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Wliy cnn'l every Oniitliii tnxpayer
own Ills assessor ?
Murk Iliiiinii Is not likely to decline a
cabinet niliee until one Is offered to him.
llnrlier nsplialt , when It is hot stnlT.
Is apt to entansle the foot of council
llnaiico Ooinnilttces.
Tlie new nreliblslmp of Cnnterbury
lias lii-en discovered to be u teetotaller.
.Tills Is a most unnstiiil ( piallflcallon for
nrclileplseopal honors. '
The 'I'ransmlsslsslppl ICxpositlon can
bu held without. Denver , unfortunate as
such an omission would be , but Denver
would suffer by beliif ? out of the Trans-
nilsslsslppl Imposition.
The Kansas City street cleaning force
Is nbnul to be uniformed In white.
Omaha's street cleaning force would not
object to belntr supplied with blue over
alls and chimney sweep Jackets.
The motor cycle has untile Its advent
In Knxltind and there Is no loiiKur any
doubt that the horseless vehicle , pro
pelled by Kasollne or electricity , Is to be
the vehicle for rapid travel over country
road.s.
The way of the newly elected dele
gation from Douglas county to the leg
islature Is likely to be made as hard as
the way of the transgressor by the
Kchumcs of self-interested persons who
confound the welfare of Omaha with
their own private ends.
It Is In accord with the eternal Illness
of things for the Ktriplliifjs of democracy
who have not mopped the milk olT their
chins yet to expel veteran democrats
like ICIcaxer Wakeley , .lames M. Woolworth -
worth , Henry W. Yates and others of
their a e and character from the roll
of honorary membership of the .laekson-
Iui ; club.
The tliliiK thai most agitates the re
publicans of Illinois , barring always
Tanner's prl/.e distribution of statehouse -
house patronage , Is the United States
Ronatorshlp. Candidates for the posi
tion are almost as numerous as are the
republican members of the legislature
and the back counties are yet to be
heard from.
ll No fear need be entertained that the
'
next state legislature will do anything
f rashly detrimental to the welfare of
the stale , even at the bidding of a local
fakery which assumes to speak with
authority on the subject. The party
now dominant In the state has a reputa
tion to make and a prejudice to over
come , and It will not allow itself to be
( led astray by disappointed aspirants
for political preferment.
The Wire Nail trust threatens
to reduce nails from iJ'J.UO to
fl.75 per hundred in order that
the smaller factories shall be
driven to the wall. If this threat
Is carried out tlie trust may be able to
dose rival nail mill.s , but its action will
ho proof positive of lawless combina
tion , which should subject the man
agers and co-partners to all the penalties
Imposed by the anti-trust law.
"If the gold standard IH u good thing
why should the country ask the aid of
foreign nations to get rid of It , " repeats
tin ) "late defunct" for the thousandth
time since the -Ith of .Inly , Suppose an
American horse fancier owned a high-
broil race horse which , In ( lie eyes of
every sportsman , Is a good thing. Would
anybody consider the possession of thin
horse a bad thing because the owner
had expressed a desire to trade for
a higher bred horse by the aid of : t
foreign horse breeder ?
Senator .lones , chief pilot of the lately
stranded political marine monstrosity' ,
the " 1'opocrat , " has again been heard
from. "The disaster which has overtaken
our craft. " says the Arkansas swash
buckler , has been a triumph. "We have
done ' good work In ridding the party
of 'the barnacles. " This Is decidedly
rich. Those barnacles have been the
mainstay of democracy. They had
furnished the brains to plan Its cam
paigns anil furnished the funds for
fighting ltd battles and made
democracy triumphant when Its cause
seemed hopeless. And these are the
despised "barnacles" whom .lones and
the pnpocrat crew have wucceeded In
icrubUlnj , ' oil1 their wrecked hulk.
rut : r/.f.i : r < i Wf , ami's.
Tli < ' commhslnncr of navljMMnn lias
si'binliliMl lil < report and previously
announced IIP recommends free ship
Icigl.xlntlon. As n ilemncrat who doubt
less believes In free trade , or a policy
closely npprnxlmatlii ! ? to It , no other
recommendation from him was to have
been expected. It comes at n time , how
ever , when If Is tint likely tn vxert any
Inllueiiee , outside the ranks of free trad
ers , for tin * American people have just
declared overwhelmingly for the party
of protection mul this embraces the
shipping Interest of the country In com
mon with all others to which that policy
can be applied. It Is perfectly Idle ,
therefore , for anybody to urge free ship
legislation with a republican U'lminlfl-
tratlon and congress , elected by the
greatest popular plurality over given ,
eomlnti Into power.
Hut that portion of the report of the
commls < lniier which relates to the propo
sition to Impose ( llscrlmlniithtg duties
on Imports In foreign vessels , contained
In the republican national platform ,
merits attention , because It points out
valid objections to that policy. It shows
that the proposed lit per cent disciIml-
nallon would put an additional heavy
charge on our International excliang-'s ,
which would operate to our disadvan
tage , but more. Important than this Is
the fact that such a dl.vrlmlnatlon
would necessitate abrogating numerous
treaties , the effect of which would be
to seriously disturb our trade relations
with the world. It may be doubted
whether the e who urge the adoption
of the discriminating duty piink of the
republican platform had Informed them
selves regarding the treaty obligations
with which that policy would Interfere
and therefore it seems pretty safe to
say that when this is understood there
will be no general disposition to adopt
that policy , obviously we do not want
lo take a course that will provoke re
taliation on the part of foreign govern
ments and It Is not doubted thai ( lie
Imposition of a discriminating iluty on
imports in foreign vessels would do
this. I'.eMdes , while this pulley had
highly satisfactory results In Increasing
our carrying trade a century ago It by
no means follows that it would have a
like effect now , when the conditions
e.f International trade are HO widely
different.
This question of building1 up the mer
chant marine Is certain to receive the
iMrnest consideration of the next con
gress and administration , because its
great importance is fully reall/.ed. The
vast sum annually paid to foreign ship
owners and which Is growing from year
to year Is a serious drain upon the coun
try , while everybody who has an In
telligent understanding of the matter
knows that our future commercial prog
ress very largely depends upon our hav
ing a merchant marine cipial lo its de
mands. We cannot hope to compete sue-
eossfnlly for the m.irkets of the world
o lomr as we must be dependent iinon
the ships of our commercial rivals for
she transportation of our commodities.
Wo think it may safely be anticipated
that there will be legislation by the next
-ongress looking to giving the country
an adopiate merchant marine and It
will be of ti character that will not with
draw protection from our shipbuilding
interest , but rather operate to enlarge
that interest , already extensive anil im
portant. Having every facility for buildIng -
Ing ships equal to tin1 best In the world ,
there Is no sound reason why American
capital bhotild be invested in foreign
ships.
XIAf.iM
The falls of Niagara have at last been
harnessed and the perpetual energy of
that colossal water power h.is boon
transported by overhead conductors
that convey Ki.OOO-horse power over a
distance of twenty-seven miles to the
city of Uuffalo. This Is ono of the
marvels of the age and the forerunner
of still greater marvels in applied
science which has so enormously multi
plied the productive powers of the world
within the past twenty-live years. The
very tlrst revolution created by the
Niagara falls power will be noted in
tlie disuse of all other motors by the
street railway system of Itnffnlo. The
appliance of Niagara falls electricity for
lighting and heating that city must in
evitably follow at an early day. That
It will also iwolutloiilxu the industrial
production within a radius of fifty
miles must be self-evident. As vet
this Is tlie experimental stage of the
new potential force. In due time we
may expect the loss of energy by
long distance transmission to be less
ened , ami it Is not at all impossible that
It nii-.y be carried as far as New 1'ork
Oity ami distributed at the great fac
tory cities between ItulValo and .he sea
board. In that event , it will do almost
as much for cheapening mill and fac
tory products as has the USD of natural
gas for I'lttsburg and the manufactur
ing towns of Pennsylvania , Ohio and
Indiana. The close of the nineteenth
century may only be the dawn of the
world's greatest achievements in the
way of supplying to the masses the lux
uries that were formerly wtlhln reach
only of mUllunairos.
SKl'ltHTAItr OK XTATK.
The great and growing Impurtapce of
our International relations and the re
sponsibilities In connection with them
which will devolve upon the nest ad
ministration , give unusual Interest to
HID auestion as to who will be at the
head of the State department under the
new admlnlstiation. The position calln
for a man of the highest ipialltlcatlons ,
well-Informed In International law and
diplomatic usage , cool-headed and con
servative.
It hi.s been the custom almost from
the foundation of the government for
the president-elect to tender the olllen
of secretary of slate to his chief oppo
nent In the national convention of Ills
party and If this custom Is observed
by Major McKlnley Thomas U. Heed
will bo asked to accept the position.
It appears to bo understood , however ,
that .Mr. Iteeil does not desire it , prefer-
Ing to continue as speaker of tlie house ,
although there can be no doubt that
his appointment as secretary of state
would bo most acceptable to the coun
try. The mention of ex-1'rcsldent liar-
rlsou lu connection with the btute de
partment put ( folio bus been received
with very gem nil favor and certainly
no better selection could be made , but
itcneral llirrlsi : n. th'-rc Is good author
ity for saying , wonhl not accept the
position.
It Is reported ( hat Senator
Hli'-ruiati will ptolmbly be asked lo lip-
come the premier of ( he new adminis
tration and that he will not decline.
While the Ohio senator Is identified
In the public mind wllh llnnnclal af
fairs and his proper place would seem
to be nt the lipad of the Treasury de
partment , he Is Well-cqulppr'd for the
dutle.s of the department of slate. Sena
tor Sherman hns been n member of the
senate committee on foreign relations
for fifteen yenra and with the excep
tion of two years chairman of that com
mittee , so ( hat lie has a thorough knowl
edge of diplomacy and International
affairs. Ills rrreal ability , ripe ex
perience , cool judgment and conserva
tism would commend him to the con-
tldence of the country as a most trust
worthy adviser of the new administra
tion , while all would feel that In his
hands the lights and interests of the
t'nited States and Its cltlacns In for
eign lands would ho carefully guardoil
and protected. There can be no doubt
that ( he country would receive the ap
pointment of Senator Sherman as sec
retary of state with great satisfaction.
It Is an i.llieo In which that distin
guished statesman could well round out
his eminent career in the service of the
country.
AX IMI1HIT.IST D
Tin ; decision of fie supreme court of
the Tidied Slates alllrmlng the consti
tutionality of the Wright Irrigation law
of California sustains the decision of
the state courts anil overrules that of
the federal circuit com I In California.
It Is a decision of very great Impor
tance not only to that state , but to
others having irrigation laws , since all
this legislation was founded upon I lie
Wright law. The supreme court takes
the position thnt the people and tlie
members of the legislature of Califor
nia knew the necessities and the oc-
easloii for litigation and that the state
courts properly gave due weight to this
1-nowlodg : ' In pa-islng upon the issues
raised. The judgment of the state
courts was therefore given great re
spect by the highest tribunal. A par
ticularly Interesilng statement of the
decision Is , that In a state like Califor
nia , which contains a large area of arid
lands , devoting tlie waters to Irriga
tion hi making public use of them anil
therefore a valid exercise of the legis
lative power.
The decision will relieve apprehension
In every state having an Irrigation law
based on the California statute and
will doubtless give a new Impetus to Ir
rigation enterprises in till these states ; .
This will be especially the case in Call
fornla , where Irrigation work has been
suspended pending the decision.
.is ro MAKIXU itrn OIIMV
Tlie Douglas delegation to the legisla
ture Is said to favor the enactment of
a law next winter that will enable
Omaha to make Its own charters. This
Is by no means a new Idea. The home
rule principle as applied to the govern
ment of cities has been'Introduced In
. - everal cities on tlie Pacific coast ,
notably In San Francisco , where it has
given universal satisfaction. More
recently It has also been placed on trial
at St. Louis anil Kansas City. It will
be borne in mind that this reform in
charter making was advocated by The
llee years ago , both in the Interest of
our taxpayers stud for the relief of state
legislatures , whose valuable time Is
squandered in periodic contests , In
which the Omaha charter Is made th
foot , ball of jobbers and trading-slock
for appropriation grabs. Hut when the
effort was made by The lice during the
last session of tlie legislature to have
a constitutional amendment submitted
that would authorize cities of the
metropolitan class lo frame their own
charters under such restrictions and con
ditions as would bo enacted by the
legislature , the Omaha franchlsed cor
poration Inlluence exerted upon our last
delegation caused this amendment to
lk > rejected , although it hud boon recom
mended by lite committee. It will
therefore bo Impossible for the m xt
legislature to do anything more toward
establishing home rule for Omaha
ci.institutional amendment aiitlrirlzing
such legislation In the future. Whether
such an amendment would carry , unless
submitted with others of more general
Interest , Is exceedingly doubtful. For
the next two years at least Omaha must
therefore depend upon the legislature
for whatever charter revision may be
deemed necessary or rather for such
changes as will not conlllct with Hie
Interests of tlie contractors and corpora-
lions that have governed Omaha for the
last ten years.
Moreton Kreweii , the distinguished
English bim taiisl : , has favored Jiryan
with a visit at Lincoln , An Kngllsh
blmetalllsl Is n I ways presumed to work
In the Interest of humanity , but .Morelon
Krowen , who has so often been qtioled
as a leader of the free silver uprising
In England , is not entirely disinterested
in his efforts on behalf of I ho lollcni
and producers. His devotion lo the
cause of humanity Is Inxplred by bin
ownership of several million dollars
woitli of mining slocks In .Montana
sliver mines. Of this Mr. Frewon makes
no secret , although the Hllverlle press
has very studiously avoided all refer
ence to the true cause of his untiring
efforts for unlimited free coinage of
silver at double Its market value , with
out the aid or consent of any nation on
earth.
The annual report of Secretary Merion
of the Unreal ! of Agriculture Is
calculated to open the eyes of such
credulous persons as have believed the
stories of the down-trodden condition
of the western farmer. It will surprise
many to learn that the greatest proportion
tion of mortgage indebtedness is found
In tint Now Kngland ami Atlantic
Mldtllo stales : that New Jersey
leads the entire. sisterhood of
Ntates in tills regaid , and that ( he
b'rcut wctit , popularly mippuscd to be
pniMiiMte under thi' hi-el of the eatern
money lender , Is especially free from
that undenlniWe Inetimbranec. The
further ami fuv > ro general fact made
clear by tljjj.i J'jfretary , Hint " - lll < ' ' w l
of the farms -.of the country are en
tirely uiioimnmlipred , and that the re
maining 23 per cent have bt'eii
mortgaged etiliei'iis part of the purchase
price or for.'i ' ecessary Improvements ,
ought effectually to slop the rubbishy
talk about' > fliU miserable condition of
the Aniorlefin farmer. A great Industry
which can ( .siine through the bitterest of
html tlinesi wl'th such a showing as
that Is not tin object of pity. The
agricultural Interests of the country
should not allow themselves to be made
to seem to bid for sympathy through the
wallings and false prophecies of popu-
llstlc Jeremiahs.
It appears that ( he Spanish govern
ment will have no dllllculty lu negotiat
ing a popular loan of : ? "iiiiH > iMNH > . more
than that amount having been pledged
'by ' the bankers ami financiers of Mad
rid alone , but the government cannot
hope to repent this many times. The
sum now called for will not last lon-r ,
ami It Is questionable whether another
appeal to the people would be responded
to. The Spanish situation Is a perilous
one.
TinKciiifily Avtillnlile.
Chlcnso TImps-lU'fald.
\\o do not sro why tin- defeat of Hryati
should cause any loyal pnpulUt to lose heart.
If ho Btlll- yearns lor 60-ccnt dollars he can
buy two of them la Mexico for a dollar
bill.
_
< > vi > riiiliK ! tin1 Tltlm ; .
Washington Star.
The Kcntlcineii who fraiueJ the Chicago
platform ore no doubt tmprcsecd by this
lima with the desirability of not. conducting
too many alleged reforms at onu and the
same time.
*
The IJVNSOII of II.
Xow York Herald.
flol'.l coming In and ( train going out Is a
reciprocity that Insures national prosperity
and tenches the wholri-.omc . Ic&icm that
money U sufficiently plenty to pay for needed
labor and its products.
Ail Urror of .ImUv
Chlraco Tribune.
Mr. Bryan will fall inio a ecrious error
of judgment If he thinks that by merely
opening lih mouth at any dcgie-nnted time
or place he will be opening thu campaign
of i oo.
Wnry null Sufi-
rhllndli > ! iln K < rord.
As Iowa ' ' ' . ' cabinet
! > McK'.nli'y a ma
jority , It Is cni ldoml n fjond KUCRJ ta make
e. plire for Senator Allison In the president's
- .fllclal family. Mr. Allison Is conservative
en. ) vnntJ inihtlt3 ! prove a nary and safe
adviser. J1 _
HcdriMl sUullM'ye. .
lii'llapnpiillD Journal.
The persini who first gpolu of McKlnlry ca
"the advance agrnt of prosperity" btitltled
better thiui ; he Jtnew. H wa not only a
bappy phi-jab In Itself. l > nt It served a Rood
purpose during tito campaign cud Is work
ing out beautifully Hlncc the election.
i
TIM" > Irtiiroe ! > > i'rlm > .
Chicago Inter ( Venn.
The Monrcp doctrine Is lair to everybody ,
It simply nuans- attend to your own buil-
ness and ! ot other people do the same.
The ueoi > le ot Eufone have n bin iob on tlu'lr
Iipn-ls to kt'ep c-at.h other ttral > ; lit without
'cmlng across the oaean tor new terri
tory.
l' r < > " nl'Vttcrn HIIIIK I-iMiNfl.v.
flcvdund' rinln Iv.iK-r , "
As further proof a Mho fact that the Auior-
Iran voter Is throwing off the shackles of
partisanship and ciisortlng his personal Inde
pendence , it may be stated that of the live
mayors-ele t ct JUiodo Island , where JIc-
ICInley'n majority was phrncincnally large ,
four arc democrats.
.Viil 31 ml i' for Tliflr Auprovul.
Konsus City Sl.ir.
Gormnny doesn't cujoy England's no-
( luteceenit' In the -Mu : > r9o doctrine , bis'
that la a matter of no ccnipquetife whatever
to the United States. The \ery merit the
government t > t Bi-rllu can do about It la to
sr.itlfy ltsv -er.imcnt by depriving I3u-
German people of American porj ; and ap-
plca.
Tiiri'i' Ilniiiif'r f
I'hlladell'hlit n < * n rd.
Pennsylvania is the republican Gibraltar.
Thico of the counties cf the male , Phila
delphia , Lancaster and AllcKhfiiy , ehalltn
oomi-arlisnu with any other three counties
la the country far republican vote * . Last
Tmtiikiy the ballots cast In the counties
named were as follows :
MrKlnlvy. Hryan.
Allegheny . T.i.f.'is at ten
( S3 SIS
Totnis . sr79
McKlnley 'a majorlty..l7T.M3
lir.vim mul ln.- < > ] > powltlun I'rc.sH ,
KIM. Jin City Hlnr.
.Mr. Hryan's WVUMKC of thanU to the gen
eral manager of the Associated press. In ac
knowledgment of the fair treatment
ho received during thu campaign ,
liivallJatos thn charge nu < 1o l.y cer
tain of the ullvcr k.i.kru a'--iiut
the "MibilaiJied press. " H I * doubtful
whether any candidate ever ran for pus-
flpllt U'lir ' . . . . . , . .
U'n.l I'ii-ntl fl 1ioltn ( ! > ; % 1. t % *
newsppprr. ' ; anl by the public Kwrally than
.Mr. Itrjau. It Is no3fiHi ratlt.n lo nay ( hat
mlloj of Gparo in Ih1 dally journals wtre
devoted to Ms ( .pccol.t * . nml voters of all
partlea flocked to hear hltv. Ills failure
! o make out a ease , as the lawyers would
say , : ' . certainly duo lo no lack cf op
portunity. Mo was fully ( , t > d accurately
roporled , the people heard him gladly and
the result shows that the canst' was too
weak to justify the ieeal and energy of Its
leading advorale.
THIS "JFH" JlOMil'TIO.VH. .
! rrnplo Komi of I'l iirlnir on la-
viTted l''iteN ( ,
There Is nil .amusing example ) of the ef-
fortn of the | > c > | .orrnlH to let thtmselveii
down enslly In the mathematical production
nf their onsaiiK.u thow tlinl a silKhl ihuiiKu
of Iho voUvfVcifTi ! UJVi olrrtrtl Dryan. The
Washington Post , profensi-dly c.iund monoy.
but ttorrolly In sympathy with Dryatiltim ,
produces what we preir.imo tu bo an au-
thnrlml vorfJITuf "of II , which U only tmr-
paused In inati'inatleal luidc by a previous
effort of Ihn Chli-nRO lU'conl , nUo cndor cd
by Iho I'm , ! , in which II wiui proved by the
employment of profound percvnlaKcs that
D.-IOti | 3 --wo-tlilnls ( as murh an 2.100.
Thii si 'onij ftti-ri dors not deal with Btirh
advnnrnd niurJiniiiatli. ' ! ! aa percentage , hut
cnnflni'tt lthi > | rttr nlmplo nddltlim and sub
traction. Jl/.puinlB / . out that where , as the
combined nyijorlMes moaning pluralities -
of CnllfornliL Oregon , North Dakota , South
luhota , V/yoYnliig , Indiana. Kentucky , Went
Virginia and wlaware only amount to fiO-
COi ) ; therefore. Vl { a number of voters In each
Htuie , ! | Mo a llttln moro than h if
thu plurality , lind changed from MrKlnUy
In Hryan they would have shifted ; , Uty
electoral voles anil changed the result of
the elefllim. This la Indlaputiblu. Also. If
Ilin nky had fallen , wo might have eauKht
lart'.i.
Tlio exact ulcnlficanfo of this profound
dlHccivery may bo broadened whoa wo aliso
peiTolvo Unit the total of pluralities for
llryaa hi Virginia. North Carolina , Tenncs-
rcu , KaiiKiis , Nebraska and Washington
witro only n2,000. Thcrcforo. If 2'J.OOO voters
sln.llarly distributed In thosestaUm had
changed from Hryan to .McKlnloy , the lat-
lur would have had IIDd electoral votes ,
and Tiryau wnuld only have goi a beggarly
1U' , Its further exact valiui IH ( iluiwii by
the fact that if In 1S92 a change of only
'I3.UOC votes had beer , properly distributed
between Connecticut , Delaware , \Vcat Vir
ginia , Indiana and Illinois , Montana and
Oregon , Cleveland would have been de
feated and Ilarrlaon elected.
Hut thu pcrtlnerit fact U that the votes
wuru not caat In this Imaginary way. Flg-
urlnR Is n great thing , but n little
goes as well with II as la the miltlnR of
THU M ) ITU IS UI'.AHV.
1'Iortda Citizen : The party must turn
Its bacU upon the umvlie lenders who li vo
brouxht dlMcitcr uiwn it. It muKt rrtiirii
to the safer path laid out by lt fmindrrs.
Savannah Nc : The party will never
adopt ( i platform like the Chicago ono
flRaln , and we acrtotmly ( ] ue8tlon whether
It will over again ncctpt as leaders tlm
men who were chiefly Imtiumental la mak
ing It , -
Saa Antonio 13xnre : Mr. llryan and
other iiopocratlc leaders tuny lower them-
snlvcs back Into private life with assertions
that their cer i > Is still allvo , and that Hie
fight will be cot.tliiiipil , buttho free and
unllmtttH ] erlnago of silver Vccelved Its
quietus tor all tlino on Tuesday lust.
lllchmond Times : The platform of isno
intwt bp repented of and never referred lo
cvoept n a warnlttK. There Is no rea on
why southern democrats , acknowledRliiK tlm
bitter failure of the popullsllc free sliver
combination , should not , KB the huntsmen
say , "hark hack" to the trail they lost , nnd
taku up the principles of ! $ ! > : ! and make a
fresh start.
Memphis Appeal : The democratic party Is
not yet ready to abandon its own Integrity
nnd national solidarity. U Is In no such
dlstreut e wnuld cause It to abandon Its
tradition ! ) and principles and follow a now
ling , and If It wire looking for lendemhlp ,
It Is not nt all likely that o mercurial and
unstable a party as the populUts would
be ehoac : : . As to Senator Gutter's conten
tion.that the agitation of the silver cuis- |
tlon should continue for the next four year.i.
the only reply to such a proposition l :
"Hats , " with a prolonged nnd thundering
nccvnt on the sonant fricative. The country
has had enough llnunclal agitation , and
what Is needed now Is peace and an oppor
tunity to work. The nutters , Tilltnana and
other professional agltatora must eo Into
retirement.
Mobile Register : Mr. Hryan and others
arc tolling us how to'save the democratic
i irty and down the republicans lu tyOO.
; man's opinion Is as peed as anoiher'a
11 this regard , and we are entitled to ex
press ours , which Is lo this effect : The
democrats of this country will have to
learn , ns truths , thceo Unrigs before they
can over again hope to control the govern
ment of this republic : That bltnetaltsm , or
thu concurrent use of gold : tnd silver coin
at a parity , la n myth. That there Is no
natural antagonism between labor and capi
tal. That socialism Is negation of progress ,
and that progress Is the keynote of the re
public. That the federal government has
the right to execute Its own court processes.
That the credit of the L'nltcd StaUs must
be sustained.
sovr.itii : < ; vs HOAH.
Philadelphia Prcoo : Sovereign should go
back to Arkansas , where he lives , and assist
the bulldoicis there In cheating negroes.
Ills slanders en 'honest workmen fall harm
less. Their source deprives ) them of any
importance. What Sovereign should do ! >
to explain his relation * with the mint
owners' syndicate and tell now he became
thdr champion.
Louisville Courlcr-Journaf : Mr. Sovereign
eign does not apeak for the worklngmcn of
the United States. The comparatively small
number of worklngmcu tn his organization
U thi. reason why he Is nt the head of
It , and why It worked for populism.
Had It been larger he would have been
deposed , and the organization would havt
been for honest money. Sir. Sovereign seems
to be ono of that numerous class of persons
who do not know when they are well off.
JJoston Herald : Oeueral Master Work
man Sovereign talks to iho Knights of
Labor Just as If they had been bereft of
their manhood and possessed neither UK
Intelligence nor the courage to voti or act
ftcoording to their ' onvlenons. Of course
Povereictn dorsn't know v > hat he Is talking
about. The hist thing the Knlghta of Labor
can do IH to avail thcmnelvcs of their earliest
opportunity to Dip Sovereign out and put a
man over them who Isn't such a cheap
Philadelphia Lrdger : Mr. Sovereign wants
the Knights of frabor to become an avowedlv
vuiltlcal organization , demanding , among
ether things , the free ami unlimited coinage -
ago of silver , working absolutely as a secret
society , and lighting "the money power and
the corporations lo an everlasting finish. "
There la not one linn In bis screed wlilrh
concedes that the employer Is other than a
conscl'-ncpless ' enemy of hla employes ; not
a sentfp.co hKh enjoins upon his followers
the v t : < d m of working In harmony with
their employers. Ho would have labor mid
capital bttter and relentless fuca Instead
of warm and considerate friends , and the
better to undermine catilt-.il he would have
lebor plot ngalnat It In the dark.
Dilt-r-it Free Trias : It Is very evident ,
and thU Is not the first demonstration of
it , that labor h .ultra uf the Sovereign stripe
are controlled by one Increasing purpcso In
their careers as exponents of unionism.
That purpose Is to magnify their own Im
portance and Increase their own emoluments
by ccuBoIeiM jin.l Indiscriminate denuncia
tion of the omployem of the country , en
deavoring to poUon the minds of workmen
against the men toward whom they should
sustain a relation of mutual cincord and
> ; oed will. The noisome , strife-creating
Sovereigns have no use for a doctrine of Co
operation and mutual dependence : They are
never found preaching 11. When they can
not fcuicnt strife and brcatho out threaten-
lugs and denunciations they arc miserable.
I'lSSJBO.V.VI. AM ) OTIIKIIVIM3. .
The granddaughter of the- lateHaron
General Crespo of Venezuela has given in
structions to have hla race hortses trained
according to American me-l1inda.
It may l > i > merily a coincidence , but I'rlnro
Hlsmarr' : did not bcgiu IIM sensational
was abo'U ove-r.
The .Columbian liberty hell is no longer at
liberty. A flhcrll ? lus talien It In ciiBtody
for uou-p'iymcnt of the money duo lo its
inItem. H bj n chararti-rHlIc i-plsodo In the
career of a great national liiiiiilxi , : .
A lineal dtsctndant of the Shelk-ul-Juhl ,
or Old Man of the Mountain , the chief of the
famous sect of the A aseliii > , is now a well-
to-do renldenl of liombny. The sect numbers
many thousand members In Central AH la.
A woman at t'he Ilruii'.Oyn meeting nf the
Ilrookl > n Health I'ultuio club sild ; : "Thli
eniHiido for short cKlrt.i Is only a fad. It
won't last , for women haven't courage
uiniiKh lo follow any Rtyo ! but the pruvall-
IniS one. "
Tiio Hclglan captain , Lothalro , who lorded
It ever the Congo region-for four years , with
power of life and death , has bron compelled
by a prnaala civil court In lU'lfiiuiii to pay
the rust of a wedding trousseau ordered by
lils jilted s\u < Uu-art.
Much amuwpim-nt has been occasioned In
Scotland by the lefusal of Cluny Macpliursou
to appear In kilts at the gathering of hi *
olnn In Ol.tHirow , The excuse of the di > -
senorato dtdcendant of hardy Scots was that
ho "wen afraid of catching cold. "
Taltu. the wlfo of Iho negus of Abyssinia ,
U described as hnmlsomo. Inlolllaent and
light brown. Shy meddles constantly In
Ktfalro of state , and. therefore- , has o
many cnemlea that in case of Menolck'o
death she v.ould have to lieu the country at
mice to cacapo their vengeance. Shu can
road and Is learning to wrltu.
I'rof. GllderaU'evu of Johrn Hopkins uni
versity wap ono of the spectatora of the
Olympian gu'iu.s last summer and in lectur
ing about thrm In Hultlmoro n few nights
ago he rtald that the Orccji * were very much
mortified because young Oarntt of Haltlmoru
h.al their bi t tnnn In throwing the ( I INC us.
They took It so much to heart that they Kept
on practicing until llnally an Athens paper
was alilo to announce that some loc'al cham
pion hiia succuedfd In lowering the rccoid
of "tho great Uanetl , " : .s ho wan called.
Hoi barbarul stand much higher In llt'llau
now than before the revhi.t of the guiiH-s.
I\CIIIAM\(1 ! | Till ! \HMV.
lloslon OloupOrncr.il Miles wsn'ii Ih
t'nited States army Ineremi d to 3K.OIM men
IVrliap * with the meat lucrcaio In ou
IKjpulttlon a sllnht iticrcnso In our arm
tnlRhl not meet with ncrloun nhjortlnn
Hut It li thp uniform and lottled pulley o
thin routitry not to intilntnln n oxpenslv
tnllttnry enlabllaliniMil In time of peace.
OhlrsRo Tlinri-llorslil : amoral Mllr
advocalcs R standln army almost as mrs
as Hint whleh Oreat tirlinli ) , dptpstml to
Its nelKhtmra , maintain * for the dpfenio o
UtiRlaiid and Scotland. The suggestion M
contrary to the tradlUonii of our Rovpfn
mcnt , and Is not baanl I-VPII rrmotrly upoi
the praetlenl iipeudsltlps of thn hour. W
tired guna for our nealioard towns nm
ships for our tmvy , lull money spent upnt
Inrrroaia In our prmy wottld bn money
thrown awav.
I'hllndPlphla Herord ; Our army numtiprei
twlcn aa ninny mm a third of a crntury B
as It doe to-lay ; nnd It may ho concedei
lint thn maximum strcnKth proimiu-d wouli
not be n lnr f > utandliiK army as ei.mnarei
with tiiosc nialnialnrd by the various pow - ref
of Kuropp. lint It remains to ho conclusively
shown Hint the present army , comparative !
InnlRnincant ns It may seem , Id not ndp j ati
for thp "tipcrsfililrii nnd requirement * o
the nation , " anil certainly aucti a allowing
should preface any movement fur ltd In
prcosp.
Atlanta Constitution : No etiiiT i'iiny lia
pvrr ypt found the American people unprepared
pared to dpfolid and protocl their Ititpri m
The very fact that they have no niandln
army to dept nd on keeps allvo In the mind
of thp people ( lump patriotic I in pn IBM \vhlc
are ewienllal to tlm preservation and per
pi luallon of tinrepublic. . Improvement
may lie uectiwary to keep our present arm
up to UIP hlghpRt standard. Lot these b
made , but let II be > borne In mind also tha
only monarchical governments require larg
standing armies to maintain tlietn. in
government tiy the people and for the pcopl
the peoplu themselves arc sulllclcnt for It
perpetuation and defense * .
Chicago Tribune : The foivlgn relations c
the IJnltiM States during the last year mils
hav > > Imprrased the lesson that this countr
U too rich to try to get along with a smal
Insurance against war. There has been at
awakening tinder pressure to the needs o
the navy and coast fortifications and a goo
beginning has been madu toward affordln
us aomo adequate security against the pos
fllble attack of lioullo UcoUs. It la just a
necessary to keep our army Up to a strcngt
that will afford us a similar protection o
land. Soldiers cannot be made * and ills
cipllned and taught to handle heavy guns 1
a day and It would bo the height of folly t
attempt petty economics lu this departnicn
of ihe government.
tss co.vnnn.vcn.
Chicago Inter Ocean : Slnco the olectlo
of McKIr ley the leading American stock
have advai'eed ' 507.000,000 in value. Eac
day brings renewed proof that McKlnley I
the advance age-nt of prosperity.
Boston Globe : There is always In time
nf prosperity a feeling of confidence tha
the government will not fail to furnish
currency to UIP extent that there Is busl
ness to call it forth. And wo are cumin
to prosperous times.
Courier-Journal : What about those pope
oral newspapers that declared wheat wa
going up because llryan was to be elected
Wheat Is higher now than it wad befor
tht > election , and extreme bulls now talk o
? I.2o a buLhel with as much sangfroid a
they once discussed "dollar wheat. "
Kansas City Star : The remarkable re
Nival of Industrial activity In all the manu
factoring centers of the United States stir
passes anything anticipated by even the
most wildly enthusiastic supporters of Me
Kltiloy , and It Is reaching a mngnltudo
which make's tl Impossible for thu polltlca
pessimist of the recent campaign to make
any Intelligent comment on It. They nro
literally stunned Into alienee by the promp
and positive proof of the claims put fortl
by the opponents of free silver , that al
Iho country needs Is n cessation of the
financial agitation and a chance to do bust
ness on a settled basis.
Chicago Tribune : A compilation of Wnl
street statistics for the week thnt lias
elapsed since the election of .McKlnley shows
that the leading stocks have advaneoi
nearly $70.000,000 In price. This extraordl
nary boom hab been the direct and propiie
sled result of the success of the souni
money campaign. Investors have been Im
bued with confidence and the money lias
poured Into the market with a rush whlcl
has seemed In the words of the report
"novel and refreshing after the dreary drat ,
which has marked stock speculation for so
long a time. " This form of trade has beno-
flttcd lavishly by the renewed prosperity am
ihe stror.iithencd credit and the effect 01
the business world will bo helpful.
IOWA 1'iiKss ro.iMiivr.
Sioux City Journal : The battleship Iowa
acted lu a satisfactory manner on the trla
trip of the manufacturers. Anything bearIng -
Ing the * nainu Iowa may be set down as
satisfactory.
Davenport Democrat : All this talk abott
Senator Allison for secretary of the treaaur >
under .MoKinloy la Indulged In , it is entlrcl >
safe to say , without the atlvlco and consent
of the veteran statesman. Moro than one
president has Invited Senator Allison to
enter his cabinet and In every Instance the
Invitation has been declined. Senator Alli
son can render Iowa and the country i
greater service In the senate than In the
cabinet. The-re U reason for thinking that
the work Is more congenial to him.
Sioux City Times : Governor Drako. In his
proclamation of Thanksgiving day , nays
among other things : "Tho people of Iowa
have in this year especial causa for grati
tude. Our commonwealth approaches the
end of Its first half century with abundant
evidences of prosperity , such aa has , under
the smiles of a benignant providence , madi.
for her a creat name ntnonir the unlit i.M !
divisions of tinearth. . Hardy. If ever , has
so much of prosperity come to any people
within a like period of time as that which
has crowned the labors of the pioneers ol
Iowa. " The resident of Iowa who does nol
feel proud of the fiO-year-old state ant
fet-l thankful for the prosperity which hao
Mease , ] the people ns a whole is not worthy
of citizenship In the state * .
THI ; s.\nm.sT : OKvoitns. .
Mournful Sii-eiiliitliin on UK
HIM iIli'fii. .
Detroit 1'ivo IMfra ( dom. )
There IH Just about an much to bp caliici
in speculating cd to what would have hup-
pene.l "If" certain statet ) had voted dif
ferently or "If" a few thousands hero ami
there had voted ftr Hryan Instead of voting
ing as they did for McKlnley , as thcri'
would bo In trying to Imagine what would
hiuo happened If any great event lu his
tory had hot occurred , or "If" It had oc
curred In a different way from that in
which U did.
"If" Napoleon had boon victorious at Iho
battle \\nterloo ; "If" tlm colonies had not
re-belled against the mother country ; "If"
CJrcat Hrltaln had succeeded In the war of
thu revolution ; "If" the war of the rebel
lion had ended In the nucrcfis of thu Houtli-
orn states ; "If" Germany had failed In the
I'Vanco-l'niBSlan war , history would have
a very different reading from that which Is
now given It. Hut of what avail Is It to
( speculate ns to what that ic.vllng would
1m vu been' "If" Ihoro wni. any mlstjl.o
inado In the course of men or of natliiiiH
In bringing about the results which have-
gone- into history they are Irretrievable ; and
It is pun , ' watito of tlmo tr > lng to Imagine
what might have been. In thu matter of
the rrcnnt election , there In not even a HIIK-
gcsllun of Impo a.i to change in thu future
In nil the "Ifs" which the peculntora ami
thu curious nro prcKontlng. Therela not
tlio Khoat of a probability that In four ycai-i
- or In forty thu change * ean bo inadu
ik'h thu curiously Nprculativo are lulling
tm ivuuld hnvp piodiind a different re-dull
on tbu 3rd of November.
Highest of all ! u Lcuvcninu Strength. Latest U. S. Gov't Re-port.
M&&JLWREVX
I.HTTIJHS.
rhlraRo Ilrcont : The publication of Wat-
son's letter was dclajpd , but H could nut
IIP permanently suppressed while * the point-
ItaUi'siidldato ha a newspaper of his own. ,
Mlnitpapollft Journal : Tom Watson's lot. *
tpr of acceptance may bo classed antiiug
thp "roJpetPil addrpwee ; " but Tom , having
an organ , wax determined' in.it It should KO
down lo juwtorlty nl Irnst the Wauun
posterity. It will ,
ChlcnKO Tribune : Tom Watson has j > ist
published his letter of nrceptattco nnd | in--
numahty In'running now. If Hie public tii
kindly aland ladle for nn Instnnt and t , > t s
him pasa them will tie no danger of lun
ever returning , and therefore much can bo
forgiven.
Montgomery ( Ala. ) Advertiser : fnn't
somebody Ret Senator Allen to give out the
tHi-gram from Bryan whleh he suppreiji-d
whllo UIP St. hottlii convention was In ses
sion. N'nw that Watson's loiter of accept
ance has bei > n published the llryan trie- /
gram In nppdpd to complete the history of f |
this rnnarhalilu cntnpnlgtt of suppression
and deception.
THU MUIHIV 'PATTUJUS.
. Free Prpsa : "Whnt was all tint
In the next lint ? "
It w.ia thnt foot Imll rusher's wife trying
lo et him to wall : the linby to sleep , "
Oili-aito Hcponl : "Theao bupkiwhp.it iMkei I1
nrv not ul nil like those mother used ui ]
" \Vi II , I ahouM hope not ; she hml to nnkn I
tln'tn over tilvht nnd t kp UIP eruek to In ,1 ,
with her to keep them from freezlttB. " ,
flevchind Lpacler : She They say Unit
tineond die .voting
He-It Isn't so. You are OUP of the most
tl-orouithly pnod perwins I ever knew.
As she lii-lil ihe door oppti for htm to ? . \vt
out , lie rpnllznd thnt Ills compliment h.id
fnlleti short by several degrees. .
Detroit Tribune : She was nn Intensely
romnntlc lrl.
Her soul \vn"3 ever occupied with yearn-
Inps for the titinttnlnnblo.
Why. slip hadn't been In UIP railway out
ten minutes before she wonted the window
opened.
N'PW York Weekly : Maiden What enn n
woman do when a man thnt lias won her
affection refuses to tnnrry her ?
Lawypr Is he rich ?
"Xo ; lm n't n cent. "
"She can appoint n dny of cpnprnt ihnnk *
plvltti : and Invlto both fnmlllps to purtlei-
pale. "
Phlrago Post : She lind been naked to
slt'K. hut proteateil thnt she \\ns not In Rood
volethnt pvenlnc.
"Really , you shouldn't nsk It of mo , she
snld. "I Oon't feel criunl to It tonight. "
"Oh. you pnn clve us nnp little solid. " per.
slstpd the hostess ; "ju t enougli lo Mel
everybody started tnlking. "
Knmprvlllo Journal : "Oh , llpnry , " ex-
clnlrned his llttlr- wife ns slip threw '
arms rapturously nrouml his npck. "I do
love you so ! Don't forget to IPHVP me SJi1
when you BO In town this morning , \\lll
you , dear ? "
"And this. " tmittpred Henry , softly < ! ! < <
pncaRlng himself from hpr fontl embrn.-e -
"this In what you intuht call being hiirj
pressed for money. "
CimSTNtTTTI.N'G.
Cleveland Loader.
I would I wore n cnrelpss child ,
\Ylth brervhps rpnchltiK to my knees ;
At hirgp within the forest wild.
And clubbing ehestnuls from the trees ,
Hul hcrp I sit , with ppn In hnnil.
My feet upon the dealt rpcllned ,
And striving to ICPPP on dry land.
lly clubbing chestnuts from my mind.
TIM' : 01,1) I'ltODllJAI , AT IIO.Mi : .
1'ranU U Btnnton In Atlanta Conntltutlon.
Fix up thr lire , old lady , and make the
kiltie bile ;
Fer hero 1 nm at homo once more , an'
hero I'll stny awhile ,
I'm tired o' UIPSP- elections o' caiiiptilgr
Inlks an' talcs
An' now I'm Kolu' ter Jerk my coat an KC
tor tiplllUu' rails !
Fix up thn llrp , old lady , ns bright as brlghl
kin be ;
An' sot tl'p table with a plate .1 extra plan
fer me ;
An' fetch out thnt 'era failed calf , an' liter
porno honeycomb ;
Fer this hero totiKh old prodigal Is headed
now fer home !
Fix IIP the lire , old lady , nn' le.t her burr
an' liliize ;
Fer this here prodigal's como homo fer hh
rrmnlnln' chiy.s.
An' If that veal will make a meal , josl
e.irve her with a will :
McKlnley's lonk the country , but we'vi
got tun aerts still !
4 (
AND WINTICU srrr THAT srrrs-
A SALIC DKI'KN'DS IM'OX A SITI
SUITIXC A WYKU IN SOMK 1'AR
TK'UhAIt. SOMK Sl'lTS ST1T I >
PKICH KO.MH IN AIM'KAItANCK A'I
A riMC'n. oru .SUITS IIAVK STYLI- ;
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I'ltlf'H THAT SUITS ALL TASTKi
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01. ' TI110 SKAHON TO UltLVC .1
Ml.'YKK HACK 1-XW 111S NKXT Ol T
1'MT. '
3 DON-T CAIMIV THU CIIKAP
NO ACCOUNT KIND OK CLOTIIIN * .
COMMON SKNSK TKLLS KVKU\
MANTI1ATA ( iOOD WOOL SUIT oi ]
CLOTIIHSCANT MK MADK MY TIIH
.MA K Kit AND SOLI ) TO T1IK liK
I'AlLKIt SO THAT IIK CAN MA Is I' '
V I'KOKIT AND SKLL THAT SUI'l
'OH $ : t TO ! ? . " .
\VIIKN YOU PAY A C1IKAP PHICI !
YOU CKT A CIII'JAP SUIT. OUII
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WOOL CIIKVIOTM. HOUND AND
Sgi'AHK COHNKHS , SINOLI'3 ANL'
) ( ) tiI.K-MHKASTKl ; { ) , OUH OWN
MAKK AND WAUUANTKD IN K\-
3HY PAHTICULAU.VK IIAV1 !
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10 OH I ? 15 THAT AHK WIOLL
VOHTH THW .MONKY.
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Sta