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Notary Public.
Tlx- republican cnnipiilirn in No
linisk.i Is prot'ics.-lni; with it snap and
Interest which Is disheartening to the
popocrats. llryiiii will have to lool:
sharp to !;eep open his lino of retreat
to the front porch in Lincoln.
Now that the district court has griintotl
the writ of ouster aalnst Superintend
ent I.an of the Beatrice asylum as
prayed for by Governor I'oynter. It Is
in order for I.an to fulfill his promise,
to tell all he knows alKiut those shady
fusion deals.
Iowa democrats have come down in
their estimates. A short time ao they
were coins to carry the state; now they
Kiy they will carry four congressional
districts, and after election they will be
satisfied with a few assessors and a con
stable or two.
The German proposal that as a con
dition of peace in China the leaders of
the anti-foreign uprlsins; must be pun
ished will have a tendency to make
some of the yellow disnitarles wish
they had not been so prominent in gov
ernmental afi'air.
Having compromised one another,
the two contesting democratic county
organizations will commence to com
promise with their populist and
sliver republican allies... If the com
promise process is kept up lone enough
the parties to It will be compromised
out of It.
The State liar association will draft
a few bills for the consideration of the
coining legislature. Nearly every other
stato professional society or buslne.-s or
ganization will also have bills for the
legislative riles, so tho olllela! printer
need have no fear that he will not be
kept Jinny.
Attorney General Smyth has com
menced action against tho Nebraska City
Starch company under the anti-trust law.
As the factory is the property of the
Mortons It must have required consid
erable effort on the part of the attorney
general to proceed against his dear per
sonal and political frlcuus.
Croker says Tammany will give llryau
the biggest reception a presidential can
didate over received In New York. That
Is perfectly proper. Bryan Is going to a
whole lot of trouble running for presi
dent and Is entitled to have one big
demonstration. McKlnley will get his
nt the Inauguration March -1.
Omaha people are no more generous
now than they were four years ago, but
does any one think that In lSOti a call
for relief such as came from Galveston
would have brought out cash contribu
tions exceeding $7,000? The spirit
would have been willing four years ago,
but the.pockotbook was too tint.
Tho people of Omaha should remem
ber that the surplus from the musical
festlval Is to form the nucleus of the
auditorium fund, which should before
long materialize Into the much-needed
auditorium building. The bigger the
musical festival surplus the bigger the
nest-epg for an auditorium fund.
As predicted, many people reported lost
in the Galveston dlstaster are being lo
cated and recorded still among the liv
ing. Death lists are bound to be more
or less Inaccurate when hastily com
piled during times of such great con
fusion. Tho number found living will
undoubtedly not be sutllclent to reduce
tho death roll below 5,000, which
marks this the greatest calamity which
ever befell an American community.
Tho new battleships Kearsarge and
Alabama aro better friends than their
predecessors of the same names. Noth
ing In tills country Is so typical of a re
united people as these two great ships,
built on tho same lines and from prac
tically tho same plans, their construc
tion authorized by the same act of con
gress, begun and finished nt about the
same time, thu one In the uuith and
tho other in the south.
xh ir f ltixi:fK voMi'i.K .ito.v :
The Chinese problem has taken on J
new complications. Chief of these N ,
the osltlon taken by the Gerumn gov
ernment that preliminary to entering
upon diplomatic relation with the Chi
nese government those persons must
be delivered up who have been proved
to be the original a ml real Instigator
of the outrages at I'eklu against in
temational hnv. In a circular ad
dressed to the powers the German gov
ernment urges Hint a few whose guilt
Is notorious should be delivered up and
punished and it suggests that the rep
resentatives of the powers at 1'ekln
are In n position to give or bring for
ward convincing evidence. The Ger
man circular says: "Less Importance
attaches to the number punished than
to their character as chief Instigators
or as loaders," and coutldeiice Is ex
pressed in the concurrence of the cab
inets, "Insomuch as Indlirereiluo to the
Idea of Just atonement Would be equiv
alent to Indifference to a repetition of
the crime."
Another condition preliminary to peace
negotiations is said to have been de
clared by the HrKlsli government, which
Is that the einpetor must return to
I'ekln. According to u report from
Shanghai Lord Salisbury notified LI
Hung Chang that unless this condition
Is compiled with the dissolution of the
Chinese empire Is Inevitable. This re
port states that the British prime min
ister Informed the Chinese plenipoten
tiary that "the allies desired to preserve
China, but that nothing would divert
them from their Irrevocable Intention of
punishing those responsible for the out
rages, whom they would, if necessary,
put sue all over China." If this state
ment Is correct It Indicates that the
British government takes the same view
that Germany does in regard to punish
ing those responsible for the outrages at
I'ekln and it Is quite possible that the
German circular Is the result of an un
derstanding between the two govern
ments. The Introduction of these new condi
tions will undoubtedly further delay the
beginning of negotiations and may be
productive of additional complications.
It is conceivable that some of the powers
and particularly the United States may'
decline to accede to the German propo
sition, on the ground that it might In
volve the Chinese Imperial authorities
and thus, as a London paper points out,
produce a condition of things only
terminable by the conquest of China or
a revolution producing a new govern
ment. The policy of the Cnlted States
having already been fully dellned and Its
good Intentions toward the Chinese gov
ernment clearly expressed, It Is most
Improbable that It will now assent to
any condition that may threaten the se
curity of that government. The Ger
man proposition seems to do this, while
LI Hung Chang is reported to have ex
pressed the opinion that the return of
the emperor to I'ekln would lead to the
establishment of another government
in Sinn Kit, which would inevitably
bring on a revolution. In such an
event the powers would certainly take
sides and 11 would be hardly possible
to avert an International coiillict.
Assuming that the United States will
refuse to agree to the new conditions, It
is probable that ltussia, France and
Japan will unite with this country. In
that case would Germany and Great
Britain undertake to enforce their con
ditions or recede from tbemV That is a
dllllcult question, but we are inclined to
think they would adopt the latter
course.
rtn.v; rin: m:.VA(uart:.
Mr. Bryan found 11 most favorable
opportunity at Kansas City to play the
demagogue and he fully improved it.
He addressed an audience of working
men employed in the packing Industry
and his soeech was mainly directed to
inciting them to hostility to existing
financial and Industrial conditions.
Mr. Bryan's attempt to belittle the
"lull dinner pall" will avail noth
ing with those vvorklngnien who a
few years ago, when there was a
democratic administration, rarely had
a full dinner pall owing to hick of
employment. But it is not In this re
spect alone that the workingman has
been benelited by republican policy. It
has enabled I1I111 to live more com
fortably iu every way and to better
provide for his family. He and Ills wife
and his children not only have more to
eat than a few years ago, but they wear
better clothes and have more In their
homes. There Is much implied in the
"full dinner pall." It represents a gen
eral Improvement In the condition of the
wage-workers tho ability to buy not
only more food, but everything Hi
need. It means that they can now earn
enough to supply themselves with the
necessaries and comforts of life and to
accumulate something, as the statistics
of tho snvings banks throughout the
country attest. It means that they can
have moru newspapers and books to
read and more of amusement aiul recrea
tion than they had a fow years ago
under the operation of democratic policy.
It means a larger measure of indepen
dence and self-respect.
All this Is what the "full dinner pall"
slgnilles find yet Mr. llryan Impudently
declares that the republican party has
done nothing for labor. Ho stands In
the presence of worklngmeii presumed
to be of averago Intelligence he, the
champion of a ltvccut dollar and tho ad
vocate of free trade and complacently
tells them thnt the republican party has
done nothing for them nnd that they
should support the democratic party
as their frlend-a party that has not a
single thing to Its credit In the Interest
of labor, but which, on the contrary,
whenever. It has hud an opportunity has
adopted policies, Inimical to labor -which
today stands for policies that If
put Into effect would bo disastrous to
labor.
Mr. Bryan, as was expected, is en
deavoring to niako political capital out
of the strike in the authraclto coal re-
glon. "Whenever any republhan holds
up before ymt the full dinner pail ar
aumcnt." he said, "ask him what he
thinks of the anthracite coal region."
What a ffodseinl the democrat le candi
date must deem this unfortunate con
test! But what has It to do with poll
tie In what way Is the republican party
responsible for the grievances of the
miners? And If a Bryan administration
were in power at Washington what
could It do to remedy those grievances';
Would the millers be receiving more
wages If the free silver party had been
successful four years ago? If protection
to American Industries were swept aw ay,
as the Bryanlte party desires, would that
improve tho condition of the miners?
on the contrary. Is It not beyond ques
tion that the free silver and free trade
policies of the llrynnlte party would
make the condition of tho miners far
worse than It Is?
.Mr. llryan is unmasking. He Is
throwing off the disguise assumed at
the opening of the campaign and appear
ing In his true character as a dema
gogic agitator. It Is an unmistakable
sign of a growing conviction tnat his
cause Is waning.
wnvt.v .v j-.i.w.v.i.M-.s uMiui.iri:.
In n public speech Boss Croker has
ollb ially proclaimed the purpose of Tam
many Hall to tender Mr. Bryan, on his
forthcoming visit to New York, "the
greatest reception ever given a presiden
tial candidate."
William Jennings Bryan In the arms
of Tammany will present n spectacle
edifying to the "reform forces," with
which name he delights to ad
dress his deluded followers. With
boss-ridden, trust-eaten, spoils-grab-lug
Tammany as his host and
patron, what force will be added to
Bryan's denunciation of bosslin, his ar
raignment of trusts anil bis pleas for
purity and reform. While placing his
Interests In New York in the hands of
the most arbitrary and corrupt political
machine that has- ever been Inflicted on
an American community, how tlrmly
will the ties be strengthened that bind
the populists of tin; west, who have
boasted of Independence, and constantly
held Tammany up as the hideous spec
ter of political Infamy.
"Ueform through tho Tammany Hall
route" should at once be adopted ns a
new motto for the Bryanlte allies In
their campaign of imposture and hy
pocrisy. OMAHA AXn (3AI.VKSTOX.
Contributions raised by Mayor Moores
to tho relief fund for the Galveston suf
ferers now approximate $7,000, which
means that Omaha has been prompt In
doing its share in the deplorable
emergency.
The best feature of Omaha's contribu
tion is that It hits been prompt and
directed to the point where It would do
the most good. No sooner ;was it
learned that the Galveston Hood vic
tims would require outside assistance
than the mayor 1h.-uci1 Ids call for sub
scriptions, and the proceeds have been
wired from day to day without delay
to the otllclnls In charge of the relief
movement.
Compared with what has been done
in other cities Omaha stands well to
the front, when consideration is had of
the population and wealth of the com
munity anil Its distance from the sent
of the disaster. Special credit Is to bp
given to Mayor Moores for his energetic
work for this result.
Trust-Smasher Smyth says ho Is not
yet half through taking testimony In
his suit against the Standard Oil oeto
pus, notwithstanding his trust-hunting
excursion to the wilds of Wall street.
This is a sad confession that tlte Inva
sion of Wall street was not the success
anticipated, because, according to all ex
pectation, the fatal blow was to have
been struck In the monster's home.
While no one would want the great
trust-smasher to do a poor Job for lack
of time, be Is reminded that the political
campaign ends with election day, No
vember 0, and that no court can grant
an extension on this important event.
1'nles.s the octopus Is slain before elec
tion day, the principal object of the
trust exterminator, to manufacture po
litical capital foi the popocrats, will
surely fall.
The Instructions which the president
gave to the Philippine commission as
Inviolable conditions of government In
the Islands demonstrate the Intentions
of the administration. They are the sami
on which our own home government
rests and guarantee tho perfect liberty
of the loyal Filipinos. A government
on those lines is not only more liberal
than anything those islands ever en
Joyed, but more liberal than tho am
bltlous Aguinaldo would ever be liable
to give them.
Democrats Insisted that Governor
Itoosevelt would dodge tho silver ques
tion when ho visited Montnna, just as
Bryan does when he speaks in the east.
But the governor Is not that kind of a
man. He stated his position without
equivocation and tho wnrinth of tho re
ceptlon he received indicates that tho
people of Montana, as el.-owhere, ap
predate ami respect a man who stands
by his convictions.
l'opoeratlc papers are talking con
tlnually of defections from tho repub
llcan ranks In Nebraska, but only on
rare occasions do they glvo names
Whenever they violate the rule and
render a bill of particulars they gener
ally come to grief in tho shape of a
denial from tho alleged convert. Raid
assertion has always been democracy's
long suit.
Our amiable friends, the popocrats,
havo uncovered ti letter written by a
New York grain broker, In which In
says that he has a big wheat deal on
the tapis. Although there is not n
word in the letter referring to politics
or politicians having any connection
with the alleged wheat deal, the llryuu
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TRAVELING MAN TALKS.
OMAHA. srpt ix- To the Editor of
The lice. I haw Just read In The Ilee
the experience of a traveling man who,
like myself, seems to know how com
mercial men are served la country ho
tels. Tho one ho refers to at Wyniore.
Neb., I lntvo been n guest of twice, but
1 do not care to ro Into personal de
tails. However, when any hotel man
claims McKlnley' administration the
( faiise for his wishing to sell out I can
J testify to the fact that he Is trjlns to
deceive tho public.
Hotels nrc crowded every day. Often
I have had a hard time securing lodg
ing. In my thirteen years' traveling 1
havo never had better trade and .1
moro profitable business than durlns
the preient McKlnley administration
times.
Referring to the trusts, etc . driving
diummetn off th ro.id, let me ask all
such cranks and chronic kickers to try
nnd get a seat In nny outgoing train
from Omaha. I have found it hRrd to
get standing room. Let him try to
take a train bound for Omalia nnd he
will change his mind about trust com
panies keeping commercial men from
his hotel.
I hnvo traversed over seven slates
west of Chicago and find Nebraska,
Kansas nnd Dakota especially favored
by tho McKlnloy administration. No
rullroad Is kicking. No liveryman or
hotel man can Justly object to present
business. Neither can n farmer com
plain. And last, I will say no travel
ing man representing a tlrst-class
iiuusi.. ui kuu'i reputation ever nan oe;
$ ter trade. Hcspectfully.
LV. H. EAHNIST. )
organ sees In this a Hanua mare's nest
und sounds another alarm against the
wicked methods of the republican man
agers. Under such circumstances grain
speculators and bond 'u-okers are
urgently requested not to send their cir
culars soliciting business to pnpocratlc
patrons for fear the shock of Imagina
tive bogles might prove Injurious to
their delicate health.
It Is up to the railroads to make the
coming Ak-Sar-Ben carnival an unpre
cedented success. The carnival is in
tended to furnish entertainment for
out-of-town visitors, but they will come
In great numbers only when the rail
roads make low excursion rates. The
railroads will serve themselves by serv
ing Ak-Sar-lten.
The people of Soutli Omaha are
naturally elattd at the tine showing
made by their prosperous city In the
census returns. They should remem
ber they have an equal area of expan
sion in front of them, as the next ten
years should see the population of South
Omaha more than doubled again.
llolli Slile l'lt-aseil.
I'hl'adilphla North American.
The republicans say Mr. llryan Is mak
ing votes for them, nnd the democrats as
sert Governor Itoosevclt's speeches are aid
ing their cause. Nevertheless each sldo Is
doing Its level best to please the other at
the risk of losing the election.
Itecoril of Doer .Mnrksiuuiishlp.
' 'Chicago 1'ost.
Tho fact that ecventy-two out of every
1,000 British offlccrs In South Africa have
been killed or havo died of wounds, whlb;
only nineteen out of every 1,000 of tho men
havo similarly Buffered, is ntlll further
evidence of the splendid character of the
Uoer marksmanship.
Democracy noil tin- Trust.
Hull Francisco Call.
With Croker supporting the lco trust In
tho east, Chairman Jones of tho democratic
national committee supporting the round
cotton bale trust In tho south nud John .1.
Valentino supporting the express trust In
the west It Is not to bo wondered that
flryan has decided to let the trusts alono
this year and do his talking against Im
perialism. I'roNprrlt) 'm Surplus.
Indlunupolls Journal.
The total deposits In tho savings banks
of the United States during tho fiscal year
endtd June SO. 100. were ti, 430,501, 2'jO,
which was an Increase of $200,191,330 over
tho deposits of tho preceding year. Tho
six states of Ohio, Indiana, llllnulH, Michi
gan, Wisconsin and Minnesota showed do
poslts at tho end of Juno of $222. 123.02S. nn
lncrtaao over tho preceding year of $ij8,
733,291. Such facts as these are In striking
contrast to tho fantastic vagaries that
make up Mr. Bryan's speeches.
Tut tin- nllM-s o Work.
1'hllndclphla Itecord.
It might not bo 11 bad Idcn to put some
of the "pacified" Filipinos to work manu
facturing rope, providing they can be
rounded up long enough and mado to feel
sure that tho manufactured article would
not bo used to hang them with. It seems
our army In Luzon needs a great deal of
this material anil In tho 000,000 cargo
which Is about ready to Icavo Now York
for Manila In a Danish ship, by tho way
there ui e SJO tolls of Manila rope manu
factured In this country out of liemp
brought here from Luzon.
Ill .lust Oil)- Hundred Word.
New York Sun.
"If there Is nny one." said Brynn In
IS'jC, "who bolioves thnt tho gold standard
Is a good thing, or that it must bo main
tained, I warn him not to cast his veto for
mc, because I protnlso it will not be main
tained In this country longer than I am
able to get rid of It."
His purpose 13 unchanged.
"We accept tho Issue," replica President
McKlnley, la his letter, "and again Invito
tho sound money forces to Join In winning
another and, wo hope, permanent triumph
for an honest financial system which will
contlnuo Inviolable tho public faith."
llryan unit Free Silver,
New York Evening Post.
As the campaign proceeds there Is in
creasing evidence that business men recog
nlze tho Importnnco of tho financial ele
ment In Brynnism nnd propose to exert
their Influenco again ngitlnst Its triumph.
While Bryan devotes tho lnrger part of his
speeches to hl3 "paramount Ibsuo" of Im
perialism ho constantly alarms thnt his
party stands on tho financial question now
just wlnro It stood four years ago nnd
makos plain his purpoao to overthrow thu
gold Btandard. These brief allusions to
what they consider tho chief lssuo Impress
business men nnd make them ready to sup
port such a movement as that of tho
National Honest Money leag.io.
llPiiinmlN Itc'oiiHc uf '.inci-li-iiii.
CONSTANTINOI'Li:, Sept. 10. Lloyd
Grlscom, United Stales charge d'nflnlrs, has
made verbal representations to tho porto
demanding the relenfco of nn Armenian,
who, It Is asserted, U n naturalized Ameri
can citizen, and who was arrested upon the
chnrgo of belonging to the Armenian
revolutionary committee. Investigation bos
been ordered nnd If the prisoner Is found
to be qu American cnueu ho will bo released,
liooxm r.t.'rs 1,101 1 1:11.
Minneapolis Times Hud I The tetter U
a terse, clear and fenible setting forth of
the republican side of the ease.
New York Sun (rep): The letter from
top to bottom Is frank, vigorous and thor
oughly American, like the man who wrote
It.
Philadelphia Ledger (lutl. repi ; The
letter Is not brilliant In Its phrases, but It
discusses with absolute frsnktiess the prin
cipal Issues of tho enmpnlgn.
t'hlcngo Tribune find.): flovernor Roose
velt's lptter of acceptance partakes of th
aggressive nature of Its writer, nnd Is an
other notable contribution to the argument
of the campaign.
Globe-Democrat (rep): The parallel
drawn by Governor Itoosevelt, In his letter
of acceptance, between the Indians and
Filipinos, contains Information that demo
cratic orntors seem never to havo nciiulred.
Philadelphia Itecord (Ind. deta.): His
most statesmanlike avowal Is that de
claring for the cotnpleto elimination of
personal or partisan politics In governing
the people of the Philippines. "The merit
system," he forcibly adds. "Is in Its esseaco
as democratic as our common school sys
tem, but It simply means canal chances .in)
fair play for all."
Detroit Free Press (Ind): Governor
Itoosevelt has said nothing new regnrdlug
the questions In controversy, hut his utter
ances bear the stnmp of his forceful Indi
viduality and his letter Is a valuable "on
trlbiitioa to the campaign literature of his
party. Ilo has not repudiated, dodged cr
apologized for a single plank In the pl.i.
form, and he has cheerfully notified his jp
ponent8 that they must do their fighting nil
along the line.
Buffalo" Lxprcss (rep): It Is noteworthy
that neither Mr. Itoosevelt nor Mr. McKln
ley seem to have any other Idea than that
tho Philippines shall eventually become
self-governing states, though neither goes
so far as to consider whether they shall bo
states within tho union. Mr. Hoosevelt's
Idea nppenrs to be that they must first
become Americanized, as thu white in
habitants of our earlier acquisitions and
some few of tho Indians have been.
lndi.iunpolis Nous (Ind.): Mr. Itoosevelt,
In his letter of acceptance, demonstrate
clearly tho danger to our financial syst-m
and business prosperity Involved In the
election of Mr. Bryan. Whether or not v.e
admit tho possibility of tho choice of n
free slver ct tigress, nud whether or not wo
ngreo with those who maintain that Bryan
could cluing) our monotnry standard with
out new legislation, this declaration, ut
least. Is true: "But no law can secure our
finance against tho effects of unwise i.nd
disastrous management In tho hands of un
friendly administrators. No party cun
safely bo Intrusted with tho iminagiiKnt
of our national affairs unless it accepts rs
axiomatic the truths recognized In nil pro
gressive countries as essential to n sound
und proper system of finance."
M'Olt.MY, (il.OlllOtS lliyi'OHV.
The Party of PruHi-ess, .luntlee 11 ml
1. llici'O.
Salt Luke Tribune.
The republican party has marched under
stormy skies and alone rocky pa lis from
the first. From tho first It was dedicated
to liberty and Justice; It sprang Into life
a.i nt the call of God, when the arrogancs,
the Insolence, the cruelty and tho Injustice
of slavery had veNcd past endurance tho
Infinite; It carried its banners through the
ted sea of the four years' terrible war and
falterul not, although the rivers of the
south were crimsoned und thoro was
mourning In every home, north and south.
Even In those years It provided a home
stead law; It provided for having the east
and west linked together with stetl and for
abolishing the frontier by bringing every
pioneer farm within three das' market
on either tcacOast. It broke iho fetters
from tho wrists nnd souls of millions of
slaves, and the splendor of the act, reflected
abroad, In n llttlo time melttd tho other
fetters from tho negro of Brazil und tho
whitu serf of Hussla.
It pursued a fiscal policy which gavo
such prosperity to tho people that they
were able, without feeling It, to pay the
great war debt, by tho transportation which
It provided It was made possible to open
tho mines In mid-continent and start In
flow a river of treasure which Increases
in volume every year, until in tho thirty
flvo years slnco tho great war closed, tho
nation has advanced to a summit of glory
and of power from which, looking down,
all tho great nations of ancient and mod
ern times grow dwarfed by comparison.
From tho first it has been assailed by
all tho venom that hate could distill, Its
shepherds havo been depicted as wolves.
Its motives have been asi-ailciT: Its work
has been derided, and what It has accom
plished has not only been without the help
but In spite of the bitter opposition of It
enemies. It Is ngala this year fighting Its
old foes, armed as they always hnvo been,
with their rusty blunderbusses, loaded with
mendacity and meanness, and their worm
eaten bows, from which they shoot pois
oned arrows. In the meantlmo the repub
lican host has Increased; Its prestige has
widened under masterful guidance, every
stain has been eradicated from the flag,
until It shtnes ns though tipped with celes
tial light.
In the present campaign tho enemy have
adopted the Central American style of war
fare. Kvcry morning they advanco to tho
attackbeing careful to keep out of rango
fire a couplo of volleys and then go back
to camp nt double-quick, aud celebrnto
their victory for tho rest of 'the day.
It will probably tako until November a
to round them up and put a final quietus
upon them.
A M I ; II K'.V X MOM1V AllltO.VI).
Transition from (lie Hole of Debtor
to Crcilllnr Notion.
Dos Moines Leader.
Further evidence that Uncle Sam Is be
coming a money lender to the world is
furnished by tho German loan of J25.000.000
which Is now being subscribed In New Yont.
Something moro than a year ago a latge
Mexican loan was floated In Now York,
hotter terms being obtainable thero than
elsowhero In tho world; then came the
Itusslnn loon, tho exnet amount of which
was nover stated, but which was well t(p
toward 530,000,000: then came the sen.a
tlonal plaMng of f2S,000,000 of tbo Brlt'ih
war loan in New York, and now Oerm.iuy
Joins tho ranks of borrowers from America.
Perhaps thrifty Franco, which up to tho
presonl has Bhown a spongo-llko cupaclty
to soak up tho enormous debt which
Franco has accumulated, will bo the next
applicant.
It will bo assumed by some that tho
money which has been lent to tho Oernnn
government will romo out of tho pocke'j
of tho rich bankers whoso names nro con
nected with tho underwriting. But that
thU assumption Is baseless appears fnvn
tho statement of John A. Mcfall, presi
dent of iho Now York Life Insurance coni
puny, that his company will take ono-fourth
of tho entlru amount. This Insurance) corn-
puny, llko others of Its cjuan Is a huge
co-oporntlve affair, with tho funds In Us
possession for Investment really belonging
to, us they wero contributed by. many
hundreds of thousands of policy holdera.
In llko manner tho great sums now con
fided to tho euro of tho loan companies cud
to the banks represent tho money not of
tho few, but of tho multitude. There In
neurly 12.000,000,000 In the snvings b,mks
of the L'tilted States today, placed 'here
not by tho rich, but by tho compuratlvi ly
few.
Formerly tho idea almost universally tre
vallcd that tho fow lent to tho nuny. Ibis
false notion was fostered among tuoso who
The Paramount Issue
1MM 1
The paramount Issue to be f'mghi ou in
tho battle of Line msv lie summed up in tl-.e
small words lo you want a rhariR-
This Is the simple nuc'lnn thnt vrv
citizen will nsk himself befoip h t his
tmllot and the verdict will depend upon
conclusion reached by a malority of th l.",
000,000 voters who will record the mmdvMi on
one side or the other nett Normtwr.
It cannot be gainsaid that the Amerlrun
people are as prosperous and well-to-do
this year as they ever have been. Do the
American people want a change?
Boos the great army of wageworkcrf.
which Is better fed, better clothed and
bettor boused now than ever before, want
a change?
Bo the American farmers, whose products
nro la steady demand at good prices at home
and abroad, want n change?
Do .the merchants nnd tradesmen of the
country, who nro doing n lnrger business In
the aggregate than ever before, want a
change?
Do tho manufacturers and employers of
labor In mill and factory, whoso products
did not look below the surface of thlnsa
by the fact thut tho custodian of money has
seemed to bo Its owner. As a matter of
fact, In America today the many lean to
the fow. Through the Instrumentality of
bauks, Insuruncc companies, building rid
loan nssoclattons nnd various kinds of in
vestment concerns, the money Is gathered
together which Is talked of on the ex
changes. Factories, railroads, steamship
companies, mercantile companies In fact,
nearly every kind of largo enterprise---ire
habitual borrowers. It Is seldom that ihey
lend, and the money they borrow 'om.'s
from the thousands. The business of this
country today Is done on the capital fur
nished by the people who live In smalt
houses. The educational cnmpalgn of ISO1!,
nnd tho discussion of tho money and cor
related questions which has oontinueJ.
since, has done something toward bronkltu
up the old Ignorance, but n good deal yet
remains, and therefore, ns to this Ger
man loan, It will doubtless bo said that It
doesn't signify anything, except that a
few rich New Yorkers havo moro money
than they know what to do with.
l'intMI.VVI, POIXTHllS.
Genornl Joseph Wheeler has been under
fire S00 times and commanded In 200 battles.
Scurry Is tho appropriate name of the
adjutant general superintending the work
of clearing up nt Oalveston.
C. I. Huntington's will left nothing to
California. He never visited the state If
ho could avoid It, for tho experlenco of his
later years was mortifying and painful.
Tho torpedo boat Bagley was lnunchcd on
Saturday. The naval heroes killed In the
Spanish war were so few that It Is possible
to commemorate them nil by naming
vessels after them.
Joel Chandler Harris has resigned his
position ns chief editorial writer on tho
Atlanta Constitution, which ho has held
for n number of years, and will devote his
tlmo to purely llturary work.
The seml-nnnual dividends and Interest
money paynblo In Boston In September ag
gregate $fi.l02,7S7, nn Increase of $.riS3,G4?
over Inst March and of $7."2.$!U over the
amount paid In September, ISM.
Abner Bobbins, the leading capitalist of
eastern Oregon, Is one of the most eccen
tric of American millionaires. He lives
nlone In a lonely hut, prefers humblo fure
and will not accept a pass on his own
railroad.
The new sheriff of Cumberland county,
Maine, Is Hov. Mr. Pearson, an ardent pro
hibitionist. He declares his Intention to
enforce the state prohibition law. and, ns
Portland Is In Cumberland county. Inter
esting times nro expected.
Tho now king of Italy Is taller than
either his father or his mother, but has
abnormally short legs, which seem to bo
a characteristic of his branch of tho
family. Both King Humbert and King
Victor Emmanuel seemed hardly taller
standing than sitting down.
It is proposed to place a tablet In the old
Fltchburg railroad station of Boston to
conimemorato tho fact that It was there
Jenny Llnd sang for tho first time in the
United States, tho big station being then
tho only plnce in Boston large enough to
nccommodnte tho trowds that came to hear
her.
Isaiah T. Montgomery, who was In his
youth a slavo of Jefferson Davis nnd his
elder brother, Joseph Davis, founded a
colony of negroes In the Yazoo river valley,
In Mississippi, after the wnr and ho Is now
"mayor" of tho village of Mount Bayou,
the center of the colony. The negroes own
12,000 ncres there.
Ono of tho features of California's semi
centennial festivities last week was the
presentation of a magnificent marble musto
stand, costing flOO.000, which has been
erected In Golden Gate park In San Fran
cisco. It Is tho gift of Clnus Sprockets
and It Is said to surpass in beauty nnd
elaboration anything of tho kind In Chris
tendom. Paul Lawrence Dunbar, tho negro poet,
whllo In tho saloon kept by Walcott, tho
negro pugilist, In New York, was per
suad)'d by another man he met thero from
going out to see the riot then In progress
on tho ground that ho might get hurt,
and that ho was ton valuable a man to
his rnco to needlessly endanger himself.
A llttlo whllo afterward, on recovering
from a drug of tho "knockout" variety
that had been administered to him in n
drink, the poet found thut ho had beon
robbed of n gold watch, a gold toothpick
and a diamond ring.
"Don't put off until Tomorrow
what should be done Today."
A good many people put off from day to day
the buying of a new fall suit or top coat. The
real need of heavier weight clothing is only just
approaching.
Here is a store with a reputation
And 110 clothing fits like ours
a reputation gained in 15 cities, of making and
selling only the best clothing. But we do not wanf
the mistaken notion to go abroad that we make
none but high priced goods. That is far from the
fact which is, that while our garments are the best
that can be made, still the volume of our business
gives us advantages over the small dealers, which
go to all our customers.
Suits $8.00 to $25.00.
Overcoats $10.00 to $40.00.
Ami Nobhy Hats niul Furnishing to o with cither.
Browning, King & Co.,
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
Ouiuha's Only Exclualvo Clothiers for .Ucu and Uoy.
arc markc'aM" now at fair 1 ant
haiigc
Io tho professional men who-. ,r ti
1 o'ltnar.d h.gher rctnuncr.i' Iim, -i, , Pf
Lff'irc, ant a change?
What xould nny of those capi aam by
a rbange''
This Is th poier whwh neither Mi
Bryan nor any of his champions will f,
able to answer satisfactorily. They wi.t
talk about the Declaration of Imlcpcn t. n
bout the crime of 18T3, about the bru'ciM
of free silver coinage, about the dlsur j
got'l standard, about the menace uf m,
perlallsui and militarism and about the ra
pfldty of tho trusts. But all these subje, is
ato overshadowed by tho question that 'om
Inates all men who are constantly striving
to better their condition, but do not . ill
fully and deliberately expose themselves and
their families to the risk of a relapie to
tho distressing hard times experienced be
fore the advent of McKlnley and the as
cendency of republUan policies that hn-.o
restored confidence, rained the national
credit nnd set the wheels of Industrial ami
commercial activity In motion.
LI.VKS TO .V 1, At Gil.
Detroit Flex Pre: Shrewd Deacon -'!n
nliPHd. 1 guess you'll not ?atch me napping
Trader-I don't know about that, if I'm
to Judge Of what 1 saw In church la-t Sun
day. Indianapolis Journal: Incensed Vntr
What do you mean, sir, !,- saying thu !l
u dHy Is enough for 11 laboring man?
Suave Politician Oh. I nimin that It i
enough for hliu to spend on trolley rl l s
und Ice crenm.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "The last time r
saw him he was breathing vengeance "
"Tho Inst time 1 tmvv him he was brea'h
Ing beer und onions."
Boston Transcript: Miss Streeter t
should think It would be horrid standing
behind the counter nil day
Miss Kashknllcr Not nearly so bad -
standing In front of It for only a llf,
while. There are no bargain crowds on tiw
side, you know.
Sotnervlllo Journal: Illcks Did you ever
try tin- mind cure?
Wicks No. I never thought my tnln I
needed any curing. It's the rheumatism I 1
my legs that bothers inc.
Pittsburg Chronicle; "Italy demand .1 1 -virt,fk)
Bros h damage fioni China," re
mnrkod the Observant Hoarder.
"Well, If the Shanghai liar Is turned ni
to Italy ho outht to count for u million r
two," added the Cross-Uyed Boarder.
Washington Stur: "Don t you think tber
Is too much disposition to use money m
American politics?''
"No. sir, nnswered the worker. "Wh"
I go out lifter Miterlptlons to my tfU.i
palgn fund I am more und moro convince 1
that there Is n deplorable disposition to
keep the money lying Idle."
Chicago Post: "Do you Imlleve In ths
saying thnt n cat bus nine lives?"
"Ye", sir." answered the mnn who keep
Irregular hours. "And having oberved
nocturnnl habits of the cm I am le
Irreslstubly to the. conclusion that staylnr
nut all night Is highly conducive t .
longevity."
THU (M. I) UTIIAW HAT.
Pittsburg Chronicle.
The lint of straw
By fashion's law
Ha passed beyond Its season
ItH shnbblness
As unrt of dress
Provides sufficient reason
Way back In spring
'Twns Just the thlnir.
Oft winning admiration.
For then 'twas white
And neat nnd light,
And loud was approbation.
When spring had passed
A :ollow cast
Its rim and crown wero showing.
But oft 'twns rubbed
Anil pressed nnd scrubbed.
And through tho streets kept going.
Tim sun nnd rnln
Increased the stulll
To hue of ancient batter.
And oft a breeze
Would that lint seize
And roll It In tho gutter.
The onco stiff crown
Is battered down.
The onco stiff rlni Is llabb'.
The band once gay
Is In deca;-
In short, the hat Is sh.)'''
No more In style.
Thn old straw tile
Must now be relegated
To final rest.
Where none r an Jest
At lint so autl'iuatod
Astigmatism
is not a disease
but Is simply a defect In the shap
of tho eyeball. There is no condition
which causes so much discomfort and
fatigue, especially headaches. A pe
culiar featuro about astigmatism is
that peoplo who have It seldom knn'v
that anything is wrong with their eyes
They lay all their suffering to som
other cause. If you will call at mv
parlors I will gladly tell you whether
you hnvo or not. It you have. I will
furnish you glasses thnt will rollen
you. If you have not it will cost you
nothing.
J. C. Huteson & Co.
Consulting Opticians,
1520 Douglas Street