Nebraska Newspapers

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QEOUGE B. T2SCHUCK.
Subscribed and sworn before me this 1st
day of November , A , D. 1"09. " ;
M. B. HUNGATE.
( Seal. ) Notary Public.
Ho sure to resistor Saturday If not al
ready on the registration rolls.
Saturday Is the lust day of replstra-
tlon. If you nro not registered then you
will not bo able to vote.
It takes a popocratlc press nRent to
figure out a crowd of 2,000 people at a
Bryan meeting held In a county which
contains only about 400 population.
Bryan , Poyiiter , Ilolcomb and Neville
form the fusion quartet for the Sixth
congressional district. It remains for
thn election to show whether the voters
have been hypnotized by their music.
Nebraska farmers have two serious
problems confrontlnR them at present.
One Is whore they arc. going to put all
their corn , nnd the other Is whore they
arc to secure the necessary labor to
gather It In.
Bryan's special train Is having a hard
time dodging the numerous freights
which are an Incident of the present
prosperous times , duo largely to the
fact that the people In 1S9U preferred
prosperity to five silver.
The railroads arc certainly doing the
handsome thing by Colonel Bryan when
they give him thfe use of an engine nnd
train with the right-of-way over every
thing on the road nt a time when they
are unable to provide rolling stock to
handle regular business.
The nmnlty between the World-Herald
nnd the political hold-ups Is ugaiu wit
nessed by the avidity with which the
newspaper fonre hns taken up with a
roustabout who wanted $34 for two
days' work which ho had never per-
formed. Birds of a feather.
Within n few days trains will bo run
ning over the now Fort Dodge-Council
Bluffs-Omaha extension of the Illinois
Central system. This event Is , worthy
of proper observance and the subject Is
respectfully referred to the executive
committed of the Commercial club.
Ono Industry which has nourished for
the past two years threatens to show a
falling off In activity. It Is the reor
gantaation of concerns which were
bankrupt by the stress of democratic
times. The work hns progressed so rap
Idly that the reorgunly.ers have about
run out of material.
The. Klfty-llrst Iowa volunteers are al
ready on their way homo , having been
mustered out Wednesday. It Is to bo
hoped the train will makn reasonable
time and that ( ho program foriholr re
coptlon at Council Bluffs may bo carried
out without any postponement on ac
count of delayed trains.
Kansas is one bright streak of car
mine bincu Funston nnd his men have
roturncd from the * Philippines. The
weather man could not keep down the
temperature In the fnco of the ton-It' '
tlmo the people nro having down there
The Sunflower state had n shout com
ing and It Is using Its privilege to the
limit.
If the popocratlc organ 1ms such a
yearning for fnc-slmllcs Thu Bi > o wll
gladly loan It the fac-slmllc of the un
paid note given by the fusion candidate
for county commissioner to make goo <
his cmibei'/liMiU'nt out in Howard county
lly the way , why hns the loform orai
boon HO silent about this defaulter mask
ing In the guise of reform on the loca
fusion ticket ?
The Filipinos display n hunpntabl
lack of knowledge of the conditions pri1
vailing In this country when they Issu
an appeal to the colored soldiers In th
islands to comu ovir ; and help 'them
The Spanish pretended to believe ut tin
breaking out of their war that th
south would ilt > o up and help them , bu
they robe tip Jn the same wiiy the col
cnvd troopers In LUKOII will rise. Wlu-i
they rlso It will bo tlmu. for the Fll
inlnos to move.
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TUT DKST JVMIES OF muSPCRirV.
While the popocratlc leaders nrc It'llJ'
Ing ' ' their credulous followers that prostl
pcrlly Is only partial , suporllclal nnd
will not last , the mm who manage
great business Interests arc making
preparations for it protracted period ot
prosperous conditions.
Xo class of buslticxs mon arc bettor
< ] imllflcl ( to Judge HH to the proipoet of a
continuance of prospcilty limn the man-
agcrs of the great railroad' systems of
the country , who are constantly
In close touch with Industrial
and commercial conditions. The pres
ident of the Xow York Central re
cently sjiltl that ho looked for at least
three years of nndlmmod prosperity for
all freight carriers and1 the directors of
the company showed their concurrence
In this view by ndvlslng the Issue ot
? 15,000,000 of now stock for enliirglng
the equipment of the road. The I'entii
sylvnnln ; railroad has made contracts
for stool rails to the amount of about
51 0,000,000 and Is otherwise Improving
and Increasing Ita equipment , thus In
the most substantial way attesting the
confidence of Its managers In n coiitlnn
uanco of prosperity. Other railroad
managers feel the same way , as shown
by the rush to contract for steel rails
at prices nearly double what they wore
a ypar ago. Unusual orders are also
being placed for locomotives and freight
cars. It is plain that railroad managers
' generally believe that the existing bus-
, lucss conditions are cot tain to continue
, for ( several years and prpbably will
grow bettor , as there Is good reason to
expect.
Against opinion of this character ,
backed by substantial evidence of the
conlldence of the men who hold it , the
assumptions of popocratlc leaders who
have no practical knowledge of business
and do not come Into contact with
affairs which would enable them to
orm an Intelligent judgment regarding
he industrial and commercial outlook ,
rill have no weight with thoughtful
topic. Men who want sound business
pinion g'o to practical men to get It and
lot to more theorists and the most
xporlcnccd and sngaOlous business men
u the United States the mon of capital
iwl the managers of great Industrial
ud commercial Interests believe that
he era 6f prosperity will be prolonged
ud nre giving substantial manlfesta-
lou of their confidence.
GEXElt.lL IVOOZJ'S
General Leonard Wood recommends
i reduction of the military 'force In the
u-ovlnce of Santiago. Ho states that
ho best part of the population Is en-
Irely friendly and In thorough accord
vlth the military authorities. There Is
in element of political agitators which
causes some friction , but It Is evident
hat General Wood does not regard It
as at nil dangerous , or at any rate note
o much so ns to render necessary the
etcutlou In the province under his coin-
uand of so largo a number of troops as
s now there. Ho thinks that two squad-
ous of cavalry and two battalions of lu-
'autry will be sufllclcut to maintain
order.
The conditions in Santiago province
are doubtless better than elsewhere In
ho Islands. The excellent aduilnlstra-
lon of affairs by General Wood has had
: he effect of creating among a majority
> the people there and particularly the
letter class of thorn a feeling of rosp.ect
'or and confidence In the Amerlcau
authorities. That very able otticcr has
comprehended Just what was needed
and from the very beginning his course
KIS been such as to convince the people
that he alined to conserve their Inter-
> sts and welfare. He has taught them
o feel that the occupation of their coun
try by the United States was for the
nirposc of helping them and he has
leuionstrated that it is to their advan-
tnge to give a ready obedience to the
new authority , exercised with the solo
view of establishing peace and order ,
restoring Industries nnd Improving the
condition of the people generally. Per-
liaps he has had to deal with a more
tractable population than other com
manders , but there Is reason to believe
that had his policy and method been
generally adopted the results in othei
[ irovluccs would have been more.satis
factory. There would have been cre
ated throughout the Island the name
degree of friendly fooling toward the
United States , the same willing obe
dience to American authority that IB
found In Santiago province.
It Is obviously unwise to keep Amor
lean troops In Cuba when there is no
necessity for doing to. When the objecl
or our military occupation , paclllcatlon
Is accomplished and there is a reason
able certainty of Its continuance , out
soldiers should be withdrawn. Such n
course , as an expression of our contl
donee In the good disposition of the pi > o
pie , would produce a wholesome mora
effect It would tend to silence the polit
leal agitators who profess to see In our
continued military occupalltm , notwith
Mantling the fact that peace and trail
qullllty prevail , u sinister purpose , mu
In no'wny could we hotter reassure th
Cubans and convince them of our gooi
faith.
T1IK FUTUItH-OF * AMUA.
According to report frop Washlngto ;
there Is favorable promise' ni
early agreement between Great Biltaln
Germany nnd the United Slates ii :
gaid to the future of the Bninonn
Islands. It hcems that these powers
concur In the opinion that the tripartite
government should bo terminated nnd
the question under consideration Is the
partitioning of the inlands between two
of the powers and the establishment of
a dual government. The American am
bassador at Berlin recently stated that
the full report of the joint commission
bint to Samoa to effect n provisional
arrangement shows that the present
status of the Islands Is untenable
for any length of tlmo and ho said that
the dlfllculty regarding n partition Is
that them Is not enough of the Islands
for throe powers , though probably
enough for two.
Germany would Hko to secure the en
tire group , or falling In this to get ;
Upolu , where ne.uly all the Gornuin
plantations and property nro located.
This Island Is the most valuable part of
the group and Great Britain would UUo
to have M. The United States desires
Tuliilla , on which Is the harbor ot
Page Page , now tinder the contiol of
this country. There hns recently been
a good deal of r.ithcr hysterical talk In
the German piess on this subject , nil
of whk'h , It Is said , Is qulto Incomprc-
honsiblc to the Statu department nt
Washington. Great Britain appcnts dls ;
posed'to accept any proposition which
the United States shall innke , so that
thpic seems to bo no danger of any
hitch hi the negotiations by reason of
n ulsululcrstandiiig between this govern-
n ncnt and the British government.
.It Is understood that the United St lies
s entirely willing to join In the parti-
ion program and would be glad to bo
reed from the dangers nnd cmlmr-
nssmcnts i Incident to the existing U-U
mrtlte i arrangement. This was entered
It nto twenty years ago and has been a
f allure. ( All the United States requires
n i Samoa , If Indeed it needs that , Is a
onllug station , the possession of which
s perhaps desirable In connection with
Oriental operations and AVhich would
give ns no trouble and cost but little to
n milntnln. This country has little coin-
n ncrco with the Islands and their trade
an never be of much vahle. A mistake
rf made In our going Into the trl-
lartlte arrangement nnd If we can now
: et out of It without doing anything
M infulr to cither of the other parties to
n t our government should not hesitate to
lo i so. There should be no dllllculty In
caching nn amicable decision of the
" "tter.
'UK SCAXUALOUS JT7S/OA CAMl'AlGX.
The desperation of the popocratio
. .
rammnny , which Is running the fusion
" iiachlne In this county , Is dls < 'losi'd in
he tactics it Is pursuing in the present
campaign.
Instead of doing anything to convince
icople that the candidates on the conglomerate -
glomerate ticket are deserving of sup-
> ort or are In any way entitled to the
votes of citizens Interested In good gov-
rnment economically administered , the
fusion speakers and organs are devoting
hcinsclvcs entirely to attempts to black-
vnsh republican candidates and to make
believe that the republican party is In a
sad state of disorganization.
Unless we mistake the temper of the
people those uncalled-for attacks will
react upon the fusion candidates in
whoso behalf they are made and the
brazen falsehoods uttered In order to
array one nationality against another
nul to arouse religious and race preju
dice In the hope of creating defections
In republican ranks will fall utterly of
their purpose.
Analyzed In Its elements the pope
cratlc campaign , as waged so far , may
ijc summarized as follows :
1. The general attack upon private
reputations of republican candidates
based on wild statements entirely de
void of truth , unsupported except by
: uen whose words would not bo taken by
any reputable person. Every assault of
this kind has boon promptly refuted and
the bold fakes exposed. Still further
libels upon republican candidates ate
said to be hatching , but the public Is
forewarned and will place no more cre
dence In eloveuth-houc popocratlc roor
backs than it has in the exploded am
munition -already set off.
2. An attempt to drag Into the present
campaign Issues and candidacies In no
way Involved. The local election next
week will decide only who Is to hold the
county offices for the next two years ,
and no one will be bamboozled Into the
belief that It will determine In advance
the outcome of next year's city election
or next year's county election.
3. An effort to array factious of the re
publican party against one another. To
j
this end stories have been concocted
about alleged discord Inside the repub
lican organization , when the fact Is the
republican party was never more har
monious ] than tc > lay.
4. Appeals to race prejudice. This In
cludes the exhortation of negro voters
to take up ns a grievance against the re
publican party an unfortunate occur
rence In which n colored man lost his
life nt the hands of some unknown as-
snllant , In which no political element
can bo injected. It also includes the at
tempt to stir up the Bohemian voters to
take up the personal grievance of a dis
appointed olllce seeker of that nation
ality.
5. The Intrusion of religious bigotry ,
dibclosed In the effort to raise an anti-
Semitic agitation by inflammatory let
ters to llebrew voters over the signa
tures of paid emissaries who resort to
brazen falsehoods in order to play upon
religious sentiment.
Such warfare cannot appeal to the In
telligent and thinking people of any
creed , class or color. On the contrary
It should disgust all Intelligent voters
und Impel them to administer u rebuke
to the men responsible for It by burying
the fusion candidates so deep that no
such' scandalous campaign will ever bo
repeated.
The country has lost faith In the nbll
Ity of the democratic doctors to either
cure the body politic when It is HI or to
proscribe n course of treatment which
will keep It In good health. It has al
ways failed to diagnose the case cor
rectly and with each recurring season
1ms a new remedy to offer which It pro
Bents with the utmost assurance. It has
not oven the merit of the old country
doctor , who could cure fits If nothing
It threw the country Into flts In
1890 nnd nothing but calling the repub
llcun phy&lclan Into the case snvod It
from bcconilng a permanent Invalid ,
Wouldn't It bo Interesting to know
whether the new Omalm-Slanawa motor
Hue is but an expansion of the present
bridge motor line ? No protest has been
filed by the latter against the poaching
qf the former on the streets of Omaha
or of Council Bluff * . They all bcem to
bo dwelling together In perfect unity.
The presumption Is that there Is a very
happy nigger In this woodpile , and ho
limy bo expected to Jump out any duy.
Bryan Is trying to delude foreign-born
citizens and make them believe that a
large standing army will bu necessary
to hold the Philippines and that consequently
quently the government will boon begin
to improbs young well Into the service ,
ns Is done In Kuropeun countries. Am
this In face of the fact , au stated bj
President McKlnloy , that when 100,000
men were called fof the war with Spain
1,000,000 volunteers responded. Should
United States territory ever be threat
ened with Invasion by a foreign foe no
less than ' _ ' , OOt > , COO men would gladly en-
list. Impressment would be regarded
a national disgrace and Bryan knows It.
When llio Omaha Fnkory concocted Its
He about ? iio,00o of Mutk Hunnn's
money being sent to Nebraska to buy
populist voters no one with it grain of
Intelligence was expected to believe It.
It Is rpiunrkablo , however , that Colonel
Bryan should lake up and repeat this
silly falsehood. Colonel Bryan Is sup
posed to be-riibovu such a despicable
piece of Imposture. He knows that no
? ( W,000 , nor ? ( l. < )00 ) , IIIIM been sent to Ne
braska by Mark ilnnnu , and ho cer
tainly domenns himself by becoiiilng the
ag ont for the dissemination of such
cheap fakes.
The popocrntle effort to save the tall
of the ticket ott a non-partisan plea Is
n confession of weakness hardly ex
pected of them. Well-posted men of
cotii'M1 knew that the confusion forces
wotv hi a p > iH'tlcal state of collapse ,
but they have neVer before been known
to lose ( heir nerve. Their plan gen
erally Is to elalm everything and never
give up until long after every one recog
nized their defeat. While this gen
erally takes nt least : t week after elec
tion , 1o throw ujt the sponge n week
before IH an unusual proceeding.
The greatest prlzo light In the history
of the country Is Impending. The ad
vance ticket sales already amount to
over ? : )0,000. ) It goi > H without Miylng
that ] the event will attract the close at
tention of every sport In the hind. Opln >
Ions as to the result uttered by alleged
experts are not the best evidence. Bet
tor < go It blind and place your money on
your prime fiivbrlte if you want to
drop It.
The Fifty-first Iowa boys are coming
us fast as train's can carry thorn across
the country. Kvory one In Omaha
should prepare to Jo'ln with the good
people of Council Bluffs to make their
home-crtmlng an euthusla&tlc ovation.
The city across the river should have
half the population of Omaha there next
Monday to help swell the noise that
greets the incoming soldiers.
Remember that the conglomerate ju-
llclal ticket is made , up by the bargain
and sale process which would disgrace
be bench. No one who wants to elevate
he standard" pur courts cni : afford
o endorse such trading tactics.
Tire of a Kind.
Baltimore American.
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The Matrmzas m'ul'o finds a running mate
n the Mnfeklug dog.
Good TlmcN at That.
Buffalo Express.
Official figures collected by the Illinois
Bureau of Labor ehow that the average In
crease In miners' wages In Illinois during
ho last year has b'een flOO. These are re'
publican tlme& ' ' '
Ilulilt. ,
Post. ( . * ,
Mr. Bryan talReil In 'the dark at Hpldrege ,
> Jeb. , and kept1'It'up" ' until midnight. Mr.
Jryan doesn't mlndjtalklngx In the dark. In
act. bo' ' has teen groping abbut on several
mportant questions for several years.
IllRliUy nendH the Slwn .
Minneapolis Tribune.
D. Clem Deaver , national populist com-
julttecman In Nebraska , Is out against
uslon , and advises his party In that etato
not to support William Bryan any farther.
D. Clem Is no clam In reading the signs of
the times.
Experience Worth the Price.
Chicago News.
The Shamrock is on Its -way back across
the ocean and Its owner Is a wiser but ap
parently not a sadder man than when he
carao over. It isortu a good deal to find
out howfast , an. American boat can sail -when
: here Is a cup at stake.
American Rule 111 Santiago.
Buffalo Express.
General Wood , the military governor ot
Santiago , has added to bis excellent admin
istration of' tbo affairs ot that province by
opening an Industrial school In Santiago ,
where 200 Cuban orphan boys can find In
struction. A work ot this kind le philan
thropic In the highest sense and It Is hoped
that similar institutions nre soon to bo es
tablished In other Cuban and Porto RIcan
cities.
After I'ence , the I'ollcj- .
Chicago Post.
It Is announced dn good authority that the
president will not ask congress to make a
positive dcclaratlo' as to our national In
tentions In ( he Philippines. This accords
with tbo opinion repeatedly expressed In
these columns. The tlmo has not come
for a discussion of permanent retention , at
least In congrwa. The people are debating
the Issue and eagerly studying the pros nnd
cons when presented by Impartial and com
petent witnesses. In due tlmo the popular
will must find expression through congress.
Kor the present there can be but one ques
tion the pacification of the Islands. To
that everything U to bo subordinated , alike
by pie administration , commission and con
gress.
Sc-If-Covorniiient In Culm ,
Minneapolis Journal.
General 'Leo bays the tlmo to let Cuba
begin on tba establishment of a govern
ment of her own bas come. It Is to be
hoped that the president will take note
of General Lee's advice in the matter
Leo not only understands the eltuatjon ,
but It hoQIO Jp.strncted with the task ot
turning over tlio control of the Island to
tha Inhabitants and directing , as far as
ha might properly , thp election of lead
ers , ha could render a great service to thLi
country and to Cuba , , The people of Cuba
havq great confidence In General Leo. They
respect him and believe in him nnd should
bo allowed to Imve the benefit of bis ac
ceptable counsel and help.
In Culm.
niobe-Demoerat.
General Kitzhugh Leo says he does not
think the people of Cuba are fitted for self-
government. He favors a protectorate by
the United States or annoxatlon. It is
evident that the general will be among
the most robust ot the annexatloiiUta before
long. Kverybody who has had a chance to
learn anything nboiU the Cubans knows that
they are not fitted for Independence. If
the United States should withdraw Ita au
thority and let ( be people of the Island act
up a government for themselves there would
bo civil wnr In Cuba ulthtn a week. Just at
present tbo democratic no\M > papers and
stump Hpeakers are howling for the utli- |
draual of the United States troops front
tbo Island , because they tbluk that lhl sort
of talk , wll ) embarrass the administration ,
but after tbo elections are- over all the demo
crats -Kill acquiesce In the policy of the ad
ministration on this aa on all other Issues
which ( ho war pt 16DS caused.
or ot u w.ut.
The frlnrs of tha Philippines , ngntnst
whom the Tagals and some Americans rail ,
receive respectful consideration from two
unprejudiced army men General Joe
Wheeler and Chaplain McKlnnon of the Cali
fornia volunteers. The former Is now nt the
front ! the latter hns seen service there , In
peace nnd war. The Judgment of both Is
bnsod on contact \\lth the conditions de
scribed.
In a letter to n rotative nt Nashville , Gen
eral Wheeler says : "Tho friars and priests
are charged with all sorts ot oppressions and
mUdcmeanorn , but It must bo remembered
that friars nnd priests are very numcrour .
and In BO large a body there will bo found
every possible phase of character nnd dispo
sition. Some of them nro no doubt oppres
sors of the people , exacting In the collection
of rentals from the Innd , Indulge themselves
in many ways and lead lives very different
from what should characterize the life ot a
priest. Hut there are very many good men
among them. "
Chaplain McKlnnon , In a recent lecture ,
said of the friars : "Whatever the natives
have or nre they ewe to the frlnre. Every
Industry or source of revenue the natives
liavo was Introduced Into the Islands by
these same much-abused monks.
"They have also done much In the wny of
education , In Manila they have the great
St. Thomas ainhcrslly , In which there are
over 3,000 pupils. Then there la the College
of San Juan Latern with 1,200 pupils , the
fine Jesuit colleges , with over 2.000 pupils ,
besides six fine academics for young women.
There are also thirty-eight small municipal
schools In Manila. In tbo villages and towns
throughout the archipelago you will find
none without these schools. In fact , there
nre but fo\v natives who cannot read and
write. "
General Wheeler disputes the claim that
the natives generally are able to read and
write. Ho says : "Tbo statement that I
have said that 70 per cent ot the people of
Luron can read nnd wrlto Is a great mis
take. It may bo true of Manila , but It Is
not true of the rural districts , and the per
centage of Illiteracy in the other Islands Is
much greater than In Luzon. The nppear-
ancc , 'inodo ' of llfo and method of perform
ing work Is today very much like It Is de
scribed In "the blblo nt tbo tlmo and even
before the Cbristlnn era. "
A Philadelphia house has on exhibition n
massive loving cup for Admiral Dewey paid
for by 70,000 dime subscriptions received by
the New York Journal. The huge silver
trophy Is , so far as known , the largest lov
ing cup ever made. The cup , exclusive of
the base on which It rests , Is of the same
height as the admiral himself , flvo feet
seven and one-half Inches. The base
measures two feet four Inches , so that
the height complete Is practically eight
feet , while the capacity Is twelve gallons ,
or nearly half n barrel.
Its general effect Is symbolical of fame
and of the sea. Its panels show In relief
etchings of the three principal events In the
llfo of the foremost American of his time
his birthplace at Montpeller , Vt. , the battle
of Manila bay and the reception to tbo con
queror at Grant's tomb on Ulvcralde Drive ,
New York. Of a height unparalleled In a
silver cup , It Is graceful , symmetrical and
beautifully proportioned.
The cup Is ovoid , or urn shape , with three
bandies and rests on a pedestal triangular
In form , with base ending In three dolphin
beads. The pedestal , an afterthought , made
possible by 'the receipt of dimes not ex
pected , is capstan shape , making a fitting
termination to the whole design. Through
out ino cup ino senuraeiuai inieresi uuu.cn-
Ing to the dlrao contributions is brought for
ward by the use of overlapping dimes In tba
border of the removable core ? nt the bottom
tom of tbe cup itself , and for the scales of
tha'Holphln on'lhe base.
IJKGLIMSIIACV OP A CANDIDATE.
AhHnrdlilcM Prominent In the Chatter
of FtiMlou'n Muiithnlece.
New York Sun.
Colonel Bryan Is marching rapidly through
Nebraska , talking as ho flies. He doesn't
seem to say very much about ellver. Although
ho asserts that he Is faithful to the Chicago
platform nnd Its Immortal principles , he ad
mits that the old Issues can be "over
shadowed" by new ones. So he pours forth
great streams of words about imperialism
and militarism. Occasionally be lauds tbo
Boera. Apparently he Is as anxious to
have the United States meddle with other
nations' affairs In South 'Africa as ho Is to
have the United States neglect its own
business In the Philippines.
It Is an unfortunate fact that Colonel
Bryan has not added to his reputation this
year. His championship of Goebel Is not
tbo only black mark that 1S99 has made
against him. His virtual attacks upon the
treaty ot peace , which be was officious In
recommending to the support of tbo demo
cratic party ; his description of the Spanish
war OB "causeless , " although it has been the
boast of his democratic and populist sup
porters that they forced It upon the ad
ministration ; his attacks upon England , the
ono friend of the United States during the
war , and bis appeals to race prejudice ; In
short , the whole stump-speech system of
tbo man this fall has shown that bis senec
of propriety and oven of veracity bas been
degraded by his growing passion for office ,
[ n 189G ho was profoundly disappointed , hav
ing formed hopes worthy of his permanent
want of Judgment. He seems to bo en
thusiastic now. but ho has added new and
even shallower arts of demagoguery to his
equipment. In 1896 much could be par
doned to his evident Ignorance and to tbo
oratorical temperament , which Is Inclined to
leap over facts. But when Colonel Bryan
repents mlsstatoments such as his fre
quently exposed yarn about an Increase In
the number of commercial failures In the
year after McKlnloy's election , 1t Is Impossi
ble to escape the conclusion thai
Colonel Bryan has become shameless
In tbo quest of the presidency. In his
roamtngs over the country he utters a farrago
rage of balderdash , as If everything weio
good halt for votes. The real , faithful
Bryanltes themselves must bo pained and
scandalized or pnrzled toy their hero's reck
less mixture of Issues. In 1S9G a new
democracy was founded. Colonel Bryan
eccmcd to bo planning still another one for
1900 , with death to expansion , militarism
and tbe octopus for Its platform and tbo
Chicago platform sunk Into a mere adden
dum and annex. The crime of 1898 seems
to be supplanting the crlmo of 1873 In tbe
colonel's Intellectuals and eentlmentals.
There U no pleasure in vaylng these things
about the colonel , who Is a good fellow In
private Ufa and has an amusing chatter It
public life , Hut his own speech betrayetl
him. He was a good deal of a demagogue
In 1898 , Ho Is a good deal more of a dema
gogue , more unscrupulous , more careless o
truth , more concentrated upon the Imme
diate effect of untenable arguments upon
what ho conceives to be the Ignorance or
prejudice cf hU audiences than bo was In
ISflG , He Is degenerating. Perhaps some
consciousness of the absurdity of bla cam
paign agalwit the cameras has made bin
especially averse to "militarism , " but tbo
other absurdities and divergencies from the
exact truth must be sot down to the fury
of his longing for office.
In prosperous Nebraska , still thrilling
with pride for her soldiers and looking for
ward to the great commercial and agrlcul
tural boom tbat expansion will bring to al
the vvi'-Bt , the ordinary anil the extraordl-
nary arguments of the colonel will not ha\o
much effect. What bo should say Is ; "Here
I am a Nebraakan , Vote for me ao tba
I may bavo a chance to be president an :
tbo state may be honored thereby , " If be
carries his state next month It will nebo
bo bccaute bo Is a Nebraskan , but becaus
Nebraska accepts his wild and scatterlni
theories ,
.AsiM ; ( joi.n OUTPIT. i
\nttirc A Iclila Vnnt Onnntltlrn of the
I'revlOH * Mcfitl ,
Philadelphia Times.
Gold IB produced In so many countries and
he process of bringing It whom U can be
if yp < V weighed nnd the amount tabulated
s of necessity so slow that the total gold
'reduction of any ono year cannot bo nccu-
tttely known until nearly the close ot the
ollowlng year. The report of the director
f the mint showing the gold nnd silver pro.
uctlon for 18fS ) la only Just made public , but
ts figures , belated ns they arc , afford little
o subMnntlnto the theory of those who
Inlm that there Is not gold enough In the
vorld to furnish the basis of the world's
iirrency.
The total gold production for 189S was
3,901,363 fine ounces of the value of J287-
28,600. This Is an Increase of more than
180,000,000 over the production of 18S7 ,
bowing nn Increase that hns gone forward
> y leaps nnd bounds. Of this amount South
Africa produced $79,213,953 , Australia f6l-
60,800 and tbe United States $64,463,000 , the
hrcc countries producing 5208,537,753 , or 73
icr cent of the wholr. All but 6 per cent ot
lie balance was produced by Kussln , Canada ,
Mexico , India nnd China In the order named.
\ significant feature of thcso figures Is th..l
2,800,000 flno ounces of this produpt worn
akcn from quartz mines and only 318,000
rom placer mines , showing that gold mln-
ug has become in nn Important sense n
steady nnd reliable Industry , not dependent
ipon new and rich placer dlifovcrles.
But for the war in the Transvaal , which is
Ikely for a time to paralyze gold mining In
South Africa , the gold production for the
current year would undoubtedly be greater
than that of 1898 , but leaving South Africa
out of the question entirely the gold product
tlon of 1899 Is likely to bo twice that of
ISS7 , nnd as the gold used in the arts for
189S wns btU little more than one-fifth of the
olnl product the ptcady Increase ot the
supply for monetary purposes Is assured.
These who claim with Brynn that there Islet
lot gold enough to form the basis of the
necessary money to transact the business ot
the world will find little In these figures to
afford them either comfort or substantia
tion.
1MMIM ! I.V IXI1IA.
Sample of the White MniiV Ilnrden li
the Fur Hunt.
Philadelphia Itccord.
The famine In India , which has resulted
from the failure of the monsoon , threatens
the exlatcnce of nearly 15,000,000 natives , for
whoso relief the British government has or
dered | 3,500,000 to bo expended. To cope
with the emergency , however , will bo a seri
ous task , fraught as It Is with almost insur
mountable difficulties on all sides. Do what
it may , the government Is powerless to
effect much , and should not , therefore , be
held responsible for the frightful mortality
which must result. The great trouble is
that white men willing and able to under-
; ake the task of distributing relief are not to
30 found , and the work must be Intrusted to
natives.
The native Hindus have no regard for the
property rights of others. This Is especially
: rue of the "bunlaha , " or native merchants ,
to whom tbe work of relief Is largely con
fided. Of course , men presumed to be hon
est are chosen , but honesty among bunlnhs
B ns rarely found as Is ice upon a pond on a
warm morning In July. The result Is that
the bunlah waxes rich and fat , while his
distressed fellow-countrymen die of starva
tion , for the bunlah applies to his own use
most of the relief funds Intrusted to his
caro.
These unacquainted with the facts of tbo
situation are prone to censure the British
government for the awful distress which
jccurs In India whenever the monsoon falls.
Great Britain Is , as a rule , none too careful
of her colonies so far as the needs of the
colonists ore concerned. But In t.b.is lnstancQ
she Is little to blame. We have'entered tbe
Held ot oriental colonization ourselves. A
little further experience In the matter may
lead us to appreciate the difficulties which
beset the white man In his dealings with
dusky barbarians , as well as tbe climatic
trials with which the natives of the tropics
have to contend.
PEUSOXAL AXD OTHERWISE.
Lieutenant Franklin Sobley , son of the nd-
ralral , fell from a Columbus ( O. ) trolley car
last Saturday and narrowly escaped serious
Injury.
Senator Beverage of Indiana owns a re
markably good collection of autographs , In
which Is a letter from President Kruger tea
a friend distinctly foreshadowing the present
war.
Speaking of large insurances , a St. Louis
paper estimates tbat If a roan secured all tbe
Insurance ho could get In all the life com
panies in the world , the aggregate would not
bo above $10,000,000.
Father W. D. McKlnnon , chaplain of tbe
First California volunteers In the Philip
pines , has been appointed a chaplain In the
regular army and started from New York on
hta way back to Manila on Monday.
It Is said that | 10,000 was taken In at the
box office of the Knickerbocker theater on
the first day of the pale of tickets for the
Irving performances. The tickets purchased
were not , of course , nil for the same night ,
but It Is n large transaction ncvertbelcEs.
An Idaho farmer , not satisfied with dip
ping deep Into the tidal wave of prosperity ,
came on to Tienton , N. J. , to buy a nice lot
of green goods. Luckily for him a detective
saw the meeting between the "come on" and
the steertr , tbo farmer being held In Jail as
a wltnets against the awlndler.
While Miss Frank , a spinster of 67 , was
climbing over a stock train at Benson , Minn. ,
on her way to church tbo train started and
she was carried thirty miles on the bumpers
between the ears before it stopped again.
She rode eafely with her bible In her hand
and the rallioad company gave her free
passage back to her homo.
According to the Boer paper , the Volks-
stem , Mr , Rhodes had a brother in South
Africa who was a member of tbe Volksraud
In 1375 and waa more welcome at Pretoria
than Mr. Hhodea unices ho was now to be
taken there In charge of tbo Boern. Her
bert Rhodes sat for the Lydenburg gold-
fields. U was alleged , when he was elected ,
that be had been guilty of high treason , but
the objection was not allowed , Mr. Rhodes
spoke Dutch , and never suggested that Eng
lish should bo recognized In the Transvaal
legislature. He died at Gaznland and hU
property reverted to his brother Cecil ,
I * In n Another Conihlnullon.
BOSTON , Nov 2.-At a meeting of repre-
gnntatlvcB of the majority of the ! , ir cst
concerns In the webbing and Korlng | n-
iHiatrles In America the work of the ure
llmlnary organization of u national com-
hlnatlon WUH perfected. The combination
IH capitalized nt 12,000COO. Lee , lllBglnson
& Co , are the llnanclenr of the dful , The
Lompunlrs take ull of the stock themselvr ,
OptlonH were secured upon twenty of the
most Important plants In the country ,
among them the American mills , the Revere
Uutiber company , the Kant Hampton Rub
ber Thread company , thn Thomas Murtln &
Uro. company , the Nuslmwamiock Manu
facturing company , George P. Cotton , the
N&w Haven Web company , the Hub ( Soi < j
Maker * , thn Olendalo company , the Con
necticut Web company , the Narrusansett
Web company and the Ansonla Klustfc Web
company.
\ < - > v York mill AliinnnuhiiiiettH lleturii ,
NKW YORK , Nov. 2. The cruiser New
York , lliiR8hl | > of near Admiral Furquhar.
und the batlleithlii MuHbac-husettH returned
last night to thn nnrhoraee off Thirty-fifth
btreet , North river , after being employed
for three days In evolutlonx for the purpose
of demonstrating the working of thu Mar
coni system of wlrele 8 telegraphy under
varloiia practical condltlonx. The opera
tions weit under the direction of u board of
three naval otllcers appointed for the pur
pose , namely , Lieutenant fommumler J , T.
Nuwton , aboard the New York ; Lieutenant
J , W. Hlihti , with the InatruinentB at
Navulnk , N. J. . and Lieutenant F , K , Hill ,
aboardtho , Massachusetts. Tha opeiatlons
were uulte satUfactoiy ,
1USIM1 TII1K 01IMlOf
HIIRO Order * for Smilillrit Ptnceil Ity
Itnllronil Coititintilrii ,
I.oulivlllo Courier-Journal.
The past week was the mcst active'of the
year In the stool rnll mnrkct The hlfigoM
roads In the connlry have been huylns
rails nnd the orders they have placed
amount to abouthalf n million.tons. Th
New York Journal of Commerce given thi
following list of specific orders :
Road. To"1 '
IVnrsylvanln .105.00 ;
Illinois CYniritt BO.NX
Chicago & Northwestern .n. .
I'n I on Pacific . . , . „ . 40.000
rhlrago , Milwaukee A St. Paul
Haltlmnrc fr Ohio .
New York Central 35.000
Total 350,000
fln addition , orders for about 160.000 tons
more wore given to the Carnegie Steel com
pany. Nor do thcso represent nil the hunt-
ness. Judge Onry of the Federal Stool com
pany says tto orders now being placed on
the books of llio various ntccl companies will
nggregato 1,200,000 tons , nnd nnothcr manu
facturer quoted by the Journal said they
would reach 1,000,000. It IB said the Penn
sylvania alone will buy $3,600,000 , worth.
Further evidence of the prosperity ot the
railroads Is to be found In the Immeriso
orders they arc giving for cars. Two weeks
ago a warning nrtlcle appeared In nn en
gineering Journal Imploring railroads and
largo manufacturers net to crowd the market
with their orderrt , but 16 stand back and let
prices fall. The American Car Foundry re
ports that all Its great i > Nurtn arc overrun
with work , having received orders this week
for 6,000 cars nnd negotiating for fresh con
tracts. It Is wild this company has con
tracted for J20.000.000 worth of equipment.
.37.Y immrs.
Chicago Tribune : "All things don't como
to the man who wnllK , " remarked undo
Allen Sji.irkH. between iwnnutn. "And ,
inure than that , ho doesn't Bet half the
things he goes utter , either. "
Indianapolis Journal : "The third heat ,
which would Imve decided the nice , wai
"Ah ! What olac could you expect of the
rubber but neck nnd neck ? "
Judge : Ilupert How many quartz mines
docs Stockson own ?
Ilurold UlKht , I guess. He seems In a
peck of trouble over them.
Detroit Journal : There arc communities ,
wo are told , Whore they nre wearing puffed
sleeves , nnd where u person may null become -
come n recognized dramatic authority by
pronouncing Cyrano dc Bcrgerac with con
fidence.
Washington Star : "Did you over make
n , serious mistake In a nreqcrlDtlon ?
"Never but once , " answered the drug
clerk , us a gloomy look passed over his
face. "I oharRcd a man 30 cents for u. pre
scription Instead of thirty-five. "
Chlcaco Tribune : "In order to settle a
little bet , " the young man said , passing a
rlnu over the showcase , "olnase tell mo
whether the correct pronunciation of the
name of the Htone In that rlnc Is turkeezo
or turkwolse. " , '
The Jeweler Inspected It and handed It
back. , , , ,
"Tho correct pronunciation Is class , " ho
said.
Indianapolis Journal : "Figures. " said the
bookkeeper , "never lie. "
"No , " replied the expert accountant , "but
the people who use them do. "
Then ho returned to his task of uncover
ing shortages.
Chicago News : "Do you play any iristru-
ment , Mr. Jimp ? "
' 'Yes. I'm a cornetlst. " i
'And your sister ? " -
'She's a lnni.st. "
'Does your mother play ? "
' ' . "
'She's a zltherlst.
'And your father ? ' " ' .
' ' . "
'He's a pessimist.
YD FfcEXIDLB CAXDIDATC.
Denver Post.
Now doth the candidate assume
A smile 't'd 'knock a shlnlncr hole t
In nrjy somber , cloud ot ulqom * .
That ever happened to it soul. J f't
He BOOB around'with outstretched' hand1'
And golden pledges up his sleeve , . .
And roars "Reform ! " to beat the band ,
The same Intended to deceive.
For does ho mean a little bit
To live up to his pledges ? Nit !
He greets the Indies with a smile
And faultless Chesterlleldlan bow.
And compliments them on their style
Of face and dress , and tells them how
The scheme has overreached buccess
The female suffrage scheme , you know
And this old state has cause to'bless '
The day 'twas granted them , and O !
In smiles their faces seem to swim
As each ono vows she'll vote for him.
Ho tells the temperance people ho
Hesrards rum selling ns a curse.
And If ho had the say 'twould bo
In central hell , or some place worse.
Then to the alcoholic nhrlne
On Mercury's winged feet he'll fly
And get the bums up In a line
Along the bar , and gallv cry : . '
"Drink , boys , with ono who dares to think
You have a moral right to drink ! "
He swears that cursed octopus.
The corporative clique , rihould be
Sunk down In lowest Erebun.
And If he HWlpes the cookie , ho
Will use hlfi voice and Influence
To 'send them there , then sneaks around
Behind the corporation fenpq
And tellH them he will sure be found
JuHt where they want him In their scheme ?
To realize their robber dreams.
O ! he's a peach , that smiling beaut ,
The chamaleon candidate.
Who chanKns color oft to suit
Surroundings ; he can glibly prate
Of one tiling to a gaping crowd.
Then shed hlH views n crawling snake
Discards MB skin , and howl an loud
Upon thn other sldo ! 'Twould mnka
An angel weep to BCO his tricks.
Yet all Is fair in politics.
JBoy's
strong
point
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finding
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