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THE OMAHA DAIIiY BEE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1900.
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'TanloiiN Rriinted while you tvnlt"
should bo tho nlg IiiiiIk tip In tho ex
ecutive ollleo nt Lincoln.
Tho fuAlon pliHMlrcnmerH vho talk
nbout carrying tho city of Omnha for
Bryan, will ilo well td,noto tho regis
tration rcturnB.
Tho ntitlltorluin project must not bo
allowed to go to sleep. The only wny
to equip Omaha wlth'nn auditorium Is
to keep everlastingly nt It.
Omaha always regrets losing any of
Its manufacturing Institutions, but it
will try to get nlotig without tho law
school .diploma mill as best it can.
Mr. Bryan will wind up his campaign
wlth a final spurt in Nebraska. If ho
wero sure of Nebraska of course ho
would not waste time trying to bring It
into line.
Now'thnt Count Waldorsce has moved
Into tho palace of tho OhlncsocmpreBs
ho aboujd 'send her his ready-made
houio which lie, brought .along from
Germany.
Tho fusion campaign managers In
Nebraska must be well heeled with
money when they can start in now buy
ing republican newspapers to Hop over
to Bryan.
Some of tho other inmates of the Ne
braska penitentiary with long terms be
' foro them evidently did not know how
to go nbout It to get a pardon from
Governor Poyuter.
Tho only peoplo who will feel badly
over tho end of the anthracite coal
miners' strike will bo the Brynnltes,
who thought they could use the strike
for political capital.
Sir Thomas Lipton's challenge to race
for tho America's cup has been promptly
accepted. When Sir Thomas desires
to have a little fun he knows whero he
can get a run for his money.
The two opposing school board tickets
are now before the voters of Omuhu.
Tbo republican ticket is, as a whole, so
superior to the fusion ticket that no
ono should hesttate to choose the for
mer. '
Tho popocratlo scarecrow factory will
hut down after election. Tho market
for tho product has been exceptionally
good this season, but the purchasers
havo not bcetv satisfied with the results
obtained.
Thoso Illinois excursionists to No
braska can carry tho news back to tho
old folks thut they have found the land
whoro farming pays a big return on the
Investment everywhere except on the
Bryan farm
uryau nus given warulng several
times, based on his own experience.
that tho applause given to certain rear
platform speakers is not to bo relied
upon as a promise of votes. Bryan
was long on applause four years ago,
but snort on votes.
If thero are auy more convicts in tho
penitentiary who desire to bo pardoned
n account of poor health they should
apply beforo January 1. After that
date tho' man in tho governor's ofBco
it likely to bo a trifle particular as to
tho merits of each cane.
Tho fn-ynnlto organ assert that there
are only elghty-slx mid-road populists
., In Omaha. That is more, however,
' ..than the silver republicans can muster.
, yw,The last silver republican county con
ventloo, to which every man who pro
fosse tho party,. was maqo a delegate,
numbered Just thirty-live men'.
! ibjiu who has been officially com
Bilstenwl to. estimate tho crowds which
cowe 6k,,to jhear Bryan in New York
is a BeVlcf; Ho can only secure about
one-fourth of "the .population of the
towns', vwlilloj the - Nebraska- calculato
nlwaMr managed to pbow up moro than
therP?Vere wear women aud children
la' the county, , .,
A ClIAttACTEMSTW PKHVUlliilOX.
In his epecch nt Albany, N. Y Mr.
Bryan said: "The republicans in 1890
snld tho prosperity of tho laboring man
and tho furmcr depended on tho pros
perity of the banker and tho business
nmn.' This is ono of those perver
slons in which Bryan is peculiarly pro
flclcnt And by which he insidiously ap
peals to class feeling. ,
The republican party said In 181)0 that
the prosperity of till interests depended
upon the maintenance of n sound cur
rency and the return to a llscal nollcy
that would revive Industries and create
a demand for labor. It urged that the
currency of tho country should be kept
at parity with gold and that the mills
and factories which democratic policy
hud closed should bo reopened. The
republican contention was that it was
necessary to restore financial coulldeuco
In order thut capital might seek invest
ment in new enterprises, that lubor
could bo made prosperous only by re
viving Industries aud that these things,
in improving the home market, would
benefit the agricultural producers. How
completely this contention has been
vindicated by results everybody knows.
Uvery class has had prosperity during
the last three years and the nation has
advanced from. 11 position of inferiority
to one of leadership In the commerce,
industry and finance of tho worl.
Four yenrs ago the democratic party
said that the prosperity of the laboring
man aud the farmer depended upon al
io win tho silver mine owner to take
Ids product to tho mints and have It
coined Into dollurs nt tho ratio of 10 to
1, although tho market value of silver
was 32 to 1. It said to the farmer and
the laboring man that it would make
them prosperous by giving them a de
based currency and this wns the only
thing the democratic party then had to
offer as a remedy for industrial stagna
tion and business depression. It did
not propose to restore financial confi
dence, but to furthor weaken it.- It
did not suggest n policy for opening the
mills, but contemplated only the open
ing ofv the mints to the free and un
limited coinage of silver. It held out
no hope to the Inborer or tlio farmer ex
cept tho promise of a Hood of depre
ciated currency which would havo en
riched only tho silver mine owners. Its
policy Invited panic far more disastrous
than that through which the country
had passed.
Tho republican party recogulzes the
interdependence of all' classes and its
principles and policies contemplate giv
ing fair aud Just consideration to the
interests of every cluss. It demnnds
that tho wage workers shall be paid in
the best money. It protects American
ndustrlcs with a vlow not only to
their development, but In order also that
American lubor shall not suffer from
tho competition of the cheaper labor of
tho old world. It .benefits the agricul
tural producer by building up tho home
market, which is his chief reliance.
The material progress of. tlio nation
during the last thirty years magnifi
cently nttests the wisdom of Yopublicnn
policies, which lu respect to all do
mestic interests arc the saum now that
they have over been.
iw laxonus sihVMt.
At some of tho places lu New York
where air. Bryan talked yesterduy he,
was asked about silver, but he made no
respouse, This is further continuation
of the statement that hu had been In
structed by the democratic managers in
that state, which means by Boss Oroker,
to lgnoro tho silver question and to
make his talks mainly on trusts and, Im
perialism. This ho has so far done and
doubtless will continue along that line
whilo ho Is in the state.
Thp fact Is commended to the consid
eration of his freo sliver supporters.
How do they like his turning down in
the east of tho question which they re
gard as of paramount Importance at the
bidding of Croker and others who havo
no sympathy with thein? And what do
Mr. Bryan's supporters generally think
of his "honesty" and "sincerity" when
ho Ignores an Issue which' ho Insisted
upon making, because ho is lu a. part of
tho country where its discussion might
bo n disadvantage to him.
It will make little or no difference
with tho voters of 'cw York whether
Bryan says anything about silver lu
that state or not. All of them know
what his position is. But a cnndldate
for the highest office in tho, gift of the
American peoplo ought to liuvu the
course of his convlctious at all times
and in nil places, lie should bo Milling
to answer all questlous referring to tho
principles aud policies he stands for
wherever ho may bo. Mr. Bryan, In the
closing days of tho campaign, is show
ing himself to bo a very shifty politician
and ho is not Improving his chances
thereby.
WILLI AM L. 1V1LS0X.
The nnme, of tho Into William h. Wll
son will be perpetuated lu our political
history in connection with' the tariff leg
lslatlon of 1891. Ilo was chairman of
tho ways aud means committee hi the
fifty-third congress amf framed lu largo
part the bill which becamo a law with
out tho approval of President Cleveland
and which ho declared to bo "an act of
perfidy and dishonor." William Jen-,
nlugs Bryan assisted in the framing of
this men sure uud won national recog
nltion in its advocacy. It did imnioas
urublo damago to tho Industiien of tint
country and wns a failure In tho matter
of revenue; although eucouraglng large
importations. None of tho predictions
made in regard to it's effects by its sup
porters were realized, while every
prophecy as to Its operation mado by
thd opponents of the net was verified.
Now that the democrats are maklug so
great a pretense of hostility to frusta,
It is well to remember that the sugar
schedule ot tho tariff act of 1894 wus
drawn to suit the sugar trust and wo
arc not awnro thut Mr. Bryan made nny
objection to this.
William h. WHwm was a scholarly,
ablo and conscientious man. Ho wts
not a politician. A postmaster gen-
cral In tho Cleveland administration he
made a highly credit ablo record and ns
president of tho Washington nnd Lee
university ho found congenial duties
that were ably performed.
A STAUTUXa STOltV.
The story printed by The Bee nbout
tho pardon secretly granted by Gov
ernor Poyuter to the murderer of
Mntthew Akeson, under the pretext
that he was to bo sent homo to die,
when he Is nt present living, hnlo and
hearty, lu the enjoyment of his free
dom, should cause the people of Ne
braska to pause and reflect. The lib
eration of tho perpetrator of a cold
blooded murder under a llfo sen
tence, by tho executive clemency of
tho populist governor, must bo an ex
ample cither of Inexcusable negligence
or downright corruption.
If false certificates of sickness have
been resorted to In this caso to open tho
prison walls to a convict possessed of
wealthy and influential friends, who
can tell whether tho same practice has
not been pursued for the benefit of
others similarly situated and will not
bo continued If the same management
Is retained in control of the penitentiary
and tho pnrdonlng power? If pardons
cnu bo procured for dangerous crim
inals in violation of law, without pub
licity, on trumped up pretenses, what
safety is there for tho public and what
assurance that the sentences of the
courts will bo executed?
Governor Poynter, with whom the
ultimate responsibility for this scandal
apparently lies, Is asking the people Of
Nebraska to endorse him by re-election.
Tho most charitable excuso that
can bo offered for him is the old story
that "he did not know it was loaded."
But this would bo ouly an admission
that he is not to be trusted with so
great a responsibility.
Wo do not believe the voters of this
state will give tho endorsement Gov
ernor Poynter Is seeking.
THE SCHOOL HOARD TICKET.
The candidates put in nomination by
the republican city convention for
pluces on the school board will com
mend themselves to the support of re
publicans and "nieuds of tho public
schools generally.
The ticket is representative In every
way and tho candidates fully qualified
to perform tho duties that will devolve
upon them. Two of the nominees,
Messrs. Levy and Smith, aro renom
inated, having been selected during the
past year to fill vacancies as represent
atives of the business Interests. Two
of the othc candidates, Mr. Stubcudorf
aud Theodore Johnson, aro nlso busi
ness men, the first being a well known
Gcrman-Americuu uud the latter a
prominent Swedish-American. Mr.
Maynard represents the largo body of
the people engaged In clerical positions.
Mr. Christie is u builder nnd Mr. Col
lins Is a worklngnmn who works.
With .these .men in tho school board
the business of that body will .bo effi
ciently managed, with the view to the
constant improvement of school work
and the elevation of our school stand
ard. There Is yet tlmo for G. M. Hitchcock
to get his name on tho ottlclal ballot for
tho expression of public sentiment on
Ids senatorial candidacy. Tho popo
crats aro all pledged by their national
platform to the election of United States
senators by direct vote of tho people.
Ono would supposo such a popular man
as Mr. Hitchcock would Jump at the
opportunity to securo popular endorse
ment by submitting his namo to tho
voters. But ho has not yet shown nny
disposition to trust his ambition to the
people. Why not?
One of the leading financial lights of
England makes a significant comment
on tne increasing strengtu or tnc
United. States in tho world's financial
affairs. Formerly when tho balance
was 'in favor of this country instead of
shipping gold to pay it Europe simply
unloaded American securities' on New
York. This process has been continued
until Europo has been denuded prac
tically of securities and when a settle
ment is now called for must ship gold.
By tho way, what has become of tho
Des Moines Globule that wus turning
out imperial spooks a little while ugo
for tho benefit pi the Bryaulto fakerlcs?
Has tho property man taken away all
tho crowns and scepters nnd thrones
upon which tho straw-stuffed emperor
wus to sit? Or has the consideration
for tho Globule's hysteria failed?
Br van's remarks about free sliver
re
coinage and free trade do not occupy
any considerable or even noticeable por
tion of his speeches lu New York.
Brynu should not bo afraid to preach
freo silver In New York when Koose
velt talked for tho gdld Btuudard 'in the
shadow of tho shaft house of western
silver-mines.
Look Very Macta Tlint Wny,
Baltlmoro American.
After all tbe claim are in the faot re
mains that the registration figures prove
that thero la going to bo considerable
voting done this fall.
Now anil Heretofore.
Washington Post.
What changes Urns does make! One
year ago this oaroo Mr. Monnott was will
ing to accept a gubernatorial nomination
a tho hands of the trust-breeding repub
Hcan party.
Hang on to a) Good Tlilnur,
Portland Orcgontun.
Our Pactflo states do not propose to
throw away tho Phlllppluo 'Islands und tbo
opportunity they have through possession
of the Islands to hold a footing for trade
In the Orient.
CoiiHUenon of tU "Profesh."
Philadelphia Uncord (dem.)
The walls of tho campaign managors
during the' lato summer aud September
days, when they were trylrigo frighten
mcnoy out of the pockets of contributors,
have lately been changed into paehs. They
now tUiim everything' In sight la tbe hope
to awaken con&deace and Inspire entbusl
asm. Hack aide furnishes figures to elect
Its caadUfttt, But neither the walla or
tho paens seem to havo changed the minds
ot the stolid gambtors. They are stilt bet
ting 3 to 1 on McKlnloy.
.Vo Itcatrlctlonn Tlicrr.
Washington Star.
In spite of tho. assertions that the con
stitution ot the United States Is becoming
a back number, no democratic orator can
complain of tho slightest limitations ot
freedom of speech.
Fall llncket for All.
aiobo-Domocrat.
Colonel Bryan is fond ot boasting that ho
can llvo comfortably under a republican
president That Is one ot the great mor
lts of a opubllcan administration It pro
vldes a good living for men of every
party.
Amntlnir I'olltlelil Check.
Now York Tribune.
Wo may in some things, n3 Pomfret said,
adoro tho hand that Gives tho blow." But
advice to tho colored men ot this country to
voto for the party that has disfranchised
them in a number ot states Is scarcely short
ot brazen.
A Orent Spectacle.
Kansas City Star.
Tho spectaclo of Mr. Bryan and Mr. Croker
riding in the same carrlngo from tho rail
way station to the hotel tho other day sug
gests all sorts of comparisons or, rathor,
contrasts, nnd each is probably quite well
satisfied to be regarded as antipodal to tho
other.
Political Tide and Prophecies.
Washington Pdst.
Beforo this campaign ends In the throe
weeks Intetvenlng between now and tho
election wo will, of course, havo McKlnloy
tides and Bryan tides, republican days and
domocratla days, but when tho votes nr
counted and analyzed the public will ap
preciate, If It takes time to think about it,
how little these tides really amounted to
In tho mnlca-up ot tho presidential result.
Brtert of American Push,
Philadelphia Press.
Cuba, during four centuries ot Suanlah
rule, had but 275 kilometers of public roads
built. This represents about 170 miles a
kilometer bolng a llttlo over throe-fifths
of a mllo. Today there are, after two
years of American occupation, 440 klfo
metera building, 4t2 under survey and 1,347
projocted. Tho cost of tho cntlro work
will bo 913,628,841. A number ot years will
be taken to completo the work, but beforo
Amorlcan occupation has ceased, however
early it may bo terminated, tho building
ot roads by Spain will have been doubled.
There Is no spot where the American flag
Is planted that thero has not followed Im
provement. The Politician and the Latvyer.
Portland Oregonlnn.
Mr. Bryan Is a nominal lawyer, who re
cently said at Omaha:
"If a republican says that tho .Filipinos
belong to Us, ask him how wo got them; do
tnand of him an abstract ot tltlo to the Fil
ipinos, and bo cannot even show a quitclaim
deed from' anybody who over had any au
thority to glvo It."
Ex-United States Senator Edmunds, who
is a lawyer ot national reputation for learn
ing and acumen, says:
"The Philippine islands belong to tho
United States by all rules of international
law1; they aro 'ours; wo bought them and
paid for them, and the Inhabitants ot those
islands aro citizens or subjects ot tho United
States Just as surely as you and I tre."
SlKBlBcant Slajn of the Times.
Baltlmoro American.
The calm (n business tolls the real
tory. Tha Dconle aro confident that there
will be nolcsiMgb ot. administration. Were
it not so there would bo restlessness and
anxiety and evidences of-schemes to pro
tect against tho wrath to come. ' It Is no
small matter to threaten to revolutionize
tho currency ""of the country and If there
was actual fear that the party who threat
ened would soon be In 'a position to carry
out its threat there would bo a different
state pf things from that which exists to
day. Tho political atmosphere points
plainly to a renowal of popular confi
dence In tho wisdom and patriotism of the
present administration. This will account
for tbe insulting and despairing cries ot
Mr. Bryan and houio of bis followers.
THIS ItKAI. AHTICLK.
Imperialism that la Imperlnlliiiu
-Tin
on cucap Money.
Detroit Free Press (lnd. dem.)
While Mr, Bryan Is In tho east, discuss
ing the question ot imperialism, it would
not be Improper for him to devoto a little
attention to, tho consideration of tbo power
exercised by the chief exccutlvo over tho
standard ot value. Here is a practical
case ct .imperialism of Immediate personal
concorn to every citizen ot tho United
States and Mr. Bryan seems strangely
reluctant to discuss It,
Whatever tho motives of tho conference
committee may have been, when- tho house
and senato currency bills were beforo it
tor consideration, tbe power to order gov
ernment obligations paid In silver was not
taken from the executive department. It
has been clearly demonstrated that a
president hostile to the gold standard
could, it ho chose, use tho free sliver In
the treasury for tho payment ot certain
obligations and thereby force gold to a
premium. In 'other words, tho president
need not maintain tho gold standard un
less ho chooses to,
It is unnecessary to call Mr. Bryan's at
tention to the fact that no. other civilized
ruler in the world today, except the czar
of Russia, ppssesies such a powor nnd no
ruler would attempt to exercise It In the
manner indicated. For Mr. Bryan, in the
event of his election, to lgnoro tho Intent
of tho law-making branch ot tho govern
ment and to overturn bo far as posslblo
tbo gold standard would be a manifesta
tion of Imperialism, tho like of which
could bo witnessed In no other civilized
country. It has been more than a century
slnco any civilized monarch attempted to
tamper with the coinage of his country
by forolng upon his people a coin of In
ferior value in place of a coin of superior
value. At least half ot tho battle for
human freedom has been fought around
this standard and only In the United States
can It be 'said that tho fight has not been
won.
It is possible, of course, that Mr. Bryan
would not exercise this despotlo power In
case of hlf election, but Mr. Bryan him
self has yet to say so. Iu 1890 he warned
everybody who beltoved In the gold
standard not to veto for him, "because
I promise him thai it will not be main
tained In this country longer than I am
able togot rid of it." In 1900 ho has as
sertod that tho democratic party "stands
whoro it did in 189? on tho money qucs,
Hon.'' In this connection it Is a waste
of time to say that the expressions 'jdem
ocratlo party" and "Mr. Bryan" are
synonymous, for as president ot tho United
States Mr. Bryan would bo the party In
respect to executive control of the cur
rency, Mr. Bryun han repeatedly refused
to say whether or not he would pay gov
eminent, obligations Jn sliver and his re
fusal Is suscoptlble of only one Inter
pretation. Ills silence has made It Im
possible to believe that ho would refuse
to exercise a' power that congress has
rashly entrusted to the executive. In
other words, Sjr, Bryan would do what
no European thonarch would dare do de
base the currency nt his country.
The Freo Fress invites its readers who
believe mat imperialism is me -para
mount Issue" te ensder this phase of
the question.
New York for MeKinley
Brooklyn Eagle (gold dem.)
81xteen thousand moro ejectors quail- city by postal cards for tho purpose of get
fled ou tho first two days ot registration ting material lor a forecast, and from tho
this year than Jn tho corresponding per- returns from four election districts In this
lod four years ago. Tho tolal increase county It concludes that McKlnley will re
for tho four days In 1896 over tho regis- cctvo a plurality of 24,000 here. ' Twenty
tratlon of 1892 was only 15,000. As thero election districts in Manhattan wero can
aro two moro days on which votors may vossed and tho returns show that Bryan
qualify it Is morally certain that the total will carry that borough by 18,000. This con
Increase will bo 4,000 or 6,000 greater elusion corresponds to that which tho ro
than tho lncrcaso of 1896 over 1892. publican campaign managors havo professed
Growth in population explains part ot this to reach. It may bo. correct, but the data
lncrcaso aud tho Interest of tho voters In on which it is based Is inadequate. If it
the result explains tho remainder. In 1896, wero known how twenty or thirty men In
16,000 moro votes wero polled In King's each election district wero going to voto,
county than In 1892, or an Increase equal to men whoso names wero Relectcd at random,
the lncrcaso In registration. Mr. Bryan re- ono could havo considerable confidence In
eclved 24,000 fowor votes than were polled tho forecast based on such data,
for Orover Cleveland and Mr. McKlnley ro- But such inferences as have been drawn
celved 39,000 moro than Benjamin Harrison from tho registration figures nnd from the
polled, and the county went republican by inadequate canvass ot tho city verify tho
33,000. general Impression that it Bryan has a ma-
Before ono can form any opinion as to Jorlty in tho city of New York It will be a
tho probablo result In this county this .email ono and that coucquontly tho stato
year he must have a theory as to the .way will bo carried by tho McKlnloy electors
tho now voters will voto nnd as to tho dls- by a plurality about equal to tho republican
position of tho men who supported McKlnley plurality above tho Harlem river. This
four years ago to contlnuo to support him. was moro than 200,000 four years ago.
Tho fact that tho increasod registration ls And tho dominance- of Tammany Hall In
moro marked In tho republican wards than tho state democracy Is likely to rclnforco
in tho democratic wards Justifies tho con- tho hostility to Bryanlsm in tho interior
elusion that there will bo a heavy republican nnd. to kocp tho anti-Tammany and anti-
voto. And tho lncrcaso in tho dcmocratlo Bryan voto up there working In harmony
wards warrants tho opinion that the demo- for the defeat of tho two forces which tho
crats Intend voting, too. Tho Now York countrymen do not llko. From present In-
Herald has been making a canvass, of the dlcatlons Now York is not a doubtful state.
Money, and an Ideal
Portland Oregonlan.
In 1896 Bryan talked of nothing but tho torcst on tho savings Intrusted to their
dollar. Ho denounced tho 200-ccnt dollar, caro and keep great tribes of workers
ho pined for tho dollar of tho daddies, going In all lines of industry. Tho man
NOW ho recoils from constdfrAlInn nf Mm ihnt fall. i i...-,.. ,.. ,
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dollar, as If tho American worklngraan
niftuui iuu um uiuuer
,Ucia lumw iuuu aiB aiomacni
If tho American worklngman is ablo to
think of something: besides dollnr nnrt
. . M
dinner pall this year It Is because, In
spite of everything Urvan ronlit rin. Mm
pld standard was maintained nnd the dol-
lnl- wna r rr ......
. uuuvqi.
People aro gettlmr alone nnd cnttlnir
ahead in tho world, and the
comes necessary for Bryan to bowall tho
rlnn nf vnnltfi nnrf 41... V. n .. n 9
. .. vuunuer-
cltllsm. But his position Is altogether
Illogical, for it Is the nprvnrslnn nt wnnlth
- - - ....... .u,
not its pursuit, that menaces the well-
...o "w.
Tho healthy state of soclntv u whpn
cuptodlans of capital are putting forth
every effort to Increase it. Then tho ma-
terlul resources of tho land aro bolng
d6ve!oned. then emnlnvmpnt la nrnvMn.i
. - .--. .......
on every hand, then overhody Is busy,
..a wiuu mr currupwou unu
decay. We hear a great deal of complaint
about OUr rich men. but what urn ttinv
doing? Well, they are about the hardest
wonted men in tho country. Men llko J
..... ZT " ' ""iMioHiu, o.
11111. - M. Tfnrrlmnn l.ai,1lt. Innw . AB.
-".J ,uio-
uro hour. Their whole effort is directed
. -..v. huuiuhuu ui uub.ucbs en-
torprlses that may, if posslblo. yield in-
ALL RECORDS BROKEN.
Unprecedented Foreign Bnatnesa for
the Month of September.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
The foreign trade of the country continues
at the phenomenal figures of tho last two
years. Indeed, tho September returns aro
the most noteworthy of any that have yet
been given out by the Treasury department.
All records for tho month in question have
been broken, both as to the volume ot ex
ports and tho balance ot exports above im
ports. Tho summary as Just Issued Is as
follows:
September. 1900. 1SD9.
Exports $115,634,310 5109.8iG.677
Imports 69,562,906 70,711,963
Balance $56,071,304 $39,174,713
Which relates to merchandise' alone. Tho
exports further compare with $90,643,937 in
tho eamo month In 1898, $104,640,912 In
1SK7, $85,131,093 ,n 1896 and $58,640,063 In
1693. Tbe decline of Imports Is a notable
fenturo, showing that th falling prices In
tho home market are beginning to havo some
effect.
It again happens, however, that while the
exccsB of merchandise exports over Imports
recalled a figure never before approached In
tho month of September, tho country re-
clved llttlo that was tangible In return. Net
sliver exports amounted to $1,583,033, which
brings the excess of merchandise- and silver
exported above what was Imported up to
$57,654,337,- and for that balanco we received
In return only a little over $3,000,000 In gold.
Tho unsettled balance amounted to over
$64,000,000.
The- present turning ot tho International
gold tldo this way txcomea easily under
standablo In tho light ot theso figures.
Novertholcss there has exlstod tor many
months a simply overwhelming trade balance
In our favor, which .would bankrupt all
Europe, it It means 'anything like what it
appears to mean, and its settlement should
bo enforced. Moro than $1,000,000,000 la due
the United States from tbe outside world, on
account of tho Undo ot tho last three years,
according to the figures, after making all
ordinary allowances for tho invisible Items
of debt against the United States which an
excess of exports goes to settle. Wonderful
as aro the statistics of tbo foreign trado and
gratifying as they arc, yot more wonderful
Is their failure to bring In that substantial
not Income which tho enormous favorable
balances call tor on their face. ,
nsnspNAi, NOTES.
The Hon. Charles A. Towno Is watching
tho brilliant career of the Hon. Adlal E.
Stevenson, but ho Is not saying what he
thinks about it.
Hugh John MacDonald, tho new Cana
dian conservative leader, Is 60 years old
and strikingly resembles his father, Cana
da's greatest statosman, Sir John A. Mac
Donald. Maurlco Thompson, the novelist, was a
successful lawyer before ho became a
writer. Ho loft tho law, however, to be
come ono of the editors of the New York
Independent.
Senor SUvela, tho Spanish premier, has
announced his intention ot building up
tho Spanish navy, and adds that ho be
lieves a poor navy was the cause ot
Spain's defeat in its war with America.
Ono ot these "literary tellers" ot Bos
ton, to whom politics Is an awfuf bore,
when asked to repeat his favorite lines,
softly murmured
'Then silence, llko a poultice, ennw
To heal tho blows of nound."
James Whltcomb Blley Is a great frlond
of px-Presldent Harrison, and when tho
latter Is In Indianapolis tbo two generally
take together a morning's walk about tbe
residence portion ot the city.
Senor Alvarez Caldcron, the new Peru
vian minister; has placed two sons aud
two nephews as students at the Maryland
Agricultural college at Hyattavlllo. They
will take the regular courses In agricul
ture and mechanics.
An agent of ox-Speaker Thomas B. Heed
has visited Oyster Bsy, L. I., and secured
un option on a fine piece of property ad
joining tho homo ot Oovernor Jloosevelt
on Sagamore 1)111. The- place Mr. Heed
has in view contains several acres and
commands a fine view of the Center Island
property ot tbe Seawanbaka-Corlathlaa
Yacht club.
t
... .0.0 in uunmcin is u vaiumuy 10
everybody. Savings aro wiped away, work-
crs inrown out of Jobs. The successful
Dusiness man Is a blessing everywhere
Tho material welfare nnd happiness of
t iinnannrlti nf tiAMH ... 1
w 11 uiiiuw uuiulo uiu uuuuii up
in tbo success ot our great hard-working
Anu.,iMn .nimnn.i. -r... . .....
Bryan gots his coveted chanco to bfRgnr
. . . ....
inem win do a tiinnit iiv tnr th a . ,...
nnrklnirmnn
...w M.na us, iuu Ui j it It 1 LtJ IMlllUHUIMlV 10
tho man who never had anything and
. . . ... .
wuo inns ni cveryiumg ho undertakes.
Ho mustn't own government bonds, cr
clr.r.1- n . ... ...
... vutyuiuhiuii, ui a uuk, or oe hu
employor of labor, or do anything that
bqowb no lias been nhln in urn n mm.
tint on nv Yina lnnU,1 UI 14 a
savo, has risen through grit and sweat
above his fellows. Ho mustn't havo monoy,
ho mustn't havo property, he mustn't b..
htnim in .1.11.. ...... .
... .uiiiiuu ui- ijiiiru Bucccnsiui lu
labor than any ono else, for. If ho Is
uryan win 0 to thoso below him nnd
hold him up to their oxecratlon and "dls-
rtnln.
Young man, If you want to bo canonized
aaa saint In the Bryan calendar, always
ue poor, always oe broke, don't strugg c.
.iA,i -. . . , .
uuu i savo, una i invest. uj ns useloss
and ornery as 'you can, and then employ
yoursoit in raving at the successful and
raging at overy man that has a dollar.
INCREASE OP NERVOUSNESS.
American Characteristic Bxpandlny;
with the Country.
Washington Post.
The American traits which have most Im
pressed themselves upon European observers
during tho pant summer, when hundreds of
thousands -of Americans were abroad, have
been general restlessness, lack of self-control
and unnatural excitability. In short, it
would seem as it the typical American had
become a nervous, restless sveature, always
anxious to be active, but not always util
izing his energy with best results. From
this physical condition It Is but a step to the
exhaustion which has come to bo a recog
nized disease and which so frequently brings
to a sudden and fatal end a career that
ought to bo prolonged. Vitality simply buc
cumbs to abnormal pressure.
This nervous condition of the American
peoplo Is now attracting the earnest atten
tion of the physicians, ono ot whom, Dr.
Wcttlcr of tho Illinois Stato unlvorslty, pro
fessor of physiology ot the nervous system,
contributes an interesting paper to a re
cent periodical. Dr. Wottler tersely but
graphically describes tho typical nervous
man. "When ho Is quiet," he says, "a pecu
liar feeling In his muscles urges him to
get up and move about. Ho longs for a
change, everlastingly a change, no matter
what It may bo or bow It Is brought about."
And then Dr. Wottler analyzes the causes
which produce this restlessness, as follows:
"The primary cuuso of modern nervous
ness is modern civilization, with its high
living, Its keen competition, its exhausting
round of amusements, Its rivalry ot wealth
and station, Its fads, follies and fashions,
its selt-ludulgencc, luxury and unnatural
excltomcnt. And this Is undoubtedly true,
If to these causes be added tbo dissipation
and irregular habits ot tbe individual, the
roar and stress of city Iff, tbe ceaseless
routlno of business and the narrowing ten
dencies of the intense industrialism and re
fined specialism of the present age. Con
centration, BtrenuousncBH and uninter
rupted expenditure ot mental and physical
energy aro not conducive to quiet nerves,
though even these may be borne, under
proper conditions, by a nervous constitu
tion that is freo from hereditary, taint."
Viewing tho question from a practical
standpoint, however, Dr. Wettler admits
that civilization cannot and ought not to
be retarded, even though progress Is syn
onymous with the breaking down of nerv
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mends, therefore, simpler modes of life,
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servatism and attention to all those meas
ures that foster mental and physical vigor.
Excesses in tho uso ot alcohol and tobacco
aro to be avoided. Tho ott-repoatcd as
sertion that "work aud worry" lead to nerve
oxhaustlon Is not accepted in its bald en
tirely by Dr. Wcttlcr. "i'"r0m personal ob
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cal selves in good condition we must avoid
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llfo" is tho prescription offered us. It 1
worth heeding The tendency nowadays Is
to compress and concentrate, to make the
vitality ot four years do the work of one.
This Is unnatural, disastrous. The furnaces
which produce tho mont steam aro those
which aro fed slowly but steadily with the
lenst possible amount ot fuel. Tho human
body shoutd bo treated In the same fashion.
Continuous high pressure means the speedy
breakdown of the nervous system a physi
cal condition which is fast becoming the
typical American disease.
SIJNATOH MANNA'S HPIORAM3.
"Boiled down, It is freo trade on one side
and prosperity and development on the
other."
"It is a business proposition, whether or
not the people of this country are going to
undermine tho basis of our prosperity."
"Free sliver and freo trado would con
sign this government to oblivion."
"There Is not' a principle or policy dls
cussod In this campaign that the people do
not know more about than does Bryan."
"Bryan was nominated because he was the
only man on whom all elements of socialism,
populism, and anarchy cduht unite."
'"Bryan puts tha Issues llko gamecocks
Into the pit, one nt a time, and fights them
ono at a tlmo for all they aro worth. His
Imperialism rooster hno been e'vcrlantingly
thrashed, and Is dead."
"What a remarkable acrobatto feat Wil
liam J. Bryan performed when he proposed
to extend tho Monroo doctrine to tbe far
rnjt. Think of It! Talk nbout Imperialism!
What could be more Imperialists than main
taining an army and navy In the past to
protect Agulnaldo In his proposed govern
ment?" "All that any man ncedi to inqulro of
himself today upon the Issues In this cam
nalen. what In inv l.put Intnrn.t? nt.ot
is tho b'st Interest for my wife and children?
what is the best Interest for .my country?
and ho will voto tho republican ticket.
POINTED RKKI.KCTIOK'S.
Philadelphia Bulletin: "He ha always
run his IuihIiiohh like clockwork."
"V i. und now his creditors have wound
it u- "
Detroit Journal: "Is It merely because he
Is rich that he secma to have, such a black
heart?"
"No, lt'fl becAiise ho doesn't let the color
of his money be seen."
Boston Transcript: Brlggs "Woridc how
Stover Is doing nowaduys7"
Orlgps "Oh. ho must be doing finely :
must bo making no ond of money. You
know he has always been troubled moro ir
less 'with rheumatisms .WWhtf i"ubwf calls
It gout."
Pittsburg Chronicle: "Just listen hml hear
how that lien cncklet. Just bcCauso she has
laid an egg," said Mrs. Bloomfleld.
"Sho evidently thinks that the product
of tho hen and her Joyous Bonjr comprise
the lay of tho land," added Mr. Bloom
fleld. Bomcrvllle Journal:. Any boy who Iihb an
idea of starting out on a tour to kill In
dians would better make up his mind to
confine himself to Indians of tho clgur store
variety, and to be careful not to Injure
their beauty any, either.
Philadelphia Press: "Tell me.""' said the
soeker nftor knowledge, "wasn't It Shake
speare who said: 'The ,evll that men do
lives after them, tho good lu oft Interred
with their bones?' "
"I don't know," replied the man who had
married a widow, "but Pm sure it was
never snld by a man whoso wife insists
upon comparing him with herl first hus
band." OUR FLAG.
What mystic forco Is there enshrined
Within thoso waving folds to thrill
Tho patriot's breast? What subtle
wnfco the' conscience of mankind
From slumb'rous lethargy and fill
Tho soul with zeal In peril's hour?
What potent charm protects that field
Of clustered stars from vandal hands,
And round those fadeless stripes en
twines Immortal wreaths that, once revealed,
Become a spectral form which stands
Eternal ward at Freedom's shrines?
The spirit hands of hero' dead
Have graven there In myotic rune
The story of our nation's birth
And growth of prlnclplo that led
Our armies forth to war, attune
With all tho symphonies of earth.
Throuch that dumb Im'acerv. the rein.
The centuries, the deeps of time,
BpeaKirorin ineir mcssago to manKinc,
Bovoallng sacrlflco and tears,
Tho mighty deedn In every clime
And yearnings of the human mind.
This emblem of our liberty
Is loved and feared on land and sea,
In every field of man's endeavor,
And pregnant with mute prophecy
Proclaims our nation's destiny
Itepubllo now! ltepuhlln forcverl
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