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VOL. XII.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, NOVEMBER 15 1900.
NO. 2f
THE F1SHT STILL 0!l
rmttM ft-opt Will U
l a fiWh
IJsrola. Nb-, Nor. $. Mr. Brran
tody gave out the fcllovicg state
Cfst r&srlng the : ion:
"The r8i!t was a surprise to nae,
aed the xngritud of the republican
victory was a surprise to our op
pose ct ai well as to those wto sup
port M oar tick L. It is impossible to
snalyte tJ. retires until they are
is ore ros?p!et. but pi-ak!ng general
ly, we ttzta to have rained in the
larre cit and to Lre lost 1a the
trr.a!r cltie a&d la le country.
"The rpt!!car. w-r- able to secure
fSekets and p for all their voters
io "- away f ro'i i.o:n and this
raie tt-r: a etjcs.'derabie advantage.
V hae y of knowing at tbia
ts-ne tow rs?jch rso:;-y was pent In j
the pircha of vute and coioniza- j
tion. Out fclie these mould account
for fcors of the rf ptsimran gains, they
would cot arrourt for the widespread
increase in the republican rote. The
prop-riiy arrumect was probably the
riot potest one used by the repub
lican. "Tuy compared preheat conditions
with the pi tic t!n-s of ?3 and &6,
and this amin.ee t tad weight with
those wlo d'.4 tot stop to consider
the rn?xf of the chstpe. The appeal,
'ttsr.d ty tie president while the war
ii on' had a tr-t deal of influence
a icons ti.oe who did not realize that
a war gaist the doctrine of self-govern
ir.f;t la the Philippine must react
upoa c In this country.
"We have made an honest fight on
as hor.i platform, and having done
our duty a we saw it. we hare noth-r-
to regret. We are defeated, but Dot
dlsJt-osrasfd. The Sjrht must go on. I
ana sure that the republican policies
w'i' t r pupated by the people when
ti tendency of the pol'c ea Is fu'ly
ec!ertoo"i. The cont-t between
plutocracy and demrwraey cannot end
until ov : t! othrr is ccraplettl
tf luiapbant.
iu sow to Inu'ries eoseernin?
t:ir.lf. y.r Bryan !:
! have conse out of the campaign
with j !.'! health k- a clear coa-ui-ui-e.
1 iu: mr rtmost o br n r uc
c to p. ,.:- t'-r whi,:n I
t cl. iir Steenon did ail that J8
i wU; Senator Jones and the members
f the d.-iiocratic. popuiist. silver re
pil'kia end aati-inrpt rialist coiamtt
t di all they could- Mr. Hearst
ssd h1 associates . th- club organi
zation r at frth th ir l-tt effort. Our
t e tpaj r. oar ian:pai?n tpeakers
r.d ;.r leal organizations all did
t! t'.r l-s-t. 1 have no fault to find and
no re-pro aches.
1 ?.;ili ta. an active interest in
l"A .:.r io; as I live. 1 believe It
to L th- d'ity of evrry citizen to do
t. In addition to n:y interest as a
citit- a. I -1 that it will lake a life
ti: of aorW to repay my political
fri.j fr what th-y have done for
n. 0
"I hhl not I- a senatorial candi
date i-foje the Ifrgifelature which has
j'jfct h-n e!'td, Seaator Allen d
ervs the Mrnatcrthip which go-s to
ti. iKrjuWts. Mr. Hnchcock and Mr.
Tb.oss.pMjtx the Graiid island Thornp- j
ton are a towed candidates for the
democratic -sator-hip. They both j
d-rve writ cf the party, and I am
too rratef ul to thena for past sup
port to stand In their way. even tf I
i-ired a t-. at in the t-enate."
Csnt2D;tit!3
The vilenets of the republican daily
j,.- and the tu!hr.g of the ballot
beie in this city for the purpose of
l2.ir:r Bryan is calling down upon
Lincoln the ont-n2pt of all resp-ctatle
ir-n everywhere. Papers in ail parts
cf the coastry are commenting upon
it. The fc13'jwing 1 from the Denver
l'c:t:
Ail d- ct p"Ople mil regret to learn
that there i ts town in the United
taie so bigoted in its politics that It
not only dals. tut takes pleasure
in defeating one f its own citizens
wto is a candi-lat for president.
Whatever Lincoln. Neb., may think of
it. it ou.' te practically a hole In
the grouE-d a Ltd certainly the average
t.tiz n uf the country would never
u$p"Ct its r.r? but lor its most
dUiingTsisbed resident. William Jen
nSrs V.rym. Twice the candidate of
one it tr.- two rreat political parties
for the ore of pre: dent, wnth six
million t t.t for h:m in his first cam
l s:rs. which as cude against such
ttup -r oil; with the two grtat-t-st
cacipai'r m oar htstory to his
credit, ate e ail a reputation
w $..(. h which fhows wr.trcihed under
the fnfc!l;rht tern 4 upon It. yet In
tt- fate t-f il all the people of Lin
coln. N pive a majority against
thfir ft-!' tow:. man. If partisan
ship ct.i-. l Le arrid to more despLca
tl Uhc:L.j ti.e Foil would like to
Lave it j.?ir.:--d tt.
AhiV I. hints-If cannc; help
fre!icg the lih! put upon him. be-i-.us
n ho& hsm the low grade of
ctt!sesh;p vhifh prevails in the com
rr.ur.ity m which he has at his for-tun-.
ttill. in the mind cf all right
thlr.Ifnj; p'-cple the rtect:on will not
he cj-vs Mm tril unon those prtple
host partisas'thip is so narrow that
ti-ey mui ijp to any tkpihs to grati
fy it.
Fcsira Ccngresss-sa
Congressman Stark was re-elected
ty a majority of Hi. Stark's majori
ties wtre: Saunders c;, Butler VJl,
Pok ilC. Hamilton ZZ, Seward 101.
Ilils-sr Vn. Pope's majorities in
thee counties were: York 275, Sa
tin 117. Thayer 1H, Je Person 153,
Case 1.12 J.
William Neville was re-elected to
cncrcs Is the Sixth district by a ma-
Jorlty of 328. These counties give Net-Hie
majorities: Dawson 154. Gree
ley 415. Howard 29S, Keith 5. Lincoln
19. Logan S. Sioux 4. Sherman 234,
Thomas 1. Buffalo 261. Valley 50,
Wheeler 3, Hooker 5. Sheridan 75. 1
Kinkaid secured majorities In these
counties: Banner 71, Box Butte 179,
Blaine 30. Brown 123, Boyd S2, Chey
enne 1C3. Cherry 203, Custer 33, Dawes
27. Deuel 92. Grant 48. Garfield 13,
Holt 3. Kimball 58, Keya Paha 20,
Rock 1S7. Scotts Bluffs 21. Loup 1.
Neville's total majority on official
count Is 328.
Complete unofficial returns show the
election of John S. Robinson (fus.)
congressman in the Third district as
follows:
Hayes, majorities Thurston 135,
Wayne 175. Madison 1G5, Dixon 93,
Dodse 49, Burt 603, Boone 50, Nance
15S. Merrick 183.
Robinson's majorities Dakota 50,
Stanton 23. Cedar 1S3. Platte 560, Col
fax 3S7. Pierce 94. Cuming 361, Ante
lope 63. Knox 17.
Total majorities for Hayes. 1.617;
total majorities for Robinson, 1,744.
To Develop ths Vest
The National Irrigation congress,
which will meet at Chicago, 111., Nov.
21, 22. 23 and 24, is creating wide In
tel est and promises to be an unusual
success. Thi national irrigation move
ment has become a broad popular
movement and eastern commercial in
terests have readily taken hold of the
idea of reclaiming and populating the
arid west and thus creating a great
home market for their goods.
The best authorities on Irrigation
and forestry have been 'secured to
speak and give illustrated lectures,
and men of national fame and renown
as orators and statesmen, will address
the congress at the great Auditorium
theatre on subjects of national Inter
est to the west.
Under the constitution of the con
gress the mayor of each city of 25,000
or less population Is entitled to ap
point two delegates, while cities of
greater population are entitled to four
delegates. Each agricultural college,
organized irrigation, agricultural and
horticultural association, each society
of engineers. Irrigation company and
each board of trade and chamber of
commerce is also entitled to two dele
gates. Reduced railway rates have been
arranged of one fare plus two dollars
for the round, trip- to Chicago. from
nearly all western "points, " good until
November 28. AH delegates or persons
receivink invitations to the congress
can obtain this rate on the certificate
plan. That is. travellers should buy
a single trip ticket to Chicago and
take a certificate (not a receipt) from
the ticket seller at the point of start
ing. This certificate will be stamped
at the Central Music Hall, Chicago,
where the sessions of the national irri
gation congress will be held, and will
then entitle the holder, upon presen
tation to the ticket agent at Chicago,
to a return ticket for only two dollars.
A. M. Allen of Gothenburg Is Ne
braska's member of the national exe
cutive committee of the irrigation as
sociation.
Election Notes
There was almost as much . rejoic
ing in London over the election of Mc
Kinle as there was over the destruc
tion of the two Boer republics, v.
Some very strange things happened
in this election. In Minnesota Mc
Kinley carried the state by 50,000, so
the papers say, but. a fusion governor
was elected. In Illinois nearly the
same thing happened.
It is reported that all the eastern
democratic papers are going to flop
over to Cleveland gold-bugism. includ
ing the New York Journal. They are
going to reorganize the democratic
party on gold-bug lines. The Inde
pendent hopes that they will try it.
If they can take tha organization, let
them have it. Any. way to get rid of
them. They will not take the western
silver democrats. " Let them have two
republican parties down in those east
ern states if they want to. We will
have one out here that has no connec
tion with republicanism.
The sugar trust advanced prices 15
per cent as soon as the result of the
election was known.
As soon as Rockefeller knew that
McKinley was elected he called a meet
ing of nis directors and declared an
additional dividend of 10 pv cent.
That makes dividends of 4S per cent
for this year so far. There is another
to come. Rockefeller will get over 50
per cent on his money this year.
Wiil Increase the Navy
Admiral CrowinshieM, chief of the
navigation bureau, has given out an
interview in which he states that It
will be necessary to greatly increase
the strength of tho navy. He says
that every bureau of the department
Is short of officers and that the number
of men enlleted has been greatly insuf
ficient: he recommends for the next
ten year? that appointments to the
naval academy be doubled, the presi
dent and representatives In congress
appointing two instead of one as au
thorized now, and in addition senators
be given the same privilege of ap
pointment as representatives. His re
port recommends nlco that when con
gress authorizes the construction of
any new vessels It should also make
provisions for an increase of officers
and mer. correspondingly. Just how
large the increase will be cannot be
said, but is evident that large sums
of money will be expended in both
army and navy departments during the
coming year. ,
OUR UNFLINCHING ADVOCATE
De Stood Like a Bock Against the Cen
tralization of Capital nd Divid
ing This Nntion Into Classes.
Mr. Bryan is a finer and nobler fig
ure in defeat than Mr. McKinley is in
victory. When the history of this
period of the national life is written
the towering form of Bryan will stana
high above all others. His appeals to
the suffrages of his fellow-citizens
were appeals in behalf ofilofty ideals.
He unflinchingly advocated the right
of every man, be he white, black,
brown or yellow, to political and per
sonal liberty. He took his stand on
the Declaration of Independence and
the constitution of the United States,
and asserted that their ennobling sen
timents are living, vital expressions of
the principles on which the republic
rests and upon which it must continue
to re3t if it is to endure. He declared
in burning words the same opinions
that every statesman has taught, that
are written in every school book, that
are loved by every true American, and
that are a part of the very being and
fibre of the nation.
He stood like a rock against the cen
tralization of wealth and industrial
control that threatens to divide the
people into two great classes a small
class, composed of the very rich, and
a large class, ' composed of the very
poor. He stood for the monetary sys
tem under which the country grew
and prospered and which is the great
est barrier to the plots of greedy, freedom-destroying
wealth.
In a word, Mr. Bryan stood during
the campaign, and still stands, and
will continue to stand, as the cham
pion of right and clean and honest
thinking and doing. If it, were sought
to reduce the principles which guide
him to their simplest applications of
the teachings of the Holy One: "Love
thy neighbor as thyself" and "Do unto
others as ye would that others should
do unto you."
Mr. Bryan has been defeated, but he
will continue his work, and those who
are with him will help him to continue
it. And we have no doubt that every
principle which he proclaims will re
ceive the approval of the voters be
fore many years have gone by. . No
power can crush eternal truth, and a
few years are only an infinitesimal
period in the great cycles of man
kind's development. No victory for
wrong is permanent.
Mr, Bryan has shown that he would
rather be right thin -be president, and
we shall yet see him both right and
president.
Good Government
The populists have given this state
such excellent government for the last
four years in every department that it
will be referred to as a model for years
to come. Especially has this been so
In the management of the finances.
All the bonded state debt has been
paid off and Nebraska is now almost
the only state in the union without a
bonded debt. In the matter of bank
ing, no state in the union has equalled
Nebraska. Under the management of
Dr. P. L. Hall the banks of Nebraska
have prospered and no depositor has
lost a cent. The Savings and Loan Re
view of New York has a long editor
ial complimentary of Dr. Hall from
which the following is clipped:
"We commend to our building and
loan friends for their most careful
consideration the address of the Hon.
P. L. Hall, reproduced in full in this
issue. If the rest of this country had
nothing else for which to thank the
great west, it would owe our brothers
on the other side of the Mississippi
a heavy debt for their splendid cour
age, their untiring energy, and their
inexhaustible enthusiasm. The east
can never carry conservatism to the
hurtful stage, when the bold west
knows no fear in untried paths, and
seeks always to play the part of the
dwarf on the giant's shoulder. The
west in material development knows
that it is small compared to the east,
but it also knows that a dwarf stand
ing onN a giant's shoulders can see
further than the giant; therefore, in
the words of Mr. Hall, speaking for
the west and himself, a fine specimen
of his section:
" In many things we have taken
the structure reared east by long and
toilsome experience and embellished it
with western Intelligence and thought
until the original builders would not
recognize their own handiwork.' "
The above quotation is taken from
an address delivered by Dr. Hall at
the last annual meeting of the Nebras
ka state league of local building and
loan associations. The Loan Review
publishes the address entire.
Monroe Doctrine at an End
A special cablegram to the Chicago
Record from Bremen says the pan
Teutonic view of Mr. McKinley's re
election is that It makes the Monroe
doctrine a thing of the past. The
abandonment of the famous doctrine
is thought to.have been fuly indorsed
by the approval given by the popular
vote to an imperialist American pol
icy. The Weser Zeitung declares that
all is now clear sailing for Germany,
which, in the pursuance of its own ex
pansionist ideals, need not fear a con
flict with the United States.
Fighting in South Africa
The following dispatch of November
8 indicates that there has. been heavy
fighting since November 6," resulting in
the defeat of the Boers, who lost twenty-three
killed, thirty wounded and 100
taken prisoners. Seven of their guns
were captured.
The British lost three- officers and
four men killed. . ; ,
Lord Roberts telegraphing from Jo
hannesburg under date of November
8 gives details of the "defeat of tho
Boers near Bothayille and add to the
facts already known the following: -
'Colonel Le Gallais was heavily en
gaged for five hours with 1,000 Boers.
Knox reinforced Le Gallais and com
pletely defeated the Boers. Dewet and
Steyn with the Boers left in haste and
were pursued some miles to the south
west. The enemy broke up into small
parties. Le Gallais was among the
killed.; Steyn's secretary, Devilliers,
was wounded and captured."
Lord Roberts also reports a number
of email affairs, the most important of
which was an engagement fought No
vember 6, by Smith-Dorrien, south of
Dalmanutha, "which resulted in the
Boers being driven to the east of the
Komati river ' ;
- South Africa "threatens once - more
to absorb public attention here. Lord
Salisbury, ia his speech at the inaug
ural banquet of. the lord mayor in the
Guild hall Saturday evening held out
little hope of immediate pacification,
and the return pf Lord Roberts is still
problematical and is certainly a mat
ter of weeks and perhaps months.
Generals and regiments are return
ing, but others are constantly leaving
England to replace them. A recruit
ing depot is being established in Lon
don to supply 1,000 men for General
Baden-Powell's South 1 African police
force, and reinforcing detachments are
constantly going to join the tegiment3
in the Trans vaaL , In conjunction with
Lord Salisbury's open references to
the possibility of Great Britain being
taken unawares by some foreign pow
er, this state of affairs in South Africa
does not breed confidence or content
ment. 1
GREAT FOR : MILLIONAIRS
The Next Day Alter 'Eleetion the Million-
airs Got back Their Campaign
Contribution After the
Following Fwhion :
In another article The Independent
gives a description of Wall street the
next day after the election. The
names of all the trusts whose stocks
rose. that day would fill a column. The
following are a few of the leading
ones: '
' '; Net
-r- " Capital. adv.
Am'n St. and W $50,000,000 34
Amalgamated Copper 75,000.000 2
Am'n St. Hoop...... 14.000,000 2
Am'n Tin Plate..,.. 18.000.000 - 24
Am'n Tobacco.,,..,. A 35,000,000 ': . . 4
Cons. Gas Co, 60,000.000 5H
Cont. Tobacco. . 37,000,000 24,
Colo. Fuel and Iron, 12,000,000 Z
Federal Steel 53,000,000 4
National Steel 27.000,000, 3
National Tube ...... 40.000,000 3
Pressed Steel Car.,., ,12.000.000 3
Republic Steel ' 25,000.000
U. S. Rubber. 10.000,000 i
General Electric .... 30,000,000 3
Standard Oil ........ . 100,000,000 ; 5
The next day Rockefeller made a
contribution to a negro school of fifty
thousand dollars. . The ministers will
get their share later. - Taking out
Rockefeller's contribution to the re
publican campaign fund and the con
science doles which he will make, he
cleared up as clean, profits in less than
forty minutes over four- million dolT
lars. The Independent would like
some pop to tell us bow we are to
fight that sort of thing.
Will Increase the Army
At a conference between Adjutant
General Corbin and Senator Proctor
of the senate committee on military
affairs relative to legislation in con
nection with the increase of . the army,
both of these prominent republican
leaders announce that It is the inten
tion of the coming administration to
very materially increase the regular
army. Senator Proctor said: "Under
the existing law the practical strength
of the army of sixty-five thousand reg
ulars and 35,000 volunteers will be re
duced on the first day of next July to
27,000 regulars. This is an absurdly
small number and congress will be
asked by the president to reorganize
the army upon a larger basis. It will
be impossible to keep any troops In
the Philippines unless the army is in
creased, to say nothing of the garri
sons for the forts in this country.
"My own judgment is that congress
will provide a regular army of about
fifty-five thousand men, with discre
tion to the president to raise the total
to 100.000 if he finds the larger num
ber necessary. "I have no doubt that
this legislation will be enacted at the
coming session.'':
When it is remembered that Senator
Proctor stands close to the president it
is practically certain, that he speaks
for the administration in the inter
view which he has given out and
truth of the prediction made by fusion
leaders during the - campaign just
closed, that an Increased army would
be a part of the policy of the present
administration at the polls is already
apparent, . -.
Rice Trust . Organized
The incorporators of the American
Rice Growers'- Distributing company
was announced in Chicago Monday.
The capital stock is $15,000,000, - of
which $7,500,000' Is reported paid in.
Chicago merchants credit John W.
Gates with being, the prime mover in
the new corporation, principally to
control the southern crop. Mr. Gates
is at present out; of the city. The
scheme contemplated is to buy the
bulk of the domestic rice under con
tract with the growers, to sell their
crops for a stipulated figure for a per
iod of four years, with the privilege of
extending the contract. The guaran
teed prices to growers are understood
to be , somewhat .in excess of the
present price, - . .
NOW FOR CUBA
Republican Papers Already Begin to De
mand the Annexation of The Is
land of Cuba,
Any man who has watched affairs in
Cuba well knows that Mark Hanna
and McKinley never intended to give
Cuba independence. The form of the
military order assembling the consti
tutional conventions said so in almost
so many words. We will have another
war down in Cuba before the next
year ends. That is right That is
what the people voted for. Don't let
any populist oppose it. Now that the
election is over the leading republi
can papers begin to speak out on' the
subject. In an editorial entitled "Shall
Cuba Be Given Away," the Chicago
Inter-Ocean says:
"Mr. Frank A. Munsey, In Munsey's
Magazine for November, asks a ques
tion that has been in the minds of
thousands of Americans for the past
year. This is in brief, 'Shall the Unit
ed States, after a loss of 9,000 lives
and the expenditure of $400,000,000 in
the interest of Cuba, give the Island
away? Shall the problem be treated
in a sentimental or a common-sense,
business way?'
"Fundamentally, Mr. Munsey con
tends, Cuba has cost us every life that
has been lost, every soldier that has
been maimed, and every dollar that
has been spent in the Spanish war, and
in the complications growing out of it.
The total number of deaths in the
United States army from May 1, 1898,
to June 30, 1899, was 6,619. A fair es
timate makes the total 9,000 up to date.
The cost of our army and navy, in
the fiscal year ending with June, 1897,
an average year of peace, was $83,512,
000. For the next twelve months the
cost was $150,806,000, an increase of
$67,294,000, wholly due to the war with
Spain. For thef year ending with June,
1899, our military expenditures were
$293,648,000, an increase of $210,136,000
over 1897. This year's expenditures, it
is estimated, will bring the increased
cost of army and navy, since we de
manded that Spain should relinquish
Cuba, up to $400,000,000.
"Mr. Munsey says bluntly that the
proposition that we get nothing for
this outlay of human life and vast sum
of money is the greatest charity
scheme of the century. He holds that
we are doing this simply because in
the exciting times in the spring of
1898, just, prior to the declaration of
war, congress adopted a resolution,
disclaiming on the part of the United
States any-disposition or intention to
exercise sovereignty, . jurisdiction or
control over Cuba except for the paci
fication thereof.
"The general view is that this res
olution presented a question of na
tional honor which the country must
live up to. . Mr. Munsey declares the
resolution was an out-and-out blunder
and contends that it should be regard
ed as a mistake and acknowledged as
a mistake. The resolution was not
the result of a diplomatic agreement
between our government and another,
nor between our government and the
struggling Cubans. Therefore; there
is no question of breaking faith with
any one. It was a voluntary act on
the part of congress, and congress has
the right to abrogate it.
"The contention of the Inter Ocean
has been from the first that congress
adopted this resolution in the belief
that Cuba had a fairly well organized
government and an army of almost
sufficient size, to fight her own battles.
It is well known that when our troops
landed in Cuba they found no organ
ized government and no army worthy
of the name. The United States in the
campaign that followed had to fight
the battles against the Spaniards, had
to bring order out of chaos when war
was over, had to send millions of dol
lars to the island to pay the Cuban
.soldiers and to save the people from
starvation.
"The writer in Munsey's Magazine,
putting aside sentimental considera
tions, argues that In the interest of
the Cubans and Cuba, in the interest
of the United States and Americans,
the people should demand of all par
ties a revocation of the resolution.
Congress promised the Cubans a stable
government,' freedom from tyranny,
and the same conditions that prevail
in this country, and this promise can
best be kept by making Cuba a part
of the United States."
WILL PRACTICE ECONOMY
The "Northwestern Kailraod Company
Will Close up All Small Laks.
Believing strongly in the efficacy of
the old adages, economy is wealth and
drops of water make the mighty ocean,
the man in charge of the supply de
partment of the Chicago & Northwest
ern railroad has" set about to save an
nually to the carrying company be
tween $20,000 and $25,000 which he
believes in the past has been useless
ly spent. His crusade against Inju
dicious expenditures and extravagant
usages recently has been launched, and
his plan of reform has brought into
play a car which the employes of
the road informally have christened
the "Economy Special."
The Inspector started out with a lot
of pencil holders, which he distributed
as a means for getting thexgood out
of pencil stubs too short to wield ef
fectively. It is estimated that every year $300
worth of pencil stubs are thrown away
by the employes who have occasion to
write and figure. Too many pen
points, too, the supply man gave out,"
were discarded before their usefulness
had fully passed.
He ordered shopmen, machinemen
and .engine cleaners to return their
used waste to general headquarters in
stead of throwing it away. The old
waste now is cleaned by a process and
returned for further use. The inspec
tor now issues limited amounts of
waste, enough to meet the require
ments, but not enough to warrant a
reckless and extravagant application
of it. -
Furthermore to make the surplus
showings more gratifying to the stock
holders the supply agent has ordered
that every lampwick be used until
there is not enough of it left to con
nect with t the oil in the bowl. Tiny
pins have been provided to the lamp
users to keep the short pieces of wick
in position for continued service.
Trainmen have been ordered to prac
tice more marked economy. They
have been given to understand that
links, pins, lantern globes, lard oil,
flags, torches, torpedoes . and other
things in common use are valuable,
and that they would be expected to be
as careful with them as they could be.
HcArthur Looks for Long War
There is little encouragement in
General MacArthur's annual repor
recently made public for those optim
ists in the war department who be
lieve that the re-election of President
McKinley will be followed by the im
mediate collapse of the insurrection in
the Philippines.
"At present and for many years to
come," says Gen". MacArthur, "the nec
essity of a large American military
and naval force is too apparent to ad
mit of discussion."
This view is concurred in by some of
the high officials of the war depart
ment. They look forward to a long
period of disagreeable warfare.
Much is expected to be accomplished
by the American troops by the time
the withdrawal of the volunteers com
mences. General MacArthur is to take
the field in person. There are now 413
garrisoned military posts in the isl
ands. Some of the least important of
these are to be abandoned and the
troops so rendered available are to be
organized into flying columns for the
purpose of hunting down and exter
minating insurgent forces wherever
they can be located. Particular effort
will be made to capture arms and am
munition. True And Needful
The salvation of the republic lies in
these, living ideas which Bryan has up
held and which the nation will as
suredly enforce upon those who con
tinue to defy them. This will be Bry
an's reward. If the people seem to have
turned aside from his teachings . now
they will return to it because it is
eternally true and needfub Long, be
fore the boasted four years more of
McKinley have passed with its trium
phant partnership of imperial ambi
tion and corporate greed, the Ameri
can people will rise against it for their
own defense. . Then they will remem
ber and recognize the work of William
J. Bryan in the great campaign of
1900 and will accordd. him the honor
that he has nobly earned. Philadel
phia Times.
NEW TRUST ORGANIZED
Fourteen Concerns In the Manufacture of
Steel Reach a Common Agreement
The negotiations which have been in
progress among manufacturers of
steel plates for the past three weeks
relative to the formation of a pooling
agreement of these interests, has been
successfully concluded at a conference
in New York. An agreement to which
fourteen concerns are said to be sub
csribers, was reached and prices were
advanced $2 per ton. This follows an
advance of the same amount made
about two weeks ago. The new base
price is 5.55 cents per pound for Pitts
burg. Other conferences of iron and steel
men are now In progress, though thus
far these are said to have been infor
mal. There appears to be a general
expectation that the' price of billets
will be advanced shortly and the price
also of bar iron.
Roberts After Cuba
Philadelphia, Nov. 8. Following a
meeting of Philadelphia and Canadian
capitalists in this city last night, Sir
William C. Van Home, chairman of
theboard of directors of the Canadian
Pacific railroad, and his son, R. B.
Van Home of Montreal, sailed from
here today on the. steamer Admiral
Sampson for Santiago, where they will
make an effort to secure options on all
horse and trolley lines in Cuba and
also on all sugar plantations In the Isl
and. The departure of the two men
was the result of the permanent or
ganization at last night's meeting of
the Cuba company, with a capital of
$20,000,000. Those present at the meet
ing besides Sir William and R. B. Van
Home were William L. Elkins and
Thomas Dolan of this 'city, R. A. C.
Smith, president of the Cuba Mail
Steamship company; Percival Farqu
har of New York and Dr. T. W. Shep
hard and M. L. Evans of Montreal.
Marcus Jaly Dead ,
Marcus Daly, one of the leading
mine-owners of the world, sixty years
old, died in , his apartments In the
Hotel Netherlands In New York Mon
day. Dilitation of the heart and
Bright's disease of the kidneys, .with
resultant complications, were the im
mediate causes of the death, though
Mr. Daly's illness dated back several
years. He had suffered severely dur
ing the last two months, but the end
was painless. .
Breathing fumes of arsenic in smelt
ers where copper ore from his mines
were treated, and living in the high
altitudes of the Montana mountains
weakened his heart. He realized that
his constitution had broken, but not
soon enough to give himself opportun
ity to recuperate.
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WALL STREET BOOMS
Trust Stork go Kiting Skyward aisd the
Trust Magnates Make Forty Mil
lions in Thirty Minutes. ;
From the reports of special corre
spondents as- well as from the regular
financial columns of the great dallies,
if their reports are only half true,
there was a scene on the stock ex
change in New York the next clay af
ter McKinley was elected such a was
never . seen before. The amount of
stock that has been issued by the great
trusts Is known to all. It will taks but
little figuring to show that the ad
vance in trust stocks the first thirty
five 'minutes after the board wan op
ened, made the magnates forty million
richer than they were the day before.
If they gave Mark Hanna twenty mil
lion to help carry the election, they
made in less than forty minutes twen
ty millions by the transaction. , The
question in the future will be how any
party can flght against a thing s like
that. The financial correspondent of
the Chicago Record gives the follow
ing description of the scene:
New York, Nov. 7. Buoyancy be
yond all precedent ruled today on. the
stock exchange, total trading being
much in excess of all previous records,
final figures showing large net gain?
throughout the entire list. The open
ing was attended with much excite
ment, and so great was the prees of
orders that in a number of Instances
commissions were refused. Initial
figures marked gains of from one to
four points, with the so-called trust
stocks and standard railway shares
most in demand.
Following the excitement attending
the opening, trading returned to nor
mal conditiors. The advance in
prices did not halt, however, but in
stead went steadily forward, and this
in spite of large realizing sales both
for local and London account the
selling from the last source being put
down in some quarters at the net con
sequential total of 100,000 shares.
Even professional traders who were
looking for a reaction after the sus
tained rise of last week and today's
early dealings were confotind.'d by the
strength shown, all predictions going
awry. '
The-buying, however, was on such
a large scale that it is not surprising
that the strength of the market was
maintained. 1 Professionalism was
much in evidence while public buy
ing, in which western interests joined
to no small extent, was heavy. The
ease of money, the call rate at one
time falling as low as 1 per cent in
marked contrast to the 25 per cent fig
ure on Monday, tended to increase the
better feeling, while confidence was
also added by the excellent statements
of earnings put out by a number of
representative railway systems, in
cluding Southern railway, Missouri
Pacific and Norfolk & Western.
Notable gains were scored, through
out the list. The steel stocks wet e
sent sharply upward. Steel Hooj),
Steel and Wire, Tinplate, Colorado
Fuel and Iron, Federal Steel and
Pressed Steel Car showing advances
all the way from 2 to 4 points each.
Peoples Gas rose 2 points, Consoli
dated 5 and large gains were made
in all the gas stocks. Tobacco shares
displayed great strength, the American
selling up an even 4 points, while Con
tinental rose over 2. Local street rail
way issues shares in the rush of prices
upwardd, Manhattan and Metropolitan
each marking quotations 4 points
higher for the day.
Among the noteworthy advances of
the day were Pennsylvania 5 points,
Tennessee Coal and Iron 3, Third
Avenue 3, New York Air Brake ex
ceeding 5, New York Central over 3,
General Electric 3 and Brooklyn
Union Gas 4. American Ice, common
and preferred, Baltimore & Ohio com
mon and preferred, the 'Atchisons,
Burlingtons, Missouri Pacific, North
ern Pacific common and preferred rose
from 1 to 2 points each, while the coal
stocks exhibited like buoyancy.
Matt Quay on Top Again
Washington, D. C, Nov. 8, Former
Senator M. S. Quay, who will " leave
here tomorrow morning for Florida,
tonight gave out the following State
ment for publication:
"The contest of Tuesday resulted in
a sweeping victory for the stalwart re
publicans of the state. The senate will
be organized by the regulars, no mat
ter about the statements to the con
trary made by the hostile newspapers
or insurgents. Senator W. P. Snyder
of Chester county will be elected presi
dent pro tern of the senate, and Repre
sentative W. T. Marshall, a stalwart
from Allegheny county, will be elected
United States senator by about 150 out
of a total vote of 254 on the first bal
lot In joint assembly."
Colorado Women
And then, the women! God bless
the women of Colorado. Never In
political annals has there been such
an uprising of pure, unselfish women,
striving to advance the great prin
ciples for which the silver forces and
Mr. Bryan stood, and to keep untar
nished the good name and fame of
their beloved state. Denver News.
Price of Salt Advanced
The National Salt company Monday
put up the price of common table salt
of a fair quality to $2.50 per 100 lbs.'
The price before was $1.10 per 100
pounds for the same grade. The. Na
tional Salt company controls directly
95 per cent of the salt output of the
country, and Is able Indirectly to dom
inate the remaining 5 per cent of the
production.
The mines of the company, : which
is known as the salt trust, are in
Michigan.
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