THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, NOVEMBER
11)04
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Be careful in marking your ballot to
morrow. Mr. Meteock Is getting madder still.
That's very evident.
Colonel Bryan's optimism always did
got away.. with his sound Judgment.
Now for a full, vote. If only to hold
Omaha tip In comparison with other
cities of its rank.
Another political campaign has closed
In San Domingo, tho insurgent leaders
having surrendered.
KtrAftvs point the way tho wind blows.
Five thousand more republicans than all
others registered in Omaha.
People have been known to listen to
Bryan before and even to applaud bint
and then to vote for the other fellow.
If you dldiit register you can't vote.
And there seems to be at least 2,000 self-
dlsfranchlsed voters in Omaha add South
Omnhn. " 1 ii
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If. r Tom, 'Wilson should revive any
thing, like; as many votes in Nebraska
as I'arker, Bryan stock, will fall several
notches on Wall street
Judge Parker says he would rather
bo defeated than f ottered. The voters
will probably see that any schnckles
which may bind bJni are broken Tues
day, Sunday whs election day In Italy and
the average American looks with envy
upon the people of that country who are
already realising . on . their campaign
wagers. ' t
When Germany and the United States
have ratified ''-the arbitration treaty
maybe the, American hog wlll.be per
mitted to move in Berlin households
under Its own nsmi
. The republican legislative ticket is In
very respect superior to that nominated
by the fuaionlsta and should by all means
be elected. Colonel Bryan's advice to the
contrary notwithstanding.
Judge Parker says no campaign com
mittee coo accept funds without an im
plied tiromlse, which may be an Indirect
way of telling J. J. Hill to ret easy if
the democratic ticket should by mishap
be elected.
Admlrul.Togo has brokeu into the re
ports again, dispatches saying he Is still
throwing shells into Port Arthur. If
he has been at that ever since the last
report ncrap iron must be at a discount
In the ItUMHlan stronghold.
Isn't all this fulsome laudation of the
present democratic county attorney as
the best ver Just a Jlttle reflection on
some of ' Ms eminent predecessors in
filee of the same faith? Or la it with
the democratic hot-air artyta that "out
tf sight" Is "out of mindr . ;
The republican legislative and county
tickets Jn'Ioug!as county this year are
well above the average. Republican
will make no mistake In voting for every
repnbUcan candidate cm them. Every
one of them secured bis nomination by
reason of receiving a- higher vote of
preferenoa in a direct primary and Is
thereby entitled to the support ef every
one who rails himself a republican.
; lo the cltUeus of Omaha want the
loctrle lighting contract extended for
Ire years snoreT A vote against the
ben 4 proposition will be construed by
the strenuous president of the electric
light corporation as a vote against mu
nicipal ownership of electric lights and
for the extension of his contract, and we
Violate uo confidence In predicting that
he will Lava no trouble in persuading
five eountiluien to vote him an extension
that will put off municipal ownership
DO SOT BK DECKIYKD-
The report circulated by the emissaries
of the electric lighting mouojly, that
there Is a scheme on foot to delay .in
definitely the purchase of the water
works plant by the pasnage of a bill In
the coming legislature that will anthor
ize the mayor and council to repeal the
ordinance under which the appraisement
of the water works is now progressing.
is a most stupid and heseleos canard.
The action of the mayor and council
on behalf of the city towards the acqui
sition of the water works Is In compli
ance with the conditions Imposed by the
contract made In 1881 between the city
and the water works company. No
legislature has the right to repeal, or
modify, a contract Even the court
have no authority to abrogate a con
tract
The report that an effort will be made
to have the IIowell-Gilbert law repealed
by the coming legislature In order to
block the purchase of the water works
Is equally, falfe and groundless. The
repeal of the IIowell-Gilbert law would
have no more effect upon the purchase
of the water works than the "pope's bull
against the comet." No repatable lawyer
will contend for a moment that the en
actment of any law, or the repeal of
any law, can change or impede the pur
chase of the w;it-r works. The action
of tho mayor and council la Irrevocable
and binding upon the city, unless fraud
can be proved on the part of the water
company in the conduct of the appraise
ment now pending.
In order to. set these ridiculous roor
backs put In circulation by the electric
light monopoly at rest the editor of The
Bee pledges himself to oppose any at
tempt to delay completion of the negoti
ations for the purchase of the water
works at the earliest moment by the
city council, by the legislature, or by
the water board. He favors municipal
ownership of the water works Just as
earnest) as ho does municipal public
lighting, and brands all reports to the
contrary as pure fabrications gotten up
and set afloat by the enemies of munici
pal ownership and the beneficiaries of
the lighting monopoly;
THE EVD OF THE CAMPAIQ V.
Today ends the presidential campaign
and It has been one of the most remark
able in some respects in the history cf
national contests In this country. It
has been a comparatively unenthuninstic
and notably quiet canvass. On no bund
has there been exhibited ai v of the
enthusiasm and , excitement that have
usually marked the contest between the
two -great political parties Of the coun
try. Incidentally there has been a good
deal of strife and controversy, but In
the main the parties have been very
well organized and brought together so
that now on the eve of the election it
can be said confidently that the two
great fighting forces in our political
arena are virtually consolidated for the
great battle that is .to be fought to
morrow at the ballot box.
A to who will be the winner in this
great popular contest there is necessarily
a difference of Opinion, based upon such
facts as seem to us to be absolutely
convincing, Is that Roosevelt and Fair
banks will be overwhelmingly : elected.
We are unable to see any other outcome
of the election. As the situation looks
to us we can see nothing but. the. assur
ance of republican success, yet we are
not unprepared for a different, possi
bility, however improbable this may
seem
The quiet character of the campaign
Is by no means an evidence that the
people are not taking an active interest
In the political contest On the con
trary, there is every reason to believe
that the people generally are very fully
alive to the demands of1 the situation
and will show themselves to be so on
election day. We have had some very
good evidence of this in the vote of the
September states and there Is no reason
to.belleve that this will be less conclu
sive In the states that will vote on next
Tuesday. , . .
At auy rate republicans everywhere
are expected to do their duty to their
party and their country In tomorrow's
election. In order to do this they will
voto the straight republican ticket, omit
ting not a single name that Is on the
ticket ( A republican who ignores or
scratches a name which is on the regular
party ticket is unfaithful to his party
and la unworthy of future recognition as
a republican. The demand of the hour
is that every republican shall be on
watch and do his duty ,manfully and
faithfully. If all respond to this de
mand there can be no doubt a to the
result
run PAsstxo of paiikkr.
There 1 no question that Judge I'arker
has been steaUly falling away In popu
lar regard ever' since bis nomination.
Ills message to the St Louis conveutlou
gave him a momentary prestige, war
ranting the claim of his supporters that
he was a man of mora than ordinary
character and determination, but noth
ing that ba since been .done by the
democratic candidate Justifies that opin
ion of Mm.
'A a matter of fact, Judge Parker ha
contributed nothing to his party except
a personality that embodied . tho- com
promises ueceasary to au eveu temporary
democratic recoiicentratlon. He has
ceased to be a party force and he is
absolutely without .potency as a leader.
He ha shown in every one of his public
addresses that be la not familiar with
tho affair of the government and that
be relies for his Information upon men
who art conspicuously known as tho un
qualified opponent of the admlnlstra
tlon, regardless of whether it is right or
wrong. Instead of making investiga
tions for himself, the unquestionable
fact Is, in the authority of Judge Parker
himself, that he ha accepted the state
ment of other parties, naturally Inter
ested in misleading btm, and used It to
mislead the public. He has done this'
in several case and when his error
were pointed out to him, by a conclusive
statement of the facts, bo. La persist
ently ignored these corrections and re
fused to admit bis mistake and mis
representations. Is a man of this character a proper
man to be entrusted with the great
duties that belong to the office of presi
dent of the United States? Is a man
who Indulges In gross misrepresenta
tions regarding the affairs of the gov
ernment a fit person to be given the
control of great national interests? These
are questions that appeal to the Ameri
can people and we cannot doubt what
their answer will be.
trr ARK THE B.4.VK(tfiS FOB HITCH
COCKI Henry W. Yates, president of the Ne
braska National bank, makes a fervent
appeal to the citizens of Omaha and
Douglas county for the re-election of
G. M. Hitchcock, and other banker
would doubtless do likewise If they were
only courageous enough to disclose their
ardent desire for the retention of Mr.
Hitchcock In congress.
How does It come that Mr. Yntes and
the bankers of Omaha are so anxious
for Hitchcock's re-electiou? Did not
Hitchcock Introduce a postal savings
bank bill in congress which is bo odious
to them? Can it be possible the kid
gloved candidate was only masquerad
ing to catch the votes of people who
favor postal savings banks?
What do the wage workers of Omaha
whom Mr. Hitchcock Is Importuning for
votes, say to this? Is it not as plain
as the nose on a man's face that Israel
has returned to Its idols? Does It not
show that Mr. Hitchcock's grandstand
play for free silver and for postal sav
ings banks has been a delusion and a
snare? Does it not show that he was
always a gold democrat at heart while
he was shouting for Bryan and clamor
ing for free sliver?
.Why are the bnnkers for Hitchcock?
Because Hitchcock is for the bankers,
Just as he Is for Howell, the humbug,
and for every other charlatan that im
poses upon our peojjle Just as he is
now with Baldwin and the Union Pacific
for George W. Berge. nitchcock has
played the working men of Omaha and
South Omahn for fools. He introduced
his postal savings bill the very last day
of the session, wbeD he kne-v It could
not possibly pass. He has palmed him
self off as the champion of municipal
ownership, but goes back on municipal
ownership and Joins the electric light
monopoly In its desperate effort to beat
working men out of nn opportunity to
secure more employment at better wages
and merchants out of the opportunity
to sell more goods.
FOU COJSORESS--JUHS h KESyEDY
Republicans of the Second Nebraska
district have in their nominee an oppor
tunity to send to Washington as their
representative In the next congress a
young man of sterling character, fine
ability and tried integrity, a lawyer who
ranks among the leaders at the bar, an
uncompromising republican thoroughly
at one with the principles of the party
and the policies of the administration.
John' L. Kennedy is ' In every respect
worthy of the honor to which he aspires.
He won his nomination by a signal vic
tory at a direct primary election in which
be had to overcome the odds that placed
their management in the hands of his
chief opponent. The returns showed
that he was clearly the choice of the
majority of the active members of the
party and since he received his commis
sion as their candidate he has waged an
energetic, honorable and winning fight
for election. Not a single argument has
been advanced In detraction of Mr. Ken
nedy as a man, but his democratic op
ponent Is plteously beseeching republic
ans to vote against him simply because
they may not like someone else. The
republicans of this district are too in
telligent to bo misled by such sophistry
and will give their answer at the polls.
WHERE DO THEY STAND yOJTt
The platform on which the support of
the citizens of Omaha was invoked for
the candidates on the democratic city
ticket In May, 1903, contains the follow
ing declaration:
We favor the municipal ownership of all
public utilities at the earliest practical op
portunity, and we favor the submission ot
the question to a vote of tho people through
the Initiative and referendum at any time
the people desire.
We arraign the republican city adminis
tration for having violated the charter pro
vision by granting to the electric light
company the privilege of putting down con
duits and extending the franchise of that
company without having submitted the
same to the vote of the people, and we
promise that our candidates for mayor and
city council will, It elected, cause to be
submitted to the people a proposition pro
viding for the municipal ownership of the
electric light plant.
Where do the democrats of Omaha
stand now on this Issue? Have they re
pudiated their own declaration and mort
gaged themselves body and soul to the
eject rlc lighting monopoly? And where
does that spurious champion .of munici
pal ownership, U. M. Hitchcock, stand
on the momentous issue which concerns
wage workers of Omaha more than any
other proposition presented to the voters
In many years?
What Induced Hitchcock to repudiate
the platform pledges on which the demo
cratic candidates stood for election eight
een months ago? What has happened
within the last eighteen mouths to Jus
tify the complete somersault of the
World-Herald?
Is It not palpable that the democratic
leaders who deqouneed the republican
administration for extending the electric
light contract and now oppose electric
light bonds have sold out to the electric
light monopoly?
HOW TO MARK IOVH BALLOT.
A usual, the customary amount of
misconception prevails a to what the
law requires in marking official ballots
at the election. To vote a straight ticket
the voter has only to place a cross In
the circle at tho top of the ballot op
posite his party designation. Tills cross
votes for all candidates nominated by
that party except where the voter Indi
cate differently by placing a separate
cross opposite the name of some par
ticular candidate of another party. The
safe thing for republkans to do there
fore, even where they want to scratch
the ticket In part, is first to put a cross
in their party circle to make sure no
office on the ballot escapes tbera. . Extra
caution Is needed against scratching
ballots for those offices for which a
group of candidates are running the
legislature for example. Here to vote
a scratched ticket reqntres a cross after
each chosen name, otherwise the vote
Indicated by the eroee In the party circle
is negatived by a cross opposite a single
name of different party designation and
the choice for the remaining state sena
tors or representatives Is thereby lost.
Be safe vote a straight republican
ticket by a cross In tho top circle and
take no chances on spoiled ballots.
The unexpected does not often happen.
That fact Is again strikingly Illustrated
by the latest appearance of' Ignatius
Dunn as an opponent of municipal owner
ship of electric light. The last time
Dunn appeared on the stage as the cham
pion of civic purification with a protest
before the police bonrd against the Issu
ance of liquor licenses to 11U saloon
keepers whom he charged with having
violated the law during the preceding
year. This grandstand play was fol
lowed by a withdrawal of that solemn
remonstrance as soon as the board had
overridden the protests filed against the
Issuance of licenses to Walter Molse and
his various and variegated resorts. It
Is a strange coincidence also that Walter
Molse and his Willow Springs brewery
hands are on the petition of nowell, the
Humbug, and In the language of the
turf, Colonel Molse is hollering his head
off against municipal ownership of elec
tric lights. '
Douglas county affairs subject to the
control of the county board have for,
years been the worst mismanaged part
of our public business. There is admit
tedly more room for improvement in the
court house and county institutions than
anywhere else and the need of Improve
ment and renovation is most urgent.
That the improvement and retrench
ment can be most ppeMilIy and effect
ively brought about by the -election of
the two republican lominees for county
commissioners and the transfer of power
from the democratic majority which Is
responsible for pivsr-nt conditions goes
without saying. Let taxpayiug citizens
of all parties bear this In mind.
One of the candidates on. the demo
cratic ticket is circulating a card of the
red ink variety, replete with flctltloiTs
and. misleading election statistics. It
purports to give the vote of Nebraska
In presidential elections, stating that In
1000 McKlnlcy received 113,879 and
Bryan 113,018, makjflg McKinley's plu
rality in Nebraska only 801. Every one
familiar with the results knows that
McKlnley carried Nebraska In 1000 by
7.8U2, the totals being 121,835 for Mc
Klnley as agalnsi:i114,013 for Bryan.
What object tliere'tcnn be' behind such
deception except" trite meri democratic
practise is Hot apparent!: " ' ' " -'
The "will-be" senator insists that the
$100 retainer paid him on account by
Fred Nash for the Influence ot his public
opinion molder against the electric light
plant bonds was not a donation. ' He
evidently thinks he lean make the presi
dent of .the electric lighting monopoly
believe he is getting valufc received. Mr.
Nash admits he Is no 'philanthropist, but
the shrewdest business men are eone
times taken In. x-
Every vote cust against the electric
light londs will be' -construed as a vote
In favor of extending the electric light
ing franchise for ive more, years, and
sanctioning the scandalous manipulation
of city officials, city employes and city
councllmen by the cappers of the electric
lighting monopoly.''
Poor, bat Honest. ,
Boston Transcript.
The fact that ex-Governor Pattlson of
Pennsylvania died poor Is confirmatory evi
dence. If any were needed, that he dlod
honest.
Needless Cruelties of War.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
One of the inevitable horrors of that
eastern war Is that Alfred Austin has
turned on the machine and ground out
another poem over It.
A Pertinent Inquiry.
Kansas City Star.
By the way, which one of the thirty
seven corporations in which Mr. Belmont
Is a stockholder does Judge Parker propose
to smash first 7
Another Iteorganlaatlon.
Philadelphia Press.
Bryan says that he does not think that
there will-be much need o-reorganising
the democratic party after election. That
Is true enough. It Is still a Bryan party.
What It needs to make It harmonious Is
a change of loaders, and that will happen
after Tuesday next, when Hill, Belmont A
Co. will again sink Into party obscurity.
Counting the Cost.
Chicago Chronicle.
The returns are not yet all in, but dis
patches received so fur from various points
of the country Inform us that the Hal
lowe'en outrages resulted In the death of
three persons, severe Injuries to nine and
Insanity to one. It Is a mutter ot regret
that it cannot be announced that all ol
these sufferers were the guilty parties to
the various brutal Jokes which resulted so
sadly.
Optimism Precedes tli Jolt.
Springfield (Muss.) Republican (Ind.)
There Is now no doubt' at all that the
democratic managers sincerely feel the
Optimism which they exhibit. They can
hardly believe their senses, yet they are
actually chirking up expectations of a
landslide on the strength of the undoubted
movement toward Parker in New Tork
City. Are they or are they not to be
worse fooled than the optimistic Mr. Bryan
used to be?
ao.OOO for .Nebraska.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
It said that In consideration of his
services In Indiana, Chulrman Taggart has
contributed 160,000 of. the democratic na
tional campaign fund to William Jennings
Bryan's senatorial boom In Nebraska. If
this b true, the wonder is how Chairman
Taggart was able to. estimate the value of
Mr. Bryan's services before the votes were
counted. It may turn out that they were
not waiifa (0 cents.
I o POMTicAt. nsiia 1.HR.
Featares nt the Campaign It -
reaches the Finish.
Bundles of betting money are visible In
Wall street seeking opportunities for "a
killing." The greater part of It Is repub
lican money. On Monday betting opened
five to one In favor of Roosevelt, but
the range closed up slightly the following
days and Is now about four to one. One
prominent stock exchange house offered
PW.000 on Roosevelt to $:0.000ton Parker,
but takers are scarce. One large bet
recorded was l2.mo on Roosevelt to C.600
on Parker. On the New Tork governor
ship odds of ten to eight and ten to seven
are freely offered on the election of Her
rlck. The New York correspondent of the
Pittsburg Dispatch reports "extraordinary
stories afiflat around the national headquar
ters of both parties. Eleventh-hour bomb
shells are In preparation and the discharge
of one is bound to be followed by the
hurling of another. The most portentous
of these contains a direct charge of a million-dollar
theft against one of the cam
paign leaders and officials. During the
week recrimination has been passing hot
and fast with reference to campaign funds.
On the stump generalizations have been
made which might make awkward condi
tions If a told court of Inquiry were In
stituted. That both headquarters have
been abundantly supplied with money does
not admit of dispute. The republican head
quarters has a payroll twice as large as
Senator Hanna supported four years ago
at Chicago. In the Century building,
across from the Waldorf, the democratic
organization has ten times more men em
ployed than Senator Jones found It possible
to pay when he was chairman during the
last Bryan campaign. Even with all his
lavish display the question has been asked:
'Where Is the real money?" If the gentle
men representing tho republican organiza
tion persist In accusing Parker of secret
dealings with the trusts a blunt end may
he attached to the Inquiry. August Bel
mont knows who Is putting up the money
both ways. It may lie a remote thing to
speculate upon, but a scandal which will
envelop both party organizations la not Im
possible." In no quarter of Greater New York Is
campaigning taken more seriously or more
red fire burned than In the conglomerate
east side. A correspondent of the Phila
delphia Ledger, who followed the band
wagon in that section, says nearly every
known language is spoken there, a large
proportion of the population Is of foreign
extraction, supposed to be little in sym
pathy with American Institutions and in
different toward the effort to Institute new
policies in the conduct of the national gov
ernment. Yet In no strictly American com
munity is such Interest being shown In
the presidential campaign as on the east
side. On every hand each night the streets
are abluze with political Are. To steer a
car through the crowds seemed, as one ap
proached, to be an Impossibility.
Bands and drum corps wander up and
down the avenues, gathering In the sup
porters of the particular candidates who
hire (hem. Banners of every sort and shape
wave from tenement windows and. h.-ng
across the streets. Windows of homes and
stores are plastered with portraits of the
"people's choice" and tho "worklngman's
friends." Boys form parades of their
own and drown the hired music with their
improvised drums of cans and boxes.
Mothers, with babies In their arms and
others hanging to their skirts, mingle in
the crush and din. All are on the constant
move.
It Is a good speaker who can hold the
people at the end of a truck for five min
utes. A passing parade or another truck
stopping near by carries them "back and
forth as waves carry patches of driftwood.
Apparently novelty Is what they' wish, and
the violent speakers are the ones thai get
the most attention,
William W. Tlmmondi, , for thirty-five
years publisher of the Portland Advertiser,
the democratic organ of Jay county, In
diana, deserted the ranks of the demj"racy
last week and devoted four pages of his
paper to q, sharp arraignment of Tom Tag
gart and the national- democratic tlrket.
Editor Tlmmonds gives as his reason, "Be
cause Tom Taggart sold the democrats of
Indiana Into the bands of the agent of
Wall street."
OPINION OF STATE PRESS.
Pender Republic: If the fuslonlsts think
the custom of giving passes to state offi
cials Is such a damnable affair, why did
they not pass a law against it when they
were In control of the state? Instead of
doing that, they took all the passes they
could get and now they are howling at
the republicans for doing the same thing.
Columbus Journal: Mr. Folk of Mis
souri merely stepped into Nebraska to
prove that his state, one of the few In the
union which has an anti-pass law, has
more bondlers to the square mile than any
twenty states In America. This only adds
strength to an already strong suspicion
that no law on earth can make a dishonest
man honest.
' York Times: Will Governor Mickey be
submerged in the torrent of slander and
falsehood that has been hurled against
him? It rests with the intelligent and fair
minded voters of the state. There Is ab.
solutely nothing against him that should
affect in the least any voter. Some poli
ticians have been offended and some as
pirants for appointments have been disap
pointed, but Nebraska never had a governor
against whose administration so little could
be truthfully said. It Is safe to say all
the accusations brought against him
are gross misrepresentations, perversion
of facts or willful falsehoods and ought
rather to Influence men in his favor than
against him. It remains to be seen how
effective such a campaign can be made In
Nebraska.
Kearney Hub: Editor Rosewater has
asked Mr. Berge some pretty plain ques
tions. Will he answer them? Will he ex
plain to the voters of their state why it
is that the political managers of the rail
roads, and the tax departments are, on the
quiet, seeking to defeat Governor Mickey?
Will he tell us plainly why It Is that the
editor of the World-Herald Is this year
the bosom friend of John N. Baldwin,
whom it last year cartooned as the dis
coverer of the fact that "we've all agreed
on Mickey a our man," and why the
famous car'oon has been relegated to the
rear?;. If it Is very difficult, the Grand
Island Democrat, which declared before the
state board fixed the railroad assessment
that If Governor Mickey voted to do the
right thing and place the assessments as
high as 146,000 000 he would have the rail
roads to liht and If nut he would have to
answer to tho people. Governor Mickey
Insisted on 46,0w),0oo und over.
The Hot Home nan.
Indianapolis News.
The
seem
trains
whirlwind close of the campaign
to be whirling all right. Special
are skurrylng across the country.
leaving
a trail of eloquence behind, and
every city and town Is vocal with the ora
tory of the spellbinders.
Oil on Troubled Waters.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Standard Oil company has again re
plied to the strictures of Mr. Lawson by
murklr.g down the price of "headlight re
fined" Vt cent on the gallon. Mr. I.awson
will now have a harder time than ever In
proving that the Btandard Oil company has
no buart
PRICKS SU T COMB DOWRi
Reaajnatment Seeded to Stimulate a
Consumptive Demand.
New Tork Journal of Commerce (Ind. rep ).
In the situation as it exists today, Urgely
produced by exceptional Influences In the
extravagant period since the revival of
1S97, there are certain factors that forbid
our taking too sanguine a view of the
propect of another period of vigorous ad
vance right away. While this situation Is
one of slackened activity and diminished
profits, It Is not one of lowered prices.
With few exceptions prices have been kept
abnormally high, and the cost of Industrial
production has been pushed upward and
held there, mainly by combinations of cap
ital and-of labor. At a time when active
demand more than kept pace with the
means of supplying It, prices went up and
large profits incited to feverish efforts to
increase production. Heavy outlays were
made In all directions, requiring large cap
ital' Issues, wages were Increased, the cost
of materials and supplies advanced, and
everything was lifted to an unusual plane
of prices and of actual cost; and, withal,
there was a great Inflation of capitalization
to absorb present and prospective profits.
The consolidations and combinations, the
trusts and labor unions, whloh worked to
gether to produce this unhealthy result,
have been striving to maintain It, and
everything thut enters Into the cost of
production Is still at an abnormal altitude.
Can we expect A renewal of productive
activity that shall endure and create a
sound and lasting prosperity while this
condition continues The desire to con
sume and the ability to secure the means
of gratifying that desire are at the bottom
of all production and the manifold activi
ties that it Involves. The adjustment must
be such as to encourage and facilitate
consumption and the easy exchange of
commodities, or It will be useless to at
tempt to put the spur to productive agen
cies. The cost of production In proportion
to volume must be reduced as much as
possible, and this means a lowering of
prices and of wages, which by no means
signifies a diminished reward for labor,
for that reward comes In the means of liv
ing. To reduce the cost of living is equiva
lent to raising the rate of wages, and in
the division and distribution of the fruits
of production It is large volume and not
high prices that must be sought. It Is
doubtful If there can be a renewed activity
that will last before the present range of
prices Is lowered and the cost of production
adjusted to stimulate a larger demand for
consumption. In addition to their effect
In pushing up and holding up prices, which
has made the advance of wages delusive,
the "trusts" have introduced a. vitiating
factor that militates against renewed pros
perity. The Inflation ot their capital pro
duces an element of weakness In the whole
Industrial structure. . It compels them to
try to keep prices up when that will re
strict production and not contribute to
profit, and makes them .vulnerable to the
attacks of an increasing competition from
capital that Is not watered. In this there
is a peril that did not exist prior to the
era which marks the extraordinary ad
vance of which Mr. Vanderlip makes so
much. It vitiates our industrial system,
and it will not be safe until this disease
of watered stock, inflated capital and
swollen prices has been eliminated.
PERSONAL NOTES,
Admiral Rojostvensky now declines to be
interviewed. His aversion to publicity
comes a trifle late.
Dr. Mary Walker will make campaign
speeches for Judge Parker at meetings to
which women only will be Invited.
Plerpontlfex Maxlmus is the new title
which Punch aays has. been conferred on
the archiblshop of Canterbury in this
country. r .. ,
The first man to surrender his. seat to a
woman in the New York subway was a
Phlladelphlan, which shows that brotherly
love is not yet extinct In the old city.
It appears from the dispatches that John
W. Gates cleared up $4,000,000 the other day.
If all the stories about Gates' winnings are
correct he has about all the available cur
rency afloat -
The action of the Chicago federal grand
jury, which is investigating lotteries, will
not interfere, it is thought, with the gam
bling on the exchanges they are sure
things for the insiders.
Calvin M. Favorite, the oldest packer
In the country and a member of the firm
of Armour & Co., Chicago, retired from
business the other day. He began with the
firm when it had one small killing house.
Olive Thorne Miller, the well known au
thor, after a residence of twenty-five years
in Brooklyn, has gone to live in southern
California,. She and Mrs. Sara Hubbard,
one of her closest friends, have taken a
bungalow.
Dr. E. B. Hanks, field director of the Uni
versity of Chicago expedition In Babylonia,
has reported the discovery of a. statue
which he regards as - the oldest in the
world. It has been identified by an Inscrip
tion as that of King Daddu of Udnun.
Charles Boese, who recently invented' a
new process ot photosculpture, which, ac
cording to the scientific publications, is
destined to revolutionize the photographic
art, has Just arrived in Roma, where he
intends to start his first establishment. '
John Cudahy, the Chicago packer and a
staunch democrat for many yearn, says, re
garding the re-election of ' Roosevelt: "I
believe In letting well enough alone. I am
thoroughly convinced the business and
other Interests of this country would not
benefit by a change."
Just aa a chimney was about to fall on
the head of General F. C. Prescott as he
walked along a street in San Bernardino,
Cal R. Kennedy, his rival in candidacy
for the assembly, rushed up, dragged him
away and saved his life. Presoott wanted
to withdraw at once from the canvass in
favor of Kennedy, but Kennedy would not
have it so.
Forty-two years of service without ever
having been late to his work is the record
of J. C. Lots, the oldest employe of the
Internal revenue department at Washing
ton. Although over SO years of age, Mr.
Lots Is at his desk every morning promptly
at t o'clock and the years he has spent In
the work make 1)1 in one of the most val
uable employes In the bureau.
On Lord Kitchener's recent tour In the
Interior of the- Simla hills ha received an
address of welcome from the rajah of
Bauhahr, who assured him that "the songs
of your excellency's stainless glory, of the
sincere, Impartial and the honest acts of
the late Transvaal war (which are the real
ornaments of the honorable officers of your
excellency's position) arc cheerfully sung
by the heavenly nymphs In parudlxe."
This Ought to Settle It.
Washington Pout (Ind ).
Despite persistent professions of full,
firm, and abiding confidence on the part of
gentlemen more or less prominent In the
management of the democratic campaign,
it is Impossible for an impartial observer
to find a solid basis for predictions of a
democratic victory. It seems to the Post
that the most thut the purty can reason
ably hope for, In view of existing condi
tions, Illumined by the light of experience,
Is so much of progress on the "sane and
safe" course as will render It a really for
midable and useful opposition and thus
strengthen it chances of futurs triumphs,
culminating In Its restoration to complete
control of the government, a position It has
held for but two of the last forty-six years.
likes to a lAttra.
"Her mother and father had very dark
hair. Wonder where she gets her blonds
tresses?"
I'osellily at the' halmtore." Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Campaign Manager What did you bellow
o loud for?
Spellbinder Well, you say we're sure of
the silent vote, ana I'm after the boisterous
vote now. Chicago Tribune.
"Funny thing about me," remarked the
letter H.
"Yea,?" queried neveral other letters of
the alphabet.
"Yes, You see, since I lead In the mak
ing of 'boodle,' there's no reH.nn at all
why I should be in 'debt.. "Philadelphia
lYess.
"How did you fret your father to let ynu
take painting lessons?" asked the lint Chi
cago girl. "I couldn't get mine Interested
at all."
"Neither could I when t talked of
paints," replied the rich pork pucker's
daughter, "but when I called them pig
ments' he rocked up his ears." I hlladei
phla Ledger.
"Do you think that football playing la
any help to a young man about to go Into
business?"
"1 do."
"In what way?'
"It teaches him how to tutt In.' "-Clsve-land
Plain Dealer.
"Easy Job you've got here," nald the
young man who is given to hanging around
the city hall building. "Not much to do.
"Not a great deal." said the elevator
man. "I work the same way your brain
works: stop rive minutes and go one. Chi
cago Tribune.
Doctor I guess I'll have to give Sloppy's
case up. , , ,
Wife Why? Is he. Incurable?
Doctor No; but he's broke. Cleveland
Leader.
"Don't you think It will look a little care
less If we put the price of coal any
higher?" said one baron.
"What do you mean? asked the otner,
"It will make some of the members of
the combine suspect that We haven't been
realising the top notch possibilities of profit
heretofore." Washington Btar.
Vnlne of French Diplomacy.
Washington Star.
France scores again In the dlplomatlo
field. It is complimented both In London
and St. Petersburg on the part It played In
the negotiations for an examination Into
the attack on the British fishing fleet by
the Russian Baltic sea war fleet. The sit-,
uation was critical and called not only for
prompt but delicate handling. France pos
sessed the magic touch and war, largely aa
the result of lis activity, was avoided. We
ourselves have bad occasion to know Its
skill. It was the French ambassador at
this capital who served both BpaJn and the
United States a friendly part six years ago.
He had the confidence of both countries
and he worked for peace to good ends. Mr.
McKlnley publicly acknowledged Ut great
value of what he did and when he de
parted for his new post he left h. fragrant
memory behind.
Why the Campaign I jibs,
Chicago Record-Herald.
Another wonderful thing about this cam
paign Is that it has almost run Its course
without bringing Jerry Simpson to tha front
TUB EVE OK KXUCTIOlf.
John Greenleal Whittier,
From gold to gray
Our mud sweet day
Of Indian summer fades too sooni j
But tenderly
Above the sea
Hangs, wtil to and calm, the hunter a moo a.
In Its pale fire.
The village spire
Shows like the zodiac's spectral lance
The painted walls
Whereon It falls '
Transfigured stand In' marble tranoa, -
O'er fallen leaves
The west wind grieves, ' i
Yet comes a Beed-tlme round agaln ,r
And morn shall see ;
The state, sown free ' '
With baneful tares or nealthful grain,
-- Along th street 'V m;i t.i$ rsxvij
The shadows meet " ',
Of Destiny, whose hands conceal :-.',. '
The molds of fau
That shape the state, ' '
And make or mar the common weal.
Around I see ' '
The powers that be
I stand by Empire's primal Springs
And princes meet, '
And hear the tread of uncrowned klngal
Hark! through the crowd
Tho laugh rune loud.
Beneath the sad, rebuking moon.
God save the land
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A careless hand "'-,'
May shake or swerve era morrow s nooov
No Jest is this;
One cast amiss
May blast the hope of Freedom's year.
O take me where . i
Are hearts of prayer.
The foreheads bowed in reverent fear!
Not lightly fall
Beyond recall
And written scrolls a breath can floats
The crowning fact .
The klngllust act . ,
Of Freedom 1 the Freeman s vote I
For pr vis that gem
A dlauem
The diver in the deep sea dies;
The regal right ,
We boast tonight
Is ours through costlier sacrifice.
The blood of Vane,
His prison pain
Who traced the path the Pilgrim trod.
And hers whose faith
Drew strength from death.
And prayed her Russell up to God I
Our hearts grow cold.
We lightly hold ,
A right which brave rnen died to gain;
The stake", the cord.
The ax, the sword.
Grim nurses at its birth of pain.
The shadow rend, .
And o'er us bend, ,
O martyrs, with your crowns and palms-"
Breathe through these throngs
Your battle songs,
Your scaffold prayers and dungeon psalmsl
Look from the sky.
Like God's great eye,
Thou solemn moon, with searching beam, .
Till In the sight,
Of thy pure light .
Our mean self-seekings meaner seem,
. Shame from our hearts
Unworthy arts,
The fraud designed, the purpose dark;
And emits away -The.
hands we lay
Profanely on the sacred ark.
To party claims
And private alms.
Reveal that august face of Truth,
Whereto are given
The age of heaven,
The beauty of Immortal youth.
So shall oar volae
Of soverlgn choice
Swell the deep bass of duty done,
And strike tha key
, i Of time to be.
When God and man shall speak one
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tnis morningl
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Not much appetite for
breakfast? Tongue coated?
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