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TITE OMAHA TAJTAT ) HE 13 : SATtMI ? > AY , NOVEMBER 28 , 1800. Tine OMAHA DAILY BUR K. HOSKWATHU , Killtnr. runt.isiiur ) KVKIIV M TlittMR OP Dally Tttn ( Without Sumlny ) One Year M 0) Dully Il n"d SuiiilHj' . One Ycnr M W ' Hljc Month * " 00 f Three Mntitlu > s Humlny lie * . One Year } * ' V Hnlurilny 1i o , ( me Vcnr > ' ( ' JXeeMy lice. One Yenr ' * UKK1CR8 : / Omnlm ! Tlie Hi * IlulldlttK. . . . . . _ . i Bmilli Omahn : Hlngtr 111 * . . C'.r. N and 34lh at * ; Council lilufTa : 1C .N'ciili MHM ! Htrevt. I ChlraRO Oltlcc : 31 ? i.'hnml r i > f Onimercr. | New York ; Ilootm 13 , t < iinl 13. Trlbuno llMn f Washington : 1107 K .Street , .1. W. f COHUK.SPONl'ENCi : . t All rommiinlcntlnn-i rclntln * to news nnd ta torlal matter tliuuld Le Mlilrrrrnl : To the WHO All VuptneM Inter * and letnUtitnres nhouM l > o ndilrorcd lo Tin lion I'utilWilnie Company. . OinaliH. nrnfM , clicrkii nnd. iMwinlllce nnlTH lo . bo mixile pnvnlilo lo Ihe order of Hie onmpnnir. t , ) THIS HKH i'nm.isino COMPANY. BTATTJMnNT Of ClllCUt-ATION. f fitnlo of ? < "lji1nltn , I r iJouRlnu County. I OcorRu n. Twicliuek. si-cretnry of The tl e Put * ll linccoiiipnnylijlnt ! ( ( duly sworn , rny thai llie nclu.il humlwr of full mid comnlcl" c plca ot The Dolly Morning , KvenliiK nml Sunday Hco tirlntml | ilurlntf HID inotilh of Oclobcr , IS''Cvnn ' nn fol- Tr : . .a : IT ! ! -L 2 ro.wc is W.C72 in 4 S1.JSO M H 20.HU 21 C JI.080 22 T SO.BSt M S s. ' . ' . ' . ' . ' . ' ! . ' ! ! ! ! ! ' . ! ! > ! : ' . ' . ' . ' . ! ' . ! ! ! ' . . 10 S0.7K ) M - - - . . . . i. 11 11,400 27 JO-JJi ' , 12 J0fft.IS 51.080 ' " ; ! ! ' . ; : ; ; ; . ' ; ; ; ! ; ; ? ; ; ; . ' . ' . " . ' . " ! 21 02 JS 20.W3 31 ! I'212 1C 20.901 Totnl . < I.csn deductions for unsold nnd returned | > - CCplCS f Tolnl net snips k Net dally nvcrngo * i anonoi ; n. T7.srinTcic. t , Rwntn lo l-cfnip mo nnd sulisrrllii-d In my prcBcnco this 3I t > lny of Oclol-cr. iwo. , ( < pnl. ) Notary Pulille. THU UKST N'KNVSI THE OMAIIA SUNDAY Nolnliliyiioclnt I-Vnlnri-.ti nOIircirr IlAim'R LAHOH STORY. ( Second Installment ) . WINTfiU UKSCIKTS OF PLOIIIDA. TUB SCitAl'PKIl OK SANTA KB. SKKTCMI OK KXIM.OIIKH NAN'SRN. UKCOM.ECTIONS OV IIIU , NYB. MODK11N' I'HOPHKTS A.N'L ) HKALKIIS. Un rival fit Dciuirtiiioii < M IN WOMAN'S DOMAIN. TUB COMINtT OKNBIIATION. Ml'SIC AND DUA.MA. WITH TUB WHKBMNO TIIUONO. IN TUB WORM ) OK SPOUTS. Superior XCMVM 1'm'lllllr * . f TJIE OMAHA SUNDAY BRE. 15UV IT ! HIOAD IT ! Iri'iiooforlli Ilic lasl Tluirsdny In HIP inontli of Nori'inbur should be known ns foot ball day. Oonpral Mills' nlnrmliiK ostlniitto Unit H would tiiUo ton years to coiiiplok1 the work of coast dofonsi ! bus ac complished Us cvldont purpose. Anolhor revolution In said to lu > Im minent in .South America. Will the time over oomo when revolutions will not be Imminent in South America ? According to .Secretary of War Ia- niont , desertions in llio army are In- ( .Tensing. That would peem to Indicate tlmt times are Koltln ? , " better. Men sel dom glvo up a poor job until they are mire" they can get u belter oil' ? . The result of a rapid survey of some thing like 1,000 newspapers , published In this country on the morning follow ing Thanksgiving , Is lo confirm the sus- plclon that foot ball is still the prop and stay of American manhood. What is Ihe Department of State going to do about the action of Queen Victoria In forcibly removing Ambassador Bayard from the Thanksgiving dinner nt the Hotel Cecil ? Mrillsh "com- mands" ought not to go on American national holidays , Is not Itryan showing an unwise dis crimination against his friends. In in- lllctlng live of bin speeches gratis upon the devoted city of Pueblo , the while he confers upon an Iowa town the boon of Ills absence by naming a prohibitive price for a single lecture ? Wanlcd Klfty of the very ablest and most energetic business men. property owners , mechanics , professional men , to serve as a board of directors of the Transmlsslssiiipl Kxposlllon without pay and without other reward than the gratitude of their fellow-citizens. Two feet of snow on a dead level at IMsmarck and more snow In the North Dakota ranges than has ever been seen there by the oldest Inhabitant. It may not be premature to predict that tlie lllg Muddy will foreclose Its mortgage on millions of acres long before the time the .Mine rise sets In. Congressman 1'Ickler has cast his an- c.hor to windward with an eye on the comnilsslonershlii of pensions , a posi tion for which he Is eminently qualified and to which his services as a union veteran and rccognl/.cd champion of the old soldiers In the national house of representatives fairly entitle him. With the ? ; ! ( ) , ( X ) ( ) which Ceneral Man- nger Iloldrege of the llnillngton pledges to the Trausiulsss.sippl ! K.xposltlon the company's subscriptions have passed the flUO.OOO mark. It Is now practi cally certain that the half million crossIng - Ing will be reached before Christmas. Hy tlmt time our friends west of the Itocklcs will realize that tlie exposition is an assured fact. Senator Dnbols , whose chances of re election still hung In the balance , In dulges In a great deal of bluster and bravado about the battle of 1000 , when the fillver forces will overthrow the money power and abolish gold. Kuch talk may produce the desired effect on the Idaho legislature , but men of com mon sense anil' experience know tliut free coinage at 1(1 ( lo 1 will never again bu the paramount Issue In a national campaign any more than greenback- JHIM could have been resurrected at ) a paramount national Issue after apeclc resumption. m's/.vrs.s . .IIB.Vv wnric The National I.oaguo of Hiifllness Men , organized In 1'lilliidclplilii , proposes In bring Its Inllupuce lo bear upon the next administration In the mailer of appoint ments to the public service. At n late meeting of the league Its president ex pressed tlie opinion that the time has come for business men to take part In politics and he thought the * new admin istration will be a business one , In close touch with the business Interests of the country. "I can see no reason , " he said , "why the recommendations of the busi ness men should not be fully reoognl/.ed ami have equally as much , If not more , weight with the administration than those of the practical politician. " A prominent member of the league , who Is said to be on Intimate ti-rms with the pro ldont-eleci , said that all of Mr. Me- Kinley's sympathy and effort will be to promote the Interests of the business men. It Is undoubtedly the program , ho said , to select for the public service men who will not only be competent to per form the required duties , but who will , at ( he same lime , llttingly represent the business element. This league of business men was formed for the very important purpose of continuing the light for sound money , but It may very properly ( supplement this by a judicious use of Its inlluence in regard lo appointments , ami It Is not to be doubled that an expression from such men as will constitute the league respecting the merits of candidates for public olllce will have great weight wilh the new administration. Major McKln h-y undoubtedly fully recognizes the fact that the victory for sound money and protection was very largely due to the unusual Interest and zeal of busi ness men In the campaign. Never be fore had this element so largely and earnestly concerned Itself with politics ami its intlueiice was everywhere fell. The organizations of business men In defense of the national Integrity and honor were a factor In the presidential contest the potency of wlllch cannot be overestimated. This , It must be presumed , the presi dent-elect fully understands. It is safe to assume , also , that lie realizes the im portance of encouraging business men to take a greater Interest In public af fairs. This he may do by keeping his administration In close touch with tlie enlightened business Judgment of the country. It Is certainly true that in the past the administration of the govern ment has generally been too largely In the hands of the professional politician : ; mil too little consideration has been given to men of practical affairs. Doubt- ess the latter have been chlelly to blame for this , because of the little interest they have taken in politics , but now Unit they have been aroused to a sense of their duly In this respect they should u > longer be Ignored. If It Is the Inten tion of President-elect MeKlnloy to have i thoroughly business administration mil this appears to be the general im- iivsrtlou he will have among bis Imine- liato advisers men who are in touch with the business Interests < > ( tlie nation ind he will give < lne weight to the views ) f the business community as expressed through such an organization as the National League of Huslness Men. : IXDUSTltlKS. A contemporary suggests. In view of he fact that since the election large orders have been placed for foivlgu goods , that this movement for larger niportatlons ought to bo counteracted > y a movement among our people to iso only American made good's. It sip- > cars that such a movement has already MTU starlet ! in Philadelphia and the otall stores are appealed to to urge he purchasing of American goods In order to give employment to thu Idle mil to make a market for thu product > f our shops and mills. The policy of patronizing home In- lustries is unquestionably a good pol- cy. The Hee has urged it in respect o tlie Industries of Nebraska and we see no good' reason why it should not lave national application. As a matter if fact the greater number of the Amer- can people now practice it , lint the iractlco could be greatly extended. The effect would be somewhat damaging 0 tlie revenues of the government , but t would be helpful to the Industries mil therefore to tlie labor employed n manufacturing. 15ut this , after all , Is an expedient vhlch could not be relied upon. If It vere possible to get everybody to gree to buy only American made goods he agreement would not be long oh- erved. Wlmt our Industries and labor vant is legislation that will give them 1 reasonable degree of protection gainst tlie foreign competition In the ionic market. This is tlie policy which milt up our Industries anil It Is the nly one that will maintain them. UMAIIA .VKWJS 3'H.I.V1IM I'.S. Concentration of trade Is the potential actor in the evolution of modern cities. Sky-scraper olllce buildings , department lores , cable and electric street railways mil other modes of rapid transit , the clephono exchanges and other devices or annihilating time and space all tend o contrail/ ! ! and focalize commercial uterconrse. Tlie consolidation of cities vlth their suburbs Is only the natural eqiience of this trend of modern city Ife. The advent of Ihe electric street allway has within recent years been ollowcd by the extension of tramways ver public highways that converge in he large cities and connect those cities vlth towns and villages within a radius f from ten to llfly miles. The operation of these tramways bus uarvelously Increased the retail tralllc f cities not only In the I'lilted .Stales , tut In every part of Ihe globe. The ramway has In fact produced almost ho same- results Unit have followed the ( instruction of viaducts and bridges that onnect cities divided by waterways and ho extension of rapid transit facilities o their suburban limits. The tram- vays have not only brought the people 'roni towns within a radius of llfly miles ute close communion with the me- ropolls , but they also have annexed the farms on the Hues of the roadways tn the. trade center nnd placed them In post , tlou to market their products at very much reduced cost and less risk. The tramways have "cltllled" the farmer by enabling him to enjoy the city's privi leges without burdening him with the city's taxes. He can attend all enter tainments , enjoy a play on the stage , hear a lecture or listen to a sermon any evening and return to his home within a few hours , Itarrlng the erection of more factories , nothing would contribute so much to ward building up the local tralllc of Omaha as the construction of a system of tramways over the county roads. Whether the propelling power shall be oleclrlclty , compressed air or some other motive power Is Immaterial. What Omaha needs just now Is more con venient , rapid and reliable Intercourse with the people on Ihe farms and In the towns within llfly miles , this side as well as the olher side of the Missouri. The beginning of the tramway system will necessarily have to be In this county. A start was made In this direc tion several years ago with the con- stniclion of the llenson line , but the business depression of the pant few years has checked and prevented the extension of that line or Ihe conslruc- tlou of any new Hue. With llio prospect of the exposition before us no dllllcnlly should bf encountered In Inducing cap ital to venture upon the building of a system of tramways thai would connect Omaha with Ihe towns and villages In thu Platteand Missouri valleys. mi : While the pationage of Ihe executive department of tlie government has been largely reduced by the application of civil service rules , there still remain a considerable number of places In thr piddle service to be dispensed- the president and heads of departments. There are about Si.fHW olllcers whose ap pointment depends upon conllrmntion by Ihe senate and there are in the neighborhood of 07,000 fourth-class postmasters whose appointment Is veshd In the postmaster general. Al together there are more than I 0.000 places open to use as patronage , but as some : i)00 ( ) ( ) aie classified as laborers appointments to such places will not lie a source of annoyance to the new administration. Indeed , the president elect should find less trouble and worry In dispensing the public patronage than any of his predecessors in the last thirty years , for iiltliough ( he demand will undoubtedly far exco"d the supply , the knowledge that so few desirable posi tions are outside the classified service will probably reduce the number of ap plicants from former proportions. There appears lo be concern In some quarters as lo whether Ihe next admin istration will enlarge the scope of civil .service reform. The language of the republican national platform Is very explicit on this subject. It declarer that the reform shall be thoroughly and honestly enforced and extended1 wher ever practicable. This was unquali fiedly approved by Major Mc- Kiuley in Ids letter of accept- since and there can l a no doubt that he will regard It sis faithfully as any other declaration or pledge made by the party. Itesldes. tlieie Is nothing in the public career of the prosidcnt-okvl. to justify a doubt that he Is heartily In favor of civil service reform. He sup ported this policy of his parly when In congress and he praolleoii1 it when gov ernor iff Ohio. Major MeKlnloy was never si patronage hunter. Very few men In public life so long sis he Inve done so little in rewarding political friends with olllce. He will cuter Ihe presidency untrammokMl by any prom ises of this nature. It Is very safe to predict that when Ids term Is ended the cause of civil service reform will have been materially advanced. I'p to this lime we are in the dark sis to tlie object of the election contests begun by candidates for the legislature from this county who failed to get a plurality of votes on Ihe face of UK > rot in its. The election on the ltd of No vember was quiet siud orderly. No fraur.ulent practices by election board' * have been reported and nobody clainw that the returns have been tampered with by Ihe canvassers. The mere fsicl that the fusion eleni'jnt will have a large majority in the incoming legislature constitutes no valid excuse for trump ing up election contests which not only put the men. , who hold certificates lo needless expense , but will eventually saddle a big bill of expenses upon the state. To assume that men duly elected will be ousted by men who were not elected merely to swell the majority of the dominant element in the legislature would be setting a precedent Unit could not fall to read on the parly or parlies who established' II. 'Unless , iheiefore , some unexpected disclosures of fraud or miscounting sire made during the progress of the preliminary Inquiry the men who Instituted the proceedings will receive no countenance or support fiom llui rank and file of their own parties. Mrs. Ada Hlttenbondor , candidate for contingent judge of ( he supreme court on the tickets of both wings of the prohibition party , has reason to feel disgusted with the lack of Interest man ifested by the old prohibition guard In the late election. Judging from the olllolal figures fully HO per cent of the men who had stood up for her In season and out of season either laid down or turned their backs upon the cause. The project of the Woman'H club for the erection of a permanent club bouse is a most praiseworthy one and should receive tlie sympathy and substantial support of all well-wishers of Omaha. It Is to bo hoped that the projected structure will present architectural features that will distinguish it from the ofllce building blocks built In this city on the dry goods box pattern. Now that the liurllngtoii has coma to the front with n ? ; ! 0,000 subscription to the exposition fund the other rail roads tlmt converge at Omaha will 11 ml it to their udvuutagu to follow unit. They need not be assured that this Is to be a pavjng Investment for the rail roads as well as for the merchants , bankers aud-rvery firm and Individ ual that hijsruny concern In building up this city and slate and the Trans- mlssourl regie ? } * . As an ImlJititlou of the fury with which the struggle In Cuba IM raging , It Is now IntjmaU'd that tU'iieral Weyler went two \lays without Ids dinner dur ing his recant campaign against Maceo. lie does itot"Hceiiii however , to light any better on an empty stomach. .V YoiinVr .linn with n Pull. Aimne.ipflllii Journal , Tlio czar IsMsald to bo going against U\o \ gold standard without the consent of other nations. The czar Is youni ? yet. but he lisa u largo pull with his constituency. An Ovi'fttimo Industry. Now Yolk Mall and HxpivM. At present tlio country appear * to be suf fering from a senscUss overproduction of cabinet rumors. This Industry baa revived too vigorously for the public comfort. IM IIVi.rlli llio KlYort : I'liilndcliilila 1'rcM. Hon. Henri Waltersou says that the demo cratic party should appoint a day of fasting and prayer. This Is Interesting , If only from the fact that llonrl thinks that the democracy Is still worth praying for. , \liilinnn : HI. l.oula lie public. The Alabama legislature evidently be- llevcii that llio waves of the ocean can bo swept back with a broom ; nl any rate. It Is considering a bill to prescribe what kind of skirts the womiin of that state shall not wear. _ The ninulfy lllll. * Jfow York Sun. Wool should pay Us way as the Dlngley hill proposes. And the whole bill should pass. The existing tariff is full of protec tion , but doncient In revenue. The Ulnglcy bill U an attempt , and not a bad one , to supply a dcflclcncy. Hc-niii'lil > lo Harmony. Chicago Tribune. " organization" of A "rock-ribbed republican Boston rbrcred President Cleveland nt Its banquet , nnd an equally roek-rlbbul demo cratic organization of New York extended a similar courtesy to President-elect McKln- loy. All that U needed now to make the harmony complctu U for Watnon to hold a banquet and cheer Scwall. Huston's Tti ) ( o CotllMlll. IJoslqn Globe. Says the New York Tribune founded by Horace Orcclcy to an Inquiring subscriber : "You can Improve the toate of boiled water by pouring It back and forth from one vessel to another to aerate It. " Some people might prefer to Improve the toste by adding lemon julco , auga11 and whisky In appropriate quan tities , In the old-fashioned way. KlllljV III * IMm-o. .Milwaukee Sentinel. Mr. Moretoii Frewou used to have more than ono aspect. Durhii ; the recent cam paign a few Americans discovered him to bo "thrt dlstltiKDlnhcd English blmelalllst. " Oihera recognized him as "that silly KnglUhiran. " " Since the election .Mr. Froweu has ndljl that stiver U certain to bo an Is-suo analh. " This remark enables the public to fix 'lllm. ' ' Immovably In the silly class. - i ! in " . ' " - Tiv < > I'oi'i-innsl Itopiilille'iins. , Nc\Vi York Sun. Without dltect . Information cither from Canton or from Portland , wo feel ourselves ( iiitlurlzcd to-.iiinouiif.-e that the mind and soul of Hon.VUHam MuKlnlev exceed a foot and a half Im breadth , while a trans- sc.rso section of. . the speakor's magnanimity would show more ( ban clBhtocii Inches. The narrowness , Ihe Jealousy , the pettlncis of spirit , atlrihtiltd 'by the nossipmon.M'rs to ono or the other 'of tbeso healthy-boiliod and .uaiic-mlndc/i statesmen , belong to ncltlier of : th ; m.lilolh aro. entcrliiK now upon the perlcd .of .their grealcat public usefulness , and tu'erc Is room nnd there Is work for both , and sunshine and pure air enough and to spare. Our Sivi-llliii Ualtlir.crc P'jn. Hrstrlclcd pcnillnjj at homo .nnd Increased sales of cereals abroad make a Knod-Gliow- inn for the foreign trade of Iho United States Jri the past month. The csporta for the month wt > ro $113.355.407. the impjrla but $50,371C75 ! , the excess of exports over Im- p'rts l-oiiiK $ t3OL1.8 ! 2. The situation U ex traordinary and Is not likely to recur. Ivust > rar In the period of Icn months there wai an excess of Imports of $31,105,0i5. while in the like ten months of Ihi-i year Iho excess , of exports Is $200 nxn.-fsi' , the change for the bolter being 52oSl'.iO,527. , The prdclou.1 metal makes au equally grod exhibit. In Octcber $2,703,770 more Bnbl w-s ; Imported than exported and In the ton months ended with October the excess of Raid Imports was $38.837,203 , aftalnat i > ii cxeissof gold exports in the llko period of ISOr , cf $11,127,203. During Novcmlicr so f.ir the excess of ex ports over Imports continues to bo very large. The treasury , of course , feels the effect in a dccrcn-se of custom revenue. Diminished Imports mean a lean Income. \ AMI CO\PISIO\ ; . llVcIs of . ilvorlsni iiml I'uimllNiii oil ( IH'iiioei'MtU' I'uriy. Knnsns City Star diem ) . It I i evident from the olllclal returns tlnui far nimouncod and from the approximate liKiiros for stales where tlio ofllclai canv.ia.i has not boon inudo that tie ! majority again. > t Bryan In thu rucent election did not fall very f.ir short of l.OOO.OOU votes. The total vote for MeKlnloy was about 7.050,000. Palmer received about 13S.OOO votes nnU Uryan fi,221- 552. Too combined McKlnlcy nnd P.ilmor . oto way 7,183.003. In 13'J2 the combined democratic and populist veto wad C.012,000 , so that the fusion ticket this year foil nearly 400,000 ihort of the votu east separately by the two parties In 1S92. On tlio other hand , the republican vote in 1S92ts 5.17G.OOO and iho combined round money vote thU year \vas 2,000,000 ( treator than that. The total flKuroa , therefore , B'JOW a lo-u of100,000 voles on ono eldo and a gain of 2,000,000 on tbo other. The moro the figures arc studied the more It becomes ; apparent lhat no party ever lost moro votes between'two elections than Un democratic party lost In the reent campalun by adopting a free bllvor | dntfo-m. My that policy It gained 1.009,000 populist volcj and 600.0CO republican votcu , but U lost not le&j than 2.1)00.000 of the vottui vast for Cleveland In 1S92 , and In addition to that It lost Hi' proportlonato uharo of the taln ; In the total votes cast. Tnli year llio aKKrcgnto vote of all parlies was nliout 13,500,000. In 1892 It was 12,000.000. Tbo total gain In 1800 over the 1892 vote was 1,500,000. Half of this gain , under normal conditions , would have gene to the dcmocrata Hut the total democratic vote this year without the popu- llets wax loss than In 1892 , pa that tlio futilon party made Jig gain at all out of now votes which was not afTjet by ofior leusos. It Is plain , thercforo ; thal the total loua of demo cratic vutoL > , as a retult of the adoption of a free dlvor platforiu , Jvaa about 2,75),010 votoi. What proportion of these votes nro per manently loat tb iho democratic party de pends upon th6 course of the Incoming ad ministration.A TU-so , conservative policy will result in' the permanent addition of many hundred thousand of these voters to the republican * party. If thi > democratic organization remains wit'c-r the domination of Its present leaders , 'and ' If It cou'lnues to represent the policies for which It stood In the recent campaign. It will regain but a small proportion of 'theso ' voters. If It Is compelled to got along wlthaul them , and If , In addition to that , tbo populists In the future Insist on maintaining thulr Inde pendent organization , 'tho ' regular demo cratic party of this country will bo a very small affair lu future campaigns , A strong populist organization , If euch a thing Is possible- , will draw away from the democrats a good many voters who have heretofore counted themselves democrats , and the reg ular democracy will thus find Itself depleted by two disintegrating forcus , working In opposlto directions conservatism pulling toward republicanism and radicalism pulling toward populism. Hut for the fact that the democratic party has , In tlmcH pant , shown micli pronounced ulcmcntu of vitality and ouch a strong ro- cuporatlvo faculty , the student of politic ! would ho disposed now to look for Iho recrtn ! of the historic democratic party -to bo closed In the near futuro. SUCUUT.tUY M011TOV3 HKI'OUT. Loulavlllo Coiirlor-Joilrnnl : Secretary Morton's review ot the condition of American fanners deserves close nttcntlon , oi'pojlnlly from thoie who Imvo sought to ar my ono crtlon of tlio cotinlry agalmrt the ether on thU account , llo I'hows Hint 72 per conl of the farms of llio United Stales occu pied by Iholr owners nro nlis-olutoly free of Incumbninoo. An InterorlliiR point of the roporl In llio statement that our agricultural exports Increased $17,000,000 lart yonr. In splto of the fnct thnl tlio porrcntngo of them to the total exports docronBd. This Is owing to the fnrt thai Iho exports of manu factured goods Inoroas-ed so largely , showing Hint our manufacturers are beginning to taku poss-csslmi of the markets of the world , 1'hlladolphla Ledger ( rep. ) : Apart from Iho Krallflcnllon caused by the announcoinont ot Mich a largo saving of money wllhoul Im- pilrhiK : In the fllghtest degree the elllcloncy of the department. Secretary Morton's report l. of moro Ituin usual vnlno nnd Importance , llo re f u Irs the Idea whldi has become prev alent tlmt the farms of the west and south are moro heavily burdened with mortgages than Ihore of the east and northeast , anil ho points mil tlmt during iho ducal year just omlod the exported products of American farina ntSKrcsalod $370.000,000 , nn Increase of $17,000,00 ! ) o\er the preceding year. Ungllsh- spoaliliiK people bought 5S per cenl of tlio exporls. The farmers of thin country have uncqunlcii oppnrlunlllcs for Increasing their export irado nnd Secretary Morton can see no reason npparonlly why they should nol take a oommandlns position In the markets of Iho world. Philadelphia Times ( dcm. ) : Ono of the myths ot the recent campaign has boon thoroughly exploded by Secretary Morton's report. The popocratlc orators and Journalo never wo.irle.l of ro-oumlni ; llio hardships of the mortgage-burdened farmers , and the nutiirnl effort of thlo doleful oratory was to create the Imj.rcj-'lon that the farmers were all In debt nnd being pushed to the wall by Ihe money-lending gnldbiigi' . The plain tale which Secretary Morton furuHios to pul lown this mortgage fiction , li tlinl 72 per cont. or nearly throe-fourths ) of the farms of tlio country , nro not mortgaged nt all , and three-fourth. ! of the actual mortgages wore given for the | -urclin c of new farms' or to Improve farm property already owned. In other word ? , the bulk of the mortgage In- ilcbloilnciu represents purchase money und not.n deficient Increase from the farms. With tMy Rhowlni ; llio dobt-biirdenod , tolling farmers will hardly furnlrh nn Issue in nn- ether cnmr-aliTii. This myth , now uxploJcd , cannel bo revived succcsyfully four years honcc. roi.ou.xDO's .sn.vnit inoi , . Plitlatlclphla Times : Talking of free plhcr sllll having hopes , ono of the woral ways of going to the wall U lo obstinately butt the heatl against it. Kansas City Jr.uriml : In Us entertain ment of William .1. Uryan the city of Denver struggled hard to convince the country that It Is not ashamed of Ha recent folly al the polls. Cleveland Leader : Wo violate no con fidence In stating that the people who pre dict the success of free silver' In 1000 are Iho same ones who were sure of winning on that i&suo In 1S30. Kansas City Star : Mr. Dryan was Intro duced at the Denver reception given In his honor ns the "first president of the twentieth century. " It Is Impossible to overcome tino.Tectn of tlie light air in Colorado. Milwaukee Wisconcln : licforo the year 1000 the Korlcy mountain states will have reason to appreciate the "erlous loss which they must suffer from their devotion to Ilryanlsm , which Is repudiated In every honest community In the world. Chicago Post : Mr. Uryan assures the public that ho Is not a perpetual candidate. In this , at least , ho differs from Mary Kllza- beth Lease and some of his olhor staunches ! supporters. IJiit perhaps H would bo just an well to got his definition of 'perpetual candidate. " Dallimoro Sun : Colorado alone gave Ilryan n greater plurality than Is found In the combined five southern slutc.s of Oeorgla , Tennessee , North Carolina , Florida and Louisiana. Thhi causes the St. Louis Globe- Democrat to remark that "tho enthusiasm for the cheating dollar was largely confined to those who expected to supply the ma terial for It. " roi.iTic.u . . , Eleven newspaper men will bo In the next congress. II ought to bo well edited. Clilcago'si recent election cost $13S,02Si It was the most expensive election over held in the city. The lat't presidential election curt the city $110.000. Three Kentucky sllvorltoo paid nn election bet In Lonlrvillo by eating a Mewed cat. Two llnhhod the feast , but the third threw up the job and was carried homo In a can la so. Tlio ofllclai count In Connecticut Hiows lhat llrynn got ono vote out of every three In that state of rtoady habits. Bryan's vote 'va < i 10,000 fesa than Cleveland's In 1R92 and McKlnley'a va : > 33.000 moro than Harrison's. A Chicago Trlbuno export calculates , after au exhaustive nnd exhausting investigation , that t'.io propotaJ Increased tax on beer would make nn Increase of only a blxtoontli of nn inch In the height of the collar of the average glnso. Chicago Ellvcrlto ? were not Batlsflcd with mining Cleveland's picture to the wall In tlio club roonib. They plashed the canvas with u knife. And It was the sanio picture that evoked a storm of applause In the Chicago Wigwam in 1S9I5. H. U. Hawley of the Tenth Texas district , the only republican representative chot-on In Toxa' > . was elected despite hi.- ) belief In u protective tariff , because of hh square stand for honest money and for the maintenance of iho doctrine of rc.spect to tbo laws' . For thesis reasons ho had the nuppori of the cold democrats , Virginia 10 ono of the .states In which the free silver delusion was supposed to bo ram pant nt the beginning of the late campaign. But the olllclal returns show that McKlnloyV vote exceeded that of Ilarrlson'o In 1892 by moro tliun 22,000. while Bryan's fell more than 8.000 below Cleveland's and 2.21C were given to Palmer nnd HucXnor. Cleveland's plurality woo 50,811. Bryan's Is 20,007. There l' > ono county in the United States A-boso ropldonts did not know of the recent nullonal olccilon. Thai IH Clmrlton county , Georgia. The officials In the olflco of Hie secretary of Mate are authority for the declaration tlmt the people of the county Absolutely Pure. Housewife will use no other. no li\ \ not Imvu known of It , for no election wn hcltl there ntul thn olllct l dUest of tlio election In Uonrgla Ims been innilo up ltli Clmrlton left out. Wr.Vl.l5lt AS A CASH1 V10M3II. Minneapolis Times : OenernlVyIor 19'to Rlvo SpAltt victory over tlio Cuban rob-els before flirlKnms. It l more than likely tlmt Snnta Clitun ellmbltiR down llio chimney will wnrnVcyler off thu Island. CliirnRo Tribune : \Veyler 'Vplnres for tlio thlrtlotli time that "llio bnckhono of the Cuban revolution Is broVen.1 That back bone must be mnicUiIng llkc > n bicycle tire mibject to a ( julck repair outllt. Waslilnfiton Star : netieralVoyler was un fortunate In bis enrly proclamations.Vlillo tie In tloiiiR very well to keep out of llio liamls of the InmirKents , It inurt bo con fessed that bis iiurfortnnneo dw * not carry out the iiromlJos of his ndvniuo notices. Doxton Olobe : CJoncral AVe.vlcr has. nt met , been heard from , llo announcon that ho Is Kolni ; to oru h out the I'ulmn rebellion after Christum * . No doubt tlmo will con tinue for ihou iTid..i of years aflor Clirlst- tnaa , so this Is a rather IniU-nnlte | iroml5 > t\ General \Veylcr Is n man of mighty luturo aenlevementn-lmt bo seldom Ooi-s much In the propont. llo lives In the fututo tenw Ho 18 a KOOI ! tomorrow man. but bo eolilom does nnythliiK today. Now York Sun : The concentration of Spanish forces In Cuba la beyond precedent. Never did such an nrmy cross the Atlantic. It la onoimouely greater iban Bnnlnnd'M entire forces employed In our revolutionary war to mibduo a far greater population , distributed over a far greater area , and having ports and ships at their command. Jot the patriots are stronger today than ever , and onlookers who once expc'cto.l their nubJtiRallon nro now niirmlsltiff that Cuba Is lost to Spain. The failure of Woyler's present campaign would be the crushing of Spanish hopes. New York Times : So General \Vcyler preferred to wait for Christmas In Havana and close to the convenient dead wall In front of wl-loh his only effective service has been performed , Instead of passing the next four weeks among the hills , where ho Is apt to IK > confronted by robcla whose hands nro not tlod behind their backs. Ills decision Is eminently a wlso one. A man ohould do the work for which ho known himself to bo competent , and In regard to tills great calptuln general's nbiflly for carrying out the sentences of drum-head court martial there Is not the slightest doubt In his own mind or In that of anybody L-lsc. Ualttmoro Sun : A week ago It was announced , on the authority of Captain General \Voyler , who had 'taken the Held at the head of his troopg , that ho would not return to Havana until bo bad gained a decisive victory over the Insurgents. IX was also Intimated In dispatches from Mad rid that the Spanish government had In- ptructod the commander of Us forces to glvo .Maceo and Ooinoz a sound thrashing "for moral effect" before ho returned to the city. Dm Captain General Weyler hna not been ociual to the emergency. No great battle lias boon fought , the revolution. Uts have not been whipped , nnd the status iiio | has been maintained , greatly , no doubt , to the ohaprln of the Spanish government , which , whllo denying that war exists In Cuba , nevertheless lungs for the crushing defeat of Spain's enemies In the Island. TKAHS AV11.I. XOT IlKSTOHIJ Tlin.1l. lli'iirr Tin-No Soulful < M > | IH Over Iven- ( ui-UjV Dcllcl. New York Sun. Many great silver statesmen went to wreck In Kentucky on the 3d lust. Their shrieks and walllngs still echo faintly over the. pltntvn sallno abysses. Those acrid waters have swallowed up Hon. John Cblnn. who has swallowed and regurgitated so much nro In his tlmo. Silent Is the voice which was the sweetest onco. the voice which Bang to Mr. Hryan , after his nomina tion at Chicago , until sobs shook his mighty chest.Vliere are the muatacliloii of Joe Dlackburn ? The birds of lit a von roost on them no ir.oro. They must bo becoming mere fossilized forest. Ciosoil are the gates of sound which were over wide open beneath them , and fiom which came blasts and tumult as llerco "As the Hcorlao rivers tlmt roll. "As thu lavas that restlessly roll Tholr sulphurous currents down Yiianek , In the ultimate cllnirs of tlio polo. " AnJ oven nobler beads are missing. There Is no answer when the names of I'ottsey Grnbhs nild Hoz Lung are called. Hon. T.III Jump Is the only Kentucky silver statesman of the first rank now visible or andiblo. And It must bo admitted that especial thanks are duo on account of Hon. Tan Jump. Ho Is A rare man. OTIIKIl liAND.S THAN OUU5. The announcement wno made by Sli Charles Dllko In a reccnl speech that thre grcnt powers ot KurdpCt presumably Ilua * Ma , France and Germany , seriously pro. . ponod and recommended In the llrltlsh gov ernment not long ago the partition of tba Chinese empire amoni ; themselves. Th proposition was not entertained , and Im inoulaRly lapsed Into that llmltksd penum bra of diplomacy which contains the dark record of secret Intrigue and deceit tlmt still mnke.i up so largo n parl of a Uyro- _ j pcan chancellor's work for his niasi-r Ttf / " people. If there Is mich a thing as honor In diplomacy , It Is time that It was newly analyzed and defined , lllsmarrk's recent revelations of the existence of secret tri-a- lies thai went far to nullify others soli mnly negotiated ; the disregard of pledge wlik-li Knglnnd shows In the cases of the Armeni ans on the one hand and lltsypt on the otlu r and now this disclosure that three KVIMI noxvers were ready to carve up China to satisfy llulr own earth-hunger those facts lend to show that loudly ns statesmen may protest their sensitiveness to the na tlonal honor , they are far more conrerm-i ) for national greed and olflflhnoss. "Thou shall want ore 1 want , " was the motto of nn old KnRllsh predatory family ; and does II not still apply with perfect fidelity to mosl of the nations ot the earth ? Since the arrival of General Gnlllenl the Kreni-li have conducted affairs In a voi > hlgh-hamlcd f.i.nhlon In Madagascar. AH ha bcon reported already , the- general Insisted that It was the duty of the queen to visit him llrst , no representative of Kraneo. It Is related that the quc-en at llrnt rebelled against this humiliation , shedding many pasMonate learn , but she won compelled to yield , of course , In the end. When she vis ited the general's quarters bo addressed her as "your majesty , " and then , after final assurances of Krcn.'h affection and s > m- patby , proceeded to Inform her that Mada gascar was henceforth French territory and that Its Inhabitants were French "sub jects. " Ho raided that bo counted on her assistance In suppressing brlgandngo and In punishing cowardly assassins , and that she would cvrr find him a sincere friend nsoll as a faithful servant rf the republic. The quern , who seemed puizled by her anoma lous position as monarch and subject , as sured the general that the Malagnssy re garded him not only as a father but as a motluT also , and that as for herself , her admiration for him and the French was so cxtrcmo that she proposed t'i ' adopt the tri color at once as her own royal emblem. The abolition of the Ilova Hag could scarcely have been managed more tastefully. As a further Intimation of their relative imsltli.ua the general retained his scat during hls'TTK i tervlew with the queen , whllo the latter stood. The situation must have been almost as painful to Ills gallantry as a soldier as to l.cr feelings as a woman. * * * The king of 1'riissln'fi order "that the colors of the province of 1'oscn shall be changed" Is a suggestlvo ono. I'osen was a part of the old kingdom of Poland , and Its _ colors have been the same as those of that kingdom , to wit , red and white. The Poles there have accoidlngly been nblo to retain their old Hag down to the present tlmo. To display the Polish Hag as such is a crime. Hut the Poles have done It with Impunity , under the pretext that it was not the Hag of Poland , but of Poaen. This has glvt n offense - fenso to their German neighbors , and bns oven paused some Irritation between HUASIII and Germany , llio former accusing the lat ter of permitting the Poles to keep up a pretense of nationality. Now the king of Prussia 01 dors that the colors of Poaon sh.ill bo changed to black , whllo anil blade , conforming to thaso of Prussia Itself. Thti will banish the Polish colors , and give the Poles a frnh grievance. Whether It will mollify and propltlato Russia In the slight est dcgrco la moro doubtful. * * There are noteworthy signs In Russia of n distinct revulsion of feeling In favor of Germany. The 3011101100 of permanent sus pension , which bad been pronounced by the minister of the Interior against Prince Met- ebcrskl's paper , the Grashdanlne , for Ilii attack upon the French government during the visit of the imperial couple to Paris , has Just boon repealed by the czar himself. The St. Petersburg Vlcdomostllilcb Is ono of the meat Influential organs of the Rus sian press , and supposed to derive Its In formation from the government , urgea Franco frankly to abandon the. notion of recovering Alsace-Lorraine , and to allow Nicholas to arrange for her Instead a cor- itft ftft ft ftft ft ftft * + > ftft ft ftft . i Values IU , , . * ft . * t Tffi ? ( ? ft It will soon be time for inventory and to get our * & stock in shape for it , Saturday we place all broken lots of $ clothing on front tables. 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