TJIE OMAHA DAILY BEE : /TinjKSDAY , OCTOBER 18 , 189'JU
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STUBBORN PACTS.
M'ho hired Sold T. Cole tn conduct Sen
ator Taylor nut of thn tnto urlillo the Xeir-
licrry bill uns pFnilliifrV
OfllclaU of tliu llurllngton railroad.
\Vlio > j > nld Moth T. Cole for staying with
'J'tiylor tn son tlnit ho fulllllcil 111 * contract
with the oil room liondler ?
Tim Iturlhicton rallroiiil.
Who In-lit llio ( riuito in deadlock wlillo
TnylorIIH bring ( spirited uwajr ? '
Ilioman r fllnjors ,
\\lui crrtlflcil to n fraudulent voucher for
Taylor' * pny nflor ho lind been abducted' . '
'I liuiiniH ii , JMiiJor * .
AVI HI ilroxv the 870 ivJilcli wu paid out < J (
the treasury on the frmidulrnt Toucher ?
Alujorn' jirlvnto secretary , U'olt 3U Beely.
Theio ro Htubhurn fncis ami no amount
of cultlollshlui ; can hvtng the people.
We nniy bo sure tlint wo will bcnr
ngulu from Senator Arthur P. Gornian
of Maryland by tlio tiny after tlio elec-
tlou next inaiith , at the latest.
The enlargement of the free list under
the new'democratic tariff won't cut a
caper to the enlargement of the railroad
free list In Nebraska during the present
campaign.
Baltimore Is fast recovering from her
grief over the loss of the Temple cup.
By the time the season opens next
spring ItalUmore will bo as base ball
mad as ever.
The- campaign of bugbears' threats
nnd Intimidation wlih-li the calamity
crusaders arc trying to make In the In
terest of the tattooed candidate will
prove it boomerang In the end.
If Ciiflld Martin Is opposing populism
without reference to politics , why Is he
BO eager to have the secretary of state
compelled to accept the certificates of
democratic rump candidates ?
riialrninnVlIson Is still busy explain
Ing Ills London speech. If the voters of
his West Virginia district do their duty
'Mr. Wllhon will have all the time ho cnn
desire to explain that speech after No
vcmber 0.
Of course It would mean financial dis
aster to the railroads In Nebraska to
put the maximum freight rate law In
force , while they are placing their whole
P passenger t rattle at the disposal of Tobu
k Castor nnd Tom Majors.
A stranger succeeded In passing $100
kh iu old state bank wildcat paper In In
diana the other day. If arrested we
h presume he will plead In excuse that
he thought the tax on state bank Issues
I had already been removed.
Americans tn China are assured that
their safety -will be properly looked after
by the Chinese government Itself , with
out assistance from the American lega
tion. The safety of Americans In China
will doubtless bo well provided for , but
It Is Just possible that It may be the
Japanese government that will be active
In the matter.
The discharge of democratic federal
employes , because of their refusal to vote
for n republican candidate for governor ,
anywhere else than In Nebraska would
be regarded as an act of Insanity. The
explanation lies In the fact that the
administration machine In this state
run from railroad headquarters ( a the
Interest of railroad candidates , whether
republicans or democrats.
The railroad democrats In control of
the democratic machine have no objet
tlon to continuing a republican In
.charge of the Omaha pustotllce so long
as the postmastersblp can bo used as a
club to keep the would-be Nashya In
line for the election of a railroad re
publican to the governorship of Ne
ImiBkii. There will be no change In the
Omaha postolllce until after election.
' The democrats In New York City who
are opposing Strauss for mayor nnd stip-
'porllug II111 for governor , both Tam
many candidates , tire In a peculiar po
sition with respect to the election frauds
usually practiced by Tammany heelers
They would not object to having JIH1
profit by these questionable practices ,
but they do not want them to be em
ployed at the- same time against their
own mayoralty candidate. Nearly one
hundred election ollldate were convicted
of violating thu election laws last year ,
but at least two of them who have
Bcryed their sentences have been reap
pointed this year. Tammany may be
relied upon to attempt nil Its old tricks ,
and ouly the utmost vigilance will bo
able to prevent their success.
P ZIIKTAHQKT ,
The maximum rate law enacted by
the lust legislature was to go Into effect
ipon August 1,1802. The law was hung
up In the federal courts at the Instance
of the railroad managers , nnd Is still
Hinging tbcro up to this day , The act
ion of the federal court was the mosl
outrageous Interference with the rights
of the people to govern themselves.
Hvery law la presumed to bo binding
upon all the people until It has been
lecreed as unconstitutional by the
coin-Is , in this Instance the common
rule has been reversed , The law en
acted for the relief of the people from
extortion and discrimination by com
mon carriers has been nullified before
the courts could pass upon Its legality.
If all the other laws enacted by our
( ulslaturcR were bung up until the fed-
> ral courts would see flt to let them gen
n to effect there would be anarchy In
every state of this union.
Since August 1 , 181)2 ) , when the maxi
mum rate law should have gone Into
effect , many shippers have been paying
the old rate under protest , nnd In the
vent that the law Is declared valid
they will sue the railroad companies
for I he dllTcrence between the rate es-
inblNhfd by the maximum freight Inw
md the amount they have paid. Not
inly has the old rate been maintained ,
but It hits been slightly Increased to
piovldt * a fund for lighting the law.
Now , why are the railroads making
such n desperate light to elect Majors'/
Tlu-.v can well afford to spend $100.000
tn keep the bill hung up and stay fur
ther legislation by having a man In the
governor's chair who will veto any bill
that corrects the defects which the
may point out as existing In the
Id law.
Another point Is very clear. If the
federal circuit court declares the maxi
mum rate law valid the overcharges
will be collected by the elevator men ,
lumber dealers and iieavy shippers.
The farmers will not got a penny. The
money which should have been paid to
tin- farmers In Increased prices for tholr
products by reason of reduced freight
rules will remain In the pockets of the
grain speculators and heavy shippers.
What Is the interest and duly of our.
farmers under these conditions ? First ,
they should help to elect a governor
who will not Interpose bis veto In case
It becomes necessary to re-onact the
maximum freight law next winter.
They should pledge the candidates for
the legislature of all parties to vote for
a new maximum rate law In conformity
with the rulings of the courts. This de
cision Is evidently being withheld by
Judge Brewer until after the election
at the Instance of the railroads. Tlio
pledges exacted from the candidates for
the legislature should be iron-clad. They
should be In writing , and they should
also be made In public meetings. Any
candidate for the legislature who wobbles
bles or equivocates on this vital Issue
ilmuhl be defeated.
This Is particularly applicable to can
didates for the state senate. The cor
porate monopolies are centering nil their
efforts upon the sltite senate. If they
can control seventeen members they
can block nil legislation , and If they
fall In control the senate they will try
tn block all legislation through Tom
Majors.
The miimigers of both the great par
ties. Cully appreciating the great impor
tance of the political complexion of the
next house of representatives , are
watching the progress of the congres
sional campaign throughout the country
with the keenest Interest. The great
democratic majority In the present con
gri'ss naturally gives the democratic
ma lingers a feeling of confidence that
It will not be overcome , notwithstanding
I lie great change that evidently 1ms
taken place In public sentiment , while
the republican managers , although jiu-
llcvlng ; that the next house will bo un
dcr republican control , concede that the
task of making It so demands constant
and earnest work up to the very day
n f election. The present H I tti.it I on Is
this : From the sixteen states embraced
In the solid south the democrats have
lit ! representatives to six republicans.
Assuming that this southern democratic
representation will be maintained , the
democrats only need flfty-elght to make
a majority of the house , and they have
twenty-eight states to elect only fifty-
nine members from. But the repub
licans must secure 172 members in these
twenty-eight states. In other words the
democrats have only to elect fifty-ulna
members , allowing them an unbroken
delegation from the southern states
while the republicans , In order to con
trol the next house , have to elect 172.
There Is a very good prospect , however -
over , that the number of democratic
representatives from the south will be
reduced nnd that Uie republicans wll
gain ten or twelve In that section. Ken
lucky Is expected to send two repub
licans to the next bouse , Louisiana one
ami possibly two. Maryland two , ant
gains for the republicans are confidently
looked for also from Missouri , Tennes
see , Virginia , "West Virginia and per
haps Delaware. ICurly In the cam
paign some of the more sanguine proph
ets fixed the republican majority In the
next house of representatives as high
as from thirty to forty , but later and
more conservative estimates do not
place it so high. The most recent of
these make a total of 187 republicans ,
100 democrats and nliio populists , giving
the republicans a majority of eighteen
over all. It Is suggested in connection
with this estimate that perhaps suftl
clent allowance has not been made foi
populist strength In the west and south ,
but It can bo taken for granted that
where a populist Is elected ho Is more
than likely to displace n democrat , aiul
that when elected he will generally act
with the democrats. Therefore the re
publican calculation will stand. This
estimate contemplates a gain of sixty
republicans , at least fifty of which must
bo made In the twenty-eight states not
embraced In the solid south. This Is n
largo gain to make , but the indications
seem to fully warrant the prediction
that It will be made , ami may oveti be
Homcnvlmt exceeded. There would bo
no doubt of IU being exceeded If It were
not for the democratic gerrymanders iu
a number of states , some of which are
republican.
The democratic innnnBors , according
[ 9 rcportd from Washington , nro tllivcl-
IJR pretty nuicli all their efforts lo tlio
eastern , tnlikllu nnd northwestern
states. It Is with them only n question
of lio\v nuieli they can afford to Inso nml
mill innlnliiln control , while with tin ;
republicans It Is n question of liow
much they mimt liuve In order to
oMnlii mipiviimcy. The control of
the lu'-vl house ot reinvsenlntlves
r the ropulillenn.H seein.s iiHsun-tl , but
lirobahly by not much more thiin n safe
working majority.
AUK .Y
British manufacturers arc not the
least bit frightened at the threat of
American competition made by the poli
ticians In this country who propose to
go on tearing down the defenses of
Vmei-lcaii Industries erected by the pro-
ectlonisU. Uefrrrlng to the declaration
if Mr. Wilson , that tariff reform would
'go forward fiom this time forth by
its own impetus , " the London Times ,
voicing the sentiment of the Industrial
ntorests of 15rent Britain , said : "We
wNh we oould feel sure of this , for we
ire convinced that freedom of trade Is
good for all the world and we are not
it all nhirmcd by Mr. Wilson's highly-
colored picture of the future supremacy
if the United States In Industrial pro-
luctlon nnd In external commerce. "
Why should they be alarmed ? The pol-
cy of the tariff reformers proposes to
open to tbtf British manufacturers the
greatest market In the world , , 'n which
nil * own manufacturers wilt be able to
maintain themselves only by reducing
Hie price of American labor to the Brit
ish standard. They will not be able to
1o this at once. Its accomplishment
will take time , for the vvorklngmeii of
Ills country will not submit to having
.heir wnges , and consequently their
llano of living , brought down to the
Kiiropeuii level without making a mo t
[ Ictcrmlned struggle against it. In such
in industrial conflict British manufac
turers would find their opportunity to
icqiilre a larger foothold In the Amer
ican market , and having done this cnn
there be any doubt that they would
make every possible effort to maintain
It ? The Inevitable effect would be that
many American Industries would be se
verely crippled or driven to the wall ,
with disastrous results to American lu-
iior.
iior.As
As to the assumption that under the
policy of the tariff reformers wo would
lie enabled to capture foreign markets.
British inanufiicturers can regard It
without the slightest apprehension.
There Is hardly a market to which
the goods of ( treat Britain now
go nnd which the manufacturers
of that country desire to 10-
tain where they have not secured
so nrm n grip that It will require long
years to break It , if Indeed It cnn over
he broken. In nearly every country to
which British trade extends there are
Investments of British capital In securi
ties , railroads and financial Institu
tions , by which have been established
tin' most intimate commercial relations
between such countries and Great Brit
ain , England Is a great creditor country
tryA large part of the world pays
tribute to her , and because this is so
she exerts a power and influence In the
trade of the world unequalled by any
other nation. Her fleets of merchant
vessels are on every sea , carrying her
products to all lands anil transporting
the products of all lands to her own
nnd other markets. With her vast re
sources of capital she dominates the
world's finances. How shall the United
States , with Its present development ,
compete with such a power for the
world's markets ? If American capital
were satisfied with small returns , If
American labor would be content to
work and to live on the level of Ku-
ropoan labor , if wo had a merchant
marine to convey our products to the
world's markets , we might undertake
such a competition , but none of these
conditions exist. They may come at
some time In the fntiiVe , but It will be
when the American market no longer
furnishes an adequate field for Amer
ican enterprise.
The Iii'ilnslrial Interests of Great Brit
iiln want free trade In the United
Slates not from any Interest In our
welfare , ' but solely for the reason that
it would give them larger access to this
world's greatest market , with the pos
slblllty that In time they would prac
tically control It. The talk of our rout
ing them out of other markets causes
them no anxiety or alarm. On the con
trary , It Is probably rather amusing to
them.
VOTK IllK PA.VIKO BOKDS.
The ordinance passed by the city
council nt Its regular meeting providing
for the submission at the coming clce/
tlon of a bond proposition authorizing
the sale of $ " . " ,000 In bonds for the pur
pose of defraying the expense of paving
and re-paring street Intersections will
doubtless bo promptly signed by the
mayor and ought to receive no opposi
tion whatever at the polls. Under the
plan of making street improvement In
Omaha the cost of paving Is assessed
against the owners of the abutting
property , while the city at largo Is called
upon to pay the cost of paving the street
Intersections. This has been done unl
formly up to tilts time and It Is re
quired In fairness that It be continued
with reference to repuvlng and futitro
street Improvements.
The amount of repavlng that will
have to be done next year cannot be
accurately estimated nt the present
moment , but $75,000 for Intersections is
a conservative figure and there will be
no dllllculty in finding opportunities to
expend the whole amount. Voting this
money for the Intersection paving fund
means the paving of many miles of
streets and the expenditure of many
times that amount for labor and ma
terials. It Is absolutely necessary that
Omaha continue her work of public Im
provement , not only that her streets
may bo again placed In passable condi
tion nnd her reputation ns a well paved
city maintained , but also that the
laborers accustomed to find employment
with the paving contractors may be re
tained among us. In order to be certain
that the boiinV eocurc the requisite
imjorlty of two-thlrita of all ( he votca
cast the ward [ fcliibf ) , labor unions and
other orgnnlzatuins should tnkn It upon
themselves to Inipress upon their mem
bers the nccesffly of voting nnd work
ing for Hie success of this proposition nt
: he polls. ' f
.To 1m Burns , the celebrated Kngllsh
labor leader and member of the House
of Commons , is to Hliul next mouth for
\uiorlca as n delegate from the English
trades union congress , to attend the
annual conforviuui * of the International
Federation of Lnlrai' to be held In Denver
in December. By whatever route Mr.
Burns goes to Denver lie must neces
sarily come very close to Omaha and
could doubtless be prevailed upon to
slop off In this city. The labor unions
ought to get together at once and decide
ipan n grand labor demonstration , In
cluding delegations from surrounding
cities and towns , in cape he can be In
duced to make an address at this point.
, \n opportunity of this kind Is Indeed
rare and no efforts should be omitted to
mike the best of It.
"A sight of Judge Holcomb at once set
nt rest uneasy minds which feared his
election would Injure the state or Its
credit. " This Is the report of .ludge
11 ol co nib's ndveiitJnto _ Tekamah. Wher
ever the judge goes bis presence alone
s enough to dispel the stories of the
langer which his elevation to the gov
ernorship would bring upon the people.
Tlio stamp robbers at I he bureau of
printing and engraving have good pros
pects of being stamped with sentences
to penal servitude.
' An OIIPII
riillmlelilOa | Times.
It Is iiiioHltonulilc whether we need a
rKcr army , An enemy mlKlit KPt ovi-r
the ocean , but he could never set over tills
country.
tlio 'Mourners.
ClilniRo Dispatch.
One of the Faildest fentures of the death
nf Dr. Oliver \Venilell Holmes Is the fact
Hint It Vms resurrppteil an army of amateur
obltuniy poets , who arc pouring broailsldes
of club-footed verse into his memory.
e
CiirlMo's Unornrnmp.
llurfalo Uxpieti.s.
The lioomer.inK IH still In active political
ervlcc. Secretary Carlisle's spectacular ar
rest of Mr. Morton's coacliman IIUB served
only to call attention to tlie fnct that he
himself keeps n coachman , a footman nml a
butler , all of whom are carried on the rolls
nt the- Treasury ilep.it tment as public of
ficials and imltl out of the United States
tieasury. t. _ _ _
1 lin Man in ( Montr.
I'lil'mlelplila ' Inquirer.
\Vlille It may not be true that the IOHE-
talted overcoat Is a sure Ruanl nsaliiHt
rheumatism In the knee-joints , admirers of
the aesthetic In men's dross will he wind
to learn that this style Is comlnc Into
faxhlon again. Whert propeily made It Is
decidedly the handsomest Kind of top gar
ment which can be worn , assuming , of
course , that the \f enr < "r knows how to carry
himself. And tllcn It Is what the short
cast never Is It Is warm. When the lllz-
zards howl the rrlah'-Wlth n , g-ood Ions coat
only smiles , llo.l . not cold and he looks
oltylngly upon the poor fellows who. need-
Ing" a top-coat , Imye. vet not the under
standing to Bet one which answer.s the de
sired purpose.
Cliliui'o Slmttrrod Conceit.p -
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5Hnni < nk ( > iU Tribune ,
'Whether the rci > orl that China Is on her
knecs , t6 Jan.an'antt'SuliiBr for peace lie true
or not. one result of the war Is certain" . It
will shake out of China that colossal con-
celt and conservatism , which for centuries
has stood In the way of her proKres-j , She
will learn that In all the arts of war the
western nations are far ahead of her , nnd
the adoption of new modes of warfare will
pave the way for the admission of other
western ideas , which will change the
whole face of tier civilization , as they have
done in Japan. The progressive men of
China , like U HUHR Clmnn. while they be
lieve the Intellectual and icllRloua devel
opment of their empire superior to that
of the United States and Europe , admit
that In material development , and In all
the useful arts , the Occident has far out
stripped them.
This war will be a great teacher and eye-
opener to the arrogant Celestials. What
ever its outcome may be. they will be likely
in future to learn wisdom from the example
ampleof Japan , the little neighbor whose
fancied weakness and foollBhness they have
so despised. It Is prophesied that It will
not he long ere China adopts westetn In
ventions , science and modes of education ,
and subscribes to the principle of religious
toleration , which marked the beginning of
the new era in Japan ,
A. ringrnnt Nullity nml Ocail r.utlcr.
ClilcnRO IlernU.
In every respect by which the Interstate
commerce act was framed ( is a protection to
shippers against discrimination ami to es
tablish uniformity of rates for railway
transportation , It Is a failure nnd a dead let
ter. It Is violated every hour In the day
by substantially every railroad in the coun
try. It Is as absolutely without enforce
ment as the Sunday Silicon law In Chicago.
The Interstate Commerce Commission is an
Idle , useless , lnen"ectlve , costly Incurnbrance
nod humbug1. It fulls absolutely to enforce
the law by which It was created , except In
the mere matter of drawing salaries bv the
commissioners. Its attention has bcn called
to repeated , constant , flagrant violations of
the law by the railroads , but not a wrong
lias been corrected nor 1ms an offender been
punished. The railroads ride roughshod
over both the law and the commission.
The Interstate law bristles all over with
penalties which the rnllroada meet with
audacious and festive defiance. If the pen
alties ) llxed by the law had been enforced
against the railroads for every violation : of
Us terms the sums collected as lines since
18S8 would have amounted to more than the
national debt at the close of the war. But
not a dollar has been collected for all the
multitude of enormous fines which nre pro
vided for Infringements of the law , and no
other criminal punishment has been in" .
lllcted on railroad oftlcerH , however frequent
and flagrant may have been the offenses.
Spirit 8 from Ileot Knot Molluscs.
Chicago Tribune.
The manufacture of spirits from beet-root
molasses now Is an assured , success. The
Columbia Distilling company at Omaha Is
using 'a carload of the syrup each day , The
basic material Is obtained from the Oxnard
Beet Sugar factory at Grand Island , Neb. ,
and the slightly unpleasant taste natural to
it is neutralized by a cheap process similar
to that used In some French distilleries. If
thin rate were kept up through the year It
would absorb more 'than ' one-third of the
annual production pf molasses nt Grand
Island , nnd if the work proves a commercial
'
cial success , -ntAv'seeins beyond doubt , a
stimulus will be' ' Klyp" to the use of
molasses In other illhtlllerles and to the
production of beet siigur nnd molasses In
other factories to be built In the near fu
ture. One of the latter Is said already to
be under arrangements for building at
Omaha. Hitherto molasses has been a by
product at the beet sugar factories , and
though not rated oa worthless , was hard to
dispose of at a uatlsfactory price. Now
there is room for a. vaat Increase In Us pro
duction , nnd perhaps -even for the cultiva
tion of the beet for the purpose of having
Its entire saccharine- constituent used ns n
basis for spirits. With a tariff protection
of 40 per cent , or about IVi cents per pound.
thereIs no good Httiibn why Jieet growers
and the men' who operate beet sugar fac
tories should not enter upon the business
more extensively and find it highly prollt-
nble. They ought to be able to make more
sugar because of the Increased value of
the molasses , nil of which can find ready
sale to the distillers.
J-J.O1T.J ! X.MJ
Senator Hill doei not drink , yet ho Is re
garded ns on expert In "setting 'cm up. "
The Mow York Herald ID taking an Active
nml aggressive part In the campaign In
China.
Political campaigning develops a species
of kleptomania. Sea ho\v mnny persons take
the slump.
The appearance of Thomns Bracket need
In. New York proves conclusively that ho Is
out of. the woods.
Rx-Prosliloiit Harrison objects to vestibule
ptnltonni of the Chicago variety. The broad
Riiage Minneapolis la just his size.
Twenty fashionable women ol Now York
nro out Running for tlie Tntnmany. They
Insist on getting the pelt for a parlor orna
ment.
Vice President Howard of tlio American
Hallway Union ti Inconsolable. Some measly
sneak pinched him for several railroad an
nuals ,
In the , light of tlie shallow brevity of his
speeches. It Is evident Governor Flower
appreciates the folly of "shedding fragrancs
on the desert air. "
The Penn stadia on tlip city hull of Phila
delphia will bo 490 fret above the sidewalk.
Like the principles of the venerable Quaker ,
his Btatuo Is out of eight.
The emancipation of woman Is progressing
southward. A woman In Greensboro , Ala. ,
captured a man under her bed , She didn't
do a thing to him merely yelled at him.
General \Volselcy once predicted that China
would make a. conquest of the world. Hla
prophesy Is as far from realization as his
criticism of American union generals wcro
distant from truth.
A federal grand jury up In Wisconsin In
dicted sixty pertons for making fraudulent
entries on pine lands. Tlierp are so many
prominent persons mixed up In the deal that
justice Is sure to slip several cogs.
The story of ho\v an Influential Chinese
official bought 300,000 worthless guns from
Germany for l o taels apiece and Bold them
to his own government ( or nine taels each
reads just like ono of our own taels of. an
army contractor of the 1861-65 period.
The genial and jovial Dick Talc , who
plucked the state treasury of Kentucky seven
years nco and took a prolonged vacation ,
lias bcn discovered In Japan enjoying the
fruit of his successful loot. He Is not as
piring to office , but there Is little doubt he
could be Induced to manipulate the finances
of the Japanese war.
In. California a constitutional amendment
la to be voted on In November which. If
adopted , will shut out aliens , except those
of the white race or of African descent ,
from acquiring any real estate or personal
property In that slate. The San Francisco
Chronlclo denounces the pro posit ton as a
return to Iho age of barbarism when every
alien was deemed a public enemy.
General Daniel II. Hastings , the republi
can candidate for governor of Pennsylvania ,
possesses a memory for faces nnd names
that Is nothing less than marvelous. As ad
jutant general of the slate. In his many
campaign tours and In his business relations ,
ho has been brought Intonxmtact with great
numbers of persons , and to a friend ho re
cently remarked that he believed lie could
call CO.OOfi people by name.
Illchari Smith , Iho Philadelphia type
founder , who died recently in Paris , left
$500,000 for the erection of an elaborate
monumental memorial , ornamented with
statues of distinguished Pennsylvanians-
took active part In the civil war. This me
morial Is to take the form of granite arches ,
one to be used as a driveway and two others
oa footways , In accordance with plans al
ready prepared and approved by the testator.
It has often been noticed by comparative
strangera who visit the Newark , N. J. ,
marshes In mosquito time that the natives
are quite exempt from their attacks. Some
Interesting experiments lately concluded by
Mr. Edison Indicate that their fondness for
Jersey lightning accounts for this Immunity.
Mr. Edison filled a leather bag full of light-
nine and exposed It to the ravenous Insects.
Their beaks punctured the leather readily ,
but as soon as they had tasted the whisky
they fell down dead drunk. The average
period of recovery was eleven hours , forty-
nine minutes nnd sixteen seconds.
Ollle Teal Is to the political 'show ' business
of New York what Tom Johnson la to Cleve
land , 0. Ollle Is nothing If not original.
A one ring show Is beneath his dignity. Ho
believes in republican success , and proposes
to carry his campaign into the Blums ot
tlio metropolis In a spectacular fashion ,
To escape an acquaintance with the Bowery
crowd , he has established a twenty chair
barber shop , where shaves and hair-cuts may
be had for nothing. Ho will Jiavc one mile
of mass meetings in the Howery tonight ,
with 100 speakers. These will bo followed
with other novelties , but no ono can tell
what new and startling shoot Iho manacled
warrior may take .
JOCULAlt JO/AT DKlt.t THUS.
Detroit Free Press : She-Isn't sugar fat
tening ? He I never tried It. I'm no
United States senator.
Indianapolis Journal : "I hope you are
Bnttlsllcd with your lot , " said the philoso
pher.
"Not quite , " replied the real estate In
vestor. "But -would be If It ha'd a house
on H. "
Tankers Gazette : It's funny , but n speak
ing countenance- most expressive when
the mouth is shut.
Cincinnati Tribune : Mr. Smallwort
( sleepily ) What Is the matter , dear ; was I
finoring ? Sirs. Smallwort No , you were
not. That's what made me wake.
Leslie's Weekly ; Chappy I weally believe
I will study languages , doncherknow. Miss
James How-perfectly delightful ! You will
commence with English , of course ?
Syracuse Post : BIcS wa tiers Where's
Iloboo now ? He was always wanting to
run over everybody. McSwItlers Well , he's
fulfilling his ambition. IIu's a motorman
on a trolley car.
Indianapolis Journal : Mrs. Wlckwlre
Anything In the paper this morning ?
Mr. Wickwlre Hero is a fashion note that
may Interest you. It says that owing to
thu hard times vests , will not be so full as
they were this time two years ago.
Truth : Mrs. Greyncck Alu men know so
little about a woman's sorrows. Women
suffer In silence. Mr. Greynock Yes : In
fact , I suppose that's their greatest suffer
Inff.
Judge : Jinks There Is one drawback to
these self-made men that they usually over
look. FilkJns What is It ? JlnkB They're
seldom able to select their materials.
WOMAN'S WITCHING WAYS.
Minneapolis Journal.
He's very young- . Hence by n. amllo
He's ea.ny thrown Into a daze ,
He feels his very belnir warmed
By lovely woman's witching ways.
Yes , he Is young. 'TJs not long- since
That top and marbles were his plays.
Though then , as now , he oft was warmed.
Ily lovely woman's switching ways.
TlIK HASITAItr SllC.
UrUUh Meillcnl Journal ,
I met my modest Minnie by the windmill Jit
the trees ;
We walked among1 the lilies , those that
neither toll nor spin ,
But a demon , danced between us , and he
howled above the breeze.
"You may Icve the llttlo lady , her affec
tions you may win ,
Hut Kissing- a Sanitary Sin. "
I married her one morning In the church
yard down , the lane ,
Far away from the trouble and the tur
moil and the din.
Ere the earth had made Itfl Journey round
the orb of day again ,
We'd a baby ( drl ; but never did we kiss
our llttlo Mlii. ,
For Kissing1 la a Sanitary Sin ,
Oh , we Icve each other dearly ; but our lips
have never met.
Though her Bllver threads nre coming ,
ana rrtr thatch la growing thin.
To the act of osculation we have not
descended ! yet ,
For we know , plnce fell diseases such a
practice unlier In ,
That Kissing- a Sanitary Sin.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
Baking
Powder
PURE
DOUBLE THE STANDING ARMY
General Schofield'g Sugpstion is Given a
Prompt Second ,
SOLDIERS NEEDED TO SUPPRESS ANARCHY
General Ilimnrd Sorft Mcrlau * .Vcnarnta Iho
Country In the Sattlumciit of "Mini/
VexiitloiM IJnomtonV' No Hunger
from UutMdo Aggrculim ,
WASHINGTON , Oct , 17. The annual re
port ot Major General O. O. Howard , com *
mnmllng the Department of the East , Jins
been made public. Gt-nerat Howard , iu
speaking of the movements of his troops
necessitated by the laid strike , says ( tint
foitunately his apprehensions of serious ob
struction to commerce of the cast and south
were not realized. Uut should such dllll-
cultlos nrlso again anil simultaneously In
cities far apart , the necessity for regular
troops and more of tlicm than his depart
ment now affords , he says , la apparent.
Just now the national guards In several
states In the department nro well orf.anlied .
and respond promptly to every call of duty ,
still If moro than one state is Involved In ,
events growing out of anarchy the execu
tive will always require his own troopa ,
They will bo essential to his execution of
laws nnd maintenance1 of order. Of course
governors of states should co-operato , but
they might disagree or be reluctant In mak
ing sudden emergency calls. Therefore ,
General Howard strongly recommends an In
crease of the army to nt least double the size
ot our present force. In his judgment It
will bo the best possible method of pre
serving the pence until many vexatious ques
tions which are now troubling the country
are put at rest by A solution satisfactory to
the people of the nation.
General Howard expresses tlio opinion that
already our coast defenses are In fairly good
condition. And that In conjunction with our
ever Increasing navnl nrmanlbnt there would
be little fear from outside aggression.
ItlH'KAT.S Till ! llNJAI ; , ,
llepulillcan Committed Itrltcrntcs Itft. State
ment Concerning A. 1' . A. Mlortiturn.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 17. Chairman Babcock -
cock of the republican congressional cam
paign committee today Issued the following
formal statement to the press : "I have been
today handed what purports to bo an ad
vance sheet of a document now being printed
In this city. It is entitled 'A bold appeal to
bigotry ; republicans circulating A. P. A.
literature. The congressional committee doIng -
Ing the work but eliliklng the responsibility. '
"The document is made up of extracts from
newspapers , and Is so utterly de-void of truth
that It would hardly seem necessary to deny
any such tissue of base falsifications. I liavo
repeatedly stated to the press that the repub
lican congressional commit too had absolutely
no connection ot any kind , either directly
or Indirectly , with any secret society , or , in
fact , with any other society ; that It has
conducted tlio campaign strictly upon the
lines Indicated In the last national platform ,
realizing that the committee has no author
ity to make or Inject any Issues Into Its cam
paign not authorized by IU party platform.
Wo have worked steadily on this line ) and all
the literature thqt has been published or
handled by the committee has been exposed
for the public , and the- public uses In our re
ception rooms at the headquarters In tbla
city. No ono has ever been refused any of the
documents published or Issued from this com
mittee and they have nil been scattered
broadcast over the land as the committee
thought , and still think. In the Interest ot
good government and protection to all. I
desire to say once more that the statements
In this pamphlet , so far as they seek to con
nect the congressional committee of tlio re
publican organization in charge of the cam
paign with any organization of any kind , are
absolutely and unqunlldcdly false In every
particular , so tlioro Is not , nor has there
boon , any connection with any organization
outslda of the authorized state central and
district congressional committees , nor has
this committee handled , mailed or asked to
bo mailed , any literature of any kind except
that exposed for public use In its reception
rooms. "
Vtirnnt.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 17. A letter from
Sir Julian Paunccfote , now In London , says
ho will sail for this country with his family
on November 4. Mr. Gnugli , the now first
secretary , Is expected the same time. The
present first secretary will then return to
England. There lias been no Urltlsh repre
sentative In Washington for several months
and for this reason there Is added doubt of
the truth of tlio recent reports that Great
Britain has mada. a formal proposition to
this country to Intercede In the China-Japan
war. Such an Important proposition would
hardly bo made by mall.
Another Intenmtloitiil Incident Closed.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 17. Mr. Terrel , the
United States minister to Turkey , has suc
cessfully closed another International Inci
dent with credit to himself. On September
8 last the Turkish police- pounced on tovcral
native Armenians nt Alndatt , on n charge of
sedition. Incidentally \l\ry \ undertook to
search the American college at thai town to
discover papers bearing on llio conspiracy.
Mr. Tcrrol protested thai this should not bo
itono except In the prrsenro ot him or III *
representative. The Turkish government
yielded this point ami today Mr Terret
cabled Acting Secretary Uhl that tlio search
lind been lit the prceoncc ot Mr. Drown , \ \ [
secretary of legation , and that the parties ar
rested were exonerated and Iho Incident
closod.
ANOTIIlJIt ltiillM.10N : lltcr.WINd ,
PrrMdent Illppotylo Warns tlio I'lottCM
Wlmt Tlicy illuy Jlipt-rt.
WASHINGTON' , Oct. 17. From an official
newspaper just received hero from Haytl
It would appear that the president of that dis
turbed country , General lllppolytc , Is prepar
ing himself to meet another rebellion and Is
ready to deal In the most summary manner
with tlio prime mover. Hero Iswhat the Monl-
tourof Augusts has to say : r.asl Sunday his
excellency , tlio president ot the republic , In
the presence of some government officials
and other citizens expressed himself an fol
lows :
"Heforo I was elected clilet ot this stat
I hail taken part In the administration ot tha
affairs of my country. Everybody had recog
nized In me an honest man. Today some of
these parties who aided my promotion , ap
pear to tax me wltli being a thief. U Is
assuredly a glaring offense un their part because -
cause thy knew mo to bo a thief and. having
selected mo as chief of Iho nation , they arc.
thieves themselves. The public tranqulllty
must bo maintained at any cost , and to effect
U there U no sacrifice. I would not mako. I
have by my side at the. present tlmo young ,
devoted men , who , should the oppportunlty
present Itself , only need to hear from me
to act. I know all that Is said all that Is
done , hence they fix Iho 17th as the datesto
attack by arms. I shall , for my part , be like
wise ready then as well as on all other dates.
And so much the \\orso forlheni should thn
attempt fall. The example to which I shall
treat them will bo terrific , because I will not
remain on that day at the palace It would bo
Impossible , for It would bo contrary my
temperament. They may perhaps attempt
my life. I shall not allow Iliem to do mons
they did President Carnnt , because the aides
do camp that are near mo know what will
be tlin penalty should they through neglect
allow Individuals to approach mo without
my giving thpm orders to Hint effect. They
may oven , If they prefer , shoot nt me with
a gun. I announce It now , they have only to
try. "
WIl'IIDKAXMNC LMCO.U Itl.lIllL'llU.IIS.
Navnl VextolR No Longer Connldorod Nccoi-
fiiir.T nt tlmt I'olnt.
WASHINGTON. Oct , 17. Secretary Her
bert , after consultation with the State de
partment , has decided at length to relieve the
United States naval vessels which have
been so long at Blucflelds. Nicaragua , To
day ho sent orders by telegraph to Captain
Simmer of the Columbia to proceed with his
vessel to Kingston , Jamaica. The commander
of the Marblclicad was ordered to proceed
with his ship to Cnrthagenln Colombia , If
the slate of affairs at Blueflclds would war
rant the complete withdrawal of both war
ships. The reason for sending the Marble-
head to Cartlmgcnla Is probably to guard
against any Injury to the- American Interests
there mainly in the hands of Uoston firms
through revolutionary movements growing out
of the selection ot a president to succeed Dr.
Nunez , who died not long ago. If the Colum
bia remains near Jamaica for a tlmo EIO will
be In a position to return at short notlco
to Illueflclds If the occasion requires It.
Senor Ileglfo , Colombia charge d'affaires
says his country Is entirely tranquil and
without signs ot revolution or other disorder
which might affect American Interests.
President Nunez , who died about a month
ago , has been succeeded by Vlco President
Garo. The cabinet have also designated
General Qulntcro Caldero to a position
equivalent of vice president. Senor Ileglfo
says ho would bo advised by cable of any
disorder , so he Is at a loss to know what In
duced the reports on which Secretary Her
bert ordered the Marblehead to Colombia.
HUUTADO U'lU , CU.tlt : HACK.
Colombian MlnUtrrVI1I .Now Probably I5r-
tiiinio Jlls Utillux.
WASHINGTON , Oct. 17. A sharp diplo
matic disagreement between the United States
ot Colombia and the United States of Amor-
lea has just been brought to n close. The
differences grew out of , and have existed , ever
since President HarrisonIn March , 1802 ,
Issued a retaliatory proclamation against
Colombia , under the provisions of the McKinley -
Kinley act , because of the latter's refusal to
negotiate n reciprocity treaty with the United
States , as had been done by other Central
and South American countries. Senor Hur-
tado , the Colombian minister , protested
against the proclamation , and after a warm
correspondence with Secretaries Ulalno and
John W. Foster left Washington , and has re
turned but once since , that occasion being a
call on Secretary Gresham. For two years
Colombia's protests have been before the State
department. Now , however , the new Amer
ican tariff does away with reciprocity and
retaliation , so that the retaliatory proclama
tion against Colombia is annulled. As a. re
sult the strained relations between the two
countries are ended , nnd It Is thought Senor
Ilurdato will take up. . his residence in Wash
ington.
TOUJt 3lOtfJCl'fS trOHTIl Oil XUUlt MOtfKV JIACIC.
We propose to furnish in our advertisement a
lew facts of interest to
OFFICIAL VOTE.
all men. The figures
The vote in this state two
years ago was as follows ; and facts can always
Governor. be relied upon as
Cnouxsn ( Hop. ) 78,425
VAN WYCIC ( Pop. ) 08,017 they will be procured
MOUTON ( Dem. ) 44,103
cured from official
Lieutenant Governor.
MAJORS ( Rop. ) 81,500 , sources , The state
SCIIRADCIt ( Pop. ) . . , 02,501 ments we make are always
WALBACII ( Dom. ) 40,421
ways to be relied upon
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tween a tailors' and ours is the price.
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