THE OTU A IT A DAILY HKKt AV.tf UN ESP AY , SEPTlSMMETt 8 , 1807. .
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE
E. nOBKWATKfl , Editor.
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INSIST ON I1AVINJ5 TIII3 11131 ! .
Protected slot mnrlitno gambling ia
nothing but protected crime.
Corn-liuskliiK will bo one of the lively
buslncssRS In Nubrnskii tills winter.
You have to coints to Xebraska to sec
torn ijrow seventy bushels to the aure.
' One olllee for onoj man at one time
ought to be n KOO ; ! rule for the school
lioiml as well as for the people. '
The preiiiluni bid for Oinalia'rt iiO\v
bond Issues shows that Omaha's credit
is getting nloiiK ( inlte nloely , thuuk you.
What was Hennniiif ; slven a transfer
from \Vorlil-lIorahl pay roll'to the
police pay roll for if not to pay a political
debt ?
If ;
Twenty-one Hag days for the Omaha
public schools and half of them days
( Which nine cltl/.eim out of ten will have
to consult a history to learn what is the
Bife'iilllcance of the date.
A great mining era is .said to be sighted
jiiHt ahead of us. It is to be hoped it
( will not fall to arrive in due time. The
moro people and Interests that share in
prosperity the better it is for all of us.
1 It might not le out of order for the
nominee of the tripartite fu.slonlsts to in
dicate which of the three platforms he
elands on or rather which of the plaukfi
of the three platforms he repudiates.
The state fair Is the next great attrac
tion on the boards at Omaha and every
body lu the state should celebrate the
return of prosperity byittJiidlug this
year's fair and taking in the far-famed
'Ak-Sar-len ' ? festivities.
Bryan is advertised to make Pleven
speeches in Iowa during the campaign.
Iowa Is one of the states that went re
publican after ISryan spoke there last
year and It will like nothing better than
repeating the ceremony again tills year.
The National Irrigation congress at
'Jjtncoln the end of this month must not
Sic overlooked on the calendar. The
Irrigation experts who attend ought to
Slve several pointers of value to that part
of Nebraska that thrives by Irrigating its
farms.
With partial drouth In western Kan
sas , that slate will produce a corn crop
that has been exceeded ln > number of
liushels only seven times In the whole
tilHtory of Kansas. That Is doing pretty
well for the llrst year of returned pros
perity.
Hy treating the visiting merchants
properly during their stay In the city and
showing them that It Is lo ( heir ad
vantage , from a business st.indpolnt to
< lo their buying of Omaha jobbers , their
visits can and will be irade a periodic
recliiTencc.
If there Is any other reason than the
payment of political debts which has
prompted the police board In foisting
Incompetents and disreputables upon the
polleo force jtnd creating special posi
tions for them , It has not becu , brought
io the notice of the public.
Ex-Congressman Lewis Ilanback of
Kansas , whose death has been just an
nounced , was well known In Nebraska ,
especially In Grand Army of the llepublle
circles , having been a frequent visitor to
the recurring reunions of the veterans ,
nnd his loss will be felt by many of his
Nebraska friends.
Kx-Chlef Slgwart boasts that his pull
with ( lie police commission rests on the
service ho rendered the gang candidate
for mayor last April , when ho detailed
detectives on the city pay roll to report
to the Ilowell campaign managers for
political work. In view of this fact the
non-partisan reform police board has no
cause for Dying into a passion when it
Is Intimated that Its restoration of
Slgwart to the force ia guided by political
consldcrutlouu.
T11K VKMMW FhVKIl SCAIIK.
II has been a good many years since
this country had n visitation of yellow
fever In serious form and with the ade
quate precautionary measures which can
now ho taken against the dl.sc.iKe there Is
little reason to apprehend that It may be
come epidemic. It seems probable that
the reported case at Ocean Sprltm. * .
Miss. , was genuine , but It appears that
the cases reported from ether points were
not the real "yellow jack , " though they
doubtless had very similar charac
teristics. Ilought to bo hardly possible ,
however , for any thorough physician to
mistake this disease , so pronounced are
Its characteristic- certainly not to
confound It with malarial fever , which
seems to have been done.
Nevertheless the prompt action of the
federal authorities In preparing to stamp
out the disease , If It was found to exist ,
Is commendable. It Is a disease that
spreads with great rapidity when it has
obtained n foothold and makes short
work with Its victims. Consequently It Is
not to be trilled with and this fact ap
pears to bo fully realized both by the
boards of health of the stales where the
fever Is said to have appeared and the
federal quarantine authorities. Th < >
statement of one of the Litter from Ocean
Springs that there Is no need of great
alarm will probably apply generally , but
In a matter of this nature the "ounce of
prevention Is worth a pound of cure. "
Our quarantine arrangements may not be
quite all that they should be , but un
doubtedly they will be found adequate
to the task of keeping out yellow fever
or of preventing Its development In local
ities where the conditions may be favora
ble to Its appearance.
FAMtXK hIHHLAND. .
The news regarding the failure of the
crops In Ireland will , It Is to be hoped ,
prove to be exaggerated , though un
doubtedly the conditions are very bad
and that great sulTei-Ing must ensue If
the Hritlsh government should fall to
provide adequate measures of relief. It
is said that ns vet nothing has been done
to cope Avlth the threatened famine and
perhaps the lirltlsh authorities In Ireland
will not take any action before the meetIng -
Ing of rarllanient , a short time hence.
In the meantime there may not be any
serious suffering among the people , but
It would seem from the reports that relief
must be provided soon In order to avert
great privation and hardship.
It Is Ilfly years since the memorable
famine in Ireland that commanded the
sympathy of the civlllml world and fur
nished one of the most pathetic record ; *
of human suffering In all history. Thous
ands of people died from starvation In
Ireland In 1817 , while hundreds of thous
ands who could get away left the coun
try. Contributions of food were sent to
the famine-stricken people from other
countries and particularly from the
United States , a. number of shiploads of
provisions having been sent from this
country. At that time the liritlsh gov
ernment was somewhat derelict , but It
Is not likely to be so In the present case.
However , should It become necessary tor
the Irish people to appeal to other coun
tries for relief it can be supplied much
more quickly than was possible half a
century ago , so that under the worst
conceivable circumstances there can
hardly be a repetition of the suffering
at that time. It Is to be presumed that
Irishmen In this country v/ould freely
respond to an appi-al for aid from
their countrymen at home , though there
is a strong sentiment among them that
the Hritlsh government should take care
of Its people.
uuic anun'itiu VIKAXOIAIJ POWER.
There Is no question that the United
States Is steadily growing in financial
power , but whether this country is near
the point of financial Independence , as
some profess to think , may fairly be
doubted , though there can bo no doubt
it Is advancing steadily in that direction.
In a recent Interview the assistant comp
troller of the currency , Mr. Collin , said
that through the workings of natural
causes we are now achieving what the
free silver men would have endeavored to
accomplish by a plan which would have
resulted only In the depreciation of our
currency. lie cited the fact that the
rate for demand loans was slightly lower
In New York than In London and sug
gested that New York bankers were
probably loaning money in ilia l > ritsi ; !
metropolis. With a higher rate of In
terest abroad It is to be supj/osco that
American bankers having balances In
London would leave them ( here.
Tlie latest bank statistics show that
there has been a very large accumulation
of capital In the United States In spile of
the loss and depreciation In values dur
ing the past four years. Mr. Collin
stated that the national banks hold about
? 1K,0K,000 ( ) ( over and above the sum re
quired by law as a legal reserve , while
there has been a considerable accumu
lation In the savings banks. In the opin
ion of the assistant comptroller of the
currency this increase In the supply of
capital will assure lower rates of Inter
est In the future , lie thought there
would not be seen again as high rates of
Interest as have prevailed In recent years
a condition that would bo a boon to
manufacturers , merchants and all burrowers -
rowers of money engaged In productive
enterprises. Money has never been
cheaper in the United States than It Is
at present and with a general recovery
of Industrial nnd business activity It Is
to be expected that the rate for money
will somewhat Increase , but a restora
tion of the higher rates of a few years
ago Is altogether Improbable , unless theio
should be a period of rash Investment
and speculation. At present there Is no
apparent tendency In this direction , but
It Is apprehended that if gold discoveries
continue an era of speculation such as
followed the discovery of gold lu Cali
fornia and Australia may set In. How
ever , this Is a matter which need not
cause any Immediate concern.
Looking at the financial situation as It
Is , the fact Is obvious that this country
has an abundant supply of capital for
Immediate wants , but can It bu safely as
sumed that this condition will be pcrma-
tnen ? It Is necessary to remember that
we are still a debtor nation that Kurope
holds an enormous amount of our securi
ties. While tills Is the cose and these
securities may be returned at any time
we shall not have complete financial In
dependence. Yet It Is true that the
1'nlted Slates Is lu a very cafe and sound
.financial condition at this time and there
Is every reason to believe that It will
continue to be for a prolonged period , If
nothing Is done tolnlpiislfy * distrust of
our currency and Incite foreign holdcis
of our securities to send them back lo us
In such volume as to seriously disturb
tlnauclal conditions.
VnVll I'llhlUU llOAlll ) ( WTK/tV/K-S.
The non-partisan reform police com-
mlsloti has made another exhibition of
Itself. In strict compliance with hU
sworn duty to keep the city's ex
penditures within the bounds tlxcd by
law , Mayor Moores addressed a letter to
Ihe commission calling Its attention to
the threatened deficit In the police fund"
and urging the necessity for reducing the
expenses of the police department. The
concluding portion of the mayor's letter
reads as follows :
The condition of the city nuances wna dls-
ciiBHctl last Thursday evening at an Informal
mueUtiK of the members of tlio city council
nnd the various city officials , and from the
fouling expressed I know that the city
council would take no steps toward supple
menting the potlco In nil even If It could
legally do so , for the reason that It be-
llovts the fund Is butng wantonly wasted
In paylnK useless salaries for political pur
poses. This board should immediately cur
tail the expenses of the police department
$ tCSO per month so as to bring our expenses
within our Income and reach the end of
the year free from debt. The citizens of
Omaha rightly expect us to conduct this
department for the public good , and not for
personal ends or partisan purposes.
Upon the receipt of this letter the
police commission went into secret ses
sion , and , after fuming and frothing forever
over an hour , passed a set of resolutions
tvseutlng the mayor's reeoinmendat'ou as
an insult , and asserting that the charges
embodied in the mayor's letter are un
true , that the mayor knew they were
untrue when ho made them and that his
attempt to reflect upon Ihe action of the
board is unjustified and without any
elements of truth , and further expressing
the sense of the board that the state
ments so communicated be withdrawn
with an apology.
It strikes us that the reform police
board Is very sensitive and easily In
sulted since Its return from the three-
ringed circus at Lincoln. What Is there
In the mayor's letter that Is untrue ?
The mayor says that retrenchment Is
absolutely necessary In the expenses and
salaries of the police department. Does
any one deny this to be true ?
The mayor declares that of the ? 7S-
550 available for police purposes for the
year 1S07 , ? , (80a : ! had been expended
September L , leaving a balance of ? i0OI5 !
In the police fund to carry the depart
ment for the remaining four months. Is
there anything untrue or Insulting In
this ?
The mayor says that the expenses of
the police on the basis of the force now
on the pay roll will require § 0(578 (
monthly and that there will be but
$5,1 KJ per month to meet them , making
a deficit of ? ( i,720 at the end of the year
unless the board shall reduce Its ex
penditures. Is there .anything In this
statement that calls for'in apology ?
The mayor calls attention to the fact
that the city charter forbids the transfer
of money from one city fund to another
and tells the board that it will not be
true to Its trust If It does not use every
means In Its power to prevent the threat
ened deficit. Are the nerves of the police
commissioners so sensitive that they feel
Insulted when reminded of their duty ?
The mayor conveys to the board the in
formation that from the expressions of
members of the city council lie. feels niiro
that no steps toward supplementing the
police fund would be taken by them even
if it were legal to do so , "because of the
prevalent belief that the fund Is being
wantonly wasted In paying useless
salaries for political purposes. " Is llu-ro
anything in this assertion that can be
truthfully gainsaid ?
Is it not true that such a belief Is not
only prevalent , but well supported by
the facts ? Has not the police , board In
recEless disregard of Its oath foisted upon
the police pay roll a profuss'nnal '
politician as chief of police at n. salary
of ifL',000 a year , and hired another i ante
to perform his duties at a salary of $1,100 !
a year ? Is it not true that the board
foisted upon the taxpayers a chief of
detectives as a political sop to Its
ofllclal organ and voted salaries for two
chiefs of detectives ?
To be reminded by the mayor of such
outrages upon the people may grate upon
the ears of thcpropotralo.'s. but when , In
polite terms they call the mayor a liar
for Intimating that the council believes
that they are squandering money for
partisan purposes , they locall the osU'ieh
who Imagined himself Invisible brtcaiipe
he had burled his head In the and. The
four police Iward ostriches retort upon
the mayor by charging him with votl.'ig
for every man that they have put upon
the force , when everybody knows that ho
did not vote for Uallagln'r nor for
Sigwart. The idea of deina'idlng an
apology In < 1 c > face of conduct tli'U w..nld
justify Impeachment Is doe'-dedly In-low
Hero temperature. If anybody Iris been
Insulted it is the iaxpayeni anil people
of Omaha who have boon Insulted by the
highhanded ptolllgacy of the spurious
police reformers ,
The New York paper that bought of
Mr. Itryan a disquisition on the effect
of dollar wheat on the silver propaganda
asserted in Its advertisement of the
feature that "llryaii breaks the silence of
months" by writing for It. The "silence
of months" Is good. What silence and
which months ? It would take more than
another presidential nomination to keep
Itryan silent for a single month , As u
matter of fact ho has been making public
speeches nearly every week since elec
tion and In most of them simply repeatIng -
Ing with variations what ho said durjng
the presidential campaign.
One of the advantages claimed for the
new Nebraska ballot law Is that it will
enable the elements , to the fusion agree
ment to tell what their relative strength
Is without regard to the fact that they
have put In nomination the same can
didates. This would bo mighty small com-
p-nsitlon for the dl.ndvnnlages of the
ballot law , buujfvji lu this direction It is
likely to deieal Its object. With the
same ticket uudorMhroo different parly
names and party giiihliMns , the fusion
voter will not dis'tfngulsh between the
columns , kno\vfn'g ' ° 7liit : he can vote for
fusion candidates'tiy placing a cross at
the top of aiiyOnc | ol' them. The elec
tion returns will therefore be utterly un
reliable so far asjhey bear on the rela
tive strength od'jfii ? ' different fusion vie-
incuts. ,
Hundreds of'mellVho'own pioperty In
Omaha which will receive incalculable
benefits from the uxposllNm have not yet
put their names down on the stock sub
scription list , and many who have sub
scribed have done so In an ' 1111011111 far
below what they can affonl to and
should contribute. The stock subscrip
tion list should bo shoved up a few
hundred thous.uiil dollars before snow
files.
Kvcry republican club in Omaha 'ami
the state will endor.se and subscribe to
the plank In the republican state plat
form denouncing dishonesty hi public
olllee and demanding vigorous prosecu
tion of public ( helves. The utterance of
the republican state convention is good
enough doctrine for loyal republicans.
Populism may bo an offshoot of repub
licanism , as asserted by a popocratlc
palter , but It Is an Inshoot of democracy.
The chief question to be solved is
whether the populists swallow the demo
cratic party , or , as seems more likely , the
democrats swallow the populist party.
iK ( lie INMIIO ,
Springfield Republican.
The Iowa republican managers want to
flelit this fall on national Issues , and the
free silver democracy is Just as desirous
of making state Issues prominent. That tells
the whole staiy of the present political sit
uation In Iowa and a good many other states
besides.
r * of ( ho Klondike.
Chlcutto News.
Another great drawback to tlio Klondike
region has been discovered. "Men , " says a
resident of the region , "often have their pride
fearfully wounded. . Going there to become
rich they have to go to work on wages. "
Outrages of ono kind or another are pretty
sure to be perpetrated hi a new country like
that.
U Miionrtl/liiK ( lie I'ai-iiu-rx.
Austin ( Tex. ) Statesman ,
The clamor for the remonetlzatlon of silver
did not succeed , but a very good substitute
for It has been found , that is the remonctlza-
tion > of the farmer. That was the avowed
object of those desiring to remouetizo silver ,
but it has been , accomplished In a much
shorter and motyj UlVcct way ; wheat , com
nnd cotton havcrcnipnotlzed the farmers of
Dm country and made them the most In
dependent class ( jf mpn.
AVIiy Clmrloy Itrjolucil.
Kapros City Star.
Ex-Congressman Tqwno. who Is among
the most enthusiastic advocates of the free
coinage of. silver at , tlio ratio of 1C to 1 ,
declared In a speech , at Omaha that he is
glad that the policy. ; was defeated in the
election last fall. ' That is a philosophic way
ot accepting defeat , . , but it suggests that
maybe Mr. Towjjc hopes to bo the candi
date next time and hidulges hopes for the
future that were disappointed in the past.
.IlllNNlli'M l'l-0l
? > p.Yoi'k. ' . Tribune ,
, ' " , aver Sc , annual , cxpovt .of wheat
reaches nearly 20,009,0 0 ' bushejs , but this
year she will not have enough for ber own
people , putting on the overworked but willing
American eagle the responsibility of keeping
the broad in their mouths. That generous
and conscientious fowl will not bo fouml
wauling in this emergency or any other
which can bo met by tilting its copious horn
of plenty , this year more overflowing than
usual.
Cost of Conl Minor * ' Strike.
I'hlliult'liililu Times.
'Few ' of even intelligent readers have any
just conception of the ccst ot such u. strike.
It Is estimated that the miners' have lost
$15,000,000 lu wages ; that tlio mine operators
have lost $1,500,000 in proflts ; that tlio rail
roads have lost nearly $5,000,000 In freights ;
that the loss to thu merchants and others
furnishing the necessaries of life to the
miners will roach $12,000,000 , and that the
loss to eoal consumers by reason of the ad
vance in the price ot coal is probably
$8,000,000.
' 1'lie Injunction Muiila.
Chicago Record.
Another Injunction was issued Thursday
by a West Virginia Judge against strikers
marching and holding meetings near the
property of a coal mining company. Among
other things a minister of the gospel wus
enjoined from holding services und prayer
meetings in the strikers' camps. ' What be
comes of the right of free speech when
worklngmen and ministers nro thus for
bidden to hold public meetings ? The supreme
premo court dc-cided that the use of the
Injunction in the Debs case was not Illegal ,
but it Is bard to believe that the highest
Judicial tribunal would sanction some of
the writu of injunction that have been is
sued of lute.
MiiH AVorklim ; 4iii .Silver.
1'lillailelplilu Ixnlgcr.
The agitators for silver dollars as a means
of furnishing the people with an adermato
supply of currency have never made any
demand for subsidiary allvor , yet there is ,
and has been for years , a constant demand
for more small coins , to bo used lu making
change. The call for fractional currency
has become so strong recently that the
mints have been working on this class of
coinage for weeks anil the amount In circu
lation now is about $15,000,000 ; ( but twice
that amount would probably not be too much.
U would bo readily absorbed in the chaoiicls
of current business.
I'ollllral l''arinrr .Sinihlicil ,
N w York 'Tribune.
The National Farmers' congress , In session
at St. Paul , has just administered a merited
snub to coma dflUEnlng political agitators
who sought to nli alu its endorsement of a
series of popullsflc legislative demands. The
free coinage of silver ; the Imposition of on
Income tax , govorlniilmt ownership of rail
roads , the ) rufcri'.wLif.nv and various other pet
planks from rereflt , uullstlc platforms were
submitted to the cpinuiltteo on resolutions
rail urged iipoii' ° tno-'attentloii of the con
gress ; but all were rejected by a dcclslvo
voto. Rvldcntlyntiio fanners' congress Is a
body of buslnrsafaiyiclty and enlightened
good sens ? , which'prp'forn to stick to raising
and selling crops .anil' to leave haru-bralned
and visionary pAVillK severely alone.
.MI.ST ! ! ( ) ( , IKI I' SOMKTIII.VG.
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Till1 SlrnltM of I'OJMKTUC- SiM'ltlniv
n"ri''lMnnr.
Ft. I'oill'Jfllncor Press.
The story Is gojlujjttio rounds ot the press
of a man who watt being sworn as a witness
before a Glasgow bailie , ' who was well known
as being very strict.
"Hold up your right arm , " commanded
his worship. i .
"I canna dao't. " raid .tho witness.
"Oot shot In that arm' . " '
"Then hold up your left. "
"Canna dao that , cither ; got shot In the
ither alrm , too. "
"Then bUd up your leg , " responded the
Irate magistrate. "No man can be sworn
In this court without- holding up some
thing. "
The anecdote capitally Illustrates the pout-
tloa of tbo democracy when Invited to "hold
up something" In - the ahapu of an issue ,
flu right arm , thu free coinage question ,
was sliot all to pieces last fall. Its loft arm ,
"a tariff for revTiiuu only , " Is In llku condi
tion , and many of tliosu who held It up last
vear havu been voting for protection. The
yoor old wreck lia * nothing to hold up but
a leg. and It la doubtful it it ban even a It-jj
left to uUncl on.
SKt'TKMIIKII M.USA'/.IMtS.
In Harpor's for September Captain A. T.
Mahin AMOWS U render ! ) "A Twentieth
Century Outlook , " which eontcmpUtrii n
Increased proficiency In the nrts of war as a
means to the end of universal peace. Cap
tain Mahim foresee * th.it n great anil final
tlash between the eastern and western people
ple will sooner or lalrr occur , nad mokes
ix strong showing of thp need of preparation.
Henry James IMS n Ithntrrly and delight
fully appreciative paper on the late OeorRO
Da Xlaurler , asserting his own preference
for that writer's " 1't'ter Ibbe.tson" over Its
successors. An i-njoyablo feature of this
number la Frederick Remington's account of
"The Great Medicine Horse , " nn Indian
myth of the thunder. Mr. Remington's
characteristic drawings , ono ot which serves
us frontispiece to the magazine , are ad
mirably explanatory of the text. There Is
plenty of serial nnd phort fiction , and the
Drawer contains a story by Kuth McKncry
Stuart lu quite her brat style.
The September Century opens with an
excellent paper by Uaron IMerro do Coubcr-
tin , entitled "Royalists and Republicans , "
containing much Interesting Information
concerning the Orleans family , President
Cnrnot and M. Talne. The final Installment
of the diary of the young African explorer.
Olave , Is supplemented by a communica
tion from Ilev. Mr. Forfeltt , a Ilaptlst mis
sionary In Africa , nt whoso house Glavc
died. Harry Furnlss contributes both text
nnd Illustrations to a bright sketch which
ho calls "Glimpses of Gladstone , " In which
with pen nnd pencil be depicts the ngcd
statesman In most attractive fashion. Eliza
H. Scidmoro describes n certain phase of
llfo In Java under the title of "Prisoners
of State nt lloro Iloedor. " A. M. Mosher's
"Browning's Summer In nrlttany" Is charm
ingly Illustrated by George Wharton Kd-
wards , nnd Arthur Hocber cmpliasUes "A
Now Note in American Sculpture , " struck
by Miss Ucssio Potter of Chicago.
article Is "To
A ntlmulatlng out-of-door
the Shores of the Mlngan Selgnory , " by
Frederick Irland , In the- September Scrib-
ncr's , which contains a description ot pal-
mon fishing hi that almost unknown coun
try which Is calculated to stir the blood of
sportsmen nnd start n procession of anglers
In the direction of such a paradise. The
Nashville exposition Is entertainingly treated
by F. Hopklnson Smith , whoso drawings
bring the scenes depicted quite vividly bc-
fore the eye. W. H. Bishop writes of "San
Sebastian , the Spanish Newport , " V. B. San-
born contributes some Interesting remin
iscences , personal nnd otherwise , of Lord
Byron , and his participation In the strug
gle for liberty In Greece , and Abbe Carter
Ooodloo- has a descriptive article entitled
"At the Foot of the Hocklcs. " There l
the usual abundance- poetry and fiction ,
the latter department Including the openIng -
Ing chapter of a serial Blory , "Tho Duuket
Sperrlt , " by the author of "Jerry. "
The September Cosmopolitan contains much
readable and helpful matter. President E.
Benjamin Andrews , who is about to take
charge of Mr , Walker's new Cosmopolitan
University , baa a significant article on "Two
New Educational Ideals , " which will not be
lors widely read by reason of the recent ex
citing events at Brown. The themes specially
treated are tlio cbautauqua and the university
extension movements. An extended account
ot the manufacturing methods of the Cos
mopolitan at Irvington-on-Hudson opens this
number. Julian Hawthorne's series of arti
cles on "The Heal India" Is continued , the
present Installment giving prominence to the
rescue work of the missionaries In the famine-
stricken district. Ilobert Oglceby gives an
account of a six months' trip through the
Yukon gold fields. Oulda has a character
istic essay on "The Art of Dross , " In which
her well known and picturesque views on
this subject are vigorously exploited. In
H. G. Wells' powerful story , "The War of
the Worlds , " Is contained a moving descrip
tion of tho. panic flight of the inhabitants of
London before the invading Martians.
The September McClure's Is largely given
over to fiction and poetry. Uudyard Kipling
contributes a ballad , "Pharoali and the Ser
geant , " quite..In ills old barrack-rpom vein.
A ! thoroughly delightful story of boy life by
William Allen White Is called "The Martyr
dom of 'Mealy' Jones. " Ilobert Darr has a
rather trashy piece of fiction entitled "A Man
Fights Best 'n ' His Own Towiwhlp , " and
John J. a1 Beeket calls his story "Badness. "
Stevenson's "St. Ives" is continued. There
are many portraits of Henry Clay , with de
scriptive comment. The serious articles are :
"The Cleaning of a Great City. " by Colone !
Waring ; "Life in the Klondike Gold Fields , "
by J. F. Steffos , and F. J. Kcnyon's inquiry
"When Were the Gospel's Written ? "
There Is much fiction of a high rank in the
September Mimsey's. Hall Calne's "The
Christian. " and F. Marion Crawford's "Cor-
leono" are continued , nnd Mrs. Flora Annie
Steel contributes a clever story ot life in
British India. An authoritative article by
William C. DoWitt.othe chairman of the
committee which drafted the Greater New-
York charter , sets forth his views on the Im
pending consolidation. Paul Bourget writes
on "My Favorite Novelist and His Best
Book , " the novelist being Balzac , and the
book "Cousin Pons. " The magazine la as
usual , rich in llluatratiou , much space being
allotted to reproductions of artistic portrait
photography.
A story well worth reading Is "Weeping
Ferry , " by Margaret L. Woods , which serves
as the complete novel in the September num
ber of Llpplncott's. Charles M. Skinner
contributes a charming tale of the far west
in "A Fiddle In the Desert , " and there arc
short stories by H. H. Bennett and Frank
Crane. "Tho Chicago Drainage Channel" Is
described by John I. Wright , who calls it
the greatest feat ot sanitary engineering in
the world. Theodore Stanton , who has made
special advance studies of the Parlo exposi
tion of 1900 , sets forth the part to 4)e taken
In it by various nations of Europe end makes
an earnest plea for the prompt and proper
participation of the United States.
The Ladles Home Journal for September
contains a spirited article , by John F. Coyle ,
"When Henry Clay Said Farewell to the
Se.nate. " Clifford Howard tell of "Destroy
ing a Million Dollars a Day , " the task of
tlio Treasury redemption divlslco. Eliza
beth Hlslaml shows the wide and Important
"Difference Between Mrs. A. and Mrs , B. "
Mr. Garland and Mrs. Mark Morrison contribute -
tribute fiction ; there Is a new waltz by
Jakobowskl , and Mr , Bok writes authori
tatively "On UeLng Old Fashioned. " The
various departments are quite up to their
usual standard of excellence.
Long and Important articles In tbo Sep
tember Atlantic nro "Municipal Administra
tion : the Now York Police Force , " by Hon.
Theodore Uooaevclt ; "Aro the Itlch Growing
Hlcher and the Poor Poorer ? " by Hon. Car
roll D. Wright , and "A New Organization
for tbo New Navy , " by Ira M. Hollls. An
easay "On Being Human , " by Prof. Woodrow -
row Wilson , Is In that author's best
style , and Prof. Basil Gllderaleevo draws on
Interesting comparison of tbo war between
the States with tlio Pclopponrelan war.
Henry Cbllds Mcrwln discusses "Tho Ameri
can Notion of Equality. " Harriet Waters
Preston contributes a pleascnt sketch of the
late Mm. Ollphant , Among the fiction , which
is for tbo most part excellent , Is found a
characteristic tale of western calamity Jiy
Ella W. Peattie , which will doubtless be
accepted as the real thing by eastern read
ers.
The gladiators who struggle most strenu
ously In ihtf current number of the Arena
are , Herman E. Taubeneck , who discuses
the concm'ratlon of wealth ; David Over-
myer , who joins Issue with that other David
Hill oiv the future of the democratic
party ; Ellweed Pomeroy , who pleads for
"Tho Multiple Standard for Money ; " J. W.
Hart , who advocates municipal site owner-
chip , and Lawrence Groulnnd , who contrib
utes thu first of a series of "Studies In Ulti
mate ) Society. " Minor "ecrappera" are B. 0.
Flower and thu editor , Dr. John Clark Hid-
path.
The National Review for August contains
Important articles by J. V. F. Blake on
"Golden Rhodesia , " and by Admiral Colomb
on "Futuro of Naval Warfare. " "An Qfll-
clal , " not otherwise designated , sets forth a
plan for arriving at an understanding be
tween Russia and Great Britain. Prof. Sully
wrlten of "The U es of Humor , " and Major
Broadfoot discourses on pugilism. "American
Affairs" are exhaustr * ' " ) ' treated and MM.
Alfred Lyttelton writes a "Sequel to GWi-
bon's Love Letters. "
Till ] IIATTM2 I.V MilltASIC.V.
Free .Silver1 * Inut Dlloli In ( lip Aurl-
riilturnl n > t.
NVw Votk Trllmnp.
Nebraska e < ? m to have been fixed upon
by the free- coinage leaders as the most
hopeful field on which to nmko thin Mil
n "Inst ditch" struggle- for the falling cnuso
of sliver. The rcasouH for the cbolco are
obvious. For several years pngt no stale
l'a offered fairer conditions than Nebraska
for that motley fusion of discordant politi
cal Interests on which alone the free coin-
ng agitators could count for success. As
In Knnsns. the populist party had practically
absorbed Iho voting strength of the former
democratic opposition , leaving two broken
remnants lo maintain a nominal Identity
ono as n bolting xound money faction , the
other ns an offshoot ot the national silver
democracy. But so Intimate lit Nebraska
had .been the relations between the populist
ami the stiver democrat organizations that
In purposes and leadership In everything
In fact , but name the two had virtually
been merged Into a single political party.
Tlio nomination of Bryan for the presidency
himself ns distinctively a populist ns a
democrat had naturally perfected the workIng -
Ing alllanco between tbo denlocratle and pop-
ullst forces and had , besides , dr.iwn Into tlio
general union 1111. appreciable faction ot dis
affected silver republicans.
Aided by thorough organization and good
leadership , an well ns 4 > y Iho widespread dis
content which sovcr.ll successive years ot
ngrlculttidal depression had brought , the
tripartite free coinage fusion showed In Ne
braska a strength which It failed utterly
of realizing In any other western or north
western state. In Kansas as a result of
union the plurality for the Nebraska candi
date rose only n few thousand votes abovn
that given for General Weaver as u straight-
nut populist candidate In 1S02. lint In Mr.
Bryan's homo state the combination which
ho had helped to carry Into effective opera
tion easily converted nn advcrso plurality of
fi.OOO In 1R02 Into a favorable one of 1H.OOO
in 1S9C. In fact , of the admittedly debatable
states In last year's canvass , Nebraska alone
may bo said to have fulllllcd by Its vote the
expectations of the free silver managers.
That In the present despciate condition of
Ills political nnd personal fortunes the silver
candidate for the picsldcncy should bp driven
to concentrate his energies on holding bis
homo state to the cause of free coinage Is ,
therefore , not to bo wondqrod at. With lost
year's fusion In Kansas slowly dissolving
and leaders In the Suntlower state llko Mrs.
Lease and ex-Senator Peffer deserting the
three-cornered alllanco , Nebraska Is left the
solo connecting link between the two unre
lated groups of states whose union In a single
Interest gavp to the presidential campaign
of IS96 Its peculiar and sinister significance.
Without some countenance from the great ag
ricultural states which lie between tbo old
south and the mining communities of the
far west no political agitation In which these
two sections arc enlisted though for entirely
diverse reasons can reanonably hope to
maintain Its vitality. Without continued and
enlarged support In the upper Missouri and
MissUsltiDi valleys the silver movement Is
clearly doomed , and the extraordinary efforts
made this year to hold his own common
wealth In line show that Mr. Bryan and his
ansoclatoH realize that their future as po
lltltal leaders Is staked on the result of the
elections to bo held this fall In the belt at
newer prairie states stretching northward
from Kansas through Nebraska Wyoming
and the two IMkotas.
It remains to bo seen whether the bargain
struck at Lincoln by the fusion managers will
bo ratified at tbo polls. Nebraska , like Kan
sas , has felt the recent wave of returning
tjrospcrlty , and high prices for agricultural
staples , coupled with the continual fall of
silver , have opened the eyes of tbo western
farmer to the fatuity and fallacy of the free
sliver argument. The Torces of Intelligence
and optimism in Nebraska are probably lo
bo safely depended upon for a reversal this
fall ot last November's verdict in favor of a
clipped dollar and .1 wildcat administration
of the nation's finances. The free coinage
leaders at all events have chosen a field on
which they must win or practically abandon
their cause as hopcleM. Defeat this year
can mean nothing less than Mr. Bryan's re
tirement as head of the free coinage coall
tion and Its speedy dissolution thereafter not
only in Nebraska , but In every other western
and northwestern state.
I'KltSO.VVI. Aril ) ( U'lIHICWISK.
The gambling slot machines are the near
est approach to the holy cause of 1C to 1 yet
Invented $10 for the owner , $1 for the
sticker.
Kansas City trots along three years behind
Omaha In securing a now public library.
Still , that Is n pretty good pace for a town
located in Missouri.
Canadian wheelmen have discovered several -
oral largo tacks concealed In the Dlngley
tariff , and consequently lost considerable
wind In. trying to wheel over the border.
The relatives of Joseph Sullivan , who died
In Oakland , Cal. , recently and was 7 feet 8
Inches In height , have put n guard over his
grave , fearing that a showman will steal his
body.
The attention of the secretary of agricul
ture is respectfully called to the loud de
mand which comes from the Skagway trail
for a breed of horses with brass hoofs and
castiron backs.
Reports of extensive gold finds in the
Klondike region , with which tbo country has
been flooded lately , can be rendered serviceable - ,
able as well as accurate from now on by
substituting "c" for "p. "
Just a year ago the perfidious "money
Dower" was furiously charged with having
entered Into a base conspiracy to boost tbo
urlco of wheat. Now the conspirators are
lirnorcd and the crime U placed on the
famished shoulders of India.
The harmony ot the concert of the powers
of Europe shows no signs of disruption , yet
the sultan. . Is diligently fortifying Thessaly.
Thus the wily Abdul can say with some
show of truth that ho Is getting a move on
himself.
The beard of the Kansan , though re
garded by scoffers as a badge of political
servitude. Is really a sacred personal adorn
ment. It commands 'from ' the owner a
love akin to veneration. This Is proven by
a Topeka tragedy , wherein a bearded
patriarch was BO careful In carving his
throat that he did not cut a hair.
Lubouchcro of London Truth admits that ho
Is by no means particular on the subject of
good English. "Tlio only rule which guides
mo in the choice of language , " ho says , "l.i
that which guides mo intlio choice of a
house or a cigar or a mill of clothes. I
am guided not by precedent , authority or ab
stract cannons of taste , but by what best
suits tbo purpose I have in view. "
Washaklo , chlof of the Shoshones , IKIH
been Invited to bo a special guest at thu
Festival of Mountain and Plain , soon to be
bold at Denver. Washakia Is now U4 years
old and for two generations he baa ruled
the Shoshones. Gradually and willingly bo
has given way before white man's law , but
tils will Is still ixiramoiint In his tribe.
Washaklo has always been a friend of the
whltu men.
Winston Boll , who Is serving as a waiter
this .summer In a hotel near Boston , is ono
of the few colored men practising law In
Baltimore. Ho was born a Hlavo In Virginia.
In 18S7 bo was graduated from Iho Virginia
Normal and Colleglato Institute. Ho saved
enough money by working as a coachmen ,
butler , farmhand and waiter to untor Har
vard Law school In 1S03. In 1890 he opened
an oillco In Baltimore. Ho has found It.hard
to get clients and lu obliged to do odd jobs
In summer to help pay his expenses.
Something peculiar happened on the Great
Northern railway In England not long ago.
A steel rail , which appeared to bo sound , flew
Into a dozen pieces when an uxpreas train
was passing over It. The expurts who In
vestigated the case nald that thu rail waa
simply tired out. Its iolccular Htructiiro
bad actually been changed by the Inci'xsant
hammering of trains running at the highest
speed , Something will have to be done If
iron and steel aru going to bavu nervous
prostration.
A dispatch to the St. Louis Globe-Demo
crat reports that Fanner James Shuman of
Indiana Is consulting with lawyers to deter
mine whether he has ground for action
against the late popocratlc candldato for
president. Farmer Shuman was a hot silver
man lest fall. Ho heard Bryan speak ai
Indianapolis and Anderson , and his familiar
calamity expressions wcro received as gogpol
truths. So when Bryan declared that re
publican success meant lower prices for
wheat Fanner Shuman "didn't do a thing"
after tbo returns came In but sell bis ' ! )7 )
wheat crop to a gold bug for 58 rents a
bushel. Ho has delivered COO bushoin at
that price while other farmers get from 9U
cents to $1 a bushel. He U out several
hundred dollars already and thinks ho ought
to recover the difference from the fulso
prophot.
NKWSl'AI'UHS ( IIIOWIM ) MKTTiil.
I'nllilt AoUruMTltMlmnriit of n Writ
ICitoitii Truth.
Dr. Crnne'n "Pulpit K.lltorlal. "
The editor of a denominational weekly tins
recently administered n severe castration to
newspapers and the reporters and editors
connected therewith. The gist of his nccus.i-
tlon Is tlio old charge of constructional
mendacity and a disposition to sacrifice
reputations on the altar o ! news before ttio
great god Gain. Some of the dally papers
have retaliated by attacking religious
editors and preachers In general. The facts
In the case seem to me to be that there are
newspapers and newspapers , Just as there
are Christians and Christians. There are
howling dcrvlsli and blackmailing and
"yellow" newspapers Just as there ro
pulpiteering mountebanks that ought to be
aeronauts. But tlio general character of
the dally press has grown so much bettor
within the last generation that It deserves
the praise of all good men. The most of tha
leading papcis have liafned that In the end
accuracy and deceney pay. Great dallies
are Institutions , requiring largo capital and
setting a value upon their ago and record ,
and conservatism Is the tendnicy of Institu
tions. They do publish some scandals , but
they surpress a hundred for every ono they
expose.
The dally newspaper Is the right hand of
law , for it tnnkfs for the evil-doer an open
Infamy often far more dreaded than legal
punishment , and their system of disseminat
ing news Is an Invaluable detective of crime.
They do not make , they follow public
opinion , and by giving It vole they solidify
It. Their very effort for popularity makes
them a correct transcript of the people's
thought ; and If sometimes they sell con-
vletlon for temporary favor they but do
what other weak mortals have done , and ,
like them , they live to see the Impolicy ot
policy. The way they magnify and display
accounts of horrible and outrageous things
distresses usyet wo must remember ( hat
this vlco is apparently Inherent In all
chronicles whether hUtoric.nl or con
temporary ; even the bible Is not composed
of the naruitive of good deeds alone ; there
Is much grcwsomenoss In the sacred story.
The rise of Independent Journalism lias
helped to take away the reproach that once
was Justly made , and even professed party
organs manifest a good deal ot healthful
criticism of their own party. In their rela
tion to distinctively religious affairs news
papers show fidelity and sympathy , giving
plenty ot space to reports ot tbo work of
church gatherings. Thfir treatment of min
isters personally is as courteous as
any person could expect whose bump of np-
probatlvenoEs Is not unduly developed. They
publish more sermons doubtless than nrc
read. The dally press of America has nn
Immense and novel responsibility , probably
exercising more influence on national llfo
than any other single agency. That It has
not fully realized nor discharged this re
sponsibility goes without saying , for It Is
a human concern , but It is rising grandly
to n truer sense of its high calling and Is
rendering an account of Its Intrusted talent
better and better with the advancing
decades.
IIUAtIS OP MIli'MI.
North American : "That policeman re
minds me of iv nilnbow. "
Why ? "
"Alwuys around after the storm. "
Dptiolt Journal : "The girl who stopa nt
nothing , " remarked tlio observer of men
and things , "Is likely enough to lie nc-
' 'ounted fnfit ; for stops uertnlnly do con
sume time.
Yonkers Statesman : Mrs. Bacon Did you
offer .Mr. Crlmsonbeak your umbrella wlien
be went out ?
Mr. Bacon No , I didn't have a clutnco ;
lie took It.
Puck1 , First Hoard"- ! wonder the land
lady lots him stay. Everybody can see that
nu drinks.
Second Hoarder Yea , lint be never baa
any nupctlte In the morning.
Chicago Hccord : "Your new clergyman Is
so doleful In the pulpit. "
"Yea. but he looks perfectly lovely at a
funeral. "
Indianapolis Journal : "Isn't this Knolpp
euro TOinetlilng like Christian science ? "
asked the elderly ba.'inlur.
"Well , " said the Cheerful Idiot , "It does
Its work through the sole. "
'Washington Star : "I 1mb notice , " wild
Undo Kbcn. 'Mater man kin allus tin' people
ter buy liquor for 'Ini ontell be gits so run
down dut ills system actually feels do need
ob It. Den dey tells 'im he orter be er-
shumod ob hlsse'f. "
Chicago Tribune : The two young persons
were looking In moody silence out ovitr the
waves , when Mr. lilumlerheels happened
upon them.
"Ah ? " . he said , pleasantly. "Lovora *
quarrel , Is It ? "
"Sir ! " exclaimed the young woman , in
great wrath , "how dare you ? "
"Ah , " rejoined Mr. lllundurbcels , strolling
complacently on , "then you are not quurrel-
Inir. So glad ! " '
Detroit Journal : "Why , " fiercely de
manded tbo prominent member with the red
neck , "havo you gone nml filled my ] > ew ?
What do you suppose I bought u sitting ,
for ? "
"To Insure your standing- , " muttered the
pale , defenseless usher.
Hut nobody heard him except a devout
old woman In a back .seat , and .she didn't
co the jioint until about the middle of tlio
second prayer.
'
IIOW AWFUL. ,
Clnclnnntl Knqulrcr. '
She Is the sweetest of them all.
And like a mermaid IOVOH the sea ,
Her bathing milt might .shoclc some folks ]
It doesn't reach quite to her knee.
Her plump limbs 'neath the skirt nro bare ,
Her curiH are short , ber eyes are blue ;
Hut this dear llttlo "summer girl'
Is , I am told , "Just Im'f past two. "
IUTIHII > STATKSMK.V.
Memphis Appeal ,
Oil , whore are the men who once blithely
assembled ,
Whose resonant voices were sweet with
the truth ;
Who lectured the world till tbo atmosphere
trembled
And held the attention of old ago and
youth ?
Wo gaze at the place where they stood ,
proud c ml stately.
And hurled classic phrases , our rights to
declare ,
But most of them haven't been visible
lately ,
Though wo hear now and then of their
dolncs elsewhere.
We learn that a number are reaping and
binding ,
To show all the iiclgbborH they haven't
grown proud ,
Or driving thu cows down the Irine , green
and winding ,
While upcetaloni give tliein applause lontf
and loud.
Tim glnvPa have been doffed ; natiire'H cov
ering thlukeim
O'er palms that were tender and rosy before -
fore ;
And Dm babies , a.s each mother's heart
fondly qulckenrt ,
Are klsHc-d ns they never have been kissed
before.
COMI'.ASSIO.V.
Jnlin II. C'lirrltiKtun.
With Phylllii owe In Aready I lay
Along a gTimsy Blopa above a brook ,
And llf.teiUMl lo Uie Hlory from her book
Of truach'rouH Icnavu who buecly Houtiht to
Edward thH king IIH In his tent ho lay.
And In hl arm a pnlxon'd dagger Hturk ;
And how the good Queen Klinor did miclc
With her own lips thii venom all away.
Then straight I did pretend a bee had
Htung
Minn iiixlerllp , and with Bore pain wu
wrung.
A potent plea for that sweet remedy
I might wet ask of her. hut which to mo
Him offcr'd with such churmliiK jlllllileiico
That much did Bliuine me of my base pretense -
tense ,
tti fie
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