TITE OMATIA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , OCTOBER 11 , 1898.
THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE ,
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\VELCOMC TO Tim 11EC BUILDING.
No vlnllor to Omnlm and the
exponltton Mlioaltl BO txrray
nrlthont Inslii-etlnff The Dee
bnlliliiiR , the Inrucnt nem-
pnjicr linlltllnK In America ,
niul The lice ncwmiapcr
Iilnut , conceded to be the
Uncut between Chicnco mid
Snn FrnncUoo. A cordial
welcome U extended to nil.
Welcome to President McKlnlcy.
Now Is the time for every one to Jubilate
late-
Every cloud 1ms a silver lining. Had
there been no war therb could be no
peace Jubilee.
* Legislative nominations must bo closed
within another week , but there will bo
Rtlll further time to fill vacancies that
may occur.
The heroes of the war who attend the
Omaha peace jubilee will flnd that
patriotism wells strongest nearest the
heart of the continent.
President McKlnley will have ocular
proof during his trip to and from
Omaha that he has Indeed been the
advance agent of prosperity.
South Dakota politics seem to be liven
ing up and the so-called forces of reform
arc already on the defensive. This ought
to bo a republican year for South Da
kota.
The Tarls exposition Is threatened
with serious Interference from the pend
ing labor troubles. This Is where
Omalm has been more fortunate than
Paris.
The long distance telephone over
which President McKlnley sent greeting
on opening day will be lllspcnsed with
when he renews' the greeting In person
on president's day.
The Gcraldlno organ admits that $10-
000 Isa "generous" appropriation of
stockholders' money for a hlhtory of the
exposition. It Is not generous , but out
rageously extravagant.
The. greater number of our peace
Jubilee visitors come to combine busi
ness with pleasure. The merchants
who want to do business will keep the
public attention by advertising In The
lice.
The Bee's Illustrated peace Jubilee
number is the handsomest exposition
souvenir that has been produced. Every
reader of The Bee should buy copies to
Rend to friends and to keep for preserva
tion.
Senator Ilanna Is announced as one
of the guests among the presidential
party headed for the Omaha peace
Jubilee. Now watch the popocratlc
organ throw several kinds of rainbow
colored fits.
It Is seldom that n city 1,500 miles
distant from the national capital Is hon
ored with a special visit of the chlel
executive of the nation. Let Omaha
%
show its appreciation of the privilege nc
corded of entertaining President McKlu <
ley. _
Sixth district democrats do not like
the way they have been buncoed lute
putting the name of W. L. Greene , n
populist , upon their ticket as the demo
cratlc nominee for congress. Here , ns
elsewhere , the democratic machine men
will find that labeling a populist with ji
democratic signboard Is n much easlei
task than making self-respecting demo
crats vote for him.
And now popocratlc organs are luslnu
ating that General Wheeler's tcstlmouj
bqforo the War department investlgat
Ing cQinmlttee was influenced In favoi
of thu administration by the promotloi
accorded his sou recently graduated 11
West Point. Such dirty flings from pa
pcrs that only a few * weeks ago cault
not chant toq many praises for Genera
Wheeler show the caliber of the yellow
exemplars of the popocratlc press.
CUBA'S FRESEXT XEEDS.
Mr. Ilobert P. Porter , who y direc
tion of the president made n thorough
Investigation of economic and industrial
conditions In Cuba , has given his view ?
as to the Immediate needs of the Island.
The whole work of commercial and In
dustrial rehabilitation , he says , must begin -
gin at the custom house. Lie urges the
abolition of the Spanish tariff which so
heavily oppresses trade and agriculture ,
would permit the Inhabitants to Import
free of duty live stock , food , farming
implements and other supplies required
to restore them to a self-supporting con
dition , saying that unless this is done
the present death rate from starvation
will surely continue.
There is no question in regard to the
rapacity and oppressive character of
the Spanish tariff and the moment the
United States assumes control In Ouba ,
which will probably not be later than
December 1 , it will give the Cuban people
ple relief in this direction. Besides ,
there will be more revenue from lower
ing tills tariff than from allowing It to
remain na it is. It would undoubtedly
be well if this government could take
possession of the Cuban custom houses
nt puce , but probably this Is not prac
ticable , although under the terms of the
pence protocol Spain surrendered all
sovereignty in the Nland. However , our
government evidently aocs not &ee Its
way clear to tnkis possession of the cus
tom houses undar existing conditions
and the thing to V.e done is to bring
about the evacuation of Cuba with the
least possible delay. There is gro.it suf
fering in the Island and from all ac
counts It Is increasing. Just considera
tion for tli2 pccp'e ' dcnunrN that Hie
Spaniards be nqulrod to depart as FOOH
as possible.
TUB PEXXSYLrAA'TA OA3IPA10X.
The political campaign In Pennsyl
vania Is one of the most bitter over
known In the Keystone state and It
would be hazardous to confidently pre
dict the result. The candidates for gov
ernor In this remarkable contest arc
William A. Stone , republican ; George A.
Jcnks , democrat , and Dr. Silas C. Swal
low , prohibitionist , each of whom Is mak
ing an active canvass. A legislature Is
to be chosen which will elect n successor
to United States Senator Quay and a
tremendous effort Is being made to se
cure an anti-Quay legislature , nil the
enemies of the senator , among yvliom
are many republicans , working "tooth
and toennll" to that end. The charge
recently brought against Mr. Quay of.
speculating with public funds showed
the desperate determination of those op
posed to his re-election to spare no ef
fort to compass his defeat and political
downfall.
Perhaps the most Impartial observer
of the situation , the Philadelphia Times ,
said a short time ago that Mr. Stone
may bo elected governor by the power
of party organization ; that Mr. Jeiiks
could not be elected because his party
has forfeited public confidence In its
faith and in its legislative record and be
cause of the discreditable and distrusted
factional machine that Would triumph
with his election , and that Dr. Swallow
can be elected "If the sincere and earnest -
nest men of both the old parties who
desire a purified' political system shall
give him the vote his character and posi
tion merit. " It appears that the con
test for the governorship Is now nar
rowed down to Stone and Swallow , with
the chances favorable to the success of
the republican candidate , , though not
In such overwhelming degree as to nmke
his election assured. As to the legis
lature , It Is by no means Improbable
that it will have an anti-Quay major
ity.
ity.In
In the congressional elections it Is ex
pected that the republicans will lose
some representatives and there is dan
ger that the loss may be larger than
has been anticipated , owing to the warfare -
faro within the republican lines. Un
questionably Seuotor Quay has on hand
the hardest political light of his life
and If he Is not beaten It will furnish
the strongest evidence he lias' yet given
of his sklU and resources as a politi
cian.
CANAL PKUMOTKnS COAMDBAlf
The promoters'of the Nicaragua canal
project are confident of success. They
arc encouraged by such declarations as
that of the Massachusetts republican
platform , which says that "the building
of the NIcaraguau canal , controlled ana
operated by the United States , Is now
Imperative , " together with declarations
to a like effect In other state party plat
forms. They are further encouraged by
the expressions of "public ofliclals , es
pecially those connected with the navy ,
, favorable to the project. They expect
that the report which Admiral Walker
and the other members of his. commis
sion are at work- upon will strengthen
, their position. That report will proba
bly throw n more decisive light upon
' the real facts than any previous Investi
gation on the subject.
The canal promoters are taking the
fullest possible advantage of the now
conditions growing out of the war to
win public favor for the project and
they nro getting help In influential quar
ters. Captain Crownlnshield , chief of
the bureau of navigation at the Navy de
partment , has recently given out a
statement in which he urges the im
portance of the Nicaragua canal for
naval purposes. There will probably
bo no dllllculty In obtaining from naval
olllcers any opinion favorable to the
canal which Its promoters may desire ,
these ofllcers viewing the matter wholly
from n military standpoint. A mutter
that Is operating to gtva impetus to the
Nicaragua project Is the renewal of In
terest in the Panama enterprise. Gen
eral Abbot of the United States army
has recently made a personal cxamlna-
'tlon of the Panama canal as a member
of nu international commission of en
gineers. He Is a highly competent au
thority and his opinion Is that the Pan-
mini route has decided advantages ovci
the Nicaragua route. Ho says the former
Is of assured practicability , while the lat
ter Is not even as yet a definitive project.
It Is certain , says General Abbot , thai
the difficulties In the way of the Nic
aragua project nro immensely greater
than In the case of the Panama route.
After pointing out these difficulties , Gen
eral Abbot says : "Under these condU
tlons It Is apparent that confidence can
not bo accorded to such a project and
that really there Is only one canal , that
of Panama , whose construction could bo
judiciously undertaken nt the present
time. It is to be hoped before the gov
ernment embarks on so Important n
work that the relative merits of the two
routes will bo examined and judged by
a commission of expert engineers , for It
is certain that only one canal Is now
needed and that that one should be the
best possible. "
It Is understood that the Panama ca
nal enterprise has been taken up by n
new and strong company of French cap
italists and Is to bo prosecuted actively.
This Intensifies the anxiety of the Nic
aragua canal promoters to put their
scheme through with the least possible
delay and to this end they arc Indus
triously at work creating public opinion
favorable to the project. * They may suc
ceed In their purpose. It Is doubtless a
fact that the conditions nro more fa
vorable to them than ever before. But
"a great deal will depend upon the nature
of the report to be submitted by the
Walker commission and there Is no as
surance that this Will bo altogether favorable
vorablo to the cana.1. On the contrary ,
it Is quite possible that It may point out
difficulties which may cause congress to
hesitate to embark the government In
the enterprise.
I' FACTOHS IX ( MAIIA'S
The announcement that the Armours
are arranging to supply fresh beef
shipped regularly In refrigerator cars to
the principal towns and cities of Great
Britain cannot fall to be most gratifying
and encouraging to American cattle
raisers. While American meat packers
have for a number of years been sup
plying Great Britain with dressed beef
and caiined meats the systematic dis
tribution of fresh meats In nearly every
market in Great Britain Is sure to en
large the scope of the meat packing In
dustry to a scale never dreamed of be
fore.
The enterprise Inaugurated by the Ar
mours means much for Omaha and the
territory for which Omaha has become
the cattle market. When the Armour
plant was located at South Omaha a
year ago fears were expressed by the ex-
Istlng packing houses that conditions did
not warrant the establishment _ of an
other large concern at this point. The
announcement that the Omaha Armour
plant Is to bo doubled in capacity In the
very near future affords tangible proof
that there Is room In this field not only
for all the concctns now operating , but
also for their enlargement to meet tlfe
rapidly increasing demand for American
meat products In" foreign markets.
It goes without saying that the pros
pective doubling of the capacity of the
Armour plant will give new momentum
to Omaha's substantial growth. It is
not likely that the Armours will be able
to monopolize the American meat ex
port bus'lness to Great Britain any .more
than they could , monopolize , the entire
meat buslness'of America. * What Ar
mour has done and can do the Cudnhys ,
Swifts , Hammonds and others will be
able to do In the constantly growing
field that Is rapidly becoming coextensive
sive with the globe.
One thing appears certain , As the city
most centrally located with reference to
the cattle feeding1 country Omuha lg In
the best position among all American
packing centers to profit by the building
up of a large export meat trade and the
concentration of the meat Industry
where the cattle can be delivered most
conveniently , converted Into food prod
ucts with the least outlay and shipped
by railways that reach every Important
market and every seaport on the At
lantic and Pacific coasts. To this patent
fact as much perhaps as to any other
cause must be ascribed the impending
extension of several great trunk Jines to
Omaha and the projected erection here
of mammoth grain elevators.
Joseph Chamberlain , British secretary
of state for the colonies , lets the cat out
of the bag that explains England's will
ingness to have the United States keep
the Philippines when he says that owing
to the recent war this country Is In the
anmo position with reference to those
Islands that Great Britain occupies with
reference to Egypt. What Great Britain
wants Is to keep hold of Egypt and
nothing would suit It better than to have
a precedent for Its action set by the
United States. The question confront-
lug this country , however , Is whether It
prefers to consult the interests of for
eign nations or to frame Its foreign
policy solely In the interest of its own
people.
It Is plain that the popocratlc yellow
Journals have transferred sonic of their
most inuiiuiillvo war correspondents to
Paris , so no one need be surprised at
the flood of sensational clap-trap cooked
up by the fakirs In the ante-chamber
of the peace commission. These enter
prising correspondents nro so ac
customed to seeing things according to
Instructions that they will have no dllli-
culty In unearthing plots , conspiracies ,
Jobs and treachery to any extent that
such stories may be required to sell
the yellow papers.
There Is a well defined Impression pre
vailing among wage-workers , clerks and
other small stockholders In the expos- !
tlon that all sorts of schemes are hatchIng -
Ing to get away with the money which
ought to be paid back to them ns divi
dends on their stock. The high-handed
proceeding of n minority of the directors
In voting away $10,000 for a history of
the enterprise Is not calculated to coun
teract this impression. If the ptockhold-
ers were consulted the $10,000 history
would get a quietus by worse than
10 to 1.
Omaha has been ovcrabundautly
blessed with men ever ready to tell what
Omaha should do to become a great ana
prosperous city. But lii nine cases out
of ten the men who arc so free with
sky-scraping projects are men who have
never put one stone upon another In
the city of Omaha and have never con
tributed anything more than hot ntr
to promote public enterprise. These
people only recall the adage , "If wishes
were horses beggars would ride. "
Spain Is also trying to restore its army
to a pence footing by mustering out the
soldiers returning from Cuba nnd Porto
Hlco. That docs not look as If there
were any serious anticipations on the
part of Spain of a resumption of hos
tilities by reason of failure to agree on
the terms to bo Incorporated In the
treaty which the peace commissioners
arc preparing.
The popocratlc state ofliclals who want
to bo re-elected blandly tell every audi
ence they address what a good record
they have made. They arc simply act
ing on the proposition that the only way
to have their horn blown Is to blow It
themselves.
Two Newfoundland editors have Just
been given thirty-day jail sentences for
contempt of court American courts
have apparently reached the position
where they are looked to for precedents
by all the other English speaking na
tions.
Cheerfully Act-cut the Knee.
Globe-Democrat.
Nebraska's corn crop this year Is worth
$37(500,000. The'only calamity connected
with it , In the populist ) mind , Is the neces
sity of selling it for 100-cent dollars.
Punned the I.nliclliiK
Washington Star.
It may bo assumed that Admiral Dewey
does not personally share the concern about
fitting him with a proper tttlo. Ho has
reached a point of eminence where he does
not have to be labeled.
Slu.it nt the Tliiien.
"Washington Post.
Now that the political organs have buckled
down to the work of misrepresenting the
elzo of the opposition audiences It can be
assumed that the campaign Is open ,
A I'hlllniilnc Ilruczc.
Chl\iu > News.
Postmaster General Smith , In a speech at
Omaha , heartily favored holding the Philip
pine Islands. As the postmaster Is one of
the president's official family there Is no
longer any doubt as to what It was that
took away the Spanish commissioners' breath
at Paris. It was a brcczo from the Philip
pines.
Up the Situation.
Chicago News.
Chief Owl-Face-Man , noV ono of the at
tractions of rhe Omaha exposition , Is said to
have remarked , when told about the Bear
Island fight : "White man much mean , but
Injuns mean , too , 'cause not treated right. "
That Isn't a bad summary of the situation
or or the history of the dealings between the
white men and the red men of the forest.
t - -
Great Loud Itomovcrt.
Sprlnglleld Republican.
Those able Minneapolis editors who under
took to instruct the president as to the num
ber o reinforcements which should bo dis
patched to their panic-stricken section can
now o.ulot down and resume the demonstra
tion of our moral responsibility In tend
ing to 10,000,000 Asiatics that liberty which
Is so soothing to the savage breast.
" ' Go the Whole Length.
j Philadelphia Record.
-Tha proposal to revive the grade of vice
admiral In the navy and to elevate Rear
Admiral ilJewey to that rank , nnd , moreover ,
tojoxtend by ten years his term of actlvd
.sqrjyice , which would expire in December ,
; J89J , In accordance with existing laws ,
would not Involve the conferring of any
honors upon the hero of Manila but such as
are hls , duo. Dewey ought to be made ad
miral and kept on the active list during his
i
, Xclirnika Gold Mine.
New York Tribune.
Nebraska's corn crop this year Is esti
mated to be worth $37,600,000 In solid money
ggod anywhere and not the kind which a
good many Ncbraskans voted for In the
Bryan campaign. The crop value of this
single state Is thus pretty nearly equal to
the product of all our gold mines last year
and not far behind the aggregate annual
yield of South Africa , or of Australia. So
prosperous and productive a commonwealth
ought to ha\o sound theories of currency
and finance and business In general and
Nebraska Is no doubt In the process of ac
quiring them.
IIAVAGES OK
Shrinkage lit the Popula
tion of Culm.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
If the estimate of Cuba's present popula
tion made 'by the American commission
at Havana Is anywhere near the mark , the
destruction caused by Spanish barbarity
during the last three years of rebellion
has been greater than was supposed. Just
before the rebellion began the Cuban popu
lation numbered 1,629,000. This Is put at
lea's than 1,000,000 now. There has been a
shrinkage In Inhabitants of 054,000 In four
years. Before the rebellion the Cuban popu-
lajlon steadily and rapidly Increased. Wey-
lerlsm'was more destructive than anybody
In tbo United States or Cuba 'Imagined.
It will take many years of good government
in Cuba to repair the ravages which Span
ish savagery wrought. As United States
territory Cuba will grow quickly and con
stantly from this time onward , but the
American census of 1900 will not reveal
as mariy Inhabitants In the aggregate In
Cuba as "n ere there when the last Spanish
enumeration made a few years before
the rebellion began. Cuba , though poorer
proportionately than Porto Rico , will af
ford more openings for American labor In
the coming years.
GHOST OF AX INDIAN WAIl.
Sonic Reflection * on Our Mode of Ad >
vunclnir Civilization.
Chicago Chronicle.
There appears to be a chance for a conflict
between a little force o ( United States sol
diers and a few hundred "blanket" Indians
In Minnesota. The trouble grow out of a
dispute In regard to the ownership of fallen
timber on the Chlppowa reservation In that
state. It was a case of stealing pine logs
which belonged to the Indians ,
The Minnesota legislature passed an act
Inspired by the pine lumber lobby for the
purpose of enabling the lumbermen to ob
tain fallen pine belonging to the Indians
without paying for It at Us full value. The
Indians resented this unfair legislation and
prepared to resist Its enforcement. This
brought the United States Indian agent and
the United States marshal Into the dispute
and afforded a pjetext for calling In the
United States troops. . There are now about
100 soldiers Investing Bear bland , a spot of
earth a few hundred acres In area in one
of the lakes of. the country on which the
"hostile" Indians , are encamped.
The Indians say that they will resist the
robbery of their pine heritage till the last
man dies In the last ditch. Tbe battalion of
troops have Catling and Maxim guns and
the up-to-date rifles used In the San Juan
charge at Santiago. Ono volley ot the ar
tillery and rlflea would sweep tha llttlu
Island and bo destructive to the entire In
dian camp , And that Is the way In which
we Christianize tbo remnants of the aborlgl-
nal tribes. We teach them gospel truths ,
then steal their pine and murder them If
they object to the spoliation.
lin.MOCHACY 1'ASSINO THE HAT.
Hews " " Is
Indianapolis : "Coin" Harvey
practically In charge of the great democratic
party , Disciple * of Jefferson , Jackson ,
Cleveland and Bayard , think of that !
Cleveland Leader : U Is said that "Coin"
Harvey expects to collect a campaign fund
of $2,000,000 and that ho will receive 10 per
cent for the collecting. Harvey has worked
the silver business most profitably In the
sale of his book , which Is ono of the forgot
ten things.
New York Sun : Coin Harvey , collector
for the democratic national committee , has
written a most sweet appeal for subscrip
tions on the dollar-a-month plan. ' 'One
dollar per monrh , or about 3 cents per day ,
Is In the reach ot each and tbo wives and
sons and daughters , who understand the Im
portance of our cause , will , wo believe , assist
the husband and father In saving up the
dollar each month that Is to go Into this
fund , sacred to the cause of hilmanlty. It !
will provide the money necsssary for the
adxocacy of their cause. It will come from
the many , who , by their exalted example ,
will place political leaders under obligations
to the people and the voice of the latter wilt
become moro potent In shaping the affairs
ot state. It will bo a revolution of the people -
plo culminating In the struggle of 1DOO. "
It Is suspected that the wives and sons and
daughters will fall to understand ttio vital
Importance of the causennd will prefer to
keep the $12 a year In the family. Coin
wilt have to depend upon the plutocrats for
funds for the sacred cause of humanity.
I'iillSONAlj AMJ OTHERWISE.
The experience of Chaplain Mclntyro with
a combination of brandy and quinine Is an
other example of the folly ot mixing drinks.
If the Minnesota redmen had read tha
papers they never wottltl have begun the
war. They don't know how wo served Spain ,
Death from sunstroke In October marks ono
of the freaks of our peculiar climate. That
was the cause of the sudden death ot a
woman on n street In Akron , 0.
Captain W. Y. Sawyer , whoso death Is re
ported from Cleveland , was one of the pioneer
neer settlers In that city and started In life
there at 15 , with only a few cents In hla
pocket.
Chicago glories In a cow and a goose with
two extra legs each , and a goat with an
extra pair of horns' ; Yet she Is envious of
New Jersey's two-headed chicken and Now
Haven's two-legged cat.
Kitchener , like Wellington , Wolseloy and
Lord Roberts , Is an Irishman , and It Is
noteworthy that the London papers are
niaklug common use of the term Anglo-
Celtic Instead ot Anglo-Saxon.
Colonel John A. Watklns , the Indian his
torian , who died In New Orleans the other
day , was a veteran of the Mexican war and
a direct descendant of Joseph Watklns , the
follower of1 Captain John Smith.
Jerusalem Is said to be filling up with
German and Austrian tramps and vagabonds
In anticipation of the German emperor's
visit there and fears are entertained In cer
tain quarters for the personal safety of the
Imperial party.
If It Is true , as reported , that Agulnaldo
declined a purse of $75,000 voted by the
Philippine assembly the Incident affords r.7
opening for missionary effort. The gold
whistle boss has much to learn before be
coming an exemplary American officeholder.
A shears and scissors combine has been
formed "to freeze out small concerns" which
would appear to be a moro natural thing
for an Ice cream trust to attempt. Un
doubtedly "the purpose of the shears and
scissors combine U to stop the cutting of
rates.
Captain Jean Marchand , the French ex
plorer , is only 34. He has been through
seven African campaigns or expeditions. He
received the ijross Of the Legion Of Honor
when he was only 25 , and became an officer
of that order In 1895. All his service has
been In Africa.
Both candidates for Now York's governor
ship are Intimately connected with the
south. Judge Van Wyck graduated from the
University of North Carolina and married a
Richmond girl. Colonel Roosevelt's mother
was a Georgian , a descendant of Archibald
Bullock , president of the colony from 1776
to4777. .
ENLARGING THE ARMY.
The Grcnteit Olintncle Confronting the
New York Evening1 Post.
A careful course of reading In the reports
at the secretaries of war for the past ten
vears will open the eyes ot the expansion
ists. The most noteworthy feature of these
reports Is their exposition ot the constant
difficulty about enlisting enough men to
keep the army up to the limit of 25,000
men and the still greater difficulty of pre
venting recruits from deserting within a
year or two after they entered the service.
Formerly recruiting was carried on only In
the large cities and the result was that
many of the new soldiers were men of un
trustworthy character and bad habits. Ef
forts were , therefore , instituted to obtain
a better class of men In the rural districts ,
but the same dimcutty in getting first-class
men was encountered here. The great ob
stacle In the way was well stated by Sec
retary Proctor In 1889 , when he contrasted
the small percentage ot desertions among
the colored soldiers with the large ratio
among the whites and thus explained It :
"To the colored man the service offers a
career ; to the white man too often only a
refuge. "
Various experiments have been tried dur
ing the last decade In the effort to render
the service more attractive and to reduce
the tendency to desertion , as the permission
granted a recruit to purchase his discharge
for a specified sum after one year's service
and to obtain a free discharge after three
years and the effort to make the soldier's
life In post as comfortable and pleasant as
possible. But , notwithstanding all the
changes which have been made , It has not
been possible to reduce the proportion of
deserters below one In every twenty men
a year.
All this was In time of peace , when men
who contemplated entering the army sup
posed that fhey were sure of , good food nnd
good treatment generally , and that the con
ditions ot Eervlco would be comfortable. If
It was hard to keep the army up to 2" , 000
men under such conditions , If the level ot
men seeking admission was so low that out
ot 49,343 applicants In 1897 only 8.2S5 were
accepted , where are the men to be found
to swell the number to 100,000 , and haw ore
they to bo secured ? Maine raised a regi
ment of volunteers for the war with Spain.
The regiment never left the United States.
It Is now to be mustered out. Its death-
roll , after three months at Chltkamauga ,
foots up thirty-eight men , Vermont also
sent a regiment to a southern camp for
a few weeks and a republican newspaper
described Its return with ' a hospital train ,
carrying over 200 sick , about ) one -fourth of
the regiment , whose condition and appear
ance are ghastly reminders ot the retaining
victims of Llbby prison , Belle Isle , and
Andereonvlllo during the civil war , ' Kvpry
state has Us similar story of the horrors
of service in the army even In the United
States , nnd many 'have ' still moro shocking
rales of the frightful experiences undo-gone
by troops who left this country for active
service In tropical regions.
"Increase the regular army to 100,000
men , " say the advocates ot the expapslon
policy. But when we could get hardly 25-
000 men before tbe war with Spain , bow are
we to get four rimes as many after the argu
ments against enlistment furnished by the
treatment of our army In that struggle ?
There IB only ono answer. Men mint bo
drafted , to serve against their will , In carry
ing out the decrees ot "manifest destiny. "
ot1 u riusT VASSAL STATK.
I'roiionrd Departure front American
Principle ) ) In lliiimll.
Boston Transcript ,
The Hawaiian Islands , so far as their
status has thus far been determined , are to
bo n territory of the United States. This
points to ultimate statehood , But first ,
there must be a territorial government , and
the form of that Is the duty of the Ameri
can commissioners to decide. Already we
have published the news that present Indi
cations point to a property qualification for
the electors who are to choose the members
of the upper house of the legislature. The
man fortunate enough to possess an assessed
value ot $1,000 , which means about $3,000
worth of property , can take part In the selec
tion of a government ; otherwise ho cannot.
The white pcoplo generally have that sum.
They went there to acquire property and
they have generally succeeded. But the
black and the brown elements will bo dis
franchised , or will remain unfianchlsed.
The result ot the recent Louisiana consti
tutional convention has been criticised as a
disgrace to the country. It has been con
demned by the leading statesmen ot that
commonwealth. But there has been no dis
guise of Its purpose. It Is to deprive the
black man of the ballot. It Is the outcome
of local prejudice and ' white desperation.
But the men wo sent'to Hawaii are taken
from the ranks of those whom we call our
statesmen. They were expected to organize
n government that should be just to all. In
stead , they threaten to establish ono that
will leave public affairs In the hands of a
\vhlto oligarchy , whlfo the moss of the popu
lation will have no sovereign rights which
this favored class will feel bound to respect.
Fncllls dcsccnsus Averno , when once we
surrender our old system ot checks and bal
ances. Ono injustice breeds a fiwarm , and
Hawaii will have the dishonor ot being our
first "vassal state. "
HTBl" IX THU ItlGllT
The Country "Xenrer the Realization
of 1'oHtal SiivliiK-t IlniikM.
Cnlcnzo Record.
Without any heralding the Postoffico de
partment has taken a etcp which brings
measurably nearer the realization of pos.al
savings banks. By n change made in the
regulations a week ago the payment of a
money order Is permitted to the person who
takes it out and nt the office of Issue. In
other words , the postofllco has quietly In
augurated a form of postal savings banks ,
but without payment of Interest , for which ,
of course , there would have to be a special
Inw. Even In the short time since the new-
regulation has gone Into effect In this and
other large cities , nnd without any special
prominence being given to the change , hun
dreds have availed themselves of the oppor
tunity for safe deposit through the new
postal regulation. When it becomes mora
generally known that people can Invest their
savings In postal money orders and thus bo
absolutely sure of their safekeeping the use
made of large city postofflces In this way
will rapidly Increase , even without the
extra Inducement of Interest.
Perhaps some such demonstration of the
people's needs and wishes that will thus be
furnished Is necessary In order to convince
our national legislators that the question ot
postal-savings banks has at last entered thu
realm of practical politics and finance. There
Is no more urgent duty resting upon the gov
ernment today than that of providing safe
banks for people of small means. When
the government prepares to meet this re
sponsibility In this country , ns ( t has In
England and Canada and other countries , a
new era of thrift nnd economy will set in
that will not only add to the resources of
the government , but Immeasurably Increase
the prosperity and happiness of the people.
FAKKS OF GOIIY HUE.
Silly Attempt * to Crrnte Trouble Ile-
twecn United State * ami German- .
Chicago Times-Herald.
The foolish dispatch published in a west
ern paper announcing that the relations be
tween the United States and Germany had
become so strained that war was Imminent ,
and that In consequence thereof orders had
been issued countermanding the sailing of
the Oregon and Iowa for the far east ] , proves
to have been a lie out of whole cloth. There
have been no differences whatever between
the tiwo nations that can possibly lead to
'war ' , and there has been no change In the
orders to the Oregon and Iowa.
During our recent war Germany main
tained a sfrlct neutrality , and If the Ger
man press at times seemed pro-Spanish
there was never a scintilla of evidence that
the feeling was shared by the kaiser and
his government. With a sort of bumptious
ness moro or less characteristic of Germans
In authority , Admiral Dlcdcrluhs made him
self conspicuous around Manila for a time ,
nnd there were those who thought he meant
mischief to our Interests there , but all such
surmises have long since been dissipated.
There was never the least Intention on the
tpart of the Germans to Interfere In behalf
of the Spaniards.
Between the Gcrmnn ' > -
American republic there ought to be a warm
nnd abiding friendship. Both people are orig
inally of one blood , which In recent years
has been enriched in America by a vast Im
migration from the fatherland. Germans In
the second and third generations become
thorough Americans , and yet hold to the tics
of the fatherland , ns those of Anglo-Saxon
heritage hold to the ties of the mother coun
try. 'This Is but the course of nature.
Germany and the United States must bo
and will bo friends , despite the efforts et
those who would bring them In collision.
Where such dispatches as the ono referred
to originate Is Impossible to tell , but that
one or moro arch liars are endeavoring to
stir up mischief Is apparent. They will not
succeed.
URYA.MMM IX TI1L3 BAST.
The IlercHy of Xlncty-SIx Dlncredlted
in 1'nrty Convention * .
Baltimore American ( dcm. )
There Is still left In the east a remnant
of that portion of the democratic party
which pins Us faith to Bryan nnd uses his
doctrine of free silver as Us watchword.
It Is not strong , but succeeds In making up
In noise what It lacks In numbers. When
a state convention Is held which refuses to
cndorso the Chicago platform of 1896 the
free sliver minority Is very apt to bolt and
put up a ticket of Us own. This Is done , not '
with any hope of success at the polls this
year , but with the expectation that such
action will keep the Issue alive and puah
Bryan forward as the presidential candidate
of the party In 1900. This was the program
carried out in New York , where the follow
ers of Bryan refused to endorse Von Wyck
and nominated Henry George , the son of the
Ike Royal U the highest grade biking powder
known. Actual tails ( how It aoeioao-
tblrd farther than any otber brand.
Absolutely Pure
OT l BAKINO rOWOm CO. , Kt TOM
great apostle of the single tax theory. Mr.
Gcorgo declined the honor nnd a substitute
has been found who Is willing to make the
sacrifice.
In Massachusetts the cnso Is different.
The sound money democrats ot the Old
IJay Btato have evidently reached the con-
elusion that until this question of fro *
slhcr Is burled beyond all hope of resur
rection the safest rule for them to follow li
to vote the- republican ticket. They scctn
to liavo become utterly Indifferent to tha
llfo of their own party organization nnd
have left It to the frw followers of Bryan
In that state to do with It as they see flU
At the * brad of this group stands the pic
turesque figure of Mr. George Fred Wil
liams , a man who seems to thrive on de
feat and tv > welcome the annual return of
the political frost of November. This leader
knows very well that democrats on a frea
silver platform can liavo no hope In the
Massachusetts state election , but by keep
ing the party marching In the Bryan Una
ha can send a free silver delegation from
that state to the next national convention
of the democratic party. Like Hrjau him
self , the Massachusetts leader ot the free
sllverttcs Is looking all end to the years that
are to come. %
There Is no danger of any free silver
successes In the election In the cast next
November. Nor are Bryanlsm nnd Its ally
ot populism going to sweep the west. In
fact the Indications are that these vicious
and dangerous theories are rapidly losing
ground even In the states that n few years
ago were their strongholds. Exactly what
figure they will cut In the next presidential
campaign cannot bo now predicted with cer
tainty , but It Is safe to declare that the
east will stand for sound money In 1000 ai
firmly as It did In 1896.
THOUGHTS THAT TlCICI.n.
Indlnnapolli Journal : "Money , " "atrl the
Cornfd Philosopher , "Is like Ice ; the hot
ter the tlmb the sooner It Is gone. "
Chicago Tribune : Mrs. Upjohn O
Mnudlat Mnuillo ! How dreadful ! Sec what
you have done ! "
Maudle I've spilled a little coffee on my
gown. Thut's all , Isn't It ?
Mrs. Upjohn ( wringing her hands ) Yc § ,
but It's a tea gown.
Boston Transcript : Deacon Powscr
Don't BCO you at church of Into , Mr. Noddle.
Noddle No : the fact Is It costs mo so
much for tickets to socials nnd entertain
ments that I've mmlo up my mind I'll have
to save my soul In some other way If I
want to keep my body nllvo a few years
longer.
Washington Star : "There nro a grent
many companies on the road this fall , " said
the optimistic theatrical manager.
"I JriiesH there nrc , " answered the less
rnnfiuino friend. " 1'vo left two there my
self. "
Chicago Post : "As nrnr ns I can find
out the articles are very much the same ,
nnd yet the manufacturer of one Is famoun
nnd the manufacturer of the other la un
known. "
"Why , certainly. One of them adver
tises and the other doesn't. "
Chicago Tribune. : Elderly Uncle By the
way , Amanda , .how old are you ?
Simpering Spinster Lnw Hakes , unclel
It's unlucky to tell one's nge.
Eldcrlv Uncle Unlucky ? Well , there
needn't be any fear In your case , Amanda.
You passed your thirteenth birthday moro
than a quarter ot a , century ago , to my
certain Knowledge.
Guy Wetmoro Carry ) , In Harper's.
Ono night you touched the. harp beside tht
Htnlr ,
The harp that , long unflngered and xm-
atruns ,
Had silent dreamed of hours when it was
young ,
And these who loved It blithe and frail and
fair.
Beneath your careless hand a faint , sweet
air
Leaped back to life , nnd told with tender
tongue
Of loves forgot , and soft , the strlnga
The dying music lingered like a prayer.
How long1 the harp hud waited for your
hand ,
So lontf tny heart lay silent till you camet
How strangely sweet the strain you mada
to rlso
From each ! And yet you cannot under *
stand
That now can neither ever bo the same
Ah. love , ah , love , how slow the musla
dlcsl
OUH DAILY I1ULLETIN.
jsa.
PITTSBUUG. Oct. 11 , 1898. The twenty ,
seventh triennial conclave of the Knights
Templars opens hero today. Fully 100,000
Knights swarm the city , making this gath
ering the largest in the history of 'the
order. There will be a grand parade and
other festivities.
In
'
, ' ' '
Omaha \ ;
Today
There's another swarm of people
ple to welcome President Me-
Kinley and his cabinet and not
a few of this swarm are taking
advantage of the extremely low
prices we are making on those
fine tailored suits and overcoats.
For $12.50 we sell a handsome
plain blue , black or fancy chev
iot suit in 4-buttor. sack with
round corners , or 3-button.sack
double breasted.
For $13.50 we sell a fine
covert cloth overcoat strap
seams , Italian lining satin
sleeve lining and horn buttons.
Our goods have never been
better finished than they are this
season , but they are not on that
account higher in price. You
simply get more for your
money.