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THE OMAHA DATLTV" 111313 ; SATURDAY , OCTOBER 81 , 1800 , TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE. > * , nOriKWATRft , IWIlor. I'UllMRIllTo KVKllY if6llNINCJ. TRIIMK OK BUnSCItlPTIOM. Dally Hce ( Without Hun.Jiy ) , Ono Year I S CO Dally lien nnd HunJny , Ono Year ! M Hl Month * BW Thrwi Monlln 2 CO Hunilny life. One Yrnr 5 "i UMiinlny life , One Ymr I * ! Weekly ll e , Ono Yrnr OITICIS : Omnhn : The UPC llull.llnc. . w Bouth Omaha t Hlnner ink. , COT. N nnil : ilh Sl . f.'mmcll Illiiffsi 1 * North Mnln Street. Oilmen Omro : 317 rhnmbfr of foinmercc. New York : Ilnomn U. II nnl 15. Tribune DMff. Waililnnton ; l < o ; r Hlre t. N. W. couiiisi'ONDiNcn. All communication1 ! iclntlnit to newn nml pill- torlnl matter rliouM le niMrtiifnr To tlio Ittllor. IlUfllNKMB I.KTTHIIS All liiiMncM Icttere nnd remlltnnrm should 1 > nrtiln-Med to The Dec IMitillnlilnR Company , Omaha. Drnfti. checks nml tiontotnco onleM tc tM ) mail * tiavntila to th * onler of the company- THI : mi : : ITHMHIIINO COMPANY. 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In n choice butwoon Stulit nml Ilnsoall no iniin should hi'sltiite to vole for Sttihr. Brynn hns conseil worrying over Hint Bccontl term. The first term Is whnt Is worrying him. They hnvo tonuuloi'S In OUlnhnmn notwithstanding the fact Unit Olsla- homn lins no vote In the electoral col- Don't overlook the assessors. The as sessors have ns much , If not more , to do with I\\\I\K \ \ the tax rale as the city council. A first rate way of avoiding any pos- fillili ! dlsturlmnco In Omnhn on the nlulit of November - Is to refrain from In citing It. Vote for the republican nominees and avoid nil possibility of getting confused by the multiplicity of party designations on the olllclal ballot. Ono of the arts of the demagogue Is to deny bis demagog- . Bryan Is an adept In all the arts of the demagogue , this one not excepted. Next Monday the people of Nebraska will enjoy the dlgnllled spectacle of n presidential candidate overrunning twenty-live counties In one day. After the emigrant rate war Is settled a few more times the different railroads may discover that there Is not emigrant business enough to Justify lighting for It. The weakest spot In Governor IIol- comb's armor Is his fnllure to recognize the claims of worktngmcn In general and Omaha's worklngmen In particular. In re-electing Hon. David II. Mercer to congress over his opponent , the voters ers of the district will stick to a cer tainly rather than lo commit them selves to an uncertainty. i The Bryanites are now busy prepar ing n way of retreat after their leader shall have been defeated. In fact the line of retreat Is now more Important for them than the plan of advance. Every employer of labor should see to it that each voter In his pay Is reg istered and casts his ballot on election day. There is no business so Important as the business of saving the country's credit. If the Bryanllo organ has any more roorbacks , fakes , forgeries or garbled documents please trot them out. There Is nothing lee rantankeroiis or disreputa ble to bo launched by the Bryimlte fake- factory. The registration board will sit from 8 a. m. till ! ) p. m. If yon are regis tered yourself remind some one else who Is not , and If you are an employer see that none of your men neglect this necessary formality. The virulent attacks upon Superin tendent Corbelt should not distract re publicans and nil who desire to have the public schools of the state admin istered by nn experienced educator from giving him their cordial support. In the outcry of the local silver organ against the proposed republican demon- stratlon OH the night of November 1 ! Is detected the familiar ring of the voice of another political party which said la 18(10 ( "All wo ask Is to bu let alone. " The prospect that then * " will bo n good many republicans In Mr. Bryan's Omaha audiences on the night before election seems to be a source of dis quietude to the friends of that candi date ? Is Mr. Bryan afraid to talk tc republicans ? Charles Casey , the republican candi date for state treasurer , ranks high as a business man and Is a man of llrst- class financial standing. No man In the slate Is batter iiunllllod to become the trusted custodian of the state's funds. John II. MacColl IIIIH all his material Interests bound up In Nebraska. Ho Is n Nobrnskan through nnd through. When ho Is elected governor ho will give Nebraska an administration that will hold the Intcretttu of Nuurubkn above ' all other thiuga. . TIIK OFFICIAL The npcclnl attention of rvcry volci In Nebraska Is cnllod to the way li which the olllclnl ballot Is mndo up The mimes of tha prosldcntlnl elector * nominated by the different political par ties are printed on the ticket In groupt according to their party designation There nro olght names on each elec toral ticket , the names of the republican candidates appearing Ilrst. As the votei cxprcssi'ri his choice under the law not for presidential nominees but for Indi vidual electors , It Is necesnry that he put his cross mark after the name ol ouch republican elector. To have \\\t \ \ \ vote counted for MelClnloy , therefore , It Is necessary for every voter to mnke eight crossmnrks , ono after each place where the word "republican" appears on the electoral ticket. One cross after the entire group of electors will not servo the purpose. The same advice holds good with re gard to the state and legislative ticket. The voter under the Australian ballot system that prevails In Nebraska votes for Individual candidates. The name of every republican candidate on the ticket Is followed by the designation "re publican. " Men who want to vote the republican ticket have thus n plain guide before them. All they have to do Is to place a crossmark In each space opposite the word "republican , " where- over It occurs on the ballot. Such a course will preclude nil possible chance of mistakes and Is the only safe course to pursue. Tire OF A KIND. -In the present campaign B. It. Dullle Is emulating the example of William Jennings Bryan. When Bryan was a candidate for congress he was a tem perance man with prohibitionists and a personal liberty man with the liquor dealers. In the campaign of 180(1 Bryan Is double discounting his two- faced congressional campaign. He con- lldontly counts on getting the bulk of the prohibition vote , as well as the bulk of the rum dealers' vote. As an ex- Sunday .school superintendent , Bryan counts not only on the Presbyterian vote but nl.M ) on that of other Prot estant denominations , at the same time feeling sure of the almost unanimous support of the Catholics , In spite ol the hide-and-seek game he plnyed while his paper was lighting the battles of the anti-Catholic secret order last fall. Following In the footsteps of Bryan , Judge Dullle Is shullllng his cards seas as to win whatever color may be trumps. He counts on the solid sup port of Catholic democrats , while he Is secretly hobnobbing with the radical .lohnny Thompson faction of the Amer ican Protective association , who are banding themselves together against Mercer under pretext that Mercer kept aloof from the conflict last fall , while Duillo was giving them aid and com fort. Mr. Dullle , of course , counts on getting the solid support of the Judge Scott silver republican patriots , while at the same time he Is courting sup port from the Boyd democrats , who have no faith In the free silver jag euro. AH may be fair In love , war and politics , but there Is such a thing us playing double too much. " J/.IT SHALL TIIK H-.IOB WOHKRK nui The Industrious aud honest workingman - man has a deep Interest In the outcome of next Tuesday's election. It Involves the questions whether he shall continue at work or join the army of the Idle ; whether wages shall be maintained or reduced by diminishing their purchas ing power ; whether the condlton of labor shall be improved or shall deteriorate. Under the existing monetary standard and protection the United States achieved the greatest progress of any nation In the world's history. Labor was well employed and wages steadily advanced. The working classes ac cumulated largo savings and acquired home.s more generally than In any other land. Industry and thrift were well rewarded. The republican party pro poses to restore these conditions. It does not ask the people to try any ex periment. It asks them for authority to maintain the monetary system and to return to the economic policy which gave them prosperity. We have had a most trying experience for several years , duo to the assault on protection and on the currency. Both capital and labor have suffered , but the hardship and the priva tion have fallen upon labor ami the pro ducers. We cannot llnd a remedy In debasing the money of the country. It must be found In putting the great In dustrial enterprises of the nation Into operation and giving work to every Idle hand that wants It. It Is for the wage earners to determine whether or not this shall be done. Mr. Bryan and his followers are en deavoring io persuade the woiklngmen that free silver would give them more work and better wages. This Is con trary to all the world's experience. The gold standard has not been a detri ment to wage Workers. On the contrary wnges are higher In all gold standard countries than they arc In silver stand ard countries. Wages In all gold stand ard countries have risen within the past twenty-live years. The chief complaint of the populists Is that labor Is too well paid. They think labor's wages , paid In gold dollars , buy too much to eat and drink and wear and they want to cut them down. They want to do It by shrinking the value of each dollar and so reducing the purchasing power of wages , which Is the same thing , In effect , as directly cutting down the wages. It Is safe to say that no man who Is at work thinks ho Is getting too much pay for his labor. It Is safe to say that no wife of a worklngman thlnkH the money which her husband gives her for house hold expenses buys too much food and clothing for the family. There Is not a wage earner In the land who would not deplore a reduction In pay that would compel him to practice a more rigid economy In order to make ends meet- to deprive himself and his family of necessaries and comforts they now have. ThLs being Indubitably true , how can a worklngman , considering the matter simply from the viewpoint of self-in terest , vote for u policy that would re duce the piirclumlng power of his wages , whether It bo 50 pur cent or only 10 per cent ? How can a worklngmnn whoso present earnings are no more than mull- clout to provide n respectable subsistence for those dependent on him vote to try n reckless experiment whose advocates say will raise the prices of everything he has to buy , but which they give no assurance will raise the price of labor an experiment which It Is universally admitted will cause a violent Ilnanclal and business disturbance from which labor would Inevitably surfer ? These are practical questions which every worklngman who contemplates voting for free sliver and consequent currency debasement should seriously consider. CADKT T.irLon's r.i.vm/wrr. If there Is any one thing that has constituted Cadet Taylor's stock In trade , It Is his boast that he has always been a straight republican. As a mat ter of fact , Cadet Taylor has always been a republican crook who has been a republican for revenue only. That was his record before ho tame to Omaha and his career In Omaha has only continued the adage that you pan never make a crooked stick straight. Ills methods have always been those of a confidence sharp , whether In politics or In business. As president of the collapsed Bubble bank , Catlet Taylor managed to worm himself Into the confidence of the pa trons of the public schools , and by political Intrigue got his concern desig nated as n depository for the savings of school children. Having got hold of the school children's pennies they stuck In his slot machine so that they could not be drawn out without sixty days' notice , even where the amounts Were less than $ fl. No sooner had Taylor been seated In the council than he began operations on the public money In the- city treas ury , and when the Bolln embezzlement was exposed ho had several thousand dollars of city money Illegally on deposit In bis wobbling bling bank. For months he sought to mislead the people concerning the treasury shortage and repeatedly as sorted that the amount would not ex ceed ? 12.,000 , nnd that neither the city nor the bondsmen would lose it dollar. To throw dust Into the people's eyes he created the Jerome Coulter scape goat diversion , all the time pretending that ho Avas fighting the battle of the taxpayers. Among the first things ho did after be became councilman , he had his son placed on the city pay roll , and this year when he cut down the salaries of other employes , he had that of his son Increased. With such a record , no other man , ex cepting possibly Isaac S. Hascall , would have dared to present himself as n can- dlduto for any olllce. Yet Cadet Taylor not only had the audacity to ask re publicans of the Klghtli ward to re- nominate him , but after signing an agreement to abide by the result of the primaries , nnd being beaten In an open light , he has repudiated his writ ten agreement and come out as a peti tion candidate In opposition to the re publican nominee. Taylor no longer counts on republican votes , but Is work ing for democratic support and hopes to bo elected by democratic votes. No reputable person In the Eighth ward , republican , democrat , populist , or what ever his party professions , will vole for a man like Cadet Taylor for any public olllce. AFTMIl K1MA"S DKFKAT. It Is a conservative estimate that pro jected enterprises of one kind and an other throughout the country , to be car ried out In the event of Bryan's defeat , Involve an Investment of not far from $1200,000,000. It Is said that plans for municipal public Improvements , for which the money cannot now bo ob tained , amount to $100,000,000 , nnd there are numerous corporate and private projects which will require nearly or quite an equal amount of money. The New York Sun reports n business man as saying that there are enough con tracts already lot In the United States , the woik of filling which Is held off until after election , to put one-half of the un employed in the country at work. If McKlnley Is elected these contracts will be Illled and millions upon millions of dollars now tied up will bo released and put Into business again. If Bryan Is elected the money will stay where It Is and no work will bo done except to meet immediate necessities. Manufacturers and wholesale merchants are holding orders representing millions of dollars conditioned upon the election of MuKin- ley , In which event many manufactories will be started up or Increase their out put to meet these orders , of course giv ing employment to additional labor. This Is the condition not In particular localities , but everywhere. Merchants , manufacturers , corporations and capital ists who put their money in productive enterprises are anxiously awaiting the result of the election , fully prepared to extend their business and investments If financial stability Is assured by the suc cess of the sound money cause , hut otherwise not to pursue their projects until there can bo a readjustment to the new basis. What butter evidence than this could be asked to convince rational men of the grave danger to the country involved in the free silver policy ? Can any sane man doubt , In view of such facts , that the success of that policy would be followed by the complete par alysis of all business and all enterprise and a convulsion disastrous beyond par allel ? Can any man not utterly blinded by the free silver heresy question , that the triumph of that cause next Tuesday would bo the greatest calamity to the laborers and producers of the United States that has ever befallen them ? The consequences are distinctly fore shadowed. Nearly every Industry In the country now In operation would llnd It necessary to shut down. Hallroads would be compelled to reduce their operating - orating expenses. Projected public Im provements In cities and towns would be abandoned. Corporate and private enterprises of every kind would be dropped. Tim army of Idle labor would bo Increased by the hundreds of thou sands. And how long would this condi tion of affairs , terrible to contemplate , last ? No man can toll , but certainly long enough to carry widespread ruin to the llnaiii/nl and business Interests of the country and unspeakable distress fo the ninsse.s T > T lhu people. His a foarfjlliiin slblllty that confronts the Amerlciip- > cornte ! , but wo confi dently belleve _ that the threatened dan ger will be averted nnd that the verdict rendered'onls'oveinbor \ ! 1 will be over whelmingly furUiu maintenance of hon est money a dn ie preservation of the national hoiior , , And we also confi dently bellevMtiatsuch n result will In augurate an v'ra.-uif great prosperity for all our This campaign of education should bo carried consistently to nn end by or ganized efforts to teach voters how to mark the long nnd complicated Aus tralian ballots which will be put In their hands nt the polls. Thousands of sam ple ballots are provided by the author ities and are on hand at republican headquarters for free distribution ntroiu voters. Every citizen Is entitled by law to four of these sample tickets for his own use before ho enters the voting booth. A few minutes' practice before hand on the part of voters will work wonders In the way of rapid handling of the actual vole. Let each citizen constitute himself n schoolmaster , first for his own Instruction , nnd when that Is accomplished for the benefit of some one who Is less fully enlightened. It has always been customary to give Douglas county , which pays one-eighth of the taxes of the whole slate of Ne braska , representation on the board of regents of the State university. In making a nomination to fill the vacancy on the board the republican party has observed this rule , while the fuslonlst democrats and populists have Ignored It. The result Is that unless the republican nominee , W. G. Whltmoro , Is elected Douglas county , Omaha and this whole1 section of the state will be unrepresented1 In the management of the State uni versity. Aside from this the repub lican candidate for university regent Is In every way better qualified for the position than his opponent and should appeal with greater force for the votes of all friends of the university. The average wage worker has no In terest In scaling debts. Ho Is gener ally a creditor to the savings Imik and to bis employer for more than he owes. And even If he has a mortgage on his home he can gain more by having his wages paid In-inoney good all the world ' over with tyji'a suraiice that the mills and faetorlosiWllllsoon all bo reopened than by takjiig his chances of getting higher wnge . ; in ) debased money nnd staying out iln .the cold waiting for Bryan's free1' silver mills to start up. The wage worker does not want to do any ralnbowuhaslng If he can help it. Oeorgo Mcj er is one of the few councllmen whose lingers were not burned In the.njilln treasury scandal. Councilman $ jr'cer , from the Ilrst In sisted on a thorough overhauling of the treasury in tliW Interest of the taxpayers and proteste , wgnlnrly against'the dilatory netloii'of the oilicials who were trying to shield life culprits and protect the bondsmen at the expense of the city. The people of the Ninth ward will only show their appreciation of this service by returning Mr. Mercer to the council by an emphatic majority. The only persons directly Interested In doubling the price of silver are the silver mine stock speculators anil the pro ducers of silver. Doubling the price of silver would double their profits , but they would be doubled at the expense of the wage earning classes. Do the work- Inginen want to vote money out of their own pockets Into the pockets of the stock exchange gambler and silver mine bul- llonalrc ? The almost universal display In the windows of residences of the portraits of MeKlnky and Hobnrt and of the Hag emblem showing the faces of those candidates Is an Inspiring Indication of tlte healthy sentiment of the people. A fresh supply of lithographs received at republican headquarters will be fur nished on application to those who wish to use them. The populist campaign committee re fuses to publish Tom Watson's letter of acceptance although the letters of every other candidate have been printed by the campaign committees by the million and scattered broadcast over the land. If there were any proof required that the Bryanites have sold Watson out , this would be conclusive evidence. In formulating your political prefer ences , do not overlook the Board of Education. The vlllcleiit and econom ical administration of Omaha's school system Is a matter of vital Interest to every citizen and taxpayer. The can didates on the republican ticket are severally nnd collectively better quali fied than their opponents. Dave Mercer tR'Iection to the next con gress Insures the appropriation of half a million for the Trunsmlsslsslppl Expo sition. Mercer's defeat would be a deathblow to , the enterprise. It takes a rustler like- Mercer to got appropria tions oven undec the most favorable * * conditions. \ Cueri'lnir' f Common SUIINC. ImllaynjiolU Journal. Tlio coerc'IbniUiat will 'iimUo worklngmcn ntto for McKlnley and soutul money Is thb coercion of ccmJnun scnsu and self-Interest. A Triltlilrnu ( 'rrcil. Chicago Times-Herald. Bryan's campaign is against truth and iioncsty. Ho cannot deal In facts aud stick to his creed. Ills hopes of success are based an so falsifying tbi > truths of history that the people will bo hoodwinked. mil ho le rnplcllr Approaching tlio Annihilation nuch n cruiAdn deserves. ( lorn WMI AT ! Ill < ho KInK. Olobe-Dfmocrnl. McKlnlcy'i pen-trait goes well with the flag , bccauno 1m stepped under Its foldi AD a boyish prlvnto soldier , nnd on Tues day next wilt be elected commandcr-ln-clilcl of the urmy And navy ot the United States. 1'lmircx. Chronlclo U will be scon from Mr , Cnmpau's fig ures Hint the estimated llrynn majority In Nebraska has fallen from 30,000 , claimed n month HRO , to 17.800. Wo can sco where they got the SOO , but the 17,000 puzzles us. Siniiiil floury runt I'lillnilrlptitn Indications all point to a rapid Incrcano In manufacturing and other Industrial opera tions to follow McKlnlcy's election. Many orders have been placed which -arc only to bo filled In case of n sound money vic tory , and capitalists tell of many millions ol dollars waiting for Investment In tlio same ovont. No Kuch good results are predicted to follow llryan's iilcctlon , In that event prosperity Is only to follow some financial juggling which the prophets themselves dc not understand. The New York Sun. Have no fear about the doctrines and prin ciples of democracy. They will como out aV\ right , jrho thing to do now Is to crush nnd to bury repudiation. The future of the democratic party will talto core o ( Itself when that political monstrosity la destroyed ; but thcro will bo no future for It unless the foul thing Is destroyed. So long as repudiation Is above ground It will niako the very name of the democratic party ian offense In the nostrils of the people. Let the putrid corpse bo burled out of sight n week from today I Xiit n. lllol , luil n Revolution. Inillnnnpolls News ( Ind. ilcm. ) Mr. Oeorgo Fred Williams began hli speech Saturday night with these words : "To your tumultuous welcome I might well respond In the words of the courtier to King Louis. 'Sire , this Is not a riot , but a revolution. ' " The frankness ot the utterance Is com mendable. The revolutionary features of the silver campaign are becoming clearer nnd clearer every day. ilany a man who sympathized with Uryan In July has , after sober reflection , now reached the conclusion that his election would bo the first stop In a revolution , the end of which no rain can foresee. "Whoii Mclvlnlcy In Kloetcil. " Now York Bun. From nearly every branch of business como accounts of contracts contingent on McKlnley's election. Orders are not to bo filled ur.tll after November 4 , nnd then only In the event of the triumph of the sound money cause. Ono ofthe advertising agents ot the town Is said to have contracts for $200.000 worth of advertising , which are not to bo placed until McKlnley's elec tion has set the wheels of business rolling again. IJach contract contains a clause abrogating U In the event of McKlnlcy's defeat. The agent , however , Is believed to be making arrangements to place the con tracts regardless of this clause , so confident Is ho that McKlnley can't bo beaten. The HiMilVorkliiKiiiiin. . Atclilsun Cllobc. During every campaign the "worklngman" Is spoken of ns though IIP had horns. Kvcry man who amounts to anything In this coun try Is n worklngman. Every man who does not loaf on the streets Is a working- man. Occasionally you nnd a loafer who pretends to apeak for the worklngman. bul ho has no authority. Tlio men who cannot hold a Job when they get ono are not work- logmen. The real worklngmen como down town early every morning , and go home late every evening ; they nnd woik. and do It. They arc among the best men In the community ; they progress , and glvo other worklngmen work , by building homca. The men who have a greal deal of llmo to devote - vote lo politics are not worhlngmen , but thcso fellows arc usually the ones who make threats In the nameof the worklngman. You needn't worry about the worklngman ; ovcry decent American Is a worklngman. The Kni'inlos * Country. New York Sun. When Ilryan left Nebraska In August for his ridiculous expedition to the .Madison Square Garden , he said that ho was coming to "the enemy's country. " Mr. Ilryati Is now In Illinois , speaking ab Industriously and fruitlessly as ho spake In New York. The east Is still Iho enemy's country. The west has beecnio the enemy's country. Illinois Is the enemy's country. So Is Wisconsin. So is Minnesota. So U Iowa. So Is' Michigan. So U Indiana. So , it is said , Is Nebraska. On the Pacific slope thcro seems to bo a largo area or the enemy's country. Ono or both of the Dakotas are thought to bo the enemy's country. Kentucky and West Virginia have the look of being the enemy's country. Hryan finds the enemy's country much enlarged slnco he read his speech of accep tance. The enemy may enlarge It still more for him this week ; and wherever Iho cnemy'B country Is , ( hero prevail the foes of swin dling and Iho friends of the national honor. of tin * I'ri-Nont CmnpnlKrn Hi-aim Forty Yriir * Airo. Hero Is r , striking passage from the essay of Macaulcy , written on tlio future of the American commonwealth and published In 1850 : "The day may como In the United States whoa a multitude of people oppressed by hard times will bo called upon to choose rulers. On the onesldo will stand a states man preaching patience , respect for vested rights and strict observance of public faith. On the other eldo will stand a demagogue ranting about the tyranny of usurers and capitalists. Let us hope that If such a season of adversity ever comes the Ameri can nation will not act like people who would In a year of scarcity devour all the seed corn and thus make the next year a year not of scarcity but of absolute famine. " IG.VOHKS OIIVKHJS TACTS. Ilryniit'Mijuc AiuiHlronIicM DeMlKiicd to Chicago Tribune. Silver Is a depreciating , Inorganic sub stance. Bryan talks of It as It It were a scntlont being that could feel pain and pleasure , and had hopes and fears. Sliver has been "discrowned and dethroned , " he Knouts , It has been "trampled under foot by Its enemies , " ho yells. It has boon "con spired against , degraded , and disgraced , " ho roars and froths. What has happened to It Is that It has become far cheaper than It used to bo , be cause U docs not cost half as much to ex tract It from the earth as twenty-Uireo years ago. Sensible men know thai silver lias not been chlorformcd or calumniated , but has become cheap bccatmo It costs les > than half as much an ounce to produce It ag Iwenty-thrco years since. Owing to this chcapncES of production , canned by chemis try , new railroads , and improved methods cf extraction , the yearly output of silver liaa quadrupled within a couple dozen years it IMS than half the former cost per ounce. That suffering lamb of a metal thrives won derfully under the persecution , or there would not bo such vast quantities got out ol tbo mountains. The Increased production , the growing cheapness , and the causes of It are tbo com mon property of all Intelligent men , Uut Bryan clwcs his cyca and pretends to bo Ignor'anl of thcso obvious facts. At nil Dvcnts , ho never mentions thorn In his liundrexla of harangues. Hut , that Is not so add , for ho never quotes a fact concerning anything. Highest of nil in Leavening Strength. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. PURE A IIK Chicago Chronlclo ! "If there Is ono thing which I am not It Is ix flcmaRORUP , " .iy Hrjrnn. Nobody would hnvo suspected that If he hmln'i wild so himself , Imllftnnpolh Journal : llrysn's ilcnultlon of n dcmngottuc- "ono who advocates B thing ho does not bcllovo In order to con- clllnto thmo who differ from him , " recall ! his definition of eloquence. In ono of his speeches t the bcRlnnlg of the campaign ho said ; "Hloqticnce In simply the speech of n person who known wlmt he Is talking nbout and believes whnt ho sajs. " Tills w * nil own definition of eloquence made to lit him self , just IIH his definition of n demagogue was made to let him out. Chicago Tlmea-llcrald : What Is a de magogue according to the dictionary ? Takedown down your century and look. It is a man I'who endeavors to curry favor with the people , or some partlculur portion of them , by pandering to their prejudices or by piny- Ing on their Ignorance or passions. Ono who seeks to obtain political power by pandorlng to the iKiioranco or prejudice of the popu lace. " Does Mr. Dryan come within these definitions ? Ho Is seeking political power and ho Is addrcoslng them ultltudo In order to gain that power. He la proclaiming everywhere n war of "Iho masses ngalnat the classes , " as ho has more than once said. Ho tolls the worklngmc-n and the laboring men that they arc under the bondage - ago of the rich of what he calls the money power whose only object Is to opprcM tlit-m and to make them peeler Wesaytlnt the man who by artful appeals , fiery decla mation aud persistent inlsatatements of fuels thus endeavors to array cno portion of our fellow citizens against another , Inflaming their passions and prejudices , Is a de magogue. 1M3IISO.VAI , AM ) OTlllMnVISH. This year the foot ball season will nerve as a convenient safety valve for the political excitement. General Weyler's trocha Is still doing busl. ness at the old Btand and In the old way. It Is as far as ever from paying dl\Mends. It Is remembered now that David . Hill has net been seen much In public Hfo eluco that French scientist Invented a method of photographing thought. A Gorman professor has discovered that the use of the telephone sharpens the hear ing. It has also been observed to have r similar effect occasionally on the temper Dr. Nanscn Is a lover of brlghf colors His ship , the Pram , was painted green gray , scarlet and white , picked out ultl gold a bright dash of color among the ever lasting whlto of the Arctic seas , Rx-Qovcrnor Not-then of Georgia Is mak ing an energetic and successful effort tc bring Immigrants to that state. Ho has es < tabllsheU some fifty agencies In Illinois Michigan , Indiana and Wisconsin. Senator Justin S. Morrlll said In a reccnl Korum : "Freo coinage of silver as a rcmedj against Japanese or any cheap foreign laboi would prove to be very much like taking rofuKo In a pest house to avoid the plague. " The widow of Thomas L. Hovcndon , the artist , has lost her suit against the Penn sylvania railroad. Jlr. Ilovcndcn was killed at Trenton , N. J. , oil August U , 1835 , by t Pennsylvania railroad train , and the courl hold that ho was guilty of contributory neg < llgence. Henry Tlbbo , a wealthy citizen of Wash ington , Mo. , who died recently nt the ag ( of 87 years , was born In Rnschedo , Hol land , and emigrated to this country In 18C7 Ho was the Inventor and patentee of the so- called "Missouri meerschaum" corncob pipe , Ho began the manufacture of the plpo It 1878 with scarcely any capital. Intending flist to supply the local demand only , bul the company now manufactures not less that 23,000 plpea a day. After a continuous service on the bcncr of nearly thirty years , Judge M. nusscll Thayer. presiding Judge of the court ol common pleas of Philadelphia , has retired from that position to accept the office ol prothouotary of the courts of common pleat In place of the late Colonel William II , Mann. Judge Thayer Is the author of "The Duties of Citizenship , " "Tho Law Consid ered as a Progressive Science" and "The Mfo and Works of Francis Llcber. " Hooker T Washington of the Tuskcgec Institute delivered an address the other day before the faculty and students of Trinity college , Durham , N. C. This Is the first Instance on record of a southern whlto col lege Inviting a negro to deliver < 3ii address. Mr. AVarhlngton says that ho and the half- dozen colored people who accompanied him were tre-ated with the greatest courtesy , and his address was received with marked enthusiasm. As ho left the college grounds , the students assembled on the campus and him tholr college yell. 0X13 I.OXtt STIIIICU. \Vliut a Silver SimulantVunlil Minii for WIIKC KnmcrM. KPW York Sun ( ilcm. ) Fifty cents would bo the value of the popocratlc dollar of sliver compared to the gold dollar of the present , and the Itryanlteu say to worklngmcn : "Don't mind It , If your wages are cut ; you'll soon force thorn to ho raised. " This Is an Invitation to throw away half of what you have and fight to get it back again. It Isn't to bo supposed that It would drop Into your lap. A Bryan administration would bo ono long labor strike , beginning with the passage of a frco coinage law ; ono long strike to recover what has been thrown away. Four years of striking , though , wouldn't ac complish It. How many reasonable men , for silver's glory , want to begin the proposed scrim mage , on these conditions ? AX EXAMIM.I-J OP CAXDOU. OpjioNitloii of I.nlior Iciuli > rM to I'l- iiaiic-tiil ( luuukcry. Nuw York Times Mem. ) The ofllcors of the Brotherhood of Loco motive Engineers and the llrotherhood of Ivocomotlvo Firemen * > et an example ol can dor and iKilltlcal honesty In stating now that , no matter what their opinions on the money question may have been thrco years ago , when they are said to have signed a frc-o silver memorial , they hava learned enough slnco to believe that the frco coinage of silver at the ratio of 1C to 1 to gold la "directly against the Interest of labor" and Would subject the country to "ono of the most frightful panics that any country In this world has over seen. " They point to Uryan's admission that free coinage would bring stagnation and panic , from which we should recover within four years , and say "wo do not believe that this country can stand an additional four years of misery and distress. " These are "labor leadera" who show far more wisdom and patriotism than the men who pose as the champions of "tho tolling masses" In the hope of being raised to power over the government. OTIir.ll l.AMJS THAN OIUIS. The overbearing ami often brutal conduct of the oincers of the German army toward inoffensive civilians hai , of late , been th * subject of much Indignant comment , It has gone so far that a lieutenant has killed n man In a restaurant at Carlnruho for n very trilling net , and the newspapers throughout the emplro have taken the mat * tcr up , with the result that many tyran nical and criminal proceedings have been brought to light , and the higher officers have been compelled to Issue orders to curb their subordinates. The German army , as n light ing maehlno taken from the people , has comate to be naturally looked upon as something distinct from the rest of the nation. The emperor himself has told his recruits that when ho gives the order they must shoot down the enemies of the government , oven If they should bo their own fathers and brothers ; and so down to the privates they have been eurrounded with an atmosphcro of fancied superiority. The assertion of this superiority In nil public places , on the strcetn , In the restaurants mid the parks , and In the trains , has almost become a part of army discipline , and It has been nVserted that If anarmy ofllcer has any quarrel wltlui civilian , no matter who should be the i-KgiTssor. ho must either kill him or commit suicide. Throughout nouthern Germany the town * are now organising meetings to protest against military iitlllanlsm , and the govern ment has begun to realize the necessity of reforming the code of military procedure. The Cologne Gazette undertakes to depict the present political situation In Kurope as follows : "The situation cieatcd by the Franco-IlURslan alliance -permits Huenla to bring a hugo weight -to bear nil over the world wherever 'In the struggle for the mas tery of the earth she comes Into conflict with the DrltMi colonial empire. The con tinental military powers counterbalance each other. Hussl.i can , therefore , turn with complete power and freedom against Isolated Kngland , always finding France , and sometimes Germany , on her side. " This la the moral drawn from the czar's visit to Paris and the closeness of the relations shown to ( vclst between Franco and Russia. As there Is at present -widespread feeling of unfriendliness In Germany toward Kng- land. arising from commercial and colonial rivalry , such a moral Is natural , especially In view of 'tho fact that the czar received Germany's advances with coldness. The llorlln correspondent of the London Tlmw thinks the British empire may , "with almost absolute certainty , count upon the actlvo malevolence" of Germany , but adds that Rngland may regard the situation with composure , and , undctMtandlng It. will bo able 'to act "firmly" when occasion requires It. The Times editorially olMcrtcs that the dual alliance Is growing In solidity , whllo the triple alliance , from the leadership of which Germany -formerly derived great Importance , h losing cohesion. "It Is mani fest. " says the Times , "that Germany no longer enjoys the predominant position In. ISuropo which was hers not many years ago. " It Is Russia that now enjoys that position. The llrltlsli government Is said to be con cerned about the scarcity of able-bodied sea men for Its navy. For Its superb fleet of war ships 103,000 men are required , but only 85,000 are now available on the basis of active service ratings. The naval reseno was established for the purpose of supplyIng - Ing men to meet the demands of the service , but , according to Lord Charles lleresford , this organization Is Ineffective , not only es to quality , but as to numbers also. Within the past two years ninety-one new war ships have been projected , some of which are nowi ready to go Into commissions and others are In process of building. Last " \\cek the first- class cruiser Diadem was launched In the Clyde , having been built In 214 days , thus making a record for her constructors. Hut. strange as It may appear. It Is easier In England to make ships than It Is to find competent men to serve on them , and as It Is not possible to draw on the merchant ma rine for enough trained acamen to meet the demands of the naval service , the sit uation. In Lord Ilcrcsford'a opinion , Is very serious. The question Is ono of such grave Importance that Iho naval budget next spring will contain proposals for meeting the emergency. Meantime It Is stated that thousands of mechanics nro working night and day to complete now war ships and fill up the magazines and storehouses. Paris Is to adorn her coming exposition Mth an Imago of the world 300 feet In dl- amotcr , repeating In , llttlo all Us cosmologl- cal features and displaying the geographical outlines of all Its nations. The most won derful thing to Frenchmen about the tre mendous sphere will bo the small space which Franco and Its dependencies occupy upon It. Compared with the spreading ter ritories of England and Russia , It will seem but a pin's point on the surface. The sphere promises to bo ono of the most tremendous features of the exposition , where all Is co lossal , and will , no doubt , present revised national frontiers up to date , Including a final Venezuelan boundary. In the Interven ing Olympiad Turkey may bo wiped out. and Russian lines overlap those of Manchuria and China In the cast , and Cuba and the Philippines may bo cut off from the domin ion of Spain , but no other Important changes appear Imminent. Canada , It Is true , might suddenly take It Into her head to rap on our door and ask admission , thus rubbing out ono long separating line of dominion , but elio docs not seem quite ready for that yet. On the whole , the changes probable between this and the beginning- the cen tury are not very great , and existing po litical maps -will. In the main , servo the purpose of the fashioners of this magnificent "v satellite , the greatest this sldo Iho moon > ' which Its antetypo has known since It wai . rolled forth Into the void. The natives who have gathered together eo as to surround Antananarivo have a force of at least 20.000. The outlook , therefore , Is very threatening for the French garri son unless It can manage to hold out until reinforcements arrive. These reinforce , incuts , in the shape of 12,000 troops of the regular army , will bo sent at once from Toulon If the French Parliament will ap propriate the necessary funds. It Is cal culated that It will cost about { 1,000,000 to put down the present uprising. Franco docu not seem to bo very fortunate In her pol icy of colonial extension. Possibly this Is because the efforts have been made In lo calities whcro prosperous colonies cannot now bo built up. Some critics , however , bcllcvo that the fault lies rather lit the syn- tom of government , and It Is pointed out that most of the nations of southern Ku- rope have an equal dlUlculty In keeping "A RAT AS IS A HAT" Can Be Found Here. You nro KoiiiR to got n now r-w onu to wear this winter cither & \f\\y \ \ \ or win ono on election. "Wo & linve got one of tlio lnrKC.it and f licst assorted Block of IlntH over & Hhowii at retail. Can KVO ! you tlio various lilockB YotiniaiiB , # Knox or Dniilii ] ) fityle for § 1.50 , * $ ' . ' .00 , ? 2.r 0 and ? a.OO. # prlccH are under tlio regular price for wo want to reduce the quantity In this department. We are afraid to wait too long , and to ft ftf be doubly Hiiro f MAKE A FEW SPECIAL PRICES. * Seeing In believing , so come anil look nu over , and at the BIUIIC time f remember our Clothing. You will hue SullH for $12.00 anil ? ir .00 * that can't bo duplicated for IOHH than $25.00 or $150.00 in tailor Hhopa. ( IJVUIIY OXI5 WAIlltA.VJ'UU. ) A % * BROWNING , KING & CO. , f S.V. . Corner 15th and Douglas Sts. 4H }
