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Salute the First Nebraska.
That siren whistle is enjoying the op
portunity of its career.
The returned volunteers have come In
from the outfield to homo base.
Agulnaldo's typewriter is evidently on
leave of absence since nothing has been
'heard ' from It for the last thirty days.
The Nebraska boys may be delayed
by unforeseen obstacles , but they get
there just the same.
Funston retires from the firing line
and Wheeler takes his place. Lively
times in the Philippines arc evidently
not over.
The man who'keeps ' up with the moves
on South Omaha's councllmanlc chess
board must be gifted with rare agility
and ability.
Scarcity of harvest hands In Illinois
Is forcing farmers to work Sundays. Re
publican prosperity has set all the Idle
hands to work.
If these marriages of popular Omaha
school teachers continue apace , the ques
tion of married teachers In the. public
schools will soon be a live Issue again.
The official thermometer In South
Omaha persists In remaining near the
fever heat mark. In the Jntorval the
location of that ? 3COO-pot Is still a mys
tery.
Flvo candidates are In the field for
governor In Kentucky and tlio friends of
each making a rcdhot speaking cam
paign. Even orafors arc iu exceptional
demand during these republican times.
When some of the French generals
read of the summary manner in which
the Ooreau government disposes of con-
Bplrators they unanimously passed reso
lutions congratulating themselves they
were not In Corea.
Last year's experience of Douglas
county republicans with vulnerable can
didates on the local ticket can not have
been forgotten. The wisdom of the party
will bo ehowp by avoiding a repetition
of mistakes that bring disaster.
There Is clear Bailing In the ofllce of
the Pure Food commission now since the
salary warrants have been issued and
allowed. The features of the law In
tended for the benefit of the public can
wait now that this all-Important clause
Is in full operation.
Sir Thomas Upton started over with
the best Dishes of all Great Britain In
his effort to recapture the America's cup.
Ho Is euro to have a good tlmo while
here , but may bo compelled to ilrjuk his
ale ou hla return out of the uamo old
pewter mug.
The republican party has enough aud
several times moro than enough men of
.good ability and clean records to fill
every ofllco of honor and trust within
the choice of the people. L'mlor such
circumstances , what folly to encourage
the aspirations of wen whoso nomina
tion would bo sure to Jeopardize the BUG-
cess of the party's choice at the polls.
The question whether railroads have a
right to boycott lines which refuse to
come Into rate agreements Is now
squarely before the federal court In tins
case of the Plttsburg & Gulf road , if
they can do so legally It takes uway
practically the last leverage the public
has In the fight to ticcuro cqultablo
rates. With the road Iu the hands
of receivers appointed by the federal
court .a speedy hearing of the ease anil
d vigorous prosecution should be
ussured
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A'BWM.SKM WKLCOMRS ITS OIVA.
Nefornikn toilny extends Its warmest
welcome to Its rotnrnud volunteers who
liHve covered tliemwlvro nnd tliclr Htntu
with InclTueunblc fjlory llglitiiiR under
tlio stnrs nnd stripes In the fnr off Phil
ippines.
Kvery patriotic Nchrnsknn rightly
tnkcs a iicrsonnl pride In their achieve
inents nnd rejoices In their Diifo home
coming. The reputation earned nw the
FlRhtliiK l-'h'Ht Nebraska Is the lasting
testimonial to the faithful performance
of military duty under wont trying con
ditions that In less than a year trans
formed stout-hearted recruits Into sea
soned soldiers the equal of any In the
world.
The returned volunteers , we feel sure ,
also experience a thrill of Joy on flnd-
IIIR themselves once moro among famil
iar friends and on the soil of tholr
chosen state. All their variegated ex
perience must make them realize that
they come back to the best country and
the best state and make them good clU-
zciw In peace as they have been good
soldiers In war.
Nebraska welcomes the heroes of the
First Nebraska.
F Fun I'oitTO ntco.
The trade of Porto HIco Is suffering
because of Its being subjected to the
tariff of the United States and also the
tariff which Spain had In the Inland
and which Is still'maintained. The con
sequence Is that the Island Is worse off ,
so far as Its trade Is concerned , than
when It was under Spanish control and
the situation is said to be growing
steadily worse.
Secretary Hoot Is reported to have
urged the president to issue a proclama
tion placing the Island In the
political condition of a territory
of the United States and so
secure to Its people the advan
tages of the interstate act , navigation
act and the tariff of the country , butte
to this Attorney General Grlggs raised
the objection that there was question
whether the president had the power
to do this and that In all probability
congress would assume that the author
ity for such action resided in that
body. This view , it is understood , pre
vailed with the president , but it was de
cided to authorize the Porto Ulcans to
set up municipal governments and put
In operation every needed kind of pub
lic work to employ the people and so
relieve the impoverished condition of a
large part of the population.
Prominent Porto Ulcaiis have been in
Washington seeking relief for the trade
of the Island , but apparently nothing
can be done until congress meets and
meanwhile there is likely to be- Increas
ing distress in the Island. Such a state
of affairs must not only have a tendency
to create among the people of Porto
Rico an unfriendly feeling toward the
United States , but it Is also pretty cer
tain to increase the demand upon this
country for the care of these new
wards , which we are under the strong
est possible obligation to make proper
provision for.
TllK POLlOY DBCL.AHED.
President McKlnley has clearly de
fined the policy and purpose of the ad
ministration in the Philippines. Speak
ing a few days ago at Ocean Grove ho
said : "Peace first ; then , with charity to
all , establish a government of law and
order , protecting life and property , and
occupation for tlie well-being of the
people ; a government In which they shall
participate under the stars and stripes. "
In his address to the returned Pennsyl
vania volunteers an eloquent tribute to
the courage , loyalty and patriotism of
American soldiers and seamen Mr. Mc
Klnley said "there will be no parley , no
pause , until the Insurrection Is sup
pressed and American authority ac
knowledged and established. "
The preparations to Increase the army
In the Philippines and the statement of
Secretary Hoot that 'the war is to be
prosecuted with all possible vigor sufll-
clently indicated the policy of the ad
ministration , but nouo the less the utter
ances of the president will command at
tention and interest The country now
knows that there are to be no further
efforts on the part of the government to
bring about peace In the Philippines
except by military force. The utter fail
ure o"f the commission sent to negotiate
with the Filipinos has evidently con
vinced the Washington authorities that
nothing is to be accomplished by such
means. "There will be no parley , "
declares Mr. McKlnley no efforts at
conciliation , no proposals looking to
peace other than unconditional surren
der. NoUco Is served upon Agulnaldo
and his adherents that they can hope for
no moro overtures from the United
States , that the last peace offering has
been made and that until , they arc ready
to submit and lay down their arms , ac
cepting without condition American sov
ereignty , the work of suppression will
bo carried on without pnuuc.
As wo have moro than once said , If
the Filipinos must bo subjugated the
task should bo prosecuted with all possi
ble energy ami vigor. The patience of
the American people is not inexhaustible
and it has been subjected to a consider
able strain already. It Is now nearly
seven months since hostilities began and
the enemy seems to bo as strong and
determined as ever. There Is not much
to show for the lives that have been lost
and the money that has been spent , The
war thus far has admittedly been a fail
ure , although better soldiers than the
American troops the world has never
seen. If the war should continue an
other seven months' without better re-
milts the administration will lose bcrl-
ously in popular regard. It is possible
that a majority of the American people
arc now In favor of suppressing- in-
minvctioii , but another protracted and
jiearly fruitless campaign could hardly
full to turn many against this iwllcy.
Undoubtedly congress will support the
policy of the administration and btipply
whatever may be needed to carry It out.
Meanwhile It li hoped that the prepara
tions making for a moro vigorous prose
cution of the Avar will convince the In
surgents of the hopelessness of further
resistance.
or inn nouns.
The latest estimate of the force which
the Transvaal republic could probably
depend uimn for defense agaliiRt a Hrlt-
l.xh Invasion Is 00,000. The Hoers them
selves now have anarmy of about 80-
000 , so that the expectation Is that they
would obtain assistance from the out
side to the extent of perhaps 150,000 men
and this Is by no means improbable ,
since it appears that they have the
hearty sympathy of the Dutch of South
Africa generally. So far as the gov
ernments of Cape Colony nnd the
Orange Free State are concerned , they
would undoubtedly be neutral , but this
would not prevent many of their people
from going to the assistance of the
Transvaal republic.
If the Boers should be able to amass
a force of 00,000 England would find
the task of conquering them extremely
dllllcult and costly. At present the
British forces In South Africa arc only
about oO.OOO and perhaps three times
this number would be required to de
feat the sturdy Dutchmen , who are in
trepid and determined fighters and arc
undoubtedly well provided with the mu
nitions of war. Of course England
is able to send whatever force may be
necessary. As was said by Mr. Cham
berlain , In his speech at Birmingham
a few days ago , should war come , Eng
land will have the support not only
of the vast majority of Britons , but of
the whole empire. Yet she would find
defeating the Boers and their allies no
easy matter.
Meanwhile the condition of affairs
In the Transvaal Is reported to bc > very
serious. All kinds of business is almost
at a standstill and much distress pre
vails among the poorer classes.
KOTlllfiO TO COMPJjAlX OF.
The people living in the great Ameri
can corn belt have no serious ground
for complaint because the price of beef
has gone up several notches to the
pouud. In prosperous times high prices
do not mean hardship to any class of
people , least of all to the producers of
the west The advance in the retail
price of beef will scarcely be felt by the
great army of wage-workers employed
in mills and factories so long as they
have steady employment at fair wages.
Cheap meat In times of distress is
dearer and more scarce on the working-
man's table than dear meat In good
times.
While the meat packers doubtless get a
large share of the profit of the beef in
dustry , the cattle raisers of the great
plains and the cattle feeders of the Mis
souri and Mississippi valleys are the
chief beneficiaries of high-priced 'beef.
The farmers of Nebraska , Kansas , Iowa
and the Dakotas are nearly all stock-
raisers , and the prosperity of the farm
ers in these states insures the prosperity
of the merchants , manufacturers and
people of all other occupations.
The only truth which Ilarvey , Bryan
and the other popocratlc apostles have
uttered in their campaign under Gen
eral Discontent was that higher prices
mean better times and falling prices
mean hard times. While their vagaries
about wheat and meat keeping company
with silver have been exploded , this
theory as to the proof of prosperity has
been established as sound. The only
point they can make out of the rise In
the price of beef is that the beef In
dustry is controlled" by a trust Even
on this point , however , stubborn facts
are at variance with theories. The Chicago
cage Inter Ocean calls attention to the
fact that , instead of controlling the pro
duction of beef , the packers are con
trolled by the stock-raisers. "There is
not a great packing establishment
or commission house in Chicago ,
Milwaukee , South Omaha or Kansas
City that is not compelled to solicit the
custom of the cattle men. The west Is
overrun wltli agents picking up hero
and there every head of marketable cat
tle they can buy and securing the ant-
mals only by paying the highest price
for them. If It can be conceived that a
trust could be formed powerful enough
on one hand to stem the appetites of the
millions of beef-eaters at homo and
abroad whom the western packers must
supply and strong enough on the other
hand to compel the thousands of cattle
owners throughout the west , who are by
no means in financial straits at present ,
to come to their terms , then It would bo
possible to Imagine a general beef trust
as a reasonable probability. Immense
as the resources of the packers may be ,
they could not command capital enough
to corner or control the live stock prod
uct of the country for a single week.
They might us well try to stop the flow
of the Missouri or the Mississippi. The
wealth of many firms , corporations and
combinations is great , but it Is as noth
ing compared to the aggregate wealth of
the western farmers nnd cattle raisers. "
This strikes us as good hoTso sense
on the cattle and beef issue. In this Industry -
dustry , as among all others , the laws
of supply and demand are the controll
ing inllucnco that cannot bo suspended
or repealed. The opening of the mills
and factories and general prosperity of
the American people has brought about
an enormous Increase In the consump
tion of beef at home , nnd the demand
for export has also Increased materially ,
while the supply has not kept pace with
the demand. Hence higher-priced beef.
The Interstate Commerce commission
IB kind to tell the grain fchlppers that the
export and domestic rate should ordi
narily be the same , but conditions might
Justify the railroads In making a differ-
encu. As the commission docs not de
fine the conditions the railroads will in
terpret its ruling to mean any time when
It suits their convenience to put In dis
criminating rates.
President McKlnley paid the highest
tribute to the valor and patriotism of
Nebraska's volunteers by the conspicu
ous place assigned to the r'lrst regiment
In the roll of honor road by him In his
rpctptlou speech to the Tenth Pennsyl
vania volunteers at Plttsburg , No higher
compliment could possibly have been be
stowed by the chief executive of the
nation upon the citizenship of our com *
monwealth. To have been enrolled In
that galaxy of American heroes consti
tutes a badge of honor more precious
than any memento that .can be trans
mitted to posterity.
The utter Inadequacy of the resources
of the police department In Omaha
could not bo moro forcibly emphasized
than by the fact that the force must be
practically depicted every time It IH
called on to furnish one small platoon
for a street parade. Omaha contains
more people today than ever In Its his
tory , but Its pollco force Is smaller
than for years because the police fund
has been so curtailed to satisfy the de
mand for a low tax levy as to leave tins
city with less than half the policemen
It should have.
The attempts to divert the members of
the First Nebraska from Omaha were
at best misguided effort. The men who
have seen arduous service with practi
cally no opportunity for pleasure are entitled -
titled to the one day of hilarity which
Omaha proposes to give them.
Itooni fnr More.
Minneapolis Journal.
There la a small but growing list of men
who wore too great to bo presidents. The
name ot Thomas B. Reed Is likely to be
added to It.
Smite Old Tune.
Kansas City Times.
Over 700 languages eire spoken In Africa ,
but John Bull talks but ono language when
ho la there and ho never says anything but
"get out , I want your land. "
HoiiorN Arc ISvcii.
Chicago Poat.
The French do not approve of American
methods In the Philippines , according to
Jean Hess of the Figaro. That makes it
on even thing , for America , does not ap
prove of French methods at Renncs.
GroNHly MlNtiikcn Charity.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
General Brooke's announcement that he
will pay cut no money on supplementary
rolls of Cuban soldiers will be commended
by everyone. That the magnificent dona
tion of $3,000,000 was a grossly mistaken
charity the conduct of the Cubans showed ,
and to accept additional rolls would ho to
encourage theft and ) imposture on a larger
scale than ever.
The Shop on the Other Foot.
Chicago News.
Beef continues to rise and the cattleman
Is counting golden gains. Ono year ago
the farmer , with the , proceeds of his -wheat
secure and the mortgage paid , laughed at
the rancher and suggested that , ho turn his
pasture ranges into fields of grain. This
year the cattleman has a chance to smile ,
and the smllo must bo especially enjoyable
as ho sees the farmer vainly striving to pet
harvest hands enough to gather In the wheat
that stands nodding on ten thousand western
farms :
Cnnndu niul the TrniiHvnnl.
Philadelphia Press.
The Transvaal government taxes the min
ers In tihat countryi3'/4'.per cent on the net
profits of the m.lnesun' 'The Canadian govern
ment takes from the Klondike miners 10
per cent of their gross output. The difficulty
and expense of mining In Canada are twenty
times greater than In the Transvaal. The
Canadian taxation is 1,000 per cent greater
than In the Transvaal. But Canada osten
tatiously expresses sympathy with the Brit
ish miners In the Transvaal while practi
cally robbing the American miners In the
Klondike. It makes an interesting contrast.
Democratic ) Suicide Goen.
Cleveland Plain Dealer ( dem ) .
If tbo democratic convention to be held
at Zancsvllle this week should nominate
John R. McLean for the head of the ticket
It will be with full knowledge that the ac
tion is deliberate party suicide. There Is
no possible chance of Mr. McLean's elec
tion , and with him In his defeat will go
down most of the local democratic tickets ,
for the disgust of the members of the
party who believe in principle and political
honesty will keep tens of thousands away
from the polls to the damage of the local
tickets.
TiilkliiR : ThronKli IIU lint.
Minneapolis Tribune.
General Law ton must have become In
fected with some of General Otis' optimism ,
for ho wrote In a letter to ono of the high
est officers of the War department , under
date of July 12 : "I bellevo the end of or
ganized opposition to the authority of the
United'States is now in sight , and that be
fore this reaches you peace will be as
sured. " Well , it Is several days since , the
letter came to band and peace is apparently
as 'far off as over. If peace was assured
the administration would not be making
preparations to dispatch 30,000 additional
troops to the Philippines.
A COLONY OP MU.VCIIAUSE.VS ,
11111 Syc'n "Forty 1,1 urs" lloliiR Great
Hunlncmi In the Klondike.
Chicago Chronicle.
Cy Warman , the author , has been to
Alaska on a trip for health and pleasure.
At a stopping place on his way homo lie
gave hla impressions of the people of that
country en the score of veracity , or ,
rather , the lock of it. He soys that every
man in Alaska is a liar not a mere pre
varicator and tale-teller , but a stupendous
deus , gigantic , monumental , elopbantln
liar. Yet , they are cheerful , Innocent , be
nevolent liars ; they lie not In a eslrlt of
malignity , but in a spirit of love and char
ity ; life is a human comedy of lies.
Ae If to illustrate this judgment regardIng -
Ing the people of cur Arctic colony , a story
comes from there by way of Altooua , Pa. ,
in which -wo are told of a man who bought
a mlno of marvelous wealth while he was
in a state of drunken unconsciousness. . Th
man's name Is said to bo "Gus" Andersob ,
It la alleged that he went to the Klondike
and reached there with $800 In hla pocket ;
that a couple of sharks tried to sell him a
mine which ho refused to buy ; that they
.got 111 in drunk , wrote out a deed of the
mine , which they caused him to accept ,
giving blu receipt and taking his $800 out
of his pocket , with which they made off.
When "Gus" sobered up and found hla
money gone , with the deed of the mlno In
its place , he was at first dumfouaded and
discouraged , but he thought it over and
determined to make the best of it. He
opened up the mine and took out $2,200 the
flret month. you eee they are accurate us
to the odd $200. During the year be took
out $250,000 , the next year he took out the
same sum and the mine is now yalued at
millions. The moral Is that If you go to
the Klondike the way to success Is to get
drunk and buy from sharks a mine sup
posed to bo worthless.
We ore Inclined to accept Mr. Wurman's
Judgment to the effect that Alaska la a
colony of stupendous and indescribable
liars. Lying is a business. The lies In re
gard to the gold -which will come out from
the Yukon country may be estimated na
about one hundred fold exaggerations ot
fact. Anything let * than this will do far
less than Justice to the subject ,
KCIIOI3S OK THIS WAIl.
A belated number of Manila Freedom ol
Juno 22 , junt arrived , contains a abort nc-
count of the farewell of the Nc.bra.4kn boys
to Manila and the Philippines. "Member *
of the Fighting First , " say Freedom , "made
their farewell to the public of Manila Inst
evening t C o'clock , prior to their embarka
tion on the Hancock today. The regimental
band preceding the regiment to the Lunctn
rendered ft number ot selections at the band
stand. The regiment followed shortly after
and a regimental dress parade was pre
sented.
"Tho battle scarred veterans arc still able
to hold their reputation on the parade
ground and this feature of their final bow tu
the public will long bo pleasantry rcmom-
borcd after they have been wished God
speed on their way to their loved ones at
homo. "
Benevolent assimilation continues Its
glorious mission In the Orient. Freedom
of Manila reports that Schooner's beer "has
achieved well-merited popularity among
thoamlgos" ( friendly nations , ) while Ameri
cans regard it Is " a soothing reminder of
home. " In connection with another brand ,
Freedom announces that " High ball Is not
base batr , but a delicious blending ot
Booze's malt and Hlrano water. " With an
abundance of both to meet the growing de
mand , It is not improbable the "dry sea
son" will bo Indefinitely postponed.
The Interviews had by correspondents ot
the Now York World with 100 privates of the
California regiments , just lauded at San
Francisco , agree with the sentiments cx-
prctscd in similar Impartial Interviews had
with an equal number of the Nebroskan ,
Oregon , Colorado and Pennsylvania regi
ments. The striking feature of these ex
pressions of private soldiers is the prac
tically unanimous sentiment against the
policy of expansion. The views of all are
crystallized In the words of ono California
soldier , who snld : "Nino out of every ten
soldiers who were sent to the Philippines
condemn the policy that has involved this
country In war with the natives. It has
been a losing game all the way through for
stakes that amount to nothing. "
The Navy department has Issued a gen
eral order awarding a modal of honor to
Corporal MacNcal of the marine corps for
gallantry aboard the Brooklyn during the
fight with Cervera's fleet. Corporal Mac
Ncal climbed out on a six-pounder gun un
der the forecastle and cleared It of a
Jammed shell , after several other
privates had fallen. This feat was per
formed during the heaviest part of tbs
action.
Some one told a Twentieth Kansas boy
that mosquitoes would never come Into the
neighborhood of a dog , BO ho captured ono
of the curs running about the town and
took him to bed. As a result tbo dog filled
the bed so full ot fleas that ho hasn't been
able to get rid of them yet , and be Is ( steep
ing out under a banana tree. "Mosquitoes
are bad enough , the Lord knows , " says our
soldier boy "but they are an Ice cream
festival when compared to a Philippine
flea. "
A Honolulu correspondent of the Imper
ialist New York Times writes that there
are "abundant opportunities for capital"
In the Islands. But -what is there for la
bor ? Ho answers this question by sayIng -
Ing : "The competition ot coolie labor , with
their low rates of wages and contentment
to Hvo on rice and fish , will make Honolulu
undesirable for the worklngman. "
FIGURING ON 1000.
I.CKH Cliniice Tlinn Viiunl fnr Mathe
matical Combination * Next Year.
New York Sun.
There have been two presidential elec
tlons held under the apportionment estab
llshcd by the last federal census , of 1890
those of 1892 and 1896 , and next year's pres
Idcntlal election , though occurring after thi
enumeration of the inhabitants which ivll
bo made In the month of June , will be eub
Ject to the census of nine years ago. Fo :
this reason those political prophets am
computers who , in advance of a presldentla
election , are accustomed to ground precllc
tlons on "changes In the electoral college , '
have no chance at present , for the numbe :
of states participating in the next presl
dentlal election will be tbo same as threi
years ago , and the electoral vote in cacl
will bo Identical.
Some ot the Bryan mipportcrs , dlssatlsflet
"with the assertion frequently made tha
their candidate , If nominated in 1900 , wouli
have less chance of success than ho had li
1890 , have taken to figuring the situation litho
the electoral college in the latter year some'
thing as follows : McKlnley had nlnety-flv <
moro electoral votes than Bryan , eo thai
the democratic candidate next year wll
have to retain all that Bryan received ani
secure forty-eight in addition. Of these ,
twelve are assured from Kentucky. Dela.
ware Is sure -to furnish three more , whlli
Maryland nnd West Virginia are natural ! }
disposed to old party affiliations and adt' '
fourteen between them to the nurabei
needed. This makes twenty-nine of th (
forty-eight and leaves nineteen to be looked
for elsewhere. The two states relied upor
by theao Bryanltes to make up the required
number are Indiana -with fifteen votes one
Oregon with four.
These computers , however , take into nt
account the prospective loecco from th <
Bryan column next year of states which
since 1896 , have gone republican Kansas
with ten electoral votes , Wyoming will
three , and Washington with four , a total
of seventeen , which would entirely destroj
the correctness of the present calculations ,
In two states of the country , both carried
by McKlnley In 1890 Kentucky nnd Cali
fornia the votes are so close that the elec
toral vote was not carried solidly for elthei
candidate. In California , carried by McKln
ley by 1,800 , Mr. Bryan had one of the
electors , and In Kentucky , carried by Mc
Klnley by 280 votes , Mr. Bryan had ono ol
the electors , also. In the etato elections ol
1898 , however , California was carried b >
the republican nominee for governor b >
19,000 , and the Golden State is now re.
garded as being permanently In the repub.
llcan column without any serious danger
of loss tbla year.
Prior to 1892 It was customary for the
political leaders of both parties to group
New York , Now Jersey and Connecticut to
gether as three doubtful states , which , subjected -
joc-tod usually to the same political influ
ences and the same public considerations ,
voted the same way. To thooo states wan
ascribed "tho balance "
of power" formerly
exercised by Pennsylvania , the Keystone
state , but this consideration of their polit
ical Importance prevails no longer , for under
the existing apportionments the party carryIng -
Ing all three IB no longer assured of suc
cess , and In 1892 Mr. Cleveland , who re.
cclved the whole fifty-two votes of thinu
would have received 225 votes against 197
for his competitor , Harrison , end 219 for
his two competitors , Harrison and Weaver ,
had all three gone against Instead of In
favor of the democratic ticket.
Moreover , New Jersey Is now a securely
republican state with a republican vice
president of the United States , and a Jer-
ey member of the president ) cabinet , an < !
the chance of Its return to the democratic
column iu or before 1900 Is quite remote.
The newly admitted western and northwest *
ern states have changed the relation of the
political parties considerably , but the con
sideration does not deter , even one year In
advance of the nomination , the political
computers from making their estimates.
There Mill be 447 votes In tbo next elec
toral college , and 224 will be necessary to
elect. The popular vote in 1000 will prob
ably exceed 16,000,000.
i , AMI
M. Guerln , author of "The Slego <
Pnrl.1 , " ought to l > o nrracd * lth A typi
writer.
The 'automobiles are scoring their fu
shore of accidents , considering their nun
ber and the length of time they have bc <
in service.
Daniel Webster hno been elected rotul con
mlssloner of the town of Llmlngton , Me
but there h BO llttlo In a name thnt h
flection will bo contested.
The Manila Times Is referred to as "tl
only English paper In the Philippines " Tl
Times happens to bo American , publlJhc
by Americans. There nro others Freedou
for Instance , best ot the lot , and the Amoi
lean , as robust nnd progressive as" Its nami
A bunch of Mlssltslpplnns In SU Lou !
county solemnly nfllrni having welghci
carved nnd disposed ot a Missouri mclo
weighing 200 pounds. It U evident all U
"cheerful , innocent , stupendous , mom
mental , colossal liars" Cy Warman write
nbout nro not located In Alaska.
William Ucnn Howolls ran down to Bonto
the other day and says ho was feeling vor
gloomy over the future ot the nation be
cnuse of the news thnt n well known Ne' '
Yorker had become an Kngllsh subject , A
that moment he hoard n sidewalk mcrchai :
exclaim , "Astors , 30 cents a bunch ! "
The prompt release of the German arroste
for throwing a letter Into the carriage c
Queen Victoria , when It was found to con
tain no dynamite and to be n harmless ap
peal for a new trial of n civil suit In whlc
ho was Interested , saved the press of th
United States a great deal ot money 1
ccblo bills.
The bronze statue ol the confederate ad
mlrat , Raphael Scmmes , to bo set up 1
Mobile , Ala. , Is to bo of heroic size , th
work of Casper Bubcrl of Nqw York. Th
inscription will read : Raphael Semmei
Commander C. S. Steamer Alabama , Ilea
Admiral C. S. Navy. Sailor , Patriot , States
man , Scholar and Christian Gentleman. "
The brouzo badger which Wisconsin he
given to the battleship named In honor c
the Btato has been cast In Chicago , an
weighs , with the shield , upon which It rest !
1,200 pounds. The shield bears the slat
coat-of-arms , with the word "Forward , " th
state's motto. The whole la made froi
captured Spanish cannon , nnd the design I
by Paul Kupper.
E. P. Vlnlng , general manager of th
street car lines of San Francisco , Is beln
warmly roasted by the press of that clt
because of the penurious policy of his com
pany in connection with the reception o
the returning volunteers. Wonder If he 1
the scientific manipulator ot freight rate
who formerly hold court at Ninth and Far
unm streets , Omaha ?
Sixteen windows In the dome of the nev
capitol of Colorado , at Denver , are to hav
portraits ot leading citizens of the state
and the women have suddenly sprung i
demand upon the managers thnt their 6 > e :
shall bo represented in at least five of them
Seven subjects have thus far been selected
not ono of them n woman. Among thi
women suggested are Mrs. Augusta Tabor
Mrs. Albert G. Doono , wife of the scout
and Chlppetn. wife of Chief Ouray of thi
Utes.
GOOD WORDS FOR SHAFTER
Governor TIioninN of Colorado Pralner
the lliinilllnc of Federal Troops
ut Sun Frnuelnco.
WASHINGTON , Aus. 29. The Wnr de
partment has made public the following cor
respondence between the covernor of Col
orado and Secretary Root :
"DENVER , Colo. , Aus. 24 , 1899. Hon.
Ellhu Root , Secretary of War , Washington ,
Dear Sir : I visited San Francisco lost
week to too present upon the arrival at the
Colorado volunteers from Manila , and I take
pleasure in testifying to the efficiency which ,
in my judgment , characterized the action ol
the Department of the Pacific under General
Shatter on the occasion mentioned. The
transport was promptly docked and the
troops wcro promptly disembarked ; every
facility for Immediate movement to the Pre
sidio was furnished and a personal Inspec
tion of their tents and quarters convinced
mo that no sanitary precaution had been
neglected In the preparation which had been
mode for their enforced detention prelim
inary to their discharge.
"I have taken the liberty to Impose this
opinion upon your valuable time , because I
have heard various adverse criticisms ol
General Shatter's movements In similar
cases , nnd from tny personal observation
could conceive no legitimate ground for
them.
"I have the honor to be your most obedi
ent servant , CHARLES S. THOMAS ,
"Governor of Colorado. "
"WAR DEPARTMENT , Washington. D.
C. , Aug. 29 , 1899 My Dear Sir : I thank you
for your letter of August- , testifying to
the efficiency which has characterized the
action of the Department of the Pacific
under General Shafter on the occasion of
the arrival of the Colorado volunteers from
Manila. There are so many ready to nay
Ill-natured things that it is really gratifying
to have expressions of favorable opinion of
this description. I nm , dear sir , with great
respect , your obedient servant. „
"ELIHU ROOT , Secretary of War. "
"Hon. Charleses. Thomas , Governor of
Colorado , Denvor/Colo. "
BIG RUSH FOR COMMISSIONS
Secretary Hoot Overwhelmed tvlth
I'lacen In the
Ai > i > lloatlo H for
Ten New
WASHINGTON , Aug. 29. With about 100
commissioned places yet to fill In the ten
now regiments under organization , Secretary
Hoot finds himself overwhelmed with ap
plications , even greater In number than the
sum total of those received at the beginning
Df the Spanish-American war.
It la said at the War department that the
large majority of the men who held commis
sions In the volunteer army In that war are
again applicants for service In the Philip
pine campaign , reinforced by nearly all of
those who held non-commissioned placet.
Fills eamo willingness to enter the service
Is to bo observable among the enlisted men
ind the officials cite as a case in point
Colonel Boll's regiment , the Twenty-seventh
volunteer infantry , made up of 48 per cent
it men who served ua volunteers In the
Spanish-American and 9 per cent in the
regular army during that war , or a total
lercentage of 57 In ono regiment.
Secretary Root has resolved to entertain
10 personal applications for commission *
ind Instate upon nil being preferred through
.he regular channels ,
California Arllllfrx Field HetiiriiM.
WASHINGTON , Aug. 29. General Bhafter
ms wired the War department the following
leld return from the battalion of California
irtlllery :
"Total commissioned , 11 ; promoted from
anks , 1 ; gain by appointment , 2 ; resigned ,
I ; discharged , 2 ; remaining to bo mustered
nit , 0 ; total enlisted , 292 ; gain by transfer ,
0 ; recruiting , 109 ; discharged , 110 ; lost by
rannfer , 6 ; died of dlseaee , 5 ; deserted , 11)
emalnlng to bo mustered out , 279. "
Itctiriiltluur ( ortvv Iteicliucnt * .
WASHINGTON , Aug. 29. Although re
quiting for the ten new volunteer regiments
lao not yet been actively started in all parts
if the country , 2,764 men have already been
.ecured . for these regiments , including 157
mrolled yesterday. Additional recruiting
tatloua are being established In different
mrta of the country and it is expected that
ho enrollment of troopi will progreit
apldly from now oc ,
TUI/HTS.
Tuo-ThIrd * of the Capital S < m-h ncp
rrnrntNo I'roiicrty at All.
1 United States limstor , TkiMon.
> On Juno 17 , 1899 , wo printed a lUt ot th
trusts formed In the United States ulnco
January 1 , 189S , this being the most cccn-
plctc compilation of this character ever
prepared.Vo found that 487 corporations
of the kind generally known ns "trusts" had
been projected with n total capitalization
of 17,370,783,383 , of which $1,628,706,800 , wnt
' preferred stock and $5,742,076,483 common.
Wo did not pretend thnt the division Into
common nnd preferred WM strictly accurate ,
It being noccranry to resort to estimates
In n number of cnocs. Mnklng every allow
ance , however , we wcro cpnvlnced that ot
the $7,370,783,383 ot capital stock , at least
two-thirds represented racro "wnter. "
In this Issue wo prcjont our tnblo ot
Juno 17 , nmcndcd and corrected to date.
In the place of 4S7 trusts wo now show
G47 ; nnd In the ptnco ot a total capitaliza
tion of 17,370,783,383 wo now have to record
nn aggregate of $7,779,757,882 , nn Increnss
of $408,974,499. Instcnd ot $1,628,706,000
preferred stock on Juno 17 , 1899 , wo now
xhow $1,859,913,500 , nnd tbo amount of com
mon stock has Increased from $5,742,076,4S3
to $5,919.843,982.
Wo cannot ignore the opportunity to point
out once more hojv great n menace to tha
prosperity of the country is the cxccsslvo
overcapitalization of the trusts. All the
common stock of the "combines" projected
In the Inet year nnd n half Is unquestiona
bly water , as Is not Improbably n consid
erable part of the preferred also. Now all
this water constitutes a nicnnco In more
ways thnn ono. It Is very well to say thnt
eo long as it Is known to be wntcr It can
do no harm , but that 1s likely to prove a
monstrous error. The common stock of the
trusts , nnd that part of the preferred which
represents nothing tnnglblc , was not Issued
merely to look nt. It was Usucd to bo
traded In , to constitute "gambles" on the
Stock exchange. * AVe cling unal
terably to the opinion that there Is n dny
ot reckoning for the trusts , nnd wo should
bo glad to bellovo that no other interests
would be Involved. As n mntter of fnct ,
wo shall be surprised If the entire material
Interests of the country nro not ndvorsoly
nllected when this day of reckoning comes.
F1.ASIIKS OP FUX.
Indianapolis Journal rTommy Paw , wlint
Is n monumental liar ?
Mr. Figg It means a man who can Ua
like a tombstone.
Chicago Record : Arabella You ought to
have given the waiter a tip for taking all
tiat trouble in scalding the milk ami put
ting led on your piece of butter.
Arnmlntn I did. Didn't you hear me tnll
her to tear another coupon oft the pay
cncoic ,
Someryllle Journal : Statlst'cs Ehow that
red-headed people never become ImM , but
red-heuded people's husbands often do.
Judge : "You'll have to work hnrd to get
her to marry you. "
"I'll have to work harder If I don't. "
Chicago Tribune : Truth TOHO again wltt
great dllllculty.
" 1 nm not crushed , " It said , "but I nm
pretty badly censored. '
Puck : Flsher-I'll bet you don't know
what a landing-net Is.
Miss Ang-iin ( coyly ) It's a slang term for
hammock , Isn t It ?
.Washington stnr.oar's mo'n one wny
o g-lttln Inter debt. " atd Uncle Eben.
Some men loses credit by nssumln' finan
cial obligations an1 some by braggln' dnt
< 3eyB | gwlnter do wJiut dey knows dey
t '
oixri t >
Chicago Post : "Docs that man from
America belong to the "
aristocracy ? In
quired the earl.
Well , " answered the duke , reflectively ,
I have heard It asserted that Homo mem
bers of his family were coal , barons. "
Indianapolis Journal : "When Henry goes
' "
"What's that ! "
f0 f ! " .11 ' .tl' ° last time he ever In
tends to take "
a trip without me.
Journal : Mrs. AVhvte I
a"a the Jone eB U3ed to *
.
Mrs. Browne Wewere , but wo went
camping wth them two yearn ago. "
OUT.
Theodore Roberts In the Independent
They've mustered out the volunteers
? , rt2 beU f-nycr north and south.
mo brown hand calms the mother's fears-
Dear kisses touch the bearded mouth.
The house Is glad , the fires ara bright ,
a he hero tells nbout the light.
They've mustered out the volunteers
The captain cried. "We're off today ! "
The pine woods rang with maddened cheers.
1m , 2 ° p BhlpS swunb' n'onff ' the bay.
The hero " "
talks "guard mounts" and
Poncho's , death nnd shoulder straps.
They've mustered out the volunteers- '
The bugles set the camp < nstlr ,
And nt the word home fell to tears
And some embraced the mcosenger.
And now the hero , with two bars
Upon his shoulders , sings the wars.
They've mustered out the volunteers !
The papers shout it , but the mall
Brings no bright word. The wet wind veers.
And he still guards the muddy trnil ;
5' Prilers have not come his wav !
rra1lUAhe eof,1 wlmls 8lnK ° t I'eice
ire holds the rood to S'.boney
And waits the flnul. greatrelease. .
The hero , when the candles fall
Hears singing , down a distant troll.
"None but the brave
Deserve the fair. ' '
our boys are entitled to all
good things that comes
their way and plenty of
it and of "
, speaking "good
things" reminds us of our
own good clothing.
fall styles are arriving
daily there are all kinds
of nice clothes for one to
choose from , at from # 8.00
to $25,00.
is left of our spring and
summer assortment , goes
at half price. In these lots
are suits at $3.75 , $5.00 ,
$6,25 , * 7,50 , $ JO , etc.