0 THIS OMAHA DAILY UI3.E : Tl'lSSDAY , OCTOBER 10 , 1809
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The effort to form ti clinlr trust lias
proven a failure. The product wus al
ready carrying all the load It would
Btflllll.
Ik'causc It haw nothing It can say
niinliiHt the republican scliool board can
didates the ponocratlc orgim hovvlH about
bosslsm.
The popcorn ! le l-'akory Is at work In
cubating a new nut of campaign roor
backs. Watch for them ns the election
approaches nearer.
Omaha has given away many keys to
the city during the last two years , but
Hastings people can bo assured that
there arc a few loft In stock for them.
Numerous cities nro starting a cm-
fiado against the noisy factory whistle.
There Is ono sure way to abate the
nuisance vote the democratic ticket and
close up the factory.
A paper will he read before the Uni
tarian conference In this city entitled
" \Vhy Men Go to Church. " It will
doubtless prove no loss Interesting than
would it paper entitled "Why Men Do
Not Go to Church. "
The popocratlc hue- and cry about an
alleged re-publican machine is simply to
divert attention from the Dahlman-
llerduum ring that dictates democratic
tickets and rules ( lie democratic organ
ization with au Iron grasp.
What new trouble has broken out
between the democratic county attorney
nnd ( lie South Omaha gamblers , who
thought everything was llxcd by the
nomination of Shields for district judge ?
What now demand Is the popocratlc ma
chine trying to enforce ?
A Kansas 'City ' court has decided that a
inuu ciinnot bo compelled to cut the
weeds In front of his premises unless
he wants to. With this decree in force
Kansas City people can have nil the de
lights of rural summer residence with
out the trouble of moving.
Chicago has been blessed with some
largo crowds during the visit of the
president , but It was Impossible to lese
the small boy. IIo got In to shake the
hand of the president where many a
man who Imagines 'ho Is of considerable
Importance In the world failed to score.
Reports from western Iowa towns In
dicate that there will bo unanimous ac
tion In regard to the reception to the
l-'Ifty-Hrst regiment , now being planned
by the city of Council lUuffs. The opin
ion prevails that our sister city will
tender a magnificent rcccpHion to the re
turning volunteers.
Senator Jones IB quoted as Haying that
he believes the free
silver Idea 1ms a
larger following- now than In J8WI. Mr.
.Tones had Just landed from the steamer
returning from his European trip when
ho made the remark. Hy ( he time he has
been ashore long enough to get a breath
of public sentiment he may change his
mind.
Hy reference to the statement of the
condition of Xeiunska slate banks it
will bo seen that money Is u drug on
the market and that "hankers are hope-
fill that the demand
for money will soon
incrensc. " An Ideal state of course is
when money is plentiful and Is put in
use. That nil surplus Nebraska money
will soon bo profitably employed can be
confidently predicted.
The midwest Is threatened with a par
tial curtailment of the production of Us
great Industrial enterprises , owing to
short supply of coal. Unlike the shut
downs of n few years ago , tills Is a case
of too much prosperity. With the coal
mines unable to meet the demands upon
them , owing to the scarcity of miners ,
and ( ho railroads having dillleulty In
furnishing rolling Ktock to transport all
that Is mined , if a coal miner Is out of
employment at the present time It Is be
cause he does not wish to work ,
irmf Tin :
No reasonable objection can be made
to public expressions of American ym-
pnthy with the llocrs. Any of the people
ple of this country who believe that In
the Issue with England the Transvaal
rvpuhllc Is right may nroporly proclaim
j that belief In public meetings or 1
whatever way they please. This Is. the
1 umiucHtlonable privilege of American
citizens.
Hut expression or action by the gov
ernment In such a matter l.s a very dif
ferent affair and ( lime who are petition
ing President McKlnloy to mediate bo-
tweeii Urvnl IJrltaln and the Transvaal ,
many of them eminent cltlaeiiH , are unk
ing him to tin what under the circum
stances would be of doubtful wisdom.
The president Is asked to medlnto In tie-
eonhuipe with the arbitration program
adopted at The Hague , but If he were
to place mediation on this ground Great
lirlltilu would doubtless reply that that
plan applies only to differences between
sovereign states and that the Trans-
vaiil republic Is not such a state. There
Is no doubt that Great lU-ltalu would
claim that the Trnusvaal question Is
purely domestic nnd Hrltlah , just as wo
regarded the Cuban question as purely
American , and this view wo should bo
bound to accept. We could not questioner
or discuss It without giving offense to
Great IJrltaln and certainly no reason
able American citizen would wish this.
This consideration _ nlone seems to us
to be quite sulllclcnt to show the un
wisdom of any attempt at mediation
on the part of this government. But.
there Is another and for ourselves a not
less important consideration and that'la
the duty of adhering to our traditional
policy of not meddling in old world
quarrels. It Is not to bo doubted that
American sympathy Is overwhelmingly
with the Hoers , but It would'be n grave
mistake for the United States to become
In any way Involved In the South Afri
can controversy.
TO SECUIIK ORIEXTAI , TRADE ,
The people of the Pacllle coast appear
to be fully alive to the possibilities of
Oriental trade and are preparing for the
harvest which they believe awaits Amer
ican enterprise Ju the far east. There
has been formed an organization of Pa
cllle coast manufacturers and jobbers
for the purpose.of securing : i cable be
tween the coast and Honolulu and Ma
nila. According to the Seattle Post-ln-
telllgenccr all the cities of the coast will
unite In diverting tralllc that wfty and
then It will depend upon the enterprise
of several oC the respective cities to se
cure a fair proportion. That paper ob
serves that the enormous trade which
can be created within a short time Is
sutllcient to give each of the large cities
enough to make an appreciable differ
ence in the volume of Its Imports and ex
ports.
It Is to be expected that a united
effort will be made by the representa
tives of the Pacific coast In congress to
secure legislation for the laying of. a
cable to Honolulu and Manila and It
Is probably a safe prediction thut the
effort will succeed , because undoubtedly
the coast will receive strong support
from the commercial Interests In the
east that -would bo benefited by such
a cable. The development of our trade
interests in the Orient would unques
tionably be promoted by direct tele
graphic communication and doubtless
there Is private capital that would In
vest In such enterprise with some en
couragement on the part of the govern
ment. As a public undertaking , how
ever , It would encounter strong opposi
tion. It may be that the Pacific coast
people are too optimistic regarding the
future of trade with the Orient , but they
are manifesting commendable energy In
getting rciuly to make the most of It.
LA.URIER TALKS COXCIMATIOX.
In his speech at the reception given ,
him by the Canadians in Chicago , Pre
mier Lauricr said that his gospel is "con
ciliation. " Ho referred to the Alaskan
boundary question as not n quarrel , but
one of the "dllllcnltles" between the
United States and Canada.
It Is very gratifying to learn from Sir
Wilfrid Laurler himself that he Is dis
posed to be conciliatory and if he shall
bo conllrmcd In this by the cordial con
sideration shown him and the other Do
minion olllclals in Chicago his visit to
that city will be an event upon which
the people of both countries can congratulate -
gratulato themselves. To judge , however -
over , of the value and merit of Premier
Laurler's' Idea of conciliation one must
consider the course he has pursued in
respect to the questions In controversy
betwgen Canada and this country , the
boundary question particularly , and also
some of his recent public utterances.
We think that a fair and candid study
of these must lead to the conclusion Unit
the sort of conciliation wanted by the
premier Is that which would give Can
itilu about all she asks , including Anierl
can territory In Alaska and a free Amer
lean market for Canadian natural prod
nets. An excellent opportunity has been
given for exhibiting a conciliatory spirit
In the negotiations' respecting the Alas
kan boundary between Washington and
London , but the Canadian authorities
persistently obstructed the negotiations
by objections to the American proposals
which showed anything lint n concilia
toj-y disposition. Moreover , as wo un
derstand the matter , Pii'inler l.aurler
has made the settlement of all the other
Issues contingent upon the adjustment
of the boundary question , which can
hardly bo regarded us a conciliatory pro
cei-dlng.
We noted n short time ago Home utter
anccs of the Canadian premier which ,
wlillo not unfriendly ( o this country ,
were not calculated to smooth the way
to a settlement of existing dlfllcultlcH.
There was an uncompromising and drfl
ant tone In what Sir Wilfrid l.aurler
said to his constituents that indicated
a feeling favorable to conflict rather
than to conciliation. Perhaps the pro
mler was then merely playing the part
of the politician and that at heart la ;
really desires to conciliate and to reach
an nmlcablo and honorable adjustment
of the dlfllcultles between Canada and
the United Sinter
At nil pveiits , the American people will
IIP found ready to accept any fair , just
and equitable projwisals the Canadians
limy make for the settlement of contro
versies and for bringing the countrlo.s
Into closer commercial relations and
strengthening friendship between them.
Whenever the government nt Ottawa
shall show n desire for conciliation thorn
can be no doubt that It will find a llku
pirlt at Washington. Hut Canada must
ask no more than she Is willing to con
cede nnd above all she must give up the
Idea of obtaining American territory In
Alaska the right to our possesnlon of
which cannot be fairly or reasonably
questioned.
AT Tltn Ol.li rUfTLKftsn OAMK.
True to Its old cuttlefish tactics the
World-Herald Is engaged In another
desperate attempt to divert attention
from the bosslsm and machine methods
throttling the democratic party In this
city and state by endeavoring to create
the Impression that the republican
party organization Is suffering from
ring rule. In this , IIH In similar previ
ous Instances , the World-Herald may
fool some of the people , but It cannot
fool many of them and It cannot fool
any of them long.
More high-handed machine domina
tion overriding the will of the rank
and file was never foisted on any politi
cal party than by the democratic
Tammany which has secured con
trol of democratic state , county
and city committees. Whenever a
republican ticket Is to be put in
nomination every republican voter Is
consulted by Invitation to attend the
primaries and register his vote for one
or the other of contesting delegations.
The democratic voter , on the contrary ,
Is seldom given an opportunity to ex
press himself as between aspiring can
didates or to reorganize the party ma
chinery so long prostituted to the pa
tronage mongers nnd spoils seekers.
Time and time again the democratic
manipulators , fearful of trusting the
people , have arrogated to themselves
the appointment of delegates to state
and Judicial conventions and packed the
delegation with favorites pledged to the
perpetuation of their power.
The most recent example of this arbi
trary action Is found in the late demo
cratic city convention , which put up a
scliool board ticket without the aid or
consent cither of the voters or the
nominees. To make sure that the
bosses would not be dethroned
they refused to call a primary
election , but appointed as dele
gates .the same dummies they had
sot up in their compromise tickets for
the previous county convention. The
ticket , instead of being made by the
convention , was made In advance by
the bosses and not even a suggestion
was tolerated whether It might bo ad
visable to change the democratic city
committee by which such an outrage
on the voters was perpetrated.
.Tust ns It' is admitted the democratic
state platform was written and forced
on the convention by one man , so the
democratic state ticket , the democratic
judicial and county tickets are the
product of the relentless machinery
which subordinates everything to the
so-called interests of Bryan , in the hopa
of securing a mortgage on presidential
appointments should the sllveritc
colonel ever reach the executive chair.
IIn the light of this situation is it not
the height of impudence for the organ
of Bryan to intimate that republican
conventions , made up of delegates se
lected by. the free choice of republican
voters , do not represent the republican
party ?
Fred White , the democratic candidate
for governor in Iowa , is floundering
around In dangerous ground in his des
peration to make 'headway in his cam
paign. Democratic enthusiasm has
never been at quite so low ebb in tlic
state as at present and the chilly recep
tions lie has met with at various places
have Impressed him with the necessity
of doing something out of the ordinary.
No matter what nu Iowa man believes
regarding expansion , ho is proud of the
record of the regiment which that state
sent to the Philippines. When the dem
ocratic candidate assailed the volunteers
for doing their duty he made a serious
mistake.
Popocratic papers could easily jvlnt
the truth about the turning down of
Judge Heese ten years ago at the behest
of the railroads If they so desired , The
men who had the most to do at that
time in executing the will of their rail
road masters are now , as then , In the
sham reform business. They have
found their true home , however , In the
popocratlc port. There Is no probability
of their telling the truth , as that would
give the public too true a line on their
real character.
The State Hoard of Health Is a neces
sary department of government , and if
Its members hew strictly to the line
marked out by the law creating the
iKiard the people of the ntnte will de
rive ample benefits. The board was not
created , however , to enable one scliool
of doctors to put up the bars against an
other school , nor to persecute ono set of
quacks while Ignoring the presence of
another set.
Democratic orators are a trifle slow
getting Into the campaign in Nebraska
tills year as compared with the popu
lists , but tiny nro making a noble effort
to digest llolcomb and look plent-iint
enough to appear with credit. It Is not
that they love Holcomb any better than
of yore , but that the appetite for oflice
Is too strong to permit them to overlook
the only chance in sight.
Texas people nro evidently not en
chanted with the Bryan way of rablng
campaign funds for the demo
cratlc parly. The receipts of ( he
State fair were to have hern
divided on condition of holding the great
democratic jubilee in connection there
with. The receipts were divided sure
Hough , but when the fair
linirod up they discovered that $ : io. < rp
Hid been appropriated by democracy
iiid only $ i.'ooi'0 was left for the fair
niinagers.
The pnpocratlr organ devotes two rol-
nniis < > f Its first page to two Idiotic
fakes have no beiirlng oil the local
ampalgu In Its desperate effort to show
ho existence of discord among vepuh-
leans , yet not a word about the action
if the populist county committee , which
irhltnirlly hoisted Martin Langdnn Into
ald-nlr to give place to a pet candidate
for county Judge.
The statement Hint lloss < 'niler has
nude his peace with the Itrynn man-
igcrs Is nn Interesting bit of news , coni
ng as It does from the chairman of the
lemocratic national committee , lint It
require something motv potent than
veil the word of the Tammany boss to
turn Kmplre Ntnte voters over to the
Inanelnl filthifies of the silver trust
Internet * .
Governor Poynter and his brass-but
toned staff are missing the opportunity
) f their lives In not joining the other
; ovcrnorrt at the Chicago fall festival.
If Candidate lUdcomb were still In
otllce he would promptly have made
requisition on the railroads for a special
train and moved over with his whole
family of colonels from Molse to Mahcr.
The coal merchants of Omaha are
talking of organizing a Bryan club.
They say had the stand lug candidate
been elected president the volume of
business would not have been HO great
and in that case the coal men could get
cars with which to transport coal into
Omaha and the city would not be threat
ened by ti possible coal famine.
Another HIIHC Ilrtriiyiil.
Washington Post.
The Hon. Hlcoay Bridles Watte has seceded -
coded from Dryaulsui and gone to work for
his living.
llcttcr TlinnVnr < ln.
Indianapolis Journal.
Admiral Dewey says frankly that ho can
not mnko a speech , nnd proves his wor&i by
not trying. Alas , If certain other public
men were only as honest !
. \IIN ! ami Aliu'k.
Chicago Record.
The government has lost nearly -100 mules
in a storm off Manila. Was It .Lincoln . who
lamented the less ot some mules because
they cost money , wlillo major generals could
bo made by a etroko of the pen ?
I.lfc IN Too Short.
Washington Star.
Admiral Dewey might , If ho wore so In
clined , put In the remainder ot his years
accepting Invitations which represent sincere
licspltallty and regard. Uut the admiral
could not reasonably bo expected to spend
all his days In feasting and Ills nights in
sleeping-car berths.
Xo 1'lntforin Xcortcil.
Portland Oregonlan.
The best thing that could happen to the
country would bo for the democrats to nom
inate Dewey and the republicans Roosevelt.
Each would bo his own platform , and no one
need be alarmed for the result. But neither
will try for the nomination. The presidency
Is to these who riistlo for ft.
Iciinrant of Home Talent.
San Francisco Call.
An English newspaper , the Speaker , refer
ring to the Impending war in South Africa ,
saysWo : feel fated to be plunged Into a
war for which the historian will be unable
to llnd adequate Justification , or even plausIble -
Iblo excuse , " The editor of the Speaker Is
evidently unfa'mlllar with the powers of
English historians , else he would know that
any number of them can be found at nny
time to justify any old thing.
Chance for Ciiiiiullnti Patriot * .
Chicago Chronicle.
It's an ill wind that blows nobody geol ,
and the war In South Africa will bo a god
send to our valorous and warlike friends
across the Canadian border. For years they
have been yearning for an opportunity to
lick somebody , but as Uncle Sam evidently
fcaretl to encounter them In tattle array
they have heen forced to content themselves
with exercise spins like trimming up the
late Mr. Kiel and his rebellious associates.
Here , however , 13 a chance for glory In un
limited quantities. Mr. Chamberlain will
welcome their aid to any extent they may
offer It and Mr. Kruger will undertake to
see that they have plenty of fighting. The
time Is propitious. Let the militant youth
of Canada set forth for the Transvaal and
show a gaping world what war really la.
llenrliiK DIMVII on UK * SuriiliiN.
Boston Transcript.
The remaining three months of 1890
must bo exceptionally 'free from flro lesser
or else the year's record will 'bo ono for
tbo Insurance ) companies to contemplate
with sadness. September did not help much.
The loss was less than In 1S08 by nearly
a million and a half , but In excess of that
of 1897 by over three millions and a quarter ,
and the grand total for three-quarters of n
year Is JB9C08fijO , , against $89,164,000 in
1898 and $80,413,700 In 1S97. If this average-
is kept up the year's fire loss will rise be
yond $130,000,000 , a very formidable show
ing considering the fact that there have not
been any extensive conllagratlons. There
Is not likely to bo nny great reduction at
this time. The beginning of furnace Ilrcs ,
HID starting of steam 'bollora ' and other oper
ation * duo to cool weather nro fruitful
causes of fire.
'I'UUST OK TIIH I'OWHHS.
lKntloiiN ( iriiiliinlly AliNorliliiK lht >
Mtdi ; Oni'H.
llufl'alo Kxprc'KH.
"Liberia must , necessarily soon ccnso to
exist , " says a Herman paper. Why ? "Prance
and England are both Indulging In machlna
tlons to annex the country. Liberia Is of
the greatest value to Germany , especially
the Camoroons , Two-thirds of the Liberia
firms are Germans and Germany must ,
therefore1 , see that uho gets a eharo of the
territory or the whole. "
Hut what about the Llbcrians ? Of course ,
their wishes as to the disposition or their
own country cannot bo consulted. They are
a "little 'people. " Their cry cannot bo
hceJed. We talk about the advance of civi
lization , but the law of might was never
more rigorously enforced than at the pres
ent time. Liberia must go. The Transvaal
must go.
There la no longer room In the world for
Individuals. Men are now simply units In j
eomo aggregation of capital , of labor , of
politics , of government forced to take I
fcldee , whether they will or no. No man
I' ' } allowed to light for his own hand , to
llvo the life that fits him 'best. There Is
no room on the globe- for little lutloim ,
for peculiar peoples , for races that wish
to proiervo their Individuality and develop
and perpetuate tholr historic Institutions.
The business of the world belongs to the
Industrial trusts ; nil the rest thereof to
the military trusts , called empires. The
military trusts respect no rights save these
of the heavy armaments. As regards the
other states , civilized , seinl-clvlllzcd and
barbarous
The Rood old rule
Butllcelh them , Hut nlinplo plan ,
Unit they should take who 1m vo the power
And they should keep who can ,
LAST OK A lil.M'OliV \III\KT. .
ltfflloiin of Crucial l n > - Cnllrd
I | i lij I lie DiMilli of .Inincs llnrlnii ,
I'hllndolplila Tlmrs.
The ilonth of James Hnrlan of Iowa severs
the last link that connected the administra
tion of Abraham l.lncolp vlth thr living of
today. .Mr. Harlnn wns the Inst survivor
of the Lincoln cablnr.t nnd he has Just Joined
his fellow constitutional ndvlsora of the
president In the City of the Silent , after hav
ing rounded out his four-scoic years.
The original Lincoln cabinet consisted ot
\Yllllnm 11. Seward ns nccrctary of state ,
Salmon 1' . Chnso ns secretary of the treas
ury , Simon Cameron ns ecerrtary of'war ,
Caleb II. Smith as secretary ot the Interior ,
Oldeon Welles HH secretary ot the navy ,
Montgomery Ulalr ns postmaster gcncnil and
Kdward Hates ns attorney general. Of these
Scwnrd nnd Welles only remained In the
cabinet tiutll the death ot Lincoln , Seward ,
Chase , Cameron anil Hales were piomlncnt
candidates against Mr. Lincoln for the republican -
publican nomination for president In I860.
Lincoln had three eecrelarles ot Iho treas
ury Salmon 1' . cimsn William 1' . 1'Ysscn-
den and Hugh McCulloch ; two secretaries of
war Simon Cnmpron nnd Kdwln M. Sinn-
ton ; three secretaries of the Interior Caleb
U. Smith , John 1' . Usher nnd James Hurlnn ;
two postmasters general Montgomery Hlalr
nnd William Uenulson , nnd two attorney
generals Edward Dates nnd James Speed ,
with Titian J. Coffey acting briefly nd In
terim.
The Lincoln calilnot never \\as notable for
Ha harmony. Each of the several presi
dential candidates who were lu the original
cabinet hoped Jo succeed Lincoln In 1S64 ,
nnd Chase was most aggressive In seeking to
supplant Lincoln during the entire period of
his etay In the treasury. Strained relations
between him and the president made him
tender his resignation on novcral occasions ,
but Lincoln , who wns a broad-gauge nnd bighearted -
hearted man , refused his consent to Chase's
retirement until early In 1SC-1 , when both
ngreed that Ghana's usefulness In the cabinet
was ended. Cameron , niair and Smith all
had serious dllllcultlcs In their cabinet serv
ices , nnd Cameron nnd Smith dropped out ,
but Dlalr remained until the Ilalttmore con
vention that rcnomluated Lincoln demanded
his retirement.
Of nil the presidents wo have had since
Jaclison , Lincoln depended the least upon
his cabinets to aid him In shaping the policy
of hlo administration. They were never
harmonious during the war , and equally dis
cordant ns to methods of reconstruction , but
Lincoln allowed each to go his way nnd al
ways watted until tlmo for action came ,
when he wns reasonably certain to know just
about the right thing to be done.
Harlan's service In the cabinet was brief ,
ns ho did not enter It until near the close of
Lincoln's career. He was one of the few
public men In whose Judgment and fidelity
Lincoln had great confidence. Harlan served
a long period In the senate and had been
ono of the pioneers of republicanism In the
west. He was a man of education , unblem
ished character and sturdy in his convic
tions and actions. Ho was just the man
to win the confidence of Lincoln. Doth were
straightforward , honest and earnest patriots ;
both hated sham nnd honored merit wher
ever found , and It was this confidence and
sympathy between Lincoln and Harlan that
doubtless led to the marriage of their chil
dren , as Harlan's daughter has long been
the wife of Robert T. Lincoln.
Extreme ago , with the infirmities It
usually brings , has made Mr. Harlan unfelt
and comparatively unknown In the political
struggles of the last decade or more , but
the west has produced no statesman whoso
memory will bo more gratefully cherished
by western people than that of James
Harlan.
NEW INDUSTRIAL I3IIA.
Taking the Menmirf tit Our Swelling
KorolKii Trade.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Only very sangulno people ventured to ex-
post that In the face of advancing prices ,
the natural tendency of which \9 \ to decrease
consumption , our exports of manufactured
articles during the present year would equal
thopo of last year , when nil records In th.'s
line were far and away broken ; yet what
was generally believed unlikely Is , according
to all appearances , about to happen.
It is impossible to fcrcrce the < o-jrfo cf
trade during the remaining three months ot
the year , but so far as the statlr.tlcs of our
Impcrts and exports have been reported we
shall not only equal last year's rccorj , Inn
wo shall actually surpass It. This Is shown
by the figures for the Ight months ended
with last August. There wns , indeed , a
falling off in our exports of agricultural
products , whlh aggregated $472,828,939 , as
against $514,590,033 last year ; but , on the
other hand , our exports cf manufactured ait-
Ides actually Increased from $201,141,606 to
$240,228,910. A considerably greater quan
tity of coal , timber nnd ores was also ex
ported , so 1liat In the grand aggregate our
exports of all kinds during the eight months |
ended August last are greater by about $12- j
000,000 than during the corresponding period
cf 1S98.
Evidently the nation has entered upon a
tiew Industrial era , and ono of whose vast
porelbllltles It Is Imporslblo at this tlmo
to form any Intelligent estimate. Thcrs
ore rlmply no Imaginable limits to the Cc-
velcpment .to which , with the enormous
natural resources of this country nnd ths
unequaled capacity of 'the ' American pea-
pie for the conduct of iccimmorea and of
manufacture , our foreign trade nt in dis
tant date may reasonably lo expected to at
tain. It Is immeasurable.
I'lSIISONAI. AXIJ OTIII5KWISI3.
United States transports are still sailing
from 'Frisco manned by Chinese crews.
Torn L. Johnson , the millionaire filnglo
tax enthusiast , made his Etart In life as an
olllco boy lu the old Central Passenger rail
way ofilco of Louisville , Ky. He was ono of
the Hist men In the country to see the value
of ttrojt railways.
Havana sports are paying liberally for ex
perience with American sharpers. At a re
cent cockpit tournament American sailors
pitted n dlsgutacd eagle against a proud
Spanish rooster. In the first round the
eagle owlpcd the head oft the chicken. The
sailors raked In the pot.
Joe Howard , Jr. , the veteran newspaper
correspondent _ waylaid by thugs In Now
York city and relieved of his watch , diamond I
breastpin and $400. How ho came to have .
such a pile nf cash about him Is stunner' '
to the profession. However , the experience |
to a man of Howard's talent Is worth a page
or two sufficient to recoup him for his
losses ,
The New York Sun IB painfully grieved
about the manner In which Now York and ,
'Wnnhlngton crowds distributed cheers and '
bouquets among naval heroes. The obtruse-
ness of the people in recognizing who's who
Is really shocking and Indicates that the
framed couplet of Charles A , UanaVo
May be Happy Yet , You Ilet ! " has been !
turned to the wall. j
roivnnt MKUTS A ritos-r.
n'M ( iovcrmir I'ulilly Heeelvetl
n ( timiiN t'aiilltil.
1) n Mollies Itrgislcr.
fiovprnnr 1'oynler of Nebraska did not de
liver his Bpocch M the Auditorium on
Wednesday afternoon to "the monster mas *
meeting" advertised by the democratic com
mittee. Inslcnd ho relumed to Nebraska
on the 4:40 : train , with hit democratic
tlniibliH untold. It wns tad. In fact , as
Judge Tom Ilurke , chairman of the meeting.
remarl'.ed , "U was discouraging ; . " but thn
bald truth , humiliating nnd painful though
It mis , could not bo concealed. There were
l-ul thirty- one people In the ntullrnro room
when It wn.i tlmo to In'gln and even the
governor of Nebraska , amiable man though
he be , rcl-elloil nnd went home.
Had the situation been Itn * embarrassing
It would have Ix-en more amusing , th-ntph ns
It wns ( hero were some rather entertaining
remarks made by BOIIIO ot tlie prominent
democratic leaders present. The half dozen
local lights of the democracy , wlio accom
panied ( lovcrnor I'ovnler from the Savery
over to the Auditorium , made six separate
npologlcs to the Ncbrnsltnn explaining how
It happened. The Scnl Om Sed carnival ,
the afternoon , poor management , lack of
odve'rtlslng , failure of committees to work
and , In fact , nny old excuse wns dragged
forth to assunse the feelings of his excel
lency , when It became evident that no ono
was to attend.
Desperate efforts were made to get a
crowd , however , before the attempt was
abandoned. At 20 minutes until 2 o'clock a
democrat happened by the hall nnd found
the ushers standing Idly Inside the main
entrance. He walked briskly through the
doorway nnd passing Into the big audience
room started with surprise. There was only
ono woman In a box , two small boys eating
peanut candy down In the front row and a
couple of strangers In the left
aisle gazing at the architecture
of the new building. After gasping a few
times and hurriedly referring to his watch
and Inquiring If It was correct that the
meeting was slated for 2 o'clock , he took
a bee line for the Savory. About ten min
utes later n banner announcing the most-
Ing was started for n tour of the down
town streets preceded by n band and a
dapper young colored drum major , -with n
suit of clothes so loud that the Midway
seemed quiet when the major marched past.
The band circulated for about twenty min
utes and marched back to the Auditorium.
The crowd that followed consisted of two
boys and a. donkey cart , advertising a down
town music store.
Hy this tlmo It was clear that the Jig was
up. Hut Chairman Huffman , Governor
Poynter , C. 'A. Windell of Ottawa , 111. , the
other speaker of the afternoon , Jerry Hart-
onbower , Ira F. Invln and t\vo \ or three other
democratic lenders started bravely for the
Auditorium. Stepping on the stage , they
retired behind a wing out of sight of the
thlrty-ono people In front aud began to
consult.
"It's awful , Isn't It ? " said ono of the
gentlemen.
"Thcro has been bad management , " an-
nouncoj Father Nugent.
"Yea , and itvlll all bo In the Register in
the morning , " moaned another.
After a parley 'between ' the Dc.3 Jlolnes
men , Judge liurko approached Governor
Poynter , who had seated himself on n set
tee , nnd said with an inquiring tone in
his voice : "Well , of course , we can't ask
you to speak to this crowd , can we , gov
ernor ? "
"It does look a trlfio thin , " responded the
chief executive of Nebraska.
Another council was held. Governor
Poynter was asked If ho could remain
over. Ho said ho could not. Editor Win-
dell was asked the same question. Ho re
plied that ho could and would. It was
then decided to abandon the meeting.
STHIK1.SICJ.V OK IMtOSPISItlTV.
IronouiircMl SIiort KC oC Inlmr In
Southern Cotton Facorlc' ( .
Baltimore Herald.
Among the many signs of good times
reported from the different parta of the
country and which ehow that the people of
the United States are enjoying an almost
unprecedented degree o'f prosperity Is n
most , pronounced shortage of labor In the
mills of South Carolina and at various
points In North Carolina as well. According
to report from Charleston , conslder-
able difficulty Is experienced In securing
a sufficient muribcr of employes to keep
the mill machinery running oa full time.
The number oT persons now employed Is
larger than it has been at any previous
time , no exodus having taken place. Hut
nearly all of the mills have been compelled ,
by the heavy demand for their fabrics , to
extend operations and enlarge their produc
tive capacity ; and It Is this cctccss
over former labor requirements whjcli
'
cannot be obtained. Many 'thousands ' 'of
additional looms and spindles have been
installed during the past elx months , and
how to get the operatives needed to run
them presents a problem that causes em
ployers much anxiety.
This question may bo expected to as
sume a more acute form with each suc
ceeding mouth , for the enormous profits ,
amounting in some instances almost to
100 per cent , in a single year , earned hy
the. . Carolina cotton mills are attracting
capital. New plants are in course of erec
tion everywhere and the Industry prom
ises to undergo enormous expansion dur
ing the next few years.
A more signal proof of prosperity In the
south would bo difficult to adduce. The
problem presented by the scarcity of la
bor -will soon solve Itself under the Inevit
able operations of the law of supply ami
demand. There * Is no section of the coun
try in which the lgns of. "good times"
are not palpable.
IIISTOIIY HKPHATIXH ITHKM' ' .
CoiiiIIilniiN In .So u Hi Africa Hrrall flin
A in TIt'll n Revolution.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
There ore some striking resemblances , as
well as a few striking contrasts , between the
conditions which threaten to Incite war In
South Afilca In ] S)9 ! ) and these which precip
itated war In America In 177" . Now , as then ,
England is the European nation Involved ,
nrd thu principal question at Issue Is Eng
land's amhorlty over Iho other party to tlio
controversy , the relation of courpo , being
actual Independence on ( he part of the Amur-
leans and only a qnasl-dcpcndonco on that
of the HocrH. Now also , IIH then , all Hcctlons
of the people directly or Indirectly menaced
are uniting against England. It Is the South
African republic which Is directly threatened
IHHV an It wns Massachusetts which was di
rectly assailed In 1775 l > y the Hoston port bill ,
the expatriation ait , the law revoking that
colony's charter and the military-quartering
act. Virginia and the rout of ttio colonies ,
however , saw that their Intcrrtits wore iden
tical ulth thrao of Massachusetts , Just as
the Orange Ficn State fcra that an attack on
the Transvaal tolay will endanger her own
ImUpendcncu and privileges. In the South
African Inaiantc , lee , as in the American
cr.aa a century and a quarter ago , u rising of
the aborigines is threatened.
Hero are some of the resemblances be
tween the situation In the South African con
troversy and that which existed In the Amer-
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
ROVll C/KINO FOWCCR CO. . Nt YORK.
Ic.m colonies of KnRland at the beginning
of the last quarter ot the eighteenth century ,
It may bo added also that the sympathlM
of a considerable lortlon of the masses of the
people of the world nro with tlio weaker * ldo
today. is they were 1hen. There are snm
marked contrasts , however , The t'nlted '
Kingdom had only about lii.non.OOO Inhabl-
tniits At thp beginning of the American war
of Independence and the American colonists
had 2,500.000. while nt the present time the
United Kingdom's population Is about 40-
000.000 nnd the white. Inhabitants of thn
South African repuWIe and tlio Orange Krco
State number only nttout 220,000. Hut , there
arc natural defenses In the two little nations
which would give them a great advantage ,
at least In the beginning , In nny conflict
w'lth an outside power. Then , too , the two
nations have been preparing for war longer
than the Americans were , nnd this clrcum-
stnnco brlngis 'the relative condition of tin
opposing parties nearer to an equality than
the disproportion between their Inhabitant !
would Indicate.
The history of the world reveals many rep
etitions , and the ono In this case gives tin
present Anglo-Doer controversy a peculiar
Interest for Americans. Moreover , there
have hccn ominous muttorlngs from Iho
ncwspnpcis of some of the continental Kuro-
l > ein countries In thu past few days looking
toward a pcsjlble Intervention If the expected
war takes place. Franco Just before the mid
dle of the American war of Independence In
tervened In favor ot the Americans , and
Spain In the latter part of that struggle as-
called England , and thus gav the Amcilcans
K > mo assistance. There Is no Immediate
probability of nny such Interference by any
nutsldo power in the present Instance If war
t-.ikivi place , but In the general hatred of
and Jealousy toward England hold by the
principal nations of continental Europe , a
coalition against her like that which was
threatened against the United States early
In the Spanish war of 1&9S might easily bo
effected. In any case the present controversy
In South Africa Is filled with possibilities of
world Interest and Importance which might
glvo a blow to England's power nnd prcstlgo
llko that which wns dealt her In the war ot
1775-S3 In which she lost the most valuable
part of her Ametlcan empire.
MUIIT AM ) MV13LY.
Indianapolis Journal : "Spinnaker boom1' , a
mused the Inland politician. "Who In jf . (
thunder Is Spinnaker , anyway ? " Mb. jki
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "A Journal pub- * >
lisheil In Jlarleiibml says the prince of
AVnlesi recently lust thirty pounds In that
place ? '
"Adlposo or baccarat ? "
Chicago Uecord : "Till me. " said Larry ,
"what th' ITnolleil ShtntcH hos Iver done
for th' Olrfsh ! "
"A good dale , " spoke up Dlnny ; she's .
lioa her paper money made grano on win > v
soldo. " . & > .
Somervlllo Journal : Now that summer
has gone at last , ( loirs and fat people uro
beginning to be happy.
Chicago Tribune : "Did you notice what
nn attitude Huggles struck when he
stepped up to Dewey and shook hands
with him nt the reception ? "
"I did. What did he mean tiy It ? "
"He had bribed ilfty amateur photog
raphers to take snap shots of him at that
moment. "
Chicago Post : "Papa , whnt are 'tho
sands of time ? ' "
"They constitute the prlt with which a
woman hangs onto her favorite birthday. "
Indianapolis Journal : "You referred to
your friend ns a dead same sportsman ? "
"Yes ; he always buys his birds In the
market house. Dead game Is his specialty. "
Detroit Journal : "Hnhylon fell nnd Roma
fell ! " hi.'si'd Fate , significantly.
England bowed and that was all.
"Will she never tumble ? " exclaimed Fate ,
In despair.
It is well understood , of course , that the
habit of the Anglican mind Is what chlelly
contributes , to the " perpetuity of Anglican
institutions.
THAXSVAAL 1U3CKSSIOXAL.
London Truth.
I have received the following- skit on
Rudyard Kipling's "God of Our Fathers"
fem : Johannes-burpr. I nm glad to find that
In that "new Jerusalem" there Is an Eng
lishman whose views nre s-o sound nnd who
can translate them Into verse :
God of the jingo brass and gold
Lords of the world by "right divine. "
Deneatli whoso baneful sway wo hold
The motto , "All that's thine l.s .mine. "
Such lords as those have made men rotten ,
They have forgotten they aave forgotten.
The nlKBcr and the Chlncp dies : u
The Gladstones and the Pitts depart .f
Hut "bigger KnglanderM" nrlse \
To teach the world the raider's art :
Such lords as these have made men rotten ,
They have forgotten they nave forgotten.
They've "got the gold , the ships , the men , "
And are the masters of tomorrow
And so mankind shall SCP
The days of Sodom and Gomorrah ;
These are the lords that make men rotten.
They have forgotten they nnvo forgotten.
Drunken with lust of power and pelf ,
They hold no man nor Clod In awe ,
And care for naught imt only self ,
And cent , per cent's their only law
Thp.oe are our lords' , and they are rotten ;
They have forgotten they have forgotten.
Their braggart hearto htivu put their trust
In Maxim guns ninl Melford rltle.i
They'd cru h tliclr fees Into the dust
And tri'nt what's rlslit iis Idle trlllcs.
Tor hoistfiil : bniR- and foolish "fuke , "
Th' Imperialist must "take the cake. "
OUR
NEW
For early fall wear arc
commanding universal at
tention , and are out of the
ordinary some of swell
dom's finest productions.
Have you noticed our windows
dews , if not , please do so
and see something worth
looking at and they are
only
5Oc JSacli
Bat Wings , Tecks , Puffs ,
English Squares and Flow
ing End .4 in Hands.