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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Slate of Nebraska, DoJglas County, fs.:
George. R. Tzschuck, secretary of Tho Reo
Publishing Company, bolnB 'luljr sworn.
aya that the nctual number of full and
complete roplos of Tho I ally, Morning,
Evening anil Sunday Ree printed during the
month of September, ID.W, was as follows:
1 U7.i!l 15 ST.-IH5
2 ao.r.ar. n ar.itio
.1 ar.iHti is b7,mo
4 2T.1IM) 19 Stl.OTO
E U7,JHM) 20 S7.01T.
5 li7.IOO 21 27.0SO
7 27,'JOO 22 27,fiIO
8 B7.170 III SMI.7-10
9 2l.7r.r. 21 8T.:iO
10 -:7,1I0 25 U7.I70
11 27.1B0 SB 27,!ll0
12 ..27,2110 27 27,225
13 27,!imi 23 2M,:tlO
11 20.0SO 29 27,100
15 27,170 30 20.S05
Total 8in,t:io
Less unsold and returned copies.... 11,:i22
Net total sales .SOI.lI"
Net dally CAernge 20.H2O
OEOROE R. TZSClIl'Cti.
Subscribed In my presonrc and sworn to
before mo this Olh day of Septembor. A. 1J.
M. II. IM'NQATE,
(Seal) Notary Public.
Census kucsscts win now tell one nil
othor "I told yon so."
Jim Dnliliimn Ih nnothur of tlio fttnlim
lnfocted Kontry who lins tiikoti to wonr
Ing multiplex oyuslassep.
Omaha will gladly challenge St. Joseph
to a test of population on tho basis of
tho election returns next week.
Popocrats are considerably worried be
cause their shouts fall to stumpedo the
foreign-born voters. Noise may attract
attention for a moment, but scarecrows
aro played out.
Tho last week of thu campaign Is al
ways so full of nightmares for the fu
sion managers and editors that they ap
proach tho hour of retiring for sleep
with fear uml trembling.
Those who fear the recent rains have
dampened the red lire so the wlndup
of the campaign will bo tame should not
bo alarmed. Thu red tiro Is all In the
dry nnd will bo touched off ns usual.
Bryan disclaims against talking to the
pockctbook. His managers do that
when they ro around In advance and
demand several hundred dollars In re
turn for tho stopping of the Bryan train
la towns through which It passes.
Cuudldatu Bryan informs the people of
tho enst that the Omaha Ice trust has
been broken up by a democratic attor
ney general. All the leu ever broken by
tno rscDrnsun attorney gcnernl wns
cracked for thu cooling of buverages.
Tho republican legislative ticket Is
made up of clean men whose character
aiul record cannot bo assailed. Kach of
tho candidates Is Identified with the wet
foro of tho city nnd county and pledged
to labor for tho Interest of the people,
Tho republican's: have presented n
nehool board ticket this year composed
exclusively of representative nnd trust
worthy citizens. Vote for all of tho re
publican candidates nnd make suro tho
mnnngement of the schools Is In safe
hands.'
A now set of assessors Is to be chosen
nt the coming election who will tlx tho
next tax valuation of the county. For
this Important duty It Is Imperative that
good and reliable men bo selected. No
mlstako wilt bo made If all the repub
lican candidates for assessor aro elected.
Croker's' advice to his followers to
sturt a "rough house", In ease the re
suit of thu election does not suit him is
strictly In lino with democratic teach
lngs. But the Kentucky plan of count
lng minorities Into majorities will not
work lu the north even nt the blddlu
oj Boss Croker.
The bogus Interview lu which ex
President Cleveland wns said to hnve
predicted tho success of Brynu had none
of tho enrmnrks of tho former president,
The denlnl of tho genuineness of tho In
torvlow had a different ring. Clove
laud's utternnces are generally to tho
point so that they need no explanations,
Whllo tho national, state nnd leglsla
tlvo tickets vino tho paramount Issue
with Douglas county republicans, they
should not overlook tho Importance o
tho election of n republican county com
nilssloner In tho First commissioner ills
trlct. A. 0. llarte, who Is a candidate
for a second term, has served the county
faithfully nnd efllclently nnd Is entitle
to re-elect Ion.
Wullo n certain element lu this countr
pretends to fear It will bo given over
to militarism, farseelng Kuropeaus aro
alarmed nt nnother development. They
nro uot worried lest this country should
raise a grcnt army nnd stnrt in on
campaign, of physical subjugation half
so much as that tho Industrial energy
of tho United States will force Kuropo
to tnko u back seat In the world's com
ucrco,
CLEVELAXTSS vusmos.
It Is to ho iircRiiriietl thnt no ouc fa-
inlllnr with tho dmrnotcr of o.x-rrpHl-
lent Clevt'himl uuvo any oretlenco to
tho report that ho hud snltl there would
e it landslide for Itrymi. The state
ment bore upon Its fnco evidence of
helti n "fnkc" of the rawest kind. But
It p;nvc opportunity for Mr. Cleveland
to remove nil doubt ns to his position
In this campaign and In that' respect
as useful. The country now knows
that ho Is not for Mr. Bryan. .Mr. Cleve
land Is distinguished for his linn nnd
ootmlstetit adherence to principle, lie
believes In sound money and In main
taining the financial credit nnd honor of
the nation, and he evidently thinks that
the tlangei' to our domestic interests In-
olvetl In Bryanlsm Is greater than any
llicr. Mr. Cleveland also regards as
dangerous the Bryanlto appeals to class
prejudice and to popular passion, the
evil effect of which lias been shown in
tho several outbreaks of violence di
rected against Governor Itoosevelt.,
For these reasoifs and In 1i!h devotion
to trim democratic principles, Mr. Cleve
land will have nothing to do wllh
Bryanlsm. With him stands every liv
ing member of his cabinet except two-
Mr. Olney nnd Judge Ilnrmoii and
these do not endorse all thu principles
f the Chlcago-Kausnd City plutfonn,
but In order to be "regular" are pas
sively supporting Bryan on the "nntl
Imperialism" Issue. livery true demo
crat should read tho published speech
of Mr. Cleveland, delivered In 1897. It
Is a vigorous arraignment of Bryanlsm
ml makes a strong appeal to thoso dem
ocrats who honor tho traditions of
their party. Tho conclusion of the
speech Is as applicable now as three
cars ago. It Is as follows:
Let truo democrats meet tho passion nnd
blttcriiecs of their fotmcr associates who
have nssumcd tho leadership of nntt-dcino-
ratlc wanderings with firm expostulation,
reminding them that democratic convictions
and democratic conscience cannot bo forced
to follow false lights', however held aloft;
n ml let us at tho satno tltno entreat them
hi tho name, of honorable political com
radeship nnd In tho memory of glorious
Ictorlus won by a united democracy, to
turn fro the way that leads to party do
feat and destruction.
A QUESTION FOli TA Xl'A VERS.
An Important question thnt will come
before tho next legislature Is tho propo-
Itlon to compromise with thu bonds
men of ex-Treasurer Bai tley.
This proposition was submitted to the
last legislature in tho last week of tho
session by Governor I'oynter lu u
special message so Ingeniously worded
s to scarcely attract public attention.
he amount Involved, Including princi
pal and Interest, exceeds three-fourths
of n million of dollars.
It will be remembered that the bonds
men exhausted all tho devices allowed
by law to escape their responsibility.
They employed' nble lawyers to light
very Inch of the ground, but so far
have failed to secure a discharge from
liability through tho courts. There Is
no doubt whatever that Governor I'oyn
tor's eleventh-hour message to the legis
lature was Inspired, If not .written, by
the lawyers of the Hartley bondsmen,
hlef of whom was Frank ltansom. who
Is now trylug to wedgo his way Into
the state senate In order to bo in. posi
tion to complete the Job by a com
promise that will throw upon the tax
payers almost the entire loss incurred
by the defaulting treasurer, for which
his clients nre bound to make good.
In other words, if I'oynter, Hansom
Si Co. nro elected ami the compromise
scheme is carried through the property
owners of Nebraska will have to stand
a levy of additional state taxes aggre
gating from SoOO.OOO upward.
It remains to bo seen, however,
whether the taxpaylng citizens of Doug
las county, who would have to shoulder
over $80,000 of this loss, will feel dis
posed to send ltansom to thu legisla
ture nnd give him an opportunity to
cam an enormous retainer or bonus
whllo he Is presumed to be representing
the Interests of his constituents.
STILI, DEXriXU intOSl'EIUTl'.
Mr. Bryan continues to deny that
there Is prosperity. He has traveled
over ucarly tho entire country and found
prosperous conditions everywhere, yet he
says there Is no such thlug. Tho statis
tics that establish the fnct of prosperity
ho either decs not read or docs not be
lieve. Ho must know that the people
of his own state have prospered greatly
during tho past four years, but ho will
not admit It. Is a man who denies what
is shown by indisputable facts and is
patent to every Intelligent observer,
honest?
Let us note sumo of these facts. Tak
lug the bank clearings as a guide, wo
tlnd that hist year this country did
5:58,000,000,000 inoro business than In
189."). National wealth has grown In
tne same proportion, in is'M it was
SuTi.000,000,000. It is now estimated at
?100.000,000,000 nnd of this addition the
larger part has conio In tho past live
years. This vast sum has been shared
by tho many. According to the report
of the comptroller of tlio currency, the
total number of bank depositors In 181) I
was CtG-in,60T and In 180!) tho number
was 7,tl."5,ll-l, an Increase of 2,100,517,
Tho total deposits lu thu' earlier year
wns $2,87-l,fSlM00 nnd In tho hitter year
HtS03,000,005, nn Increase of $1,733,500,
500. Tho ordinary mind can hardly
grasp these 'llgures, which in largo par
represent the savings of tho people. In
this vast augmentation of wealth the,
west hits shared lu almost as great
measure, relative to population, ns tho
east.
Tho production of our manufacturing
Industries last year was uot less than
50 per cent greater Hum In 1800 inn'
tho exports of manufactures in ISO'.i
were nearly doublo In value those
of 1S00. Great as has been thu In
creaso In our foreign tmde during the
last four years, the growth of our do
mestlc commerco has been very much
larger, as shown Iw the statistics o
railroad and lako tralllc. Thu American
mnrket continues to be tho best market
In tho world.
; As to labor, It le estimated thnt at
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUUUSDAV, XOVEMJIET? 1, 1000.
lenst U.000,000 more persons were em
ployed In ISO!) than In ISO." nnd wages
nl;o were higher, According to u bill
letln recently Issued by ConunlssloinJr of
Lnbor Cnrroll 1). Wright, showing rela
tive wages during the last ten years,
they are higher now than ever before.
Labor has also been more fully em
ployed during tho last three years than
during thu preceding three.
These facts Mr. Bryan Ignores and
endeavors to break their force by such
demagogic talk as that he madu Tues
day. "You want to keep conditions Just
ns they arc," ho said to his audience.
Why, conditions are such thnt the men
who ptoduce wealth nre getting ench
year a less percentnge of the wenltli
they produce, while the spcculutor Is get
ting n larger and larger share of the
ountry's wealth." Tho Ignorant nnd
tho unthinking may ba inlluenced by
such a declaration as this, but Intelligent
ml reasoning people, wllh whom facts
have meaning and value, certainly can
not be.
Till: AMEHWAS UESl'UXSE.
Tho answer of tho United States gov
ernment to tho British nolo regarding
tho Anglo-Gcrmnu ngrcement ns to
China Is, ns wns expected, u concur
rence' In the proposals to mnlntnlu tho
open door and to preserve the territo
rial Integrity of Chlniu These principles
or policies our government had already
committed itself to, us being not only
of tho highest Importance to Its own
interests, but also as essential to the
general peace. It was, therefore, a
foregone conclusion that thesu features
of thu ugreement between Great Britain
nd Germany would bo accepted without
escrvatlon by thu United States.
As to the clause of the agreement pro-
ldlng that in ,the event of any other
power demanding territory lu China.
Germany and Great Britain would re
serve the right to determine what their
action would bo, our government de-
llned to express nn opinion. The pro
priety of this Is obvious, since concur-
enco in this clause would bo In effect
an alliance. As it Is probable all the
powers will accept the other principles
f the agreement, the third can be dis
pensed with and this will doubtless be
done. The great Importance of this
greement Is apparent.
OUTDOIXQ A LI j l'llE FAHlll.
In the present campaign thu Omaha
World-Herald has become thu yellowest
f yellow Journals. No "fake Is too ex
travagant and nbsurd to get prominence
u Its columns. More reckless disre
gard for the truth wns never shown by
any paper nnd more nudaclous distor
tion of facts has never been practiced
by any campaign organ.
Tho other day the readers of the
World-IIcrnld were startled by the an
nouncement, credited to thu New York
Herald, that Bryan was sure of New
York. The dispatch printed under
these headlines' did not In the remotest
degree bear out this Interpretation; It
was simply d report of the places where
Roosevelt and Bryan would speak lu
the state of New York, but not n word
as to thu probable outcome of the elec
tion In the Empire stntc.
On Tuesday morning the World-Herald
blazed forth In big black typo that
Grovcr Cleveland had declared for
Bryan nnd this brazen faku was given
out with all thu particulars of an luter-
lew that never took place. Tho con
tradiction came forth and a new black
headline appeared on tlio front page,
'Brynu Will Carry New York." Bryan
himself, however, gives the lie to this
assertion on thu sanio page In a speech
n which he says: "If the reports which
come from the various counties where
polls have been made can bo taken as
epresentlug the general sentiment
throughout tho state, tho democrats
have more than au even chance of car
rying Now York." That does not Indi
cate that Mr. Bryan entertains any very
great hopes of securlug New York's elec
toral vote. Quite the contrary, tho best
Informed -men of all parties ngrec thnt
Now York Is as sure for McKlnley as
Ohio.
The same recklessness and utter dis
regard of Journalistic decency of the
World-Herald Is exhibited In Its treat
ment of local Issues. Nearly n week
ago It published a pretended pledge nl
leged to havo been made by Edward
Ilosewater to fusion members of the
legislature of 1S0O. That fabrication
was contradicted the same day by the
publication of a letter llatly disproving
the vital points on which the charge
hinged and which was tho only declara
tion made by' Mr. Bosuwater. In tho
fnco of this conclusive contradiction,
tho original fake Is republished In thu
Weekly World-Herald and dished up to
Its renders in back counties as gospel
truth.
There is ono consolation, that thu peo
ple who havo been duped this time will
not forget It when the truth dawns upon
them.
Secretary Hay shies a llttlo bit at be-
conilug a party to tho German-English
agreement regardlug China. Our gov
eminent cheerfully accepts the doctrlno
of tho open door, but whuu It conies to
becoming a party to a written agree
ment which might bind It to act In con
cert with Europe on a question of a
division of China It prefers to bo In a
position to act Independently. In other
words, even though tho object sought
may bo In harmony with tho desires of
this country, It does not propose to
cuter Into a European alliance.
Tho court has decided that the c.'ty
clerk prints the school board ticket and
that thu republican school board nonil
nations wore duly Hindu and tiled within
tho time required by law. This Is the
position taken by The Bee all tho tlmu
on this controversy, "which was simply
a poiocratlc rusu Intended to confuse
thu voters by sharp practice. The peo
plu should rebuke tho tricksters by
snowing under tho fusion candidates
who sought advantage by such unfair
menus, j
10 the liEvum.icAXs of xeuhaska.
Threo days iigo I received by mall 1
from Chairman Lindsay of the repub
lican slate coniinltee a typewritten doc
ument nddressed to "The voters of Ne
braska," pmportlng to boar tho signa
tures or eighty odd republican candi
dates for the legislature. Considering
compliance with tho request embodied
In this document as Impractical and Its
publication as impolitic and relying on
the assurance that no further notion
would be taken lu tho matter, I dis
missed the subject from my mind. To
my amazement, I find that the state
committee has caused the document to
bo publlshqd In the Lincoln Journal with
comment that compels me to meet thu
Issue raised promptly nnd squarely.
The legislative candidates who signed
this extraordinary appeal declare, that,
W'e, tho undersigned, respectfully join
In 11 request thnt all candidates for tho
United Stntcs sennto withdraw from the
raco until nfter the legislature shrill have
been elected and thnt they publicly and un
qualifiedly nnnounco to the voters that they
bsolutely nnd unrwervedly relcaso all
legislative candidates from any and nil
pledges and Instructions regarding the
United Slat's' uenatorshlp: nnd that nil
petitions asking for tho printing of names
of senatorial aspirants on tho official ballot
bo withdrawn.
These demands arc, to use a mild
phniBe, unwarranted nml lnexcusnbly
stupid. I could not comply with them
oven If disposed to do so. -Whoever In
spired this brllllnut Iden of retiring all
senatorial candidates before election nnd
bringing them out ngnln after
election evidently Imagined thnt they
nre rncehorses that can bo blank
eted and put back ncnln In the
stable, to bo trotted out at tho will
of tho Jockey. No man who has any
espect for the public would pillow him
self to become a mere puppet In the
hands of political trainers. Tho an
nouncement that 1 had consented to go
through tho proposed farce would have
been received with 'contempt and dis
gust by my friends nnd scornful Jeers
by my enemies, who would Justly ques
tion my sincerity. The only nnd natural
estilt would bo the withdrawal of com
tldenco lu myself and In republican can
didates generally.
As to withdrawing the petition by
which my name has been placed on the
ofllclnl ballot for an expression of popu
lar preference, that could not nt this
date be legally done, nnd If It could, It
would have produced tho same results.
The truth Is that the whole with
drawal scheme was Ill-advised nud de
igned to cripple certnln candidates for
tho United States senate without help
ing any republlcnn candidate for the
legislature.
It Is due to tho men whose names
are appended that It be known that the
so-called petition was formulated In re
publican state headquarters and to my
knowledge does not represent the tin
trammeled wish of tho Individual candi
dates whose signatures for the most
part were secured under- high pressure
and with tho klcii that n refusal would
diminish their 1 prospect of securing
netlvo support- from the enninnlirn
managers.
Id may as well be stated also thnt the
actlvo and potential spirits at tho state
headquarters seem to be far more con
cerned In scheming to defeat particular
candidates, for the United States senate
than lu electing the republican ticket.
Whllo they have clamored .for a pledge
from the Douglas and Lancnster county
candidates to enter a republican caucus,
no such assurances have been demanded
elsewhere. On tho contrary, I am re
liably informed that tho candidates In
Dodge county havo been pledged not to
vote for 1110 under any circumstances.
In other words, these men havo been
made to pledge that they will bolt the
republican caucus In case I happen to
be Its choice.
That the Intention of the demand for
my withdrawal and Its publication Jias
for Its main nnd sole end tho creation
of prejudice ngnlnst my candidacy Is
plainly manifest in the comment with
which It is supplemented lu the Journal
by tho paid correspondent of the state
committee, who says:
It would soera that tho nlaners of this
paper havo simply voiced tho sentiment
of tholr constitucntd and that the only re
sult of n refusal to obey tho request would
be tho solid organization of tho people of
tho rural counties next winter In favor
of candidates who have n thorough re
spect for public sentiment nud who put
party success odovo personal ambition.
Ill view of tho fact that I have placed
my mime on tho olllclal ballot to Invite
au expression of public sentiment, tho
threatened boycott or lockout to subvert
tho will of the people Indicates what the
parties behind this move nro nlmlug at
ami outlines their plan of campaign for
next winter.
It Is hardly necessary for mo to say
that no honorablu mau would expect me
to turn my back upon my enumles at
this stage and I feel suro tho men who
have been persuaded to sign these doc
juments will respect me moro for re
maining firm In splto of threats and
backllre.
K. HOSE WATER
hen a candldnte publicly pledges
hlnibclf to live up to his oath of ofllee
nobody has u right to Impugn his mo
tives or question his sincerity unless ho
has been notoriously dishonest or un
reliable. Tho charge that ho Intends to
bo fulso to his oath without nny proof
except suspicion, or, worse than that,
made to help elect a man who has noto
riously fulled to llvo up to his oath, Is
an outrage. That Is precisely the char
aetcr of tho campaign waged against
Mr. Parish, the republican candidate for
county attorney. Ho has declared over
his own, niinio that ho Intends faithfully
and Impartially to execute tile laws If
ejected. What more could he say and
what more has anybody a right to ex
pect of him? On the other haud, the
fusion candidate, Georgo Shields, has
been a monumental failure as a prose
cuting attorney. Assuming oven that ho
has had an Intention of llvlug iip to his
oath of olllce, he has nllnWed criminals
to escape Justice nnd has cost tho county
thousands of dollars becauso neither ho
nor his deputies aro competent to per-
form the duties devolving upon them,
OX TIIE IIOMEKTIUVrCII.
New York World (dem,): The only thing
that can be said with absolute conrtdenco
Is that tho vote will be tho largest ever
cost.
Wnshlueton Star (hid. rep.)! Somcthlug
very unusual must happen If Mr. McKln
ley Is to bo defeated. ' His campaign, to
far, has been well managed. Doth in the
matter of overcoming the apathy that nt
the outBct existed, and In that of keeping
up .the Interest after arousing It, tho repub
licans havo shown good Judgment. They
have worked hard nnd their returns la
some quarters havo appeared to bo slow.
But overythlng Is well In hand today nnu
If seeme to bo merely a question of hold
ing on to tho end to the advantages gained.
Detroit Erco Press (lud. item.): This Is
the last worklne week before tho election
and nil those In tho raco, from woutd-bo
presidents to would-bo coroners, will mako
tho final struggle for all there Is In them,
tn thn minds of tho best Judges of talent
nnd form McKlnley Is the winner at tho
head of tho national ticket. Ho hns grown
stronger as tho contest progressed nnd his
acquisition of strength has been greater os
the fin sh approached. Tho nppurcnt in-
dlffercnco to tho outcomo ns recognized at
thu stnrt haa given way to old-tlmo en
thusiasm. Uryau handicapped himself with
free sliver and all signs fail It ho be not
hopelessly distanced.
Philadelphia Press (rap.): It Is theso
causes which havo produced In the last week
of the campaign of 1000 signs of tho result
so unmlstakablo that no Intelligent, fair
minded man can bo misled. This condition
of public opinion has not,- however, less
ened tho Interest In the election. It has,
on the contrary, made It moro Intense and
profound. It has strengthened nnd ener
gized tho desiro to mako tho verdict against
Iiryan nud Dryaulsm so emphatic and final
as to compel demugogues and bankrupt
politicians to acknowledge that they cannot
cloud the sturdy common senso of tho Amer
ican people by specious appeals to their
feara nud prejudices.
Indianapolis News (Ind. rep.): For our
selves wo eco no reason to change the opin
ion that wo havo so oftuh expressed lu re
cent weeks, namely, that McKinlcy's elec
tion seems to bo nssurod and that Indiana's
electoral voto will go to him. If tho re
sult, declared tomorrow week, turns out to
bo different it will simply show that in this
perplexing campaign multitudes of voters
havo decided in a way of which no Indica
tion was given beforehand. Rut as wo see
tho situation all signs point to much the
utimo condition as four years ago, namely,
that it Is noccssary to postpone other ques
tions In order to scttlo tho menace to pros
perity. This seems to ub to be a fair reflex
of the general situation.
l'EHSOXAIi POINTKH!?.
Erastus A. Uarnnrd, a Chicago million
aire, has given his city a tract, of land
valued at f 200,000, to bo used ns a public
park.
Here is somcthlug now in American poli
tics: On tho eve of a. presidential election
workmen aro being discharged from tho
Brooklyn navy yard.
An Itemized statement by John Scaly,
chairman of tho Oalvestou flndnce com
mittee, shows that tho total amount re
ceived for tho Galveston sufferers, from
September 15 to October 12 inclusive, was
J979.595.C3.
Tho people of Swarthmore, Pa., have de
cided to erect a suitable monument to tho
memory of Benjamin West, tho celebrated
painter, who was born In tho town 16J
years ago. doming naa over uecn uonc iu
America to honor his memory-
English Jurists havo started a movement
to set up a statue 01 tne late L,oru ivmci
Justice Russell in tho High Court of Jus
tice. Chief Justice Fuller, James C. Carter
and Ambassador Choato are the Americans
who have been nsked to aid tho movement.
Several followers of Count Tolstoi,
headed by Paul Blroukoff, havo settled at
Genovn, Switzerland, to propagate the
teachings of tho great Russian, which aro
forblddon In his own country. Tho colony
Is Issuing a periodical and several or
Tolstoi's writings which are under tho ban
of tho Russian government.
Tho lato Charles Dudley Warner not
only took an actlvo Interest in tho cx-
nlorutions lu Egypt, but no was me one-
honorary vlco president of tho Egypt Ex
ploration Fund both In Englund anl
America. Ho was nominated for tho oftlco
by Rev. Dr. W. C. AVlnslow of Boston, who
had provlously uomlnatcd George William
Curtis to succeed James Russell Lowell In
that office.
Mobn una Multitude.
Kansas City Star.
Moro persons were Injured in London 1u
celebrating tho return of the City Imperial
volunteers than in tho average battle in
South Africa. Indeed, the turmoil and
confusion in London raise the question of
modern cities have not attained such au
enormous population that causing tho whole
city to crowd into certain streets Is a dan
gerous thing which should be avoided. Tho
vastness of tho multltudo causes nn excite
niont which a slight incident may convert
into desperate panic. Tho only remedy now
suggesting Itself Is that of amplo and heavy
forces of police to keep tne lino 01 marcn
. . . . i-
open when pageants pass inrougn uic
streets. Tho New York pollco haa this idea
well in mind nnd does bettor in managing
tho multltudo than tho London authorities.
Sew Siicflllc tnr Trnnti.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
A geulUB has come forward with a solu
tion of the trust problem, his suggestion
being tho enactment of laws providing that
tho purchaser of goods from trusts snail
not bo obliged to pay for them unless ho
chooses to do so. ThU might exterminate
tho trusts, but It would convert the grat
majority of tho people luto cnthuslstlc ad
vocates of trusU.
Xerrr lleicit Itself,
J. Sterling Morton's Conservative.
MSuY udmlrerB of tho peorlesB Bryan
brnir loudlv that he is chockfull of
Dlutltudlnous versatility that ho novcr re
peats himself. This is particularly true as
to his prophecies of 1896. TUo Conservative
has looked In vain for an opportunity to
catch tho colonel repeating oven ono fore
cast of the finances of tho United States
made in 189S. Tho mistakes of Bryan must
make the mistakes of Moaos Inconsequential
Sliallniiueam of "MllltnrUiu."
Chicago Tlmcs-llcruld.
Just for tho sako of Illustration let us
swell the regnlar army of the Uulted
States from 65,000 to 80,000. Then lot us
tako tho estimate of our population ns
SO.000,000. This would give ub tho ratio of
1,000 citizens to 1 soldier. And this is the
militarism which terrineB William Jen
nlngs Bryan Into stago fever and aguo.
Tlitr I'Htb of Duty.
Chicago PoBt.
lx-l'resident Cleveland has condemned
and epudlated Bryanlsm as undemocratic,
revolutionary, dangerous nnd destructive.
He has pointed the path of duty and prin
ciple' to all enlightened nnd consistent
democrats.
Tn Ur So Uhuiii'pii,
Indianapolis News.
Mr. Bryan will not say whether he would
pay the government's obligations In silver
or not, so it is best not to take any
chances.
Cn 1 111 Amid tlx- Storm.
. Washington Post.
President McKlnley appears to be about
the only prominent man who declines to
become excite a over the situation.,
A.VOTlinit SIUSTKH-OCT.
WltlnlrnM Inic the Trunin
from Hie
Plilllniiliun.
New York Sun.
will wi W uVA 'P,"rt,me?
riLntt to withdraw the ''volunteer '
" la,U'Ia.li0D8 lr.m 11,0 1 'I'1 ppln.C.9J r'
placing them, as fHr ns possible, with reg
mar troops of our army. Tho law re
quires theso volunteers to b" mustered out
before the 1st duy of July of next year; nt
that d.Ue, too, tho regular army Is to b'j
reduced to 27,000 men from Its ptcscnt
strength of about CS.OQO.
The volunteer reclmcnts. oreaulzcd espe
cially for service In the Philippines, are tho
Eleventh cavalry nnd twenty-four Infantry
regiments, numbered from Twenty-sixth
to Korty-nlnth. Inclusive. Of these tho
1'orty-ulghth and tho Forty-ninth arc com
posed of negroes, with negro company offi
cers and wulto field ofllccrs. At present,
however, at least ono of tho field ofllccrs Is
negro., Promotion In theso volunteer
regiments Is wholly regimental, so when
the Korty-nlnth lost one of Its majors tho
senior captain, Robert Gage, was promoted
to do major, nnd ho now holds thnt rank.
It lino been said that tho volunteer regi
ments would bo withdrawn In the same
order as they reached the Islands. This
is hardly probable, for sonio late-comers
among tho regiments hold positions moro
accessible nnd more easily to bo vacated
than earlier comers, nnd will bo withdrawn
bcroro tho regiments whoso services nre
noedod more urgently. At tho rnto nt
which the withdrawal is expected to take
place, howover, rather moro than 4,000
men a month, every organization will bo
back In this country Bomo weeks boforo
tho tltno nt which the lnw requires Its
dlsbandmnnt.
The Eleventh cavalry and tho Thirty-
sixth and Thirty-seventh infantry wero or
ganized in tho lslnnds largely from men of
tho state regiments which served thcro so
effectively during the Spaulsh war. The
Thirty-sixth Infantry completed Its organ
ization on July 30, 1SPJ, the Eleventh cav
alry on August 10 and tho Thirty-seventh
on October C. The Thlrtv-fourth wan
tbo flrat regiment raised In this couutry to
reach the Philippines; It arrived on tho
lltli and Uth of October nnd therefore hns
been there a llttlo moro than a year. The
Thlrtloth catno 011 October 21, tho Twenty-
sixth on October 21, whllo October 27 saw
two rcglmenta complete their debarkation,
the Twonty-icventh aud tho Thirtyt.hlrd.
In tho first week of November last year
tho Twenty-ninth nnd tho Thirty-second
reached tho islands; November 'C saw the
Thlrty-llfth present for duty. Two weeks
later, on November 23, the Twenty-eighth
reported, the Thirty-ninth enmo on De
cember 7, tho Forty-sixth on tho 14th of
that month; then enrae, before the end of
tho war, tho Forty-fourth, the Forty-fifth,
tho Forty-sovcnth. tho Thlrtv-flrst. the
Fortieth, tho Thirty-eighth, tho Forty-second
and the Forty-third in tho order
given. Tho Forty-ninth was tho first
regiment to report during tho present year;
11 reacueu the islands on January 2, to bo
followed speedily by the Forty-flm and
then by tho Forty-eighth. January 25
saw tho last named regiment nt Manila.
Besides theso regiments thcro Is lu our
volunteer service in tho Philippines 11
squadron of nntlvo cavalry, raised lu ac
cordance with the samo act that author
ized tbo white volunteers, and, llko the
latter, to bo mustered out In Juno next.
Undor its commander, Mnlor Batson. this
squadron has dono good work and gives rise
to mo suggestion that whon so many of
the white volunteers are withdrawn the
Filipinos may make excellent nnllrn m
keep other "Filipinos in order.
Tho deposition of tbo returning troons
will require considerable thounht. it has
been suggested that they may Im nuiHtered
out ns they reach San FranclBco, so that the
camp at the Presidio may bo used succes
sively by each regiment. As, however,
tho country will he stripped of overy
pvnllablo regular soldier to supply tho
vacancies made by withdrawing the volun-
tecrs from tho Philippines, it is poasihlo
that tho returned troops will bo hold for
Bomo time to servo as garrisons at vnrlous
places In tho United States. At all events.
It seeni3. likely that they will
gether until congress shall Iiqvo tniinn
action on tho question of Hrmy reorganiza
tion. ,
"Dlll'.MMISKS" I. TUB CAMPAIGN.
I1ranltr Clulinn Mucnuiilrr n 'Wlllirr-
111 If Front.
Washington Slur.
Nothing has been more surprlsInK in this
curapalgu than tho development of what Is
called the "drummer'-' vote. At tho outset
tho drummers wore represented as support
ers to a man of Mr. Bryan. Many" thou
sands, It was stated, hnd lost their places
inrougn trusts and other business combina
tions, and they nnd their friends. R was
assorted, would make themselves felt nt the
polls. Clubs were to bo formed and n sys
tematic movement inaugurated Ha. Mr.
Bryan's behaif.
Although tho tulk was so very conndent.
somehow it was not convincing. Thns
famllinr with the business world had re
marked no wholesale disappearance of
drummers, it soemed to them that thn
goutlemen of tho road were etill quite
numerous and that all wero busy. And why
not? Admitting tho mnny combinations of
capital, It was still truo that such combina
tions must provldo for the selling of their
products. They had not risen superior to tho
services of tho drummers, but needed them
tno samo ob tho ordinary business firms
which wero still commanding them.
Alter nwhllo the truth began to aDnear.
The time came when this innumerable host
or aiscnargeu drummers must show Itself.
It must purade for effect. There was a call,
but nobody answored. The drummers were
either deaf or Indifferent to their own woes,
or olso had gono back to work again. Then
little by llttlo It developed that there had
never been an army of discharged drum
mers, but that tho great majority of travel
ing salesmen uaa nil along had work, nnd
MEN'S SUITS.
What are the correct materials for men's wonr
this full? OPINIONS DIFFER. v
ers oxfords. We have tliem aH, $10 to
Some tailors say worsteds Home cheviots oth
NO QLOTIIING FITS IIKE OUUS.
We have just received from our factory a lot of
medium and heavy weight top coats, cut with' aud
without the raglan shoulder. Silk and serge
lined. If you are thinking about a winter-coat,
we would be pleased to have you examine 'what
we have. The price will certainly please you.
"HAVE YOU AN UMHTtELLA OH .MACKINTOSH?"
Browning, King & Co.
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
0Rh't Oftly Esoliulv Clothiers tn Mcb and M7
wero never buster or more prosperous.
1 Moreover, "straw" colls (boned that, as n
ru0( tneJ. werp for jtcKlnley and not for
I Bryan. They expressed themselves n
pleased lth tho good times, and ns anxious
they should continue. So that, instead
.0 , uncnlp,0yed drummers.
wo have numerous McKlnley clubs of em
ployed drummers, whoso order books are
full of business, nnd who will help again lo
swell he vote for sound money nnd
prosperity
This campaign, Indeed, now that all the
sldo 'nnd snldo issues hae been exposed
nnd done for, appeals with unusual strength
to both the wage-earners and the salur
earners. Rusluers Is business, and business
w havo In larger volume than over boforo
nnd with tho prospect of a steady Incrra-io
if tho administration Is endorsed nt the poll
nnd present policies aru continued.
.MIItTIIFL'l, ItKMAllKS.
Hetrolt Journal: "What's the o.iuxe of
bo mnny deaths In your suburb recently
"Well, volt see, our druggist has hired 11
new clerk, who is nblo to mnko out tho
blindest handwriting."
Chlcngo Post: "Why do you say he Is a
inun of patience, fortitude nnd cndui
mice 7"
"Because ho hns endured his own soclrt
nil theso years."
Philadelphia Press: "Oood morning, Mr
Cnssldy," said tho undertaker's humorous
friend, "I supposo business Is dead with
you 7"
"Faith. It U so," repllKd CayMdy. wit .
great seriousness. "I haven't burled a
llvln' soul for nearly 11 month."
Washington Star: "No. sir," exclaimed
Meandering Mike, "I'm clean out'n iym
pttt'y wit dls talk about a full dinner pull
"It seems kind o' cheerful," said Plod
ding Pete.
"Not to my enr. When I seo n tin bucket
filled up wld nnthln' but food Instld o' ber
It strikes mo ns a positive waste o" space
Indlannpolh Press: Hhn had suddenly
acquired wealth, nnd ho loved her for It
"Ah!" ho cried passionately, "you sre
one woman lu the thousand."
"Yes." sho replied with a far-awav look,
"but not for you. A hi If you could but
mnko mo one in the 4110."
True! Ills social stundlng, nlas, was
nil.
Chicago Post: "I didn't know you ever
hnd made a study of dialect."
"I never have," replied the author.
"Then bow did you happt-n to fall into
the way of writing It?"
"Oh, I did thnt while learning to us ths
typewriter."
Roston Transcript: Dusty Roads I sn.
weary, how did you reel when that do'g
came at you 7
Wonry Waggles-I felt flattered that even
ho wan glnd to see me, but I endeavored to
hide my foldings ns much as I could.
Detroit Journal: Tho clergyman was n
clergyman of the old school, as It hap.
polled.
"Presumably you desire n hitch In tho
proceedings?" said ho, with quaint, Louis
Quntnrzn humor. .
Then tho bride swooned, while tho groom
lost his head and declaimed Incoherently.
Philadelphia Press: He For goodness'
sake, whnt nre you sighing about?
'Who (behind the paper) Oh, there ars
such lovely Imrgnlns hero lu Jones A
Jones' ndvertlsomont, anil I can't take
advantage of them.
He Ronncts, I suppose.
She No. a complete lino of patent
medicines reduced one-half, and there's not
a blessed thing tho matter with any of u
1,KT VH HMII.I2.
Josh Wink In Baltimore American.
The thing that goes the farthest toward
making llfo wortli while,
That costa tho least and does the most, 1m
Just a pleasant smile.
Tho smile that bubbles from a heart that
loves Its follow men
Will drive away tho clouds of gloom and
eonx tho sun again.
Its full of worth, nnd goodness, too, with
mnnly kliTdness bl-nt
Its worth n million dollnrs nnd It doesn't
cost 'n cent. -1
There Is no room for sadness when we see
a cheery smile
It ulways lias the samo good look it's
never out of stylo
It nerves us on to try ngaln, when fuilure
jnaltes us blue;
The dimples of encouragement are good for
mo and you.
It pays 11 higher interest, for It is merelv
lent
il's worth n million dollars and It doesn't
cost a cent.
A smile comes very eosy-you can wrinkle
up with cheer
A hundred times before you can squeeze
out a uoggy lour.
It ripples out, moreove'r, to the heartstrings
thnt will tug,
And always leaves an echo that Is very like
a hug.
So, smile, nway. Folks understand what by
a smllo Ih meant.
Its worth a million dollars and It doesn't
cost a cent.
Optical
Truths
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tering promises that develop Into
tho best fitting glasses.
Investigation Is a searchlight
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