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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUUH DAY , NOVEMBER 17 , 1898.
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE
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Evening nnd Sunday Bee , printed during
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2 25ROf ( 18
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C 2.VI81 21 . i5. ; 45
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23 . a3,815
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Nfotary Public.
The wltlc-nwaUc merchant advertises
In The Bee. And it pays people to
patronize The Bee's advertisers.
The streets of Omaba bolons to the
people of Onmhn. No railroad will be
able to got around this proposition.
The tax commissioner's appraisement
of real estate Is In the main satisfac
tory , but there Is vast room for Im
provement In the assessment of per
sonal property. '
All railroads that desire to cuter
Omaha should be granted facilities on
equal terms and the Interest of'property '
owners adjacent to rights of way should
be protected as far as possible.
Colonel 'Bryan ' will probably have no
hesitation In testifying to the elllcacy of
the salubrious climate of Nebraska as a
euro cure for military lockjaw , no mat
ter how serious the case may threaten.
Douglas county has ten members of
the republican majority of the coming
legislature. That readily explains why
Omaha has suddenly become the Mecca
for the pilgrimages of so many aspiring
republican statesmen.
Ono woman at Duwnon stands a fair
chance to go down In history as n rival
of Mrs. O'Lcary's cow. She has started
three fires by playfully throwing lighted
lamps at people , the last one of which
nearly consumed the town.
Spain Is trying auction room tactics
In the Philippine case , but the United
States shows no disposition to raise
dummy bids. On the contrary , It ap
pears to be Insisting on Us right of
eminent domain and do the appraising
Itself.
Now that the election Is over the fu-
elon statn ofllcers can safely bring their
railroad passes from retirement and
their Trlends can secure free transporta
tion for deferred visits which campaign
modesty prevented them from taking ut
an earlier date.
Excessive bridge tolls have been an
Impediment to Omaha's commercial
growth for many years. If the Com
mercial club can devise any plan for
relieving our Jobbers and manufactur
ers from the bridge embargo It will
render Omaha Invaluable service.
Defeated candidates have the consola
tion that their troubles are over , while
the successful ones nro struggling with
the demands for place. The fusion 1st
county attorney must yet solve the prob-
lern of providing for forty or flfty fol
lowers with only four places nt his dis
posal.
While the council Is at the business
of protecting public streets from occupa
tion for private use It should not over
look certain store buildings that have oc
cupied public thoroughfares nil summer
without paying a cent of ground rent
for the street space on which they are
located.
Colonel Bryan has sunlclently recov-
crcdfrotu his attackof tetanustoexplaln
that the recent election does not mean
anything and that both himself and the
sacred ratio arc just as much Issues as
ever before. Nothing but n case of com
plete political paralysis can shatter the
colonel's sclf-coufldence.
According to the local yellow journal
"Tomorrow may bring a renewal of the
Illspano-Amerlcan war. " We think so ,
too. Tomorrow may bring n renewal of
the war of the revolution or the war of
the rebellion. Tomorrow may bring on
a new civil war. All arc In the range of
possibility. But the probabilities arc all
the other way.
The coming legislature can materially
reduce the appropriations by simply tak
ing the popocrntlc state olllclals at their
word. During the campaign they prom
ised to reduce the expenses of conduct
ing state otllccs and state Institutions if
given n now lease of power. Politicians ,
like doctors , often hesitate about taking
their own prescriptions , but there Is noth
ing like experience to show just what
effect It has on the patient
RKVIILVT 0X3 AEVRtl 00 HACKtt'AHn.
William Jennings Bryan bus sounded
another silver bugle bla t' to the porio-
cratlc hosts whom ho hopes to rally
around his stamliird In the fateful year
3000. Urynn doffs his colonej's uulfbfm
for the time being and , reviewing ( ho
political battle which has proven BO dis
astrous to his 'followers , tries to ro-
inspire confidence by declaring thut the
di'tiil Issues of two years ago can be
regalvanlzed Into life and that the Chi-
cngo platform will bo reiterated bIhe
next democratic national convention.
In this respect Colonel Bryan o la
boring under u delusion. Involutions go
forward and never backward. Thi- mis
take of his life and that of the popo-
cratlc leaders from Senator Allen down
to Jerry Simpson lay In their foolhardy
efforts to force n foreign war upon the
republican administration , which every
rational reader of political history must
have foreseen as fin extra-hazardous
risk for the political minority. On that
score Colonel Bryan and his friends are
referred to the columns of The Bee ,
which last February outlined the In
evitable result of their war cry In the
following article headed , "What Fools
These Mortals ISe" :
The New York Journal , a paper that
clalma to apeak for the pcpocratlo forces
of the country , has loosed Its doga of war.
Incendiary blood and thunder dispatches ,
dated from Havana , arc flashed over tht.
wires every few minutes of the day , sup
plemented by startling rumors of war fabri
cated at Washington to flro the popular
heart Into an explosion that will force a
war upon the nation oven against Its better
judgment.
The chain of popocratlc popgun organt
from New York to San Francisco Is re
echoing all the horrible yellow back tales
of Impending hostilities and using up ah
the studhorse typo within reach to emulate
th < > parent paper warrior. Tons of pictorial
ammunition arc being discharged at long
range and short run Re and vast amount
of red fire eel off to blaze the way 01
patriots to glory and the grave.
In the language of the French general
who witnessed the Ill-fated charge of tht
Immortal Six Hundred at Ualnklava , " 'Tit
magnificent } But It 1s not war. "
Suppose that the popocratlo big guna ana
little guns should succeed In inciting the ,
cruntry Into a war with Spain over thi
Malno Incident , what would become of iht
prospects of their party In 189S ? What
chances would It have to , recoup In 190 :
from the disaster that overtook Bryan In
1890 ?
Political history tells us that no partj
In power In the United States has ever
been dislodged while fighting the battle- ,
of the nation. A war with Spain would
at once obliterate all other issues and
solidify the people. Irrespective of party ,
In support of the republican administration.
The roar of Undo Sam's guns would drown
the tinkle of the silver bells and the smoke
of battlefields would obscure the oratorical
flrewrrka eet off by brazen-throated cam
paigners , whether they hall from the fertile
valley of the Platte or the andw-cappeo.
peaks of the Rockies.
The 1C to 1 question , the free trade Issue ,
the protest against government by Injunc
tion and all the great and small terns would
be sidetracked , not only for the time being ,
but for years to come , by the all-absorbing ,
paramount Issue of the sword , which would
have free right of .way. With the un
limited control of the nation's resources
for prosecuting .tho war , with all the con
tracts for war ships and war supplies at
Its disposal and with the awarding of all
the commissions sought by men aspiring to
military and naval tame , the administration
ft McKlnloy would bean Irresistible force
that would sweep the country like a whirl
wind In a political contest and smash the
ponoeratlc machine and Us organs to smith
ereens. /
Yet with these prospects staring them In
the face almost an certain as the operation
of the law of gravitation , the popguns con
tinue to belch forth their Inflammatory com
bustibles and howl for war. What foola
these mortals be.
SEEKING
The Boston Chamber of Commerce
has submitted to the Anglo-Amorlcan
commission in session \Vashlngtou n
petition urging the desirableness of re
moving , so far us It can be done by just
and reasonable concessions , the barriers
which now obstruct commercial Inter
course between the United States and
Canada. A Boston paper , In referring
to this , says that a sti < , .jf , ' feeling per
vades business circles , especially In Now
England , that the fundamental question
for the commission to settle Is the ques
tion of reciprocity "and should thai
body dissolve without some broad anil
definite action upon that particular Jn
terest , there will icmalu a residuum of
disappointment , dissatisfaction and per
haps anger , though every other point of
difference should be disposed of. " Doubtless -
less this accurately represents the quite
general feeling In New Ki. 'land busiuesh
circles , but it cannot truthfully be saiti
that such a feeling widely prevails In
other sections. There Is a good deal of
selfishness In the zeal of New England
In behalf of reciprocity with Canada
and the manufacturers of that section
arc quite willing to sacrifice the Inter
ests of the agricultural producers on our
northern border in order to secure the
advantages they think would come to
them through reciprocity.
The barriers that obstruct commercial
Intercourse between the United States
and Canada , so far as our tariff in con
cerned , are chiefly the duties on agricul
tural products. What the Canadian
government and people desire is an
"open door" to the American market for
their natural products , such as they had
under the one-sided arrangement , mis
called reciprocity , from 1854 to 1807.
Under that arrangement our agricultural
producers on the northern border suf
fered severely from the Canadian com
petition , as they also did under the low
duties of the last democratic tariff.
Canada offers no Just and reasonable
concessions In return for this. She will
(
of course ngreo to admit our natural
products free , but she has no markets for
them , because she produces In excess of
the homo demand. She does not pro
pose to show any favors to our manu
factures. The Canadian government not
only proposes to protect the manufac
turing industries of the country against
American competition , uut It hh put
int- > effect within the last four months
rates which dl&crlinluate In favor of
English manufactures. Wo cannot
fairly find any fault with the protection
accorded to Canadian manufactures.
That Is a legitimate policy , essential to
tholr development. But when Canada
goes further and discriminates against
the Industries of this country In favor
of those of England we are warranted
In asking where the principle of reciproc
ity would come In.
New England agricultural lutpreita
have nothing to fear from Canadian
competition. It woild | simply displace
western competition and perhaps from
the enlarged trade with Canada In nat
ural products New England manufac
turers would bo benefited. But It is
necessary to take n broader view of the
matter than this. If less restricted
commercial Intercourse between the
United States and Canada can bo ef
fected upon terms entirely fair and Just
to all interests the American people gen
erally would welcome It , but we cannot
see any hope of this being done so long
ns Cann'da Is unwilling or unable to
make concessions of equal value with
those she.asks. . . The numerous efforts
that have been made to renew reciproc
ity Hlnce the abrogation In 1807 , of the
treaty negotiated In ISol , should have
convinced Canadian statesmen of the
utter futility of attempting to effect a
new arrangement upon anything like the
basis of the old one.
STILL HOLDING OUT.
The dispatches from Madrid and Paris
show thut Spain apparently has no idea
of submitting to the demands of the
United States , but on the contrary ecems
to bo quite as determined as ever to per
sist In Its' ' contention In regard to the
question of sovereignty In the Philip
pines. The meeting of the joint peace
commission yesterday hasted only three-
quarters of an hour , when an adjournment -
ment was taken to next Saturdaj lit
the meantime the American commission
ers will consider and frame a reply to
the Spanish communication , which Is
said to be simply a roafllrmntloii of their
position In regard to the Philippines.
It Is quite evident that the whole pur
pose of Spain In thus parleying has ref
erence to a monetary conslderatlbn. It
Is not at all probable that the Spanish
government has any idea of attempting
to resume control of the Philippines , buf
It very naturally wants to get some
thing for the territory and it will hold
out as long as there seems to be any
chance of obtaining a money considera
tion for the surrender of the sovereignty
It claims. It Is reported from Washing
ton that the American commissioners
will name an amount which the United
States Is willing to puy in cash to Spain
and if this Is done it will be very sur
prising If It Is not at once disclosed that
Spain's tenacious clinging to the claim
of sovereignty is a play for money.
DIFFERENCES SHOULD ItB ADJUSTED.
Omaha has alv ays pursued a .liberal
policy toward the railroads that con-
/ergc at this point. Its property owners
have taxed themselves hundreds of
thousands of dollars to pay Interest on
bonds voted ns railway subsidies and
will eventually have to be tnxed more
than $500,000 to pay the principal. Be
sides donations In laud and money for
depot grounds this city has given toHhe' '
railroads without price free right of way
through public thoroughfares which to
day they estimate as worth millions of
dollars to their respective companies.
In every other city of Omaha's com
mercial Importance the raiiroaaj are
compelled to pay their Just proportion 'of '
municipal taxation for pavements , direct
cleaning , police and fire protection. In
addition to local tares the railroads are
also required to expend large sums for *
subways and viaducts under or over
street crossings traversed by' their
tracks. Up to this time , however , ' the
railroads centering in Omaha have con
tributed little or nothing toward pro
tecting their own roadways by bridges
or viaducts which annually save them
thousands of dollars damages and
claims for Injuries to property and per
son ,
At present the city has unadjusted
claims against the railroads for main
tenance and repairs of viaducts -which
should have been paid long ago. In
view of the fact that the city's funds
for street repairs arc exhausted it
would not seem unreasonable that the
railroads should be asked to pay over
the amount legitimately due. Iu > any
event they should cheerfully comply
with the request on the part of the city
authorities to bring about an amicable
adjustment of the city's claims 'at ' the
earliest possible time.
Such action would go far to allay pub
lic feeling against the railroads for re
sisting the demands of the city for com
pliance with the law that rcqulrcn rail
roads to constnict viaducts wherever
they may be deemed essential to public
safety. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
FISCAL CONDITIONS IK CUBA.
The chief considerations In connection
with providing a tariff for Cuba are to
obtain sufficient revenue to pay the ex
penses of administering the government
of the Island and at the same time re
lieve the people of the oppressive taxa
tion to which they were subjected under
Spanish rule. Mr. Hobert P. Porter ,
who was sent to Cuba by the adminis
tration to Investigate financial and eco
nomic conditions there , gave due atten
tion to these considerations and has re
ported a measure , which reduces the gen
eral average of duties over 03 per cent
from the Spanish rates. This serves to
illustrate the excessive nature of Spain's
taxation of the Cuban people in this one
direction. Mr. Porter has no doubt that
with the stimulus such a reduction of
duties will give to Importations and with
an honest collection of customs , there will
bo an ample revenue from this source
for mooting the expenses of governing
the Island under American control and
In this opinion ho is doubtless correct.
It la well understood that a great deal |
of the revenue from customs In Cuba as
well ns from other forms of taxation
did not go to the'support of the govern
ment or Into the Spanish treasury , but
was taken by the Spanish olllclals , many
of whom made themselves rich by sys
tematic robbery of the people and the I
government Tills Is true ns to all the
colonial possessions of Spain and was a
potent cause of Insurrection in the Phil-
Ipplnos as well as In Cuba , Mr. Porter
also recommends the modification of
other taxes and the abolition of somo' '
which are peculiarly onerous and
could not properly bo countenanced by
this government.
It is interesting to learn that the
Cuban people firmly believe In the gold
standard , having been so taught bj their
experience with the Spanish attempts to
\
force upon them depreciated silver nnrt
paper currency. When Cuba shall have
an Independent government , therefore ,
It will be nn addition to the gold stand-
iml countries. United States currency
Is already being Introduced hi the Island
and undoubtedly will be In general use
, within a short time after full occupa i
tlon of Cuba by this country. i
Mr. Porter appears to have performed |
the duty assigned him carefully and' '
thoroughly and his suggestions and
recommendations generally seem to be
judicious.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The contact of the Spanish with the
Americans during the late war Is having
Its effect In many ways uopn the people
of that unhappy country. The latest
development Is the demand of the va
rious provinces In the peninsula for
homo rule , such ns is enjoyed by the
states In this country. If the war which
has been so disastrous to the nation
should be the means of awakening civil
liberty In that hitherto notiprogresslvo
country It will not prove an unmixed
evil. It was just such n conflict , though
less lengthy arid serious , which opened
the doors of Japan and started the her
mit kingdom on the road to the most
marvelous development In the world's
history.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
There Is nn Increased attendance at
the term of federal court now being
held In this city. The setnl-nmnial con
vention of bootleggers has been rein
forced by a number who wish to rid
themselves" the Incubus of debts ac
cumulated In democratic times In order
to be able to participate In the McKlnley
prosperity , and the bankruptcy court Is
the only thing which can rid them of
the legacy.
Governor-elect Poyuter has sufficiently
recovered from the frignt which the
first election returns gave him to appear
at the state capital and make it survey
of the gubernatorial chair to see how it
will fit ; him. It Is reported that > \o In
formed the custodian that he was of the
opinion a smaller one than that required
for Governor Holcouib would feel more
comfortable.
The police commission has announced
that In the granting of liquor licenses It
will avoid the bad example of ltd out
lawed predecessor and follow the law
strictly as Interpreted In the courts. If
the applicants for licences evince the
same disposition to 'abldo by the proVisions -
Visions of the law there will be few con
troversies over licenses and permits this
year.
On the best expert testimony the Joss
by death of less than 1 per cent of the
soldiers wounded at Santiago makes tin *
record for low mortality In modern war
fare. But the earplug critics of the
War department will decline to see in
this any credit for those upon whom
rested the management of the medical
and hospital service.
South iDakota has , agreed to experi
ment with the initiative and referendum ,
but hus > drawn the line at woman suf
frage and the starts dispensary. 7 > 'lth the
Initiative and referendum , however , It
will stand a goou show of .having
woman suffrage and thellqubr question
poked nt the voters every election.
Hope for Mlimoarl.
.Kansas-City . Journal.
Nevertheless and notwithstanding , before
the next century 'Is half gone wo' expect
Mlraourl to take-her place In the republican
co/umn. Mark the prediction.
Omahn'tt-CrnoU Shot * .
Chicago Post.
In a battle between two bandits and four
Omaha police-men over 100 shots are said to
have been fired and no one was hit. It Is
evident from this that tbcro were no Inno
cent bystanders.-
I'erfcctlnnr Voting Machine * .
- Minneapolis Journal.
The voting machine at Rochester , N. T. ,
told the result In thirty-seven minutes after
'
the polls closed. The next thing In line
will bo a voting machine that hands out a
$3 bin when the voter hits It the right
way.
DcalliiRettl \ the Wrong 1'nrty.
Philadelphia Record.
If the Filipinos have taken the Island of
Ncgros , as asserted In a Land-n dispatch ,
our commissioners at Paris would appear
to be dealing with the wrong party for the
cession of that particular member o the
Philippine group.
Aliened " 1'ull" of the Went.
o i Springfield ( Mass. ) Republican.
One of the oJdlttes of the era Is that the
supposed opinion'of the great west should
be regarded by the administration as In
fallible ou the expansion question , but very
uneafo on the money question , The cast's
opinion on "money goes but Its view on
expansion la stamped "N. G. " Will some one
explain ?
\VhlttIcr Strll.cn n Light.
Philadelphia Record.
Just at the moment when wo had im
agined ourselvea''almost eunctlpotent in the
Philippines , General Whlttler , collector of
customs at Manila , Insists that our
"celerity should be contpmpcred with cuncta-
tlon" in our dealings with the Filipinos.
Rome was not built in a day ; Manila cannot
bo Americanized In a day and a night.
Wlso Whlttler ! Cunctatlon la the word I
Let us go sfow ! Lot us cunctate like a very
Spaniard ! i
Advice from Alirond.
Phlludlphla Press.
Henry Norman Is very kind to tell the
peopleof the United States that they must
not make the mistake of putting Into effect
a protective tariff in Porto Rico or the Phil
ippine Islands , or any other of our newly
acquired powcH ! < > lon.i. It ia > all right that
the United States whould grow and prosper
an no other nation h.ia ever done the result
of sunh n , ttrirf ; but wo must not appfy It to
colonies. V.'ell , this country will not go to
any Europeans nation for advice on that
point.
AVIlil lluntmiuin of Cranbnrjr.
New York Sun.
The New Jersey village of Cranbury was
filled with alarm last week by the perform-
ances of a wild huntsman of the name of
Cleveland.
Kind friends of the wild huntsman had
collected some real rabbits at Cranbury.
Everything was made easy for him. With
two hounds ho entered the forest glade or
warren , Ho came back without the dogs.
It is supposed that they must have been
foolhardy , or that the huntsman mistook
them for real rabbits.
We wonder if this Cranbury dog destroyer
is a relative of the Mr. Cleveland who. ac
cording to archaeologists , came from CaUl-
well , N. J , The Caldwcll Cleveland once
went out hunting tariff barona. Wlien
the hunt was over the tariff barona brought
him back in their bag.
CCIIUK9 OK Till ] WAIt.
The chaplain of the First Alabama , \\lio '
was extremely anxious to remain In the
ncrvlce nnd draw the fairly handsome Btl >
pend provided by the regulations , became 68
offensive to the rank and flic that they hun&
him In cdlgy , at Birmingham , the day they
were mustered out. The men took that
means of resenting h)3 ) interference with
their wishes. ,
The boasted courage of the Fifth Mis- I
eourl was sorely tested in St. Louis a few
days before retiring from the nrmy. Somt
of the boys were hitting the regimental canteen -
teen qulto enthusiastically , splitting the at
mosphere with yc-lls and things. At tht
moment when patriotism and schooners wire-
at the highest pitch Colonel Dtllygcat broke
In , sleuth like , on the scene. Not a were
of protest did he utter. Neither did ho kick.
He Jumped In headforemost , butted the boys
out of the shack In three minutcj , then
jumped upon the bar and calmly viewed the
scene oC his triumph. The colonel has been
promoted tea warm corner in a local
armory.
The war with Spain has served to popufar-
tze In common language many terms usually
employed only in a mlritaiy sense , and baa
frequently furnished the smart men of the
prcas with a new flguro of speech.
"I shall have to ask you , Mr. Paddom , "
said a city editor , looking over a largo bun
dle of manuscript which a now reporter had
turned In as a description of a trivial occur
rence , "to deploy that stuff. "
"To deploy it ? " said the now reporter.
"I don't understand. "
"Turn that column into a line , " rejoined
the editor.
An incident In connection with the surren
der of Captain Eulatc of the Vlzcaya , after
the battle of Santiago , was told by Captain
Robley O. E\ans of the Indiana , at the
C rover Club dinner during tbo Philadelphia
jubilee , which Illustrates the amenities ot
naval warfare. Captain Evans depicted the
arrival of Captain Eulate , covered with
blood and dirt and soaked with salt water ,
on board the Iowa , and the scene at the
blowing up of the Vlzcaya. "I offered him a
cigar , a ten-cent Key West , " said Fighting
Bob , "and holooked at It a moment , and
then drew from his own pocket a long , beau
tifully rolled , pure Havana , and , holding It
up , he said : 'I left 15,000 of thorn on board
the Vlzcaya. ' " He paused a second to al
low his auditors to appreciate the < fact fully ,
and then continued : "I am the last person
In tbo world to deprecate the bravery of
American seamen animated by pure hero
ism , but If wo had known those cigars were
on board the efforts to save the Vlzcaya
would nave been positively heroic. "
Former Senator George F. Edmunds of
Vermont , now a resident of Philadelphia , In
discussing the proposed annexation of the
Philippines before the Contemporary club
of that city , said :
"Our sons nnd daughters cannot live in
the tropics. Look at the case of Great
Britain and Its hundreds of years of Indian
mastery. Everybody knows that there has
never been an English settlement within
the tropics and of civilians that go there nine
out of ten die before they are 60 years old
and the loss of the battalions that go there
U greater than that of our sons and brother *
who went to Santiago and Camp Alger , or
whatever the name of It was. "
Referring to the Philippines , Mr. Edmunds
said : "We now have from these Islands all.
the commodities they produce on the same
terms that other nations do. Suppose wo
take them and adopt the British colonial !
policy and make them a close colony and
allow no one to trade with them except
ourselves. How soon would the other na
tions meet ua by saying : 'We will treat
you the same In par colonioj ? ' and then
*
the balance of commercial gain would bank
rupt ttie United States in ten yearn.
"We told Spain and told the world by a
solemn declaration of our congress when
we began this war against Spain that we re
jected the idea of territorial aggrandizement.
Was that a lie , a sham , a false pretence ?
and we stand up in the .face of the world
and say : 'Yes ; we have been lying. ' "
Among the touching camp stories told in
Leslie's Weekly Is one concerning the dog
of the Sixth cavalry , and a dozen soldiers
swear It Is true.
"There was ono man of the Sixth who had
always been good to this dog , and would
give It a bit of bacon from his own scanty
store , and pot It and remember It when
things were going badly. This man was
killed at San Juan hill just after his troop
had forded the river and come Into open ,
ground before starting on the charge. And |
all day long he lay there In the long grass
dead , the bullets and shells singing over
him , nnd nothing mattering any more. Sol
diers pressed on , wounded men staggered
back , many passed near him but no ono
touched him or cared for him since there (
was nothing to do he was dead.
"But the dog found' ' out somehow that his j
friend was lying there on the ground , the '
hot sun burning him , the cold night chilling
him , and came there with a dog's faithful
ness and licked Bhe white face and stretched
Itaolf out on the still body and stayed there ,
guarding Its mas'er , until the soldiers on
burying detail came the next day and laid
the remains in a grave. "
GENERAL imOSPEIlITY IN HAI1DI.E.
Baltimore American : With the free sllvct
Issue killed and with populism nearly dead ,
this country can now enjoy its new pros
perity in peace and with no fear of further
trouble from these dangerous theories.
Philadelphia Ledger : It seems to be gen
erally understood by the press , the states
men and tbo financiers of the country that
the result of the congressional elect ! ns puti
a final quietus on the free silver issue. Tht
danger which threatened the country from
this source in 1896 will bo no mera-e in 1900.
This being the case , there is nothing In
sight to hinder the progress of American
prosperity. '
St. Louis Globe-Democrat : More than Is
ordinarily the case after on election , tht
tone of business was Improved and strength
ened last week. The upward movement li
less a flurry Ihan a general Increase ot
deep-seated confidence. It la not difficult to
find the reason. The senate , the moat stable
legislative branch , is soon to become
strongly republican. A further change in
Its political balance for seven rr eight
yrars is quite improbable , for .the gains
just made are of seats that usually have
been democratic. |
Philadelphia Times : Business has been.
quickened in every channel and public con
fidence strengthened by the solemn verdict
of Ihe nation. Our sound financial policy
has been overwhelmingly maintained by the j
people In a contest In which the admlnl.tr.i- j
tlon was at Its feeblestpoint , as all ad-I
ministrations are at the Intervening con
gressional contests. Public and private
credit may be regarded as Inexorably estab- j
Ilshed as the policy of the great republic ,
of the world , and that means confidence at '
home and abroad and a long season of subI I
Btantlal prosperity.
TIIH 1'OLITICAI , MOIUil'K. ]
Chicago Tlmcs-Hcrald : With Bailey de
throned In congress and Bryan dethroned In
Nebraska , the outlook is discouraging fur
boy orntorp ,
Minneapolis Tribune : Rx-CongrrAsmim
Tonne was snowed under again. In this
cose the line between Towns nnd country
Is not by any means an Imaginative one.
Kansas City Journal : If Senator Alien
and Senator Stewart are both defeated , the
wicked money power has gone to greater
lengths of diabolism than wns anticipated.
The outrageIs really too shocking to contemplate
template- with calmness. I
Milwaukee Sentinel : It Is not nt all nice
for the friends tf Senator AlTcn to crltlclso
Colonel Bryan for the lots of the Nebraska
legislature. Colonel Bryan Is a volunteer
soldier in the service of the United States
nnd should bo Immune from base attacks '
by coarse partisan tolltlclaiis who have no I
conception of the thrills and promptings ot ,
exalted patriotism ,
Nashville American : The senate of the
United States without the presence of the
venerable Senator Stewart of Nevada will
present ttn odd appearance to the old stag
ers , for the Indications are that Senator
Stewart will bo retired. Late returns seem
to show that the Nevada legislature baa been
carried by his opponents and that ho will
not bo re-elected.
Now York Sun : Prof. Coin Harvey ,
chairman of the democratic committee of
ways and means , Is goaded by the great
democratic defeat to say that "we must
arouse ourselves and organize In a practical
way , or the conditions In Asia and Europe
will soon be these of the American people. "
The practical .way consists In sending $ t a
monUi until October , 1000 , to Prof. Coin
Harvey , Chicago.
Springfield ( Mass. ) Republican : Colonel
Bryan looks across the c-iutlncnt nnd finds
In Joseph H. Walker's defeat by Mr. Thayer
the best news of the election. It's a sorry
mess , then , for Colonel Ilryun. Thayer Is
a gold bug and a protectionist. Ono would
suppose that the election of the Bryanlto
candidate for governor of Nebraska would
seem more comforting to him. Poynter'S
victory helps out the colonel considerably
ns a political possibility.
Louisville Courier-Journal : John P. Jones
of Gold Hill. Nev. , not so voluble as
Stewart and Allen , but conceded to be the
ablest of the silver leaders , will lose the
primacy he has so long maintained in the
senate as possessor of the control ! Iqg vote
in the nuance committee. Kansas , Ne
braska , Washington'Wyoming and the Da-
koUs by sending sound-money senators have
made the deposition of Mr. Jones pojslilo
The loss to the cause which ho has cham
pioned so long and so well la great.
Philadelphia Press : The news coming
from Nevada that Senator Stewart cannoi
bo re-clecttd Is almost too good to bo true.
And yet there 'Is ' no reason to question Its
correctness. Ridding the senate of Stowari
and the country of his tiresome harangues
on the silver question would itself be a
victory worthy of general congratulation
But when It goes along with the eviction ot
Allen ot Nebraska and White of California
the cause for thankfulness 4s trebled. When
< hese windbags with their obstructive tac
tics are out of the senate there wilt bo less
demand for a change of the rules. Bui
they should be changed to provide against
a recurrence of such a situation when two
or three men can hold up congress and
injure the business of the nation.
PERSONAL AND OTHEHWISB.
Ex-President Harrison denies the report
that his health Is poor and declares he has
not felt BO wen for many yeara.
Henry Havemcyer , the sugar king , finds
a hobby in amateur conjuring , at which he Is
an expert and ban tbo beat collection of ap
paratus In the country ,
The borrowing by the government of Nor
way of 20,000,000 crowns for military pur
poses just after adopting a design for a dis
tinctly Norwegian flag , ono not bearing the
union of Sweden and Norway , may properly
bo placed In the war news column.
Thus telegraphed Commander Walnright ,
the irrepressible sailor , to Colonel Roosevelt
velt , the Irrepressible soldlor :
Oh , such a day ,
So fought , so follow'd , nnd so fairly won ,
Cumo not , till now , to dignify the times
Since Caesar's fortunes.
Frederich Macmonnlcs , the sculptor. In
speaking of the group of "War" which ho is
at work on for Prospect park , Brooklyn ,
suld : "Whatever the war has done for jbo
country , It has dono'mo undoubted good
and given me fresh Inspirations and impres
sions for a rifetlme. "
The season's new chrysanthemums at a
New York flower show were up to date in
their names. The Theodore Roosevelt Is a
largo bronze yellow bloom ; the Judge Van
Wyck a rose pink shading to white ; the Ad
miral Dewey a crimson ono of Japanese
variety ; the Hobson a bright maroon , and
the Clara Barton a delicate pink.
John Arbucklc , the millionaire coffee king
who Is fighting the Sugar trust , will not re
main In a place In which the temperature Is
a degree higher or lower than his theory
thinks hygienic. Every room In his house
and place of business is furnished with a
thermometer , which ho inspects hourly.
1'AHTl.VG UK THIS WAYS.
Drift of the Nation from the Anclior-
n e of the Founder * .
, Philadelphia Ledger.
It is speciously argued that we shall
find compensation for the Incubus of the
Philippines in a monopoly of trade with the
group. In this connection there Is an out
standing question referring to the tariff
which Is debatable. The relation of the
business world to Philippine annexation will
be ascertained approximately sooner or later
by the action ot commercial bodies. Several
representative business organizations have
taken a position on the subject. It Is salt )
that American trade with tbo Phlllpplnca
centers in Boston. Hero , if anywhere ,
Philippine annexation would be popular
among merchants who know what the ac
quisition means for their guild. The di
rectors of the Boston Merchants' association
huvo resolved that "tho acquisition of any
part of the Philippine Islands , except what
Is needed for a naval station , would be detri
mental to the Interests of the United States. "
The much-quoted Home Market club , of the
same city , ttaunchly republican In member
ship , has characterized the Philippine
scheme as "an appalling risk. " ' The address
of Mr. John C. Bullltt of this city before
the Pennsylvania Bankers' association In
dicates the Interest the Philippine issue la
exciting in representative business circles
in this Htate. Mr. Bullltt asks these search
ing questions :
"We have come to the parting of the
ways. Shall we adhere to our past history
and traditions , or phan wo embark upon a
new and , for us , untried career ? Shall we
remain ac a compact and well solidified na
tion held together by our free , Independent
and tolerant Institutions life and property
protected by wise/and humane legal sys
tems with no largo military establishment
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I ( d wAPto * tur substance or load Us down with
otiptwslve luxation with no foreign entan
glements to h.voi\c us In the Intricate m.izos
ot Olplt'inai'y ' anil impend as a ceaseless
menace to our peace and a disturbance of
bur national repote , and with no let or
hludrrnto to the working out'of ojr gieat
destiny And the reaping of the harvest ot
prosperity which purely follows In Its wake ?
Or fttirfl we assume a policy ot foreign
colonial acquisition , seeking to possres and
occupy vnst domains that are not concerned
with us by imitunal contiguity and to domi
nate populations that arc not afllllated with
us liy tits of t > ) coi' , i > r race , or language , or
lepat syslrn. ! " , or ff.tiai polity , or any con i
genial Interests or sympathy whatever/
"Shall , wo now engraft upon our Dimple
republican Institutions , under which we ha\c
lived and grown and prospered , compli
cated imperialism , which must wrench our
organization from the foundations upon
which It was erected by our forefathers , and
encumber It with responsibilities and bur
dens fraught with dangers beyond the power
ot the human Intellect to grasp or comprehend
hend/ Shall wo reach after the glories of an
empire In the hope tnat wo can fmccaibfully
deal with ite doubtfur problems and recon
cile the contllct bctnoen the simple functions
of the true republic and the tangled nnd
perplexing environments of An Imperial sys
tem ?
"These are some of the problems which
confront the people. They must be met and
grappled with and determined. "
imiGHT AND llHEEKt
Detroit Journal : Possibly Jonuh wa no
better than other fishermen mill paid u buy
for doing what ho claimed tu have done
himself.
Chicago Record : "Hero's a writer \vho
says nmrrleil people ought to live across
the strict from inch other. "
"That wouldn't do nt nil. They'd fall
out then about things they'd borrow. "
Indianapolis Journal : "I wonder why
that ridiculous Miss Skinner wears such
a\\uilly low-nci'kcd di esses. "
"I huvo pondered on the subject myself
and 1 cun't tell why , unless sh wishes to
snow her age. " v *
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Sny , Weary ,
note's a feller what mys In do paper dot
Uo average man of 60 years has worked
e.GUO days an' drank 7,000 gallons of fluid. "
"Well , Soapy , dero u exceptions to both
items. "
Wafihlncton Star : "What do you think
of tne way the election went ? "
"I , can't say , " replied the candid man. V
"It Is useless tor mo to try to analyze my
feelings. I can't bo sura whether 1 think
the country Is going to ruin or whether
I'm mourning over the bets I lost. "
Brooklyn Life : "My friend. " said the
visitor at the dlmo museum to one of the
exhibits , "as n fat mnn you nro a rank
failure. I have seen many a fatter man
tlmn you running nt large. " "But do you
thoroughly understand , " asked the curi
osity , "that I acquired all tills fatness In
a military camp during the Hispano-
Amerlcan war ?
Detroit Journal : The plnco was filled
with people In the wildest turmoil. The
pilgrim paused , for It was Franco.
"Is it a fete chnnipetre or n constitu
tional crisis ? " lie iiskcd himself. In much
uncertainty an to what conventionality de-
mundcd of him.
But , perhaps , after nil , it did not much
matter , in ! runce.
AFTER THE BATTLE.
Washington Star.
The party strife Is over.
Wo have fought nnd won or lost.
And we've settled down to business enc
again.
The dollar's been a rover ,
Far at sea nnd tempest tossed ,
But we've settled down to business once
again.
There's a timeto keep , your temper and u
ttmo to raise a row ;
We Imvo had some hot discussions , but
wo've Kotten through them now ;
Each sought to save the country , though
wo UllU'rcd ns to How ,
But wo'vo settled down to business once
again.
f" „ < r o i
We showed wonddrful endurance
When debuting was our care ,
But we've settled down to business once
again.
'Twaa a definite assurance
Of the force we'd bring to bear
When wo settled down to business once
again. i
No matter if it's sliver or small currency or
' cold ,
Of if It comes In greenback * in a bundle
neatly rolled. 1
We're unanimously out In quest of .ill that
wo can hold ;
Wo've settled down to business once
OUR DAILY BULLETIN.
CHICAGO , Nov. 17 , 1898. Under th
State Supreme Court decree declaring the
holding by the Pullman Company of real es
tate not used in its business to be illegal ,
the town of Pullman will bo eold today. The
purchasers will perhaps continue- the pres
ent system.
The
Special
Advantage
of the clothing that we
make is that it is good
without being high priced
When there is such a
confusing clamor , of of
ferings of cheap clothing ,
it is well worth while to
know where you are
sure of the best for the
money or your money
back again. The more
you know about clothing
the more you want to
inspect kind and partic
ularly the kind we are
offering today at
$10.0O
and $8.00