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IMO. M. IS. HITNOATB,
(Seal) Notnry Public.
IlOBlstiT todny.
You must roslfUm anew this yi'itr If
you wnnt to. vofo at the comliiK flec
tion. The iiiiiii who hits clianed from Mc
Klnley to Itrynu Is itlwtiys to lie found
In the next county.
TIiIm weather inny lie kooiI for nulltlcs,
hut It In unseasonable, for nuHlhesM. Lot
the weather mnn give tho business mini
a chance.
Croker ct nl passed resolutions en
dorsing tho Kansas City platform, trust
Hootlon nud all, and tliun proceeded to
oolloot dividends on Ice trust ntoek.
Even after a $070 bill has boon re
duced toTWO It Is a little steep to pay
for live days work of clerks In the In
surance department of tho state au
ditor's olllco.
An Omaha man has made an offer of
$'J5,000 for a noted Kentucky trotting
utalllou. You may be sure ho could not
net such a pace before McKlnley pros
perity struck the country.
Colonel Uryan la getting reckless. He
(should have taken Nebraska's great
trust-smasher with him for his protec
tion while running the gauntlet of the
trust octopl under the shadow of Wall
street.
The woman suffragists are again
starting a campaign in Iowa. The
suffragists are tho only people In Iowa
who surpuss tho democrats In tho per
sistency with which they renow a. hope
less light with each recurring year.
The pop6cratle organ Is preparing Its
followers for tho news of defeat which
Is anticipated the morning after elec
tion. It Is beginning to cry "fraud."
1 tho popocratlc organ or Its friends
know of any frauds they might stop
them, Instead of standing In tho public
places and howllug.
It now appears that Howe, tho In
ventor of the sowing machine, did not
receive enough votes to entitle him to n
place In the Hall of Fame. if the
Judges had been women, whose bur
dens ho did more to lighten than any
ono man In the world's history, thort'
would bo no question about his stand
Iris;.
Among the decorations in the room
for tho Uryan banquet In Now York
was a portrait of Uryan entwined with
tho American ami Filipino Hags. In
no other country In the world would
such n thing be tolerated and no party
In this country except tho democrats
would think of giving a place of honor
to a flag raised In opposition to that
jf tho United States.
If anyono wanted to protest against
tho certificate of nomination of tho
fusion 4 school board ticket the uom
inces could be ruled off because tho
conventions from , which they derived
their credentials did not contain tho
requisite number of delegates pre
bribed by law. Hut no ono will make
tho protest, as they will bo ruled off by
tho voters at the ballot box.
American tlrms arc about to snap up
tho contracts for rebuilding the rail
ways In tho Transvaal which have
been destroyed by tho war, and Hng
Ush manufacturers and contractors are
setting up a howl. If Kngllsh maun
facturcrs desire the&e rush Jobs they
should w-nko up earlier lit the game
and not got out of bed when there Is
nothing remaining to do except howl.
Kvcry person who expects to vote for
Presldout McKlnley and the republican
ticket In November should uot only so
that his namo Is properly recorded on
tho registration books, but also that ho
Is registered as a republican, because
under the Nebrasku law, only regis
tercd republican voters are entitled to
participate In republican primaries,
This point should not be overlooked,
lit; ouarr.t) uiiwctioxs.
It was nniiuutu'cd a abort time iiro
that Mr. Hryan liad boon directed by
the democratic malingers In Now York
to make trusts the tnaln topic of bis
address at the Madison .Square Oar
den and the fact that bo did so con
firms the report. Hut bow dlsbouost
and Insincere this appears In view of
the fact that the men most prominently
Identified with the demonstration are
holders of trust stock. The meeting
at the Garden was presided over by
I'M ward M. Shepard, who Is the chief
counsel for the Supir trust and who
Is credited with drafting the plans of
Its foundation. The very presence at
that incotlnt,' of this trust attorney
Minnies that there Is nothing In .Mr.
Hryan's attack on trusts, for, If ho
were sincere, ho would not have al
lowed this trust representative to so
act, and If tbu trust believed Mr. Uryan
menaced It that trust would not have
allowed Its attorney to preside oVer
tho meeting. Then there are the Van
Wyelcs, ono of whom presided tit tho
V'-'l a plate banquet and the other at
one of tho meetings, both of whom are
stockholders with Crokor In tho Ice
trust.
It Is manifestly absurd to suppose
that any of these n.en are sincerely
hostile to the trusts ami It Is a fact
that they have done everything pos
sible to obstruct the ciforts of the at
torney general of New York to enforce
the law against tho extortionate trust
with which they are connected. Mr.
Bryan has endeavored to relieve
them of responsibility for the business
methods of the Ice trust by saying that
they are simply stockholders, but this
sort of apology will not bo accepted by
sensible people. It Is not to bu doubted
that these men have a voice In the
atfairs of the combination and they
take their share of the proceeds of Its
extortion. Mr. Uryan has not Improved
his claim to be a sincere opponent of
trusts by such association.
run uutluuk l ixduxa.
Both parties are greatly Interested
In tho political situation in Indiana,
and wlillo neither feels entirely court
dent of carrying the state tho outlook
for republican success Is much more
favorable than It was a Tow weeks
ago.
There Is no more trustworthy au
thority for this than Major Carson, tho
Washington correspondent of the Phil
adelphia Ledger, who bus been travel
ing through Indiana, making a care
ful Investigation of political condi
tions, lie expresses the opinion that
the electoral vote of the state will bo
given to McKlnley and Hoosovclt. In
a dispatch to his paper a few days ago
ho says; "1 have visited every point
In the state admitted by tho party
managers to be Important in tho way
of determining Indiana's vote, have
Inquired Into alleged disaffection
among republicans and Investigated
democratic claims to largo accessions
from their opponents, aud my de
liberate Judgment Is that tho repub
licans will carry Indiana next month,
unless something entirely unlookod for
and of phenomenal character should
happen. In the Interval and cause a
revolution In the present feeling of
the people."
Major Carson found that there Is
general satisfaction with existing In
dustrial and business conditions, that
tho German-Americans will generally
vote the republican national ticket, that
few of the gold democrats have re
turned to the party and that most of
the farmers will vote for McKlnley,
Including a considerable number who
four years ngo were for Uryan. There
Is every reason to' expect that re
publican chances In Indiana will con
tinue to Improve.
A 01WAT VAX fOU CHUKEll.
Tuesday was a great day for Itlchard
Croker. Next to the guest he was the
most conspicuous figure In connection
with the Uryan reception In New Vork.
Ho was all the time by the side of tho
candidate, uud the fact that he Is the
lucaruatlou of political venality aud
corruption, the fact that his wealth has
been gained by methods that will uot
bear Investigation, tho fact that ho Is
a largo stockholder In one of the most
extortionate and oppressive trusts ever
organized, did not Interfere with his re
celvlng every consideration from that
"friend of tho plain people" and "ex
ponent of .Teffersoulau principles," W
J. Uryan.
,t tho Tammany banquet, which cost
f'Jt a plate exclusive of tho wine,
Croker and Hryau sat together the ono
representing tho most brutal, corrupt
and unscrupulous political organization
In the world, the other posing before
the couutry ns the champion of popu
lar rights, for which tho Tammany
boss has no respect, and as the friend
of the farmer and laborer, for whom
Croker has only contempt. Side by sido
these representatives of the. now de
mocracy rode through tho streets,
sharing together the greetings of tho
people. At the Madison Square Gar
den, tho dispatches state, "Mr. Uryan
and Mr. Croker frequently responded
to tho cheerlug by bowing to the vast
audience and tho faces of both were
wreathed with smiles." What -a pic
ture that would make for the delecta
tlou of tho western supporters of Mr.
Uryan. All through tho report of the
proceedings tho name of Crokor sltiads
out prominently, attesting that ho was
the leading spirit In the reception aud
that his relatlou to it was entirely
agreeable to Mr. Uryan. The Asso
elated Press report states that when
the candidate had finished speaking In
Madison square "Mr. Croker took his
arm uud led him to tho rear of the
stand to see the crowd assembled
there. He waved his hat to them aud
.Mr uioKer nsiCMi niur 'um you ever
see anything like ItV" and Mr. Hryau
exclaimed: "Wonderful, wonderful!'
That was a proud moment for Crokor
who for weeks had been preparing for
tho demonstration, tho cost of which
It is safe to say, was uot paid out of
tho pockets of himself and other Tarn
manyltos, but with money wrung from
gambling houses, Miloons and brothels
which must meet Tammany's demands
or go out of business".
Crokor has performed his part well
and undoubtedly Mr. Uryan feels grate
ful to hint. There may be no formal
understandlug between them as to
future relations, In tho event of demo
cratic succcs, but there cannot be a
reasonable doubt that If Uryan should
secure tho electoral vote of New York
and be elected, Itlchard Crokor will not
only be allowed to control tho political
patronage In that state, but would have
a r jmmandlng lullucncc In the councils
of the national administration. We
should have In the conduct of public
atfairs an alliance of Uryanlsm and
Crokerlsm, for let no one delude him
self with tho Idea that Mr. Uryan could
Ignore Crokor, even If ho wore disposed
to do so. Tho Tammany bos Is play
ing for a large stake. If through his
efforts Now York should go democratic
and thus elect Hrynn, Crokor will do
maud full recompense and will be very
likely to get It. Wo can conceive of
few things more to be dreaded than an
administration In which that corrupt
uud unscrupulous politician would bo
u factor.
ins man suxsi: uv miophwty.
When Governor Hoosevelt's Itinerary
for Nebraska was announced, Including
it meeting at Lincoln, a howl went up
from tho Uryanltos against his so
called "Invasion" of Mr. Urynn's homo.
One of the addresses Issued over the
names of n so-called committee of old
soldiers, composed of live stnto house
appointees, appealed for support of the
fusion rally on tho day . succeeding
Uoosovelt's visit in tho following lan
guage: (
Tho festivities ou the 3d day of October
will bo In Hryan'a honor. Ills blub, sense of
propriety mado him decline to lnvado the
homo of President JIcKlnley, while tho re
publican national committee has seen fit to
Invpdo Mr. Ilryan's home.
Mr. Urynn's high souse of propriety
seems to hnve existed only In tho Im
agination of his admirers, as ho "In
vaded" the homo and birthplace of Mr.
McKlnley this wool;. Not only that,
but at each ho went out of his way to
make remarks decidedly Incompatible
with any high sense of propriety, slur
ring the president and liollttllng the
honor enjoyed by those towns In con
tributing a president to the United
States.
Of course Mr. Uryan has- a perfect
right to bid for votes In every city in
the country, but bo cannot accuse re
publicans of Impropriety In view of his
remarkable performances.
THE COUXTV COMMISSIUXEIISUII'.
Only ono commissioner district in
Douglas county-is called upon to select
a member of the county board this
year, but tho Importance of that selec
tion must not be underestimated.
The county board consists of the
commissioners, who have tho practical
control and supervision of all tho bus
iness of the county. It fixes tho county
tax rate, It expends the proceeds of the
tax levy, It has charge of tho entire
system of poor relief, Including tho
county hospital, and It builds aud
maintains tho whole system of county
roads. Every tarpaylng citizen Is vi
tally Interested In having a county
board that will attend strictly to bus
iness and administer tho county affairs
upon an economical business basis.
Tho republican candidate for county
commissioner is the present member,
A. C. Harto. His experience on tho
board fits him to serve again with full
efllclency for the public. Commissioner
Harte has devoted his undivided atten
tion to tho Intelligent direction of tho
county business and the protection of
tho Interests of tho taxpayers. The
voters of tho Second, Fifth and Sovonth
wards, which comprise the commis
sioner district which he represent,
will bo consulting their own Interests
by re-electing Mr. Harte.
The regular consignment of popo
cratlc fakes nnd roorbacks Is already
begluulng to arrive. We are told that
tho republicans are engaged In a grand
conspiracy .to coerce the votes of cor
poration employes. Wo nre told that
Hanua Is doing np bauk bills In big
rolls to purchase the venal vote away
from Uryan. Wo are told that tho
"machine" Is arranging to perpetrate
wholesale registration frauds for the
purpose of voting repeaters on election
day. And they have It all Ugurod out
that 1,000 fraudulent votes will cost
exactly $1,000. These fakes are simply
n repetition of the tactics pursued by
tho fusion gang In all recent elections.
They are fakes, pure and simple, liw
teuded to divert attention from tho
crooked work of tho fusion politicians
Tho popocratlc charges of fraud have
never been substantiated because they
never havo any foundation.
In his Omaha address Eugene Debs
charged that there was a svstetnatlc
practice to exclude him from the news
papers and cited examples from other
cities lu proof of his assertion. So far
as The Hee Is concerned It gives the
news with Impartial discrimination for
all sides and all parties In politics as
well as In other fields. The Debs meet
Ing is accorded representation In Its
columns with a fair account of what tho
speaker said Just the same as would bo
a meeting nddressod by a prominent re
publican or democrat,. Wo admit, that
tho difference between The Hee and
some of Its popocratlc contemporaries
In this regard, however, Is extremely
noticeable. Hut whether Mr. Debs has
ground for his complaint with refer
enco to other papers wo are satisfied
ho would make au exception for Tho
Hee.
In changlug tho original form of
tho ofllclal ballot schedule by ollmluat
lug the misleading feature of party
designation Secretary of State Porter
has exhibited a disposition to be fair
that should bo encouraged with pub
lit' officials generally who hare a part
In tho make-up of tho llual ballot.
What all people of all parties should
want nnd what the law is -designed to
safeguard Is an expression of tho
voter nt tho ballot box, which Is a
correct Indication of bis choice as
between contesting candidates. Tho
voter should neither bo confused, nor
tricked, but rather facilitated In mak
ing plain exactly- how ho wants to bo
recorded. The ballot form that fairly
does this lll Invito no criticism.
nmisTEU ron.i r.
Today Is registration day and every
voter expecting to cast a ballot at tho
election on November 0 should see that
his name Is properly enrolled on tho
registration books.
Tho registrars will sit In their re
spective wauls 'and precincts from S
a. m until S) p. m. today. In
order to register each voter must appear
personally before the registrars and an
swer tho questions relating to his resi
dence and qualifications prescribed by
the law.
No previous registration will hold
good this year. Failure to register
means self-dlsfrnnchlsement.
Ono of the questions which will be
asked by tho registrars, tinder tho law,
Is: "With what political party do you
wish to nfllllatoV" To this question
every person who expects to support
President McKlnley should answer:
"Tho republican party." This answer
Is necessary to qualify tho voter to
participate In the republican primaries.
He sure to register today.
Hryau Insists that
were hold, tomorrow
If tho election
he would carry
New York. Ho made Just as wild pre
dictions four years ago. How fortu
nate for him that tho test cannot be
made In advance of election, which
would prove his vision as defective
now as thou.
.Venlert the I.ooUIiih (ilu.
Indianapolis Kewn.
Mr. Uryan iiluayH bus u "menace" or
two, but In his enumeration of evils that
"endanger the country's existence" he haj
forgotten to mention hliusult.
Mlulity riuml TlihiK" t All Times.
Minneapolis Journal.
Kx-I'resldent Harrison doesn't regard tho
full dinner pall argument as a low eittl
niate of the considerations which should
Influenco tho workbiKman. Ho says: "A
full dinner bucket Is not a sordid arfiii
mcnt. It tins n spiritual significance for
tho spiritually minded. It means moro
comfort for the wife nnd family, more
schooling and lnas work for tho children
and a margin of saving for sickness."
Somehow or other Hen Harrison always
tal'..s Bense.
runners Hlinre In I'roiliorl t
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
American farmers received this year
nenrly J115.O00.OOO more for their wheat
than in 189G: ?316,000,OCO moro for their
corn crop; J101,000,000 inoro for cotton;
J42.000.0C0 moro for their oats; J22.000.000
moro for their potatoes and $14,000,000 more
for their barley, and over JSOO.000,000 more
for their llvo block than In 189C. The in
ereaso lu tho value of nino staple crops over
1S90 was $710,722,617, In llvo stock J501.444,-
474, or Jl,212,l(57,091 In these Items of rarm
productlon-to say nothing of hay, flax and
many other products not included in the list.
or eggs, poultry and dairy products, also
omitted. This increase marks tho dlffcrenco
for the farmers between republican pros
perity and democratic deprcbslou.
Tno-l'hlnU AVIII Do.
St. I.oufs Globe-Democrat.
The two-thirds vote tor McKlnley In the
electoral college which Is predicted by
some authorities would bo a grand thing
for tho country. Thero In no doubt at oil
that tho republicans will win, but thU Is
a case In which tho size of tho majority
Is of vital Importance. It Is to tho Interest
of every business man and every wago
worker In the United States that the ma
jority ngaiust the repudiation candidate b"?
no crushing that tho base money Infauiy
will bo killed for all time. Tho presence
of a man llko Dryan at tho head of a great
party Is not oply a tremendous financial
loss to the country, but it is n national
humiliation. An ordinary majority against
him might tempt tho democracy to nomi
nate him or somebody equally bad In 1j0'.
Tho majority sl'ould be put far above the
100 mark this time nnd not bo allowed to
bo ss low h nlncty-Uvc, ns It was In W 6.
FINANCIAL H.V PANS IO.
Strong PoNltlon In the World of
Money Secured liy Anu-rlon.
Kansas Citr Star.
Tha remarkably strong position which
this country has attained In International
finances is Illustrated by tho fact that Non-
York bunkers arc uow Importing gold after
having loaned money to nearly half u dozen
foreign governments. Germany, Kngland,
HusHh, Bv.iden ond Mexico have borrowd
money In the United States in tho last fow
weeks and for months past rates fur money
have been lower in America than in any
other country In the world.
Ueccntly, as a. result of tho demands of
the south on New York for money to move
tho cotton crop, tho rates of interest in
New York havo advanced and short-tlrao
loans npw commnnd moro in New York
than abroad. As n conscaucnco American
bankers aro drawing on the I nlances which
they havo in European tnnlts and gold is
coming In this direction. In order to meet
this demand English bankers are diverting
to tho United States shipments of gold
from India, South Africa and Australasia,
which ordiunrlly would go to London. In
addition to this, somo gold has been pur
chased In Psrls, Hcrlln and London to ship
to America, New York, therefore, Is a
maguet thut is attracting gold from six ills,
ttnet sources In other parts of tho world
The spectacle is one which ought to
mnke every Amorlcan citizen proud of the
commanding position which his country
lms reached. The prophecy has been rutiie
vaguely mado for years that Now York
would somo time becorao tho world h grca
money center. Hut fow pcoplo dreamed
that It would acquire, so ooon, tho power
that It now holds. Now York is today thu
most potent city on tho globe In financial
affairs. Its banks have grow.n to such hugi
proportions In recent years and Its wealth
has bnn shifted Into such a position that
tho news from Wall streot Is now of
greater Importance than tho news from
London to tho bsnkora of all natlous
The I,ordca.nowspapors havo recent ly
and candidly acknowledged this superiority
of tho great American metropolis. "Wit
tmi Importance of Amerlcon finances to tha
world is only Just beginning. The enor
mous excess of cxporlj o. merchandise over
imports, which America is sending abroad,
will glvo this country an ever increasing
power in International finances and the
time Is not far distant when tho world will
pay to America the trlbuto of Interest and
exchange (hat It has paid for many years
to England.
America Is already tho world's greatest
fource of stpplles of food and fabrics. Tho
Americans are rapidly becfmlng th woild's
bonkers ami the great stores of coal and
Iron In this covntry will bo drawn on for
Increasing suppllos of powr for F.urnpean
manufacture to years o on.
1896 Right
n.Utlinoro
Tho national campaign of this year bears
such a striking resemblance, In nearly all
of Its baltcnt features, to the buttle of four
years ago that history seems to bo repeat
ing Itidf in tho domain of American pol
itics. Tho two leading candidates for tho
ptestdeney now nro the snmo men who ran
against each other then, aud they stnnd
for the Burnt prlnclplis tbey stood for when
they first nought the mUragcs of tho peo
ple. Their theories c.f government havo
uot changed. The great Issuo between
thorn anil between the two parties Is Iden
tical this year with tin great Irmie of lS'Jfi,
and all nttcmpts to sidetrack that issue
have bron the most dismal failures. It l:i
.McKlnley and Bound money on tho ono
hand, Uryan und frco silver on the other.
Hrforts to senro tho people with Imperial
ism, mllltailsm aud with reckless denun
ciations of all combinations of capital 'or
business purposes havo not hid the su
preme letuc ond tho canip.tlun has now nar
rowed down, as It did In 1806, to the ques
tion whether this country shall or shall
not have a stnblo currency, based upon n
Found financial system.
Four years ago this month Chairman
Jones, then running thu Uryan campaign,
Just as ho is now, wus malting the same
sort of claims that ho Is today. In fact ho
was asserting, day after day, that Ilrya.n
would entry states In which ho had not tho
slightest thf.i co. Just tin a reminder of
thoso prophecies, which never camo true,
The Advance in Wages
Chicago
Tho national commissioner of labor ru-
ports that tho avorago Increase of wages
In American manufacturing nnd mining In-
duutrlvs as compared with 1801 Is per
cent. HepresentlnG tho uvorngo wugo sculo
of tho latter year by 100 It appears that
in 1S92 there was nn ndvpneo of 100.30.
Then camo the period of decline due to
'tho panic. Tho lowest point reached was
97.82 in 1893. A change for the better lie-
gun then, which has continued until tho
present wage scale Is represented by
103.43. Tho men and womon lu tho fue-
torlcs and tho mills aro receiving In gold
wages higher than thoso which were paid
them in gold during 1891 and 1892, which
wore years of previously unexampled pros
perity.
These figures do not tell tho whole story.
Tho decline In wages between 1891 and
lion seems small, but tho number of per
sons receiving tho lower wages was much
smaller thnn that of the persons getting
tho higher wages four yenrs before. A
strong union can do much to prevent a
serious cut In wages during a period of
depression, but It cannot force employers
to continue giving work to the old nura-
ber of employes. It is the policy of unions
to protect the wago scale oyen wnen tno commodities tho price of which Is not con
result Is to lessen tho number of men trolled by "trusts." Though the "trusts"
at work. Today better wages than ever
beforo aro being paid nnd more men aro
employed than during tho years when
woges were lower.
It uppears from a recent report that
.thero nro In Michigan 1,00. factories which
were not In exlstcnco In J89i. These fac-
torlos employ 23,000 pcoplo, whoso yearly
wages amount to about Jl, 500, 000. Of these
somo had employment In 189., but many
had not. Tho volume of Idle labor has
been so decreased that the lumbermen,
t hough offering higher wages than they did
In 1896, find it hard to got men to work
INSl'LTINC Till: NATION.
ni-yun'a Am-rtlon Tlml llir rrcl-ili-nuy
t'mi He I'nrrhmrH.
Philadelphia Press.
Mr. William J. Hrynn, In a speech deliv
ered In Salem. 111., last Monday, flung this
Insult into the face of the American peo
ple:
"Tho republican manugors are now col
lecting from tho monopolies a large cam
paign fund. They vIH buy every vote that
can he bought. They will cocrco every
vote that can bo coerced; they will intimi
date every liiborlug if an who can be in
timidated; they will brlbo every election
Judge that can bo bribed; they will corrupt
every county that can' bo corrupted. I do
uot understand how It is possible for tho
plain, everyday republican to close his
eyes to what Is going on."
Tills Is an affront to the American people
who have been tolerant of Mr. Hryan and
hU theories for years. A great mnjorl'y
of them believe that what has come to bo
known as Uryanlsm Is thoroughly perni
cious ond that tho success of Its nanin&ako
would result In disaster to tho country.
An omphr.ttc plurality of over 600,000 voles
against Brynn four years ago was evidence
of this bolief. That plurality would have
been more thnn doubled had not Mr.
Hryan'a party disfranchised by forcu anil
fraud nearly 1.000.000 of legal voters In tho
southern stntes. Hcpudlated by the nation
once, Mr. Hryan has thrust himself again
beforo tho pcoplo as a suppliant for oflleo,
and nt tho samo timo ho ventures to Insult
them by the chargo that their suffrage can
bo bought. No mnn with tho solf-rcspect
und equipoise necessary to fit him for the
high oflleo of president would venturo to
nffront tho American people by such a
charge. And tho fact that Mr. Hryan has
stooped to tell tho free voters of this coun
try that they can bo bribed will bo tho
last nnd convincing proof of his unfitness
for tho presidency.
No greater Insult than this tan be flung
IntoTthe faco of n nation. As tho Urooklvn
Times eays: "The man who believes that
an election for president of the United
States can bo determined by tho corrupt ubo
of money Is unworthy to stand as a candi
date for any office. He slanders tho fair
famo of his country and brands it as cor
rupt nnd rotten before the detainers of pop
ular government all over the world. Only
onco In tho Idstory of the republic was an
attempt made to change the result of an
election for president by tho uso of money.
That was In 1876, when Samuel J. Tllden
lacked only one vote to bo olected president,
nnd his agents. Colonel Pelton, his nephew,
Manton Marble. Smith M. Weed and the
rost, strnvo with desperate energy" to buy
tho vote of one republican elector in Ore
gon, In South Carolina, In Louisiana or In
Florldu. As was proved by tho clphor dis
patches that passed between Colonel Pelton,
then living In Tlldcn's houce In Oramorcy
Park, and his agents south nnd west, there
was $1,000,000 uniting for tho elector who
was willing to bo bought, nnd It is to the
eternal glory of tho American nation that
not one accepted tho bribe."
Kvovy movo Mr. Hryan makes now. proves
the desperate nature of his caune. Ho Is
beaten and ho knows It. Uut ho should be
defeated so badly that no enndidute will ven
ture to come beforo tho American people
again advocating his theories. The majority
against hlra should be emphatic, crushing,
humiliating, by the nation whose intelli
gence ho has Insulted.
One Kind of Private .MiimMiiily.
Minneapolis Journal,
Mr. nryan thinks ho ought not to be con
demned for making money out of his hook
monopoly. Of course not, nobody condemn
him, but it makes everybody rmlln to hear
hlra denounce all monopolies In prlvato
hands while ho has one in his own bands.
Tho Phsrlsee ts more often an object nf
mtrtb than an occulou for denunciation.
Over Again
American.
hero nro nemo of Chairman Jones' esti
mates given to the pcoplo In 1SW
Claimed for Went for
States. Hrynn by McKlnley by
Ohio 28.0M l7.i
Indiana 20,"W
Illinois fAOi'i
.Michigan WOO
Wisconsin
Iowa 20,000
Minnesota OT.000
Uryan'e managers arc now
li.UI
H.'.U'S
M.S.W
102.CI2
OT.M2
M.8'5
cUlmlng
these si me states, with h lot of others,
by majorities to absurd as to inako th-3
wiser men of their own party laugh In
derision. The only wonder is that thvy
don't claim Pi nnMylvrnla nnd Maine.
Kvcry credible report from tho group of
western states given In tho table above
tno table nimvu,
Ttalu that their
s fall will ho Just
makes it wcII-hIbIi ter
republican inujorltlce thl
ns largo ns they were In 1S90, In fart,
lcpubtlcans will bo very much surprised
If many of thoso majorities are not 'way
bo'ond the figures of four yearn ngo.
The well-informed Washington corres
pondent of tho New York Tribune, dla
cussing tho subject, Bays' "There Is no
show for Hrynn. He will not carry as
many states nH ho did In lsI. Tho gen
eral drift of opinion now Is that McKlnb-y
will havo every stato ho carried In that
battle and, In addition, ono Cnllfornla vo'o,
Washington, Wyoming, Kansas and South
Dakota, with a strong probability of Ne
braska Ittclf. Kvcry chanco that Uryan
l.ad In Mnryland Is rapidly Minifying, a 'id
ho never had ono In West Vlrglnlo. When
the gas belt of Indiana Is heard from It
will bo overwhelmingly for McKlnley, as
before, nnd so will the Germans of Illinois
nnd Wisconsin,"
Trlbuin.
In their camps. It Is evident that tho
wagaworkers of Michigan arc much better
off than they were in 1807.
Mr. Hrynn Is forced to admit that WAges
are higher than they were, when ho was a
presldcntlrl cnndldntu for tho first time,
but ho contends that thos"! who are getting
these higher wages aro no letter off than
thoy wore In 1896, becauso the "trusts"
have ndvnneed prices so mueh. This argu-
inent Is altogether worthless as regards the
men who urc employed now, but who were
idle In 1S00. Tho man who cams nothing
when prices aro low Is worao off than the
man who is getting good wages when prices
nro high. The 'Inereaso In savings bank
deposits shows that the wageworkers us a
whole arc putting aside moro money than
lu previous years In spite of the greater
cost of many of tho commodities they use.
Mr. Hryan has such a horror of figures
that ho has not tried to show that the
consumption by the wage-earner of goods
tho production cf which is controlled by
"trusts" Is so great that his Increase In
wages does not exceed tho advance In price
of these, goods. He could not do it If he
wero to try. The greater part of the
wages of the worklngman goes to pay for
ask mtro for their goods than In 1897. the
worklngman spends so little for tho&c
goods that he docs nflt mind their greater
cost, so long as he has higher wages. Mr.
Uryan says "the laboring man is not able
to pay 'trust' prices for what he buys and
receive republican wages for his work and
lay nway money for a rainy day." Uut ho
Is laying away money for a rainy day.
During tho year ending June 1 last work-
lngraen in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan,
Wisconsin and Minnesota laid away J6S.700,-
000 In the savings banks.
PUUhONAL NOT KM.
Ilusscll Sage has h mortgage on the villas
of Heeds, Minn., but the village has dis
appeared, and Mr. Sage, like Lord Cllln'
daughter, is left lamenting.
Senator Piatt of New York lecelved on
Saturday an odd-looking package by ex
press. Upon being opened the package was
found to contain a parrot. Who sent the
bird Is unknown.
Lieutenant John Hood, who was in charge
of tho sounding for the route of the gov
ernment cablo from San Francisco to
Hawaii, Guam and Manila, was one of the
officers on the Maine when that battleship
blew up in Havana harbor.
Herbert Spencer has broken his long
sllencoby a paper on the South African
question, which opposes Hrltish Interference
In the Boer states. For nearly fifty years
Mr. Spencer has fought British colonization.
Andrew Carnegio has offered to duplicate
whntever sum Is ralei by the people of
Paterson, N. J., for the erection of a pro
jected labor lyceum In that city. The fund
was begun by the local Knights of Labor
and Ib being raised almost entirely through
the efforts of the members of that organiza
tion. Henry M. Flagler, the Standard Oil mil
lionaire, ts believed to have political aspira
tions. The audden removal of Ills legal lesl
ilenee to Florida, where he has been a power
lu polplcs fat many years, Is said to mean
thut ho will (ontett for n seat In tho senate
when the term of Stephen Uiusell Mallory
expires la 1903.
Herbert Putnam, librarian of congress,
who has returned from his visit to Europe
In search of books, spent $12,000 for olumcs
needed by the institution of which ho Is at
tho head. Ho visited all the principal
cities of England und the continent, nnd
rummaged thtough dark, dusty, so.-oiid-hand
stores, besides examining tho stocks of the
first-class book dealers,
The
Swell Thing
It isn't every clothier t lint can offer yon the range of choice
as to materials ami prices that we can. We can sell you an fine
coat as you want, in the prevailing "Uaglan" or shorter (jut, and
of any desirable material, beautifully trimmed and tailored, at;
.fl2r.0()f und we have coats at. .2(l.0(). and 18.00, and .f 15.00 not
quite so luxurious in finish, perhaps, but with just, as much
wear in them, for 12.50 and .1 0. We offer you suiNivert'ouL that
cannot bo made better for the money.
"NO CLOTIIIXfi FITS LIKE OHiS."
Browning, King & Co.,
R. S. Wilcox, Malinger.
Omahn'a Only Exclusive Clothier Ir Mora mad kUjr.
LAYS OV Till 3IIHTIIIM L.
(Iiimir.i lt -ird. "I iilnnjn tcleplwt,!
Jr hu wlieii t: lmc company, so If II
prepared.''
"Uoodiicss' If I telephoned William hr i
stay downtown."
Somervllle Jnurnnl: Two brothers touei
live together lu perfect harmony mile!
they are both willing that each should wcai
the other's neckties.
Dettolt Free I'reftt: Youth-Oh, I don (
want to tnko that character. I'll make j
fool of myself, sure."
Maiden-Well, you said on wanted ,u
easy part.
PlttsbuiK Chronicle. "I icad the othei
day that nutnmnblles nre icplnclnc horeei
on somo of the weste rn rwni'hep," su'.d th
Obiervnnt Hoarder.
"I should think that horseless cowImxi
would tie eons ilnrnblo of n noeltv" com
inented tho Cross-Kycd Ho'li'let '
Dntrolt Journal: Hottentot Midden Win
lims I hit t Hencsnmhlnn ilrl In , "...
Kalllr Malden-Yis. ever since the ,nl
Hlonitry's wlfn gave her that old shirtwaist
"I"' JiaMi t dono a thing hut try to look llki
u willow,.
Chicago Tribune: "Mrs. Chatterli igh
i .V 'r"e,'d back to you a sti,ry that hu
tv ? "rr' Mmle. mnrrlnd hi. undertaker
!"' .'"IS 'm.1 i1" my .'" ''"I'l'inatlon?"
I.or, Mrs. Illghmore. I ucv-r aatd such a
nr,K 'J!,y '0,l,V: All I ever enld nb"r
her W'fis that she bad msrrled nn Kn
Heif
your
Chicago Posi
"How did oii happen ti
lose i no caso?
rnr.i " ,tl, "i'iM,""" i orougni out t il
fact that our stnto wltmii was one i
flemoerntlo riimptilgn stnMitln, nnd thi
Jury Just naturally refused tu bMltve am
thing he said.
Chicago Tribune: "It true." Mi sid
In cutting tones, oh the nuarrel nxed
fiercer, "that J had 'nothing whet, you m-r
f..Il'! if"' . 11 ' ,ru, th,,t '" Kavn io
wedding Journey around the world. Hut o.
nad no standing In sorl-ty. sir. t Uo m
lrS5l'i' .v0" 1,1,0 lhc higher circle1
Then iipw. In the nnme. of Euclid. ' In
voclferuted, "can thut mnko us square-
Philadelphia. Press: Mr. Waynppe-i
thought the wedding music mngnllleent. .
throbbing note of triumph, of Ineffable inv
seemed to run through It. as though thi
organist were Inspired.
"it.. ,1 . .
; ; i..if;0 T'"' '"Ranlst was Innplred
no doubt. H was the bride's first husban
nnd now ho docsn t havo to pay nllmniu
any more.
lti;.W, lll'I'MIISM.
W.
.7. L.imptnn In Nw York fun
I am an Optimist
With a Ii k O.
And I go
1'P and down the earth In glAdnesi,
Not In sadness.
When sickness
Tnkei a whack
At-the world
And lays It on Its back,
I tojolco among men.
For I am n Doctor linn.
M hen wars
Tenr lands asunder,
And cannon
Thunder,
I rejo.co -among men.
For I am a Soldier then.
hen litigation
And leg.il fees
Wreck fortune
And rend families.
I rejoice among mn.
For I am a Lawyer then.
When poets die
And their last sigh
Is wafted to the sky.
I rejoice among men.
For I am an Editor then.
When wives and husband
Disagree,
And husb.mJs
Havo to climb n tre,
I rejolco among men.
For I am a Hachelor then.
When the Nation
Is running down.
And all tho peopln
lu city and town
And country nro fearfully
Waiting for
Some dire disaster.
Panfc or war.
t rejoice amoni men.
For I'm "agtn the Administration" thn.
When candidates
Hehold the wreck
Of their own solves and party,
And get It In the neck.
I rejoice amine men.
For I am a Woman thn.
When everything
Goes wronjr .
And the grand, sweet sons
Of living Is out of tunc.
And June
1h full of frost.
And hope seems lost,
I rejoice among men.
For I am a Pessimist then.
And thus and so on
Through the lift
Of good that makes
The Optimist.
Oh, Optimism
When taken right
Is out of ?lght.
For whatever 1
ts right and I
ran make goo 1 of It,
If I'll only try
40 Per Cent
Discount on
Premos
Wo nro closing out our entire
stock of Pniinos. Thoy aro
nil 1900 niodols and in good
condition. 3In.il orders tilled.
J. C. HUTES0N & CO.,
PHOTO SUPPLHS. 1520 Uoujflfis St.
Is tin Uaglan" top cunt. Kouti crtV ts In ox
ford grays tiro the prpfptviuv. Mut you au
havo what you want hotv.
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