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State of Nebraska , Douglas County , ss. :
decree H. Txschuck. secretary ot The Bee
Publishing company , being duly sworn , says
that the actual number of full nnd com
plete copies of The Dally , Mornlnc , Kvcn-
Ing and Sunday Bee. printed during the
month ot September , 1809 , was as follows ;
1 . 1:7,170 16 21,1100
2 . - : - . . , n.io 17 85,1120 ,
3 . U < V-I > B 18 BIBSO
4 . atwai 19 2I.B22
6 . iTd.lTO 20 21,740
6 21 21,700
7 22 25,010
8 . 23 B 1,8 10
9 21 25,1110
10 25 2t , SO
10u
u 2G 2I , 70
12 21 , < UM ) 27 21,700
13 24,0-10 23 21,510
13H
H 24,7 0 29 B 1,010
15 . 21,700 SO 21 , 20
Total 7SISS < )
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Net total sales . 747.SKS
Net dally average . , . ai,1)2t ) >
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day of October , A. D 1S9J.
M. B. I1UNOATK.
( Seal. ) Notary Public.
Don't full to register today.
ItoKlster today without full.
See to it not only that yon uro your
self registered today , but nlso that your
friends aud neighbors register.
The United States niarslinlsblp plum
Is tlio biggest In tlit : slate. When It
drops It may be expected to make a loud
iiolse.
The South African foot ball has been
In John Bull's territory and In the hands
of the Uoers ever since the kickoff , but
unless they make better progress the
Dutchmen are liable to lose It on downs.
People can complacently face n short
age of coal , but wheu the oyster sliuek-
ers strike and threaten to cut oft the
Hiipply of that household necessity It la
time to take some decided uctlon to pro
tect the Interests of 1lie public.
According to authentic reports of the
meetings addressed by Attorney General
Smyth , the great reform trust-smasher
Is handling the question of trusts with
out gloves. The trusts themselves , however -
, I ever , he la still handling as tenderly as
always. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The Greater America Exposition will
remain open the entire period originally
projected , the gates closing sit midnight
October 31. The people of Omaha and
Nebraska should niako the best of the
short time remaining to enjoy the beau
ties of the peerless buildings , grounds
nnd exhibits.
Oato Sells , the chief orator of the dem
ocratic campaign in Iowa , threatens to
retire from the stump unless ho is fa
vored TV 1 tli larger audiences. Cato
should not appeal to the democratic
committee , for It Is powerless to help
him. A change in tune might help the
case materially.
Cato Sells of Iowa was making a red-
hot anti-administration speech when a
band passed up the street playing "Stars
and Stripes Forever. " The audience
stampeded nnd the speech has not beeu
finished yet. People over In Iowa , as
elsewhere , have very decided opinions
as to which procession they desire to
march with ,
Any assessor who allows himself to be
used I\H \ a tool by men who have axes to
grind or a spite to vent upon some neigh
bor Is not tit to hold ofllce and should
be deposed. Any man of ordinary sense
knows enough to bo fair and impartial ,
the prerequisites of a tax assessor , and
his constituents should hold him respon
sible for every failure to hew to the Hue
The attorney general of Missouri has
found a way to make the Insurance com
panies respect the anti-trust law of that
state , another batch having Just paid
flues of $1,000 each for joining a rate
combination. Up to date the companies
have contributed about $100,000 to the
state treasury for their persistence In
the belief that they could safely Ignore
the law.
In 1SOO Bryan und his clacqueurs told
the farmers that prices upon their grain
would never advance until the golt
standard of money had been replaced bj
sliver at the ratio of 10 to 1. Time has
proved their vaporlngs to be mere parti
can claptrap. And now some of thuii
organs are admitting the prevalence of
good prices and prosperity generally , but
they are careful to deny that good times
nro due to the restoration ot conlldenco
through u republican administration.
The Douglas county popoorats have
suddenly experienced a most tender af
fection for the Bohemians , but "hand-
some Is as handsome does , " When the
democrats were in full control of city
nnd county the Bohemians had mighty
slim picking. No Bohemian was ever
honored by them with any position
worth having. In the'present campaign
they exhibit their generosity toward this
class of citizens by giving them the most
insignificant pacu ] on their titUt't that
Df coroner.
TIIK ror LI / > .
Headers of The Bee arc asked 1o give
spoclal ntteutlou to the exposure con
tained in this Issue of the democratic
plot to absorb the populists of the Sixth
district by delivering over to Neville ,
the populist candidate , a certificate of
nomination on the democratic ticket ,
procured through perjured allldavlts.
The letters nnd documents In this case
are net out In full , including fac-slmlles
of the give-away statements of Candi
date Harrington In his own handwriting.
Mr. Harrington unquestionably gets his
Inspiration from Colonel Bryan and tile
other democratic leaders of the state , at
whose personal solicitation he nccedod
to the request for the withdrawal of his
candidacy for congress after he hail as
sured the L'cmveutlon which nominated
him that ho wotdd remain on the ticket.
In these letters Mr. Harrington makes
some Interesting admissions , which , al
though previously a matter of common
notoriety , had never before been
fathered by any one speaking authori
tatively for the democratic leaders. Mr.
Harrington says that after 1000 there
will be no necessity for a. third party
ami that by sacrlilclng the olllces this
year to securing control 6f the ma
chinery of both parties the populists will
next year bo absorbed by the democrats. ,
lie repeats this in the second letter In
these words :
Wo must accept the Inevitable. The fu
ture of democracy In the Sixth district de
pends largely upon the number \vo can draw
from populist ranks. There Is only one moro
year to wait anil fusion will bo all over.
There will bo but two parties and the lead
ers of the democratic party now will be' the
recognized leaders then.
The question Is simply this : Will the
populists , who organized their party as
n revolt agntnst the two old parties , sub
mit without a protest to be handed over ,
bound hand and foot , to the democracy
simply that a few faithless leaders may
enjoy the fusion mess of pottage ?
Let voters of all political parties read
these letters and ponder upon their slg-
ntlleauee.
TUB UtllTlSlI DEFKXSE.
The defense offered by Lord Salisbury
of Great Britain's position In the Trans
vaal conflict Is quite what was to have
been expected. He places the entire re
sponsibility for the war upon the Boer
government , which , It was sold by the
Jrltlsh prime minister , did what no prov
ocation on the part of Great Britain
could have justified. This referred to
the Boer ultimatum , demanding that
Great Britain withdraw her troops
from the border , xcmove from South
ifrlca the soldiers landed since June 1
ast and keep out of the country the
troops then on the sea. This Lord Sails-
jury characterized as an audacious de
fiance , but for which "no one could have
predicted that we would ever be at war. "
There had been a hope of maintaining
peace , but that and all questions in
volved In the controversy were wiped
away by the "one great Insult" of. the
ultimatum , which left no other coiirse
than the one that has been taken. "
England has no more sagacious and
skillful political tactician than Salisbury
tnd he will have no dllHculty in per
suading the English people that the
government Is fully justified In what It
is doing. Indeed , the country is prac
tically solid In support of the govern-
ment. The statement of the liberal
leader In the House of Commons com
mits the party he represents to the sup
port of the war and the vote in the
liouse on the proposal of arbitration Is
an Index to the general sentiment. The
opposition Is apparently conllncd to the
nationalists and a few radicals , consti
tuting a very small and by1 no means In
fluential minority. Kveu Ilnrcourt ami
Morley , who now represent no party
but were most earnest in their opposi
tion to the policy of Chamberlain toward
the Transvaal , may be expected to ob
serve silence If they do not support the
government In carrying on war.
But the British defense will not be re
garded everywhere outside of England
as conclusive. Admitting that the Boer
government took an extraordinary step
in submitting such' an ultimatum that
as was said by Lord Salisbury , It did
"what the strongest nation lias never In
Its strength done to any opponent it has
challenged , " the question presents
itself whether Hie provocation was not
most extraordinary. Great Britain was
steadily augmenting its army In South
Africa and pushing forward its forces to
the Transvaal border ; the delays In
diplomatic negotiations were manifest ! }
Intended to enable England 'to advance
her military preparations , which for
weeks were hurried forward with all
possible vigor ; finally came the sum
monlng of Parliament and the calling
out of the reserves , conclusively hull
eating British purpose. The w'enker
power saw , as did the whole civilized
world , that Us cause would be hopeless
If It permitted its mighty antagonist to
carry out the evident design of post
poulug a conflict until ready to launcl
an overwhelming force against the
Transvaal republic and obeying the Iuv >
of self-preservation it decided lo nccep
the Inevitable while there was t-omo
chance of saving itself from quick an
inhibition. Perhaps a stronger nation
would not have taken the course of the
Boer government , but It la not to be
doubted that the fair and unprejudlm
judgment of the world regards the ae
tlon of the Boer government as wisely
taken , for the Intimation of lord Sails
bury that there was promise of main
talnlng peace up to the time of the nltl
matum will have no weight with uuprej
udlced minds familiar with the facts ,
Great Britain could have averted \vu
If at the outf-ct it had met the Trans
vaal republic In a perfectly fair am
straightforward way. It could hav
done this with substantial benefit to th
outlandeis and without any loss of pres
tlge. That power Is responsible for th
war , notwithstanding the fact that th
Boers took the initiative , aud it canno
successfully plead Juhtltlcatlon by reuse
of an ultimatum which it ill&tluutly pro
voked. The Idea that the action of th
Boer government would glvo Great Bri
tain the moral support of the world has
proved fallacious.
0V S/M.U / HKPOHM.
County Attorney Shields , candidate
for district judge , Is making his cam
paign on the lines of sham reform , ar
rant hypocrisy nnd downright dema-
Rogy.
Rogy.Whllo ho has never bad the least
sympathy for the negro nnd would
disfranchise him If he bad It in his
power to do so , he Is trying to work the
colored voters of Omaha In the prose-
utlon of Police Olllcor Inda.
Whllu ho has notoriously made a farce
f his prosecution of pnmblers nnd
ilackmallers who happened as It wore
o train with the gang that nominated
Im for county attorney and tickled his
unity by nominating him for a place
n the bench , he Is trying to Impress the
oters of this district with the Idea that
10 Is the terror of lawbreakers by inuU >
tig a ridiculous muss over the prosocti-
Ion of parties suspected of being Inv
Heated In the Shukert fur robbery.
This horse-piny will , however , deceive
oliody who does not want to be bum-
tigged. Had Chief of Police White
teed In with the Jncksonlan gang and
layed Into the hands of Molse , Fanning
t Co. he would have been lauded to the
klcs for the skill , tact and ability tils-
layed In tracing the burglars ami re-
overing the stolen property. As It Is ,
o Is being blackwashed and black-
imrded for doing a piece of work that
ew police otllcers 'In America could
nivo matched.
Such partisan campaigning Is disgrace-
ul as It Is contemptible.
N's HID run a JOH.
The appeal of William Jennings Bryan
o J. Sterling Morton to assist him In
ecurlng an appointment on the state
ullroad commission has caused more
ommi'iit In the eastern press than tiny-
hlng that has emanated from Bryan's
en for the last two years. The impres-
Ion created by the letter in what Mr.
Jrynn has designated as the enemy's
ountry Is not flattering to Mr. Bryan *
ittt there Is also sharp criticism of the
ttbllentlon of a confidential commmiica-
Ion and the Interpretation that had
> een placed upon it
In this section of the country the
rankness of Mr. Bryan in declaring that
ic did not seek the job for the honor ,
but for the money there was In It , Is not
onsldered as reflecting as seriously
ipon Its author as Is the fact that he
pplled for aid to a pronounced corpora-
Ion politician. While Mr. Morton was
lot directly In the employ of any rail-
oad he was the recognized leader of
he railroad democrats of Nebraska and
las been so classed \iy \ Bryan , Allen and
ill the lesser lights of the anti-monopoly
cform forces that train under , Bryan.
In soliciting J. Sterling Morton's in
fluence to secure his appointment on
he railroad commission Bryan sought
o reach through Morton the power be-
ilud the throne , the railroad managers ,
at whose instance the bogus commission
vas created. In soliciting the place
hrough Morton , Bryan tacitly bound
tlmself to do the bidding of the railroad
nanngers whose aid Morton was ex-
looted to invoke In Bryan's behalf.
lt'"yvas"doubtless < i streak of luck for
Bryan that Morton failed to connect him
vltli the railroad managers and the com-
uisslou. Had he done so Bryan would
u'obably have made no better record
ban Jim Uuhlman , Joe Edgertou and
other reform commissioners appointed at
the dictation of the railroad corpora-
Ions.
From this point of view Bryan's ap-
) eal for ai,000 Job must appear inex
cusable to every honest opponent ot
monopoly In the fusion ranks , who ,
ibove all things , looks to his chosen
eader as absolutely beyond temptation
under all circumstances.
The criminal code empowers the prose-
cntlng attorney to offer Immunity to any
witness to a crime whose testimony
would lead to the conviction of the prin
cipal , even though the witness may hnvo
been to a certain extent Implicated. The
same principle "is applied In offering im
munity to men implicated In robberies
who cause the plunder to be restored to
the owners. It Is common practice , In
and out of court , where the property
stolen is owned by one person. How
much more desirable when the plunder
is owned by llfty persons to whom the
restoration of thp property Is worth a
thousand times more than the convic
tion of the thieves would bo. In the
Shukert fur case , over which such a hul
labaloo Is being made by the organ of
the Omaha Tammany gang , the chances
of conviction are slim Indeed and the
only thing that might result from nn at
tempt to force- the suspects to trial would
be , piling up a big bill of expenses on tin.
taxpayers solely to make political capi
tal for Candidate Shields ,
Candidate William Neville seems to
have bumped his head against a stonu
wall when ho tried to make his brothei
James stand for the letter which he luu
himself written and published over his
own name opposing the rellnqulshmcn
of the Philippines either to Spain or to
the Filipinos. Brother William not onlj
wrote his views and published then
over ills nanu > , but expressed them pub
llcly on the stump In a number of places
He cannot now go back on his o\vi
record and his attempt to repudiate his
letter must only disgust voters who may
expect him , If elected , to repudiate all
his other pledges ,
The fusion city committee does not
seem to think it worth while to HI ! thu
vacancy on the school board ticket
caused by the resignation of one of the
nominees who objected to the use of bin
name without his consent. Th < > fusion
school board ticket Is put up simply to
throw a few boqnets , as every onu
knows it has not the ghoul of a chancb
of coming within sight distance of elec
tion.
If the telephone company insists upon
pushing Its contention In the case
against the State Board of Transporln
tlon , that thu .organization of tlrj board
'
Is unconstitutionalt | may force a num.
her of popocratlc statesmen to gasp for
breath. The decision of the point
against the transportation board would
carry down with It all the various boardg
which nt present nnnlsh soft berths for
fusion politicians whose principal quail-
llcntlons nro ability to draw salary aud
servo the fusion machine at the expense
of the taxpayers. Although .the point hiM
been raised In several cases heretofore
thu supreme court has always decided
them on other grounds and avoided pas
sing upon this one.
Iowa Is trying to stir up Interest In
sugar beet culture through a beet sugar
coiivvntlon called to discuss the advl a-
lilllty of establishing beet sugar fac
tories throughout that state. Nebraska
IH far ahead of Iowa In the beet sugar
Industry , having already demonstrated
the adaptability of Its soil to beet cul
ture by suppurtlng three beet sugar fac-
orles. The Iowa farmer will make no
nlstnko In entorlng this new Held.
People who live In glass bouses should
ibstnln from throwing stones. The
vnnton and malicious tllngs made by the
confusion organ and tlfe popocratlc cam-
mlgncrs upon local candidates , and
oven upon people who are not running
for olllec , will provoke not only resent-
ueut but retaliation. And when the
rocks begin to tly In the popocratlc con
servatory there Is liable to be a lively
lucking of heads and n rush for cover.
The reception committees in the Bluffs ,
laving completed preliminary arrange-
nents for greeting the Iowa volunteer
eglnient , announce that everything will
be in readiness by the time the troops
irrlve. It Is predicted that there will bo
i great outpouring of people from west
ern Iowa points and the event promises
to be an epoch-maker In the annals of
the staid old town across the way.
The cattle pens of Nebraska will hold
more live stock the coming winter than
ever before In the history of the state.
Feed Is so abundant nnd money so plen
tiful and the promise of good prices so
bright that live stock growers are pre
paring to reap a rich harvest of shekels
liy springtime. Corn and cattle are
worth more to Nebraska than a Klon
dike would be.
Attorney General Smyth Is now deliv
ering his famous lecture on "How to De
stroy an Octopus , " to the voters of the
state. The people of the state , however ,
would have much more faith In the rem
edy If they could only see It In success
ful operation. At present the trust-
smasher Is unable to present any testimonials
menials from people who have been
cured.
Gpoil 1'olnt to "Work Oil.
Philadelphia. Ledger.
Mr. Bryan's best course now appears to
be to rersuade the Nebrnskans that a bushel
of corn ought to be worth a dollar of Uncle
Sam's good money.
"All ! Him Lonesome. "
Detroit Journal.
Whartoa Barker keeps right on pedallns
In spite of the fact that his path is covered
with broken glass. Wharton may never be
president , but he will have the satisfaction
of being left.
Pronpcrlty'M ninolcmlc.
Philadelphia , Record.
Thnre are not cars enough nor ships
enough to carry the piled up freightage that
awaits shipment 'iU'Wo great centers of
trade nnd production1 Prosperity seems to
have brought on n bjgckade ol.lts.own.
I 'ortnnc'A'dfcni Favorite.
Baltimore * American.
Admiral Dewey has been almost too much
favored by fortune. He got the chance of
his life , he was given victory that virtually
decided a. war and 'opened an epoch , he is
ono of the greatest , popular heroes living ,
and now ho has a committee to do his house
hunting for him. Earthly fortune can gene
no further than that.
Sonrcr \utloiuil WcnKh.
Now Vprk World.
This country's grain crop of 1899 promises
to be one of the greatest on record. At the
same.tjme the shortage ; in other grain-pro
ducing countries promises higher prlcca for
our surplus Than have been Known for years.
These are factors of national wealth that
nothing can dlcturb. They mean money In
the pockets of the people and a prices are
high they mean a vast deal of money to be
spent In vivifying trade from top to bottom.
ilercil liy thu Iloem.
Chlcaco News.
Paul Kruger's fighting men must possess
n strange and mysterious power that of
self-multiplication on the shortest notice.
The largest estimate of their number before
Jho war broke put was 35,000 , while any ono
who takes the trouble to add up the number
of Doers "reliably reported" as concentrat
ing opposite various British positions will
find that their present strength runs from
200,000 to 500,000 , according to the way the
Euglfsh correspondents felt when they heard
that the enemy -fcas coming.
IlnilIMVS for Ilryaii.
OIobetDemocrat.
The report that the populists in Nebraska
are deserting Bryan la bad news for that
personage. Bryan liip'.eclf la a populist anO
by far the greater part of his supporters
in the west belong to that clement. If the
popullstH abandon him ho will bo in danger
even in the south. The pops wore the big
end of the Bryanlto coalition In the westerr
states in 1896 anil Bryan knew It. This Is
why they got permission to run the fusion
In Nebraska this year. If hie ticket Is beaten
In Nebraska In 1S09 the outlook In the na
tional convcntlpt ) In. 1000 will be black for
Uryan.
r.VT.MlhS ) ! ' 'I'llli l\XD.
OvcrlltMV of Aliiimlam-c for All Who
HiiMtlr.
New York World.
That the country Is richer than It was a
year ago , and that the people arc living bettor -
tor , appears In the fact that during the
month of September the ImporUt of foreign
merchandltw were 22,000,000 worth greater
i than during September a year ago. And at
] the same time nur own manufacturers sold
| more goods than ever to Americana ,
I- Going back further , the Imports for the
j first nine" months this year exceeded tlrse
of a corresponding period last year by more
than 1100,000,000.
That Is to say , the American people are
having a better tme | than they were a year
ago , with more good things to cat and wear
and otherwise enjoy , and with more money
Jingling In their pockets.
Ana wnen we asK wnero me extra weaun
1 comes from , the Just published government
, report from which the foregoing flgurea are
drawn promptly answers. During Scptcm-
| bcr of this year we exported moro Amcrl-
I can merchandise than we did in September
j of laet year by 120.000.000 wprth , while for
, the flret nine months of this year our mer-
1 chandlse exports exceeded even our vastly
Increased Imports by no Icra than $317,292-
i 402. That la to say , since January last wo
have told moro goods abroad than we have
1 bought there by more lhan $317.000,000.
i Figures arc often dry. But these are
Juicy In their significance of wldefepread and
Increasing prosperity.
icitoKft OP TIM : \v.\n.
Some features of the New York reception
to the ofllcers nnd crew of the Olympln hnvo
left Impressions far from pleasant. Old
Father Knlskerbocker , his shirt waist
swelloil with pride , shouted to the gallant
tar * , "Tho town Is yours ; take It. " They
believed him and were taken In. Four or j
flvo trunks , several packing case ? , some
ship's bags and boxes , belonging to office , I
marines and sailors , given Into the care of' '
boatmen for delivery In the city , have dls- ;
appeared. None of the articles Imvo reached
their destination and the police have not
been nblc to locate them.
Word comes from San Frnnclsco that Cnp-
tnltt Crglilnn , Into rf the Halelgh nnd "lloch
dor Kaiser , " has been assigned to the light
house station ot Alaska , with headquarters
at Sltka. The San Francisco Chronicle , not
ing the change , says : "With a nUo long
cool and dark winter nhcad of him the cap-
alii will have a flno cliMicito reflect upon
: ho Improporlety of making speeches nud
singing songs which reflect upon thu ruler
of a friendly power. "
The "literary features" of the president's
llnncr to Admiral Dewey were dainty silken
volumes bearing on the frcntirpleco In
golden letters the legend. "The Battle of
Manila. " In the center of the volumes wore
excellent photographs of the admiral , sur
rounded by appropriate naval symbols , and
at the bottom of the page were the words In
small gilt letters , "May 1 , 1898 October 2 ,
1893. " Between the covers , Instead of nn
xccount of the buttle , was a receptacle for a
: lny punch cup. There \\as great merriment ,
iccordlag to these who participated , when
the dcllcato wulto volumes turned out to be
a , vessel for such u prosaic beverage as
Homan punch. The Idea is said to have
originated with President McKlnley himself.
A letter to the Now York Sun from Lieu
tenant William M. Copp of the Sixth artil
lery , who la on the gunboat Hapldnn In
Laguna do Bay , gives the following Information
mation concerning ono phase of the flghtlug
with the Filipinos :
"An odd trait In Uio character of the na
tives Is that they never leave one ot their
dead If they can possibly get him awny.
They leave moro now than they used to ,
.or this reason : Formerly they had at least
Ivomen for every gun , and about all thcaO
men \cro good for wno to carry away the
wounded and dead , although they were
armed with 'boloa. ' These weapons were very
effective against the Spaniards , as the bolo
men apparently cared nothing for their own
lives , and the Spaniards did not have the
courage to stand when they charged ; so , of
course , they were cut to pieces , the bolo
being without doubt one of the most terrible
weapons at close quarters in the world. It
Is very sharp and so heavy that It will smash
any sword in pieces that I have seen. They
use them in the right hand , and a long ,
heavy dagger In the left. I had ono ot the
many amlgos who could handle the bolo go
through the motions for me , and It was truly
wonderful. The rapidity of his moves was
such that the eye could hardly follow them ,
and all the tlmo ho kept a constant guard.
The bolo Is to cut , no tfolnt ; the dagger is
used to stab , no edge. When these bolo men
tried the- same tactics on our men that they
were accustomed to employ so successfully
against the Spaniards they were killed In
largo numbers , as our men did not run , but
simply shot them. Now so many of these
men have been killed there are fewer of
them to a gun , and they are not able to
got the dead away quite as well as they
did formerly. *
"If your servant goes away for a day or
two you can be certain he is with the In
surgents and In some fight. It is too com
mon to exclto comment here vhen an offi
cer's sen-ant , who has been absent several
days , Is found In the Insurgent's uniform
killed or is brought into our hospital for
trcntment. "
PEUSOXAI , AXD OTHERWISE.
Oora Paul's folks could not bp more ex
pert at "railroad wrecking 'if- they had all
been "brought up In Wall street. '
Anybody who was far-sighted enough to
lay In a few pounds of diamonds a year
ago can make a handsome profit on them
now.
In Germany the question of Insurance
against storms , inundations and other forces
of nature is being considered and the prin
cipal companies have been requested to re
port their views to the government.
Flvo weeks' board at the Waldorf for him
self and his party made a draft on the
Bank of England necessary and the draft
made the wind and the wind made the race
and there you are. Even Sir Thomas has to
draw at times.
Thanksgiving day In Canada has this year
been appointed for Thursday , October 19. It
has been customary to have it In the prov
ince on the last Thursday of November , as
In this country , but-thls date has boon found
to be too late for public enjoyment In that
cold climate.
Count Boni do Castellane , who wrote an
impudent letter to the prince ot Monaco
when that gentleman offered Dreyfus his
hospitality , has received word that Monaco
is In France and has telegraphed that he
will make all pceslblo hnsto to get to the
capital. A duel Is expected if the two men
meet.
Prof. Totten , once lieutenant In the army ,
but for some tlmo past n professional and
most persistent prophet of the end of the
world and similar events , Is now out -with a
new prediction. He eays the Infant son of
the duke of York Is destined to gather the
Jews from the four quarters of the earth
and to uolte them under his banner.
United States Senator Marlon Butler of
North Carolina is to hang out his shlnglo as
an attorney in Haleigh early next year. It
is said that this will be the first case on
record of a man beginning the practice of
law after leaving the ecnate. There have ,
of course , been senators who resumed the
law after the expiration of their terms , but
Mr. Butler was not a lawyer before ho .was
a senator.
Governor Stanley of Kansas protests that
etiquette flourishes In bis state , tradition to
the contrary notwithstanding. In proof of
this ho tells a story of how a woman wrote
him n note enclosing a J5 bill , which Ehe
asked bo given to the Methodist minister of
Emporia , Kan. She wished It to go to the
Methodist Foreign Missionary society , but , as
she had never been presented to the pastor
of her congregation , could not hand It to
him In person.
Alfred , S. Ilartwcll , who has consented to
represent Hawaii at Washington as an un
official territorial delegate at the coming
session of congress , has for thirty years
been ono of the leading members of the bar
of Haw-all. Ho IB n graduate of Harvard
and early In lib life ho was an Instructor In
a Ml'csourl university. He was a soldier In
the west at tbo outbreak of the civil war.
becoming afterward succjsslvcl } ' lieutenant ,
captain , lieutenant colonel , colonel and
brigadier general In the east. In 1S6S he
was appointed first actoclate Justice of the
supreme court of Hawaii , becoming subse
quently attorney general In 1874 and 187G.
in.vruoi. OP HA
ot Supers Inlnn I iidcr Ailc-
rpilrrnl Inun.
Kansas City Stnr.
Mr. M. K , Ingalls , president of the Big
Four nud the Chesapeake & Ohio rMlronds ,
advocated nn extension ot the power of the
IntoreU tc Commerce commission In his testi
mony before the Industrial commission at
AVashlngton yesterday. Mr. Ingntls thinks
that , along with the authority to regulate
the operation of railroads , should go the
power to nld the railroads in maintaining
rates. He desires the anti-pooling law re
pealed nnd the railroads given power to
make agreements with one another to fix
rates.
It this Is done Mr. Ingnlta Is willing that
the Interstate Commerce commission shall
have full authority to approve or disapprove
of any rates adopted nnd to examine the
books nnd accounts of railroad companies ,
Just as nl present the comptroller of the
currency has full power to look at the baoks
of national b.inks , In order to see that they
are not violating the law. Mr. Ingalls de
clares that , with proper legal guarantees
of stable rates , so that the railroads could
depend on reasonable earnings , ho would
favor a system of profit sharing with em
ployes ,
It would not tnko much of an extension
of Mr. Ingalls' Ideas to develop a system
of absolute government control of railroads ,
leaving to the companies only the details
of operation and the distribution of a
reasonable return to security holders. Such
a system In order to remove all tempta
tion ot fraud or evasion of the law , should
limit the amount ot Interest and dividends
to bo paid to security owners.
Let It bo supposed , for example , that all
railroads In the country be reorganized with
capitalization based on 4 per cent not re
turns In an ordinary year , and that all
earnings In excess of that sum be paid into
the national treasury In return for a gov
ernment guarantee of 4 per cent annual
Interest to the security holders. The value
of railroad stocks and bonds would thus
be made stable nnd sound. The Interstate
Commerce commission , having absolute con
trol of rates , could so regulate them as to
Insure the yield of 4 per cent on capitaliza
tion and In addition'a largo revenue for
the national treasury. The temptation for
competing lines to cut rates or grant spe
cial privileges to favored shippers would
bo entirely removed , the country would be
absolutely assured of stable , uniform and
equitable rates , nnd all the benefits of gov
ernment ownership could bo Becurcd with
out , any of Its disadvantages.
Another great benefit ot such an arrange
ment would be tha complete elimination of
speculation In railroad securities. With no
possibility of more or less than 4 per cent
annual returns the value of railroad stocks
and bonds would not bo subject to fluctua
tion or susceptible ot manipulation by stock
gamblers.
Some such plan as this seems to bo the
Inevitable solution of the railroad problem.
The managers of railroads have despaired
of maintaining rates without agreements
and pools , and the people of this country
are not likely to countenance the placing
of any such power In the hands of the rail
road companies without the most rigid su
pervision by the national government.
PROSPERITY AMI POLITICS.
The Former a O.ne tloii of Paramount
Importance.
San Frnnclsco Call.
President McKlnley has sbown all of that
political tact and sound common sense for
which ho Is noted in making the prosperity
of the nation and the people the chief theme
of his addresses to the various audiences
that greet him on his tour through the
Mississippi valley. Prosperity Is indeed the
issue of paramount interest in the politic *
of the year , for after all is said and done
the question which the voters will ask them
selves In Ohio and Iowa and Nebraska when
they go to the polls will bo whether they
shall vote for the party of prosperity or the
party of calamity.-
Tbo attempt of Bryan and Ws followers to
reyivo popular Interest In the silver question
has failed , and In not a single state where
campaignsarc going on does it hold a prom
inent place in the discussions of the people
or the press. An effort to make a vltaTlssue
on the trust problem has also failed , and
Imperialism remains an affair of individuals
rather than of parties. In such a condition
of politics the only recourse of the demo
cratic orators Is to denounce the adminis
tration generally and ask for Its condemna
tion upon its record as a whole and not upon
any particular feature of its policy.
So far , tliuu , as the state campaigns affect
national questions at all the issua is that
of supporting the administration or opposing
it. That fact gives pertinence to the presi
dent's references to tb.e abundant prosperity
which prevails under the operation of repub
lican legislation. A protective tariff has re
stored our Industries , which were stricken
down by the democratic tariff adopted dur
ing the Cleveland administration , and the
maintenance of sound finance has given con
fidence to business of all kinds. From years
of panic and depression wo have passed to
years of activity In all lines of effort and
every section of the country , and every class
of the people have been benefited.
In his speeches the president has put the
isstio fairly before the people. At Vlncennes
he said : "Wo have been blesied with good
crops and fair prices. Wages and employ-
men have waited upon labor and , differing
from what It was a few years ago , labor Is
not waiting on the outside for wages. Our
financial condition was never better than
now. Wo have good money and plenty ot it
circulating as our medium of exchange.
Banks may fall , fluctuation In prices come
and go , but the money of the country re
mains always good , and when you have a
dollar of It you -know that dollar Is worth
100 cents , because back of It Is the govern
ment of the United States. "
At Danvlllo , ill. , ho treated the Issue In
another way and Illustrated the ditjreo of
our prosperity by pointing out how easily
the people carry an amount of taxation
which to any other people would bo an op-
prtBBlvo burdeu. "Wo are , " ho said , "col
lecting Just now Jl,000,000 , for every working
day of the month on our Internal revenue
taxes and you don't feem to be very much
oppressed hero on that account , We are
collecting about $650,000 every working day
of every month from the la/Iff that we put
on foreign product * that come Into the
United States frem other countries and that
docs not seem to give you any serious trouble
bore. "
Against the party to whose legislation this
prosperity Is due , apd against the adminis
tration under vhlch It haa been attained ,
there Is arrayed the party of free trade ,
fiat money , class antagonisms and general
discontent. With such a choice before them
the Intelligent voters of the statej wbcro
elections are to be held will hardly hesitate.
There may bo local Issues , or faction flghto ,
or personal prejudices , or old party ties
which will Incline men to vote the demo
cratic ticket In these states this fall , but
upon national questions there is nothing
on which democracy can rightly expect the
eudrago of a single Intelligent patriot.
BAKING
POWDER
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
. , .
KOrtl BAKINO MwtC * CO. hCW 0
siiKivr or TIIR NATION.
Notnlilc Trhinnili of UopnUllonn Sinn-
HKPinont mill I'ollHcft ,
8t , Ixiuls Qlobc-Democrat ,
I'rom the present Indications the govern
ment's receipt * will moro than meet Its ex
pcndlttirrj In tha current fiscal yoxr.
Throughout the whole .cf the yciir which
closed last Juno the monthly outgo exceeded
the Income , except In March , May and June ,
In each of whlh months there was a surplus.
In the present fiscal year theio has been only
ono deficit thus far , that for July ; while In
August and September there was an excess
on the right ldo which offset the thortag * ot
July and furnished about $1.000.000 In ad
dition. The half year which will clone on De
cember 31 , It Is now sife to predict , will put
a good slxed balance on the crtdlt side.
Hero Is a triumph In governmental finan
ciering fcr which the republican party de
serves high credit. At the outset the Ding-
ley law , which wns passed In 1807. did n > t
qulto meet oxpendlturc ? . The Inrush of Imports - .
ports In the four or flvo mwiths In which
the law was pending reduced the normal Im
portations of the first seven or right months
cf'thc operation ct that act , nnd the pending
and the actual war with Spain also bad an
adverse Influence. Then , too. the govern-
mirnt'R expenditures made a sharp nnd ma
terial advance oven boforu the war started ,
and , of course , even though the Spanish end
ot the conflict Is orcr , the level of outgo yet
remains ? far above the nverage of the years
Immediately preceding 1898. Yet the war
revenue act , supplementing the Dingier law.
Is now providing a sufficient fund to meet all
the outlay of the government. Unless lhcr
phall bo lavished appropriations for other
than Immediate urgent purpotcs n good sur
plus Is reasonably certain In the fiscal year
which close ? next June , while the chances ,
of course , arc thu the balance sheet will be
oven moro favorable In the next twelve
months , unltss EOIUO of the taxes arc dropped
In the Interval , which Is not likely. The
great Improvement which has taken placa In
the government's , finances ns a result cf re
publican legislation will undoubtedly raaka
tens of thousands of votes for the party la
the election cf 1900.
.ns or
Cleveland Plain Denier : "Ho looks like
n brnlny man. "
"That's like judging n vacuum by Its
shell. "
Indianapolis Journal : "IJo you know who
was the originator of the coon sons ? "
"Of course 1 don't. Do you think I would
bo slttlnpr around In this pcaccublu fashion
If I did ? "
Chicago Tribune : "Somebody is certainly
stoallnR our coal ! " declared Jones the nthcr
mornlntf. "It is barely a week Blncc I
bought n whole knrut of co.il und now wo
have only three-quarters of a karat left !
It can't bo possible we bave burned so
much ourselves ! "
Philadelphia North American : "I was
discharged simply to vindicate nn old
adage , " mild Slmpklns.
"How WIIH thnt ? "
"The adage Fays : 'Where them's smoke ,
there's tire.1 The boss had u rule ncalnst
smoking. I smoked and was fired. "
Washington Stnr : "A war always brings
In a new era ot literary work , " said th
friend.
"Yes. " said the man with - re
sponsibilities on his mind. "Wo'vu got to
go to work now and change all the names
In our anecdotes. "
Detroit Free Press : "What nro the race
peculiarities of the FillDlno-i ? " asked the
teacher who believes that current history
Is not to be neglected.
"They kin race like thunder , " was tha
prompt reply of the new boy In the dis
trict.
Washington Star : "Aren't you afraid of
us ? " asked the Englishman , severely.
"Yes. " answered the Transvaal citizen , "I
guess wo are more or less afraid of. you.
The dllllculty Is that vic're just as much
afraid of you when you talk diplomacy as
we are when you talk fight. "
JOAdUN .MilI.Kll TO Till : BOERS.
The Sword of Gideon , Sword of Go < l
Be with ye , Boers. Dravt men of peaca
YP Jjpwed the pathr ye-bmlvn tliaifSOd , .
Ye fed white Docks of far Increase.
Where Saxon foot had never trod ; '
Where Saxon foot unto this day
Had measured not. bad never known
Had yp-not bravely led the way
And made such happy home your own.
I think God's house must be such home.
The tirltstess mothers choristers
Who spin and weave nor care to roam
Oeyond this white God's house of hers ,
But spinning Elng and spin again.
I think such silent shepherd men
Most llko that few the prophet sings-
Most like that few stout Abram drew
Triumphant o'er the slaughtered kings.
Defend God's house ! I et fall the crook.
Draw forth the plowsharp from the rod
And trust , as in the Holy Book
The Sword of Gideon and of God-
God und the right ! enough to tight
A million regiments of wrong.
Defend ! nor count what comes of It.
God'n battle bides not with the strong ;
Her pride must fall. lo , It Is writ !
Her gold , her grace , how staunch she fares !
Fame's wine cup pressing her proud lips
Her checkerboard of battle yquares
Rimmed 'round by steel-built battleships !
And yet meanwhlles ten thousand miles
She setks yo out. Well , welcome her !
Give her such welcome with such will
As Boston gave In battle's whir
That red , dread day nt Bunker I nil
-JOAQl'lN MIULER.
The Heights , Oakland , Cal. , October , 1S9 .
HAT SALE
Today ( Thursday )
Every $3,50 and $4.00
hat in our store , will
be sold for $3.00 each.
"Dunlap , " Knox
and Youman's Blocks.
Black , tan , and brown ,
and all sizes , " 6 $ to
74. "
ONE DAY ONLY
REMEMBER.
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