THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5. 1904.
IIIE OMA1IA DAB BEE.
E. ROSKWATER, EDITOR.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Sttt of Nebrnika, Douglas County, us.!
Oro.'e B. Tisrhurk, secretary of The Be
Publishing company, being duly sworn,
says that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally, Morning.
Evening and Sundny Be printed during
me montn or October, 1904. was ioiiows:
1 20.850
I no.aoo
1. ien,8sio
4 2t),8H0
5 BO.HrtO
6 Z9.03O
7 8O,0O
8 3O.1R0
8O.20O
10 80.4TO
11 K0V4OO
II 20,300
13 20,830
14 3,244l
16 20,SMO
10 80.DSO
17 W.040
18 20.170
19 iw.aso
20 B9,400
a atu.ooo
22 jto.ano
2J 80,300
24 20.230
25 ,....2,2B0
26 21MHM)
27 20.040
28 ZO.OOO
29 2l,n0
80 .30,100
Jl itS.WK)
Total 15,fWO
Less unsold copies '. 10,075
Net total sales Uoli.WHI
Dally average , 2,22ll
o!bo. B. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before m-thls list day of October, 1904.
(Seal) M. B. H UNGATE,
Notary Public.
Register today.
Mr. Metcock is getting madder thnt'B
Very evident.
The man who neglects to register Is
worse than one of Joe Folk's noncom
batants he not only refuses to fight, but
refuses to do even home guard duty.
If you have not yet registered be'eure
to register ' today. No one can reg
ister for you and no registration of pre
vious years will holdigood this year.
The Brooklyn Eagle speaks as though
It will be disappointed when Judge
Tarker Is defeated. It will, however,
have few to share Its disappointment
.Tnnaneae have turned the "does: nf
war" loose lu earnest, St. Petersburg
reporting that dogs are used by tjie
Islanders to discover the masked posi
tions of the Russians.
Final estimates of the cnttipalgn com
mittees are promised for Sunday, but so
far as known no one will sit up all night
this year to learn what Tom Taggart
has to say on the sifbject.
Congressman Babcock has thanked
Speakcn Cannon for good work done In
the campaign, thus giving "Uncle Joe"
a chance to respond when the liouse
committees are reorganized next year.
If those Oriuan and Italian students
at Austrian anlversltlea contlnua to
.fight the minister of education may It)
self-defense bo compelled to introduce
the American cane rush and foot ball
game. ,
The fusion' reform organ printed sev
eral columns of certificates from lawyers
commendatory of County Attorney Eng
lish as a gentleman, a scholar and a
lawyer. But what has he done as a
prosecuting officer?
The Japanese battleship Yashima,
having been officially declared to be
sunk, according to a rnris report, may
now be expected .to cover Itself with
glory when the Japanese fleet meets the
boats from the Baltic.
The harmless candidate for congress
admits that his usefulness Is limited to
the arduous task of distributing seeds.
Feople Of the Second Nebraska district
have other duties for their representative
at Washington to perform
Great Britain has formally decided
that British ships may not legally carry
coal to Russian war vessels; but It will
be noticed that the decision was not
promulgated until after the Russiau
fleet made its serious mistake off Hull.
There Is not a solitary newspaper In
Omaha that opposes the electric light
bond proposition that has not been either
bought outright with money or subsi
dised with Milwaukee railroad transpor
tation or free electric light and power.
Stick a pin there.
' i
The Wall Street. Journal declares that
tills has beeu an abnormal year because
there has been no business depression
despite the presidential campaign; but
this is only part of a campaign anyway,
as the democrats have been too busy
hunting for an issue to put up a fight.
The strenuous Dresldent of the electric
lighting' monopoly bus become a man of
uiany functions. He is uot only con
ducting a costly campaign against mu
nicipal ownership of electric light by
paid ward heelers, cheap lawyers and
come-at-able, real estate agents, organic
lng new Improvement clubs and packing
and manipulating old Improvement clubs,
but be is also supplying editorials for
the morning and afternoon yellows and
merchantable weeklies. But "Jones, be
pays the freight" The people of Omaha
are paying over fDO.000 a year for mu-
llfc'btlag.
FOLhOWISO MKISLKT.
"Theodore Roosevelt stands for the)
same policies tor which William Mc
Kinley stood," said Senator Fairbanks
In one of his Indiana speeches. He Is
"carrying forward the policies of Mc
Klnley, not only In the United States,
but also In the far-off Philippines." That
is a fact which every citizen, and
especially all republicans, should bear In
mind. When Thtodore Roosevelt took
the oath of office at Buffalo as president
he made a pledge to adhere to the poll
cles of his predecessor. He has faith
fully done so. His opponents cannot
point to a single instance of departure
from those policies, which received the
overwhelming endorsement of the coun
try four yeara ago.
In the Philippines there has been no
change from the system of government
devised under the McKlnley administra
tion and approved by congress. It Is
proceeding today on the lines then
marked out and Is working successfully.
In regard to onr foreign relations there
has been no departure from the wise
and conservative policy of the preceding
administration. While no American in
terest abroad has been neglected, the
same enre has been taken to maintain
friendly relations with all powers, with
out entering Into alllnnce with any. We
have not been Inactive in our foreign
relations during the past three years and
some things have been acWmplIslMn! of
advantage to the country, as for In
stance the treaty with China which as
sures open ports for trade, but In no
case has our traditional policy been de
parted from. So far ps our domestic
affairs are concerned, they have moved
along under the present administration
steadily and smoothly in the sound and
secure- course created under McKlnley.
There has been no change In policies
and if prosperity is somewhat less gen
eral and buoyant at present than a few
years ago It Is due to conditions that In
evitably follow periods of extraordinary
industrial and business activity, such as
prevailed from 1807 to 1903. The coun
try, however, Is on a perfectly sound
financial nd commercial basis and
whien the people shall have decided
next Tuesday to continue the republican
party in control of the government
whatever business depression there Is
will speedily pass away.
The country was satisfied with the
policies of William McKlnley. They
were approved by the manufacturers,
the farmers and the wage enrners. They
are still in operation under Roosevelt
and they are as essential to the interests
and welfare of all the people now as
when the were put Into effect. Their
Justification is found in the groat prog
ress the nation has made In all material
respects during the past eight years.
The statistics of industrial growth and
commercial achievement bear eloquent
testimony In vindication of those poli
cies. The vastly improved condition of
the agricultural communities, as com
pared with a few years ago, and the
enormous increase In savings bank de
posits, attest how valuable the McKlnley
policies have been to our farmers and
wage earners.
Thofie policies the democratic party as
sails iind promises to overturn If given
the povrer. The election of Roosevelt
and Fairbanks will assure their con
tinuance and this the Interests and wel
fare, of the American people impera
tively require.
HtTCHCOCK DROPS THE MASK
For years O. M. Hitchcock has been
posing before this community as the
chuuipien of municipal ownership, but
down An his heart he lias never been any
more fmr municipal ownership thuti Fred
Nash or Casper E. Yost. On municipal
ownership, as oil all other vital Issues,
Hitchcock bus no conviction that he is
not willing to barter and no principle be
is not willing to abandon for the sake of
expediency or success. For the last two
years at least the water works problem
has beeu in the forefront as a vital issue
before this community, but all that time
Hitchcock and the World-Herald have
been as dumb as an oyster.
When the bill gotten up at the In
stance of the water works owners In
New York was pending before the leg
islature the World-Herald und Hitchcock
did not peep, although Hitchcock knew
then, as fie does today, that It. B. Howell
waa simply a stool pigeon of the water
company and had introduced bis bill
simultaneously with Representative Gil
bert, the engineer employed by the street
railway company, which is controlled by
the same capitalists as those who own
the controlling interest in the water
works. The water bill was railroaded
through the legislature on greased
wheels, and not a finger was raised by
the water company, which was never
known to allow a measure to pass a leg
islature or a city council that was
against Its interests without fighting It
Although it was apparent to every In
telligent man that the Howcll-Gllbert
bill was a scheme of the water company
to unload upon the city of Omaha,
through appraisers of their own choos
ing instead of allowing the city to ex
ercise its privilege by eminent domain
so as to have its own appraisers and be
able to reject or accept the works at the
appraised price, Hitchcock and the
World-Herald played 'possum. But
Hitchcock pretends now to be oblivious
of the fuct that Howell, like himself,
was simply masquerading as a champion
of municipal ownership, otherwise, why
was Howell put on the board on motion
of the president of the United States Na
tional bank, where the funds of the
water company are- on deposit year in
and year out? Would Mr. Barlow have
moved to foist Howell on the board If
Howell was offensive to the water corn
puny. While the World-Herald has been lay
ing great stress ou the fact that W. J.
Council has appere(f against Howell In
the mandamus ense because Mr. Connell
la also the attorney for The Bee Pub
lishing compuny and The Bee Building
company, it does not tell the people of
OmahM that Mr. Connell is not employ eU
jby the water company, but on the pther
hand. Richard 8. Hull, the attorney of
the World-Herald, who is reputed to con
trol Its policy ou the water works Issue,
Is and has for years been the attorney
of the water company. Can anybody
doubt for a moment In whose Interest
Hitchcock Is supporting Howell?
And now Hitchcock has dropped the
mask altogether. While be and his
paper have been sawing wood on the
electric light Issue, he lias now declared
himself against municipal ownership of
the electric light, and why? Because
Fred Nash Is supplying the necessary
campaign funds for Hitchcock and How
ell and his paid workers are working
openly for this pair of decoy ducks.
The duplicity practiced by Hitchcock
on the water works and electric light
Issues he is practicing toward the candi
dates running with him on the demo
cratic ticket He knows that Howell Is
running against Hippie more than he is
against Weller, because the aggregate
democratic vote in Omaha will be at
least 3,000 less than the republican vote,
and if Howell gets one-quarter of the
republican vote nnd all the democratic
votes In Omaha Hippie Is foredoomed to
defeat. But Hitchcock's championship
and advocacy of the stool pigeon of the
water company nnd his opposition to
municipal ownership of electric lighting
has opened the eyes of Omaha working
men, who must realize now that Hitch
cock is simply masquerading as nn anti
monopoly, antl-corporatlon, municipal
ownership and postal savings hank
champion, nnd they will not allow them
selves to be hoodwinked by his grand
stand piny.
THOSE BOXD PllOPOSITIONS.
The sewer and engine house bonds may
b-.( desirable If not necessary, but there Is
some doubt about the matter. There Is,
however, no doubt about the folly of tht
electric light bonds. They are neither nec
essary nor desirable. In opposing them the
Real Estate exchunge, Commercial club and
various Improvement clubs show good sense
and express public sentiment. World-Herald.
So there Is some doubt! WhafT doubt
Is there as to the advisability and neces
sity for the bond issues for the extension
of sewers and erection of fire engine
houses? And why would the issue of
electric light plant bonds be an act of
folly? Did the Real Estate exchange
committee and the Commercial club com
mittee give the subject serious considera
tion, or have they simply taken the word
of President Nash of the electric lighting
company for it?
Let us calmly consider this bond prop
osition from the economic point of view.
The city of Omaha pays more than $90,
000 a year for public lighting. To raise
this amount the city levies a lighting tax
upon every dollar of assessable property
and in addition thereto dumps Into the
lighting fund all the royalty it receives
from the gas company and the electric
lighting company on the gross sales of
gas and electric light and power to pri
vate consumers, when by rights this
amount should go into the general fund
and lessen the general fund tax to that
extent. '
It has been given out by the subsi
dized newspapers and paid workers of
the electric lighting monopoly that the
establishment of a municipal lighting
plant .would increase the tax burdens,
whereas, on the contrary it would de
crease taxes by the amount of difference
between the cost of street lighting by the
municipal plant ond the cost of lighting
through private corporations.
It has been given out by the same
people that the proposition involves an
issue of half a million dollars in bonds,
and if the plant costs only $200,000 or
$300,000 the city council will have the
balance of the money to squander, when
as a matter of fact, the bond proposition
expressly guards against the issue of
any bonds in excess of the amount ac
tually required for the establishment of
the plant.
In order to set this matter at rest the
proposition as it will appear on the offi
cial ballot Is here presented:
PROPOSITION OP ISSUING ELEC
TRIC LIGHT PLANT BONDS.
Vote "yes" or "no."
Shall the bonds of the city of Omaha
In the sum of five hundred thousand
(00,000) dollars be issued for the con
struction of conduits and subways, and
th construction, appropriation or pur
chaso of an electrto light plant for the
city of Omaha, the sold bonds to be
called "Electric Light Plant Bonds" of
the city of Omaha, the same to be
Issued In the denomination of one thou
sand (tl.OCO) dollar each, at auch times
and In such amounts as may be neces
sary tor such purpose at any time dur
ing the years 1905 and 1906, and to run
tor twenty (20) years from the date of
Issue thereof, and to bear Interest pay
able semi-annually at a rate not ex
ceeding four (4) per centum per annum,
with Interest coupons attached, payable
at the fiscal agency of th state of Ne
braska In New York City, and not to be
old for less than par, the proceeds
thereof to be used for no other purpose
than for the construction of conduits
and subway, and the construction, ap
propriation or purchase of an electric
light plant for the city of Omaha?
Iu the face of the safeguards placed
around the bond it is tin lnmilt to the in
telligence of the people to assert that the
whole $300,000 of bonds will be Issued
whether they arc needed or not. It Is
plainly stated In the proposition that the
bonds will Issue in denominations of
$1,000 and not to be sold for less than
par; that the Issue is to be limited to the
amount. required for the specific purpose
and none other; and, furthermore, that
no bonds shall Issue under this proposi
tion after December 81, 190D.
President Nash bus made the assertion
that a 4 per cent bond cannot be floated
at par. If that be true, why Is he mak
ing such desperate opposition? Why is
he expending thousands upon thousands
of dollars In buyfng up newspapers, poli
ticians, merchantable merchants and
come-at-ablo Insurance solicitors and real
estate agents?
These are pertinent questions which
every Uxpaytng citizen and every man
Interested lu Omiiha's welfare should
consider without bias. '
Judge Parker has returned to New
York after his trip to Connecticut, and
as he devoted most of his remarks on
that visit to the tariff republican orators
need say nothing, but leave his case In
the hands of his miming mate, who
made twelve speeches In West Virginia
the same day nnd snld nothing favorable
to his chl-f s Irfoa of free trade.
LtBERALS WLV M CAS ADA.
It was expected that the liberal party
would be successful In the Dominion
election, but a closer contest was looked
for. As It Is the Laurler government
has achieved a sweeping victory and
can carry out Its policies without b
struction. Chief among these are the
construction of a transcontinental rail
road and a readjustment of the Canadian
tariff. The contract with the Grand
Trunk Pacific Railway company into
which the' government hns entered for
the construction of the proposed rall-
road provides for ample financial assist
ance from the Dominion treasury. It
is the contention of the advocates of the
enterprise that besides opening up great
fertile sections of western Canada to
settlement and cultivation, the road In
the end would cost the government noth
ing. The conservatives, while not op
posed to a transcontinental railroad.
urged that It should be built as an ex
tension to the Intercolonial system and
that it should be owned and operated by
the Canadian government. Doubtless
this great enterprise, having received
popular approval according to the plan
of the government vtill be pushed with
all possible vigor.
The matter of chief Interest to this
country Is that of a readjustment of
the Canadian tariff, which It is to be
expected will have an Important bear
ing upon the trade relations between the
Dominion and the United States. It has
been pointed out by those familiar with
political conditions In Canada that the
success of the Laurler government would
be the first long step toward Independ
ence of the Dominion and would place
the country in the position at once of
seeking new alliances, new trade treat
ies, new alignments of an offensive and
defensive character. A Canadian writ
ing a short time ago to a New York
pnper said that the people of the Do
minion were getting tired of the royalty
frills of king and crown nnd think that
they ore quite nble to do business for
themselves without nny outside control.
"The day is drawing very close," he
said, "when the sentimental tie that
binds Canada to England will be a thing
of the pnst and the maple leaf flag will
fly over a Canadian republic." Of course
If ever this time shall come nnd It Is
certainly not unreasonable to think that
It will come the United States would
be the natural party with whom Canada
would seek to mnke an international
bargain. But what may happen to the
trade relations of the two countries in
the meantime is the Important question.
So far as nppenrs there Is no longer nny
considerable Interest in Canada in reci
procity and the Laurler government is
not expected to take any. steps toward
bringing about negotiations for reci
procity. It looks to this government to
take the initiative. Possibly there will
be some .Interesting developments in
connection with this In the near future.
Remember that It would not have
made any difference in the policy of the
opposition how the republican primaries
In Omaha and Douglas county caiue out.
The popocratlc managers would have ex
erted themselves Just ns hard to crente
republican dissension and discord and
would have grasped Just as desperately
at any straw within reach. They would
have lied Just as audaciously and perpe
trated Just ns brazen fakes they would
have made up Just ns ninny fictitious in
terviews with nameless disgruntled re
publicans and offered the same mock
sympathy to the unsuccessful aspirants
for republican primary honors. In n
word they would have fished for repub
lican suckers to vote for democratic can
didates Just the same, only they would
have cast the line from the other side of
the pond.
As was to have been expected the pop
ocratlc organs and orators who started
out In Nebraska with appeals for non
partlsanshlp and independence, nnd for
votes for the man Instead of the party,
In the hope of beating the republican
candidate for governor, are now crying
out all along the line for votes for the
entire fusion ticket under the plea that
the election of a fusion governor would
be useless without the election of all his
associates on the ticket. This exposes
the Insincerity of the entire campaign of
misrepresentation and misinformation.
The appeals for nonpartlsanshlp go only
to the extent of breaking Into the re
publican ranks, but not to the extent of
freeing democrats and populists from
their obligations to the purty.
Who Want th Open Dates t
St. Loult Republic.
Paris plans an exposition for 1920. Port
land Is to have one next year and In 1907
Jamestown Is to give a land and water
how. The year 1910 and 1915 ar yet open.
Mighty Hard Task.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Bourke Cockran has lost a good many
dny by being obliged to make frequent
tops to have his voice repaired. It Is a
great tax on the vole to compel It to talk
for republican' and democratic tickets al
ternately. -
Impi-ovemeBt Bur to Come,
Chicago New.
As th steam engine succeeded the hand
crank and the twine binder pushed Into ob
scurity the poetlo scythe, so the voting
machine, being as clearly u stop In ad
vsnce, will drive out the blanket ballot.
The man who likes to boost progress when
ever h can will giva his support .to th
voting machine proposition on th "little
ballot."
Th Breadth of a "StatesanaBj."
New York Tribune.
Judge Parker' suggestion that the fund
of th United States treasury may b
drawn upon for campaign purpose 1 Illuminating-ai
to his Ideas of how tho gov
ernment may be run. Fortunately, there
Is no Indication that th peupl of the
United States will give hlra or hi sup
porters, an opportunity la make practical
application of thus.
OTHER LADS TH3 Ot'HS.
Englishmen are preparing to celebrate
on October 21, 1905, th centenary of the
death of Nelson, and the very sensible
proposal has bt-en made, and heartily sec
onded, by the way, that the event shall
be marked by the raising of a memorial
fund of $250,000, to be administered for the
benent of British sailors. The project his
been taken up by the British and Foreign
Bailors- society, which proposes to utilise
the fund to be raised by l.OfO.OOO shillings
subscriptions for the endowment of teds
In "Jack Palace," scholarships In the
Nautical school, reading rooms In various
port and other measures for the welfare
of the seamen. The Admiralty has given
to th society the old materials from the
ship Victory, upon which Nelson died, and
th copper from Nelson s flagship Koudroy
ant. In order to stimulate Interest and
patriotism among the youth of Great
Britain, these will be turned Into Ntlson
souvenirs and distributed as a meins of
swelling the memorial fund. Presentation
of the subscription will be made simul
taneously at the Royal Albert hall and at
(other suitable centers In India, the colonies
and In the British Isle on the anniver
I sary of Nelson' death. There are some
element of clap-trap about the enterprise,
but the cause Is a good one, and 1t Is
hoped It will succeed.
France has been making quite a noise
about the "yellow peril" since the out
break of the war in the far est and the
sneers at. the Island empire whljli have
appeared in the French press evidently got
on tho nerves of Prof. Miwa of the Uni
versity of Kioto, If one can Judge from
his recent article In La Revue. Ho claims
the French are really a trifle wrong when
they call the Japaneso barbarians, and
says that the Japunese students have done
quite a bit for tho world In the lust few
years. He tells of the multiplication of
the elliptical functions by Prof. Fuji In
the mathematical line, and of Prof Na
gaoka'a study af the relations between
magentlzation and torsion, and of Prof
Seklya's Instrumenta to give ocular dem
onstrations of seism, c disturbances lu
physical science. Then there Is Prof Yosh
lda and his varnish to keep the bottoms of
ships free from barnacles, and Muabara,
who has made the tubular boilers in use
In the Japanese navy. Prof. Shimose and
hi new explosive are already well known
to the world. In the line of commercial
advancement Prof. Khimoy ana's experi
ments have made It possible to export
camphor from Formosa? and Prof. Nagal's
work has made Japan able to export in
digo. These are only a ftw of the things
the savants of Japan have done, but they
are enough to make '.he world think,
1
It Is reported that the Russian ml.ltary
transport authorities estimate the through
carrying capacity of the Siberian railway
for the next tlx months at about ?5.w0 men
end the necessary stores every four weeks.
The estimate given, by them In the early
Bummer varied from 23,000 to 27,000 und the
former rate seems to have been main
tained. Thanks to various improvement
and to the completion of the Clrcum-Balkal
line, an Increase of 40 per cent Is now
looked for. On that calculation Russia will
be able by April 1 next to. detrain in Man
churia the last contingent of 150,10) men
from European Russiii, or of 2.0,lK0 m?n
If the transport of general supplies could
be temporarily reduced. Nothing short of a
duplication of tho main line from Samara
to Harbin Is expected to do much toward
solving Russia's transport difficulties, a
the number of train dispatched westward
with Hick and wounded and with empty
tracks keeps on Imreaelng a tha cam
paign grows older. In the meantime the
railway system In southern Russia has
been moot seriously dlMorganized by the
war. The bulk of the available locomo
tives, vans and trucks have been diverted
for war traffic, and ;he dally deliveries of
grain at Odessa have been, email and 1 reg
ular at a time when the export trade ought
to be at its height.
Occasionally a story gets out of Rus
sia which show that not everyone In that
down-trodden country Is afraid of the czar
and the grand dukes. The Iargeitt labor
employer and one of the richest men In
the empire is Morozoft of Moscow. Re
cently Grand Duke Serge tent lor him
and told him that his contribution to the
war fund had not been large enough.
Morozcff raid that he thought it had b.'en,
as he had given $500,000 worth of elo.h
from which Vo make uniforms for tho
army. He said that he would not give
more unless it could be assured that ncna
of the officials or grand dukes would stoal
it. Serge Immediately demanded an expla
nation for such lese majiste, and got it.
Morozoft said that he had seen his gift of
cloth for sale In a Mob.ow cl jth ceiler
shop, The grand duke demanded a retrac
tion or said that Morozoft could have his
DassDorts to leave Russia, r.ever to return.
He asked for them at once and telagraphei
to his managers to close all his factories,
thus throwing 160,000 people out of work.
This brought the grand duke to hlj senses
and the czar made him apologize to Moro
soff. How many newspaper readers who find
dally reference In the new dispatches to
"Lloyd'" have any clear Idea as to the
exact nature of that famous British Insti
tution? Perhap the mot of them have a
vague Impression that It is a huge marine
Insurance concern, having a large measure
of control-unofficial but real-over the
shipping regulations of the world. In this
they are both right and wrong; the great
corporation which still retains the name of
It foundor of Elizabethan days and which
has had It headquarters in the Royal ex
change In London since 1771, has nothing to
do a uch with mnrlne Insurance or th
taking of risks and paying of losses, but It
member have. It Is. In fact, a great mari
time exchange, incorporated In recent years
by Parliament, and is to the world of ship
ping, and, through its members, of marine
Insurance, what the house of Rothschild is
to the banking world. Aside from the fact
that Lloyd's affords marine Insurance
brokers a place of meeting with their
clients, its great function I the collection,
publication and diffusion of Information
with respect to shipping. It Is the direct
outcome of the enterprise of the keeper of
a London coffee house. Edward Lloyd was
brought much In contact with seafaring
men and merchant, and his foresight and
enterprise led to the devrfopment of ys,
tem which ha become world-famou.
The attitude of President Qulntana to
ward financial and Industrial problems Is
well calculated to Increase the confidence
already general In Kurpe and America
alike that the progress of the Argentine
Republic, which ha been wonderfully rapid
nd solid, will go on for an Indefinite period
with added momentum If not at a greater
pace. Already the foreign commerce of the
country, which Is not les than $70 per
capita of the population, exceeds that of
the greatest nations of Europe and Amer
ica, In proportion t- the number of Inhabi
tants, and the balance of trade In favor of
the La Plata valley tte I astonishingly
large. By whatever test the Argentine Re
public Is Judged that rich, progressive and
eminently ane Latin nation Is a demon
stration of the potentlnl greatness of all
South America and ft th countries be
tween the Isthmus of Panama and the Rio
Grinds.
Did Yon Get Itf
Washington Post.
Treasurer Robert says that during the
last fiscal year there was an addition of
$118,793,148 to the monetary stork of the
country: You can flgur out your shar nd
e If you got lk
T"K MllRi.wiVD FIMIL
Washington Mr. Cortelyou Is en
titled to the congratulations that go to a
man who nvniiBe a republican proslib-ntUI
campaign without having the cartoonist
muke,u dollnr rrnuk suit for him.
Minneapolis Tlm.-s: Senator Fairbanks
may be ft trifle .hilly, b,.t his warm stump
ing tour doesn't imlk it . Note his
whirlwind swing through his own stte
a finale to a decidedly lively Jaunt.
Cincinnati Enqulier: .Mr. n,van won a
silver medal for nn exhll.lt at St. Louis on
rye grown on his Nebraska farm. There
Is likely to be a committee of Inquiry as 10
how that rye was disposed of and what It
Is to ultimately become. Some people are
very particular as to th0 association of
politicians and statesmen with products
that may be distilled.
Baltimore American: When the elec
tion 1 over the democrats will nm huv
single thing to be proud of except that they
nave an nnnesi man ror president and that
they are still citizens of the republic of
which Theodore Roosevelt Is the rhir
ecutlve ami heal counselor. In their own
conduct or a campaign of deliberate, ma
licious and unpatriotic falsehood they will
have Just cause for shame of the most sin.
cere varfety.
Springfield Republican: Campaign lying
may be a line art, yet, according to some
close observation of the campaign now
closing, there have been very few clever
lies from either side of the strugKle. Denn
Swift wrote that "as universal a practice
as lying Is, and as easy a one ns it seems,
I do not remember to have heard three
good lies In all my conversation, even from
those who were most celebrated in that
faculty." And Dean Swift knew some-
inmg or tne politics of his day. There
surely haven't been three good lies in the
present campaign; they have all been
stupid as well as vicious.
A'GI ESS THAT 19 A Gl ESS.
Roosevelt Given m Whooping; Majority
of ir2 Electoral Votes.
Harper's Weekly (md.).
Among tho inalienable rights conferred
upon Yankee by what there Is left of
their constitution Is that of guessing. When
the next number of this Journal reaches
tho reader somebody will have been elected
president of the United States. Conse
quently, if we are going to get In a guess
at all, this Is our last chance. We pro
pose to exercise the privilege here and now.
In 1896 McKlnley received 271 electoral
votes and Bryan 176; majority, 95. In 1900
McKlnley, 292, Bryan, 155; majority, 137!
We guess Roosevelt will receive 314 elec
toral votes and Parker 152; divided as
follows:
FOR ROOSEVELT.
FOR PARKER.
Laurornia 10
Colorado 5
Connecticut 7
Delaware 3
Idaho 3
Illinois 27
Indiana 15
Alabama 11
Arkansas 9
Florida 6
Georgia 13
Kentucky 13
Ixulsiana 9
Marvlanrl B
lowa
Kansas
13 Mississippi 10
lO'Missouri Jg
maine Ki-uHn
Massachusetts .... 16 North Carolina";'. 12
Michigan H South Carolina ... i
niin.inis.jiu JilTennessee 12
Montana 8J Texas 18
Nebraska 8
New Hampshire .. 4
New Jersey 12
New York 89
North Dakota .... 4
Ohio , 23
Oi egon 4
Pennsylvania 34
Rhode Island 4
South Dakota .... 4
Utah 3
Vermont 4
Virginia 12
Total 162
Majority for
Roosevelt 152
Washington 6
West Virginia
Wisconsin 13
Wyoming 3
Total S14
Since the war, majorities In the elec
toral college have been counted as fol
lows: In 1868, Grant, 134; 1872, Grant, 223;
1876, Hayes, 1; 1880, Garfield, 59; 1884, Cleve
land, 37; 1888, Harrison, 6; 1892, Cleveland,
plurality, 132; 1896, McKlnley, 95; 1900, Mc
Klnley 137. If, therefore, by chance we
have guessed right or about right the very
first time, Mr. Roosevelt will sweep the
country by a larger vote than any suc
cessful candidate has polled since the day
of the high white hat. We modestly ad
mit a remote possibility of having guessed
wrong but we guess not
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Rock Springs, Hanna, Sheridan, Walnut Block, Steam Coal.
Best medium grade Is Illinois Nut $5.75; Egg and Lump $6.
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A hot burner-Missouri Nut large size $4.50: Lump $4.75.
Scranton the best Pennsylvania Anthracite mined.
Spadra-the hardest and cleanest Arkansas Anthracite.
All coal hand-screened and weighed over any city scales desired.
COUTANT & SQUIRES. l408Tr. It3qeet
Who now8 not my clothier
proves himself unknown
The Superior Jury at the St. Louis
Exposition committed no oversight
of this sort.
That clothing to which they gave
the highest possible award might
be worth your attention
Suits, H5, $18. $20, $22 25
Overcoats, $15,$18,20,22, $25
AND UP TO $40.
NO CLOTHING
R. S. WILCOX, Mgr.
CREAM
SM0N6
Improves the flavor
and adds to the health
fulness of the food
It 111 TICKI.KHS.
Mr. Spoonamore Does jour papa object
to my coming to see you. Castelln?
Miss de Train oh, no; but lie was 3
dreadfully careless as to tell mamma I
approved of your coming, and now, of
course, she thinks it's a conspiracy. Chi
cago Tribune. ,
"Say. papa, when I'm n man won't I
have to obey you nor nut any more?''
"No, but you II have n buss then who will
make you wonder why you ever thought
we were hard to dpnl with. You needn't
tell your mu, however, that I told you."
Philadelphia Ledger.
"Poor Kmmellno Is dead."
"On, dear me."
"LiiKt night the big hall elork toppled
over on her and crushed her to the floor."
"How sad. What were her last wordsT"
"She didn't say any, for time was press
ing." Cleveland Leader.
Barnes When Howes came to the city h
was honest and unsophisticated
Shedd And now he Is a competent thief?
Barnes I didn't insinuate anything of the
kind. I was only thinking that he is now
worth $000,000. Boston Transcript.
They are saying that you bought and
paid for your election."
"That's right," answered Senator Sor
ghum. "I run look the world in the fuea
and say.'I owe no man a penny." "Wash
ington Star. ,
Girl with the Gibson Girl Neck You're a
perfect pattern of good behavior In church
nowadays.
Girl with the Julia Marlowe Dimple I
suppose so. Now that one of the preach
ers says It Is all right to flirt in church
there's no fun in doing It any more."
Chicago Tribune.
Kwoter Oh, well, mistakes will happen
sometimes.
Wiseman Mistake always happen.
Kwoter How do you mean?
Wiseman Nobody ever admits making
mistakes, therefore they merely happen.
Philadelphia Catholic Standard.
A HISKISQ SO(i.
Chicago Chronicle.
Hear the rustle nnd the bustle of th farm
hands as they hustle,
Every morn. ,
They are working, never shirking, and th
husks they are Jerking
From the corn.
Hear it falling while they're calling and
the ripened ears they're hauling,
Rich as gold.
Hear the clashing and the slashing of th
dry leaves as they're lashing
In the cold.
Hear tho "whoalng" and the going and th
yellow harvest flowing
In the Held.
See the yellow, rich and mellow how It
cheers and helps a fellow
By It yield.
Hear tho thumping and the bumping of th
ears so gayly Jumping,
Every day.
In the gleaming and the beaming of th
Bun so brightly streaming.
All the way. ,
1
Hoar the thunder of the plunder with Itg
yield of golden wonder
On the air.
See It glancing, lightly dancing, as th
teams ar all advancing
Everywhere.
Hear the rattle of the battle and the low
ing of the cattle
Looking on .
At the rustle and the bustle of the farm
hands as they hu.stlo
In the dawn.
FITS LIKE OURS.'.'