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30 27,250
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I'AIITIKS I.EAVINO FOR SUMMER.
Parties IciivIiik the city for
tjie summer miiy have Thr Ilee
ent to them reitulurly by
notifying The lire IlnslncsM
ofllec, In pernon or hy mnll.
The address will lie changed
n often as desired.
Tho wronp party evidently got hla
foot In tho trap which was sot for Gen
eral Dcwct.
It Is to lie noted that an Omnha firm
of archltcetB Is to build the now Car
neRlo library at Lincoln.
Vlsltlnp; editors are respectfully re
quested not to use tho blue pencil too
freely on Ak-Snr-Ben'H ritual.
People who travel these days take an
even chance of being held up whether
they travel In palace cars or box cars.
The news from tho Transvaal Indi
cates the "I regret to report" season Is
not yet ended In that, quarter of the
globe.
Tho century year Rectus destined to
make a record In every field occupied by
cither the arts of war or the arts of
peace.
Thero Is every reason to believe that
Prince Tuan either has not ratified The
Hague peace treaty or has forgotten
about It.
South America might as well lay off
on tho war business for a time. Other
countries are too busy to pay any at
tention to Its little squabbles.
Thd appeal of the Stato Board of
Transportation for n now lease of life is
further evidence that political suicide
) never committed with the eyes opeu.
Ever since tho fusion step ladder was
found too short to reach tho grapo crop
at Grand Island tho stato house nut-
chlno has Insisted the grapes were tour,
anyway.
Minister Conger, if alive, may want a
word to say for himself whether ho
prefers to bo boxed up In 1'okin or boxed
up for a one-year term in tho United
States senate.
Governor Poynter would have stood
a better show of receiving an endorse
mcut from tho Grand Islund conven
tlon if he could huve managed to con
sor his corporation record.
Adlal Stevenson Is putting In his tlmo
fishing and may bo expected to con
tinue to do so most of tho campaign.
Tho head of tho ticket cau do tho talk
lng for tho entire aggregation.
While tho local democrats are trying
to fuse with one another, why not throw.
tho same doors open to tho populists
and silver republicans and put an end
to tho three-ringed circus farco at once?
The fuslonlsts say that Samuel LIchty
Is not a genuine populist, anyway. That
ho is not of tho stato houso brand was
evidenced during tho Investigation of
tho auditor's olllce by the last leglslu
ture.
Tho raid on tho county treasury under
pretense of holding it fnko county fair
Is to bo merely a cloak for pulling off
a racing moot. Tho county board
should put Its foot down ou this graft
without further ado.
Now that nil tho stato conventions
nro over and Treasuror Meservo did
not receive a nomination for anything
ho might take tino to figure out where
tho Idle school money Is deposited ami
tuke tho public into his confidence.
Bryan's iioolt on tho first battle con
tains a laudatory compliment for
Wharton Barker. Since Mr. Barker ac
cepted tho presidential nomination of
tho Cincinnati convention, however,
Bryan wants It distinctly understood
that he takes It all back.
Tho democrats and populists In Ne
braska are disputing over tho question
of which has been swallowed. As both
nro troubled by Indigestion neither is
absolutely certain which has beeu the
victim, but nfter election tho mystery
will probably bo cleared up.
I
tiik vKon.r. mxwF, the trnwt:.
Am a nintter of fact, said Governor
Koosevelt, the democrats cannot do-
Ide which one of their various heresies
the people shall regard as most Im
portant. "The decision rests with the
people themselves and those who nro
primarily interested In our financial
honesty and Industrial well-being can
not and Mill not admit that any pos
sible difference Is caused by puttlni:
the free silver plank In one rather than
another position of tho platform. If
a man announces that lie believes In
the 'doctrine of cowardly surrender and
also in the doctrine of tho repudiation
of debts, It ninkus not tho slightest dif
ference us to the order In which he
puts the two policies. Neither does It
make any difference what the popti-
llstlc democracy lays most stress upon,
Its determination to debase the cur-
ency or Its determination to degrade
the Hag."
The American voters are giving
thoughtful consideration to the Issues
presented by the' two parties and thcln-
dlcatlons are that a very large majority
of them are giving greater attention
to the question which affect their
financial Interests and bears upon their
prosperity thnn to any other. This
Is shown In tho fact that nearly nil
tho leading newspapers of tho country
give precedence to this question.
mong these arc papers that oppose
the so-called Imperialistic policy of the
administration, but frankly ndmlt that
tho paramount Issue Is whether or not
the currency shall bo maintained on a
sound basis and the prevailing pros
perous business conditions continued.
Especially are the groat llnnnclal and
business Interests of tho nation care
fully considering this question. A
leading organ of these Interests Indi
cates the prevailing sentiment among
them when It says that in Judging of
the effect on Industrial affairs of a
triumph of Hrynn, It should be remem-J
bored that any state of facts or any
conditions thnt excited a fear ns to tho
stability of the currency would be all
sufficient to bring In another era. of
general distrust and business prostra
tion. It goes on to point out what Is
to be expected in tho event of Bryan's
election. An effort would at once
bo made to secure tho free coinage of
silver and If unsuccessful at first It
would bo pursued unceasingly until se
cured or until his administration
terminated. Tho effort to accomplish
this and tho accompanying agitation
would prevent the development of bus
iness Interests, apprehension would of
necessity pervade financial circles and
the status of affairs which existed hi
1893, 3804 nnd 1895 would be In largo
part repeated. That reflects the gen
eral feeling among men of practical
affairs.
The wage earners of the country,
also, are giving due consideration to
this question, for It concerns them
perhaps more than any other class.
And no other question Is of so great
Interest to them. For throe years
they have had prosperity. "With con
stunt employment at good wages tlie.v
have as n clnss greatly Improved their
condition. In all respects they are
very much better off than ever before.
They nro asking themselves whether
It Is wise to Invite a- change from all
this by voting for a party whoso pol
icies antagonize those which have
given the country prosperity nnd which
Is as groat a menace to flnnnclal and
business stability as It was four years
ago.
The paramount question Is that one
which most deeply concerns the Inter
ests and the welfare of the masses of
tho people. In the-present campaign
there can be no doubt this question is
tho maintenance of a sound currency
and the continuance of Industrial nnd
business prosperity.
PUFFING POYNTEH DY MACHINE.
The popocratlc puffing mnchlue Is
again In full blast. Ilnhd-me-down edi
torials arc being ground out for tho
fusion organs by the yard and public
opinion Is being molded to meet tho
emergency. The following, a specimen
brick of the syndicate puffery, has ap
peared during tho past week In all tho
populist country papers thut are on the
mailing list of tho popocratlc mnchlue:
The ticket chosen by the fusion forces of
Ncbrnska is a strong one. The nominees for
presidential electors nro men of high char
nctcr und thoroughly representative.
Tho renomlnati'on of Governor Poynter
was to have been expected. Wo need not
conceal the fact that there is considerable
criticism of the governor, but It la true that
among tho mnsses of the peopla Governor
Poynter Is highly honored and. respected
The criticism of the governor comes from
disappointed office-seekers and this criti
cism will not be serious In the impending
campaign. The tact remains that while
Governor Poynter has been required to dis
appoint a very largo number of ambitious
gentlemen he has been a good and true
chief executive of the state. It Is easy to
crlttctso, but wo must remember thnt Gov
ernor Toynter has, during hla first official
term, passed through a trying period, being
called to office just as tho state was thrown
Into a fever heat by prcparntfpns for war
and having to attend to a thousand and one
duties that were never forced upon another
governor of Nebraska.
When It Is borno In mind that this ef
fusion emanates from the gifted pen of
one of tho clerks of his excellency tho
bouquets thrown at tho governor will
bo recognized as the home product of
his political flower beds.
HOElt ACTIVITY.
Tho Boors nro keeping Lord Roberts
very busy and making good tho nssur
nnco they gave out nfter tho taking of
Pretoria, when tho British fancied that
ho termination of hostilities was at
hand, that they still had plenty of Hgh
In them and the war was far from
j ended. Tho announcement that after
all tho precautions taken by tho Brit
'sh commander a Boer force has cut
Ids lino of communications and cap
tnrod p. small body of soldiers nnd a
supply train Is striking evidence of the
continued activity of tho Indomitable
defenders of their country, as well a
of their stern determination to carry
on tho conflict to tho bitter eud.
A recant statement places the British
l05ses in South Africa from nil causes.
nc not iur irom i,uw-a nuiuoer con -
slderubly larger thnn tho Boers have
j crer had In the Held. It la a number
two-thirds of what, nt tho beginning of
hostilities, the British military author
ities believed would, be sufficient to
rush the defender of the republics.
I'liere Is not even n conjecture as to
how many men the Boers now have tin
ier arms, but whatever the number
they are capable of keeping their en
emy fully occupied and occasionally
hitting him a hard blow. Though over
shadowed by the Chinese conflict, the
South African war still presents fea
tures of Interest.
KEEP THE HLACIC SHEEP AT tlOMK.
It Is an open secret thnt the fight for
tho coming legislature of Nebraska will
be hotly contested. It Is also n fore
gone conclusion that the chances of
.'looting a republican majority of tho
legislature depend entirely upon tho
haracter of tho candidates nominated
by the party.
In order to win the favor of the peo
ple tho men who present themselves for
their suffrages must bear reputations
thnt command confidence nnd respect.
No man with a spotted record should
be given any countenance In his aspira
tions to occupy a sent In the next legis
lature. No man who has a record to de
fend or explain has any right to Jeop
ardize tho success of his pnrty by
thrusting himself forwnrd as a candi
date this year.
Kven If the stakes were not as great
as they are, It would be Inexcusable for
republicans In any district to hamper
'resident McKlnley or weaken the
state and congressional tickets by load-
ng them down with boodle men and
holdups. That class of candidates
have been the banc of the party In Ne
braska for years. The same thing is
true of professional olllco-seekers,
whoso solo object In seeking a place In
tho next legislature Is to barter their
otes for a lucrative federal appoint
ment. x
Tho only safe plan for republicans Is
to keep tho black sheep nt home nnd
nominate only reputable men whoso
Known Integrity Is the guaranty of good
conduct.
THE AMEIitCAX POSITION.
A Washington dispatch of a few days
ago said It was considered Importnnt
upon diplomatic grounds thnt the
United States should have a respectable
force In China when the end comes, al
though not essential that tho force
should bo ns large as that of Husslo,
lapan or Germany. It was suggested
that this country- may bo called upon to
play a leading part In tho settlement
of the future of the Chinese empire and
our declaration that the territorial In
tegrity of China should bo respected
and that all nations should have the
same commercial rights there, even
though some Internntlonul control nnd
advice were necessary to tho native
Chinese government, would guthor a
lignlty from tho presence of several
brigades of American troops and some
powerful American ships which might
not bo derived from the presence of a
few shattered regiments nnd 111-
equlpped gunboats.
A Inter dispatch states that the ad
ministration is determined to keep
aloof from any movement that would
unnecessarily entangle the government
of the United States In Chinese affairs.
It must Join with the other powers In
the effort to get to Pekln, but It does
not follow, the dispatch, which may
have hud official Inspiration, goes on
to say, that tho government will bo
led Into taking part In any bickerings
or dissensions thnt ensue over the fu-J
ture of China nfter American citizens
have beeu taken care of. It is further
stated to be tho lntentlou of the ad
ministration to withdraw our forces,
military and naval, nfter the Americans
In Tekln have been relieved nnd wash
Its hands of Chinese nffnlrs, looking
only to the preservation of such prlv
lieges as it has a right to retain for
merlcans.
These statements are not In complete
nccord. Our government cannot play
n lending part in the settlement of the
future of tho Chinese empire and also
wash Its hands of Chinese affairs, 'but
It Is safe to assume that It will tako no
position not In harmony with the cir
cular defining Its attitude which was
sent to foreign governments n few
weeks ago. So far tho administration
has acted In this matter with excellent
judgment, which has placed tho United
States In n very strong position for
denllng with future events.
Omahn has an experimental tannery
for sheep pelts, but what It wants Is
tho development of a great tanning in
dustry that will work up the hides of
nil the animals slaughtered at this point.
Tho tanning of theso hides would fur
Irish tho foundation for leather goods
factories of various Kinds tunc would
eventually give employment to thou
sands of men and women wage-workers.
No moro promising enterprise could bo
Inaugurated hero than the establish
ment of tanneries capable of handling
all tho hides now being shipped out of
Omaha.
Populists aro hard to please. They
are now roasting tho city officials of
Lincoln for uot paying moro attention to
tho entertainment of tho delegates to
tho lato fusion conventions held In that
place and ronstlng the city officials of
Grand Island Just ns severely for ex
tendlug hospitality to tho delegutes to
tho mid-road state convention. Now
you see It and now you don't.
Why should nearly $180,000 of tho
money belonging to tho taxpayers of
Douglas county lie on deposit In the
banks without returning a cent of In
terest? Would nny firm or corporation
lot some ono else have tho use of that
much money without somo consldern
tlon?
Senator Pettlgrew Is willing to be
llovo tho unsupported word of u Kill
plno soldier of fortune In preference
to that of Admiral Dewey. In that as
In many other respects, Senator Petti
grow differs from a great majority of
tho pooplo of the united states.
I i. ',ro"'Xr.moro Amer.'can,
Illeailnu
1 B(. B,i be but a doubt
I ...i hiin. Kansas. It Is said, hat 2.000
m0r pianos thin year than ?pe ever bad
LIFE of the REPUBLIC in NO DANGER.
The Outlook.
Tho presidential campaign has been
opened by two characteristic speeches fromJ
the two principal candidate, Mr. Bryan
and Mr. McKlnley. On July 10 a1 ratification
meeting of tho democratic nominations was
hold In Lincoln, Neb., nnd Mr. Bryan made
brief speech, which Illustrates tho spirit
In which the democratic campaign will prob
ably be couductcd. Ho said:
If rVcrv Flllnliln u-nro In din ilin world
would go on, but this nation, tho greatest
republic of the world's history, puts out Its
light. If tho republic turns Its back to
tho doctrine which v Inved u centurv nnd
ft quarter ago, then to what nation of tho
world can tho people loolc for hope and in
spiration? So you ought to bo proud that
you aro an American citizen and nro able
to say: "If tho republic goes down I am
not to blame for Its downfall!"
This notion that tho defeat of Mr. Bryan
would be tho downfall of tho republic was
etlll moro explicitly put by Mr. Towne, the
populist candldato for vice president, who
said:
If tho citizen; nf IIiIm rniintrv nt tho
forthcoming election shall ratify and con
Urm the presumptuous stretches of au
thority thnt have characterized the conduct
of tho administration, then we shall not bo
In danger of establishing an empire; tho
empire will have been ulready established.
Mr. McKlnley also warns his hearers
against dlsastens which, ho bellovcs the do-
feat of his party wilt Involve, but his faith
In American Institutions is not so fecblo
that ho thinks a democratic victory will
Imperil th!m: It-will .Imperial national pros-
erlty and national honor, but not national
existence. Ho thui describes tho present
condition of tho country, which he attributes
to four years of republican administration:
Wo have lower Interest nnd higher wages;
inrn mnnov nnil fownr. mnrtiritiri$i. The
world's markets have been opened to Amer
ican products, wnicn go now wnero mey
hnvo never gone before. We have passed
from a bond-Issuing to a bond-paying na
tion: from n. nation of borrowers to n-tmtlon
of lenders: from a, deficiency In revenue to a
surplus; rrom rear to commence; rrom en
forced Idleness to prolltablo employment.
Tho public faith has been upheld; public
order has been maintained. Wo have pros
perity at homo nnd prestlgo abroad. .
The proposed repeal of tho gold act and
the establishment In Its place of free silver
boforo and It Is safe to assume that tho great
majority of tbeso are grinding out ragtime
meodles on sebedulo time.
"Republic or Empire" l'tnnlt.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Better make tho battlo cry "Republic or
Umpire." Everybody has It In for tho um
pire. TVIint ' nit Injunction?
Sari Francisco Examiner.
Injunction: Something that enjoins or
dinary men but does not touch railway of
ficialsas probably defined In the next dic
tionary. Crokcr n Competent Jmlnc.
Wushlngton Post.
Mr. Croker thinks that tho people's dis
trust of sliver comes from Ignorance. It
this bo true Mr. Croker was one of the prin
cipal Ignoramuses In 1896.
LI IIuiir Chnnnr In Doubt.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Judging by eurtace Indications, LI Hung
Chang evidently does not know whether he
s going to run things when ho arrives at
Pekln or whother things at Pekln are going'
to run him.
Chlnn, the Mnnlac Nation.
Philadelphia Press.
China Is the m'infac nation of the Orient.
She Is raging llSe'i' lunatic cursed by homi
cidal tendenOles.inThero Is nothing left for
her but a stralghtijacket and civilization Is
now preparing one for her reception.
An Unexpected Approprlatenemi.
Philadelphia North American.
Tho Bryan and Stovenson notification
meeting is to' be bold at the Indiana State
Falr grounds on the 8tU of next month.
There la an unexpected appropriateness
about it. Will those klnetoscope pictures
showing Candidate Bryan at .work In tho
hayfleld, clad in torn overnlls, a woolen
shirt and an old straw hat, be exhibited
from' the platform aa a background while
ho Is reading bis speech ot acceptance?
Stevenson Should .Not lie Sltirhted.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
On the level now, it would not be fair to
make a fuss, at that Chicago encampment,
over Bryan and not invite Adlal E. Steven
son to share In tho festivities, Sauce for
tho gooso Is sauce for the gander, etc. Wo
make mention ot this fact now becauso
there appears to bo a disposition on tho
partof tho Honorable Carter H. Harrison
and "former Governor Altgeld to attempt
something of tho kind when, In point of fact,
It wouldn't be even half fair. Adlal E. has a
war record ot his own that Is calculated to
give an earthquako tho. shakes.
I'EIISONAIJ'ANIJ OTHERWISE.
The Kansas wheat crop cuts a big figure
In American politics every four years.
A few peoplo are etlll talking about Dewey
as an independent candidate, but Dewey
Isn't listening. ,
Tho evidence in tho Oocbel case goes to
shov that Kentucky can raise a large crop
of troublo at very short notice.
General Wheeler Is getting near the age
of retirement, but his fighting blood Is Btlll
up, and he has his oye on China.
All the .powers of Europe are counting
their war ships, with a view to a grand In
ternational regatta lu Chinese wators.
Tho best evldcnco ot tho reconstruction
of Cuba Is Governor General Wood's romark
that ho can spare a faw moro troops.
Senator Hoar ot Massachusetts takes most
ot his cxercl'sa beforo breakfast, when he
walks a mile or more every clear day.
Roosevelt and enthusiasm appear to have
been the principal features of the conven
tion of the Leaguo of Republican Clubs.
Mr. Sheng, superintendent of telegraphs
In China, seems to bo capablo of giving
points to tho British censor In South Africa.
Tho report that Oom Paul has had his
whiskers trimmed la attracting much at
tontlnn. It is regarded as a sign ot a
coming cbango.
Emnoror William of Germany has ordored
Ihmael Genti, the well known painter of
ririnntal scenes, to prepare a series of
paintings cf the kaiser's recent pilgrimage
to Jerusalem.
Mr. Smuts, who succeeds Dr. Leyds as
secretary of stato for the Transvaal, Is lit
tle over 20 years old. Ho was educated nt
the Cape University and at Cambridge,
qualifying as nn English barrister.
Lord Pauncefote, the English minister to
this country, who has Just received tho
LL. D. degreo from Harvard nnd Columbia,
Is not himself a university graduate. After
leaving the Marlborough scnooi in ungiana
he spent four years in travel.
Eugene V. Debs denies that ho Is to with
draw ns n candldato for president on the
social democratic ticket and ho does not
understand how the story started. Dobs not
only will not withdraw In favor of Mr,
Bryan, Jiut ndvlees his party friends not to
consent to fusion candidates on local tick
ets.
Captain Alfred Dreyfus Is described by u
correspondent who has Just seen him as
bavlng undorgo'ne a wonderful change In his
appearance since he landed in France about
a twelvemonth ago. Ho Is no longer wan
and thin, a veritable wreck and the picture
of melancholy. On the contrary, he has
grown much stouter, has a healthy color and
seems really gay and Usnt-beartoo
nt a ratio of 16 to 1, the propose', repent of
tbo Ulngley act, with no definite tariff policy
proposed to take Its place, and tho proposed
abandonment ot tho Philippines, ho believes,
would bring "a financial catastrophe," with
"dlro consequences to credit and confidence,
to business and Industry," and would prq
vent the establishment ot a Just nnd gen
erous government In the Philippines "In
which the Inhabitants shall have tho larg
est participation of which they aro capable."
We think thnt to the sober second thought
of most Americans, It they allow themselves
to glvo such thought to tho political Issues
presented to them, tho dangers pointed out
by Mr. McKlnley will eccm to bo renl and
Imminent; those threatened by Mr. Bryan
and Mr. Towne will be, If not wholly Imag
inary, exceedingly remote. Whatever bo
tho causo of the country's present pros
perity, that It Is prosperous, and that all
ctnsses sharo In some menstire In Its 'pros
perity, will not bo questioned. That so
radical a change In tho currency as would
be Involved In tho Immediate adoption of
the free coinage of silver nt a ratio ot 16 to
1, and the payment of national obligations
In silver nt that ratio, would bo followed
by at least temporary disaster, will hardly
bo questioned by nny. Tho Immediate" ef
fect of such a change would bo to overthrow
credit,, public and private, to paralyze In
dustry, to compel a readjustment of values,
to produce An Immediate collection of debts,
with a consequent distress of debtors, nnd
In many cases bankruptcy nnd Impoverish
ment. The advocate of free silver under
present conditions' must plnco his advocacy
upon the ground cither that the ultimate
benefits will recompense for tho Immediate
disaster, or that 16 to 1 Is a mathematical
formula of absoluto and eternal justice, and
justice must be dono though the heavens
fall.
On tho other hand, It would bo difficult
for Mr. Bryan or Mr. Towno to specify a
slngl'o Instance of injury ns yet Inflicted
or immediately threatened by thnt Imperial
ism which, In their Judgment, threatens tho
downfall of tho republic. Doubtless very
great powers liavo been Intrusted to Mr.
SINGLE TAX IX l'EKIX.
City Where Henry flcoruf'n Theory In
In Actual Operation.
Charles Denby, former United States
minister to China, writes an Interesting
article for Collier's Weekly about tho
capital city of tbo great Cblnceo empire,
In which ho says:
On approaching Pekln tho traveler sees
tho great wall surrounding the city., Tho
south wall of the Tartar city Is the north
wall of the Chinese city. Tho entire circuit
around both cities Is 24.25 miles 14.25 for
the Manchu city and 10 for the Chinese.
Tho wall around tho Manchu city Is fifty
feet wide at the top and sixty nt tho bot
tom. It Is of earth faced with brick, each
of which weighs sixty pounds. Tho wnll
around the outer, or Chinese city, Is thirty
feet high, twenty-flvo feet thick at the
bottom and fifteen at the top.
Tho arches of the gates are of solid
granite, and the mnsslvo doors are locked
at a little after sundown.
Tho Tartar city is occupied by ttye court,
tho princes, the legations and stores and
business houses, but the important busi
ness of the city is dono In tho Cblneso
city. Hero are the theaters, the clubs and
tho great wholesalo houses. The Tartar
city was laid out In a grand style, with
broad streets and avenues. The only work
that is ever dono on tho streets Is just
before tho emperor goes to one of the
temples... Then light yellow d.lrt Is scat
tered on Ithom.
In general, the diplomatic representatives
have their residences on Legation street,
which the Chinese call tho street "of tho
subject nations." On this street the Dutch
legation is the first you pass after enter
ing the Chch Men or Merldan gate. A
hundred yards further Ib the American
legation, and opposite is tho Russian; then
come in their order, on either aide of the
street, tho Spanish, Japanose, German,
French and Italian legations. Along the
moat on a side street close to Legation
street, there Is tho British legation, and
somo distance away are the Belgian and
Austrian. The Imperial maritime customs
under Sir Robert Hart has Its chief office
here.
Insido the Tartar city Is the Imperial
city, surrounded, also, by a wall. In this
lnclosuro Is located the great Catholic mis
sion or the Pch Yang.
Inside ot tho Imperial city Is the walled
and moated "Forbidden city." Hero are
tho imperial dwellings and halls and offices
fifty or more. This Inner lnclosurc
measures about two and a quarter miles in
circuit and is called Taz Kin Chlng, or
"Carnation Prohibited city."
Here lives the emperor, who Is well called
the "Solitary Man." In 1894 the foreign
representatives were admitted for the first
time in tho precincts of tbo prohibited city.
The system of taxation In Pekln Is
peculiar nnd some account of it may prove
to be interesting.
Pekln is sltuato In the prefecture of
Sheen Tien Fu; that Is, tho region Inclos
ing tho Imperial capital. It Is divided Into
two hslen or districts, viz: Wan Ping Hslen
nnd Ta Using Tien, comprising roughly tho
eastern and western portions of the city
respectively. Theso two districts within
tho city, together with twenty-two dis
tricts and departments outside ot Pekln
including Tungcho, Ch'anplngchou, Pa-
chou, Sanho Slen nnd other towns mako
up the above-mentioned fu, or prefecture.
All of these places pay, through their re
spective district or department magistrates,
a land tax on arablo land only, which tax
goes not to the provincial treasury nt Pao
Ting Fu (the capital of the province of
Pechlll), but to the Imperial board of
revenue nt Pekln, Tills tax varies when tho
land Is held from tho emperor from that
levied when within the domain allotted to
a prince or his support, being larger In
the latter case. Taxes vary, also, with tho
crop-producing quality of the soil from 10
cents to $1.50 an acre, the land In each
distrldt being returned by officers designated
for the purpose, as good or bad, high or low.
Is not this practically Henry George's
idea of the single tax, and Is not a dis
crimination as to the crof). producing quality
of the land wise and proper? V note, in
passing, that at Hong Kong city lots are
not taxed according to their valuation, but
according to their rental value, and this
seems to be a wise procedure,
Inside the city of Pekln thero Is no tax
on land, houses or personal property.
Goods brought tbrought tho city gates pay
a llkln tax, but are exempt from taxation
afterward. The only tax on land and
houses In Pekln Is the tax on the trnnsfcr
ot real estate, amounting to about 10
per cent of tbo prica paid. This tax is ex
acted on n sale of property whether In
or out of tho city, whenever tho change of
the title registered hy the parties in tho
registry At the magistrate's yamen and n
rod deed is given. This exaction, however,
Is said not to bo uniform,
To tbe absence of onerous taxation of the
body of tho peoplo may, to a great ox
tent, bo ascribed the permanence of the
government. Nevertheless, In some pnrts
of her great dominions thero havo almost
always been riots and Insurrections. They
have greatly grown out ot untagonlsm to
foreigners, which unfortunately has re
cently found some show of justification in
the high-handed seizures of Chinese ter
rltory by Germany, Russia, England and
Franc. s..
McKlnley by congrcf, but what citizen hns
had his rights of life, liberty, or tho putsult
of happlncw! Impaired In consequence?
Soldiers have died In Cuba nnd In tho
Philippines, but they have been volunteers
who offered up their lives of their own fieo
will for humanity, lighting against despot
Ism In tho ono case and against anarchy In
tho other. It would be castor to find 1,000
men In New York City who have suffoiod
injustice from tho Imperialism of Mr.
Crokcr than ono man In the United States
who has suffered from tho Imperialism of
Mr. XlcKlnley.
Abroad, In Cuba there Is satisfaction with
present conditions and confident hope of
early Independence, promised by a repub
lican congrcta nnd rclterntedly assured to
tho Cubans by tho president. From tho
Porto Ulcans we hear no complaints against
tho tariff, which It Is In their power to
abolish when they will, fh Hnwnll the only
complaints como from Jnpuncso laborers,
who, having had their wages raised several
times slnco annexation, arc, Amerlcnn-IIke,
inspired by the Increaso to strlko for more.
It Is only from tho Philippines that any
complaints como back to us, and with them
como tho Indications ot a desire for peace
under tho United States flag, nnd greetings
of thousands of children already gathered
Into schools never before opened to them,
nnd certain to bo closed If tho American
flag should be pulled down.
Tho terrors of Mr. Bryan nnd Mr. Towne
are cither a dramatic fright r.ssumcd for
effect or a hysterical fright whlcb sober
minded men will not share. Tho republic
la not so freblc. It sutvlved the election
of Mr. Jefferson, whose election was sup
posed to be subversive of Christianity; of
CJcneral Jackson, nlthough from his corrup
tion of the civil servtco we have not yet
fully recovered; of Mr. Polk, though It
brought upon us the Mexican war; of Mr.
Pierce, though It Involved the repeal of the
Mirsourl compromise, and of Mr. Buchanan,
though It prepared tho wny for the war of
secession, and the republic will not be
whelmed In ruin, or converted Into an em
pire, by the ro-electlon of Mr. McKlnley.
STOIIY OV WESTEHX EXPANSION.
rinntliiK of (Irent StutCH nnil Cltli-N in
the lAmerlciiii Wlldcrursii.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The rapidity with which tho western part
of tho United States has been transformed
from savagery Into civilization is shown in
an Impressive way by tho fact that two men
wlio have died within tho past few days
Milton J. Payno and Charles A. Chaco wero
among tho founders of Kansas City, tho sec
ond city of Missouri In point of population
and wealth, and neither had reached a nota
bly advanced age. Both of them saw that
town expand from a frontier outpost which
was too small to bo put on any map to n
great trade center whose name Is known
all over the world, though neither of them
was born in it. In 1860, which Is pretty
nearly tho earliest date that Kansas City
figured In the census tables, it had a popula
tion of 4,418. It had 133,000 In 1S90. Prob
ably Census Director Merriam's count will
show that its population has gono up close
to tho 200,000 mark in 1900. And yet the
growth of Kansas City has been no more
remarkable than thnt of Chicago, Minneap
olis, Omaha, St. Paul, Denver and many
other western towns which could bo nnraed.
The creation of all of them has taken place
within a little over a generation of time.
Nothing in tbe history of the spread of
civilization over the world is moro remark
able than the planting of states and cities
In tho American wilderness which has taken
place within tho past half century. A
woman died a few weeks ngo who as a baby
was one of the survivors of tho massacre at
Fort Dearborn by the Indians in the war of
1812. Fort Dearborn was on the site of the
modern city of Chicago. That baby of 1812
was a woman before Chicago began to
emerge from the swamps near tho head of
Lako Michigan, while today It Is tho second
city In the United State! In population nnd
commercial nnd Industrial lmportanco and Is
ono of tho four or five greatest cities of the
earth. St. Louis Is an old city, as western
towns go, nnd has In tho neighborhood of
650,000 people, but there are persons residing
in it who remember when Its population was
less than 20,000. At a tlmo within the mem
ory of many living persons Missouri was the
only Btnte -west of tho Mlssfralpp! river
ana tho entire number of states was
twonty-four, which Is now forty-flvo. Rich
ard W. Thompson of Indiana, who died a
few months ago, saw in his early ycnrB a
foreign flag waving abovo Florida and the
strip of territory along tho north lino of tho
Gulf of Mexico onward to tho Mlssltslnnl.
and for many years beyond that time tbe
country's western boundary was the Sabine
river and the Rocky mountains.
Tbo sunflower which sprung un on each
sldo of the old Santa Fe trail, part of which
ran through Kansas, has been adopted by
Kansans as tho emblem of their state, and
mougn tno nume of the Sunta Fo .trail
brings up memories which seem today to
be as ancient ns the tlmo of the Arabian
Mghts, thero aro many persons In Missouri
nnd Kansas who aro not very aged who re
member when that famous highway was
furnishing Its Iliads to tho literature of
American adventure. Somo persons can
be met on tho streets of St. Louis who
wore hero when Fromont started iu tho early
40s on his career of exploration, with St.
Louis as his headquarters and Wcstport,
tho slto of the present Kansas City, as his
point of departure, which made him the
pathfinder of the Rockies nnd the Sierra
Nevadas nnd gave him a place among the
most picturesque figures of history. About
the same time Marcus Whitman was start
ing from the same point at tbe mouth of
the Knw with tho great colony of settlers
which won the territory covered by the
present states of Oregon, Washington and
Idaho for tbe United States, by treaty with
England, just before Fremont. Stockton and
Kearny were planting the Stare and Stripes
In California and advancing tho boundaries
of tho American domain in tho southwest
to tho Pacific. Tho story of American
expansion In tho contiguous part of the
prosent United States is a wonder tale.
Much of It has taken place within the
memory of muny persons who are not yet
aged. Somo of tho conspicuous partici
pants in It havo, comparatively speaking,
been allvo until yesterday.
' I.Alinil ANI POLITICS.
EiihIUIi I.ahor Lender Wrllcs on Out
look In Great Britain.
James Kler Hardle, tho well Vnown Eng
lish labor leader, examines in the August
Forum tho present position of "Labor and
Politics in Great Britain." Ho tells of the
Inception of the labor movement, of tho
difficulties encountered In gdttlng repre
sentation lu Parliament, of the fusion of
tho various Inbor parties into the "indo
pendont labor party." Ho concludes with a
strangely optlmlsllo prognosis of the part
organized labor shall play in the politics
of tho empire, In which ho says:
"Ono factor which will tell seriously
against tbe chances ot labor candidates at
the next general election Is the prevalent
war spirit. For nboiit a year every qucs
tlon had been submerged by tbo wave ot so
called patriotism which has swept over tho
laud. A subsidized press so preyed upon
the feelings of the nation, so misrepresented
facts and glorified untruths that for a tlmo
tho people went mad In support of a war
for tbe suppression of two republics, whose
greatest crlmo lay in their determination
to protect labor against the encroachments
I of the speculative capitalist. In tbe gold
mining region of the Trnnsvanl wages wsra
high; nn eight-hour day was secured by act;
of Parliament, colored people were pro
tected, nnd taxes were put on tbo profits
of gold mining Instend of on tho broad
shoulders of tho working clnss. These, and'
other mutters affecting tho Interests of
capital, but all benefiting the workcrs.Jed
tho capitalistic class to tho determination
to overthrow Transvnnl rule. They spent
half a million on the abortive Jameson
raid; nnd when thnt failed they set them
selves to secure their end by constitutional
meanr, ns Cecil Rhodes expressed It, Tho
presi-nt wnr wns tho result. Hut the work
Ingmcn of Britain wore In Ignorance ot nil
this, for many and varied forces were nt
work to make white appear black, nnd, ns
was to bo expected, succeeded. Thus It
comes to pass that such questions ns old
ogo pensions, tho housing of the people,
tho eight-hour day, nnd others of equal
lmportanco to tho workers, hnvo dropped
out of tho public mind or have been drowned
In tho cheering for great British victories.
"Wero tlmo given to allow tho publio
mind to return to sanity before taking tho
national verdict on tho wnr, thero would
bo still some hope for labor candldntes.
Forces arc at work which aro already be
ginning to tell in tho rlghtv dlroction. For
one thing, the cost of living has gono up
considerably, owing to tho wnr. In tho
coal trade, the mine owners are taking
ndvnntngo ot the patriotic mood of tho
nation to play havoc- with every form of
Industry, Coal has almost doubled In price.
Corporations aro paying twice as much for
gas coal ns they did two years ago, nnd
the price of gns Is being raised all around
In consequence. Railway companies nro
raising tholr fares nnd rates from the same
cause, and steel and Iron works are being
hhut down to ptevent 1oj from carrying
them on. Mr, Benjamin Plckard, member
of Parliament, chairman nf tho Mhiera
federation, stated in a speech tho other day
that tho profits of mine owners this year
are fabulously In excess of last year. To
complete the scandal, it Is only necessary
to add that the miners arc not benefiting
to tho extent of one cent thereby, ns they
are under an agreement, mado eighteen
mouths ngo, not to seek nny advance lu
wages before the end of 1901.'
I.At.'milNtl LINES.
Chicago Record: "We're engaged, hut I
fenr wo shall nover be nblo to marry7"
"Why not?"
"I spend nearly all I mako talking to her
ever the long-dlstnnco telephone."
Washington star: "Does your father
seem depressed and restless without occu
pation In his declining days7"
"Without occupation?- Why. he has a
camera and takes pictures of baby frn
morning till night."
Philadelphia Record: Swlpsey Muggsy
swiped a pnlr o shoes from a store ylstl
dny. Lifter-Did they lit hlin?
Swlpsey I don t t'nk so. I heard one o'
de fellers sav d.it n couple o' cops come
along while Muggsy wuz tryln' do shoes on
an' dey pinched 'lm.
Detroit Jnurnnl: First nelngate Thut
was a tlno prayer with which the conven
tion opened.
Second Delegate I don't know. It struck
me the statistics were not presented in a
way to give the Lord n clear Idea of tho
political situation.
Phlladclnhta Press: "It's strange." re
marked tho sentimental young Benedick,
"how Fate throws different people to
gether. By the way, how did you como to
know I'our wife?"
"I don't," replied tho old married man,
"and I never expect to."
Pittsburg Chronicle: "Speaking of ths
concert.of the powers," remarked tho Snnho
Editor.
"Who Is?" demanded the Horse Editor.
"I nm."
"Proceed."
"If the concert of the powers Is search
ing for keynotes, they can he obtained In
largo inipilicrs In- tho United, States."
Chicago TrIWiher "Where' are those ear-
'nest, solf-sacrlllcing men," demanded ,
speaker, "who wero wont to tnlk to tho
peoplo at the street corners four years ago
upon the political Issues of the day?
Whero nro they, I say?
"Talked thelrselves to death, I guess."
spoke up a solemn-faced man In tho audi
ence, lu response.
Noliody Knows tint Mother.
S. E. Klscr In lha Times-Herald.
Oh, where Is the Jam that Aunt Mary
mndc?
Nobody knows but mother.
Who put the nick In pa's razdr blade?
Nobody knows hut mother.
Where Is tho cherry iile hidden today?
What was It Sis and her beau had to sav.
While someone listened and then snuck
nway7
Nobody knows but mother.
Who was It felt In pa's pockets last night?
Nobody knows hut mother.
Why was pa angry enough for to fight?
Nobody knows but mother.
What's In tho letter sho happened' to find?
Why Is pa tryln' to treat her so kind?
What makes him Jump and keep lookln' be-
nina:
Nobody knows but mother.
KEEP A WIIISTLIV. ,
Denver Post.
Don't you never weaken, neighbor.
When tho world's n lookln' blue, '
When the days are days o' labor
Brlnrln' no results to you.
Keep a cllmbln' up tho ladder',
If you git a tumble, rise
Koop a whs'lln" till tho shadder
Ups an' scurries from yor skies!
Don't you let yor courago flicker
When ycr bnttlln' with despair.
Meet yer troubles with a snicker,
Olvo the laugh to every care.
Troublo of'n Is a bladder .
You kin prick with enterprise
Keep a whs'lln' till tho shnddor i
Ups un' scurries from yer skies! ,
Koop ycr pot o' nerve, a b'llln', '
Keep yer energy on tap,
When yor downcast, go to smllln'
Like you didn't caro a snap.
On the top o' fortune's ladder
With lis glories fix ynr eyes
Keep u whs'lln' till the shndder
Ups nn" scurries from yor skies !
Everybody has their troubles,
Somo nro mighty hard to bear,
Some uro only flimsy bubbles . ,
Stuffed with nutlili)' wuss than air.
If yer sad, you might bo sadder? "
Don't set 'round nnd bellows sighs
Keep a whs'lln' till tho shadder
Ups un' scurries from yor skids! (
Every lane must have a turnln'
An' you'll reach It by an' by;
All the luek fur which yer yearnln'
'LI be yours nforo you die.
Don't yo.i wince beneath tho gad, or
Smother hopo until It dies
Keep a whs'lln' till tho shadder
l.'ps an' scurries from yer skies!
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