Nebraska Newspapers

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Oeorpo U Tischuck. secretary of The Hoe
Publishing compnn > , being duly sworn , says
that the actual number of full and com
plete copies of The Uall } Morning , liven
ing and Sunday Hee , printed during the
month of September , ISM , was as follows.
1 . . . . 1:7,170 16 SSI.OIM )
2 2.uio : IT sK5tt- "
3 mt.snr. . 13 si.r.r.o
4 1:1,11:1:1 : 19 21si : : !
6 S < > ,170 20 1:1,7 JO
C Uff.SKI II B-1,700
7 B5ntl 22 B5,0 < >
8 ssnnn 23 ai.sio
0 B , BBU 24 B.1 , 1O
10 BS.IIBO 25 SI. SO
11 li.-,7i:0 2G 2J , 7
12 B lll 0 27 1:1,700
13 B 1,11l ( > 23 BISlt
14 Bl,7 0 29 BI.UIO
15 B 1,700 30 BIt BO
Total .7.-O.SSO
Less unsold and returned copies. . , . HOSB
Net total sales 7l7s H
Net d.illy average sil Bl >
GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK ,
Subscribed ind sworn before me this 2nd
day of October , A. D . U19
M V T1UNGATH.
( Seal ) Notary Public.
The Columbia still rciuiilus the gem of
tin1 ocean.
Upton says lie Is lioutcii fair and
squint- . That Is the pioper sphlr. He
should have an embossed Invitation to
conic later and try onto moie.
The Iowa boys wlio fought aiound Ma
nila will not land in tlino to set home
to p.iitlclpiite In the election , but Iowa
will stand by the admlnlhtiaUou just the
same.
Coin Harvey Is soinp to bring his bat
to DoiiRlns county once more. The fu
slon faithful arc admonished to save up
their pennies and put a few extin
ciphers on their paper promises.
We are still listening for the name of
that census supervisor of the Second dls
trick It Is to be hoped telephonic con
nection with the census ollice will be In
proper bhape at least shortly aftei elec
tion.
Admital De\\ey has been assigned to
special duty at the Navy dep.ntmcnt.
lie will pciloun his duty at Washington -
ton , we may bo MHO , with the same *
energy displayed in executing ouleit. at
Manila.
The railroad late war Is beginning to
strike railroad men as decidedly seiious.
As the war , however , affects only a
small part of the Height classification
the geneial public lt > by no means ex
cited over It.
Oeneral Miles is on bis way west nnd
will \lslt Omaha during his tour. The
commanding genei.il of the at my may
rely upon enjoying the biime bospitalltj
which Omaha extends to all its distin
guished guests.
Chaplain Mailley is a gieat thorn In
the side of the Xebiasl.a fuslonlstb. Ills
campaigning seems to be as haul on the
enemy iu > his campaigning in the Phil
ippines. That is the only Influence to
bo drawn from their cries of dlbtiess.
The fuslouibts aic btill trjiug to ex-
plnln the lemarUable showing made by
the icpubllcaiis In the Hist ela.v'.s legis-
tratlon. Theie Is , however , but one ex
planation : The Irresistible dilft toward
the republican party cannot be Kept
back.
MaUc no mlbtaKe. The jeur ISfM ) has
uo resemblance to thoje.tr IbUd. Woi It-
Inginen are not weatlng yellow badges
and \otlng for silver. On the oontiaiy
tliey are pioud to admit that they pie-
for lepublliMii ptospetlly to demoer.itlo
hard times.
No wonder the popociatle managers
are alarmed OUT the dNclosuies of the
registration list showing thiee to one
for the lepublleans In the elty of Omaha
Itcpubllcans plainly aio not ashamed to
own up that they belong to the p.utj
of progress and prosperity.
Omaha Is glad to come to the assist
ance of Lincoln In Its finest for a com
petent lite chief. The Omaha the de
paitmcnr. while small as compaied t <
these of other cities , has made a lecon
under Chief Hedell , so that anyone who
has had experience hete should be able
to give valuable service In Lincoln ,
The National Live Stock exchange has
been In session at St. Paul , its olllccis
repotting the live stock Industry us
never In better condition than It Is to
day. Prosperity Is general In all lines
of business and the piodticer on the
farm and the cattle tango Is shailng I
Die Biuno as the vvoiknwn in the factory
and mill.
The appeal of Captain Carter to the
federal court to stay Iho enfoicemeii
of the penalty of the conrt-maitlal a
ulllrmed by President McKInley ha
brcn dismissed and the dlsgiaced jirinj
ofllcer will Imvo to servo his senteiae
The yellow Journals , howc\cr , will no
make much ado over this. All the nolb
they raised about Cap'taln ' Carter wa
pure buncombe in the hope of making
political capital against the pre.sldc
and his War dcpaitmcut oflicers.
HKFOHG T.1K7.VAAI ) At'lRH
Tlio old proverb never ny III of the
dead , applied lo politics should rend-
"Never pay anj tiling good of n politician
until after lit * Is de.id " This U trlk-
Inglj IlluslraU-d in the caieer of Silas A.
lloloml ( ) . sham leform candidate for
supreme Judge. In 1S1W and again In
1SDJ The lice said many very compll-
neataiy things of SHns A. Ilolcomb. He
\as commendefl as an able la\\jer and
in upright exponent of law. lie was
xtolled us a man of unswei\lng Integ-
Ity and moral backbone that would
It inly insist all prcMino and tcmpta-
Ion. lie was \ourlied for us an tin-
llnclilng champion of anti-monopoly
iiinclples , who would ledeem to the
etter e\ciy pledge made by his paity
n Its platfoiins or made by himself on
IIP stump. He was presented to the
icoplo as the man of all otheis who
vould puige Nebiaska of corruption and
obbery in the state house and who
vould stand for good government tinder
nj and all tiienmstances.
This was befoie taking.
Silas A. Ilokomb has had a fair trial ,
slth every oppoitunlty to Inaugurate
mil execute the lefonns promised bi
lls party and by himself befoic he was
lected. Duilns ? the four yeniH of his
aieer as go elnor he has had ample
> ppoitunlty to pio\e what mettle he Is
mule of and he has pioved u lamentable
allute in every lespect. lie has uxhib-
ted a lack of moral stamina nt every
stage and sin rendered himself to a
otorlc of disieputable politicians for-
nelly disowned and discarded by the old
mi tics. Instead of exercising ills pte-
ogatives falthltilly , fearlessly and Im-
mitlally , he has tuiikled to col potato
uonopoly aud made icfoiiu a by-word
ind loproach.
This Is after taking.
It Is in accotd with -the etonm ! illness
> f things for the champion taklis and
sham icloimers to repioduce the com-
) llmentary things said by The Hoc con-
cctnlng Silas A. Ilolcomb befoie he had
teen tried and found wanting as cie-
lentlals of his eminent lltness for the
) osltlon ho now seeks. Hut these polit-
c.il cuttletlsh take veiy gieat caie not to
epilnt what The ISee has said about
Mr. Holcomb since he has become
uiown by his acts.
It is amazing , ho\\e\cr , that -while
quoting The lice's protested voucheis
hey keep on denouncing The Bee as si
falsifier and enemy of all that is good
and true , thus trying to nullify whate\er
benefit they might possibly detive by
quoting what U said concerning Holcomb
bofoie that sham teformer had bctiajcd
he conlldente reposed in him.
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In his speech at Van Wert , O. , Colonel
Bryan said that he was not discpuiagcd
by the defeat of 180(5 ( , because he felt
that if his pnrtj was wioug then It de
served to be defeated and if it was
light its position would be vindicated
by experience. "I believe the last
three jcars have vindicated the position
taken In 180(5 ( , " he declaied. Can It be
possible that Colonel Hryau is sinceie
in making this statement ? He knows
what has taken place during the last
three years. Ho has Uaveled In e\cry
section of the country within that pe-
ilod aud witnessed the impioved con
ditions everywheie. He has seen the
evidences of pro petity on all sides
wherever he has gone and he has read
the pioots of It in the swelling statis
tics of lndustii.il and commeicial
activity. He knows that financial
distrust has given place to conn-
dence and that all Intel ests look
hopefully to the future as promising
uu even laiger measure of piosperlty
than they aie now having.
In view of all this , what does Colonel
Itiyan mean by asserting that the po
sition of his party In 180(5 ( has been vin
dicated ? Tli.it p.nty prophesied all soils
of eII and disaster to the countiy if
republican pilnclplcs and policies
should ptevall and not a single predic
tion has been verified , lln every speech
made by Colonel Utyan in the last na
tional campaign he told the idle woik-
Ingmen Hint they would get no em
ployment If the lepubllcan party
triumphed and that the wages of Hie
omplojed would be i educed. Today the
demand for labor in every section of
the country is in excess of the supply
and wages aie higher than for su\einl
jears. He told the farmeis that repub
lican success A\ould mean le s rewaid
for their toll and Incieased haidshlps
Today the agrlcnltmal inteiest Is In
better condition than own * before in the
hlstoiy of the country. Tens of thou
sands of farmers who tlnee jears ntro
weio hea\ily In debt sue now fiee fiom
Indebtedness or have so far i educed
It that It no longer embarrasses them.
They weie told that unless wo had the
fieo coinage of sliver at It ! to 1 prices
of pioducts would further decline , but
on the contiaiy prices of sill pioducts
advanced.
The shibboleth of the popocratlc paity
In IS ! ) ! ! was calamity and Its promise
ruin aud disaster In the event of repub
lican success. Instead there are
general piospeilty and iinpiecedented
Industrial and commercial activity.
The mills and factories sue i mi
ning full time and aio deluged
with ordeis. Present Indications are
that the enormous exports of last year
will be exceeded this year. Homo con
sumption has been Immensely In-
cieased. In all miteilal respects the
American people are better off than the
people of any other land under the sun.
Instead of n vindication of the pope
cratlc position , the existing conditions
dumoiibtisitc most conclusively and ion-
vinclngly the utter fallacy of the finan
cial and economic pilnclplcs of that
party. The theoiy that them would be no
prospeilty under the gold standard has
been completely and forever demol
ished , > et the declaration of Colonel
Bryan Implies that he thinks it not ouly
still Bound , but ically stronger for hav
ing been disci edited by o\ents. It Is
easy to undeistand why ho holds this
view , lie Is the embodiment of fieo
silver and it Is the question abo\o all
otheis upon which his hope of gratify
Ing his political ambition tests.
Not a single plank of the Chicago
platfoim has been \Indicated by the
e\ents of the last three jeais. Not a
fact In existing conditions justlllcs one
doctrine or declaration of that revolu
tionary deliverance In the light of ex
petleuce olnei * ISIKI It H Aerji much
eleaier now than then that poporiiitte
success would have brought Immeasur
able c\lN to the country fiom which
It might not hawreeoveied in a genera
tion.
JJIK nunts nnsr HATII.K
The unexpected M IJ often happens.
In the war between the Boers and the
Biltlsh the 111 si pitched battle has culmi
nated In \lctory for the BtltMi auiiy.
The pievalllng Impression among mill-
nij men of ail nations , huhiding those
of England , was that the aimles of the
Hutch ii'piihlics ' which had taken the Ini
tiative In the wai would prove vlctoilous
In the Hist onslaught by ieni-oii of thc >
fact that the British iclnforcemcnts
could not teach the seat of war in time
to bo of service to the Biitlsh ganisoiis
scattered over huge area * , at best veiy
dinieult to successfully defend.
Accoidlng to the accounts that have
leached us thiough Ililtlsh souucs the
Hist Imttle- was fought with leckless
dash on the part of the Boeus and dogged
valor on the part of the Biltlsh. l-'jom
the outset the Boors were at gieat dis
advantage In attacking n force power
fully entienehed and equipped with the
best lapld-llie guns and small arms
handled by men perfectly ( hilled In
their effective use. In this battle It was
not meiely superior range of artllleiy
but superior men behind the guns that
can led the day for the British. The
Boers me conceded to have dlsplajed
gre.it bravery fiom the opening to the
close of the battle and that fact is at
tested by the heavy losses Inflicted upon
( he Imperial fences , which weie paitku-
laily seveu > in the number of otllceis
killed nnd disabled.
The eflect ot the Hist battle upon the
final outcome of the war cannot be
prognosticated at this st.ige. While the
loss of one or two icglments Is not likely
to be legaided as an iuepatable dis
aster by the Boeis , ( he moial eflect can
not but hp seriously depiesslng. The
battle near Glencoe cannot of couise
be compaied to the first battle of Bull
Bun , since the conditions of the Ameil-
can lepublle aud the two Afilcan re
publics aiu so dissimilar. In the Ameil-
can war of the rebellion the rnllcd
States had : ! 0,000,000 of people and vast
resources in men and money to fall back
on. The Boots , on the other hand , have
a comp.uatively small population and
limited lesouicos for can.viug on a pio-
tiacted war. Their chances of success
were staked upon a short , sbaip and de
cisive conflict waged In teriltory with
every foot of which they -\veie familiar.
The loss of the first battle may be dls-
com aging , but it is by no means fatal
to the cause for which the Boeis are
contending.
SOMIS IMl'llKSSlVE FIQU11ES.
The Undustilal commission at Wash
ington has been fmulshed with statis
tics regarding the Ameiican meichant
matine which aie decidedly Impressive
as showing the low estate this country
has icached as a maritime power in re
spect to Intel national commerce. The
author of the statistics , Mr. r. U Neall
of Philadelphia , has evidently made
most thoiough and painstaking study
and resc.uch and theio can be no ques
tion regarding the accuracy of his facts
and llginoH.
Sir. Neall states that the volume of
meichaudise imported aud exported by
the United States for the calendar jear
1S ! > S amounted 1o ? lSOu,000,000. The
weight of this merchandise was over
37,000,000 gross tons , or more than . ' ? , -
000,000 tons per mouth. In icgaid to
the tianspoitatlon of this merchandise ,
vast in value and bulk , it is shown that
out of a total shipping tonnage suitable
for tiansoceanic tiallie aggiegatlng li , -
(100,000 ( tons , the United States has but
125 vessels , steam aud sail , whh a caiiy-
Ing capacity of 29(1,185 ( tons. Think of
this for a 111:11 : itimo and commeicial na
tion whose shoies aie washed by two
oceans , -whose commodities are in woiId-
wide demand and whose resomces aie
inexhaustible. 'In ' all other icspects In
dependent of the icst of the world we
aie dependent upon the shipowners of
I'uiopc , chiefly those of nnglnnd , for
causing our commodities lo foielgn
maikets and bilnglng back what wo buy
abioad.
This dependence Is not only expensive ,
costing our people , according to the low
est estimate , S-lSl'.OOO.OOO annually , but
It places this country at a distinct dis
advantage In the competition for the
woi Id's trade. Whatever may be said
of the axiom that "trade follows the
flag , " there can be no question that the
nation which Is able to send its < om-
moditles to foreign maikets In its own
ships tinder its own flag has a decided
advantage over the nation that cannot
do this. Oioat Britain's commeicial su-
piemacy Is hugely due to her possession
of this advantage , which she still iclles
upon to keep her at the head of the
woi Id's commeice , while Ocimanj'.s
iapld advance In lecent yim as a < om-
mercial power has been gieally aided
by her meichant mat Inc.
The unusual Inteiest that Is being
shown In this question of a merchant
marine for the ocean canyliig tiado
gives promise of practical lesults.
Ptesldeut MeKlnley's icfeiemes to it In
his lecent tour give ample assurance
that he will urge legislation upon con-
giess and the general expressions of IP.
publican platfoims favorable lo such
legislation will undoubtedly Induce con-
gtess to act. There Is no time better
than the present , as was wild by Mr.
McKInley , to build up a merchant ma
line and our enlaiged commeicial iela-
lions make It moie than ever essential
that wo should take up this woik , so
vastly Important to commeicial progiess
and commeicial Independence. In ie-
gaid to the policy that should bo
adopted theio will have to bo compio
mlse between oxtieme views. Pi OB
ships'ate out of the question , The
country will not tolerate ti policy for
the advantage of Kuiopcan shipbuilder ,
On the other hand theio Is a very strong
public sentiment -against subsidies or
bounties Hitch as pioposed In the hill In
tiodueed In the last congress and which
will bo brought forwaid uaily In the
approaching session. A rompioinlse h
piactlcahle and will piobably be ef
fected. At all events the next itnigiess
will undoubtedly legislate upon this
verj Impoitant subject in ava > that
will conserve the best Intel ests of the
( ountrj.
.1 iKMiim.ini AnnM.u/v.vr
The petph'xlng Alaskan boundary
question has been temporarily adjusted
and the danger of serious friction be
tween Ameiican and Canadian Interests
In Alaska for the time being lemoved.
Aecoiding to lepott lioui Washington
the agreement temporalll.v defining the
boundaiy makes no concession deli I
mental to Ameiican Inteiests , while al
the same time being osentlallv talr lo
Canada. It Is admitted by the repie-
sentatlve of the Canadian goveminent
In London that the piovlslonal aiuuige-
meiit Is fair to l > otli sides and in > otai
as it will picvent local friction , satis
factory. It is stated that the effect , of
the modus is to give the I'nlted StatcM
coiitiol of the tidewaters the IliltMi
being fifteen miles abo\e ; to maintain
the Ameiican conttol to the new anil
Impottant Pou-uplnc countiy aud to
save the lights of all Ameiican milieu
who are now on the Canadian side of
the line.
This result of the piotiacted negotia
tions , which for a time piomlse-d to be
futile by leason of Canadian objections
and obstiuctlon , will be welcome to all
those people In both count lies who de
sire that a settlement of all the differ
ences between the I'nlted States aud
Canada shall be effected with the least
possible delaj. Theio is oveiy icason
to think that but lor the obstinate
com MS of Canada the liiitating bound-
aiy question would now be disposed of ,
opening the way to a Millsfaetoiy ad
justment of the oilier mattois in dis
pute. When it is undeistocxl that the
claims made by Canada In connection
with the boundaiy question sue ot 10-
cent date , that pi lor to the discoveiy
of gold in oonsldciablo quantities the
Canadian gov eminent had never sell-
ously indicated a deslie to occupy tor-
iltoiy It now demands or questioned the
boundary Hue ugiecd upon between the
Ku slan and Biitish governments in
IS'J. , the motive of that government's
late persistence in demanding the sur-
iciider of Ameilcuyn tenltory in Alaska
is obvious and hanlly of a chaiacter to
commend Itself to fair-minded men. In
leieience to the line agieed upon by
Uussla and Ureat 'Britain , Piof. .1. B.
Mooie , foiineily assistant secietary of
state , says : "Lutll a recent peiiod the
line , as it was then understood by both
governments , lemalned unquestioned.
It appealed on all the maps , including
these publlshe.il In Cngland , us the
United States now maintains It , follow
ing the sinuosities of the coast and i tin
ning tiiound the heads of the Inlets , In
cluding the L > nn canal , and giving to
Russia an unhiokcn strip of the main
land up to Mount St. Klias. " The
United Suites simply insists upon ad
hering to the geneial ptinciples of the
boundaiy as settled by the agicement
between Russia and Gieat Britain
three-qmuteis of a century ago , while
Canada on the other hand urges a dif
ferent principle for settling the bound
ary line and one Involving the saciilice
of tcrritoiy in possession of the United
States since its purchase of Alsiska.
The provisional agieemeiit will doubt
less terminate negotiations lor si time ,
but as both governments sue anxious for
a permanent settlement of the question
a lesumptlou of negotiations at no very
i emote date Is piobable. As to the
prospect for si permanent solution a
member of the Canadian government
who is in Loixlou cxpiessed the opinion
that It Is not bright , which may mean
that Canada will not accept the tem-
poiary adjustment as a basis of final
settlement.
If the niilroads cannot find cais and
engines to move the business offeicd lo
them now what do they piopose to do
when the big coin ciop begins to move ?
Tills pioblem is not only botheiing the
shipper , but the railroad men aie AVoik-
ing oveitlme tijing to tlgme it out. The
geneial agent of one of the leading lall-
loads euteilng Omaha Is quoted as say
ing thole Is business enough in sight to
keep his loud busy for two jeais , with
eveiy piospcct that provision must be
made tor incieased tialllc. When the
lailicuds sue busy It Is certain business
in sill lines Is good. Nebiaska and the
west aie today moie piospuious than
ever before and , what is more , it Is not
si fictitious piospeilty. Some lew yeais
ago when the loan sigeut was putting
vast sums of eastern money Into the
west thc'ie weie lively times while the
hoi lower was spending It. Today the
Imitower Is paying back his loan and
still has enough left to keep business at
high tide.
Iowa produces an enoimous quantity
of gold eveiy year , and it Is laigel.v dug
fiom the giound , hut lately Is It found
embedded deeper than the unnstalk
loots. The icpoit of the discovery ot
gold-beailng sand at a depth of sixty
feet will doubtless soon be put on Ice
along with stoiles of dlseovpiles of gold
along the Blue liver valley In Nebiaska.
Such leporls are said to be the means of
laising the price of land with a sudden
ness beyond all tompail'-on.
The popocratio Wotld Ileiald Is to Ing
to iccall examples wheie employes !
tlue.itened to dlsehaige omplojes In 1MU
If they did not vote ace 01 fling to dliec-
tlons. Tlio Bee still has in Its poises-
slon lettc'is of the Woild Heiahl dis
charging some of Its Nobiaska ( one-
spcmdcntH because they failed to follow
that paper In 1th Hup fiom denouncing 1(1 (
to 1 free coinage as i obbery to the ar
dent suppoit of the silver bulllonalres1
cause.
The southsidois aio peifectly justified
In insisting upon piompt woik in the
construction of the Sixteenth stieet via
duct. They have alivady been dopiivcd
of the use of Sixteenth stieet altogether
and cut oft' fiom shoot rallvvav seivke
lee long. The lullumds , too , should see
to It that a gteat pottlon of the inhabi
tants ot tlie city aio not Inconvenienced
longer than Is absolutely necessary.
The piactlcal dlsiippeaiance of silver
tcpuhllcans us shown h.v the tegbfia-
tlou icumls is sought to be explained
on the ground Hint thej do not wish to
uncover their stiength. The silver ie
publican partj was never anj thing more
than a tletlon roneixted to h ld up the
fusion demooiats and lopulNts tor place
nnd patHiiiage The silver lopnbllcaiH
see HIP maik 11)1011 ) the wall.
The men who built up the populist
paity In this vlclnlt.v do not take kindly
to the Bi\vanile edict of "oiib one mote
> our of tusloii , " sifter which the l'oti- | )
lists me to be swallowed bv the demo-
ciats , if the swallowing piocrss Is on
the tioauls Ihe.v vvsint an end put to lit-
' ion at once bofoio the paitj Is oiilliely
destiojctl.
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St 1'uil Oilobe
How trulj and ; mthettcall > mifortumto Is
thc'sranll republic with a huge Rold rultiot
Dunne-roil *
\Vaslilncton 1'ott
The phjfllolnn who do-larcs that one cause
of ImldiirsH Is Intellrrtmillt } make * n vicious
stab at the business of the linlr tunic man
ufacturers.
MKH of ( lu * SI-HHCMI.
1'lillaclelph a Time- '
All Iho olcl-fashloncM weather SKIH ! arc
Buhl to Indicate n mild winter , but nic.ui-
vthllo llicro's no harm In hunting up the one
\Nhlch liaa "Shut the Dooi ! " on U.
S mutcini of Reform.
Globe-Democrat
A surprlHbiK chaiiRo has conic over the
sultan of TurUej Uo linn not only com-
mutol the clc.ith rcnnltj In twenty-four
caaes , but agrees to let the Armunlans 10-
build their school houses
V Choice of i\IU.
Minneapolis Journal
How many men nrc willing to ailmlt that
they have been all there Is to sec ? Only
ono on record up to date lie's ono of the
bojs nnd ho dropped In on his doctor the
other clnj nnd complained of his e > es. Ills
doctor mndo an examination and decreed
tint the patient must stop drinking or lobe
his Bight It was nn awful blow , but the
patient rallied , "Well , I guess , doctor , " ho
replied , slowly , "I've seen about all there Is
to see. "
IIHIAN CIIVMl'IO.VS I'll VtUl.
\V hu ( Corlit'tlum Stnniln for In the
HimCiriiNH Sfntc.
Buffalo Cxprfs
Mr Hrjan may or may not help Mr Ooebel
by taking the stump In the Kcntuckj cim-
palgn. At all events ho Is not Improving his
own reputation. The issue with which Mi.
llrjan has identified himself by taking part
lu this campilgn Is not sllvcrlsm. The eln-
tcio slherltes who have been Dr > an's steacl-
fa&t friends In Kentucky ha\o belted Kocbcl
ind are supporting an Independent ticket. U
Is uncertain whether Goebcl himself sup-
poiteil Urjan in 1S36 and It is certain that
many of his present influential partisans did
not. Neither la the Issue one of Imperialism.
The leading Ooebel newspaper organ , tbo
Loulsvillo Courier-Journal , Is strongly im
pel lallst , as arc most other representative
Kentucky democrats of the Ooebel faction.
In talking Imperialism on his present tour
Mr. Bryan Is but answering the aiguinents
of these who speak for the candidate he Is
supporting.
The Issue In Kentucky la simply and solely
that of honest elections , and th democratic
candidate stands for legalized fraud at the
polls and deceit , trickery and dishonesty at
the prlmarlee. Speaking publicly at Mc-
Henry , Ky. , last week , Mr. Goobcl said :
"Tbo other fellows can do all the voting they
want. Wo democrats will do the counting. "
The basis of this shameless boa t Is the
Goebel election law , drawn by the present
democratic candidate and forced through the
last legislature. The law creates board
of throe state commissioners , who arc cm-
powered to appoint subordinate boards of
three members In each county. The local
boards are to name all the judges and
clerks of election , and no provision Is
made for minority party representation
In any of the boards. That law was
designed to enable , not the democratic
party merely , but that portion of the
domacratlo party which is under the
direct personal control of Mr. Qoebel , to
count votes , without regard to bow they
wore cast , and thereby to gain and hold
power la defiance of the popular majority.
That law aad the personality of the man
who drew ft constitute the solo- issue In Ken
tucky this fall. It represents a cjnical dis
honesty which finds Its only parallel In this
country in the history of William M. Tweed.
And William J. Bryan has deliberately placed
himself before the country as Its champion.
niUTYI.VS MIMTAIIV I'OWUK.
Put to the nirnONt Tent Since the
Crtiiiraii AVur.
Philadelphia Record.
The Immensity of the task of the British
admiralty In transporting to Bouth Africa
the reinforcements needed for the war with
the Boers , and of the army service corps
( corresponding to our commissary depart
ment ) In providing sustenance for such an
aggregation of troops in a country generally
speaking destitute of the nccettsaries of life ,
will bo appreciated In the- United States In
Vlow ot our recent and still continuing ex
perience with the dllllcultles of earning on
military operations at a 12,000-mllo range.
The distance from Southampton to Capo
Town is somewhat greater than that be
tween San Francisco nnd Manila , and
whereas the problem confronting our army
transport service Is the carriage of about
30,000 man and their equipments to the
Philippines In the space of about three
months , the British authorities are wrestling
with the far more hcrlous ono of transportIng -
Ing an army nearly twice ns litrge In as
many wceko The dispatch ot 15.000 sol
diers from Ungliml to Hgypt in 18S2 within
throe weeks wai considered a great feat nt
the tlmo nnd was said to have elicited words
of pi also oven from the taciturn Von Moltke.
The present undertaking exceeds the latter
In magnitude having regard for the greater
length of the -\ojago and the number of
men can led-in the ratio of four to one.
night } steamships ha\o been drawn into
the service ot the British government and
the corverelon of liners Into transports la
proceeding with feverish haste at every
ahlpyard on the Brltlfh eoist Beginning
with I'rlday next six troop ships will leave
Southrmptou dally , which means tint over
.10.000 troops will be dispatched In six days
Such a tahk would bo beyond the power
of an > other European nation , for none has
, i fleet of merchantmen to draw on com-
pnrablo In tonnage or numbers with thu
British merchant marine. The ami } about
to bo BWit out from Knglaml will bo by far
the InrgCBt land force that haa ever left
her shores for a campaign beyond the scao ,
It will bo twice thn sUe of the British con
tingent in the Crimean war and greatly
superior In number to the British army
under Wellington at Waterloo By the re
suit of her present efforts the strength of
Orcat Britain as a inllllnrj power will be
gauged The ellUienc } of her army will bs
put to the tefat for the first tlmo In several
generations in a conflict with white men.
According to so excellent a professional mili
tary authoilty as the Berlin Mllltar-Wochcn-
blatt the strength of the Boor forces Is
00,000 well equipped nun , BO that the oppos
ing armies will bo numerically pretty
ovenl } matched , with the odds very slightly
In favor nf the British The smillncsH of
the two armies compared with the massive
organizations engaged In the great ISuropean
ward of modern Union will ho compeiifcatcd
for by the despcratenesa of the Boers , the
Immensity of the KCCIIO of operations ( tbo
Transvaal alone being tm largo au Trance )
and the distance of the British from their
ultimate baho of supplier In every nenwi ,
therefore , the pending conflict will put the
mllltaiy pOAcr of tbo British empire to the
t > rtcrc t trial to which it has hitherto been
subjected.
Ill , VMS PHO1I H\M'S IIOIIN.
Principle file * no flajc of truce.
Pen Ice Is greiter than sovereignty
\Vhcn money Ij king inl'cr ) Is auccn.
Circumstances are less potonl than
A good pnr.tor U nn Inclination ot the Hood
Shepherd
Grasp the Irksome duty tight , U shall turn
to sweet delight.
Many a RoologUt haa jet stumbled mid
fallen over a etone.
The preacher who starves his head can
not feed his people's hearts.
Wiikco } our Imta bj starving them before -
fore } ou wrcstlo with them.
If the heirtstrlnRs are il hlly moved , the
ptirsestrlngs will sure ! } bo loosened.
Wo can beir cue rii ° ther bunions withvit
being hu-bodies In cich other's luislnoM
"Innsinuc-h as > e did It not" will ring In
the cars of some of the lost through all
eternity.
Thero's many n slip 'Ivvlxl AmericYs
cup and Upton
If Sir Thoim > ! fends over a blew of hU
tea flam Ceylon s Isle all will bo foiglven
Yacht critics lire now dlllgentl } explain
ing some rcmarkB the } made Iho day before.
Autoblau Is the latest nnmo for horseless
vehicles It comes from Stockholm , It
might have boon Improved before landing.
The real secret of Columbia's won
derful fpred has loakcd out The goat and
parrot vscro unloaded after the Eeve < ith
fluke.
Lieutenant Brumb } ot the. Qlympla Is said
to bo the greatest smoker In hie navy K\-
cept when on dut } , he alwa8 has a cigar
close at hand.
The cllbcovcry of niarlnn monsters near
Chicago a few d.is ago shows thr > danger
of cNperlmentlni ; with water immediately
after a fall festival
War correspondents on the Boer side of
the argument can have all the privileges
they need They are permitted to accom-
pan } the firing line and can go Into the thick
of the fray If tholr sand holds out.
The sinpathy of the dental profession Is
not going out to the Boers , not by a jugful.
Not long ago President Kruger had a hot
jumping tooth , but Instead of calling In a
professlonnl he gouged it out with a clasp-
knife.
During a Simpson revival in New York
City last week , pledges to the amount of
$156,000 were received in one da } . Ono
pledge for $100,000 was received. The Joy
of the congregation wne restrained until the
financial standing of the pledger was ex
amined.
UMrOllMITY OP SOU , .
The nriiulitc " ! < niiniui IIelf nt the
Middle AV 'N ( .
J. Sterling Morton's Conservative.
There Is a remarkable uniformity In the
soil of northwestern Missouri , southwestern
Iowa and southeastern Nebraska. In the
Iowa countlcn of Mllla , Fremont , Page and
Montgomery , the Missouri counties of Atclil-
son , Holt , Andrew and Nodaway and In the
Nebraska counties of Cas , Otoe , Nemaha
and Richardson the same soli covers all the
fields. It Is a rich , black loam. It Is llko
the loess formation along the Rhino and
therefore phenomenally fertile and pro
ductive.
During the last fitly } ears the Nebraska
counties have only been opened to settlement
since 1851 there has never been a total
failure of crops In any one of the counties
named In cither state. Their average crops
of corn have been , no eloubt , during a half
century the largest per acre In the United
States.
There are more well-fixed farmers in the
counties pamed and fewer farms under mort
gage than in a similar area anywhere in this
republic. There are very few mortgages
representing anything besides deferred pay
ments of the money agreed to be given for
the lands
In Fremont county , Iowa , and Atchlson
county , Missouri , are two of the largest
cornfields In the world ; In the former la the
Pay no com patch of 8.000 acres ; and
Atchison county , .Missouri , rejoices In the
Dave Raukln cornfield of eleven thousand
acres , the same being ono of the fields ill a
farm of thirty thousand acres. And in all
these counties the season "of 1S99 has been
propitious and bountiful. Calamity howlers
are nghast ! In the presence of the matured
corn crop , fat cattle , fat hogs and high
prices for boot and pork oven Bryanaichlsts
are tonguetled. There is nothing upon which
to base discontent. The people are prosper
ous The honest , temperate and Industrious
are happy.
HACIAIi lliCOVVTIU'C I'lOtf.
Slavonic KIIPP Uc'nUnrd to I'reiioiiilcr-
nt < * In Kurupr.
London Spectator
The Slavonic race In Its various branches
Is increasing more rapidly than any civi
lized rnco known In history , and wo must
accept the fact of this growth In Huropo as
something , for the present at least , final ,
and not to be argued with or gainsaid.
The Russian empire now numbers 130,000-
000 and , though the numbers Include Ger
mans in the extreme west and Mongols In
the extreme cast , jet the mass are pure
Slavs , presenting thus a homogeneity rare in
history. But , In addition to Russia , we have
Slavonic offshoots over a large European
area which render the future of much moro
than half Cuiopo ceitainly Slavonic. The
tumbles In Aiibtila have reminded us of the
Slav kingdom of Bohemia , but it Is not In
Bohemia on ! } that Iho German In face to
face with the Slav , he is so lu Oallcla , In
Carlntlila and Carnlola , while the Magar
Is mu rounded hj an e\cr-lncreaaliiK Slav
population in the land of his birth. In the
Balkan peninsula U l > > a case of whether
Slav or Greek shall Inherit the liimln made
desolate by the Turk nnd few who have
studied the question In the light of recent
hlstoiy can doubt that It will be the Slav.
Wo need not cjuoto tint hackneyc-d sayIng -
Ing of Napole-on "Cossack or republican"
It Is moro to the point to say that , what
ever the future ) polltlc.il forms of IJuropo
may be , her actual population will be largely
( If not predominantly ) Shvonle , and that
this fact may mean n different Hurope" from
that known in bMory. For whnro , from the
point of view of numbers , In thu countoi-
balnnclng element to the Slav lo bo found ?
Franco 1s otatlonar ) , and very ncarl } so are
Bpaln nnd Portugal
Germany Ib full , and can only maintain
herself In comfort b } reason of the Anitrlcon
outlet for her surplus Austila la actually a
ground for Slav as against Germun , lncrca < n.
Italy , llko Germany , tends her mrplus ovur
the AtUntlr The grail future of KnglUh-
spe-aklng people ) Is not in Kuropo , but In
America and the southern teas The Norse
people are hemmed In by barren lands untl
are piobably Increasing faster In the north
west of the United State-R than at home.
Now , If wo f 't against these facts the actual
growth of RtiBfda herself , the Increase of
Slavs In central llurope , and the probab'o
future of the Slavs In the Balkan peninsula ,
we cannot fall lo tea that , within a mra iir-
ahlei period , the Slav idle clement In ICu-
ropcvm society will preponderate In th bal
ance.
ance.What
What effect will this racial reconstruction
of Kuiopo exert on mankind ? It will bo a
long tine before wo shall rcull/u that If wo
want to find the great wats of the historic
pe < opk'H of Kuropo wo shall have to look bo-
} end Kuiope , to Tcutonic North AmcrUu , to
I itln Pouth America , to Teutonic Auetra-
Jortla Yet thu will. t > o far as ono tan BUO ,
certainly bo the ia c within another century ,
assuming the crctciH Kencral drift ot things
to continue.
i.irr/s in ; vitnis. :
' * .
utiil lulliKMU'i
i < -r
V ! Itidelrdiln Times
The new sparer Rpuerall } < > vrves us n lopl
for discussion at e'ver } ehur-h conference
and wordn are sometlnu s spoken bv scn.ia-
tlonal ministers thu would v.ound the feel-
Inra of a sensitive press. llov. 1'r 'V
Orcer of N'evv Yorl , . at the rrecnt Mlnnc-
nprlis gathering ef o'clc Ii ties. Invclgho1.
against vvliat he doscilbol as "the nowspnper
habit" mennlng the reading of dally Jour-
niM Minor than serious books on philosophy
or religion 1'oeslbly he > also Intended a re-
btiko to people who preferred to enjoy n *
Bprlghtl } newspaper rather than listening1 <
to n dull sermon , but he eircfully refrained
from Rolns Into details Of eourso , he said
"tht > newspaper must necessarily be BCIIS.I-
llonnl" bccnuso ho defined news to bo "tho
uncommon thins * of life" That Is not n
bid definition , but the New York World
points out that many ' uncommon things of
life" nro recorded In Holy \\rlt and casually
cites 'Joshuas lommand to the sun and
moon to stand still ( which the sun and
mcon are' Raid to have obcjcd ) the storv
of Jonah , the tiailsl.ulon of Elijah and much
else of llko Kind " Then the World asks :
"All thet.o InoIdcnU wore 'uncommon' and
therefore sens.illon.il. ' but nro we to shun
them on thai account ? '
Wo must not understood as Intlmitlng
that Hev. lr Orcer condemned the news
papers Par from It. Ho probably had read
reports of several Krcit public libraries
In this eountrv which show that the cir
culation of books therefrom decreased from
10 to 25 per cent during a laro ; part
of lint } enr. The people of this coun
try wcio then stud } Ing hlhtory s It was
made , dnyjiy day , nnd had no time for Gib
bon , Macaulay or hlstoilcal novels.
Another war his Just begun and though
It will bo waged In far oft South Africa the
morning newspnpor will bring the dally
progress of ovcnU to jour breakfast table ,
ISTIC iM.n \.vriuns. .
Indianapolis Join mil : "How do you llko
jour new ghl ? '
"Oh , that U ciulte-i Immnterlil The Im
portant iiueitlon Is , Mow does .she llko im ? '
ChlciRO Rccoid Smith 'Mv congratula
tions , old man 1 hear } ouITO another
Inercato Jn your family Son or eliushter ?
Jones ( sadly ) Wet se , n tvm-ln-lnvv.
Detroit Ttc'0 Prc-ss "Julia , 1 think I'll
Klvel } ou furniture for } our birthday pieo-
civt "
"How loveh , Ilniiv I'll tuke n piano , n
sowing : niac'hlno and < i lad's vvrltliiK desk. "
Jewelers' AVcekly : Ucturned Volunteer-
Whit's an appropriate ! plft from a soldict
to hl-4 .swcHheirt1'
Jeweler I sliould think a powder bo
about tJio rliiht tlilnu
Harpei'q naznr : Mrs Van Svvnmp "Wil
liam , dear. 5ii vou Inuo ntiothor chill com.
Ing on , v\lll } "r u klndlv hold the bab'n rattle
tlo In } o r hand ? It amusus the sweet
precious so much.
Baltimore News : "Ho Is not In , " aald
3Irs Shortly to the collector.
"Madame , T know lie IM not tin. " said tlia
collector. "What I want to know , has ha
an } ? "
Detroit Free Press : She There Is noth-
IIIR I like ) In a plav so much ns love nnd
patriotism AVhat Is your taste , TreddV
He I have always thought well of the
soubretto.
Chicago Record : "Nan , how does my hat
coinpiro Ith Kitty's9"
"Yours looks more HkfJ a , hearse coming
around the corner than 1ic.rs docs. "
OJiloapo Post : "If you think lie wanta
to nnrrv you for } our inonc'y whv don't
you tell Mm that } our father h.iH failed and
thiet you are consequently penniless ? "
"I'm afraid I'd lo e him. '
Somervllle Journal : Many n man grum
bles alxiut the cost of his wife's dressmak
ing and mlll'nery hills -who , If he should
llpurel up clevely , would llnd that lila own
lints nnd clothes coht moro than hers do.
Chicago News : He This v\ar in South
Afrcn. will inako diamonds denrcr
She I suppose so , but any girl -who re-illy
loves a man would t > willing 4o wear n rln
of pearls and opaJs until the trouble it
over.
PlttfiburK Chronicle : "Talk nuout } our
olnbontp weddings , " exclaimed Mr.
gg , "one tihnt Is to take place ) In Cleve
land next \ \ eck vv 111 lie simply out of slpht "
"Tell mo about It ! " cxcln lined Mrs ,
SmtffRS , eagerly.
"Tlio bride , the Broom , the best imn , tin
minister , the musicians and the lllty ln
vltcd guests arc all blind. "
Harlem Ufo : Kthel Do you llko Mr.
Dimes , mnmma ?
Mamma ( a joung- widow ) Why , yes ,
darling.
Kthol And 3Ir. Webster ?
Mamma Yes. dear.
ithel And Mr. Fish and Mr. Dlxon nnd
Mr Sheldon ?
Mamma I llko them all , pot.
Kthc-1 Which ono are you going lo marry ,
then * '
Mamma The ono wlio proposes first ,
darling.
In the Rtm-ciown'd vault of heaven
Majestically wall tlhe ulsters ppvcn :
Moored In a star-lit. Jeweled sea
A fea of vvondrous mystei } .
O\er the bounding deepq below ,
The picclous barks may proudly pro.
Naught Shall the nklpper'u peace dtHtroy
This longed-for sign hath brought him Joy.
Faithful and tiutJ whllo mortals sleep ,
These "virgins seven" tihelr vigils keep :
llithed In a Hood where moonbeams play
The sllveiy tide of the Milky Wav.
FRANK B THOMAS.
It is a
question
with every
man at the
changing of
seasons as to what to wear.
We shall be very glad of a
chance to advise him. Besides
the select patterns in striped
worsteds of which we have an
exceptional line at $12.50 , $15 ,
$ J8 , $20 and $25 there are
fancy cheviots in stripss , checks
and plaids , at $8 , $10 , $12.50 ,
etc. , and if your taste is for
serge , we have them in round
and square cut of all desirable
grades ,
f' ' r