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Push the ponce Jubilee along.
The job of imisterliiK out the war cor
respondents ouK t to bo done as quickly
as possible.
The pence Jubilee held ut Omaha In
connection with the TrnnHinlHslsHlppl
Exposition must surpass all others.
The Important qucutldn of the day In
a great many communities Is , When will
this com crop bo out of danger from
the frost ?
On the retirement of Judge Day the
state of Ohio will become better sup
plied than any other state with cx-secre-
tarlcs of state.
There Is no good reason why the peace
treaty negotiations should take as much
time as the war. The shorter the dick
ering the more popular will the treaty
be.
The number of rcslgnatlona that are
being bent to Washington shows that
commissions were sought for the sake
of war and not because of the salary
attachments.
All doubt having been removed about
the Intention of General Prosperity to
remain In the service of the United
States , It Is time to stop putting rocks In
bis roadway.
Governor llolcomb Is on his way home
from his visit to the Nebraska boys at
Ghlckamauga and Jacksonville. lu nil
probability he will prove to be only the
advance guard of the returning volun
teers.
If the democrats count only the same
ns the silver republicans lu fusion state
nnd congressional conventions , why
should they count for any more In local
conventions ? Here Is a nut for local
populists to crack.
The question Is , Will the Jacksonl-
ans have the ueive to touch the stock
yards people for the ox required tor
their political barbecue after the cold
deal accorded the stock yards by the
populist platform-makers ?
What the governor of Texas would
have said to the governor of Nebraska
but then the governor of Nebraska
luis by his absence from the state
missed his opportunity to do the honors
for the governor of Texas.
The big , hearty Texas way of doing
things suits the Omaha people and
greatly adds to the attractiveness of ttio
exposition. All the Texas people are
welcome and no , questions asked about
expansion or expanslveness.
Omaha Is entertaining more strangers
every day now than ordinarily It enter
tains in a Week. The merchant who at
tracts public attention and patronage
is the merchant who advertises his
wares in the columns ot Tha Boo.
With all the democratic conventions
complimenting President McKlnley and
endorsing the late war the surface indi
cations are that an era of good feeling
Is almost here. But It will not suit
some of the political agitators to have
an era of good feeling.
The suggestion that Agninaldo wilt
consent to fuse with General Merrltt In
the Philippines on the basis of his men
being furnished with American uul
forms nnd his troops led by American
otllcers Indicates that ho is not a con
llrmed middle-of-the-roader.
How much longer Is the remnant ot
that county road paving fund to rcmali
as a nest egg In the county treasury 'j
When the paving .bonds were voted II
was for the purpose of road Improve
ment i.nil not to'provide a permanent
county deposit In some local bank.
The tlrst bale of cotton of the 1803
crop Is being numerously Hold In Ohl
cage and elsewhere nnd as fust as soli
Is donated to somebody or some char
liable organization. And a good thlun
about the cotton business Is that all thi
bales that ar < j to follow will bo sold a
fair prlcvs during the next six mouths ,
1
A I'HKSIDKNT OP TIIK VKWhK.
IiTocpecllvti of imrly nllllltttloim nil
fair-minded Americana tvcounl/.u anil
iU'lnuwlr : < ltu | Ihu great nl'lllty with
which President McKluloy conducted
tin ; war mill also the clt-ar-slghtcd
MtuUvtmnnMilp of Ills treatment of every
iiucxtlon arising In connection with It ,
Men who disagreed with the president
nnd there were ninny mieli lu his own
party In his refusal to recognize thu
so-culled Cuban republic , now concede
the wisdom of his position. Others
who charged/ was freely done , that
he was Influenced In his coin-no by forccH
which had tie regard for the honor anil
the dignity of the nation , now
acknowledged the gross Injustice
of thnt accusation. Still others
who proclaimed their belief that
President McKluley was wholly
controlled by partisan considerations
have learned how utterly groundless
nnd unwarranted that opinion was.
In short , those who live or six mouths
ago iiue.stloned the patriotism , the cour
age nnd the firmness of William Mc
Klnley are compelled to confess that
they were wrong.
Today there is uo respectable and re
sponsible newspaper or Individual lu
this country that docs not accord to the
president the heartiest praise for the
splendid achievements of his administra
tion In war nnd In diplomacy' . The
democratic press and democratic po
litical platforms are not less warm in
their expressions of congratulation than
arc the republican press and republican
platforms. Southern men arc ns car-
nest in commending McKluley as are
northern men. Xor Is recognition of the
ability nnd statesmanship of the presi
dent confined to his own country. No
more generous tributes have been paid
to him than have come from the presV
and from public men of Europe. Re
cently the London Times said : "If
foreign observers might presume to
have an opinion upon his conduct , It
would probably bo that President Mc
Kluley has kept his finger constantly
upon the national pulse and lias known
how to stimulate and direct national
thought without too markedly outrun
ning its movement. Everything hu
been doue in the open , every move lias
been discussed as a possibility all over
the United Statts before the government
was Irrevocably committed one way or
tin- other and the result of this cautious ,
tentative policy Is that where he stand ?
nt this moment thC | president has thu
whole American people ut his back. "
Before the war nnd throughout the con-
filet President McKlnley never losl
sight of the people , never failed to con
sider public sentiment. lie is not less-
careful iu studying it now.
The United States has never had o
chief magistrate who was more dis
tinctly nnd unqualifiedly a president ol
the people than is William McKlnley ,
Tills country has had uo public man ,
no statesman , who had greater confi
dence and faith lu the people than Me-
Kiulcy has. Ills whole public carcei
attests this. And so long as he re
mains in public life he will keep hi !
linger on the national pulse , stlmulat
lug nnd directing national though !
' 'without ' too markedly , outrunning lit
movement. " President McKluley's tu
reer justifies his faith In the people auc
presents nil example which those whc
aspire to public place and honors It
this - uublic should emulate.
TltOUDLKSUME ALLIES.
General Merrltt has been instructed
that there must not be a joint occium
tlon of Manila with the insurgents aut
that the latter shall bo required to rec
ognlze the military occupation and au
thorlty of the United States. There i !
no doubt about the wisdom and ex
pedlency of this , but will Agulnaldo am
his followers take that view of ItV The :
co-operated in the attack on. Mauih
which brought the surrender of the cltj
and were to that extent our allies. Under
dor such circumstances It may hi
doubled whether they will quietly sub
mlt to American , authority and if the :
should not there will be work for oui
soldiers. Of course the insurgents wll
be compelled to submit sooner or later
but no one can foresee how mucl
trouble they may make befon
brought to a realization of the Itopclesd
ness of resisting the authority of tin
United States.
At the same time there Is some con
cern In regard to the Cuban Insurgents
who continue to manifest anything bu
n friendly or submissive spirit. Accord
Ing to the latest advices they are sullci
If not threatening nnd it seems high ) :
probable that harsh measures may ye
have to be adopted In dealing with them
This the authorities will not hesitate t <
do if it shall become necessary , but 1
would be an unpleasant duty to hav <
to exert our military power to reduc <
to obedience to our authority and ruli
the people for whose Independence w'i
expelled Spanish rule from Cuba. I
has at least been demonstrated tha
some of these people know nothing o
gratitude.
1XDIAXS AND THEIR SLAVES.
In arranging for the forthcomlni
vote by the Choctaw and Chickasaw In
dians on ratification of the agrccmcn
with the Dawes commission tlio fact ha
been brought out that as a result o
opposite ways of treating the ex-slc.e
by these two tribes of Indian
the freed mi'n among the Choctaw
will bo allowed to vote and thos
among the Chlckasaws will no
vote. The fact Is also a reminder tha
not all of the questions growing out c
the emancipation of the slaves in tli
United States have been settled , nor ca
they bo until the last vestige of India :
nationality disappears.
There were uegroes held In slavery b ,
tlio Indians iu nearly all of the souther ,
tribes and nations at the time of th
rebellion. The Indian nations In the It
dlau territory were particularly well suj
piled with slaves , for they were ric
and were able to buy slaves from the
southern neighbors. The Indian tribe
furnished regiments to light with th
confederacy for the Institution that wu
ennobling them to live In Idleness , am
when the war was over and the clave
freed they entered Into a treaty agrc
lug to mnko provision for the adoption
f the fiTcdincn Into tholr IrlbcH. Tim
Choclnws dlil inaltii Htich provMon , for
mally adopting the fn-i'ilmcn and giving
them all privileges nnd rlghtn except 111
to annuities and lands. Thlt wan not
done until long after the close ot the
war , but the Choc-taws finally treated
the frecdmen right. The Chlckns'aws
took n different course and finally ex
pressly refused to adopt the freed men
or grant them any privileges. Since
congress has never compelled them to
do what was contemplated In the treaty
the men who were the slaves of the
ChlckasaWH and their descendants must
be denied the right to vote. If the agree
ment is ratified next week by both these
tribe1 * the right of stiflrnge will not much
longer be denied to the freedmen.
POPOC/MTJO PLKDOKS UELWD.
The refusal of the popocrats of the
Third congressional district to renoml-
nate the congressman who was
elected on the popocratlc ticket two
years ago is another example of base
political Ingratitude that Is fraught
with more than ordinary significance.
Having established the two-term rule
in their state conventions by renomlunt-
ing every popocrntlc state ofllcer seek
ing such endorsement , and pursuing the
same course with reference to nil their
other congressmen , the summary turn
ing down of Maxwell savors strongly
of repudiation of voluntary professions.
The extent to which the popocrnts have
stultified themselves cau be appreciated
only by reference to the platforms
adopted in state convention scarce two
weeks ago. In the declaration of prin
ciples enunciated by the populist per
formers In the three-ring circus nt Lin
coln is the following :
In W. L. Stark , Samuel Maxwell , W. L.
Oreene and R. D. Sutherland the common
people of Nebraska have capable and trust
worthy representatives in congress.
Along the same line , the silver repub
lican aide show , In operation nt the same
time and place , formally proclaimed :
We heartily endorse the course ot William
V. Allen In the United States senate , and
also the course of Samuel Maxwell , R. D.
Sutherland , .W. L. Stark and W. L. Oreene
In the lower house of congress , and declare
them faithful to their trust and deserving
our continued confidence.
But the popocrats of the Third district
have given the lie to their own state
platforms by refusing to continue con
fidence in their own representative
whom they had specially endorsed.
Under such circumstances , how can
they expect the Intelligent public to
continue confidence In their other plat
form declarations or to accept their
statements that their candidates are
capable and trustworthy ? Why should
the voters of Nebraska put faith in the
pledges on which the popocratlc candi
dates are asking popular support , when
the popocrats have already set to work
lepudiating those very platforms ?
EXTEND WO COASTWISE TRADE.
The order issued a few days ago by
the secretary of the treasury to col
lectors'of 'customs , regarding to the
clearance' vessels to ports -In Cuba
nnd Porto Rico , determines the present
status of those islands lu relation to
the United States. Collectors were in
structed that only vessels of the United
States could clear for Porto Itleo , thus
extending our navigation laws to that
Island , while clearances for Cuban
ports may be given to vessels ofnny
nationality. While It is said that Porto
Rico is not yet regarded as a part of
the United States and that this order
was Issued us a military measure , which
may be modified or revoked b'y the pres
ident at will , it means that in the official
view at Washington Cuba Is still a for
eign country , although Spain has re
nounced its sovereignty there , while
Porto Rico is virtually a part of the
United States , only awaiting the com
pletion of peace negotiations to make
it actually HO. In the meantime it iu
deemed expedient , If not absolutely nec
essary , to apply to Porto lllco the laws
governing our coastwise trade , which
amounts to notice tothe world that the
Island is to be regarded as a possession
of this country.
In view of this It would seem safe to
assume that the same policy will be pur
sued in respect to Hawaii and perhaps
also in regard to such portion of the
Philippines us the United States shall
retain possession of. This is one of the
matters in which European countries
having trade with the Philippines are
concerned about. An extension of the
laws governing our coastwise trade to
those islands would work a considerable
Injury to the commercial interests of
several European countries , particularly
England nnd Germany , and It Is more
than probable that it would not be com *
placently regarded by those countries.
This Is one of the questions in connec
tion with new possessions which may
prove sornowlmt perplexing.
The state of Iowa will not pay 0 per
cent interest on unpaid warrants after
September 13 next. At that tlmo the
state treasury will have a sufficient
amount of moneyto pay all outstand
ing warrants of the older scries and all
the new warrants bear interest at the
rate of 8.80 per cent. Money Is abun
dant and cheap and it Is almost the
cheapest thing on the market now.
Nobody but a fool talks about club
bing the railroads Into granting desired
excursion rates to the exposition. There
is no call for clubs , but what is needed
is to show the railroad rate-makers that
in helping the exposition they help them
selves. The railroad men are Intelli
gent business men and they can not
fall to realize the situation.
The outlawed police board knows that
its days are numbered , and for that
reason it is trying to get away with all
the public funds at its command and
leave its successor the legacy of u hand
some deficit. The council Is only doing
its duty In calling a halt on such po
lice board extr ivagance.
There was no lack of volunteers to go
to the front when there was danger ot
death from any one of a half dozen
causes , but a number of men whose
i
, . it
, .
; lV *
iravory cannot tut qtu-nlloiiod n-fiiK" to
go on thu peace rommlHrfloiii whuro in *
I'lento ' iirotilt'iim nrc to lu > met and limn-
cred nnd the dnnger of committing
coMtly blunder * In great. The peace
eominlsMlon will Imvo a hard task and
the members ntu likely to bo subject to
much Imrxh and unreasoning crltlcHm
regardless of their good work.
How can .lliu buhlnmn , .loo Kdgcrton
and Old Man Laws conscientiously imp-
liort 1'oynter for governor when he Is
> n record agalust the maintenance of
ho do-nothing railroad commissionership -
ship sinecures which they are warming
it an expense to the taxpayers of . > ( t,000
i year ? Do these worthy political pic-
liters want to kill the heu that lays
their golden eggs ?
The estimate has been made by the
> resldcnt of the Colorado State Normal
flchool that schoolma'ms do not re-
unlu In the profession on an average
more than four years In thnt state.
Matrimony Is responsible for the major
portion of the dopletlon of the ranks.
The Triumph of Pence.
Chicago Tribune.
The managers of the Omaha Exposition
are ordering the final charge for a splendid
peace victory.
Old Glory Over Mnntln.
Globe-Democrat.
Old Glory files over the capital of the
Philippines , nnd there dt has a right to float
on the strength of one of the most brilliant
feats of arms In all history.
for War nn We do.
Philadelphia Press.
The war revenue act will in all proba
bility yield about $130,000,000 to $140,000,000.
As the war Is expected to cost about $150-
000,000 , the first year of war revenue will
very nearly pay for the cost of the war.
If this proves to bo the case , the war will
jo the first "pay-as-you-go" war In his
tory.
Recanting the World'n Map * .
New York Times.
The protocol signed on the 12th of August
at Washington will make great work for tha
map makers. Not a map In all the world
now correctly defines the territorial limits
of the United States or of Spain. Nor will
t bo possible to do BO with entire accuracy
until the work of the peace commissioners
has been completed. What will be the color
assigned to Cuba , what to the island of
juzon , what to the other islands ? Ono
hlng only is sure , for the first tlmo in 400
years not a patch of the western hemi
sphere will bear the yellow tint usually
given to Spanish possessions.
Secretary liny.
Springfield ( Mass. ) Republican.
Let U be said of Secretary Day as he
eaves the cabinet that he has ably filled
his high position at a critical time. He
came to it entirely unknown and without
: he sllghetest experience In diplomatic af
fairs , and he has conducted its complicated
matters quietly , discreetly and efficiently.
The jump that he made was from the office
of a country lawyer , and ho rose Just as
abruptly with the opportunity. At the end
of his service on the Paris peace commis
sion he will return quite likely to his old
place of a plain , plodding American citizen.
As the Philadelphia Record , a democratic
pnpor , says , "this example is worthy of the
test traditions ot the republic. "
\Vhot the Centennial Did.
Leslie's Weekly.
It Is a curious fnct * which statisticians
have discovered that 1876 , our Centennial
year , seems to have been a turning point In
our commercial relations with foreign na
tions. From 1791 to 1676 there were but
sixteen fiscal years In which our exports
exceeded our Imports' But since 1876 the
balance of trade , with the exception ot three
years , has been In favor of the United States ,
and has risen to such an extent that during
the past fiscal year the excess in our favor
reached the unparalleled figure of $615,000-
000. It is noticeable that of late the per
centage of expectations of agricultural prod
ucts has been growing less , and the per
centage of manufactured products larger , so
that during the past fiscal year only seven-
tenths ot the exports were products of agri
culture , as against 83 per cent In 1830.
General I.ce'n Return to Havana ,
New York Mail nnd Express ,
It is a delicious bit of humor in which
Major General Fltzhugh Lee indulges when
ho says that , immediately upon receiving
the news of the armistice , he ordered the
Seventh corps to stop firing. There is some
bitterness mingled with its delicacy , for the
Seventh corps , like other flowers of the
army , has been bursting with Impatience
to bud Into blood-stained glory. But for that
particular corps , now , we trust , to be filled
to its full strength and equipped to the per
fection of a military ideal , has been reserved
the fit and peculiar glory of marching into
the gates of Havana , whence Us commander
departed some three months ago , hooted by
the execrations of its Spanish populace.
The consul general may now return , if the
president so wills , to receive acclaim instead
of curses , and to inaugurate an administra
tion of humanity In place of a rule of ex
termination.
AMUSING FEATURES OF TUB WAH.
Incident * that IlrlKlitcneil the Grim
Serlonnneii of the Conflict.
Boston aiobe.
Now that the war with Spain Is over , It
Is safe to say that when the uhole story Is
written It will contain more singular and
comic situations than are to be found In
any struggle of Its size recorded In history.
We have seen the governor of oae of the
enemy's possessions in the east fire a salute
in answer to the guns Intended to demand
surrender , and when Invited to come on
board our ship to arrange the term ? ot
capitulation sent hia polite regrets thnt bis
position did not permit of his Indulging In
such courtesies with strangers. No such
amusing farce as this Is likely to be found
In all the pages of history.
Recently wo have witnessed the unusual
scene at Santiago of the shipment of the
Spanish soldiers for Spain going on at one
wharf , and at the next wharf the shipment
ot the American soldiers to the United
States , the amusing reflection being that
Uncle Sam was paying the bills for both
consignments.
The situation In Porto Rico has offered
even more fund for laughter. Here our
grlm-vlsoged warriors move upon towns
which , Instead of erecting barricades and
digging trenches , meet the enemy with open
arms , cheer and dance while the bands play
"Yankee Doodle , " nnd Implore the com
manding general to hurry along the Stars
and Stripes to a people who are not crying
for revenge , but for more American flags.
To add to this comical situation , our sol
diers draw from their knapsacks social let
ters of Introduction to leading Porto Rlcan
citizens which they had obtained before en
tering the enemy's country , and which look
to procure business situations later.
Several other strange and amusing fea
tures have appeared In the course of our
mid-summer war In contrast to the dark
side ot the armed strife. But while the
people laugh at what has been laughable lu
the contest , they do not propose by any
means to Ignore the serious side of the
struggle. The predestined and foreordained
congressional committee on the conduct of
the war will have plenty of a very serious
character to occupy IU tlnio and attention ,
run PAM. or NAMM/A ,
Detroit Journal : Tlint nmti Dowry IB n
corkerl
Mliiiirniiolld .lournnl ! At nny r.ito the
United UtntM hold * Mniilln , It In another
case ot Dower luck ,
niobo-Ucinocrnt : The surrender of Ma
nila , like the bnttlc of Now Orleans , dropped
In after the peace preliminaries \\cro sinned ,
nnd the two arc worthy to bo coupled as
specimens of American military work ,
Chicago Record : The work ot the Ameri
can navy In Asiatic waters has been most
brilliant. So far as Information has been
received the military forces under command
ot General Merrltt seem also to have ren
dered faithful and effective service ,
Springfield Republican : The surrender of
Manila by the Spanish commander on Sat
urday removes a great possible embarrass
ment In the settlement of peace conditions.
Wo now possess the city , bay and harbor of
Manila , and we arc in the position of pos
sessors , to meet without necessity of contest
cither the European powers who might In
terfere or the Insurgents who might protest.
The surrender being made to Admiral Devtey ,
there are no questions to be raised.
Chicago News : The closing ot the great
war drama In which fleets and armies have
been the actors takes place where the cur
tain lifted on the opening scene at Manila.
The same hero , also , occupies the center
of the stage , though the practically unknown
commodore whose startling victory of May 1
gave notlco to the world that a new naval
power had arisen anil must henceforth be
taken Into account now wears an admiral's
uniform and his name and features are fa
miliar to all the world.
PERSONAL , AND OTIIKK1VI9E.
Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Halo said on
June 17 : "This war will be over In sixty
days. "
Granting that there are 1,200 islands In
the Philippines , the peace protocol gives
Agulnaldo a fighting chance in 1,199 of
them. That ought to satisfy him.
James M. Tuttle of Lincoln , III. , who lies
on his deathbed at the ago of 92 , has willed
$1,000 to Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll on
condition that the orator delivers , the
funeral oration over his grave.
The inauguration of the reign of Queen
Wllhelmlna of Holland on the 31st will
not be as magnificent as the coronation of
czars nnd kaisers , but the royal maiden
will have the sympathy and good will of
the world In as generous measure as it has
been enjoyed by any crowned monarch of
the century.
Edward B. Drew , who negotiated the
Chinese loan and drafted the regulations
opening China's rivers to foreign commerce ,
li a native of Massachusetts. For the
services rendered China Mr. Drew has been
raised to the dignity of a mandarin of
the second class , civil rank , and Is now
entitled to wear a red button.
Senator Vest of Missouri , who is at Capon
Springs , Va. , Is not critically ill , as has
been reported , but has steadily Improved
in health ever since his arrival at that
place , and he expects to be in his scat when
congress meets in December , so completely
restored to health as to be able to do even
more work than during the last session of
congress.
Sir Thomas Llpton , the challenger for
the America's cup , goes in for philanthropy
on a large scale. A few days ago he went
to Marlborough house and gave to the
princess of Wales a check for $500,000 ,
which will be used to establish cheap res
taurants In London , where a good meal
may be had for from 4 to 16 cents. The
fund will be called the Alexandra trust.
The late Admiral Klrkland was a popular
officer , but had his peculiarities. On one
occasion he saw a sailor going aloft with
red socks on , which were not according to
regulation , and ho reprimanded him In
language more vigorous than polite. The
sailor said he did not object to the repri
mand , but to the language In which It was
administered. "That is all right , " sold the
admiral 'everything In this life depends
upon the point of view. You have heard me
from my point of view. You may now have
a drink , but don't wear red socks again.
RETURN OF PROSPERITY.
Notable Revival of American Indus
trie * Shown hy Statistics.
Chicago Tribune.
The American Economist prints returns
from 2,229 manufacturing concerns , giving
the number of men employed and wages
paid in March , 1895 , and also In March , 1S9S.
These establishments , which represent every
Industry , arc scattered through forty-seven
states and territories. They had on their
pay rolls In March , 1S95 , at a time when the
violence ot the panic ot 1893 had somewhat
abated , 204,580 hands. Those men were paid
during that month as wages the sum of
$7,079,000. That was at the average rate
of $34.60 per month. Last March the same
establishments had on their pay rolls 269-
323 men , whose wages amounted to $10-
198,000. The average payment was a bare
trifle less than $38.
Thus It appears that in three years there
was a gain of 31 per cent in the number of
men employed and of 9 per cent in the rate
of wages paid. These 2,229 concerns , which
have made reports , have not been picked
out because they have been enjoying spe
cial prosperity. They are representative of
the conditions obtaining in the classes to
which they belong. Therefore , the employ
ers have been making successive demands
upon the unemployed , of whom there were
so many three years ago , until they have
nearly one-third more men in their service
than early In 1895 , and are paying a bet
ter rate of wages. The wages are paid , too ,
in gold value money , and not In free coinage -
ago silver dollars , .with a purchasing power
of only about 40 cents apiece.
As a result ot the employment of so many
more men , and the disbursement of so much
more money in the form of wages , all those
persons who supply the necessaries of life
to the wage-workers have been benefited.
The grocers , the clothiers , and all other re-
tall dealers have brcn able to do more busi
ness. The old debts due them from the
unemployed , whom they were carrying , have
been paid off In whole or part. The mer
chants and shopkeepers have required the
services of more men , and they , too , have
made drafts on the ranks of the un
employed.
The war with Spain , which began about
a month after the above-mentioned Indus
trial returns were made , did not throw any
body out of work. No branch of Industry
was depressed by U. It may be said that
the transfer of so many men from peaceful
to military pursuits tended to stiffen prlcea
In the labor market , nut It appears from
the reports of the commercial agencies the
advent of peace Is to be followed by greatly
Increased industrial activity. The working
force of the textile manufactories Is to bo
Increased. The rising demand for Iron and
steel Is putting up the price of these products
and calling for the employment of more
men to fill new , heavy orders.
In the meanwhile , the Irritated and un
happy Bryanltes are crying out that there lane
no prosperity , and no present hope of nny ,
and that the state of affairs could not bo
much worse than It Is. The men who were
idle In 1S95 because they could not get work ,
though they hunte'd for It , are busy now.
Wages have advanced , wages are paid In
what the Dryanltes call "appreciated gold
dollars" dollars which they allege buy too
much for the worktngroen who receive them.
But the Bryanltes contend that all that does
not Indicate prosperity. There can be no
prosperity according to them until the coun
try Is flooded with free coinage legal tender
sliver dollars , which will buy only two-fifths
as much as gold value dollars . ' " tmt which
by dishonest , retroactive legislation will be
made to go as far In the payment ot gold
standard debts a 100-cent dollars.
r.'HOr. ( < l OF 'I Mi : t\TI4 > VAM < I
. I
Adnilr.il Dowry l n lucky non < lon. , 1IU
overturn of tlio warn * n. thrilling per-
fortnnnco. Ill * rendition at tlio clodiiK
mimlxT wan niually brilliant , There nro
no honors too rich fur OcorRo Dcwoy ,
Commodore Schlcy In overwhelmed with
complimentary letters ntid tologtams ami ho
U nnswerlnR them as rapidly as his duties
will permit. Ills replies to several con
gratulatory loiters have been published , ami
In none of them Is there a discordant note ,
On the contrary , they relied the modest
bearing of the hero of July H. Commodore
Schlcy talks loudly only with his guns.
General O. 0. Howard comes from San
tiago and pointedly asks what happened to
the 400 nouudcd Cubans In the American
hospitals If they were not struck by Span
ish bullets ? And If they wore so struck
they must have been somewhere near the
scone of the flght. Two hundred were
wounded In the Santiago campaign.
Charles Lowery of Portland , Mo. , at the
age of 17 jears , enlisted wltluhls father
nnd five brothers for the civil war , and all
seven served through that conflict. At the
tlmo of the'Vlrglnlus affair he ajjaln en
listed , and in the present war ho has been
a sailor In the blockading fleet off the south
coast of Cuba.
There are several paragraphs in John
Fox's last letter to Harper's Weekly which
will make the admirers of General Shatter
squirm. The letter Is dated July 10 , at
Chaffee's headquarters , during the truce.
Hero Is ono paragraph :
"An army buckboard , drawn by a mule
nnd driven by a large gentleman In a pith
helmet , Is moving along the base of the
hill. Here and there a major or colonel ,
or perhaps a brigadier general , looks stern.
Some of the captains srallo. A lieutenant
or two grins broadly , and the sarcastic
private In the trenches curses bitterly. Our
commanding general Is passing by. "
Another proof that the Spaniards are not
lacking in certain forms of enterprise comes
In the request of Leonardo Ros , who wna
civil governor of Santiago until dismissed
by Shatter , for remuneration from the time
of the city's surrender to August 10 , at the
rate of $520 a month , the salary paid him , or
owed to him if he could not collect It him
self , by the Spanish government prior to
the capitulation. Also , the secretary , the
first clerk , the second clerk , ten copyists ,
the Janitor and the messenger of the late
civil government all want tholr money.
Captain Eulatc of the Vlzcnya , who is ono
of the naval prisoners at Annapolis , has very
punctilious views regarding the usages of
polite society. Imagine his amazement the
other day when n cheeky young woman
rushed up to him and exclaimed : "Oh ,
Captain Eulatc , I have a favor to ask of
you. " "Pardon , " was the reply , "but I do
not quite comprehend. " "Oh , never mind , "
said the young woman , "all I want Is
this , " and approaching the distinguished
prisoner of war she whipped out a pair of
scissors from somewhere In the folds of her
dress nnd before Captain Eulate knew what
her intention was she bad snipped off ono
of the buttons of his coat. The Spanish
commander was speechless with indignation
and astonishment and will be on guard
hereafter from similar attacks.
According to the Army and Navy Journal ,
"the absolute , real , undoubted hero of this
war is not Admiral Dewey , sinking all the
Spanish fleet at Manila , nor Hobson , sink
ing a portion of the American fleet at San
tiago , nor Shatter , driving out the fleet of
Ccrvera and capturing an army double that
of his own , nor Schlcy , sending Cervera to
destruction , nor twenty others we could
name , but it Is Ensign Curtln , landing at
the Port of Ponce , and with Inimitable
cheek sending his ultimatum to the com
mander of the Spanish forces at Ponce by
telephone ! Of all the astonishing incidents
of this war nothing for novelty approaches
this , and Mr. Curtln should go down In
history as the originator of the 'Hello'
method of reaching military results. The
illimitable gall ot this youth deserves to bo
crystallzed In history. "
The Asters , who own so much property in
New York City , are notoriously hard land
lords , a long established rule of the family
being to collect rents on the first of the
month and to evict such householdeis as
could not pay. Not oven three days of
grace were allowed. It was put up or move.
The war , however , seems to have softened
the heart of William Waldorf , for the other
day orders were received from the Thames
embankment , where William Waldorf has
his elegant now London offices , reading
somewhat as follows : "In the case of
families of soldiers enlisted for the war
with Spain disregard entirely the established
rent rule. If such tenants are known to bo
In financial troubles make every possible
allowance. Neither press nor otherwise an
noy them , but await the return of the
men from Cuba and Porto Rico. "
SOUND MONEY OUT WEST.
WyomlnK Repnhllcnn * Follow the Cx-
ample of Their Nebraska. Brethren.
Detroit Free Press ( ind. dcm. )
The Wyoming republicans have Inclined
their minds unto understandlnc since 1896.
Lovely to their eyes was the sheen of 16-to-
1 silver two years ago , and republicanism
well nigh lost its power to attract because
It was not silvered o'er with the shining
grains of hope and promise for the mining
states. The Wyoming republicans were
quite inclined to cut away from the old
faith and take their stand with the free-
sllver-or-bust boys along with the silver
republicans of neighboring states.
Bui It has developed that there Is pros
perity and party victory in the gold stan
dard , and as both are very precious to the
hearts of the Wyoming wanderers they
have made baste to get back to the regular
party fold. All the free silver ono can find
In the platform adopted at Douglass a few
days ago could be placed In the eye of a
nccdlo. Without hesitation and with a
whoop the formerly rebellious Wyoming
republicans declare for the financial policy
which has "brought prosperity to the en
tire country and given us n place among
the nations of the earth ami enabled us to
conduct successfully a foreign war , "
From this it appears that a great deal
has been learned about tbo gold standard
la two years In Wyoming and the knowl
edge acquired has counted for tbo conver
sion of white mutalllats.
The unanimous action 'on the money
question of all the republican state con
ventions thus far held In the west shows
that the dominant party is not going to bo
prrplexed or crippled by any divisions on
the financial Issue. On the contrary there
is an eagerness everywhere to subscribe to
the "republican financial policy" and to
share In the party prestige which republican
championship of sound money has created.
The shrewd observers who con oil the
signs of the times have no difficulty In dis
cerning the elements of popularity and
strength In the maintenance of the repub
lican position on the matter of a monetary
standard. Ono would never suspect from
the phraseology of the republican state plat
forms of this year that the party that has
Issued such positive and Inspiring pro
nouncements In favor of sound money has
thrown away a cop to the mining states
In the past and temporized for years with
the silver question.
But circumstances made the republican
party the advocate of sound money in 1896 ,
and as It proved to bo \-jnlng cause and
as all the developments In the world of
finance and trade are favorable to the per
manency of the gold standard , the admlnlt-
Irntlon i > mty can lie depended upon ID hold
last lu tlio distinction of being tlio ibimd
imtm < y party
'I'M Kit II f
Chicago Clironlolo ,
Ucnrrnl I-'llrtiiiKh I.ee , who , from nil In-
dlcnllonn In tn bo , t'ii ) military governor uf
Cuba , evidently Indulges tn no Illusions con
cerning tlio nature of tlio task before him ,
He known the temperament of the Insur
gents , nnd that ho expects troublu ( rum
them In manifest from Ms statement that
4,000 troops will bo required to garrison tha
Inland , If everything looked llko clear
palling there would bo no necessity for any-
thins Hko that force. Two or thrco regi
ments at Havana , a llko number at Mntan >
zns and a few troops of cavalry scattered
thioughout the Interior an military police
would bo nmpla If the population were well
disposed. That General Lee expects to en
counter disaffection Is evident from lila
statement of tlio force he deems necessary
to maintain order , Wo have no doubt that
his apprehensions nro justified and we shall
not be nt all surprised If the United States
troops find tholr work cut out for them
when American methods como in conflict
with the Insurgent program of reprisals
against tlio loyalists. The two systems will
como Into collision nnd FOtucthlng Is very
likely to crack.
I'tmTKO HIOMAllKN.
Yonkers Statesman : "Did you sav thk
m.iti was shot In the woodw , doctor ?
"No , 1 didn't. I said lie \\a shot In
the lumbar region. "
Detroit Journal : "Half the world doesn't
know how the other half lives , " remarked
the observer of men and things , "notwith
standing the vast sums paid out to prlvati
detectives. "
Chicago Tribune : Ho ( In the granrt
stand ) Great Scott I Did you sec how thai
ball curved over the plato ?
She Why don't they put somebody In
that can throw straight ?
Chicago Uncord : "Would you ad visa mete
to marry a woman merely because wo both
llko the name books ? "
"No ; after you're married neither of you
will have time to read. "
Judge : "How do you manage to keep
so friendly with Mrs. Tlft ? " asked Mrs.
Teeters of Miss Twitters.
"I never use her telephone , " replied the
astute young lady.
Flle < rendo Hlnettcr : The New Butler
And when do you get up In the morning- ,
sir ?
The Professor You can find that by look
ing : In "Famous Men of the Time. "
Boston Transcript : Old Fogy I am
pained to hoar that you are- addicted to
playing poker , and that last night you lost
Young Fogy The Idea ! Why , I don't
oven know how to play the game.
Old Fogy So I am Informed by the party
who won the money.
Bansor Nown : The young man who
writes verses waa standing out In the- night
gazing at the sky , when a friend encoun
tered him.
"Halloa , what are you doing ? Studying
astronomy ? "
"Go awny , and don't disturb mo. I am
gazlnc Into Infinite distance. "
"I don't see what satisfaction you find in
that. "
"That's simply because you have never
had nny experience with editors , my
friend. You don't know what a comfort
It Is to find Homo place where nothing la
crowded out for want of space. "
'Tin Folly to He Wine.
Columbia Magazine.
You were them clustering on your breast.
My clft , the violets blue.
Two blossoms fell ; I kept them , pressed ,
In memory of you.
I found them In nn old worn book ,
The violets crisp nnd dried ;
And dreaming ot those days of bliss ,
Those foolish days , I sighed.
Would that I were a fool ucraln ,
And you my folly's prize !
Alas ! how vain my longing , nj
We've foollshlly waxed wise.
S1IC AND THEY.
Bomcrvlllo Journal.
Vacation tlmo Is almost gone.
And Rtlll who Is at home.
She hasn't seen the pvramlds ,
She hasn't been to Rome.
She hasn't spent , Ilka Mrs. Joncw ,
Blx weeks In gay Pareo.
She hasn't been , llko Mrs. Jones , <
Through grand Yoscmltc.
She's stayed nil summer right at home ,
Amid familiar scenes ,
Dish-washing , cooking , making beds ,
And bilking weekly beans.
And now she's listening while her friends
Are telling where they went ;
But she has ninety dollars , cash ;
They haven't got a cent.
OUH DAILY BULLETIN.
NEW YORK. Aus. JO , 7898. An. Impor *
tant meeting In the Interest of the move
ment for securing closer relations between
this country and England will be held here
today . Dr. Lyman Abbott and Wbltelaw
Reid ere members of the committee hav
ing the matter in charge.
'Every man
is like the
company he is
wont to keep. "
Eitripidet ,
And every well-dressed man
is known by his clothier. That
is but another way of saying
thai the best dressed men and
boys in this town have the
name of Browning , King & Co.
somewhere about their clothes.
When you find something in
clothing tnat attracts attention
by the extreme lowness of its
price , you may be sure that it
isn't worth any more than is
asked for it. Our specialty , on
the other hand , is in seeing how
much value we can give our
customers for a given price.
Cor. | u p < t OMWJMCM