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(Seal M. U. It UNGATE.
Notary Public.
Judge Sullivan endorsed the new Ne
braska.; revenue; law as a good measure
und life liua not yet taken It back.
Venezuela Is wild to ltu on the verge
of war.; l'resldent Cuatro must bo get
ting ready to forfait a few more frau
chlnes granted to forvlKiiers.
Why . not run a few red border ex
hibit of the eomporii'tlve prices of the
cost of Street llghtlntf lu Omaha and In
other cities that get off a good deal
cheaper?,
Every fusion official ever elected to
ofllce In Nebraska - was elected ou
Iled;e, expreuS vt implied, not to ac
cept freo- rallroa'A ;pu8HCH. How many
of them 'redeemed the pltnlge?
If Judge Parker has, ho thoroughly
considered the; ' Philippine question he
may, be rendy' fcefore election day to
tell the public; Just 'what he would do
in place of fhni; In "iibw being done. "
The Omaha Ooinmerti;;! club has
opened a yecruitlng'jtftittii i'Tn the,- Hoard
of TTit(lejbulldlng.''' Tt.y-;in'j needs re
inforcenielrits and rejuvenation, anA this
is a most Suspicions time for an effective
campulgn. '
Congressman Illtchcox-'k's speech Is a
recounting of what he has failed to ac
complish .Hlnce he went to Washington
and a request to be sent back to make
sure that he can accomplish nothing
next time.'
Now thnt the local democrats have
revised their list of legislative candi
dates It is possible that there will be
enough life infused Into that campaign
so that the., voters may know who ire
really named for the slaughter.
Senator Fairbanks lias completed one
speaking tour extending from ocean to
ocean and asks for further assign
ments. The man in the second place
may be depended on to pull even In Uie
campaign with his running mate. .
People who ni."y hav a passing
thought that free trade would be a'good
thlruj for the country should read the
statements of Commander Booth of the
Salvation nrtn.v as to tt condition of
the laboring classes of England.
AdvlCt-3 froni New York re much
more favorable- to republican success In
the Empire State. The longer the peo
ple study Roosevelt and Parker in the
light of their contrasts, tiie stronger "the
president grows in the popular estima
tion. Omaha' bank clearing for the week
make a very satisfactory showing. Only
seventeen cities In the United States,
barring Galveston and Houston, whom
elenHnira have tienn n bnoemu I! v
V by cotton sales, dlwtauced Omaha in
tlvelr clearing house exhibits.
Tammany lioss. Murphy Is mkln!
loug promise of the majority New York
will roll up for the democratic nom
inee. At the St Louis convention, Mr.
Murphy was even louder in proclaiming
that Pnrker could not lie elected if nom
inated and that he could not line the
Tammany braves ip for him if he tried
lilt' level bcht ' '
The vice presidential headlight of Ne
braska populism ventures to endorse the
candidacy of Congressman .Hitchcock in
the follwlug fashion:
Th people's party convention fop the
Second congressional district unanimously
renomlnnVd GlltaTt M. Hitchcock for cod
gress. l wiui done with the uiiderstunding
that such nomination was made solely u
it personal tesllinoiiliil to Mr. liltcncui k,
for the many g-ood worka he bad uccum
pllxlii j at Wushlnttton.
A claNsltled list of thetie gmxl works
is not inserted, but populist and rvpu.lt
llcitti tire admonlshf-d to flpjit shy of
Mr. Hitchcock lu the followiVr par.i-
grtiph:
The .nly time, when a-nuin throws '.way
hi vole Is when he votes for a candi
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who doe not represent his principle
PARKM OS TlIK PHlLimSKS.
la his address to visiting delegations
nt Esopiis on Saturday Judge Parker
talked on the Philippine question. He
snld that we are expressing the people
of the Island and that If we cnitinue
In this course "one of the most vexed
questions that this nation hits ever been
called upon to deal with will confront us
Interminably."
In what resjK'ct Is the United Slates
oppressing the Filipinos? The natives
are represented in the administration
of the government. They diHyc lie
same protection for life and , property
that Is given to Americans resident In
the Islands. The administration of jus
tice Is absolutely Impartial. We have
established a school system which en
ables all who (Wire to secure n common
school education. There is 'freedom of
religion, of speech and of the press.
The rltrht of the people to petition the
itoveviiinettt Is lint ricuLed. It is true
that trial by Jury Js not in-corded the
Filipinos, but they do not ' regard this
as oppressive, because they have never
enjoyed that right.' Their system' of
law In force at the time their country
came under ! the . Jurisdiction of the
United" States did 'not ''recognize tiie
right 'of trial by Jury and "it would mani
festly be agrnvo nilstalteto confer tint t
rljrht.on the savage trlles f the Philip
pines. When .le.Terson made the tulsi
ann purchase he did not suggest that
the right to a Jury trial should be given
to the savage hordes' that inhabited the
territory. Th Filipinos are also denied
the right to bear' nrtns nnd we talce it
thnt "most" sensible' peop le will, net re
gard this as tin oppression, but rather
a very proper ' and ' salutary erraiige
nient. With thesq exceptions the Mil
of. rights of the .constitution of the
United States Is extended to the people
of. the Philippine.
It Is perhaps true that the economic
policy jn regard to the Philippines Is
not altogether wls and that something
different should be done in order to
promote the Industrial and commercial
welfare of the archipelago. Rut this
is a purcly""buslneKs matter and what
has been done. Is In nowise oppressive
to the people of the Islands, In the svnoe
Intended by Judge Parker.' The fact Is
that there Is not the slightest ground
for the eharg? that the Filiplnoa are
being oppressed by our government and
it is not easy to believe that the demo
cratic candidate for president thinks
they are. lie to talking for political
effect with that clement which professes
to lw greatly alarmed at what It . Is
L pleased to ternv "Imperialism," though
there Is really nothing of the kind In
American control and administration of
the Philippines. Our government 1s
really doing a great 'work' there In the
Interest of civilization and even Judge
Tarker admits that the responsibility
we have assumed should not now be
surrendered, What he urges Is that we
shall promise the Filipinos independ
ence when they are prepared for self
government an . indefinite assurance
tlwit' rannot possibly be of liny' benefit
to' them, but might hare results 'greatly
to the disadvantage of this country In
its efforts to uplift 'and Improve the con
dition of. the inhabitants of the Philip
pine. AK UXSUPPORTED CHARGE.
The NeV York Parker organs hove
charged the chairman of the republican
national committee with soliciting canl
palgn contributions from some of the
large combinations and with pledging
the administration not to do anything
hostile to the combinations that con
tribute to the campaign fund. These
papers profess to have obtained their
Information from . men connected with
financial and industrial corporations,
but when called upon to specify they
decline to do so, shielding themselves
behind the subterfugeUiat their alleged
Information was given confidentially
aud that they cannot betray the confi
dence. Kef en lug to this the Wall Street
Journal unqualifiedly pronounces untrue
the charge of the Parker organs and
says: "There are but two possible ex
planations of their saying it. One is
that yiey do not know; tin? other is
that they He. The World already
str.nds charged 'by the president of the
United States with deliberate, gratu
Ituos and circumstantial mendacity.
It has neither the hardihood to attempt
to prove its original assertion nor the
manliness to withdraw It . and offer
proper apology. No honest man there
fore need trouble himself about the
statement of the World. As for the
Times mid P.rnoklyn Eagle it Is prob
ably charitable to suppose that they niV
the victims of that kind of self-deception
which frequently nccom'paiirics hys
teria In Its more severe forma. We are
willing to take this view of the matter,
nverely pointing out that these paper
could safely elect their candidate by
proving that any pledge or threats
havo been made on behalf of Prescient
Iloosevelt. They will not do thts for
the reason that they cannot." The Jour
nal suggests fhat until the Parker or
gans submit proof of their charges no
honest man need pay any further atten
tion .to them.
It is hot. at all probable that the or
gans will respond to the ehullenge to
furnish proof and tholrfnllttrt to do so
will reasonably and fairly bo regarded
as showing that there Is nothing sub
stantial iH'hlnd their chargc Unit they
are trumped up and that the claim
that the. alleged information was confi
dential and must bo respeeted an such
1 a mere pretext. Nt fair-minded man
will lielleve that President ltoosev.lt
has authorl.ed any pledge to combliui
tlons to be made In his Is'h.ilf and
Chairman Cortel.vou Is not the kind of
man to attempt toVominit the adminis
tration In any respect In order to se
cure money for the campaign. 11 was
selected as chairman of the national
cotenilttee by Mr. Iloosevelt himself,
because of his proved ability ami high
character ami his conduct of the ckiu
palKii has been conspicuously clean and
wholly creditable. It is very probable
Hint men connected with corporations
have contributed to the republican cam
paign fund. There are rcpublh-ans) con-iPM-ted
with corpora Mons who earnestly
deslrv the uci'ess of their party and
are willing to aid it. There are also
democrats In corporation who help
their party and invinestlonnbly are do
ing so In this campaign. Bttt no fair
minded person w.lll lelieve thnt Chair
man Cortelyou bus made any pledge
or used any threat In order to obtain
money from eorjmrations.
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A IWVULAS Vttl'XTY PMtF.R.'
One of the many daily primer in
state finances' that the popucrutic papers
have studiously refruiued from publish
ing Is the comparative exhibit of state
taxes levied In Pouglas county.
UNDER FUSION ECONOMY. ,
P97 '. $1KI,2P!.B
18SS '. ltR3o4. 6S
PM 178.416.23
13iO lG3.0y4.7i
Total JGtiMla.ol
UNDEIt KErt nLICAN EXTRAVA
GANCE. 7P01 ; $li5,n3.72
19 '2 114,1.' ti. 81
1!JJ '. , 103.5C1.66
1ju4
17J,03.aS
Totnf...... ' ;...'. JSO5.8S0. 17
The a bore-figures show, that the tax
payers of DotiKlas county paid $."i!,'.!;ir.U4
more under the four years of. fusion nd
minlstrat'ou than they did under four
years of republican administration. JCow
compare the levh s:
FUSION LEVIES.
197
1SS!)
1SU0., .....
1901.....'.
I9i '2.:..;.
1903 '.
19. 4
mills
7H mills
8V mills
7', mills
KKIT11UCAN LEVIES.
1 ;
- mills
414 mills
6 mills
6 mills
. Summed, tip In a nutshell, during the
four years of fusion administration the
taxpayer of Ikotigtas county li'ive been
compelled to pay $1,234.07 per mouth
more in state taxes than' during four
years of republican rule. An examina
tion of tux receipts will convince prop
erty owners of Douglas county that they
have been paying less state taxes dur
ing JitOl. llMilf, 11X13 tnnd 1!X4 than dur
ing 1S!7, 1HUH, ISSt!) and HXX), when the
popocrats were In control of the state
government.
"Birds of a feather will flock to
gether." And now Ernest Stuht has
broken loose again. The water" pipe
statesman of the First Ward ha come
to the rescue of the water-logged states
man of the Fourth ward. He wants
him to become an independent candi
date for water commissioner, so that
the people may be given an opportunity
to show their opinion of the course he is
taking in printing deceptive water
primers and delusive water works value
estimates. Experience does not seein
to have Imparted a chastening lesson to
the water pipe statesman, of the First
ward, who has several times given an
opportunity to the people to .show what
their opinion is of his course, and found
to his sorrow that In their opinion It
wa best for him to stay ot home in
stead of representing them in the city
council.
The tow-line, of the World-IIerald has
been thrown out to Ross Hammond, who
Is said to be slated for the collector of
internal revenue in the event of Mr.
Koosevelt's election. We doubt, how
ever, whether this attempt to reduce
Koosevelt's majority in Nebraska by
withdrawing from his support the sec
tion of the republican party that is de
cidedly antagonistic to Mr. Hammond
will succeed. To be effective, the demo
pop tow-line would have- to be length1
ened by several laps. 'The collector
ship of Internal revenue will not be va
cant until a year from December next,
aud a great many things may happen
between now and then.
The librarian for the new South
Omaha public library has gone to St.
Louis to attend the meeting of the
American Library association, and inci
dentally to take in the exposition. On
her return trip she will etop at St Jo
seph and inspect its public library In
order that all the best feutures and ideas
obtainable may ,be adopted for South
Omaha. Why the Magic City librarian
should look for a model at St. Joseph
when there Is a public library quite su
perior to that of St. Joseph within throe
miles of the Carnegie building will al
ways remain a mystery.
The speechless candidate Is begin
ning to speak, but in denouncing the
peace treaty as one that gave Spain far.
the best of the bargain he Is reflecting
upon the si)eech-ful candidate. .Were
It not for Colonel P.ryan' octlve inter
vention to line up his democratic friends
In the senate for the treaty, It would
never have been ratified without first
being .materially modified.
The new Nebraska revenue law was
enact oil to produce more revenue aud it
could not produce more revenue without
making some one pay more taxes. Is It
not Just possible that some property
owners are compelled to pay proMr
tionatoly more under the new law bo
cause they were not paying their shure
under the old law? .
At a Swfe Distance.
ashinton Star.
The political contest Is very similar to
the recent automobile ruce. The bystand
ers are keeping at a fe distance, and only
the purUelpitnls are in any danger of being
hurt.
tauitjr tirla a Jolt.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Bully, the former cotton king, owes over
tHJO.c 10 for jewelry that he bought when ha
thought he never could lose. Ills vanity
soeios to have spread out in more than one
direction.
I'nreaer ved CoMuiesilsllua.
FMludelphla Record (dem.)
So fur us we have observed the presi
dent's appointment of Mr. Wynne to the
vacant postmaster gencrulKhln haa met
with unreserved commendation. Demo
cratic new papers have been especially em
phatic In their Indorsement. It la not only
because the promotion wn deserved, bnt
because It furnlfhes a proof thnt the presi
dent hs not entirely forgotten his erst
while championship of civil service reform.
nUaareeahle rerrerslty.
Philadelphia North American.
St. Petersburg plaintively Informs us thnt
Kournpatkln Is unnlile 'to make headway
"because of the determined opposition of
the Japanese." Honestly, now, were there
ever such contrary people as those Jap,
before or since?'
The Domestic Meaa phone.
Clevelimd I'lHln Dealer.
An Omaha' judae ha "decided that snoring
la not a sufficient ca'use for divorce. And
yet there are enorer .who are sufficiently
strenuous to break up an entire apartment
house -colony let alone a single domestic
establishment.
Qaeer Constitutional Amendment.
St. Louis (llobe-DeniocraL
The queerest constitutional amendment
pending In the United Btates Is admitted to
be the one In Mlwourl to compel trans
portation lines to furnish certain state offi
cials with free passes.. Why not extend
the system to .Include free groceries, free
clothing and season, tickets to all the
shows 7, '
. PARKER THE VftKXOWX.
Democracy's , Moses . Least Known
Among Party's, Jlecent Leaders.
. Chicago Chronicle.
. Never did the .Ajaijrican people read so
much as now. , NevVr were they so familiar
with ..the names und records of men who
take an actlv.e part In state as well as na
tional affairs, llut "never since the day of
national conventions began has a great po
litical organization, presented to the voters
a presidential candidate sh utterly unknown
to the mass of the people as Alton B.
l'arker. Borne politicians had heard of him
as the manager-of- state campaigns, and
some lawyers knew him as the chief Judge
of the cfturt of arppeuls. The great ma
jority knew nothijjg 'about him. and had
to axk their noigh&ors.f'-who Is this man."
Men without. pnHiicul records have been
put up ifor the presidency, but they were
soldiers- whose exploits were household
words. Wllllarh Henry Harrison, Taylor,
Scott, McClellnn, Grant and Hancock had
made hlxtory which schoolboys and grown
up men were familiar wilh.
Tolk was the first "dark horse" nomi
nated, but he was not an unknown. quan
tity. He had twice been speaker of the' house
of representatives, and he had been gov
ernor peveral times. Plerco had been a
member-of both houses of congress and
had served gallantly us a general of volun
teers In the Mexican war. Uuchanan, the
"old public functionary," had been minis
ter to Kngland. Cass had been conspicuous
In war and peace.
Of the New York candidates Martin Van
Buren had been .Jong In public life. Sey
mour had been governor. Cleveland had
been elected governor by a phenomenal ma
jority. Tllden'p war against the canal ring
and Tweed gave him notional prominence.
Hayes was not so well known at the
time of his nomination as Garfield or Mc
Kinley, but he had been elected governor
of Ohio after an exciting campaign at a
time when Ohio was a close state. Nobody
asked who Blaine or Harrison was when
nominated. Douglas was, perhaps, the best
known public man In America when he ran.
The people had not been acquainted with
Lincoln bo long, but they knew him.
Horace Greeley needed no Introduction to
the public. Neither did Fremont. All had
heard of the "Pathfinder." Bryan had been
In the ' house' - and made some telling
speeches which wre widely copied In demo
cratic papers.
It Is among thVlce presidential cantll
dates' onemus4nftK 'of (he-mait as little
known to the gsT, piihfle' as Judge Par
ker. Moat' of-thmwete anything but ob
scure.' Amosg tHf m were-Hendricks, Thur
rrian. Logan, Pidleton, Blair. Hamlin,
Johnson, Tyler; Y Wheeler, Fillmore, and
Stevenson, who had. long been , In. public
life. Arthur wastoof known, except to poli
ticians outside of. New 'Tortf, but the really
inconspicuous candidate, the one of whom
nobody knew nrfythlhg." as Sewall.who
was Bryan's partner In lf9.
Sewall was th .first democratic
known," and Parker Is the second.
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STATE PRKSS OPIXIOX.
Central City Republican i ' The practice
of having the country towns represented at
the Ak-Sar-Ben (nukes all the people take
an Interest In tho events by which It Is
attended and adds immensely to . its suc
cess and stundlng ln the public favor. Cen
tral City Is usually recognized, but this
year It has done( Itself proud In Its boya'
band. Thanks to. the fostering cure of Frn
Delfosse, this organization of young peo
ple, mostly without musical training in
the first place, have been aelected, trained
and kept together, and In the face of many
discouragements -and at Infinite pains,
brought to such a" state of proficiency as to
put them In the competing class. We had
the pleasure of -meeting them as they
passed up Harney street In Omaha In the
street car on the .way to the fair grounds,
and- they were a body to be proud of. Their
bright uniforms and neat appearance would
attract favorable attention anywhere.
Their performances In the parades have
been commented t upon and their praises
sung by disinterested and more competent
Judges than ourselves.
South Omaha democrat: It would ap
pear that the Omaha democratic bunch
who railroaded through the -nominations
for the legislative ticket last summer were
simply fixing up a ticket to suit their Idle
fancy. A number of the nominees have
refused to run and now that the time Is
growing short it may be difficult to get
goad men to allow their names to be used.
Had horse sense been exercised at the con
vention a good ticket would have been
nominated. There were a numbersof good
men who wanted tho nomination, but Uen
erul Smythe and the bunch he had by the
nose railroaded things through to their
own Hklng pnd now the whole thing has
the appearance of having been put up at
the dictation of republicans.
Sjuth Omaha Democrat: The democrats
who are trying to get off the ticket shou.d
be allowed to let loose right away. The
longer they hang, the harder It will be to
get goqd men to kike the chance. In fact,
the vacancies should have been filled long
ago. The republicans have nominated one
very strong man for state senator, and
that man Is L.. C. Gibson. Gibson Is strong
because . he does things. He Is not a
dreamer or a hot air vender, but delivers
the goods. He Is not a politician. In busi
ness mutters he la a howling success.' Tax
payers like to vote for a man who la com
petent to do something besides roll u ciga
rette or pull a cork. He Is a live one
Frtmont Tribune: The result of the
Omaha piimurltts U the nomination of a
legislative ticket upon which all the re
publicans of the uounty can unite. It
begins to look like harmony Nin Douglas,
despite the recent organisation of the
powerful Fontanelle club to oppose the ma
chine. Perhupa this la on the same theory
of building the battleship and providing
liberally fur the army and navy. It is
conducive to peace to be prepared for war.
The republicans elsewhere In Nebraska
view with much satisfaction this getting
together In Omaha. It means a powerful
factor for success In the state.
tluwella Journal: It is useless for the
fusion pre bureau to mall any 'machine
editorials to this office. We do our own
thinking, and sometimes It does not track
with the bosses, but It is at least original
and xjraaa the view of ine writer.
NEW YORK FOR ROOSEVELT
Fifty Thousand Plurality ii Promised for
Bepnblican Ticket
MANY FACTORS AGAINST PARKER
Prevailing; Conditions Tarn Many
Irish, Jens nnd Italians from the
Democrats nrefal , katlmate
Prepared for The Bee.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
NF.W YtrBK. Oct. 16.-(Speclal.) This
state will cast ltu electoral vote for Koose
velt and Fairbanks. Roosevelt a plurality
may reach B0,K0. There are conditions
working for the republican cause today
which were not In evidence four years
ago. Notwithstanding Judge Parker has
back of him a powerful syndicate of mon
eyed interest and an organization, he does
not have the elements which make for
success In a national campaign. Admit
ting that he has a united party In New
York stnte with him he has still to recon
cile himself to the fact that 0 per cent
of the Irish vote which was cast for Bryan
In lHoO will not be with him in 19U4. He
has also to realize the fact that 80 per
cent of the Hebrew vote will be cast for
Mr. Roosevelt and that 60 per cent of the
Italian vote will go to his opponent. These
figures are startling, yet they are advised
by . a cloBe Inquiry of the present political
situation In the Kmplre state. In twenty
yenrs there has not been such an open
declaration on the part of the Irish Catho
lics of this state to vote the republican
ticket as' this yenr. Ordinarily, the Irish
Catholic has voted the democratic ticket.
The Boston Pilot and the Irish World,
which have come out uncompromisingly in
fuvor of Mr. Roosevelt, are urging their
renders to break away from the hide
bound proposition of voting the democratic
ticket, because of political preferment, rep
resenting to their readers that political
preferment and existing conditions are
along the lines of republican success.
Roosevelt Pleases the Jew.
On the other hand, the Jews engngel
as they are in a thousand different busi
nesses, look upon the president as having
accomplished something for their race In
Russia. Notwithstanding business Instincts
the Jew Is a sentimentalist. He saw the
Russian czut oppressing the people of his
race. He remembered the very recent
nAirdcr of his peop'.e In Klshlneff and
saw the president through diplomatic
sources protest against the action of the
subjects of-Nlcholas. The protests against
the murder of his people aroused the Jew
In the United States to stand by the coun
try of his adoption, and the recent intima
tion from St. Petersburg, that there would
be a more liberal treatment of passport3
carried by the Jew from the United States
to his native country has emphasized his
belief that all this change of. feeling to
ward the Jewish people has been brought
about through the policies of MeKlnley and
Roosevelt and he therefore proposes to
see to It that these policies are perpet
uated. . Jews Desire IHku Tariff.
But this Is not the only reason why the
Jews are going to vote for Roosevelt. In
addition to the sentimental reasons, there
are practical reasons why this vote, which
Is extremely large in the United States,
and particularly ho In New York, is going
to Roosevelt. Into every household where
there is a Jew voter In New York state
there has been sent a clipping from the
democratic platform adopted at St. Louis
In July last, wherein It is stated that protec
tion Is a "robbery of the many to enrich
the few," in order that he may see for
himself Just what . the democratic party
stands for In relation to the tariff. It Is
impossible to tell of the number of Jews
engaged In business In the United States
fn comparison to the number of gentiles,
but we all know of their Influence in their
several communities. Their Importance in
New York is undenied.. While many of the
biggest firms of this great city are Jew
ish firms, they are only a part of the
greater business done by the small dealers
whose Influence extends to their Immedi
ate locality. These small dealers recog
nize that their very existence depends upon
thcperpetuatlon of the protective tariff and
they propose to see to it that their vote
will get into the ballot box for the policies
which Mr. Roosevelt stands for.
Keyr York's Foreign Population.
In this connection It is Interesting to look
over the last census and ascertain Just
whut the (epresentatlon of certain Euro
pean countries is among the population of
the state of New York. Ireland heads the
list with 986,170, Italy next with 2ti5.Sai.
then Russia with Bohemia 29,loS,
Hungary 64,901. This is the representative
population of the countries above men
tioned in the state. In New York City,
where this population is lurgely predomi
nant, the vote of this people may have a
very decisive bearing upon the election, and
taking the basis of one voter to every Ave
of population, we find that there arc nearly
60.0UO Irlah voters in New York City alone.
That Is to say, voters where both parents
are of foreign birth. There are 3,000 Bo
hemlun voters, 6,000 Hungarian voters, 29,000
Italian voters and U2,0J0 Russian voters,
many of whom are Jews. .This vote, which
has largely been manipulated by Tammajiy
In past years, will this year be cast fur
Roosevelt. Of course, I know ' the power
which Tammany exerts In Greater New
York. I dq not underrate Its effectiveness
to get out the vote nor to count It. But
there are other conditions besides those
which I have enumerated which, leuds me
to believe that Roosevelt will carry this
state by from 30,000 to 60,000 plurality, und
they are that In every one of the assembly
districts of Greater New York Governor
Chairman Odell hits Indicated to every re
publican assembly leader In this big city
that the republican vote of his district
must be In the box on election day. That
he will hold each Individual responsible
for the success of the ticket in his dis
trict. To one who has followed Tammany
methods In the years that have gone Gov
ernor Odell's command looks futile. But It
mudt be remembered that the governor Is
one of the very best organizers' the state
of New York has had In many years. He
Is resourceful, capable and willing to take
chances against a powerful enemy. He has
announced that the vote of Greater New
York must be kept below 100.000 plurality
for Parker, which means that every re
publican voter in the city of New York is
to be reached and that his vote Is to be
gotten Into the box on election day. There
fore, with the defection of a lurge foreign
vote which has heretofore been cast for
the democratic ticket going to Roosevelt,
a united party up-state and down-state
for the head of the ticket and dissensions
In the ranks of the local New York de
mocracy I am led to make the prediction
that New Fork will cast its electoral vote
for RooseVelt and Full banks by at least
30,W plurality. j K. C. 8.
FAIHUWKN GIlKK TO NEW YORK
Indiana Heuator Will Hake an Ad.
dress Tonlaht at Troy,
CHICAGO, Oct. 16. Benator Charles W.
Fairbanks left Chicago this afternoon for
Troy. N. Y., where he wfll deliver a speech
tomorrow night. Senator Fairbanks arrived
from Milwaukee In the morning. Previous
to his departure for the east he met Colo
nel Hurry 8. New of the republican head
quarters and Secretary Dover of the na
tional committee and received a number of
callers at the Auditorium annex.
ROIND ABOIT SEW lORK,
Hippies on the t nrrent of Life la the
Metropolis.
Twenty-four persons residing in a sec
tion of the West Side known as "Stryker's
Farm" have died within as many days
from the effect of drinking a compound
labeled whisky. The stuff Is supposed to
be a mixture of wood alcohol and water,
colored and spiced and sold for five cents
a drink. Several saloonkeepers have been
arrested for selling the mixture, and the
'ocal and federal officers are vigorously
pursuing the dopera. The Immediate ef
fect of the startling death rate among booz
ers Is a temperance wave, the like of which
has not been experienced In the city for
years. - Water wagons are crowded. Every
ablebodied person In the district affected Is
going dry. They are not ready to die.
Then, too, funerals are expensive luxuries.
There Is a great rush to sign the pledge.
For a week past the Paullst fathers have
been busy registering the solemn vow of
scores of persons who live there that they
would not touch a drop of liquer fur a
year. Many were so eager that they
wished to sign the pledge for life. The
attempt to wreck the saloon where tho
mutt flagrant distillation wa sold Is a
sample of the quality of the new thought
of tho district. There were many mn In
the crowd who had been regular customers
at this place, and they felt that they
owed their lives to accident.
The revelations on the character of the
whisky sold in these places will have -a
widespread effect on the trade In New
York. There will be less mixing of essen
tial oils with wood alcohol, and the police
will exercise more vigilance than here
tofore. Besides the government , officials
will be alert to a sense of their duty to
the public.
Down on the Bowery they sell what they
call whisky for five cents a gloss. The
average nondrlnklng man might take a
single draught of this stuff and when he
awoke In the morning his esophagus would
taste like the private drain pipe of a rend
ering plant. Three drinks of It would send
him to the p.ychopathic ward of Bcllevue
and four would land him at the foot of
East Twenty-Blxth street, at the public
morgue.
Adulteration of whisky Is widespread In
New York. Cheap as Scotch whisky Is
by the bottle. In comparison with the re
tall price per drink, there are a lot of
greedy saloonkeepers who prefer to mix
their own stuff and put ft in labeled bot
tles. There Is no defense against this prac
tice except the trained palate of the cus
tomer. The typewriter which seems to go by
itself keeps a group of from two to a dozen
persons In front of a Broadway store win
dow In which It is exhibited all day. Those
who watch It swap theories as to how It
Is operated. One man says It Is run by
some sort of clockwork. Another Is quite
sure that an electrical device keeps It go
ing. "I wouldn't be surprised," said a man with
a shrewd eye, who watched It one day last
week. "If some sort of punched-paper at
tachment were used, such as you see in the
little hand-prgans on the street."
"No," declared the old man with white
side whiskers. "I've given a good deal of
thought to that machine, and I have' come
to the conclusion that It runs by a music
box cylinder. I think. If you figure It out,
you'll find that accounts ror the way In
which It paragraphs and makes centered
headings and dashes and does other fancy
stunts better than anything else. And then,
you see, there's no end to the cylinder.
When all the tunes on it, so to speak, are
ticked off, it begins all over again."
"Aw rats!" exclaimed a grinning boy In
overalls, "dere'a a fairy poundln' a dummy
In de basement, an' de show machine Is
run by gearln' from her keys."
' In a roadside tavern on Long Island the
other day, mine host and a farmer with a
perfect bucolic makeup. Including a chin
beard, were discussing their chief topic of
Interest, themselves. The farmer, who
was an old man, related at length his re
grettable loss of activity owing to an in
Jury to his side. He explained how im
possible it was fur him to gather potatoes,
as he could not bend over.
The tavern-keeper, who was a German,
commiserated with him appropriately, and
then asked whether he had heard what
happened to another farmer of the neigh
borhood. "It was a terrible thing," he said. "He
was working In his potato patch last week,
stooping down, and he bent his liver."
"The fierceness of the autumnal winds
In the canyons formed downtown by the
tall buildings," Bays the Sun, "has stirred
up much speculation as to what It will be
like in the future city if skyscrapers. A
man who loBt his hat and umbrella Jn a
Nassau street squall suggests that In the
city of the future the streets and pathways
for pedestrians may be on top of the tall
buildings.
" "It is not so windy up there," he says,
'and one can get an occasional glliripa of
the sun. I think that In the distant future
people will go down Into the tall buildings
Instead of up as now. The buildings will
then resemble caves Into which the sun
light never enters, and where the army of
tollers will work night and day by electric
light or its successor.' "
it fares 111 with the offender who mukes
Impertinent remarks to or regarding Re
corder Go ft" of New York City. A self-con
fessed thief was arraigned before him the
other morning and was so elated at the
prospect of a light sentence next day that
on the way back to his cell he remarked
to the policeman In charge of him that "the
old white haired duck Is easy." This re
mark was reported to the recorder, and
when the thief next appeared before him
he announced thut while he might have
Imposed a year's Imprisonment, with two
months' commutation for good behavior,
if the fellow had guarded his tongue, In
the circumstances the penalty would be
U"l..l
100,402,500
Bottles Sold
During 1003 ,
The Largest Sales of any Brand
of Bottled Beer
' ;''
Whea attending the World's Orestest Pair de aet fail to visit
The Anheuser-Busch Brewery
Tho Home) of Budweiser
m Orders Promptly Filled by V
CEO. KRUO, Manager Anhemer-Buich Brinchr Omaha, Ntk
eleven months, with no commutatlMV aad
a fine of fTiOO.
Broadway's morrrttoi policemen ar mrely
to spend much of their time Imparting rn
formatlon. Judging from their popularity
with women pedestrians. Instead of devot
ing all their energies to regulating traffic
Two young, smooth shaven men on lower
Broadway are especially favored. Women
stand at the curb and Imperiously beckon
the "cavalry." attracted doubtless by tha
spruce yellow-striiM-d uniforms and tha
prattling horse. The men nppenr to enjoy
It. too.
I'KHSOI Kl. SOTK.
lieutenant Colonel Edward C. Little, one
of the most prominent populists in Kanmia,
has come out in favor of the republican
ticket.
A democratic enthusiast has sent to
Esopus two cuts f excellent pedlurep and
record as mousera Just what his object
was in presenting them Is not definitely
known, but It may be Inferred that he
hopes Judge Parker will com up to the
cratch.
Of the 870 members of the British House
of Commons 128 are lawyers, ( Of the 1st
memliers of the French Chamber of Depu
ties 1,19 are lawyers. Of the- $57 members
of our American house of representatives
236 are lawyers.
Ex-Senator Matt W. Ransom of North
Carolina left the senate a poof man, but Is
said to have been worth t-BP.flOO at his
death, which he had made In farming. Just
how he did It. unless In land or other specu
lations, would Interest northern farmera
greatly. (,
Over sixty years ago Spencer T. Hancock
of Manchester. Vt., was In bad health,
thought ho was going to die,.' and named
the persons bo desired to act 'as his pall
bearers. Itst Sunday he celebrated hla
Slst birthday. All the original- pallbearers
are dead and he has now picket! out a new
list.
John Welsh, the man who fired the first
shot under Dewey at Manila, Is at present
In Milwaukee on recruiting service. He
was with Grldley In Japan when he died a
few months ago. and took hla last, message
to his wife In Erie, Pa.
A numtwr of the millionaires who live In
one of the Philadelphia suburbs have
formed a fire department of their own and
are to build an engine house, and fully
equip it with all the necessary up-to-date
apparatus at their expense. They will
employ a large fire company and so protect
their own sumroar 'homes. ,; Among the
members of the organization are John
Wanamaker, P. ..A.' B. Wldener and C. A.
Barney. y L
PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
Upgardson All worn out, are you? Tired
of life, hey? You'd better see. a doctor, old
fellow.
Atom I'm not In such a hurry to die aa
that. Chicago Tribune.,
, .1
"How many bottles o' this will I have to
take," asKcd F.umer Corntossel.
"Before you're' cured?", said the medicine
man.
"No. Before I - get- my picture in the
paper." Washington Star.,
Cobwigger What . .became tf that wo
men's club that- was organised to purify
politics?
Dorcas They had an election of officers,
and most of the members were suspended
for stuffing the ballot box. Town Tuples.
"Has he much of a voice?"
'1
' "Great!"
"Does he make any practical use of it?"
"I should say ho does."
"Sings in the glee club?" ;
"No, roots for the eleven.' Cleveland
Plain Dealer. . '
'So Skorcher is dead." -. 1
'Yes. he collided with another automo
bile yesterday, and " i
' was instantly Killed, enr
"Not Instantly. He lived long enough
to offer to bet that the other fellow's ma
chine was damaged worse', than his."
Washington Star. : p
The campaign chiefs had met In commit
tee of the whole on the state of the party.
"Hadn't we better open the proceedings
with prayer?" suggested one-of them.
"No," said the others, "We did that at
the national convention and look where
wa are now!" Chicago Tribune.
"I hates," said Uncle Eben, "to see a
man thlnkin' he's done his whole duty as
a taxpayer an' a patriot when he pins a
campaign badge on his coat lupol." Wash
ington Star.
Farmer Hay Jest passed one uv them
blamed autermubbles dushln' along like all
possessed, an' I'll be durned if the two
snobs a-drlvln' It wasn't wearln' musks!
Farmer Husklnby Jest as I thought! I
k no wed them fellers would tuke tew robbln'
their victims sooner er later! Town Topics.
TUB WlllHLWIM) CAMPAIGNER.
W. D. Nesblt in Chicago Tribune.
The whirlwind orator has come, the fiercest
of the year;
In mile-a-mlnute verbiage' his speeches
strike the ear;
Above the whistle of the train we hear hli
rolling tones
Beseeching us to vote for Smith and not to
vote for Jones,
And ere his tulk Is halfway through, and
while we are intent
Upon his words, the train pulls out and
stops the arimont. .
Upon the platform at the Teaf throughout
the day he stands
And stubs tho ambient 'atmosphere with
energetic hands.
His speech begins at Hickeyville and
strings along the route
The workers in the fields look up and sea
him stand and shout;
While on through Piketon Elmertown and
Blgneyburg he speeds
Delivering in sections talk on what the.
country needs. ',.
A whirlwind, he he sweeps the land by
north and south and west
And east by nor', and nor' nor'east, and
swirls through ull the rest;
A tulk cyclone, a hurricane, sirocco, and
simoom
All whirled In one to warn the land of its ,
Impending doom; ,
And down (he track from Stlllyvale on into
I...- '..Ml.
IIUI H Rll'l VJIIO
In fragmentary eloquence bis speeches
1. 1 . 1 1 1
uimn aiiu npiii.
Before one crowd has seen him leave, and
started with Its cheers.
He's miles nwuy hurangulbg In some other
people's ears
He fades Into the vista us the train goes
dwindling on,
The re 11 r coach growing smaller by degrees
until It's gone;
The lust we see Is through the dust his
ever resdy arm
Outstretched to point with honest pride or
tremble with alarm.
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