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before me this :11st day of August. A. IJ
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Notary Public.
It Is not the mh'hihI term In the White
House tlmt Is worr.tltitf Mr. Ilryan, but
the first term.
I!oubllonii olubs throuuiiout Ne
braska lire Just now exhibit lug the re-
KUltS Ot' membership (.)UUS(I1.
The iletnoorntle finnpalKii Is bolus
conducted strictly tin tin 1(1 to 1 prlnol-ple-sixteen
misstatements to one truth.
South Omaha must lie 11 firm bo
Hover in the principle of expansion,
.Induing by the census returns from
tluit city.
Having written the greater pari of
the Kansas (Mly platform himself, no
wonder Colonel Ilryan j)ats its author
on the buck.
Mr. Hiyan has two or three more op
portunities to Indulge in the letter-writing
diversion, as he has still a few nom
inations to accept.
Prosperity must even have, struck the
populist committee to enable It to pay
(if) cents on the dollar of Its printing
bill contracted In IMMi.
Careful search through the new pri
mary election law fails to reveal any
provision denning the duties or ipiulill
cations of a political referee.
Omaha's musical taste must be es
tablished If a rag-time concert produces
an overllow audience. The people
should know what they want.
The receivership business is not pros
pering In these republican times, but for
nome reason or other the popocratle or
gans make no mention of the fact.
The local democracy must be sadly in
dearth of timber when It has to double
up delegates to Its conventions by plac
ing tho same candidates on opposing
delegations.
According to the popocratle organs the
trust magnates nre all for McKinley,
yet they are parading tho fact tlmt the
treasurer of the Cracker trust Is shout
ing for Hryan. And there nre others.
With tho democrats already complain
ing that they have not enough places to
go around on their legislative and
county tickets, what prospects have pop
ulists and so-called silver republicans of
landing In Douglas county?
A careful perusal of Hrynn's letter of
acceptance leads to the eoneluMon that
in the estimation of the writer there is
Just one man in the country who Is
right on every subject and who Is ca
pable of conducting tho affairs of the
government, and he Is "it."
Kmperor William of (iermauy has
transmitted to President McKinley a
message of sympathy for the (ialveston
flood victims. Xow watch the Hryan
itc organs and orators hold this up as
another proof of the drift toward im
perialism. Mr. Croker promises the nntlonal dem
ocratic leaders that ho will carry Xew
York for Hryan. Ho also promises tho
people of Xow York good government,
but they got It about the same way
Hryan will get the electoral vote of the
Umpire state.
Auother Installment of the contro
versy between Governor Poynter and
his superintendent at tho Heat rice state
institution Is on. The best way to end
this disgraceful squabble Is to elect a
republican governor and remove tho
disturbing cause.
Superintendent Lang threatens to tell
what ho knows ub'out tho working of
tho fusion machine, in tills state unless
ho Is let alone, As the governor has
gouo so far ho cannot well back down,
thrro Is every renson to believe that the
public may get some more 115IH on
shady transactions when the doctor and
tho governor again commence telling
talcs on ono unother,
nnVAX'n M'.TTEn or Acrr.PTAScn
.Mr. Hrynn's letter of acceptance af
fords Ills party 110 new nrgmnuiits for
defending or strengthening Its position.
It Is simply a repetition of views ho has
frequently expressed In his speeches, in
some instances with much more Clear
ness and force.
He says that If elected he will en
deavor to fulllll tho promise of the
platform regarding trusts anil will se
lect an attorney geneial who will
"without fern or favor, enforce exist
ing laws." The only tintl-trust law
which, it democratic? administration
would be called upon to enforce Is the
one enacted In 1J?!0 by n republican
congress and which then encountered
vigorous democratic opposition. It l
not forgotten that the attorney geneial
of the last democratic administration
sought to discredit this law, pronounc
ing It defective and inadequate, and
made no effort to enforce it. There Is
110 certainty that another democratic
attorney general would not do the. same
thing. .Mr. Hrynn's hostility to pro
tectlou Is shown In the nttacl; on the
Iilngley tariff law, which revived the
Industries of the country, created a de
mand for labor and largely contributed
to bringing about the prosperity which
the country has enjoyed for the last
three years.
In regard to the tlnauclul plauk of the
Kansas City platform, the candidate
unqualifiedly endorses It and leaves no
doubt of his purpose, though this Is not
speclllcally declared, to use every effort
to bring about so-called bimetallism.
As to whether or not he will, If elected,
pay in silver such obligations of the
government as are payable In "coin"
he does not sny. That question was
Mihudttcd to him In Lincoln and he de
ellned to answer. He still evades It.
In view of the attitude of Mr. Ilryan
toward the gold standard there cannot
be a reasonable doubt that he would
take advantage of any loophole in the
law permitting the payment of gov
ernment obligations in silver. Thus 1 lie
first step would be taken toward tin
overthrow of the gold standard, with
the Inevitable effect of causing 11 disas
irons liuauclal and business disturb
a nee.
Mr. Hrynn's reasoning In regard to his
proposed extension of 11 protectorate
over tho Philippines, after giving them
independence. Is not convincing. Those
Islands are on the othur side of the earth,
not upfturtcutint to this continent nor to
the western hemisphere, commonly un-
dei'tood to be the geographical limits of
the Monroe doctrine. We could Just as
logically and rightfully extend the pnn
clple of that doctrine to (ireece against
Turkey, to China to protect Manchuria
against Itussln, or anywhere else, us to
the Philippines. If we can apply that
doctrine to one part of Asia, why not
another? Mr. Ilryan assumes that the
United States lias only to say to the re
or the world, let the Philippines alone,
and the mandate will be respected, it
seems to us a rather reckless assump
tion. Indeed we do not doubt that
ICuropeaii nations would speedily Hud
opportunity to let this country know that
they could not recognize the extension
of the principles of the .Monroe
doctrine beyond the western hem
isphere. We believe that the pro
posed protectorate would lead us Into
endless complications and dillicultles.
The policy Mr. Hryan advocates, It teems
to us, Is the longest stride, the most
reckless plunge the country was ever
Invited to take in the direction of for
eign complications.
FIXAtCUh KLKMKXT l. HHVAXISM.
j no Xew York livening Post says tha
as the campaign proceeds there is in
creasing evidence that business men
recognize the Importance of the liuauclal
element in Hryanism and propose
to exert their Intluonco again iigalnst
Its triumph. "While Hryan devotes the
largest part of his speeches to his 'para
mount Issue' of Imperialism," says that
paper, "he constantly atlirms that his
party stands on the liuauclal question
now Just where It stood four years ago
and makes plain his purpose to over
throw tho gold standard. These brief
allusions to what they consider tho chief
lssuo Impress business men and make
them ready to support such a move
ment 11s that of the Nntlonal Honest
Money league." Recently the Maryland
Honest Money league was reorganized
and a canvass of tho committee of sev
enty which mani'ged the league's cam
paign four years ago showed that only
two are for Hryan now. This organiza
tion proposes to prosecute a vigorous
campaign In that stute and as it Is com
posed of sound money democrats will
do effective work.
There Is every reason why business
men everywhere should begin to take a
llvelv Interest in the finnncial element
ot Hryanism and exert themselves to
prevent tho success of the party which
Is as fully and tlrmly committed to the
free coinage of silver us It was four
years ago ami is therefore no less a
meuncu now to tho nnnnelul and bus
iness Interests of the country than It
was In 189(1. Mr. Hrynn's reference to
tho money question In his letter of ac
ceptance shows that ho has not changed
In the least and permits no other con
clusion than that If elected he will spare
no effort to overturn the gold standard,
beginning with the payment In silver of
all obligations of tho government not
sDcclllcally payable in gold. True. Mr.
Hryan does not say that he would do
this, but who can doubt that lie woiiiu
In view of his repeated declarations ot
hostility to the gold standard and his
nlcdge to get rid of It If the opportunity
1,.. ,-ivon him. Mr. Hryan has been
asked whether or not ho would pay out
foe L-nveruinent obligations and
ho has declined to answer. Ho tells the
country what ho would do In regard to
the Philippines, the trusts and other
matters of public Interest, but he evades
the question regarding the paying out
r iivim Is it because he does not
know what he would do, or has not
made up his mind on the subject? Not
at all. Mr. Hryan Is undoubtedly quite
willing to nccept the authority of Secre
tary !age that silver can be paid out
for government obligations payable In
coin, and knowing this there is not the
slightest reason to think he Is in doubt
as to what ho would do. He would pro
ceed at once to fulllll his pledge to over
throw the gold standard, striking at It
first by paying out silver for such obli
gations of the government ns may be
paid in silver nt the optlou of the gov
ernment.
Intelligent business men know what
this would mean. It would produce u
liuauclal and business condition that
could not fall to have ruinous conse
quences, it would cause a general feel
ing of Insecurity and apprehension dam
aging to all private Interests and to the
government us well. Tho Hniincinl ele
ment In Hryniiism is the greatest menace
to the national welfare.
TllK AHTVCl. DUUiiKtl.
Interrupted In his speech nt Pitts
burg, Knu by the inquiry, "How about
the negro In North Carolina?" .Mr.
Hryan replied:
If you will read tho Sulu treaty you will
never havo a chance to pity the negro. I
hope, the gentleman who has referred to the
North Carolina law has road tho Sulu
treaty.
How characteristic of the artful
dodger. What, bearing can the Sulu
treaty have on the Injustice perpetrated
upon the blacks of the south, disfran
chised by force and fraud by Hrynn's
fellow democrats?
liven If the Sulu treaty were ten
times more Iniquitous than It Is painted
by the popocratle demagogues, in what
way would that mitigate the outrage
that robs the North Carolina negro of
rights guaranteed him by the constitu
tion, so ruthlessly dolled and violated
to maintain democratic supremacy
against the consent of the governed?
So far as the Sulu treaty is concerned
It has brought the people of that Island
nearer to freedom than they ever were
before and than they would be If left
either to Spain or to the whims of their
native rulers. No ono affected by its
provisions is a whit the worse for tho
Sulu arrangement, but thousands of
North Carolina negroes have been de
prived by the democrats of political
lights given them by the republican
party.
While Mr. Hryan knows the so-called
Sulu treaty was only a temporary
agreement, ho carefully avoids calling
attention to President MeKlnley's In
structions to the Philippine commission
(lellning the terms that must be in
corporated in nil branches of Philip
pine tfovernniont until congress shall
take action:
That no pctsou shall lie deprived of life,
liberty or property without due process of
luw ; that private property shall not be
taken for public use without Just compensa
tion: that In alt criminal prosecutions the
accused shall eujoy tho right to a speedy
and public trial, to be Informed of tho na
turo and cause of the accusation, to be con
fronted with tho witnesses against him, to
havo compulsoiy process for obtaining wit
ncssos In his favor and to havo tho assist
aneo of counsel for his defense; that ex
cessive ball shall not bo required, nor ex
cesslvo tines Imposed, nor cruel and tin
usual punishment Inflicted; that no person
shall bo put twice in Jeopardy for the same
oflccse, or be compelled In any criminal
ci.so to be a witness against himself;
that the right to bo secure against
unreasonable searches ' and seizures
shall not lie violated; that ncithur
slavery nor Involuntary servitude shall ex
ist except as a punishment for crime; that
no bill of attainder or ex post facto law
shall be passed; that no law shall be passed
abridging speech or tho liberty of the press,
or tho rights of the people to peaceably as
semble and petition the government for a
redress ot grievances; that no law shall be
made respecting tho establishment of re
ligion, or prohibiting the freo exercise
thereof, and that tho freo exercise and en
joyment of religious profession and worship,
without discrimination or preference, shall
forever bo allowed.
How long would the Filipinos have
had to wait for these liberties and
privileges if tho United Slates had not
wrested their islands from the grasp
of Spain?
When It Is so easy to Indulge In long
distance talk nbout wrongs Indicted on
the far-away Stilus, which the Sulus
themselves have never discovered, It Is
no wonder tho mention of negro dis
franchisement In the south calls for the
most accomplished exhibition of artful
dodging that tho great political con
tortionist is capable of.
SOUTH OMAHA A MAGIC CITY.
Ofllclal figures given out by tho cen
sus bureau emphasize South Omnha us
a true magic city.
South Omaha was laid out as a town
site less than fourteen years ago. In
1S!0 the enumerators credited It with a
population of 8,00' which, by tho re
turns Just made public, lias increased
during tho last decade to 20,001, being
an Increase of 17,tKll, or at tho rate of
more than per cent.
This remarkable showing will be
equaled by few, If any, of the cities
listed In the present census and offers
a reminder of the marvelous Increase
in percentages recorded for so many
western cities ten years ago.
South Ojnnha has grown not only In
population, but In material wealth.
Wltile really a part and parcel of the
city of Omaha, It lias been the section
that has enjoyed the most substantial
progress. The addition from year to
year of now packing houses and In
dustrial establishments, Increasing Its
Importance as a cattle market and giv
ing employment to a constantly Increas
ing number of worklngmen, Is tho key
to the situation.
South Omaha lias grown because Its
interests have prospered until It has be
come lirmly established as one of the
greatest meat packing points In the
world. And what is most encouraging
Is the assured prospect that this growth
will coutlnue.
Tho presidential letter writers aro as
suming an elastic license in dating
their various epistles. tioveruor
Uoosevelt's letter of acceptance pur
ports to have been written at Oyster
Hay at a time when he was making
speeches In boutu Dakota, and now
Colonel Hrynn's proclamation h dated
at Llucoln, while In has been touring
Missouri and Kansas for a week and
evidently wrote the letter In Chicago
before he started west.
Now Is the time for the revival of tho
various projects to Invito Hoer settlers
to locate In tho United States, where
they will bo sure to Hud a sympathetic
welcome and promising opening for
prolltable Industry. The- United States
has plenty of room to place ut tho dis
posal of Hoer Immigrants, no matter In
what numbers they might come, and at
the same time would guarantee them
the same measure of freedom accorded
to 1U 0W11 citizens.
liven the Chinamen are aware of the
fact that the American flag means pro
tection to the man or house over which
it llouts. There is n demand from
Pekln for .",000 of these flags, which it
Is Intended shall bo placed over the
doors of those who claim the protec
tion of this country. There never was
a time In the history of this country
when tho Stars and Stripes were re
spected abroad ns during the adminis
tration of President McKinley.
Indications are that 11 good hay and
grain crop has been harvested In the
vicinity of the Ute Indian reservation.
Tho annual scare about an outbreak
has been started and troops havo been
asked for.
Dictum of Dcitlii).
Chicago Tribune.
Mr. Hryan may write letters of accep
tance, but Mr. McKinley will continue to
v lite tho messages.
W111II1 llir nilitrt.
Hrooklyn liaglc.
Why this anxiety on iho part of the sultan
as to the alleged plot against his lite?
Tliero Isn't any plot against his life. It
isn't worth while,
( iiiimc ami I'taoel.
Kansas City Star.
Winter seems to bo coming 011 a little
earlier than usual this year; but that was
expected when the public heard of the an
tbiaclto coal strike
Ilnmiteil I, .Memory.
Hostnn Transcript.
The prayer of thoso gold democrats, who
nro now Joining tho party of Hryan, should
bo that of the (Jrcek sage: "Teach me not
to remember, but to forgot."
I'rmif of rrosperltj-.
Indianapolis Journal,
The railroads are employing 3S,000 more
men this year than they did a year ago
and 105,000 more than they did two year3
ago, but there arc thoso whom such facts
do not please.
I'rnlrlr Don .Must (in.
Washington Star.
It has been decided that prairie dogs in
jure land and must bo poisoned. After the
prairie dog Is extinct scientists will proba
hly discover that ho Is much needed In
order to kill off somo worse pest.
Ilsamiile of the Siuill l'nce.
Cleveland Leader.
At last Ll Hung Chang has started for
Pekln. If It takes him as long to get down
to business when ho arrives as it did to
start, tho allied troops may as well mako
their arrangements to stay In Pekln all
winter.
AVnrklnir Another llnrrrl.
Hllffalo Kxpress.
Since the Vermont election It Is noticed
that Mr. Hryan Is not talking so much
about imperialism. That election, and tho
following one In Maine, aro said to havo
convinced him that tho people of the United
States are more inclined to stand behind the
policy of tho administration than tha dem
ocratic leaders supposed. We, therefore,
will probably hear more of freo silver and
less ot Imperialism than in tho past.
(I rover Dim-IIiics Otllcr,
Chicago News.
Ex-President Cleveland has declined the
president's appolntmont to servo as a mem
ber of tho International Hoard of Arbitra
tion under Tho Haguo treaty. As a conae
quenen tho pleasant picture of seeing two
cx-presldents on the samo board discuss
ing nmlcablo affairs that relato to tho peace
of nations must bo relegated to the gallery
of tho Imagination. Apparently Mr. Cleve
land is still of tho opinion that tho best
thing to do with our cx-prcsldents Is to
"let them alone."
Mtemturc Follow. Ihr Fine.
Chicago Record.
It seems that literature, too, sometimes
follows tho flag. Tho Spanish-American
and South African campaigns havo caused
tho publication of books dealing, first, with
tho history and strategy of war; second,
with statistics concerning the countries
where tho struggles wore In progress;
third, of romances and novels or children's
stories based upon tho exciting incidents
ot tha war. Tho romancors wqre not slow
to percelvo tho possibilities held forth by
a lovo affair between an American volun
teer and a dusky Cuban, a matter-of-fact
Tommy and a stolid daughter of tho voldt.
Tho same process is bolng repented In tho
case of China. Whero wo formerly read
of thrilling ovents In Morro castles or on
frowning kopjes wo shall peruse tragi?
tales of llfo in tho crowded tao or on tho
slopes of tho snowcapped shan. Tho regu
lar army hat and tho khaki uniform will
give placo to tho flowing sleevo and tho
ceremonious cue China is to bo oponcd
up and exploited for literary as well as
for commercial purposes.
M'KIM.IIY AMI HIS It IK OH l.
The Miiri- tin- Si-iirclillulit I Tiimk-iI
On the lie Kit It AiMiciirn.
Chicago Journal.
President MeKlnley's reported plan to
address again tho voters of tho country on
tho Usups of tho day and glvo Information
as to tho ovents that havo passed nnd tho
future policy of tho administration is a wise
plan. In this way ho can effectually meet
tho campaign of misrepresentation that Is
waged against him. The president does not
often express bis views. When he does the
people listen. Tho next tlmo ho will pre
sent his views ns the president of the I'nlted
Stntes, not ns a candidate for office.
In his letter of acceptance President Mc
Kinley, at considerable detail, narrated the
oveuts which led up to tho acquiring of
tho Philippines. Skillfully ho traced the
course of tho administration In Its dealings
with iho Islanders. Hut President McKinley
belloves, as TMItor Dana believed, that tho
way to pound a truth homo Is to keep on re
peating It. Melioration is necessary In
many cases. It may not be an exaggeration
to say that a falsehood, often repeated, will
havo more Influence than a truth stated but
once.
Mr. McKinley seems desirous of but one
thing that next November every voter in
tho land shall know tho truth about his
administration. Ho wants to pound the
truth home. Ho has made mistakes, but
ho has no fear to go before tho people on
Ins record. That speaks well for the pres
ident. He withes simply to be judged by
his record. His campaign managers do
not fear to go before the people on that
oroDOtltlon.
Raising" False Alarms
New York Tribune.
The present loudly proclaimed demo
cratic panic of fear lest tho constitution
bo overthrown and liberty bo destroyed
would bo a trlllo more effectivo it there wero
Borne elements of novelty In the outcry.
Hut it is dllllcult for oven tho most gllb
tongucd ot demagogues to create serious
alarm with tho same cry of "wolf" which
tho party has raised Just as loudly and just
as insincerely on previous occasions oer
pretended dangers that oven tho democratic
party itself would now admit never ex
isted. The wall of impending revolution,
tyranny and despotism Is a continuous per
formance of tho democratic campaigners.
Tho dogs that bay nt the moon have boon
baying so long and tho moon has shown
on so serenely that their miise and alarms
must have ceased to be seriously listened
to even by themselves.
Tho memory of man runneth not to the
contrary when the democracy did not lune
to save the country from Impending revo
lution. George Washington himself, though
tho father of his country, was denoutiiud
by tho democrats of his day as being what
then corresponded to n plutocrat and .1 nun
bent 011 subverting tho free Institutions of
tho country. This hint from Jefferson ot
the way to turn envy nud malice Into a
political asset was not wasted on his fol
lower, Jackson, who was never tired of
denouncing patriots llko John (Julncy
Adams and Henry Clay ns scoundrels
scheming to destroy popular rights. To
como down to more modern times wo llnd
tho democracy trtio to Its traditions of
raising false alarms. Tho party was split
In two wings In tSCO, but It was untied In
foreseeing revolution If It wns not allowed
to havo Its own way and extend Iho area
of slavery. Finding 110 other road to the
realization of tho prophecies a largo part
of tho democracy of that day embarked In
a war to destroy the union. They were
perfectly suro that Abraham Lincoln would
trample down constitutional freedom It
they did not do It thcmsulvos. That part ot
the democracy which had not engaged In
active rebellion rallied "to view wllh
nlarm" the situation of 18(14 and declared:
"After four years of failure to restore
tho union by tho experiment of war during
which, under the pretense of a military
necessity ot a war power higher than the
constitution, tho constitution has itself
been disregarded in every part, public lib
erty and privato right allko trodden (Uwn
and tho material prosperity essentially im
pared, Justice, humanity, liberty and tho
public welfare demand that Immediate ef
forts bo made for a cessation of hostilities."
That Founds much llko the Itrynnllo song
about tho failure to nut down iiiHiirrr,-nnn
in tho Philippines and republican violations
01 mo constitution. Tho words are a trille
different, but tho tune is tho same.
Pour years later tho democrats again
"viewed with alarm" the republican party's
IttV.tBBS OP THi: STOHM.
Now York World: When nature exhibits
tho might of her destructive forces how
puny the greatest efforts of human rago
seem by comparison. Galveston's list of
killed in a single night exceeds that of tho
Spanish-American and Anglo-IJoer wars
added together.
New York Tribuno: Uellef measures for
Galveston havo been prompt and generous
and tho extent of the suffering and need
which thoy aro to assist In alleviating
makes It necessary that they should bo ac
tively continued for somo time to como. As
tho greatest cnlamlty of Its kind which has
over visited tho country It calls for the
greatest efforts at nbsistanco and will not
send forth its summons In vain.
Philadelphia Hccord: Thero ought to bo
no question over tho rebuilding and com
pleto restoration' of Galveston as a com
mercial metropolis nnd Western Gulf ship
Ping point. Men of enterprise, nnd not ac
cidents of location, mako cities, and the
same factors of energy, persistence and na
tural trade advantage which gave Galves
ton pro-emlnonco as a gulf port will bo
found alive there In tlmo to como and ready
to win for tho shattered city a fairer des
tiny than ever its founders imagined.
Philadelphia Press: Tho Galveston dis
aster needs a llko body. Food and shelter
will before long bo provided. This Is but 11
beglnulng. Contributions arc pouring out
all over tho country and organized work has
not yet begun. Any sum really needed by
Galveston can bo raised, If It Is asked by an
ttuthorltatlvo body, nblo to speak definitely
nnd with precision of the losses sustained
by churches, hospitals, institutions and In
dividuals, and competent to distribute re
lief with efllclency and economy. If Texas
and Galveston put such n body before the
country In complete control tho desultory
giving already begun will bo succeeded by
organized, systematic contributions, equal
to tho great need, great as it Is.
Chicago Tribuno: Galveston will bo re
built, as It was after the disaster of four
teen years ago. Its inhabitants will reason
that tho city had oxisted for two-thirds of
a century in comparative safety, and that
such a tlda! wave is not likely to bo re
peated in a hundred years. Tho same com
mercial advantages that first tempted sot
tiers to tho island nnd that mado Galveston
one of tiio most thriving cities on tho gulf
coast, aro still present. Men who own real
cstatu on tho island will not abandon It,
oven though tho improvements thereon
havo been reduced to a wreck. They kuow
that even if they did abandon it there
would bo plenty of others to take It risks
aud all and rebuild tho city. Tho federal
government may hesitate about rebuilding
Its structures on so precarious a site, but
privato Interests aro not likely to abandon
a city even for so tcrrlbio a disaster as
that at Galveston.
Portland Oregonlan: A grewsomo featuro
of the aftermath of tho Galveston horror
is tho hurried disposal wholesale and with
out possibility ot Identification of tho (lend.
While this Is In accordance with tho decreo
of stern necessity, which insists that the
dead mako way for the living, it is, never
theless, revolt lug to that finer senso of hu
manity that regards tho tonantless human
b dy with tenderness and would fain tench
It gently aud lay It away decently and rev
erently. Tho greater distress In a case of
this kind swallows up tho less; hence, per
haps thoso called upon to work out tho do
tails of the tremendous problem of restor
ing Galveston to a placo fit for human hab
itation do not shrink from this task as
would mon under ordlnnry circumstances.
Sanitary science and sentiment are not In
sympathy. When tho former takes tho
helm 1 he latier perforce retires, usually
without protest.
I.ctllnu Well KiioiikIi Alone.
Indianapolis Journal.
Thoso who havo never witnessed the
operation mtiRt wonder how ono man can
"hold up" a train and rob all tho pas
songers In two sleeping cars. As most
Americans who travol carry plbtols, and ns a
robber can only get "tho drop" on one per
boii at a time, even without allowing for
Iho interruption caused bv accepting con
tributions, the wonder Is that boiho pas
senger does not do a little shooting on his
own account.
CiiIiii'm (ii-i-ntcM Peril.
Chicago Chroni lc.
Although General Wood has practically
kxi Irpated yellow fever In Cuba, another
misfortune has befallen the Island. Gen
oial Gomez Is worso lhan yellow fever, be
cause the fever prevails only three months
of tho year while Muximu bids fuir to
talk all the tlmt.
villainous, plan to throttle freedom and set
up an empire. This is what they said
about It:
"t'ndcr Its repeated assaults tho pillars
of tho government aro rocking on their
base and should It succeed In November
next and Inaugurate Its president we will
meet as a subjected and conquered peo
plo amid tho ruins of liberty and the scat
tered fragments of tho constitution."
Poor scattered fragments of tho constitu
tion! Grant wns elected and Inaugurated,
but the most scattered fragments since seen
lying around loose In this country are the
fragments of amendments securing equal
rights to all citizens, which the democrats
first peppcroil with shotguns or burned at
the stake, and nro now trampling under foot
with tho aid of red shirts ami fraudulent
elections In North Carolina.
In 187(1 tho democracy proclaimed that
the country must "bo saved from n cor
rupt centralism." This was another tunc
by tho Bamo old artist who has been say
ing tha same old thing ever slnco tho tlmo
of Ororgo Washington and Alexander Ham
ilton. Whenever he can llnd a man who
wants ficedom to riot he still grows lurid
over tho evils of centralism. Whoa HSO
came nrnund tho same old performers gave
us tho same old spectacle. They worn then
prophetic of tho awful monster militarism
with which Mr. Hryan Is now waging his
vociferous battle. Their platform said:
"Wo aro opposed to an increaso of tho
standing army in time of peace, and tho
insldlou scheme to establish an enormous
mllltnry power under tho gulso of militia
lawB."
Garfield was elected, but that enormous
military power docs not seem yet to havo
changed our form of government or justified
the democratic terrors. The present Ilry
nnlzcd democracy Itself, wo believe, "views
with alarm" tho parly's period of Cleveland'
ism, but those years were ono loug. sad
wnll over "unconstitutional taxation" and
other republican undermining of tho founda
tions of our federal union. The Chicago
platform of 189(5 was another dirge over tho
destruction of liberty It predicted the ruin
mid utter downfall of the nation, If freo
coinage of silver was not immediately re
stored. It saw tyranny enthroned If the su
premo court was not restrained from enforc
ing law and order, and called for tho pack
ing of that court to save tho nation by an
Income tax. Now, In tl00. tho democracy
speclllcally repeats those samo old shouts
for rescuo from tyranny, though four years'
experience has taught everybody that there
was 110 wolf at all, but merely a fnlso nlarm,
and that "tho boy lied." And It proclaims
now dangers, which are only tho old tales
of revolution and militarism revamped.
With such a record of false prophecies,
reckless denunciations, discredited patriot
ism and habitual calamity howling. Is it
possible that any democratic leader seriously
expects lo frighten tho country with the
old bugaboos?
IMt()(ilti:s.S A XI) COXSHllVATISM.
1'nn I'orci-H In lliilllc Arrny (Ivor
I.urRi' nml S11111II llnttcri.
Haltimore Amoiican.
Tho mllienlum will begin to come in sight
when some sort of entente cordlalo can be
nrranged between the conservative and
progressive forces of the world. Kach needs
the other nnd yet both are at daggers
drawn. At no time, perhaps, has this
mutual attitude ot tho two great factors of
life been so sharply defined as at present,
when progress is assuming more and more
of an aggresslvo mien nnd conservatism Is
making an equally energetic defense. The
ono is continually calling for the trial of
tho new, and the other as persistently de
crying all innovation on tho established
order of things.
So small a matter as the recent discus
sion over tho shirt waist man points this
fact. Tho war for and against the costless
social privilege Is waged as fiercely as
though It were a matter of real moment to
society. So with other items. A more Im
portant matter In Itself, just ns hotly
argued, is tho present tendency to use
scientific methods In the education of chil
dren. Progress cries out for the organiza
tion of mothers, public discussions and the
friction of many maternal minds, In regard
to tho bringing up of tho youthful genera
tion. Conservatism sneers nt theso Ideas
and wnrmly advocates the old-fashioned
methods of Instinct and custom.
Tho trouble is that progress will not
admit that the new ts not always desirable,
nnd conservatism Just ns positively denies
that the old can never becomo warn out or
useless. What tho world needs Is a happy
mingling of both. If Innovations were to bo
tested and pronounced upon on their merits,
or tho old were to bo rejected without ref
erence to the affection engendered by tho
forco of association, men and women would
bo better off. Hut this is equivalent to say
ing that people ought to act for the best
without prejudice, and perhaps society In
that caoe would como too near perfection
to bo endurable my mere mortals.
Still tho opposition of these forces creates
Intolerance in their respective supporters.
Neither is willing to mako concessions to
tho othor. Ono pushes on too rapidly, the
other holds back too strongly, and thus
tho two, that united would do so much for
real advance, keep tho world in a halting
sort of condition much longer than it need
bo and prevents much genuine comfort and
happiness, It Is discouraging to rcfloct that
nearly all pioneers In the ratine of humanity
nro martyrs, becauso of the unwillingness
to glvo up old methods and ideas. On the
othor hand, it Is also discouraging to know
that many old and well-tried ideas nro
thrown aside, not that they havo out-lived
their usefulness, but simply becnuxo they
aro old.
Tho young world is apt to bollovo that
it has all tho knowiedgo of tho universe.
Tho old world Is ns prone to think that
all knowiqdgo Is contained In experience.
So tho antagonism between tho two remains,
while, If tho oxperlonco of tho ono would
but broaden and direct tho larger
opportunities anil Improved conditions of
tho other, each would bo the gainer, to say
nothing of tho vast Improvement to the
race, nut so it Is. the battle over the largo
and small Issues continues, till the question
Is settled by tho Inovltablo logic of events.
SWINGS HANK Ii:POHITS.
A Pnlrly Accurate MeiiNiire of (lie n
IIoh'n l'rOHMTll) .
Chicago Tribune.
It is generally conceded that the total
savings bank deposits form a fairly ne
curato gauge of tho nation's prosperity.
They aro earning more than their living
expenses. An Increaso In tho bank de
posits is proof that the peoplo am profitably
employed and that they are not only en
joying many of tho comforts and luxuries
of life, but aro also laying up funds for
a rainy day.' Only a comparatively small
amount of tho nation's total savings goes
Into savings banks, for most of It Is put
Into now enterprises and bUBlness Invest
ments, but tho bank deposits nre a rea
sonably reliable gaugo of the rate at which
tho prosperity tide Is rising.
Tho total deposits in tho savings banks
of tho I'nlted States during tho fiscal year
,.i1pi1 with June. 1000. wero S2.-430.SC1.SOO.
1 This wns an Increase of $200,191, 336 over
iho deposits or tno preceding year. 'inc
depositors for tho year 1900 number B.202,
T79, as against 5.I!S7,S1S in 1MI9, a gain
of SI 1,901 peoplo who have bank accounts.
Not only haj tho nation enjoyed an Increaso
of over $200,000,000 In this kind of wealth,
but the Increase belonRS almost entirely to
half a million now depositors The poor
are not srowing poorr, as Hryan said they
would, but aro setting bank amounts of
their own.
A laige share of this Increase has takfn
place in the middle west, whero Hryan
Inteuds to work tho hardest for votes In
this campaign. The combined bank de
posits of Ohio. Indiana, Illinois, Michigan,
Wisconsin and Minnesota nt tho end of
Juno were $222, 12:1, SIS, a gain of J6S.7SS,
291 over the preceding year. More than
one-third of tho total Increase In all tho
savings banks of tho country belongs to
these six Btntes, in which Hryan hopes
to change enough votes to secure his elec
tion. Illinois alone has deposits of $61.
777.03R. a gain of $13,S"S,3St over last year.
Tho middle west has enjoyed tho cronut of
the new era of prosperity. This Is n poor
locality In which to mako votes for Hryan.
Still more striking is the general gain
when compared with tho figures of lsOtf.
In that year tho total savings bank de
posits amounted to $1,907,150,277, dlstrlb
tited among fi,06.",494 depositors. In tho four
years slnco Hryan predicted speedy ruin
for everybody and especially for the sav
ings banks tho deposits have Increased
$."ii3. inj.on nnd the number of people with
bank aecotintB has Increased 1,137.2s"). Tin
nverago deposit this year Is $391. SS, whllo
In 1SUG It was $37C.G0. Not only Is tho
number of depositors Increased by over a
million, but each has $1.'. more in bank
than ho had a few months pror to Me
Klnley's election. How mam millions havn
In tho incantlmo been depo r ) for a tlmo
and then withdrawn and line ted In bonds,
stocks, buildings and now business enter'
prises can bo told only In a general way
by noting tho thriving Industries of the na
tion at tho present moment ns compared
with tho low ebb of business In 1S90.
All tho business statistics, as well as tho
business men of the country, aro against
Mr. Hryan. The most nonpartisan figures
of commercial nctlvlty nro eloquent of pros
perity and of tho ludicrous falsity ot
Bryan's doleful predictions four years ngo.
Kvery trado paper In tho country, even
though It tries to keep out of politico, is
today contradicting Bryan's anti-prosperity
utterances and tiiging the preservation ot
tho conditions that created tho present
nctlvlty. The peoplo with Increased de
posits In tho banks aro not likely to vote
for tho man who proposes to havo I hep
money given back to them In tho shnf
of silver worth less than half as much i.
tho gold value deposited. Tho bank de
positors nnd business men of tho country
havo too much at stake to allow themselves
to be deceived by any pretended "para
menia Issue" in tho Philippines.
I'ur.AKs or Tin: : i,vi:vr. ;iu:.
A huge tank filled with cottonseed nil
wns blown from Us foundation and carried
11 distance of six blocks.
A mnn was carried out to sea on the roof
of his house ami swirled back again, land
ing near where his homo stood.
An S-ycar-old boy, floating on a raft,
picked up a box containing two children,
who later proved to bo his sisters.
Galveston bay must have been the vor
tex of tho gale. Its rotary motion drovo
shipping ashore In opposite directions.
The body of a young man was found
lodged in the forks of a ttee two miles from
his wrecked home with $200 tightly clasped
In his right band.
Two women In a wooden bathtub were
swept out into the gulf by tho receding
waves and were rescued allvn after twelvn
hours in tho raging sea.
A boy of 12 years, ono of a family of
five, clung to n trunk when the flood came
and was carried across tho bay, n dis
tance of twenty-two miles,
A man and wife sought safety In threo
successive houses, each of which wns de
molished. They eventually saved them
selves by climbing on a limiting door.
Only one. steamer in Galveston bay suc
cessfully rode, the storm and remained In
its element. The others nre on tho main
land, one of them six miles Inland from the
bay.
The wife of a telegraph operator and her
threo young children returned from her
father's house to her own during the
storm, carried them to tho gHrret and es
caped harm.
One hundred nnd eighty persons, all the
inhabitants at nollvnr Point, saved them
selves by crowding Into the lighthouse.
Hollvar Point Is across the harbor en
trance from Galveston.
Captain John Uelaney, chief customs In
spector of tho port, lost his entlro family
wife, daughter and son and yet, though
CO years of nge, donned overalls, went
about his duties and helped the authorities.
A Pullman employe who has reached
Kansas City from Oalvestn was ono of a
group of eight, six of one family, who
dined together the day beforo tho Btorru.
Two of tho eight escaped. The Pullman
employe owes his life to n log and a root
cistern.
Tho strangest freak of good fortune was
tho lot of tho Slubbs family father, mother
and two children. They wero on a floating
roof when It broke in threo pieces, Tho
father and ono child went ono way, tho
mother nnother and tho remaining child In
a third direction. All wero saved and re
united. WAIIM CIIAPI
Indianapolis Journal: "Pauline HUT is
verv exclusive, Isn't she?"
"Oh, yes, sho never, never Introduces nn
eligible man to any other girl."
Somervlllo Journal: "Kllthv lucre" Is 11
term used by people who don't havo as
much of it as they would like.
Atlanta Constitution: "Havo you read
my new book'.'" asked the nuthor of "Ills
Kliend."
"No," was the reply: " have been quit?
Ill, and the doctor has warned mo to bo
careful!"
Philadelphia Press: First Villager There
Is much less sickness hIiico tho new dootor
came.
Second Villager Yes, ho is so much
harder to beat out of Ills bills than the old
doctor wns.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "You cull hot If
I were nominated for president I wouldn't
fool iiwny my tlmo writing a long letter of
acceptance that nobody reads."
"W hat would you sav?"
" 'Thanks, I'll run!' "
Pittsburg Chronicle: "I nm encouraged
to think that thero will be rain," remarked
Mr. Swings. "Haiti forecasts havo been re
peated three days."
"I should be more Knnguliio of rain If Hi
forucam were for fair weather," added .Mr.
Snaggs.
Detroit Journal: "What," mused Iho Lay
Figure, suspecting nothing, nH usual,
"makes people resort to tho nutomuhtte,
anyway?"
The Othera hastily endeavored to ill
vert the conversation Into a new channel,
but Iho I'licoiiHclous Imbecile was loo quek
for them.
"Common horse scents, for ono thins!"
exclaimed he.
Tin: i.o.MisoMi: i.oviui.
Homervllle Journal.
Hitting nli.no on the vine-clad veranda,
Here in tho moonlight, I'm thinking uf
J'OIJ.
If you wero with mo the night would bo
perfect;
With you nway, I'm Inclined to be blue.
What 1b the use of this marvelous nvonlng?
What Is the use of my sitting here?
What does It matter how cosy tho nook l,
Since you're not with me to sliaro It. inv
dear?
Now a chanco cloud has shut out l'in
moonlight.
And my cigar Is smoked In the cd
How wet tho dew i! That ir,eans 1
r.ilala.
Ilamr It! I know what tliovc shtvcr p .
lend! What nro you doing thbi eveiiMis:, 1 won
der, Do nihcr admirers Urn-el ut ih. tin 011 s
I guess I II go In' Now Unit I'v llnlshed
Hiiioklni.".
iiis pesky mosqultoe won't let me
