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parties i,i:avi.m; kou summer.
l'nrllcfi Irnvlnic Hie city for
the Kiiiiiiner may linv The lice
nrnt in litem rr-Kulnrly by
notlfylnK 'I'hr llo Iluslnrsa
ciflleo, In person or liy mall.
The mlilri'Ns will lie vliniiKed
n often a ilcnlrcil.
The populists nrp bcKlnnliiK to boo 'who
It was thnt tin! tlio kUIiib across Can
illdato Towne'a path.
Tho allied forces of confusion have
boon wrestling at tho state pto counter
for the past forty-eight hours.
Yelser has discovered by this time that
there Is no chance of winning a game
with a iiian who plays with marked
cards.
ltryan's populist running mate prom
ises to become a democrat pretty soon.
Most people thought he hud become a
democrat long ago.
Democratic Journals say there are but
two sides to the political situation In
this country. As usual democracy will
occupy the under side.
Justice Hrown of the United States
supreme court needs a guardian. He
slops over altogether too often nt the
wrong time and at tho wrong place.
There Is nothing surprising about the
democratic rejoicing over the return of
the lllbbulous Iteatrlee democrat. The
name sounds decidedly democratic.
It has tukcu not only Hryan and
Towne, but Jill the popocratle wizards
and conjurers to hypnotize the fusion
Ists Into a roiiomlurttlon of Governor
Poyuter.
The fuslonlsts of South Dakota arc
having about as hard a time as the fu
Klonlsts of Nebraska In satisfying the
pigs that are crowding for a place ut
tho trough.
The fuslonihts exhibit great solicitude
regarding the best bait to catch the tier
man vote. The fuslonlsts will Hud the
Herman decidedly hard to catch with
free silver bait.
If the democratic mule balks populists
should put a little gravel In his ear.
It would lie of no use to build n lire
under him. lie has beeu out lu the cold
so much that he would really enjoy It.
President McKlnley has been notified
of his nomination, and so has Roosevelt
nnd so lias Hryun, but ltryan's running
mutes uro yet hesitating whether they
are to accept notice i r shullle oil' with
out It.
Tho South Dakota fusion nutomobllo
appears to be Inclined to balk and dump
tho owners in tho ditch. The prluclpa
trouble, as In Nebraska, Is that It ii
overloaded with caudldates and unable
to climb the hills ahead.
Itryan announces that he will stop
talking until after he Is formally notl
fled of his nomination. Should a man
llko Senator Chirk come along with some
soap to drop Into the geyser tho ctup
tlon would speedily occur,
Tho populist broncho objects to carry
lug double when the riders are demo
crats. It should take a lesson from the
democratic mule, who has patiently
tolled along for years with an overloiw
of bad records without complaining.
It was nqt n quarrel over the prlu
clples of the platform, but a contest over
the division of the spoils that occupied
tho time and attention of (he thret
ringed circus during Its two-day session
They were all for the tlng-aud an up
proprlatlou.
Ex-School Hoard Member Irey may
succeed In enjoining the Hoard of Kiln
cation from puylng the detectives that
were employed. In ferreting out the
boodlo schemes hatched by dishonest
combines, but ho caunot enjoin the peo
ple of Omaha from thinking that there
was a miscarriage of Juutlce wheu the
boodlcrs went free.
M'KIXItLY lUmHAhhY AWMD.
The committee representing every
state and organized territory of the
union, appointed by the republican na
tional convention to notify President
McKlnley of his renomlmitlon, per
formed thnt duty at Canton, 0 yester
day. The response of Mr. McKlnloy to
the admirable nddicss of Senator Lodge,
chairman of the committee, will com
ment! Itself to the hearty approval of
every republican and to all citizens who
desire the maintenance of the credit, the
honor and the prosperity of the nation.
It Is a straightforward, candid, uiinni
blguous statement of republican prin
ciples and policies,
The president says that the pledges
made by the republican party four years
ago have been kept and he polntu to re
sults as vindicating the course of the
administration nnd congress. These are
thus tersely stated: "We have lower
Interest and hlghur wages, ;nore money
and fewer mortgages. The world's mar
kets have been opened to American
products, which go now where they have
never gone before. We have passed
from a bond-Issuing to a boud-pa.vlug
nation; from a nation of borrowers to a
nation of lenders; from a detlclency lu
revenues to a surplus; from fear to con
lldence; from enforced Idleness to profit
able employment. The public credit has
been upheld; public order has been main
talned. We have prosperity at home and
prestige abroad." In regard to the re
newed menace of 10 to 1 the president
said: "The enemies of sound currency
re rallying their scattered forces. The
icople must once more unite and over-
ome the advocates of repudiation and
must not relax their energy until the
inttle for public honor and honest money
hall again triumph." That appeal to
he sound money sentiment of the conn
y will be heeded.
The guarantees to the people of Cuba,
he president declares, will be sacredly
xeeuted, while as to the Philippines
'American authority must be suprei o
throughout the archipelago." There Is
no uncertainty In the attitude of Presi
dent McKlnley regarding the new pus
esslons, Tho Philippines, ho declares,
are ours and while there will bo broad
and liberal amnesty, as already offered,
there will lie "no abatement of our
Ights, no abandonment of our duty."
To those who demand retreat or virtual
surrender, Mr. MeKlnloy's reply Is
'There must be no scuttle policy. We
will fullill lu the Philippines the obli
gations Imposed by the triumphs of our
arms and by the trenty of peace, by In
ternational law, by the nation's souse of
lonor, and, more than all, by the rights
Interests and conditions of the Philip
pine peoples themselves." Tho obstruc
tlonlsts here may postpone but cannot
defeat tho purpose of the nation to re
store order to the Islands and to estub
llsli u Just and generous government, lu
which the Inhabitants shall huve the
largest participation for which they are
capable.
The concluding portion of President
McKlnley's address Is particularly
strong and forceful, giving assurance
that there will be no turning aside, no
wavering, no retreat nnd that every nn
tional and International obligation will
be fearlessly performed. It Is as i
whole an address that must make t
fuvorable Impression upon the country
THK GOLD DEMOCRATS.
Whnt the gold democrats will de
termlne to do Is a question of some In
t crest, which will probably bo decided
at the meeting of the national commit
tree of that party July There Is dl
versity ot opinion among them us to
the course they should pursue, some urg
lug that Hryan should be supported In
the nnt-lniperial!sni Issue, others fav
oiiug a third ticket, and still others tak
lug the view that Hryanlsm Is the over
shadowing menace and that the urgent
duty of true citizens Is to unite in ad
ministering to it a Hun! and crushing
defeat. These argue that with Hryan
lsm dead and burled, the political atmos
phere would be so purified that reason
able men might look to see, four years
hence, a democratic ticket und platform
such as Intelligent and self-respecting
citizens could support.
We have heretofore expressed the
opinion that It would be a mistake for
the sound money democrats to throw
away their voles on a third ticket, that
they should give them to the party
which has fixed tho gold staudard In
law and can be depended upon to main
tain It. The New York Times takes this
view. Th.it paper says: "Reasonable
and patriotic men will not Indulge lu
the almost criminal folly of a third
ticket this year. They cannot without
Incurring the stern censure of the coun
try and of tho communities in which
they reside. They will Seek only their
personal comfort by that course and In
pursuing It they will direct their cam
paign attack chletly upon Mr. McKlnley,
tho only caudldato now before the peo
ple whose election can wive us from
unimaginable disasters. Those of
them who nre stark, staring mad
on the subject of Imperialism will
vote for Hryan. If there are others
who have not the hardihood to
do that, and y t cannot vote for .Mr. Mc
Klnley, let them stay at home on elec
tion day. It will be better for their
reputations." In the judgment of the
Times the reasons Hint prevailed four
years ago for a third ticket are now
nonexistent. Tho Hrooklyn Eagle also
councils the gold democrats against n
third ticket. It tells them that this does
not look like a year In which votes can
with Impunity be thrown away. The
gold democrats, remarks the Eagle, arc
especially concerned about the llnanclal
Integrity of the nation. The threatened
assault upon it called them Into political
being and assault Is still threatened
"Their mission In political life Is to re
pel the attack. 'The way to repel Is to
repel. A vote for some cnutlldato other
than McKlnley Is neither ono thing nor
the other. A de against Hryan Is a
vote for the Philadelphia nominee
Sound money will be Indorsed at Indian.
apolls. Sound sense will Indorse that
Indorsement, should the committee con
clude that another ticket would bo om
too many."
There is no doubt, It seems to us, ns
to the soundness of tills counsel. The
national democratic party, which Is the
title of the organization of gold
democrats, desires the restoration of the
democracy to Its former position In
Vnierlcnn polities to the position it oc
cupied before the party became Infected
with populism and ltryitnlsm. This can
be accomplished only by the defeat of
the Hrynnlte party. It Is absolutely cer
tain that If the Kansas City ticket Is
elected that will be the death knell of
old-time democracy. On the other hand.
the defeat of that ticket will enable the
national or sound money democrats to
reorganize the democracy on traditional
lines, with leaders who truly represent
the principles of Jefferson and Jackson.
Those of them who seriously believe
that tho Interests rind welfare of the
American people would be ' promoted
by restoring the democracy to Its former
position cannot, It would seem, have
any doubt or hesitation as to how they
shall vole this year.
SVlWHliAX KliKCTHW hoads.
Every American city with metropoli
tan pretensions Is striving for Improved
travel and trallic facilities within Its
oinmerclal radius. Omaha Is the only
city of over 100,000 population thnt has
so far neglected to take advantage of
tho opportunities offered by suburban
electric tramways that have almost rev
olutionized local trallic in every section
of tho country.
Within the past few years thousands
of miles of electric tramways have been
built for tho t lo purpose of nccommo
dating and stimulating the suburban
trallic, the most sanguine expectations
of the promoters having beeu realized
lu nearly every Instance.
Electric roadways connecting large
cities with tho Interior villages and
towns within a radius of from thirty to
llfty miles have performed u function
that no other means of communication
mild nosslblv have afforded. They not
only have brought the city In closer
touch with the suburban population, but
have nlso afforded the farmer cheaper
and better facilities for marketing the
products of his farm, garden and dairy:
thev have also enabled villages to draw
from tlio city a population of thrifty
home-owning worklngmen who are will
lug to pay faro to their suburban homes
rather than pay rent In the city. hlc
trie roadwn.vs have also contributed
largely toward the location of mnnufuc
tories lu the suburbs of large cities and
placed the factory and mill owners In
position to manufacture raw materials
into finished products nt the lowest co
for labor and tho lowest investment for
the ground space required by an exten
slve plant.
All these considerations should have
long since stimulated the construction of
suburban railways from Omaha to every
town and village, at least on this side
of the Missouri, that can lie reached In
n two-hour ride. The effort of the Com
mercial club to revive interest In the
proposed electric roadway from Omaha
to Fremont should commend Itself to
every business man In Omaha, ns well
as to the people on tho proposed line.
"It Is now about nine years," snld Mr
Hryan in one of Ids offhand speeches to
the populist convention, "since the dem
ocrats nnd populists of Nebrnska began
tn be friends with each other." Mr,
Hrvan's memory Is somewhat defective
It is about nine years since the populists
of Nebraska accused the democrats of
stealing the governorship from them In
the iuterest of the railroad corporations
Willy Wully Astor has at last been
brought to a realizing sense of the fact
that English people nre no more ready
to submit to his suobblshness nnd ill
mannered freaks than people on this
side. Willy better buy him an Island
In the sea, but even then some ship
wrecked mariner might bo cast upon Its
shores without llrst securing an lnvita
tion.
That rock-ribbed nnd copper-bottomed
democrat, G. M. Hitchcock, is alarmed
over the growth of American infant in
dustrles nnd tho expansion of trusts
ir Is unkind of young -Mr. Hitchcock
to make this attack upon the Infant sil
ver biilllonaire trust, which contributed
$'.0,000 four years ago to keep his pape
afloat.
Commissioner General Peck has do
cided to make a general reduction
In
the salaries of employes of the Pari
commission. This will make Mr. Pool
awfully unpopular with the employes
but we doubt very much whether any o
them will resign. They know a good
tiling when they see It.
M. V. Harrington should begin to real
ize by this time that tho lot of a man
who really desires to reform something
Is it most unhappy one so long as h
remains In the Nebraska fusion high
way. The reform wlro Is grounded the
llrst pole out from fusion headquarters.
New York desires Hryan to come t
thnt state to receive his notification that
lie Is tlio nominee- of the democratic
parly for president. Hryan better nc
cept. for It Is likely to be the only agree
able notification ho will receive irom
that source this campaign.
it Is only necessary to look over th
vote by counties on the chairmanship
of tho populist convention to see the
work of the corporations. Every count
lu the slate where tho railroad Intluenc
Is dominant was lined up for the sue
cessful candidate.
SIimv lint Sure.
indl.inapolls News.
Tho administration seemed to think
Kemptf was blow, but It turns out thut ho
has beeu more dliioinatlc thau any admiral
In Chinese waters.
Donnelly linn the ("nil.
Now York Bun.
After tlio Kaiisas City remarks about
trusti havo been read to tho Troglodyt
will ho Btop cracking tho leg bones of hi
victim or will lio keep on cracking?
aro nfruld thnt It Hon. IcniillUH Donnelly
can't ma Wo the old cannibal take to
vocetnrlanlsu). Colonel Ilryau's remon
stranccs will have llttlo effect.
Clicerliiir DehpntlNin nt Homo,
J. Hterllns Morton's Conservative.
Tho KnusaB City convocation of mal
hyetcr'archs filled Its eyes with te.irs when
ever a apollblmlcr depleted Filipino brownies
bowed down by taxation and nonreprcsentu
tion or portrayed tho plum pcoplo trampled
under tho golden heel of plutocracy. Hilt
hen Tillman described tlio democratic dis
franchisement of the negroes lu South Car
olina and gluated over the nubjugntlon of
the colored voter lu most of tho southern
states the sympathy valves wcro s?aln wide
open and howling with ecstnsy.
'I'Iip llnxcm, Too, Sep 'I'IiIiik.
New York Mull nnd Express.
Thero aro Ilryans among tho Chinese
Boxers." and they solemnly assure their
uperstitloils followers that tho absence ot
rain in tho country is duo to the b.itcfiit
ntluenco of tho forolEiiers. This conten
tion Is merely a variation on Alt Sin Ilryan's
heory that tho prlco of wheat Is regulated
by tho rrlco of silver.
YVnlt Till the Cloud. Hull 1).
New York World.
Until wo can get accurate news of tho
extent of tho dlsturbanco In China It may
bo Just as we'l not to attnch too much Im
portance to all tho shouts of tho white men
u tho treaty ports eager for tho eelzuro
and spoliation of China. A few rioters In
country that has a feeblo government cnu
make a great deal of anarchy.
Admit-ill ICeiniitt'n tiuuil .Iiiiluliirttt.
New York Tribune.
Mr. Yo How, tho Chlneso consul at San
'rancleco, estimates that It would take 230,-
000 troops to subdue forcibly the single
Chlneso province of Chi I.I. His estimate
docs not 60cm extravagant when wt rcmetu
bor that tho population of that province
Is about 18,000,000. Tho neighboring prov-
nee of Shan Tung has a population of fully
30,000,000, nnd thero are others of similar
numerical greatness. To eend a fow regi
ments into such teeming regions would bo
madness. And that fact given point to Mr.
Yo How's statement of tho consideration
hitherto put forth in these columns that It
was a fatal mistake on the part of tho pow
ers lu which tho United States, happily,
thanks to Hear Admiral Kcmpff's good
udgment, did not Join to attack the Taktl
forts 'before they had landed or collected
rendy for lauding a autllclcnt force to fol
low It up effectively. It Is well to bear in
mind that au empire of 400,000,000 people,
oven though wo do rail them heathenB, Is
not to bp dealt with as a band of Sioux
cattle thloves.
ItlU (IIIIIS OP Till! C.VMHIlATIiS.
In Alirllm-il ltevltMV nf tin Cnreem
of l.i-iulerx of 'I'hii I'lirtlen.
New York Sun.
1.
MclClulcy mill lluoNcvelt.
William McKlnley is 57 years of ago;
Theodore Roosevelt Is 42.
President McKlnley was born In Ohio;
Itooscvelt was born lu New York City.
McKlnley Is of Scotch-Irish ancestry;
Hoosevelt Is of Holland-Dutch descent. Tho
name Hoosevelt means "field of rcnea."
McKlnley, educated in Ohio, studied law
In Albany, N. Y. Ho was admitted to the
bar In 1807. HoohcvcU was educated at
Harvard collego and at tho Columbia Law
school in this city.
Doth McKlnley nnd Hoosevelt nre trained
In the affairs of public life, legislative and
executive. Mr. Hoosevelt was for threo
forms a member of tho Now York assembly.
Mr. McKlnley represented his homo district
for fourteen years In congress. Afterward
ho was elected governor of Ohio nnd was re
elected to tho same olllce by a largely in
creased majority In 1893. Ho was the pre
siding officer of the convention which nom
inated his republican predecessor, Mr. Har
rison, for president.
McKlnley was 20 years of age when elected
prosecuting attorney of his native county
in Ohio; Mr. Hoosevelt was 22 years of ago
when ho was first elected a member of tho
New York assembly.
Hoosevelt was made assistant secretary of
the navy by President McKlnley In April,
1897. Ho was, elected governor of New
York in 18P8. , "
Mr. McKlnloy was promoted to tho presi
dency from the' governorship of Ohio and
Mr. Roosevelt was nominated for tho vice
prosldoncy while governor of New York.
Uoth McKlnley and Roosevelt havo war
records. Mr. McKlnley was a soldier In the
Twonty-thlrd Ohio volunteers, which par
ticipated In tho battled of South Mountain,
AntieUm. Lexington, Winchester, Flsbcr'rt
Hill nnd Cedar Creek. McKlnley was ono
of the youngest men In tho regiment, which
Included ninety-two members under 21.
Roosevelt's mllltnry record in Cuba at San
Juan and on neighboring fighting flelda Is
of universal public knowledge.
Roth McKlnley nnd Roosevelt aro Inter
esting and effective public speakers.
Mr. McKlnley comes from n state having
twenty-three electoral votes; Mr. Hoosevelt
from a etato having thlrty-eix.
Roth candidates upon the republican na
tional ticket are now In olllco. Mr. McKln
ley is president of tho United States; Mr.
Roosevelt is governor of the stnto of New
York.
Ilrynu ami Stcvpnuiin,
William J. Dryan is a native of Illinois;
Adlal 15. Stevenson Is a resident of that
stcte. nryan wr-s born at Salem; Steven
son resides at Bloomtngton.
Roth aie lnwyers. Stevenson Is In nctlvo
practice.
Hrynn was 40 years of nge on the 10th day
of March last; Stevenson was 63 on tho 23d
of October.
Roth havo been candidates before for the
olllce to which they were nomlnnted by tho
Kansas City convention.
Tho Illinois county of which Hrynn Is a
natlvo gave him 400 majority In 1890,
Christian county, Kentucky, ot which
Stovmibon is a native, Is ono of tho strong
republican counties of that state. It has n
largo colored population. Ooebel lost It at
he Inst election by 000 majority. Steven
son lost It whon a enndldato or vice presi
dent In 1892. Hloomlngton, in which Steven-
bou resides, gave 2,223 republican and 2,100
democratic votes in 1892, with Stevenson on
tho democratic ticket.
Both Rrynn and Stoonson have been mem
bers of congress, each for two terms. Rrym
was llrst elected In 1890; Stevenson sixteen
years earlier.
Stevenson wns tho tall of tho successful
democratic ticket In 1892; Hryan was tho
head ot tho unsuccessful democratic ticket
In 1S90.
Nebraska, from which Aryan halls, has
eight electoral votes; Illinois, from which
Stovonson comes, has twenty-four.
Hryan was nominated for tho presidency
In Chicago In IM'G on tho fifth ballot, ono
of his opponents being Stevenson. Steven
son was nominated in tho snmo city for
vlco president four years earlier, on tho
first ballot, ao he hob In Kansas City. His
oppononts wero tanno R. Or.iy of Indiana,
Judgo Morao (who has become a repub
lican) of Michigan, Henry Watterson nnd
John U. Mitchell of Wisconsin.
Nebraska has never furnished tho country
with a president, or Hlluols with n vlco
president, except Stovcnson. Tho only re
publican candidate for vlco president nom
inated from Illinois wns dofeatul In 18S1.
Hryan nnd Stevenson wcro both in thu
Fifty-third emigres?, Mr. Stevenson presid
ing over tho Fenate nnd Mr. Ilryun fceln
a member of tho ways and means commit
tee In tho house.
Uoth Bryan and Stovcnson aro civilians
Stevenson distinctively no. Ho was, how
ever, a mombcr of tho Beard of Visitors to
tho WeBt Point Military academy in 1S77.
Bryan is a tlrclpss and effective political
campaigner. Mr. Stevenson dated his let
ter of acceptance; of tho vlco prcnldcntlul
nomination in 1S92 from CharIe3ton, W. Vu..
and In It ho wrote: "Tho greatest power
conferred upon human government Is that
of taxation." A rabbit's foot was pre
sented to him in that canvass.
Neither Bryan nor Stevenson hold any
public otllcs at prctonU
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The photographs wcro taken spo
dally for Tho Bee by its staff pho-
tographcr during Governor Hooscvt
elt'a ..s
recent trip to Oklahoma City.
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Governor Roosevelt 1
Another special feature will nlso bo
found in tho Kansns City convention J
photographs, made exclusively for The y
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I'lOitMi.vvi, roi.vnnts,
The California Hop trust threatens only
thoso brewern who stick to old-fashlonca
methods ami ingredients.
Tho man whoso heart weighed thlrty-slx
ounces does not seem to havo had nny repu
tation for large-hcartcdncKs when alive.
Ono of tho current magazines has nn artl
clo about chances In China for young men.
This Is about tho best example of the Irony
of "timeliness" that could bo furnished.
Science promises that, on days llko most
of thoso last week, the citizen of tho near
future will order in a bucketful of liquid
nlr, with appropriate trimmings, and bo
happy.
Captain W. Bade Hi Wlsmar, tho well
known explorer, is organizing nn expedition
to start next month for Kranz Josef Ion ', to
seek traciK of Andrco and to obtain Intelli
gence of the duko of Abrtizzl. Comelllo
Mauzl, the Italian writer and traveler, will
accompany tho party.
Tho crucial test of Havana's fitness for
self-government will come an soon ns the
now charter goes Into clfect, which will bo
immediately after publication this week.
This charter gives tho mayor and council
full power to grant franchises nnd conces
sions, and neither the central nor tho provi
sional government may Intervene.
So many soldiers and sailors are going in
sane in the Philippines that tho government
has sent thither Dr. Charles II. Latimer,
who has for twelve years been on tho staff
of St. Elizabeth's iisylum for tho Insane In
Washington. After Dr. Latlnier'n arrival
In Manila all Insane soldiers and sailors
will bo taken to his hospital for treatment.
Mutchtcb.a All Gcrrouch is the name that
All Fcrrouth Bey, the Turkish minister, has
given tho youngster thnt was born a fow
days ago at the Turkish legation at Wash
ington. Mme. Fcrrouh Bey, who enmo to
this country with her husband last winter,
Is the first Turkish woman of her r ilk ever
permitted to como to the United States, It
being a ppcclnl favor of the sultan to nllow
her to accompany her husband in his last
return to Washington, where ho has repre
sented his government slneo 189S.
coM.MnuciAi, .sci:.i)AXCV.
ImliiNt riiil Triumph of I'nlteil Stnlcn
'Without n Parallel In lllxturj-.
Chlcaco Times-Herald.
The commercial ascendancy of the United
States, without tho aid of nn American
merchant marine, Is the) story of an In
dustrial triumph that has no parallel In
the history of nations. Tho arguments
offerttl In support ot government aid for
building up our merchant marine havo per
tained to two phases of commerce and In
dustrythe revival of tho shipbuilding In
dustry In America und the building up of
our foreign trade.
But our foreign trade has Increased with
Biieh phenomenal btrldcs, although carried
In foreign bottoms, that legislators may well
hesitate beforo applying any artificial stimu
lus in the shape ot legislation. Its marvel
ous Increase Is simply the triumph of Amer
ican mechanical skill and business enter
prise, In spite of the decadence ot tho
American carrying trade.
The industrial uscendancy of the Unltel
States has been acknowledged for n decade.
It Is estimated that tho production of manu
factured goods the present year will reach
at leant tho value of $12,r,00.000,000, which Is
.considered to bo nt least $450,000,000 mora
than tho manufactured products of Oreat
Britain nnd of Germany, tho chief compe
titors of tho United States. According to
Mulhnll tho United Stntes employs tho
largest numbers of persons in ngriculturo
of all tho grpat countries except Austria.
Our production of pig Iron, which was 12,-
000,000 long tons last year, alto exceeds
that of Great Britain.
But aro wo on tho road to ns great as
cendancy in commerce ne we have attained
in industry? According to figures presented
by Hon. Carroll I), Wright In the July Cen
tury our commercial nfcendancy Is near at
hand. Tho story of our conquest of the
markets of the earth Is graphically to'd In
tho following statistics of exports and im
ports of the throu great nations for tho year
ending December 31, 1819:
United Oreat
States. Britain. flormanv
Imparts S 70S.SI5.571 J2.S00.UI9.9'!) $l,2ZG,K!i.3t0
ICxports l,232,9i,!lS7 1,249.971,(X!9 IH9.937.96Q
Totals. .$3,031,(19.338 $3,&30,331,028 $,US3,8IC,3I0
It will bo seen from this that for tho year
1899 tho exports of Gloat Britain were
slightly In excess of these of tho United
States. If wo take the dontestlu exports
frum tho United Stutes for tho year ending
March 31, however, wo find they were
$1,309,112,217, which indicates beyond all
dutibt that our export record for 1900 will
exceed Great Britain for tho first time in our
history.
It must also bo remembered thnt while our
exports have i.ipldly Increased, our Imports
hmo decreuncd. Tho reverse Is true of
other countries. It Is Interesting also to
note tho extent of our trade with tho prin
cipal countries in 1890 and in 1S99, which
Mr. Carroll gives as follows:
1890. 1S99.
Great Britain $111,139,009 $303.(! ;x,925
Germany 8I,315,21S 13l,2li5.ni3
l.'rniieo 19,013.004 M.Oi,9,112
China 2,9H,7!H) H.137,-12'
Julian ri.227.JMi 17.1.r,97.)
Ilniv 12,97 .2 9 2l.i92.iC
British North America 35ll,3l 2,697.:-7J
It will bo seen from theso figures that
Great Britain Is by far our best customer,
while Germany comts oecond. It Is also
Interesting to note tho fact, dlsclosoj by
,u other table, thnt while wo sold $305,608,921
worth of goods to Great Britain, wo bought
go ds from that country amounting to only
$118,172,018.
Tho sales of our products to the Orient arc
also Increasing with wonderful rapidity.
Almost $0,000,000 worth of Hour was sent to
Japan und China last year. Tho conclusion
from these figures, In tho opinion of Mr.
Wright, In that the United States is new
tillering upon a poiiod not only of Industrial
but commercial ascendency and that there
can be no permanent check to tho growth cf
our foreign trade.
I'reiiial lire frophenlex,
Philadelphia Times.
Thofo cases where political prophets count
their clilckeiitf bjforo they aro hat died are
best known by tho chickens not appearing
tbe day after election.
VXIMJ W H IX A I'll It A.
Ilclior of Ihr Strife Which lleeentl
('out iilncit tin World,
I'eople who have shown practical sym
pathy for the cause of tho Beers by sub
scribing to the funds rnlcd In this country
would bo co'itent If they were certain the
money reach"d Its proper destination. Most
of It undoubtedly did. It Is equally certain
sitno of It wns squandered, 'lake, for In
stance, tho sympathy meeting hold nt Wnsh-
rgton last May. A fund was raised
primarily for the widow of How soldlcro
and to entertain tho Boer envoys. The sum
ot 11,131 was raised, $100 of which was given
specifically for tho widows. The statement
of the treasurer Just published shows there
is $18 left for tho widows. Tho rest went
for carriages, hotel bills, decorations, music
nnd $140 for wine. Evidently the mnnngers
forget tho widows nnd tho orphans 'when tho
wlno flowed and tlio b.tnd played. They
wero a trlllo moro extravagant than others
that might be named.
Julian Ralph, having exhausted his stock
of contempt for the fighting Doers, turn, hla
batteries on British army organization,
which he criticises ns "wofully mismanaged"
and "ono of the worst results of a caste
ridden system." Tho root of tho trouble, he
ntiils in the fact that officers' commissions
nre monopolized by aristocratic nmateurs In
mllltiiry science. Ho writes: "(juicers' com
missions are no longer sold ns they used to
be, nnd yet it amounts to tho snmo thlug
as If they were, because In many regiments
tho 'mess charges' require an oillcer to have
nn Income of JCf00 to U 1,000 a year. Tho
aristocratic young fellows who now run tho
iirmy go at soldiering as the average young
woman takes up nny pleasant, artistic kind
of lnbor. In a word, then, the
British nrtuy is nn exclusive fraternity of
amateurs.
A correspondent nt Lourcnzo Marquez
gives a graphic description of the couutry
around Lydenburg In tho 1 ransvaal, which is
regarded as "tho last ditch" ot tho forces
with 1'resldent Krugor. Tho center of the
district is at Ohrlgstad, about thirty miles
north of Lydtnburg. Tho Ohrlgstad laager
Is so called because It Is the oldest and
strongest position taken up by tho Boers
ot the first trek going north from Cape
Colony nnd Nntal.
From sixty to 100 years back tho Trans-
vanl wns Inhabited In districts by
Ilastitoi, who were raided by tho Zulus and
other tribes. Tho Boer Immigrants took
advantage of this condition of things and
established themselves In the country
against all comers. Wheu hard pressed
by large Impis of natives tho Boors re
treated to Ohrlgstad vulley, whero the po
sitions aro impregnable, if well defended,
being a scries of volcanic fortifications, In
terminable kopjes extending for miles. In
side these natural defences Is a beautiful
and fnrttlo valley about seventy-five miles
square, protected on tho east by tho
Drakensberg and on tho north and east by
tho broad and deep Ollphant's river, with
Korts Ollphunt and Weber. Krom tho
south the valley narrows to Lydenburg, the
only gate, the transport station for which
Is nt Nelsprlnt, on the railway from Pre
toria to Dclagou bay.
Six or eight thousand Boers or even fewer
with artillery could defy tho wholo British
army now In South Africa for an indefinite
period. No army, no matter how many
thousand In number, could climb thoso giant
ridges or pass tho multitudinous death
traps of boulder-built kopjes intersected
with dongns. Tbe forco inside tho natural
citadel would be safe so long as ammuni
tion and food lasted. Thrca beautiful
rivers, tho Blyde, Ohrlgstad and Steclport,
run Into tho Ollphant's river nnd are fed
by hundreds of springs nnd rivulets. Tho
nature and uspect of tho valley is that of
one continuous garden capable ot Irrigation
from streams In all directions. Tho soil
is alluvial, producing with tho present
primitive methods of cultivation, grain,
poragc, tobacco and almoBt anything re
quired, and the hill sides nfford excellent
pasturago for horses, cattle and sheep,
summer and winter.
The valley Is oven now fairly populated
by Beers and well-to-do natives, nil of
whom have fruit gardens. The natural ad
vantages for a defending force cannot be
overestimated. Tho length of tho resist
ance would depend on tho supplies of food
und ammunition, and to stop those It would
bo necessary for tho British government to
obtain possession of Koomatlpoort, which
would require some fighting.
In tho New York Herald of tho 8th Inst.
Richard Harding Davis gives an interesting
account of the trip of the Chicago nmbu-
lanco corps from Lourcnzo Marquez to Pre
toria. Davis accompanied the corpB of
sixty members. He criticises sharply their
alleged deceit In volunteering as members
ot the Red Cross and discarding their
badges and shouldering gunB on rea hlng the
Tranevaal capital. Yet Davis half apolo
gizes for tho deception by saying they had
traveled 2,000 miles to help the Boora and
the sight of redcoats was too much for their
IrlBh Puhtlng blood. Their conduct comes
in for high praise. "I have tiavelcd," says
Davis, "with many toldlcrs on trains and
transports, nnd on tho march, with our own
regulars, with 'TommicB,' volunteers anl
soldiers of foreign lands, but I never saw
men behave be'ter than did tho Chicago con
tingent. Tho temptations which beset them
by tho wasldo were mnny. They had been
six weeks at sea, nnd that, apart from tho
fart that they wero going "to tho front"
through a friendly country, with ref'cshmont
bars at every station, was sulllcient excuse
for over-rejoicing. But, on tho contrary, the
men conducted themselves an well nB tho
best disciplined troops in tho world, nnd
were then. nH they wern later In Pretoria,
as well behaved and self-respecting ns I
nm suro they will prove to bp 'bravo. There
was no band to play for them at Mlddel
burg, so Just before tho train moved on
tho Landdrost gathered the Boers nnd the
women and girls togeither und sang a hymn
to them.
"The women's voices wcro thin nnd in
adequate and tho big, liinad-cbcsted, heivlly-
boarded mou disregarded tho tune scandal
ously, but the fcplrlt if tho act was true.
The words were in Dutch, but tho refrain
waB, "God keep us well." That, much wo
could understand. It was all wo had to
offer. A brass band would havo meant
nothing hut noise, but the trlbuto of goo t
wiBhrs from tho women and llttlo girls nnd
eld rnci touched the American boys dceplj,
"They stood In closo order, with tholr
campaign hntn off and heads bent. Beyond
thorn wero the group of women In black,
who were bidding goodhy to their sons
and praying for tholr return from the front.
"And that was what the Boer woinon nnd
llttlo glrli wero doing ns well In n foreign
language for tho Americans, bocauso tli-y
had como to light for them, bocauso they
wore going straight to tho front porhipt to
die for them, because their own wrnim
fo'k wern far nway, snmo 20,C(J0 ml'es uwny,
and were not able tn wish them giv'sp ed.
"And so It happened that nn Good Friday
last the Boer women of thr. Transvaal wern
praying for tbe sons nf tho women of tho
city rf Chicago, of Cook county, In the p'nto
of Illinois."
At Hoiue In the Went,
Hartford Cournnt.
Theodore Roopevelt didn't find hlnnelf In
nny "enemy's country" nut west. Wherever
p" went his wolcomo was wai'lng for him
and tho deafening hoartinesH of It must hive
made his ears nchr. Bvon tho Kansas cltl
zeiis, wnn a nryanifo national convention
on their hnw'.s, wcro not too busy to turn
out multltudlnously at tho rallwny station
to "holler for Teddy." A very ponular mm
Is tho Junior republlcun nomlnco and thl
wetorn trip has jurniBhed freeh proof of it.
is i)Atuu:vr t ut.vA,
Philadelphia llmnl Th.ie who nio
gifted with patience nnd n large store of in
credulity should skip over the dally aews
from China until tho wires nte lasting upon
tho telegraph poles mid the rails rel.ild on
tho railways. There Is a complete break
down of the ordinary methods of news
gathering lu China. Tlio empire, like a
great turtle, hns pulled In lis head, and
the lint luiis urn puzzling thrmseUcs how to
dcnl with a sovereignty which they ch.uioL
npproach.
ltullaniipollH Jourual: The rest of the
civilized world will not object to seeing
Emperor Wllllntn carry out his threat of In
flicting sevcro punishment on the Chinese.
He has done a good deal of thundering lu the
Index during thu last few years and but
Inn! a great deol to say about what the
incred Hohcnzollerns would do it auybody
should tread on their toes. Now let him
mnko his words good by sending a big land
forco to China and let the world see what
"my soldiers" enn do away front home.
Globe-Deiuocrat: Tlio interior of China
nt the present moment is tho darkest part
ot the known world. No news which can be
rolled on Implicitly has been received from
Pekln for several weeks. Pcliln has been
Isolated for a long time, and though reports
have como from thnt town, or purported
to como from there, nearly every day, no
body In the outsldo world can vouch for
their absolute correctness, Communication
has long been cut off from nil of China ex
cept n portion along tho coasts. Kno vlng
tho atrocities which have been committed
by the Boxers, and knowing alfo thnt tho
Imperial troops havo Joined them In many
cases, the worst thut run bo imuglned I
feared.
Minneapolis Journal: Thero is nn ap
preciable dawn of hopa In China through tho
action of Prince Ching iislug his division ot
Tartar troops or Bnnncrmen to quell the
fanatical violence of the Boxers and Imperial
troops lu l'ekin, According to tho state
ment, which comes from Chinese sources, In
cluding LI Hung Chang, the prince Is taking
this course at the risk of his life, for thn
old empress is mid to bo still on deck
promoting tho solidarity ot tho factions
against foreigners, and Prince Tuan is
desirous of decapitating Chlng, but proba
bly cannot get hold of him. It Is encourag
ing to know thnt tho Chinese nre divided
at Pckla and thnt foiiiu of the Imperial
troois nre loyal to public order. If the
tact Ionizing of the troops continues nnd
Internecine conflict occurs, the ' ork of tho
powers will be somcwhut simpllned.
I'tll.lTICAI. SXAP MIOTH.
Washington Post: Georgo Fred Williams
shook handu with himself nil tho way from
Kansas City to Boston.
Detroit Journnl: Just becauso there is a
mummy on tlio democratic tlckot It Is not
fair to speak of it as embalmed.
St. Paul Pioneer Press: The flop of Web
ster Davis will add Just one to the demo
cratic majority In Missouri. That Is all.
Chicago Record: It must ho admitted
that the democratic politicians nro trying
to kill the populist party as painlessly as
possible.
Philadelphia Record: When Adlal Ste
vonson was put upon tho democratic ticket
It was Just as well that tho customary
civil service plank was omitted from the
platform.
Baltimore) American: Tho wlreB have not
yet tingled with Grovcr Cleveland's con
gratulations to his former running mate.
Mr. Cleveland Is perhaps waiting until the
time comes to send condolences.
Washington Star: Tho vote for 16 to 1
cast by l'rlnco David of Hawaii will cnuss
Grover Cleveland to experience somo sar
donic sensations. He did not want thoso
people to get very close1 to tho United States
government in the first place.
Albany Journal; "I stand upon this plat
form nnd shall support W. J. IJrcnnlngs,"
said 'Webster Davis with groat emphasis
at tho beginning of his speech beforo tho
KansnB City ratification convention. Nn
doubt Mr. Davis will learn In tlmo to speak
of Mr. Wllllnga Jyam Breunau'e natuo with
out a slip.
Indianapolis Journal: Both of the can
didates on tho republican national ticket
wero real fighting soldiers, ono In tho civil
war and tho other in tho Spanish war. Of
tho candidates on the democratic ticket
Mr. Bryan played colonel at long range In
tho Spanish war and Mr. Stcventon was a
copperhead in the civil war.
Now York Sun: Somo enemies of tho Hon.
Web Davis hnvo revived the story that when
he was a candidate for mayor of Knnsas
City he shot n bullot through his own hat
for tho purpose of exciting popular sym
pathy. Wo trust not tho talc. Tho Hon.
Web Davis is not tho man to mutilate to
essential a pnrt ot his Intellectual and elo
cutionary outfit as his hat. Let tho Bren
nlngs movement whirl unchecked.
MCIIT AXD I.IVi;i,V.
Puck: Friend How do you get nlonn
with the cooklnr?
The Bride Admirably! I blame It on tho
ranse.
C'hlcaco Record: "That slender Miss
Slmoson looks like a very dcllcato girl."
"Oh. I don't know; sho must have a
good deal of strength to squeeze her wnlst
in llko mat.
Chicago Trlbunn: "In one particular."
tho nrt critic sold, after a brief survey of
tho picture, "It reminds mo strongly of
Turner."
"In the uh softness nf the outlines?"
RtiKKCsted tho nrtlst, hljhlv pleased.
"Not exnetly that, but In Its refusal to.
allow Itself to bo hampered by tho
at tualltlcs of thn landscape."
Detroit Journal: "I'd like tn bo moro
common," protested tho Checks. "It's th
fault of the rcvenno laws that I am ho
stuck up!"
This In answer to the taunts of tlio Bank
Hills and tho Coins; for money will talk.
Indianapolis Journal: Professor I'm
frfnt.f,,! tnt rt-Hf unn.n n f tttimnr, 11, ,..!
lieiiven, I enn alwnys see a joke.'
,mii.h ! taviiin un, prorepsnr, tno sense or
humor Is not alilllty tn sen a Joke: the
sense of humor Is ability to tuke n Joke.
Philadelphia Press: Mr. Queerv I wonder
If nnythlne will ever be Invented tn takn
the ;da e nf bread as the staff of life.
Mr. N'ewllwed Woll, my wife linked
KometliliiK yesterday thnt she offered as
u substitute. It certainly wasn't bread.
Till MK.MtlltY OF MAHTIIA.
Paul L. Dunbar In the Bookman.
Out In de night n sad bird moans,
An', oh, but hit's mnughty lonely;
Tli'if ' lin slnir. but mn' I croani,
Fu' oh, but hit's mouuhty lonely.
Is j.-u elntpln' woll ills evenln', Marfy,
dear?
Won I i nils you f'om do cabin, kin you
hyenl!'.'
Tnln't do Hume nl' place to me,
N'ulllii's Ink hit used to be,
W'en I knowed dut you wuh nllus some'ers
nea r.
Down bv de road do tdinddcrs grows.
An', nh. but lilt's moimhtv lonely;
Seems Ink dn ve'y moonllrrht knows,
An', oh, but hit's moughtv lunely!
Does ynu know, I'r eryn' fu' you, nh, my
vlfu?
Does ynu know dey ain't no Joy no mo' In
life?
An' my only t'oucht Is (lis,
Uat I's lio'sln fu" de blhs
Fu' tn quit ills groun' o' worrlmcnt an
strife.
Dub on de bald my banjo lays.
An', nh, but hit's mnushty Innel) ;
cnn't even Hin't a rhuno n' srulse,
An . on, but hit s liiimi! lit Knel.
)h. hit's mnughty slow u'waltln'
In i ah
neiow,
iii you wateiilir fu' nio. Marfy, ut V
do "
WaKlinclon Kt.ir: "I s'pnie ilesn folk
know whilt l.s an' whut ain't when dey
talks about de survival o' de ntllnest," said
I'relo Kben. "But I mus' say 1 has my
faith In dat theory shook, when I strike a,
'liliken coop dnt do yiithuh folks dnno
jelectcd over befo' I arrived. "
i.r yon is, in spltn a' sin.
I)e:''JI bo sN)' tu let rne In. , ,,
Wen dey ucea yo' face a-shlnin', den dc II
know,
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