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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, inOl.
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Notary I'ublfc.
All things earthly must come to nn
end. So must tho Schley uiival board
of Inquiry.
Tho DohkIiih county populists are
easily pnclllctl. A few crumb from
tho democratic pits counter o a Rood
ways to satisfy their appetite.
Tho Louisville (Ky.) jilrl oiwtKi'd to
marry Lord Charles Henry Augustus
Frederick Lockhart Rosa of KiiRland Is
certainly getting plenty of name for her
money.
The time for Ming Spanish war claims
has expired. As if.'O.OOO.WX) worth of
the clnlins have been presented the com
mission is not likely to run out of work
for some time.
Wo are assured that tho School Hook
trust Is taking no active part In the re
publican city primaries, but the agent
for tho trust appears to bo very much
concerned over tho selection of dele
gates to tho nominating convention.
Germnn builders have Informed the
kaiser that at present they aro not pre
pared to build a yacht which could suc
cessfully compete for tho America's cup.
The Germans need not bo discouraged
there are others.
From tho evidence adduced In the
Schley Investigation it might be In order
for tho Annapolis Naval academy to
advcrtlflo for u now Instructor in map
drawing who lays greater stress on
accuracy than on nrtlstlc appearance.
A law has just become effective In
Michigan providing a penalty for dock
ing horses' tails. It is strange that It is
necessary to enact laws to stop such an
unnecessary practice, but fads of fash
ion take no account of cruelty to ani
mals. Somo real western cowboys giving a
steer-roping contest at tho Dcs Moines
festlvnl have convinced tho people of
that city that they can rope a steer
quicker than a summer resort hotel
keeper can separate a man from his
money.
Lord Huberts exhorts the Hrltlsh pub
He to bo patient over the untoward
courso of events In South Africa. The
llrltlsh public had a large stock of
patleueo to commqnee on, but It has
been drawn on heavily during the past
two years.
Tho city electrician reports tho In
come of his ollleo for September as
$in7.8,-. This reminds us that tho In
come of tho gns Inspector is only $12."
a month, nnd wo think It Is about tlnio
for tho council to voto htm nn Increase
or a horso and buggy.
Mr. liomu .Miller lias raised a tempest
In a chitting dish by the demand that
tho Commercial club be reorganly.ed
becnuso It .is extending the cheap lunch
privilege to outsiders, The restaurant
business would hardly seem to bo
within the provlnco of the Commercial
club.
A forecast of tho lludlngs of tho sen
ato committee that Is. now Investigating
tho Manila hoinp ecandul predicts a
mild dose of censuro for former Acting
Secretary Melklejohu by reason of ad
missions made In his own testimony. We
apprehend that Mr, Melklejohu will
take his dose of homeopathic medicine
with sereuo composure.
A Now York religious paper Is again
active in colleotlm; money for tho ran
som of Miss Stone. Tho motive may
bo n worthy one, but this particular
paper never misses au opportunity to
pass the hat to attract atteutlou to Itself
it Is so much cheaper than letting
someono elso pass the headgear and
puttlutf In something Itself.
TIIK W'All UX HEET iiVOAR.
The Sugar trust Is prosecuting Its wnr
on the beet sugar Industry with n vigor
which plainly denotes a determination
to destroy that Industry If possible. The
reduction In the price of granulated
sugar for MHsotiri river points ordered
by the trust .last week was probably
but the beginning of the wnr ami Is
likely to be followed by further action
on the part of the trust and its western
ally looking to the breaking down of
the beet sugar Interest, It Is announced
that the manufacturers of beet sugar
will go on producing regardless of the
trust's attack, but will not undertake
to compete at the price made by tho
trust cents a pound. They will In
stead store their product, believing that
In a short time they will be able to sell
It at a living price.
This seems under tho circumstances
tlie judicious course, though it Is quite
possible that the beet sugar people are
somewhat too optimistic regarding the
result. The trust may. be In position to
carry on the war much longer than the
beet sugar Interest apparently believes
and there Is no doubt the trust Is pre
paied to make a very considerable sac
rlllce In order to break down the beet
sugar Industry, which stands In the way
of Its scheme to secure the free admis
sion of raw Cuban sugar. That Is the
inspiration of Its present action and it
tan be conlldchtly predicted that It will
continue the war until the question of
our treatment of Cuban sugar shall have
been determined.
The Sprlnglield Republican remarks
that (he sugar war "Is spreading out to
envelop congress and make of Cuba
Its annexation or its admission to reci
procity with tho I'nlted States tho
ground of a most Miter industrial ami
political struggle. The Sugar trust and
the cane luterest will stand for reci
procity or free trade with Cuba and
the beet sugar association will light
this movement to the utmost limit of
Its resources." The Republican thinks
that tho national administration will
throw Its Inllucnco for reciprocity If not
annexation and free trade and says:
"The battle In Its political aspects will
begin on the assembling of congress in
hecember and It will bo a struggle of
extraordinary character. And In the
end Cuban annexation and free trade
will prevail."
There can be no mistaking the motive
of l lie war on the beet sugar Industry.
The trust has declared Itself in favor
of admitting Cuban raw sugar free and
retaining the duty on rellued. (Jmler
such a pulley the domestic sugar Indus
try Moult! be destroyed and the trust
would secure complete and absolute
control ol the American market. If It
ran now seriously cripple the beet sugar
Industry and discourage its further de
Nolopmci't it may achieve Its object.
We do not believe, however, that the
r.dmlnNtrallon and congress will pro
nn te the purpose of the trust by dis
regarding the Just claim to consideration
of the beet sugar interest. That Interest
has been developed and encouraged by
republican legislation and we cannot
think that now, when It has'reached
proportions wflieli promise that In the
not temtite future we shall produce
enough sugar to supply the home de
mand, It wilt lie abandoucJ by a repub
lican congress and administration In
the interest of the Sugar trust and the
(Julian fciigar growers.
EDUCATING VOll'VU IttCANS.
A published letter from the commis
sioner of education of I'orto Hlco shows
that very satisfactory progress is be
ing made lu educational work on the
Island. He states that the school at
tendance Is 70 per cent of the children
of school age, which Is better than in
a number of our states, and demon
strates how general Is the desire of tho
islanders to acquire nn education. A
like eagerness to learn has been man
ifested in Cuba, showing that tho peo
plo of these Islands fully appreciate the
opportunity which American rule offers
them to better their condition In this
direction. '
Since .lanuary 1 last tho valuo of school
houses built and permanent equipments
acquired Is $i!05,00). The insular gov
ernment devotes $500,000 nunually, ono
fourth of Its present income, to educa
tional purposes ami of course tho ex
penditure will be increased as circum
stances require and the income of the
government m-IU permit. Tho interest
lug statement Is made by the commis
sioner of education that tho children In
tho schools slug the "Star Spangled
Itauncr" and other patriotic anthems in
ICngllsh and doubtless with as much
earnestness as they arc sung genorally
by American children. At any rate tho
practice of singing these patriotic songs
is a good one and cannot fall to have a
wholesome effect upon tho rising gen
eration of I'orto Ulcans, If not upon
the older people. Tho educational work
of ottr government lu Cuba and I'orto
Hlco appears to have been more suc
cessful than was to have becu expected
and Is certainly highly creditable to the
judgment, vsenl and industry of those In
charge of It.
J A I'AX'S FltlEXDSim:
The cordial friendship of Japan for
tho Fulled States has been abundautly
manifested anil the visit to this coun
try of the distinguished Japanese states
man, Marquis Ito who lias been called
tho Gladstoue of his country has for
one of Its objects the strengthening of
the relations between the two countries.
A Washington dispatch s-iys It Is not
kuown there just what Marquis Ito's
mission Is, but there Is a feeling that
lu ,vlov of the attempts of Rus
sia to tiliu tho United States
out of Manchuria and tho com
plications t tint exist in Chin,), theie
should be as close relations with Japan
as Is consistent with tho policy of the
I'nlted States Itr its relations with for
eign governments. Tho interests of this
country and Japan, so far as China Is
concerned, aro to a very large extent
identical. Hoth want tho maluleuance
ot tl e opoc doer- policy and both desire
the preservation of the territorial In
tegrity of the Chinese 'empire. Japan,
lu opposing the designs of Rnaala re
garding Mnnehurla, Is acting lu behalf
of the Interests of the United States as
well as of her own and she should have
the earnest moral support of the country.
It Is not mitssary that we enter lute
any formal alliance with her. We should
observe our well-established policy In
this respect. Hut Japan can be assured
of the hearty sympathy of our govern
ment with any paclllc efforts she may
niiike to protect China against the ag
gression of other powers and to main
tain the conditions which give to nil
nations equal privileges lu the Chinese
market, lu doing this we shall not de
part from our traditional policy, while
exerting au lullueuee upon affairs lu
the far vast that will be most helpful to
Japan and to all tho powers concerned
lu safeguarding China from spoliation.
IIKOIUJASIXK THE COMUEtiCLil, CLVIt.
The demand for the reorganization of
the Commercial club Is timely and im
perative. As a commercial body, tho
club has for years been handicapped by
Its promiscuous membership. Instead
of being a body composed of merchants
and manufacturers, the club has be
come a mixed organization, In which the
commercial and Industrial elements are
In the minority.
As now composed, the Commercial
club Is long on lawyers, Insurance
agents, educators, doctors, railway
clerks, real estate speculators and poli
ticians and short on wholesalers, re
tailers and manufacturers, whose Inter
ests are often made secondary to the
Interests of Insurance companies, fran
ehlscd corporations and men who seek
to use the club to gratify political ambi
tions or vent personal spite. Thus, when
confronted with the question of tire In
surance rates or railroad discrimina
tion, the usefulness of the organization
has been Impaired and the chief object
of Its organization thwarted.
In other cities, notably In Kansas City,
St. I'aul, .Minneapolis, Denver nnd St.
Joseph, which aro rivals of Omalia In
Its trade territory, commercial clubs
light the battles of the merchants and
manufacturers at every point where nn
advantage is to be gained or damaging
discrimination Is practiced. In those
cities the olllcers and agents of the com
mercial clubs are constantly on the alert
to prevent diversion of traille Into other
channels and to build up a community
of Interests between their own mem
bers and their patrons
Whether the Commercial club con
tinues to -maintain a cheap meal res
taurant or restricts Its privileges to
members and invited guests, Is of com
paratively no moment to the general
run of business men or to the city at
large. What the Commercial club
needs of all tilings Is a revision of the
membership loll rather than of the bill
of fan'. What it needs Is reinforce
ments from the ranks of active business
men and a weeding out of members who
have neither commercial Instincts nor
commercial Interests.
The assumption that everybody Inter
ested in the progress of Omaha is en
titled to membership In the Commercial
club Is the rock that tends to destroy
the elllcleney of the club. F.vorybody
is Interested lu the health of the com
munity, but none but physicians en
titled to practice are eligible to mem
bership lu medical societies. 10 very
good citizen Is Interested In tho admin
istration of Justice and the enforcement
of laws, but only lawyers in good stand
ing are admitted to membership in the
Hat association. The basic principle
on which the Commercial club should
be reorganized is that It should be made
up exclusively of men identllled with
some branch of commerce.
The formality by which the new jll
rectory of the Union l'aeillc railroad was
elected at Salt Lake City by four Union
l'aeillc olllclals recalls forcibly nn Inci
dent that happened at the Union l'aeillc
headquarters about llfteen years ago,
when the late Mr. I'oppleton entered tho
ollice of General Manager Clark ami
asked: "Shall wo make it the same as
last year?" and Mr. Clark responded,
"Yes." This brief colloquy was ex
plained by the announcement lu
the dallies of the next morning as
follows: "At tho meeting of the
stockholders of the Omaha & Re
publican Valley Railroad company, held
at Union racllle headquarters yester
day, tho following named directors re
ceived a majority of all the votes cast
and were declared duly elected," etc.
That was tho May the business was
done by the old machine. Under the
new machine tho election of directors
eau no longer be managed by two men;
It takes four now and they have to go to
the Mormon capital to do It.
Tho pioposed measure for leasing all
government grazing lauds to cattlemen
will have to bo scanned closely be
fore it is allowed to pass congress. Tho
range cattle industry Is au Important
one and should bo encouraged lu every
legitimate way. It Is also desirable
that all vacant land be utilized In some
manner, but no land grabs should be
tolerated. Measures M'hleh eninnato
from one Interest aro likely to lie preju
dicial to some other, even when tho
frnmers try to be Just. While tho range
cattle Industry Is entitled to encourage
ment, the settler and the small stock
owner must also be eared for, as he Is
less able to protect himself than are the
big companies.
A conglomerated committee repre
senting forty great railway systems,
covering nearly all the mileage of the
country, Is said to havo sounded the
dentil Knell of the free pass, which will
disappear dually and forever with tho
new year. Tills death knell to the free
pass has been sounded nunually for so
many years that the public will decline
to send (lowers until tho Interment has
occurred and the funeral cortege lias
dispersed.
The Omaha & St. Louis railroad,
which In reality lias been the weakest
link In tho Wabash system, has been
absorbed and consolidated with the
main line. Inasmuch as the old Cannon
(lull route Is eighty miles shorter than
any other route betM-een Omaha and St.
Lonls, it Is to bo hoped that the
managers will lu the near future put tho
uewly purchased part of the road In
condition for rapid nnd safe transit
There Is no good reason why trains be
tween Omsha and St. Louis over the
Wabash should not cover the distance
lu twilve hours.
While n few members of the Com
merclal club are not In accord with the
demand of the Real Kstatc exchange
for more equitable taxation, the great
majority of the taxpaylng members Mill
be found side by side with the members
of the Heal F.stato exchange lu the de
mand for a more equal distribution of
tax burdens.
Rich gold diggings aro reported to
have been discovered 1100 miles north of
Cape Nome nnd a rush for the new
lleld Is on. If someone will only start
tho story that there aro rich gold mines
at the north pole the gold fever victims
will speedily locate the place.
Unnritlntc Attnlnst n I'ossllilllty.
llnltlmoro American.
Spain talks of abolishing its navy. Per
haps It fears that tho next time it would
be compelled to pay for tho court ot In
quiry. DnliiK t'upiilnr TlihiK".
New York World, '
President Itoosevoit has a luppy faculty
of doing popular things. His revival of tho
namo of "White House," instead of tho
stilted "Executive Mansion," Is tho latest
example.
This Nmiteks of Trcimiiii.
Hrooklyn Kaglu.
Tho sultan of Jolo, or Sulu. has refused
to rccclvo a deputation of our congress
men. Agulnaldo was merely saucy to our
army, but when a llttln ten-cent sultan
rofuses to Invito a North American con
gressman to have something, It is time to
clamor for roforni. That sultan will not
keep his placo long. See if he does.
Tribute Vlei- 1'nyn to Vlrtnr.
Indlannpolls Journal,
Tammany's nomination ot Shepard Is the
tribute vico paB to virtue Shcpard's ac
ceptance of the nomination is well, wo give
It up. How a man, who has been a re
former nearly all his life and who opposed
Tammany In 1897. supporting Scth Low, can
now consent to hecomo Tammany's savior,
Involves mental processes that can be dis
cussed only by psychological experts.
Trlliule to Si-tli l.otv.
Chicago Chronicle.
Sotli Low's farowell to Columbia uni
versity on the eve of another rough-and-tumblo
mlxup in Now York politics has Its
pathetic side. As an educator, no less ttaun
a public-spirited citizen of wealth, Presi
dent Low has won lasting fame. It Is
nearly a foregono conclusion that tho com
bination of republican and so-called "ro
form" elements in Now York City will fall
this year to wrest the mayoralty toga from
the democratic organization. It requires n
brave man to become a martyr to principle,
and no ono will withhold from President
Low a tribute to his brnvery.
Still "HiiIiik" (111- ClilllflliiiMI.
Kansas City Star.
If tho reports as to tho conduct of tho
legation troops In Pcltln aro true the
Chlneso government has good grounds for
making formal protest. It Is a serloui
roflectlon upon iho, powers represented If
their soldiers 'now'lh the Chinese capital
maintain an attltudo of arrogance nnd if,
as charged, they are often guilty of drunk
enness and disorderly 'conduct. The report
that American soldiers recently looted tho
shop of it silversmith should bo promptly
and thoroughly Investigated, and, If found
true, both reparation and punishment should
follow with exemplary promptness. If thoro
Is ono placo moro than another whero tho
soldiers ot tho United States should set an
example of dignity and honor It Is In China.
Iiit'rt'itNlnir Human Joy.
New York Times.
Whatever stnrs may bo over Captain
Klchard P. Leary, hu remains tho same, and
whether In Uuam or at tho League Island
navy ynrd, ho embroiders the performance
of duty with tho golden threads of fantastic
humor, thereby adding appreciably to tho
always Insufficient sum total of human Joy.
Ills latest achievement Is the establishment
of a tinging school on the receiving ship
Richmond, and tho mon on hoard aro nl-
lowed shore leavo only when they can dem
onstrate familiarity with both tho words
nnd tho tune of "The Stnr-Spangled nan
ner." Upon Just what section of the arti
cles of war Captain Leary depends for au
thority to make his sailors ralso their
voices in song wc do not know, but that,
probably, Ib nothing moro than evidence
that our familiarity with Hiobo nrttoles is
not great. Tho captain is rarely if ever at
a loss when necessity arises to Justify or
excuse his acts, and in this case what ho
has done pught to bo legal even If it isn't.
TnillUTia TO TIIK HKI'IIIIMC.
Truth Hint I, It- ut tlir Fouuilntloii of
(lie .Viitlon.
Detroit Frco Press.
It was a beautiful sentiment that Senator
Qeorgo F. Hoar uttered In his speech before
tho republican state convention, but it was
moro than mere sentiment. It was a truth
thnt lies at the very foundations of tho re
public. Tho venerable statesman was
speaking of tho assassination of Mr. Mc
Klnley nnd the means that might be taken
to prevent a recurrence of such crimes,
Somo nddltlonal safeguards might bo pro
vided, he thought, bat nevertheless free
speech or copsltutional liberty could not be
surrendered becauso of their abuse. The
restraining of free 'speech and of a free
press must como In tho main from an In
dividual sense of duty and not from law.
Then ho said:
"You and I aro republicans. You and 1
are men of tho north. Most ot us aro
Protestants in religion. Wo are men of
native birth. Yet, if overy republican were
today to fall Ih his placo, as William Mc
Klnley has fallon, J believe our countrymen
of the other party, In spite of what wo
deem their oriors, would tnke the republic
and bear on the flag to liberty and glory, I
believe If every Protestant wero to be
Btrlcken down by a lightning strnko that
our brethren of tho Catholic faith would
stilt carry on tho republic In tho spirit of a
truo and liberal freedom,
"I believe if every man of native birth
within our borders were to die this day the
men of foreign birth who have como hrre
to seek homes and liberty under the
shadow of the republic, would carry on thu
republic In God's appointed way. I believe
if overy man ot tho north wero to die tho
new and chastened south, with the virtues
It has cherished from the beginning, of love
of homo and lovo of state and love ot
freedom, with its courage and Us constancy,
would take tho country and hear R on to
the achlevomcnt of Its lofty destiny. The
anarchist must shiy 75,000,000 Americans
heforo he can slay the repuhllc."
A great truth was never more boautlfully
expressed. The republic Is 75,000,000 Amer
icans, with no fundamental racial differ
ences, with no fundamntal section differ
ences, with no fundamental political differ
ences. One spirit animates all, and to blast
this uplrlt Is beyond the power of the
lunatic or the criminal.
Al,(ii:it STIItS TUP. POT.
Detroit Frco Press: For ourselves wo
prefer to nccept the general's book as a
brief in a case, that can bo decided only by
dispassionate military experts Interesting,
bat not conclusive by tho mere fact that It
Is of necessity cx parte. Possibly (Icneril
Alger himself would not claim nny moro
for it, and even his most mnllgnant enemies
cannot concede lens.
hprlngllcld Republican: Tho changes
made la General Alger's book because of
tho death of Mr. McKlnlcy may be guessed
In a broad way. They probably affect
President Roosevelt, who Incurred Alger's
dlsplcasuro by his port in tho "round
robin" cplsodo nt Santlngo. As vice presi
dent ho was a mnrk for tho former sccrc
tary, tut ns president under tho prevailing
conditions ho Is not so happy a target
If General Alger has produced a work that
does not deserve the title of "Alger's
grudgo book," tho country v. ill bo plens
antly surprised.
Chicago News: Tho Irruption of General
Russell A. Alger Into a peaceful and proa-
pcroun world with tho ovldent purpose nf
fighting Over ngnln tho battles at 1S0S.
both naval and military, is startling, hut
not necessarily an occasion for alarm
Whethor the sight of tho hostilities In tho
court of inquiry nt Washington wjicttcd
tho general's tnsto for v,ar or ho has Just
eomo to his present framo of mlud after
thrco jears of silence and wrath-nursing
Is not known. All that the published ex
tracts from tho ndvunco shoots ot his now
book show is that he is still in belligerent
mood and wishes to huvo tho fact known.
WnHhlnglon Post: As for tho "denun
ciation ot others who plnycd conspicuous
parts on land and sea," It Is our opinion
that the subjects of General Alger's com
ments havo every reason to he nstonlshcd
at his moderation. Ho has not "denounced"
any one. He has simply told a truthful
story, sustained at every point by ofllclal
documents, etc., nnd his shortcomings In
overy Instance havo been of charitable and
pitiful omission. Our advice to tho friends
of those Injured ones who played those con
spicuous parts on land and sen is to let
tho matter stnml ns General Alger leaves
It nnd bo tbnnkful they hnvo escaped so
easily.
l'KitsoNAi, .orr.s.
Tho sultan of Jolo, who declined to re
ceive his congressional visitors, may ex
pect to hear of somothlng In tho nature of
"leso majeste" at tho coming session.
Tho eultan of Turkey has six sons nnd
seven daughters, who nru kopt In tho so
curcst seclusion, tho former never leaving
tho grounds of tho bouse in which they
wore born.
Tho amazement nnd surprlso occasioned
by tho uso of n "big, big D" on board the
Hrooklyn could not have been exceeded If
Sir Joseph Porter himself had been on
board that craft.
Tho tenth nnnlvcrsary of tho death of
Victor Hugo will bo marked In Paris on
February 2fi next by tho eroctlou of an Im
posing monument. Hugo's old homo on the
Place des Vosage will also bo opened as a
museum.
Andrew Comstock McKonzlo, n newspaper
man well kuown lu Dostou, has gone to
Ecuador at thu head ot an exploring expedi
tion, hacked by tho president ot that South
American republic. Mr. McKenztu will make
a study of tho llfo, the people and economic
conditions existing In the country.
Tho sultan of Turkey has appointed Alex
ander R. Webb honorary consul gcncrnl of
tho Ottoman empire nt New York. It Ii a
permanent nppolntmcnt. Tho sultan has
also honored Mr. Webb with a decoration,
Resides the Medjhllo decoration, as it Is
called, ho has given him what is known as
tho medal of merit, a great honor In Turkey.
Edward N. Hlnglcy of Kalamazoo has
nearly completed n biography of his father,
the late Congressman Uluglcy, and It Is ex
pected tho blogrnphy will bo published this
fall. It will consist of two Independent vol
umes, ono purely biographical, the other
containing the most notable addresses and
speeches of tho late congressman. The
author Iisb been engnged for two years on
this work.
rilKI'AIII.Vti IOII lli:CII'IIOCITY.
President Mi'lOnley' l.iist Spreeli
Points Hie Way.
Philadelphia Press (rep.)
President McKlnley's last speech has had
nn effect on the country which renders It
certain that some action will he taken on
tho subject of reciprocal trade at tho next
session of congress. The country expects
It, trade Interests require It and the repub
lican pnrty nt overy stage of tho tariff
controversy has known how to combine
protection and tho security of tho homo
market with Increasing exports,
This policy flows ns a natural result out
of the past course of the party. It was
tho republican party which gave tho
Hawaiian islands reciprocity. It was a
republican presldoat who adopted this
policy twenty years ago, when, ns vice
president, Chester A. Arthur succeeded tho
iamented Garfleld. It was the first repub
lican leader of his day and generation,
ninino, who led In this field when tho
first McKlnlcy tariff was adopted. It was
William McKlnley himself who carried out
tho Bsme policy in his first term ns presi
dent. Reciprocity Is tho natural aid of protec
tion. Freo trade clubs will seek to tako
advantage ot It. Captious critics In both
parties will seek to make It tho stalking
horse of lower rates nnd tho reckless re
duction of protection. Kvery effort will bo
inndu as la the past to confuse the. public
mind on one sldo by asserting that
reciprocity Is at war with protection nnd
on tho other that It lends to frco trade
Reciprocity has not led this way In tho
twenty-six years a republican prcsldont,
Grant, and a republican senate established
reciprocity with the Hawaiian islands. It
will not In tho next twenty-six years. Tho
eamo predictions were made then that thli
ttenty was the thin edge of tho freo trade
wrdgs. It was not. The same assertion
wns mndo that nothing could bo accom
plished, by reciprocity. Instead, the reci
procity trenty with tho Hawaiian Islands
drove out llrltlsh trndo and annexed the
group commercially years before the march
of events brought on political annexation.
The policy of reciprocity Is therefore a
safe policy. It Is efficient. It agrees with
protection, It supplements the effect nnd
working of a protective tariff. The differ
ence Is that the changes In rates It makes
are for American trado, while the change)
rnnde by tho democratic revision always
aid foreign trnde. Reciprocity proposes
changes In order to Increase tho sain of
our goods abroad. Kuch democratic tariff
has made changes which Increased tho
salo nt foreign goods In this country,
Csro is needed in all changes made, in
order to enable reciprocity to do its full
work. Alterations In the tariff cannot ho
modo haphazard, No Interests must bo sac
rificed In this country. No market here Is
Injured, President .McKlnley proposed reci
procity on this plan and on this plan Presi
dent Ildosevclt will carry this policy Into
effect. He will not act alone. lie will cnll
Into consultation tho republican leaders of
the senate ami hnuso nnd hath tho coun
try and the republican party may feol
assured of a wise, conservative and repub
lican plsn to securo nil tho reciprocal
trade that can be gained by Judicious concessions.
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H01!.M AIIOUT ,HV YOniC.
Nonir Feature of I.lfc Olisrrvrrt In
the Met roixilln.
Tho campaign Just thrown wldo open
promises to ho one of tho llvolleet ever
waged in New York City. Practically all
tho political organizations outsldo ot Tam
many hall have united, headed by 80th
Low, president of Columbia college, for
mayor. Ho has been nominated and en
dorsed by nt least twelve; organizations,
from the republican party down to Paddy
Dlvvor's clan. Two years ago the opposi
tion to tho hosts of tho tiger wero divided.
Now they nro apparently united for blood.
Having cast a mnjorlty of tho votes two
years ago, success this tlmo seems to ho n
question of getting tho votes Into tho bal
lot boxes.
Although tho campaign Is barely ten dayH
old, interest In the contest Is Intense nnd
bitter. Even tho women nro taking a hund.
Several organizations havo been formed to
work for Low nnd nt least four women's
clubs hnvo pronounced for Tammany hall.
Among tho democratic voters there is n9l
tho oggrosslvo spirit shown In former
yenrs. Many of tho rank and fllo nro
dumbfounded by tho varlogated political
record of Mr. Hhepard, nomlneo for mayor.
Two yenrs ago ho was ono of tho bitterest
assailants of Croker nnd his crowd, and
that wau only one of his many inconsist
encies. He opposed David 1J. Hill for gov
ernor and nfterward supported Judge Von
Wyok. Ho opposed Ilrynn In 1896 and sup
ported him In 1900. From being a bitter
opponent of McLaughlin for years, in 1899
ho mado peaco with him. Four yearn ago ho
supported Low for mayor, and now he Is go
ing to run against him.
netting on tho result of tho election Is
lively. About $63,000 was wagered last
Saturday. All bets wero mado at oven
money. Tho parties to tho bet wero Johu
Consldlno, proprietor of tho Metropolo ho
tel, nnd Georgo J. Seabury. Mr. Consldlno,
who represents n syndicate of Tammany
men, took tho Shepard end of the, bet. The
money ($30,000 in nil) was placed with
C. C. Shayno. Mr. Consldlno has alrendy
wagered $23,000 on tho Tammany candidate,
whtlo Mr. Seabury has het a Ilka amount
on Mr. Low. Many wagers were
laid In Wall street. Ono promi
nent banker hot $10,000 nn Mr.
Low against a like amount wagered by
an admirer of Tammany. Many small bets
running from $100 to $500 were also plnced
around tho Stock exchange. Tho willing
ness of Low men to nccept oven monoy
Is regarded In certain sporting quarters as
Indicating that Mr. Low will bo a favorlto
in the betting before election day.
Ono of tho nuxillnry features of tho yacht
races noted by a New York correspondent
was tho number of women nf tho bettor
class, who think nothing of drinking Im
moderately In public. On ono of tho ves
sels attending tho races that is patronized
by porsons protty high In the social scalo
the steamer charges $10 per passenger for
each trip to tho races perhaps 800 of the
1,400 passengors were women, nnd tho vnst
majority of them young mnrrled woman,
Thoso of tho wonicn who did not drink
moro than was good for them woro in the
minority. They did not mako nny bones
nbout It, as tho saying goes, hut swlggod
their liquor openly on tho main deck. Most
of them look champngno "such n good
thing for senBlckncsB," they sold but not
a few of them tippled raw whisky, Scotch
and rye, from tho beginning to tho end
of tho Journoy. Many of them attractlvs
and obviously refined women heenmo pos
itively Billy long before the conclusion of
thu raco, nor did they appear to cam
whether the raco wns between n coal
hnrgo ond n mud bcow or not. Others of
thorn, however, young and graceful appear
ing women, got away with prodigious quan
tities of liquor llko majors, ond by (.how
ing no effects rlearly exhibited how used
they woro to tippling. One very hnndsoink
young mnrrled wcimnn, not mr.B aliovo SO
years old, put away nine quart bottles of
ehnmpagno In tho courBo of tho dny, and
sho was JiiBt an complaisant nnd as much
In control nf horHalf on the run homo ai
her husband, who had taken nothing but
mineral water. It wos nhiorved, by tho
woy. that tho men on this typical vessel
did not drink iinylhlng llko ns much as
their women folks, and observant person
who watched the gamo on other fnshlonahln
public vessels attending tho races nay
that tho same oppenred to ho the stato of
tho caso on their bouts.
Tho betting propensities of New York
v-omcn of tho sn-enlled better class wero
also brought Btrongty Into vlow nn the
vessels of the nttendlni; fleet. They were
certainly. In many casos, morn vociferous
In tho expresalon of their dcHlrn to back
their choice than their mon folks, "I'll lav
win $50 Shamrock rounds tho stake
boat first," "PR bet you $100 Columbia wins
this leg," "A hundred that they don't fin
ish within tho tlmo limit" -these nnd other
remarks nf tho like were so common among
the women on the moro exclusive public
vcsicls that they ceased to attract atten
tion, although mta unused to that eort ot
MB
Nom. Avoid bak Inp; powders made from
alum. Theyi look like tiure powders,
and may raise the cake, but alum
is a poison and no one can eat food
mixed with it without injury to health.
thing could ho noted gazing shrowdly at
tho betting women out of tho cornor of tho
eye. There wns ono woman on board tho
La Grnndo Duchesao who mado $500 bets
with a man friend nn overy situation of
ono of tho races, nnd sho did this with alt
ot tho sangfroid of n race track plunger
going up and down tho bookmakers' line.
It happened that she won most of her bets,
but from her general manner It appeared
fairly certain that she wouldn't have minded
ut all had sho lost nil ot them.
A certnln high-class gambling resort up
town has been a thorn In tho sldo of the
precinct police, says a Now York letter, bo
causo they wore deriving no Incomo there
from. Porhnps tho "graft" was going
"higher up." Anywny, tho proprietor did
not deem it necesBnry to "stake" tho local
Htatlon house. When the wnrdman came
around to muko a llttlo "touch" ha waH
omphntlcally turned down. This he re
ported to his captain. A raid wns projected,
hut tho placo was closed, thanks to a
friendly tip, Just in time. It remained
nlnjutri until Hi,. lirnMrtfllni lnnpiilnnn,l
tain powerful friends. The police captain
I was told that he had better keep his hands
off If ho didn't want to get his fingers
burned. Tho gambling lolnt opened up
again, and the very evening when its doors
once more swung Its hospitnblo portals to
the sportlvo crowd a waggish patron hung
in' tho entrance, an advertising sign, rav
ished from n street car and rendered hh
proprlato to the occasion by prefixing four
words, which he printed In Inrge characters
above tho legond. It then road as follows:
THIS PLACIS IS LIKE
THIS HOOK AND EYR
CLOSED DY A TOUCH; OPENED
; hy a ruLi
For two hours tho sign was Irradiated
by tho lights above the entrance. Then n.
Bcnndallzed patrolman hastened up tho
steps and with bis own hands tore It down.
I.AUnillMl OAS.
SonmrvUle Journal: The man who takes
a drink when he Is In trouble malms
trouble, for everyono ho knows.
Iloltlmnre American: Airs. Asklt What's
tho matter with your llttlo Johnny today?
urn. Temi Me tile so much Health Fo
od
Hint It made him III.
Pittsburg Chronicle: "Europeans are be
ginning le erltlclso our nnvy again," re
mnrked Htiulldlg.
"I'll bet It Isn't the Hpanlards that nr
talking about its Inefflclency," added Mc
Hwllllgen. Cievelund Plain Dealer: "Jim Smartweed,
you are keeping something back from me.'1
"Peace, womnn. You might ns well In
sinuate thnt I'm no better than n' Santiago
naval captain."
Philadelphia Press: Beggar Won't yer
help a clcservln' man, madam?
Airs. Ilnrdort A deserving man", eh','
Ileggar Yrs'ni. Don't I look like ono?
.Mm. Hordart Well, yon certnlnly look ns
If you'd deserve anything that might hap
pen to you.
Chicago Tribune: It wns his first voyage,
and he was leaning over tho rnll In nn nt
tltudo of recklnsH abandonment, -
"What are you doing?" some one Jfr
Incly iiskeii him,
"I am rendering- to the sea, sir, tho things
that an- tho sen's, sir!" ho gasped, as soon
ns hn could speak. , '
What tn Eat: Farmer (iover)enf (to rail
way ticket agent) I want n ticket' to RUf
falo. Ticket Agent (brlsklvj-Hlngle?
Fnnner Cloverleof No, married, hut wlfo
enn't leiivo luimf. nt thl tfmn nt v.,,
too busy. '
Judge: Mrx. Newcomh fall worn nut, to
ludy culler) Tin so delightful to havo a
rest.
Caller T h'pusp you'Ve finished nannlnw for
winter use, mado your yonr's plckks, got
through with tho fall denning, made up a
stock of bedding and
.i,n. ,--. mini iiiinu 1 uihiiik; 1 m
Just homo from my summer vacation!
LAST GUM, I) I' M'MMKH.
Gustavo Kohbo In New York Herald.
I.
'Tin the Inst girl nf summer,
I.cft sitting atone;
All the Jolly young fellows
Hnvo hitter! and gone
Proposed and nceepted
A hug nnd a kins
A romance by moonlight,
A brief thrill of bliss!
U.
And now It Is autumn, .
And not one of them
Remains at tho seashore
Your sorrows tn atom,
They're off to the mountains
New plHiisures tn seek,:
And there to propose
Tn n now girl each week.
III.
Yet mourn nut. dear lone on. '
They, too, will gm left,
Ami like yon, fnrhakcu,
Of lovers bereft, :
Como homo for the winter,
Alas! but loo free,
And plan for another
Campaign hy the sea.
IV.
Yi'!irf ,n,Ht8!rl of summer,-'
All Inne and forlorn:
The lovesick young ehnpples
Hnyo tutted and gone
Hut for consolation '
Accept frnm me this:
Were I In the picture
Id give you a kiss I