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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , OCTOBER 14 , 1899 , THE OMAHA DAILY BEE K , nOSEWATKK. Hdltor. PURMSHED KVEUY MOKX7NG , TKflMS Of BCUST-RIJTION. Dally Heo ( without Sunday ) , One Ycar.K'O Daily Bee and Burxiay , On * Tear . S.'O itttty. Sunday and IllustratfJ , One Year s.a Sunday and llluntrattxl. One Year . 2.S3 lllumrated Bee , One Year . S.W Sunday ! ' , On * Yar . 2.W Saturday lite. One Y ar . l. < fl Weekly Bet , One Yar . % OFFICES. Omaha : The Bee Building. South Omaha : City Halt Building , Twenty-fifth and N Htreets. Council BluRs : 10 Pearl Street. < : hloaKo : K 0 Unity Building. New York ; Temple Court. Washington : Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. ' Oommunlratlons rnlatlns to new and edi torial matter fhoulJ be addressed : Omaha Bee , Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and remittances should > ) < addressed : The Bee Publishing company , Omaha , REMITTANCES. Rpmlt by draft , expreiis or postal order , payable to The Be < > Publlsnlns Company. Only 2-cent stamps accepted In payment of mall nccountn. rerfonal cheeks' , except on Omaha or Eastern exchange not ncceptc-d. THE BEE PtiUSHINO COMPANY. HTATIiMBVr III' CIHCLI.ATIO.V. State of Nebraska , Do-Jglaa County. RS. : Oeorpe B. Tzpchuck. p < cretary of The Bee Publishing company , being duly sworn , rays that the actual number of full and com plete cojilos of The Dally , Morning , Even ing and Sunday Bet. printed during the month of September , l&W , was as follows : 1 27.170 1 S 1,1100 2 ir.tiii : > 17 ss , ao 3 un'Mr - is ainno 4 . Slt 2.'l 13 si.r.aa C . 20,170 20 si.7-10 C . 2.SIO 21 21,700 M. , 83,040 23 21,810 24 2. > , U10 i 84,11811 U . 2.,720 2 24.H70 12 . 24I O 27 21,700 13 . 24,111(1 2.5 2ln40 14 . ill , 7110 24,040 15. . . 1:1,700 50 21,020 Total 780,880 I oss unsold and returned copies. . . . n.usa Net total sales .747.SJIS Net dally average 24,021) , GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK , Subscribed and sworn before me this 2nd day of October , A. D. . 1S99. M. B. HUXGATE. ( Seal. ) Notary Public. W. J. Bryan Is not the first democratic statesman who sought public ofllce for revenue only. The fenr Is growing thut n now gener ation of sailors may grow up before tbo cup races aru completed. "Why did Juan Boyle resign the chair manship of the Sixth district congres sional committee ? Is the World-Herald afraid to give the .answer ? Candidate Xevllle's memory is even worse than Candidate Bryan's memory. What is the worst about Neville Is that he denies the letter he has written , while Bryan will doubtless admit his authorship like a man. While on the subject of nepotism , re member that Judge Sullivan , the demo cratic member of the supreme bench , Inaugurated his Incumbency of the posi tion by putting a. member of his family on the pay roll as his stenographer. Church Howe rind many other eminent public men in Nebraska nave subscribed to that wise maxim : It Is better to travel a thousand miles than to write a. political letter. For even after the lapse of ten years a letter may rise up to plague Its author. When men are busy they cannot be Induced to listen to a discussion of worn- out political Issues and It is a nerious question whether they can be Induced to vote this year for the past predic tions of popocratlo leaders that have proved false and misleading. "Coin" Harvey Kays that Nebraska was so enthusiastic in Its welcome to the men of the First regiment because they refused to rc-cnllst. That Is prob ably the reason that the applause and cheers were the greatest when the tattered Imttle flag of the regiment came in sight The South Dakota troops nre sched uled to reach home Saturday and the communities where companies were en listed nre preparing to tender popular receptions. The South Dakota boys made a brilliant record In the Philip pines and their home-greetings will be enthusiastic and sincere. The sound of family discord which greets the popocrntle ear Is evident enough to any one who will listen. The only trouble with the popocratle organ Is that it mistakes the direction from which U comes. A slight examination of the fusion garret would clearly Indicate the source of the noise. Iowa democracy , having made a fall tire of Hie attempt to secure audiences for Its speakers In any other way , pro poses a series of joint debates. As the republicans ure getting all the auditors for their speakers which the meeting places will hold they naturally do not feel disposed io divide time wltu do mocracy. It may or may not bo an evidence of prosperity , or Increased buslues.s of Omaha's Infant Industries , or a substan tlal gain In population whatever It nmj mean the gratifying fact Is that the en rollment In the public schools this year exceeds that ot last year by nearly 1,000 pupils. This Is a straw to which the at tention of census enumerators muy bo called at the proper time. Of all the greetings and of nil the throngs which have assembled to clt honor to him , since bin return to this country the ono at the capital of hla own homo state doubtleHs affords the mos gratification to Admiral Dewey. The crowd was not HO great nor the decora lions EO elaborate and costly as at some other demonstrations , but the gooi iplnloriH of those who know one best aiu among whom ono has grown up to man hood arc always the most vhcrlHhcd U'lin KOIIH of Ihu Green Mountain Htatu ever benn built on a sturdy mould i | WILLIAM SEVILLE SKLF-COSVICTKU. William Neville , tlie populist candi date for congress in the Sixth congres sional district , hns come out publicly denying the authorship of the letter quoted in The lice , In which he placed himself squarely on record against giv ing hack the Philippines cither to Spain or to the Filipinos. In his denial Judge Neville pays : I nee by the papers ( hat the utement that "Judge Neville" wrote an article favorIng - Ing expansion is still going the round * . The article referred to was written by Judge Jamc-s Neville of Omaha , which fict was at all times well known by the editor of The Omaha Dec. No such letter was ever written by me , and I never entertained any different views with reference to our duly In the Philippine Islands than those I now have. This attempt of William Neville to put off upon his brother a letter which he had written and published over his own name IB significant of the capo with which he changes his convictions to suit the exigencies of his political ambitions. The letter quoted In The Bee as giving the position of Judge Neville on the question of Philippine annexation was printed originally In the Lincoln Inde pendent , the otllolal populist organ , the second week In December. 1S09. It was reprinted and commented on editorially by The Omaha Hoc December 10 , IS'JS. It was written by Judge William Neville in resiwnse to a request by the editor of the Independent for his opinion of the causes that had led to the partial defeat of the fusion ticket by the loss of the legislature In the preceding elec- Ion. In this letter , over his own lgna- ure , William Neville Hfiys : The war was declared and Justlfle upon he demand of suffering humanity. TO DE- LIVBIl THE PHILIPPINES BACK TO PAIN OR EVEN ABANDON THEM TO THEIR OWN KATE WOULD BELIE THE DECLARATION OF WAR. When the proper Imo comes for an Issue upon tbo Indepentl- ncc ot the Philippines tbo populists will probably divide upon tbo question , just In proportion as they bellevo annexation will onccntrate or distribute wealth. The war was conducted to glorious victory for Amerl- an valor and everyone knows that a vast rmy cannot bo equipped In a hurry without one unworthy and incompetent subordinate > elng selected , and the people were not willing to mar a great national victory by denouncing the administration for the be- rayal of trust by such subordinates. That these were tiie sentiments of Judge William Neville at the time they vere written is not to be questioned. J'iic judge Is known to have expressed ilmself along the same lines to other people and to have been vehement In denouncing popoeratle opposition to the van If this letter was written by his jrother and printed over the name of William Neville by mistake , why Is U Jlmt he has waited nearly a year to deny ts authorship and to denounce it as ending to mislead the public as to his lews ? How would the editor of the Independent have come to request of brother James Neville his opinion of the causes of popocrutiu downfall when the alter is not recognized among the lead ers of the populist party ? Before rushing Into print with an un equivocal denial the acrobatic judge night have refreshed his memory by ex amining his letter again. Such an ex amination would have shown uiirrfls- akable evidences that it emanated from ils pen , because the greater part of It is levotcd to an outcry against the injus tice perpetrated tiixm the people of the Sixth district by the unequal apportion ment of legislative representatives and i demand for Its correction. Brother James Neville lives in the Second con gressional district and is not at all con cerned with the legislative apportion ment allotted to the Sixth district. Instead of helping his cause by deny ing that he ever expressed himself against giving up the Philippines , Wil liam Neville has proclaimed himself to be nothing more than the ordinary po litical mountebank , whose presence In congress would be a disgrace to the state. Do the people of the Sixth con gressional district want to be rep resented at Washington by such a man ? TUB FINAXCIAL SITUATION. There Is an active demand for money. It Is. due to the steady Increase In busi ness and the enlargement of productive enterprises. It furnishes unmistakable evidence of prosperity. At the begin- Ing of the present mouth there was In the national treasury $715,704,838 and $1,084,703,1815 in circulation. The amount In circulation Is $1:12,100,791 : more than one year ago. Still there In a call for more money. The treasury has put Into circulation as much of Its hold ings of currency as deemed by the olil- chilli expedient , Public money deposited with the banks amounts to ? S.000,000. Ilv wav of iiffonlliiL' further relief Io the money market the Treasury depart ment a few days ago Issued an order for the prepayment of Interest on the gov ernment bonds for the entire current llscnl year. This Is unprecedented. It Is estimated that if every bondholder should accept prepayment of Interest , which involves a discount of two-tenllm of 1 per cent , there would be released $27,000,000 , It Is not expected , however , that all bondholders will avail them , selves of the privilege , but the national and state banks , the savings institutions and loan and Insurance companies hold about onu-half of the bonds , so that probably at least $15,000,000 will be added to the money In circulation through interest prepayment by the gov ernment. This will give some relief , but It would seem that the national treasury will have to do more than tills if a severe monetary stringency Is to be averted. It Is said that Secretary fjago hesitates to deliberately swell the deposits In the banks , In the face of a session of con gress , because of the prejudice which might bo aroused against the banks if It were possible for popocratle agitators to represent them as feeding at the public trough by loaning at Interest pub lic money received without cost , It la understood that the secretary contem plates asking authority from congress to charge a moderate Interest UIKJII pub lic funds lu the keeping of the banks In his discretion and In the meantime hu will probably not Increase the deposits by any appreciable amount. There Is perhaps no valid reason why the na tional banks should not pay interest on public money deposited with them , but authority to charge Interest rnmmt bo obtained from congress for some time and the secretary of the treasury should consider what Is best for the public In terest , regardless of wrmt prejudice might he created. He should be gov erned by the practical rather than the jxilltlcal aspect of the matter. The treasury Is in condition , without Impair ment of its resources , to give whatever relief to the money market Ihu situa tion requires and thereby promote the legitimate business of the country. Tills It seems to us. nboiild be Us only con cern. In view of the large Increase In the circulation during the past few years $132,000.000 having been added lu the last year the threat of monetary strin gency Is somewhat remarkable , but it Is conclusive evidence of the growth ot business and of prosperous conditions. uw.vio.v or rs. Senator Hoar , on his return recently from Kurope , said that he heard abroad much adverse criticism of American Philippine jwlicy. He had found Englishmen who thought the course oi this government "asinine" and others who deplored It as a departure from our traditional policy. He stated that he met with some men who approved our policy , but the Impression he con veyed was that the quite general senti ment Is unfavorable. M\-l'ostmaster General James , of Now York , has also b\n abroad and his re port of the feelingIn Kugland Is quite the reverse of that cy the Massachusetts senator , lie stated \liat lie had been amazed by the ununlnrvjy of opinion that prevails in all classes In C5reat Britain with respect to what we call the question of expansion. Mr. James found no one among those he met who did not think that the United States i.s meeting an Imperative duty in the Philippines. Foreign opinion upon this or any other American question is not a matter of very great concern. It will not In the least Influence our course or policy. We shall do as we think best regardless of it. AVe refer to these different reports of two American citizens squally worthy of coulidencc merely to show how easy It Is to llml opinion abroad for or against our Philippine policy and there fore how little claim any of It lias to American attention. It would be well If less consideration were given to foreign opinion respecting our affairs than we are In the habit of according It. THE SUX1JAY Ufc'f. Our readers may look forward confi dently to The Bee Sunday for one of Its characteristic numbers containing all the news of the world together with In structive special features such as mark it the leading newspaper of the midwest. Complications growing out of the war situation in South Africa will be fully treated in an Intelligible manner by com petent correspondents in all the princi pal European cities. For the latest and most accurate reK > rts of the progress of the war The Bee's complete service will be unexcelled. The news columns will give graphic accounts of the enthusiastic receptions with which President McKlnley Is meeting on his tour of the northwest and also reflect the political movements of the day. In the local Held The Bee's news is always comprehensive , accu rate and prompt. The Illustrated Bee this week IB a specially attractive number. The fron tispiece Is a handsome portrait repro duced from a photograph of one of Gib son's favorite models typical of Ameri can womanly beauty. Another portrait equally striking Is that of one o Omaha's most charming debutantes. It will be readily recognized by all of her friends and acquaintance * . As echoes of the street fairs and autumn celebrations we have additional views of striking scenes in the several surrounding towns. Some of them show the carnival effects at Missouri Valley , la. ; others of the Falrbury street fair , while In the same line is a group photo graph of the young women's military company of St. Edward , Neb , , formed to participate in the reception of the mem bers of the First Nebraska returned to that town. An Interesting article Is presented on the new State university of Iowa sug gested by the Installation a week ago of President George E. MacLean , formerly chancellor of the Nebraska State uni versity. The accompanying illustra tions Include a portrait of President MaoLoan and snap shots at the president delivering his Inaugural nddrevn and at tbo academic procession participating In the ceremonies. In the series of portrait * of repub lican candidates for the district bench In Nebraska we have ten additional photo graphs to serve as Introductions to the public. Other portraits Include one of the late Thomas U Klmball and of Master Harry Cockrell , the young Omaha lad with a phenomenal soprano voice who Is touring the country with a boy soprano company. The living fashion models show hand some women gowned In fashion's latest noveltle.s , while Carpenter's Illustrated letter deals with the government transports - ports pressed Into service to accommo date Uncle Sam's troops. This Is only a partial outline of the literary and pictorial feast that awaits the readers of The Sunday Bee. Watch for The Bee. If not a sub scriber Insist upon having it of your newsdealer or newsboy. The committee of lowans which went to San Francisco to welcome the returning regiment from the Philippines ansim-d the people of Council Bluffs that ( ho soldier train schedules will be BO arranged - ranged as to arrive In the morning and give ample time for any celebration planned In their honor. The rommlitco Is doubtless sincere In the matter , but if It succeeds lu laiulu : the Iowa men on the time uuhedulu prc/mred / lu ad- vaneo It will be the first to accomplish the tank. It would be well to put nil time tnble on Ice and keep them there at least until the trains have left the coast roads. Wdrld-Herald reports of valorous deeds of the Flist Nebraska regiment in the campaign above Manila made fre quent reference to the faultless rerord ot 'liaplaln James II. Mallley , and upon tbo return of the regiment that paper was first to dub the -liaplain the ' fight ing parson. " This was done on the strength of the record that before his enlistment Ucv. Mallley was a populist. And now , since the latter elects to en dorse the government and voln as he shot , the miserable partisan sheet Is tryIng - Ing to bespatter the chaplain with mud , Ugh ! Mr. Bryan has always had a warm side for the State Board of Transporta tion and for the men who controlled it. Slnco he rose as a leader of the democ racy of Nebraska the issue of regula tion of railroad freight rates has lan guished. HP smoked it out in bis nmd desire to discuss national issues by whlcli he might ride Into the White House. Ho has never had any time for small matters like state Issues. The popocrntlo organ has closed its eyes and stuffed its ears so ns not to be eonsL-ious of nil the discord that Is spreading through the fusion party In Douglas county. According to Its col umns , the bumps the tripartite conglom erate ticket is now jolting over are simply gentle love taps. In the mean- whllo the allied forces of reform are wondering whether the tripartite alli ance still holds good. Chaplain Mallley's citizenship appears to give the popocratle crowd consider able more concern now than It did when in the fullness of gratitude for services rendered the party Governor Holeomb appointed him to the position of regi mental chaplain. When he demon strated a disposition to speak out in ad vocacy of what he sees to be right ho straightway became a despised "furriner. " The former populist war horse , ex- Speaker Gaftin , has been finally induced to write a letter saying he desires the election of Holeomb as nupremc judge and expressing the belief that he will make a better judge than ho did gov ernor. Without this ray of hope from the silver Inkstand .statesman voters even of ills own politir-.il faith might bo a little shy about voting for Hol eomb. The pavement on the thoroughfare be tween Omaha and Council Bluffs has been in such bad repair for a long time that wheelmen have avoided It. They have found a level patli between the tracks of the motor Hue and taken chances of fatal ( 'accidents by using it. If Is clearly the duty of the authorities to pro vent'thjs0aigerou.4 ) practice. Welcoming the 1'rcnlclent. "Washington Post. The people out west seem to take rather kindly to the president's visit to them , not withstanding the complaints of the demo cratic editors and politicians. HlilliiU to a Fnll. Philadelphia Record. It would not be any safer for the demo cratic 'pa'rty to' accept the leadership of Agulnaldo than of "Coin" Harvey. Those two experts In war and finance are riding for a fall. TnotlcM Go li > - Contrnrlcd. Chicago News. English military critics are busy telling all they know about the case with which the Doers will be crushed by artillery fire and cavalry charges. The Boers , mean- whllo , are explaining Just how their skillful riflemen will He hidden among tbo hills and mow down the red battalions. Nobody on either Bide , as yet , seems to have re- mcmberal the fact that battles are apt to happen on all sorts of ground , nnd that prearranged tactics ore about ea useful In actual warfare as a Greek dictionary In a zoological garden. AhollHlidl. Philadelphia lie-cord. It has been evident for some weeks pat that the Iron hand of the precs dispatch censor at Manila had been paralyzed by a suddc-n stroke , and that "Old Pipeclay's" occupation as a wlelder of the blue pencil was gone. The news from .Manila has been free from official Interference since Septem ber 9 last , although the War department officials have made no public blazon of the fact. Thus the slgncio of the "round robin" drawn up by the correspondents at Manila and sent to this country by way of Hong Kong have been fully vindicated and a tacit but effectual rebuke administered to a pe culiarly mean and aggravating exhibition of mingled malice and martlnetlsm. .vi.v OP THI : nonu.s. llsti-iit of tin * Hi'iiulille .Sou In Hie Vorlt-r of Wnr. Clilcaco Hecord. Any ono who will study a cnap cf South Africa will bo able to understand a few ol the reaeonu why the British war oftlce feels It necessary to mobilize EO large a force to Bubduo the South African republic anil Us ally , the Orange Free state. When the Afrikanders finally sosured the recognition ot their claims , In the convention of 1S84 they -were allowed to fix their boundaries about a territory ot 119,139 square mllee The nation which has been commonly known as a "petty republic" and which tome of the London journals now characterize as a "trumpery little state" Is , therefore , In reality nearly at largo , territorially , as New Mexico , and larger than all New England together with Now York. The Transvaal 1 * considerably more than half as large as cither 'Franco or fJermany. and It Is larger than Italy. It and the Orange Free State comprise a territory about equal to that o.r Illinois , Wisconsin and Michigan c.mblned. To reach Pretoria , the Tranivaal capital , j ! from Mafeklng , one of the points at 'whlih the Invaders presumably will make their at tack , the British tropes cnuft traverse about 150 miles of hostile territory. Fiom Lalng'B Nek , the meet nccetslble point on the Natal frontier , the dlstanco to Pretoria IB about as far , while from Klmberloy , should the British commence Invasion from that point , tbo distance Is nearly 300 mllc-s. Could the troops which have been moblll/ed as far as Capo Town travel as the crow Hies , they would have a journey of nearly EOO miles before them to reach the nearest point on Transvaal 8311. Tte task , Indeed , of mob Jlz- | ' . Ing the troops from Cape Town and bring I ing them to the Boer capital would be almost j I equivalent , In point of dIUanre , to taking aa army frcen Chicago to Now York City , the last 200 miles of the journey being through hotttlo territory. < ; o IT , m 1.1,1 < : o IT , HOKUM Minneapolis Journal : Going to war with the Doers dof. not nifan a war for a day. it month or a year. Chnmberlnla has been looking for a Boer "climb-don n , " as he calln It. The Boer seems to be climbing down to get the rifle range of the Drltlsj troops on the border , and shoot. Detroit Journal : Ixing ago Oreat Britain decided that she must be the supreme power from the Cape to Cairo. The Trans vaal Is the fly on the wheel. It has been making faces at the driver and now It bat bitten the howe. A revolution or two anil the Doers will be crushed out of hntlonal cxlrtence. Chicago Chronicle : The Doers are wise In dividing to strike the firm blow. They will alienate no sympathy by the proceed ing and It wouldn't make n particle of dif ference If they did. Public sympathy never won an International war any more than it has won a street car strike. 1'ubllc sym pathy Is a good deal of a humbug. Chicago Times-Herald : England Is acting partly on the defensive , and Kruger's Ill- considered ultimatum throua chance In her way. She \\lll now settle the question o ! paramountcy forever , and her decision will be In the Interest of modern progress which Is winning everywhere. The Boers are simply Impossible as governors In this day and generation. Philadelphia Times : But the floors have chosen to fight first , and they will fight well. They have many of the vlrture of their ancestors courage , conviction , ru- premc confldwce In tbemrclvco and In the justice of their cause. They will have the first advantage and the English will have a beavy cost. In treasure and In the lives cf bravo men , before they yield. But the end will be the complete establishment of English domination over South Africa. Springfield Republican : The audacity of an ultimatum from one of the smallest states Ic the world to the world's mightiest empire ts a feature of this chapter of history thac should not be lest sight of by tho.'c who op- rroclatc the picturesque. The speitnclc may not be uelquo , yet It is rare In the extreme. The young David's challenge to O..lath was ng nothing compared with it. But with the audacity of the challenge the comparison with David and Goliath ends. In this case the giant U bound towin. . Cleveland I'lala Dealer : The course of President Krugcr would scorn to be suicidal and that the result of the war must In evitably bo the absorption of both the Dutch African republics Into the British empire. Rut there will be some hard fight ing first. If all the Boers In South Africa unite against the British power , as there have been suggestions of their doing , ana whether the war will not , sooner or later , Involve other European powers that have interests in Africa Is a question which can not be answered until the situation Is fur ther developed. Glcbe-Demoirat : In taking the aggressive at the start the Boers show that they do not lack courage , at any rate. Neither party to the conflict Is as well prepared as It wants to be , but the unprepareJness is greater oa England's side than It is on that cf itj opponent. Further delay would help Eng- IjUid and hurt the Transvaal. Double the number of British soldiers now in South Africa will bo on hand by two or three weeks from this date. Manifestly the Boers' chances for a rucceesful resistance are better today than they could bewhen the 20.COO or 50,000 extra troops arrive from England and Its possessions. Chicago Tribune : Great Britain alms at mere than paramountcy. It seeks the aboll- tica of al ) independent governments in South Africa , so that that part cf the con tinent may' 6c consolidated Into one British province. The sympathies of the Americans tor the Boers , must not blind .them to the faot't'hat ' the latter have a Just cause but arc the weaker In material means , Their antagonist can bring into the ficU more men and artillery. Its money resources an.- unlimited. When Great Britain begins fight ing It will not cease until it has whipped out the Boers. It will have to pay a high price for Its success. It v.-lll sink In the estimation ot the civilized world for having attacked aweak and practically defenseless people , not- because of any wrongs the latter had committed , , but because they have gold mines whLJi the powerful people coveted and were determined to pozeesp. The spirit of the jingo and the buccaneer Is animating the British government in its dealings with the Boers. POLITICAL 1)111 FT. The total state taxation In New York was f2,000,000 this year , $13,900,000 | n l Sj and $12,300,000 In 1898. It was largest in 1S7.2 , when It amounted to $19,800,000. Senator James K. Jones cf Arkansaw ts back frem Europe with his voice In a healthful condition. His political prphe.les 1'ave been materially eJirlchcd In flavor by his pilgrimage to tbo land cf Munchauseti. Mayor Qulncy cf Boston would not object to re-election , providing it could bo brought about without revealing his anxiety for an other term. As the election occu > 'i De cember , campaigning will not begin until after tbo November election. The forces of fusion In Iowa carefully avoid the calamity cry this year. When farmers Invade the towns and offer to loan money at C per cent the fact Is conclusive ovIJenco of prosperity. Denying It Is as useless as "baying the moon. " At this year's elections In New Jersey , where no state ticket will be voted for , sena tors will bo elected In eight counties , seven of which are now represented by republicans and ono by a democrat. New Jersey does not elect a governor until 1901. Amos l . Allen , who was recently nominated to succeed ex-Speaker Heed In , Is cold to have a manner and voice so exactly like his friend's that , though quite different as to face and figure , he must Inevitably recall Mr. Heed to any with whom ho talks. Charles J. Rellly , the democratic andldate for judge of the superior court of Penn sylvania , has doc-lined to take the stump In behalf of hi ? own election , as he thinks such a course woulj bo Incompatible with the dignity of the ofllce for which be has been nominated. The term of Senator John T. Morgan of Sclma , Ala. , expires on March 4 , 1901 , and as he has represented the state for twenty- two years , there Is n demand for the selec tion ot a new candidate , especially In view of the fact that Senator Morgan Is now 75 years of age , and would , If re-elected In 1001 , bo S3 at the dene of his term. Former Governor and former Congress man Gates , who has onnouncc-d himself aa a candidate to succeed Mr. Morgan , is C' years of age , and seived In the confederate army ua a colonel. He was a participant In the battles which marked theslcge of Hleli- mend In 1861. Governor Johnson and Con gressman Bankhead arc also candidates for Senator Morgan's seat. 4 Something quite new In modern municipal government and what seems to be u mosl excellent Idea comes from the llttlo village of Landsford , In South Carolina. The town has only about fifty white men , and even at that some of them are nf doubtful value as citizens. Accordingly all of them were gathered together In the store , the only meeting place , properly registered , and In vited to vote as to which of them should leave town. There was no electioneering , no rioting , no ballot-box stuffing , and when tbo votes were counted It wa found thai a man who had been engaged In Illegal whisky selling was elected to depart by s handsome majority. How this man himself voted Is not known , but he went , and sev eral other men who received smaller but nevertheless substantial majorities are wind- Ins up their business to follow him ; T UTIICIl I.AMIS Til AX OfMS. As a military power today Spain Is of very lltt.e c n * quenrp. A a nav l povicr phe Is among the weakest ; but nevertheless as an ally ol Kutila and Francehe ou'.d have to be watched by Italy , which I * no ! any too ntrong for the sharp he now takes n the Urclbund. Should Spain l > e taken up no * It w ill be noeessnry for KY.tn.-e to Inanco her. Spanish finnnr < arc at about the lowest point In her history. Already tht > Cuban debt has virtually been ro- pudlat d , and though this may give Spain a little more current cash for her ordinary expenses , this aid cannot last lone ; . A financial crash cannot be much longer averted. unltf s France Intervenes to tlds Spain over the e niergcncy. For euch as- eUtancc Spain must pay heavily , and UIP price may be putting herself In danger of aeing watched by Italy and converting her territory Into aa outpost of the Franco- Ilutslan nlllancc. By some such manage ment Spain might be put upon her feet and insisted to walk slowly whenever there xras an occasion for her to nrake a public ap pearance. t * It l to be observed that the new Auntrlnn ministry contains no well known men nnd none that have hitherto been regarded as of the first rank. Herr Koerber , the min ster of the Interior , formerly held the same portfolio , and three others were formerly bureau chiefs In the departments ot which they are now the heads. It Is reaoonable to expect , therefore , that the new mlnl try will In general continue the policy of Its jredeccssor , though with a little more pro nounced bias toward clericalism. It will at tend to the election of the Austrian dele gation nnd repeal the language decrees. That done , It may again adjourn the nclchsrath and then resign In favor of a still more pronounced clerical mlnlotry. Whether Prince Alfred Llechtenptcln will then come to the fore Is an Interesting matter of speculation. If he does , the n xt thing may b ? the deluge. For It will be remembered that he has declared that If ever ic gets into power he will be able to name the exact moment when the liberal school aws will be repealed And the confessional schools be rc-cftabllshed. In any event , the question of clerical dominance In the state s the one on which all Austrian affairs ere ikely to turn for sdme time to come. The unification or consolidation of the re sources of the rich and progressive colonies of Australasia alters materially the political situation In the far east. The balance of power Is changed. The United Stiles of Australasiawill play a more active part n the settlement of questions affecting ' China and the Pacific'than the disconnected colonies were ever able to play. Already , without formal union , the colonies have , In recent years , taken Joint action In regard to territorial and commercial quc-stlons. When Germany occupied the eastern part of New Guinea It was owing to the protests of the Australians that the portion of New- Guinea adjacent to Australia was left to 3ngland. That part ef New Guinea Is now nominally a British possession , but It Is administered by the Australian colonies , which provide the necessary funds. Other slands In the Pacific adjacent to Australia lave been turned over by England to the Australians to govern , and It la owing to the Australasian interest In Samoa that Eng- and retains a foothold In that group of isl ands. The construction of the Pacific cable , connecting Canada with Australia , Is being nished largely with money contributed by he Joint enterprise of the several Australian colonies. How great the burden of army officers Is .o Spain may readily be seen on comparison of the Spanish military establishment with thoeo of other countries. The French army IBS a peace footing of about 600,000 and a war footing of 4,000,000 men , and an army budget of J12S.OOO.OOO. Yet she has only 29,000 officers , to whom she pays less than 520,000,000. Italy has 183,000 In peace and 2,200.000 In tlmo of war , and an army budget of $56,000,000 , with 14,000 oncers receiving ! 9SOO,0 < )0. ) But Spain , with only 80,000 men n peace and 450,000 in war , and a budget of only J34SOO.OOO , has no fewer than 23,000 officers , and pays them the sum of $13,200,000. With much less than half as many men as Italy In peace , she has more than half as many more officers , and pays them nearly lalf as much morn money. With less than one-seventh as many men as France , she has more than three-fourtlis as many of ficers , and pays them nearly two-thirds as much. It seems that another effort Is to be made In England.to erect a statue to Cromwell In his own county. The appeals made by the Huntingdon Grammar school , at which ho was educated , and by the Huntingdon town council last summer , both failed. The cor poration only obtained a very small oum toward the statue and tbo fund collected by the grammar school was Inadequate to pay for any extension of that institution. A third attempt Is now ranking by the town council of St. Ivcs , where Cromwell had his farm , where he lived for some years , and where he held the office of chairman of the waywarduns. Some years ago a similar attempt made at St. Ives was not successful , but thin year $3,000 has already been ob tained toward the cost of a statue. There are now no remains of Slepe Hall , the resi dence of Cromwell at St. Ives , although the name Is still preserved ; but It hrm often been a notircn of astonishment to visitors that no memorial has been raised to mark the connection with St. IVCH of the great ruler who spent there some of the best years of his early manhood. * * The threatenlngs of famine In India con tinue very serious , and It scemo probable that an appeal will bo made to Americans for contributions of grain , as In previous famines , Tbo cause Is the failure of the rainy season , which has ruined not only crops for man , but also fodder for cattle , and left the poor farmers and laborem In a destitute and almost desperate condition over a large part of the central province.- ] . The Bombay Guardian of September 2 de scribes the situation In Hajputana , Malwa , Gugorat and the southern Punjab as com pelling the gravest apprehensions , and the matter In the worse because the people have not recovered from the strain and distress of Heveral years of starclty of food , culminating last year. Are you nervous , restless , pale and easily tired ? Per haps the scales can tell you why. If your weight is below your average , that explains it. Scott's Emulsion is a fat- producing food. You soon begin to gain and you keep on gaining long after you stop taking it , For all wasting diseases , in both young and old , it is the one standard remedy. 'fifNf ' w Yefk. , ; \ | ( Baking Powder i Made from pure cream of tartar. , Safeguards the focd against alum. Alum bakinff powdm are lh mcnaccrs to health of the present day * : : ! Y C1IAIT. Detroit Journal : "How. " H. k d th Sword , wlvipe tc-mi > pr hml suffon-il thr uph Klect. "do you likf having your eallbtr reduced so much ? " "Oh. I can't kick ! " replied the Musket cheerfully. Imllnrmpolls Journal : "Do you knnw nt.v way by which to Injure iiormnnpnt rofp < vt for the statues of our Kroat state.imfn ? ' "Yt' ) ; put them on top of Ice cream soda fountain * . " Chlcapo Uncord : "It's no use of talking" replied Stubb , "a woman can't tie a K"ud knot. " "That nifty be , " rnlrt Pfnn , "but th < > y find no dllllculty In knotting n guod UP. If you doubt mu come Uown nnd I'll chow you my new scarf that Clara wore Sun day. " Cleveland Plain Dealer : "I'm . orry we cot Wllllo a ticket to that new pyainalum. "Why so ? " "Whrn 1 oatnc down stnlrs this morning W K turning panegyrics all over the parlor floor. " Somcrvllle Journal : The man who c n onk In fourteen different languages Isn't generally ns much repecte-d as the man who can keep still In one. v iiii-iiKu Tribune : " 1 suppose , floctor. you have often put nn Incurablp patient out of l.ls misery , have you not ? " "Thut question , sir , I consider an Ir - sult. " "Why do you Jump to the conclusion that I nsked If you had ever killed a cntlent ? What I want to know Is whether or not - - - " you clvc Indlannpolls Journal : "I have come , " said Civilization , "to he n father to you. " "Which the s me Is to say. " retorted Barbarism , sullen and uncouth. "I shall have to cat nt the second table and wear your old clothes. " Wa hlnpton Slur : "What do you regard ns the best love story ever written ? " asked the Fcntlmental youne woman. "The bpst love story , " answered Mios Cayenne , "Is never written. Jt Is experi enced. " Chlcaco Tribune : "Sit down , judge. Th9 car Is not so full but that we can make room for you by a llitle crowding. " "I beg you will not do that , professor. I am no more entitled to a seat than nny of those other men. " "I think you are , judge. The bfttcr n man's standing the more he is ntltled tea a sitting. " ChlcaRo Tribune : "You seem to bp prouder or your Ions , pointed spines , " remarked the rabbit to the porcupine , "but they don't kfep you warm. See how you shiver when a cold v.'lrtd blows. You oucht to have a warm fur roat like mine. " "You're not all wool. In- any means , " re torted the porcupine. "Your tall is notori ously a cotton affair. " "Shl.VGI.V O.STYLE. . " Found Floating. When pa firs' et tabasco sauce I'm smllln * 'bout It yt't. Although his subsequent 'remarks I al ways shall regret. We'd come to town to pee the sights , an' pa rcmnrke-d to me : "We'll eat at a bong long hotel an' sling some style , " says he. An' then ho sort o' cast his eTe among the plates nn' all , An' fays , "That ketchup mus' be good , the bottle s so small : " An * then lie took a piece o' meat an * covered It quite thick , When pa llrs' et tabasco sauce an' ros to make his kick. It nil comes back PO plain to me ; I rlkol- lect It well ; lie just was talking mild an' calm , an * then he give a yell An' tried to cave the cellln' by buttln' with hi ? head. 'Er-hooh ' ! Er-hooh ! Fire ! Murder ! Hooli ! " I can't tell all he said. But when they heard his heated words MX women lef the room. An' sild such language filled their souls with shiime , an' also gloom ; But pn. he only gurgled some , and thxn So yelled again , When llrs' he et tabasco sauce and tnid about It then. We laid him out upon a board nn' fanned him quite awhile , An' pa. he sort o' gasped at first an * then he tried to smile. An' rays : "Jurt heat a poker now , an' run It down my neck : I want to cool oft gradual , it's better , I ex- pock. " But when ho'd cot mo. out o' doors , he says : "I want to get That there blame ketchup recipe an' learn jus' how It's bet , So I can try It on the boys when you an' me git hum. Till they. too. think the condiment Is mixed wlh : Kingdom Come. " hour AVe bring fashions in youngsters' fixings hats and furnishings , as well as clothes , and no higher priced than the ordinary kind. JIaveyou bought oneof those 2-piece suits vro have been talking about the last few days ? If the boy need a suit don't wait purchase ono of them before they are gone , for they are regular § 7.50 values that we oiler now for Cassimores , worsteds , cheviots and tweeds , ages 8 to 10.