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TIIiE OMAHA DAILY 1VEE: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1901.
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ays thut tho actual number of full nnU
completo coplch of Tha Dally. Morning,
Evening and Hunday Heo printed during
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3 23,4.'10
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7 ar,:iu
8 an.aio
s anmo
10 an,:iMo
11 an,uo
12 ar,ir,o
13 ar,,iiM
11 ar,,or,o
16 ari to
18 a5,noo
13 25.3TO
20 ao,3Jio
51 23,10)0
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25 as.sno
26 ao.otw
27 ao,Rio
23 ar,aio
29 aT.oio
20 20,080
3i a7,aso
16 a.n,;iuo
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Less unsold and returned copies...
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. 7,8435
Net total sales 7MS.OWR
Net dally avcrago 25,121
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1901. M. 1). HUNGATE,
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Ills 00(1 (lot'lls IIvp.
Kvcry cloud Iiiih a silver llnlnp.
Do not fool too liml about tho rain.
It siiowcil up In North Dnkotu.
The Influence for flood of MoKlnloy
dead Ik still renter by far than that of
all IiIh living th'lrnrtors.
Kilptr Howard should have kuotvn
that Constantino .1. Smyth wag loaded
when lie undertook to Mow down the
mu.zlo.
No tiny of juiiyor and niournlue; over
canic homo to people so closely ns that
ordained lu meiuory of President Me
Klnley. The nnnio of the now political found
ltiiK l "Tho Allied I'nrty.' .Its chief
dlrllrulty promises to he In getting Itself
allied to the voters. 1
r
A whole nation stood still with un
covered head lis (he funoraf t'orfpge1 of
William MoKinleylpiiKsod.. What greater
mark of respect 'could I to paid to man?
With Rummer's sun aud nil early frost
King Corn has had a hard time of It
this year. Hut when it is nil over Ne
braska will still be found in the corn
belt.
If the fusion conventions had built ten
different platforms Instead of two,
Judge llollenbeck would Just as will
ingly have agreed to stand on them all
.without reading them.
Another bunch, of regrets comes from
South Africa In the whapo of 200 Itrltlsh
ohllors ami two cannon captured. Up
to date tho pile of regrets Is greater
than the acceptances.'
The , populist and democratic state
committees hayo- fused for tho cam
paign. lloforc tho campaign is ended
tho funds are likely to bo more than
lused they .will bo consumed.
The base ball Reason Is ended, with
Oinulia several lengths,' behind. Tjnc
local fans, however,' need nqt bo dis
couraged. Tho club will start out next
year with Just as much hot. air as over.
Cecil Kljodes states that, he has always
bad it foiSdiioss for collecting Di'tch
curios, Dutch paintings and everything
Dutch. Perhaps this throws some light
on his part lu layiug the foundation for
tho conquest of the Transvaal.
It is worthy of "note that despite the
Immense crowds that have Invaded
Omaha during carnival week no vis
itor has been compelled to walk tho
streets iu search of accommodations, ns
was suld to have been tho case during
tho state, lair.
Tho 4-efusal of the executive council
of tho Federation of l.nbor to place an
Omah'a labor paper on tho unfair list
because it has seen tit to criticise the
Central Labor union shows that the
freedom of the press Is not vet ban
ished from the land.
It Is tob bad that someone nlwnys
thinks It Incumbent upoii him to suinsh
traditions of long stnuding. The latest
to suffer Is that of lien Nutler aud the
epoous, a man being found who owns
up that, ho wns the person who got
them, Instead of tho general.
The soldier hoys of the National
Guard are Just beginning to realize
what an advantage- It is to have their
annual encampment within reach of tho
conveniences aud hospitality of ti groat
city. Vheu they are asked to como
again the noes will bo decidedly lu the
mluorlty.
The country has not only been liberal
lu Its display of black crepe for the dead
president, but black tar lias also been
provided III abundance for those uu
Aviso enough to make anarchistic re
murks at this time. Men who hold such
opinions will do, well to take u thluklUK
joart for a while at least.
fit A XCO-tl USUI A X AH eSl TIES.
The nrrlval of tho czar In Franco was
marked by extraordinary precautious
for his safety. Tiio Buffalo tragedy lias
more. Htrongly Impressed Huroiiean
rulers with tho necessity for greater
safeguards. Tho dispatches statu that
tho cercnionlnn connected with tho re
ception of tho Itusslnn emperor took
place behind an Impenetrable wall of
soldiery, so that the people, who had
mado extraordinary preparations to do
honor to tho nation's guest, were not
permitted to even seo him. A further
precaution was the guarding with troops
of tho entire track from Dunkirk to
Complegnc, tho number of men required
for this constituting a large army.
Whether or not the visit of Kmperor
Nicholas to Krnnee has any political
significance does not appear. It has
been suggested that it was Intended
to facilitate the placing of a Itusslan
loan at I'arls of f2oo,000,(XXJ, but this
is Improbable, since the czar's lutluenco
exerted through his finance minister
would be .tiulte as effective as going to
Kranco himself. A more plausible view
Is that the czar. desired to convey to tho
people of Franco a vlslblo assurance of
his continued friendliness and to ull'Eu
ropo his, satisfaction wltli tho alliance
between Itussla and Franco. It Is to be
remembered, however, that Nicholas
was invited to visit Franco by Presi
dent lioubet, after the Itusslan emperor
had decided to attend tho German naval
maneuvers. This seems to dispose of
tho Idea that there may bo political slg
nlllcanco lu the visit and suggests that
the czar was simply Interested In the
naval maneuvers and wanted to get
away from his capital for a little
recreation.
There was certainly no need of his
yolug to France in order to Impress the
French people with his friendliness.
They can have no doubt of this, because
thpy know It Is distinctly In tho Interest
of Utisshi to maintain the most cordial
relations with France. The alliance be
tween them Is mutually, advantageous
and enables them to exert a potential
influence lu European affairs. It niaUes
for tho security of each and also for
tho maintenance of the general pence.
So long ns this alliance continues
France is safe against possible aggres
sion and Itusslan Interests in Europe
will bo conserved. However anomalous
such a compact between a despotism
nnd n republic niny appear, there can
bo no doubt ns to Its expediency. This
was recognized by the statesmen of
both couutrles lung before tho alliance
was entered Into. With these two
powerful military nations tlrmly bound
together, as they now seem to be, and
desiring the preservation of peace, tho
danger of any serious disturbance of
European peace is small and remote.
Undoubtedly the czar's visit to Franco
nnd the enthusiastic Interest taken in It
by the French peoplo will have a good
effect, but there appears no reason to
think that it has any detlnitc political
slgnltlcance, or none other than the fact
it shows tlmt tho two nations arc on
the very best of terniB ami propose to
continue so. 1
S.vEiticAx cora iy tiunbpr.:
"The. American consul at Liege, IJel-
glum, .reports that the consumption, of
eoruinoal In that country has Increased
100 per cent In the last live years. He
expresses the opinion that our cornmeal
will lu time win fnvor In other couutrles.
nnd that our present export of corn wllh
be very greatly Increased. There Is,
however, an IntcusO prejudlco among
the working people of most European
countries ngalnst the use of corn for
human food, lu spite of tho well under
stood fact that It Is freely used by the
American people.
According to the cousul, In Belgium
this prejudice has been to a large ex
tent removed by actual demonstration
of the food vnluo of corn preparations.
A like effort 1ms been made In other
countries, but with little success. For
several years tho Agricultural depart
ment had an agent abroad whose duty
It was to demonstrate the food value of
corn, but he accomplished very little
and this experience discouraged fur
ther efforts, though there wus a corn
display at the Inst Purls exhibition.
The Philadelphia Record suggests
that If In addition to practically show
lug the merits of corn as food our gov
ernment should secure Its entrance Into
European countries free of duty our
shipments would doubtless greatly In
crease. It Is not nt all likely, however,
that our government could secure a
concession of this kind, though It would
certainly be well to make the effort.
While there is some encouragement in
what has been accomplished In Belgium,
progress lu overcoming tho prejudice
nniong Europeans generally ngalnst corn
for huniau food will be-very slow. Per
haps some help In this direction will
como from tho advancing price of bread
stuffs abroad.
THE VANISH MliT IKUIKS.
Whether or uot the United States Is
to acquire tho Danish West Indies will
probably soon be determined. It has
been reported that the offer made by
th6 American Department of State to
the government of Denmark has becu
aeeoiited by tho ministry of thu latter
and It is expected that the Danish Par
llnincnf, sooli to meet, will approve that
acceptance. Iu that event the purchase
will undoubtedly bo made, as It Is uu
derstood that the offer was not made
until the sanction of It by two-thirds of
thu setnito was assured.
It is only from a strategic point of
view that the acquisition of the Islands
can be regarded as desirable. Thoy
have no real commercial value. Their
population numbers only JH'.OOO nnd tho
entlio areu of the three Islands of St
Orolx, St. Thomas ami St. John Is but
132 square miles. St. Thomas possesses
one of the tlnest harbors In tho West
ludles nud It Is urged that In other
hands than ours It would bo a constant
menace to our safety, particularly after
we shall have constructed an Inter-
oceanic cunnl. Tho New York Sun snys
that "lu tho hands of a strong mnii
time jiower hostile to u's the harbor of
St, Thomas would be u source of danger,
uot only to Porto Illco, but to our gen
crul Interests lu the C'urlbbcuu uud the
Gulf of Mexico and lu tho prospective
Interocennlc canal. In our hands the
same port, held lu conjunction with San
Juan, Porto Hleo, would enable us to
control the favorite passage for vesrfcls
coming from Europe to Mexico, Central
Auierlcn, Northern Colombia, tho west
ern part of Venezuela, Jamaica and thu
southern ports of San Domingo, llnytl
and Cuba." The Islands have been an
expense to Denmark and probably would
bo to the United States.
Till! MAVltlxe.
In every campaign we hear a great
deal on both sides of the political fence
about tho machine. Most of the dis
cussion Is naturally Indulged In by the
political opposition anxious to stir up
dissension In tho ranks of those they
have to meet lu the political arena.
Much of It Is designed to create the Im
pression that If the peoplo could get
rid of the machine everything would be
harmony and purity.
As n matter of fact, the machine Is
simply the popular name for the party
organization. Under modern political
methods every party must have it politi
cal organization, and the party with
tho most complete and thoroughly
worked out organization has tho ad
vantage of Its opponents. Those who
decry the machine, therefore, are In
sincere uud nro not In favor of wiping
It out. They simply want to gain con
trol of tho organization aud build up a
machine under their domination lu the
place of what they aro denouncing.
This has been tho history of all fac
tional contests lu all political parties.
The organization may change, but It Is
uever destroyed.
So far as the rank nnd tile of the party
aro concerned, they are Interested only
iu clean politics and party success.
What they want to ask Is whuther the
organization Is properly performing Its
functions, whether It Is well managed,
whether It Is vigilant and alert, whether
It Is truly representative of a majority
of the voters on whoso ballots the suc
cess of the party candidates de
pends; lu a word, whether it Is faith
fully performing the trust reposed In It
on behalf of the party.
These questions pertain not to the
organization of any one party, but to
the organizations of all political par
ties. Merely crying "Machine!" will
not destroy the Inecesslty of party or
ganization nor Improve tin; organiza
tions that have been laboriously built
up.
AX h'.dOS-ACTIXG DEM AX IK
A suggestion offered nt the convention
of the Nebraska Uetall Grocers' asso
ciation, which has received the olllchil
endorsement of that body, deserves
more than passing notice. The grocers
hnve decided to request the cracker
manufacturers to change the size of the
wootlen - cracker boxes so that these
boxes may be used, without alteration,
as egg cases.
It Is to be hoped that the cracker
trust will meet this demand lu the
same friendly spirit lu which it was
made ai)d comply, with so reasonable a
requisition. The cracker trust might,
if It vvcro disposed to be penurious and
unaccommodating, suggest to the gro
cers the advisability of changing the
size of their egg cases to correspond
with the size of tho cracker box. If
that threatened to entail too great an
Inconvenience It might suggest to tho
poultry raisers and egg dealers tho
practicability of experimenting lu a
breed of fowl that will lay eggs of the
precise size to tit In with the existing
dimensions of tho cracker boxes. Fall
ing in this, an appeal might bo made to
the hens direct.
Wo certainly hope that between the
groccrymen, the cracker trust, the egg
dealers and the hens this weighty
problem may bo adjusted without re
sort to the courts and without exacting
additional tribute from the consumers-;
The loss of both tho phenomenally
fast British torpedo boat destroyers
would seem to Indicate that tho effort to
secure speed had been at the expense
of rendering the boats more unsafe to
the crew than to a possible foe. No
other government has attempted to se
cure such speed In frail craft, or any
other for that matter, aud none are
likely to until the constructors have
shown themselves able to combine the
great power necessary with stability.
Those who now express relief becauso
President Hoosevelt has declared In
favor of continuing tho policy of his
predecessor hnve every reason to bo
satisfied, but thoy never hud any real
occasion for alarm. Nothing lu the
president's career Indicates that ho is
anything but level-headod. Outspoken
ho has always been, but his speech has
always been for tho right us ho sees
It, and from that stand there has never
been any llckleuess.
China has called upon Germany to
move out of territory which It occupied
during tho Into troubles. Up to tho
present there aro no signs of moving
aud tho Chlnnmau is likely to wait u
long time for possession of his property,
If ho ever secures It. Tho greed for
territory among the nations of, the
world Is too strong to expect them to
yield quietly anything they get posses
slon of.
By grace of the city council a ?2,000
dog pound Is to bo erected lu Omaha
for tlio benellt of lost, strayed or stolen
canines that may come Into the dog
catcher's net. When these sumptuous
quarters are provided Intelligent dogs
will be hi a quandary whether to stay
at homo or have themselves committed
to tho pound.
Strudy llldliiK utv.
New York World.
The Rough Hlder Is a mcnuiry. It Is for
steady riding now.
All Aurrrit mi Till.
Globe-Democrat.
There is no politics In the popular move
ment agalust tho menace of , anarchy.
Among democrats and republicans, north
and Bouth, Ihu sentiment is tho same.
An Admlrnhln Start,
i
Chicago Nws.
President nooaevitlt'a retention of the old
cabinet as his own show from tho atari
what that admirable and thoroughly
equipped statesman thinks of civil service
reform. It is a safe guess that this nation
Is going to bo very proud of President
Hoosevelt before It gets, through with him.
Trm per Well Controlled,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Tho remarkable manner In which the
American public controls its temper at a
time when temper could not bo more
sorely tried, Is highly gratifying to all
levers of good government.
A Mutton Hunter.
Kansas City Star.
Here Is ono of the lakes ticmctratcd bv
tho Nebraska populist convention: "We
congratulate tho republican party for
idopting and putting Into execution, so far
is It has, popullstlc theories of finance."
The I.enn Snld the Better.
Washington Tost.
It Is always commendable to reduce tho
amount of political talk, but wo fear tho
manager, of the campaign of tho Ohio demo
crats was proceeding upon the selfish theory
that Iho less said about the past tho better
for his party.
l.'nlly of Action Xredrd.
Indianapolis Journal.
If every state In the union would pass a
uniform law defining anarchy In a succinct
and clear manner, nnd afflxlng a penalty
of Ann and Imprisonment not so severo but
that Juries would imposo a discretionary
punishment, the evil could bo effectually
suppressed. 11 at thcro should be concert
of action.
Too IIIbIi n I'rlee to Pny.
ltnltlmore News.
It may bo un-American for a president of
the United States to. avoid promiscuous as
semblages, but tt Is a significant fact that
President Carnot, King Humbert and Mr.
McKlnlcy wcro all thrco struck down In tho
midst of a crowd. Such a prlco is too high
to pay oven for tho distinction of being an
American of tho Americans, and It ought
not to bo exacted of our executive until bet
ter provision is mado for his security.
Ardent Desire of the People,
Philadelphia Ilccord.
President Ilooxcvclt has announced as a
part of his forthcoming policy "tho placing
In positions of trust men only of tho highest
Integrity." If ho shall stick to that he
will offend many men in his own party, but
ho will mako himself Invincible among bis
countrymen, There Is nothing so ardently
desired by tho mans of tho peoplo of the
United States as honest government, and
honest government can only be expected
at the hands of honest men.
evr Nn m c In the llnnler.
K-nnsas City Star.
President Thcodoro Hoosevelt has added a
new Christian name to the roster of presi
dents. The namo of Theodore Is strango in
the column. Most of his predecessors had
plain, common names, greatly preferred In
this country, especially In the earlier days.
Thero has been but ono Goorgo In tho White
House and ho was tho first of all tho presi
dents. Thcro have been three Johns, ono
Thomas, five Jameses, two Andrews, ono
Martin, two Williams, one Zachdry, ono
Millard, one Franklin, ono Abraham, ono
Ulysses, ono Kutherford, ono Chester, ono
Orover" and -ono Benjamin. It Is ralher
singular that such common names as Henry
and Charles do not appear in the list of
first names of presidents.
COM PA It ATI VKj VAMJ12 OK CHOPS.
. Jri;rr
Himt .Thin ,Veii.'s llnr.vent Compare
.irllw, lOthcr , Venr.
Sprlnglleld '(Mass.) 'Hepubllcnn.
The September condition of tho prin
cipal fobd crops, as reported last week
by the Oepnrtmcnt of Agriculture, com
pares as follows with that of a yoar nnd
two years ago' lin'd the September nvcrago
for tho last ten years:
' Average.
September 1. 1001,. IfW) 1S!W, 10 years.
Wheat 82.X. fil.li 70.9 R0.3
Corn R1.7 S0.fi 85.2 SI'."
Uats , 72.1 JS.U X7.i! Sl.fi
Harley i.KI.S 70.7 Sfi.7 83.1
Hvo SI.O 81.2 82.0 81!. 4
Potatoes 02.2 80.0 S6.3 7S.8
Tho four especially valuable crops aro
thoso of corn, wheat, oats and potatoes.
Together last year theso four crops aggre
gated a farm value .of $1,374, 225,fi00, to
which corn contributed $751,220,000, or
more than one-half, wheat 5323,025,000, oats
f208,669,0000, and'potatoes JS0.811.000. This
year thrco, of the four crops, aro moro or
less of a failure, and In tho case of corn,
tho most valuable, and potatoes, the least
valuable, tho failure is tho worst known
slnco tho Department of Agriculture began
Its report, some thirty odd years ago.
Tho wheat acreage Is given as 45,733.000,
ngalnst 43,113,000 acres a year ago, and
on 'tho basis of the reported condition tho
statistician of tho Now York Troduco ex
change figures out a probable crop of 644.
835,000 bushels, Which is about 14:000,000
bushels less than was promised by tho re
port of August 1 last, and compares with
an actual crop of 622.229.S0S bushels In
1S00, and 075,148 J05 and 611,780,000 bushels.
respectively, for tho years 189S nnd 1891.
when record yields woro made. This
year's wheat crop is thus the second larg
est ever gathered In the country, but lu
point of promised nggregato valuo it will
compare less favorably with preceding har
vests. Tho present prlco of cash wheat at
Chicago 1 68 cents, which la nearly 10
cents below what wheat was commanding
a year ago, not much In excess of the aver
ago Chicago prlco of tho crop of 1898, and
nearly 20 cents below the average price at
which tho crop of 1891 was marketed. It
Is evident that the foreign need Is not to
be so urgent as tho European crop statis
tics have been regarded ns promising, and
not so urgent as to make bread unduly ex
pensive In this country. Regarded from tho
consumers' standpoint and In view of the
failure of the corn and potato crop, this
Is n most fortunate circumstance.
Tho Indicated ylold of corn, ns figured out
by the Produce exchange statistician', la
l,33u,093,000 bushols, against an Indicatod
yield a month ago of 1,393,000,000 bushels,
nnd comparing with an actual harvest of
2,105,102,500 bnshuls In 1900, 2,078,143,900 tn
1899 and 2,283,875,000 bushels In 1S90, when
the yield passed all records. Tho greatest
corn crop failures of recent years wero those
of 1S94 and 1881, but tho present ono Is the
worst of all, as shown not only by reported
condition, but by comparisons with average
yearly yields. For tho five years Just past
corn production has averaged about 2,058,-
800,000 bushels n year, and the present in
dlcoted loss from that figure for the crop
of 1901 of- 723,700,000 bushels amounts to o
little over 25 per cent. The corn crop of
1894 was damaged to the extent of nbout 31
per cent of the previous overage five-year
yield, and Jlmt of 1881 to the extent of less
than 20 per cent of what bad been an aver
age harvest. American agrlculturp In this
Important particular has thus suffered, the
worst blow experienced in at least thirty-
flvo years.
The higher prices of corn will mako good
much if not all of tho loss to the farming
community as a whole, but tho burden of
the disaster will none tho less fall upon the
country In the higher cost of meat and pro
visions especially, for tho production of
which corn Is the great staple, Altogether
tho year 1001 promises to bo remembered as
one of the worst known In ngrlculture. But
for tho single redeeming feature of the
wheat crop It would have to be classed as
the worst without exception alnce the civil
His Farewell Message
Philadelphia. Public
The speech mado by President McKlnlev
at Buffalo on the day beforo ho was shot,
although It wns not Intended ns such, has
all the forco and effect of a farewell mes
sage. The president had no warning that
it was to be his last public utterance, but
ho had prepared It with more than usual
caro, bocatiso tt was to bo delivered under
circumstances that would make It a mes
ago to tho world on tho subject of
America's business policy. In tho brief
period that elapsed between tho time of Its
delivery and that of the nssnsslnation nf
the president tho press of tho country rec
ognized tho great Importance of tho
speech, nnd very generally commended tho
president for tho broad vlow ho had taken
of tho futuro policy of tho country. His
assassination has given ndded force to this,
his last public utterance.
Mr.t McKlnlcy was' a pronounced ndvo
cato of protection to American indiiBtrv.
Ills advancement to tho presidential chnlr
v.as largely due to tho association of hla
namo with a high tariff bill that helped to
revive tho drooping Industries of the coun
try, Mr. McKinloy's cnrly purposo In his
advocacy of protection to American Indus
tries by tnrlft duties wns to hold Amorl
enn trade for American workers, to firmly
establish American industries ho that thov
could compete with foreign industries de
spite tho cheaper labor of Kuropcan coun
tries. That battlo was won. parti- throueh thn
development of our natural resources, partly
oy tno bkiii nnd inventiveness of American
workmen, partly becauso tho latter wcro
protected from ruinous competition whllo
gottlng tholr Industries established. tn
fant Industries have grown to maturity:
Amorican mills ami factories havo been es
tablished capablo of producing much moro
material than could bo consumed In tho
homo market, and President McKlnlcy had
begun to look forward to tho development
of our commcrco with foreign countries.
For this ulso tho tariff could bo employed,
not for tho exclusion of foreign products,
but for obtaining concessions lu the laws
restrictive of trade that would bo of mutual
benefit. Jnmcs O. Blalno advocated reci
procity treaties twenty years ago, but tho
ttmo was less propitious then than It Is
today, when America has n surplus of
manufactures for which It needs a foreign
market and when It has already obtained a
foothold in foreign markets In spite of ob
structive tariffs. President McKlnlcy wns
as loynl to tho true principles of protec
tion In his Buffalo speech ns at any time
in his career, but ho wns broad-minded
enough to seo that tho time hnd.como for
NE 11 n A S 1C A V VS I OX I HTS.
Nlitnlflcnut lVnlurm of the Itecent
(hoMt Ilnnee.
Kansas City Star (Ind.).
As might hnvo been expected, tho Ne
braska democrats, who closed their state
convention cnrly this morning, took their
stand on the old plntforms of tho party in
tholr brief reference to national Issues.
Thoy also fiiHed with the populists, in con
vention at the Bnmc time, by tho making
of a state ticket, taking tho head of tho
ticket from their own ranks nnd tho nomi
nees for repents of the university from
thoso of tho populist faith. They con
demned tho proposed reorganization of tho
democratic party, declaring that thoso who
proposed this adjustment of factions wore
merely tho bolters who had assisted in the
election of President McKlnlcy In two na
tional contests.
It is apparent that William J. Bryan still
dominates the party organization lu his own
state, whatever his loss of strength may
bo In othen commonwealths. Ho has ospo
clally urged the contlnuaucu of fusion, hav
ing taken tho floor In n recent eonferenco
and opposed aggressively tho proposition
to re-establish democratic Independence In
Nebraska.
Hut tho action of tho Nebraska democrats
will not havo much cltcct upon tho general
tendency throughout tho country to get
away from tho hopeless issues of the past
two presidential campaigns and return to
groundR upon which tho whole democratic
party may bo-reunlted, Tho other stuto con
ventions of this year havo Indicated very
clearly tlmt tho popular sentiment of tho
party Is against tho continued leadership of
Mr. Bryan, that It Is opposed to several
of tho principal articles In tho Bryan con
fession of fnlth nnd that success can be
achieved only through the reunion of the
factions.
Thcro Is plenty of tltnq to formulate tho
Issues of tho next presidential campaign,
and when they aro mnde up doubtless thero
will bo vital questions not now under con.
federation. But in the menntlmn it seom.'i
almost certain that there will ho a radical
departure from tho Chicago and Kansas
City platforms. If not, then tho logical
candidate for nomination In 1001 will bo
William J. Bryan, and tho Inevitable so
quenco will bo another defeat.
TIIIIKK MOW VOKIC I'lti:sil)UNTS.
Fillmore, Arthur, Hoonevclt A lilt of
. History.
Washington 'Post.
Of' tho flvo vice presidents, to-wlt, Tyler,
Fillmore, Johnson, Arthur nnd ltoosovelt,
who havo succeeded to tho presidency to fill
vacancies created by death, the stato of
New York has furnished thrco. Tho first of
those three was Millard Fillmore, born In
1800, elected vlco president In 1848 with
General Znchnry Taylor, who was in
augurated on March C, 1849, and died on
July 9, 1850. As presiding officer of the
senate at a period of Intcnso excitement
Mr. FUlmoro won tho approbation of all
tho members of that body by strict and
unvarying Impartiality. On July 10, 1850,
in tho old ball of the bouso of representa
tives, In tho presence of both houses of
congress, Mr. Fillmore wan sworn Into the
presidential ofllco, tho oath being adminis
tered by tho chief Justice of tho circuit
court of tho District of Columbia, tho ven
crablo William Cranch, whom President
John Adams fifty years beforo had ap
pointed to that office. The Taylor cabinet
at once resigned and President Fillmore
elected a new ono from among tho ablest
whig statesmen of tho time, Including
Daniel Webster as secrotary of state. Peace
and prosperity blessed tho country during
hU administration.
President Chester A. Arthur of New York,
who succeeded tho murdered Garfield in
1881, has a warm placo in tho hearts of bis
countrymen. Ills nomination nt Chicago at
the cud of ono of the bitterest factional
fights over waged In any party, a conflict
which settled tho third term question for
all time, was a tub thrown to tho Htnlwart
whale. Ho was little known to the Amer
ican people and thcro was nothing In his
antecedents on which to base an expecta
tion that If called to the presidency he
would measure up to tho height of that
great office. But tho occasion found t:ie
man. Coming in as a stalwart, tho protege
of Conkllng", and supposed to be tho nut)
pode of Blalno, President Arthur Ignored
factional differences and remembered that
he was not tho president of cither wing of
his party, nor yet of tho party ns n whole,
but prcsldont of the United States, tho head
of tho government In which all the people
of all sections had equal claims. In all of
bis appointments, as well as In his refusals
to appoint, he aimed to allay anlmoaltlc.
During his administration the civil serv
ice law was enacted and tho absolute fidel
ity with which ho enforced lta provisions
baa never Jieeii questioned. It wad not his
Ledger (rep.)
on expansion of American trade, Wo havo
nttnlncd tho purposo of protection con
trol of our home market and now need
for tho continuance of our Industrial pros
perity such nn opening to foreign markets
ns will enable us to dispose of our surplus
nf manufactured products. On this sliblect
McKlnlcy said:
"The period of exeluslvencss Is past.
Tho cxjinnslon of our trade and commerce
is the pressing problem. Commerclnt wars
aro unprofitable. A policy of good will and
friendly trade relations will prevent re
urinals, lteclnrocltv treaties are In har
mony with tho Dplrlt of tho times: meas
tires of retaliation are not. If, perchance,
somo of our tariffs are no longer needed for
revenue or to encourage nnd protect our In
dustries at home, why should thoy not bo
employed to extend nnd promote our mar
kets abroad?"
President ltoosovelt In taking up tho work
of his predecessor has distinctly pledged
Himself to ronllntic tho policy happily out
lined by Mr. McKlnlcy nt Buffalo, nnd that
policy was In tho main to promote tho In
dustrial prosperity of tho country by nn ex
pansion of Its trado relations. Various
means may bo employed to this end mod.
iflcntlons of the tariff that will cheapen the
cost of production In this country. Improve
ment of our consular service by the appli
cation of civil servico principles to tho ap
polntmcnts to that service, the construc
tion of an isthmtnn canal, tho laying of n
raclflc cccan c.ablo and amendment of our
navigation laws.
President ltoosovelt can set himself no
bettor or higher tnsk than that of carrying
out Mr. McKinloy's main purpose by such
methods as approve themselves to his Judg.
mcnt. Thcro Is no doubt of his Blnccro pur
poso to do this, nor that he will be a most
earnest ndvocato of honornblo peace, no
roptlng ns his guldo without reserve the
last words of President McKlnloy:
"I,ct iia ever remember that our Interest
is In concord, not conflict, and that our real
eminence rests In tho victories of peace,
not those of wnr. Wo hnpo that alt who nro
represented hero may bo moved to higher
nnd nobler effort for their own nnd the
world's good, nnd that out of this city may
come, not only greater commerce nud trado
for us all, but, moro essential than these,
relations of mutual respect, confidence and
friendship which will dcepon nnd endure.
Our earnest prayer is that Ood will gra
ciously vouchsafo prosperity, happiness nnd
penco to all our neighbors, and like blesj
lngs to all tho peoples and powers of earth."
fault, not by nny mistakes or failures on
tho part of his administration, that ho was
succeeded by a democrat, tho first break In
tho lino of republican succession that had
occurred In twenty-four yenrs.
President ltoosovelt, tho third of New
York's contributions to the presidential
office through tho vlco presidency, Inherits
nono of tho dlfllcultles that surrounded
Arthur. Thcro Is neither factional nor sec
tional strife, but a united party, and tho
peoplo of alt sections nro desirous of the
blessings that flow from a wise, well-ordered
administration. Mr. ItooBovcit brings
to tho discharge of his duties a wider and
moro varied experience than Mr. Arthur
possessed. Let us hopo that such honor as
Arthur won may bo tn storo for him.
PICHNOXAI, ftOTF.Jt.
Tho shah of Persia has become a camera
fiend and has had n largo darkroom fitted
up In tho palaco nt Teheran.
Tho Sorlely of American Wars is raising
funds for tho erection In San Francisco of
a monument to John Paul Jones.
The will of tho Into Herman O. Armour
disposes, In bequests to his family nnd
relatives, of $2,250,000 of real and personal
property.
By breaking up. Independence, Mr.
I.awson endorses Upton's opinion that a
yncht built for a cup race Is good for noth
ing clso.
There will bo assembled In nnd nbout New
York harbor during the cup races steam
yachts to the estimated value of $50,000,000.
Thoy represent tho Argonauts who hnvo
found tho golden fleece.
Itobort Lobaudy, son of tho rich French
sugar refiner, wns In Now York Inst week
and subscribed $10,000 to the hospital build
ing which tho French Bonevolent associa
tion Is to erect In that city.
J. P. Lyon of St. Paul, who Is now at tho
nntlonnl enenmpment of tho Grand Army of
tho Republic at Cleveland, O.. Is said to
bo tho youngest member of that body. Lyon
enlisted ns the drumer boy of Company
G, Eighty-first Ohio Infantry on October 12,
1861 Hvo dnys beforo his cloventh birth
day. Memories of tho execution of Maximilian,
tho emperor of Mexico, aro revived by the
announcement that tho emperor of Austria
has conferred tho titlo of baron upon Do
FranciBco Knska of the City of Mexico. Do
Kaslta accompanied Maxlinlllon to Mexico
and remained until tho last a member of bis
suite.
Tho Navy department Is soon to have
a fine portrait of John P. Kennedy, who
won secretary of tho navy under President
lilmore. A nephew nnd nnmcsake of the
former secretary has offered to loan tho
department a portrait until a copy in made.
Secretary Kennedy was nppolnted from
Maryland in 1854.
M, Wallon, n member of tho French
senate, who is known ns the "Father of
the Republican Constitution," recently ns
slsted his son In rescuing thrco porsnns
who wero drowning In tho sea near Potlts
Dalles. For his courageous conduct tho
senator, who is 80 years old, has been
awarded a medal of tho first class.
M. Mnrcho, a French engineer, claims to
havo solved tho problem of tolophonlng by
submarlno cables for great distances. Ills
experiments aro reported as having been
vory cxtonslvo and exhaustive nnd ns hav
ing rosulted recently in his being 'able to
transmit u. telephone raesaagc, with perfect
distinctness, from Calais through a cable
400 miles long.
Kathryn Tynan, tho IrUh writer, Is Mrs.
Hlnkson by marriage. Sho was born at
Dublin 40 years ago. At 25 Miss Tynan
published hor first volume of verso, having
then been writing for eight yenrs. Slnco
then several volumes of her verso have
been printed, ns well ns' Borne ten novels..
D. A. Hlnkson is nlso the nuthor of several
novels of Irish life
Wolf von Schlerbrnnd, tho newspaper cor
respondent expelled from Germany, Is well
known horo and In New York, whero ho re
cently arrived, Ho claims that the actual
cuino of Ills expulsion wns not, as stated
by German officials, becauso he had tried
by Illegitimate means tn obtain advance
copies of tho new German tariff bill, but
becauso in two of his letters tho drinking
habits of tho emperor woro described.
M. H, Fulton, manager of tho Postal Tel
cgraph and Cable company at Bucyrus, O.,
has bulletined the assassination of threo
presidents. When President Lincoln was
shot Fulton was night operator at Allegh
eny, Pa., nnd received the builetlnB an
nouncing tho tragedy. At tho tltno Prest
dent Garflold was shot Fulton was the day
operator at tho Westorn Union office In
Bucyrus, and received tho nows of that
event. Ho Is now connected with the Postal
Telegraph nnd Cable company In the same
city, and in the regular routine of his
duties received the news of tho assassina
tion of President McKiuley,
I'ltKMiiK.vr itoosnvr.LT'.s p!,t:nnr..
Detroit Journal: Tho entire country will
be gratified nt the announcement of Pre-'-dent
Hoosevelt that-tho policies of hla prt
deccssor are to bo carried out to tiio letter
and In tho spirit in which they tfcto con
celved nnd In which they wcro being de
veloped. Chicago News: Coming from n man of
Mr. llooscvclt's ability nnd personal force,
his declarations mean far tnoro than they
would wero ho of second-rate powers. Tho
public will accept them ns further evidence,
of his brnait-mludcdutss umt freedom from
incro personal ambition.
Washington Post: Tho McKlnlcy policy
Is to bo tho Hoosevelt policy. Tho ltooso
velt policy, thereforo, becomes tho policy
of tho progressive American, nnd tho presi
dent of the United States will havo tho
samo loyal and derated support which has
boon accorded his martyred predecessor.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: "I shall con
tinuoj absolutely unbrokn tho policy of
President McKlnlcy for tho peace, pros
perlty and tho honor of our beloved coun
try," snys President ltoosovelt. Tun coun
try knows there Is not nn atom uf doubt
thnt tho pledge will bo scrupulously kepi.
Boston Transcript: President Hoosevelt
Is a mnn of his word and his promise Is to
bo accepted ns rondo without renn-viitloii
Elected on tho samo platform as President
McKlnlcy. which ho had cordially ncroptrd,
thero ought to huvo been no doubt from thu
first ns to Mr. Jtoosovelt's shaping his policy
to nttaln the snmo ends ns thoao Mr. Mc
Klnlcy proposed.
rhlladciphin North American: Wo nro
suro that no president beginning his term
of service has had behind' him a country
moro ready to nccord applauso for triumphs
won or support In dllllcultles that niny
nrise. In tho North American's Judgment
Theodore ltoosovelt has tho bruins, thu
henrt nud the patriotism to nmko an ex
ceptionally good president.
Chicago Trlbuno: This declaration of
President ltnosevelt, promotive of conlldenco
In tho present nnd a good omen for tho fu
ture, wns only another Illustration of his
habit of doing Just tho right thing nt thu
right time. Ho has been criticised for his
Impulsiveness, but hero was Impulsiveness
of tho right kind. Ho spoko promptly nnd
ho spoko In a manner to bo clearly under
stood nnd without reservntlon of nny kind,
nnd his first words nfler Inking the oath of
office wcro Just tho words tho American
peoplo wcro longing to hear.
New York Times: Every man who knows
Thcodoro ltoosovelt well will nvow that
theso were tho looked-for words, this tho
personal proclamation ii.ituhilly aud almost
Inevitably prompted by the character of Ids
mind and tho Impulses of his heart. Under
theso grcnt responsibilities tho strong, self
reliant man the ' American peoplo have
known so woll nnd Btudlcd with such In
terest tn hl3 various rolatlons to public nf
falrs becomes tho safo, wise, concrvntivn
president, willing nnd content to purstin to
tho end tho policies of William McKlnlcy,
becauso ho was a safe, wlso and conserva
tive president.
Philadelphia Press: This scntenco Is ho
shortest Inaugural In our history. It proiuf
iscs to prove tho moat comprchrnslvo nnd
satisfactory. It Is pledge platform nnd
policy In ono. It accept tho past, nsBiircs
tho futuro and calms Iho present. It gives
n grlof-strlcken land tho broad, general nnd
generous nssuranco It desired that tho prin
ciples and policy of nn administration suc
cessful tieyond nny other In our day and
generation nro to bo continued, entire nnd
complete, by President Hoosevelt. Tho
country desires no moro than on adminis
tration as prosperous as tho ono Just sadly
closed In universal grief nnd world sorrow,'
nnd the best friend nnd fondest admirer of
the hew president could w.lsu. him no Renter
success thnn to meet this desire', iioso 'ful
fillment In imsured by his first, frank, full
declaration of policy.
Co ml ii k Our Wit)-.
Indianapolis News.
Tho British mall from Australia Is to go
across the United States Instead nf the
Suez cnnnl becauso much quicker tlmn rnn
bo mado thnn by tho old route. Every
thing Is coming our way.
roiNTioo Itr.M.UtKN.
rittsburg Chronicle: Mrs. SnnggsTIm
early bird dors not get the worm tlilH sum
mer. Ilr. Sunggs Doesn't ho? What ddes ho
get?
Mrs. Snnggs Tho rntcrplllar. ,
Chicago Tribune: "You know, of cnur?e.
Colonel," remarked tho bartender, "that
iveiuucKj ir priMiwciiiK hihmii. .,,in,,uB, khi
Ioiih of whisky n yoar now?"
'Havo you any Idea, will," nsked Colonel
Hnnkthunder, raising his glusn with n
steady hnnd,, "wbah wo get the rent of oiuih
supply?"
Somervllle Journal Mlstiess Have you
any near relatives, Thomas?
Coachman Yes, ma'am, 1 hnve nri uncle '
In Philadelphia who Is about an "near" as
thoy over mako 'cm. ,
Washington Star: "Ono grot trouble,"
said Uncle Kben, "Is dat when n mail Is
smnht enough to say iinyflng wuf bi'iirln,'
ho Is nlso smnht enough not to talk much.
Ohio Stnto Journal: "f ntn sorry," pnld
the physician to tho osslllcd mnn, "but you
cannot live long."
"Well," replied tho ossified mnn, ("when
tho times comes I will dlo hard."
Philadelphia Tress: "My good nintii"
... anl.l in tlin .inirni, nl,lnn 'M,, ,..,, ,,,,1
recognize the signs of tho times?",
"Indeed." he roplpl lu soft tones, "In
deed I do, Thoy nro tho ones that niiy
Pay Indemnities Hero,' ure they not7"
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "I see that it
f'nnnnnHnt, nnnlnr Ima Kn ,1m,J ..rill-
clsed for dealing In stocks on margins,"
"uoes no oner any excuse?
"Yes. Ho snys other ministers do tho
name thing."
"Of course. That's n stock excuse,"
Stray Stories: "Hmlthers can' tell no gorrt
a flsli story ns anybody I know. I told him
an awful whopper tho other night, but, h
matched It."
"How?"
"Ho Bald ho believed me." ,
ruck: First Correspondent Aha! This
Is really Important, If truol . ,
Second Correspondent What Is It? v
First. Correspondent There's a roport that
Russia nnd Japan have entered Into a
secret treaty not to let their crises go too
far,
Washington Stnr: "Doro nln'f no doubt
about It." said Meandering Mllo "educa
tion payw." . . . .
"I s'poso you're spcakln' from: experi
ence?" responded Plodding Pete, con
temptuously. "I nm. I went t'roo ono o 'do biggest col
leges In do country whllo do students was
asleep." .
MOMIS TIMB WI3 SHALL UNIJKIlsTAM,
(Sung nt the Stnto Funeral, National Capl-
tol, Washington.)
Not now, but In thq coming years,
It may bo In tho better land,
Weil rend the meaning of our tears,
And thero, somo tlmo, we'll understand.
CHOItUS. '
Then trust In God through all thy days;
Fear not. for lie doth hold thv hnnd:
Though dark thy way,-still slng-uud prn'se;
aorno time, some tiino, wo u undcrpinna
Weil catch tho broken thread ngftln,
And finish what wo lure began;
Ileav'n will mysteries explain,
And then, nh, then, woil understand.
Wnil know why clouds Instead of buii
Were over many u cherished plan:
Why song has censed whon scarce begun j
'Tig there, somo time, we'll understand.
Why what wo longed for most of nil,
Eludes ho oft, our eager hand;
Why hopes uro crushed mid castles fall,
Up thoro, somo time, we'll understand.
Ood knows tho way, Ho holds the key,
Ho guides us with unerring hand,
Some tlmn Willi tfiirlcss eyes we'll see,
Yes, .there, up. there, we'll understand.