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THE OMAHA DAILY MJ5E: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1000.
Tim Omaha Daily Bee
E. ROBKWATDH, Editor.
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GEORGE 11. TZ8CIIUC1C.
Subscribed In my presence nnd sworn to
before mo this 00th day of Sopte mber, A. D,
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Register Saturday. Last clinncc.
It will nil bo over In a wrck except
tliu Bliontlnc
If Hryaii does not Htop "BettliiB New
York on lire" the creat Empire state
Is likely to be entirely consumed.
The time has arrived In the campaign
when llryan should take n day off and
Investigate tile toboggan to sec If any
nulls arc In It.
If the talk of a full dinner pall Is an
Insult to tho worklng'man, most of
them prefer to be Insulted with a full
pall than with an empty one.
If tho powers continue to demand
tho execution of Trlncc Tuau that
worthy will begin to Inquire every
morning whether his head Is on straight.
It Dr. Bryan foiled so signally
four years ago to diagnose the politi
cal case what assurance have the
people that ho Is any nearer correct lu
1000?
Nebraska furuiers will not havo to
burn corn for fuel this yenr. McKlnley
prosperity has opened the market for
every bushel of tho bumper corn crop
at prices seldom before equaled.
A difference of $5,J,25,00S.8-1 In the
valuo of Nebraska's four leading ce
reals between prosperity nnd demo
cratic prices is an Indication that the
farmer is setting something out of it.
Kvery republican candidate for the
legislature stands pledged to favor fra
ternal Insurance societies. All reports
to tho contrary arc untrue nnd gotten
up In the interest of the fusion legisla
tive ticket. '
European nations seem to view the
coming of President Kruger much like
tho call of a poor relation. They do
uot desire to snub him, but would
much prefer hot would, not Insist upon
sitting In the parlor.
man lu Kentucky has beeu killed
by r companion for taking a drink
out of a bottle of whlHky and filling
It up again with water. Tho dead
man must have been cither n stranger
In Kentucky or extremely reckless.
When popocrata tell tho farmer that
he Is not getting his share out of the
present prosperity Just show them that
Nebraska's corn crop of 1000 alone Is
worth $38,700,084.32 moro than tho
name number of bushels were worth
In 1800.
Tho president's Thanksgiving procln
inatlon is out, recounting the many
blessings of tho pnst year for which
our people havo cause to be thankful
They will have one moro reason added
next week In tho re-election of Presl
dent McKlnley himself.
Tho man who neglects to register tils
franchises himself. Under tho law no
ono Is entitled to vote unless his name
r.ppears on the registration books or ho
can prove ho was unable to appear be
fore the registrars because of sickness
or absence from the city.
Whose money Is It that Is being pad
for emissaries of the self-styled "He
publican League" to distribute libelous
circulars throughout Douglas comity
No republican lu Omaha Is willing to
admit that he is in any way couuecte
with thisv league, which hus no exist
ence outside of a llttlo coterie of politl
cal bushwhackers who lack courage to
light In the open.
Edgar Howard sized RntiKOin up right
when ho last worked his way Into tho
legislature under pretense of being
so-called sliver republican. Howard
calls him a traitor, utterly .faithless to
the pledges made by aud for him lu tho
campaign. If he proved a traitor In
1807 there Is every reason to believe
he would prove Just as treacherous In
the legislature of 1001.
STILL IN MARKED CONTRAST.
During tho last national campaign we
pointed out tho marked contrast be
tween the utterances of the democratic
and republlcnu presidential candidates.
We then said: "On the ono hand Is a
man Keeking the lilghcst olllce lu the
gift of the American people fostering
sectional feeling and cliiM prejudice,
appealing to the baser Instinct of tnen
and I-dthij; one element of the people
to hostility ngaliiNt another element
man who pandern to populur discon
tent nnd to unreasoning passion. On
the other hand Is ti presidential caudl-
ate who Is proud of his country and
zealous of Its honor, who has faith lu
the Intelligence and Integrity of his
countrymen and who know no section-
Hsm and recognizes no class distinc
tions." The contrast Is no less striking
now than It was theu.
At Alliance, O., there was a repub
lican musfl meeting Monday, Incidental
to which was the dedication of n great
manufacturing building. President
McKlnley, lu response to an Invitation
to attend the meeting, sent a letter, in
thl course of which ho said: "Ameri
can labor and capital working hand In
hand are of mutual advantage and
friendly co-operatlon will secure Indus
trial triumphs as yet uukuowu. I havo
no sympathy with those teachings
which Incite envy and hntred among our
pcoplo and would divide them Into
hostile camps." This Is the utterance
f an American citizen who owes his
political success to nn earnest aud con
stant devotion to tho interests and wel
fare of the whole people. There Is In
tho public record of William McKlnley
not a single Instance of an appeal to
class feeling or nn effort to Incite envy
nd hatred among the people. In dis
cussing principles and policies he has
uniformly appealed to the reason and
patrlotlhiu of his countrymen. A union
soldier, no man has done more to ef
face sectionalism. A lending champion
f the policy of protection, no one has
done more to develop American Indus
tries aud benefit American labor. To
day his faith in the Intelligence, In
tegrity nnd patriotism of the people is
ns strong as it ever was, while his so
llcltudo for the honor and glory of his
country Is undiminished.
William ,1. llryan, on the other hand,
has made his political capital by ap
pealing to class prejudice and Inciting
envy and hatred among the people. Ills
peeches In congress upon the tariff
luestlon were tilled with denunciations
of men of means nnd- managers of capi
tal. The poor were constantly con
trasted with the rich, the debtor with
tho creditor. In the last national
campaign the class appeal was
heard In nearly every one of
the hundreds of speeches of the
democratic candidate. He is doing
the same thing In the present cam
paign, lie seeks to array workmen
gainst employers, and to Impress
labor with tho belief thfit there Is n
conspiracy against Its rights, lu some
respects his teaching is more incen
diary than It was four years ago.
Such are the characters of the demo
cratic aud republican presidential
candidates. One an agitator who can
see nothing lu his country of today that
Is good. The other a statesman who Is
proud of his country's greatness aud
glory. Who enn doubt which Is the
better man to be entrusted with the
udmlulstrntlou of the affairs of this
great nation?
Democrats may In theory favor free
speech, but In practice they are the
only ones who have denied It during
tho present campaign. Democratic
orators have gone the length and
breadth of the laud preaching the gos
pel ofNllBcontent undisturbed, but re
publican speukers huvo been Insulted
aud interfered " with lu several In
stances. Such actions are but the
legitimate sequence of the doctrines
preached by Bryan In his effort to ar
ray class against class.
TUB CANADIAN CAMPAIGN.
While American Interest Is wholly
centered lu our own national campaign,
there is u political contest going on In
Canada, which will be decided next
week, the result of which will not bo
entirely without luterest to our people,
duo to the fuel thut the tariff Is ihu
mulu Issue in the campalgu. The lib
erul party lu control of the govern
ment for the last four years, made ma
terial alterations lu the tariff, with a
view to reducing it to a revenue busls
At the same time the llberul govern
ment, as an evidence of Its desire to
stlmulato iuter-lmperlal trade, mude
a provision that Great Britain and her
colonies should obtain u preference un
der this tariff, which now allows Brit
ish Imports n discount of 33 l-.'l per
cent from the tariff chaiges levied on
Imports from all othor countries. The
foreign trade of Cauada has increased
rapidly during tho last four years aud
the liberals claim that by placing on tho
free llfat mnuy raw materials formerly
lutiable they havo brought within the
margin of profitable trade much that
before could not havo been attempted.
The conservative party favor the
policy of n return to tho higher protec
tlon of tho previous ndmlulstratlon
and in addition tho adoption of a reelp
rocal policy with Great Britain by
which the home country Is to put nn
Import duty ou all foodstuffs but
those of her colonies. If this policy
should win and be put Into effect
which seems wholly Improbable, the
foodstuffs of Canada would have
preference over those of tho United
States, In the matter of tariff in tin
British market, white higher dutins
would bo levied upou our manufactured
products Imported Into Canada. Thus
it Is assumed, both tho Canadian
farmer and manufacturer would be
iH'nefitcd, though obviously the
British manufacturers and the con
snmers of foodstuffs lu the Unite
Kingdom would derive no ndvantag
from such au arrangement.
Apparently Amerlcau trado Interests
wculd be best conserved by the sue
ess of the liberal party, for although
that party has given British manufac
turers so great u preference .In Its
tariff It appears not to have mate
rially affected our trade with Caunda
and so long as tarltf rates are not In
creased we Phall probably maintain
that trade, which has attained to large
proportions. Tho fact that Cauada has
been .prosperous under the existing lis-
cal system nnd that the liberal gov
ernment has on the whole made a
rcdltablo record mrkes H" -lrobablo
that tho liberal party will win the
election, but should the conservatives
bo successful It Is hardly possible that
the tariff policy they advocate could
be carried out.
PROSPERITY OF FRATERNAL.
While Bryanlte caudldatea are making
pretense of solicitude for tho welfare
t the fraternal Insurance societies, In
der to curry favor with their member-
ship, It Is well for every person having
nn Interest lu fraternal to remember
that tho prosperity of these organiza
tions Is due almost exclusively to the
beneficent republican policies put In
'co by President McKlnley.
'our years auo tho fraternal Insur
ance societies were suffering, along with
other business institutions, with
threatened decrease In membership nnd
In
lability of members to pay their dues.
hey went through tho storm nnd
str
ess period which only tho more sub-
Htnntlal were nblo to weather success
fully and their recovery was stimulated
niy oy tho restoration of confidence
and llnnnclal stability to tho entire
country.
So far ns local state legislation Is con-
cemed, the fratemals have always had
the favor and support of the republlcnu
glslators. Republican laws havo not
only encouraged their growth, but safe
guarded the members and established
standards for tho protection of sound
fraternal Institutions against wildcat
Insurance schemes masking under the
atcrual name.
What every friend of fraternal Insur-
anco wants In tho way of leelslation Is
such enactments as will strengthen pub
lic confidence in these organizations by
enforcing reasonable protection for
policy holders against mismanagement
and possible fraud.
Above all things, tho fraternal Insur
ance societies can only prosper when
the country Is prosperous and poonle
ore employed. Pour more years of re
publican prosperity would mean so
much to these organizations that everv
member of a fraternal Insurance so
ciety would consult his own personal
Interest by not alone voting but exert
ing his active Influence for tho repub
lican candidates for every office on the
ticket.
Just Imagine what a howl would have
been raised br tho popocratle Pakery
had a republican county attorney vol
unteered tho opinion written by Mr.
Shields that all the Inmates of the
county hospital aud poor farm were
eligible to bo voted by the superintend
ent aud his attendants. How they
would shriek about the fraud and de
claim .against coercion! When insane
people and paupers are voted by the
fuslonlsts, however, It Is perfectly
proier and legitimate lu the eyes of the
Bryanlte organ.
Later reports from the explosion lu
Now York City prove that the victims
were more scared than hurt. This
does not, however, lessen the value of
the Incident ns a warning against the
storing of large quantities of explosives
In the midst of populous city neighbor
hoods. By the way, Omaha's explosive
Inspection ordinance might be revived
with good results before Omaha Is af
flicted with another catastrophe of this
character.
Every one admits that the republican
legislative ticket Is committed to the
caudldacy of Edward Bosowater for
United States senator; it Is also equally
conceded that the caudldatea on the
fusion legislative ticket arc committed
to the candidacy of O. M. Hitchcock for
United States senator. The choice Is
between 11 Roscwnter delegation and a
Hitchcock delegation, with no middle
ground.
While on the subject of treaties flov
eruor Poynter might take a little tlmo
to explain the treaty of Beatrice and
the clause under which he consented
thut a man whom he had pronounced
unfit for tho place should remain until
a certain tlmo, aud then have claims
allowed for money which had boon ex
peuded without authority of law.
Tho Beo's suggestion of a "close of
tho century bnll," on tho order of that
projected In Kansas City, Is to bo taken
up as a means of nddlng to the
auditorium fuud. A great ninny people
would contribute to the auditorium
through this channel who could uot be
reached by any other means.
General Pltz Hugh Leo Is to be the
new commander of the Department of
tho Missouri, with headquarters at
Omahu. He may be sure lu advance
of a cordial welcome by nil tho people
of this city, who admire his patrlotk
response to tho call to duty In the lato
Spanish war.
Employes of tho Beatrice asylum will
please be considerate and not make
nn, 'nuu &lwi lm mm- ainvilii,,tti,liiit
ItllJ limn .-. mw pu(h,i .Mll'liui'lll
cuts off their political heads. Resist
ance will only serve to make a scene,
but will not affect the result.
Too .Many to Talk Asvaliml.
Washington Post.
There Is 1451,477,104 in yellow boys plied
up In the United States treasury. No
wonder Mr. Bryan doesn't talk silver.
"Iniquity of ..Mill."
Now York Tribune.
The anti-expansionists make a great ado
against keeping the Philippines, on the
ground thai to do so will cost more than It
will ever pay. And than, when It Is shown
that the Islands will be valuable and
highly profitable, they roll up their ayes In
austere reprobation of toe Iniquity of tak
lag the Islands for tho sake of uuhallowcd
gain. As Sam Wellcr would say, "Wot n
perwerse creetur It Is!"
A Prosperity slstn,
Philadelphia Times.
Considering tho groat number ot wagers
being made, to say tho nation Is becoming
no hotter In this respect depends on how
It is looked at.
I'roaperlt) In the Houtli.
Savannah News.
With one or two more 10-cent cotton years
wo will be In a position to lend Itutsla,
Austria and Germany all tho cash they need
to carry out their expensive policies. How
ever, when they como for It they must bo
sure their collateral Is gilt-edged.
They'll Ilnnd lllm One.
New York Mall nnd Express.
What aro the American pcoplo likely to
do with a presidential candidate who re
peatedly declares that their government Is
a dishonest one, that their flag represents
an army of oppressors and that they aro
holding .territory that doesn't belong to
them?
1
Frowning on Hair Tlnir.
Brooklyn Eagle.
New orders to tho army require that
thero shall be no moro playing of "Bowery
airs" by regimental bnnds. What aro How
cry airs? Is "A Hot Tlrao" ono of them?
If ho, reverse the order, quick. Uecauso
that stirs moro enthusiasm In camp than
Handel's Largo or tho allegretto from tho
Soventh symphony.
Absurdl!)- of Coercion Crlea.
Kansns City Star.
If a llryan man asserts that he marches
In a republican parade to hold his Job the
fact that he displays a llryan banner and
shouts through a megaphonn that he Is
forced to march proves that he did not
turn out to hold his Job. If ho would bo
dl8chfirRcd,for refusing to march surely to
marcn nnn ten cveryoouy mat no is
coerced lr worso by far than refusing to
fall in line. The obvious fact Is that the
man who pliouts that ho has to march or
aso his Job docs so for the purposo of
bnentltvr his own party. Certainly no em
ployer of labr who Is Interested In the
success of tho republican ticket would
want to bring mon Into a parade shouting
that they are Bryan men who havo been
forced to march.
An Affectionate l'nlr.
J. .Sterling Morton's Conservative.
During tho great parado In New York
City, when Tammnny gnVo Its boisterous and
resplendent reception to Colonel Bryan,
the picture of Croker aud the colonel sit
ting hand In hand side by side, during tho
long, triumphant march through tho streets
of the great metropolis, was pathetic and
touching to tho utmost degree. Colonel
Bryan did not forget In his speech to com
pliment Croker and his Christian custom as
to raising revenues from tho vices of New
York, when he said: "Great is Tammany
and Croker Is Its prophet." This merited
trlbuta from ono reformer to another re
former ought to bo embalmed in the mem
ories of all goody-goody people who love Mr.
Bryan becauBo of his utter horror and In
tense repugnance to everything llko vice or
criminality.
Honor Well Drarrved.
Philadelphia Record.
Secretary Hay's Investiture with the de
gree of a doctor of law and letters by the
University of Prlncoton, was moro than n
perfunctory "ceremony. Secrctnry Hay (or
should one rather say Doctor Hay7) has
earned the distinction by right of excellence
in literature ns well as In tho most diffi
cult branch of Jurisprudence tho practical
application to the affairs of a great govern
ment of tho law' of nations. Secretary
Hay's early pootlc'efluslons In dialect aro
trifles, though popular;- but the "Life of
Lincoln," written In conjunction with nlco-
lay Is a monumcntnl and enduring work. Tho
University of Princeton has ns mnch
reason to feel honored by the enrollment
of Secretary Hay among Its learned doctors
as has that official In being made tho re
cipient of Its favor.
Lot-1
Knm its un Analiullntor.
Now York Tribune.
Tea years' Immigration, accordluir to tho
census retWns, counts up nearly 4.000.000.
almost 1,000,000 mora than tho entire popu
lation or the nation at its birth, a cen
tury and a quarter ago. The Increment Is
absorbed In the mass of our Immense popu
lation, now numbering 76,000,000, and In
normal Industrial limes thero Is nothing
oppresslvo or hurdensnmo Id the Inflow.
The most useful classes come from all
lands those with the most wjrk In thorn
and they help to enrich tho country which
gives them bread nnd refuge. Their chil
dren are born with privileges of citizenship
and drink In patriotism with their natal
air. On the whole tho Immigrant keeps
his end up very well and does llttlo to
make his Incoming unwelcome, profuse ns
the census tables make It out to be.
W.VHtUlS CAMPAIGN M ICTIIODS.
Fratnrrs More Practical Tlinn.I'lc-
tnresuue In ISvldvuec.
Chicago Record.
It Is refreshing to read that the rouub-
llca'hs of Indiana held a grand barbecue at
Logansport one day last week, at which
twenty-eight beeves were fed to the hungry
multitude. Tlio barbecue Is not yet extinct
In Indiana and Kentucky, whore tho con
sumption of "burgoo" still lends poetry to
tho campaign. The ptoturesque sldo of po
Ittlcal campaigning has been changing rap
Idly ot late years. Innovations are creep
ing in nnd the -.pcctacular features of a
few years ago have well nigh vanished.
Kven the Joint debate between opposing
candidates, which reached the height of
Its importance in the historical Lincoln
DougluB series and was for years of fun
damental conscquenco In Us political value,
has almost completely lapsed from service.
So little Is it considered that tho challenge
of Senator PettlgiW to Senator IUnna that
they should meet on tho samo platform
In South Dakota nnd the Ignoring of It by
the challenged party attracted llttlo at
tention. Not many years ago such indif
ference would have been taken as a con
fession ot weakness and would have wor'.cd
definite Injury to the party Involved.
It Is not far to look back to the days at
"wideawakes" and the torchlight proces
sions lu every town nnd city. Thousand?
of men wero marching night nftor night
when the campaigns wero worm, wearing
shoulder strapB and soldier cups ot gor
geous oilcloth, intended to shed the drip
pings of the kerosene from the rough and
leaky tin torches. The same energy wan
devoted to careful drill of theso compa
nies that military organizations demand
In order to assure symmetry In the lines
of light and tho maneuvers through which
the torchbearers went. Crack marching
clubs went from city to city to share In
great night parades. The rati uplifting,
log cabin, hard cider campulgns uro part
of the national history marked by pecu
liarly picturesque qualities, but they are
out of the memory of the younger voters
The most noteworthy contribution of re
cent, campaigns to picturesque methods of
electioneering Ih the "rear platform can
vans," The special train tour of the ener
getic candidate, bringing him Into touch
with hundreds of thousands of voters, Is
Justly named na a successor to some of
the abandoned practices. To It may bi
added the vaudeville shows circulating In
the west In tho iuterest of .noma of the
candidates and tho use of lantern slides,
moving pictures, megaphones, phono
graphs, kites, multitudinous badges and
the "full dinner pall" emblem before the
list Is exhausted.
It Is now the practical, however, rather
than the plcturvsquo thut rules,
Fawcett to
OMAHA. Oct. 30.-To tho Kdltor of The
Boe; I have been requested by some of
my republican friends to give expression
to my views ns to the duty ot republicans
lu the coming election with reference to
our legislative ticket.
It seems to me thero can only be ono
answer to tho question, viz., that It Is the
duty of every republican to vote for tho
twelvo republican nominees.
I fully appreciate the fact that there
was considerable fcellug in the lata
primaries and convention. I supported the
ticket that win defeated and had I been la
the convention I would havo voted for the
dofcatcd candidates, but now that tho con
vention is over and my friends have beou
dofeatcd I shall as earnestly support thn
gentl6raen who were nominated as I should
have expected them to support my candi
dates If they had been successful.
It has beeu said In this campaign that
even It Mr. Bryan should be elected presi
dent no harm could befall the money ques
tion, for tho reason that the senato would
remain republican. Let us sco whether or
not that Is true.
Thero are now flfly-two sound money
ucnators in tho senate. Eighteen of theso
go out of ofllce March A, 1901. Ten ot the
eighteen aro from states which Mr. Bryan
will surely carry It ho carrlos tho country,
which would reduce tho sound money sena
tors to forty-two, giving the stiver tnen
forty-six. Thus the political complexion
of tho senato would be changed. If, how
ever, we stand solidly together and elect a
republican legislature lu Nebraska and
thus Eccuro tho two senators from this
state these, together with our certainty of
carrying Wyoming, would stilt give us tha
control of tho United States senate. If No
braska bo lost, under the circumstances
abovo Indicated, It must bo clear to anyone
who will give tho matter serious considera
tion that Mr. Bryan would havo the United
States senato with him to aid lu carrying
out hi:) determination to abolish tho gold
standard and adopt his 1C to 1 fallacy.
Two years ago tho republicans had a
majority of eleven In Joint session In the
Nebraska legislature, which was after
ward Increased to thirteen. Of this num
ber Schalble of Richardson county was
elected by a majority of 2, Hastings of!
The Real
Salt Lako Trlbuno (sll. rep.)
As tho days go by and as Mr. Bryan con- of tho Immortal gods
unties to make his talks to the people he
Is revealing more and moro his loner self.
It is clear that ho has never In his life
learned any discipline. It Is safe to say
that as ho telegraphed that unless 16 to 1
was put In tho Kansas City platform he
would not be a candidate; so in his child
hood ho was wont to threaten his mother
that unless he could have a section from
tho plo that sho had suved for company ho
would eat nb breakfast
Ho won tho 16 to 1 trick by his Insist
ence, Just as he got tho pie. He went out
Into the world with a belief that bo could
win anything elso that he coveted by a
llko Insistence. Henco bo has never been
thorough. He studied law, but he never
comprehended the science. The thought
that perfect government is but the crystal
lization o tho exact rules of Justice on
which the sclouco of tho law was founded
never once entered his mind. Rather, bis
thought was that law In Un dally applica
tion was but a game to be won by the
most adroit player. q
The great underlying principles which, as
applied by the masters, give vitality and
scope and majesty to tho constitution of
the United States, prescribing the preroga
tives and limitations of executive and
legislative power, he never onco obtained
a mental glimpse of, and now when ho
mouths the constitution he does It as did
tho false oracles of old when from the
flight of eagles or the direction of tho wind
they essayed to dictate to mortals tho will
A CAMPAIGN WITH A MORAL.
FellrltntloiiN on the Luck of Political
IJxclteincnt.
Kunsaa City Star.
Tho country has much cause to felicitate
Itself on the composure which It has en
Joyod during -the presidential campaign,
which is now nearly ended. There has been
nothing llko It In tho history of the re
public, though it Is believed that the vote
will shoW thut the Interest In the Issues
Involved Is as greut as it has been In moro
excitable and spectacular contests.
The chief cause for gratitude lu connec
tion with the canvass has been Its unusual
freedom from vituperation. It may well
bo believed that this has ceased, per
manently, from being a feature ot national
campaigns Tho American peoplo havo
passed boyond the stage .whore a successful
appeal can be made to passlou and
prejudice. It is now futile to bold up as a
rascal or a conspirator any man who can
obtnln from a party representing nearly half
of the peoplo tho uomluatton for chief ex
ecutive of the government.
Tb(- advance ot Intelligence In the nation
has exploded another fallacy which was
formerly used with much effect lu political
campalgnH, and that is, that either purty
doslres tho destruction of republican in
stitutions or Is Intent on establishing vicious
rule in tho land. The qulotude of the
country slnco tho parties took the field to
contend for tho presidency means simply
tho attainment of tho popular belief and as
surance that tho pooplo arc fully equal to
tho government of themselves, that no party
has the power or Inclination to subvert the
constitution, nnd that no president would
dream of using his authority to condemn
himself to eternal Ignominy by being faith
less to his high ofllce.
So, as Indicating the advancement or tue
American people, it has come to pass that
tho country has about completed a presi
dential canvasa without tho sllghtost dis
turbance to Its business Interests and with
more serenity than Is often found In a rural
community on the occasion of an election of
Justice of the peace.
MKN OK TODAY.
Will Thry Hp Hennrud as Mueli
firrnter Century lienor f
Cleveland Leader.
Kdward Kvorett Hale calls attoutlon to
the fact that flvo ot the first thirty names
chosen for the Hall of Fame were those
of former students of tho old Boston Latin
school, of which he was onco a teacher;
Benjamin Franklin, Samuel K. B. Morse,
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Ward
Ueecher nnd William M. Hunt. "One In
six," says the beloved old teacher, "ought
to satisfy even Lutln school-pride; nnd
this In a list which can afford to leave out
John l!nnco:k, Henry Knox, Lnthrop
Motley. Wendoll Phillips aud Charles
Sumner." The oln Latin school Itself Is
clearly entitled to a hall of fame of Its
own, und not the least conspicuous among
Its emblazoned names should be that of
tho venerable but ever youthful patriot
who wrote "The Man Without a Country."
In contemplation of this galaxy of names,
the Immortals of ono small school, the ques
tjons'como unhidden; Are the schools and
colleges of lort'ay turning out such men7 and
why havo we no Daniel Welsters, Henry
Clays, Peter Coopers, and John Marshalls In
theso days? The 'colleges nd schools are
turning out men fully as good, and the
country today has as able leaders In all
lines of aatlon as It ever had. Contrasts
are usually necessary to a realization of
greatness, aud tome contrasts'are not fully
Republicans
Dodge county by a majority of 3, Hot
brook of tho Tenth senatorial district by
a majority ot 4, Representative Smlthbcr
ger ot Wayne and Stanton by a majority
ot 24, Arcnds of tho Third senatorial dis
trict by a majority ot 27, Senator Olficrt
ot the Seventh district by a majority of
4U, Representative Kvaus ot Adams by a
majority of 45, Representative Smith of 8a
llno by a majority of 7 and tlvo or six
others by majorities ranging from GO to
100. It will thus bo seen that eight of tho
senators and representatives were elected
to the legislature by majorities ot less
than fifty votes. If the republicans of
Douglas county had not succeeded In send
ing ten representatives to the legislature
at that tlmo tho fuslonlsts would have had
a clear majority on Joint ballot.
I havo studied this matter very carefully
nnd It seems to be absolutely necessary
that tho republicans ot Douglas count
should elect their legislative ticket in Its
entirety If they desire to control the elec
tion ot tho two United States senators next
winter. If the fuslonlsts should eloct their
ticket In this county It would In all prob
ability give them control of tho legisla
ture and insure tho election ot two fuslon
lsts as United States senators, both of
whom would unquestionably be advocates
of tho doctrine ot 18 to 1.
In tho light of these facts all personal
feeling should be lost sight of for the good
of tho common cause. Tho gentlemen
named by tho republican convention, so
far as I know them personally, aro nil ca
pable and honorable gentlemen and after
careful Investigation I am convinced that
those on tho ticket with whom I am not
personally aoqualnted are also competent
nd worthy. This bolng true, the fact that
they may prefor somo man for United
States senator other than tho man of my
choice Is no Justification for my opposing
the ticket. I therefore assure you that
everything I can honorably do for the elec
tion of the republican legislative ticket on
tho Oth of next month will bo done. Sin
cerely hoping that the republicans of old
Douglas county may all get together and
gain a sweeping victory In the coming elec
tion, I am sincerely yours,
J. FAWCETT.
Mr. Bryan
He' has never been
a real student. No flashes of tho sciences
or classics ever illuminate his speeches.
He was a falluro as a lawyer; ho then
essayed Journalism, with tho boltef that
his fund of language would moot all its
requirements, and found within a month
that ho had no reserved forces to draw
upon and was of course a failure.
He tried and failed as a Boldler. We do
not mean that ho failed on the battlefield,
for ho never had tho opportunity to be
tested In that crucible; we mean that his
command lacked tho discipline which ha
never had learned and that he so bore
hlmsolf among tho strong men and bril
liant officers who surrounded him that
after a month no ono, ofllcer or private,
ever for an Instant thought that under any
posslblo opportunities could he actually
earn promotion.
In the campaign of 1896 he clung to a
great principle as though ho had the ex
clusive patent upon It and carried himself
honorably to tho end.
This year he started In believing that
he could work upon the sensibilities of the
tender and appeal to the baser instincts of
the dopraved and dissatisfied and keep it
up until ho would In the old way get the
pie, but tho campaign has been too long
nnd the certainty that tho people are dis
counting him has its effect. Who thinks
that any word ho Is now saying will be re
membered six months hencel He went up
like a rocket in a blaze ot stars; he Is
coming down like a stick.
apparent until they aro viewed from a dis
tance. In the days when tho Immortals ot the
Latin school wero struggllngwlth Virgil and
Oreek roots, Boston waa practically the
only centor of learning in the country, and
colleges were few. Only the boys of ex
ceptional promise were sent to them as
students. Men with finished education
were comparatively few, and their careers
were made more brilliant by tho contrast.
The country was In Us formative period,
and great opportunities arose. The nation
uas smaller than It Is cow, and the men
who arose to meet those opportunities
shone the more conspicuously.
Oreat crlBes develop great men. There
wero many crises between the time of
Washlrgton and the time of Lincoln, and
many great men. Tho greater the time
since they have passed away, the greater
thoy seem. The patriots of the early days
have assumed Homeric size, tho great
men ot the civil war period seem merely
great, while today the leaders are merely
men. It was always so and always will
bo. A few hundred years hence history
will shed an equal luster upon all.
Today there Is a public school at almost
every crossroad, u high school In almost
every village, and colleges within reach of
everybody. He Is a highly endowed man,
Indeed, who can shine among the army
of finely educated men of today and win
tho admiration of the modernly educated
people. The common requirements have
become great. The country Is In tho
midst of Us material development, and In
this task nearly all tho force and Intelli
gence of the nation are enlisted. Let the
opportunity come, and there are a hundred
men ready for It now where there was or.e
fifty years ago. Let the emergency arise,
and there will be men flt to meet It.
FUTURE OF AMBKICAN FI.VA.NCE.
Holiness Opportunltle Avraltlns; the
Approvul of Republican Pollutes,
Baltimore American.
Vaster enterprises for tho employment of
Amerlcau finance binge upou tho re
election of President -McKlnley than have
ever before been presented for the con
sideration of American financiers. This
la proved by a writer la the Philadelphia
Press, who, while pledged to refrain from
giving full details, Is able to speak au
thoritatively In regard to stupendous
schemes now contemplated, The announce
ments made In this city of great trans
actions conditional upon McKlnley's re
election, Involving many millions ot dol
lars are but mere shadows of what Is
actually In progress. Almost at one
bound America leaped Into commanding
position as banker for the world; that
position she will retain It our financial
system Is not endangered and tho re
sources of our financiers uro not destroyed.
Sufficient Is known to make possible the
assertion that after election Russia wilt,
If American financiers are not In opposi
tion to It, offer America the opportunity
to finance the commercial and Industrial
development ot nil that part ot Man
churU which Is controlled by Russia. This
mcunH railroads, public works, vast in
dustrial enteprlses, limitless commer
cial possibilities and Inestimable profit
to the American capitalist nnd the labor
ers, upon whom capital must rely to con
summate the work It proposes to under
take. During the winter Germany Rus
sia, Sweden and Japan are expected to
come to tho United States to borrow addi
tional millions and the guaranty Is given
by conditions which are rapidly shaping
themselves in our favor that ws will In
trench ourselves In a position which be
fore many years will make us the domi
nating power In the finances, commerce
and Industry of the world.
These things Mr. Bryan may decry, argu
ing In opposition to them on tho basis
that they emanate from sordid motives
which seek to elevate the dollar at the
expense of the mau. They do nothing of
tho sort, aud In opposing them Mr. Bryan
opposes the Interest of tho nation whose
affairs he aspires to administer. Happiness
is the aim ot human existence and that
peoplo is happiest which comnunds the
opportunity nnd the means to secure in
greatest quantities those things which
most conduce to happiness. Wraith, prop
erly employed and distributed, Is essential
and when capital seeks profit by extend
ing the scope of Its Influence beneficent re
sults must accrue to all classes. If thn
development of Manchuria and the es
tablishment of our commanding position
In commerce nnd Industry employment is
afforded to hundreds nnd thousnnds there
wilt he no elevation of tho dollar. Man
will bo the direct beneficiary.
It, therefore, behooves nil men who
desire to hotter these conditions to voto
to continue tho present ndmlntstrntlon in
power. If Bryan Is elected and tho hauds
of our Investors are tied tho common
people will be tho first to suffer, since it Is
Impossible to change tho laws which gov
ern tho Independence of capital and labor
nnd slnco labor is tho first to feel ths
effect of capital's reverse. Neither our
liberties nor our republic ore in danger.
The poople still rulo nnd Imperialism and
militarism cannot menaco tho forms and
institutions they control. Tho re-election
of Presldent-McKlnloy will equip Invest
ors for reaching out and gathering In the
profits they must share with the masses
of tho people. The opportunity is un
oxnmplod and wlthA confidence in our in
stitutions and a hope for Individual and
national betterment the masses ot the
peoplo should cot hesltato in so voting that
It may bo Improved to tho uttermost.
PiniSONAI, POINTERS.
United Stntcs Senator Jonathan Ross hss
been chosen president of tho Vermont Bar
nscoclatlon.
Candidate Woolloy is not getting the
show in tho dispatches that the expense
of a special train Justifies. In some
quarters the suspicion obtains that he has
no Bhow at all.
W. T. Stead, the well known Journalist,
Is ot tho opinion that nobody so burns tha
candlo at both ends as tho American busi
ness man. "He even hurries his sleep,"
says Mr. Stead.
Our old friend and admirer, deneral
Weyler, ot Cuba fame, nppears to be aa
popular In Madrid as he was In Cuba. But
publlo sentiment docs not shorten his
reach for office.
Vermont continues to be a rural state.
Judging from the census returns so far
published It Is the only stnto In tho north
that does not contain a city with a popu
lation ot 25,000 or more.
Senator Fryo of Maine and Senator
Chandler of New Hampshire aro both total
abstainers, and Senator Chandler has been
ono of tbo chief movers In the application
of his state's liquor laws.
Winston Churchill; tho novelist, began
writing as Boon as he graduated at An
napolis In 1S94. He then went on the staff
of the Army and Navy Journal. His first
story was published In the Century.
Admiral Sampson's retirement in Febru
ary will not break his family's connection
with tho navy, for he has three sons-in-law
Lieutenants Jackson and Roy Smith and
Ensign Cluverlus In tho service, and his
son will probably enter the Naval academy
next year.
William P. Dillingham, tho new United
States senator from Vermont, has a cleanly
cut face, with the rather sharp features
characteristic of New England, a keen, firm
expression am wears glasses. His mus
tarho Is drooping and gray and his hair
Is dark, with dashes ot gray on the top of
his head and at the temples.
Several life Insurance companies are
watching with great Interest for dally news
of John Wanamaker's condition. The ex
postmaster general has over a million on
his life, and Is probably the most heavily
Insured person In the country. He has
Just undergone a surgical operation for
the removal of a carbuncle and has not
quite recovered, notwithstanding which he
Is making campaign speeches against Sena
tor Quay. Henco the solicitude of Insur
ance companies.
POINTED REMARKS.
Indianapolis Press: Tommy Say, paw,
what Is less mnjeste?
Mr. Klagg lmpciuonatlng a policeman,
Chicago Newtt; "Have you heard what
collego boys cnll their best clothes?'
"No; what do they call them?"
" 'Qlad rags.' "
Dotrolt Journal: First Christian rower
China's goose Is cooked I
Second Christian Power Is It cooked or
merely parboiled?
...WUnU ........
no automobile coat,"
"No; i uon-t noeu one. -"Why
not?"
"Oh, I really havo an automobile, sn It
Isn't necessary for me to put up a bluff."
Philadelphia TrosHi Mike (opening his
pay envelope) Kaltli, that's the stingiest
man I ever worked for.
Pnt Phwat's the matther wld ye; dldn t
ye alt ns much ns ye Ixplcted?
MkYIb, but I was countln' on glttln'
more than I Ixplcted
Detroit Free Press: "A pointer," an
nounced the vlzlcr. bringing the morning's
mall, "from Salisbury!" , , A
"Dog of nn Infidel!' cried the court Jester.
"Pointer, you know! Dog! See? Ha. Ha'
I'Ha, haf' laughed the sultan, and thought
no more about It,
Chicago Tribune: "What are yon" doing
In my house?" demanded thn owner of th
promises, suddenly appearing on the scene
tu his night Bhlrt and carrying a huge
revolver. . , ...
"I ntn taking active steps to get out of
It!" replied thn burglar, vanishing through
a window without taking the trouble to
open It.
Detroit Journal: The Yellow Trrll wui
Imminent. . ,
"What Is to be done?" we shrieked, In
much concern,
"I would suggest whltewashl" obeervfd
LI Hung Chang, who had Imbibed copiously
of western Ideai.
But was tho tint of thn peril precisely thi
essence of the fearnomeness, after all?
Philadelphia Press: "Isn't It a nulssne
to button one's gloves?" remarked the faJr
young girl, whose engagement hsd recently
been announced. .....
"I always let my husband do It for me,
said her married friend, "He buttons them
In a jllty. Why don't you let your young
man button your7"
"I did the other evening nnd It took him
nearly hnlf nn hour,"
NEBRASKA IN IJA.NOKH.
New York Press.
Flat old Nebraska' n-qulver ami a-qunk
Here nnd there, everywhere, there s every
kind of ache.
Not a fence In on Its 1k". very Pop Is
blue. .
Hey. Hill!
1. B it out! . , .
Cut stlckl
DO!
Teddy wbh a strenuous, double-barreled
Ho'puf'a head on the west like a keg of
Llncofn's In the doldrums, everything
Whoop. B II!
Shako a leg!
Flro up!
COMIC!
Think about tho old farm. What a fright-
To Heoltl'O for Mack, Bill, and wake Up
from the iagl
The blessod old scarecrow Is feeling mighty
Blck. ...
Wow, Hill! ,
Get a move!
Vamoossl
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