have ui exposition next year , wo ought to cai turc a few of the big conventions of nfl tlonal organizations that arc worth eu tertalulng. - _ _ _ _ _ > _ _ Several popocratic newspapers in Nc briiska nrc starting an agitation in favo of holding elections only once In fou years and assert that there are too man elections at present. That held earl this month was one too many from thel point of view. From Cheyenne county comes an ui usual complaint People are anxious t pay their taxes , but an injunction hn prevented the delivery of the tax book to the treasurer. Not so very long UK nny move which gave Nebraska taxpa : crs a lltttle more time would have bee hailed with delight. Every applicant for liquor llccus should remember that The Omaha Evei Ing Bee has never fulled to cstablln its claim to be the paper of largest cl culatlon in Douglas county and that E one who has published his notice of a ] plication in The Bee as provided by la has ever been refused a license on tin account The Bco does not have to give awn Its advertising space. A comparison < Its columns with the spnce-slve-uwa papers will show that the people prcfi to pay good t prices for advertising I The Bee rather than to accept bargal counter or free advertising in would-l competitors. In this advertising , ill merchants' wares , is worth paying ft If worth having at all. Iowa people arc to have no relief fro politics. The ballots cast at the la election were hardly counted before tn of the senatorial and legislative cai palgn of 1809 was commenced. Sunat Gear's successor Is to be chosen by tl legislature elected next year and the are a number of men of the opinion th the place Is about thulr size. They a urging that Senator Gear Is too old , b to this the senator files a demurrer. Tl early start In the Iowa senatorial UK has necessarily precipitated the contc over legislative nominees and the questions arc being discussed with much earnestness as though conreutli day was not nine months off. SPAIN YIELDS UACOAWT/OA'XLM * . Spain's acceptance of the American de mands In regard to the Philippines was clearly foreshadowed In the course pur sued after the United States government - ment hud submitted its ultimatum. The fact that the Spanish government took the full time allowed by the American pcnco commissioners In which to reply to their demands , In the meantime In formally presenting alternative pro posals , which it could not have seriously expected would at that stage of the negotiations receive consideration , plainly indicated that Spain would yield. There was some doubt as to whether she would accept the offer of $20,000,000 , but Spanish pride surrendered to the plead ing of a bankrupt treasury. It is purely a gift , since there can bo no doubt that our demands would have been accepted If we had not offered a dollar. Spain claims that she hud the stronger argu ment throughout the controversy , an as sumption that can afford very little satisfaction to her people as they con template the disaster their country has suffered. The truth Is that argument had small place In the negotiations. The American commissioners wcro sent to Paris not to debate but to dictate , a fact which was early impressed upon the Spaniards. The protocol disposed of Spain's West India colonies. Our gov ernment had fully decided , there can be no doubt , to take possession of _ the Philippines when the peace commission first met. Therefore discussion of the question of disposing of the Islands has on our part been purely perfunctory. The Philippine question being disposed of there Is now no obstacle to a treaty of peace. Whatever details ore to be ar ranged will probably require little time and there appears to bo no reason why a treaty may not be concluded within a week. Spain having accepted our de mands unconditionally as to the only matter of vital concern to her will un doubtedly unhesitatingly concede what ever other conditions we may require within the limitations Imposed by the protocol. These can relate only to the carrying out of the agreements already effected. The United States can right fully make no further demands for ter ritory or for any form of Indemnity. It is now correct to speak of the Philippines as one of the new posses sions of the United States. The treaty of peace will not become effective , of course , until ratified by the senate , while the payment of $20,000,000 must be approved by both branches of | congress. There Is no doubt that there will be strong opposition to the treaty in the senate. Several prominent repub lican members of that body have de clared , uncompromising hostility to the acquisition of the Philippines and the democrats generally are against It. It requires a two-thirds vote to ratify the treaty and it has seemed doubtful whether this number can be obtained. It Is undoubtedly the confident expecta tion of the administration that ratifica tion of its action will be accomplished without much dlfilculty and It may have substantial reason for this. The house , It seems safe to say , will sustain the president , although there arc some pro nounced anti-expansionists on the re publican side. Peace with Spaln Is assured. The United States could not , with any show of justice , renew hostilities with that country. Having accepted our demands Spain Is no longer an enemy. Mean while there is danger that we fihall have a foe In the Philippines far more trouble some than the Spaniards. COLORADO'S GOLDEN HARVEST. It is estimated that Colorado will tnlf year produce gold to the value ot $ ' - ' ( ) . 000,000. The Denver Times of last Sat urday contains a statement of the pro ductlon of the precious metals ID the state for seven years , begin nlng with 1892 , showing a steadj increase in the yield of gold. In 18li ) the value of the yellow metal mlnet in Colorado was $5,539,021 and last ye.n it was $10,570,037. The commercial valut of silver produced In 1892 was $17,034 , 044 and last year It was $12,092,448 The Times figures the total Increase ir the production of gold for a period ol six years at $53,021,370 , while the tola decline In the production of silver foi the same period has been $20,949,044- the excess of Increase of gold over de crease of silver being $32,071,735. These figures fully justify our Denvei contemporary in declaring that ColorucU is experiencing good times and In tak lug a most hopeful view of the future Still It says that there are papeid am people In Colorado "who cannot see tin bright light of the present or tut brighter star of the future. " The ) know times are better , but have not tin courage to soy it , because it might de stroy their capital stock , which Is pol ttics. The Times , however , makes thi reassuring statement that the people an tired and disgusted with the leaden of the past and will seek new ones tha will point them to still better cimea With such golden harvests Colorado li strangely out of place among free ellve states. NATIVE AVXIHAHIES. The proposition that our governmcn shall enlist natives in the new posses slons for military service , to be undo the commapd of American officers , 1 likely to receive attention at the cumin session of congress. The fact is recog nlzcd that If the United States is con : polled to maintain large forces in Cub ; end the Philippines It will bo very dllll cult to secure volunteers In this countr , for the service. Most of those who ar now lu thone Islands are anxious to re turn and it Is to bo expected that whc : peace is concluded there will be a ver vigorous demand from them and thcl friends that they be mustered out of th service. They enlisted for two year or the war and It will be urged the the war btlng over they should bo r < leased from military duty. There ca bo no doubt that a call for men to ate to Cuba or the Philippines would met with a very slow response. Such being the case the question c enlisting natives of Cuba and the Phi Ipplnes for military service is certain ! worthy of consideration. As to Cul ) there would probably bo little dltllcult In doing this. Doubtless most of tl men who have been fighting Spaniards In the Island and who have Icarucd to like the life of a soldier would readily enlist In the service of th'e United States. But It might not be found so easy to secure native soldiers lu the Philippines , particularly If they were to be required to fight their own people. The Filipinos , of the class that would be acceptable as soldiers , are different from the Cubans , who generally Ilko the llfo of a soldier. The Malays , undi-r capabln officers , would doubtless make good soldiers , but they are innately treacherous and would have to be sub jected to the sternest discipline. Eng land has been successful lu employing native troops lu India , but It required long effort to attain success and the United States can hardly follow the ex ample of England In this matter. But It may become Imperatively necessary that wo shall use native troops In the new possessions. THE POLICE Ily decision of the supreme court the charter provisions relating to the elec tion of police Judge for the city of Omaha have been declared unconstitu tional and void. The elimination of these sections leaves a gap In the law which should be cured by proper amend ment by the coming legislature. The peculiar conditions attending the business of a police court lu a large city like Omaha make the constitution of the police judgeshlp of grave Importance to the community. With a court cooperating ing with an efficient police department In an honest effort to keep the cltj clear of professional crooks and notorious criminal characters , good order and safety to life and property cau be prac tically Insured. With a court on the other hand , catering to the vicious classes and favoring criminals at tvery opportunity , the best police department is necessarily handicapped. The question presents Itself plainly , Which will give the city better protec tion an elective police Judge or an ap pointive police judge ? There are doubt less advantages and drawbacks to each method of selection. Much would-de pend upon the good Intentions of the appointing power as well as upon the character of the man vested with the authority of police magistrate. It must be admitted that the experi ence of Omaha with elective police judges has not been entirely satisfac tory. The police court machinery has been altogether too often perverted by clever legal trlckstors to the promotion rather than the repression of crime. The Bee believes that the dlsadvan- tagcs of an elective police Judge can be avoided and the advantages preserved by making that officer appointive by the mayor , while at the same time restrict ing the mayor In his choice to the duly elected justices of the peace for the city , Instead of being an appointment It might be made simply a designation , subject to confirmation by the council , of one of the justices of the peace to act as police magistrate for a fixed period. By requiring a new designation or appointment each year or oftener the incentive for painstaking service would be 'increased while' affording a safety' valve against unsuccessful experiments The charter committee and legislative delegation must grapple with the police Judgeshlp problem. These suggestions should give them a practical basis tc work on. Every development in the famous Dreyfus case presents some new phase of French Judicial procedure which ap pears strange to people In this land After months of isolation and when tht rehearing of his case Is well under waj * the prisoner Is allowed to send the tirsi communication to his faithful wife am this is limited to the statement tl-tt tit Is well and In good cheer. The crlmlua jurisprudence of France is built on t foundation the exact opposite of that Ir English-speaking countries. The mo ment a criminal charge is preferred tin man is presumed guilty and must dls prove that presumption beyond question The entire power of the state is * et It motion to crush him. Witnesses can bi compelled to testify against him , but n < unwilling witness need appear in his be half. This is called justice in Franci in the closing days of the ulneteeutl century. The opponents to annexation in Soutl Omaha consist of only two classes , thi officesecking politicians and the llquo dealers. These people are naturally de voted to their own selfish Interests a ; against the Interests of the general bed ; of citizens and taxpayers. The chea ] politicians see in the abolition of a sepn rate city government the extlngulshmen of a botch of lucrative jobs which the ; hold or hope to hold. The liquor deal ers see In it an increase of the annun license foe from $500 to $1,000. The in crease in the annual license fee , how ever , cannot possibly be staved ol longer than the promulgation of the uex census returns In 1000. There Is n good reason therefore why an annexn tlou treaty cannot be devised to go int effect prior to the census enumeratlo : without antagonizing any but the poll tlclaus and spoilsmen. Minister Straus bos demonstrate what a really energetic man can do eve when dealing with the teraporizln Turk. Ho has secured permission fa foreigners to erect dwellings in the U tcrior of Asia Minor , something whlc the representatives of European power have been contending for In vain fo eighteen months. It may bo true , a Europeans assert that Americans ar not accomplished diplomats , but the know what they want and pursue th object until they get it Cheap fuel Is one if not the prime coi sideration in manufacturing enterprise ! Omaha is fortunate In being able to si cure It more cheaply than many wester cities which have become great ludui trial centers. There is nothing to i > r < vent this city vastly enlarging Its n sources lu this direction. The fatllltlt for manufacturing are here and tl field in which to dispose of the produi is at the doors of the city , General Blanco's boast that if bo ev < left Cuba he would leave it a mass < like good icnny other smoking ruins Is a to toes-failed Spanish pronunclamcn make good. At last accounts there were standing in the several buildings still island when the general departed. There Is also n goodly supply of bluecoats - it that the Island Is coats there to see to not further devastated by the Spanish. A Bnrc l oii lliHltjr St. LoulB Republic. Utah's Mormon democrat may get his morals shocked when he gets Into the wlm at Washington. A Current I'hrnne St. Paul Pioneer Press. An exchang < explains editorially "What an Open Door Me'uns. " Just at this aeason U Is pretty apt to mean pneumonia. The Kid nttil III" Hnttlcr. Philadelphia Times. Coin Harvey has got a few subscriptions in his outstretched collection box , and he's having a rattling time ot it trying to draw etlll more attention. Ill * Occupation Gone. Indianapolis Journal. With business at high tide , manufactories booming and fifty per cent more people em ployed than were two years ago , the oc cupation of the calamltylte , If not gone , U certainly going , Mlmnnrl niiil the Exposition. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The Minnesota building at the Omaha ex position will be given a permanent place In one of the city parks. As for Missouri's building , the Bourbon legislature of this tate forgot to appropriate a cent for It. A Missouri democratic legislator Is simply reat as a petrefaotlon. Slbler Seem the Philadelphia Record. Farmer Slbley , who defeated Mr. Charles W. Stone for congress In the Twenty-sev enth district of Pennsylvania , appears to bo qulto as practical in politics as In busi ness. When asked why he was not as en- huslastlc for free silver as he was a few 'tars ago he replied : "The Oliver question haa been dead since 1896 and I have no time to busy myself with dead Issues. " It Is one of the practical traits of the American people to know when an Issue Is dead and o have done with It. He Not Too Proud. Springfield Republican. Rear Admiral Miller remarks on passing o the retired list that "there is a ten dency In this country to think that because ur navy sunk two Spanish squadrons wo can whip all creation. " It seems to be omethlng of a case of swelled head more ridiculous than that with which Japan amused the nations after the Chinese war , orJapan beat a nation * about ten times ts size , while wo have knocked down and are now furiously stamping upon one of he feeblest of the world's powers. How proud we should feel I Great Thing for England. Chicago Inter Ocean. Russia , France and Germany have found hat an open door policy in Asia means he domination of England In Asiatic mar kets and they are resisting Its extension wherever they have the power to fix tariffs. At this juncture the United States comes nto the field and by the adoption of the open door policy In the Philippines In vites England to , take possession of their ; rade. This puts us at a commercial dis advantage In our own territory and at a political-disadvantage with all nations ex cept England.-.In return for this England jives us no more 'In the Orient than we have now or than" she wbuld give us 11 we kept the door closed.1 Why , then , do < 3wevseck to open the door ! Why do we do lt2 A Tear ref Prosperity. . , Bradstrect's Review. Those valuable measures of business progress , bank clearings and railroad earn ings , point to aggregate transactions Ir excess of all previous records , while return ! of export trade prove that this countr ) IBS .nalntalned first place as a surplus food- providing nation. ' The American manufac turer Is to be congratulated on the progress lie has made In placing the country In thi front rank as an exporter of finished prod ucts In competition with the most pro. sresslve and skillful of European nations The value of an adequate foreign outlet has perhaps , been'best proved by the hlstorj of the rise ot the United States as an ex porter of goods which , but a few years ago It was Importing in large quantities. Thi settlement of this country's merchandlsi balances has caused a movement hither o : gold surpassing all previous yearly records adding to the country's- resources unprece dented quantities of the great clrculatlnf medium. In nearly all lines of industr : labor has been actively employed at re munerative wages , and the output of mos ot the country's Industries has surpassed al records. TEACH THEM' TO EAT CORN. Operating a Corn Kitchen at th Purls Exposition. Chicago Tltnes-Uerald. One of the most Important results of thi recent visit ot Commissioner General Peel to Paris was the acquirement of apace foi a "corn kitchen" at the exposition , li which will be Illustrated on a very cxtanoivi scale all the culinary possibilities anc dietetic virtues of our Indian corn or malzi * It Is highly probable that this exhibit wll possess more novelty and Interest to thi European and Asiatic visitors to the ex position than any other feature of the Ameri can display. It will be the object of tht : "kitchen" to demonstrate to the people o the old world , particularly the Asiatics , tha our Indian corn Is convertible Into a greate variety of wholesome and healthful fooi products and contains -more nutrition thai any cereal known to the arts of husbandry It will be shown that those nations tha suffer from crop failures and food famine , have within their reach a food product tha Is cheap and Is capable , when properly pn pared , of sustaining human energy am strength In any climate and In any occupa tlou. tlou.That the arrangement for this conccnsloi Is a timely one Is shown by the incrrasini demand for American corn as shown by th statistics ot exports for the last year. Tb October exports amounted to 12,517It bushels , against 7,979,087 bushels in the cor responding month of last year. For the las ten months the exports ot corn aggregate * 170,036,505 bushels , against 156,356,37 bushels In the ten months of the precedlni year. Nearly all the European nations appear ti bo developing a taste for American corn Even the stolid Britisher , who has atway. . depended for his physical prowess and en durance upon roast beef , Is rapidly learn Ing the nutritive value of foods made fron this cereal. During nine months of th present year Oreat Britain took 68,000,00 bushels , against less than 40,000,000 bushel In 1896 ; Franco took 8,000,000 busbeli against 4,000,000 In 1896 , while Germany In created Its purchase from 13,000,000 bushel In 1899 , to 32,000,000 bushels In 1898. As a food product for the human famll Indian corn Is more healthful and nutrltlou ( than wheat , rye or oats. There would b 31 fewer dyspeptics In America , according t the best dietetic experts , If we ate mot t foods made from com flour and leas whc * flour products. The enlargement of th foreign demand for American corn mean better food for Europeans and Asiatics an South Americans and more profit for Amerl f | can agriculture. ADVICE TO TIIR LCGIBLATUnB. ' North Platte Tribune : It is hoped thtt re publican mcmben of th& legislature from western Nebraska will Insist upon a reap- portlonmeut of the state as regards wenators and representatives. As the districts are at present constituted the western half of the state has a decidedly cold deal. The terrl- tory embraced In the Flfty-fourth repre sentative district is by all fairness entitled to at least two members , If not three. Red Cloud Argus : A general demand Is going up for & revision of the ballot law In eo far as It relates to the form of the ballot. The present ballot Is a fraud and was designed to facilitate "machine" voting. It was too rank for Governor Holcomb and he refused to give the act his approval but allowed It to become a law without his signature. The original Nebraska ballot was all right and It should bo re-established. Hastings Tribune : If any change Is to be made In railroad freight rates by the com ing legislature It should be made upon specific lines and for carload lots. If a re duction can be made on grain , cattle , hogs , salt , lumber and coal the people for whose benefit the change Is proposed will bo the gainer. A reduction all along the line ot a freight tariff schedule would benefit but few. A conservative reduction upon a few com modities would not materially harm the allroads and would bo a little relief to the grlculturlsts. Mlnden Gazette : The populist legislature xed the ballot law In such a way that the ames of their candidates appeared upon he ticket three or four times. Now let the republican legislature change It so that no man's name shall appear but onco. It * lopulist convention endorses a democratic omlnee let It go upon the ticket under the tame of the party which made the nomlna- Ion first. The present arrangement not inly makes a cumbersome thing of the bal- ot but Is thoroughly unfair to candidates who are not willing to sacrifice their man- lood and Ignore political principles for tbo ake of getting Into office. Auburn Post : It Is to be hoped that the omlng legislature will give us a decent , ntelllgent and common sense ballot. Nc- raska's first Australian ballot was the most Intelligent and common sense ballot hat this or 'any other state owr had. By bat ballot each voter had to vote for each man that ho wanted. There Is no more sense n putting a candidate's name on the ticket or the same office from two to four times han there Is for a pig to have two or more alls. Give us the old ballot and give us the ample ballot ten days before election and Nebraska will have the most common tense ballot of any of the state ? . Geneva Signal : Whether the republicans arry Nebraska In 1900 will largely depend n the conduct of the legislature this winter. f the legislature will elect a senator promptly when the constitutional time ar- Ives , make a few alterations In the ballot aw , make the necessary appropriations and pass a few measures that the people at large agree would bo desirable and then adjourn promptly , without In the meantime hiring a horde of clerks for whom there Is no work , he republicans will sweep the state two years hence. We will admit that the pro- cram Is a stiff one , but the stiffness Is of he kind that will bring success. Stanton Picket : Something should helene lone to give the voters of Nebraska a ballot more simple In Its form and more easily understood than the present blanket concern Which confuses alike voters and election boards and at the same time offers the best of opportunities for fraud to those through whose hands the ballots must ultimately mss. No doubt but that the Incoming leg- slature will take steps In that direction , but t Is doubtful If any measure to that end : an escape the veto power of the man whc s credited with doing nothing , right 01 wrong , that will cost his party a vote and who will wield the veto power after Janu ary 1. Grand Island Independent : It Is a notori ous fact that our system of assessment Is a arce. As The Bee suggests , It offers a pre mium on wholesale perjury and an Incentive 'or the corruption ot assessors. The evasion of taxation by the owners of personal prop erty la so general that practically the entln tax burden falls upon the owners of real estate. The owners of mortgage loans and men who have money to loan seldom make any returns for taxation , while the mort- ; aged farm or town lot Is compelled to con- irlbute through the taxgatherer the shar < ; hat should Justly be charged to the monej ender. Here Is one thing and an Important thing to which the legislature should glv < Its earnest and best attention. Seward Reporter : One of the Important subjects that will engage the attention ol : he legislature this winter Is amending th < election law so as to provide for a bettei form ot ballot. The present ballot wai adopted by the last populist legislature wltt the especial desire to facilitate voting t straight party ticket , which It was though would benefit their party. There Is no par ticular objection to this feature of the bal lot , but there is a very decided objection U printing the names of one set of candidate ; three or more times on the ballot To s < amend the law as to do away with this anc at the same time give each candidate thi benefit of all nominations he may receive li the task to which the legislators must ad' dress themselves. The single column ballo accomplished this , but It was open to othci objections , and a return to that form wouU not be altogether satisfactory. To devise i form of ballot that will be equitable to al candidates and all parties will pe haps be no an easy task , but the wisdom of the re publican majority will doubtless be equate to the occasion. Broken Bow Republican : It is reportet that there Is considerable uneasiness amont the occupants of the state house relative ti the probable action of the coming leglslatun over the expenditure ot the $10,000 appro prlatlon by the soft-snap committee. It 1 noticeable that each member of that com mlttee was either turned down by the con ventlon where he sought a nomination o defeated at the polls on election day. Th < voters put their stamp of disapproval upoi the members ot that committee from thi county. Senator Otoe Mutz met the sanr fate In his district and his disapproval b ; the people Is making the state officers whi were connected with It sweat under thi collar. What will a republican leglslaturi do with them for being a party to the lar ccny of $10,000 from the state Is the question the populist state officers are now shaklni In their boots about. It will be remem bered that Impeachment proceedings wer begun by a populist legislature against re publican officials on trumped up charges ii 1S93. Some of the present populist stat officers were members of that leglslatur and were persistently bitter In pushing thel proceedings against republican officials. Th shoe Is now on the other foot. A full know ! edge ot their guilt passed upon by thel own party adversely to\ them la the defea ot Beal and Mutz , they must face a repub llcan legislature and account for their mis deeds. It's a long row that hts no turn am the populist state officer who as a membe of the legislature of 1893 was so thirsty fo republican gore may now have an oppor tunlty to take a dose of his own medicine ECHOES OF TUB LATI3 WAN. If any doubt exists aa to the real , "truly- for-sure" hero of the battle of HI Caney , It should be banished at once , and the laurel wreath placed upon the throbbing brow , Which , If It did not conceive | fie plan of action , at least executed It with Irresistible dash. Those who have followed the de.alls of the battle will recall how the advancing troops were checked by a withering fire tram the entrenched enemy a flro so deadly that brave men quailed and knew not what to do. But great opportunities produce great men. The man of this occasion was James Creelman , correspondent ot the Now York Journal. Ho restored the waning courage of the troops , led them over the deadly heights and snatched victory from the teeth of the cnomy. Creelman saya so , nnd ho ought to know. He tolls about It In this modest fashion : "I stepped through the line of bushes , fol lowed by Captain Haskell and the troops , and started up the hill. The only weapon I had waa a re\o\er In my belt , and I slung the holster round to the back so that I should not bo tccnpted to draw. The troops came on elowly , and when I found myself actually out on the clear escarped slope leading up to the trench where even a mouse could not hide Itself , I walked fast. I could see the line of soldiers on all sides watching the ascent. Gradually I got away from our line , so that by the time I was within twenty feet of the barbed wire fence I was at least 200 feet ahead of Captal * Haskell and his men. I was absolutely alone. " He walked up to the trench and lookei In , ordering the Spaniards crouched tlure to stand up and surrender. They did so , looking pleased. Then he Jumped aross the trench and ran around to the entranej of the fort to get the flag. The story goes on : "Our fire had killed most of the men in the fort. I found near the door the offlcer In command surrounded by all of the garrison risen that were Iqft alive. A wall of terror wrl'hlnR on wounded men went up from the the floor ns I entered. * * 1 went up to looking him straight In the the officer , and. 'You are my prisoner.1 eye , said In French : He threw his hands up and said : Do with mo an you please. ' Do you know that at that moment I got a sneaking Idt-a Into my head that a soldier's work was about the easiest thing I bad ever struck ; but I found out my mistake later. " Moses G. Zallnskl of the Second artillery , who has been appointed a captain by the president. Is a brother of Captain E. t , Zallnskl , the inventor of the dynamite gun. Wishing to succeed solely by his own efforts , he enlisted a few years ago aa a private soldier under an assumed name. He made a model enlisted man , and he proved to be a good student. He prepared himself for examination for a' commission , passed It , and was appointed a second lieutenant. In 1896 ho was graduated from the artillery school at Fort Monroe , and In the samn year he reached the grade of first lieutenant. His recent appointment as captain has placed him many numbers ahead of some ot the men who were preparing at West Point while young Zallnskl was shouldering a musket and attending to the duties of an enlisted man. Lieutenant Hobson of Merrlmac fame tells In the December Century of the preparations for obstructing the channel of Santiago har bor. It appears from this that the plan first thought of was to feign a chase , but the plan was abandoned because the en trance to the harbor was so difficult that no fleeing vessel would attempt It. Regarding the plan finally adopted and executed he says : "The chase plan , and various other plans Involving the co-operation of the fleet , were discarded In favor of the simpler plan I of going In alone by moonlight , Just before i the moon should set. Surprise , under any condition , could be only partial at 'beat , since a V"ialn amount of light was abso lutely necessary for navigation. The condi tions for surprise would be more favorable toward daybreak. Moreover , a flood-tide must be chosen , so that , In case of breakIng - Ing the anchor gear , the vessel would be set Into the channel and have ample time for sinking before the ebb could tend to throw It out , while the chances of being carried by the tide through the whole length of the narrow channel Into the Inner harbor seemed Improbable. The 'establish ment of the porV or time of high tide , was about eight hours and a quarter , so that the tide would bo running strong flood as the moon set. The moon was then approach ing full , and calculations showed that It would seb at Santiago about 3:30 : o'clock on Thursday , June 2. Thursday was therefore set for entering , though the admiral ex pressed the opinion that It would be found Impossible to complete the preparations in time. The special advantage ot Thursday was that there would be an Interval of dark ness of about an hour and a quarter between the time of moonset and daybreak , while 011 Friday this Interval would bo reduced to about half an hour , and on Saturday day would break before moonset. It will be un derstood that an Interval of darkness , though short , might be found of advantage for completing the work or for making escape. " PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE. A young man named Shivers has been ar rested at Chllllcothe , Mo. , for stealing a stove. Mr. Fltzslmmons says "thero Is onry one honest fighter in the world , anyhow , and his name Is Robert Fltzslmmons. " According to the decision of the court the widow ot the late Mr. Pullman will have to eke out an existence on $9,000 a month. James Whttcorab Rlley said to a Boston friend the other day that tbo reason he Is a bachelor Is because the woman he meant to marry died before ho had made any success. A lawyer In Indiana astounded tbo court by declaring his Intention to submit bis argument In rhyme. The court properly re fused. It would have been a dangerous precedent. Senator McMillan , who has been mentioned as Secretary Hay's successor at the court of St. James , was born In Canada , and , If sent to England , would be the first foreign born diplomat to represent us at London. The pig "Blanco" which has been the mascot of the Brooklyn ever since It was saved from the wreck of the Oquendo after the annihilation of Cervera'a fleet Is missing and there is a growing suspicion that It was a part of the Thanksgiving menu en board the cruiser. Bunches of bananas made of papier mache have been introduced as slgni on the wharves of Now York , where the depreda tions ot hoodlums are frequent. It Is pro posed to add wooden peanuts for the benefit of policemen and other friendly samplers ol the stock In trade. The reputed fickleness of fortune li strik ingly shown In the report , widely tele graphed , that "Star Pointer goes to the Two-Minute stock farm , owned by W. J. White of Cleveland , O. , who made a fortune In chewing gum. " The secret of ilr. White's luck lies , doubtless , in bis ptrto- ABSOLUTELY IftjRE Makes the food more delicious and wholesome OVAl UKINQ POWCCft CO. , MtW VOBK. vcrance. Ho chowcd and chewed twenty * four hours a day and never posted hi * ex J hausted quids on the bed post , lavatory ol bureau , Prof. 0. E. Llndcman , after whom thi great Alaskan lake WAI named , says that while In that region he wore silk underwear or red flannels steeped In lard oil , and out * side of his woolen clothing overalls of corduroy. "In that dress , " ho adds , " 1 never suffered from the cold. " A San Francisco friend of Admiral Dewey , who sent him an account ot Hobcon's oscil latory experiences and the dire prophecies for Uowcy's fate upon returning , cays h re- celvcd this answer from the admiral : "Th * clippings you send do not seem poralble. The threats you ni&ke persuade mo to remain forever In Manila. " 1'OIXTEO nEMAItKS. I Indianapolis Journal : "Who Is your favorite composer ? " asked the typewriter boarder. "Hnndel. " snld the Cheerful Idiot. "He IB so uplifting. " Washington Star : "Somo men , " said Undo Uben , "holler 'bout Imvln1 los' dan reputation , when , ns n mutter o' facU , dey has Jcs * foun' de kind dat b'lontjs to 'cm. " Detroit Journal : "It's the most efficient reclment In the > service. " "Aen Immune nealnst fever ? " "No. but the ottlcers nro Immune against political ambition. " Chicago Record : "Don't tell mo lt'8 no trouble to show Roods , " muttered the mer- clinr.t , who linil spent half the night fixing u'i his front window. Cincinnati Enquirer : Caller That was a r.np editorial you had this morning on. the IncrpflBo of Sordid Commercialism. " Af ( --fnnt Kdltor Yes , the old mnn wrotn It himself , After one of our best poets notl- llcd him that wo would get no more verse unless we p.ild something for It. Brooklyn Life ; A man had hla purse stolen , and , unfortunately , It contained A Rood deal of money , . One day , to his Krto.1 surprise , ho hnd a Ictn ? from the thlof , Inclosing a small portloM of his property. The letter r.in .is follows. "Sir. I stole your munny. IKmaw&c In norlnc at my conshense , so I pcml sum of It back. When It nors agen , I will send sum maw , " Indianapolis Journal : "If old man Mcthus.iloh had any property , " Hald the Cornfed Philosopher , "what n lot of fun ho must have had nftor he got to be about 500 or COO years old and his younger rela tions began to be kind to him. ' Washington star : "Have you paid nny attention to the ' aoo problem ? " asked the thoughtful man na he Ial1 down hN paper. "Have I ? " answered the very small man with the masHlvo 1'amonJ ' "V-n the fellow who tauuht Ted Slaan how to ride. " Chicago Post : "I suppose you took gns , " she said when he luiuinoii from the den tist's. "Not any , he answered with emphasis. "Whv not ? " she naked. "Well. " he replied , "If It hadn't hurt it wouldn't seem as If the dentist was earning his money. " Detroit Journal : "Now , " said the attor ney for the defense , "let us take up th * bill presented by the plaintiff In this case for alleged services , gentlemen of the Jury , because these fig-urea show every Indication of having been doctored. " "Would It not be better to say lawyered ? " asked an Indignant physician who wai serving as one of the jurors. "OLD GLORY. " James Whltcomb Rllcy's stlrrlnp lyric on the origin of the name of "Old Glory" In the December Atlantic Is a notable and thrilling poem. The poet apostrophizes the nag , and asks of It : Who pave you the name of Old Glory , and why Are we thrilled at the name of Old Glory ? Then the old banner leaped , like a sail In the blast , And fluttered an audlblo answer at last. And It spake with a shake of the voice , and It said : By the driven snow-whltP and th * living blood-red " J.iu .u . , Of my bare , and their heaven , of star * overhead By the symbol conjoined of them all , sky ward cast , As I float from the steple , or flap at the , mnut , Or droop o'er the sod , where the long Brasses nod , My name Is as old as the glory of God. * So I came by the name ot Old Glory. OUIt DAILY BULLETIN. SYRACUSE , N. Y. , Nov. 29 , 1898. A grand International pool tournament , em * bracing the United States and Canada , opens here today , under brilliant Auspices. Candidates for championship honora are entered - tored from all quarters , and sharp con tests between the rival experts art looked " for. best capital _ stephan Girard And when a man has got money by industrythe only way to get ahead is to save it. 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