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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1896)
TJIJ3 OMAHA DAILY HftK : 1 ? RID AY , _ OOTOBER 2H , 1800. Tim OMAHA DAILY 15 , ItOariWATnU. IMItnr. MHHNINO. Dully Ven ( Without Hmi.lay . ) On * Ycnr. . . . J M Dally Uc nml 8un < t y. One Y * nr . 1J 00 HI * Month * . JW Thru * Mnnllm . J Rumlny It > i . One V * r . . f ' ° Hftturdny life. One Ycnr . " 2 Weekly Ii < ? . One YMF . & ' . oi'nrnsj Omnhn : The lice ItnlMlne. . Bouth Omnlm : filncrr Illk. , Tor X nnd ! ( lh Pin. Council llhirrn : 11 Nortli Main Strft. Chlcnmi Ottlri > : SI" ( 'hftinliT nf 'nmmcrce. New YorU : lloomn 13. II nnit 1i. Tribune IHilK. Wniltlnitnn : HOT P Slrrcl. S. W. All aimmiltilcMli-inii rrtiHInif in news nncl cJI-- tortnl matter nlioiiM l > e niMrrwl : To Inc I Millar. nt'KiNKSs t.irrrr.HH. All burlnr-M Ifttrrn nnl rrmlltnnrM MionM 1) ) * d < lrcrnc < l In The life 1'ul.llriilr.R Company. Oman * . Dinftn. cli lc iml jiwilonire oM r to be mmlc paynlilc to HIP nnlcr of l'ie THB 1M5B rC 8TATHMKNT OP CIHCU1.ATION. KIMe of NVIimrkn , I DouglnK Cutinly. 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TinOmnlm Huniliiy H < % < % Will iirlnt l v .ipiM-liil nrriuiRi'iitPiit With I In- New YorU llrrnlil Tlini imiipr'H poniiptc | | mill ilplnllpil CnnviiMM of Ili < - nrxt p of Il < * | ir 'Miitnllv * K. today ! r ! Ui > K > strnrs sit unlil o'clock tlilri cvrnln ; : . .Tnstlcu may full tpinpornrlly liccauso of the tci'tnili'iilllIoH of tlu > ln\v , but In the ontl rlB"t nnil honesty Invariably prevail. Wlipn a man Is so enfu-r for olllco that lin 1ms to break Into thn ticket with nn axe his IinpehinsHy N likely to bi ; seriously ehockiMl at Iho polls. ' Today Is Iho next but last registra tion day. The Important duty of rejj's- ' tcrlng In order that your vote may lit * cast at the coining election must not be neRl"cled. your name at the proj > cr booth today nnil remind one clso to resistor his. The last day on which this necessary step can bo taken Is Saturday , Oc tober 31. One of the Chicago papers Is trying to dlneuss the subject : " \Vlint Hryiui Did In Congress.What Bryan would have done had ho lived up to bis nroTcsslons , nuc < nn irot "do , would furnish much nioru tanglblo material. That Insulting eplstlo from the demo crats to the populists of Georgia ought to bo another thing to perMiado the populists everywhere to submit to being wnllo\ved by the democrats without kicking or unnecessary disturbance. It Is already announced that the cm- poror of Germany will return the com pliment by visiting the c/.ar of Hussla next summer. At this rate It will not bo long before the monarchs of ICuropo have all their time taken up receiving and reciprocating royal visits. Under the law every voter In the city has a right to bo Informed by proper publication of the times and places of registration and the boundaries of the voting precincts. Hut the city of Omaha has a city attorney who tells the council nnil other olllcials to Ignore the law. The local Uryan organ , referring to the fuslonlsts of the Sixth Nebraska congressional district , says : "Their can didate , W. U Greene , Is making a can vass that cannot help being success. " Wo think so , too. lint wo really did not expect \Vorld-IIerald to admit it. John II. Evans , republican candidate for the state senate , Is a respected and successful business man. He Is ropro- Hontiitlro of the best examples of our energetic anil public-spii-fted - citizens. Wo want a business legislature and we want business men like Mr. Kvans In it. It Is now proposed to reorganize the standing army of Mexico and to make military service compulsory upon the Inhabitants. Is thin another feature of Mexican government that commends that country to our free sllverltes as a model to ho followed by the free United States ? Listen to Koine of the populist orations and you will Imagine the populist gov ernor linn saved the people of Nebraska inoro money than was appropriated to run the whole state government. The claims of these howler are so extrava gant and fictitious as to be positively ri diculous. Populists in this district must not for got that two years ago William .Ten'- nlngs Ilryan willfully ami with his eyes open those to support for congress a gohlbng democrat in preference to a silver populist. This bartering away of principle on the part of the popocratlc presidential nominee must certainly commend him to populists hereabouts. California people think they fore.see nn early contest for maritime control of the Pacific between .lapan and the United Stales and are anxious that this country bu In a position to hold up Its eitir. The Callfornlans will doubtless come bi'foro congress with several propo- tililous to oucourago American shipping on the Pacitlu ocean and they will have seine very strong arguments be hind thoui to back their cluluia. C.I.V H/MM.V / UK TntMTKM When ii man asplrea to an otllce of responsibility and trust where ho would be In a position In d < lunch for good or evil In the community or nation ho ought to hnvo such an o.-Mabllshoil repu tation as would Inspire conlldenco In his professions and promises. The ( piestlon naturally suggests Itself , Has William Jennings P.ryau , In his public and pri vate career In tills city and statv , given evidence that would convince an un biased person that ho Is a man to be Iruste.-.IV Thi ) prohibition campaign of 1800 Bought out the fact that William Jen nings Ilryan Is not to be rolled upon. In Hint campaign , In which ho was a candidate for congress , ho skillfully evaded giving the public any expression lo tell them on which side of this burn ing Issue Ids nympnthlos lay. lie cod dled the prohibitionists and tried to make them believe Hint he was heart and soul with them In their llulit while hobnobbing with salnon keepers and up- -pealing for the saloon vote. The ipies- lion of prohibition against high license was the overshadowing Issue of that campaign and the democratic candidate for governor was elected solely because he took a square stand against prohibi tion , but the democratic candidate for congress , Mr. Ilryan. took to the woods on the matter oC prohibition because lie wanted to fool both the prohibition ists ami the saloon keepers. On the A P. A. Issue , as fought out in tills state lu ISiKi. William Jen nings Ilryan again snowed his skill as an artful dodger. Pre tending to be In favor of the widest Individual liberty and against all forms of sectarian or political proscription , his paper , the Omaha World-Herald. clo eil Its eyes to every outrage perpetrated under the Impulse of sectarian bigotry. Tlie superintendent of the Omaha public schools. Dr. A. P. Marble , now assist ant superintendent of the New York City schools , was ousted from Ids posi tion because ho refused to pi-intitule Ids olllce to petty vengeance against lloman Catholic school teachers , but never a word of criticism or protest from Mr. Ilryan or his paper. This Is only one Instance out of many similar Instances. When the A. P. A. Issue was clearly drawn In the election Mr. liryau's paper was an active supporter of all the A. P. A. candidates. And it was only after the campaign was half over ii'ml ho found his duplicity threatening his own personal ambitions that Mr. Ilryan Inserted In Ills own paper over which ho had exclusive edi torial control an announcement that hi * was not to be held respmiMble for Its policy upon questions of local mo ment. Does Ibis record commend Mr. Ilryan as a man to bi < trusted ? Conclusive proof of Mr. llryan's utter unreliability Is furnished by his conduct In relation to the candidacy of Governor ITolcomb of two years ago. Mr. Ilryan professed to be an ardent and uncom promising supporter of the governor , but the public was surprised one morning to learn that the republican campaign committee bad been permitted to pur chase for the paltry sum of i7. > u di.v : two columns of editorial f-pace dally In the World-Herald , to be useil In vilify. Ing and attacking Mr. HryauV candidate for governor. Again Mr. Ilryan disclaimed responsibil ity ami sought to right himself by ordering the agreement to bo broken. Tlio republican committee promptly went Into court for an order for specillr performance. In issuing the injunction to prevent n further violation of the contract the court said and the court record reads : "Tills injunction Is conditioned upon the plaintiffs tiling a bond as conditioned by the statutes to bo approved l > y the clerk In the sum of .fl.OOO" THIS 11OXD WAS NKVKU KILKD AND MJt. 11UYAN KNiCW IT. Mr. Ilryan Is also enough of a lawyer to know that no In junction conditioned on a bond has any force until that bond Is approved nnd Illcd. The World-Herald continued therefore to print the attacks upon Gov ernor Holcomb of Its own free will and with Mr. llryan's knowledgeand con sent. The pretended Injunction was simply a by-play to relieve Mr. Ilryan from the odium of the dirty transaction and to throw dust Into the faces of Gov ernor Holcomb and his friends. Is Iho man who tries to play both sides of Important Issues the man to in trusted with the highest executive oillco In the land ? Is the man who pulls wool over the eyes of strict temper ance people and prohibitionists wlillo consorting with the saloon element the man to bo in vested with the position of president of the United States ? Can the man who professes to bo in favor of political and religious , liberty yet never raises a finger to oppose ( lie encroachment of sectarian bigots nnd oven lends them a helping hanil command the confidence of a great liberty-loving nation ? Is It not llki-ly that the man who will sell out his friends once for a mess of potlago as Mr. llryau sold out Governor Holcomb two years ago Is It. not likely that he will sell them out again ? s ri.iqitT. No country In the world is In so serious a situation at this time as Spain and how much longer the goveriimtMit can continue to battle against.the grave dlf- ( lenities Hint confront It must be a ques tion of the profoundest concern to thono In power. With a bankrupt treasury , a ruined credit , Insurrections In Cuba and Philippine Islands and a failure of crops that will necessitate large Impor tations , It'Is easy to see that the Span ish government may at any time find IttU'lr overwhelmed by the troniendonit task it lias on hand. Tin- first Indica tion of failure In any of Its policies would be the filunal for a revolutionary move ment at home. At present the great body of the people are loyal , still hoping that the government will triumph over those who have revolted against Its rule , but lot it become apparent that It cannot accomplish tills and the people will rise In a demand for a now government , with the certainty that Spain will be rout by domestic strife. Out of such a conlllct the country would emerge torn and shuttered , perhaps to sink lower In Iho family of nations , possibly to adopt conditions for the better. The American people will have no sympathy with Spain In her extremity. Tlipy will hope that out of It may como Cuban Inde pendence and a Spanish republic , If that lie practicable. Hut they will do noth ing to aggravate the troubles of the un fortunate nation , so long as Spain oh < serves her obligations toward' us , or to expedite her inarch toward a fate that now seems Inevitable. , run In one of his speeches In Ohio Mr. Ilryan said lie fully realized the respon sibilities of the great olllco for which lr Is a candidate. Docs the course which Mr. Ilryan lias pursued In this cam paign indicate that ho has a propel' ' realization or appreciation of the char acter , the dignity ami the rosiMiuslbill- lies of the olllco of president of the rutted States ? Let us see. Two days after Mr. Ilryan was nomi nated he said In a speech at Mattoon , 111. : "I have been taught to believe that a public servant was but a public man chosen for a certain term and to do a certain public work. Yon can't always tell whether a man will make a good hired man or not. Sometimes lie makes a good hired man and somoUmea he docs not. " Herein Mr. Ilryan onunclateil Ills conception of the chief executive of the nation , that lie is a "hired man , " and tills theory he proclaimed in sub sequent speeches. In one of these he said that a person chosen to a public ofllco. no matter how exalted the otllci' ' or how lowly , "is nothing but a hired man , " and In another , "a public servant Is a hired man. " The motive of Mr , Ilryan In uMinnclatlng tills idea is easily understood , but It was the first thin ; that a candidate for the highest position In the gift of the American people de scended so low hi the tactics of the demagogue as to characterise the presi dent of tlic republic a "hired man" and It showed that cither the candidate had no proper conception of the character and diu'iilty of that exalted olllce or he was willing to depreciate it In order Ui catch the applaus" of the Ignorant anil the thoughtless. The constitution ol the I'nited Slates does not make the president a hired man. It clothes him with great ami independent powers. He Iti cninmandcr-In-chlef of the armyjiml navy ; he in large measure controls the foreign policy of the government ; lit1 commissions all the otllcers of the I'tilted States ; he has the veto power , and lie Is charged by the constitution In Hake care that the laws be faithfully executed. " The framersof the organic law evidently did not regard the posi tion of chief executive as that of a "hired man" and It remained for the ptipocratlc candidate for that high olllce lo thus designate Its incumbent. N < i better illustration could be given of the shallowncss and the demagogic nature of Mr. Ilryan. Hut what sort of realization of the responsibilities of the presidency can a candidate for that ollico have win : travels about the country socking votiv by appeals to sectionalism and to popn lar passion and prejudice , by Inciting class hatred and arraying one clement of the pt'oplo against another ? Tin president of the United States Is tin chief executive of the whole people. Hi should have preference for no section or no class. The present attitude of Mr. Hryan anil his party Is one of hostility to a section of the country and to a class of the people. He makes war on tin east and on the employer : ! of labor. Hi sows the seeds of discord and revolt , Can such a man bo taken seriously when he says he realizes the responsibilities of the otllce for which litis a candidate Furthermore , Mr. Ilryan approves the attack made In the Chicago platform on the federal judiciary. Docs this show that ho realizes Iho responsibilities of the executive olllce ? Ho denies the right of the president to "take care that the laws bo faithfully executed" in cer tain contingencies. How does this com port with his professed realization of presidential responsibilities ? Mr. Ilryan was In public life long enough to learn something of the tin- tie.s of the president of the United States , lint that lie has an adequate and proper conception 01 * the exalted char acter and the weighty responsibilities of that ollico may well .be questioned in view of his course and utter.lnces in the campaign. These .show that he lias a narrow and shallow Idea of the ollico and necessarily suggests that if elected to it ho could hardly do otherwise than allow It to deteriorate to the low stand ard expressed In his characterization of the president as a "hired man. " Thai letter of Judge Caldwcll saying that coercion Is illegal and will not bo tolerated on the part of receivers ap pointed by his court Is precisely what every judge would write in answer to a similar interrogatory. Kvery voter is entitled to express his convictions at the polls without throats or Intimidation. The republican party since Its very foi matlon lias stood for a free and un- trainineled ballot and an honest count. The : < hite > s where elections have been a travesty ami men threatened , bulldozed , driven from the polls by force and oven killed are the states where the demo- crars with whom Hryan is training have boon In control and have perpetrated all the outrages. Give everybody a free ballot and an honest count and Hie triumph of McKinley ami sound money Is assured. The editor of the Denver Itepubllcan apparently failed to receive the tip that was sent to the editor of the Denver News. He writes that Colorado will In any event be glad to help Omaha make the Transmlsblsslppl Imposition a great triumph. That eliminates the possibility that Colorado will ilocllno to make an exhibit In case the people of Omaha endorse McKinley and Mercer , as they are sure to do. The way to insure the exposition for 18SKS Is to vote for sound money and the republican ticket. The Mow is Informed by one of Its Ne braska subscribers that silver men are trying to make capital out of a report that the chairman of the Now York republican state central committee has Btatfd that If Hryan were elected the people' would not stand It. This , of course , Is only another of the numerous popocratie fakca which are so spurious on their very face that people do not think lr vfoi'rh ' while to contradict them. If Mr. .J jrjjiV1 xhould by mischance bfc elected ithni'rountry will resign Itself to the calrinu'f.f and try to hold up against the Inovljiijjfe business disturbance the best It may ; Ours Is a government of law and'Tht * republican party typifies that Ini'e / | ' , highest degree. Happily there Is little danger of liryau's election. Illinois'1MVJStort on a constitutional amondmoM { his year amending the pro- vlsloifrolatlng to the adoption of amend ments so that the legislature may sub mit three at a single election Instead ol one only as now. There Is , of course , no opposition to the proposed change , al though there Is danger that Its friends may overlook It la the Intense excite ment over the presidential and guberna torial contests In Illinois. Mr. Hryan , the same who Is now run ning for the presidency , was the Im mediate predecessor of Hon. D. II , Mercer as representative In congress from fids district. Mr. llryan's sole substantial benollt to the district was the procurement of an elevator for the postolilce at Lincoln. If yon week a monument to Mr. Mercer's energy and faithfulness you have only to look about you. Not one voter out of a hundred knows the boundaries of his ward and pre cinct or could prove bis eligibility If a registrar refnxed to take bis name In n certain district. Suppose the registrar makes a mistake such tilings have been known to happen what recourse has the voter and where Is ho to go for his proof if the boundaries are not adver tised according to law ? D. T. Mount , who is running for ( lie city council on the republican city ticket from the Seventh ward , is well known in Omaha , especially among the people who have resided hero for years past. Mr. Mount was In the city council once before and made a creditable record. lie may be expected to represent the sub stantial interests of the city and Its tax payers in the next council. IrrlltiU-il li > - the Finn' . Globe-Democrat. The display of the American llnK has an unpleasant effect on the nerves of sonic ol the Hrynn men , but the great majority ol citizens will rrscrvo the rlsht to show the national coloi-3 whenever they feel like doing It. Colil K I/iifrnlo / Bxprvys. In 1S95 the world's productlcn of gold war 3203.000.000. In 1S73 the woi'lil'a production of both Bold nnd sllVqr Combined was $178,320.800. Need moro.bq said ? IN II * t'o < > fin oil NiiTVf Hprliislivl'l iMiiPH. ) llrpubllcnn. The n"ld dolpr ! In relation to wheat hat depreciated 31 per cent within six weeks , If It was 1,90 good a dollar for the WHKC- worker six jivpflfs nRO , la It too Rood a dollar lar now ? I.looa ihc want one still more de preciated In relation to uhcat and every thing else aa well ? of ClicrU. Chronicle * ( item. ) Mr. nryan. the man who voted foi \Veavcr In 1802 , who afterward formally nnil publicly renounced democracy , nnd wlio ran for Unite , ! States senator In Nebraska as a populist , hiis the assurance to speak ol the men wlitj"an - supporting Palmer ami Duckncr as " x-ilrmocrats. " If check would make n man' president ilr. nryan should liavo reached that poxt some Mine ago. PuMlitu anil Conru.sloii. I'lillaik-lp'ilu Ilmiril. Mr. Simon I1. Shccrln of Indiana , v.-lic h&s just renounced the support of Hryan , was Eccrctcry of the de'mocrntlc nations * committee from. 1S92 until the Chicago con vention ; and , much as It went against trie grain , ho remained a member of the us- tlonal committee after the adoption tilt Chicago platform. Uut thn recent alliance. of the popocratti and populists of Indiana proved too much for hit atomacli. Ills ac tion affords a very significant hint of I lie direction of the political current In Indian ? . Mr. Shccrln has been driven by the logic of events .out of the popocratlc party. ; I he People. J.'cw York Sun. Some 70 or SO per cent of the citizens of the United Staffs get lliolr living In the form cf wages or salary. These gentlemen are a large part of the "tolling massM" about whcae welfare Mr. Bryan Induces himself to bu so anxious. Mr. Uryan compliments these gentlemen In two ways , lie thinks that they arc such hypocrites and eowarda that they wear Mc- Klnlcy butter * ) although they Intend to vote for Hrvau. And ho thinks that they are such fools that they will vote for lower wages and higher prices. Mr. Dryan will learn something on the evening of November 3. AX 1IOM3ST SlIiVKllITi : . -'rri' Uolniuvc UN n .Mc-niiN uf Sct'iirlutr Clu-np l.aluir. New York Sun. Wo applaud our Colorado contemporary , the Mining Industry and Review of Den ver. for the frankness and boldness with which It in a ken Us appeal for the abolition of the gold standard and the substitution of Ellvcr. In * an address to rcanufacturcrs solely It warns them that the tremendous advantage possessed by the countries which pay tholr wages In silver , or "cheap money , " can be tmcccssfillly met only by making sil ver the standard for America , or. In other words , by cutting American wages to meet the competition of the east. For the present we will leave to the free silver men , who dare not confess that they are engaged In It , this method of cutting wages behind the backs of deluded labor. No honorable manufacturer and no loyal American will -countcunnco their under taking , at the proposed sacrifice of the honor of the governuienttand people of the United States. The edl { ? cf the United States , a nation of hltu'rTS unchallenged name for fair dealing , | ljd pledged to pay Its obliga tions In gold , must bo preserved at all haz ards. And upon that Issue we bellcvo that an overwholmVhaMaJorlty of employers and employed are nrnily agreed. oxn ciiKiifiox MIS .VAiiiii. A Hiiei-lllo Chufivil'roiiiitl | > - mill Km- I > ] | iilluilly SiillCfil. . . . 'rmjuito I'ont. Among the coercion lies that have been ( lying so rant , and thick from popocratlc headquarter * ! fluty" olio so far has conde scended to sudi .particularity OH to admit of Instant and1 cinpbatlc denial. Ono O. I' . Skaggs. siipervjsor. of Daiivera township , In McLean county/ Illinois , had the temer ity to assert that ho had three circulars signed by I'rVjlAnlit Fish of the Illinois Cuitral railroad notifying employes of that road that If they did not vote for McKinley loy they would lose their positions. The assertion , like all others In this campaign , In regard to the coercion of worklnguicn by their emplojera was a Bolt-evident false hood , because. It Implied that President Klsli had lost the shrewdness that won him his position. Uut the statement was so specific In terms that U evoked the follow ing Instant refutation : CHICAGO , III. , Oct. 18. Have not written any loiter atany tlmo to any employo of tac Illinois Central Itallroad company at Con- Iralla or oUowhcro telling them how to vote. Tills company lias at all times refrained from Interfering with the political rlghtu ol any of Its employes , leaving thuin absolutely free to vote as their conscience directs. BTUYVESANT 1'IBII. Now , If Manifesto Jones will only reduce his tales of coercion to specific statements he may bo accommodated wlllt the "lie di rect" aa lu this case. COKllOION O.V A 111(1 5GAI.R. Attempt of Cnlnrnilo Sllrrrllcn if Ilnllilnip Omnlin. Vnlrrn. Bloux City Journal. U haa remained for the Nebraska nup- porters nnd champions ot William Jennings nryan to give to the world the most ob noxious example ot attempted coercion ol the voters through n deliberate plan to conv pel tl < Omaha people lo vote against thcli consciences In order to save n local Interest About ten daya ago , goon after the return o ! the editor from Denver , the Onlaha World- Herald publlshiM the following In tvgnrd If the congressional contest In the Omaha dis trict : "Let Douglas county people consider well this matter : What states will do most to ward milking the Transmlsslsslppl Kxposl lion a. succcH ) , those cast of the Mlsslsslpp or these west of It ? Where do Omaha' ! chief Interests llo ? " Doubtlrfls the Omaha people wore no1 deceived as to the meaning of this threat , They expect to have n great exposition lr Omahn In 1S9S , nnd they hopeto secure the co-operation of alt the states lying west ol thn Mississippi river. The Item lu tin World-Herald simply moans that If Onuihr doea not vote for frco silver and the demo , cratlc ticket the silver in I no owners in the mountain states will do all In their pnwci to break up the proposed Transmlsslsslpp Exposition. The warning of the attempt to use sucl a dtflplcalilo club was soon followed by i manifesto In a Denver newspaper nnnomic Ing the plan ot boycotting the exposition lr case Omaha voters do not do ns their Cole radn friends want them to. This has thor oiiRhly aroused the Omaha people to the na < turn of the attack which ls being made upon their pet project for political pur poses , and they are properly resenting and : Interference. The Omaha Dee points on I that the election of Dryan would probablj result In the abandonment of the exposition slnco Mr. nryan himself admits that panic would ensue- Incident to the proposed revolution In our monetary system , am : It would take months to recover from thi shock. Only nineteen months would remnli from the dnto of the Inauguration until tin date for the opening of the exposition , anil It would be Impossible , with commercln : affairs further deranged , to provide for the finances of the exposition , lint the World- Herald wonts to keep up the effort to forct Omaha voters to vote for Ilryan and tin populist candidate for congress In tie Omah.i district , and attempts nn argumcni ns follows : "As a matter of fact , the Transmlsslsslpp exposition will bo benefited by anything which will benefit the transmlsslsslpp states. The opening of the silver mines wll help trndo of all kinds In the west , and wll give new life to the section that Is nov languishing. " This Is all the argument that can bi made -in defense of the plea that Nebraak : people should vote to please their Coloradc neighbors. "Tho opening cf the sllvci mines" Is the sole purpose of the Hryar movement , nnd while Ilryan newspapers nt ttmpt to co\er up this purpose In thcli general arguments , they reveal It by Jnsi such arguments as the above. Omnha voters should not be deceived tij the argument. It proceeds upon the false assumption that everybody In the trans- Mississippi region Is Interested In sllvel mines. Now Iowa Is In this same trnn mlsslsslppl region , nnd there are no sllvci mines In lown to bo opened , and Iowa Ii not of "tho section that Is languishing. ' The silver mining region Is not co-cxtcnslvi with the transmls.ilsslpp ! region. U Omaht Is going to consider this specious plea nt nl the voters should remember that nlnet > " nlno hundredths of the support of the pro posed exposition must come from within a radius cf 300 mllea of Omaha , west , cast north and south. There being no argument In support oi the claim that Omaha should become sec- llonal for elllsh ends , all that Is left ol the matter Is a bold attempt nt coercion. The silver mlno owners have exhibited a bit club which they my they would use to break down the proposed exposition if they arc not satisfied with the way the Omaha people ple vote next month. Wo shall see- - whether or not the Omaha people are such cowards as to stifle conscience nnd go like blind men to the polls to vote for what .they know will cripple their country just to please the silver mlno owners. I1KYAVS .MOCK III3XISVOMSXCI3. I"ri > t > CuliiiMTC > f I'riiinlMi'N In Ill-turn fur it .lull. ClilenBo Trlliunc- According to Ilryan , the people have been defrauded of GO-cent Mexican dollars , and have- been given 100-eent dollars , good nil over the world. They have been deprived of poor wages and good wages have been thrust on them. They have been cheated out of misery that rlshtfully belonged to them and have been compelled to b3 pros perous. The happy accident of 1873 defrauded the peopleof the United States out of a kind of money which would have boon worth 90 cents on the dollar lu 1S78 and only CO cents now. If that was a fraud on the people. It was committed without malice. It was n beneficent frnud , the perpetrators of which deserve thanks rather than abuse. Is It not better for the people that they fihould remain "defrauded ? " They will have to pay a very heavy prlco to get back the kind of money they were deprived of There will bo a panic. There will bo no employment for many and good pay for none. There will bo n general reduction of wages and confiscation of credits. The value the purchasing power of the money manhas saved will shrink every man- up one- half. half.So So , Is Uryan a real benefactor or Is ho a confidence operator ? Is he any better than the tricky fellow who persuades the owner of good land to trade It off for some acres of undesirable ) marsh ? Is he any better than the fellow who tells some Ignorant man that he Is ono of the heirs to an Eng lish estate and that he can get millions If ho will glvo his Informant a few hundred dollars to prove up the claim ? I'KHSOXAI , AXII OTIII3IIW1SI3. The average sum received by Sir John Millals for his 300 pictures was $5,000. On a recent buckboard rldu at Calais , Me. , there wire four grandmothers and ono great- grandmother present. Mrs. Frcnccs Hodgson Burnett , It Is said , makes a larger Income than nuy other woman writer In the world. The secret of perpetual youth has been discovered again and , as usual , the dis coverer continues to grow old , just like the rest of us. During the Georgia campaign a number of papers referred to Governor Atkinson us "a wlfo-mado man" and the governor never took exception to the designation. The voters' registration books In Kentucky have a column to deslgnato "party afllllu- tlon. " W. F. Nlcklcs , who was registered In Frankfort laat week , ordered put down opposite his name : "Eleven-thirteenths democrat , two-thirteenths populist. " The laat of the southern ante-bellum sena tors Is T. L. Cllngman , who now liven In Ashevlllo , N. C. Ho was senator from North Carolina when the state acceded , but he- kept his ecat until the end of the special session after the Inauguration of President Lincoln. Then bu joined the confederate army. Another evidence that education must bo supplemented by something else Is given by L. G-oIdstcln of West Ilowdoln , Me , Ho speal < 8 and writes ancient and modern Hebrew , Greek , Polish , Swedish , Latin , Ger man , French , Italian , Russian , Chinese and UnglUh. Yet lie finds contentment as a common peddler of tinware. Kaunas City seems to have the happy fac ulty of developing the public spirit of her citizens. Colonel Su'opo not long ago gave. lier a great tract of land for a park ; the late George 'Shuldloy bequeathed a large sum tor the establishment of a public library , tor the artistic adornment of which another Icparted resident , Frank Ilalrd , mudo generous erous- provision , and now William Askew has offered to the city a alto and the Foundations of a gre'at auditorium , In which to hold meeting * and conventions of all kinds. The monument to the memory of Mary land citizens who fought In the navy during the civil war , erected In the National ccmo- tery , In London park , Ilnltlmore , will bo ledlcatrd on Thanksgiving day. Louis and Victor Dennett , aoim of Captain Deunutt -f Baltimore , will unveil the menu ment. Lieutenant Colonel J. Frank Sup- ! > lco has been Invited to make the princi pal address at the * unveiling , and has ac cepted. Prominent officials of the Navy de partment will bo 'invited ' to bo present at Iho exercises , and Assistant Secretary Me- i\doo has already ueut an acceptance. HISTORY OF THE OT1BUND Story of the Birth nnil Growth of a Trent Which is Purely Defensive. RUSSIA'S ALLIANCE WITH FRANC London Chronicle * 1'iiltllnlicn nti AP count of the I'oritiatloii of the IPtMrcn the Tire UotintrlcM. LONDON , Oct. 22. The Chronicle , upo authority which It Is believed ls umiucstlon able , Rives the history ot the formation an growth of the Frar.co-Husslan alliance. "It was opened , " says the Chronicle , "b a military conference , dated August , 1800 of which General Obrutchclt was the chic nuthor , and which was for defensive pur poses. The next Important event was th visit to Toulon by thn Russian fleet In Octo bcr , 1S93. which was followed by the sign Ing of the treaty In December , 1893 , th statesmen chiefly concerned being M. Casl mlr-Perlor and M. do Glors. It Is simply military conference with special relation t the balance of power created by the Austro German alliance , nnl lapses on the day tha the alliance COIIIOH to nn end. It Is pure ! defensive nnd In no way aggressive , an therefore- could not bo used for the recover of Alsace-Lorraine. In fact It Is sold directed ngnlnst n possible German nttac Bush as by nimnnrck In IS'fi. "Tho treaty IUH been practically put I operation by fresh codicils dealing , first With the scare based nn the unfounded re port that England Intended to Interfere I Morocco ; ( second , with the China-Japan war third , with the Soudan expedition , "In connection with the latter wo bellev that Franco has sent two notes to Englani without Russia's approval , displaying a de slro to recur to the abortive Drummon Wolf convention of 1877 , which proposed th British evacuation of Egypt and the neu trallzlng ot the Suez canal , but which cam to nothing owing to French organizations. ' I..VTI3ST ADV1CI3S'KHOM TIIU OIIII3Y .lapiiiK-Hp Army Still Killing Off ( hi IiiIinlilliinlN of KorniONii. VANCOUVER. H. C. . Oct. 22. Further nd vices from Formosa state that the Japancs are pacifying that Island by exterminating the natives. Men , women and children an bayoneted by Japanese troops , whllo the whole country Is overrun with banditti. In many district- ; there has been severe drouth und in addition to other horrors , famine stares the people In the face. A travole who has just returned from a tour thrnugt the "camphor" district , denies that the re belllon has been suppressed , although the villages we.ro desortrd and everywhere wa evidence of destruction caused by fire and aword. ' Once apaln It Is announced that the Mohammedan rebellion has been suppressed although mtislonary reports do not In on ) way agrco with 'official Intelligence. Meanwhile there Is a lively rising In the Chung Lok district , about 100 miles fron Swatow Islands , This Is the district-whero Hahkkes destroyed the property of tbo Hase missions , for which act the German govern ment obtained ample reparation. So far no mission stations ore reported as being In danger nnd troops have been dispatched to the Hccno. Brigadier W. M. Powell has been up- pointed commander of the Salvation Armj In Japan. A Japanese steamship Hue to Australia has been started , tilt Yamashlro Maru , the pioneer steamer , having left Kobe on Octo ber 7 with -100 tons cargo. The emperor and empress of Japan have niado largo donations for the sufferers In the various provinces visited by the earth quakes and floods. I'Hl.VCKS.S IIKLK.VH KVl'KUS HOMI3 frown 1'rlnoe'n llrlilc Wolcoincil l > j the Kliii ? nml Uncfii. ROME , Oct. 22. Princess Hclene ot Mon tenegro made ) her state entry Into Rome today. Her relatives arrived hero nt 11 o'clock and were welcomed by King Hum bert. Queen Marguerite , the crown prince , her betrothed husband , the ministers , mem bers of the diplomatic corps , etc. The streets from the railroad station to the palace wcro thronged with crowds of people ple , lined with troops and gaily decorated. The procession was composed of twenty royal carriages , and was preceded and fol lowed by strong detachments of cuiras siers. Their majesties and the princess \\cro continually cheered by the crowds. Military bands stationed nt Intervals along the route played the national anthems of Italy and Montenegro. SPAIN KKKI.S RI.OOMV KMHIlill. \Vnrn Ahrnnil iiiul Crop KullurcH nt Ilonif IHxrmirnurr ( ho CiiNtllluiiH. LONDON. Oct. 22. A Madrid dispatch to thp Standard says : The- queen regent presided at a council of ministers today. Senor Canovas. the premier , gave a com plete sketch which was gloomy enough ot homo and colonial affairs. The loss of men In the colonial wars has proved disastrous to husbandry , ns proved by the marked de crease In exports. Spain will bo compelled to largely Import breadstuffs. Only pa- trlotlsm prevents the latent discontent from breaking out. A sort of Instinctive present ment Impels the nation to show cohesion and a haughty determination , with a view of avoiding International complication and the possible Intervention of thu United States. MUST 1I.VVI3 AMI3HICA.V AVIIBAT. Dciiinml IjlKtl > - to Continue for ii Full Yeur. LONDON , Oct. 22. The Dally Telegraph In an article1 on the rlso of wheat says : The merchants of Mark Lane do not agrco us to the real reason. Some attribute it to American election tactics and others to the Indian demand. One Influential dealer said England must Import at least 20,000.000 quarters duilng the coming year , and that alone will tend to keep the prices up. All admitted the ° * market was' strong and was likely to get stronger. .Siillnn Ijovlen .More Tine * . CONSTANTINOPLE , Oct. 22. An Irado has been Issued levying a poll lax of five piastres per head on all Mussulmans and Increasing the taxes on sheep , public works and education by 1 to l'/4 per cent. These taxes , with the revenue from the flvo projected monopolies , will , It Is estimated , liroduce 1,200,000 Turkish pounds , which will bo used for military purposes. These mili tary preparations , In connection with the tonu of the Turkish press against Iho Ar menians , have excited comment. Sllllllll I.lkely ( o Die llnril. LONDON. Oct. 22. The Paris correspond ent of the Dally News reports that ho hears the czar's visit to Queen Victoria at Hal- moral resulted In Russia. England anil franco agreeing upon the basis of n policy n Japan and China , whllo thu Lavant , the Mediterranean and African questions are beliiR arranged. The c/.ar wants the result obtained without bloodshed , Hays the corre spondent , and is supported by Italy and Austria. The sultan Is likely to dlo hard , nit ho will be obliged to yield. Wenlthy Ariiienlnii to He I'linlNlieil. NEW YORK. Oct. 22. A special to tlio Herald from Constantinople says the most sensational trial ever known In Turkey lias ust been concluded. Aplk UKencll , the * mU- lonalro Armenian , 1ms been condemned o thrco years' seclusion In u fortress , Ho was accused of being chief of the revolution * ury committee. This latter wan considered not proven , but his connection with the novoment wjs established. Ho was given the minimum penalty possible. for u SIIIIIIHI I.oiin , MADRID , Oct. 22. The seml-olflclal Nac- clonal says that the negotiations for a big ipantsh loan continue , In the meantime' . It adds , the smaller credit operations sufflco and ansuro the resources "necessary to main tain thu national honor and defend the In- cgrlty of the country. " The Nacclonal says n conclusion ; "Spain posst'ssvs all the noldlen she needs and will prove she has bo money iiccc&fiury , " PASSIM * llnrper'R llncnr : IMiotoRrntihor ( lo Uiicl * Sl > You nro n nplondld sitter. nlr : unrlc Sl-Wnnl. no tbry mty to homo. I'vebodii pnictloln' sltttn' for ulgh onto twenty yours. Somervlllo Journal : ' Ono of the mot pnthotlc nights In the tintvirn * IM n fut mm trying to be xt-minioHim. Atliuitn ConMltullon : "Countrv'n cone to the dogno ! ; bopn for It ! " "Too Imdl Just hud nil oleetlon. Imvotl't you ? " "Yes " "Well , wasn't It u fair ono ? " "Oh. vc'ai Hut I wns bent , slr-pltim bent. " Sotnervlllo Journiili Wink * Do you be- llnvn In hypnotism' ' lllnkftOf courseI do. Don't you jtco this neoktlo tlmt tbo dork induced my wlfo lo buy ibu other ilny ? Now York Truth : Olglamp-To bo nblo to drive n four-iu-tmml properly a man nonlH brains. Paroals Yc.i , Indeed ; n Ic-miilng Intellect. In fact , ' Puck : "I didn't realize- how short ho until I hoard \\lint Miss PlnkerJy about him. " "What was tlmt ? " "Sim said ho was every Inch ft Urooklyn Llfo : Miss Antique * -Tlmt horrid rid JonoM tried to kiss tn < > last night after drinking too much wlno at dinner. Miss Caustlquo-1 was teilil thill ho hm ! signed the pledgo. this morning. Cincinnati Enquirer : "Saw you coming out of the harbor's ibis morning. " said the soolnble boarder. "I went lu on business connected with purely personal ends , " repllod Asbury Pep- Iin-s. with much dignity , "Oil. hoi ? pardon. I " "Tlmt Is to wiy. I got my Imlr cut nnj my shoes slilnedj ; ' TK.M PTATIONS TO KHROR. Wnshlnxton Htnr. 'TIs not the man whoso foot nro lar Who makes tbo swiftest sprinter ; 'TIs not tlie girl with temper hot \ \ ho best endures tbo winter ; 'Tig not the hen that cackles loud Who makes Uio steadiest layer ; 'TIs not the bliwst bead of hnlr That makes tbo foot ball player. UHYMKS OK TllK TIMKH. John Kcntlrlck Ilnnci In Harper's Weekly. QU13IIY UY YH FAUM1CR. What's n-poln' to happen In that eomln' happy day , When the bloomln' sllverltes have gone and bad their way ? Wlitti the iroldbtiK's ruined und we've sll- vcrbugM to pay ? What's a-goln' to happen tlion , ye prophets , tell us pray ? What's to save the people from the west- tern slIverbugH Cornrrln * the market nnd n-puttlu' on their lugs. Lcndln' us their silver , nnd cxpcctlu' us to pay Hack our debts In silver coin ? Then wlmt'n to happen , e-b ? ANBWBK BY YE SIM'KUITE. What's to happen ? What's to happen In tin ) coming day ? This como hither , brother , betid your waiting e-ar this way : When Iho sllvcrling ha- . Rot you , lying poor and Hat , Then we'll Hud some ? cheaper cash , anil whoop It up for that. Afler silver's had Its run we're going Infer for brass. When tbo brassbiiK'n got you down , we'll build a boom for grass. When the grassbtiir catches you , what's to happen , eb ? Then , you poor old sufferer ! we'll como out strong for hay. Why should hay not pass for evish ? Pray , why may not tbo law Glvo a legal tender value to n bale of straw ? . Hay nnd straw came from the earth ay , just us much as gold , And lu greater quantities by several thou sandfold. That's the vital point , my friend , that la the worst of gold- Other things are madetncso ilnyn In so much groaterfold. Why should law force nny - manvho'fl hopelessly In debt Into sot tllii ) , ' up bis bills with stuff that's bard to get. When wo'vo countless other things , lllto sticks and slonos and sanii , laying all about us In this truly fertile land Things with which , by ccrlnln laws , In violate and stern , Ml could live In opulence , no matter what they earn ? t A TO T1IK KAGT THAT \VIII3N YOU VUH UI3ADY TO COXSIDI3U Till ! ] 1ATTIOIC , Til 13 1'L.AOK IN WHICH TO CON.SIDI3U IS 11I3U13 TIII3 MATTI3II 8 KAIJj GLOTIHNO. W13 DON'T . 'ANOY FOR A MINUTJ3 THAT WI3 MfM THIS ONLY. MAKKHS OF OLOTII N . UUTYI3 AUK ALMOST TII13 O N L Y MANUKAOTUKI3US W IIP SI3LJj AT HI3TAIL. . DIKKCTLY TO 'II13 AVKAHI5U. IK YOU AUK \VI3AUKH OK MKN'S CIXmilM ! OK IK YOU IIAVI3 A HOY VHO MUST 1U-J KITTICI ) OUT THIS SKASOX , Ol'HS IS TIII3 OXI3 STOU10 V1II3UK YOU AUK HUKI3 OK DI3AL- XC ! WITH IlKADQUAKTKUS. WON'T KOKGl-yi' Til 13 HATH , 3ITHKK. KOU AN ID13A OK AVI I AT VIS IIAVI3 TO OKKKK TAKI3 A LOOIC T OUK K1KTKI3XTI1 8TUI3I3T WIN- H\VS , AND YOU WILL KIND THK TYLICS AND IMUGI3S MAUICKD OX 'IIKM. S. W. Cor Ifith mid Douglnn Sts ,