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Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before mo this 31st day of August. A. D M. P. III NOATK. Notary Public-. AW-Snr-Hon week Is here, most of It. Miike the If thp wcntlior patterns after (lie re IiillillciiM pnrly mill lives up to Its record carnival week will ho favored with Rood weather. Hr.vun should hunt up another parti mount Issue. The new one manufac tured especially for this eanipalKii does not take well as an Inoculating virus. In (he laiiKtiaKe of the turf. Hr.van lias defrcnoratod from a promising suburban entry to a selling plater. After Novem ber lie will have to be turned out to grass. The contrast between 1S!M and 1000 is not pleasing to the Hryan managers. No wonder the silver colonel lias to keep on the jump to hold his various campaign committees on the track. It Is only a matter of time when Oinalm will have a system of suburban electric roads radfhting from Its busi ness center. It rnny npt materialize this year or next, but It Is sure to come. Hobson now denies that he made the remarks regarding Admiral Dewey which were attributed to him. As a naval constructor Hobson Is n success, but as n talker he will not rank so high. Interviews with Senator Stewart do not occupy bo much space In the popo eratle organ as they did four years ago, when ho was in Omaha. The only troublo with the senator is lie is not Hiipportlng Hryan this year. The desertion of Hryan by the news paper correspondents who formerly formed an escort for him In all his tours and expeditions has much slg nltlcance. Newspaper men never drop n good thing until It Is worn out as a news subject. Porto Hlcans arc evidently learning fast when they make a demand on Cuba for f-V.OO.OOO to reimburse them for the payment of that sum to Spain In the efforts of the mother country to suppress the Cubans. 1'orto Hlco will have to charge the Item up to prollt and loss. If Hoosovelt Is making democratic voles, It appears a little strange that Hryun should bo detailed to make a tour In his wake of the states which the governor lias visited. Republicans are wltllng to take chances on election dny with the democratic votes Hoosovelt has made. Aguiualdd heed have no fear of over drawing his bank account to pay the rewards offered for Americans who sur render to him. Tho kind of Americans which favor surrender are not In the Philippines, but remained In the United States and nre mostly running lor otlke on the popocratle ticket. i . The proposal of the powers to hold Chinese ports until sueh lime us the di inands for repartition have been fully compiled with rellects on the slucerlt of. their declarations that they have no territorial designs In that direction The powers occupied Kgypt years ago and England Is there yet. Nothlug seems to be too small for tho Hrynnlto organs to resort to In their desperation to make political eapl tal. A cuse In point Is tho distortion of an Interview with Dean Campbell Fair, putting Into his mouth words which ho did not say. No fake Is too cheap for the Hryanltes this year. Oreat Hrltalu Is agalu displeased with tho position taken by the United States toward tho Chluese situation. That pre tended secret alliance, which does not exist except In the fertile Imaginations of the Hrynnlto fakirs, would long ago have been called Into requisition Great Britain had any light to requlri the United States to co-operato with It. Govhtisait rn i r.s imnhixos. Governor Poynter lu his speeches Is trying to make a point against militar ism by alluding to the soldiers In the Philippines ns "$lo-a-month hirelings," Ills Idea doubtless Is to contrast the character of the tegular army and the state militia, forgetting, however, that the difference, If nny ever existed, has practically been wiped out. Hundreds of young men eager to serve lu the late war with Spain enlisted as regulars rather than as volunteers, because they believed they would get to the Hrlng Hue niore quickly. Many others who went through their period as volunteers re-enllsted after they were mustered out and went back to renew the light tinder the stats and stripes. To disparage these brave men ns hirelings" Is an Insult not only to them, but to the fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters, who know that they have" engaged lu honorable service ititely from patriotic motives. If the soldiers iu the Philippines are "hire lings" so also, then, were, In their time, some of the most distinguished men whose names Illumine the nation's his tory, from Washington, Jackson and Zaeh Taylor dowu to (J rout, Gnrileld and McKlnloy. Had Governor Poynter been through the experience of shouldering it knap sack mid gun he would not be bo glib in talking about "hirelings." VltKlUX V1KWS OF AMKMCAX t'OSITlUX It Is not surprising that Hrltlsh opin ion of the position taken by the United States lu regard to China Is unfavorable. It was expected from the outgivings re specting the altitude of the Hrltlsh gov- riiment. That such Is the case will not be matter of regret to the American peo ple, although had the Hrltlsh govern ment accepted the American policy tin- piestlonably negotiations would have been facilitated. It will bo quite as well, however, lor the United States to proceed In this matter Independently of Sreat Hrltalu, or for that matter, of any ther power, since It will thereby be the better able to avoid complications while lu nowise Impairing Its chances of hav ing Its Just demands conceded by. the Chluese government. The attitude of the American govern- nent Is entirely honorable and fair and It Is foolish to attribute it, as some of the London newspapers do, to political exigencies. There has been no change from the policy announced last July by this government In tho circular to the powers. It was then declared: "If wrong be done to our citizens we propose to hold, tho responsible authors to the ut termost accountability. That is still the purpose, as distinctly stated in the answer to the German proposal. Hut this does not contemplate the surrender by China to the allies of any persons whom the powers may believe or al lege to be responsible for the outrages, to be punished as the allies should de termine. The United States recognizes China as a sovereign power, entitled to the same consideration as such, so long as sho Is able to assert' her sovereignty, as Great Hrltalu or nny other power. To demand of China that she deliver up to the allies those whom they may charge with responsibility for the wrongs done foreigners is to ask her to practically surrender sovereignty and place heiv-elf wholly at the mercy of the powers, for If she were to meekly sub init to this demand no doubt others equally exacting would follow. The United States very properly refuses to be a party to the Imposition of any such unjust and humiliating condition upon China, which there Is very good reason to believe Is Inspired by a desire to overthrow tho existing dynasty and re place It with one that will make what ever territorial concessions to the pow ers thuy might demand. A Loudon pa per undoubtedly rellects the prevailing opinion in Europe when It says that It Is impossible to doubt that the respousl bio authors of the outrages arc the lm perlnl authorities and It Is not to be doubted that the German proposal, which Is understood to have the ap proval Ol llie lJUUNU goveruiuem, ua n has of some of tho other powers that of France with quallllcatlons-had the imperial authorities iu view. It Is gratifying to note that a more rational view Is taken lu Germany than In England, so far ns newspaper opinion goes, of tho attitude of the American government. Hut foreign views and criticism will have no effect here, because this country is In n posl tion to act Independently and has no concern in the designs of European pow ers except as they may affect our Inter ests, which we shall be ready to protect It' they are endangered. UKUAXCn L'i'OA 'VUK SKXATE. Those who nre relying upon a contlnu anco of tho United States senate lu re publican control as it bulwark against the Hryaulte financial policy are count lug on an uncertainty, with the chances In favor of a change In the political complexion of the senate In the event of Hryan's election. Senator Allison, whose authority In such u matter will bo questioned by few has very clearly and couvlnclngly shown what the endorsement of Hryan and Hryanlsm would mean In Its bearing upon the senate. He said lu a. recent speech that to bo elected Mr. Hryun will have to carry the states of Kansas Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Montana Utah and Idaho, lu which senators are to bo chosen this winter. These states wero carried by Hryan In 1S1)(J and If ho should carry them this year the same votes, that will give him their presl deutlal electors will also elect demo emtio legislatures. The currency law o the last session was passed by eighteen majority. Senator Kyle of South Dakota, being absent and unpaired, did not vote, though having a consistent free silver record. In the senate. Sena tors Lindsay of Kentucky and CulYery of Loulslaun, who voted for the bill, go out of tho senate on March -1 next and both their places have already been filled by senators who fnror free silver. Thli change will reduce the gold stand ard majority nfter that date to four teen. If the vncancles In the delegations from Utah and Pennsylvania nre tilled by men whoso votes will coutiteract each other mid If the silver men are elected along with Hryan electors lu Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, .Montana and Idaho, the sound money majority lu the senate will be reduced to two, and If Senator Kyle should vote for free sliver, as he has always done leretofore, the seunto would bo a tie on hat question, leaving the vice president to cast the deciding vote, which .Mr. Stevenson Is pledged by his record, by the platform and by speech to cast In favor of free silver. Thus it Is that on the doctrluo of halites," said Seuator Allison, "leaving out of consideration all the other states claimed by Mr. Hryan, In which senators tire to be elected, and assuming that taking nil these together there niuy be one or more changes, there would be a majority, including the vote of tho vice president, for the repeal of this law without any changes other than I have mentioned." The senator said further that whether Mr. ltrynn could or could not, through his secretary of the treas ury, force upon the country the silver Mtniidard, It Is plain that If he Is elected, with the power he will wield In his party as president, there will bo a ma- orlty iu the house of representatives, and a large majority, for free silver, and with the force and power that lie be- dud free silver a majority In the senate will be secured for the repeal of the cur- eney law passed at the last session and that law repealed. Senator Allison xpressed the belief that without alllrmative action for free silver It Is possible for a president hostile to our present standard of niouey to force the silver standard upou the country. There tire some who contend that what Senator Allison points out cannot occur. that tho senate Is certain to remain lu republican control for at least two yenrs from March 1 next, but most people will be disposed to accept the view of so xporienced a man as Senator Allison. It presents it possibility which should command the most serious consider ation of the friends of sound money and everybody who desires the continu ance of existing financial and business coudlllons. TIIK 1WMOII UF IT. Scene Democratic county convention Place South Omaha. Time Last Saturday. Dramatis Personne Delegates, orn tots, gamblers, ward heelers and dele gates. 1-Trst Orator (striking sensational atti tilde) 1 charge that a baneful Influence has been at work to coerce the action of this convention against Mr. Shields and that threats have been made to close up saloons and gambling houses unless Shields Is turned down'.!! Voice from Delegates Who made the threats? Give us the names. First Orator I will give you the In formation just as I received IU Voices Give It out publicly. First Orator It was told to Mr. Shoe maker of Omaha that such a threat had been made to Mr. Haley of Herlln & Haley of this city. They were told that they must turn lu and help or their sa loon would be closed at midnight and kept closed Sundays, Instead of being al lowed to do as at present, and that their gambling house would be closed up tight. These are the facts as they arc represented to me, and you have the source of my Information. At this rather sensational period Dick Herlln, a member of the firm mentioned, stands up In the hall and exclaims: "Thut is the truth, too." Explanation: The First Orator Is 1 Dunn, deputy to County Attorney Shields, sworn by his olflclal oath to enforce tho gambling laws not only lu Omaha, but In South Omuha as well. Shields, the nominee for county at torney, gave It out when he assumed the duties of the office two years ago that no gambling would be permitted in Douglas county while he occupied the position. Herlln, who claims to have been sub Jeeted to the duress on his gambling es tablishmont, was a duly accredited del egate on the floor of tho democratic county convention. The replies of the United States to tho notes of the various powers on the Chinese question are a sad blow to tho democratic contention of an alliance be tween this country and England. The position of this country could not pos slbly bo further removed from that of England than It is on the Chluese ques lions. The entire diplomatic history ot the present administration proves thut It has aimed, and successfully, to take euro of American Interests everywhere and avoid entanglements abroad. The signing of the scale by the Anial gamated association and the iron and steel mill owners, by which (50,000 men will return to work nt satisfactory wages, Is a blow to the calamity cam palgn. The shutdown was not the re suit of a strike lu the first place, but simply following the universal practice of the men and mill owners when a scale expires, but democratic politicians hud hoped no agreement would be reached, at least until after election. Itepublicans are as usual the first In the field with n call for their city con volition to nominate a school bo an ticket. Seven places will be tilled a the coming election owing to the ex Isteiice of two vacancies lu addition to the regular term expirations. A strong ticket of clean, callable meii who will keep the schools op a business basis is what Is wanted. Kcmcuihcr that tho majorities in Omaha of the successful delegations lu the republican primaries foot up nearly ns mnuy votes as cast altogether In the democratic primaries. No more Uc- t clstve expression of the rank and tile of the party wns ever registered than that which brought about the nomination of the republican legislative and county tickets. With few exceptions the striking miners In Pennsylvania have refrained from violence and It Is to bo hoped that such a condition will remain to the end. Nothing which they could do would so thoroughly play Into the hands of the mine owners by nllonatlng friendly pub lic sentiment as outbreaks of disorder. After giving out glowing reports ns to the chances of democracy carrying Illinois tho party managers have de cided the case Is so hopeless that It Is u6t worth while for Hryan to waste any time In that state, 'l'he nearer you come to an accounting on democratic claims tile less you will find In them. A TrnitoUy SiiKKestcil. WusliliiRton Post. It appears that Hon. Coin Harvey has been scuttled. TclU the Whole Mory. Hoston (llobe. It will bo homo In'mlnfl that George Doiscy was at the light. Lieutenant Hob son was not. Mtlnc t'p (lie- Situation. Baltimore American. Tho tieaco neeotlatlons with China have progressed to that point whero all that remains to bo done Is to decide to uo some- thlug. Here's (lie llcnl 'I'lilnsr. Mlnnuupolla Journal. Wo tnluht ns well admit that there Is a lot ot Imperialism In this country. There Is King Cotton, King Corn. King wneai and now wo havo King Coal with four tuoro kings In tho pack. Hard Year m Prophet. Detroit Free Press. Ono scientific authority frankly admits that tho national campaign has demoralized tho wholo business. "Kven tho weather does as It doggone pleases, nnd predictions ore not worth a dollar a gross." t'ndeiliiUhiK n l.urK- Contract. Detroit Free Press. Ocrmany'B demand that China punish the leaders of tho Uoxcr Insurrection recalls the fact that Italy recently Inquired If there wero not somo process by which Louisiana lynchers could bo punished. You Mi-U ItulNlnir Old Mil.. Portland Oregonlan. Russian diplomacy Is doing very well. It has broken tho International concert In two places already, and seems about to sccuro a third disruption In the Inde pendent action of tho United States. I.ucU's l-'uvorltc Son, Philadelphia Hccord (hid. dem.) President McKJnley has certainly had great luck during his administration. Good times havo been Insured by good crops In this country and short crops In other countries, ns n result of which there havo been tremendous exports of brearistuffa and provisions at prolltablo prices. Then there has been a great spurt In manufacturing tho world over and unprecedented export ol manufactured products at fair prices. And now, when business has been n llttlo over done nnd there Is a dropping ot prices both In tho homo and foreign markets, cotton again comes suddenly to tho front as the leading artlclo of our enormous export trade and cotton prices aro booming. Ilewey Arli Abandoned. New York Tribune. Tho consenting voice which signifies that tho naval arch must go takes on tho em phasls of ram's horns. The arch has grown dirty and Is particularly shabby about tho feet, so proudly planted only a few moons ago. Tho prospect of Its re production In moro solid form somewhere else does not Improve with the wasting away ot tho glories of the original. Tho Idea may bo given up and tho glittering and grandiose structure of triumph subsist only In memory, photographs and designs It was a thing of beauty and might have been a Joy forever If tho subscriptions had como in a little moro liberally. Its com Ing and going will point tho melancholy moral that tho brightest trophies of tri umph In this hurrying ngo are spun of the toxtllo of clouds and vanish In tho beam that gilds them. 1 l.alior'M Interest In the election. Portland Oregonlan. The Interests of labor in this election lie In tho direction of maintenance of tho gold standard and the conservation of confi dence, which Insures nctlvo trade and set tled employment. Thuy demand perpetna tlon of thu present conditions of trade and manufacture and they forbid u sudden re versal of the nation's policy, with tho shock, disarrangement and distress such reversal would be certain to bring. Theso aro also the Interests of capital. Tho idea that what Is good for capital is also good for labor is a paradox only to tho super ficial view. You can do nothing better for capital than to elevate in dignity, strength and character tho labor It is to work Willi You can do nothing better for labor than to clevato In dignity, strength nnd charac ter tho capital It Is to work with. Tho doc trine that labor can help itself to better employment by destroying tho capital that affords employment is preacnea oy pro tended statesmen. They aro not labor's friends, but its worst enemies. Tho labor ing man who co-operates with tho forces antagonizing our present prosperity and trade expansion Is working against his own Interests. HATS OI-'I-' TO SOI Til O.M WIA. Cheerr tirrrtlmr to the Knpundlnc rnt'UliiRT Suburb. Chicago Post. At least Omaha now knows where some of her vanishing population has gone and It ought to bo somo satisfaction to her to rcalizo that It Is still within reach. Any tlmo that sho wants It hack sho has only to annox South Omaha, for tho latter city now leads all tho rest of tho country In tho percentage of Increase. West Superior did pretty well. When tho figures were announced last Sunday and It was found that her populaton had Increased 159 per cent It looked as If sho had and would hold tho record for this census But, llko the ocean records, this ono was only mado to ho broken, and now South Omaha leads with an lncreaso of 222 per cent. Think ot It! Her lncreaso is np proximately two and a quarter times hoi total population ten years ago! Why, sho must be growing so fast that when the pcoplo got up In tho morning they Just naturally ask, "How many arrived last night?" A man who has been theru three months Is regarded as an old settler and It would not ho aurprlslng to learn Ihoro Is an olllelal master of ceremonies who Is kept busy Introducing tho new arrivals Only In that way can tho old-timers hope to keep paeo with tho population. Of course ono's sympathy goes out to West Superior. It Is sad to loso a chain plnnshlp belt Just as It seems to bo securely buckled, but this Is a rushing world and there Is llttlo tlmo to commiserate with fallen champions. All that West Superior can 'do now Is to look cheerful anil strive for tho record In KUO. It only nneds a little matter of about 70.000 souls to add to Its prpsent 31,000 in order to reach iho toji percentage and of course that Is a moro trifle. Meanwhile, hats off to Qcitb Omaha! Swing of German Vole Chk.igo Tribune The German vote, which earlier In the year was attracted toward Hryan bccau.ui of the vociferous clamor about 'Imperial ism" and "militarism," Is gradually swing ing back to McKlnloy, nnd the forces which aro causing It to niovo In that direction will be powerful enough to give him al most ns many votes In that quarter as he got In 1S9G. Tho latest and In many re spects tho most significant Indication of tho now drift of tho Herman vote Is tho following editorial from tho Now York Stants Zcltung: "The democratic candidate has forced tho silver question Into tho foreground ngain and thus has reawakened tho fear that his election would carry with it terrible con sequences fur tho nation. No man yel has been elected president because ho pos sessed striking, brilliant qualities. Tho pcoplo demand rightly that the candidate shall havo certain sterling traits of char acter and a solid element of conservatism In him, so that ono can look to his adminis tration with confidence nnd, nbovo all, with calm security. The prospect that he might win such faith has boon considerably di minished by Hryan by his revival of tho silver question. 'Wo have declared from tho first that this year tho silver swindle nnd Imperialism cannot be beaten simultaneously and that the voter must make up his mind clearly which of tho two evils must bo dono for JJrst nnd which might wait. Wo had hopes that the sliver question would piny no role, wo still stick to our belief that It Is dis posed of and requires no further considera tion; and wo feci suro that It Is less this question than doubt of Hryan's trustworthi ness which has brought It forward again nnd so hurt the democratic candidate; but rteprlnted. The paramount Issue to be fought out In tho battlo of 1900 may be summed up In five small words. Do you want a change? This Is the simple question that every citizen will ask himself before hn casts his ballot and the verdict will depend upon tho conclusion reached by a majority of the 15, 000,000 voters who will record themselves on one sldo or tho other next Novamber. It cannot be gainsaid that the American pcoplo nre as prosperous and well-to-do this year as they ever have been. Do tho Atnericun paoplo want a change? Docs tho great army ot wageworkers, which Is better fed, better clothed and better housed now than ever before, want a cbango? Do tho American farmers, whose products ore In steady demand nt good prices at boms and abroad, want a change? Do tho merchants and tradesmen of ths country, who are doing a larger buslncts In tho aggregate than ever before, want a change? Do the manufacturers and employers of labor In mill and factory, whoso products filUJ.VT COST OF bTIUKKS. Many .Millions of Dollar Lost by I'.ni- liloycra iinil 1 ;iii)lo Chicago C'.ironlcle. Strikes nro costly. Well, and war Is costly, but that consideration does not deter enlightened nations from going to war. Worklngntcn who think themselves ag grieved quit work nnd trust to a trial of strength and endurance to give them what they demand. The great strike of the coal miners that Is now on Involves probably 150,000 work lngmcn, a large number ot capitalists and to some extent the comfort of thousands of families. Of course. It now begins to he said this Is the greatest of all strikes, but so untrue a saying should not bo repeated. Thcro have been many greater strikes In different trades, and not a few of them have differed from this one In that thcy destroyed for a time tho peace of whole communities. Tho coal miners' strike that Is now in progress is not so far attended by any acts of violence of a nature to Im peril llfo or fixed property. Tho commissioner of labor, who presides over tho bureau of statistics at Washington, began tho analyzing of strikes with those of 1SS1 and this work ho has continued down to tho present time, but his reports aro not brought down to date. Tho moro Important of his summaries for thlrtocn yours, beginning with 1SS1, havo been be fore tho public so long that there can be no danger in using them here. In that tlmo In this country there wero IS, 209 different strikes. Tholr objects were In 9,432 Instances an Incrense of wages, in.1 1,344 Instances a reduction ot hours, In 1,734 to prevent a reduction of wages and 1,692 wero for Increase of wages and re duction ot hours. All these strikes wore had and managed In the usual manner and under conditions that ordinarily ob tain. It Is Important, then, to inquire ns to the immediate economical results ot theso strikes, extending ovor a period of thirteen years. Tho national commissioner of labor shall answer the question, lie states that the aggregato wago loss to em ployes was 1 102,807,057, to which must be added tho assistance to employes given in money by labor organizations $10,914, 406. The loss to tho employers was i2, riS9,7S6. These losses wero occasioned by strikes. Now refer to tho lockouts. The aggregato wago loss to employes from lock outs, tho commissioner of labor states, was $26,68,1,516. The nsslstanco to em ployes by labor organizations wus $2,512, 298. and tho loss to employers $12,235,151. In a comparatively lato report of tho commissioner Is a table giving the number ami tho characteristics of all strikes and lockouts had In Illinois in tho eight years from 1SSC to 1891. Tho wago loss to Illinois worklngmen In that tlmo aggregated $16, 174,030. Tho loss to employers was $15, 302,009. Klghly-two per cent of the strikes wero ordered by labor organizations. Eighteen por Cent wero lockouts ordorcd by employers' organizations. Tho average duration of strikes was twenty-fivo days and tho nvcrngo duration of lockouts forty seven days. More recent strikes and lock nuts In this stato aro probably well enough remembered by participants In them. What Is to bo the money cost of the great strlko of tho coal minora now In progress no ono can tell, but It la certain to bo enormous, Tho wages of 150,000 miners, though their wages may bo small, amount In even a week's tlmo to a big sum. Tho contributions of worklngmen's organizations to tho support of strikers must bo large. What ultlmato gain may result to tho strikers remains to ho seen. If It bo nn Increase of wages then the difference between tho wages befnro paid nnd thoso to bo paid will go Just so far to offset the cost of tho strike. ii-rniiiii ' ImiimtImI lllll. Philadelphia Ledger. Since tho close of the Franco-German war Germany has been at peace, sho has had nono of thn extraordinary expenses that war brings. The result of that contest brought her, In addition to tho provinces of AUacn ami Lorraine, tho enormous sum of $1,000, 000.000 In endh. Sho should bo, therefore, In fairly prosperous condition; yet, according to tho l-'relslnnlge Zcltung. the debt of the empire has been trebled slnco the death of Kmperor William, which occurred shortly after the war This docs not Hpeak well for tho administration of the pretent Kmpcror William, and ho seems to own It to his sub Jocts to r ako an accounting for It. The Paramount Issue 7 ' 1 the fact remains that the old nlarm Is aroused ngaln, "Tho republicans have uo right, neverthe less, to accept the votes coming around to McKlnloy on such grounds ns votes of con fidence In the expansion policy, and when they do that they run the risk of bringing about nt tho last moment a reaction that can ho dangerous." A few weeks ngo the editor of this Influ ential paper was "on tho fence." Ho con fessed that ho did not know which way tho Germans should turn. Since ho spoke thus he has studied tho character of tho candi dates, and to some purpose. Canning said onro, "Away with this cant of 'measures, not men,' " meaning thereby that candi dates were often of more Importance than tho measures they advocated. The editor of tho Staata Zeltung says truly that "tho pcoplo demand rightly that tho candidate shall havo certain sterling traits of char acter and a solid element of conservatism In him." Ho does not find theso trnits In Hryan. "Doubt of Hrynn's trustworthi ness has brought (t (tho silver question) forward again." Ho says further that tho prospect of Hryan's winning popular faith has been "considerably diminished by his revival of tho silver question." Tho editor of tho Staats bottling says re publicans must not accept German voles for MeKlntey as voles of contldcnce in his expansion policy. Tho republicans recog nize clearly the fart that many men wilt Tote for McKlnloy who do not hellevo In expansion and aro opposed to what Is today called Imperialism. Tho republicans un derstand fully thnt deep-seated distrust of Hryan will get their candidate many votes ho would not get otherwise. When the cholre has to bo mado between the two can didates tho majority of tho votes will be controlled by tho conviction that McKlnley Is trustworthy while Hryan Is not. aro marketable now at fair profit, want a change? Do the professional men, whoie. services command higher remuneration than ever before, wont a change? What would any of theio classes fain by a chungo? This Is the poser which neither Mr. Hryan nor any of his champions will be ablo to answer satisfactorily. Tbey will talk about the Declaration of Independence, about the crime of 1873, about the brautlm of freo silver cotnago, about the dlnastrott' gold standard, about the menace ot Im pcrlajlira and militarism nnd about the ra pacity of the trusts. Hut all these subjects are overshadowed by tho question that dom inates all men who aro constantly striving to better their condition, but do not will fully and deliberately exposo themselves and tbelr families to the rlik of a relapse to tho distressing hard times experienced be fore the advent of McKlnley and the as cendency ot republican policies that have restored confidence, raised the national credit and set the wheels of Industrial and commercial activity In motion. IMJHSONAI. I'OINTr.HS. Hobson's mouth caused him trouble be fore. Notwithstanding the high price of coal tho weather clerk persists In poking the furnace. Gcorgo Washington ot Montgomery county, Kas., Is seeking a dlvorco from his wlfo Martha. Hotel proprietors of Chicago are forming a laundry trust. Details arc kept mum, but they will probably como out In tho wash, Hoston milkmen have organized for mu tual protection. Somo of them think the contractors are getting all tho cream of the trade. President Mitchell of tho United Mine Workers of America commands a force considerably larger than tho entlro United States army. A Georgia clergyman avers that the Gal veston calamity was the work of the devil, not of God. Perhaps the dominie has Inside- Information. Joseph Jefferson has been spending the summer In Ashing and hunting, but has passed his evenings In painting, which con tinues to be his favorlto castlme. Spain has blown In the $20,000,000 received for tho Philippines and Is so charmed with our kind of money that It Is willing to plant a loan In this country. Put up the stuff. Prospects of peace in China will not be affected by the reported activity of the Ancient nnd Honorable Artillery ot Boston. Ths Ancients are merely burnishing up for their srml-monthy bean feast. General John A. McClernand, who died the other day, was ono of tho last two sut vlvors of the twenty-eighth congress, which met In December, 1843. Ex-Governor Kani scy of Minnesota Is the other. Charles H. Stucver of St. Louis Is the latest millionaire to distribute his fortune during his lifetime. He has a horror of family quarrels over wills and has divided his money chiefly among his children. Daniel A. Lamont, secretary of war In President Cleveland's last cabinet, is on a visit to tho Pacific coast on railroad bus iness. Ho is vice president of the North ern Pacific road and declares himself out of politics. The homo of the Dradley Martins In New York, 18 to 22 West Twentieth street and 23 West Nineteenth street, has passed Into the hands of a real estate firm and this marks the last step in the expatriation of the family. Thu only man ever unanimously elected president of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce Is Michael Hyan. who was to honortd In 1S9I. Now ho has been chosen an honorary member of the same body the gieatest compliment In Its gift. Among the limited number of other names so en rolled are thoso of John Sherman and George Pendleton. A.N AMKIUCVN t II III IfTKItlSTIC. The I'nnsiou for Sprrtl nnd the KfTort to otlf It. Chicago Tribune Koced Is tho American's passion. No trait nr steamer ran go qulto fast enough t satisfy him so long as he believes greater speed is obtainable. He Is pleased to learn that faster time can bo made on American than on English railways. He takes an Interest In an ocean steamer which "breaks tho record," even though he may never expect to cross tho Atlantic. The news that thn Deutschland has cut down by four hours tho time required for a trip appeals to his Imagination. Hcnjamln Franklin may be to some ex tent responsible for this American pern llarlty. He mado the young tradesman "re member that time Is money." That ad monition has been repeated, so often that people have corao to believe that If tune occupied In traveling is diminished they havo saved money. Tho saving of time nnd money through tho replacement of tho stage coach by the railroad of an Inferior hy a superior mode of locomotion Is evident, nut when an nttempt Is mado to get the highest possible rate of speed out of locomotlvi or ocean steamer there Is not much gain In time. Economy and excessive speed do not a I way b go hand in hand. Whether the saving in time is a saMng In money de pends on the use mado of the time The passengers by the Deutschland had four hours moro on land and four hours less on tho ocean than they would have had It they had gone on n slower boat How mm h they gained by this no one knows Four extra hours In Plymouth or London ma hot bo Important, In order that the Deutschland mav make such fast tlmo It Is provided wi h larger ami moro expensive engines and n used cxiiuslvcly for carrying passengeri and malls. As' thoro Is no revenuo from freight, the rates charged passengers i-m -i when there nre a full thousnnd of then, must bo higher than those charged on slower boats, which havo freight earnings Ono who crosses the Atlantic on an e tremcly swift boat pays moro for tho in llego, hut may not havo so pleasant a vo age. Tho vibration of n steamer dricti at such high speed Is continuous nnd un pleasant. As Dr. Holmes did not "dare to write as funny ns 1 can," so American railroad man ngeralo not dare to run trains as fast ns they can. They hae found It does not pa) It begets competition and rate-cutting The road which, owing to lighter grades and better roadbed, can make faster time than its rivals does not nttempt to utilize Its n I vnntngos. It knows that If It bids for Im ness with less tlmo Its competitors would hid for business with lower fares. So roads do not try to cut down their running time to the lowest possible notch, which woul I mean a decided lncreaso In operating ex penscs, nnd they charge higher rates on their fast trains. Somo people pay ihn-1 rates, not so much to savo time as vi travel by tho fastest possible ronvryatii e Should somo now motive power be dis covered decidedly superior to steam, in creased speed nd lower fares may be sc cured, to the great gratification of Amcr IranB. t'ndcr present conditions, how-cv. r greater speed has to be purchased at n high price, and the saving In time Is, compara tively speaking, so small that few but Americans would enrc about It. They aro a peculiar people. They will dawdle awn half on hour to take a train which I tn minutes faster than the one they might havo taken. .S.MIM.Nti LINUS, Wa-diliiKlon Star: ".Money." said ih philosophic iH-rson, "dos not Hlways brirg happiness " "No," answered the matter-of-fact f. U :id "Hut the lack of It Invariably bilng.t II comfori." Chicago Hccord: "Smlthrr and I in-' yesterday for the llrst ilme In tl.l-t-cn )cari " "It was an Interesting tilietln?, no diu--"Ye; all our old storied went off a g--at new." Philadelphia Pre: "Wk." concluded tt returned tourist, "I hail a prettv trmtc'i tlmo of . t'-ll you thetc's nothlim iu traveling to take the eoneeit out of n man "That might l true." replied thn m.i who had been bored to death. "If lie new. got back to tell about It." t'blcaRo Tribune; "I mn't help admlrl it thn Ingenuity of the landlady at our hojrri ll)g house " "In what way?" "At breukfast time .h burns a grain -r two of roffee on the Kitrh-n stov s., r to till tho dlnlnt; room with the odor, and then gives us chicory to drink." Detroit cnlcmKf" Journal: "Tnat girl Is a , "No wondr' Her mother was such a mcro butterfly!" inueefl? "And hr father was a regular lobst T Rvcn tho emart set. pry observe, arr not altogether exempt from the subtle laws of heredity. Philadelphia Hr-cord: "We had quite h thrilling rescue here yesterday." said tt-e first seashore sojourner, "but I don't se anything In the papers about It." "Oh! there whs nothing intHretltig about that." replied the other; "the woman wa tcscued by her own husband." Chicago Post: "After all, appearance, don't amount to much." "That's right, it's the disappearance1 thnt count most: for Instance, the dl'ap pearanco of a trusted employe frequent! amounts to thousands." WnMilngton StHr: "Politics is a grea' sell." remarked the man who is alwav looking on the dark sld of thtngx. "Well." nnswcre.1 Senator Sorghum "your Impressions on that point dpnd a great ileal on whether you're delivering votes or hustllnc nfter them. In my opera tions politics has struck me ns a colossal buy." IIICK'nV NITTIV WITH TIIH Gllll.o. Denver Post. It wns "once upon u, time," as the stor. tellers sny. Ti tho happy, happy davs of long ago. That there never came a cloud o'er the sun of boyhood's day. And tho life-stream was unruffled In Its flow. In reflecting o'er the past nnd tho pleasures that wo knew How tho brain with Jolly recollection whirls As we sit with half-closed eyes and the memory pictures view When we went a hlck-ry nuttln' with the girls! How their merry eyes would flash with the llcht of fun a plow As the breezes tossed their hair In tan gled threads: How we thousht them angel sprites In tnelr frockR of calico. With the, crumpled old sun-bonnets on th!r heads How they'd scamper through the woods with their merry shouts of Joy, Nimble In their every- movement as the sculris O! you bet your Sunday hat It was fun to be a bo When we went a hlck'ry nuttln' with the strls! In a Jollv. laughing group underneath the shellbark trees, Seated In a circle on the leafy ground. With the music of our tongues lading every passing breeze. We would hull the nutty treasures we had found. And our Umld eyes would peep In a semi bashful way At the lovely maiden faces framed In curls In their hands our boyish hearts were ai soft as potter's clay When wo went a hlck'ry nuttln' with the girls! There was one. a little maid with a pair of roguish eyes. Whom I trustingly enthroned within my heart. And I scurcely realized I won so great a prize Till wtf formed the tlo that death alone can part. ThouBh her eyes are growing: dim and her hair Is tinned with gray. She Is yet to me a priceless pearl of Beans And sho reigns within my heart with as sweet despotic sway. As when we went a hlck'ry nuttln" with the girls: Everybody Come and see a complete mo of Uund Inch Optical Cos famous Korona Cameras Kvery amateur shoulil call nnd examine this line while on exhi Intiun at our store this week. Huteson I'lioto Supplies. 1520 Douglas Street.