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finrl Sehnr. Is now eonfhlent that It
was loaded.
Spain to Chlnii-inoilt liy my c.xperl
enee nnd make the best terms vou can.
WyominK reports nil of Its season's
erop except that of the tniln robbers
hns heeii dithered. It Is hoped that
this Job may be finished soon.
Front the numerous nwards given In
Paris to tho nianiit'netiiiers of whisky
the Judges "must have gone on the
Kentucky theory that all whisky Is
good
At hll events Timothy Woodruff did
not lose nnythlng by allowing himself
to be, advertised as an aspirant for the
vice, presidential nomination at Phila
delphia. Tho large snles of both farm and
grazing land In Nebraska the pnst year
show that people are beginning to ap
preciate what n good thing lias been
overlooked.
I'p to the present there are no Indi
cations that ex-President Cleveland In
tends to bring bis democracy out of
retirement and loan It to the campaign
committee.
There are thorns on every rose bush.
The employment agents have plenty
of jobs for men, but cannot get men
for the Jobs. Four years ago condi
tions were reversed.
Kx-Secretary of State Olney will now
be taken off the black list by the ltry
unite organs since he has expressed a
willingness to swallow the Kansas City
platform dose In spite of the nauseating
taste.
Itepubltcan primaries today hold open
from 1" noon until 7 p. m. Kvery
republican In Omaha and South Omaha
should see to It that ids vote Is recorded
in this most Important party contest in
years.
According to Hryan's own statement,
he has been more successful in farm
ing the farmers than in raising oats
Eastern peoplo should not lake Mr.
Hryan's farm figures as a criterion of
the money to be made on Nebraska
laud.
It may be an Important problem, tech
nleally, whether the school district or
t ho city should be charged witli the
fees for school building permits, but
to the taxpayers it Is simply a tiiesilon
out of which pocket the money should
be taken.
The Oinabft postollice beat all pre
rlotis records for stamp sales during
August. Postal business Is but I lie
reflection of the general business of the
community and this large Increase In
dlcates that Omaha Is doing (pilfe well.
thank you.
As usual the democrats express de
rided dissatisfaction with the choice of
Now York republicans for candidates on
tho republican state ticket. The only
way to please the Tammauy gang Is to
let It dictate the opposing as well as Its
own tickets.
Remember that the great object of the
local popoeratlc organ Is to create dis
sension among republicans In order to
Improve the prosjwets of the doomed
democratic candidates In this county.
No loyal republican will co-operate with
the democrats to this end.
Hryan siys he M'onders how any
farmer can be a republican. If ho will
go through the farmer's bank accounts
for the last seven years and see the
dlfferenco between tho balance the last
three nnd tho tlrst four of those ycys
the answer will be easy.
Democratic committees and papers
nro busy at present carrying repub
lican states on paper. It Is a harmless
pnstlmo and If they can get any
pleasure out of the campaign before
the final count. In November no one
should lu'srudsc It to them.
in:tLUHM Tilt: tVf.
Kfpubll. ins who vote at the ptlntaiy
today should remember that there
Is but one overshadowing Issue and that
Issue Is. Who shall have the support of
the members of the legislature from
liotiglas county for 1'ulted States sen
ator
The rank and llle of the party have a
right to be heard on tills question, but
under the system prevailing by which
nominations are made In conventions
the only way they can make their will
effective Is to vote for delegates favor
able to the candidate for I'nltcil States
senator of their choice.
While many republicans deplore the
necessity for sharp factional contests. It
is far belter under existing circum
stances that these differences should bo
fought out and settled at the primaries.
so that n solid phalanx may be presented
to the enemy after the ticket Is placed
In nomination.
In deciding which candidate for the
United States senate Is entitled to sup
port each republican voter should weigh
all the iiualltlcatlons and claims of the
various aspirants.
The position of I 'lilted States senator
is the highest within the gift of the peo
ple of the state and affords an oppor
tunity to promote their Interests offered
by no other olllce.
The republicans of this state and
county should ask the legislature to send
to Washington the man who in their
Judgment Is best equipped for the work
by experience and service, not only to
his party, but to the community and
commonwealth in which he resides.
.vf; of nn: it)ssiiui.trn:s.
Seven -years ago the country Mas In
a condition of relative prosperity. In
1S!'J every Industry Mas active and all
the commercial enterprises of the nation
Mere fully occupied. There was not
at that time a single industry Idle from
one end of the country to the other.
There Mas a demand for labor. In all
the Industrial history or the nation
there is no period of such wonderful
success as that which culminated In
the year l.strj. What wns the secret
of that triumph? It was mainly due
to the policy of the republican
party In the protection of American
Industry and American labor. What
ever the opponents of that policy may
say, the fact remains Indisputable that
the results of that policy are such as
to vindicate It beyond a question. Look
at the record! The last democratic
tariffthe Wilson bill, In the prepara
tion and advocacy of which Mr. W. .1.
Hryan had a large share was Intended
to strike down the policy of protection
to American industries.
Can anybody doubt that Mr. Hryan
occupies that position today? Will any
body question that he Is now, as he
was then, opposed to the policy of pro
tection? Whoever lias read Mr. Hryan's
speeches for the last four years must
conclude that in respect to the fiscal
policy of this government he holds the
same opinions now that he did when he
was n member of congress nnd when
his only claim to recognition was due
to his warfare upon the republican
policy of protection.
Mr. Hryan's whole claim to recogni
tion is due to the fact that he lias
been at war with those principles nnd
policies which are at the very founda
tion of the public welfare. All that has
been for the public honor, the national
credit and the general good the "wrt.v
of Hryaulsm has been and is antago
nizing. It holds out no promise of Im
provement or progress to the nation,
but on the contrary Its policy Is that
of retrogression. It appeals not to the
patriotism of the American people, but
to public puerility. Instead of Inciting
these great principles of affection for
the nation and the Hag that have ever
animated and thrilled our people, the
labor of the Hryanlte party Is di
rected toward awakening In the public
mind those sentiments and feelings
which antagonize all that Is patriotic
In our public life and all that is great
and glorious in our foreign policy.
WIIHlli: Tilt: FAU.MKlt COMF.fi IX.
The Hryaiiites will have some dif
ficulty convincing the farmer who stops
to think, as most' of them do, that he
has no share in the present prosperity
of the lotintry. When prices go up
he Is told by the apostles of distress
that the speculator reaps all the bene
fit, or that crops are poor and he has
produced nothing to sell.
There never has been u more com
plete refutation of these arguments
than Is afforded by present market con
ditions. Reports from the South
Omaha slock yards show that the re
ceipts of both cattle and hogs for the
past month were largely In excess of
even the heavy receipts of the same
month last year and the coming mouths
promise to show a still greater Increase
in the number marketed. If prices
were the same this would leave In the
pockets of the farmer and stockman
an amount largely In excess of that
received lust .year.
Comparison of the prices paid Is even
more convincing. In cattle the In
crease in price has not been so great
as In hogs, being from !" to -." cents
per hundred. Hogs, however, are sell
ing at from "." to Ml cents per hun
dred more than they were In the first
week of September, lSIMt. On receipts
for the year to date of over L.'OO.IMK)
head this Is an Item to be reckoned with
In accounting for the present condi
tion of Nebraska farmers.
If the comparison Is made with four
years ago, when the pall of democratic
times hung over the country, the re
sults are really siarlllng. In the fa!
of lMst steers sold on the Omaha mar
ket for if-."."! to !?."..70. The quotation
now Is from :..:i) to r.l". In the fall
of ISUd hogs sold on the South Omaha
market for .f'-'.TT. Yesterday the qu
tat Ion was from $:i..ti to $.'.(7'-...
This Is only one Item of the products
of the farm, drain and nearly every
thing else tho farmer has to sell have
been touched by the same magic spell
and advanced In price In the fuc of
Increased production.
This increase In the price of livestock
hns, been progressive ever since the
advent of a republican administration
nnd the putting In effect of republl an
policies. More null able to purchase
what the farmer has to sell created
a demand and the increased demand
hns enhanced the price. If nothing
better than the maintenance of present
prices could be accomplished by retain
ing the present administration and up
holding Its policy, millions would be
added to I he Income of the farmer and
stockman.
If less than four years of republican
rule has been productive of such good
results, what can reasonably be ex
pected from the growth of the coun
try's Industries under the stimulus of
four years more of the same condi
tions? Is there anything In these tig
tires which would sticgest to the farmer
that lie Mould prollt or even be so
Mell off by voting for a change?
The dispatches and proclamations
captured by (Jeneral l'unston In the
Philippines are rapidly dispelling any
doubts that might have been entciS
tallied as to which party Mas the ag
gressor In the troubles In the Islands.
It was a Nebraska soldier Mho tired
the first shot from the lines of the
Pnlted States and It Mas tired In self
defense. That shot and those which
followed It prevented the carrying out
of t lit murderous program of Agttt
unldo as outlined In the instructions
to his folloM'ers.
The usual scramble of lawyers to get
on legislative tickets Is In progress, but
the people should remember that the
lawyers have no patent on law-making.
On the contrary, lawyers are as much,
and more, responsible for the vicious leg
islation as for the good legislation which
M-e enjoy. (!ood business men M-lth
sound experience and Miige-M'orkers M ho
know the wants of the common people
are more needed In the legislature than
lawyers. Let the lawyers lake a back
seat for a little while.
Omaha M-ants to be as liberal as pos
sible In extending to neighboring coun
try residents the privileges of Its schools
and other public institutions, but of
course cannot be expected to croM'tl out
Its own citizens to make room for out
siders. The country neighbors have
had their M-ants satisfactorily arranged
for In the past nnd Me feel sure they
will have no cause for complaint in the
future.
Senator Wellington of Maryland en
countered n storm of hisses M-hen he ap
peared on the platform of Colonel Hryan
to repudiate the party which had hon
ored him with a scat In the Pnlted
States senate. These acrobatic politi
cians may amuse the spectators, but
they carry little weight with those who
think It over after they get home from
the s1iom
Another presidential party has sprung
Its candidate upon an unsuspecting pub
lic under tho name of the national party,
with Senator Donelson Caffcry of
Louisiana us Its candidate for president.
The new national party Is national In
name only.
Tho government is endeavoring to
secure teachers for service In tho Phil
ippines. This must be another evidence
of the design of the administration to
oppress these people and deprive them
of the natural right to remain In Ig
norance. Ilnrd Mnrs for Hie Coolnn lllril.
Haltlmore American.
Anv ncrson attemntlnis to salt the tall
of tho dove of pence In China will dis
cover that tho tall feathers have, been
pulled out.
(iunrdliiK Amilnst Strny llrlcks.
I'hlludtdnhla North American.
Mr. Cleveland knows how dangerous it Is
to nlav the Innocent bystander to some
body else's fight. So ho proposes to keep to
the safe side of tho street.
II ii I (ionium Is Silent.
Washington Post.
Mr. flnrman oucht to be able to put up
a stiff talk on antl-lniporlalism and mili
tarism. It will be recallod that Mr. Oor
man was fighting on this line when Mr.
Ilrynn turned in nnd neipea me opposition
to rtitlfy tho Paris treaty.
llilierlcnce us n Trncher.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Christian Endeavor members who
were abnndnncd la Kuropo by a tourlfcts'
agency to which they had pnld their money
will bo likely to exert a wholcsonio In
fluence in the work of teaching American.-!
thnt there Is lots of good traveling at home.
ItoosevclCs Labor ny Sipocli.
Kansas City Slur.
The wise counsel, the sound philosophy,
the candor and sincerity displayed by Gov
ernor Roosevelt In his treatment of the
labor question at Chicago is widely nnd
strictly at variance with the reputation
given to him by his enemies of being a
grandstand politician.
Question Kits 1 1? .nu ereil.
Indianapolis Journal
One of Mr. Rryan's questions which he
would have his Laporto hearers ask re
publicans was: "Why did lepubllcnns
termlt hundreds of trusts to bo formed In
tho last few years?" Recaiise most of them
were incorporated under the laws of New
Jersey, enacted yoiirs ago by a democratic
legislature.
Di'inocriitN MiMiidfin linvn,
Kansas City Journal.
Secretary Walsh of the democratic na
tional cnmmlttro cays frankly that tho dem
ocrats havo no hope of carrying Iowa this
year. And yet. Iowa Is one of the E"-ongest
fierman-Anierlcan states In tho union.
What becomes of thnt theory about tho (ler
mans all going to support Hryan on the
"Imperialism" and "militarism" l3succ?
( ! iIIiik tti- HeiMil'llcnii Ten:.
New York Tribune.
Knnsas, Nebraska and Colorado turn over
to McKlnlcy's support a largo number of
men piomlncnt In various situations who
voted for Hryan four years ago. The list
of theso recruits of men of light and leading
r.ll over the country cxpnndB as the days
go on. to Hryan a sign as dread as the
ihnpe no wan anil ominous thnt drew P.-lrm's
curtain In the dead of night.
iienl lueienxe In I'nctoiir .
Philadelphia Record.
Ono of the minor surprises of tho twelfth
census is tho marked Increase Indicated In
the number of manufacturing establishments
In tho United States. In ISflO. according to
the Porter cpiisub, thoro were 322.C3S manu
facturers actively engaged In productive In
dustry. This year returns have already
been received from more than f28.000 estab
lishments, nnd this notwithstanding tho In
terposition of the greatest movement of In
dustrial consolidation recorded in American
history t
as to t u.v i rri iiax
A set of resolutions purporting to
come in the name of the 1 uloti
Veterans' Republican club of Omaha
has been given publicity In the World
Ilqrald as representing and expressing
the sentiments of ex-union soldiers of
Nebraska.
These resolutions Mere Instigated by
and In the Interest of my political com
pelltors In the senatorial race, whom 1
have Healed In this campaign with
generous Indulgence. The resolutions
were adopted by a vote of ten to five
111 an organization numbering several
hundred members.
I am stigmatized In these resolutions
as nn enemy of the veterans of the
union army, when, as a matter of fact,
I have an honorable discharge from
service In the union army signed by the
secretary of war nnd have been for
years on the executive committee of the
National Society of Pnlted States Army
Telegraph Corps. 1 also have In my
possession resolutions adopted by the
union veterans of Omaha thanking me
for services rendered members of their
organization.
My career, both before anil after I
entered politics, gives the He to the as
sertions made In these resolutions. It Is
true that 1 have drawn the line between
honest old soldiers and dishonest old
soldiers, and thnt line should always
have been drawn by the party. The
mere fact that a man has served In the
union army does not constitute a patent
for holding olllce unless he Is capable,
honest and trustworthy. In every case
where 1 have opposed an old soldier
for position there were good nnd stilll
clout reasons therefor, and the fact that
my objections were, In most Instances,
sustained by republicans at the polls
shows that they were well founded.
I feel proud of the fact that there are
hundreds, If not thousands, of old sol
diers In this community whose good will
ami confidence I enjoy and that there
are but few union veterans and dis
gruntled politicians who seek to use the
army organizations for personal and
political ends. 1C. ROSHWATKR.
A It MY AM) C.WriJIlX.
"Pestilent INoilseusr SI til
lie
Suiilibvil unci I'll! Din! n."
New York Times.
The statement of the effect of the can
teen, as part of the post exchange In tho
army, made public by tho adjutant general
Is of the highest Interest. It Is also of tho
highest Importance. Tho curso of intem
perance Is even moro formidable in mili
tary than civil life. Nothing could be more
desirable than the discovery and applica
tion of tho most etllclent means for reduc
ing It to a minimum.
Such a means, it Is now made clear, hns
been discovered and applied In tho Institu
tion of the enntcen. There Is no gainsay
ing the force of the statistics collected and
published by Ocncral Corbin. They nro
exactly In lino with all that we know from
other sources. Nothing can be clearer
than that tho opinion of tho oftlcers of tho
army should, upon such n question, be of
tho highest authority, and thoro has long
been no question whatever what that opin
ion Is, Tho overwhelming testimony of tho
oftlcers In favor of tho canteen can be over
set only by pretending that the olllccrs of
tho army prefer to command and to be
commnnded by drunkards, or else that they
declare what Ihdy do not believe and nro
Influenced by feur' or favor In tholr odlclal
reports upon tho subject. Mr. Dam, who Is
the most conspicuous advocnto of drunken
ness In tho nrmy under tho pretense of
prohibition, Is not afraid or ashamed to
make this falso and slanderous charge
against A class of men whoso sense of per
sonal honor Is nt least as high as that of
any other class of American citizens. Ills
venturing to make it Is another Instance
of the extent to which sense and modesty
and truth may bo overwhelmed by fnnatl
clsm. Vor he and those who arc co-operating
with him pride thomselvcB In being made
Insonslblo to the teachings of reason and
experience by what they call a "principle."'
Tho prlnclplo Is that It is a "sin." albeit
a Bin of tholr own Invention, for the gov
ernment to "legalize," by recognizing, tho
sale of Intoxicating liquors. Their remedy
Is absolute prohibition, rcgnrdlcss of the
conclusive evidence that prohibition In the
nrmy does not prohibit. Nevertheless, they
say. let us proclaim prohibition, nnd If we
ennnot enfOrco It, let us protend that we
cnn. This policy of hypocrisy nnd false
pretenses they maintain to be an illustra
tion of tho righteousness which cxaltcth a
nation, nnd they are fanatically prepared
to stand by It though tho effect of It would
surely ho to promote In tho army tho
drunkenness to which they pretend to be
the only Americans who nre sincerely op
posed. They nre even now blasphemously
organizing "an endless chain of prayer" to
piuvent tho re-election of tho president bo
causo ho has tho sense to desire to deal
with the liquor question In the nrmy In
tho manner certified to him to be the most
efllclent and the courage to act upon tho
evidence.
If this behavior of tho prohibitionists be
not Insensato and besotted fanaticism, It
would bo hard to say what It Is. Luckily
tho peoplo of this country are becoming
awnko to tho danger nnd the evils of such
Podsnappery. They nre coining lo sec that
It will not do to Intrust the legislation of
this country, upon any question, to persons
of no Judgment, who nro even proud of
their inaccessibility to reason simply upon
their own statement that they are uot only
actuated by gocd motives, but that they
havo a monopoly of good motives. It is
time that this pestilent nonsense should be
snubbed nnd put down, onco for all.
UVl TlMi liO I.X. CH I X 1.
Halllmore American: After all, the czar
might havo meant what he said before The
Hague conference.
New York World: Obviously nny govern
ment In China set up by the powers upon
tho bayonet must bo maintained by tho for
eign bayonets thnt set It up. That Is why
Russia's rosolvo to withdraw nnd give the
Chinese n chance Is as sensible ns It in
Just.
Portland Orcgonlnn: There Is no reason
to doubt the sincerity of Russia's an-noun-oment
that It wants no Chinese terri
tory and is opposed lo the further mutila
tion of the Chinese empire. Russia hns iti
hands full todny to complete Its Trans
slberlan railway and to malntnln Itself In
Us present position in Asia, confronted hp
ll is with tho near prospect of a war with
Japan over the occupation of Corea nnd thJ
Lino Tung peninsula.
Philadelphia North American: It
our Insistence upon the necessity of Imme
diately relieving I'ekin that put an end tc
ten parties at Tlon Tsln and set the nlllcd
forces moving. Oonoral Chalfce made the
other generals understand that he was not
in China to perform social duilcH. His in
dividual action, taken under Inslrm lions
from Washington, promlnes lo set the lead
ngnln for the commanders who seek tr
linger In tho Imperial city. It Is this abil
ity to define n policy and carry It out, while
other witlons watch nnd wait, thnt Is win
ning for us a now pUco lu our International
dealings,
CULLED from the Field of POLITICS
Senator James K. Jones of Arkansas Is
not a candidate for oinco on any ticket this
yenr, and would not be a legitimate sub
Jdt for discussion If he confined himself
to his duties as senator. Hut as chairman
of the democratic national committee nnd
chief btiglctnnn of the fusion campaign, ho
ftcquently shoots off his mouth at repub
lican targets nnd sheds gobs of tears for
the downtrodden, who are. In his opinion,
being ground to dust by republican pluto
crats and republican trusts. It Is, there
fore, pertinent to Inquire Just what rela
tions Jim Jones sustains toward plutocrats
and trusts. His public lamentations nro
no criterion of his private opinion on tho
octopl. As a matter of fact. Jones is
on good terms wlih tho octopl himself,
and delights to play with them nnd extract
the sugar when tho multitude ennnot look
on.
The "Pluancl.il Red Hook of America,"
recently published, classes this enemy of
plutocracy nnd trusts as a fullltcdgcd mil
lionaire, one of a ecoro of millionaires re
siding In Arknnsns. Walter 11. Staley,
Washington correspondent of tho SI. Louis
Globe-Hemocrnt, who has Investigated
Jones nnd hH wealth, says he has accu
mulated the bulk of his pile within four
ycais, and by means of the round cotton
ball combine. "Thu genesis of the Ameri
can Round Hale Cotton company." Staley
writes, "Is better understood at Little Rock
than ninong outsiders elsewhere. Hut even
at tho place of birth there nre many Im
portant questions which ennnot be satis
factorily answered. An Inventor experi
mented with the old principle of rolling
ginned cotton into tho tightly compressed
form of n round bale, until he had devised
something that seemed practical. Jones
nnd a few others who appreciated the field
for advancement In cotton baling nnd coin
pressing took up tho inventor and formed
a company on n modest scale. They began
tho manufacture of the tound balo com
presses. Hut they didn't sell them. They
leased tho machines on royalties. They
also ndopted the feature of giving a good
premium on round bnlcs above tho market
prlco for the old-stylo bale, until they had
cstnbllshcd their compresses nnd hnd run
out competition wherever their machinery
was set up.
"Tho monopoly called for more capital than
Jones and his associates had to venture.
In somo manner Scarles, the sugar magnate,
was Induced to enter tho company as the
heavy moneyed man. This occurred about
the time when tho tariff legislation nt Wash
ington was drawing the country's attention
to the sugar refining truse. Jones was
prominent in that legislation On one
occasion he made a speech about tho sugar
schedule. What he said coii'cernlng polnrl
scope tests and other technical things per
taining to the sugar business amazed his
Arkansas friends who had known 'Jim
Jones as n country lawyer of average
BRYAN as
New York Tribune.
Right years ngo William Jennings Hryan.
then Just earning his proud sobriquet of
"Hoy Orator of the Platte,'' roso In the
houso of representatives nnd declared-
"Protection hns been our cannibal tree,
nnd ns one after another of our farmers
has boon driven by tho forco of circum
stances upon thnt tree, and has been
crushed within Its folds, his companions
havo stood nrnund nnd shouted, 'Great In
Protection!' Hut the drenm has passed,
tho night has gone, nnd in the enst we see
moro than tho light of coming day. A
marvelous change has taken place, and, ris
ing from tho political mourners' benches
throughout the northwest, their faces rn
dlant with a new-found Joy, multitudes
nre ready to declare their allegiance to
tho cause of tariff reform."
In pnrt tho prophecy came true. Turn
ing their backs on assured prosperity, the
multitudes did face tho mirage of the com
ing day, but tho new found Joy was short,
tho morning never dawned. Four years of
depression, panic, business chaos and fail
ure followed. Tariff tinkering, nlded by
tho growing agitation for freo sliver, shut
down the mills, cut off employment, lowered
wages and doprlved tho farmer of his mar
kets. Did the orator and prophet stick to his
guns? No. Tho Chicago convention de
clared that free silver was tho "para
mount" Is3iie, nnd tho lender of the new
demopopracy obediently discovered thnt
nfter nil It wns tho wicked gold standard
which wns enslaving the human race. Tho
tariff could watt. "Until this money ques
tion is fully nnd finally settled," he wrote
im:hso..i. i'oiyi'Khs.
"The first time I ever saw Collls P. Hunt
lrgton," says Hooker T. Washington, "he
giivo mo $2 for our school nt Tuskegee; the
lr.st tlmo I saw him ho gave me $50,000 to
ward the endowment of our school."
Tho New Hampshire. Federation of
Woman's Clubs has ndoptqd the following
npt motto: "In principles like our granite,
In nsplratlons like our mountains, In sym
pathy swift and inr-rcachlng like our
livers."
Tho Inscription on a wreath of Ardennes
heather on the coflln of King Humbert re
vculed tho fact that ho had a French foster
brother, ono Leon (iorlntlot. This person
Is mayor of Maubert Fontaine In tho
Ardennes.
Joaquin Miller, the California poet, an
nounced In a recent Intel view that In tho
complete edition of his works which he is
preparing for publication only after his
death his icnl name, Clnclnnntus Heine
Miller, will bo used.
(icncral Crpnje, now In exile In St. Helena,
hus steadfastly refused tho offer of ono Lon
don publisher nfter another to publish his
reminiscences of the war. Kxtraordlnary
efforts havo been made to make him chnngc
this detcrmlnntlon, but he has stood firm.
Tho recent famous "dollar dinners" In
New York will bo quite eclipsed by tho
fenst which President Loubct of France Is
lo glvo tho mayoi-H and other officials of
that countrv. In honor of the exposition.
It Is to coBt $100,000 and entertain 15,000
guests.
Senator John C Spooncr denies he will
uuikn his home In tho east at tho expiration
of his term of ofllcp. The henntor says he
has never entertained a thought of lcnvlng
Wisconsin. Ho has had many offers to go
to Now York dining the last tlfteen years,
but ho ha. refused all of them nnd he will
continue to do so.
Joseph Pry tups, a commercial drummer,
who loaned a hard-tip Bt ranger $2e not long
ngo while he was selling goods In Dawson
City and left the country without every ex
pecting lo see the money again, hns Just
trcelvcd lu payment of Ihe lonn n eherK on n
Sun Frnnclkcn bunk for $2.1,000. When the
stranger renched home he struck It rich nnd
did not forget tho man who had befriended
him.
If Lord Coleridge, who celebrated his I'.Mh
birthday recently and who Is n barrister
i-i law, cvei becomes a Judge he will only
i l-o following In tho footsteps of his father
und grandfather, both of whom rose to tho
I bench, the first named ns lord chief Justice.
1 i nr,i rninriiiL'n wax in the House of Com
mons when his father died and his disgust
at having perforce to go lo i lie House of
Lcrls was Great In the extreme.
capacity There may havo been no moro
thnn contemporary connection between
sugar legislation and the appearance of
tfearlcs as the chief backer of the round
bale.
"Since Scarles became Interested with
Jones tho American company hns been push
ing things until now it If on the eve of n
policy of expansion which promises lo dwarf
past efforts to extend the use of the com
press. The new Idea Is wall understood by
promoters. It continues the control of the
patents nnd the machines, but It proposes
to take Into stock partnership those who.
nre Interested In cotton bnllng and com
pressing. In brief, the American company
will, unless plans fall, greatly extend Its
operations during the next twelve months.
It wilt do io by methods which will make
James K. Jones a tnultl-tnllllonnlro and
probably the richest man In Arkansas.
"Far n time tho person who perfected tho
patents nnd considered himself the father
of the process did not think he wns well
trcntcd by the company. Quite recently ho
hns been restorted to favor. He has been
put In the way of acquiring a share of the
anticipated profltB. Scarles hns bought In
Tennessee a Inrgo farm, and has given the
Inventor the use of It for a home. The new
plans for promoting tho process also provide
an opportunity for the Inventor. They con
template the organization of branch or
locnl companies In the cotton sections of the
south. The Inventor Is to help this work.
Ills experience nnd his ability to present
the advantages nro his special qualifica
tions. Tho branch companies are to be or
ganized to meet several conditions. They
will pvndo tho ontl-trust legislation. They
will enlist the Interest nnd support of local
capital. At tho same time they will extend
greatly, It is expected, the monopoly nnd
profits of the American company.
"Men of means In Little Rock havo
within n few weeks been approached by
promoters representing the American com
pany, nnd asked to participate In tho plac
ing of stock of branch companies. The In
ducement of large commissions has been
held out. Meantime Jones, who next to
Senrles. Is the central character In this
movement, Is busy nt Chicago with thp
campaign for Ilrynn on a platform which
declares:
" 'Wo pledgo the democratic party to an
unceasing warfare In nation, state and oily
against private monopoly In every form.' "
Judge John J. Hunt. leader of the silver
democrats of tlcorgla In lSOfi, has written a
letter strongly opposing Hryan nnd his
"paramount Issue" of Imperialism. "For
my part," he says, "I do not Intend to
ngree, In the face of all evidence to the
contrary, that the American people, or
even nny respectable political party In
Amerlcn, Is cnpnble of making vnssnls nnd
slaves of the Klllplnos. or that the Ameri
can peoplo or any respectable political
party In my country Is nn alder nnd nbet-
a PROPHET
In his letter of acceptance, "the people
will not "consent to the consideration of
nny other Important question."
Then tho lino of prophecy changed nlso
and Is epitomized In the following from one
of the candidate's numerous speeches:
"If you throw a stono In tho air you know
thnt It will come down. The lnw upon which
we base our fight Is ns sure ns the law of
gravitation. If we have the gold standard
prices are ns certain to fall as the stone
thrown In tho air."
This prophecy wns uttered nfter its fnlsity
had been proved by sixty years of experience
with the gold standard In the United States
and tho people went ahead nnd voted for the
gold stnndnrd nnd congress subsequently re
affirmed tho gold stnndnrd. Did prices fall?
No. They went up. l'nrni produce went up.
Manufactured products went up. Wages went
up. ' Huslness revived. Employment In
creased. Activity succeeded depression nnd
In the four yenrs that have since passed the
United States has enjoyed the mobt marvel
ous prosperity in Its history.
And now, in ll'OO, the situation has
changed ngnln. Roth the protection bogle
nnd tho gold boglo hove outlived their use
fulness nnd a new hoglc must bo found. Tho
Kansas City convention said It was Im
perialism, and, naturally enough, tho oraclo
Is therefore prophesying tho destruction of
the republic hecnuso of the consistent ap
plication of n policy In the Philippines which
ho himself made effective by Influencing the
ratification of tho Purls treaty.
It is Just possible that a man who was
so grossly mistaken on tho tariff and on
tho money question may bo mistaken on
what It pleases him to call Imperialism,
I sent icri: or civilization.
Chicago Tribune: The story told by the
I Associated Press of tho scenes enacted by
! somo of the foreign tioops on the road be
, tween Tien Tsln and Ppkln Is not only
shocking in Its details, but a disgrace to
j western civilization.
I Hnltlmore American: Russia's humane
i and peaceable sentiments sound very pretty,
but they nre apt to be regarded with
suspicion so long ns the Russian Cossacks
continue their crusade of carnngo nnd inplnc
with the concent of their superior olllccrs.
New York Tribune It is said thnt loot
ing nt Pekin continues, tho oflli era of all
armies but ours Ignoring the repressive
order and ridiculing the Americans for not
Joining In the work of spoliation. That Is
a kind of ridicule Americans can stand a
good deal of.
Chlcngo Times-Herald: Slnughlcrlng
women nnd children, Impaling feeble old
men on bnyoncts, murdering non-combatants
of nil nges In fun, the devastation of the
country by robberies what have these to
do with the legitimate objects of the relief
expedition or with tho question of repara
tion by the Chinese either?
Washington Posl The civilized world
hns pnld due tribute to the courage nnd
fortitude dlspluyed by the allied troops In
China. To that must now be addeil tho
blush of shame nnd the flush of Indignation.
The more than brutal excesses that havo at
tended the discharge of imperative, duty
must causo profound humiliation throughout
tho entire area of Christian civillzntion.
Philadelphia Times. The American
troops nro not engaged In this, of course.
All nccounls agreo Hint within tlm limits
of Chaffee's i ommand life and property aro
secure. It is possible, too, that Kngllsh
prejudice has exaggerated tho cruelty nnd
rnpachy of the Kusslans, though It Is a fa
miliar fact thnt tho CossackB' method of
warlare Is Asiatic rather than Huropean.
The Chinese are getting no worse thnn they
gnve. Hut what a disgraceful turmoil this
Is for American soldiers to bo associated
with.
Ronton (ilobc- Looting seems to be the
order of things In Pekln. The soldiery, In
the belief thnt thousands of missionaries
have been put to death, thus sate their re
venge The Hrltlsh general, after with
drawing his restrictions against looting,
like the othor generals, only Insisted that
the looting shall .bo orderly and that the
proceeds bn pooled for the common benefit.
It was lu this splrlljhat (leneral flaseleo,
on the suggestion of Sir Claude MncDonald,
the Hrltlsh minister, raided the carriage
park and seized the slate vehiilcs and
chairs and nlBo a qutinllty of silver that
was buried there. It is so offense to com
tor In any scheme of conquest ' He ndds
' Any democrat hns n right to protest
ngnlnst this senseless Issue being thrust
on n great historic party ns n paramount
Issue, merely because Mr. Hryan, at the
expense of the greatest nnd most glaring
personal Inconsistency, wishes It done"
l'roin two sources the democratic na
tional committee Is realizing financial nid
which wns not available In 1896 The nisi
of these Is a thorough and eftrctlvo ssteui
of canvassing. Republicans have not hint;
thnt corresponds to It. A double stimulus
is applied, nnd so far tho results havo been
very gratifying to Chairman Jones The
eld way of raising tho political wind wes
to pass the lint or the subscription paper
This was done by men of Influence In the
party ns n matter of political duty or ambi
tion. The ilcmncrnls have improved on
this old way. They nro gathering money
through pnld collectors. Tor moro thnn a
yenr tho system hns been developing. Thern
nre boss collectors nnd there nre subcol
Icctors. States nre divided among the boss
collectors. The system began with the nl
lownnco of u commission. At first col
lectors wero pcrmllted to retain hs much
as 12'a per cent of what they realized
This tukeofl was found to be too rich for
the collectors nnd tho percentage was cut
down.
"Ruck" Illnrlchscn, Hryan's schoolmate
nt Illinois college, formerly a member nt
congress, secretary of stato under Altgeld,
wps one of the democrats who early ex
ploited the field for enterprise In collecting
money for the democratic natlonnl commit
tee. "Duck" secured several states nnd
organized u forco of fifty subcollccturs
Ho mndo moro money for n whllo thnn ho
ever did before. lown was a part of
"Ruck's" field. Ho went In there with his
subcollectors nnd In n few weeks pulled
125,000 out of the pockets of tho democrats.
In each community democrats with aspira
tions for the poslofflco and other federal
positions wero approached. They were
given to understand that their contribu
tions would tie carefully listed at head
quarters nnd thnt this Information would be
nvnllnble nfler Hrynu's election, when the
grand distribution of patrnnngo took place
The elllcacy of this kind of "touching" was
beyond all expectation. Of course. It could
not be called selling options on oltlccs sev
eral months In advance of election. Hut
the method has worked to perfection. Tho
only drawback has been tho indignant pro
tests from local organizers when they dis
covered that their sources of revenue were
being cut off.
The other new source of revenue which
tho democrnts did not have In 1S96 If
llnanclal evidence of their sincerity which
Is being given by a small number of well-to-do
anti-Imperialists. Theso peoplo have
voluntarily sent checks, us they would
give money to any causo In which they
might he Intensely Interested,
mit any conceivable outrage upon Chinese
men and women.
Philadelphia Ledger: Cumulative reports
of barbarities practiced by the foreign troops
la China, especially by tho Russians, seem
to establish the fact that tho conduct of
theso men, presumably civilized. Is no
better than would bo expected from thn.
lowest form of savage life. As the Chinese
look upon nil foreigners as alike, they will
gain a very poor opinion of civilization from
this conduct, and will be only strengthened
by It in their opposition to civilizing In
fluences. Hrooklyn Kagle And this is n war of
civilization! This Is n war carried on In
tho namo of a merciful Ood! This Is a re
buko for the protest of n faction against
white men's Interference! It Is to this end
that white missionaries have been prepar
ing tho yellow people for the coming of the
forces of law, morality nnd enlightenment'
Is there ono man with a human heart In
his breast who would not be n Hoxer. if ho
were a Chinese, nnd fight to the Inst gasp
against the entrance of this devil's horde
Into his empire? If thpro is. Jet him hide
himself In knowledge of the shame In which
his fellow men would hold him.
smi i.i xc; i.i.x i.
Chicago Post: "Wiiy dees he ndvecato
a ffl-cent dollar so strenuously?"
"Hecnuso of the lOO-eent dollar ho makes
by doltier so."
Philadelphia Press: Mr. Ooodley-Ala!
Our friend Spouter has gone to that bourne
U'tliinrn nn pn,.nlAi At. .......
Mr. Hardnrt Yes, thank' goodness,
can't como buck nnd lecture about It.
.He
Pittsburg Chronicle: "I bow to the I ,
evitnhle," remarked the philosophical vic
tim of circumstances.
"Ah," replied his friend; ",i nodding .ic
quaintnncc, merely."
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Maud-Some lm
pudciit fellow kissed mo by mistake.
Mabol-When?
Maud After dnrk Inst nl?ht.
Mnbol f thought so,
Detroit Journal: It Is a question In trm
mind of the more thoughtful nmnnp us
whether an elght-yenr term lor the prel
dent would eliminate ihe straw vote flenl
or merely make him twlce'ao virulent.
Philadelphia Press: "All! Rev. Mr
Fnurthlcy," exclaimed tli- i,ood old soul,
"1m a truly godly man."
"Well, certainly." trplled the unregen'r
atp man who hnd heard him preach, " 'ho
glveth his beloved sleep.' ''
Indianapolis Journal. Drown Seem tt
me you nre mighty chummy with thnt lem
ocr.it. Joiics -WpII. what of it'.' lf's an olil
time democrat unit nn old-time demo nt
nowadays Is piettv nenr sensible enough ti
pass for n ippubllcau.
New York Weekly: Mrs. Do Plnlne -I m
so delighted with niv photograph thnt f
havo brought you a little present.
riiotographcr (modeHtlvt- I reully do't
rteservo such a testimonial. Cile It to
thnt ucntlemnti over there,
"Dne.i he assist you?"
"Yc.. He does the retouching."
COST OK A SO(J."
New Kngland Mngnzlne
Over n ml over and over, the songs of our
life are sung.
Tho Hiimn today as In ages gray when fit -t"
the lute was strung.
Tho same today ns In ages gray, the sing
er's highest nrt
Ik to sing of n man nnd the soul of a mm
from the depths of the human hesrt.
To slng tlie s.ing thai lingers In his heart
from thnt far dnv,
When men wero brnve nnd women fair nnd
life won In lis May.
Is the slm-'cr's part ot gladness when he
kIvps his soul tn man.
In a souir that live because sweet pain
has liiungr-d his earlier plan.
The lnw'r. the harvest and the bin and iil
Llfe'-i spreading plain
To the singer must he slaglnc If he man s
soul would gnln
Sinn In Ills i-nul unsatisfied strives for whit
cannot lie;
lie grasps ut a star, and hold; In his hnn I
a drop from the sounding sen.
Over nnd over and over, since thn tnw-r
of Time were old.
Over and over find over, since the clnnd
gave the sun P- gold,
Over and over nnd over, t.lrcp the line o
our lives began,
1 fun man gone out from the marchleg let
to sing of the soul of ipan.
The singer who sang of the -niu'-)
prime has grne the ways 3f men:
Hut the sun and moon and lmnmi he.i t
are Just the same ns then.
The heart of a man Is a icftless sea of v -
rlcd star anil 1 1 1 1 i -.
And only when Its depths are stlrifil cine-.c
Song on thn shor.-s if Time.
Over nnd over nnd over. nIi.cc Wrung h-H
icalni and state,
Over and over and ov-r ilinc th" Hlmlcs
on the Living wall,
Over and ivcr and over, Muglng of un In
the rain.
The chosen of Ood are brlrelnj the volc
of tone from pain.
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