THE OMAHA DAILT BEEt FRIDAY , NOVEMBER 5 , 1S0
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE.
K. It03iWATUlt , Editor.
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STATEMENT Or ClUCUbATION.
Btntc ot Nebrntka , Douglas County , . :
George 11. Tzuchuck. secretary of The nee 1'ub-
llthltiR Compnny , being duly sworn , tayii that the
actual number of full nml complete coplts of The
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copies . , . 9,217
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Net dally average . II.BO ?
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encc this 1st day of November 1817
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I\SIST OV HVVI > G THK linn.
No piospcct of nnotlicr election In Nc-
Lraslca for a whole year.
The newly elected Judge of the supreme
premo coutt lialls from IMatte county.
Nebraska lepulilleana have nothing to
1)0 a.shaincd of In their off-year lecoid.
Frank Illbhard's usefulness as a
Standard Oil Inspector hii-s not been 1m-
lialted.
It turns out that the people of Clilca o
did not vote at the New 1'oik election
after all.
day will be duly ccle-
biated In Omaha by all the filends of
good goveinment.
On ihe day after , the editoilal pase of
the mongrel oigan descents profoundly
on "The Noilly Pole. "
And Kiyan was afmld to My a word
about his preferences In the Gieater
New York light until after the trouble
was all over.
Who wants to succeed Judge Sullivan
on the dUtiict lunch ? Ooveinor IIol-
eomb cannot give the appointment to
uioie than one person at a time.
Neither must it be fmgottcn that the
great JJryan himself made hlx speeches
In ( Douglas county on beh.ilf of the
mongtel ticket on the eve of election.
"It was expected tli.it Uedlleld would
lead the fusion ticket , " sadly whlmpci.s
the mongrel organ. But he didn't. Hven
the fnsionihts could not stomach sue-h a
nauseous dos > \
Beliold the natural concussion Unit in
evitably follows by the opwatlon of the
law of giavltatlon whenever the limb
Is sawed off with the man on the wrong
tide of the saw. ,
What about that Sixteenth sheet via
duct ? Is It to lemaln a bouice of im
minent danger loiever ? lias not the
council the iciinl.site backbone to meet
the viaduct question ?
Can it be that the day of ( lie $ . . ' tele
phone Is within sight ? And that , too ,
without the inteirontlon of those thiee
great saltuled donothlug sectetailes of
the State lloatd of Transputtatlou ?
For a man who ways lie has lotlted
from the race for tlio Ohio senatorshlp
John U. McLean Is making himself un
commonly conspicuous in the contest
for the coutiol of the Ohio leglslatme.
lepublican senator from Maiy-
land has been considered a double
credit-mink for the party lu that state.
Two republican somitois from JUmj-
land would deserve si whole p.ige of
credit niaiks.
Dubuque county , Iowa , has a .republi
can sheillT-cloct for the Hist time in
thltty-slx ye.us. If the people of Du-
liiliiuu county know their own interests
tlwy v\lll have no other kind for tlihty-
Blx years to come.
The a PstIon Is , Will the legislative
Investigating committee diop politlea
long enough to go after the iffiOO of
state money which the populist hand
book says was stolen by ex-Auditor
Moore nnd pocketed by Frank UansomV
Other cities aio marveling at the low
prices at which substantial pavements
arc being laid In Omaha. With paving
bargains so tempting every pljce of
rotten wooden block In the city should
1)0 ) torn up and replaced befoio the end
of another year.
The new law changing the manner In
which election olllcors are appointed
may aubborvu boiu | > useful pmpose , but
it does not make the election olllclalb
one whit more Intelligent or offer any
guaranty that thy will not lock all the
blanks lusltlo of the ballot boxes.
WPIAfOW IJF
How great n rcroach ) to the country
the restoration of Tammany to political
power iff the comments of Ihe foreign
prts * most distinctly show. That .such
a political organization , after having
boon drlvdn from power by disclosures
of the most disgraceful corruption ,
venality and cilmlnal practices , should
have been icstoretl to power with vastly
Increased opportunities for Its abuse
Is Justly leganled by the nuropeau
newspapers as a rellectlon upon the In
telligence , the morality and the Integrity
of the American people. It Is true , as
one of the London papers says , that
New York , from ls | cosmopolitan char
acter , Is haidly typical of thu United
States as a whole , but this docs not af
ford an altogether satisfactory excuse
for the success of a political organization
as rotten and cilmlnal as Tammany has
been shown to be and which Is still
dominated by the men who aio respon
sible for Its past villainies.
The victory of Tammany Is not only a
lepioaeh to- the country , but It Is also a
menace-to the Credit of the nation. Its
tendency Is to Impair conlldence abroad
In our financial stability , because 11
places In a position to exert a tremendous
deus Inlltiencc a political element with
which considerations of public honesty
and Integrity have very little weight.
Fiom every point of view , In shoit , the
success of Tammany Is to be deplored ,
for there Is every reason to apprehend
that It will have far-reaching evil ef
fects.
WITH CAKADA.
In 185-1 a treaty was negotiated be
tween this country nnd Great Hiltalu
which provided that the natural piod-
nets of the United States and Canada
should each be admitted to the other
flee of duty , the llsheiles of each to bo
open to the other on equal teims and
the vessels of each to be admitted to the
coastwise hade of the other under sim
ilar regulations. We deiived some little
advantage fiom the flsheiies clause , but
suffeied gieat loss fiom the "natural
products" clause , while the coastwise
tiade piovlslon pioved to be a serious
blow to our shipping inletests. Tills
tieaty was In opeiatiou thirteen ye.us ,
notwithstanding the fact that it was al
most entirely one-sided and Canadian
evasions of it wete constant.
I'etlodlcally since that tieaty was ab-
legated in 1S07 efforts have been made ,
Canada taking the Initiative , to negotiate
nnotlicr iceipioclty agteeinent , but
owing to the fact that Canada would
not or could not submit an equitable
pioposition those offoits wete abortive.
It Is now stated that our goveinment is
constricting the question ot cultivating
closer commeiclal relations witli our
northoin neighbor tlnongh iceipiocity
and that Mr. Kasson , the leciprocity
CTimnissloner , is in favor of negotlu'ing
a tieaty for this pinpose. The piaeti-
cability of doing this is veiy question
able , unless onr government shall make
concessions which It has heietoloie de
clined to make. There is no icason to
suppose that Canada is pr piaed to propose -
pose any better teims for a leclprnelty
agreement tlrm those which weie .sub
mitted to the Ilanison adininish.ition
and rejected , but if the ptesjut Ilbeial
government of Canada should ba dis
posed to go somewhat taithcr in this
matter than its piedecessor , it is safe
to say that it would not go far enough
to make a tieaty acceptable to this
Lountiy. A lecipiocity agieement ap-
pljlng only to natmal pioduets would beef
of no advantage to the rnlted States
and It is not probable that Canada
would favor Ameiican inaunfacluies ,
eren if the ISiitlsh goveinment weie to
pcunlt it. The Canadian policy Is to
piotect home industiles and whatevoi
disciimination is made in favor of out
side Imlushios is applied to those of
ingland. : The , dilllcnlties in the way oi
iceipiocity with Canada ate piactlc.iKj
insupeiablo.
EX-MIMSTKH'S
Mr. Ilannis Taylor , ex-minister to
Spain , has telt it to be his duty , le
ganlless1 of the question of propilety , to
pieseiit ids views to the Ameiicau pub
lic as to what this goveinment should
do respecting the Cuban question The
four years spoilt In Spain by Mr. Taj lor
enables him to speak with nccui.ito
knowledge and a gieat deal of author
ity , so that what he sajs is Important
because likely to exert an influence upon
popular sentiment hero.
.Mr. Taylor thinks tlio United States
should take action in the Cuban mat
ter , lie suggests that congiess ,
piomptiy upon Its leassembllng , should
adopt a joint lesolutlon embodying
thiee clear and deliuitu pioposltlons. In
the llrst place It should ussoit the light
and duty of this countiy , not only to
ouis-'lves , but to humanity , by virtue or
the univeisally lecogul/ed doetilne of
Intel volition , as well as by virtuj of the
Monioo dochlne , to put an end to the
conflict in Cuba , because it involves not
only the constant dlstuibanco of our
Intel mil peace , but also the de-
Mi notion of great commeicinl and prop-
01 tjIntelosts of our citl/ons. Snth
i ( solution should also asseit that , after
outlining patiently all such evils Inci
dent to lltteon years of war in Cuba
out of the -last twenty-nine , the gov-
oinmcnt of the rnlted States lias olfeied
in vain Its fi loudly olllcos as peace-
ill ikor to Spain , In hope of aiding her ,
without offense lo her suseoptlbllltles ,
in bringing to a close a shlfo so de-
stiuctlve to the nmteihil Intoiosts of
both countilos. The icsolutlon should
further d.'claio that the govennment of
the United States , In view of Spain's
lofusil to accept Mich friendly and
lospoctfnl mediation , has now losolvcd
to oxeiclso iijiou Its own lesponsiblllty
Its ontlie moral Inllnenco to the end that
the war In Cuba may bo biought to a
speedy eloso , piovltled Spain falls to
nccnmpllt-h that result in a icasonable
time , to be cleaily Indicated.
Aeeoullng to n dispatch faom Madrid
Mr. Taj lor has changed his views
since his ictuiu to the United States.
He is repiosonted as having been while
In the Spanish capital a warm friend
of Spain and partlcnhuly solicitous that
the United States should take no ag-
gtesslvo action looking to the- end
ing of the. Cuban conflict. Hut however
may be uicie la no doubt ) as to the
present views of the ex-mlnlstcr and
hln expression of them li a distinct con
tribution to Jingoism. So far as they
shall exert anj' influence It will be as
a .stimulant to that .spirit which would
linvo this government Intervene In the
Cuban conflict though war with Spain
should be the inevitable result Mr.
Taylor does not think that inch declara
tions by congress as he suggests could
fairly be regarded by Spain as a cause
of war , but In our Judgment there Is
not a reasonable doubt that they would
bo so regaided and that war would
speedily follow their adoption. Spanish
pride would certainly assert Itself and
rather than submit to having a time
lived by this government when the war
In Cuba shall be terminated by Spain
that country would not hesitate to go to
war with the United States , although
that would mean the loss of her "West
Indian irassesslons and Immeasurable
disaster to her.
There Is no doubt that there will be
renewed efforts In congiess to commit
the government to some such couise as
Mr. Taylor urges nnd they are not un
likely to succeed unless President Me-
Klnley shall take a tlrm stand in oppo
sition. This the consetvatlvfl sentiment
of the country Is hopeful he will do.
T11K YKlSKll IHLKl'lIUXK GASH ,
The case brought by Hepresentntlve
Yelser lo compel thj local telephone
company to furnish him witli telephone
service at rates reduced from the regn
lar tin Iff , which , ho says , is extortionate
and unieasonable , has i cached an In-
Unestlng stage. Itntlicr than submit
books and recoids to a judicial Inquiiy
the telephone coiuimnj * has Invited the
oidur of Judge Scott In favor of Mr.
Yelser bj' falling to enter a defense be
yond a denial of the court's juilsdlc-
tlou. Fiom the ruling of Judge Scott
tlio telephone company has appealed to
the supteme court , which , pending hear
ing , lias suspended the wilt of man
damus.
Without at tliis time enteiing Into the
met Its of the controveisy , it is to be
hoped that the decision may be speedily
leached and the icspectlve. lighls of the
public and the telephone company an-
thoiiUilively defined. That the tele
phone is everywhere a monopoly must
be admitted by all unbiased nu'ii , and
the question is whether or not its
chinges aie as such legitimately sub
Jcct to state legulatlon. The- second
question ailsing liom tills is whether , If
toll nhniie chin ges are subject to state
legulatlon , they me to be regulated by
the leglslatute , the State lioud of Trans
port.itlon or by the coiuts. It tlio court *
aio to be the ultimate judges of what
constitutes icasonable i.ites there Is
much to be said in favor of getting at
it by the dliect loute of the wilt of man
damus which lias been followed by
Judge Scott In the Velsor case i.itliei
than to leave It to the legislatuie or a
state board with the ceitainty that It.t
edict will have > to inn the gauntlet of
court piocess on appeal by one or the
other patties to continet foi ssivlce.
OXK LKbbCN OVZJIK CANVASS.
One lesson of the canvass In Douglas
county stands out in bold iclief. It is
that the people have resented the impu
dent attempts of the inongicl managers
and their oigan to make political capital :
out ot baio-faccd fakes and falsehoods.
The votets of Douglas county are not
all ciminions gnllibles , leady to gulp
down eveiy unsupported cli.uge they
hear or see in piint on the eve of an
election and they have as a consequence
icgaided the undisguised elloits ot the
mongiols to impose upon ignoiaiice as
dulibeiafo insults. The fakes put In mo
tion by the mongrel organ about an im
aginary lepublic.in corinption fund of
RHO.OOO and of special campilgn con-
tilbntlons being solicited to wage indi
vidual waifaio upon paiticnl.ir fusion
candidates weie taken no moie sutlously
than the assertion in the election niL'ht
World-IIeiald extra that "judging fiom
i etui us icceivod up to 10 o'clock the
chances weie favorable to the election ot
the eutiio fusion ticket and the repub
lican majoilties of two jvais ago when
McDonald , Ilelnnod and Baxter weie
elected weie being reduced and the
I'nsIoiiKts were gaining. " The distor
tions and falsehoods set afloat fiom the
mongrel hoadqnaitcis weio as self-con
tradictory as the same World-IIwaid
e\tia , which , though dated Wednesday ,
talked about "Today's Election" and car-
iled with them appaiently no moie
weight with the public.
While it is idle to expect the Fakeiy
and the political jugglois who tialn In
its wake to ip.illze that impostuio and
deceit aio no mote Justified In politics
than in business , it Is gratifying to know
that the good , common sense of the pjo-
plo is impel vlous to the poison distilled
by such black ciooks.
Theio Is some consolation In knowing
that Nobiaska Is not the only state
wheae complete elect Inn lotuins me
simply Impossible until thioo or four
days after the voting has taken place.
Onr election machinery has been viustly
impioved of late yo.u.s , but the plan of
counting Is still cniubi'isomo and we
are piactlcnlly without any systematic
ariaiigements for promptly eollectlnij
tlio letuuis otlicially and piomulgating
them for Hie public Information , In
Huso dajs of the electric telegraph theio
Is no loasou why the law should not pio-
vlde for the olliclal transmission of the
lesults to the canvassing board on the
very night of the election or the next
day at latest and their Immediate tabu
lation and publicity. Such publicity
would bo the best possible sntogunid
against electoral frauds and be woith
to the people far moie than the expense
It would entail.
If Mayor Moores was leally running
for ofllco on the county tlckat , as one
would gather fiom the : ibuse heaped on
him by mongiel organs and orators , he
seems < to have Increased his miijoilty
since the sin ing election and strength
ened himself In the ] > opular esteem.
'Bryan ' assumes to voice the sentiments
of all the democrats , populists and sil
ver republicans. That Is about on a par
with his assumption that the ( lr > 00,000
votcis who cast their ballots for the
popocrntlc ticket last fall did * o solely
because thq ubsorlbetl to the doctrine
of 10 to 1 ifi < H } coinage , whereas as a
matter of fifPl'Molmbly one-half of thorn
swallowed ytleki t In spite of their
repudiation pllver ilatlsm.
South D. tiTrepubllcans have also
made decided'gains over their condi
tion last yl'jir. ' . South Dakota republi
cans are noj.oi ; the kind that give up
the field because they have once been
worsted , bufVtelracc mistaken steps and
set out enowjleally to leeaptme loat
tonltory. South Dakota Is normally
republican , find' ' with good republican
inanagenicnv wftl remain lepublican.
TinCiiliiniK } ' IiH-a.
Topeha Capital.
The advance In wheat yesterday was no
doubt elue lo the cyclouo ot the elay before
In India.
liu\tllonhli | >
Ulobc-Dcmotrnt.
Montana's total output of RotJ , silver , copper -
per ami lead during 1S96 was valued at $50-
7-J2.09D , or over $1.000 for cveiy votei. Yet
that state voted for n 50c dollar In order to
be prosperous.
CiiiiHtlliitltiiiiilViiUmsH. .
Imlln , t)6ll3 | Jouuinl.
The retirement of Senator Hnnna from
politics would be a great calatnltv for demo
cratic newspapers It would take them a
long time to nnd any subject they could tell
so many lies about.
MlMMIMll IN .SlUirCC til lllNllll-llllllll.
St Louis Ilcinibtlr.
Tl o ring of true poesv so noticeable In
Governor Stephens' ThankSKlvliiK proclama
tion Is the natural arc ! legitimate outcome
of Indulgence In the ambrosial delights of a
'possum and s cet potato tllet.
litiiiK tin I'minlMr * .
Clilcngo llicoiil.
Marshal Illanco has been telling what
great thirds ho Is going to do , but It v\lll lie
romemliercd that General \Veylei recorded a
pre > at number of siicci' 4es of the bimo sort
when ho first took hold of the government
of Cuba.
.No Otlifl.loll In
Louisville Courlcr-Joutnnl.
Sajs the Kichmond , Va. , State :
"To thu Courlei-Joutnal vvo would say that
the sllverltcs are going to keep right on con
tending forBllvei and Its free coinage. "
OC course they are. A fool a-llddllng never
knows wlicii to stop
.Nnllontll Progress.
Imllnmipoll' lonnml.
The maii who should have predicted ,
tvventj joar ago that the United States
would hold the place of Mipie.mucy in the
Iron tradu would ha.'o bicn regarded as
something of a lunatic Todaj the organ
of the Hilt'sh Iron Intriesl acknow ledge's
that th'o country as. good as occupies , the
position nou.
l'roxii > rlt > In NflirnsUn.
Mliinctpolls Tilbune
The founditlon for moro prospcrltj le laid
In Nebraska While other sections have com
plained of drouth , there has been just enough
rain there to give the winter wheat a strong
start , and the. acreage has Increased 2fi per
cent. With aiujUaer big wheat crop next jear
and good prlcct-'Xebraska will have GO much
money that she wou't , care for an issue of
cheap currency , ,
: \o Mi.re lluMi > rr > Click.
Knn nn City Star.
Some Invcnthp genius has devised a noise
less poker chip Jt It made of soft rubber
and the keenest eir In all the city po'iio
cannot detect its jjrcsenco as It chases Its
follows In anfl oui of the Intricacies of a
Jackpot. The clilns that pass in the night
will no longer glyo the alarm to the minion
of the lav/ who Is listening at the kejliolc ,
and no longer rcan'the ' festive sport play the
old tune on the bonce which came so easy
when the stack.xas high
AVujlur'x ( IntlmiMt nf I'rliilanoe.
J'hlliHlell'lila lleconl
The statemelit attributed to General
Weylor on the cvo of hla departure from
Havana that he had been iccalled "In obedl-
enco to the wishes of the rebals and tlio de-
nnnds ot the United States , " mUht well
occasion surprise In Madrid , since such an
utterance would bo more of an affront to the
homo government and to his military
supcilore than to anj body else But It Is In
conceivable that the dought > captain general ,
oven had he thought so , would have said s > o In
hU sober senses ; and It Is likely that his
alleged burst oC petulance will be allowed
to pass without scrutiny by the Spinlsh
government , In the absence ot an olHclil
verbatim report of his actual language.
'Not ' UN Hail UN I'nliitcil.
Clilcngo T llnine.
Yellow fever Is unquestionably a disease to
bo dreaded , but It Is by no means so de
structive as 'a generally supposed Since the
incflcnt epidemic broke out in New Orleans
there have been 1,548 cases of fever , and
cf these only 193 proved ratal. Mau > , or at
least some , of these deaths must t > o charge 1
to a panic fear , and It would doubtless DO
bairier in Us path would bo to compel the
Inhabitants of the West Indies , particularlj
found , If all the facts could bo known , tin
yclltvv fever Is no moro deadly than
diphtheria or pneumonia , nut It wouM bo n
zrcat thing If It could be entliely prevented
as It very likely could be. The vvaj to put a
Cuba , to adcot a sanitary mode of living ,
for every epidemic of yellow fever in the
United States has begua with cases Intto-
duced hero from those Islands.
AX lMl > It\CTIOVIIl2 ] SHIP CAN
Coht of tinI'roiioHril Wn < i > mn > from
the I.iiKt-s lo tlio HiiilHoii ,
Philadelphia Record
The proposition to connect the waters of
the lakes with the vvaterc , of the Iludcon
river by a ship canal , thus avoUUng the fo'ls
of Niagara and the roundabout of naviga
tion by the River St. Lawrence , Is a most
enticing ono upon paper. If the vast trade
of the northwestern and middle states borderIng -
Ing upon the lakes tould be carried In un
broken bulk to the sea the saving In the
coat of transportation would wan ant great
outlay In ordei to accomplish It. But the
report Just published of the United States
engineers authorl/cd by the War department
last jcar to "eauso to bo made accurate ex
aminations and estimates of cost of con
st ! uctlon of a ship canal by the mmt prac-
; io b o louto whollj within ho Url ed States
from the Great Likes to the navigable waters
of the Hudson river , of eufllclcnt capacity
to transport the tonnage of the lakes to the
sea. " Is of a most discouraging character A
preliminary survey of four routes has been
made , none of which Is recommended. The
ccst of a ship canal foi the purpcso Indi
cated Is roughly estimated at $200.000,000.
It would cost $2.000,000 per year for malnto
nanco and repair , and would bo without mill-
tarj value to ths'federal ' government.
The report suggent that the enlargement
and Improvement pf the Krlo canal so as
to provide for itliQ movement of barges ot
nbout 1,500 tons hut den would , at much
smaller expenditure. Insure all tlio substan
tial advantages to fie derived from the con
struction of a ship canal It Is further In
sisted upon thai-vessels suited for lake trans
portation are not suitable for eea vo > ages ,
and that sea-going vessels could not pro'lt-
nbly compete vn tlio lakes for lake freight
age. If this be1 true , ono ot the main rea
sons for bulldlnK a ship canal Is untenable.
The report will probably give a temporary
quietus to the Advocacy of the ship canal
project , ,
A ! IIIJVAlJU 'IO IIIIMMISS.
The CoiillniiniiH IN'rforiiiiintu' of
IluiiKO' PolHIrlmiH.
" \VdihliiKton Star ( Ind , rep )
The principal development of the jear Ifi
the fact that the country has entered upou
what may bo called "the continuous perform
ance" In politics The theatrical people are
not to bo permitted to monopolize that line
ot activity. They are making Jt pay , and
the politicians see Home-tiling In It for them ,
selves also.
Hitherto there have beun "off years" in
campaigning. After a vigorously contested
presidential election , the people have rested
pomevvhat from such arduous labors. State
and municipal contests have been waged ,
while energetically enough , with an abate
ment of "the storm and stress" character
izing national contests , Under the old order
this would hara been an "off yMr , " nut ,
I under the now order , It han been a yrvir of
tinuitiAl excitement , ( toil In * omo quarter * ,
1 quite a continuation ot last > ear's presiden
tial druggie , Speakers ot national coni >
quence IMVC gone from state to state appwil-
ItiR to the people to como out and ho counted
BRilii , ami Mr. Hry n. distinctively | n evi
dence as a candidate for the rrcsldentl.il
nomination of his party In 1900 , has been
starred over a wldo stretch of the territory
Involved ,
Nor will energies relax at the close of the
polls tomorrow night , Ilegardlem of which
Mdo may have carried the day , the battle
will continue. The congress elections
como next , and they will Justly be reckoned
of the highest Importance Organizations
will bo Inspected for whatever ma > be neccs-
sarjto put them In the best order for the
next eiiffaKoment Where a line has been
broken It will be made whole again , and
where one has proved effective It will be
made oven stronger. And with the election
of the new congress wilt begin the maneuver-
ling for position for 1900. which of course
will engage the attention of every man of
Influence and responsibility In political Ufa
In tbo land.
It Is a new order ot things upon which the
country has entered Will It be profitable'
Professional politicians may find It so It
will lir'nig ' meat and drink to them. U In-
surejs them steady employment. Hut how
will this continuous performance be likely
to affect business ? A four-jesars' agitation
of national Issue * connecting directly with
business Interests cannot but have a dis
quieting effect. Business Interests need acid
demand rest. Hut where the orators are
continually crating , tbo bands consUntlj
plajlng and the clubs corslantly marching ,
the ro ult Is to unsettle things and keep
them unsettled , and militate against confi
dence and full business activity
THU HMO > I'VCIKIO SU.13.
Globe-Democrat : In regard to the govern
ment ownership of railroads It Is In order * c
My that the government Is greatly pleisec !
and surprises ! aver an opportunity to get oui
of a railroad as much money as It nut Into U
Philadelphia Times : The adjustment ot
the Union Pacific claim through reorganiza
tion and snlo will undoubtedly Improve the
chanreri for a similar adjustment with tl.e
othci loads , and the Ue < . - > artment of .lustlco
should not fall to use ever ) possible means
to collect the goveinment claims against all
In the munificent land grants made by cou-
gros > 3 these roads seemed all , and moro than
all , the yubllc aid to which they were en
titled , and the > should bo required to p > y
their Just obligations to the government
without tut ther unnecescary delay.
naltlmore Sun It was an excellent sale
for the government. It obtained the whole
of Its demands Some yens ago this was
believed to be Impossible The popular 1m-
pie.wiou was that the government would get
nothing but the railroad , and that in a
dilapidated condition. Good management of
the piopwty , however , together with the
creation of productive blanches made it
Otolitable for a syndicate to como forward
and purJidse the Kuvoinmcnt'a lien. If .t
( Mil biicceed as well with its othei railroad
invcstmei ts it will bo foi lunate * . Hut It muat
bo ix/uic In mind tint thcso railroad loins
wers not granted with the viimari expecta
tion that thej would pay
Philadelphia Press. The action of Presi
dent JIcKlnlej and Attorney General Mt-
Kenna on the government claim against the
Union Pacific was abundantly Justified ye&-
torda > by the pale of the line at a pi Ice
which meets the full demand of the treas
ury Vftei1 nearlj forty ycais of a series cf
transactions In which the government has
been cozened , cheated and kept out of a
Just < lebi , the owners o" the lailroad have
hocll f n rod tn na\ whit tlu > \ nurnorl In. flttil
the debt Is met , piinclpil and Interest , In
full This ttmmpli of Just dealing ends a
long and disgraceful chapter which may well
bo remembered by those who taink the ad-
mlnlstratlrn of affairs grows worse and not
better The capital In this road was ablp to
cheat the goveinment during the war , to
man'tnilatc congress aftet the war , to pre
vent legislation requiring repayment a little
later and to stave on"a settlement bv ques
tionable ! practices through mans jears. Out
at last , and only at last , there has been
honesty , integrity and Lackbccie enough at
Washington to require full paj merit In the
fac9 of a pressure of whoso extent and im-
poitanco few can have any conception.
'j'liiiiii'i us TO IIKMIV cr.
Phllai'elphVi Inquirer- The strength of
Henry George was just this lie worked for
the masses. Comparatively few have read
hit ? book "Progress and Poverty. " Tew , too ,
have comprehended his single tax theorj
Hut the tens of thousands who have followed
him have done so because in him they nw
a. champion of the masses a friend of the
tolltra one. who would mike their burdens
lighter It he could.
New York Post : The funeral ot Henry
Gcoige was a striking demonstration of
the popular attachment that hat. grown up In
thLj Lommunltj toward a man of high pur
pose , slngle-mlndecYicss , and devotion to
what ho conceived to bo his dutj. As one
of the speakers said , Hemy George might
have filled important ofllces , ho might liavo
n < Jo money , he might have achieved most
of the things that are accounted success in
this world. Ho had all the qualifications
that make up the equipment of the suLcerti-
ful politician all except one. He could not
crook the pregnant hinces of the knee that
tin If t might follow fawning.
Chicago TribuneIn. . his eulogy of the
late Henrj Gcoigo at George's , bier Hev.
Father McGljnn declared that George's
single tax theory had "never been success
fully combated " This may be pardoned as
the utterance of an hysterical partisan be-
btde the corpse of his ft lend and leader
Hut It is well to call the attention of the
public to the fact that the > i& . < eiUon Is not
tiuo The single tax theory , which nuny
ill-Instructed persons fancy was original with
Gec-igef" was hinted at toy lllcardo In his
theory of rent and was wholly based upon
his speculations , and the Iticardlan theory
lua been hopelessly riddled time and again
b > Innumerable logicians. Moro than that ,
the Gcotgo doctilne , which contained notti-
leg new hut owed Its vogue to the capti
vating manner In which it vv < u presented ,
has been many times exposed as fallacious
and deceptive by Mr. George's contempo-
larles. It is a delightful dream , but It Is
no moro substantial than any other vision.
New York Herald : Harcly , It over , has a
more cxttaoidlnary tribute been paid to the
memory of n private citizen than that which
New York witnessed Monday. It was a trib
ute In which men of all sects and parties and
citizens of all classes Joined to honor the
memory of one who had battled valiantly for
his fellow Kind. U was an outpouring of pop
ular sympathy and respect which attest the
place Henry George held In the hearts of the
people Not > ia a political leader nor yet as a
Political economist lad ho won the universal
tribute paid to him. Among those who hon
ored his memoiy wore many who did not
bhare hK political views , and moie who did
not ace ' t his economic' teachings. Hut all
iccot n'.zed ' the nobility of his natuio , the
loftiness of his purpose , the unselfish devotion
of his life to the betterment of humanity as
he saw It. Whatever may bo thought of the
economic theoiy advanced In "ProgieBa and
Poverty , " It 1 conceded that Its author win
an honest thinker In ucarch of the truth and
an earnest hmianitailan , striving for the
jood of his race Such men are only too rare.
TIII : SIIYIII HOODOO IN lovvv.
Dca Molncs Leader ( doin. ) The elo-tlon Is
significant In this , Indicating how iiiucbi bct-
.er the democratic ! party can do when 1C to
1 ) s not ardently pressed than when It Is
ea pressed It In too early foi analysis of the
returns by localities , but enough is known
to Indlra'o that they will make a mistake
who claim that what Is EUbstantlally a demo
cratic triumph h a victory for free silver
The election simply affords additional proof
of the fact that the democratic party Is
stronger when united than when It is ell-
vldctl , and. . teaches that the pulley ot getting
together is a better vote getter than the
one of kick out and stay out.
Dos Molnes News ( Ind } The democratic
managers made a strong fight and succeeded
in giving the republican managers the fright
of their lives. Had the Issues been entirely
disassociated from national qumtlcna and
state Issues puehed to the front by the
democrats Mr , White would have been elec
ted governor The utate Indebtedness , the
state pilntlng and binding scandals and the
lowering of railroad assessments were tmlll-
clout Italics upon which to make a. success
ful fight. The republicans have won , but
they have been taught a plain lesson. The
state -finances muat be better handled to the
end that the state Indebtedness must be
wiped out The state treasury must not Le
plundered Irt order to fatten partisan bouefl-
ctortcs. The tnlltoids mint pay their legiti
mate tharo ot the taxes. Uetrenehmont ami
reform must IIP the watchword In the next
legislature If the republicans hope to hold
the stftto of Iowa.
stnnmu ui TIIIJ HHSUI.T.
Olobe-Deinocrat ( rep ) ; Iowa preserves Its
UMial level h ul and marches In the line ot
good government and good times.
St Paul Pioneer Tress ( rep ) : There Is
however one consolation to bo derived from
Tammnny's triumph. They tacitly repudi
ated Hryanlsm by Igunring It , and II Is ,
therefore , a defeat of the free- sliver wing
ot the democratic party.
Minneapolis Journil ( rep. ) : Tammany
must bo credited with ono good thing. It
declined to Vidorsc Hryan and the Chicago
plitform The party which did Indorse
Hryan and his platform polled only about
SO.OOO votw ) out. ot 525,000 cast. Mr. Bryan
can meditate upon that.
Chicago Post ( rep ) : What was foreseen
l > v- every unbiased Intelligent observer hna
happe-ntxl In Greater New York You can
not dtvldu the voteot decency and honesty
In any metropolitan constituency and tri
umph over an unscrupulous minority or
ganised for the spoils and plunder ot ofilcc
Chicago Ne'no ( Ind ) Seth Low Is defeated
anil so much the worse for New York Hut
the loss of this rtlstlngulsheJ citizen tlocs not
niter the fact that a nonpartlsan. executive
nould liav-p boon a blessing In a city where
Twccdlstn , Kelly Ism and Crtko I'm have ' eon
a positive curse for more than thirty years.
Chicago Journal ( Ind. ) : However tlio
doubtful points may be cleared up , there Is
onougb ID the general resume to prove that
the democrats have considerable reason for
rejolcfnfIn spite of all the assurances of
prosperity which the national administration
has so Industriously circulated. It has not
been ableto escape tint natural revulsion
which seemej to bo Inevitable after a great
party victory.
St. IMul Dispatch ( rep ) : It is the itilo
almost vv Ithout an exception In the annals o
American politics that a great party victory
Is followed at the next election by a mercer
or less positive defeat , and It Is easy to see
why this Is so. The assumption of iiowcr
and the bestowal of party patronage mo In
cidents that Invariably load to great em
barrassment and the stirring up of personal
Jealousies Ohio , being the president's home
state , and Mr. Hnnna being recognized as
the president's closest friend , It can readily
be seen that many hostile agencies could
bo invoked In this election that could not
have been reached In the last and which
will nut ho In the next If It la true , as
hinted at In the newspaper reports , that Sen
ator Porakcr was In any degree responsible
for the doubtful Issue , that gen.tleman may
await the day of reckoning with the Ohio
republicans with no small degree of appre
hension.
i.Mtoi : AMI iMnisruv.
Topeka Is to have a new woolen mill.
North Carolina contains 189 cotton mills.
A Clnclnnitl firm Is shipping a woodworking
ing plant to Germany.
Neaily all the woolen mills In llrldgelon
H. I. , have advanced wages to , the 1S93 list
nnd others are expected to return to It this
winter.
The cottonseed Industry of the south cm-
ploys 10,000 people In JOO mills The capital
ization Is over ? no,000000 , and the annual
product Is valued at $113,000,000
Kngllsh unionists complain that their
wages are adversely affected by the child
labor of the United States , with which their
employers are obliged to compete.
The Hrown , IJonnell Iron company of
Youngstown Is operating its plant to a greater
capacity than It has been during any time
for almost two years. More than 2,000 men
are employed.
A new knitting mill In Portsmouth , Va ,
Is now employing a good force , and the hands
aie working night .uid day , filling orders from
the north , and west. All the Knitting mills
In that section are very busy.
Hxports by one steamer recently clearci :
from Hoston for London weie : Seven or
gans , nine packages organ material , 5,099
packages mahogany , twenty-one bales cotton
waste and a large lot of lumber.
A new company with ? 2GOO 000 capital has
begun operations at Elvvood , Ind. The plant
will manufacture the Duvall engine , the Cul
ver boiler , the Standard nut-lock iind many
novelties , and will employ 2,000 hands.
Memphis is the largest cottonseed market
in the world The mills are widely dis
tributed among the largo cities and smaller
towns The farmer's clear profit upon everv
ton of cottonseed Is $11 after all expenses
are paid.
The piesldent and thirty-five of the mem-
beis or the New England Cotton Manufac-
turois' association , lately In session in Phil
adelphia , are now In North and South Car
olina looking over the ground with a view
towaid removing their mills from Now
nngland to the south
Haltlmcvro supplies the ships of all nations
with falls. That city Is the center of the
cotton duck ludustiy of the world and nol
only furnishes sallo for foreign navies , bul
tents for foreign armies , the production of
Its twelve factories being greater than the
product of all other factories In the world
combined.
Colonel J. L Whatley of Savannah , Ga ,
has lecelved a letter from Mi. Halo of New
York , who offered some time ago to build
a cotton mill for the Suutliover company ,
icncwliig his tiffer. Ho will build a $ .100-
000 cotton factory , he writes , It the Sav
annah public will subscribe to $100,000 worth
of stock.
The gas companies of New York and
Hrooklyn are fuinlshlng gas ranges and
licaters for the many now apartment housi's ,
model tenements and buildings given to
bachelor loislngs , free of cost to tin ? build
ers , for the purpose of encouraging the con-
simritlnii of gas as fuel and the plan Is be
coming popular.
A now Industry has arisen In Michigan ,
namely , the conveislon of olno fitumps Into
s-hlngles. It Is stated that stumps of trees
which were cut twenty or twenty-five years
ago remain enduring and obdurate obstruc
tlons to the cultivation of the soil. They
aio still sound and turn out excellent shin
gles when so utilized.
"Our nation Is upon the eve of the greatest
nduatrlal development that It has ever
cnown , " Bays the Manufacturers' Gazette
"Activity and progress are apparent In every
one of the United States , from ocean to
osaan and from the gulf to the Dominion
Border. Our manufacture > rs are looking to
'orelgn nations to vastly Increase eveiy
nancli of Ameiican cnmincu-o and it Is Just
such assembling of forces , no to peak , for
ho Interchange of Ideas , prlncples , mc'h- '
) ds and all the other elements co-operating
o pi ornate ludustiy , that will establish our
jusluc 8 supremacy ,
i'iitsoN vi , AMI oriinuivisn.
An undertaker In Jersey City bears the
name of Stiff.
Nine ex-mayors of New York are living
The oldest ono Is Daniel V. Tic-man. Ho is
92 ypHta old.
The people of Albany , N , Y , will , on No
vember 15 , observe the 100th anniversary of
the till th of Thurlow Weed ,
Judge Held of the Atlantic Cltv court has
'ound ' It necessary to Issue an order prohlblt-
ng nttoiney.s from eating peanuts while the
com t Is In echelon.
Hon Wade Hampton , ex-railroad commls-
sloner , was a great favorite In the senate !
le was said to bo the best man at a chafing-
llah in Washington , and Senator Quay de
clared that no other senator know how to
cook a mountain trout properly.
Such a strong personal resemblance exists
jotween Gocvernor Plngreo of Michigan and
J H Tucker , a Cincinnati traveling man ,
lhat when the lattel appeared In a Grand
Haplds hotel he watt effusively greeted by u
number of cltUcns , who cordially luvlttd him
to addrces them lu the rotunda ,
Mr. Gladstone , In acknowledging the re
ceipt of a book on Greece , writes to the
author : "The momrnt of publication la one ,
for Greece herself , of weakness and humllla
tlon , brought about by a process In which
my own country lias taken not Indeed a prin
cipal but yet a substantial part. "
D J Hanna of Bristol , Mo , , Is almost as
busy a man us Marcus A. , whoso relative he
Is Bald to be. It Is luiclem to attempt to tell
of all the thlngg that occupy Mr. Hanna's
time and thought * , but here are a few of
them : Proprietor of Ocean View house , a
shoemaker , a barber , fish and game warden ,
deputy sheriff town clerk , Justice of the
peace , proprietor of a variety Btore , a fisher
man , rum conutablo , proprietor of a livery
liable ami campaign speaker. He In U ) years
for
_ . ago nnd la the youngest of ft family ot
o'o\cn boyn , who are all living
Secretary of tlio Navy Long hag been nia.o !
a member of the Harvard Custard Vie ag o
cUllon. Secretary Long's plo was twenty
Inches In diameter.
Austin Gollaher , the old boyhood friend of
Abraham Lincoln , said recently ; "Abo il-
ways remained at the head of his class , and
I never know Mm to bn turned down. Ills
pttldloim habits made him a favorlto with the
teacher , which mused a great deal of jeal
ousy amoiiR his classmates ton aril him , and ,
not being generally liked anyhow , It made
him very unpopular. "
A curious discovery has been mndo In the
nrclihca of the Spanish na\y the lill's of
payment of the crews who composed the
caravels of Christopher Columbus The
sailors , according to their < ; lass , received
from ten to twelve francs a month , Including
their food. The captains of the largo car-
vo's had each eighty franco a month At
for Columbua himself , who had the lltlo of
admiral , ho was paid 1,600 franca a jcar
Ux-KIng Milan of Servla In but 43 , and yet
ho Is an old man. Ills grandfather was a
swineherd and Milan Inherited nil of his bad
qualities , which ho cultivated and accumu
lated others In 1SC8 the assassination of
Michael brought the honor of rolgnlng prlnco
to him , and after the treaty of 1'arls ho
ascended the throne in 1S72. In 1SSS Queen
Natallo became so disgusted with him that
she obtained a divorce. The next joar the
Servians gave him $1,000,000 to abdicate and
leave the country , which ho did , being suc
ceeded by his non , Alexander. Milan his
Inherited seven fortunes and squandered
them all.
AM ) I'OIM'I'.I ) .
Urooklyn Life : WItncsWvVell , Judge , I'll
tell you nil I know.
Judge All rluht , KO rthead ! tberc tire two
minutes yet before time to adjourn
Philadelphia Call : "Do you spenk Oer-
jr.in 7"
"Well , yes ; but not to natives of the
Fatherland , as they evidently did not learn
the same lunjjtiiigo as I did ut college. "
Somcrvlllo Jourml : When a woman starts
out to keep a ho.udttii ? house tlio llrst tiling
"ho undertakes to learn Is how to stow
* p runes.
Indlumpolls Jottrn.il : " 1'vo been n' the
dentist's all day , Betting1 some teeth Jlllc < l"
" wlth-Kofil "
"What - ?
"I'artly , but mostly with agony"
Cincinnati Enquirer : "Was your lour a
success ? " naked the friend
"Was It a success ? " asked f\tr Knight
Stniule , tlu > eminent all-around hlstorluu
"Was It 11 success ? Wo all not back , didn't
"
Chicago Post : "I saw him with his arm
around you. "
"Sli ! "
"In the vvultz , you know. "
"Oh ! "
Harper's Harar : "There was one thlmr
al > out vour enterprise , Noili , " Mild Hnriiuin.
"II dlfln't require a large amount of capital
to lloit it "
"rhi.rons a Rieat deil of water In our
tock , just the sime , " said No ill
Chicago Tribune"Yes , \t't \ a f let " said
the voting father , "that niv governor's rich
nnrt never allows me n cent , but I'm even
with Mm now. "
"How' "
"I've mmed Jils grandson nf or the poor
est relation oC the whole family "
Hoston Trxnsenlpt : Robert T ser > In the
pnppis th it there are germs In bills
lllch'ird Oreat Scott ! Is that so" * I must
give directions ab home , tint ivvhen Dunwoll
comes agiln with that little 1)111 to tell
him 1 do not consider It safe to iccelve it.
Chicago Ilecord : "There Is one thing I
cnn't understand "
"Whit Is If"
"If a man dies bis widow Is called Ms
relict "
"Yes ? "
"And If she dies herself she Is called the
lennlns. "
Puck : O'Hogvrarty Did Hog in succeed In
convlnclii * jez thot ye vvor wrong'
MeLuhbeity No , begorr.a' nut ho bate
mo until ho made me admit It.
A counncT PREDICTION .
Dem er Post
A fortune tellei told him when he started
westward , ho !
That oft he'd bo way up In life , and often
way down low ,
That when he'il'rlse In the world , lio'd with
him eairy men ,
Hut when on the descending- course ho'd
bear them down ntriln
lie 1 inched these prophecies to scorn ; said
ho would rise all ilplit ,
Tint hi ? would surely hold a gtlp upon the
lofty height ;
And yet the prophet's words came true , de
spite his sneering talk-
He runs an elevator now in a seven-story
block.
s\viirr
Hoston Trmscrlpt.
Azure eyes n-tn Inkle ,
Amber looks a-ciirl ,
SIlvci laugh a-tlnkle ,
Shining teeth o' pearl.
Win n she Is nlgli
I gaze and sigh I
I cannot fly
The spot ;
There is no fairer1 blossom than
My sweet r"oigi't-mo-not.
Poets sing of berjls.
Gems of neorlLss liiiB !
Could they / et the perils | 1 ,
In her eyes of lilue\
nach enptlvo vvlglit {
To be her knight
With wild delight
Would plot ,
Tor Rhe can smile to witch the world.
My sweet Forget-me-not.
When the blossoms Hhlmmer
In the dawn , o' May ,
When her f l < > p prown dimmer
On oui vvpililliii ; ilay ,
Anil In my pride I I
I lead my lirldo t
Jilay Joy lie-tide '
Ilor lot ; ,
The blossom o' my lie-.irt for aye ,
My mvcct rorRut-mi'-not.
AT TVVIMiillT. i
William C Ilolxrts In the C.ntury
Out of the dusk , wind-blown and thli. ,
ThP Bhndowywoodboats githcr In ,
And twilight hushes the hnrboi's din
Sleep , little head , on my shoulder !
The gold lights wnke through the ovcnlnj
grav
In the little vllligo besldo the biy ,
And a few cold stars gleam far away
Sleep , Ilitlo head , on my Mioiildc-r'
The pallor turns his faro oneo morn
Where his sweetheart wilts at the opened
door ;
The lone light washes the 'Alive-swept
prior1
Sleep , Ilitlo bend , on my shoulder !
Here where the dancing shndows Kwann
Our dilflwood flro Is bright and w n-m.
Ucjond oui window walies the storm
Thou sl cp , little he id , on my shoulder !
Clllllll Vfll Hlllllll ll < > \ I'INI-N.
SILViit CITY , N. M , Nov ) M W Hre-
mcn of Olobe Ariz , n well known mining
man , committed sulclile at > i hospital In thin
city About ten youa ago bo took ? J,000,000
From his silver mlr.cs at this place Itccent
ioversea wuro the cause of the sul-
cldu.
Hi-i'i'lvp 'lIumlCH of Kiiiiii-r.ir.
VII3NNA , NevI Umporor KranclsJ H ph
: oday received In audlcnco Hcrron Abra-
lamovlecz and Kramarz , the vlco jiif.i'o ' '
of the lower bouse of the Itelchisrath in I
expressed to them his ( satisfaction a li
persoversrice , calmnesa and firmness v 'i '
wlilih they hart conducted the dlllkuK uo-
jates In tlio House
J Only One j
| J Original
Cereal Coffee
That's
POSTUM
( Boll it 15 minutes. )
