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THE OMAHA DALLY BEE : FJUDAY , SEPTEMBER 30 , 1808. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. K. HOSUWATIitt. Editor. PUIJLIHIIED EV1JIIY MOHNINO. TKHMS OK SL'BSCUIPTION : Daily Hoe ( Without Sunday ) , One Vearifl.Oa Dally Bee and SunUny , One Year 8.00 HI : : Months 4.W Three Months 2.in ) Hunday Htr , One Year - 2-W riaturday Bco Ono Year 1-9 Weekly Ifee , Ono Year tw OFFICES. OmHlm : The IJco Ilulldlntr. South Omaha : Slncer Block. Corner N and Twenty-fourth directs. Council Bluffs : 10 Pearl Street. Chicago Ofllce : 602 Chamber of. Com- morco. New York : Temple Court. Washington : 50i Fourteenth Street. COnniiSPONPKNCE. AH communications rclutlnc to news nnd editorial matter should be addressed : To the Editor. Editor.BUSINESS LETTERS. All business letters and remittances should be addressed to The Bee Publishing Company. Omaha. Draft * , checkn. express and nostofllce money orders to be made payable to the order of the company. THE BEE PUnUSHINCJ COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska. Douglas County , ss : George B. Tzschuck , secretary of The Bee Publishing company , being duly sworn , says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally , Morning , Kvenlng and Sunday Bee , printed during the month of August , 1538 , was as follows ; 1 . US , ' , ! 10 17 ST.IIICI 2 . illMHIl 13 8 ,1SII 3 . usr 1'J 7,47(1 4 20 ST,7IKI 4c c . as.-iuo 21 6 . UMOUO 7 . irs.oor 8 . S7.70H 9 . .18,7:11 : n 12 13 it , 15 16 Total . S MS 4 Less returned und unsold copies. . . . iur.ii : : Not total sales . sir.ui : Net Daily Average . 27,628 GEORGE B. TZBCHL'CK. Sworn to before mo and subscribed Ir my iitcsenco this 1st day of September , 1S9 . N. P. FE1L. Notixry Public. WELCOME TO THE I1EE UUltUINlJ fin vlnltnr to Oniitliii nml the cxiioaltlon Hliuulil K < > awny irlthoiit liiNiiectlni ? TinHce bulldliiK , ( he lurKCiit IIIMTH- liniior InillilliiK 1" America , uml The lU-e netvHiuiiicr Iilnnt , voncvilril to be the Uncut lietivcen ChluiiRu nnil Snii l-'rniiclNco. A corillal welcome In extended lo nil. The republican slate cnmpnlgn wll open iu ( lend oarnc-st all aloii ! , ' the llin next Monday. Chicago Is wining to Onmhu by upccla trulii. Anil tlit'H' will bo uutliluj ; li Omaha too good for Chicago. Our Canadian friends arc In the throe : of u prohibition contest. They luive oui sympathy born of tried experience. IVrhaps thvre are a few other hlgl ollices In New York which the Viu \Vyck \ family conld be Induced to tuKi care of. Now that 1 hindly fair for the Omulu popocratle organ to bcriUu Its Llncolt annex , ( 'an It be possible that the tele phone wires have been crossed ? The democrats of New York lum nominated Augustus Van " \Vyek foi governor. The name of Van Wyck l ! somewhat familiar In Nebraska. The war balloon observers nnd tlu \\Tiither man should get together aw work harmoniously , at least during tlu remainder of the exposition season. There arc several discrepancies In tin figures of the popceratic campaign clr culnr which may require another $10OU < Investigating committee to Htraightei out. Judge Maxwell Is saying nothing about the way he was sold out by 1'oyn ter and his managers to make way I'oi Senator Allen's partner , but he Is dohu a great deal of thinking. Greater New York furnishes both th < gubernatorial candidates In the Umpire utiite. Hut the country seldom accord ! the city that degree of recognition elthei In New York or In other states. Jtuljje W. l'Norrls Is a man of .tin people and will represent all the peoph If he Is elected congressman from tlu Third district , as he should bo. N ( corporation has a string tied to him. IteportH from every section of Ne braska are encouraging to the repub llcan cause. The party Is united 01 the paramount Issue that the state shal to redeemed from popocratle rule till : The republican watchword In tlu present Nebraska campaign Is good goy eminent by clean , capable men. Am the application of the rule Is just a : necessary to legislative ticket us to stati ticket. The dtiith of the queen of Denmark surrounded by U score of the representa lives of the highest royalty of Kurope is another reminder that the grim reapc recognizes differences In neither rani nor blood. The great Ak-Sar-licn makes his rega entry into Omaha nexUweek. Only i few days remain for merchants nut [ diopkeepcrs to get In jeadlness to ae him u royal reception. Let every ecorate. jiot built in a day , nm Omaha police depart reorganized and dig good ell'ects o head , how them KhM'JOlIX 1. . WEHSTBK AT HOME. If the republican state committee dote - to prosecute nit olttxitlvo campaign it will keep John L. Webster oil the stump. Webster Is the hoodoo of the republican party. lie has the faculty of repelling voter. * Instead of making con verts. Ills "cheap wheat" speech and his costly fljszk' In the maximum rate case iiave made him offensive to every farmer In the stale , and worklngmon wJio might l > e recruited Into the repub lican ranks are driven away by his snob , blsh manners and known aversion to come In touch with men who toll in the factory or mill. During his entire career John L. Web ster has never exhibited the slightest moral stamina. He has never shown a disposition to correct the abuses that threatened to destroy popular conlldence iu the party nnd has never raised hie voice in condemnation of faithless pub' He ofllclals. On the contrary , he has always been found cheek by jowl with the boodle elc- ments of the party and championed Its thieves and rascals even when the party was endeavoring to purge Itself. When ho declared In a public meeting last week that he would support any man nominated by a republican convention , no matter what his record or reputation might be , and even If such candidate were convicted of criminal conduct , he destroyed whatever little influence he ever possessed over self-respecting vet crs. crs.We We make bold to assert that Wen ster'H Insincerity , lack of sound Judg inent and want of principle have don < more to destroy popular conlidcnce it ; the republican party in Nebraska than the Impeached state officials and all tlu convicted and uneonvleted embezzlers taken together. To send a man 1IK < John L. "Webster through the tnto to as sure tle ( people that the republican parti lias been regenerated and to persuade them that It can bo-trusted to admlulstei the affairs of the s tate with fidelity ant honesty would be an Insult to common intelligence , even If Webster's recon were clean and above reproach. THK LATK MU. 11AYAKD. The late Thomas F. Bayard Is not tt be ranked among the greatest of Aiuer lean statesmen , but he was a man ol great ability , whose public service was clean and honorable. As a party leadei Mr. Bayard always nought to keep hli party In line with Its best traditions He was a democrat who had learned lili democracy from some of its greatest ex ponents and he was profoundly devotee , to the principles which had guided tin party from .the time of Jefferson untl its departure two years ago from tradl tlonal democratic doctrines. ( louse quently Mr. Bayard had no sympathy or ntllllatlon with the new democracy , 01 more properly popocracy. Ho believer In honest money , he had respect for th < courts and ho did not believe In array Ing class against class or section agaius section. Mr. Bstyard's long career iu the mi tlonal senate was characterized by clos < attention to his duties nnd he nuiilt many able contributions to the discus sion of public questions. He made i creditable record SIM secretary of 8tat < In the llrst administration of Preslden Cleveland and as the llrst Amorlc.u ambassador he did much to foster urn strengthen friendly relations bctweei Great Britain and the United States Many of his countrymen thought that hi manifested too great an eagerness u win English good will , but we tliinl time will show if it has not alreadj shown , that his services were valuabU and will be of permanent benefit. Mr Bayard recelvcu votes as a candldati for the presidency In two or more dem ocratle national conventions. He was : man of upright life and high charactei nnd his public services assure him ai honorable place In history. WHAT IS OUR UKSruXSWlLlTl't Agulnaldo and his followers want In dependence and they are hopeful thai the United States will give it to them They have sent a representative here t ( ask that our government recognize theh Independence and they are ( showing at earnest purpose to press their cause Agulnaldo Is reported to have recentlj said : "America came , destroyed tlu Spanish power nnd allowed me to re tun : and reorganize the revolution until tin revolt 'became general. It should no : now desert us. America Interfered li Cuba for humanity's Bake. For tlu same reason it cannot return these Islands to Spain. " Agiilnnldo was KOUU time ago in favor of Philippine iiulc pendenco under Joint European am American control , but It is not certali that he holds this idea now. Still In would probably accept such an arrange ment If It should be deemed the best waj 6f solving the problem of the future gov eminent of the Philippines. What tlu Insurgent leader Is firmly committed t < Is that Spanish authority must be com pletely eliminated from the Islands. Is the United States under any obllga tlou to consider a proposition of tlili kind ? The New York Journal of Commerce merco urges that the conditions uudei which representatives of the Unltec States claimed and received the co-oper atlou of the insurgent chiefs impose s distinct responsibility upon our govern ment. It recalls conferences last April before the dclaratlon of wnr , betweei the American consul nt Singapore ant Agnlnuldo , at which the question of In surgeut aid to the United States In tlu event of war was considered. It wui understood that Admiral Dewey wm informed of what transpired at thesi conferences nnd It is a matter of Ills tory that Agufualdo went to Hong Ken ; it was said at the urgent request o Duwey and from there went to Maiilli Now while there was undoubtedly an'.1 raugeinent between the American iAva ! .oinninuder nnd ( he insurgent leadrr renspu to think that U win jced any rvruwneu Itcd States , tlw extending it had been fighting for Independence , but they could give him no assurances that would bo binding upon their government. The Insurgents were doubtless of some service , but what they did hardly Im posed such an obligation on this coun try as they appear to think. Still It must bo admitted that there is force In the view that on the score of human ity the Philippines should not bo re turned to Spain. But it is said that Spalu will insist that she has not been deprived of sovereignty in the Philip pines , that when war was declared she was in absolute control of those Islands , over most of which she still exercises authority. This Is understood to be the contention Spain will present at tlw Paris conference. If our government , as understood , proposes to demand for Itself only one Island how should it be Jostlfled in dictating a policy respecting the rest of the group or in saying what form of government shall hereafter ex ist there ? When the concessions we demand for ourselves are acceded to shall we not be estopped from asking further conditions ? It is possible that it will soon be pub licly known what this government pro poses In regard to the Philippines and we think it is a safe prediction that It will be found not to Involve Filipino In dependence. We do not believe that President McKIuley will assume the re sponsibility of giving those people an In dependent government , nor do we think there Is resting upon this country any obligation to do so. ItOOSKVKLrS The personality of the New York re publican candidate is a platform in Itself and one on which the party is entitled to the confidence nnd support of the voters ers of the Empire state. Possessed of ample means with which to pursue the life of idleness and case which most of his early associates find congenial , he preferred to enter into the active affairs of life. From that day to the present Theodore Roosevelt has been a factor in the affairs of the world. His courage moral and physical his Integrity , Ills aggressiveness In all matters in which he took part , have often involved him In contests which si weaker man would have shunned , but his steadfastness of purpose has carried him through and his always honorable methods have retained for him nt all times the admiration smtl respect even of his opponents. In public ns In private life the name of Theodore Itoosevclt has always been a synonym for honesty. Ho has bc-eii from the very inception of his public career the champion of Integrity and business methods In the affairs of the public and in every public office u ; which ho has been called he has stead < fnstly pursued that policy. Kxamlnc hit record never bo closely his political opponents will find no ground for attack on that score. They must per force make their fight 111011 * the prin ciples which he advocates. As In civil life so it has been durins his brief military career. As assistant secretary of the navy it was in no small degree due to his foresight and cease less activity that the navy was o thor oughly prepared for the conflict when II came. Ills resignation from that posl tlou to organize that unique body ol fighting men , "Teddy's Itough llldors , ' enabled him to supply another demon stration that ho Is a born leader. Ills unflinching courage , his solicitude foi the men In his command , not only on ( 'cared him to the members of that body but made him the Ideal of the army. A strong hand Is needed to guide ami control the . conflicting element * and Interests of a great Htatc like New York. Theodore Hoose- veil In the executive choir of thai commonwealth will be no mere figure head and no creature of any faction 01 machine. It Is an encouraging fact when the people demand such a man to ad minister their public affairs. The republican candidate In the Fourth congressional district , E. 11 , Hlnshaw , is made of the right motal. He is thoroughly equipped for elllclent work iu congress nnd being identified with the party in power can make him self much more valuable to his constitu ency than can Congressman Stark , wheat at best can only get the crumbs thrown to the minority. Judge Hayward Is making a dignified and effective campaign. He indulges Iu no bombast and makes no pledges hef \ not ready to keep. His searching an alysis of popocratle claims is keeping the fuslonlsts busy explaining and apol ogizing. Before the middle of October Judge Ilayward will have them on the run. President McKlnley will honor the ex position with n two days' visit. While he cannot hope to see all the beauties of the great show In that time , he may be assured that nothing will bo omitted te make his stay comfortable and pleasura ble. Almost all the base ball clubs have lost money this senson. It Is plain that the people will not support two national games at one time and the game on the diamond lias had to give way to the game around Santiago and Manila. John L. Webster has evidently been afflicted with a lapse of memory wlini he assures his admirers that he has not l > een an oillce seeker but has labored foi tlie party year in and year out without honors or emolument. Congressman Mercer will gladly com pare his record of fine achievements foi the exposition with the list of miserable tHllurcB that attach to the career of ni * 'ponent in exposition affairs. .V 1'rUe New York Tribune , As a compound of fool and scoundrel Eaterbazy appears to be the most striking sample which the close of the century any where exhibits. Democracy nuil Cnlnmlty. elections of a democratic congress would mean an entire revolution In present condi tions. force of llnhlt. Qtobe-l > emocrat. The copperhead element says the In vestigation of the conduct ) of the war will amount to nothing , and Is not worth dls- ctiBslug. A copperhead can growl in ad vance just as well us after the facts are submitted. The InvcMlK'itliiK C'oiiiiulHHlnii. Philadelphia Press. The commission selected by the presi dent to Investigate the conduct of the war has gone to work In a business-like way , awl win evidently eet at the bottom of things. U Is composed of eminent and experienced men who will not be a party to anything In the way of whitewashing. There would bo no object In rhat , as con gress is pretty sure to take a hand In the matter. Dut what committee of congress could bfgln to compare In efficiency with this commission ? Its report can bo relied upon as giving the exact facts. A Prize ComliiK or GoliiR. Philadelphia Times. The ead story of the Georgia coon has a new recital In the history of the Maria Teresa , Just taken from the sea and fetched safely to port. The coon was safe to bo caught , coming or going. When the Maria Teresa was sunk under the guns ol Sehley's licet she furnished , under the re vised statutes , a prize fund to the victor ious vessels engaged. The amount Is nol large , but It Is something. Being floated she has become a prlzo nnd must yield prize money , and being rescued from the sea she haa the status of a derelict , and the amount of salvage to be paid on her will be adjudged by the admiralty courts , Altogether she promises to ba a bonanzo enemy. l-'nrc voll to < lic Idol. Washington Times. Wo strenuously object to any unkind criticism of Colonel William J. Uryan of the Third Nebraska volunteers on account ol his alleged deslro to get out of the army , Ho went Into the service with n noble deter mination to share the perils and hunt the glories of a campaign against the Spaniard : In Cuba. That blessing was denied him Now , If he is tired of the business , and with all his old ardor , desires to take ofl his coat and shoulder straps and pitch Intc a campaign in Nebraska against national expanulon , under the grand old hunker and hayseed flag of backwoods provincialism , h < should bo given every opportunity to In dulge his ambition , at least by his enemies Ills friends may mo"m to think what a po litical grave it will dig for him , but per haps that Is what he Is after. Ot'H FIIIK.MJS THE GHIIMANS. To Wnr wllli Them Would DC Lllc < CoimliiM. Weekly. To war against Germany would bo wai against our own flesh and blood. Nc European country , with the exception o ] Great Britain , has so largo a representa tion In our citizenship ns the Fatherland In the decade ending with 1890 over 1-fOO- 000 Immigrants came to us from Germany more than a fourth of the total Immigra tion from all Kurope In that period. Sev eral of our largo cities , Including Cincin nati and Milwaukee , have a larger per centage of German-born citizens than o ! all other foreigners put together. Ant these people nro among our most loyal , sub stantial and valuable citizens. They an not wanting in love for the Und of theh birth , but they love lhe land of their adop tion still morfc. They are true Americans. A common , , lova , , gf learning la anothei strand in the. bond uniting us with tin German people. Nowhere In the world i ! the leadership of Germany in various field ! of scholarship so fully nnd frankly recog nized as In the United States. We scnc many of our brightest young men to sll uf the feet of her great teachers and tc drink deep at her springs of learning. W < glory In her unparalleled achievements it the domains of eclenco and philosophy. To ward the country of Goethe and Schiller , o : Luther and Humboldt , we can never bo e' ' In hostile array. But stronger , perhaps , than any othei strand in the bond that unites us will Germany Is our common trade interest The shuttles of commerce , flying swift ant fast .across the seas for a hundred years have woven xis together by golden thread ! that may not easily be severed. Last yeoi wo sent Germany breadstuffs , manufac tured products , and other articles , to tin \alue of $123,784,453. Germany sent ui back In exchange chemicals , cloth , ani other needful things , to the value of Jill- 210,614. With no other country , excepl Great Britain , does our volume of trade reach such proportions as this. Wo exporl to Germany more than twlco as much ai wo do to France , and more than twelve times as much as wo do to Spain. And the volume of trade between America and .Ger many Is more evenly balanced than be tween us and any other country in the world. Wo take nearly as much as we give , A friendship based on sdch considerations as these will not bo lightly broken. TWO IlKOIMBNTS A COXTHAST. Condition of tlio Third NelirnnUn nni ! the Kllnt Indlunn. IndlananoHs Journal. The morning report of one of Qenera Lee's divisions , near Jacksonville , Fla. , i few days ago showed that the several regi ments have had men In the division hospi tal as follows : Second Mississippi , 38 ; Third Nebraska , 141 ; First South Carolina 43 ; Fourth Illinois , 74 ; Sixth Missouri , 59 One Hundred and Sixty-first Indiana , 5 These regiments have the same division commander , the same division quartermas ter , commissary and surgeon. They an encamped as near togetho ns the well belni of troops will permit. Several of these regiments left their respcctlvo states a nearly the same date. The One Hundret and Sixty-first Indiana and the Third Ne braska. Colonel Bryan's regiment , are k the same brigade , and their camps are no ! far apart. Why Is It that Colonel Bryan1 ! regiment has 141 men in the division hospi tal and Colonel Durbln's only 5 ? The me : have the same rations , the same watei from artesian wells , and It Is fair to as sume that they have the same equipment cooking utensils , etc. Why does Colonel Bryan's regiment have twenty-eight men Ir hospital where Colonel Durbln's regimen has one ? It is reported that Colonel Durbln's regi ment has the cleanest camp In the division that the officers look after the food of thi men , that they keep them , as far as possi ble , from Indulging In food and drink thai are hurtful. In other words , every officei Is doing his duty. The Journal would nol assert that Colonel Bryan Is not attending to his regiment , but the Inference ma ] be fairly made that his men are not si carefully looked after as are those of Colonel nel Durbln. ' There Is another thing : Colonel Bryan'i men are anxious to be sent home. The colonel himself desires to to mustered oul of the service. Ho was in Washington re cently trying to Induce the War depart ment to extend some special favor to th < sick of his regiment. Instead of saying U his men that the War department lias de termined t > retain the regiment In the serv ice and appealing to them to be manly aboul SUPPLY OP WIII2AT. Sir Wllllnm Cr okc > Prediction Kx- ntulncd In ( hi * MuM of Uxncrlcncc. Philadelphia Press. Forty ywirs ago or more Mr. Jovous pre dicted that the English coal supply was about to glvo out. Slnco ho prophesied the English output lias quadrupled nnd one- fourth of it goes abroad , because It In ( lie lowest export coal , except , possibly , our own , to be had anywhere. Sixteen years ORO , In 1S82 , Mr. II. W. Raymond predicted that in four years our oil supply would glvo out. Last year was our largest export on record , 1,034,000,000 gallons , twice the export T.hen ho made the prediction , or CGO.OOO.COO. The product was then 1,000,000,000 gallons n year , now It Is 2,528,000,000. About eight yonra ago Mr. C. Woods Davis predicted that tula ocuntry would have to begin Impoitlug wheat before long , because we hnd reached the limit of wheat productlou. The yield now being harvested is one-half bigger than when Mr. Davis wrote und our escort last year beat the record. A few short yearn ago Prof. Sucssthe - great Suess , who Is tc geology what Darwin was to animate nature , predicted that we had got to the limit of our gold supply. Ho made the prediction on the decreasing figures of twenty years and an annual output of about $105,000,000. Since ho set the mark tor the world's ( 'old supply It has Increased two and one-halt fold and In the current year promises to treble , ihe distinguished , the learned , the Irrcfragably nblo Dr. Suess notwithstanding. Not satisfied with this wreck of prophecy and this smash of prediction , now enters Sit William Crooke and in a most learned ad dress to the British association , the greatest association of Us kind Iu the world , be asserts that thr wheat supply of the world is soiag to give out. Go to , nowl noad Mr. Frank Wilhe- Eon in the New York Sun In 1879 r.nd you will find the same prediction when oui v/huui crop waa half that now. Ho was certain the wheat jig was up and high prices wen near. Where be his prophecy ? Exactly where Sir William's will bo twenty yeait hence. This country has not yet began to grovs wheat , to paraphrase the re-mark of one Jones to another Englishman , tt'o average eleven bushels to the acre now. V < e arc raising -the average and in the next t\v n'j years our wheat crop will double as cer tainly as in 'the last twenty years. More over , there Is enough wheat laud today , tak ing the world over , to double the world's ex isting wheat crop. The experience of a century of steam makes only one prediction certain aboul modern civilization. The product of food and the supply of 'the other resources oi so ciety grow faster than the growth of popu- latlon , and will. BENEFITS OF THE WAIt. Icd to Brondcr nnd Bnncr VIcwN ol the Strirr Iletiveeit ClnnNCM. John Gllmer Speed In Woman's Companion , We all noticed last spring , when It waa seen that war was Inevitable , how all classes of people forgot their usual differ ences of opinion as to politics and method : of procedure and became hearty neighbor ; animated with one desire to do what was best for the country , even though the doing of that best Involved the greatest sacrifice , the sacrifice of life itself. Attack t'he couLtry and we all become patriots- all then stand on the same level , and all stand erect , too , erect In the stature of real men , ready for the call of their country and anxious to hear It. This Is , to my way of thinking , the flnesl thing that a war in a country like our * calls into being. The lines that separaU class from class are arbitrary and artificial ; the bonds that unite them In love of coun try and the responsibility of citizenship are real and strong. To fight with a brave adversary produces respect the one for ehe other ; but to fight side by side with brave men , sharing the hardships of the marcl and the camp and the dangers of battle produces a respect the one for rhe othei which is augmented by something very like affection , and stimulated , too , by the consciousness of a high purpose that li common to all. Travel Is a great educator , but 10 if as nothing compared with the Intimate com panionship of the camp and the batMefield Ono of our greatest social dangers In thh country has been due to the misunderstand ing that existed between the classes. These misunderstandings haveNemblttered all the strifes which have arisen between labor and capital. Each side , mistaken ns to lie view of line other , has maintained that will Its own side was all the right , all the man hood , all the virtue. The men who made up our volunteer regi ments in this little war win take home with them very few such ideas. They will know that ! the manner of a man's clothIng - Ing , the house to which ho has been ac customed and the food upon which he has been fed have precious little to do wltli the manhood of him. Ho Is what he Is because - cause it IH so , and not on account of the accidentals which superficially appear tc make such a great difference. FOIIHAKIXG 10 lo 1. Montana Itcnultllcnn * GettlnK Back < n Flrxt Principle * . Boston Transcript. The action of the Montana republicans In put Ing in their platform a resolution un equivocally Indorsing the St. Louis platform Is even more significant than the omission of 16 to 1 from the out-gVngs | | of the Con- nectlcut democrats. Heretofore the Mon tana republicans have clung to silver , which is not particularly wonderful conslderlnc that silver mining Is the state's greatest industry - dustry and that its people have heretofore clamored for Its "protection. " Montana swings into line with Wyoming , whose re publicans have also abandoned silver. It Is human nature In politics to fight for the "protection" or exaltation of a local Industry - dustry , and Wyoming and Montana have not been greater sinners than some other states In this respect. "Silver camp" states they labored for all they were worth to have the government peg the price of silver. They succeeded for a time in having their way. All parties in those states were united for the silver industry. The repub licans of Montana and Wyoming while sticking to their party maintained their con victions that It ought to "come round" to silver and that It would yet have to remon- etlze silver In answer to the demands of the financiers of the world. The republican party has not come round ; neither have the financiers of the world been converted to Bryanlsra. On the contrary , the repub licans of Wyoming and Montana have come round. They recognize that the silver Issue If not yet dead is In the article of death , and that it will not leave enough assets to Justify mourning. They are getting back Into line with the sentiment of the. country which Is texlay overwhelmingly for honeat money. That the Bryanltes should still put up pro tests that silver is not a dying Issue Is only to bo expected. They are in a perplexing predicament. Their one Issue Is passlne away , and "Algorism" probably will not operate to the extent they had anticipated , for the attacks on the secretary of war have been BO Indiscriminate that already a reac tion IB setting In , as men see that be Is being made to bear the odium which war horrors t Inevitably create for some doomed scape goat. Ho could not be expected to be re sponsible for the conduct of every officer j and man in an army of 300,000. Acts which I he has ratified , contract ! for supplies , trans- 1 ports and railroad transportation , that are The shortcomings of every officer who filled to enforce the commonest principles of sani tation cannot be saddled on "Algcrlsin" without overdoing It In u way to help give Algcr another political life. Co'l.O.MCI. HllOhnVRl.T. One of n l-'niully Eminent lit Amrrlcnn Pnhllt ! Mfc. Tbo standard bearer of the republican party for governor of the Empire state typi fies In his career the activities and emin ence of his forbears In American public life. During the last fifteen of his forty years ho has taken an active part in public af fairs and discharged the duties of every position he occupied with marked ability nnd with credit to himself and the state and nation. His career Is too familiar to all renders to require repetition. It Is adverted to for the purpose of showing the strain nnd strength of heredity as demonstrated by the Koosovclt family. According to the New York Sun , the Ilooscvelts were among the e arly Inhabitants of New York , and slnco then , from genera tion to generation , without a break , they have been citizens who have rendered dis tinguished service to the city and state , to philanthropy and whatever else contributed best to the advancement of the people. Isaac Roosevelt was a member of the New York provincial congress , the legisla ture and the city council , and was also long the president of the Bank of New York. His son , Nicholas J. Roosevelt , born In the city of New York In 1767 , was associated with Robert Fulton in the Invention and Introduction of the steamboat , the priority of the invention being a matter of dispute. Fulton said of him in a published state ment : "As to Mr. Roosevelt , I regard him as a noble-minded , intelligent man , and would do anything to serve him that I could. " Nicholas J. Roosevelt lived until H54 , dying at the great ago of 87. It is a long-lived family. His nephew , Cornelius VanSchalk Roosevelt velt , was born in this city In 17U4 , and died at Oyster Bay , on Long Island , In 1871. erIn In his seventy-eighth year. Ho was a suc cessful merchant , and was noted for his large , regular and systematic contributions to charity. His son , Robert Barnwell Roosevelt , born In the city of Now York In 1S29. Is still liv ing , and Is a democrat. Ho has been In congress , has rendered much service In the organization of associations for the protec tion of game , was a state fish commissioner , was active In the Committee of Seventy after the exposure of the Tweed ring , agaln t which he had been arrayed in the Citizens' association , and In 1SSS was appointed min ister to thy Netherlands. Ho has been an extraordinarily active man In many public directions and also has been a fertile writer on sporting and other subjects. Theordore Roosevelt , his brother , born in the city of New York , was of shorter life than his family generally , He lived from 1831 to 1878. He was a merchant and afterward a banker. He was appointed col lector of the port , but waa not confirmed by the senate. He was noted for his extensive and systematic charities and earnest and active public spirit. His son , t'he present Colonel Theodore Roosevelt , was born in 1858 in the city of New York , was graduated at Harvard cor- leRe in 18SO , and at once entered into poll- tics , being elected the very next year by the republicans to the assembly , where ho was one of Che most active members. In 1884 he was chairman of the New York delegation to the National Republican con vention. In 1SS6 he ran unsuccessfully for mayor of New York on the republican ticket. His subsequent polH'lcal and military career is known to everybody. Ills great-uncle , James John Roosevelt , born in New York in 1795 , lived < o bo 80 years old. He was a lawyer and a demo crat , was twice a member of the state legislature between 1835 and 1840 , was a Justice of the supreme court , and after ward wa * United States district attorney In New York. Another relative of Theodore Roosevelt , a cousin of the Cornelius before spoken of , was James Henry Roosevelt , born In New York in 1800 , and dying there In 1863. Ho accumulated a large fortune by living economically and unostentatiously , and why ho had been thus self-sacrificing was ex plained when his will was read. It left the great bulk of his estate to found the noble Roosevelt hospital , In which a tablet justly describes him as "a true son of New York , a man upright In his alms , simple in his life and sublime in bis benefaction. ' ' Another Roosevelt , Hllborno Lewis , also born In New York , was a noted organ builder and an Inventor. "All have been New Yorkers of New Yorkers , " concludes the Sun , "all have made the state better for their living. All have been stout Americans , democrats In the best and highest sense , and that , wo need not say , Is not the partisan sense ; able men , good men , public spirited and Industrious In their day and generation. " NEW YOIUC'S STAMMKD II10 A UK It , St. Louis Republic : There's one thing certain about Colonel Theodore Roosevelt as a gubernatorial candidate in old York state : He'll glvo his opponents a mighty good gallop In the race , thanks to his excel lent war training as a Rough Rider. St. Louis Globe-Democrat : Republican vic tory in New York In 1898 Is a matter which Interests the party all over the country. It will hold that Important state In the party column in 1900. The republican convention In nominating Roosevelt made this victory GOrtain. Chicago Post : Roosevelt has a most be wildering way of adding one title to an other. When he has tucked "governor" away with the others he has In stock his collection will bo a very fair one numerically and truly remarkable In the rapidity with which most of it has been gathered to gether. Now York Sun : The civic courage of Theodore Roosevelt is known to be as steady as his military courage. And to courage ho adds natural endowments of a high order , a varied education In books and men , wide ! experience of affairs and politics , and the talent for organization and administration. In. his views of public policy as in his pri vate character , he represents the solidity and the strength of Americanism. Chicago Tribune : Colonel Roosevelt Is a popular idol , but It is to bo wished that there were more of that sensible sort of Idolatry. Ho Is none of your clay Idols. The wave of popular approbation which has carried him Into a gubernatorial nomination , and which will make him governor of New York , Is not based on the mere fa&t of his physical bravery In the Cuban campaign. It is the sterling character of the man rather than any particular deed that has won pub lic confidence. PERSONAL AMI OTIIEHWISE. At a banquet of Dutch descendants In New York Mr. Depew opened his remarks with "Good evening , Van. " When Alaska becomes a state what an interesting time candidates wilt have mak ing canvassing tours therein. Augustus Day , the wealthy spiritualist , who died in Detroit on the 22d , used to boast that he was master of seven trades. A correspondent of rhe Now York Sun has eren this queer sign : "Any Incivility or inattention on the part of employes of this establishment will bo considered a favor if reported to the proprietor. " general Gomez , reported to have landed 1 IX Kl'Xt Romervlllo Journal : lllcks Ono-Unlf of tlio world doe-HU't know how thu other liult llvrs. Wicks The other hulf doesn't live ; It only worries alone- Chicago Tribune : "Why Is It , " Inquired Mrs. ChiiKwntiT , "they nlwuys call the sol diers 'bovsV " "Uooauso they're not Blrls. I reckon , " re- Kpondril Mr. C'hucwnter. "I dn liolirvr you can ii ! < k more fool questions than anybody I ever saw. " rirvelnnd Lender : " 1 see that one of the line-sit poems written In lionnr of Quevn Wllhi'lmlmi was by J. M. W. Van do Poor- ten Schwartz. " "Jerusalem ! Ttmt fellow oughtn't to Imvo much trouble In nmkliiK a nuine for him self. " Flold nnd Stream : It was n Sunday din ner at a hotel In oneof the smaller cities , The tablefrtrl was fat nnd frttuzy. iind Rho lacked most of the minor conventionalities of modern society. lint the climax came when she casunlly remarked : "When you nit gets ready for Ice cream Jest holler. " Detroit Free Press : "She wears such lend clothes , " said the woman who notices her neighbors' attire. "Only yesterday you said that her clothes were unspeakable , " replied tlio husband of the woman who notices her neighbors' nt- tlre. "Now which Is it ? " Indianapolis Journal : "Have you cvor made any cfftirt to oolvo that mystery ? " inquired the ik'tcrtlve's friend. "Sir ! " was the haughty reply. "J'll have you understand Unit 1 um working for the Kovermni'iit. I am not n nowspaiH-r re porter. " Cleveland Plain Dealer : "A member of the Frrnoli academy says that tlu1 Jtrowth of Imlr ran be stimulated by music , " re marked Jlrs. UaHiiy. "Well , be. needn't think thut Is a now discovery. ' replied Mr. Uarley. "I've hoard many n lialr-rulslng song myself. " Detroit Journal : "He has iiiipsod In his checks ! " they exclaimed , sadly. Tbo either rose and paced the room : for the mom now seemed to be eolnt ? around a ! 10-lnj ) track. "Ha , ha ! " he cried. "I bet ho forgot to put on sinmns ! liu , hnl" All were much moved ; nomc thought he was crazeil by Iniylnrss caret * ; other * , that hu had beceimo an humorist , .miraculously. lntN < from Clilnn. ClovL-lund Pluln Dealer. MlKhty Inlta fun : C tcheo litteio Kwang-Su Goltces on the lun ! Longeo coma mamma , Saveo niuchee- how , Qulctoeo catchee pigtail. Makeo mighty low. ' Ola niannec LI Hung Wt-arco yclly coat , Plenty lonceo Heather , Lookee like a tout. Oiittco lotta fun : Maybe lltteo Kwang-Su Makec mamma iun ! THE STUAM1EH OX Til 1C SILL * Tlioniu.s Buchanan Head. Hetween brand Holds of wheat and corn Is the lowly home where 1 was born : The ix-nch tree leans ngulniit the wall , And the woodbine wanders over all ; There Is the shaded doorway still , . Hut a strutifc-c-r'H foot bus crossed the sill. There In the burn and , ns of yore , I can smell the hay from tha open door , And I see the busy swallows thronff , And hear the pewee's mournful BOHR ; Hut the Btrnneer comes oh ! painful proof HH ! sheaves are piled to the heated roof. There IB the ore.hard'-the very trees Where my childhood knew long hours of case , And watched the shadowy moments run Till my life Imbibed more shndo than sun ; The HwhiK from tlis buugh still sweeps the uir. IJut the. stranger's children nro swinging : there. Oh , yo who dally crows the sill , Step lightly , for I love It still ; And when you crowd the old imrn eaves Then think what countless linrvent sheaves IIuvo passed within that scented dgor To gladden eyes that are no m9.re. Deal kindly with these orchard trees ; And whun your children crowd their kneci Their sweetest fruit they hall Impart , AH If old memories stirred their heart ; To youthful port still leave the swlnK. And in Hweet reverence hold the spring ; Tha barn , the- trees , tbe brook , the birds , The meadowH with their lowlne herds , Tliu woodbine on the cottage wall My heart stilt lingers with them all. Yo strangers on my native sill , Stew Ilirhtly , for I love it still. Ofll IJAII/V 1H'MI5TIX. ANNAPOLIS , Md. , Sept. 30 , 1898. The opening of tbo Naval Academy , establish ed In President Polk's time through the efforts of the then Naval Secretary , George Bancroft , and our victory over Spain will be duly celebrated hero today by tbe Faculty , cadets , and citizens. 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