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' The fih'tlnn liotwr-on tlio two inutuli coniiwnlt's In llkoly to brluj : nlioiit ti Ik'i-y oiit-mintov. A Joint European protectorate over tiio'dttoninn Kniplro may pnstpoiip but cannot provi-nt thu lin-vltnlilp for Hio possessions of the Turk. Hetween the bullets of the sharpsliont- ItiK Cuban patriots anil thr > prevailing epidemic of yellow fever the lot of the Spanish soldier In Pinar del Ulo Is not n happy tine. Another bloody buttle In Cuba Is mo- nienlarlly > xpei.'U'il to be reported , but 110 fears are entcrtnliu'tl that any of tile combatants on either side will be seriously hurt. If Individuals and soelelles were all ns active as the Knlshls of AU-Sar-Ilen for the welfare of Omaha there would bo little trouble In Kocnrinj ; whatever the city went after. If the ministers keep on cnrlallltif ; the tiportliiff tendencies of their parish i- ioners , It Is only n question of time when ThnnksKlvIng foot ball will be put on the forbidden list. It Is said that the Inauguration of President MeKlnley will be the most brilliant event of the kind In the hit- tory of the country commensurate , In fact , with the brilliancy of the victory won. Many subscribers , old and new , to Tnmsmlsslsslpi ) ! Exposition stock arc 'responding nobly to the stimulus of better times , but the railroads anil packing houses have not yet been heard from. The Chicago Tribune Ls wasting a great deal of breath over the sublime assurance of Nebraska In demanding a plaeo In the cabinet. Nobody In Ne braska has any disposition to make such a demand. Kansas Is again about to see the old question of state rights tested. The complications arising over the Santa Ke receivership promise to make InterestIng - Ing reading for constitutional lawyers and laymen as well. Omaha can force the railroads to build an adequate depot. The remedy for existing evils Is In her own hands. Only by the vigorous enforcement of It will the corporations be compelled to do their plain duty. - The elllelent public servant to whom a local fakery refers as "hlttlo Eckels" has been big enough to per form a most Important part In running the llnanclal end of the government through a disastrous panic. The stand taken by the Women's Christian Temperance union against the adoption of a pt'elal bible for women will bo a sad blow to the strong-minded and lo the conductors of women's columns In the newspapers. Whi'ii an Innocent man has been placet ! In Jeopardy of hln life and made to servo a term In the penitentiary as iv scapegoat for the negligence of n great corporation , his tardy release Is a poor reparation for his wrongs. The re-eh'etlon'of Frances E , WHIard to the piwideney of the Women's Christian Temperance union Is a well deserved honor bestowed upon the woman who , more than any other , linn made that Institution a power In the land. In the construction of an English- Amerh-an-Cltlneso railway It Is not hard to determine which of tlm triumvirate will furnish the money , which the skilled labor and which will derive the most benellt fiom the suhemo In lhc lone ; run. All possible activity should be put Into the movement for a * now union depot. A eortaln undesirable locality Is said to bo paved with good luten- tloiu ) . It Is nlM ) full of men ard corporations who take all they can got and never give anything In return. Any change In existing laws relating to mortgage foreclosures should bo In the direction of simplicity. The tedious process of foreclosure as nt present ' conducted , offering every conceivable ! method of evasion and delay on the part of the mortgagor , Is one of the chief obstacles in thu way of thu In vestment of cuHtcru t nut'xrr ANO ruitm nutwr. L.nt week our erratic local contemporary derlnrcd Ittelf point blnuk 8KnIn.it nil miit.ir bounties , by which nlono Ncbmakn could hope to nltrnct capital disposed to venture Into beet sunar m.-unifacUirlnf ; . This week It call. ) for capital to build n Rrcnt RUnr | refinery nt or near Omaha , Omnha Bee. The World-Herald Is opposed to nunnr bountleN. If It favored a bounty on siiK.ir bcetfl It would also favor a bounty on wheat. If It favored openlni ? the public treasury for the benefit of beet factories It would object to tluS'treasury doom bolnu cloaod against the dnninniH of flour mill owners. Hut the World-Herald opposes n bounty on wheat or flour exactly ns It opposes a bounty on beeto or miKar. World-Herald. It does not matter what the World- Herald Is for or against , excepting In sofar as it disseminates doctrines which make fools of some people who have not brains enough lo do their own thinking. The man who talks about a homily on sugar being ( he same as a bounty nn wheat or Hour Is either a monumental sap-head or a demagogue. A country which produces t-everal hun dred million bu helfl more of wheat than 11 can possibly consume would scarcely waul to offer a bonus to wheat ral ers. nor would a country which now supplies . " per cent of all the Hour that Is Imported into fJreat Hrltain be so deinented as to pay a bounty for Hour- making. Hut a counlry that pays ? 1'JO.OOO.)00 ( ) a year for sugar Imported from foreign countries which ran be produced In the United Slates would exhibit an un pardonable lack of business sagacity If It continued to drain Us people of the millions which arc now ponrlug into the laps of European sugar producers. Germany and Austro-niingavy nloue pay out over twenty million dollars a year In bounties on beet sugar exported inlo the Hulled States and France Is aboul lo enact a sugar bounty law that will nimble her to cone with Orinany In the American market. Manifestly the Pulled States never can build tip Its beet sugar industry to proportions lhat will supply the home market un less it olTsets the bounties paid by foreign countries which l the long run the consumers of sugar In the Knlted Slates are obliged to pay. Which would be more prolltable. to keep on paying over a hundred millions ' for Ivot sugar o'r to a year to Europe foster and stimulate sugar beet raising In this country until the Industry Is on sueh a substantial footing as will en able us to distribute the millions we now spend abroad among -our own people ? The World-Herald , which , as usual , does not know what it is talking about , handles this beet sugar bounty ques tion from the political standpoint of the free trade theorist who can see no good in stlmulallng any industry or enterprise by bounties or tariff duties , al though all experience has proved the theory destructive to a new country that boasts vast natural undeveloped resources. In opposing the sugar bounty "on principle" our destructive contemporary exhibits the most lamentable Ignorance of facts as well as Us tendency to exaggeration and misslatement.It makes I he assertion that the bounty In Nebraska this year will mount up to $1'JTiiii ) ) > , when in fact it will scarcely exceed $50,000. It sets up the Lulil , Utah , factory as a model , and' talks glibly aboul the enormous prollt of rais ing sugar boots att a ton In Nebraska. The Utah beet Holds are worked by Mormon women and children , very much as the German and French beet Holds are , where women and children in harness with trained dogs haul vegeta bles to market. Sueh "culture" is not practicable In Nebraska. The Lehl factory sells all Us product In Utah at from $1 to $2 a hundred higher than the Jobbing price of beet sugar In Nebraska. The Utah factory has the advantage over Nebraska factories In the higher freight rates from either the Pacific or Atlantic coast. It costs less than SlO to raise an acre of sugar beets In Germany. It costs from . ' ? ' _ > ri to ? ; ) an aero to raise sugar beets in Nebraska , excepting only where a very large tract Is cultivated by heavy moneyed concerns who have special facilities for seeding , planting and harvesting. On top of this dif ference between first cost of beet rais ing in Europe and in Nebraska comes the export bounties of l to ! { . cents a pound.paid by foreign nations , which must bu met In this inarm by Ameri can beet sugar producers. The question we have to deal with is not whether the slate sugar bounty contravenes a pot theory , but whether any other way of dealing with the problem will meet the existing condi tions. On that subject an ounce of good horse sense , based on experience , outweighs a thousand tons of theory. TJIK Til ATM HALASI'.K. It Is a gratifying fact that the foreign trade balance continues to be largely In favor of this country , The statistics for the ten months ending with October show the value of exports of merchan dise In excess of the corresponding period last year to be over $ iilX : ( ) ( > , ( M > 0 , wiillo the comparison of Imports shows a decline of nearly $1 < M,0X,0K ( ) ( > . In hroadstiiffs the exports for last month were $7r > 00M)0 ( ) in excess of October , 181)5 ) , while In cotton the excess for October of this year was $ ! > , . " > ( M,00 ) ( ) . The net change in the trade balance of this country for thu ten months of the current year amounted lo ? ± 'I.-K- ) ( ) , 000. 000.Those Those are highly satisfactory llgures and the outlook Is favorable lo their being Incroa.sed. There appears to lie no doubt that thu foreign demand for wheat will take all of our surplus and a considerably Increased demand for corn Is highly probable. It should be noted , also , lhat there has been a marked Increase In the demand for pro visions during the last ten months , the evcoss of exports ns compared with thu corresponding period of last year being nearly ? 10,000M)0 ( ) , and the Octo ber statistics Indicate that this demand Is being maintained. This gain in the merchandise account Is not all that Is to bo placed lo the account of u favorable - able balance for this country. Since the election American securities have boon bought more freely abroad , though it Is not possible to ascertain how much gain there has been from this source. Thu great fulllnc off lu import * , which for October were over $21,000- , 000 less than In the corresponding mouth of last year , can hardly be ex- pooled to continue. It Is probable that in anticipation of higher tariff duties there will bo heavy Importations of merchandise , foreign manufacturers having doubtless held hack goods pend ing the result of the late election. There is no reason to apprehend , however , that Imports will become so large as to change the trade balance against us. so that It would seem safe to assume that the favorable condition shown by the above llgures will not be disturbed tn lite Immediate future. H Is a condi tion which , considered In connection with the great Industrial Improvement that has taken place In the last two weeks , Is in the highest degree en couraging and reassuring. TiXXiSSKR : KhKCTlOX FltAUnS. Two years ago Teiiiie.ssoe elected a rept'bllean governor , but ho was de prived of the olllee by fraud. This was acknowledged by prominent demo crats and democratic newspapers of the slate , II Is believed that lu the late election a republican governor was again chosen on a fall- count and also several republican con gressmen , but again the democrats who are In control of the election machinery are resorting to fraud and II Is to be expreled will be successful , as before , lu defeating the will of the people. Hut the republicans are not going to penult this to bo done without at least making an effort to expose the frauds , even If they cannot thwart the conspirators. They have piepared to Institute a thorough investigation. A letter from .lonesboro , Tenn. , to the Now York Press , says that each day makes It more and more apparent that In some four or Jive counties in we.st Tennessee enough votes , lawfully cast for republican candidates' ' and elec tors , have been suppressed and ( hanged , to elect the congressman , the governor and to give the stale to Me- Klnley and Ilobart. The writer says there Is not a reasonable doubt of the truth of this statement and he asU.s. "Shall the loyal and law-abiding people of Tennessee be required to submit to this great outrage ? " Very likely , rn long as the political machinery and the coutts are In control'of the democrats. It is a deplorable state of affairs , a reproach to Tennessee of which every honest and honorable citizen of the state should be heartily ashamed. A During the la.st session of congress a resolution was Introduced providing for a non-partisan currency commis sion. It proposed that the president should appoint nine citizens , eminent in trade , political economy and bank ing , to act with the comptioiler of the ci'.iTouoy as a commission to offer recommendations for needed changes In "our pre > ont inadequate banking and currency system. " The resolution was referred to the hanking and cur rency committee of the house , which took no action rogaidiug It. It l.s said that the resolution may be pressed dur ing the coming session , with some prob ability that a currency commission maybe bo looked upon with favor. There Is n great deal of talk about currency reform , the tendency of which Is to create the Impression that our cur rency system Is very bad and threatens to give serious trouble In the futiiiv. We shall undoubtedly have this Idea vigorously presented to the attention of the country In fhe forthcoming mes sage of the president and the report of the seeretaiy of the treasury. In his letter to the New York Chamber of CommWeo Mr. Cleveland said In refer ence to the currency , "that absolute safety will only be secured If our finan cial system Is protected by alllrmed and thorough reforms. " It Is easy to fore cast what the president will urge ar. lu his view the most desirable reform. It Is the retirement of the legal tender rotes. II Is a fixed conviction with Mr. Clevclaml , as with numerous others , that so long as the greenbacks are kept In circulation the cmn-ncy system will be unsound and the treasury will be constantly menaced with the dan ger of having Its reserve of gold depleted. Of course tho.s ? who hold this view decline to consider the fact that for fourteen years after the resumption of specie pay ments In 1870. during which time the revenues of the government were ample , the legal tender notes were at no time a source of trouble to the treas ury , nor was there at any time any concern regarding the maintenance of the gold reserve. They do not choose to remember thai before the period of distrust and depression set in. with the advent of the democratic party to power , people were glad to got greenbacks and treasury notes and even silver certificates-were taken for gold when the treasury was full , nor are they Influenced by the circumstance that since the Into election the people have freely exchanged gold for legal tender notes , thus showing their prefer ence for the latter for general use. So long as the revenues of the government were In excess of the expenditures there was no drain upon the treasury gold and it is entirely safe to say that as soon as this condition Is restored nil danger to the gold reserve will vanish. With all the currency on an assured gold basis the people will not want gold and no probable export demand for that metal will threaten Hie treasury reserve. There Is the high authority of Sena tor Sherman that no radical change in our present financial system Is needed and It Is not to bo doubted that this will be found to le the view of the president-elect and of the loading re publicans In the next congress. As lo H currency commission , therefore , It Is not apparent that It would servo any useful purpose. Congress has had sub mitted to it a currency plan formulated am ! approved by tlm bankers of the country , together with an endless num ber of schemes for reforming the cur rency framed In and out of congress , ail of which proved unacceptable. It Is hardly possible that a commission mich ns proposed would bo moro successful In Its recommendations. There Is per- liaps ouu good result that might come TTril . from the-trentlon of a commission am that Is a cessation of efforts at our reiicy tjrtcerlug until It should him snhmltttM'lts recommendations. Hi-lnUvf AiMlvlllcii. 1'iick , When ttfroinco ] seeks the mnn the exhlbl tlon of nfollvo activities Is very similar to the spectfi-lo of n bar manual seeking a pin. 1. Snini lit n .Nil me. 1'lilladelphla. Times. Still , the Iowa's flpcctl la not mirprlslnn for tlin prohibition sinto nftcrvlilch It's named gets along on water pretty well It self. wltti tin * Hotiii-iM , New York Herald. Mr. Ilryan , In a speech nt Lincoln Sntur ilny , nilvlncd his followers to drop liU imme It Is tlu- general Impression tint such was done about the 3d day of this month. TinHrwnll llnr'l. ChlcaRo Iteeord. I Tlio tone of Mr. Sownll's remark tends to cotillrui the view that ho has not allowed his bank book 'to run the risk of suffering any keen disappointment as a result of the olec * tlon. KHVof or a Tiiiulili- . Chlcngo Times-Herald. Lord Salisbury refers to the Venezuelan trouble as "a rather unimportant contro versy. " Ho might have found It otherwise It ho had not turned a diplomatic somer sault. _ _ Will MnUc It I'nniiliiioiin. Ololjc-Ucmocrnt. A goodly number of largo states are Bolld for sound money. If the silver met want to try It again they will find the re publicans carrying the war Into the close states and Into thq entire south. The ver dict for an honest dollar can bo made unani mous If necessary. IJIcL-tluii I'ciMilliirltli't \i'lmiHUn Globe-Democrat. Ono of the peculiarities of the election In Nebraska la that while McKlnley's vote was 102 , 1G8 , the republican candidate for governor received but 91,303. The privilege of scratching has been more extensive ! } used this year than ever before In a presi dential year. The most notable Instance was in Philadelphia , where a democratic sheriff was elected against an average re publican plurality of 110.000. llolinobliliuvllli I'lut Dos Molncs Leader. Mr. Ilryan , ' chaperoned by Millionaire \Vetmoro of the Planters hotel , St. Louis. Is with a shootlhg party In southwestern Mis souri. In Imitation of the Urltish aristoc racy Mr. Wctmoro lias an enclosed shooting "preserve , " and the game thereon Mr Bryan has been Invited to share. It scenu from this that Mr. Uryan has not the Ob jection to plutocrats at short range thi't might be inferred from some of his public utterances. llou- lit Pciil vt-ltli TriiNlN. 1'lttsburi ? Dispatch. After several unsuccessful attempts the bolt and nut manufacturers have finally formed a combination , or , as It 13 popularly called , a "trust. " The purpose Is to restrict production , control prices and prevent com petition. This Is one of the coses In which It would be ? prefer for the government to suspend tariff protection until the combi nation was Ibroktn up. In all canes where such combinations arc formed behind the protection against foreign competition tha executive should have the power to take down the harrier and put the monopoly In competition AvUli foreign producers. Kroc HIIvor'H ICriiliH'ljy Ornvi1. New A'orU Wnrld. The total vote , of Kentucky according to tbo official flgurtfl was 443 S70-Brynn , 217- 707 ; McKlnley. 218,055 ; Palmer , 5,018. Mc- Klnlcy's plurality over Ilryan was therefore 258 , and the majority for sound money , represented by both McKlnley and Palmer , was 0,270. It waa supposed that the free silver guber natorial campaign of 1895 brought out cvcrj- votcr In lhi'State. , Yet the vote this year was 86,000 greater than last year and 113,000 Greater than In 1892. The democrats and populists together had In 1S92 a majority of 70,000. Tills year. In splto'of the largo accessions of frco silver republican farmers , the allied free silver forces wcro In a minority of 5,000. This means that In exchanging sound money democrats for free stiver republicans and ropullsl.3 the democratic party suffered a net loss of about 40.000 votes. Krce sllver'c Kentucky grave Is very wlilo and very , very deep. 1'HIIOTTI.I.VR TUB THUSTS. Suit l.nlic Coitrln Adiu-U ( InCunl Comlilnr. Chlc.iEO Poit. That the anti-monopoly laws of the- coun try are not entirely Impotent when able ami earnest oniclals determine to try conclusions ulth their violators Is shown by the outcome af an Intcrcutlng struggle In Salt Lake City. That community , like so many ethers , has b.cn suffeilns ; from the high-handed and un- uTiipulous rule of a local coal monopoly and , I Ic.n the federal courts have Interfered and In a IHCSUIX > checked Its aggressions. Thirteen prominent wholesale coal dealers have been convicted before Judge Hallett on the charge of combining to prevent nonmembers - members of the coal exchange from pur chasing or Rollins coal at prices lower than i bo prices fixed by the pool. The rcnvlctcd dealers deny that any com bination \\fii \ \ existed and explain the singular incl AtrlKlng unirormlty or prices nnu tlic systematic boycott of the ; .mall coal mer- . 'hauls liv the magic word "coincidence , " Just r.n the Chicago dealers account for the Identity of the- figures nuoted to the county hoard by several apparently Independent deal ers. They also allege that producers and wholesale-is have a perfect right to refuse 'o aell to customers they deem objectionable for nny reci'on satisfactory to themselves. Howevor. the federal grand Jury which In- 'I'ctcd them and the court before which they were convicted found ample warrant In the evidence for a totally dllferent vlaw of the matter. Whether the sentence will lie merely nominal or serious enough to servo as a warning to others and break up the Salt Lake City monopoly remains to be seen. The convicted men arc complacent and confident of their ability to circumvent the law , but everything depends on the temper of the public. I > IS.SOA'IOS PAUT.VHItSIIII1 , I'oiiiIlNt Hfitator Under CiitN I.OOHC from ( InI'o line ruin. Chicago Tlmp's-Hcrnld. With the most stinging contempt Senator Duller severs all partnership with the popo- crat party. IFd rnfmdlatcH forever that L'O- luslvo siren wJilJi , .under the fatherly care of Altgcld and-Tlllman , of Jones and Teller , of Vest and Dinlel. of Uryan anil Uland , in ml o EO Reductive an appearance at the Coliseum In July , and whoso blandishments were so cffectFve later at St. Louis. The creature U no longer beautiful in Butler's eyes , and ao witbout further dissembling his love ho rudijMilckA her downstairs. It needed but itils to .oirp'cto ' the .l. . pia- dallon of thosey do/nocrats / who under the plea of rogulmy , accepted that Impious alliance ) with irwnillsm tncralv for the sake of spoils oj'ofncc. They have already felt the derision of thousands and thou sands of their lifelong associates who re fused to bo Eold-otft to populism by trait- ous leaders , and now they know what thUr allies Ihltik of them. " \Vo are done with them now and for- ovpr , " aaja Mn Htnlcr through his personal organ , "and alsoj with any man who souks to lead Iho Dcople bprcaftor under any dzr , : tha : i/.ay bear the name or the smirch of the word democrat. " This U iiotlgo to Uryan also that he rnuiit not pose as a democrat any longer. Ho must not continue to say "good Lord and good dovll , " but must make bis choice right hero and now before that Denver speech. The mere private confession of populism , while * bearing the outward semblance of democracy , will no longer servo , and ho must publicly declare to which faith ho gives adherence. An for Jones , HarrU , Morgan , Push , Vest , Cockroll , Turplo , Voorhccu and the- other senatorial conspirators who did everything In their power to betray democracy to the catwo of free silver , they have received their Just ileunrtM , The despised populist of the south dcrldeo and mocks them , disdaining all fellowship with them forever , How they must wrltho under his scorn , and bow despicable they fcecin ! I.KT Tim nr.Ait urcsr. Poxcy'n Sound Money ( silver ) ' The ullvor IMUO Is de.id , and who would * eek to revive It , or net up Its corpse to burn Inccnso to It , should be branded as a tool of the Hotluclilldn and the rcpnlillenn-Kold-dcmo- cratlc p.uty , Now Orleans Times-Democrat ( silver ) ; The Times-Democrat will join heartily with llnso who are working for peace , business activity and prosperity. And let us all , Instead of jtilUInk' , join In fie movement to bring b.tr.l < good times again. Salt Lake Herald ( silver ) : Those who ad vocate free silver will accept the * verdict of the American people as thnt of Iho sovereign uowpr of this country. They will not de ceive * themselves Into thinking that Major McKlnloy will do anything for silver.Vo trust that It miy bring prosperity , but we can scarcely hope for the prosperity that free silver promised. Cincinnati Enquirer ( silver ) : Tim last reason or pretext for partisan contention or rancor ha been removed. Now that a decision which Is beyond reverpal has hi-on reached , the party contention for this year Is at nn end , nml It Is the duty of every man wlw emblem Is the American Hag to do all lit- can to uphold the new president , and to make his administration a success. This Is the very essenceof American citizenship. Let its all pull together for good times. If Mr. McKlnloy does well , let us help him for the country's cake. Augusta ( Ga. ) Chronicle ( silver ) : Wo do not think that continued and continuous agitation of the issue Is wise at this time , or necessary to Its preservation. The ques tion has been plainly put before the peo- pie. In general terms they understood the Issue. They voted to continue the trial of tbo gold standard. We aerept their ver dict , ai.d say give It the fullest and fairest trial. Kor the present , we believe It to be the part of wisdom to discontinue ! the finan cial discussions and turn attention to ma terial development and the encouragement of commercial prosperity. Detroit News ( silver ) : i\-ery considera tion of wisdom , patriotism and 'humanity calls for an Immediate truce In this clK n- Hc debate. Laying astdo for the moment all questions as to the duration of this truce , wo Insist that the- policy of the victorious ballots In this contest bo tried for all It Is worth. If the advocates of frco silver arc not In error , and If everything they li'ive contended for Is economically and morilly rue , only ill can como to the republic by forcing It to the front at n tlmo when Its acceptance Is absolutely hopeless. In all fairness. In all good conscience , and In 011 good policy the gold standard people are entitled to a clear field to demonstrate their ability to bring back to this people pros perity , comfort and contentment. Memphis Commercial-Appeal ( silver ) : Mr. Dryan has said about all there U to be said In favor of free- silver and to begin the campaign of IflOO now would bo absurd and ridiculous. While the excitement of .he late contest lasts Mr. Uryan would attract audiences , hut In a year's time hl3 audiences would bo slim and In four years frem now he would be the laughing-stock of the country. Enthusiasm and persistence are well enough In their way , but they should not be permitted to become Qulxotlr. The country can stand a period of Intellectual dissipation once In four years , but It docs net want to make the debauch perpetual. Thcro Is no telling what will happen In four years from now. and the part of wisdom Is to eschew politics and devote our energies to the material development of the country. All things have their seasons and a quadrent > lum crusade la a little too much of a good th Inn. THH S.MOlvi : OK KACTIIKII3S. New York Mall and Express : Evidently : ho country Is Just now suffering from a bl run of smoky chimneys. Inasmuch , how ever , as the chimneys In question are thcoo of big. booming , labor-employing mills and factories , all we can say Is , Let 'em smoke ! Chicago Inter Ocean : The man with his little dinner pall , with money In his pocket worth 100 cents to the dollar , and prospective employment. If he has a level head , cinnot feel less than thankful that the wildcat scheming of Imlf crazy statesmen has fulled. Good money and open workshops mean much more to him than open silver mines and closed workshops. Boston Globe : The great masses uf the people of all nirtlcs have turned from poli tics to business. They do not propane to worry over the campaign of 1000 until 1UOO In In sight. Political matters have been sct- iJ for a season , and the people are irlnil of an opportunity to think about other things and to view the dally brightening pnspects of Industry , trade and commerce. Denver Republican : There Is no doubt that many men have been put to work since the election who during the campaign were idle They have been put to work because the depression and uneasiness of the presidential campaign la over and men look forward to the policy which Is to prevail In the govern ment. It Is hoped that there will be enougl af this re-employment of labor to cause a revival In business , but one should not ex pect a favorable result to come In one or Lwo days. It will require time , but It maj become manifest In the course of a few months. t'iitH < l\\I , AMI OTIIKUWISK. ' Though he looks like a preacher , W. J \mlerson. private secieta.ry to Governor Upham of Wisconsin , waa a cowboy In his younger dajs. The heredity of genius Is Illustrated 1 > > he Harvard senior class elections. In which ho son of Ctrl Schur * was chosen as Ivy orator and the son of Joseph H. Choatc as class poet. In tha recent election In Mexico the Diaz jallots , ulilch were of cardboard , hai ( > i Inted on them a very striking picture of lencral Diaz , shown standing erect and toldlng an olho branch In Ms right hand. It 13 proposed to extend a cable to lonely St. Helena , Napoleon's prison Island , not or commeiclal advantages , but for the curious fear that a foreign power might luictly seize the Island and secure the In coming mall steamer as a prize of war. Probably the highest-priced stock In the vorld IB that of the London Water com pany the New Hlvcr company one share if which was recently sold at auction for $025,000. At this price It yields a revenue of 2 1-C per cent. Shares In the company VL-ru once to be purchased nt has than 1,500. Now they are usually disposed of n twentieths or even hundrcdths. BeforeDr. . Nansen started for the North > ole the I < ontloi : Chronicle agreed to give ilm 5.000 If he succeeded In reaching the lolu .mil gave the first news of his aucceaj o the Chronicle. In en BO he did not rpach ho pole ho was to receive 2,500 If ho &cn * he first news of his failure to the paper. \s It turned out , Nausea's letter to Iho Ihro'.ilolo did not reach It until Jliu news vcs already published , and , therefore , the question how much money he should re- clvo will bo di'cldud by arbitration. South Carolina has found diversion frjm he election excitement In discussing the shipment of General Pickcnhani'a boJy to England after the battle of New Orleans in a barrel of rum. The route was by v/nv of Charleston , whcro the precious cask w.is loaded on a sailing vessel for I La final desti nation. The discussion lua recalled the ccle- fcrated cotinlet : Llttlo thought I'ackciihain when he Uff home Ho would pack b.ick In u puncheon of rum. MlBE Margaret La Karge bus been nclected by Mayor Uoylo of Newport to name the gunboat Newport , which Is to be launched rt Ball'Me. . , late In the present month. Mies La Kargc Is the oldest unmarried KroU-grnnddaughter of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry , the hero of the baltio of 1-alco ICrlo. , Her mother wits the daughter of Christopher Perry , the oldest son of Com modore Perry , a prominent citizen of New port , who commanded the ancient Newport artillery as colonel from 1845 until hU death , In 1851 , Her father Is John La Karge , the arllst. AUSTIIAM.V.M I10t , OtITIM'T MIIOUT. Itloli .Mlno * III Some CIIIII-N | | .Not l't | to i\ix-r-fiitliiii * . WASHINGTON , Nov. IS.-Coniul Gen eral MArnttn , writing to the Depaitment of StAte from Melbourne on the mint returns for the quarter ended September 30 , say that they nro of much Intriest In connec tion with the gold discoveries In the colony of West Australia. Almost all Iho cold produced In that colony Is brought to the Melbourne mint , and a pretty sure erlteilon' of the progrcsH or otherwise of the Indus try Is fm nlslied. Kor the llrtit nlno motuha of the current yenr the mint received only 162,239 ounces of gold from western Aus tralia , against 100.849 last year , a decrease of S.COO ounces. Taken In connection with the exceedingly unsound boom now In full career at Perth , the capllal of that colony , the falling off Is nn unhiMlthy omen. It would bo unfair , however , to bo too pro nounced until the gold lleldn are In proper going order , but there Is obviously room for tbo exercise of a great deal of caution on the part of Investors. AH icgards the receipts of gold by the mint from other sources. It Is very satis factory to note lhat Vlctsrla has , up to the present time , cvipplled TiSO.ItnO ounces against fi''iS.BTO for the corresponding period of ISO. , ami If the same rate of Increase Is con tinued the production of the colony for ISfli ! will be about 775,000 ounces. Imports of cold from New Zealand and Tasmania show largo luTcase.- " , but much less has be ! U received from nouth Australia. The total quantity of gold received by the mint from January In September , this vear. Is 857,011 , against "Si',752 ounces for the coriespondlng period l.tst year. \XKSOT.VS I.IMJ IV niiHSTIOX. llniiiKliiry lldtvcrit the Stale nml tin ii 11 n ( in Sllll I'lisoltlril. WASHINGTON. Nov. IS. It U quite probable that provision will bo made at the coining session of congress for a boundary commission to determine the divisional line between Minnesota and Manitoba. Repre sentative Heatwolo reported from the foreign affairs committee In the last house a resolu tion providing for such a commission , flic dispute is over a tract known as Iluir.er- * Island , and hlngcb or. wheihor the main channel of the Halny Lake river runs north or south of the Island. It has been suggested that the Alaskan boundary dispute be coupled with that of Minnesota and nn amendment offered to the Heatwolo rcsnl iMan provision that tno same commission shall detm-mlno the Alaskan boundary. Objection is made to this by the Minnesota moi , who nay that It will not be dlillcult to determine the ownership of Hunters Ulind , while the dis pute of Alaska mlgnt engage the loimnlc- slon a long time , to the delay of the otuur question. Itm'OItT or NOVHMIIKH KHUIT CHOI' Aiiln | nml IVnrs \ 1'i > ( o tlir Avt-niKc , lint ( JrniM-M Aliiiiiilniit. WASHINGTON , Nov. 18. The Agricul tural department fruit report for November says : The returns give comparative yields of apples , pears and grapes , they in the main reflecting the returns as to condition in the preceding months. In the case of apples , the standard of comparison has been exceeded In no leas than eight of the north ern tier of states , which comprises the most Important winter apple section of the country. Other states In this region also report , aci the figures show , the crop Is at the best only mediocre. The returns for pears are nowhere as high as for apples , but are generally better In those sections where apples gave the best returns. The grape Is the most constant of the fruits , and , as usual , the returns show a product more uncertain the country over than foi cither apples or pcaro. Ae compared with last year , the piescnt season has given generally larger products. M.\uni.r.iiiAi > JOINS TIM : I-M.KKT. Hi'tiiriiH from tlic 'Mi1 it It IT ran ran tn Join ( InAI la n Stimuli-mi. . WASHINGTON , Nov. IS. Admiral Bunco's fleet will be augmented at an early day by the cruiser Marblehcad , which arrived today at Bermuda on her way to this country. ' The Marblehead waa In the Mediterranean , near the seat of Turkish troubles , up to Lwo months ago , when her place was taken : > y the Cincinnati. It was determined at that time that the Marblehead would Join Admiral Bunco's llc-el an arriving hare and as thU was before the -ecent reported naval activity over Spanlsh- ' nlian affairs no significance can he drawn 'rom the addition of the Marblehead to the leet. > > ' ! ' .tliiliilnln rcrniaiKMil -ailiiitircrM ( WASHINGTON , Nov. IS. Secretary .Mer cer of the republican congressional cam paign committee said today that there was practically no further doubt that the com mittee would continue active work during the next two years , and piobably until 1900. Mr. Mercer thinks that the national commit tee will ultimately Join the congressional committee In the maintenance of the head quarters In Washington , but this step prob ably will not be determined upon before the convening of congress. ( Jcnrral ! , ( CIM-M In Virginia. WASHINGTON. Nov. 18. Consul General Fltzhugh Leo left for his homo at Fred- erlckaburg , Va. , this noon , after culling on Secretary Olney to bay goodbye. General Leo will return hero before going to hla pest at Havana. Dliu-H A ll 111. 1 1of "lloiiny Ili-cr IlliNli. " WASHINGTON , Nov. IS. President and Mrs. Cleveland entertained at lunch today iJr. John Watson , known in the literary world as Ian MucLaron , and Mrs. Watsos. KI.ASIIKh ft If J.-U.Y. ImllnnnpollH Journal : "Speaking of tlm noble of " HUl' Hlfm game poker. , A r . e p l9 lo n " milvcrlnt- wretch In . the rnnlr. "you Voi o have this all over In nhotit live second" . Detroit Tribune : "There is noctrv In everything , " mused the editor. "Now there In yonder wnstc-baaket , " ' US h ° MmoUmc d Chicago Post : "I toll you It tnkes n rKlur ' to miiltn a man rich. " 'ion mean poor , don't you ? " No ; 1 mean rich. " In what way ? " "Well. I have been rcadlnir about the y.iluo of tbo 1'ooils Htolon from SliiKcr'H vrr'iu'd" ' ' " flnd "U " " * lost mo than hS Detroit Free Press : "Who's iniiMni ? nil ' ' ° Ur I'unlon' " ' y ' l IhoiUjht H was my wife. ImllannnollK Journal : From the PlunU- villa HUKlo : "It wiiH not necessary for lie editor of our puerllo and ridiculous eon- tunnornry to nmimiiiL-o that ) itnllder H npln In our inl'lHt. ' ' Any otio wn U 1 Know th.it by rending hln edltorlttlH. Ha ! Jin ! " Soniervlllo Journnl : "What ! " exclaimed old Bullion. In HiirprlKo. "aivo you ny only l'l.l.lit.r ' ( { , 'I01 , muul1' y ° l" " > - mnn , " ' i la jour only dauirhtcr. " ro. " ' " mB" taitljp " ' my"fafu't. ! IH t"B < "That ls"'t INVKItSK nATIO. Waahlniiton Htur , The KorgeoiiH nhryHantnemiim erects UH oieo more : And tlial Hhock , mntlicmutlual , worries UH Die bigger the ilowcr that you take from ipn Htore The Minullcr the change from a J3 bill. Highest of nil in Leavening Strength. Latest U. S , Gov't Report , DOWN 1V ItIMIIarUnMiI'alllnu - OfT In ( ho Driuix < 't-iil ( Vole , N w York World ( Ocm. ) The ofllclnl figures show that lhe vote In ( leornlrt fell from 177liG ! ! east for Cleveland and HarrUon togethrr tn 1S02 lo 157,1.11 cnst for Ilryan , McKlnley and Palmer. As the republican vote , RO.llU , shown an Incrrnso of Jt.SSC over 1S92 , Iho decrease M alto gether In the ilemucrAtlc vote. While Cleve land got 129,361 voti-M , Ilryan got only 04- 2.12. a decrease of ,15,00i ) . As the normal democratic Inere.iso in Georgia U about 20.000 In four years , tha democratic candidate for president ought have got nt least lfio.000 vote * . At least hall the fiO.OOO populists must have voted for Bryan. This makes the number of actual democrats who voted for him about 70,000. U Is therefore a very conservative estimate to pul the democratic defection from free silver In Georgia nl SO.OOO , or im ro than half the party. If one-third Iho democrats \\lio did not vote at all hod voted for MeKlnley the ! nto would have chosen sound money elei'lnrs As It was , morn than half the dcmoi-ratio party showed Ita disapproval of the free silver policy by staying away fri m the polls. Kreo silver Is n dead Issue In "A. SOJ.D1KH 01KIIH1S Ml.\ Hit , " \\Htll Apologies to Carnllno U , S. K. N.irtun , ( To the Kdltor of The Bee : This wni clipped from a western country sheet. the name of which I do not know. It Is. how ever , too good to bo lufct. T. H. K ) A soldier of Free Silver lay dying on iho plains ; The crimson tide was cbblnq1 from hli popoOintlc vchiH. A eomrade knelt beside him to wipe the gore nway , And also , Incidentally , to hear what ho might say. The silver wairlor blubbered IIM ho s.ild in accents low : , "Llko my tlfty-tbree-cent dollnrs , from thli land I soon shall go. But I would Hcnd some mesMagcH to distant frlendH of mine. For 1 was born nt Salem , near the Indiana lino. "Tell Sewnll Hint his railroad liomN will comfort his old age. For I wan but u pudding , who thought himself a sage. I hoped to beat McKlnley , of that I Imd no doubt , But. alasl I won't bo In It when the votes are counted out. "I long to sew the other .land where all our troubles cense , - To Hharo some silver paradltfo with Mnry Yolllir Lease ! To s ce on 1'offer's blessed beard the radiant sunlight Hblne , An It shines on distant Salem , mnr tbo Indiana line ! "Toll Jones , who trot me In this scrape , to adil unto his pelf. To crawl liohlml some chicken coop and gently kick himself , And whisper unto Tlllmnn , with his South Cai'limi eye. To fall upon hlH pitchfork quick , and like a Itoman clle. > . "On the Free Silver battlements , whl. h now the foemen hold , Go hang my borrowed crown of thorns , my stolen cross of gold ! I tiled to cheat the people with a bogus dollar's shine. But no one would bellevo mo on the Indiana line ! "There's another , not n sweetheart he wl'l ' weep when I nm dead. You'll know him by the crimson rag that floats around his bead. 'Ne.-Uh Anarchy's red ensign , which was bis hope anil Joy , Ho led my columns to defeat 'way down In Illinois. "Go tell him not to weep for me , nor slih ; with drooping head , When McKlnloy goes to Washington with Kay and glorious trend ; Rut when the eold frost dallies with the modest pumpkin vine. To think of one from Salem , near the Indi ana line ! " Ills voleo grow faint and fainter , till ho failed to raise his henil. And the soldier of Free Silver on the battle field lay dead. The comrade gently cloced hla eyes and breathed u prayer HO low , And on them laid two dollars that wcro coined In Mexico. : The golden moon rose slowly and winked as she looked down Upon that ghastly battlefield with silver wreckage strewn. But proudly on Sound Money's spears her ninbtcnt light did Rhine , And no one thought of Salem , on the Indl- iinu line ! HAS NO TERRORS FOR TUB OF A WARM OVERCOAT OR WE SHALL PROBABLY HAVC PLENTY OF COLD WEATHER NOW AND ON THAT ACCOUNT WE HAVE MADE IT A POINT TO HAVE PLENTY OF OVKH- COATS AND ULSTERS OF VARYING GRADES AND PRICES. WE DON'T AIM TO SEE HOW CHEAP WE CAN MAKE A COAT , BUT HOW GOOD A COAT WE CAM MAKE TO GIVE OUR- PATRONS FOR THE LEAST MONEY'AND EVERY ONE AVE DO MAKE IS AS WELL MADE AS SKILLED WORKMEN CAN PRODITR , WHETHER IT'S THE LOWEST OR HIGH EST GRADE. MERE WEIGHT DOES NOT MAKE A WARM COAT OR ULSTER YOU MUST HAVE ALL WOOL MATEUML3 AND NICE SOFT LININGS TO GET COM FORT. OURS COMMENCE AT ? 10 AMI END AT | IO , AND ARE WORTH EVERY CENT WE ASK FOR TII3M. THEY AIIH EXTRA GOOD MATERIAL , EXTRA ROOD LININGS AND EXTRA WELL MADE , MADE FOR DURABILITY , WAP.MTH. FIT AND STYLE. ONE OF THEM WILL LAST SEVERAL SEASONS. YOU DON'T HAVIJ TO BUY ONE EVERY WINTER WHEN' YOU PATRONISE