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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SAT fR DAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1900.
The Omaha Daily Bee.
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27, 120
27,:t20
27,3.10
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'10 l!7,WHt
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29 117,-100
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15 27,210
16 27,0:10
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C1EOIIGE D. TZSCHUCK.
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1900.
el. u. IICNUATH.
Notary Public.
Help ninlii' t lit Ak-Sar-Hcn festival n
micppss by Inviting yottr fiit'tuls to visit
you whllo It Is on.
Omnlin has n now brpwpry. Tim Kali
ans' rpRlinpnt Ih rpsppii fully InvltptI to
ooijip up and take It.
Nfihrnsku strpot fairs nnd flnnil pa
rndes have no dltllculty in lindlup avail
able mntPrlnl for festival ciuppus. Ne
braska wompn arp all qupeu!.
That burglar alarm In tlie I'ublle Li
brary bulldlns has paid for Itself. It Is
renlly a inpan trick to forpp u burRlar
to call the police to arrest himself.
Police .liulgo ti'ordnn would havp a
much liptter foundation upon which to
stand In his appeal to the supremo court
for double salary If he Panipd the sal
nry which tho chnrter accords him.
The republican candidates for state
olllces are clrculatins at a lively rate
and making friends wherever they ro
nnd tho ypar 1000 will seo the rpdpmp
tlon of Nebraska from populist control.
The Iowa state fair will havp a sur
plus In the treasury after paying ex
penses and premiums. I'eopie have
money now to attend such exhibitions.
It was different during democratic
times.
Topocratle organs will probably not
elto tho comment of the British press
regarding the attltudp of the United
States ou the settlptnent of affairs in
China ns evidence of an Anglo-American
alliance.
The postolllce business nt Lincoln
tabulated Into a statistical exhibit
shows an Increase of SO per cent since
1800. The fruits of republican pros
perity are reflected In every business
that makes use of the postal facilities.
The democratic campaign committee
Is securing a tine collection of regrets
from traveling men Invited to Join
Hrynn clubs. They are too busy
hustling for the business which came
with a prosperity administration to Join
Bryan clubs this year.
One thing we may be sure or: Omaha
will show up satisfactorily In the Indus
trial census. lOvery manufacturing es
tablishment In the city has enlarged Its
facilities and output slnco the last enu
meration and dozens of new Institutions
have bppti plantpd here, while all are
sharing In the restored prosperity.
Treasurer Meservc has found a place
where he can Invest some of the Idle
school money. These announcements
always couip as election time Is ap
proaching. The voters will remember,
however, that SL'OO.OOO of this money has
remained Idle since .January 1 when It
should have been earning Interest for
the schools.
The cablegram which tho veterans of
the Grand Army of the Republic sent to
General MucArthtir at Manila In part
explains why Governor Poynter pre
ferred fishing In tho mountains to greet
lug tho Nebraska veterans at Lincoln.
The veterans are not In the business of
embarrassing the government when It
Is engaged In a struggle with n foe.
A discussion of the "moral hazard"
of flro insurance, from tho agent's
standpoint, might provo an Interesting
toplo for the Insurnnco men's conven
tion. Whenever valued policy laws aro
under consideration tho agents freely
Slscuss it from the standpoint of the
Insured, but have little to say about In-
lining property for more than It Is
worth.
Tho enthusiasm with which democrats
endorse populist candidates in Nebraska
has been exemplified In Kurnas county.
Tho populists Insisted In naming the
county ticket and a mass convention of
democrats was called to ratify the nonv
Inatlons. Just twelvo .democrats re
aponded, yet they expect tho fusion
populists out there to vote for u demo
erat for congress.
FMKXD OF AMERICAN LA1IUR.
'Wo fight for the rights of American
labor, now everywhere employed for the
comfort of the scattered homesteads,"
said Senator Dolllver In his address be
fore the Hamilton club of Chicago. That
Is what tho republican party has al
ways done. From Its foundation It has
been the friend of labor, seeking to Im
prove the condition of the working
peoplo and to elevate them intellectually
and socially. L'xamlnc the federal stat
ute books and the laws of tho states
relating to labor and If will bo found
that a large majority of these statutes
aro due to the republican party.
Until the republican party fame Into
power there had been little legislation,
national or state, In the Interest of labor.
The democratic party had never mani
fested much concern for the working-
man. As the party of slavery, the men
who controlled It had little regard for
the laborer. They were for tho most
part southern men, who looked upon
the white toller of their own section as
no better than the negro laborer and
who characterized the worklngtnen of
the north as "mudsills." Tlie Idea of
elevating the men of labor uever se
riously entered Into the mind of these
southern democrats and slaveholders
who ruled the democracy. The old whig
party was not much better.
Wtor the war the republican party
addressed itself to the question of Im
proving the condition of labor and up
lifting tlie workliigmau. It studied bis
needs and listened to his complaints and
demands. As the republican party has
been In control of tho government thirty-two
years out of tlie last forty, It
goes without saying that most of the
federal legislation In that time In the
Interest of labor was enacted by that
party and the same can be said of the
states that (luting moxt of this period
have had republican administrations.
New Kngland has done much for labor
In tlie last thirty years and the ex
ample set by those states has been fol
lowed by others. If one would learn the
difference between republican and dem
ocratic Interest In the laborer let him
compare the labor legislation of the
states of the north with those of the
south. In the latter section labor has
received little consideration from the
democratic lawmakers anil by many of
the people there Is still regarded us de
grading. Republican policy, In building up the
industries of the country and developing
Its resources, has given opportunities
and advantages to labor which It had
not before enjoyed nnd the worklngnian
Is blind to his own interests and to
the general welfare who allies himself
with the party that Is hostile to this
policy. The republican party has al
ways believed that well-employed and
well-paid labor Is the basis of national
prosperity and it has acted upon that be
lief. What the republican party has
done In the past for labor gives
abundant assurance that It will continue
to promote tho Interests and welfare of
American workingmen and preserve the
high standard of American labor.
A PF.IITIXKXT QUKSTIUX.
The secretary of the treasury has
pointed out very clearly what could be
done by a Bryan administration to put
the country off tlie gold standard. Ho
has shown that there is nothing to pre
vent the payment of a part of the obli
gations of the government in silver nnd
he has stated what would be tlie effect
upon the tiuances nnd the business of
tin; country of doing this.
It Is a matter of the utmost Impor
tance to the American people. It con
corns every Interest and every class.
Mr. Bryan has been asked to tell the
country whether or not, in the event of
his election, he would use silver In pay
ing obligations of the government, ns
.Secretary Gage says could bo done.
It was a pertinent question, submitted
to Mr. Bryan by one of the great news
papers of the country. But he de
clined to say anything on the subject.
The leading champion of the free and
unlimited coinage of silver at 10 to 1,
the man who has declared that the
gold standard Is a conspiracy against
the human race and who arbitrarily In
sisted upon the Kansas City convention
specifically realllrinlng the llnauelal
plank of the Chicago platform, will not
say what he would do In regard to pay
ing government obligations In silver If
he were president.
Why does Mr. Bryan decline to take
tlie peoplo Into his conlldence In this
very Important matter? He has told
tho country what he will do, if elected,
In regard to the Philippines. Why is
he not equally frank In respect to a
questiou of vital concern to the llnan
clal and business Interests of the
American people? The New York
Evening Post offers an explanation. It
remarks that Mr. Bryan happens to be
sitting between two stools. "If he
should say," observes that paper,
"that a secretary appointed by him
self could not, or would not, upset tlie
gold standard, then he would place
himself in opposition to tlie bulk of his
own party and to the logic of hi own
platform. If he should say that his
secretary of tlie treasury could and
would use all the means at bis command
to promote bimetallism at the ratio of
10 to 1, 'without waiting for (lie aid or
consent of any other nation,' then he
would repol many votes which he might
otherwise receive from the gold demo
crats nnd independents." And so Mr.
Brynn deems It expedient to say nothing
ou the subject.
But in taking this position, what be
comes of his "honesty" and "sincerity V"
Tho supporters of Mr. Bryan are fond
of asserting that he has "the courage
of his convictions," that he Is straight
forward and fearless In proclaiming his
principles and policies anil that he never
evades a question. They will not be
able to urge this hereafter If ho shall
persist In declining to tell the country
what he would do, If president, in re
gard to using silver in liquidating
government obligations payable In coin
Meanwhile the general opinion will be
In view of what Mr. Bryan has said In
the past, that If elected one of the
earliest acts of his administration will
bo to pay the obligations of the gov
j eminent; lu silver to the extent that coin
Is available and that his efforts will be
persistently directed toward nullifying
the currency act of last March and
overthrowing the gold standard. As to
this there cannot be a reasonable doubt,
unless It be assumed that all Mr. Bry
an's utterances during the last four
years were Insincere and meaningless.
IT ITS OLD THICKS.
The World-Herald seems to be edited
upon the principle that a lie well stuck
to Is better than the truth. In order to
create dissension among tlie republican
It revamps the exploded story about Im
portation of voters by the so-called Rose-
wnter-Moores machine and raises the
cry of fraud over tho coming primaries
before oven the primary tickets are tiled.
The fact Is that nil the World-Herald's
concoctions nbotit importing voters and
colonizing schemes aro pure figment of
tlie Imagination without one scintilla of
truth for their basis.
A year ago the cry of fraud was raised
by the democratic organ over the repub
lican primaries, which resulted lu n
clean-cut victory for the faction that
nominated the ticket. This cry was
raised simply as a cover mid excuse for
the defeated faction of republicans to
organize a bulling expedition by which
tlie throe bes.t olllces in the county were
given over to democratic otllclals by re
publican votes. A challenge was Issued
at the time, for proof of the charge, but
It was not accepted because the proof
could not be produced.
Again in the spring, at (lie municipal
election, tlie howl about colonization
and the Importation of voters was resur
rected and even formulated Into an ex
plicit charge printed over the name of
the chairman of the democratic city
committee. The challenge this time
was In the form of tho arrest of the
democratic chairman for criminal libel
and his citation Into court to prove his
statements. Although he. was allowed
two months to dig up evidence, when
confronted lu court he could not bring
a single witness to substantiate his as
sertions and Instead of producing proofs
of his charge he squirmed out on a legal
technicality.
The aim and purpose of the World
Herald lu repeating these lies again at
this time Is so transparent that no loyal
republican should allow himself to be
misled. The democrats would like noth
ing better than to breed dissension
among republicans by making them be
lieve that they are the victims of fraud
ulent practices nnd thus enlisting their
support for Bi'ynn and the democratic
ticket. We do not believe, however,
that any republican of ordinary Intelll;
gence will swallow this democratic bait.
Tin: suxdav inn:.
The Bee Sunday will be one of the
best numbers among the many line
issues with which its readers have been
regaled. This Is particularly true of
Tho Illustrated Bee, which Is the sup
plemental mngazlne furnished subscri
bers In addition to all the news of the
day and special Sunday department
features.
The front page Is adorned by n hand
some portrait of Iowa's new United
States senator, Jonathan P. Dolllver,
who was honored only a few weeks ago
by being mentioned most prominently
as an available candidate for second
place on the ticket with President Mc
Klntey. Senator Dolllver has kindly
accorded The Bee's staff photographer a
special sitting and his home and family
are also presented in half-tone engrav
ings. Ills biography and views on cur
rent topics, given in a characteristic In
terview, are set forth lu an attractive
manner.
The second special feature Is a page
of beautiful pictures, reproducing pho
tographs taken for The Bee nt the an
nual encampment of the Nebraska Na
tional Guard, held at Hastings a week
ago. Tlie central figure Is the champion
ship "governor's cup," awarded to the
Omaha Guards. Around It are grouped
snapshots of the cup winners, the new
Thurston Rllles and pertinent scenes
of camp life.
The advent of Labor Day furnishes
the occasion for a brief sketch of Omaha
labor uulons lu their origin and early
history, set off with portraits of prom
inent labor leaders, the president of tlie
Central Labor union at Omaha, the pres
ident of the Trades Assembly at South
Omaha, the labor commissioners of Iowa
and Nebraska and a group of pioneer
trades unionists of this city who are
identified with the founding of tlie iirst
union.
An equally Interesting contribution is
from the pen of Rev. I'M ward 1 Tiefz,
narrating personal reminiscences of the
lute Senator .John .1. lngulls. whose
portrait Is reproduced from his latest
photograph, sent to the author and pro
nounced by Mr. Ingalls one of his best
likenesses. The article Is replete with
Interesting anecdotes and written In the
best literary style.
Carpenter's letter deals with Filipino
women and their position and character
istics in Filipino society. Women's cos
tumes and women's work In the Philip
pines are graphically described, while
tlie Illustrations afford glimpses Into
Filipino life, such as every visitor would
want to see.
While these are only a few of the
leading features they give a good Idea
of the whole number. Be sure to get
The Sunday Bee.
Our democratic friends have a new
complaint In the fact that the repub
lican primaries are to be held between
the hours of 1'J and 7. which are ordi
narily the hours at which most people
are required to lie at work. It pretends
to see a great hornets' nest In this ar
rangement. The hours for holding pri
maries, however, are tlxed by the law
enacted by the last legislature, with the
approval of the populist governor, ami
cannot be changed by any campaign
committee. They are, moreover, the
same for all political parties that hold
their primaries under Hip primary law.
Democracy has caught Its second
wind In Cuban matters. The call for
a constitutional convention fairly took
Its breath away for a time nnd It was
on the point of admitting that the ad
ministration really intended to give
Cuba Its owu government. The lead
ers could not afford to give up a chance
to attack the president, so they have In
duced a Cuban professional politician
to come out lu an Interview lu which
he says he fears the convention Is a
blind. If there Is anybody on earth
harder to please than a democrat It Is a
Cuban politician.
The suggestion Is offered that the
Jacksonlans organize a grand brass
band reception for the return of Ne
braska's great trust-smasher from his
brilliant bout with the octopl In their
home In Wall street. Such courageous
and self-sacrificing devotion to duty de
serves a tribute of this kind from his
enthusiastic admirers.
AYitrks Until M'iijk.
Washington Star.
Ills neighbors In Nebraska aro still a little
uncertain whether they shall regard Mr.
Uryan as a farmer In politics or ns merely n
politician on a farm.
Clilnn's rinnnclnl Met hint.
St. Louis Star.
China has borrowed from tho "foreign
devils" Iri recent years $300,000,000, nnd the
larger part of that money has been expended
to pay for modern arms. China evidently
believes In fighting tho devils with their
own urms.
I'lUllr .ftplrntloiin.
Indlnnnitolls Journal.
Mr. Ilrynn, In using tho comparison or
Lazarus and Dives lu his Omaha speeen
Saturday night, conveys tho impression that,
tthllo ho hus done pretty well with repub
lican crumbs the last few years, ho would
do much better If ho sat nt the head of the
table.
Why Hinliirsn ItiitllU'iilliiu .'
J. Sterling Morton's Conservative
In h speech made recently nt Falls City
the peerless nnd paramount Uryan declared
that tho government of Spain transferred n
tltlo to tho government of tho United Stutev
becnuso Spain wns not n rightful, but only a
forceful holder of.the Philippines. If that'
bo true, why did Hryun Insist upon the rats
flcntlon of a treaty which compelled the pny
mcnt to Spain of $20,000,000 in gold by tho
United Stales for an Imperfect and fraudu
lent title? Is Hrynn a tonlldenco man? Is
ho a dealer In gold bricks? If not. wh;
did hu aid Spain In defrauding tho Cn!te,.
States out of $20,000,000 by means of n bul
tltlo?
HiiRiK'iiot I'IkIiOiiu niund,
Cleveland Eeudir.
Tho names of tho Doer generals who
have been most frequently mentioned
In tho latest news from South Africa
show plainly how marked an Infusion of
French Huguenot blood there was In tho
Dutch Btock from which most of the peoplo
of tho Transvnnl nnd tho Orungo Free State
have sprung. Do Wet, Delaroy and Olivier
aro not Dutch names. They aro quite
French enough to account for a good part of
the intense sympathy with which tho
people of France, almost to a mnn, hnvo
Matched tho heroic struggle of the Doers
ngninst tho overwhelming numbers of their
foes.
Iillrrn .tciiluus of the Thrifty.
Portland Oreginlan.
Thero Is more money In banks than over
before, but tho Uryan orators Inquire
"What Is the good of money In banks? Tho
peoplo who need money can't get It." But
Its owners the depositors can get It when
they until It'. This, however, to the Hry
anfto objector' Is no answer. He doesn't
want the owner 'to have It. Tho man who
has monoy in ba'nk Is a plutocrat and an
enomy'of l(bertyand of his country. Tho
shiftless nnd the worthless nnd tho In
dolent, the hobo and tha Coxey nrmy man
reprosent our truest citizenship. If you
find n man who has money In bank spot him
for a traitor. Dryanlsm Is the apotheosis
of Jack Cade citizenship nnd politics.
SOt XIl JlflMiV I.M'I.ATIOX.
Ilt-niiKlit A lio ut l.j- LcKlnlutlcwi AKnlnNt
Which llrjnu IiivcIkIi.
Now York Times.
It Is odd that llryan should think that
ho can mako capltnl by nttacklng tho
financial legislation of the administration
precisely nt the point where It has been
most brilliantly successful. Question has
been raised, especially since his nomina
tion for tho presidency, whether or not the
tafegunrds It sots about tho gold Btandant
would bo ellectlve against his executive
power If ho should bo elected, even If tho
scnato remained republican and so blocked
free silver legislation. High authorities
believe that, by ordering bonds of the
United States to be paid, principal and In
terest, In silver coin, ngninst tho wish of
tho holder, ho could, even before bonds
were duo nnd presented for payment, estab
lish tho principle of peremptory sliver pay
ment of private debts and so shock our
whole financial and business systems into
panic and chaos. Persons most scrupu
lous for tho security of our national credit
havo not regarded the gold stnndnrd pro
visions of tho net of March 11 as wholly
HiiccusBful and satisfactory.
Mr. Hryun uttaclts this part of tho law'
In a fceblo and perfunctory manner, only
availing tlio republicans for not estab
lishing International bimetallism. Ono
listens in vain for tho stern denunciation
of 18915, tho prophesies of disaster under
tho gold and tho promise of happiness
nnd abundance under tho silver standard.
If ho Is thus timid In his own west, what
will hu be In the "enomy's country?" Ho
nctr as If ho wero fairly well satisfied
with tho gold standard provisions of the
act of Mnrch II, and thought ho could
carry out his purpose of financial admin
istration under them well enough. Ho re
serves his attacks on tho law for tho
banking und refunding provisions, under
which tho circulating medium linn been In
creased and tho interest on the public debt
lias been reduced. Of course, his funda
mental objection to these Is that banknotes
are redeemable In gold or in anything, for
that matter: for his hearers must sen the
liiconslpteney of his singling out for attack
Just those provisions of tho luw which havo
met In lemarkublo and unexpected degree
tlie democratic and populist demand for
moro currency.
Continuing reports of the operation of
the bunking provisions of tho gold stand
ard act discover that it has paused nn In
llatlon of sound money slnco Its passage
larger than wns ever mnrto of any currency
in tho same time, If we except tho green
back forced loans of tho civil war. before
Its passago national bank circulation had
beu steadily declining for some years,
while other forms of currency, oxcept gold,
woro stutlonary. On January 1, 1S00, bank
iu to circulation was about 5:113,000, 000. nnd
It had hardly varied from this on Junuary
1, 100 Tho gold standard net passed
March II nnd by August S the banknote
circulation had increased to $321,000,000
Here Is nn inereaso In circulating mod lu in
of nearly $80,000,000, which will riso to
$100,000,000 whun tho clerical operatloiu
of exchanging bonds and printing notes
now under way shall bo completed. This
increased circulation has been diffused
widely through tho country by the wlsu
provision of tho law authorizing banks nf
125,000 capital In small places. Of tho 120
new banks whose applications fur chartei
under tho law no beon approved 32i
have less than $21,000 capital and of these
ISO are Hlready organized and In operation,
only five months nfter passago of tho law.
This Is only a small part of the buund
money lnflatloB of tho last four years.
BRYAN and LINCOLN
S.m Francisco Call
Colonel Uryan goes continually to the say
ings of Lincoln for the garniture of his ac
ceptance and other oratory. Ho is Just
now using what tho great emancipator
had to say about the axioms of Jefferson
In favor of self-government and govern
ment by consent. He states the plain nnd
old principles of republican go eminent
as If ho had Just discovered them, or bb If
when uttered by Jefferson nnd Lincoln
they had faPen on deaf ears nnd been for
gotten. It Is only necessary to say that
nobody takes the ndverso side In respect
to these axioms. Nobody who opposes him
donlcs them nnd there arc none among
tho republicans who fall to hold them In
undying respect ns n rule of conduct In .
republican government. Colonel Uryan
might ns well nppcnr as the champion of
the multiplication tnblo nnd expect a dis
pute of the proposition that twlco two aro
four.
The only defiant denlcrs of these princi
ples as restated by Lincoln arc the sup
porters of Colonel Uryan. For their own
convenience and In their own wnys, run
ning from tho murder of men to nullifica
tion of the constitution, tho southern states,
which will give Colonel Uryan 120 elec
toral votes, nro flagrantly violating tho
principles of Lincoln, while this cnndl
dnto for tho presidency goes up and down
accusing tho party of Lincoln of Infidelity
to his teachings.
Colonel Uryan carefully picks and chooses
his quotations. Ho has put Lincoln as sn
tng: "When tho whllo man governs him
self that Is self-government, but when ho
governs hlmsolf and another mnn that Is
despotism." This Is if partial quotation,
omitting tho text, which Is indirect com
ment on the nctH of tho south, which deny
to the negro tho right of government by
consent.
The full quotation Is: "If the negro Is a
man, Is It not to that extent a total de
struction of self-government to say that
he. too, shall not govern hlmsolf? When tho
white man governs himself, that la self
government, but when he governs himself
nnd another man, without tho other's con
sent, that Is despotism."
it was this saying of Lincoln that led his
party, after his assassination, to pass tho
CAMPAKS.V lUtll'T.
There will bo R.200 polling places In thli;
year's election In New York utatc.
Vermont will speak out next Tuesday
pnd Mnlno on tho Monday following. As
go theso old reliables so goes tho union.
Senator Piatt Bays: "Mr. Odull is tho
choice of the republican party for governor
of New York." The convention will bo
held nt Saratoga next Tuesday.
Senator Piatt nnd Richard Croker ngree
In naylng that young Mr. Coler will bo
benefited by cooling his heels outside tho
breastworks for a few years more.
It l now asserted that the great re
former, Dick Croker, Is about to take the
stump. He has taken most everything
political around Manhattan and It Is Just
as well to let tho tall go with the hide.
If Mr. Croker Insists on campaigning
with his mouth the republicans should
help him even to the oxtent of furnishing
the megaphone. Th louder Richard talks
the larger will be the harvest of votes for
McKlnley und prosperity.
Senator Dolllver of Iowa is a spell
binder by heredity. His father was a
Methodist prccchur of more than usual
unctton and filled many a sinner with
germs of remorse. Tho senator Is equally
effective In bringing political sinners to
repentance.
Oovernor Plngree of Michigan says ho
will hold his nose when he votes this fall.
For some time past the governor has been
Investigating things political outside the
breastworks and humped hlB noso against
some loud atmosphere. Yet ho did not
gel a smell.
Judgo John H. Holt, tho democratic
nominee for governor of West Virginia. Is
carrying cn nn old-fashioned campaign In
the mountain districts of his state. He
plays the fiddle for tho fnrmers, nnd, upon
one uccnslou, Instructed o housewife In
tho nrt of making blackberry dumplings.
The governor of New York to bo elected
In November will have considerable power
of appointment. Among the heads of de
partments whoso terms expire Is tho state
commissioner of excise appolncd In April.
18!0. The term of the commissioner is flvo
years and confirmation by the senate Is re
quired. Tho total vote on tho constitutional
nmendment In North Carolina disfranchis
ing colored citizens was 310,502. The total
vote of North Carolina In tho presidential
election of 1896 was 330,000, 20,000 moro
votes than wero cast on August 2. Tho
vote for tho amendment was 1S2.217 nnd
against tho amendment 128,283, a majority
for tho nmendment of 53,932.
It Is said that tho democratic press
bureau has ready to Bend out 1,000,000
copies of "Anti-Trust Tablet, No. 1." It Is
entitled "Tho Carneglo Exposure," and
deals In a highly denunciatory stylo with
tho methods by which tho gentleman ac
quired his wealth. Now that It Is believed
that Sir. Carneglo may support Uryan the
managers aro holding the pamphlet, ac
cording to tho story, nnd may decide to
consign it to tho dump.
POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS.
Now York Tribune: Nothing about Mr.
Uryan Is more tmpresslvo than his loquac
ity, except his taciturnity when awkward
questions nre asked.
Chicago Post: Of course no one over ac
cused Croker of lucking nerve, but when
ho announces his Intention to discuss
trusts us n campaign issue ho certainly
reaches tho limit. Perhaps ho expects to
bo ablo to demonstrate that Ico doesn't
count.
Washington Poft: Mr. Hrynn donnpil his
overalls the other day when tho thermom
eter Indicated 96 In the shade nnd, going
Into his beet field, put up n fine exhibition
of tho man with the hoe. Tho official farm
photographers secured Borne lino views of
tho performance.
Kansas City Journal- Tho traveling
men of the country testify that they are
doing nn extraordinary nmount of businusH
tills year, that their number In service Is
unusually largo nnd that a largo mujorlty
of them aro omphutically in favor of Mc
Klnley and continued prosperity. Such
testimony, howovor, does not "go" with
the democratic campaigners. Dcmncratln
leaders formed a theory that tho traveling
men wero thrown out of employment by the
trusts and that practically all of them
would support Uryan, and thoy nre stick
ing to It llko gum arable.
Now York Sun: Various newspapers are
amusing themselves by collecting or In
terning opinions nnd statistics us to lx.w
i ho (ierimin-Americans will voto next No
vember. Probably the (!erman-Amerlciui-iro
heartily sick of this. Kach one of them
run tell how he and certain of his fiiendi
will vote, anil ho can tell no more. The
fjorman-Amnrlcaiis will vote us they pleasii
and they aro divided as other America ni
aro In their political opinions. You might
us well talk about the blue-eyed voto or
i ho blaek-lialrod voto ns about the (Jer-uiiin-Ainerlcan
vote. Thorn aro (iermun
Anierhun voters, some of them In this
party, sonio In that. Nobody rontroU them
but thomselves. Nobody Is authorized to
speak for them. Nobody can lead them by
the note,
fifteenth amendment to the constitution,
giving the negro tho ballot that he might
govern himself and consent to government
Colonel Uryan now charges the republican
party with Intending to destroy government
by consent In tho Philippines. That policy
may bo Indefensible It It bo proven, which
It is not. Ilut In the light of Lincoln's
full statement self-government Is already
destroyed In this country by Colonel Uryau's
party.
What refinement of hypocrisy It Is for him
to claim votes upon tho declaration that he
will give self-government to turbulent pcor
pie 7,000 miles away, whllo ho mokes no
pledge to restore It to a larger number right
nt home?
He has recently been talking patronizingly
to republicans, asking them to vote for him
on this Issue. Let their answer bo that
If destruction of sclf-govornuieut Is nn evil,
carrying many future miseries In Its train,
the men who nominated and supported
Uryan havo already destroyed It at home.
If Lincoln told the truth. That which he
nccuscs republicans of Intending to do
abroad, his own party has already done at
home. Ills charge against republicans has
no proof but his assertion. Tho same of
fense by his owu party Is proved by its ac
complishment. Kcally, It requires n check
of bronze for him to scold republican lead
ers and beg tho otcs of their followers
upon that Issue.
One of his tending supporters. Senator
Tillman, said In the scnato In u net and
prepared epeech. describing the touthern
methods of denying sclf-goverunicnt to the
negroes: "We shot them. Wo used fraud,
false counts and tissue ballots. At length
growing tired of these we amended our stato
constitution and eliminated tho negro vote."
If Colonel Uryan wishes to prove his right
to n reputation for courage let him go to
Tillman's state, quote Lincoln In full and
argue for tho right of self-government for
the negro there, as well as for the tribes
in the Philippines It Is safo to fay that
ho will not do this. He prefers to attempt
the deception of the northern peoplo on
this lssuo nnd present himself to them ns
the avatar of Lincoln, to showing himself
deserving to earing tho robes of the
emancipator by doing as ho would havo
doue.
0THi:il I, AMIS iil. Ot Its.
Tho mineral nnd agricultural resources
ot Siberia aro described In a recently pub
lished book, from which Commercial Agent
Urecncr at Vladivo3tock sends some trans
lations In his last report. Tho gold bear
ing area ot Siberia, which extends across
tho continent from southwest to north
enst, Is about 1,300 miles long and 100 mites
wide. Tho nrca has been prospected only
superficially on account ot thu almost Im
penetrable forests and the scvero winters,
but rich alluvial drifts havo already beeu
found. An American mining expert, ono
of a company ot six employed by the ltusso
Chinese hank, ha expressed the opin
ion that tho extreme eastern territory neor
Dcrlng straits will provo as rich as the
Capo Noma region, since It is analogous In
formation. Tho agricultural possibilities
of Siberia aro almost limitless. The cul
tivable r.one stretches from tho fiftieth
degree of latitude to tho Chlncbe frontier.
It contains about 54,000,000 acres, onty
6,380,000 of which have beon brought under
cultivation, Tho system of agriculture in
vogue Is of the most primitive kind, h
atrip of land being cultivated until It is
exhausted nnd then abandoned. At thn
present tlrao tho nnnual harvest of cereal
crops In Siberia yields about 2.S80.000 tons,
of which CO per rent in corn nnd oats.
Comparatively llttlo wheat Is grown. Uy
soil nnd climate, however, southern Siberia
Is fitted to become ono of tho greatest
wheat growing countries in tho world.
Facilities for transportation nnd modern
mothods of cultivation such as Russia Is
rapidly supplying will enable her to ex
ploit her lmmenso natural resources. Then
Siberian competition will begin In earnest.
According to tho Paris correspondents of
the London press, tho recent Bpeech which
M. Jules (lucsde delivered as a funeral ora
tion to the memory of Hcrr Llebknccht,
marko a definite soverance between tho
French nnd German socialists. Hcrr Lleb
knccht was energetically opposed to the
lino of policy which M. Jaurcs adopted In
tho Dreyfus case nnd was equally antago
nistic to tho ncceptanco by M. Mlllernnd,
a socialist, of n seat In the nourgeols min
istry. M. Mlllernnd had tho support of all
tho moro prominent parliamentarians of
his party, but M. Guesdo and his followers
wero irreconcilable and the efforts of M.
Jnures and others to bring about a rounlon
havo been futile. M. Ouesde is one of tho
most fanatical of tho socialist leadors and
In the nddress in question he declared his
views in tho most uncompromising fashion.
Referring to tho Dreyfus matter ho de
clared that it whs no part of tho duty of
socialists to attempt to redress tho wrongs
of capitalist society or to forget its own
sufferings In tho effort to redress tho In
jury dono to. an Individual. "No union,''
ho cried, "with thoso who abandon tho
strugglo between the classes!" This Is
Interpreted ns n dcllborato attack upon
M. Jaurcs, M. Anntoln Franco and their
Biipportora and Indirectly upon tho great
body of German socialists.
Thero Ib nothing now In the hostility ex
hibited recently by tho Russians to the
Uelglans In tho region of tho Donetz. Tho
first manifestations of it appeared two
years ago, when there was an outcry In
tho Novoyo Vremya nnd other Rus
sian Journals. All tho district Is very
rich in coal and It has been developed
snloly by Belgian enterprise In tho first
tlx months of 1&9S six now mining com
panies wero formed nt Urussels, witli n
total capital of $7,000,000 and from ono of
theso mines alone, that ot Rykotf, an an
nual output of 150,000 tons Is obtained,
The proprietors, either nobles crippled
with debt or Ignorant peasants, sold their
lands for insignificant sums In comparison
with tho wealth lying bolow tho surface
Tho glass Industry had been Introduced
somo years earlier nnd tho recent dis
turbances occurred on tho property of tho
Donetz Glass company owing to tho In
troduction of foreign labor. Not only
have tho Dclglan capitalists becomo In
terested In this oxtcnslva district to the
total nmount, It Is declared, of $50,000,000.
but a large and Increasing Uvlglnn colony
from Flanders, Halnault nnd Liogn has
established Itself In the Donetz. Tho Rus
sians were not adverse to selling their
lands at private valuo in the first instance,
but had never Imagined that th supanor
knowiedgo of foreigners would turn thorn
to finch profitable account. Tho first growl
nf popular protest was heard at tho end
of 1808, when Prlnco Tchaikovsky com
plained of the Injury Indicted on the litis
slnn pearnnts by the Importation of Uel
glim workmen nnd the gradual sweeping
nslde of the Russlnn Inhabitants by n more
robust race. The Uelglans took advantage
of tho Indolence nnd tho apathy of tho
Russians to exploit tho Donetz, but failed
to realize the fact that their prosperity
was certain, soonor or later, to awaken
tho cupidity nnd excite thn animosity ot
tho original landholders.
The opposition press In Madrid is at
tempting to make political capital out of
the drastic measures that ficnor Silvela
would tako to reorganize thn remnant ot
the Spanish navy It will be recalled that
It Is only rucntly that the premier under
took to act at minister of marine. Ho has
found It necessary to strike off the effect
ive list and order the sale of no fewer than
fifty vessels, all of which he declares to
bo quite useless for the purpors nf naval
defense. Tho number Includes th- first
class protected cruiser, Le Panto, which
wns launched only two years ngo I: ts
now revealed that most of the hollers of
tho ships of tho squadron wlioch took part
In teccnt mancuvora are In h defective con
dition and that those of the battleship
Polayo and tho cruiser Charles V will
havo to bo replaced.
Seuor Silvela has nlso discovered that
tho estimates which havo been voted were
not sufficient to provide tho vessels with
Kcnough coal to enable them to remain at
sea for a fortnight. The sum voted for tht
personnel was $1,600,000 for .1.500 marines
nnd 1,500 senmen. Tho majority of the
credits go to malntnln tho arseuats nnd
dockyards at Fcrrol, Cadiz and Cnrtlm
gena nnd tho admiralty, where most of
tho olllccrs ot high rank aro employed.
Tho loss of tho colonies having much re
duced the nlready limited nctlvo experience
which the Spanish naval ofllcers could ac
quire, Scnor Silvela is confronted with the
dilemma of having to permit things to go
on ns they nre or to nsk the Cortes to
give permission to raise a loan to reor
ganize the naval scrvlco and to nuthorlze
him to reform nbuscs and abolish sine
cures. Consul tr reports which have been received
by the foreign embassies in Constantinople
from Krzcroum nnd Dlarbokr confirm the ru
mors of tho massacre of Armenians at Sp.ig
hr.nk. In thu district of Sarstin. On receipt
of these reports the French nnd Russian am
baesadors drew the serious ntteutlon ot tha
ptrto to the subject and, It Is said, de
manded tho recall of Emls Pasha, vail of
Aleppo, who, It Is said, Is responsible for
the events lu Sassun.
Reports of tho massacre agree that from
200 to 300 peopln were slain and that Spag
hank, which contained between twenty-lite
nnd thirty houses, was completely obliter
ated. During the first hour of the assault
a number of men. women and children took
refuge In a church. The building ws but
rounded by Kurds, who finally effected an
entrance and slew nil thoso within.
A fortnight ago n second attack wns made
upon thu Urltlsh icn consul at Van The
Kurds wounded his dragoman and stole bin
baggngc. It Is now learned that two months
ago tho French vice consul at DIarbckr,
whllo traveling in Alexandrctta. was at
tacked by n Kurd, who discharged his gun
at tho vice consul. In spllo of the repre
sentations of tho French embassy the per
petrator of the crime has not yet been nr
reMed. In the meantime no attempt has
been made to punish the Ubsallauts of Major
Maunsell, the Urltlsh vice consul, or to oh
tain the restoration of his baggage.
It Is feared in foreign diplomatic circles
In Constantinople that the sultan will take
ndvantngo of the attention of the powers be
ing directed toward tho far east to relax his
ptomlsed vigilance in Anatolia and thus en
courage tho Kurds to repeat their depreda
tions of four years ugo.
SpciiL' Out, AVI 1 1 lit m tlrrnnltiRx.
New York Tribune
It Is a matter of history how Andrew
Jackson precipitated panic nnd misery bv
radical use, in defiance of congress, of ex.
ccutlvo power over bank deposits. Will Mx
Uryan follow the cxamplo und pay out
sliver? Tho American peoplo are entltle-f
to a frank answer, regardless of tho politlcaf
schemes which Mr. Uryan thinks would 1
promoted by evasion.
juu:i:.v tiukli:.
Chicago Record: "You've got your can
didate billed for short speeches everywhere,
I SCO."
"Yes; what ho says always brings o.it
such prolonged cheers, you know."
Philadelphia Post: MrJlgjer-l soe Mr
Harnpaws, the circus man, was married thi
other day. Thnt was something of n come
down for him,
Thingumbob Why so?
McJIgger The wedding wns nothing but
a one-tins performnnce.
Chicago Iost : "So her foreign ttlp was
not a success?"
"Oh, dear, mi! Why, she didn't even hr
come engaged to n man with a title and a
bail ireoril."
Indianapolis Journal: "I hoi. I Rrjnn re
sponsible for this hot summer."
"How's that?"
"Why, we've had sixteen hot days tu ono
cool one."
Chicago Tribune: Tin captured pick
pocket looked at the now and glittering
handcuff that had been snapped on his
wrists and xhrugKCd his shoulders.
"Fine fetters." lie muttered, "never mak
tine Jullblrds."
Washington Star: "Did jnu over hf.tr
anything against his hiui"it .'"
"No, sub," answered Mr. KrasnM Pfnkly.
"Hut ho eats chicken mighty reiar on Sun
day an' he's alius got an umbrella wlun It
rains."
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Oh. jes," snld
his mother, "Willie Is .is healthy iih anv
mntber i-milH u'liih I In linu llm .n,ti-il. ,,'r
n horse."
"Clot to," Willie Interrupted lmr to re-
Itllll'If '"I'llftlP ilitl.'t olmmn ....till.. 1...
cracked oats.
Sumervllle Journal: When n young man
asks a young woman to sing to him, elibur
he Is In love with her or slio knows how
to sing.
Philadelphia Press: "I think Ifa mean,"
she nobbed; "you might give nic the inon.v
I ask for. I don't think you cum fur me
at nil."
"My dear." said her close husband, i
care mo.re for you than all Mie money lu
the world. You're worth your weight In
told, and-"
"Then why don't you give ine credit lor
what l ip worth?
SCHOOL DA VS.
Somervlllo Journal.
Tho children's hearts ure full of joy,
They feel so blithe und gny
To think the opening of school
Is but ten days away!
They dance and shout nnd chip their hands
Tnuethor. now and then,
To think that In so short n time
They'll bo In school again!
Their teachers, too, tiro overjoyed
To know tho time's so near
When they will hnye thn pure delight
Of teaching children dear.
The tedious vacntlon tlmp
Thank heaven! Is almost past.
And children deur and teachers can
Uu bade to school nt Inst I
We Cut Prices.
Premos . . 1 1 1 Pcr
Pocos . , . Mj Ce"t
I lie trust Hiiys we can't out prices,
but "watch ns,"
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