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% 'otary Public.
Mntt Goring cau congratulate him
self that that congressional nomination
did not conic Ills way.
There nru several lessons In the elec
tion figures. The only question Is
whether they will bo learned.
Crokcr denies that Tammany Is be
hind any movement to contest the elec
tion of Hoosevelt. Crokcr's n-ord will
probably go.
In electing a republican governor the
people of Nevada have proclaimed to
the public that no more prize lighting
executives need apply.
Omaha certainly ought to have milling-
In-transit grain rates ami It can get
them if the Commercial club and bual-
ness Interests go after the railroads In
the proper spirit.
Howards for detection of attempted
tampering with election returns or bri
bery of legislators are being offered
right and left , but the takers appear
to be exceeding shy.
The Kritlsh Board of Trade Is Investi
gating the Mohcgan disaster. It Is to
be hoped the Inquiry results In some
thing more tangible than does that of
the average coroner's jury In this coun
try.
The Intersection paving bonds have
carried. Now for more new pavements ,
Including one to replace the rotten
wooden blocks that disgrace Capitol
avenue from Sixteenth to Twentieth
streets.
The race war at Wilmington , N. C. ,
Is but nu aggravated case growing out
of conditions that exist in nearly every
city of the south. The whites will not
submit to the rule of majorities If the
majorities represent cltiaons of African
descent
Thirteen may be the tullsmanlc num
ber this year. It looks as If the icpnh
llcnns will have a majority of thirteen
In the national house of representatives
nnd that the republican majority on
joint ballot In the Nebraska legislature
will also be thirteen.
Senator Quay asserts that he has been
forced to become a candidate for re
election to the United States Hcna.to. In
Nebraska It will require no forcing to
bring out the men who have aspira
tions toward the senatorial scat to be
tilled by the coming legislature.
People who commit fraud upon the
voters uever prosper , for proof read
the returns for the popocrats who Bought
re-election In Douglas county after hav
ing voted In the last legislature to un
seat republican representatives with un
questionable titles to their places.
Another shipload of Spanish soldiers
has returned to Spain , reporting twen
ty-three deaths during the- voyage and
100 men seriously 111 from exhaustion ,
due to lack of food , nut the popocratlu
yellow Journals arc not saying n word
about the maltreatment or neglect of
the Spanish soldiers by the Spanish war
olllcers.
Woman suffrage has ran up against
a frost out In Washington state In the
defeat of the constitutional aim-mi-
ment proposing to extend the fram-hlse
to women. The experiment with woman
suffrage In Colorado and Wyoming has
evidently not been the glittering suc
cess that would lead the Btatcs further
west to emulate their example , especially
In a year that Is unfavorable to all the
Isms.
Anyone Inqu sltlvo enough to ask
where the light on Klerstead came from
can find the answer by comparing the
vote ou governor and on commissioner
In the wards comprlf g the conimls-
Kloner district. In these wards the re
publican candidate for county commls-
sinner ran some 1150 behind the repub i-
lican candidate for governor , while the
popocratle candidate for comniissiouor
ran nearly MOO ahead of the popocratle
candidate for governor.
Will' TltK STATE WAS LDKT.
The disaster that has overtaken the
republican state ticket must cause keen
disappointment and chagrin to all who
had hoped to sec Nebraska completely
redeemed. It would scum almost Incuiii-
preheiiHlblo that In n year when nil the
strongholds of Hryanlsm are swept by
the republican tidal wave that follows In
the wake of restored prosperity No-
hraska alone should fall to resume Us
old place In the republican column.
Thu battle of Nebraska could and
should have been won by the republic-
nns. That Is conclusively shown by the
returns which give the successful popo-
crutic candidates less than ; i,000 plural
ity. The causes of the disaster can be
readily traced by any one familiar with
the conditions under which the light
'nis carried on.
It was admitted at the outset by the
leaders of all parties that Omaha , und'
Douglas county would bo the battle-
ground. In political campaigns , as In
military campaign * , the commander
must establish his headquarters at , tlio
IMlnt where he can host maneuver his
forces. Good generalship would have
dictated that the managers of the repub-
llcan forces be located at the scene of
greatest action.
This was more especially true in the
campaign of 1SOS than In any previous i
campaign. 'Die Omaha exposition i
had largely Increased the floating pop-
uhitlon and brought back thousands of
voters who had formerly resided here.
The exposition also made Omaha the
center of attiaction for people from
every section of the state who would
have been brought Into direct contact
with the campaign managers. But tlio
short-sfghted republican state commit-1 |
tee persisted In Ignoring nil the estab
lished rules of political warfare by bot- I
tllng Itself up at Lincoln nnd lighting ,
a losing battle at long range.
Even this blunder might have been
counteracted by a wcll-orgnnlxcd
nnd vigorous campaign In Douglas
county which could have been carried
by fi.OOO majority for the wliole repub
lican state ticket. The mass of Omaha
voters had been Impressed with the bcn-
ellts of republlcaa rule. They were
prosperous and contented and ready to
rally to the republican standard. The
deplorable intrusion of John L. Web
ster , however , and the foisting upon
thV party of a legislative ticket that not
only Ignored Important elements whose
support was essential but kept away
several thousand voters disgusted with
notoriously bad nominations , proved
fatal to all hope * . The surrender of the J
entire party machinery to the personal I
keeping of John L. Webster through the
practical abdication of the whole county (
committee In his favor and the unpar
alleled Imteclllty and masterly mis
management displayed by him In fall
ing to organize , register nnd poll the
vote paralyzed all efforts to pile up the
requisite majority or even to hold the
majority of n year ago.
Why the heads of the party who had
been honored with Its leadership stood
Idly by when they must have foreseen
the Inevitable wreck before them Is n
mystery that will not bo easily ex
plained. Had they courageously done
their duty In time by purging the legis
lative ticket of Us two rotten members ,
they would have Insured the election or
1
the republican stnto ticket , waved two
members of the legislature and In |
creased the majority of Congressman
Mercer by at least 2,500 to a.OOO.
WAS EXPANSION
The newspaper advocates of the
policy of territorial expansion nssert
that It was endorsed by the result or
the elections. One of these In cnlMi.'io
declares that the election of a repub
lican house of representatives was n
great victory for the doctrine of na
tional expansion and another says that
"hi this election the expansion policy
bus been endorsed. A treaty of peace
approved by the president Is Hkeiy to
have the required majority In the
I
senate and the country will not be ! i
halted In Its march toward a higher j
destiny. " U Is to be expected that' ' i
the champions In congress of expansion
,
will thus Interpret the result of ihuj I
elections and Increase their r.cal In be
half of that policy ,
Is there any substantial ground for
this vUswV There' were expressions In' j '
some republican platforms favorable to1
the United States retaining possession
of conquered territory , but nowhere was
the question of territorial expansion
made n definite issue in the cam
paign. In New York the repub
lican candidate for governor , at the
outset of his canvass , gave prominence
to the policy of Imperialism , but as
the campaign progressed he put this
in the background , undountcdly horn a
conviction that It was not available as
a vote winner , but rather the reverse.
In Pennsylvania the expansion ques '
tion did not ligure at all In the cam- '
palgn and It was not prominent In the 1
attention of the voters of Ohio , Michi
gan , Illinois , Indiana , Wisconsin or
Iowa. It was Hardly heard of during
the campaign In the Dnkotas and Kan
sas. In Massachusetts popular nontl-
ment , led by Senator Hoar and the re '
publican representatives In congress , ts 1
strongly opposed to territorial expulsion 1
and this feeling is qulto general In 1
Now Knghuid , though It Is true there 1
arc prominent men In that Kectlon who 1
advocate expansion. Surely republican 1
success in New Jersey and Delaware 1
cannot fairly bo attributed to popular
favor for the expansion policy. Tins
only section of the country when ? the !
supporters of tha' policy can Hud war '
rant for the claim that It was endorsed 1
Is the Paclllc coast. There It received
conspicuous attention In the campaign
and undoubtedly exerted a good deal
of Influence. The feeling Is strong in i
the Paclllc coast states that their com
mercial interest would be greatly pro-
mated If the United flutes should hold '
the Philippines nnd almost since the
| day that Dewey destroyed the Spanish i
squadron at Manila the leading newspapers -
' papers of California , Oregon and Wash-
Ingtou have benn educating the people
ifor expansion. The gain of republican i
congressmen ou the Paclllc coast may ,
therefore , be In large part duo to this
. sentiment , but when this Is said nil Is
I admitted that properly cau be In
I respect to the endorsement of expan
sion. Nowhere else did that policy
play an Inlluentlal part In thu election ? ,
while quite generally It did not ilguro
I at nil.
With regard to n treaty of peace , tt Is
certainly mo.st probable that one negoti
ated by u republican administration
will be ratltled by a republican senate.
'
Kvon senators who are oppoed to ex-
. { illusion'might feel It to bo ( heir duty
j to vole for n treaty In order not to em
barrass the administration and post-
I , poma Hnal .settlement of the war to
the possible advantage of the enemy.
Kupubllcnn senators , It Is to IK. ' pre
sumed , will be governed In this mutter
largely by circumstances and not alto
gether by sentiment. In the mean
while the assumption of the expansion
ists that their policy was endorsed by
the result of the elections must not be
[ ' permitted to go unquestioned , Bluuo there
Is no substantial ground for It.
ItESUllMIT T1IK UONDS.
Tlit demand for enlarged Bchool
building facilities for Omaha Is Im
perative. The city has an established
reputation as one of the most progressive
(
j cities In the country. Tills reputation
It can maintain only by supporting a
public school system commensurate with
the needs of Its growing population.
While the wchool population has been
steadily Increasing from year to year ,
the city has not kept pace with the de
mands made on It for school accommo
dations.
While the proportion for the Issue of
school bonds , the proceeds to be devoted
to the erection of now school buildings ,
has failed to carry at the late election ,
tlio vote by no means represents the'
sentiment of the community. It was the'
form of the ballot that defeated the bond
proposition rather than the opposition
of the voters. Had there been a Kcpnratc
bond ballot placed In each voter's hand
Instead of having the proposition
printed at the bottom of the nchool
board ticket , where It was hardly
noticeable , there would have been n
decisive majority In favor of the bonds.
Tlie question now presents itsilf to
the school boned whether It Is not ad
visable lo resubmlt the bond proposi
tion Immediately at a special election
rather than to defer action for another
year.
The Bee beiloves Hie consensus of
opinion favors the construction of addi
tional school buildings during the coming -
ing year. This cannot bo done unless
the bonds are voted this year and ample
time la given to prepare , plans and lot
contracts before spring , so tha buildIngs -
Ings may be completed In time for use
by September , 1809 , when the schools
reopen.
The expense of the special election will
be justified by the benefits to be de
rived. This expense will bo considera
bly lens now while the election booths
are still In phiet than It would bo later
In the .season or next spring.
TUB PEXAMl UP DEFEAT.
For a couple ot years Richard Croker ,
the Tammany boss , has been enjoying
the glory of successful leadership. He
has been practically the governing power
In the municipality of Greater New ,
York and all democratic politicians who j I
respected or feared Tammany paid
homage.to him. He is tiow to expert-
once the penalty of defeat. It Is reported - !
ported that the democrats of New York j
City are In revolt against Croker uml.
that those who feared to unburden their I
minds before the election no longer hesi
tate to express their opinion. The meth
ods of Croker are freely denounced nnd'
It Is threatened that If he is permitted'
to remain at the head of Tammany an-j I '
other democratic organization will be.
;
formed with the distinct purpose of an
tagonizing his leadership.
Croker's mistake was In reaching jut
for state control , though his ambition
to dominate the state democracy was
qulto natural. Other Tummuny leaders ,
no better thau he , had exercised such
power. The surprising thing Is that
such a man should attain political con-
trol anywhere. He has neither superior
Intelligence nor Integrity of character t
to commend him. A few years ago he
was comparatively poor nnd now lie is ,
wealthy. Nobody doubts that he tic-
quired his money by dishonest means ,
That such n man should attain the lead-1
ershlp of a party is n discredit to Amer- |
lean politics. Still we doubt whether i
Croker will bo overthrown , for he Is
the only sort of man to keep the Tam
many organization together.
A high olllclal of an eastern railroad ,
upon n recent visit to Omaha , said In a
brief Interview that the Joint Traffic
association was a lamentable failure
even before the supreme court entered
a decree of banishment. lip spoke
from the standpoint of an official repre-
renting the interests of stockholders ,
which are not always Identical with the
Interests of patrons of the railroads. The
Joint Trnlllc association Is , or was , slm-
ply a gigantic pool or combination of
trunk lines for the purpose of maintain
ing uniform tolls. Did It succeed In this
object It must bo adjudged by the public ,
as a lamentable fUllure , for shippers |
are Intorestei ! In having most active
competition rmong public carriers. The' ! ' i
'
purpose of the pool Is to ntillo competl-
tlon and to maintain high tariff rates ,
thus avoiding rate wars. In one House . ,
the pool Is an armlstlco lietwceu rival , |
roads. It is the best thing yet devised' 1 1
by which one road cau enjoy protection
against Us competitors. But tlio great
majority of shippers In this country will I
hall the day when railroad rate pools i
are prohibited and wiped out. I
Emperor William may make n frit fldly
visit to the Spanish court at Madrid , 1 !
but he will hardly project himself Into 1
the peace negotiations between Spain
nnd the United Stutes without a request -
quest from this country. So fa.1 luc
United States seems to have been quite
able to take care of Itself without us-
slstauce from Germany.
The bracing effect upon business of
the election of a republican congress Is
already visible. Reports from the big
business centers arc pronounced In In-
dlcating n prompt upward trend nil '
uloug the line , based on the assurance
that n sound money policy Is more firmly
entrenched than ever with the controlling -
trolling elements of the dominant party.
Conditions arc ripe for still further
activity In all lines of business and In
creased national prosperity may be con
fidently counted on In the absence of
unlooked-for disturbing factors.
Pause for n moment nnd contemplate
the ponderous fact that Knnsarf has
been redeemed. No longer can we ask
"What's the matter with KanwiBV" as
did that erudite hcrlbu , Wlllliim Allen
White. Nor can wo. now endorse the
sentiment of that great statesman at
Atchlson who declared honest politics
to be but an Iridescent dream.
It Is no doubt gratifying to the citi
zens of the north side to know that nu
extension of the sewer system Is now
contemplated by the city. The need of
such Improvement Is self-evident for
sanitary reasons alone , to nay nothing
of other benefits that must accrue.
I'nyliiK Juli Hotter Thntt None.
Indianapolis News.
Mr. Bryan had better stay In the army
and go to Cuba or the Philippines.
lIcniitloN of Suoccnn.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Next time Omaha fools llko setting up
an exposition It should have uo trouble lu
raising the money.
Ilnril lo COVIT Ui.
Atchlson Globe.
The discouragement In mending one's way
Is that there Is always some ono who will
call attention to the patches.
Sample Ciiliiui 1'ntrlotn.
Detroit Free 1'resH.
The Cuban Junta In Now York refused to
extend help to sixteen Insurgent prisoners
'
' who were recently released from the Spanish '
prison at Ceuta and transported td this ,
country at the expense of the government. j '
The zealous junta Is ton-free Cuba , bul not
for free Cubans. '
Protect the Record * .
Washington Stur.
The flro at the capital may ultimately bo
found to have wrought moro benefit than
damage If the object lessons which It has
taught will be learned by congress. The
most Important of those Is that the govern
ment should erect without further delay a
hall of records for the safe keeping of the
great volume 'of precious documents such as
UUMO stored In the basement of the supreme
court quarters aud seriously menaced by
Homes-and water.
nlniiuiicnrliiK Dlnraiitetit.
J. Sterling Morton's Conservative.
Nebraska Is rich beyond Its own opulent
precedents In every element of the true
wealth which belongs to peace and plenty.
No people working with their heads and
hands for comfortable aud even luxurious
living and for every added thing which civ
ilization bestows upon men and women was
ever moro blessed than are the people of
this commonwealth. Discontent has disap
peared from our broad borders like hazy
mists before the morning sun. Disappear
ing discontent , which political demagogues
are powerless to revive , Is ono of the most
grateful signs of the period and it Is not
confined to any particular state or section of
our common country.
Coiulnnr Meteoric
New York Herald.
Probably no finer Illumination of the heat-
ens by the fast-flying , fiery November me
teors has been witnessed In thirty years
than that expected by astronomers between
the ulght of the 12th and sunrise of the
15th. The earth will then sweep through
the Immense ring of these small , pebblellko
i
meteors , each of which travels In an orbit
extending beyond Uranus ( more than 1,780
millions of miles from the earth ) and la a
direction opposite to that of our motion. I
Dut all that enter our atmoE-pheru seem to
radiate from a small area In the constella- j i I
tlon of Loo. Unbroken aud continuous
throughout Ita enormous elliptical orbit as
Is this stream of meteors. It Is not every
where of equal thickness. One stretch of
It broadens out and Is congested and swollen
with stony projectiles for hundreds ot rail- | ' I
lions of miles , forming a unique group or .
shoal which once In a period of about
thirty-three years makes Its nearest np-
p roach to the BUD. At the close of thu ,
present week this shoal In the endless - 1
less chain of meteors will begin to nuke
Its long perihelion passage.
POLITICAL DIIIFT.
If republics are not ungrateful , states
can be. Kansas has dumped Jerry Simp
son.
son.As
As a political prophet Dick Croker is the
Khalifa of the east. Ho Is not a high lone
some.
Tha real question settled In New York
was against making the state government
a family matter.
After all that was said the eighth com-
manUmont candidate In Pennsylvania proved ,
meager Swallow. j I
The rabbit's foot and the horseshoe were
the button mascots In New York , and the j i
rabbit's foot outfooted the shoe. J
Roosevelt made no mistake when ha re- I
elgncd his post as assistant secretary of
the navy to go to the front. Jle Is still at
the front. :
One reason why the crime of ' 98 assumed
such largo proportions was the failure of
Coin Harvey to got his contribution In ac- ,
tlon earlier In the game. I
The remarkable size of the landslide In
Kentucky Is easily explained. Henry Wat-
terson talked four double columns to the
boys just a the polls opened. The boys
did the rest. ,
"Buck" Hlnrlchsen , the silver foghorn of
Illinois , says , pathetically , "I told you so. "
Duck wa turned down early In the cam
paign and did not catch his breath until
the funeral moved.
New York , New Jersey and Indiana ,
formerly the old reliable for the dem cracy ,
appear to be securely anchored In the republican -
publican column. Tlldcn , Hcndrlcks and
Cleveland have no successors.
'
Open bets registered In New York City
amounted to | 2GO,000. Roosevelt's backers
will acoop In half of that sum In "pure
velvet. " But they bad a pretty lively run
for their winnings. ,
A notable Instance of public condemnation
was the wrath poured down upon the legis
lative supporters of the Allen law granting
franchise to street railway companies In
Chicago. Seven of the men who voted for
It were defeated for re-election In addition
to a sore of them turned down for rouom-
. :
The vote registering machines which
-were used exclusively by the city rf Roch
ester , N. Y. , last Tuesday proved an
unqualified success. Seventy machines wore
used by the city. There were few mistakes ,
no delays or confusion and the complete re
turns were 'recorded and signed by the
election officers within thirty minutes after
the polls closed. ;
Revivalist Sam Jones eays of President
AIcKlnlcy : "Ho la not only a good , clean.
Christian man , but he Is a good , clean , afe ,
conservative president. The republicans
will nominate and elect him again. If he
has made mistakes , and I don't say or be-
llcvo that ho has , In the conduct of the war ,
they are not his , but hU friends' and ml- .
vlscrs' . He bis been careful , conscientious , 1
exact. The parly cannot afford to nnml-
cato any cue clue. " I
! filOMPICAX'i : OF THU KI.KCTION.
Kansas City Journal ( rep , ) : This means
that the people of this nation are with the
president , npprovo of his peace and war
policies and arc standing by the great
United States movement. U Is an object
lesson In patriotism and It will not be lost
upon the world ,
Chicago TImea-Herald ( rep. ) : Colonel
Roosevelt's victory In New York Is a prac
tical demonstration of the power ot the
people to ovcrrlJu the will of the bosses
and not only nominate , but elect men who
stand for the fearless enforcement ot law
and for the punishment of political crimi
nals and corruptlonlsts.
Kansas City Star ( Ind. ) : The results ot
the election leave the democratic party
without a ray of hope of winning In 1'JUO '
on the Chicago platform. U will have to
reconstruct Its principles ; to go back to the
leadership of men llko Cleveland and Car
lisle and Wilson and throw out the spurious
democratic leaders that carried It In frenzy
and hyutcrlcs Into that remarkable revolu
tion of doctrine embodied In the Chicago
platform.
St. Paul Pioneer Press ( rep. ) : These two
outcomes of the contest the continued
maintenance of republican ascendancy lu
the house nnd the assured control of the
sonata by a strong republican sound money
majority are by far the most Important
features of the republican victory of Tues
day. They are n splendid popular Indorse
ment of the administration of President
McKlnley and are a welcome assurance that
he will bavi the support of congress and
the country'in the domestic and foreign
policies In which ho represents the best
Interests and the noblest aspirations of the
American people.
Now York Times ( dem. ) : To Richard
Croker and to him alone belongs the re
sponsibility for the democratic defeat In the
state of New York. Ho enforced his brutal
nnd selfish will In the Judiciary nomlna- '
tlous at a moment when the tide was visibly
carrying his party to certain victory. Thu
current was first checked , then reversed ; nt' '
the cud It swept the democracy to defeat I
and the republicans to an undeserved vic
tory given to them by the democratic votes
which Croker In this county had driven
away from the party.
Springfleld ( Mass. ) Republican ( Ind. ) : If
there be aught of national significance lu
the Massachusetts result the figures do not
loudly proclaim their story. The state gives
Governor Wolcott not far from the great
majority accorded him a year ago and thu
democrats simply hold their own In the
scales of demoralization and apparent de
spair. They have gained ( slightly over the
vote of 1897 , but wherever the republican
majority has been reduced it Is duo largely
to reoubllcan apathy In the face of demo
cratic impotency.
Now York Sun ( rep. ) : The full signifi
cance of the event that has occurred In the
politics of New York state will appear slowly
to the public comprehension. This Is not
an ordinary victory of partlsaruhlp over
partisanship. The now governor of the Em.
plro state boa been elected on his merits as
a man and not because he was the dummy
representative of any personally driven ma
chine. Theodore Roosevelt carries with him
Into the executive otllco the character which
ho has borne ever since his fellow citizens
began to know him , and that is a character
of absolute Independence , absolute fearless-
riess and honesty as bright as the sunshine.
PASSING OF CAI'TAIX CAHTEH.
Now York Commercial Advertiser : The
sentence of Captain Carter has been modi-
fled by the president so as only to relieve
him from Imprisonment. He Is cashiered
and fined $5,000. The moral effect ot his
condemnation remains ; ho Is branded as a
criminal , and the disgrace Is the most
weighty part of the sentence. This Is bct-
ter than the disposition of the Menocal case.
It shows that not even alt the Influential
friends of the culprit could keep him In tbo
army or relieve him from the stigma of his
conduct. The example win be wholesome.
Springfleld Republican : If It Is true , as
reported , that the president has commuted
the sentence ot Captain O. M. Carter of the
uglueor corps , United States army , to a One
ot $5,000 and dismissal from the army , ho
has done what ho could to condone a stu
pendous steal and breach of public trust. At
least the court-martial which tried Carter
found him guilty of misapplying funds to
the amount of porno $1COO,000 whileIn cliaigo
of river and harbor Improvements at Savan
nah , and he was sentenced to dlsmlssar from
the army , to pay a fine of $5,000 and to Im
prisonment for five years. Great political
and boclal Influence has been brought to j
bear to secure a modification ot the ocntence , ! '
and It appears to have succeeded. The man '
IB disgraced , but the remainder of his pun
ishment la ridiculously Inadequate consider
ing the enormity of his offense.
Chicago Tribune : The charges were those
of general conspiracy with contractors for
work upon the harbor at Savannah and clso-
where , by which the government was de
frauded of several millions. It was confl-
dently expected that Captain Carter would
be vindicated. The trial lasted four months
and was marked by the most powerful appll-
cation of Influence that could bo brought to
bear upon every official remotely connected
with the case , but nothing couM change
the proofs of the defendant's guilt. Captain
Carter had the services of the ablest lawyers
and the assistance of some of the most In
fluential men In the country. At one time
Secretary Alger was led perilously close tea
a fatal blunder when ho telegraphed to the
prosecuting attorney to deliver to Captain
Carter's counsel every private paper bearing
on the case. This would have put It Into
the latter's power to destroy all the evidence
of guilt. Fortunately General Llcber , the
judge advocate general of the army , supported -
ported Colonel Uarr In his refusal to obey
the secretary of war too literally.
PKHSO.VAL AM ) OTHKIIWISE.
Paris has named ono of Its streets
Fashoda.
If one-half of what 1s claimed for Tesla's
electrical engine materializes It will payne
no nation to put Its money Into battleships.
Princess Chlmay U now figuring as tlio
head of an art and literary society. But
then , art and literature are In no wise to
blame for It. j
One of the first things that Israel Zangwlll
did when he arrived In Chicago was to go
to the Jewish quarter and visit his old friend
and playmate , Abraham Halprln. I
Kvery day when the weather Is favorable
John Ruskln Is out of doora and takes com
paratively long walks for a man of his years.
He occupies a part of each day In playing
chess. His eyesight remains almost entirely ,
unimpaired.
Colonel Van B , Wlskcr , now a resident of' '
Scdalla , Mo. , was during 1857-58 English In
structor to Alphonso XII , father of the
present king of Spain. The Order of Chris
tina was conferred on him by the queen
(
In recognition of his services. |
A third of the money now flowing Into
the Connecticut state treasury Is contributed
by the New Haven Railroad company , and
from street railways the state now derives
$133,000 In taxes , where ten years ago only
about $15,000 yearly was obtained. ,
Lord Francis Hope , who married tbo once
frisky May Yohe , the burlesque actrers , Is
about to sell his collection of pictures , one
of the most famous In P'ngland , to cover
most of his debts , having failed recently for
$3,000.000. He sank about $103.000 In
backing theatrical ventures , chiefly the
Lyric theater , where .May Yoho acted. I
I.AMIN TUAoims. .
For once the concert ot lOuropo has acted
with unanimity. Knglnnd , Russia , France
and Italy have perfected the details of their
program and Imposed It on the Subllmo
Portf , which , after feebly protesting , has
yielded. It Is olgnlllcant that Germany ,
nftcr opposing aud preventing the appoint-
| tnont ot Prlaoo George to the governorship
a year Ago ; Is now absolutely silent .m the
Cretan question. In all the exchanges of
courtesy between the rultan and kaiser and
In all the latter's multitudinous public ut
terances no word has been let fall by Ger
many's ruler In regard to this Important
matter- Whether this sllenco Implies any
thing more than acquiescence van only bo
Eurmtscd.
Uy the appointment of Prince Gcorgo the
Cretans practically win the point for which
they have robolfed time nnd time again.
Illy administration of affairs will mean tlio
preponderating Influence of Christians In nil
nutters , whllo giving the Mohammedans a
proportionate voice In the Island's legis
lature. Thus the very thing which , when
refused by the Porto , precipitated the
Gracco-Turltlsh war U now peacefully nc-
j ! comptlshcd by the concert of powers. Had
| the Bamo unanimity been displayed two
yoara ago the war had been averted and
Turkey's end hastened.
I
Count Murnvlcff's manifesto for disarma
ment , Issued some months ago In the name
of the czar , was Immediately followed by a
Tong Journey , undertaken by the Hussion
foreign minister. The Journey was begun
quietly and Muravleff had already visited
the kaiser In Berlin and had been somu
days In Paris before the European press at
tached Importance to It. It was then Inti
mated that ho had gene to Paris for the express -
press purpose of explaining the czar's post-
tlon In regard to a possible conflict between
Franco and Great Britain In regard to the
Fashoda affair. Muravleff , on leaving Part. ! ,
went to Brussels , thence to Vienna and last
week ho passed through Llvadla on hla way
to St. Petersburg. It now seems that the
opinion offered by M. do Blowltz , corre
spondent of the London Times , that thu
czar's minister was on a special mission In
regard to the disarmament scheme , has been
continued. It Is not known what actual suc
cess ho met with In Berlin or Paris , but In
Berlin the press said that Gorman dlsarma-
ment depended upon Franco , and In Paris
It was said that the status quo ot Alsace-
Lorraine must first bo cstablt ! > hcl before
the republic could think of reducing her
army. It Is now scml-ofllclairy announced
In St. Petersburg that Muravleff's mission
lias been oven moro successful than the czar
had hoped ; and that tbo scheme- was re-
colved particularly well by Kaiser Francis
Joseph , with every assurance of lmperli.1
support , and that the time aud place of
the peace conference has been set Brussels ,
In March , 1S99. Lo Galois , quoting from lt
St. Petersburg correspondent , says that as
soon as Count Muravleff shall have made
his report the czar will Inspire another man
ifesto , In which the authentic opinion ot
the great powers In regard to disarmament
will bo given , together with the program of
the March conference.
* *
The only significant occurrence at the
reopening of the sessions of the Froni'h
chambers Tuesday was the withdrawal of
an of the previously announced Interpella
tion of the government on the Fuslioda
incident. The ministry of course would
prefer not to have to answer embarrassing
questions , but the fact that presumably
hostile deputies could be Induced to forego
the pleasure of badgering the government
Is remarkable. Either the Intcrpellators
have been satisfied that a larger subject-
tor Instance , the Egyptian question In Its
entirety would soon glvo them better op
portunities for patriotic rhetoric , or else the
deputies have bocoino aware that the French
people have tired of the fiasco of Fashoda.
The continued activity of the British ad
miralty would seem to point to the former
explanation as being the moro probable. The
very rcadlne8 of Great Britain to meet thu
Issue , however , nnd the evident rcluctanco
of Russia to support France In her policy
of pique guarantee a pacific outcome of the
existing Anglo-French unplfeasantncss and
make it quits possible that the Egyptian
problem will be Indefinitely shelved.
* * *
German enmities with France are curi
ously Involved In the kaiser's meteoric trip
to Palestine. Ancient treaties confer on
France ) an express prerogative to act as the
official protector in the sultan's dominion of
all Roman Catholics or "persons professing
the Franklsh religion. " This right was sol
emnly confirmed lo Franco In the Berlin
treaty of 1878. Now , howbvcr , Kmperor Wil
liam has officially announced that all Ger
man Catholics In Turkey are under his pro
tection. Of course they would bo entitled to
claim , and It would bo the German g-ivcrn-
metit's duty to give , this protection In any
event. The announcement is perhaps designed -
signed to bring the Imperial speaker Into
closer harmony with the pope , whoso rela
tions with Germany are somewhat strained.
Probably It 'Is an Indirect slap at Franco ,
whoso troubles are so many that every ono
who has occasion Is anxious to add to them.
The vote of the house of representatives
In New Zealand granting an oldagepension
Is variously received In England , but on thu
whole more favorably than could have been
expected. The New Zealand scheme takes
as "poor , " persons having less than 13a.
( $3.12) ) per week , and to such , if over Cy
years of age , a pension of 7s , ( $1.68) ) Is
granted , making a maximum Income of 1 ,
or $4.SO per week. New Zealand Is hard ! }
moro than a hnlf century old and Its popula
tion Is still small and widely scattered , BO
that not much light Is likely to come from
the experiment there that can bo of any
value to the mother country. But that an
English-speaking community , even at the
antipodes , and In condltl ns eo unlike thosa
of other peoples , should try an experiment
of this sort is significant. It Is enough to
make the economists of the last generation
turn In their graves.
*
No planf. apparently , have been spared by
the sultan and his advlscn * to make the
olllclal welcome of thn Gorman emperor and
empress as cordial as possible. All the
Turkish newspapers published eulogistic ar
ticles about them and some of them wort-
oven enterprising enough to print their per
traits' ' . They enlarged upon the excellent re
lations existing between the two empires ,
on the friendly sentiments of the two na '
tions and on the degree of civilization
reached by the Germans , their virtues , thrlr
honesty and their Industry. The Malumat
and the Servct , both Journals Inspired from
the palace , discovered an analogy between
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against alum *
Alum baking powders are the greatest
mcnacen to health of the present day.
aovti exKiNa rowpn to. , HEW o .
the two nations , their military nptltttdo and
the. parts they liavo playul In history. TLo
Servct declared Hint It Is not Interest which
leads the tno nations together , but sympathy
which rotidvrn the Imperial visit all tin
moro Algnlficant. The Malumat attributes
the second visit of Kmperor Wllllnm to the
great virtues which characterize the rultan.
The correspondents of Kugllsh iiow p pen ,
however , docfjrc that the Turkish populf
( ton exhibited curiosity rattier than enthu
siasm In connection with the kaUcr'c visit ,
whllo the olllcliil clasuefl are dlsa.ulflfird ,
foreseeing that they will have to go several
months without pay In consequence of the
great outlay Involved In the attendant fitt-
tlvltlcs. The local Christians , moreover , deplore
ploro the visit to Constantinople of a great
Christian monarch on the eve of tlio pll-
grlnmgo to the Holy Land and after the
wholesale massacres of Christians which
shocked the civilized world only two years
ago.
i-oi.vrr.n iiKii.viiK ! * .
Puck : Johnny ( underneath ) 1'vu go\
crnuff ! Let me up. will ycr ?
Kilillo ( on top-U ) yt-r'll Rlminn yer Jiick
knife nil' ten mnrbles fcr nil Indemnity ,
I'll declare pence.
Brooklyn Llfo : PrrarhlMgh Ho you think
I cxhiiusucrt the subject In my sermon ?
Penrlilelgh Well or I don't sos how It
could huvo csaiped.
DMrolt Free Press : "lllgglns. people eny
I look llko you : do you mind ItV"
"No : u good bonk or play Is always well
advertised by Us burlesques. "
'
Indianapolis Journal : "What was the row
between the proofreader and the editor ? "
"Over tlio spelling of tinPhilippine. ; Ill }
proofreader Insisted on spelling It not wisely
but with two Is. "
i
I ' Chicago Record : "There's a load oft my
mind , " said the Italian woman , as she de
posited thu seven bush IP of coal that she
had picked up along the railroad tracks.
Indianapolis Journal : The great detect-
' Ivc sat miming. A look ot sadness stolu
, over his mobile mouth
| i Or would Inul not lu ; arrcnteil It. Ho
could not permit unlicensed stealing to go
on under his very nose.
'
Somcrvillo Journal : Once In a ivhlle you
sen n housewife now who Is busy making
catsup. Must housewives make only
ketchup.
! ' i Detroit Journal : Person ? who don't know
enough to com ? In out of the wet nro not
likely to bo the salt of the earth for any
length of time.
Washington Star : "Did I understand you
to say that dress you admired so much to
day was ti drsam ? " Inquired Mr. Smokc-
I "Yes. " ntmveretl his wife , hopefully.
"Well , " lie proceeded very kindly , "you
keep your inlntl on It when you go to sleep
tonight , and maybe you will ilream ono of
your own. "
|
i Detroit Free Press : "I never Jump at con
elusions , " shouted the campaign orator.
"I should say you didn't. ' responded tin
old farmer In a front scat who had boon
gallantly lighting tleep. "You've been hnl-
lerln' two hours and hain't concluded noth-
in' ' ' . "
, . I'm goln'
AMI AKTCH.
Washington Star.
Ho comes the. statistician with the calm
and lofty brow.
No matter what Ills party Is , you can t dis
turb him now. w
With figures t his lingers' ends or on his
euffs , nt least
Ifo shows how his advantage , always cer
tain , has Inerensed.
The light whleh In his eye IB kindled by
expectant glee
Is faithfully reflected by each watchful
devotee.
Ho Is Imughy as a baron and as happy us
a king ,
Aa serenely ho refers you to a dead
sure
tiling.
nut when election's over , with Its rattle
and Its blare ,
" 'Twns ever thus from clilldhood'H hour , "
he says with pathos rare
When you address the man who once strode
gaily 'round the place.
Ho saunters down the highway with a sad ,
reluctant pace ;
Anil his glanoo Is long and mournful as ho
stops to take a look - .
At the huts which -lio recorded In his
memorandum book.
It's a serious occasion ; not n time to jester
or sing
He's Invited to the funeral of a dead
sure
thing.
OUK DAILY I1UM.KTI1V.
* * nST * ' * *
PRINCETON N. J. . Nov. 12 , 1898. Th
foot ball contingents ot Princeton and Yal
universities will try conclusions here today ,
when It Is expected that the tug of war be
tween thu opposing bodies of kickers will b
more than usually exciting ; .
That
Clothing
Sale
We are holding is exciting com
ment , and buyers are hastening
to our store and securing one or
more of those fine bargains we
are offering. We have been
making clothes for men and
boys for over thirty years and
'feel sure we have thoroughly
learned how to make them , and
we are still going to continue to
make our own. But no more
will be made for wholesale.
Therefore what we have for
that branch of our business will
bz sold very cheap. You would
be surprised to see what splen-
jdid suits you can buy for $ JOor
$12. We have plenty at a less
price and plenty that sell at a
higher figure. But whatever
the price you may bz assured
that you are saving from $5 to
$8 on nearly every purchase.