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i
A municipal ownership campaign will
lirj in order next sprliiR , l "t is somewhat
premature at this time.
It Is nnnounceil the window
combination is an assured success. This
la no light affair , for It Is capitalized tit
? 37,000,000. ,
This year's brand of Kentucky demo
cratic harmony challenges comparison
for both quality and quantity with any
previous output.
The cheers with which the First Ne
braska greeted the governor were not
loud enough to create any Serious.at
mospheric disturbance.
Only three weeks from now to the
tripartite state conventions and we may
look for some lively Hkirmlshlng by the
ward heelers within the next few days.
Now that Admiral Dewey has started
for Naples the American correspond
ents will have to brush up their Italian
and the admiral will haveto prepare
for a diet of spaghetti.
The reform State Hoard of Equaliza
tion has performed another farce for
the benefit of corporate monopolies
which are so liberal with free passes and
other favors at the expense of the tax
payers.
Whisky has been the cause-of many
n divorce , but it remains for an Omaha
woman to seek a severance of nuptial
ties on account of the too persistent use
of. water. Aviio says this is npt a pro
gressive age ?
Grand juries may be somewhat ex
pensive , but the' inelllclency of the
present mettidd of procedure by Informa
tion through county prosecutors elected
to protect professional lawbreakers is
decidedly unsatisfactory.
Two of the Bakers , parties to one-of
Kentucky's celebrated feuds , have en
listed for service in the army. If they
are as successful In killing off Filipinos
as they have been with their neighbors ,
the Howards , Aguinaldo and his men
will not have to wait lone for their
ilnlsh.
The appeal of Governor Candler of
Georgia to the people of that state to
put an end to mob violence is timely.
The only drawback Is that it will not
bo heeded. The habit IIIIH become
chronic nnd'whllo it may bo cured it
will require a long course of skillful
treatment.
General Otis should uiako haste to as
certain the Itinerary of the Tendon
Graphic artist and Improve the roads BO
that ho can travel around without dis
comfort. Tlmo will hardly admit of
macadamizing them , but a few miles
of corduroy might stir up his torpid
liver and Improve his temper.
The State department has finally suc
ceeded in locating Senator llovcrldgo
and notlllylng him that ho was lost. The
senator has been enjoying himself In
the Orient wjillo his friends nt home
were conjuring up horrible stories of
his alleged fata. Cable tolls at'several
dollars per word are too expensive to
keep { ho line of communication con
stantly open ,
The exposition has entered upon Its
Kocond month rejuvenated nnd re-
invigorated. If the energetic business
moil who. have identified themselves
with its active management will put on
the finishing touches by reinforcing the
colonial features , which must bo the
prlmo factor of attraction , the enter
prise hns a fair prospect of proving u
success from'creiy point of view.
AU. ATM FMBSObV.
Ex-Speaker Heed hns been studying
European sentiment townrdH the United
States and ho said In n recent Inter
view that he found everywhere on the
continent evidence of n continued and
m'owJnp peed will In the best circles and
among those whose opinion every Ainer-
leau Tallies. There Is no doubt that
this country never before stood BO high
in the respect of European nations as
now , every country of the old world
seeming to be anxious to cultivate with
this republic the most friendly relations.
This has been particularly manifested
by UiiHxIa and France , though Germany
has shown a hardly less earnest desire
to strengthen friendship between the
two nations. This Is not due altogether
or even chiefly to the war with Spain.
That certainly had a salutary effect
upon European opinion of the United
States , so far as Its military power Is
concerned , but It Is our growth In com
mercial power and In the enlarged Influ
ence which this gives us In the affairs
of the world that has given this country
a higher place In the respect of other
nations than It ever before held.
We shall undoubtedly retain this posi
tion so long as wo continue Impartial
In our International friendship mid re
fuse to enter Into relations with any
country that might appear to In any
degree discriminate against .another.
Our policy should still bo to stand on
equally good terms with all , since this
course has been fully justlllcd by ex
perience and there Is no reason to
doubt that It will bo found as wise and
expedient In the future as In the past.
A.
The trust movement Is declining and
It would not be surprising If within a
year It-will have entirely subsided. The
Now York Journal of Commerce , noting
the abandonment , for the present at
least , of several projected combinations ,
for the reason that they could not mar
ket their securities , says : "The public
has less confidence in trust securities
than it had in the spring and the cap
italization of some of the more recent
combinations has been attempted upon
a more modest scale than that prevalent
a few months ago. Hut It Is simply Im
possible for the community to buy all
the manufacturing concerns In the coun
try at once and-to buy them all at
pretty high figures. "
We cited a few days ago the state
ment of a trust promoter that It Is uo
longer possible to induce the public to
lake the securities of an Inflated com
bination , that only such securities can be
disposed of us have a basis of actual
value. Such being the case there Is
very good reason to believe that the
trust movement will shortly subside and
it Is highly probable that some of those
which have been organized with u
heavy overcapitalization will find much
dllllculty In holding on. This would as
suredly be the case In the event of a
hardening money market , which is quite
possible in the not remote future.
The neglect of the "Industrial" se
curities by the public has not yet pro
duced any 111 effects financially and there
seems to be no apprehension of
any , but had the trust movement gone
on much longer as it was being pushed
a few months ago it would most cer
tainly have eventuated in a serious
financial disturbance. The subsidence of
the trust craze is good for the country
and there is no probability that It will
be revived.
WHAT THE SOLDIERS SAY.
The soldiers who are returning from
the Philippines have well defined views
of the situation there and and arc giv
ing free expression to them. That the
opinions of these Intelligent men , who
have so amply attested their patriotism
and valor , will have a great deal of In
fluence with the public there can be no
doubt.
Criticism of the military operations Is
general. Colonel'Mulford of the First
Nebraska expressed the opinion lhat be
fore victory can result there must be
more decisive movements than wo have
had. Lieutenant Colonel Eager said :
"I do not like the present situation in
the island of Luzon. From the towns
we have taken it looks as If wo have ad
vanced a lot As a matter of fact , we
have only got fifty miles up the most
open valley on the Island , a valley
through which runs the only railroad on
the Island. The limit of our advance
Is about an even fifty miles and it took
us four months to get there. " This ofil-
cer points out the extremely hard task
our army has before It In penetrating a
country without roads and the probabil
ity of much loss of life from the guer
rilla warfare that must be encountered.
In regard to the duration of the war
these officers agree that it Is likely to
bo protracted. "I do not believe that
the war will bo ended In a hurry , " said
Colonel Mulford , "though I think the in
surgents are beaten. The trouble Is to
catch them. They can fight us from
the brush for n long time. " Lieutenant
Colonel Eager expressed the belief that
the insurrection will not bo broken for
several years , though a rebel army may
not again take the field , and Major Kll-
Han thus stated his view of the situa
tion : "The army Is bound to put the
Insurrection down , but it will take a lot
more soldiers than we have got over
there. The bigger force is needed not
for fighting , but for garrison purposes.
I think that 00,000 soldiers are sutll-
clont , provided that they nre supplied
with light artillery and are rightly man
aged , " This otllcer declared that hun
dreds of lives have been uselessly sacri
ficed because the authorities persisted
In accomplishing through men and rifles
what a rapld-flro gun would have done
in half the tlmo without any of the loss
of life.
The brave men who are coining back
to their homes after having rendered as
faithful and heroic service ns ever sol
diers gave to their country are not ani
mated by any prejudices. They talk
as American citizens who have a pro
found interest in the welfare of the
cotmtry and who have won the right to
speak freuly of cvqnts in which they
participated and ot a situation with
which they nre entirely familiar. And
what they wiy Is entitled to most
respectful attention , for there can be no
doubt that It reflects the general senti
ment among our soldiers In the Philip
pines. It may make uo impression at
Washington , but It will not fall to re
ceive popular consideration.
The tendency of these expressions of
returning Soldiers must be to strengthen
the demand , already pretty vigorous , for
a change of military commander In the
Philippines. President McKlnley has
expressed satisfaction with what has
been accomplished by General Otis.
Military men declare that the operations
In the Philippines have not had results
commensurate with the sacrifices. The
optimism of Otis Is not shared by the
men who have been fighting the Fili
pinos. We are Inclined to think that n
majority of the people will accept the
view of the soldiers.
In defense of the attempt to count In
the constitutional amendments by fraud
ulent manipulation of the ballots one
of the brilliant luminaries of the popo-
cratlc party makes this declaration In
the latest Issue of the olliclal state house
organ nt Lincoln :
"Counting In Judges whom the people
ple had elected by largo majorities was
no killing crime , even it it had been
done. The people are above the con
stitution and above the written law. A
majority can wipe the whole thing out.
A largo majority voted for the two ad
ditional judges. We do not have the
respect for judges and courts we once
hod and It is not the fault of our own ,
either. "
Such talk Is anarchy pure and simple.
Ours is a government by the people ex
pressing their will through the ballot
box. The framework of government
of the people of Nebraska Is the consti
tution. They can only alter or amend
this organic law by following the modes
prescribed by that Instrument. Any
other course would be revolutionary.
The vote for additional Judges of the
supreme court was contingent upon the
adoption of the constitutional amend
ment authorizing an Increase In the
number of Judges. The vole for the can
didates for these places was null and
void unless the amendment to the con
stitution received a majority of all the
votes cast at the election at which It
was submitted. This would have been
the case if the candidates for judges had
received every vote cast at the election.
It is simply monstrous for any one to
attempt to justify the frauds perpe
trated in the recount by asserting that
the people arc above the constitution
and above written law. Such doctrine
would lead to the defiance of till law and
the destruction of constitutional gov
ernment. Counting in constitutional
amendments by fraud is just as criminal
as counting in governors , congressmen
or legislators by fraud.
The plea that such things have been
done before and the smut thrown lit
courts does not palliate the conspiracy
to misconstrue the popular will by doc
tored ballots and perjured certificates
of election. The people of Nebraska
may disapprove of the acts and deci
sions of Judges and verdicts of courts ,
but they will rot countenance or con
done deliberate attempts to rape the
ballot box under any pretext.
The popocratlc governor of Minnesota
Is coming in for a round scoring on all
sides for Ills determined effort to turn
the state grain Inspection over to a
corps of political spoils mongers who
demand the places as reward for their
work of inspecting his campaign. It
is forcibly urged that the state grain In
spection requires something more in the
way of ability than mere political lick-
spittllug and that the wheat growers of
Minnesota are to be subjected to un
necessary risks from defective grading
when they arc entitled to every protec
tion the best Inspection could give them.
It is needless to say that the popocratic
governor of Minnesota , like the pope
cratlc governor of Nebraska , was elected
on a reform platform. In Nebraska
wo have seen liow reform means turn
ing the state railway regulation board
over to the most subservient corporation
tools , who have made themselves use
ful to the railroads in politics , and the
quartering of the political machine
operators on the pay roll of the Standard
Oil company in the guise of state oil
inspectors. Fortunately the people arc
gradually having their eyes opened to
the real import of popocratic reform nnd
they may bo relied on to apply the
remedy.
Bryan continues to insist that nothing
be subtracted from the Chicago plat
form and some of his extreme fol
lowers , moro logical than he ,
arc also demanding that nothing bo
added to that platform , but that it bo
brought Into service again for the 1000
campaign without material change of
any kind. The one demand Is certainly
as sensible ns the other ; for if the Chicago
cage platform is so perfect as Mr. Bryan
would have hla party believe , then there
Is no need of attempting to Improve it
or strengthen it , either by pruning or
grafting. Democrats arc plainly more
aptly designated as bourbons now than
ever.
The San Francisco labor council has
Issued an address protesting against the
mustering out of returning volunteers in
that city. The reasons given for this
action arc that the soldier boys will
soon cpeud the money paid them and ,
having no money to come home with ,
will bo forced to seek work on the
coast and flood the labor market. We
apprehend that this fear Is groundless
so fur as the First Nebraska boys arc
concerned. They arc too sensible and
too anxious to come home to allow any
California grass to grow under their
feet.
Philadelphia police authorities are
wrestling with the Salvation Army over
the recent police edict declaring the
beating of drums on the public thor
oughfares a nulsauoo , The Salvation
Army soldiers insist that they wou't give
up the drum nnd will resist nny attempt
to suppress that Instrument. In the
meantime several Salvation drummers
of the gentler sex have been arrested
and lodged In the police station until
the courts shall decide whether drum
beating ns a religious exercise la nn
Inalienable right of the American citi
zen.
From nnd after this date the state of
Illinois will maintain at Chicago free
employment unices for the benefit of tin-
empliV'ed wage-workers. There are now
IfiO private employment offices In Chicago
cage and thu experiment will be
watched with great Interest. It re
mains to be seen whether the state em
ployment agencies will have any ap
preciable effect upon the agencies that
are managed for profit by skilled solici
tors and confidence sharks who make a
living by Imposing upon credulous nnd
Ignorant wage-workers.
Although realty values on the aggre
gate have advanced fully IXi PIT cent ns
compared with prices during the drouth
and distress period , and , although the
wealth of the state Is known to have
been Increased by more than one-fourth
as compared with what it was during
the hard times , the grand assessment
roll of the state shows only a nominal
Increase. Is It not about time for a
radical change In the mode of property
appraisement and equalization of as
sessments ?
Mayor Jones of Toledo seems to have
become Impregnated with the idea
that popular self-government can
be carried on without the aid of or
ganized political parties. That delusion
has been exploded many , many times ,
but some children refuse to believe the
fire Is hot until they are themselves
burned.
Savannah enjoyed the fruits attaching
to the soldiers' haven when the volun
teers in the Cuban service were mus
tered out. Now that the Philippine
troops are being given their discharge
papers and travel pay on the coast , San
Francisco will show how the hospitality
business can be profitably worked.
The terrible tragedy enacted nt a
tough joint In South Omaha might have
been avoided if the police force had
not been utterly demoralized through
the Influences of an incompetent or cor
rupt local government. Annexation
might not prevent lawlessness in South
Omaha , but It would minimize It.
Congressman Joe Bailey's latest
dream about the administration having
concluded a secret alliance with Eng
land is evidence that he has been ab
sorbing something besides the flood
waters of Texas rivers.
linn HIM ! I.olH of 1'ruvocntlon.
Buffalo ISxpress.
Fears are expressed that Alger will write
a book. Js ho so vindictive ns all that ?
Or the Same
Indlan.apolls News.
Senator Stewartrathlnks that a plurality
of votes should elect United States ( senators.
Senator Quay will endorse the sentiment
heartily.
( hat it Welcome.
Baltimore American.
General Gomez says the ? 3,000,000 , this
government has disbursed among the Cuban
soldiers has become a plnguo to the Island.
Perhaps , but It is the sort of plague the
Impoverished Island ought to receive with
joy.
- Not Due to ( lie Imported Article.
'Philadelphia Press.
The "boom" in the Iron and steel trade
la In no degree duo to Imported ore , al
though some free trade newspapers have
tried to tnako it so appear. The imports of
ore have ibeen less than for several years.
For the eleven months ending June the Im
ports were 225,353 tons , as compared with
352,205 tons for the corresponding period of
1898 and 510,991 tons In the eleven months
ending June , 1S97. This demonstrates that
Imported ore 'has no part In the present
prosperity of the Iron and ateel business.
TniH < M.
St. Paul PJonecr Press.
The Pioneer Press long ago suggested the
use of the taxing power of the government
as a means of regulating trusts , or the great
centralized aggregations of consolidated
capital which have Inherited the name of
trusts from another form of capitalistic
monopoly that the courts have declared un
lawful. But , although this idea has been
taken up and discussed with moro or less
elaboration In a number of Journals and by
a number of public men , wo have as yet seen
no method of taxation suggested which
would not cither do moro harm than good
or prove Ineffectual to prevent the chief
abuses which are charged to the trusts.
Decline In Triixt Inflation.
St. Ixmla Globe-Democrat ,
Promoters have been checked in their
wild excursion into the region of hundreds
of mlltions. Inventors have grown shy of
now business combinations baaed on nn
enormous extension , of paper representa
tives of value , W'hen ' a flood of such. Block
comes from the press the promoter se
ductively offer it at the rate of two for one ,
but time nlone can tell what it in worth In
reality. It Is clear , too , that trusts are a
doubtful quantity in other respects. All
political parties will denounce them In their
platforms of next year. In each state ) av.s
jiavo been or will bo passed to rcgulato or
prohibit thorn. In euch an atmosphere ot
uncertainty oven credulous Investors draw
back and Colonel' ' Sellers himself would
find It bard to flro their Imagination. It Is
stated that the stocks of twenty-six Indus
trial combines declined $101,255,618 In the
first six months of 1S99 ,
\Ot II I'lllllUM'll ,
TJoston Transcript.
There are , no doubt , many persons who
sincerely believe , In epito of experience , that
frco coinage would in some mysterious way
break the power of tbo Industrial consolida
tions , or trusts , which despoil the people.
This is about as reasonable as the kindred
pretense n few years ago that th capital
istic power of the "gold bugs" was going to
bo destroyed by coining an unlimited
amount of silver. The success of the falla
cious proposition lay In tbo want of ability
to distinguish between money and capital ,
nut who ever heard of the bankruptcy of the
Itotbscbllds or other great financial houses
by reason of the depreciation of currency
in a period of monetary panic ? Do thu
brokers who buy and sell depreciated cur
rency grow poor in the business ? Whilst
the power of "capitalism" cannot be shaken
by the depreciation of the currency , cheap
money has brought to ruin thousands of
manufacturers and merchants who could not
abide the storm. Great combinations of
capital in industrial trusts would not merely
survive free coinage , but they would nourish
under It at the expense of Interests better
entitled to the , care ot tbc government.
notxu Anno.vn.
: Atnrrlrnn * KnnllilthtK l.lur * In Itiiftftln ,
I AiiMrnlliifrlrn P.nil Inilln.
rhlkulelphltt 1'rcM
If no nre not building mnny new railroads
In the United States , American capital Is
ccrlnlnry becoming heavily Interested In
railway construction in other parts of the
western hemisphere , nnd In furnishing n con.
sldcrablc percentage of equipments of
railway lines In Ktisfh , Australia , South
Africa nnd India. It Is New York capital
associated with C. P. lluntlngton that has
recently purchased the chief railway In
Guatemala nnd Mr. Huntlngton's asNKlntlon
with thin road Is regarded as duo chiefly tea
a desire to protect his Interests In case the
Nicaragua canal be .built. vMr. Iltintlngtou
himself Is reported as saying that this
Guatemala railway property can be made
very profitable , since It will do much to build
up n Inrgo trndo with Guatemala , nnd will
unquestionably hasten the development of
the rich resources of that country.
It Is American capital that probably will
bo ca,1ed upon tor the completion of tha
transcontinental railway In South America.
Only about 100 miles of that system remains
to be constructed. It will cross the boundary
between Chill nnd the Argentine Republic
nt the divide of the Andes mountains , some
thing llko 14,000 feet nbovo the sea level.
Uoubtle.tt 1hls road would hnvc been built
before this had the disagreement between
Chili nnd Argentine over the boundary line
not caused the cessation of all work upon
the line.
There Is llttlo understanding hero of the
amount ot American capital and enterprise
which nro being employed In the develop
ment of railway pystems In the republic of
.Mexico. The Payne syndicate , with which
Mr. Pagct , William C. Whitney's son-ln-lnw ,
Is connected , Is rapidly building a line from
the Mexican Central railway westward , nnd
the Hlgglns syndicate of this city has com
pleted n rnllwny running southwcatcrfy for
nbout 250 miles , making possible the de
velopment of soinu of the rich gold mines
that Ho beyond.
U Is not fnr from this railway that recent
discoveries have been made of very rich
gold deposits that were unquestionably
worked when Mexico was under the Aztec
or earlier civilization. When the railway is
able to supplant the mule and .broncho those
who are best Informed assert that there will
como a development of gold mining In
Mexico that will compare favorably with
that which Is undertaken In Alaska.
In fact , so cacer Is American capital for
Investment In railway construction In Mexico
ice lhat the Mexican government has recently
passed a new law respecting railway con
cessions , -which , while It is not less liberal
than many of the special laws , nevertheless
more llrmly secures the government control
over the railway comrwinles , ns they nro
today , or may be hereafter , In the Mexican
republic. Mexico will no longer suosmizo
roads of merely local Importance , but here
after will only subsidize what may be called
lines of national consequence , those , for In
stance , which will connect the gveat central
railway of .Mexico , which Is the backbone
of the Mexican system , with the Pacific
slope , with the isthmus ot Tchuantepec ,
Yucatan nnd Guatemala.
Concessions and subsidies for these roada
or others of like Importance will be liberal
and the government does not propose to ex-
crclso any embarrassing or tyrannical con
trol ot these railways. All that it wants to
do Is to makes certain that tbo railways will
bo operated regularly nnd safely , that there
will bo no watering of stock , forced fore
closures or other methods of freezing out
and buying in of which the history of Amer
ican railway organization and reorganization
furnishes so many examples. That this new
law is considered favorable rather than the
contrary Is indicated by the fact that in a
llttlo while American capital will undertake
the extension ot the Payne and Hlgglns
lines , eo that there will bo railway com
munication from the Paclllc coast direct to
the City of "Mexico " , or with the United
States at Kl Paso.
ni2Cni3ASt3 IX OUIl 11IUTII RATE.
AnnnnI Addition to Popnliitlon from
nirthH Stciulllr DuclliiliiK.
Philadelphia Press.
The record of a rapid decrease In the
American blrth-rato was one of the notable
results of the census of 1890 nnd the census
of 1900 seems likely to show etill farther
decrease. Mr. H. T. Newcomb , a statisti
cian In the Agricultural department well
equal to the task , reaches the conclusion
lhat the population in 1900 will be 7-1.4SO-
860. This is nbout the estimate of popula
tion already reached In these columns from
comparing the results of state censuses.
This Increase , 18.94 per cent for the decade
Is far -below that of nny previous decade.
If population ihad grown fast from 1S90 to
1000 as In the decade juet before the popu
lation next year would bo about 78,000,000.
Taking the mean increase in the last twenty
years , the population would bo 77,680,000.
Yet the population is toleraibly certain to
bo 4,200,000 short of the corroded Increase
for twenty years , and , In round numbers , 1-
500,000 short of the proportional Increase In
the ten years , 1880 to 1890. Of this loss
fiomo 1C22,4SO is due to a decrease of Im
migration and this carries with It the do-
creaee duo to children which would bo born
to these Immigrants. From 1SSO to 1890
there were received 5,240,213 Immigrants.
The Immigration this decade , Mr. Newcomb
c&tlmateswill not be over 3,624,133.
There remains a loss of from 2,000,000 to
2,500,000 In the population , If the increase
of 1880 to 1890 1iad kept up , duo to a de
crease"In the birth rate , black and white.
In 1890 there were 1,800,000 less children
under 10 years of age than were expected ,
Judging from the number in 1880. This
decade promises to outdo this record. The
loss in decennial increase has gene on for
100 years. Where the increase of our na-
tlvo whlto population a century ago was
35.10"por cent , from 1790 to 1600 , from 1890
to 1900 iMr. Nowcomb finds that It Is likely
to bo only 25 per cent.
If this decrease were stationary itwould
bo a lees matter , but it grows with each
decade. The loss in negro increase decade
by decade Is , it Is true , still faster , but the
white increase is dropping fast enough to
make It probable that there nro these now
living wlio will sco the population of tbo
United States as stationary ns that ol
France. Our increase for our total popu
lation wns 30.08 per cent 1870 to 1880. 24.84
per cent from 1880 to 1890 , nnd promises to
bo but 18.94 per cent for this decade.
At this rate In about twenty years the
increase In this country will bo about that
o { European countries like England and
Germany. Deducting Immigration , it Is
now about one-half larger. That families
are smaller than once all see ; but few nro
aware that this country Is moving so fast to
nn European average. The simple fact IE
that the country fcas filled up. The land
U now nearly all taken. The population
will before very many years approach its
limit and this will bo far short of the pre
dictions once niudo of the American aggre
gate.
A SoMlcil I'ollu ) for Culm.
Philadelphia Kecord.
There can bo no question that a settled
policy would lead to the opening of the
doors for investment , but as no course Is
honorably open to this government than
that of helping Cuba to place Itself on a
basis of independence there are investors
who are willing to put their money Into the
island as eoon as possible and abide by the
action of the government. The talk that
nothing can bo done in Cuba until this gov
ernment has a "Department of tha Colonies"
Is nonsense , for in reckoning with our
colonial possessions Cuba must bo left out
of the calculations. If this is not eo , then
the government had 'better openly tuke tbo
necos&ary steps toward annexation at once ,
without pllloc up lib burden ot hypocrisy.
STONE KILLS FUSION PLAN
* mill Sllvrr IlpitilillcniiM to
Unto \o llnnri In Ilrmo-
rrntlc
A St. Ixiuls special to the Chicago Times-
HernM eays that If ex-Governor William
| J. Stone ot Missouri continues to control Un
democratic national committee the demo
cratic candidate for tbc presidency In 1900
will not be n fus6nlst. ! Mr. Stone Is
radically opposed to such nn nlllancc of the
democratic , popullsl and silver republican
| force * as clstcxl In 1S96 , nml since the defeat
I of Mr. Bryan In the providential campaign
j of that year Ito has spared DO effort to break
i this coalition.
j At the recent conference of members of the
democratic iintloti.il committee In Chicago
Mr. Stone declared himself In positive terms
on this subject. His declaration was per
haps the most notoxvorthy utterance recorded
| during the three days' session of the com-
mlttee.
In moving the abandonment ot the so-
'
cnlleU advisory committee , which served
during the 3896 campaign ns a eort of cord
to unite the democrats , popuflsts nnjl silver
republicans , Mr. Stone said :
"The. democratic part * henceforth must
maintain its Individuality. It other parties
desire to build H parallel line alongside the
democratic tracks , no objection can be
raised , but a consolidation under the terms
of which the democratic party will surrender
In part control over Its own organization , or
place nny of its affairs In the hands of those
who do not fully accept Its doctrine and dis
claim allegiance to all other parties , Is not
to be loVcrated tmdor any circumstances. "
Mr. Stone could hardly hftvo stated his po
sition more clearly , and , although ho en
countered opposition in the executive meetIng -
Ing at which this pronunclamcnto wns Is
sued , ho finally carried his point. The
resignations of John P. Altscld , democrat :
Senator Teller , silver republican , and
former Senator Allen ot Nebraska , populist ,
as members of the advisory committee were
tendered and accepted and the Advisory
committee was formally abolished.
i.Vs vice chairman of the democratic na-
tlonnl committee nnd chairman In the ab
sence of Senator James K. Jones of Arkan
sas , who Is convalescing In n London suburb ,
Mr. Stone then submitted a plan of cam
paign for 1900 and forced the same through
the committee , after assuring his colleague *
that nothing further would be done until
the return of Chairman Jones in September ,
or at least until he should hear from the
senator by mall.
Briefly stated , the plan submitted by Mr.
Stone places the party management In the
hands of an executive committee , composed
of cloven members , all of whom must be
duly accredited members 01 inc democratic
national committee. The executive commit
tee will have power to appoint all subcom
mittees and It Is provided that all members
of such committees shall likewise be mem
bers of the national committee.
Every suggestion looking' to the recogni
tion of auxiliary organizations was combated
by < Mr. Stone , > who expressed the opinion
that , win or lese in 1900 , the democratic
party should avoid entangling alliances.
In taklnc this stand Mr. Stone was sup
ported by Senator Tillman of South Crfro-
llna. who stated In effect that he had no
confidence In auxiliary organizations.
"These people , " declared the pitchfork
statesman , "claim to bo too holy to belong
outright to the democratic party , but yet
arc trying to control it. I do not favor such
alliances. The democratic party Is able to
conduct its own affairs and I believe the
tlmo has come to throw over these saints
and sajihends. "
George Fred "Williams of Massachusetts
raised his volco in protest asalnst nearly
everything .that was said and done at the
Chicago .meeting ; . Mr. Williams clings ten
aciously to the men and issues of 1896 , when
ho reversed himself on the currency ques
tion and declared la the Chicago conven
tion his new faith in "the free and unlim
ited coinaso of gold and silver at the ratio
of 16 to 1 , without the aid or consent of any
other nation. " He cannot understand that
the silver- Issue has taken a secondary place
even in the west and that the party leaders
are striving to make the trusts the leading
issue In the campaign of 1900.
Mr. Stone has ne\'er favored the demo
cratic alliance with the populists ana snver
repubMcan parties. Ho opposed H in IS'.itf
and ho has fought it ever since. His de
cision to divorce the democratic party from
thin alliance was based , moreover , on the
logic of the situation.
The populist party no longer exists as a
cohesive organization. Those populists who
formerly were republicans have gone back
to the republican party and the democratic
Insurgents throughout the Routh and west
have again been enrolled nn democrats.
Only the semblance of an organization re
mains.
"Middle-of-tho-road" populists are lilie-
vlse hard to llnd. Their organization has
been fostered by the two great parties with
a view to splitting the regular populist or
ganization in twain. Abundant crops and
increased pricc8 for agricultural products
arc responsible for the disappearance of
both brands of populists , and , although the
agrarians maintain their organization , Oov-
ernor Stone docs not believe In encouraging
them politically.
The same may bo said of the silver re
publicans , -whoso organization Is confined to
Colorado , Idaho , Nevada and the adjoining
states in the silver mining belt. These men
are counted ns cafe for Mr. Bryan in 1900 ,
and Senator Teller , by supporting the Stone
program in Chicago , conveyed the Impres
sion that ho might lead tUo silver repub
licans Into the democratic fold next year.
This leaves only the .bimetallic clubs to bo
accounted for. Mr. Bryan encouraged the
organization of these clubs and they were
represented on the advisory committee by
General A. J. Warner of Ohio. The bimetal
lic crubs must Join the democratic party or
worry along on an Independent basis without
recognition from that party. This la the
dictum of Acting Chairman Stone and it has
caused n big atlr In the back districts.
Letters received here Indicate that the full
purpose of Governor Stone'H plan was not
understood In Chicago , and that some mem
bers of the national committed are inclined
to recant. It is quite possible , therefore ,
that the question will como up for further
discussion at the next meeting of tbo int-
'tlonal ' committee.
A special to the eamo paper from Atlanta ,
Ga. , soys : Leading Georgia democrats ap
prove W. J. Stone's declaration that the
democratic party must maintain its In
dividuality and cut loose from popallsls.
They declare there Is no populist party in
the eouth , and Bay that some new Issue may
take precedence over the ellvcr question ,
but that the Chicago platform , will bo re
affirmed ,
"Mr. Stone Is right , " said Governor Can-
dler. "Tho party will cut loose from popu
lists and other entangling alliances. There
Is no populist party In Georgia now and
very few populists In the other southern
Btatcn , They have come back Into the demo
cratic .party , and that party will light the
battle etralght and In Us own way. "
"I agree with Mr. Stone , " said Clark
Howell , democratic national coimnltteemau
from Georgia , "that the democratic party
must maintain Its Individuality. There Is no
trouble on that score In the south , /or there
IB practically no populist party in the south-
era states. The organization has disinte
grated and does not merit serious considera
tion in a single southern Btato , "
"We do not went to run anybody away
from the party , " raid Colonel W. A , Hemp-
hilt , who has been classed as a eound money
democrat , "but the democrat ! will not
waste any time on nnr make any concession *
to the few remaining populist * . "
DEEP WATERWAY TO ATLANTIC
to Meet nnit Korinnlnf r ft .
Ilrport nn tlir Co t
nml Hoiitr , ,
A , Aug. 1. Major Churlei
\V. Raymond , chief engineer of the United
States army for this city , left today for
fault Stc. Marie. Mich. , to attend A meet
ing of the deep waterway commission , of
which ho Is president. The commission will
dlsciirs nnd compare the final survey mad6
for the contemplated route of the waterway
from the great Inkee to < the Atlantic ocean
and will Inspect the Salt Stc. Marie canar.
Major Raymond approximates the coit of ( hi
proposed waterway nt about J200.000.000.
Before leaving today ho sals ! :
"Tho roulo to bo followed will bo through
the Snult Ste. Marie cnnal to I-ako Huron ,
through the river to I.ako Krle. thence by
ship canal around Niagara Kails to Lake
Ontario. The question confronting the com
mittee nt this point Is whether or not the
Welland canal , which Is Canadian property ,
should be utilized by deepening , ns It Id now
totally Inadequate for use for fhlps of deep
draught , or a new canal built In American
territory. This may be found the' more
desirable for International reasons. "
IIIIIMS/.V TltlKMiS.
u Star : "tMn't you feel * ! If
people wete behaving with mi nlr ot superi
ority when you go to New York ? "
"Yes ; I feel very much f n New Worker
docs In London or ns a Londoner does In
Paris. "
Qironktyn Knptlo : "What's Hint 7" n kfd
the rich man , who was buying n few
.
That's Pegasus. " replied the dealer.
"rcgnmis , von know , wa u winged horse. "
"Send It buck to the artist nnd tell him to
put the wings on nn automobile and I'll buy
it , " said the rich man.
Clovolnml Pluln Dealer : "They seem to
be etermUly n iirrcllng In Bolter's house. "
"Yes. You luvaw lloltcr c-nme back from
the Klondike with n llttlo money. "
Chicago llccord : "So your engagement
Is broken ? "
"Yew ; we couldn't agree. I like watermelon -
melon cut In round ulices nnd she always
outs watermelon hi long slices. "
Detroit Journal : Cornelia , the mother of
the Gracchi , was a person of resource.
Whenever she hired a now hired girl nh
took the liit'ter ' nt onoe to the nursery nnd
showed her the Gracchi , wiylng :
"These nro my jewels ! "
In this way who avoided the embarrass
ment of having the hired girl all the tlm
borrowing her Jewels to wear to social
funutlojis.
An Iillrr'n Opinion.
AVashlngton Star.
They praise the bee for industry ;
I'd hilKlle , too , no doubt ,
ICf life were nothln' else fur mo
Than a grand , sweet free lunch rout * .
HIS KIIUST MOUSTACHE.
Denver Pout.
In tlicne days of grent achievements hero * *
' .ire . 'if thick as bees
liuzzlnpr In the fraxrimt branched of the
llow'rlng locust Ircen.
And upon their tell-tale faces we con note
n look nf pride
Which their reuse * of innate modesty is
powerless to hide.
But there's not n look of triumph g-llnl-
'
Ing from a hero eye
That In gleaming satl.sfactlon tinged with
lofty pride can vie
Willi the .self-important glances of a fel
low when they finHh
Down aloii'jr ' bis nuiUl uliucx at
hlH
II rat
moustache.
'Never ' was a new-born Infant -watched by
loving mother's eyes
With more tender apprehension than this
capillary nrlzo
When It timidly Is peeping from the nude-
ne.s.s of < i lip ,
A a If fearful It could never , never hold It
downy grip.
Ami the author of Its being , how rcjolc-
lufily ho Htnrcfi
In IIH ! Bltimber-chnnubci mirror ns lit
counts the scattered hairs.
And he wouldn't swap positions with
blcj.ted man of carli
As he Matches the accouchement of
- -hln -
first
moustache.
i
When lie's out among the maidens he la
wondering If they
Arc aware that he Is drifting into man
hood every day
If they note the dreamy shadow , llko th
fuzz urmn a. nemrli.
Clinging to their lppy ! mother -with the
Instincts of .the . leech.
What a thrill of satisfaction in his boy
ish breast holds wway
When , In semi-trance condition , nt
sparkling matinee
He Imparts 'the charming secret to his
latest frirllah nin.nh
That ho renlly Is threatened with
Ills
II rut
moustache.
Half a doze.ii times a minute you -will net
Ills lingers glldo
To caress the downy softness of his silken-
texture pride ,
And lie tenderly iv l smooth It and will
pull it to and fro.
As If ho by loving fondles would encourage
it 'to grow. v
All the well-earned pride of heroes nnd of
men In lofty upbore
Must get out of thi ; procession nnd bring
up the straggling rear
When compared with pride nolf-ownared
by n felhw when the gash
In his features Is upholstered with
lii.i
first
moustache.
2
BIG BARGAINS
No. 1.
Your choice of any of our la
dies' straw sailor or walking
hats ,
75c each
Regular prices $ J to $3 none
reserved.
No. 2.
Your choice of any boys' '
wash suit in the store.
25 per cent .
discount ,
All sizes.
These are two big values we
offer in our second floor for the i >
balance of the week. ,
