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I'Aiuir.s lhavinh ion summioii.
I'nrtlcs leulnK (,. fllp
the. nuiiinier limy have The lire
sent to them regularly hy
nntlf) liilt The ,.,. P
olllee, In iiersmi or lij- mull.
The nililri-MN will I,,, -lninKet
as often us desired.
The full dinner pall Is the weightiest
ftrBiinirnt fur voting contlnunnco of
McICInloy prosperity.
Local iloinoernts nro Htlll Kt'ttlns to
gether, but the fact that tho process la
o lone drawn out shows how distaste
ful It Is.
Tho purchase of tho South Omaha
loctrlo light plant by tho Omaha Elec
tric Light company Indicates that the
latter Is also a linn believer in expan
dloii. Tho democrats are appealing to nil
''Bryan nntl-lniporlaltsts" to organize
Into clubs. (Jan It bo possible they con
cede that some anil-Imperialists are not
for Bryan?
The Central Labor union appears to
fco auxlous to engage In the newspaper
business. When the long-felt want ma
terializes It may transpire that tho Held
Is already occupied.
With thirteen branches of Its royal
ramlly exhausted, tlreat Britain may
yet be forced to substitute republican
Ifor monarchical forms of government.
(But not for a few generations.
And now tho Bryanllos are trying to
tnako out that republicans are fearful
f tho outcome In Maine, ltcpubllcan
puccess In .Maine Is Just about as doubt
ful ns was democratic success in North
jOarollnn.
Tho Joint touching committee of the
ruslon parties In Nebraska should em
ploy detectives at onco to see that
neither party to the alliance gets the
!08t of tho other In the appropriation
of the funds.
Tho pleasing announcement Is made
iTroin Lincoln that Bryan has his notl
llcation speech all ready. Tho people
Were In great fear that he would not
bo able to close It off In time for the
fcppolutcd meeting.
Nebraska's only democratic governor
Hoes not give Mr. Bryan nircli oneour
Hgemont when lie says that prosperity,
Everywhere In evidence, cannot be
EAIkcd down. Bryan's sole hope rests
pix talking down prosperity.
' It won't make much difference
fctiethor the allied armies march on
Pekln under one commanding general
provided only t.liey co-operate with ono
uuother under a single plan of opera
tions and accomplish the object It Is
results that tell.
' According to Police Judge flordon
Iho ndmitted adulteration of milk Is not
to be taken as meaning that tho tin hi
In loss wholesome than before adultera
tion. The peculiar code of law In use
In Omaha's police court Is not to be
matched In any other part of the world.
1 Now thnt tho retention of his seat In
Iho United States senate Is out of the
tvucstlou, Chairman Butler of the popu
list national committee will have to get
something equally as good promised
iilm If his devotion to Bryan Is to Is?
kept at the same1 temperature as before.
1 Adlal has been warmly welcomed
home In fact, so warmly that ho has
tobout concluded it will be far better
tor htm to stay home right along rather
khan put up with tho discomforts of life
In Washington that would be entailed
ly the occupancy of the vice president's
chair.
It will be noticed tho popocratlc yel
low Journals have ceased to remark on
the gullibility of tho president and
ppcretary of state In accepting as gen
uine tho Conner cipher dispatch. The
gullibility has all been on the side of
the popocratlc yellows, who were eager
to believe tho massacre stories becuuse
they wanted to believe tbum.
a Timns is run I't.Ksn.
The democratic victory In North Caro
lina carrying with .It the disfranchise
ment of nil the negroes In the tarlieel
state Is already beginning to work as
n thorn In the democratic llesh. The
Bryiinlte organs are trying to explain
away the Iiieoii-dstouey of democrats
depriving the blacks of the south of all
participation In the government while
declaiming In their national platform
against the retention of the Philippines
as a violation of the principle enunci
ated In the dei'laratloti of Independence
that all governments derive their Just
isjwcrs from the consent of the gov
erned. These explanations, however, do not
explain. "The unquestioned puriosc of
the amendment," says one of these
Bryanltc organs, "Is to exclude from the
right of suffrage the Illiterate negroes,
but at the same time the evident pur
pose Is not to debar from suffrage any
white man." And It goes on to at
tempt to Justify this discrimination on
lines of color on the ground that it Is
part of the race problem with no bear
ing on the constitutional rights guaran
teed citizens of the United States tinder
the fifteenth amendment. "The North
Carolina situation," It adds, "Is purely
'a state affair In which, according to the
United States supreme court, no other
power may Interfere."
But Is the disfranchisement of the
negro purely a state affair? On the
contrary, Is It not merely one step In
tho plan to rc-cstuhllsh the power of
the southern democratic oligarchy In
control of the whole United States?
When we are told that the voter of Ne
braska and of Illinois Is not affected by
tho suppression of the negro vote In
the south the facts are distorted and
covered up for partisan purposes.
Under the constitution of the United
States representation In congress Is ap
portioned among tho several states ac
cording to population as recorded by
the successive census enumerations. In
addition to this the constitution pro
vides that where any portion of the
male citizenship of the United States
otherwise entitled to vote Is for any
reason deprived of tho franchise the
representation of those states shall lie
cut down In the ntlo the disfranchised
voters bear to the entire number. If
tho southern states were accorded rep
resentation in congress In the ratio of
the vote cast excluding disfranchised
negroes the democratic party would be
a minority party for all time to come.
But more Important than that, the
vote In the electoral college by which
tho presidency Is determined is made
up on the same basis as the representa
tion In congress. If the electoral vote
of North Carolina and the southern
states were reduced as contemplated by
the constitution as a consequence of
this flagrant disfranchisement of the
negroes the Importance of the solid
south would vanish into thin air and
Bryan would have less chance of being
elected than Debs or Wharton Barker.
Tho suppression of the negro vote by
the democrats In 'the south Is, there
fore, not only a repudiation of the con
scut of the governed doctrine so far as
It applies to the blacks, but it means a
violation of the consent principle as ap
plied to all the northern states In which
manhood suffrage Is safeguarded.
How can tho democratic champions
make political capital by crying Im
perialist while they are trying to build
tip an oligarchy which makes the vote
of a sonthern democrat count for two
or three times us much as the vote of a
northern republican?
FKAltS INTKUNATlONAts W'All.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg says
Itiissla fears that an International war
Is inevitable unless she can arrive at
an understanding with tho United
States In regard to a courso to pursue
toward China. Tho chief objoct of Bus
slan diplomatic efforts now, It Is stated,
Is to bring the two countries Into closer
relationship.
Whether or not It bo n fact that Bus
sla fears an international war as the re
sult of the conlllct In China, the possi
bility of such n war Is apparent. The
dlttlcultles and the dangers of the Chi
nese situation, in their licurlng upon
the relations of the powers, are easily
discerned. The fact of the allies being
unable to agree upon a commaniIer-u-chlef,
so that they could combine for
a campaign against Pekln, suggests
what troubles might arise when the
question of a settlement with China
comes on for determination. Then the
danger of international war may lie
come serious unless tho powers, or those
of them able to control the situation,
shall have come to an understanding In
regard to the policy toward China.
The United States and (ireat Britain
have clearly dcllucd their positions so
far as the Integrity of Chinese territory
Is concerned. In the circular sent by
tho American Department of State to
our foreign representatives under date
of .Inly II, It was said that "the policy
of tho government of the United State's
Is to seek a solution which may bring
about permanent safety and peace to
China, preerve Chinese territorial and
administrative entity, protect all rights
guaranteed to friendly powers by treaty
and International law and safeguard
for the world the principle of equal and
impartial trade with all parts of the
Chinese empire." In tho House of
Commons u few days ago a member of
the British government placed (Ireat
Britain on record ns unalterably op
posed to the partition of China, thus
putting that nation in accord with the
attitude of tho United States.
If Kussla and the other powers are
willing to place themselves In harmony
with this position there would seem to
bo no dltllculty In the way of n common
understanding In reganl to a courso to
pursue toward China. Thu government
of tho United States, there can be no
doubt, would bo vory willing to unite
with Bussla for carrying out the policy
defined in the American circular. This
country wants no Chinese territory. Its
Interests will be best subserved by the
preservation of Ohlneso territorial and
administrative entity. If tho powers
now In possession of Chinese territory
are sutlsllcd with what they have got
nnd will agree not to seek or seize
more, there will bo little danger of nn
International war growing out of the
settlement of the trouble with China.
Russia. (Ireat Britain and the United
States, joined In opposition to the par
titioning or dismemberment of China,
could absolutely control tho situation.
They could not only preserve the ter
ritorial integrity of' that empire, but
they could practically dictate the terms
of settlement. The desire of the United
States Is to avert the war which Bussla
Is said to fear, if the latter Is also
really anxious to do so she will not
hesitate to place herself In accord with
the policy this country has nlready
made known to the world.
SAVINI1S HANKS' FHWIIK8.
The olllclal statistics of thevsavlngs
banks of the state of New York have
Just been published. They bear strik
ing evidence to the Improved llnuuelal
condition of the people who deal witli
these Institutions. It appears that in
the year ending July 1 the amount of
money due the depositors In the sav
ings banks of New York Increased over
$iKMO0.UUO. It Is observed that in some
years there has been a marked differ
ence between the llgures for the two
half years, but In the past twelve
months the difference Is not excessive,
though It Is striking, and the gratifying
feature about It Is that the larger I In
ures are those of the second half.
In order to realize tho great Improve
ment that has taken place since tho
period of Industrial and business de
pression a comparison of last year's lig
u res with those of that time Is neces
sary. In lt::i tho amount due deposit
ors was f.T',ooo.OOOf In 1S1H there was a
decrease of nearly 11',000,IM and In
181)."i the amount due was $:ttj.(X)0.U0U
The statistics for eight years show that
the deposits were larger last year than
In any other year of the series, but the
withdrawals were greater than In the
preceding jear, presumably for Invest
ment. More of the people than usual
bought homes or otherwise put their
money to what they deemed more prollt
able use than keeping It In bank.
These New York savings bank re
turns are not exceptional. Statistics of
other states give equally gratifying evi
dence of the Improved condition and
the general prosperity of the patrons of
savings banks. These constltuto a very
larg- element that must desire n con
tinuance of existing industrial and
business conditions.
1'Allt I'l.A V Foil ALL.
The city of Omaha has always pur
sued a very liberal policy toward the
railroads. It has not merely voted
bonds for the purchase of depot grounds
and terminal facilities, but has granted
Invaluable right-of-way privileges with
out exacting any compensation. In
several Instances the city lias closed
streets and alleys to enable the rail
roads to carry on uninterrupted tin I lie,
and concessions for trackage through
alleys and across streets have been
made on mere request of the managers.
It Is not therefore unreasonable for
this city to Insist that the railroads
doing business and enjoying special
trackage facilities In Omaha should ex
hibit the same liberality toward each
other that has been shown them by the
city.
The recent contention between the
roads that desire to use Kighth street
for trackage purposes appears to be an
attempt on the part of one road to
monopolize the entire street. Such n
course is not in accord with the spirit
that prompted the city to grant the use
of Its streets and alleys for railway
purposes. No railroad company should
have a monopoly of trackage facilities.
On the contrary every effort should be
made to make the trackage to the ware
houses and factories accessible to all
tho roads competing for their business
Instead of forcing them to depend ex
clusively upon one or two lines.
Conceding that the company con
structing the sidetracks through streets
and alleys has the llrst claim upon the
business houses thus accommodated,
It is neither right nor reasonable that
the city should discriminate for or
against any railroad In the use of Its
streets.
Sooner or later the city will have to
exact a franchise charge for all track
age on public thoroughfares under con
ditions that will put all lines on an
equal footing.
It hardly looks well for a candldnte
like Bryan to prate so much about Abra
ham Lincoln republicans when he him
self Is hooked up with a vice presiden
tial candidate who typllles the copper
head democracy that did Its best Jo ob
struct and embarrass Lincoln in the
war for the preservation of the union.
The real Abraham Lincoln republicans
will llnd little In the democracy of Adlal
to remind them of the republicanism of
the martyr president.
Of course the middle-of-the-road
movement does not amount to anything
nnd the protest of the fuslouists against
giving tho middle-of-the-road ticket a
place on the olllclal ballot Is Hied sim
ply for the sake of form. That Is what
the fuslouists will tell you, but It Is
plain they do not propose to take any
chances, knowing the desperate condi
tion of their cause In Nebraska,
Our amiable eon temporary Is re
minded that people don't have to live
on ir cents a day In this era of repub
lican prosperity, but when the threat
of Bryanlsiu was still on us before the
advent of McKlnley many of them
were not able to procure even the Ifi
cents. And they don't want to go back
to that condition.
There Is no more question of Uncle
Sam's title to the Philippines than there
Is of Ids title to Alaska. Ho acquired
sovereignty of on eh by treaty cession on
payment of a stipulated price and he
can transfer title on a warranty deed
wlthout'tlie slightest danger.
KIplliiK'i Propbelle Poem.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
"Far-called our navluj fado away," sang
Kipling in tho Kreate.it of all hla poems,
"The Itocesilonal," after the queen's Jubilee,
without a thought of China, or tho crisis
now exUtlug lu the celestial umpire, and
yet how aptly tho words apply to tho UnlUd
Statos ni our ships follow each other toward
tho Chinese const1 with all his sunroied
prophetical poweriMfic'poot, too, sometimes
sees farther than hdvktiows.
KmiKiii PiiiuilfVIs ItpttiriiliiK,
St. Louis tllobe-Domocrut.
Tho Kansas pojj'uljVLj nre returning to
wiu repuunran camp, naving laiica lo una,
as they express (tho hidden treasuro
at tno end of tho reform rainbow.
rine liiiltiitlim'iSf I mi i-r I u 1 1 1 in .
New York Mttlt'iuid Express.
Hy his own confixmlrin Hryan Is In favor
of forcing a stablo' government on the Fili
pinos without the -content of tho governed
If that Isn't lniperlllm It U a fine Imita
tion, it i
In Tit nt liiilie riiiitorliit Wonder.
Washington Post.
Colonel Wnttcrson should keep n very
close watch on llaho Ileckhani, tho Infant
gubernatorial wonder. There is constant
danger of him swallowing his campaign
button.
Three llemueriitle Absurdities.
Kansas City Journal.
Tho democratic campaign this year is
based on threu absurdities. That n re
public expanding Is an empire; that pros
perity Is hard times; that silver at 1G to 1
Is honest money.
Another Pointful St rim.
Washington Post.
Tho large Inrrenso In tho sain of mile.
ago books reported by tho railways rather
puts n curb on tho notion that all of the
commercial travelers aro being driven off
thu roud by tho trusts.
Kroner n timid llr iiiilte.
New York Tribune.
Prestdont Kruger appears to be a good
Dryanlto. Ho tl-Ils his pebpio thnt rhoap
paper money 1j as good ns gold, and niae.i
thorn taka It. On recovering from thu .In.
luslon they aro wild with linger, Just ns
our people would bo after same oxperltnce
with Bryan and 10 to 1 dollars, well di
luted with Stoveiisonlan geiunbacks.
Hum Jlr. Atklnxon I'uruot ten f
Kansas City Journal. ,
Kdwnrd Atkinson says thoro will ho
many thousands of miles of now railroad
built In tho United States In tho next fifteen
years. Wo aro surprised at Mr. Atkinson.
Han ho so soon forgotten thnt this country
Is rushing polbnoll to ruin nlong tho "lm
perlftllsm" route? in fifteen years wo shall
be a desert wastu. with not so much as a
cross tlo In sight.
Tide or I'oretun IiiiiiilKrutliiM,
Ht. Paul Globe.
Tho tide of foreign Immigration Into tho
United States during tho Inst fiscal year
wns CO per cent In excess of tho preceding
vear and nearly double thnt of two years
ngo. Tho llgtires for tho twelvo months
ending June 30, 189S, 1899 nnd 1900 were re
spectively 311V713 nnd 41S,f.51, Tho
great Influx of Jnpaneao (11,077) during
thrco months ending Juno 30 last has
ceased suddenly in conequcneu of nn or
der of tho omperor against his people leav
ing. Attuek on Tukiibn llliiuiler.
New York Tribune.
There nre now non tt deny thnt the nt
tr.ck on tho Taku fnrtv considered In tho
light of policy, was a, .blunder. Tho credit
uf having opposed It shines Ilka a stnr In
tho record of our nnval representative
there, nnd ho may JU3tly bo prouior of It
than all of tho rest ot his decorations put
together. The rush jin1 Pekln, of which
It was to bo tho proluda. Indeed took place,
but It was the ni3h of lln ChlneAo them
selves, maddened hy the attack and out
numbering tho foreign force on tho ground
and available fifty to ono. If tho attacking
nilmlrnls havo not to answer to thalr re
spective governments, history, at least,
will taku up tholr ciiso and not, ns it will
bo found, for whitewashing purposes.
1'IVE (i It HAT- KACTS.
IiileroilliiH; I.i'xhuii llruiwi from Sta
llNtlen of Our 1'nrelnii Trade,
St. Louis Olobe-Democrat.
Flvo great facto utaiid out In the his
tory of our foreign commerco for the flRcal
year ended Juno 30 lust. Tho bearing of
thuso facts upon the futuro of American
lndiiHtry. their promise ot continuing and
Incrcnnliig prosperity nnd thulr demonstra
tion of the value of our new tropical pos
sessions aro best shown by stating them lu
order:
1. The total volume of foreign trade for
tho first tlmo exceeded $2,000,000,000. Our
exports wcro $317,719,230 greater thau la
nny former year, while import) wero but
$1,980,000 nbovo tho largest previous record.
Tho world's net debt to us for goods pur
chased Is thud over $315,000,000 greater than
In any former year. Tho United States Is
a creditor nation.
2. Sales wcro moro widely distributed
than ever before, and have especially In
creased In thoso countries to which nil
manufacturing nations nro looking for now
markets. To Asia our exports wero 237
per cent greater than In 1890; to Africa.
92 per cent, nnd to Oceanlca, 102 per cent.
To Europo our exports exceeded $1,000,000,
000, but tho Increase over 1890 waa only
CO per cent. To neglect of our merchant
murine is largely duo the fact that our di
rect exports to South America Increased lu
tho decade less than I per cent.
3. Imports of luxuries and articles for
consumption Increased In tho year but $15,
190,483, while Imports of materials for manu
facture increased $107,375,693. These ma
terials wcro largely of articled not pro
duced In the United States, but many of
which may ho abundantly produced in our
new tropical posbphjIoiim.
4. Exports of manufactures wero $132,
281,300, nu iucrensn of $95,008,808 over 1899,
whilo In no former year did tho increaso
reach $50,000,000. Manufactures were 31 Mi
per cent of our exports, against 23 per cent
lu 1895, 20 per cont In 1SS3, 15 per cont In
1870 and 129i per cont in 1800. In 1SG0 our
exports of manufactures were, only $40,545,
892, whllo tho United Kingdom's wero
$013,358,202. In 1893, tho latest nvnllablo
year, Uritlsh exports of manttfneturea had
declined from $1.089,1.'J5787 In 1890 to $030,-
10o,325, whllo ours hudirlson from $151,102,-
370 III 1890 to $132,23l,'306 In 1900. These
figures show how thai republican protective
policy has not only ftinidi'us from depend
ence on European manufacturers, but Is
also enabling American goods to displace
British In tho world'srinnrkets.
5. In 1890 our imports.lohlelly of tropical
and subtropical product, from Asia, Afrlen.
Oceanlca, South Ainorlooo (,'ubn, Porto Hlco,
Hawaii and tho Philippines wero over
$203,000,000. In 1900 our. Imports from these
couutiies wero over $KW,000,000. Tho great
vtiluo of our new trnplml possessions lies
In the fnct that wu-enn hereafter obtain
from thorn tho article .which wo have hith
erto been obliged to .btiyt abroad. Our In
creasing demands fortJ.rpjlcal products can
now bo largeiy supplied from our own soil.
The most rapid growth In our Imports Is
In tho very classes of articles which these
Islands produce sugar, fibers, coffee,
fruits nnd tobacco. In 1890 our exports to
these Islands wero only $13,000,000, while
In 1900 thoy wero $17,000,000. Tho advan
tages of retaining these now possessions
to American manufacturers and consumers
allko aro thus evident.
The statfstlcs of our foreign trade, for
the flscul year 1900 show that the United
States Is Increasingly n creditor nntlon;
that Its trade Is growing most rupldly In
tho world's now markets; that it Mill soon
become tho chief manufacturing nation
and that Its now possessions are of tho
greatest value tu American commerco and
Industry. Tho United States has but to
persist lu thu wise policies of tho last four
years to become tha Industrial and com
mercial rraster of tho world.
POLITICAL POTPOl HHI.
North PIatt Trlbtino: Drother Nevllto
will need no Ico In hla campaign, Tha re
ports which conic in from the district nre
suftlclont to put Icicles on William's whls-
kcr.-. i
Hastings Itoconl; Tho best that can b
raid of tlovornur Poynter It that he Is a
poor weakling easily bunt to tho will of the
gang whom ho has permitted to manage of
ficial matters for htm.
Fremont Tribunes Tho officers of the
State Ilarbars' board nro now pulling each
others' hair. Thcro Isn't a single stnto
board or Institution that Is not In nn up
roar under tho Poynter administration.
Norfolk News: Tho democrats of Doug
las county aro rnther slow getting together
In the Interest of tho World-Herald's sen
atorial bee. Mr. Hitchcock is accumulating
n cholco collection of "stings of Ingrati
tude." Hastings Tribune: Oovernor Poynter has
mado such a horrible botch of attempting to
run tho stnto'n nfTalrs during tho past two
years that It does not seem possible, that
ho can secure half tho vote he did two years
ngo. In ntmoit every Instance Poynter has
proven himself tho wrong man to sit In tho
uubcrnatorlal chair.
Orceley Lenders After Lang and his sim
ple folk como Kearney with Its Incorrigible,
and then tho penitentiary. After these nnd
the I)cnf nnd Dumb asylum the stnto ought
to go to Poynter and llrynn, so ns to bo euro
of ehnos as well na calamity. It'o tho
easiest thing In tho world to havo both
whore llrynnarchy is strong.
Norfolk News: Wanted A brand of har
mony thnt will not rip, ravel or run down
nt tho heel, must bo In perfect order nnd
not subject to changes of temperature
Will bo subjected to n severe test before
deal Is consummated. Price Is no object
nnd no questions will bo asked the con
veyer. Apply nt nny fusion general, dis
trict or branch olllco nnd apply at once.
McCook Courier: Congressman Suther
land firmly itul nvowedl declines to be
lieve thnt Farmer Mot Inn, tho r ipubllcnn
nominee for congress In the KlfJ district,
raised llity bushels of wheut to tmcro on
his farm near McCook. However, t.y Isu't
anything compared with tho merry hades
Farmer Morlua will rnlso with lawyer
Sutherland In tho campaign for congres
sional honors this fall.
Uticii Sun: State Auditor Cornell has ap
pointed his wife to a position tn his olllco.
When ho first wont Into olllco ho placed his
wlfo on tho pay roll, but such a dust was
kicked up about it that ho canceled tho ap
pointment. Now ho hns only a few more
months to servo nnd this will bo the last
chnuco for a grab nt tho stnto treasury, ho
hns again appointed her to a position requir
ing little work for big pay.
Grand Island Indcpondont: It Is rumored
that Attorney Ocnornl Smyth will soon
make, another grand stand play nnd get
nfter tho Starch company nt Nebraska City
on tho theory that It belongs to the trust.
Tlio company employs many hands nnd
there nro many Nebraska towns who would
welcome such nn Institution. If tho nttor
ney general can chaso that trust out of Ne
braska City and Innd It In Grand Island we'll
stand right up for him.
Ilcntrlco Express: Tho mismanagement
of the Deatrlco Institute under fusion con
trol Is ono of tho things of which pcoplo
nro talking and tho facts in tho enso nro
being presented to tho voters In a way to
impress them. What Is truo of tho Ileatrlco
Instttutn Is truo In somo degree of every
Btnto Institution. Tho reformers have car
ried tho spoils system everywhere nnd that
system Is opposed to efficient service. Elect
republicans to olllco nnd thero will soon bo
a grent chnngo for tho better.
Kearney Hub: Tho Hub congratulates I
ex-Senator Ooorgo N. Smith of this county
on the fact that ho has been slated by Gov
ernor Poynter for commandant of the Sol
diers' In mo nt Grand Island at the begin
ning of hU second term. As a coincidence,
too, It has been noted that tho senntor has
lot up on his opposition to Poynter, which
may or may not bo nn Important straw to
Indicate how tho wind blows. Tho only
trouble with Poynter's promise Is that he
will not havo tho power to keep It, because
ho will not bo governor of Nebraska ngnln
so far ns any person knows of. Still we
congrntulnto Senntor Smith Just tho Hnmc.
Pender Republic: Tho fuslouists down in
Hurt county aro up a stump on their noml
neo for representative. T. A. Miuler of
Craig wns nominated without his knowl
edge or consent. Tho Hurt County Herald
two weeks ago (dated that Minlor had Joined
the Republican Hough Rider club nnd that
ns ho was 'regarded as n fiiKlonlst It wn.i
surprising that ho should bo soon refuse
to stnnd for 10 to 1. Tho Herald asked
who would fill tho vacancy, whereat tho
Uurtonlnn nnd Oakland Independent Jumped
straddle of Sutherland, no to speak, and at
tempted to call him down for such nn nn
nlhllatlon of their candidate and said It
was till a Ho. Sutherland nt onco wrote
to his Informant nt Crnlg, who called on
Mr. Mlnler for tho facts and tho fusion
nominee mndo thin reply: "You may say
my name Is on tho roll nnd It will stay
there." As tho llurtonlan said Mlnler hnd
not withdrawn from the ticket nnd did not
Intend to, It looks very much ns though
tho fuslonlsts nro In about ns miserable a
plight ns they well can got. If Mlnler,
who doubtless will support the roptibllcnn
ticket, but who is their legal nominee, dneu
not decline there will bo no vacancy to fill.
They can't forco him off. neither can they
nominate a now man. Thoy should have
found n man who wasn't satisfied with Mc
Klnley prosperity for their candidate in
tho llrst place.
SllverlteH Will Soon lie Lonesome.
Philadelphia Heeoril.
Tho remaining ndvocates of froo sliver
In this country will soon bo very lonesome
on tholr platform of 10 to 1. lly latest
accounts Peru nnd Costa Rico hnvo aban
doned frco silver colnngo nnd Joined the
gold standurd countries.
Friendly Hint to Cnriu-Kle.
Chlrugo Record.
Just to keen lilm minted nn lb ii wnrliCa
happenings, Andrew Carnegie might pay
cable tolls on a dlsnalcb telllnir A I'll Inn 1,1 n
what his friends, the democrats, are doing
to n Unrk-sklnned rneo In North Carolina.
Same tlniirolltiilile (Lime,
Kansas City Journal.
Tho democrntlo oruans that trlna t
feat McKlnley with hideous Hanna car
toons four years ago havo learned noth
ing by experience They aro nluvlmr ih
samo unprofitable, game again.
Not llxiielly llilltnf Inu (Iriuil.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
In demanding Do Wet's "uneoadltlonsl
surrender," Roberts does not exactly Imi
tate Grant. Tho Inttcr had his man where
he could not get away.
i-v KIiik tu Soldier nml Sudor,
MON.A, Aug. 5. King Victor Emanuel
HI Issued an order to thu land nnd stnto
forces la willed lie says:
'My thoughts go. out to all of you with
confldunco in this Bad moment. 1 am cer
tain that you will show mo tho sumu affec
tion which you hnvo shown my father, an
affection which, following thu paternal ex
ample, I return to ull my soldiers with
nil my heart "
II ii I it lnntltute IViir Tin-1 IT.
ST. PETERS11URO. Aug. C.-Owlng to
the expenses In connertlon with uffalrA In
China, the czar has ordered that the rate
of commercial tnrlff b raised, subject,
howover, to tha maintenance of thu tariff.!
maintained by commercial treaties
all i:yi:s o ciil-va.
When I first visited Shanghai, writes
Robert Mackay, the literary globe-trotter
In tho August Success, I mot an Amerlcnn
with his beard shaved and a quouo down
his back. I looked nt him nnd wanted to
laugh. I thought It would tnke a great
denl to make mo make such a fool ot my
self. Hut when ho Introduced me to others
with loose clothes, queues, shaved heads
and nil, I began to tnko tho matter morn
seriously, nnd when I went up to Chi Nlng
Chow, In tho province of Shang Tung,
found It necessary to don tho native garb
in order to appease the minds ot the "Know
Nothings." There nnd there only did my
semi-baldness stand mo In good stead, for
I was able to wear the queue without In
dulglng In the unpleasantness of n head
shave.
There was much nnxlnty over tho prob
nble fato of Rev. Dr. Francis E. Clark
president of tho Christian Endeavorers
who wns In China when the lloxer troubles
begnn, but ho Is snfe. His experlonco lends
additional Interest to his nrtlclo lu last
week's Saturday Evening Post on "John
Chlanman nt Homo; His Queer Reliefs
His Ridiculous Army. Dr. Chirk writes
"Tho army of China Is tho laughing
stock of tho world, nnd no wondor. It
a synonym for cownrdtvo nnd not for cour
ngo. It Is n rabbin picked up lu tho slums
lll-cqutpped, Ill-fed, Ut-ulothed, lll-pnld or
paid not nt nil. Even tho Chinese laugh nt
their own soldiers.
"At n recent public meeting tho speaker,
nn American, urged Christian courage nnd
fortitude, saying that his hearers must
endure hardship and bo brave llko good
soldiers. Whan his Chinese Interpreter
came to translate this pussagu ho Inter
pointed the remark: 'Of course ho does
not menn Chinese soldiers.
"Moreover, theso eoldlers know that they
aro constantly stnrved In rations nnd
cheated in arm nnd munitions ot war by
their superior olllcurs. Tous nnd toni of
gunpowder are filched every year from Chi
ncse forts and magazines nnd sold to the
firecracker makera. At the time of tho
Japanese war hundreds of government rifles
and even souio cannon were In the pawn
alior).
"During the early lloxer troubles a squad
of Chinese soldiers wan detailed from a
fort to guard the premises of imiiio friends
of mlno nt Pno Ting Fu, noar Pekln. Night
after night tho soldiers marched Into my
friend's compound aud ramped In ono of
his outhouses. At last It occurred to him
to request the soldiers to fire a salute, so
thnt nil lll-dltiposcd persons might know of
their presence To this they gravely re
piled that they would gladly do tso had any
powder been given them, but that before
the next night they would get some powder
nnd flro tho salute at 9 o'clock. Thereafter,
for a week or more, promptly at the np
pointed hour, tho welkin rang with n trc
mendouA discharge; of small arms. Hut one
night It was omitted and my friend, Inqulr
Ing the reason, was told that the soldiers
wero out of wadding. It wna afterward ills
covored that when the soldiers bad powder
nnd wadding they had no bullots."
':a fow years ago." said a Chicago clor
gymnn, "there went up a great cry for
'mlMsionelly Ulblen' In tho Flowery King
dom. Tho Rlblo society waa extremely grat
tiled. Tho demand wns unprecedented aud
thousands of dollars were uncut In nendlng
thorn nice, red morocco TestamcntB. This
sort of thing went on for n long time, hut
tho number of native convertn did uot tn
crease accordingly. Tho missionaries In
vestlgntcd. What do you suppese they dis
covered?" "That they used the Illbles for
gun wadding?" "No. They made firecrack
ers of 'cm. Practlcnlly all the nicely
printed lliblos that wo wero sending over
there wero roiled up In nice little rolls, n
pngo nt a time, and made into firecrackers.
The Chinese make llrecrnckers at home for
nn incredibly low price, und the paper thnt
they were getting free was n considerable
figure with them. Rut It taught us a Co
lcutlal lesson, ns I might nay."
How tho parents of the commnnder of our
forces In China, being, ns they were, the
plainest of plain fnrmer folk living in
prosaic control Ohio, camo to glvo tholr son
tho peculiar and incomprehensible, not to
say absurd, uamo of Allan Romnnza Is n
mystery dark Indeed, says tho New York
Times. It may be, however, that tho name
hns had something to do with Genernl Chaf
fee's career n desire, conscious or uncon
scious, to disprove tho Implications of Its
fomlnlno terminations and sentimental sug
gestions thnt mndo him tho very matter of
fact and matter of act man that he has al
ways been. A soldier from his boyhood, nml
In nctlvo service when thcro was nny pos
sibility of finding It, every step In his alow
hut steady rise from the ranks to the posi
tion of major general intrusted with a tnsk
of enormous dltllculty nnd delicacy, has been
fairly earned hy doing things. Thnt has
been tho general's specialty he did things.
Incidentally, ho did them well, but ho said
nothing about them, nnd for that reason, no
doubt, other people wero until very recently
almost equally reticent concornliig his
achievements. His enpturo of El Caney did
win tho popular attention ns well ns olllclal
commondatlon, but nfter that ho disappeared
again Into tho routine of duty, nnd only
tl:oo who hnvo followed Iho courso vt Cuban
affairs with especial cure knew how near to
all of what was admlrnblo In tho llrooke re
gimo should bo credited to Cliaffeo. the
silent hut uctlvo nnd effoctlvo subordinate.
In China, with an indopeilent command and
necessarily permitted to exorclso the widest
discretion ho probably has tho great oppor
tunity for wdlcd he has been preparing
himself for nearly forty years. It Is nn op
portunlty to wiu deathless fnmo for him
self nnd tho highest form of glory for his
country. Possessing Iho fullest confidence of
tho administration, nnd by nature nnd In
B.lnct tn hearty sympathy with Its present
policy, his billllant success Is 03 sure us
anything mortal can be.
TII.IIKN'S COIIX PUIIPIIIX V.
Preillellou of Amerleiiu t'ereul'N Sll-lireinnt-V
In I'll r 1 1 ii 1 1 y lleiillieil.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Twenty-fivo years ngo Sanuel J. Tlldcn
predicted that early In the twentieth cen
tury tho United States would anmially pro
duce and find profitable market for 3,000,
000,000 bushels of corn. Europeans vsho
thought corn unfit for human food would
learn from American rooks that It wna
both ngrecahlo and nourishing. He lit
lleved that somo day this country would
ent ull Its own wheat nnd spin and weuvo
all Its own cotton. Europo would still de
mand food, and would find It in American
corn, for which our cnpacltyof production
Is practically unlimited. Thus ultimately
our chief agricultural export would uot be
wheat, nor oven cotton, but corn.
Wero Mr. Tllden allvo today he could
point with pardonnblo pride to the fulfill
ment of Homo rafts of his prophecy. Tim
American corn crop this year will probably
reach 2.400.000.000 bushels. We wtlli have
plenty of wheat for export, but wo are yearly
exporting less nnd Inn raw cotton. The n
tnbllshinent of cotton mills ner the cot
ton fields is bringing visibly closer the
day when the southern states will cease to
export raw cotton nnd send out finished
products Instead. Nearly ull of the output
of South Carolina's mills, half of North
Carolina's, and one-third of Alabama's and
Georgia's goes to China, and that tnonnoi.u
market Is scarcely touched.
Mranwhlle Europo M learning to eat corn
bread and corn pruductn uf ull kinds. The
KjHtematlc mlmlonary work of our Agricul
tural department Is gradually overcoming
European prejudices against corn Even
in Ireland, whoro the people associated
American corn with tho cholera because
both ennio In the groat famine year, corn
products are In Increasing demand. DceplU
the alarming predictions of Prof. Crookes
the American whe.it area Is by no inonni
exhausted, nnd It will be n groat man
enrs before diMticntlc consumption of that
grain leaves none for export. And In any
even tho world can stlil fall back on com
An acre of good corn land will feed moro
men than an acre of Iho best wheat land.
Wo no longer hear of American farmers
burning corn because it will not pay to
haul It to market, Their "leagues of corn"
are the strength and prldo of great states.
Com often saved the Infant colonics which
became tho United States. Corn sustained
Washington's fighters for Independence. Tho
soldiers of the confederacy lived for months
nnd fought nnd won battles on com. Tho
soldiers of the union had the northern wheat
fields nt their backs, but they, too, marched
sturdily and fought gallantly on corn. Til
den's prediction of corn's supremacy, now
partially realized, .may be viewed with
equanimity by ovory American.
PERSONAL AMI OTIIKIIWISK.
Tho suggestion that the name of Pretoria
should be changed to Victoria Is said to bo
receiving wide support.
Luclndn Tnylor, who was once one of
tho slaves of Henry Clay, has been sent to
tho city inllrmnry of Cincinnati.
The average duration of mnrrlnges In En
gland Is twenty-eight years; In Franco and
Germany, twenty-six, Norway, twenty-four;
Russia, thirty.
General Haden-Powell, the hero of Mnfo
klng, has decided to refuse tho many pub
lishers' orfors made to him to wrlto nu ac
count of the Mafeklng siege.
Ilishop David II. Monro (Methodist) of
Cincinnati, who was assigned to tho Shnng-
hat district by tho last general confer
ence, has started for his post.
Senator Vest Is spending his vacation
quietly la his own stnto at Sweet Springs,
Mo. "Pvo tried vncatlons from Florida
to Alaska," ho says, "but I Und the best
plnco Is home."
Tho sultnn of Turkey hai fallen victim to
the automobile fad and Is so well pleased
with his particular machine that ho has
conferred n decoration on the malinger of
the Gorman works nt which It was built.
Thoro Is a dog cemetery nt Hnrtsdnle,
within rnsy reach of New York, which con
sists of thlrty-tho acres of undulating grass
land, a veritable nrcadia. Ninety-three dogs
nnd cats lie there, their grnvos being placed
In rows llko those of human beings.
A bishop coadjutor for the Episcopal dio
cese of Loud du Lac, Wis., will be elected
next month and If nn extreme high church
man is chosen it is believed that Trinity
church, Oslikusti, (do largest parish In the
dloccHC, will secedo to tho Reformed Epis
copal church.
It Is not generally known thnt It Is unlaw
ful In Ohio to keep nny native songbird lu
confinement. During a month twenty-eight
people were arrested In Cincinnati for this
offense, nml it Is estimated that over 25,-
000 birds have boon given their freedom
within tho last year.
An American woman, Miss Harriet C.
Fay, is chaperoning a party of eight young
Mexlcnn women, lately grnduated, who uro
making a tour of tho United States for the
purpose of examining tho schools. The
stnto of Vera Cruz pays nil the expenses.
They havo visited St. Louis, Chicago, Huf
falo, Now York and Huston.
Thtrty-flvo years ago nil England was
ringing with tho nnmo of Governor Eyre;
now he has completely passed out of public
memory. Tills former governor of Jamaica,
whGtio HUppreeslon of a revolt in thnt Island
created such u ferment In the England ot
the sixties, Is not only alive, hut halo and
hearty In his Devonshire retreat. He Is S5
nnd has been enjoying tho pension of a
I'LASIIEN OK WIT.
i niiiiiieipiiiii iie.in; mr. nt-ii"-t n itm
doctor says 1 absolutely must go away next
I. .. ....
I I.t,i,,.l llniwlnfi.fll T rvill'f t,nMlllllf
manage to gut away to go with you then.
Mr. llenpeek l'm-m! 1 guess tho doctor
must have known that.
Uiiltlmorn American: Miss Wunder I
think Mr limit Is such a breezy man.
MIhs rsnbbv Well, ho eertulnly does blow
a grent deal about himself.
Phltndchihhi Press: "I want to get my
picture taken," wild tho populist statesman.
"i.nmnei : inuuireu me piiijiiiKminirr.
"Wouldn't be Hiirni Ireil. If Hryilll's
elected, l'vo been promised a tip-top of
fice."
Wnulilnutnn fttnr: "Rome men." remarked
Uncle. Eben, "has Jes' enough activity In
'urn to keen em r um bein any gooa ion
hltchln' posts."
Cloveliiml Plnln Dealer: "Orltnsnn's neigh
bor was n crank nn gardening. Just before
he quit bo usked Urlmson to iook atier me
weeds."
"Old Crimson do It?"
"Vnu net be did! lie married the widow
Insldo of four months."
miinm.n lleennlf "Amelia, when n letter
cumo from you while you were nwny I did
not rend It for n nay in irnsi.
"What was that ror, r;ugnr:- ,
"llnn't vnu see? 1 saved one day s Inter
est on the money you nsked for."
-it. rr l l . 'f I wn tvAri, Int.
V IIH .li.il I Hiirn-iM itim. ... j ... .v. ....
ting her rldo In the call because shii was
pretty ana tier miner owneu hiui-k m m
road.
Mii'i.n ,,.nu ii,n fftutnut rim von ever
I, lllll . l.n .....
made?" she nsked the engineer.
'Annul a mile n micnim, in; iinnwi
i-.....1 l' ult.k nvnlii 111,', . "I illiln t
know an 'engine could go that fast."
"It can't," the old man said. "I mndo
this run the tlmo 1 told my w'fe's father I
as going m marry hit in ninn-
.i., rri-ii "e..11 Ttlll M nntri'il lhr
man from tln eltv. who had returned to his
old home Itl Hie inner i reen m-u i-uiri i
short visit, navo you uuys num-u mu
hool teacher this term?" ,
..IT,, I, I" irrlmiKil the Vlllllli; tntlgll Of
School District Nn. II. "You bet wo hain't!
We'ro llghtln' fur the prlv'lego o' klssln
Uer."
Denver Times: "Old Mrs. IlllllngHlea hart
her husband's body cremateu nnii pui i in
ashes nway lu one of bur empty fruit
glasses." ,
"Well, wouiiin i mm jm
llASnilALLISTV UMOX.
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
And now the base ball players
Have formed u union strong,
To which they say all members
Of their big league belong.
The'o's guessing nt the object,
Fur they're not telling ull
T'ney know about the motives
of those who piny basu ball,
TIs not through fear that hunger
Will 'round their doorways prowl,
For tbev have game In plenty,
And often cateh n fowl.
'TIs not because they're thirsty,
For every mind recalls
That each club has Its pitchers
To ileal them out high balls.
'TIs not through lark of Jewels
That discontent has grown,
For they're the biggest illamonds
Tho world has ever known.
'TIs not thnt they're dyspeptics
Through lack of exercise,
For often they're exerting
Themselves 111 catching riles.
'TIs not that they've discovered
A i1 is ft to square dislikes,
For long they've been accustomed
To going out on strikes.
They say they're after Justice,
They're sum nsalnst the farm,
And that's why some are viewing
This union with iilnrin.
Tho magnates feel unensv,
And somo lire In distress,
Fur at tho players' motives
They, like the rest. Just guess.
The weary umpires tremble
And don't know what tu do,
Afraid they'll be thu victims
Of torturo thnt is new.
And If some leading questions
A man should ilaro tn usk,
More mystery he's finding
Their .leader wears a musk.
We'll have to w'alt much longor
To leain this union's alms,
And whllo wo wait keep hoping
Our tvum will win mure gamea.