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1900. M. U. HIXGATH,
Notary Public.
President MeKlnley's fnrmitl let lor or
fii'i-eptniico Is n loiiKthy tlociiineiit, lint
every line of It Is worth rentllnj,'.
The census ollice litis not yet nn
nntineeil the nllloltil IlKtires for South
Omnha, lint when thej come they will
he record hrenkers.
If the Chinese desire for ponce Is to he
meiisitreil by the number of men the em
peror litis iiiitliorlzed to noKotlnto for It
he must t-crtiilnly he In earnest.
For n man whoso sole unxloty tlurltiR
the present c;iiiiiiIrii Is for others, Sen
ntor I'ettlprew Is turning ninny sharp
corners to further his own return to the
I'ttlteil Stntos senate.
All Christendom will be shocked at
the news of the terrible loss of life In
llletod by the disastrous storm on the
Ktilf. Such an appalling catastrophe Is
seldom recorded In history.
If Attorney Ceneral Smyth would
only hand those trust cases over to his
deputy to turn some of his Missouri
grammar loose on the oetopl they
would come down after the first round.
Omnha welcomes now church cdlllces
ns evidences of prosperous, church or
ganizations. Kvery church is a con
stant and active factor for the upbuild
lug and Improvement of the community.
The present warm weather Is bring
ing along Nebrnshn's bumper corn crop
nt n rapid rate. The present week will
see practically all of it beyond danger
from frost. Then goodby to cnlamlty.
Council Bluffs Is feeling quite well
over the result of the census. When
South Omnha comes up with Its showing
Omaha will be ready to rejoice with Its
neighbors, even if Its own census cup Is
not tilled to overflowing.
Democracy can now complete making
up Its campaign Issues. It always op
poses everything the republican party
ndvocatos and the letter of President
McKlnley leaves no doubt, as to where
the republican party stands In the pres
ent campaign.
l'Mgures compiled for railroad cou
nt ruction In Iowa during the past year
exhibit more new mileage than has been
shown for more than a decade. The
railroads were not building now linos
when Hryanlsm stared them In the
face four years ago.
The farmers throughout Douglas
county are eager for the proposed su
burban electric roads. A complete sys
tem of rapid electric transit radiating
from Omaha would increase the value
of every acre of laud thus made more
accessible to the market.
Oorman-Americans In Omahn nre not
stnmpeded by the militarism bogey.
They know there is no danger in this
country of nnythlng In the nature of
military Impressment In time of peace
whether we keep the Philippines or
turn them back to seinl-biirbiiiisui.
Popocrntie organs complain that re
publican papers do not take space to
deny nil the wild stories which have
their origin in democratic nightmares.
There. Is no necessity of denial the
stories nre most of them so Improbabli
that they carry their own denial with
them.
Telegraph lines from the front In
China nre said to be live days behind
with olllclnl business and little or no
chance of handling press news at all
Hut the correspondents at Slmnghal are
till In connection with the outside world
nnd able to supply any dellclency from
other sources.
The general verdict Is that there Is
not u weak man on the republican legls
lallve ticket and that It deserves tin
qualified support not only from loyal
republicans, but from every citizen who
wants the Interests of the community
Mibsorvoil rather than the private lu
tcrcbta of outside schemers.
M Hist. KYS ACCK PTA A CK.
President MeKlnley's letter of accept
ance must Impress the Intelligent and
sober-minded Judgment of the American
people as it candid, straightforward and
masterful presentation of the Issues of
the campaign. It Is an appeal to the In
tegrity, the patriotism and the honor of
the nation which every citizen should
carefully consider. There Is not n
sentence In It that Is not marked by
that fairness nnd frankness for which
lis author Is distinguished. Prom be
ginning to end it Is outspoken, candid
and unequivocal, stating the attitude
of the republican party dearly and
without ambiguity. It contains no ex
cuses or apologies for the course of the
administration, but with absolute ad
herence to the facts and undevlatlng
observance of historical events, shows
how the policy of the government has
been Justified and vindicated.
.Mr. McKlnley very properly places In
the forefront of the questions that
should command the attention of the
American people that of upholding the
monetary standard of the nation. He
jiolnts out that while th6 opposition to
the republican party undertakes to make
u "paramount" Issue of so-called im
perialism, it still advocates the debase
ment of the currency and that that Is
really the Immediate question of Interest
to our people. The absolutely correct
Idea of Mr. McKlnley Is that the very
llrst concern of our people Is In regard
to tiie character of the financial policy
of the future rather than what shall be
the policy respecting the new posses
sions, lie recognizes the fact, which
ought to bo plain to everybody, that'the
attitude of the popocrntie party forces u
repetition of the battle of four years ago
for the maintenance of the gold stand
ard of value nnd while regretting the
reopening of tills question, deliberately
made by the Kansas City convention
under the autocratic dictation of Mr.
Hryan, Mr. McKlnley says that "we
accept the Issue and again Invite the
sound money forces to Join In winning
nnother and we hope it permanent tri
umph for an honest financial system
which will continue Inviolable the public
faith." In placing the question of u
sound currency before every other Issue.
Mr. McKlnley has In view that which Is
the very llfoblood of national Hie, prog
ress nnd prosperity, lie takes Into con
sideration the very llrst requirement to
the welfare of our people and the pro
motion of their Interests. As one of the
family of the great commercial nations
of the world there Is nothing more es
sential to the maintenance of the credit,
the power and the material advancement
of the United States than that It should
have a monetary system in accord with
that of the other civilized nations.
As Mr. McKlnley points out all the
perils involved in the Chicago platform
are Just us great and serious today as
they were four years ago. Indeed the
deliberate reaflirmatlon of that platform
gives added force to the perils of Its
declarations. Can any rational man doubt
thlsV The democratic party has refused
to recede from a single one of the reac
tionary and revolutionary doctrines
enunciated In IK! Hi. it stands for them
now as fully us It did four years ago.
If It was wrong then it must necessarily
be wrong today. There Is not u policy
or principle declared by the Chicago plat
form that the Kryanlte party Is not now
Insisting upon as being Irrevocably right.
Kvery heresy, every dangerous doctrine,
every revolutionary principle contulned
In thnt platform and which was re
pudiated by the American people four
years ago Is still avowed by the dem
ocratic party and thnt parly Is fully
and unalterably committed, If given the
power, to, put those policies nnd prin
ciples Into effect. Hryanlsm means now
nil that it meant In 1MX1, with the ad
dition of a declared purpose to strike
at the integrity nnd the honor of the
nation In respect to its foreign policy.
It would not only Inflict inestimable
damage upon us at home, but would also
bring upon us I lie reproach and contempt
of the civilized world.
In regard fo alleged "Imperialism"
Mr. McKlnley shows how absolutely
groundless the charge Is. lie states the
historical facts regarding the occupation
of the Philippines - facts substantiated
by Indisputable official documents and
most convincingly and conclusively dem
onstrates that the course of the gov
ernment was absolutely necessary,
proper and just. It. seems Impossible
that any fair-minded and unprejudiced
man can read the statement of the
president In this matter without admit
ting thnt his presentation of the mutter
is n complete refutation of the allega
tions of the opponents of the administra
tion and a full Justilicatlou of the course
of the government The legislation In
regard to Porto Ulco Is ably defended
and the course pursued respecting Cuba
Is shown to have boon In strict ac
cord with the pledge of the govern
ment. Mr. MeKlnley's letter leaves no doubt
regarding the attitude of the administra
tion toward the trusts. He declares that
"combinations of capital which control
the market In commodities necessary to
the general use of the people by sup
pressing natural and ordinary competi
tion, thus enhancing prices to the gen
eral consumer, lire obnoxious to the com
mon law and the public welfare. They
are dangerous conspiracies against the
public good titul should be made the
subject of prohibitory or penal leglsla
tlon." He does not indulge in vague the
ories ns to how tills evil should be con
trolled or repressed, but very properly
leaves this question to the determination
of the representatives of the people In
congress.
President McKlnley says, what every
sane man should understand, that im
perialism has no place In the creed or
conduct of the administration. "Free
dom," he declares, "Is a rock upon which
the republican party was bulhled and
now rests. Liberty Is the great repub
llcan doctrine for which the people went
to war and for which n million lives
were offered and billions of dollars ex
ponded to make It a lawful legacy of all
without the consent of master or slave."
That voices the sentiment of nil re
publicans niul of every citizen who Is
not utterly blinded by partisanship. Mr
MeKlnley's letter completely sweeps
nway the "paramount Issue" of Hry-nnlsm.
OtltiAM.KI) hAUUIt .V POLITICS.
One of the llrst principles of every
trades union Is that the organization
Is not to be used lii politics for or
against any political party. Kvery
labor organization Is composed of mem
bers of till political creeds, who, so far
as the rules of their unions nre con
cerned, are free to exert their political
activity, ns partisans, us they may
choose. The attempt of any member
oc members of labor organizations to
set themselves up as representing union
labor and dictating nominations to any
political convention Is therefore n con
travention of the principles upon which
trades unions nre founded.
When Asa Taylor, president of the
Central Labor union and an adherent
of the party which has nominated Dobs
for the presidency, nppeared In the re
publican county convention to present
demands of a self-constituted committee
usurping the name of union labor, lit:
had no right to it hearing, unit in being
heard was iiecordcd a privilege never
before grunted by any party conven
tion.
Instead of turning down union labor in
refusing to allow members of the Dobs
parly to name republican candidates,
the republican convention gave greater
recognition to organized labor and (o
wngeworkors who really work than has
ever before been necorded. Nearly every
man on the republican legislative ticket
has made his way In life by actual toll
while one of the candidates nominated
for the house was the predecessor of Mr.
Taylor us president of the Central Labor
union, and ns u representative of or
ganlzed labor on the board of directors
of the Transmlsslsslppl Exposition stood
up for union labor from sturt to finish.
He Is at present u member of the Cen
tral Labor union nnd of his own trades
union. Several other nominees belong
to labor organizations and can present
credentials attesting their good stand
ing, while still others have shown their
substantial friendship for the wage
worker as large employers of labor and
In active assistance to laboring men.
True, none of the labor agitators who
have ceased working at their trades to
make a living out of professional pol
itics have found places on the repub
lican ticket, but this will be no draw
back In the eyes of tho rank and tile
of organized labor. The trades unionist
knows his real friends from his pre
tended friends and will not be fooled
by the hue and cry raised against the
republican ticket by the Dohslte, Asa
Taylor, and others who never had any
thing In common with the republican
party.
Omaha is competing for the location
of the next annual convention of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen.
The Bee has been urging our commer
cial bodies to spread their nets for u
few of these national gatherings which
could easily bo brought to Omaha with
proper effort. Omaha mnde u reputa
tion as a. convention city during the
exposition and that reputation should
go far in making Its Invitations effec
tive. The Philippines commission intends to
appropriate $2,000,000 for the construc
tion of roads and bridges In the Islands
as the llrst step In the regeneration of
the Philippines, which will be an object
lesson counting more than wolds and
promises toward showing the people
that the United States proposes to do all
it can to make the islands and people
prosperous.
The democratic press Is demanding
that Roosevelt apologize for some of his
campaign utterances. It Is too had the
governor, In the Interest of truth, has
been compelled to say some things dis
tasteful to democracy, but If democracy
does not wish to have Its shortcomings
paraded before the public It. should keep
out of politics nnd remain a private
citizen.
Omaha's schools will open shortly
with the advantage of several now
buildings to accommodate the lower
grades, but the High school will still be
sorely pressed for commodious facili
ties. It Is certainly to be hoped that not
more than another year will have to
pass with the High school pupils In
present cramped and dangerous quar
tors.
Congressman Stark's effort to secure a
favorable ruling on the revenue law
for his Insurance company by starting
the story that the fraternal organiza
tions were also to bo taxed did not pan
out. Tho frafernals were speedily
shown that no ruling which affected
them lulurlously had boon made or was
contemplated.
A Terrible Chnruo.
Washington Star.
It appears that In addition to Its other
offenses China must answer for having
spread the contagion of barbarism In war
through the European troops.
Tvrn Stntcs Out of tin' FIkIiI.
Kansas City Star.
It Is understood that Mr. Ilryan has
relinquished all hope of carrying Vermont
In November and that no re- ibllcan cam
paign speakers will be wasted on Arkan-
A Terrible I m ponl t Ion.
Chicago Post.
That was a tcrrlblo Imposition that was
practiced on Hryan In West Virginia,
wasn't It? Tho railroad company In
sisted that he should pay faro Just like an
ordinary mortal. Oh, these grinding mo
nopolies! Indifference at llrjnn'n Crowd,
Washington Post.
Tho exporlenco of Mr. Hryan has con
vinced him that people, will flock to the
railway station to hear a man talk from
tho rear platform of a Pullman car and
then go to tho ballot box and vote for tho
other fellow.
llMiocrln)- lleveiiled.
Springfield Republican.
The British government's act In formally
annexing the South American republic to
the Ilritlsh empire reveals tho hypocrisy of
tho claim advanced before the war that
the Transvaal was already a part of or a
vussal of the oinplrn.
l'roNMTll on the I'nrni.
Minneapolis Journal.
Colonel Hryan Is In tho east busily at
work persuading the farmer that he li hav
ing hard times. Shucks! What's the use
of talking that way to a man with a bank
account, a pasture full of fat cattle and
two or three of Uncle Sam's bits of fany
printing known ns government bonds.
Some Trouble I, eft.
Chicago Xcws,
Lord Roberts' latest telegram from Bel
fast says: "Huller engaged tho enemy's
left this morning. Hamilton Is endeavoring
to turn the enemy's right." And yet a
few days before the Transvaal was for
mally annexed to (treat Britain. If Field
Marshal Hobcrts Is not careful ho may
yet flsurc In comic opera somewhat after
the manner of tho lord high admiral of
the "tiuccn's navce."
Mcnmure of Iteiuitillcnn Prosperity.
San Francisco Cull.
Since Orovcr Cleveland went out of office
tho wages of bricklayers and stonemasons
In this country have advanced 20 per cent;
bollcrmakers, 25 per cent; carpenters, 15
per cent; electrical workers, 25 per cent;
machinists, 40 per cent; printers, 30 per
cent; railroad laborers, .10 per cent; wood
workers, 15 per cent. This Is the prosper
ity tho republican policy of protection has
brought to tho American wnge-earner.
( AllltVIMi t'OAI.H TO NUWCASTI.H.
Modern Conditions llestroy nil An
cient Proverb.
Brooklyn Uncle.
Tho old proverbial symbol for foolish
surplusago Is about to be upset. Wo arc
to carry coals to Xcwcastle In ships, be
cause the supply on which tho proverb
was based, nnd which was supposed to be
inexhaustible, Is now not more than suffi
cient for the needs of Kngland. Xot long
ago four ships were chartered to carry
Pennsylvania coal to Hussla. Xow the
combination of railroads in which the Xew
York Central nnd tho Pennsylvania are tho
chief forces Is preparing for a large nnd
systematic export coal business to Kuropc.
To facilitate their shipping from Xew York
they nro about to secure tho Xew Jersey
Central rnllrond, over whose tracks the
Baltlmoro & Ohio enters Xew York. They
already control so much of tho conl terri
tory that they will escape competition at
home. Tho Pennsylvania system will also
use Xewport Xews and Xorfolk ns shipping
points for the product of Its mines. All
the railroads In this network which brings
coal to tidewater are expecting to Increase
their business and facilities materially by
reason of this oxport coal tralllc. Tho
deficit In Kuropc Is accented at this time
by a strlko of miners In tho Cardiff region
of Wales. The American production, too,
may be complicated by n threatened strike
of the anthracite miners in the Hazclton
district. But these nre temporary Incidents
of a great and far-reaching tendency.
When the expense of tho long ocean
shipments la added to the cost of mining In
this country, nt least as great as It Is In
Kuropc, It will be clear that only a failure
of the supply upon which Europe has de
pended heretofore can make It possible for
the American mines to compete with the
European home product. If the European
nations come to any considerable extent
tu depend upon us for coal In the next
twenty years that fact will have far-reaching
consequences, not only In the business
world, but In International politics. Sea
power Is everywhere recognized as the su
premo element In International complica
tions, but sea power depends upon coal.
Any country which relies upon us to fill
the bunkers of its war ships must of course
maintain friendly relations with us. The
market In sight for our coal Is purely com
mercial, but the Bhortage upon which that
Is based is said to affect the mines of Eng
land, Germany nnd Austria, and If that Is
serious It must affect navies as well as
commorcc. The day way easily come when
our chief Interest In war will be, not In
competing with the navies of the world, but
In keeping them afloat.
i:xi'Asio.v ix tiii: soith.
A firrnt Drnl of It, but It Will .Not
I'rcvrnl Democrnt In Solidity.
Philadelphia Record (bid. dcm.)
The south will, no doubt, vote solidly
for tho democratic uomlnee, as usual, but
the ovldenco multiplies that n large num
berpossibly n majority of southern men
arc by no means In sympathy with Mr.
Bryan on what In other sections are re
garded as tho leading Issues of the day.
Many of tho old lino democrats of tho
south are evidently out of Joint with tho
present policies of the party of their
choice. Mnny southerners are no less en
thusiastic for expansion than for the gold
standard.
Among more recent evidences of this
are the article of Judge John J. Hunt of
Georgia (published In tho Atlanta Consti
tution), on "Tho Great Sham Ishuo" (antl
Impcrlallsm) nnd tho telegram of Mr.
Thomas C. Crenshaw of Atlanta to Ad
jutant General Corbln. after tho death of
tho former's son from wounds received
In tho Philippines, praying "for tho sake
of all who have fallen there In defense
of our country's honor that tho flag under
which they sacrificed their lives may never
be pulled down."
Southern newspaper men by the dozen
make no secret of their expansion lean
ings, thus Indicating tho unmistakable
popularity of tho sentiment. This Is espe
cially noticeable In Tennessee the Xash
vlllo Amerlran, tho Memphis Scimitar, tho
Nashville Banner, tho Chattanooga Times,
the Memphis Commercial-Appeal, and, In
fart, about all tho leading papers of that
state being openly expansionist Ic. The
Memphis Commercial-Appeal occupies the
rather curious position of being no less
ardently In favor of expansion than of
Bryan and free silver. In Georgia the
Atlanta Constitution and the Macon Tele
graph must bo placed In the expansion
column nnd in Alabama the Influence of
Senator Morgan In that direction la mani
fest. In Virginia and the Carollnas sym
pathy for the policy Is Implied rather
than expressed; but thcro Is no room for
misunderstanding as to tho position of
the Richmond Times nnd tho Charlotto
IX. C.) Observer. Kentucky's lending pa
per, tho Louisville Courier-Journal, Is
avowedly In favor of extending our na
tional limits and the expansion senti
ment Is particularly strong In Texas.
Moreover, tho religious press of the south
no less than that of the north tends to
uphold and oncourago tho policy.
Except as to expansion, however, nil
these southern newspapers support Bryan
on tho grounds that tho democratic party
Is tho smith's best friend nnd that all
Issues are lnslgnlllrant In comparison with
the maintenance of white supremacy In
that section. Tho southern whites are
unalterably determined to do their own
governing nnd to keep tho negroes out of
political office. They contend nnd the
contention Is plausible that In order to
do this tho whites must stand together
and expose the unbroken front of one
political body, regardless of individual
differences of opinion ns to minor ques
tions. In thiu connection It Is worthy
of note that In tho opinion of many south
ern ns woll as northern observers tho al
most Immediate collapse of the solid south
and nn equalization of the strength of the
opposing political parties among the whites
would result from the disfranchisement
or bodily removal by emigration of tho
bulk of tho blacks. This vlow Is unques
tionably supported by the fact that thero
were two audi opposing nnd alternately
successful political parties In tho south
prior to tho emancipation of tho slaves
and It can be readily seen that such an
event would restore to the southern whites
a freedom of choice which they now rightly
or wrongly claim not to possess.
Prosperity Argument
Washington Post.
Mr. Bryan essays a stupendous task In
his effort to prove that the nlt-pcrvadlng
prosperity In which every class of citizens
Is sharing Is n sham. It Is never advis
able for a public man to butt his head
against n Bolld wall of notorious nnd In
disputable facts. The statistics of tho
nation's and tho people's finances show,
beyond the shadow of a doubt, that thero
has been an immense and entirely unex
ampled progress since 1S96. The fact that
such statistics prove Mr. Bryan to have
been laboring under n delusion when he
was going up and down and across the
country foretelling uwful disasters In
case of his defeat is not a good nnd suf
llclcnt reason why ho should treat them
with contempt. The lessons of experience
should be more profitably utilized.
The Immense gain In our export trade,
the large lncrcaso In wages, the addition
of one to two millions of workers to the
active lists of our Industries, the substan
tial prosperity of the farmers, ,tho abun
dance of capital, the transfer of the
world's monetary center from London to
Xew York all these nre facts that should
not be Ignored nnd which should be a
cause of congratulation nnd patriotic
pride to Mr. Bryan, even though their
coming discredits his 1SQ6 forecast.
In ono or more of his recent speeches
Mr. Bryan has said to tho wageworkers:
"I want you to tnko tho cost of what
you buy as a laboring man and raaasurc
It against your wages und see If tho
trusts have not raised the prlco of what
you buy moro than they have your
wages."
That was a risky challenge, for tho
facts were and nro nt hand to prove that
tho worklngmen have been prosperous
since 1S96 beyond all precedent. The Xew
York Press shows thnt tho world igmen
In 1S34, measuring the cost of what they
bought ngnlnst their wages, earned so
much less than they had to spend to 1 cup
from going hungry that they nto up not
only all their wage curniiiris, but .noro
VIJHJIO.Vr STRAWS.
Washington Star (rep.): The returns from
Vermont show slight democratic gains,
while those from Arkansas show slight
republican gains. Thus Is the law of com
pensation onco more beautifully Illustrated.
Chicago Journal (lnd): It Is probable
that tho republicans will get tho greatest
blessing out of the returns from Vermont.
The fact that the silver scarecrow Is of no
account may stir the party nt large Into
aggressiveness, and cause It to' wage n
spirited campaign against tho live demo
cratic propositions.
Cleveland Plain Dealer (dcm.): Take It
all together, thero Is nothing for cither
sldo to crow much over, nnd the post-election
position Is the same as the nntc-elcc-tlon
statement that little significant can
bo given the Vermont election ns an In
dication of the set of the popular tide.
Perhaps the Maine election next Monday
will have moro value as a political "straw."
for both sides have been working hard
In that state to get out the full vote.
Detroit Free Press (lnd.): Although the'
reliability of any single state ns a political I
barometer Is open to question, there Is no1
reason why tho republicans need feel down-i
cast or disheartened over the returns from
Vermont. 'l..o Increase of 13 per cent In
the democratic vote this year goes to,
show that tho party Is pulling Itself to
gether again; but the returns carry no,
promise of n general democrntlc success
this fall, unless the republican managers
take It for granted that Mr. MeKlnloy Is
a man of destiny who cannot be defeated.
Xew York Evening Post (lnd.): The
moral of Vermont Is that the republicans
can carry the country for McKlnley In
Xovember by hard work, hut that they
cannot repeat the "scare" of 189t5 nnd
frighten a host of democrats into support
ing their candidate. Hryanlsm Is still so
odious that the more Independent minded
men who also oppose McKlnleylsm nre
content to let the republicans bent It once
more, though they do not expert or desire
that the administration shall be Indorsed
by any such phenomenal republican ma
jorities ns were rolled up four years ago.
Philadelphia Press (rep ): In every other
presidential year since 18GI the Vermont
republican majority In Septembor has risen
above 23,000 nnd tho election of a repub
lican president has followed. Hut no re
publican candidato for governor In that
stato has received so largo n majority as
the Indicated majority of yesterday, ex
cept In the phenomenal election of 1R9H.
The only conclusion that can bo drawn
from theso figures Is that tho republican
party Is stronger with tho voters In the
east than It has been In any presidential
election In forty years, the election of four
years ago, when conditions wero abnormal,
alone excepted.
l'KRHO.VAI. POINTHRS.
Mr. Olney cannot contemplate Agulnaldo
aa an Amorlcan citizen with nny degrco
of equanimity.
Thero is a break In tho tide of prosperity.
Tho peanut crop Is short nnd higher prices
nro threatened.
A law which has Just gone into opera
tion In Xew York prohibits tho publication
of letters left by suicides.
Baron Edward Toll Is tho leader of tho
Russian Arctic expedition which Is to start
In 1901. It was ho who established depots
of provisions and other stores on tho new
Siberian islands for the uso of the Xanscu
expedition.
A Connecticut woman had asked for a
widow's pension nnd now receives Instead
the husband whom Bho long ago supposed
to bo dead; unci shn not only gets the
husband, but a share In tho pension which
ho Is drawing.
Field Marshnl von Walderseo's flag for
tho campaign In China Is a Uhlan's flag,
divided Into four tquarcs, two black and
two white, with a red border and a bar
running transversely nrross the design.
Tho flag is attached to a Uhlan's lance.
General Alcxol Xlcolalevlch Kuropatkln,
the Russian minister of war, Is probably
the most trusted, most powerful and most
faithful servant of tho czar. Ills rlso to
rank and power was gradual but suro and
In 1893 ho was mado absolute master, under
tho czar, of tho armies of all tho Russlas.
When Senator Frye was at Rangcley Inko
a native approached him nnd ttuld: "Mr.
Frye, I nm puzzled to know whether I
should call you Mr. Fryo or Senator or
Senator Frye." "Well," replied Mr. Frye,
"If I was In Washington today my friends
probnbly would sny, 'Good morning, sen
ator," but anything goes up hero. Hill's ns
good as anything."
"When woman wills sho will" nnd don't
you forget It. Ono of tho women dragged
from a recent railroad wreck In Pennsyl
vania, and minus most of her clothing,
overlooked the loss of all but her hat and
refused to go to a placo of safety until her
headgear was found. Her husband found It
after a two hours' search and then only
did tho procession move.
Prof. S. A. Knapp of Louisiana, who was
sent ns official expert by tho Department
of Agrleulluro to examine. th agricultural
resources and possibilities of Porto Rico
and to urrango for tho establishment thero
of ono or more agricultural experiment
stations. reports earnestly against nny
attempt to Inereaso tho area In bugarcane
In the Island as greatly against tho In
terests of Porto Ilicans,
than J37 00O.000 of their savings banks de
posits, that from 18!3 to 18!M the wage
earners were pnylng so much more for
brend and butter than they were tblo to
earn In wages that they wero compelled
to diminish their savings banks deposits
from $t.7sr..l50.n.17 to $1,747,901,250. The
Press further submits that since the de
feat of Mr. Bryan In 1S90 tho wage earn
ers of the country have earned so much
moro than they spent that Is to say, to
use Mr. Bryan's expression, measuring
the cost of what they have bought against
their wages, they are so much better off
that In 1S99 they had Increased their sav
ings banks deposits to $2,230.3Ci5.9,"4. That
was a gain In surplus earnings put In sav
ings banks alone of moro than J4SO.000.000
over 1S94. And, as If nil these sockdol
agers were not enough, tho Press shows
thnt the returns from Xew York and
other states thus far received for the
year ended Juno 30, 1900, Indicate that
the total savings banks deposits today
nre more than $2,500,000,000. That, says
the Press, means Instead of a loss of $37,
000,000 n year, such as the wage-earners
suffered In their savings In 1894. n g.iln
since then of more than three-quarters
of a billion of dollars. All that Is In addi
tion to many millions expended In buying
homes, canceling mortgages, Investments
In building and loan associations nnd
other properties ull that $750,000,000 In
savings banks alone since 1S94. Tho Press
says "this means that tho wage-earners
of the United Stutes, measuring tho cost
of what they buy against their wages,
have not only i largo surplus of wage
earnings now, but nro drawing In divi
dends on the $2,600,000,000 which they have
put In the savings banks arc drawing In
addition to their wages Interest dividends
of more than $75,000,000 a year."
It would bo well for tho republicans to
stick to the prosperity argument ns llielr
chief cornerstone and stop all their
scare talk. It would bo vrell for Mr.
Bryan to recognize existing facts and stop
tilting against them.
IICIIOIIS OP t II WAR.
Genrrnl .lo Wherler SUeti'lim (tie
CiirliiNltli'x of (inum.
When tho war In tho Philippines wob
officially declared at nn end, last winter,
General Joe Wheeler sheathed his sword,
turned his horse into tho pasture and con
cluded to make a break for home. There
was no further use for a lighting mnn In
Luzon, nt leapt, and ho could not bo In
duced to settle down with the Implements
of peace mid gather rust. As usual what
the general wanted was granted, condi
tionally. The country could not permit the
old warhorsu to leap from n tropical ell
mato into nn American winter. Good men
arc too scarce to subject them to needless
risks. So he was commissioned to tarry
on the Island of Guam, hobnob with Gov
ernor 0'I.eary, and view the natives bloom
ing under liberty's vine nnd fig tree. What
the general Saw there and tho pictures
taken by an Irrepressible kodakcr hus Just
been Issued In book form from tho govern
ment printing office. It Is a very interest
ing accouut of the Island and Islanders, and
would have an extenslvo circulation if the
War department did not restrict It to Its
own use.
The lslnnd Is shaped llko the solo of a
sl'.oo, and has presumably a total area of
about 150 square miles, although It has
never been surveyed. The narrowest part
has a diameter of seven miles, nnd It Is
nbout fifteen miles in length. There are a
fow lepers In tho Island, but nobody pays
any particular attention to them, nnd they
appear to do no harm. The water thero Is
not good to drink, but It Is not missed, for
when General Wheeler or anybody else Is
thirsty a native climbs a treo and throws
down n encoanut, the milk of which Is a
refreshing beverage. Guam has no snakes,
po courts, no lawyers. Tho salary paid to
a schoolteacher thcro Is $1.50 a month.
Then thero nro n number of things Guam
did not have until It got Leary, such as
mairlago ceremonies, real cstato titles,
taxes, liquor licenses, dog taxes nnd Sun
day holidays.
Hut tho greatest curiosities of all aro
Governor Lcary's proclamations. He has
been having a great time reforming tho
natives and teaching them American ways,
lie reforms wholesale, by proclamation.
Fourteen general orders had been Issued
up to tho tlmo of General Wheeler's visit
and they nro nil specimens of vigorous
English ami Infused with n genuine civic
fidcrntlnu spirit. Hut Governor Leary docs
not level all his fulmlnations at the poor
natives. Hero Is a proclamation issued for
tho benefit of his own men:
"Attention Is hereby called to tho fact
that tho natives of Guam aro not 'd d
dagoes' nor 'niggers,' but nre law-abiding,
respectful human beings who have been
taken under tho protection of tho United
States government and who aro nB much
entitled to courtesy, respect nnd protection
of llfo nnd liberty In their homes nnd In
their occupations as aro tho best citizens of
Xow York, Washington or any other home
city. Tho sovoral disgraceful cases of as
sault, committed by persons nttached to
this station, Interfering with tho functions
of locnl ofllcials, ruthlessly destroying pri
vate property, viciously violating the
sanctity of native homes, etc., wero worthy
only of tho dastardly cowards and black
guards who were Implicated In thoso acts,
nnd It Is deeply regretted that tho govern
ment has thus far been unable to suf
ficiently establish the Identity of the cul
prits and their abettors, In order that they
might be brought to Justice. For tho
preservation of tho well earned reputation
of tho American navy as champions In biic
corlng tho needy, nldlng tho distressed and
protecting tho honor and vlrtuo of women
It Is earnestly hoped that tho honorable,
self-respecting portion of this command
will unlto their efforts in using nil Inwful
means within their power to discourage
nnd suppress overy known tendency on tho
part of others to commit lawless acts that
would cast dishonor and shamo on the
servlco, In which wo havo shared the
honors nnd trials nnd wars, nnd to which
wo have dedicated our official lives."
This wns signed "Richard P. Leary. V.
S. X., Governor."
In the Interest of education ho Issued
general order Xo. 13. It Is as follows
"Government House, Agana, Guam, Jan.
23, 1900. Every adult resident of this Island
must learn to wrlto his or her own name
beforo tho first day of July, 1900, unless
prevented from doing so by phyalcal
disability. Tho signature must bo plain
and legible, suitable for uso when required
In legal documents or commercial transac
tions, and must be without ornameututlon,
scroll, or other rubrical decorations. Any
citizen may procure from the government
a Biiitablo sample of his or her written
naino for uso ns a copy to bo Imitated In
prnctlco and instruction.
"All residents aro recommended to utilize
every available opportunity to lenrn how
to read, wrlto and apoak tho English lan
guage, thereby Improving their own mental
condition as well as preparing themsolves
for nsslstlng their children who aro re
quired by law to attend school."
Governor Leary published a tariff
schedule for Guam. It Is noted among
other things that cigars and cigarettes are
taxed 25 per cent ad valorem; ready mudc
clothing pays 50 per cent The duty on
absinthe Is $S a gallon, while fertilizers,
fire-hose, nnd engravings are on the freo
litt Wines nnd whisky pay $8 a gallon, ns
do kummol and elu. Painting and statuary
are not required to pay duty. Thus are
homo Industries fostered and protected for
the Guamltrs. Tho export of cattle, corn,
rice, sweet potatoes, hogs and eggs Is pro
hibited. General Wheeler's book on Guam la
beautifully Illustrated with reproductions
of photographs taken by n correspondent
who happened to accompany him. Ono of
them shows the soldierly figure of tho lit.
tie general In tho midst of a Jungle whlrh
would do honor to Darkest Africa. Another
Is labelled "Dance of tho Caroline
Islnnders" (the latter being one of tho
tribes Inhabiting tho Islands). It Is a
vlow of twenty dark-skinned women with
pleasant expressions on their faces and
bends nbout their necks. Tho climate In
Guam Is bo warm that much clothing Is a
superfluity.
Ol Vi:ilY COMMON CLAY.
Ilrjnn'n Toplonticnl .r Annlyceil
mill Coniprrnit-il.
Detroit Free Press (lnd. Jem.)
During time past contention has been
mado by tho close admirers of Mr. Bryan
that he breathed an air higher and purer
than the miasmatic atmosphere of practical
politics. Earlier in his career ns n na
tional figure they could adduce satisfying
reasmis for the faith that remains with
them. If ho was not n disinterested en
thttslnet with nil the self-abnegation of a
Christian martyr he was an imitation to
challenge comparison with tho genulno
article. He was full of righteous denuncia
tions nnd noblo aspirations, so far as could
bo gathered from superficial Indications.
But thero Is painful testimony to the
fact that ho has been corrupted by evil -or
nt least political associations. Unless
libeled beyond belief ho has affiliated and
placed himself In close communion with
Tammany, seeking as It does a wide-open
city, the right to blackmail tho beneficiaries
of such a system, the right to conduct prlzo
lights, the right to establish ono of tho
most wicked ami obnoxious trusts ever
conceived, the right, in short, to ruin with
out let or hindrance -h.. metropolis of tho
nation. This may li.v.dve n compact with
the quiet boss m Hi Empire republicans,
but wo are dlscussin" Mr. Brynn.
It certainly mentis a coalition for the un
seating of David 11. Hill, though tho ova
tion given him In the Kansas City conven
tion should serve ns n warning ngalnst
such an unnatural combine for his over
throw. The heights nnd depths of his offend
ing nro found In tho fact that he wants n
clean, upright and dignified ndvocacy of
democracy.
Mr. Bryan, ns n sop for the populist
vote. Insisted upon nn Insertion of the 1G
to 1 plank In tho Kansas City platform.
Ho had nothing to say for Its defense or
advocacy In his fractional speech of ac
ceptance, the remainder of which he has
forgotten or neglected. Ho has religiously
avoided tho subject while speaking In tho
stntes committed to honest money. Even
tho ubiquitous Interviewer has failed to
extract his views.
But down In West Virginia It Is different.
His tlnnnclnl views there wero ndoptcd to
his sympathetic niidlcm . h. It Is plain to
crdlnary Intelligence nnd common honesty
that ho begged the question, perverted tho
facts nnd drew satisfactory conclusions
from distorted premises, but this only em
phasizes the fact that he has becomo tho
practical politician. He can blow hot nnd
cold and pray "Good Lord" nnd "Good
Devil" with tho best of them.
M.VKS TO A N.M 11,12.
Philadelphia Press: Tpwne-Thnt wns a
rather disreputable lookins man you lujt
spoke to,
Hrowne-Slr. That was my brother.
known10tTint B piirrt,n- 1 '"'"hi huva
Indianapolis Journal: Mr. Brown-Wei'.
I guess I'll turn rff thh rln trle fan down'
stairs.
Mrs Hrpwn-Oh! David, don't; If t-om.)
poor burglar got In he wruld simply stlil'
Clilrago Tribune: First Imnerlnllst-Let :1
go In bv the scuttle. It's open.
Second Imperialist Xo. we must have nn
scuttle policy. Weil go In on tho ground
floor.
Pittsburg Chronicle: Mr. Penn-I sup
pose that the czar of I tuns In sees the en I
of the troublo nt Pekln -ir he would not
recnll the Itunslnn troopM.
Mr. Pitt The czar may see the nd nr
the trouble, but what does Field Marsh il
Waldersee?
Chicago Post: "It pnys to be n gnt!o.
mnn," be said oracularly.
"Oh. I don't knnw." replied the ntlirr.
"1 nntlce thnt nrlzellchters ni:d fouii
aldermen null down a good deal of money
occasionally."
Detroit Journal: "Say." nsked the em
pres downgor anxiously, "has Mr. Austin
written n poem on us vet?"
"Xo, your inn (est v." replied Tu Spot, tho
minister of wsr, "nothing to date. '
"Well, then." replied Ilio empress, "f
dnn't knnw why we might not ns well
make peace. Hut ir he had, I'd loso my
throno llrst."
Pltl'.SCIt vim; SKAMIX.
Pittsburg ('hmnlcle.
Of Ceylon's sple breearj
Wo many times have ung.
And wo have hoard nbiiil them
Slncle days when we were young,
Hut now tn snltr such fragrance
Wo do not need in roam
For spicy nro the breezes
That float nrnund the home.
It's now the time when women
Forget about their nerves,
And spend their days nnd cvomIdrS,
In putting up preserves.
They're closely watching kettles.
They're closely watching pans,
And Ht the proper moment
They're tilling Jurs and cans.
They're making Jams nnd jellies
And sweetest marmalade,
And fruit fresh from tho orchards
Ib Into butler made.
They're paring, seeding, sllclnc,
A work lu which they're skilled,
And when n kettle's emptied
Again It's promotlv tilled.
And sweet Is the aroma
That permeates the air -
The fragrance of tho spices
Dropped In with greatest care.
And so nfnr It's wnfted
To Ceylon wo then show
That there nre other plnces
Where spicy breezes blow.
Tho women burn their fingers,
And pretty fnces, too,
HJt patiently they're working
dull the tnsk Is through.
And though thn hubbies grumble
When women thus prepare.
Just watch them In the winter.
And seo them grab their share.
Common
Honesty
Always in stock
Ru suro of this:
That if you don't need
our Borvicos wo will cheer
fully toll you so.
J.C.Huteson&Co.
l:Pr.RT OPTICIANS,
1520 Douglas Street.
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