0 THE OMAHA DAIJL.Y . BJflK : AVEDIN KSDAY , SEPTEMBER 1 , 1800 ,
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August , 1S39 , was as follows :
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2 24,7.'IO 18 ai.KO.-i
3 2-1.87(1 S19 24,771
* 21.770 20 SU.S7i
6 21.JI40 21 24,851
6 2rtt : ( ) 22 24,1141
7 lM,7r : i 23 24.52O
8 24.S50 24 24-UJO
9 24,750 23 25.00O
JO 25,100 26. i 21.K4S
11 21,1140 27. : 513,804
13 24.7UO 2S 24 , OS
2H.KOK 29 2U.2OO
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1 24,802 31. . . ' . . . ' 27.0UO
16 24,717
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If the local ftisionlsts nro not c.ircful
they may find themselves with inoro
nominees tbnu olllces for other positions
besides that ot district judge.
Kentucky Is too busy with Its owu
little wars to furnish iminy men for the
new roKlmcnta being enlisted for the.
array. Recruiting olllcers might niako
the teu-strlko by negotiating an arm
istice.
Lieutenant Peary does not propose to
turn back In his Bcnrch for the north
pole for a little thing like the loss of
a few toes , particularly since that leaves
IUHS of him to suiter froln cold than
before.
Kverybody Iciiowg what Nebraska
can do when It starts out to raise corn ,
but a glaiice through the fruit exhibits
at the exposition shows that it does not
have to take u back sent at a fruit
show , either.
General Miles says army experiments
have demonstrated that high explosives
can bu tired long distances with great
damage to the target and none to the
jwrty firing them. Figuratively speak
ing , the results produced are , however ,
the reverse.
One revolution at a lime is too low
for Venezuela , BO the enterprising people
ple of that country now have two In
full bloom. The South American coun
tries require u. political opiate periodi
cally and when the time between doses
IH overrun , trouble usually ensues.
Franco has slept on so many vol.
canoes and been through so many pe
riods of eruption that the present rumb
ling produces less alarm than would be
the case in any other country on earth.
No one in Paris over thinks matters are
serious until the paving stones begin to
_
Democracy is arranging to send Its
most potent spellbinders Into Kentucky
In the attemn to save that Htate to the
party. Kentucky used to have demo
cratic orators and voters to spare to
help carry Ohio and Indiana , but they
are all needed at home now and a short
crop at that.
The objection to the Union ' Pncilln
using oil bought out of the state and
not Inspected In the state arises not HO
much out of solicitude for the safety of
the people supposed to be endangered
as out of the longing of the popoeratle
Inspectors for the Inspection fees.
There Is no question that If the fefs
wore paid the oil would have no dim.
culty lit passing muster.
Thu boycott originated In Ireland. At
the tlmu and phvco It may have bpon
Justllied , but the prlncjplo Is unamer.
lean and has been so pronounced by
many statesmen and newspapers.
It should never be permitted to take
root In American soil. Any nation that
declines to place exhibits at Paris Him-
ply cuts v > rr Its no.so to splto its"face. .
Thu exhibitor will get quite as much
benellt as France.
Exports of the Agricultural depart
ment arc having no end of trouble lo
cating the primal breeding ground of
the llocky mountain locust , or migratory
'
tory grasshopper , When they think
they liavo It settled the people of the
section designated ripe up In indlgnnut
protest and the sclcntlstx are forced to
revise their opinions. Like the traveler
In Iowa in search of the famed Ilackel-
barney , It is nlwaya a llttlo further on.
It would Iw IntoroHtlng to know Just
what exeuso the state liouso reformers
van offer for allowing JJio Insurance
laws passed by thq last legislature to
bo hung up and nulllllcd by executive
deadlock. Present conditions only load
to confusion , which grows'greater'with
the lapse of every day. Such a condi
tion IB discreditable to Urn stnlo and
worka au injustice to these whoso busi
ness brings them within the operation
of the law.
THAT AttK URt.Ott P.m.
In an address Just Issued In the name
of thu populist state committee the fol
lowing eulogy Is paused upon former
Governor Holcomb , who Is ojrnln before
the people of Nebraska as the fusion
candidate for supreme Judge , to be
voted on at the coming election :
The magnificent record ot Hon. Sllan A.
Holcomb M governor appetite to every
thinking man. His rigid adherence to
strict economy , yet not parsimony , In an
departments tinder his control while gov
ernor , his conforvatlpm and eminent fair
ness In his every act , both public and pri
vate , nnd , above all , his'honesty and un
doubted legal ability , combine to mark him
as nn Ideal man for a scat upon the su
preme bench.
Like so ninny other doubtful state
ments emanating from the same source ,
this panegyric would be startling If
true. If Candidate Holcomb Is to point
to the record he made as governor for i
his recommendation for a renewal of i
popular confidence by elevation to the '
supreme bench the people will flnd that ,
that record Is not such as will warrant
them in accepting his present promises
at par.
Going into the executive ofllco upon a
strict pledge to defend the people's
rights against the aggressions of rail
road and other corporate organizations ,
he notoriously succumbed In a few
short weeks to the Insidious Influence
of the free pass , notwithstanding the
fact that his party had from the first j
been unreservedly committed against ;
the pass bribe. Today Holcomb openly
admits that as governor he accepted all
the passes that were offered to him and
drew requisitions upon the railroads for
more , but he now promises to reform
and asks nn opportunity to show that
as supreme judge his promises will be
worth more than they were as gov
ernor.
In the face of the position of the pop
ulists on the question of state regulation
of railroads. Governor Holcomb re
placed three republican railroad com
missioners , whom he nnd his party had
branded as railroad tools , with three
pnpocratic commissioners notoriously
more subservient to the railroads than
any who had preceded them. Instead
of offering the relief the people were
demanding , 'Governor Holcomb's rail
road commissioners have played con
stantly Into the hands of the railroads
and In every controversy have been on
the side of the railroads as against the
side of the people. But Governor Hoi-
comb not only retained them In ofllce ,
but perpetuated them upon his successor
ser when he should never have ap
pointed them In the first place , or , If Im
posed upon , should have removed them
as soon as he discovered their duplicity.
If ex-Governor Holcomb Is to have
the credit for the commendable acts of
his administration he must be blamed
for Its failures. After Insisting for
years that the railroads of Nebraska
wore undervalued in their assessment
and were escaping their share of the
burdens of government , thereby shiftIng -
Ing them upon the farmers and other
taxpayers. , Qovcrnor Holcomb's State
Board of Equalization accepted without
change the samp , railway assc smenta
fixed by their predecessors. , whom they
had denounced as Inspired by railroad
influence. .
It Is unnecessary to refer except In
passing to the inexcusable credulity , to
call It a mild name , of Governor Hoi-
comb In accepting from Treasurer Bart-
ley in settlement of his accounts a cigar
box full of worthless papers without
an attempt to verify them , when he had
been warned against Hartley and had
been Informed that Bartley threatened
to resign If compelled by the governor
to make a cash settlement.
The question is. Would Sllns A. Hoi-
comb on the supreme bench be any
truer to the puople than he was In the
executive chair ? Would Silas A. Hoi-
comb as Judge live up to his pledges
any better than did Silas A. Holeomb
as governor ? Would Silas A. Holcomb
In judicial robes withstand the blan
dishments of railroad corporations and
defend the rights of the common pnop'e '
more vigorously than when as chief ex
ecutive he accepted pass bribes , ap
pointed railway tools as railway
commissioners and reiilllrmed a notori
ously fraudulent railway assessment ?
WIIITK lAlttrt ) IN HAWAII.
The secretary of the United States
senate committee on Interstate com
merce , who has just returned from an
Investigation of the labor situation in
Hawaii , is of the opinion that the solu
tion of the labor problem In the Islands
Is the employment of free white labor.
It wlll.be . Interesting to hear more from
Mr , Hay on this subject , particularly
his views as to how free white labor
shall be Introduced in the Is'ands. ' At
present Hawa'l ' Is well supplied with
Chinese and Japanese contract laborers.
Since annexation thousands of those
ppoplo have boon brought to the Islands ,
Ilie planters having taken the opportu
nity afforded by the faIInro of congress
to enact legislation prohibiting the Im
portation of contract Jn'xir to abun
dantly provide themselves with It and
there Is probably enough of such labor
there to meet the demand for years to
come.
come.What
What shall bo done with It ? Man
ifestly In order to Introduce free white
labor the Chinese and Japanese contract -
tract laborers will have to bo expelled
and this would bo no easy task. The
planters would undoubtedly oppose any
such arrangement , as forcing upon
them more expensive labor and also
labor very sure to prove less efllclent.
The contract labor Is very cheap , Is
easily controlled and is suited to the
cllmato. Free whlto labor would not
submit to conditions which are entirely
satisfactory to the Chinese and Japa
nese and its employment would mean a
material reduction In the profits of the
planters , besides moro or less trouble
In controlling it.
But the. prime question Is , Could sulll-
dent whlto labor bo obtained ? Very
likely It could not , whatever reason ,
able Inducements might bo offered ,
Hawaii offers no attractions for whlto
labor , It haa not gone there since an-
nexaUou and it la safe to say It will not
go to any considerable extent. This
part of our new possessions must de
pend for Its development upon Asiatic
cheap labor.
llcports of complaint nnd criticism
regarding operations In the Philippines
by pronlluent military otllcers should
not receive too ready credence from the
public. A reported Interview with Gen
eral liwton , in which he was slated to
have criticised military operations In
Luzon , is denied on the authority of
General Hchwitn , on duty at Manila , In
a dispatch to the War department. An
other report states that General
Wheeler has expressed dissatisfaction
with the management of affairs In the
Philippines and proposes to apply for
permission to return to the United
States unless there is some change.
Both of these otllcers nro old and ex
perienced soldiers , thoroughly familiar
with military obligations and the ethics
of their profession. Probably no other
two men In the nruiy would be less
likely than Lawton nnd Wheeler to in
dulge In criticism of their superior of-
llccra or to express public and un-
ottlclal opinions respecting military
operations. They are the last men
from whom would be expected any
such breach of discipline and propriety.
There Is no doubt good reason for
criticism of the military management
in the Philippines. It has certainly
not been a shining success. But the
ofllccrs who arc serving there know too
well their duty to complain nnd they
also know that if dissatisfied there Is
au easy way to get out of the service.
LOVUKFS WPOUTUSITT.
President Loubet has an opportunity
to vindicate lustlce , relieve Franco of
the stigma that now rests upon the na
tion and win the commendation of un
prejudiced people throughout the civil
ized world. The members of the lien-
nes court-martial have recommended
that Dreyfus be not subjected to a fresli
degradation. Such mercy would be in
consequential. It would not in the
least mitigate the Injustice of the verdict.
The great wrong that has been done
cannot be lessened or modified by
merely relieving the unfortunate victim
of another ordeal of degradation. No
such cheap expedient of so-called
"mercy" can count for aught against
the. monstrous outrage upon justice that
has been committed. So far as the
military power of France is congerned
It can do nothing more to degrade Drey
fus. It has gone the full length and
to repeat the act of 1804 would but add
to Its shame and dishonor and intensify
the nearly universal contempt In which
it Is held.
President Loiibet has the power to
pardon Dreyfus. Has he the moral
courage to exercise this power ? He
Is a man of the people. He has shown
himself to be a friend of justice , else
thcro might have been no Kcnnes court-
martial. He is a patriotic man , jealous ,
there is no doubt , of the honor of his
country and earnqstly devoted to its
welfare. His conduct since he became
president has shown him to be a states
man not Influenced by prejudices or a
narrow partisanship. In the opinion of
the civilized world the honor of France
has been compromised. The unpreju
diced and Impartial judgment of man
kind condemns the Drevfus verdict.
The material Interests of the nation arc
threatened. On every hand France Is
derided nnd scorned. Will the presi
dent of the republic disregard all this ,
as well as the appeal of justice , and
permit the monstrous wrong to stand ?
Will he heed the voice of i-esentmout
and protest raised in every civilized
land , or will he allow the crime hatched
in conspiracy and consummated through
perjury to be carried to Its fulfillment ?
We shall see.
A leading paper of Paris expresses
the opinion that the pardon of Dreyfus
would br'nu ' about the pacification of
France. There is reason to think that
this Is a sound view. It should satisfy
those who demand the vindication of
Justice and it IH highly probable that
the army would not attempt to create
agitation against such an act , since to
do so might prove perilous to some of
tlie prominent intriguers In this deplor
able an'ulr. If setting Dreyfus free
would release Mercler nnd the other
conspirators and perjurers from the
danger of having to answer for their
crime , perhaps they would accept It
without complaint , regardless of the
fact that It might bo construed by the
world ( is In effect their condemnation ,
for they must realize that they are al
ready condemned.
President I/Mibot has the opportunity
to do the greatest possible service to
his country and the world will nwalt his
decision with the profoundest Interest.
There Is basis for the belief that the
Union Pacific will hv consolidation and
combination with other Hues KOOH run
solid trains between Omaha and Seat
tle , whose deep harbor has attracted
some of the most Important of Asiatic
steamship lines , Tints Omaha shippers
will have n direct line for consignments
to the Orient and to Alaska , enabling
thorn to shun the Southern Pacific
monopoly , which has done more to Injure -
juro San Francisco than any other In-
finance. The railroads between the
Missouri river nnd the Pugct Sound
country can niiiko Seattle n much
greater port than It already Is , for nature -
turo did everything for the harbor there
nnd It only remains for man to take ad
vantage of his opportunities.
Nothing could better illustrate the
solid foundation on which the business
of the country stands at present than
the course of prices on the stock mar
ket when the death of Cornelius Van-
derbllt was made Known. Had such a
financial light gone out unexpectedly
during the period of depression a panic
would doubtless have ensued. Iti hard
times the fata of great properties de
pends largely upon the genius of the
man who controls them and the con
fidence of the public In him. When tin
stay is removed In times of stress faltl
In the property Is lost and prices turn
bio. In times like the prcsmit the life
or death of no one capitalist con serl
ously disturb values.
When the heavy property owners ol
South Omaha want that municipal cor
poratlon annexed to Omaha it will nol
take them long to flnd a mentis foi
bringing annexation about. Their con
sent Is withheld largely through doubt
of their ability to handle assessors 01
boards of equalization to their advnn
tage. Yet It ought not to be a dllllcull
matter to convince property owners
that annexation would tend to diminish
rather than enhance tax assessments.
What has bconio of the many troups
of rainmakers that Infested Nebraska
during the season of partial crop fail
ure ? They practiced deception upon
many communities. P. T. Barnum used
to say the people liked to be hum
bugged , a truism fully exemplified In
the case of the alleged rainmakers , not
one of whom was ever arrested and
fined for obtaining money under false
pretense.
In Denver the street railway com
pany at stated hours runs a train of ob
servation cars , whose starting point la
In the center ot the city , from which n
circuitous route Is taken through the
streets of the city , the faro being 25
cents. Such au Innovation In Omaha
would be appreciated by everybody
save possibly the liverymen.
The advantages of a market house
ore so well understood that argument
favorable thereto would be superfluous-
In Omaha the need is imperative and la
generally conceded. The only question
Is , How can provision bo made for the
cost of such a structure as Omaha must
have sooner or later ?
IlcitrutnliiR MrmorleN.
Philadelphia Times.
That pass at Lalng's Nok , In the Trans
vaal , Is a subject of some concern to the
English military authorities. They got
It In the neck there la the last war.
Trniitn Arc In for It.
Chicago Record.
Fifty speeches are to be made against tha
trusts In Chicago this week and If the
octopuses are not talked to death they
should be so weakened that congress will
have an easy time grappling with them
later on.
WomlurM WrotiKUt l y Weather.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Out weet It Is so hot that the chickens
hatch while their mothers ara decorating
boarding house tables. And next week
the same chickens will ba squawking for
overcoats. You get your money's worth
of weather In this country.
rcucc Flrnt , Talk After.
St. Louis Ilopublic ( dem. )
As soon as order is restored In the Philip
pines the democracy will demand that they
bo relinquished to the ownership and con
trol of their own people under a scheme ol
free government that promises success. This
Is In acccord with the teachings of the con
stitution and with the true spirit and tradi
tion of AmerlcanUni.
Itrynii'H AdjifntiiMe Pollclen.
New York Tribune.
In his letter t cTJUSsel to the New Jersey
democrats Bryan'rccomniends them to punch
the bag ol Imperialism , to take an occa
sional whack at the trusts and. to advocate
the election of senators by popular vote. He
lays no stress on free silver , thus showing
that the lessona of the last New Jersey elec
tion have not been thrown away on him.
Painful Ilcmliiili-r for Hnlcomb.
Indianapolis Journal.
It Is very mean In the republicans of Ne
braska to remind the fusion candidate for
the supreme court that when ho was gov
ernor ho collected of the state twice as
much for house rent as he paid. The man
whoso whole eoul panteth for refonm should
not be worried atvmt such llttlo matters as
a false affidavit to get $40 a month from
the stato.
iN'eecl of Common Senitc.
Buffalo Express.
Secretary Iloot haa found one moans ol
helping the Porto Rtcans by buying their
coffee- for the use of the army. The fact that
hitherto the United States have actually been
sending coffee to Porto Ulco for the soldiers
stationed there and distributing alma ta
Porto Illcans left helpless for lack of a
market shows how great need there waa for
a man of Root's common sense In the War
department.
IiONHCN III < 1C I
Globe-Democrat.
The total loss of the American army In
the Philippines since the first arrival of
troops to last Tuesday Is 289 killed , 138
died from wounds and accldonts and 480
died from disease , footing up 907. The
wounded who recovered or are recovering
number I.GOG. Only eighteen are In the list
of captured and missing. H Is a compara
tively light record for extensive operations
covering moro than a year.
The Itlurlit ti > I'Vooiloni ,
New York World.
Senator Llndray says that "the Filipinos
have never been free , " nnd therefore "In
submitting to the authority of tha United
States they surrender no privileges or Im
munity. " Our revolutionary patriots had
"never been free , " but they declared and
established their natural and Inn'lenible '
rights to freedom. It Is n new and strange
doctrine for an American statesman to
preach that n lost heritage of freedom Is the
only Juatlflcatlon of n war for Independence.
Aflvnnpi * In I'rlA'K.
Philadelphia Prefifl.
Prices continue to advance , regardless of
trusts. Among the articles the price of
which advanced during August were corn ,
barley , rye , horses , hogs , milk , eggs , but
ter , choose , tea , currants , hidofl , cKton , pig
iron , timber , hops , tobacco , hay and ether
things In no way influenced by trusts. Sugar ,
one of the trust articles , declined , as did
mutton and gome other things. It Is ab
surd to attribute the general rifle In prices
to trusts. Jt | s principally due to the greater
prosperity of the nation and Increased con
sumption.
C'liltlH nnd lloundt lij' Turn * .
Indianapolis Journal.
While a dozen etatca lu the central part
of the country wera suffering last week
from a temperature of nbout 100 , with a hot
wind from the southwest , the temperature
was down to the frost line In northern New
York and to that of freezing In one corner
of Vermont. In the Grand Army encamp
ment at Philadelphia eomo of the veterans
built Bros in order to be comfortable In the
mornings , The two extremes seemed to be
related In toino way not made clear by
the weather department. It Is safe to say
that it the army lu the Philippines could
uave sampled either variety they would have
preferred their own steady , but not blister
ing heat , tempered with eea breezos. A
withering hot wind Is not tropical , It be
long ? rather to the desert.
TIIH AKIUCAX AV\ll Cl.Otl ) .
lx > nl ville Courier-Journal : There Is ni
cattso of war with thfl Transvaal , and Orca
Drltaln haa every reason to continue the tie
Kotlattons. National honor IB not Involve !
only the greed of Cecil Uhodes and his fol
lower ] Is In nucM.lon.
Philadelphia llccord : The outlook Is nl
together too peaceful to plcaso the Soutl
African boomers and their allies of the tj n
don newspaper press , who In their minds hm
already gobbled the Transvaal. Hut the wl.
world nt large will continue to hope- for :
steady lessening of friction nnd a pacific cut
come of the Imbroglio.
Htiffalo Express : A reply to the lattflt not
of the Urltlsh government to the South \t-
rlcan rcpublln Is hardly to bo expected untl
the matter has received very careful alien
tlon. Hcnco no decisive news need be lookei
for at once , unless the Doers should ossumi
the offensive. It Is well to remember tha
every day of delay gives a better ch.ince for i
compromise that will avoid war.
Chicago Journal : We have no Monroe doc <
trluo for South Africa , but Great Britain 1 :
Jealous of our good-will If ehu know thu
American people held In abhorrence her contemplates -
templates crime against peace and liberty li
might stay her hand. Hut do they ? U li
more likely that , misled by parroting news
papers nnd dazzled by the fnleo glamour o
their own Imperialism , many of them would
look upon Chamberlain's raid with approval
Philadelphia Times : A reasonable guar
anty that England will not gobble up the
country or , in other words , a clear nnd
unequivocal reamrmatlon of the terms of
the London convention of 1884 , recognizing
the Independence of the republic In all her
Internal affairs would be nbout nil that
the Doors will nak and that they certainly
are entitled to. With such assurance In
black and white Krugcr and the Volksrnad
would doubtless bo willing to deal liberally
with the Ultlnndors , and thus remove all
causes of Irritation with. England.
Chicago News : There Is no doubt that a ;
the case Is understood today a war against
the Docra would be distasteful to the moral
senseof this country. Americans could nol
overlook certain striking analogies to their
own case In 1776 , except that wo were then
clearly rebels , while the South Africans are
as clearly free men. Great Drltaln'o sov
ereignty over the American colonies rested
on solid ground. Her claim of sovereignty in
South Africa Is hardly more than d'plomatlt
shadow. Kruger has offered concessions. The
British policy , as It appears today , Is simply
one of conquest
Chicago Tribune : If the English Invade
the Transvaal Americans will rejoice to see
the Deem "welcome them with bloody
hands to hospitable graves , " and make
every TransvaaJ mountain another Majuba
hill. Were the field of action nearer homo
and leas Inaccessible thousandn of liberty-
loving Americans would rush to the aid of
the burghers whom English land hunger and
gold mine hunger is endeavoring to rob
of their freedom and their native land. Far
away as Is the Transvaal , If war comes and
the struggle la protracted , gallant men of
many nationalities will make their way
to < the Interior of Afrlcn to strike a blow for
freedom and , against freedom's eaiemy.
PllUSO.XAI , AXU OTIIERAVISE.
General Miles has accepted an Invitation
to act as marshal of the Dewey parade at
Washington , D. C.
In the past eighteen months President Mc-
Klnley has been the victim of camera fiends
over three thousand times.
Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens , son of the
novelist , has been appointed a rabbit Inspector
specter by the Now South Wales government.
Ho was formerly a member of the colonial
parliament.
The house In which General Sherman died ,
In New York , has been sold by the heirs
for about $35,000. U Is situated on West
Seventy-first street , and was purchased by
the general a year before his death.
The celebrations of Old Home week In
N.CW Hampshire towns wore so successful
this year , the first of Its obsarvance , that
they are likely to bo repeated annually here
after , though the date may be changed.
Ono of Pension Commissioner Evans' crit
ics recently accused that official of having
a "literary bureau. " Mr. Evans replied em
phatically : "Yes , I have , and It consists
of every reputable newspaper in the United
States. "
Ira D. Sankey , the evangelist , bos been
making complaints to the board of health
against the duck farms near his home In
Eastport , L. . I. The complaints were Investi
gated the other day nnd the board came
to the decision to stand by the ducke and
voted against Mr. Sankey.
Twenty-eight head of specially fed Aber
deen-Angus cattle , 2-yoar-olds , raised In In
diana , near Terre Haute , by John McFaJl.
sold In Chicago September 6 at JG.85 , the
highest price paid for cattle there since
Christmas , 1892 , and the highest In Septem
ber Elnco 1884.
Mr. C. A. Plllsbury has Just completed
his thirtieth year In the milling business
In Minneapolis , Minn. , probably a longer
term than that of any other man engaged
in the business in the northwest. His busi
ness has grown in twenty years from less
than 1,000,000 barrels of flour a year to nearly
5,500,000 barrels.
The American Society of Professars of
Dancing , now in convention In New Yoik ,
has decreed the fashion that hereafter In
round dances the gentleman shall not hold
the lady's right hand with his left , but
allow It to hang free BO fihe may hoU up
her train. This Is , of course , a blow nt tve
advocates of the universal use of the bicycle
skirt.
PI.AYS WKL.L , HIS PAHT.
hlicirt IliinKc View of Ponliiif Ciindl-
dulo nt Sun FrnnvlHco.
San Francisco Call.
A close study of Mr. Jlryau reveals him
as au actor. Ho is a born thesplan. He
approaches every question with u view to
stage effect. His faculty o adaptation ot
the ideas of others and his foutlncss for
dramatic exits and entrances are all the
characteristics ct a player. His tendency to
begin making a speech to any crowd ho seen
marks him a natural-born barnstormer.
Thi impression he leaves Is exactly that
produced by a show. In his progreus through
the country In 1896 the crowds that heard
him were larger than had ever listened be
fore to a tump speaker , but where his audi
ences were largest bis vote was the small
est. The people had gone to a show. They
wanted to hear n "boy orator. " They heard
him , applauded him even , went home and
voted the cither ticket. To them It was a
circus , a passing show. The same crowds
go to "tho unparalleled aggregation of bi
ological wonders nnd agglomeration of
mental and muscular masters of magto and
myotery , " but they don't remember the
clown's snugs nor take the ringmaster's
advice In their public or domestic affairs.
So , rising from the circus to the stage , the
audience weepfl over Desdemona , though It
knows she Is not smothered , and It goes to
the tomb In tears with Juliet , knowing that
oho will bo at her mutton broth and beer
when -the play Is over.
Mr. Dryan excites Just that sort of Interest
and no other.
The feeling for him In bis audiences Is per
fectly sincere of its kind. He la playing a
part , docfl It fairly well , nnd earns applause
Hnd somnthlnK more substantial , and geU
both , and there tha Impr * lon ends ,
After his next defeat f r the presidency
he should follow Ma trend and talents and
take to the state , His ago would ba no bar ,
fnr his political career lias really been a
coure of study and practice for the B ck
and bunkln , Hewould * et lar * * audience *
and make the fortune of hl manager and
ht WWTJ.
F.CIIOI3S OK TIII3 WAH.
Of nil the receptions and presentation !
arranged to ftlgnarizo Admiral Ucwcy'n return
turn homo none will txiunl In popular In
tcrest the presentation of the natlon'i
sword of honor t Washington. Thi
magnificent testimonial ordered by congrcsi
typlflca national esteem for the hero o
Manila bay. Other presentations nrp o
local or Individual algnlficAticr. The Kit
Is worthy of the deed ; the recipient worth ]
of the honor. The occasion , therefore
will be R memorable one , equaling lu pub' '
tic Interest the Inauguration ot a president
The- ceremonies will oour on the hlstorli
east front of the capltol , and will un
doubtedly bo witnessed by as Ittrgo a mul *
tltudo of people as ever assembled there.
Just now a great deal of Interest 1 <
shown In the sword which Admiral Dewej
Is to have. The weapon cost $10,000. li
was designed b > Pauldlng Farnham ntu
was made by Tiffany & Co. of Now York
It wna completed about January 1 and wai
rent about the middle of that month to tin
secretary of the navy , In whose custody 11
has been ever since.
The sword Is undoubtedly one of tin
most beautiful gifts that has ever beer
presented to one of Us heroes by a grateful
nation. With the exception of the ntec' '
blade and the body of the scabbard , tin
weapon Is made entirely of 22-carat gold
On the pommel 1 engraved the woiV
"Olympla , " the flagship of Admiral Dowry
ntid Just beneath Is the sign of the Zodiac
for December , the lucky month In which he
was born. Around these Is a wreath ol
oak leaves. Just below the pommel Is cm-
braced by a gold collar , on the front ol
which is the coat of arms of the United
States , while still lower Is the coat ol
arms of his native stuto , Vermont. It benre
the state motto "Freedom nnd Unity. "
The grip of the sword Is covered with
shark skin and wound with fine gold wire.
The guard Is carved In the shape of an
eagle with outspread wings. On the front
of the scabbard are tha Initials "O. D. , "
and under them , "U. S. N , " The blade ol
the sword bears the Inscription : "Tho gift
of the nation to Rear Admiral George
Dewey U. S. N. , In memory of the victory
at Manila Day , May 1 , 1808. "
A remarkable Incident occurred the other
day at Mcadvllle , Pa. , a hotbed of anti-Im
perialists. Two army lieutenants opened
a recruiting office In town. The anils sur-
roundcxl the pfico and actually persuaded
prospective soldiers from enlisting. Five
wcro secured nnd passed , however , and were
notified to return next morning to bo
oworn In. Only two came , ami these refused
to Join the army , saying their neighbors
had told them they would bo ostracized
and considered criminals If they Joined the
anmy to fight the Flllplncs.
Lieutenant Colonel Jacob II. Smith of the
Twelfth regular infantry , writing from
Manila to Danker William H. Thomson of
St. iiouis , says : "The United States must
understand that wo are only In the begin
ning ot this war nnd that it will take 100-
000 Boldicrs to put down the troubles we are
now beset with In the Philippines. The
army here , which Is minus the tried vet
erans , has n very afarrnlng amount of sick
men and officers , and there appears to bo
no let-up , owing to our having so many
soft recruits. "
Manila Freedom ot August 1 says that
"George Colton , retired lieutenant colonel
ot volunteers and cx-Uolted States col
lector of customs , Manila , was recently
the recipient of a token that he will highly
prize. The customs agents and brokers
have signified the high regard In which he
Is held by them by the presentation of n
handsome silver tablet , upon which Is
artistically engraved a warm addrera ,
couched In the most pleasant terms of kindly
remembrance. The address Is signed by
all the representative agents and brokers
of Manila. During hie connection with the
custom house Mr. Colton made many warm
friends by his pleasing personal qualities
and general business ability In tbo dis
patch of the duties of his office. "
SAME OM > KIUGIIT.
Performances of the
Ynclit CniiHC the Ununl AInrm.
New York Sun.
If wo are to Judge by many of the reports
upon the doings of the Shamrock recently
printed In the papers , the cup races will
bo somewhat exciting. The Scotch-Irish
craft is made out to bo as good as a fore
ordained victor If the wind has any life In
It , although the Columbia , beauty as It
le , Is today probably as stout a wrestler
with wind and wave as the mighty Defender
Itself.
It should ba remembered In making com
parisons between the well-tried Columbia
and the untried Shamrock , that the fear
of the foreigner has been abroad before In
tremendous force The Thistle , before It
saw the Volunteer's stern run almost out of
Its sight , could go to windward without
sails , a-ccordlng to the observation of some
pxperts. Valkyrie III was reported as
beating a tugboat that could log about
seventeen knots. In our own waters back
In the Vlgllant'a year New York's sallonmen
were sad with the same sort of anxiety
about the two boats building In Draton for
the trial races. It was known here that
the Vigilant and Colonla were very fast.
but the Pilgrim and Jubilee , the fin keels of
eastern waters , had the trial tut good as
won In the opinions not only of Boston but
of Now York. The Pilgrim , Judged by the
great tug test , could nbout hnld Its own
with a torpedo boat. Dut when matched
against the sailing yachts of their crass the
Doston boats were nowhere.
The Shamrock Is doubtless a very able
boat , perhaps abler than the Columbia ; but ,
the various estimates of Us speed , made
on the strength of watching It nail all by
lla lonesome down the bay , measure Its
qualifications for racing against the Colum
bia about as accurately as would a study of
the coming Oceanlc'e log.
Beneath all the domestic fears and foreign
hopci Is the unquestionable fact that
Columbia's superiority to Defender Is
greater than was Defender's over Vigilant.
If Sir Thomas Llpton hns got a yacht
enough better than the last Drltlsli-bullt
representative to beat Columbia , then his
ileslgner has accomplished the greatest single
stride in boat-making that U to be crod'ted '
to any nation. In the language of Prl-nto
J-hn Allen , as ho stood one day watch'ng
Ills party In the senate , preparing for a cer
tain defeat , "We don't think. "
IIAIMIO.VU IJAHM.VfiS IjAST Y13AH.
< > f Kt'oiinmleN In
O'M-riilloii.
Philadelphia Times.
The extent of bunlncas activity In the
United States during the calendar year J898
Is fully reflected In the railroad earnings
for that period , which have been compiled
ind published In Poar's Manual of Itallroads
for 1899 , advance tthecU of which have Jujt
lieon if-Hiied. H Is uliown that the gross
Darnings of the country's railroads for 183S
ncreased , ox compared with the returns of
1897 , no lc s than $116,692,098. As com-
mred with 18)0 ! ) the Increase last year waa
; 123,026,009. I argo tut these Incri'amii ap-
> ear , however , < ho percentage of Increase ( n
IS98 1.03 per cent seems Infinitesimal ,
Of the total Increase of $11GC92Q9S lu
; ros3 earnings , $8872,587 , or 1.29 per
; ent , was contributed by the movement of
'relent , tbo total receipt * from which .de-
lartmeat aggregated $808,824,620 , The gain
icre Known WES made , too , In face of the
'act ' that the average receipts per ton mils
ivcre only 7.58 milla , aa against 7.97 mills
n 1637 and 8.20 mills In 1896 , The rtpcresso
van 2.80 per cent last year compared with
.697 , and the average rate per ton mile wn
.he lowr t in the history of our nUlroad * .
ii U not ( .11 urprialnc that vuch a loir
rate record ( Jioulil bo made. There wa *
scmmblo for btmlnetw l < uit yAr wnong the
railroads. Unto wars wcro frequent , j > ro-
kngtsl and severe. Railroad managers Bccm
to poesww a desire to innko a better showIng -
Ing ns to the amount of tonnage moved
! than to profitfl from euch movement. lUtro
' Buffered In consequence. The unfortunate
1 feature Is the result that followed the year's
1 rate troubles. The low Invcl cBtnoilshoJ ha * J
elnco been continued. It hns betm Impcesl- "tu , ,
ble to re-oJtnbllsh the old level , for It rarely
occurs that n rate once cut evw innke
full recovery. And thus , we find . down
ward tendency In rates , not only In 189S ,
' but for years back.
j To offpet this condition of affairs railroad
managers have been compelled to spend rait
, ' sums of money each year In the adoption of L „
'methods ' to lessen the cost of .operation. F
Monster locomotives have been built , the
rapacity of freight cars stcntllly enlarged ,
heavier mils laid , roadbeds practically re
made , wooden brldgra have given way to
steel structures , and the length of trains In
creased. All for the purp so stated to les
son the ecst of operation.
Had not thin been done there would be few
railroads In the country today ranking re
turns to their thnrcholders. In fact , most of
them would have been bankrupt , for each
Hucrcedlng year found profits dwindling the
margin letwecn gross nnd net earning ! gow-
ing less nnd Ires. No one believes thu cud
has yet been reached. The tendency of rates
la still downward. Whether or not railroad
managers will bo able to Introduce further
economies as a partial offset remains to bn
seen. If not , congress must enact laws which
will establish rates on n profitable basis.
And this Is the relict which railroad men all
over the country expect.
S.MIM.M ) L1M&S. '
Detroit Journal ; "Ucd-headcd peopl *
never become bald , they pay.
"No misfortunes never coino singly , you
know. '
Chicago Record : The Maid Oh. how I
should love to sou n real live trnin robber.
Conductor Sorry , miss , but the Pullman
car ] > ortor has gone up In to\yn somewhere.
1 ml I a impel I ; Journal : "The leopard can
not change h ! sKtB | , " said the prosy
boarder.
"No , but the white dog can make himself
bay , " said the Cheerful Idiot. '
Chicago Tribune : "Judging1 from tny ob
servation , " remarked Uncle Allen Bpnrkfl ,
"almost the only slKii that doesn't fail in
dry weather is the beer sign. "
Cleveland Plain Denier : "I've got the
drop on you , " said the rnln to the seed.
" " seed "I'm liable to
"Hold on ! cried the ,
shoot up nt any moment ! "
Boston Herald : McSwat 'Me ' son , Tim ,
hns 500 men worktn' under him.
McTtish Phat'H he doln' ? Puttln' n. roof
ou a tlnement house ?
1'hlla.dflphla JU-cord : They were Inspect-
1iiK the Texits. "The place wo have Juat
left , " explained her escort na they went be
low , " ! H culled the gun deck. "
"I FCO , " she exclaimed brightly. "And I
suppose that place down there where.
they're raking the llrca is culled the poker
deck. "
Chicago Tribune : "Tho messenger speaks
In a ftrango tongue , " ald Jupiter. "Vul
can , my son. what tloew ho seem to be tryIng -
Ing to say ? "
"Omnipotent B're , " replied Vulcan , who
happened to be In n sulky mood , "you know-
well enough I am not the learned black
smith. "
Chicago Post : "If I should tell all I
know , " said the detective with a solemn
shake of his head , "It would create a sen
sation , and don't you forget It. "
"If you would refrain from telling what
you don't know , " returned the sarcastic
oltlzcn , "It would create even n. greater
sensation. " ,
Washington Stnr : "My Ideas , " said 'the
young msn , haughtily , "nre at least twenty
years abend of the times. "
"Great mistake , " mild the railroad man ,
grave'y ' ; "great mistake. The way to avoid
collisions In this life is to run strictly ac
cording to Hchedu'e. "
Richmond Dispatch : Henry's Sweetheart
.lust think oC It. papa ! Henry has made
up his mind to go to the war.
Her Pa I'm glad to hear it.
Henry's Swep.thenrt But. pa , do you
think he haa calculated the risk'he will
be running ? - * r
Her Pa That's Just whnt he has calcu
lated. When the risk arrives he'll do the
running all right.
Indianapolis Journal : "Great excitement
ov r the coming yacht race. " said the shoo
clerk buarder , who tries to be sporty.
"Yes , " said the Cheerful Idiot , "nnd I am
Inclined to think there. Is many a slip be
tween the CUD and the Upton. "
JOSIAH ANI1 liOWEEZT.
IxiwlPton ( Me. ) Journal ,
I never forglt the day
That we went out a-wnlkn' ! ;
An' sot down on the river bank ,
An' kept on hours a-talkln' .
He twisted up my apron string ,
An' folded it together ,
Au' said he thought for harvest tlmr
'Twas cur'us kind o'weather.
The nun went down us'we sot there ;
Josnr ! seemed uneasy ,
And mother she began to call :
"L < owetzy ! Oh ! L/oweozy ! " ,
An' then Joslnr spoke rlgm up ,
An 1 WOH just a-Ptartln' ,
An' sad ! : "Ivoweezy , whnt's the use
Of us two ever purlin1 ? "
It kind o1 took me 1 > y surprise.
And yet I knew 'twas comln'
I heard It nil the summer long
In every wild bee's luimmln" ;
I'd studied out the way I'd net ;
Hut. In ! I couldn't do it.
I meiint to hide my love from him ;
But seems ns If ho knew it ,
An' looking down into my eyes ,
Ho must 'a' seen the tire ;
An1 ever since that hour I've loved
An' worfhlped my Joslar ,
to the change we have
made from the Cluett
to the E. & W. collars
and cuffs , we have
placed all of the Cluett
collars at a special
price to close them out.
Collars nowj" are 20c ,
3 for 50c , Cuffs' now
25c a pair. Prices
were formerly , 25c and
lOc respectively.