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I 0 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY", OCTOBER 27, J 900. The Omaha Daily Bee B. ItOSEWATKH, Editor. I'UULiaHEDlcVirUY MOUNlNO tFhmh of suiTscFuPTioN. pally Hoo (without Sunday), One ear.J6.M pally Bee and Sunday, Ono ear 8.W Illustrated Bin. One Year jj-w Sunday Bee, Ono Year luturday Bee, One Year '-"3 Weekly Bee, Ono Year OFFICER. Omaha: The Hee Building. , South Omaha: City Hull Building, Twenty-fifth and N Streets. Council Bluffs. 10 Pearl Street. Chicago: 1010 Unity Building. New York. Temple Court. Washington: Wl Fourteenth Street. Bloux City: 611 Park Street. COItltESI'ONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter jhoutd bo addressed: Omaha bio. Editorial Department. BUSINESS I.ETTEHS. Business letters and remittances should be addressed: The Bco Publlshlns: Com pany, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, Sayable to Tho Bee Publishing Company, nly 2-ccnt stamps accepted In payment or mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or Eastern exchanges, not ncccpteu. Tllli; HE13 PUHUHIUNO COMPANY. Statement 0F-cnfcuLATi0N. Slato of Nebraska. DoJKlas County, ss.: Oeorre II. Tzschuck, secretary of Tlio Hee rubllshltiR Company, bclns duly sworn, aya that tho nctual number of full and eornpleto copies of Tho Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Hee printed during tlio month of September, 1900, was as follows: 1 !iT,210 lfi 87,485 I ao,nas 17 ar.ioo t 27,180 IS 27,110 4 27,tOO 19 20,070 1 27,:ilM) 20 27,015 1 27,10(1 21 27,050 7 27,200 22 27,500 t 27,170 S3 20,710 1 20.755 SI.... 27,2:10 10 -47,110 23 27,170 II 27,150 2(3 27,:0 1J 27,200 27 27,225 lj fc....27,ar, 2S 2H,:uo 4 80.0H0 29 27,100 IS 27,170 SO 2W,HU5 To tat H15,l:iO Less unsold and returned copies,.,, 11,1122 Net total sale .HOI.OOS Net dally average 2fl;H20 OKOUOE R. T7.SCIIUCIC. Subscribed In my presence nnd sworn to before mo tills 50th day of September. A. D. 1K). Si. U. HUNGATE, (Seal) Notary Public. Wo linvo (hut Hryiin the; word of .llni Imlilninn "Is iih oontUleiit of winning 11 1h." Ho wiih Just ns con HI, but an u 1 tin ti en fltloiit In 18! Cnndulnlo Oldham should remember thcro nre other wnyH of nnccrtnlnlng whether 11 gnu Is loiided beHldes blow ing In the muzzle. Kdgnr Howard would doubtless like to call lu n few of the nrtimic roasts produced by Ills pen of which lie was so proud when sitting on the editorial tripod. Br.vnn lias captured Philadelphia, no cordlng to tho dlspatclies to popocratlc papers. Kleotlon returns will show, however, that It lias escaped by several thousand majority. Commend us to the elastic Imagination of tlio cntliUHliiKtlo Urynnlto who has Tlslous of colonization, corruption of voters and coercion which throw him Into spasniH every live minutes. The Jekyll and Hyde circular Is a part of thu play which n corrupt cabal of dark-luntcrn patriots has launched In the name of the so-called Itupub llcan leaguo organized In the Interest of the fusion campaign. The name of Its Washington corre spondent lias not appeared In the local Uryan organ since ho gave out a signed itntement giving up Hrynn and declar ing that the election of McKlnley is assured. Wonder If he lost his Job! Talk about coercion! Kdgar Howard Is troubled In his dreams over the things bo has said edi torially regnrdlng prominent fuslonlsts and tho people of Oninba. He Is won dering In bis waking hours why be did not sell bis newspaper property be fore ho wroto them. Police Judge Gordon lluds himself be tween tho two horns of a dilemma. lie Is ufrald to appeal from the ruling on tho demurrer questioning the Jurisdic tion of tho court over bis impeachment trial and bo Is also afraid to proceed to trial. Why not resign? In ono of his speeches la New Jersey Bryan" flattered himself that the people of tho east wero not so much afraid of him as they wero four years ago. Pos sibly If ho ran for tho presidency seven or eight times moro he might bo able to carry somo of theso eastern states. r- -Possibly Condldato Oldham did nnti violate tho Nebraska statute by betting on uio election, uut It bus come down to a question of vernclty between tho camera and Oldham. Tho camera has a good reputation for tinth nnd vorac ity, and besides theru is corroborating evidence. Democrats aro not making any com plaint that ex-President Cleveland Is verboso during tho present campaign. Kven a shorter message than bis famous tariff delivery, stating that ho was supporting Uryan, would bo a source of much Joy to them. Hut It cometh not. The worst form of coercion that came to light In tho campaign of lSOtl was In tuo wholesalo discharge of correspond ents by tho Omaha Uryan oririm bp cause they refused to get in line for Its political favorite. At that time Tho Hep printed a number of Interesting letters exposing Oils Uryaulto coerclont which Is doubtless being practiced again. According to vnrlcgated lciral onlnlnnn which aro being distributed free and without charge, womeu la Nebrask hovo ono advantage not accorded to men. Lawyors luslst that women nuall lied to vote at tho school board election need not register, though no man can voto on tho school Iward ticket unless his name Is enrolled on tho registration list. This is certnlnly a discrimination against tho men, but they will grin and trjr to bear It, ft run VEMuciu-im tactics. The statement mado by Air. Worces ter, of tho Tuft commission, ought to command the serious attention of every American citizen. It bears out abso lutely every statement mndo In these columns In regard to the attitude of the Urynnlto party as an Influence In In citing the Filipinos In their resistance to the United .States government. Tlio man who makes this statement Is not a politician. On tho contrary be Is an educator whoso whole life has been spent outside of politics and wljo Is not today Identified or nlllllated with any political party. There Is not a man In the nation today who has a better claim upon the respect and the confidence of tho Intelligent pcoplo of the country than Dean Worcester of the University of Michigan, and when ho declare,", ns ho has done, that the maintenance of opposition to American authority In the Philippines Is duo to the Influence of the Uryaulto party, no fair-minded man can doubt or ques tion that he Is right, particularly when his statement Is supported by other testimony of the most Indubitable char acter. Dean Worcester says that tho an nouncement of the Bryan policy In re gard to the Philippines puts to a stop the surrenders under tho terms of tho amnesty proclamation and brought about a renewal of hostilities in por tions of the Island of Luzon. In evi dence of this ho cites facts which aro beyond dispute. Every bit of honest and trustworthy testimony coming from the Philippines Is to tho effect that the Influence exerted by the en couragement held out by tho "antl Imperialist" element nnd tho promises of the Brynnlto party stimulates the opposition to American authority and Justifies the opinion that were it not for this tho resistance to American au thority would Jong ago have ceased nnd that today there would bo complete pence and order lu the archipelago. It cannot be reasonably doubted that the followers of Agulnaldo, who con stitute a small minority of tho na tives, arc today building their hopes of being able to control tho entire archipelago upon tho success of the Brynnlto party. They expect,, In. the event of tho success of Bryan, to estab lish an oligarchy, with Agulnaldo at Its head, which will extend Its power over all tho Islands, hot by the consent of the people, but by forco of arms. It Is needless to say that the Tagalogs, In carrying out their policy, would be perfectly relentless. Left to them selves they would pursuo a course of relentless conquest and nobody would bo spared that did not yield to their rule. Neither the foreigner nor the na tive would escape their ruthless de mands and exactions. This Is what the United States gov ernment has to consider. Its title to the Philippine islands is beyoud ques tion. It is recognized by the civilized world. It Is as firmly grounded as the title of Great Britain or Germany or Franco to any of their insular posses sions. There Is a great responsibility Involved In this possession which the republican party insists that It Is thu duty of tho nation 1o meet, but which the democratic party asserts that the nation should disregard. Tho verdict of i!i people will detcrmlno what is the duty of the nation In respect to this most vital matter. UHl'Ay AS A DODCiKU. Whutevcr may bo thought of tho sin cerity of a man who aspires to the highest office within tho gift of the peoplo who will not meet, without quibbling, the issues which ho has him self raised, one cannot help but ad mire bis agility lu dodging questions which promise to be embarrassing. In tho west Mr. Bryan started out to bent the silver tomtom and sound the silver howgng with an industry which would drown out all other noises. When he visited tho enst tho silver hnrp was unstrung for fear It would utter a note discordant to sound money ears, while the ghost of Imperialism and the trust scarecrow wero mado to do their turn toward corralling timid voters lu the calamity camp. While In Maryland someone' asked Bryan: "How about 10 to 1?" Ills reply was that all our silver money was Issued on tho 1C to 1 ratio and that tho present republican administra tion had coined silver at that rutlo. This may have satisfied Mr. Bryan but it Is not likely that It satisfied tho questioner who evidently desired to know whether Bryan, as president, would pay tho government's obliga tions in silver Instead of maintaining nil money on a parity by giving tho bolder tho option ns to silver or gold. In New Jersey ho did not attempt to como even this near answering the question, but said: "I will remind him that his desire to hear something about money nnd nothing about human rights Illustrates the sordid level on which tho republican party Is flghtlug this campaign." Four years ago this "sordid level" was Mr. Bryan's pnrainount Is sues and it Is still held up ns such In silver states of the west, whero It Is considered necessary to secure the dec toral vote. Compare Bryan's dodging with tho attltudo of Roosevelt's straight for wardness while in Colorndo. Tho re publican vice presidential candidate, when nsked In that- silver state nbput silver, replied that bo stood on tho re publican platform endorsing tho gold stnndurd a platform every plank of which its ndvocates wero willing to carry Into every state or tho union. If Mr. Bryan will dodgd beforo elec tion, In one section of tho country on ono Issue and In another section on somo other, wbnt could be expected oT him should he be elected? What re liance could his supporters placo upon his campaign utterances? Whnt ovl denco havo they to show when ho was slncero nnd when Inslncero? Thet-e arc considerations npart from tlio question of the correctness of any of the policies advocated by him nnd Indicates that a voto cast for him Is as great a hazard as buying a sealed package at a sale of unclaimed goods. TUK SVXDAY nut:. Tho special feature of The Bee Sun day Is a camera description of Senator Hanna's campaign tour through Ne braska, reproducing photographs taken for tho purpose by The Beo's staff artist, who accompanied tho senntor on his special train. Tho frontispiece Is a striking picture of Senutor Hnnua nnd the engineer of the train crew, while an entire page of snnpshots shows the stupendous crowds at different stopping places along the lino. Explanatory of the pic tures Is a gossipy sketch of the trip written by Tho Bee's special Washing ton correspondent, who was also ,n member of tho party. Carpenter's letter this week, accom panied by tho usual interesting pho tographic Illustrations, tells to whnt ex tent the Chinese have made use of mod ern machinery and American devices; It describes tho Chinese factories and tho factory workers, contrasting tlio primi tive methods with those that have been Introduced ns a result of foreign Inva sion, Another Illustrated article of current Interest portrays the new discoveries In tho crndle of tho human race of prlmltlvo cities burled for centuries but now dug up by nrchncologlsts, throwing new light upon the earliest relics of historic man. The miscellaneous subjects treated plctorlally nre equally attractive, In cluding portrnltB of General Sickles, who visited Omaha last week, of the new Nebraska grand muster of the Odd Fel lows and the new president of the Ne braska Rebecca assembly, a novel Woman's Campaign club organized at Wahoo, and so forth. In addition to the pictorial arid liter ary features Tho Boo contains all the news, giving particular attention at this tlmo to tho closlug presidential cam paign, which Is absorbing Interest far and wide. Readers who want the best paper will insist upon having The Bee. The republican bolters league Is about to circulate a manifesto to the voters of Douglas county embodying the reso lutions purporting to have been passed September 5 by tho Union Veteran club of Douglas county. Those so-called res olutions wero Introduced at a meeting attended by fifteen persons by George Hess, one of tho school board boodle gang, nnd passed by a vote of ten, a majority of whom were of the same class of Hessians for revenue. The reso lutions bear on their faco tho Imprint of malice and falschood No honest union vetcruu has ever had any Just griev ance against Tho Bco or Its editor, who hns nu honorable discharge from service In tlie army of tho United States and has no apologies to mnllo for his con duct In tho army or out of the army. Put down all the fakes about the col onization of voters by republicans ns pure fabrications. No ono Is eligible to voto in Nebraska unless lie hns a six months' residence in tlio stato and been In tho ward and precinct the prescribed time. If any fraudulent registration Is detected there should bo no dlfllculty whatever In apprehending the Illegal voters. As n matter of fact the noise of the fuslonlsts Is simply designed to cover up their own crooked work, of which evidence Is already at hand, nnd to give an excuse to the democratic sheriff for a repetition of his unlawful Interference with tho election by swear lug In as deputies the hired workers of the fusion committee. When the Pennsylvania pilners struck for higher wages the calamity party was In great glee. Now thoy havo won their point nnd arc to return to work the pnrty of prosperity rejoices with them and even the calam ity organs have to admit that Senator Honuu, chairman of tho republican committee, was Instrumental In set tling tho trouble on tho basis of an In crease. If nuy thing Avere lacking to prove that the course adopted by Mr. Bryun was directly responsible for the con tinuation of the rebellion In the Philip pines, it is furnished by tho letter of JJenu Worcester of Ann Arbor univer sity, who mnkes tho chargo lu so many words. Dean Worcester Is not a pur tisnu, but nu educator, whoso position and character entltlo. blm to full credence. Seeing that the people were not un duly excited over tho possibility of an army of 100,000 men the democrats havo raised It a few thousand und now say this Is but a stepping stone to mak ing tho country one vast military camp. As such action cannot be taken with out tho consent of the peoplo through congress the scarecrow has not enough backing to keep It stnudlng until elec tion day. If reports from China are to bo be llevcd tho dlgultarles of that country aro tho most accommodating lot In the world. As soon as they ascertained thu powers had demanded their punish ment they relieved the emperor of all embarrassment by committing suicide. In this country men turned out of olllce for their misdeeds turn over to the op position and run for nnother otllce. Democrats could save ,mueh mental xertlou by simply substituting the uamo of McKluley for Lincoln lu the speeches inude during tho life of the martyr president. But for tho name no one would recognlzo tho difference between their assaults on Lincoln ami their assaults on McKlnley, and yet thehe same people assert they aro tho residuary legatees of Lincoln. CSrt Your Attnchmriita Itrmly, Philadelphia North American, The aultan has not settled that little bill which Uncle Sam has been dunning him V about for a year or two, but ho Is negotiating for two cruisers with American builders. It might be n good scheme to keep nn eye on those ships v end have nn attachment read'. Until of Slime Opinion. Philadelphia Record (Ind. dem.) Mr. Bryan still declares that he has not chnnged on the silver question slnco 1S95. What darkens his prospects Is that the American peoplo havo not changed on that question, either. Slinltliy l)lM-rlmlnn tlmi, Washington Post. Nobody has accused Dick Croker of hav ing a secret alllanco with England. Yet bo glvc the bull ups of that country tho preference' over' tnoso which aro born of bumblo and honest parents In the United States. AVull Street Keels the Pulse. Philadelphia Ledger. Wall street la constantly feeling the pulse of tho country and Is quick to tnko nlarm at the slightest Indication of disorder In tho system. A few weeks ago It dlnguoscd tho political situation as unsettled and threat ening and instantly recorded Us opinion In a lessening of activity nnd a diminution of transactions. Since then the pulso of tho country has responded moro favorably to Its touch nnd It now, to continue tho meta phor, declares tho patient convalescent. It hns resumor! its activity, In tho confident expectation that McKlnley will bo re-elected. The Vnlen Ilelilml the 3!ak. New York Tribune. Let thero bo no mlstako about It. What ever tho mask worn or the vole assumed, It la the sanio old popocratlc party, and the same popocratlc candidate, with tho samo popocratlc designs against the prosperity and honor of tho nation that wo met nnd vanquished In 1S9C. Uryan, Altgold nnd Croker freo silver, nnarchy and corruption. Having failed to atampedo tho nation In the flrst'wlld rush under their truo colors, they now seek to tnvelglo It under falso colors. Dut tho only business they mean Is thn old business of clipped coins and a packed Ju dicial bench. Those are tho Issues on which tbey aro In earnest. In respect to them they "mpnn business." I, nine nnd Impotent lOx nlniiHl lonn. Philadelphia Record (Ind. dcm.) Mr. Uryan Is not 'helping the democratic cause very much lu his repeated explana tions concerning tho lco trust. Ho Insists that tho directors of that rapacious mo nopoly aro nil republicans and that Crokrr and Mayor Van Wyck havo nothing to do with Kb management. As Croker alleges that ho has sold out his stock, Mr. Dryan says that ho Is "all right." Uut whether Croker hns sold out or not, the question ts: How did ho got his block of shares? Was his stock given to him because of his good looks or becauso as tho hnss of Tam many ho so exercised his power through tho municipal authorities as to prevent competing lco companies from obtaining convenient landing facilities? Thcro can bo no monopolies like the lco trust except from favoritism of ono kind or nnother. Most of the industrial trusts owe their existence to tho favoritism of a spolia tory tariff, Tho lco trust hns tho source of Its prosperity In municipal corruption under the nefarious rulo of Croker. POLITICAL CAMPAHSXI.NO. StrlUliiK I'entnre of the Present Con tent for tho Presidency. Philadelphia Ledger (Ind. rep.) Tho most striking characteristic of the present prcnlduutlal campaign is tho ab sence of popular turmoil, or oft excitement, oven the lack of public enthusiasm nnd tho Ignoring of spectacular pageants. Tho blaring brass bands heading the uniformed clubs, tho lurid pyrotechnics, tho gaudy banners and pictured transparencies are not now, as formorly, aggressively In evidence. They' havo ceased to bo parts of our na tional campaign, they have disappeared. N It Is Just as well, or better, that they have disappeared. They cost a great deal of money to no apparent good purpobe. They were not informing, and they cer tainly wero not convincing. Tho newer methods of campaigning are Infinitely su perior to tho old ones. They nlao cost a great deal of money, but the money acorns to be more wisely spent, as the later cam paign methods are indisputably Instructive and educational., Tho biggest parades of political parti sans, In cheap and tawdry oil cloth uni forms, carrying dripping kerosene lamps and flaunting soiled flags, as they marched to tho earsplltting strains of brass bands, were not argumentative, nor did they settle any of tho pending Issues. Thoy wero stupid, unmeaning, inconsequent spectacles. Instead of them there are now public meet ings, addressed ,by tho leading Btatesmon and politicians of either of tho great par ties; thero aro thousands of tons of cam paign "literature" sent into tho homes of individual voter3'from Maine to New Mex ico; tho newspaper press throughout the country discusses tho great principles or policies in contention between the two parties. The present campaign is dis tinctively one of education. There Is no political Issue that is not being threshed out by many of the ablest, most thought ful, most forceful men of the country. The peoplo are learning politics band over hand, and are being educated to understand the meonlnc of platforms and for what prin ciples of government tho opposing candi dates respectively stand. The best thought, the most specious or the most sincere arguments are bolng addressed to voters from tho stump, from the newspaper offices and from tho "Literary Bureau" of the republican and democratic national com mittees. The Intelligence, rathor than the prejudices of the people, is being appealed to by the leaders In the fight for McKluley and In tho light for Dryan, The tumultu ous pageants, tho strident music, the flaunted banners taught nothing worth tho knowing; but the multitudinous speeches from tho stump, tho columns or pages of political news and comment published by newspapers, and tho millions of cumpalgn documents sent out by the national com mittees, are full of Instruction. Tho voters cannot, If they would, escape the Informa tion which is dally showered upon them, and If on election day thoy shall not bo well Informod regarding the momentous govern ment questions whjch they aro to answer by their votes on the sixth of November, tho fault will be theirs, and not that of tho leaders of tho campaign, who aro doing most ndmlrnblo educational work. Another gratifying characteristic of the now electioneering methods is tho absence of tho campaign llbclcr, mallgncr nnd traducer. We need not go far back In our political history to find tho dastardly and Infamous personal nttacks which were made during the campaign in which they wero opposing candidates for tho presidency upon Dlnlno and Cleveland. No such coarso and vile attacks upon tho private lives of tho candidates would now bo tolerated by the pcoplo, and though both Mr Dryan, tho latter seeming (0 havo lost his head re cently, und Mr. Ilannn have not always shown the greatest decorum of speech and dignity of (tlsciifsjon, they hnve not of fended ro serlousiy ns many prominent spenkrrs notoriously did In previous cam paigns. The methods of conducting a presidential contest havo been Improved In all ways, and this would uot have been done had not tho common sentiment of tho country demanded it. Tho campaign of 1900 has been, with rare exceptions, a clean, manly, informing nnd dignified one one such as ull campaigns, tho object of which Is the popu lar choice of tbn chief magistrate of a great country, kbould be. Two Eras of I plnce beside each other tho following extracts from tho messages of two demo cratic presldeuts, each supported by a democratic scnata and house of representatives; Message of James Buchanan, December S, 1S37: "With unsurpassed plenty in alt the productions and all tho elements of natural wealth our manufacturers have suspended, our public works retarded, our prlvato en terprises of different kinds aro abandoued and thousands of useful laborers are thrown out of employment nnd reduced to want. Wo have possessedall the elements of ma terial wealth In rich abundance and yet notwithstanding nl) theso advantages our country In Its monetary Interest Is In a deplorable condition." ' Tho snmo democratic conditions faced two democratic presidents separated by an interval of a third of a century of republican rule and prosperity. Valley, Neb. JAMES MtTCHKLL. Labor's Own Verdict Indlnnapoll So far as organized labor Is concerned, It Is but Just to accept the opinion of Presi dent Samuel Qompers of tho Amorlcnn l'cd- cratlon of Labor ns a fair expression of tho condition of labor from tlmo to time. In his address boforo tho meeting of the fed eration In December, 1893, President (lorn porn said: "Slnco August we havo been In the great est Industrial depression this country has ever experienced. It Is no exaggeration to say that moro than 3,000,000 of our fellow- toilers aro without employment. Never In tho history of tho world ha so large a number of people vainly sought for an op portunity to earn n livelihood." At thocloso of 1897, after tho McKinloy administration and the McKinloy tariff had boon fairly Inaugurated, President Oompors said In his annual address to tho mooting of tho federation In December: "That terrible period for.the wage earners of tho country which began In 1893 and which has left behind It such a record of horror, hunger and misery, practically ended with tho dawn of 1897." To tho annual assemblage of tho federa tion last December President (Jompers de clared himself In the following emphatic terms: 'Tho revival of Industry which wo havo witnessed within the past year is ono for general congratulation and It should bo our purposo to endeavor to prolong this era of more general employment and industrial ac tivity. It is beyond question that tho wages OTIIi:il LANDS THAN OCRS. There will bo a united Irish party In tho next British parliament for the first tlmo slnco tho days of Parnell. Tho divi sions incident to tho last unhappy episode of tho homo rulor's life were largely closed up In thu parliament which dis solved September 25; they will disappear altogether in the ono which convenes November 1 and John Redmond will havo behind him a compact body of four-score otcs to bo cast solidly for any measure looking toward tho Interests of his people. A reunited front will bo of value in tho perennial effort to bring tho Irish question to tho fore, but tho time does not seem propitious for an effective parliamentary agitation. Tho nationalists, Instead of holding tho balanco of power, constitute about ono-third of a minority which, with tbclr full strength counted in, Is still 132 votes short of tho ministerial strength. It Is apparent that military nnd Imperial Issues will havo tho center of the stago in Great Drltaln for some time to como. That will lnvolvo tho slighting or waiving of domestic Issues, the Irish question among them. II hns been recently stated by Sir Alfred Miinor Hint Murine tho nrcscnt week refu gees from tho Transvaal will bo allowed to begin to return to their homes at tho rate of about 1,000 per week. After a few weoks tho number allowed to go up country on the railways will bo Increased. Sir Alfred estimates that at least three months will be required to repatriate those now wait ing In Capo Colony and Natal. He ac cordingly deprecates any ono coming to South Africa from England or elsewhcro at .,r. ont with the idea of at once reaching Johannesburg. Not till somo time In Janu ary next will thero be cars at tho service of newcomers. After a time there will be 1 1 .1 1. . . . J.., n ii employment in Bouuuuugc, urn. jui nnd for somo months there will bo nothing for newemers to do. Business will only rnt.fi In iih former activity. Per sons who tuive property in "tho new colo nies," or who nro asBurcu 01 cuipiomi-ui. Immediately on their arrival there, or aro able to support themselves without em nin..mon mnv n onco start for the Or- lUJUtbU.) - " - lingo or Transvaal "colonics," but thoy cannot bo suro of going up at onco on their arrival In South Africa. Klne Oscar of Sweden and Norway, whose ninoaii la nn serious that bis son, Oscar Gustavus, has Just assumed tho regency, is tho only living ruler uescenuam irom mo many created by Napoleon. He Is of mat Twnmintte. nnmo tlmo marshal of Franco, but who did not support tho cmporor In tho hundred days that ended at waiunou. 11,. hn.i hnnn elected tirince royal of Bwo- don by the Swedish states by roaudato of Napoleon in 1810 nnd was men aaopieu hv Phnriea XIII. who became king of Swo- den nnd Norway in 1814 by tho union of tho two countries. Bernadotte succecueu him aa Charles XIV In 181S and hU grand son, tho sick King Oscar II, was born In 1829, succeeding to the throne in 1872. Ho has been a popular ruler, of no great vigor rf tninti nr hlirh nurnoses. In fact. Just a respcctablo king. Ills withdrawal from tho nctlvo nffnlrs of tho kingdom win navo no .effect upon tho policy of the country, the regent being much the Barao sort of a man as his father. Besides, the constitu tional government of the united kingdoms is ono of tho roost restrictive In Kurope nnd the king has ltttlo or no Initiative. Oscar was fond of peace, open nlr sports and a good table and It ts said that In dulgences In this latter respect havo been the source of his present disability. Tho Bchcme of establishing labor councils throughout Franco in all Industrial and commercial communities, recently devised by M. Mlllcrand, the socialist minister of commerce, hns now been formally outlined by tho ministry. Theso councils will be composed half of workmen and halt of em ployers, elected respectively by the work men's and employers' unions. Thoy will be Instituted by decrees of tho mlnlMer of commerce nnd set up In every region where conditions eecm to call foj their presence. Tbclr object will be to Inform thn govern ment nnd others Interested as to the con ditions of labor, to promote agreement be tween men nnd musters, to follow and call attention to tho results of tho protective legislation of Inhor and, finally, to furnish In tho caso of general conflict competent conciliators nnd arbitrators. A Little Mh- on l'nrrrnU. Loulsvlllo Courier-Journal, Nothing Is more solemn than the way the various election forecasts aro put forth during theso closing days of the campaign. Figures from both sides, as wldo apart as tho poles, are given with positive specifica tion and about the only known truth In them Is each side's denunciation of the other's forecast aa "rot," Hard Times Messago of drover Cleveland, August 8, 1893: "With plenteous crops, with abundant promlto of remunerative productions arid manufacture, rwlth unusual invitation to safe Investments nnd with satisfactory as suranco to business enterprises, suddenly financial distrust and fear have sprung up on every side." s Journal. of tho organized workers have been In creased." Mr. Oompers is not a republican; in tact, four year ago he was a believer In tho free and unlimited colnago of stiver, as was well understood In this city, where bo then re sided. Ho is an antl-expanslonlst and Is probably a supporter of Mr. Bryan, as he was tour years ago. This fact) however, rather emphasizes than weakens his testi mony. In 189s, when McKlnley was elected, tho unemployed who would work If they bad an opportunity numbered about 3,000,000. With the election of McKlnley confi dence catuo to business and enterprise, long paralyzed, awoke. The millions found em ployment and the labor of tho country has never been so fully employed during so long a period at 10 good wages as it baa been since the fall of 1897. Such la tho verdict of the official head of organized labor. Now, let the pay rolls spoak. The official returns of 200 American factories in 1894 show that the names of 90,483 persons wero on their pay rolls, who received 140,803,863 as wages; in ISpS the same factories had 131,428 names on their pay rolls, who received a total of $62,247,910; in 1899 the same factories employed 174,645 persons and paid them $78,835,000 In wages. These are the silent facts that appeal to men at tho present time. Mr. McKlnley was the advance agent of prosperity. Those who prefer certain prosperity to uncertainty will vote for McKlnley. POLITICAL DRIFT. Kansas Is put down for 14,000 republican plurality. Down In tho land of tho Ilooslcr betting Is 5 to 3 on Indiana gelng republican.' Owing to the activity of the mills Colonel Bryan is not attracting crowds.of idlers as largo as in 1S9S. Klckham Scanlon of- Chicago is appro priately named. He is energetically kick ing around the stump in Illinois. Proof of good times among the democratic politicians of Missouri Is furnished by tho disappearance of a $4,000,000 school fund. Out of the eighty professors In Princeton university not ono will admit he v:lll vote for Bryan. That may bo styled a unani mous blank. Hon. George D. Melklejohn's nightshirt torch Illumines tho editorial pages of east ern papers. Tho chango must be very agree able, to tho rcaderi. Members of the city council of Cleveland are not concerned nbout the outcome of tho presidential campaign. Their energies are taxed to keep out of Jail. Out of COO traveling men who registered at a hotel In Davenport, la., last week only fifty-six wero for Bryan. The re mainder were for McKlnley. Tho baBls of division of New York City into election districts is an average of 400 registered voters in each, tho minimum being 250 and tho maximum 600. Mrs. Josephine Russell of Tabor, la., has designed a unlquo campaign pin modeled after the hoe immortalized by Marknaro. She has secured a patent on the design. Prince David of Hawaii hopes to break into congress as a territorial delegate P. D. Is an animated protest against the Im perial plank in the democratic platform. An Omaha man received from a member of Tammany a lottcr written the day after Bryan pronounced Croker a prophet, In which ho says: "Wo are nil for Bryan, but don't you bet on him." Tho democratic congressional committee Is figuring on (the gain of one district In Texas. There was but one republican In tho last house from Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Oeorge Stone, chairman of the republican state committee of California, publicly offers to put up $100,000, or any part of It, at odds of 2 to 1 that McKinloy will get the entlro electoral vote of that state. There are 640,0t!&, voters registered In Greater New York, 401,633 In Chicago, 332, 376 in Philadelphia, 135,111 In St. Louis, 107,078 In Boston, 73,223 In Buffalo, 59,769 In Dotrolt, 45,635 In Louisville, 42,150 In Kan sas City and 25,719 In Albany, N. Y. A republican in Cambridge, Neb., who desires The Bee to place $225 evon money on tho eloctlon of McKlnley Is luformed that even money Is not to be had. Odds on McKlnley aro 4 to 1 and In some places 5 to 1, and very llttlo democratic money is to be had, Tho battle against militarism and monarchy, otherwise Imperialism, docs not amount to much In Now England, where It started. Malno and Vermont went re publican In September and at the October I LgfiifF 80rSe lined, are J best materials. "No Clothing Fits Like Ours." It will keep its shape because it's' well tailored and it will wear well and it's not expensive. Browning, King & Co., R. S. Wilcox, Manager. Oraakft'i Oaly Ezclualv Clothier for Mca sad htoya. town electloni In Connecticut the repub licans Increased their majorities compared with last year, Four years ago tho officers of the Chicago stock yards refused to premlt the nso of Ex change hall for tho political meetings of cither party, but this year this rule has been suspended nnd a largo republican meeting, addressed by Judge Yates, was held within tho stock yards. Former Congressman Charles It. Page of nhodo Island, a democrat, says: "Bryan I know Bryan. That's why I won't vote for him. I am Just ns good a democrat as I ever was, but Bryan Is no democrat. I wa 'with him In congress. I knew him there and I watched then all tho popullstlc tricks ho had." According to the estimate of tho First Voters National Republican league, 3,000,000 young men will bo eligible this year to cast their first presidential votes, or nbout 0 per cent of tho full voting strength of the country. Thoy base tholr estimate on tho fact that by the census of 1890 there were In the United States in that year 2,506,043 young men of the ages of 21 to 24, Inclusive. CHAW THAT CIIKLMtS. Detroit Journal: Sometimes the prick of cousclenco helps us to sco tho point. Pittsburg Chronicle: "I'm dead on to Jon Spinina," exclaimed the High School Girl's brother. "How did you become fatally snpertm posed upon Joseph Splfllns?" asked th High School Girl. Indianapolis Journal: "Dolly, Is your new young man Intelligent?" "well, pa, he's Just about right; h doesn't understand politics any better than I do." Chicago Post: "Poets," said tho youth with long hair, "aro born and not made." , 1'osslbly," replied tho long-suffering edl tpr. "Still, I would hesltato to advocaU tlio Herod method of doing business. Bo long as wo enn't discriminate nt that earlr ngo I am In favor of letting all babies live.'' Washington Star: "Loyalty." remarked atr Sorghum, "is ono of my great charaotcrlBtlcs." ,.!fiut i!ou nav" hrrn known to change your mind onco or twice." .J,11" J? ruo. Rut my loyalty Is tremen dous while It lasts. When I nttach myself to a man's political Interests I Btlck to him llko a brother until he gots dofeatcd." Philadelphia Press: "Now, tell me," said tho kind-hearted woman, "you'ro a run away, aren't you?" 'Te1' nn1' mn-'nm, ter tell the truth." replied the yoiinar tramp. "Mother dld not ong ago. and after that things didn't Ko right, nnd one day I lit out and I run till I wa dead tuckered out." eh7,,'00r b0'! Could,,t KO a S,D farther, "O. no! It wns 'cause I couldn't sro a Btepmothcr." TOM TACKLIB. Baltimore American. Tom Tacklo was a foot ball man, W ho never thought of fear, A qunrtcrbnek enmo ruahlnar by And toro from him an ear. A fullback stopped him In a spurt, Beforo ho could dodge by. And ere they separated there Poor Tom had lost an eye. And after ono more sprint he wras Of his left nrm bereft, But cheerfully hn murmured: "Now. My good right arm is left.'1 A center rush nppronched him with: "our pardon, sir, I beg," And In the tussle for the ball He pulled off Tom's right le. 'Twas then his sweetheart said to him: "With sorrow do I scan Tho remnants of your handsome self lou nre but half a man. "And though I pity you. Indeed," Tho charming creature aald, "I fear that wo must Kay farewell, For we can never wed.1' Now. Tae.klo wbh a wise young man. "Though I havo lost an ear." II said, " 'Twill havo n double charm W hen your sweet voice I hear. "And thouRh my left eye's gone to rest. Yet It Ih very nice. 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