TH E Q-MA1IA DATEY UJ3B "W IS I)X ESI) AY, OPTO H ER tt. J 000.
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STATEMENT Of CiltCCLATION
Btato of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss. :
Oeorgi U. Tr.sch.uck. serre'ury of The B"o
Publishing coii'pntiy. holng dmy sworn,
says thin tho actual number of full ami
complete copies nf Tl IMllv Morning.
evening ami nunrlay Hee, printed Muring
tie month of September
was us fol-
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I.e.ss unsold mid i turned cupUs I l,:i22
Net totnl miles .Mll.Otlh
Net dally uvrnme 20.H20
ukohui; 11. T.yciircK.
Hub'-crlbed in my procure nnd .worn to
before me this With day or September. A. D.
J.I. It. HI NO ATM,
(Beal Notary Public.
Ono vision of the dark days from
180.1 to l.Mllt should be all that is needed
by the people nf Omaha who went
through that period.
The public debt shows a decrease of
5il.12L'.I.Ci during Hie past month-iin-other
evidence that this Is not a demo
cratic administration.
Hoosevelt certainly lias as much right
to talk In Bryan's state as Hryan to
talk In Roosevelt's stale, so honors be
tween them will be easy.
Now watch the typewriter supply
ligencles scramble for the privilege of
Installing their machines Into the High
school commercial department.
Tho prohibition special campaign
train Is heading for the southern states.
Wonder If It expects to break Into
Hrynn's title to the electoral vote of
the solid south.
The whites In Hawaii are fearful that
tho natives will control everything at
the approaching election. Southern
democracy could show them a way out
of their dililculty.
German papers attrlbuto the less hos
tile attitude of the Chinese to the in
fluence of the arrival of Count von Wal
dersee. Perhaps they fear he will use
his bath tub on them.
Omaha's school enrollment shows an
Increase of nearly a thousand over the
enrollment of a year ago. This does
not look as If there were any shrinkage
In the city's population.
A record of nearly Tfi.OOO admissions
to the musical festival during the
period of a month Is pretty good evi
dence that Omaha has a colony of
music lovers of 110 mean proportions.
The census llgures for Los Angeles
Elve that city lO'J.-nll Inhabitants,
This Is closer even to Omaha's 102,59,
than St. Joseph's 10'M)"0, Three cities
could hnrdly be more closely bunched,
Like their Chinese prototypes, the Col-
orudo Boxers who ussaulted Hoosevelt
tire trying to slilft responsibility for
their acts upon someone else. Their
next cnori win prouamy ue directed to
proving that Hoosevelt assaulted nini-
P-'".
Congressman Hnlzer hns been drafted
4r. I,. I,. II,.. II,...,,., .,-,. I.. I ... In, 1, ik (!,,..
tt little ginger may be Injected into t lit1
tour. I'uleNS things Improve a consul
tatlon of all the democratle political
doctors will have to be summoned very
noon.
Kx-Senntor Hill has come out for
Hryan. The best antidote for Hill's
oresent Indorsement is the speech he
delivered In the Chicago convention four
yeurs ago. In that speech he made nn
unanswerable arraignment of all the
jwild doctrines which Hryan represents,
The tnll of the republican ticket
treating more Interest anil drawing
larger crowds thuu the head of the pop-
wcrutle aggregation Is able to muster,
even with the Incentive of state pride,
Nothing could better exemplify the de
cadence of popocratlc sentiment In the bank exchanges would drop to a mlnl
Btate. mum. The revenues of the government
Hryan has the tlnest collection of par
Hiuount Issues of any man who ever run
for the presidency, lie uas one tor eacn
Btnte In which he spenks and, as no no
tlco has been posted that the factory
has closed down, several new ones can
reasonably be expected before the end
Uf the campalgu.
Ooveruor Roosevelt should bo pretty
.Well acquainted wltb the topography
1
Nebraska when he finishes 111s cam
palgnlng In tills stale, lie win nave
..,.!,.. i ,.verv congressional district
und traversed the greater part of
railroad mileage of the state, with stops
. , ,.m...
In every 0110 of the largo el ties.
XUTCOVXT1XO O.VJHMVl.V
The lloston Transcript remurks thnt
It Is plainly apparent that the fanners
of the west mul northwest who nre hop-
Ins for dollar wheat are not looking to
the elertlou of Hryan. "The upsetting
of business contlltlons which would fol
low," Hays that paper, "tho uncertainty
which results from 11 change of political
leaders when business conditions have
been satisfactory would put aside all
hoj)e of dollar wheat. The sure way for
the farmers of the northwest to help
along the cause of dollar wheat Is for
them to vote In necordiiuco with their
own Interests, perpetuating the condi
tions of general business prosperity."
There Is no doubt that most of the In
telligent fanners of the west and north
west fully understand this. They have
had three years of prosperous condi
tions, during which they have paid off
all or il largo part of their obligations
and Increased their assets. Many of
them who were In debt four years ago
now have bank accounts. Such farmers
do not want 11 cliange. They do not
want free silver, which would delme
the currency, and they do not want free
trade, which would be disastrous to
their home market. They know what
Is to their own Interest and they are not
In the least alarmed by the twin bogles
of "Imperialism" and "militarism." Let
no one doubt that the level-headed and
prosperous farmers of the northwest
will look out for their own welfare on
election day.
Al.i. AIIOVT Till; (illtlAT VOXSPIUAVY.
four years ago tho chief burden of Mr.
Hryan's speeches was the cotwplr.vy of
the money power. As depleted In his
lurid language this conspiracy was 1111
Indescribable monster alt. -mating Ids
abode between Wall street and Lom
bard street, devastating the country and
consuming the produce of the people.
The great object of the conspiracy of
the money pow r, according to Mr.
Hryan. was to make money senrce and
Interest rates higher. The money power
was opposed to the free coinage of silver
because that might have Increased the
money supply and deprived It of some
of Its unearned prollts.
The sti'-cesslon of events since 1S00
has proved the uliMilute baselessness of
this llctlon about the conspiracy of the
money power. Instead of making
money scarce, money bus become more
plentiful. Instead of forcing Interest
rates up Interest rates have gone stead
lly down. If there was a conspiracy of
the money power It has certainly proved
a most Ignominious failure.
No wonder, then, that the conspira
tors, iu .Mr. Bryan's Imagination, have
been compelled to turn to other tfelds.
Instead of a conspiracy of the nioniiy
power It Is now a conspiracy of tin
trust power on one side, and ft con
spiracy to overthrow the rupublle and
set up an emperor on another. The
conspirators have simply extended
their ileitis of operation and multiplied
their movements, of course with the
same dire object of crushing down the
people. The Imaginary conspirators
work overtime all the time nnd the
pernicious plots they plan out keep
the watchful Mr. it.-yan on the Jump
night and day.
What would Mr. Bryon do without
conspiracies all arouhd hi in on which to
build up his political fortune.'
DISVLAVIXO TltK Q0I.0 STAMiAM).
There not being a reasonable doubt
that Mr. Bryan, If elected, would do
all that Is possible to displace the gold
standard, to which he has declared tin
alterable hostility, yet there are some
who think he would be powerless to en
force his Ideas and nre willing to take
the risk while admitting that If the
monetary policy of the Hryanlte partj
should be enforced It would be disas
troim to the country.
.Secretary Oage and other competent
authorities have clearly shown how a
Hrynn administration could practically
nullify the gold standard law and there
y produce tinuticlul disorder and Incal
eulable Injury to the Industries and bus
ineHH 0f the countrv. The l'Mntinclal
Chronicle, a very high nuthority on a
(lll,.atlon of this character, points out
thnt uvcu jf Mr, nrynn were unable to
......... ollt .,, ,)Urpose to which he I
,,je(igwi during the tlrst two years of hi
0,nctll career, that would not end th
rlsk Hl! Would continue to push his
IiIohh mul even If. nfter all. says thnt
I I.........1 lt.i ulw.nlil im fhtffintitil 111 lilu
J ' " " " ' . . .
1 .: I I'"''"". ' -
,iiiinr tti rcuit iinu uiitiii 1 nit iiii'i
the continuing feature of his tireless
spirit, always seeking to change on
standard of values. From the day o
his election to the ,day when he laid
down his ofllee he would be plotting
plnuulng and scheming to advance his
Ideas. Business could not tlourlsu, en
terprlso must bo at a standstill, while
this revolutionary, uuseimng innuence
existed and prevailed.
The currency stundard being the part
of our ludustrlnl organization toe sin
blllty of which Is most keenly sensitive
to the slightest suspicion or weakness
Is let only a doubt on that point tuke pos
session of the phbllc mind and a drain
on the treasury gold would begin and
busluess paralysis would be an inline-
dlato result. There would be a sudden
- contraction In trade transactions and
would necessarily decline the re
- uu,.t,u activity of business, since the
productiveness of taxes depends upon
tll0 ,jt.gr,.e 0f prosperity the country en
- ioyHi Wlth a deficit In government rev
,,mu, tno ROi,i Ktandard would bo at tho
,m.roy 0f whoever happened to be sec
retry of the treusury. An adinlnlstru
tlou thut desired to mulntnln the gold
reserve could do so, but one bent on sll
ver payments could tnd Just enough ills-
or cretlon uuuer uio mw 10 jienim mo
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- ennngo to mnn m i- ii.i..in-uu. n
nuuum mm ..vi ........ ....... .......
a course would be at once followed by
the drawing out the gold from the treas-
ury nnu iu " ., .. ..-,...
would prevent any automatic replenish-
Ing of the gold reserve there would
soon come the necessity for selling
uoll",' , ,
An niiministrauon coniuiuieu 10 iree
ullvi.r u-ritilil iinilmlilv have soUIC Clllll
, , ...., 1,,
cuiiy 111 selling uomis, j nu umu ..--
talnlv have to be made payable, prlncl-
pal and Interest, In gold, und would n
i .i.,.iia,iii, ,l tliU? Wniihl
. ' .. 1 , . ita
u nut uunci huu ouv.ii D.v......".. ..o
opportunity to displace the gold stand-
ard and put the country on a silver
basis? At till events, It must be appar
ent to all practical men that the menace
of these things Involved In the success
of the Hryanlte party cannot fall to pro
duce conditions most damaging to all
Interests.
LA H'l'KIIS AUAIXST HUYAXISM
Prominent lawyers of New York have
organized a sound money campaign club,
of which John (i. Carlisle, secretary of
the treasury lit tho second Cleveland
administration, is president. The mem
bership Includes such prominent demo
elilts as Francis L. HtetSOll, Who Wits :t
law partner of Mr. Cleveland; lieorge
1 loudly, formerly governor
nf Oliliv
Wheeler II. l'eckhnui and Franklin
Ilartlett. These men still believe In the
principles of true democracy, but they
repudiate llryaulsm.
I'he resolutions adopted by the club
oppose not only the free coinage of sll-
ver, but condemn the Chicago platform
, , , .. , ,,,
ns n whole, declaring Its doetilnes to
be revolutionary, Involving, as they do,
the honor, prosperity and welfare of the
country. They declare that the In-
tegrlty honor and purity of he Judicl
ary should be maintained and the su-
premc court should remain beyond tho
power of political Intriguers to Inlluenee
'
or coerce; that contracts, public and
private, should be Inviolable and that
the L'ovei-iitncnt and Individual citizens
should meet their Just debts and obllga-
tlous in the best money of the world;
hat It Is the duty of the president to
. . .......
see that tne laws 01 me uuurti piiu
are enforced, and "that. In our opinion
the defeat of Messrs. Uryan and tstev
nson. Is essential to the permanent and
indent maintenance of the gold stand-
urd of value In tills country."
The club will undoubtedly exert a
decided influence In New iork und
nmlmldv bevond that state. 1 he fact
uihj. .,,,., ..... . ..
with it Vannot fall to carrj weight
. . ... 1( f....11.l.. Iu lilnlltltliiil I
t
with gold democrats eerjwneie,
for no one has n stronger claim to their
(ihlldence. With such able represents!
lives of truo democracy arrayed against
Bryanlsm In the empire state repub
licans may conUilentiy nope tor a vie
orv there no less slgnnl than that of
our years ago.
The new High school building should
bv nll means be a fireproof structure
and the school board made a mistake
.viinn it neri-cil to ehennen the character
t il.,. i.iiiiiiiin- pnther than erect one or dtlwn of Clermnn antecedents has less ln
of the building rutliet tlian rtu on. 01 u,n nm, worp ,upi,nlulon than any.
the less expensive Wings tlrst. If the bgJy cUe( aml Ja tll0rcfcrc u,raia cf Rhosts.
mistake can yet be corrected 11 snouiu
tu, limn, without fnll. because It would be
almost criminal to endanger the lives
aimo.i. iinu ,,,,,, ,
of hundreds of school children In 11
building liable to destruction by lire.
We already have enough llretrap school
buildings.
When Andrew Jackson was running
for the presidency he was assaneii i.
iiiu iminiticiitM as a despot trying U.
1 -1 1
make himself emperor, and when Liu
coin was up for re-election he also en
countered the charge that he was
trampling on the constitution and that
lilu i-i.ilectlou meant the deutll of the
1.11,. ii,,t tin. remiblle stll ves.
iH'iiiM.w -
While the popocrutie state oiiiliius
are rendering an account to the voters
of their stewardship. they might explain
. ,ux. .. ii... ,i,.rn.n..iu
wn.v over .;.wuto w-
, 11 ... 1 .1.,
school fund is allowed to lie une uiiu
people kept In Ignorance of the batiks in
which It Is deposited. The putilie, to
1 . n. w,..v iiMmipq Is entitled to
whom the monej belongs, is u.tiuui to
an accounting.
If anvtlllng more were needed to place
Hon. John G. Carlisle completely under
'. ...in. i,-i,.i,v itiiiniwriitH his
the ban with Kentuckj deuiOLrats Us
denunciuUon of democratic election
methods In that stale would be sum-
cleut. The democrat WHO lavors 11 uee
....ii,.r ,! n fair count Is nut Hi the
good gruces of Kentucky democracy
LoL'tHlntlvo candidates 011 the popo
crutle ticket assert uiuler oath tliut they
did not spend 11 cent to secure the nom
inations. They might conscientiously
have added that the nominations are not
worth enough to warrant any prudent
m, in in unending money to secure them.
The success of the auditorium project
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will denend lu a great measure upon
, n. or of the men who can be
the thatacter of the nan who tan ul
Interested in taking the active manage-
ment. With lirst-ciass anility ut tne
head of the undertaking the coulldence
of the public can be held from the sturt.
IUO uniailll omnium iinu hum uukuii
another year s work under most promts
Inc auspices. The Woman's club has
been a factor for the good of Omaha
ever since its organization and with
the same broad management will Und
a wide field of usefulness before It.
A Cemetery 1'tmh
Chlcugo Chronicle.
The foot ball fatality season has opono.l,
with prospects of an average yield,
Club
1 11 m ( oil it ttt run llli-ll In,
Ilrooklyn Uagle.
Governor Hooaeelt made more votes by
his endurance of contumely in Colorado
than the rioters can ever hope to make
with clubs and opltnets.
,o l.lKbt Illumlnm tlir Cn verm,
Washington Post.
Cowardly assaults upon tho oppos.tl-n
sneakers cannot but Injure the cnusa they
aro designed to assist. People who threw
eggs nnd stoneB, however, nro not suffi
ciently equipped with brains to realize this
fact.
Triivrllnu In (Irriii Style.
Chicago Tribune.
That horny-handed son ut toll, the Hon,
Bourke Cockran, who travels In his own
private car and requires as much attention
as a prima donna, feels Impelled to take a
Dart In this cauipalgn because of his fear
that Imperialism and corporate wealth
threaten to destroy this republic of work'
tufmcn.
Adliil's Pipe DreHiiis.
Nmw York Tribune.
Adlal sees awful visions of "the lm-
raetise standing trmy, the dread arm of
militarism." That Is to say. It Is pro-
l,08cd t v nation of 75.000,000 an array
of 100,000 one soldier to every 7D0 cut-
zcn8, what a hideous oppression that will
be, to bo sure!
AillnlV .Supreme (rnvlr.
New York Sun.
Tho "supreme uravlty" of tho Usuo about
which Undo Adlnl writes Is not cqunl to tho
supreme gravity with which he writes about
It In his nonullst letter of acceptance, let
he Is not frightened In tho least and may bo
seen EOlnK about tho streets ns chipper as
If he were not trying to uso an "overshadow-
Ins issue" as an umbrella.
Deed Vermin Wind.
aiobe-Demooriit.
In referring to tho regulation of trusts
Clovcruor Itoosevelt says: "Words do not
hurt; deeds olte." In tho samo year that
a republican leclslature In New York passed
a law taxing franchises ti democratic lcgls
Utufo in MWkourl defeated a similar
measure, in ftcw ion; tnoro is rupuuumu
action ; in Missouri democratic wind.
A Continuous I'rrforninurr.
Indianapolis Journal.
In his speech at Or and forks, S. 1)., Mr.
Dryau said: "I am a vouni: man, nnd In
the course of nature 1 shall bo hero tor
Boverul years. 1 say this for the benefit of
P' p V, ,, , , " ,h..ir fast
mo as If they thought this was their last
clmtlC0.. Tuo Anlerlciui pi;oplo are not
accustomed to hearing that kind of talk
from a candidate for president.
uf Uola ,,.
Portland oreonlim.
Tho Bufferings of tho stranded minors nt
Cape. Nome have been greatly Ineieaaod
pv tn.n tno montn tno, oncci o. u
i mltM Imvii limn trrtrt. hilt nifUlIiHt WulCU
. llwrllrH . . ,Uy .. nll eX.
p0Bed beach were powerless to protect them-
selves. Htnce the guvi-rnnicnt. in tno namo
N "''' u:!"tk"11.i '"'"f, ""1
It may bo hoped thnt the task will 1:0 com
pleted without needkss dclny.
In flrNt llnte Co 111 puny
Philadelphia Hecord (llid. dem.)
Ex-Secrotarv of tho Treasury John (1
Carlisle has been elected president of the
Lawyers' Sou-.id Money Campaign club of
New York City, composed of leading mem
bers of the bar of all nbades of political
opinion. This organliatlon has uUopteu
strong resolutions condemning the attacks
In the KnnsaB City phitform on tho single
KOUI blltUllUlU UIIU UH luu n.uv ..i.i- v.
me cQurt anJ IccllirluK tnat ..lllc
lofcul of-nry.tn am, su.Venson is essentia!
to tno permanent and cfllclunt maintenance
of the gold standard of value In this
,-ouutry. Mr t anisic, 11 win ue oustm-u,
stands politically where lie stood four years
ago and a noble compnny of truo domocrats
and publlc-tplrlted citizens stand with him.
u'liiii Mi r hi: nta.mpi-
Drinoeriit le Annum utloii that limutts
tierniau-AiiierlruiiA.
Portland Oregonlun.
The democrutlc cumpalgn managers
sonn to have deemed tho Oermun-Anierlcan
votor fulr game. They proceeded 011 th
inrultlng assumption that an American
rll0 hobgoblin of militarism has teen
danced beforo tho eyes of these (Jerman-
Americana -na.in.i iryanuca navo .a. c.e.,
that they havo soon largo numbers of them
f . . . th ,,eraocratlo
cnm, They have caught tho German, they
think, or they say they think, hy playing
the old tnreaunaro jaes-o -iauiern iricn ai
tho window of his fears.
Problem: If nn army of GO.COO season' d
American soldiers Is nimble compleiely to
subjugate 100,000, more or less. Ignorant,
untrained and poorly armed K.llplno rebels
how long will It tako an Imperial American
,irmy of 100,000 soldiers to conquer 80,000,
UU0 American citizens who know their
rights, nnd knowing, daro maintain th mi?
Tho German-American Is a cl'lzcn of
sense and sobriety. Ho knows a silver
hawk from, an "imperialistic nanusaw.
1 . . . raon ,).. , uu i,o turned
l.lu Krtnl. nn llm ilnmnnrn I in nrirtv unit VO pd
f(Jr goun(1 moni,y. nj- tnu amc token ho
wm be able to reach his own conclusions
about "Imperialism.1 when he inquires
among his neighbors, ho Is not able to lay
... .,., ,h,
I Uin IlIIKVin 111 mi uuv ..w ..... M......V
lB an ininoi-lallai : and ho knows that
ng friends nnd ncqualntnnc.es are not lying
when tuey uecinre mat tnoy ao noi pro-
Pso that the republic shall bo troniforraed
1 lmp(,rlal8t7
Where enn ono bo found? Who can smoko
out nnvbodv of whom n reasonnblo sus-
pcon mny be entertained that ho prefers
tho despised purplo of kings to the glorious
red, white and blue of tho land of tho free?
. Oerman-Amorlcan
bo BtalIlne(U(1. Hc
unrtorstands the truth ns to militarism and
imperialism anaiN more iiupuriiun. nun, ue
knows aooui uryan anu ..rya.i.a....
CULLED from the Field
Democrats with more nervo than political call their thirty-day poll. When tho sixty- luslon and a lame and impotent conclusion,
scrctlon swung a Hryan banner across ono day poll was taken tho reports of largo num- Intended to mislead the Ignorant nnd un
it, streets of tho Wall street district. b,ora of vo1tr'' w'10 e?W "Lb! ''I'"'1 w" tnlnklnK' 11 ls Intended to conceal an at-
Now York City, a week ago. Tuo tmnner
created much astonishment and criticism
ami nrouaed republican zeal. Threo days
aK0 another banner appoared beside tho
r. f
first ono. creating an equal amount 01
Wi,s and evoklDK B'sn'cut
eecQai baQner contillns no ,,0rttralts,
mU plains tho principles the first stands
for. it reads:
"If there Is any ono wno uoiieves iuo gum
standard Is a good tiling, or mm n i"
bo maintnineu, 1 warn l"
vote for me. because I promise him It will
.... uo maintained ill tills coioury iuukui
- 1 than I am able to get rni 01 u. mmm
Jennings uryan, ivuoxvnie, uu.,
ber, 1896.
The nartv stands where It uiu in isjo on
tho money question." William Jennings
Hryan, Zaucsvllle, O., Septcmncr , vtvv.
Correspondent Pepper, who has mado a
political tour of Indlaua. Ilnds tho campalen
outlook decidedly mixed. Ho says:
"Indiana Is 110 man s land poniiraiiy. 1110
. , desperately uncertain. Hoth parties
ar muffing and guessing, but at this tlmo
thoy have Uttlo definite bun's 'or their
-"V: " uv . ,.h nr..
Claims, uouutiui voicrs uuu
... . . .... I . tltn .inllo
' . ..,,. fnctors. and for
, ,klf ,n.,lanft thl8 yei(r they are un
tlkuaUv nUraeroug.
. . . . , , ... ni,0t the
democratic drift and tho republican tine,
but In traveling around I bavo found
i,i,n- .irlft nn, iiitn Thn wholi) caul
nniirn which la tn determine whether Mc
Klnley or Bryan will havo tho fifteen
elrctoral votes Is ahead. Tho period Is
nhnrt. und it ls not tho fault of the cam
palgn managers on either side that the tin
n.rtnimv' ! n ureal. The large In
dependent and Indifferent class of voters
uhirh retimes to ho hurried into making
known Its Intentions is the causo of the
confusion.
"Hoth parties are now taking what they
THEODORE
Hon John D. Lonit. Secretary
Theodore Hooscvclt Is 0110 of tho Inter
esting personalities of our day and sencra
tioo. Ho Is a picturesque- IlKure, nnd was
so before tho rough rider uniform and hat
existed, nnd would be even It he had never
worn them. A puny child, whoso health
was despaired of, ho grew to bo a stalwart
athlete. Within him was n vital spark that
has flamed Into perfect physical vigor. Ills wna Uat to thMr g(.rtB s ho was ro
characteristic is force. This is tlio central lontless to their faults. The cltlion who
quality. Uut with this nro an honest inlnJ, )irayS for Ku0,i government nnd honest
right motives, readiness and directness 01
speoch, frankness and courago, and high
Ideals of public and private duty and serv-
Ice. It could not be otherwise than that
Buch a man should not only nil tho popular
eye, but command tho popular favor. Tho
pcoplo Uko a bold man, a squaru man, a
strong man, and they know Instinctively
that ho is ull these.
Hut this Is not all. A man might have
nil these qualities and yet fail under ths
test of actual performance. Uut Hoosevelt
has been legislator, police commissioner of
the great city of Now York, United States
rlvll service commissioner, assistant sec
retary of tho navy, commander of a regi
ment in battlo nnd governor of tho Kmplro
state. In nil thesu positions covering an
unusual variety of service and testing tho
practical capacity and ability
of tholr
holder ho has made his mark.
Then. too. his llfo and career cover a
great variety of tho phases of our national
llfo and identify him with all classes of
the people. He was born of n good nnd
well-to-do family of Dutch stock in New
York: he was a student at Harvard; he
Nest Eggs of
Philadelphia
Tho Pennsylvania State Dunking depart-
ment reports that In May, 1900, the aggregato
deposits In tne state banks, saving Institu-
Hons nnd trust companies were $329,022.-
427.97. In November. 1S!6, they wero $213,-
664,457.44. The deposits in the savings
banks, consisting prlnrlpally of tho cam-
lugs ot labor, in November, 1S06, wero $77,-
429,347.87 When tho menace of llryanlsm
passud away the deposits began to lncreate
until in May, 1900, they bad reached $105,-
41C.8K3.93.
Turning to New York, wo find still mora
convincing evidence of the prosperity ot
our workers. In July, 1S96, the saving
banks' deposits In that state were $710,032.-
899. On July 1. 1900, they had Increased to
$922,0Sl,f9t. This Is tho largest savings
bank deposit on record In New York. Tho
Increase in Now York City was $101,9l7,63.i.
The Increase In the number of separate ac-
counts was 140,354. The heaviest Increaso in
deposits was in tho (lerman bank, a well
known depository for wuge-earners. Tho
building associations, tho Insurance com-
pan lea nnd other financial Institutions which
reflect in thidr business the wage-earning
capacity nnd thrift of their patrons also
mako prosperous exhibits.
All theso depositors are directly In-
forested In tho financial policies of tho
country and In the preservation of tho gold
standard. Tho enormous totals of deposits
In tho savings banks wero mado In gold, or
in money of equivalent purchasing power,
lly the maintenance of tho gold btandard thhi
purchasing power of the money In tho hands
of tho people niv' In their savings banks
will be preserve 1 'net. Mr. Hryan has ro-
pratedly pledged himself to be tho In-
strumcut for the destruction of tho gold
runsoxAi. notks.
Tho Collls P. Huntington estate will en
rich Now York's coffers with $200,000 In
heritance tux.
Joseph Jefferson has given $1,000 to the
Galveston relief fund. He attended school
In Oalveston when u mere boy.
The missionaries who recontly traversed
tho desert of Gobi have failed to report any
signs of tho Mahntmos supposod to reside
there.
Hobert Ho?, the manufacturer of printing
presses, tins had a medal designed to com
memorate the BOOth anniversary of tho
birth of Gutenberg, tho Inventor of printing,
who was born it Mainz In 1400.
Captain Martin Conrad, tho now presi
dent of tho Illinois State Hoard of Agricul
ture, Is one of tho beat forestry experts In
tho country and had charge of the Illinois
exhibit of forestry at tho World's fair.
Tho transport Hurnslde, formerly the
Spanish prize ship Hltn, which sailed from
Brooklyn for Manila this week, takes out
Clio miles of telegraph cable for uso In the
Philippines, which Islands tho government
Intends to girdle without "tho consent of
tho governed."
Years ngo Kvanston, III., nnmejl one of
Its avenues after a prominent citizen, who
at tho time wns foremost In all good works,
a pillar ot the church, and superintendent
of n Sunday school. Unhappily, he swin
dled many peoplo and committed forgery
subsequently nnd Is winding up his varied
career In tho penitentiary. Now tho good
peoplo ot the town are laboring to havo
tho honor nt giving his name to tho avenue
transferred to Prof. H. L. Holtwood.
uimuHi universal. iui ougiu 10 u uruvny
reduced In the presont poll, and In ordinary
years 11 wouiu no so. inis year is an ex-
ct'Ptlon-
"The slxty-dnv noli of tho democrats,
' -
tftK,.n tuo nrHt week , September, showed
.0o0 voters whose politics could not bo
learned. The republican poll showed a
somewhat similar number, yet tho doubt-
fill element was a largo ono. If tlio present
poll reflects the conditions aa I nave found
mem in tno various parts of tlio state
11 win oiscioso mny uu.uuu uoudiiui voters,
with anything like that percentage not
,mv nE made UP tnelr minus nvo weeks
m.roro election day, it is idle boasting on
cuner sine to lay ciaim to inuiana.
There's nothing the matter witn iiunna.
uoionci ueorgo w. warucr. a former
democratic mayor of Kansas City and now
nn attorney in mat city, was in mow York
City recently and announced his reaver-
B0n to republican principles. Four years
ngo ho worked nud apoko for William J.
Hryan. Ho was an enthusiastic free silver
man and wroto n book on silver entitled
"The Conflict between Man und Mammon,'
which was largely used by tho democrats
us n campaign document. This vear Colonel
v,,.".. " r ... v::... ...;;...r. ri'
imruci 10 r.n t uiiiiiaiuuiiu .iiuivmii')- inun.
? . 1... 1 . .. ,
nnri in tim mat if tiia unrvinAu niimi
- for hy the republican national committee.
" a lifelong democrat who helped to
light the battlo of democracy nnd was proud
ot Its expanbion record, I nm forced uy
my convictions etterly to ropudlato the
- 'iiurumount Issue' in ttm democratic nlal-
- form." ho said to a. Sun reporter. "That
nny such Issue exists, or that any part of
our peoplo or their leadors are contending
- for an empire and any other part ure try
- Ing to preserve the republic J do not be-
- Hevo, and I deem it a slander on tho pa
triotic masses of nur freo and united coun-
try. I am compelled to regard It ns tho
flat creation of a distorted fancy, the prod
net of a political Juggler converting wirm
air Into political fireworks; a myth, a de
ROOSEVELT
of tho Xnvy, In tho Outlook.
lived on a ranch In tho far west, ho has
run the courses of local, stbto and national
Politics, ho has consorted with the refine
ments of the city and taken the rough nnd
tumble of the froutler. Everybody knows
him. Every college boy swears by him.
j.jvery cowboy ties to him. Every soldier
an,i 80ior counts him a friend. The police-
mcn Who served under him know that ho
politics rolles on him for both. It may bo
that now and then somo ovortcalous ro-
former, whose sole Idea of reform la to kill
the republican party because It does not
lay a nestfull of golden cttgs "every day in
tho year," has been unable to forglva htm,
hecause ho will not desert It; hut this vory
bitterness Is really tho highest tribute to
his ideals and performance.
Ho therefore comes to tho candidacy for
tho vice presidency not only woll-equlpped
for high place, but specially qualified to
add strength to the ticket. It was because
it w'us universally recognized that this
would be tho effect that his nomination was
spontaneous. While the office Is ono to
which his actlvo tendencies would not ordl
narlly incllno him, thero seems to bo at
this tlmo no other in the candidacy for
whlqh he enn render so much service to the
republican party. Young, irrepressible and
with an honorable ambition, It Is pleasant
to think that long years aro before him
In which ho cannot fall with his strong
character and ability to bo a groat part in
the growth, beneficence and history of his
country.
Good Times
Ledger
standard when opportunity offers. He made
such a declaration in a public address In
this city four years ago. Tim platform upon
which ho appeals for votes today pronounces
111 unequivocal tonus for silver lullatlon,
which means the Impairment of tho purchas-
ing power of savings. Notwithstanding the
recent currency legislation, Mr. Dryau, If
elected president, will ho Ingenious In dls-
covering tho occasion to reduce his silver
heresy to practice. A senate and a house
of representatives in sympathy with him
on the silver question Vvould mako tho full
descent to tho bimetallic, really to the
silver standard, as prompt as the formalities
of legislation would permit. Tho follow
Ing views of the president of a Connecticut
ssvlngs bank deserve, attention:
"Moneywlse, the best thing for tho aver
ago man to havo and own Is a savings hank
book. It means something laid up for a
rainy day. One year ago thero were fj,GS7,000
of theso books In the United States. They
aro scattored all over tho union. New York
has the most of them 1,863,286. Standing to
tho credit of the owners of these books wai
tho enormous sum of $2,230,366,954. Any
thing that would Imperil In tho sllghtcs
the safety or essentially lessen the pro
ductlvc powvr of this prodigious sum would
bo a calamity.
"Now, 16 to 1 menaces the savings bank
book more that, any other known thing. Th
$2,230,366,954 standing to the credit of more
than 5,600,000 of pcoplo in theso states 1
money which when deposited was worth to
those who deposited It 100 .cents on the
dollar. It cost tho laboring man who pu
most of it thero tho work, steady, hard and
long, that enabled him to mako tho slow and
up-to-date Investment."
JOMJS CODDI.1CS THE OCTOPUS.
National Demoorntlo Clinlrnmu mm n
Trusty Fellow.
Brooklyn Eagle
That report about tho alleged Indictment
In Texns of Mr. Jones, chairman of the
democratic nationnl committee, on the
ehargo of violating the anti-trust laws ot
the state Is Interesting. And ns likely as not
It Is truo. The situation which would fol
low such action by Texas authorities would
bo so good that tho opportunity to bring It
about ought not to bo lost. This Is n
protty serious campaign nnd something
should bo dono to rellovn the tension. We
have tho lec trust in this part of tho couutry,
with soma little leaders attached to It, hut
if tho head of the national democratic
organization should get Into trouble bo
caiiso he Is a trust stockholder the whole
trust Issue would bo In 11 fair way to bo
laughed out of court. Tho republicans be
long to trusts and denounco them and the
democrats denounco them nnd get rich out
of the stock which they hold In them, and
tho economic laws keop on bringing some
to ruin and others to success, according as
tho corporations are based on sound prin
ciples or not.
Mr. Jones is now a rich man and It Is
generally believed that ho has mado his
monoy out of his intorest in tho cotton ball
ing company. Hogcr Q. Mills Is making
money out of his oil wells nnd his frlonds
havo been trying to drive tho Standard Oil
company out of Texas so that h might
nave a monopoly ot tho Texas market. One
docs not need to enumerate the democratic
capitalists who own stock in big corpora
. . .. 1-. . . , ...
uuuo, mcif uuu kuowh mat tuers are
of POLITICS
iacK on modern progress and exnnnulnn
and, If successful, would emasculate our
nation and warp Its futuro greatness."
Colonel Warder also makes tho point that
cnnrrexti linn nn rid,, tn ,
.... ... I I..H1 LVJ IIWJ LUUli
try the territory of the Philippines or to
alienate It in any way from tho United
states now that It has been acquired by
conquest and by treaty.
Chairman Mark Hanna was plaasantly
surprised at a New York meeting last Krl
nay. wnilo bowing his thauks for tuo ap-
nlauso that crnnti.ii hi Hnnenrnnee a. voune
woman vncallnt tnn,rl tn thn front and
snng this campaign song
w0 have with us here a man you all know-
wm wun wno m iuuiwi.b mm ..ii.im
n. tlty
There'H nothing the matter with Hanna.
At St. I.ouIb he started our party out rleht
With McKlnloy nnd Hoburt we won a groat
flfc'ht,
And we'll dtand by him now, for we see the
tamo iignt
Of McKlnley, Protection and Hanna.
CHOItUH.
Then sing tho glad song ns we're marching
uionir
To victory under that banner.
.' we can't lose this right, for our cause u is
ilnht
.,.ISV. ... . . . ..
"w ,,"S'''"J,?" MarK ,lunna wo 11 a" ""V
There's nothlne the matter with lfann
We'll march with the army this brave man
A-Ill lend
Thcre'a nothing tho matter with Hanna
Wo'll whip Hilly Uryan urn) Hosm Croker,
too
","K'1'11': '' Allgeld nnd his Anarchist
Th.n (nTPVrr t0 uryn we. nlj
"Adieu,"
say
- ' or,,"'0 'thlng Iho matter with
- Mr. Hanna wore a full-moon smile dur
Ing tho singing, and when the song was
flnUbed grasped the slngor's hand and ex-
- claimed "I thank you very much for the
kind sontlments." And the crowd cheered
- again.
thousands of them. Indeed, wo should not
be at all surprised to loam that In two or
three) years Mr. Hryan himself whs n
stockholder In a trust There aro a lot of
enthusiasts whoso mind has room for bat
one Idea at n time that are seriously de
nouncing all the trusts, but the majority of
tho peoplo understand that this tort of talk
Is about as valueless as denunciation of
treason. Nobody favors criminal trusts and
everybody wants to own stock In legal cor
porations which earn big dividends, and
Mr. Jones Is no exception to the rule.
Neither Is William J. Stono, who gets large
legal feee from a client whose business Is
Jocularly said to be tho organization of
corporations in Missouri for tho purpose of
soiling them to tho trusts which do business
n the stato, A sham Issue cannot last very
long.
PAYI.NO TO 1IUAH 1IHYAX.
Wlint It 'Win font to See the Stnr Per
former 111 Illinois,
Chicago Tribune.
Tho democratic stnto committee has do-
cldcd that when Mr. Hryan makes his tour
of Illinois next wook his train can stop
only nt towns which nro willing to pay
roundly for tho privilege of hearing and
scolng th'o democratic candidate. This Is
a buslness-liko decision, it costs money to
run special trains nnd It Is natural that
tho towns getting tho benefit of Mr. Dryon i
eloquence should defray tho cost of tho cov
eted article. If ono town Is willing to pay
tho tax that Is Its own affair, and It an
other prefers to go without a Hryan speech
rather than pay tho stipulated prlco, th.it
is also Its own business.
Four years hgo (lalesburg paid $239.65 for
fifteen minutes of Mr. Hrynn's oratory,
v.'htch nt that tlmo wos probably a bargain
counter prlco, for Mr. Hrynn was In de
mand In that cumpalgn. This year tho
democratic manngcrs recognized the fact
that Hryan oratory is not worth quite so
much per word, so they mado (lalesburg
tho specially low offer of ono hour of Hryan
for $(00. Though this was considerably less
than half prlco, us compared with tho mar
ket vuliio of 1S9C, tho democrats of Oalos
burg refused to pay it. They plainly Btated
thnt they thought tho ilguro exorbitant
That Is n purely business matter for dales
burg to settlu with tho campulgu manager,
but tho outside world iiunot holp drawing
ono of two Inferences. Klthar tho dales
burg people, having feasted tholr eyes nnd
curs on Hrynn once, havo concluded that
onco Is enough, or else they bellovn the real
value of Hrynn oratory Is much lower than
even the democratic managers nro willing
to admit.
At any rntc. (lalesburg will po without a
speech from Mr. Hrynn. whllo Abingdon Is
booked for fifteen minutes of tho sliver
candidate nt the rate of $10 a minute. Tho
dllferenee between Qalesburg and Abingdon
Is that the ono has had Its curiosity satis
Und mm tho othur has not. Hy waiting four
ycara Abingdon Is now ablo to buy for $150
what Onlcsburg paid $239.35 to get. To bo
sure, tho article It Is purchasing hns grown
somewhat shopworn, hut If tho Abingdon
democrats think they want It at tho prlco
named they can have It. (lalesburg evi
dently believes It has had enough nf Hryan
to last four jears longer.
ClIAI'T TO CHiiKlt.
Somervllle Journal: Homo without a
mother 1b even worse than un editorial
olllco without n waste basket.
Harper's Hn7nr: rnnotlced "LHten fo
me!" roared the stump orator. But hi
wordH wero In vain. Without knowing it
he was nddressliut no nudlenco mado up al
most entirely of cubic car conductors.
Boston Trnnscrlnl: Klehnrd Whnt'a
Into HI'.ly? Ho goes In bathing half a dozen
nines every nnv.
Kohert Thi ilnetnr nilvlnr.il him tr Inlin
n drink of whisky upon coming out of tho
wilier. ,
Dotrolt Free Press: "Here's nn In.
structlve article on 'Tho Prern'rvntlon of
rnrenia.
'Oh ko war: what I wnnt to rm Is nn
tiintruetive article on 'Tho Preservation of
Coal Piles.' "
PlllUdeluhla Press: "Yos. nlr." nnld thn
politician, "I've been tempted to write a
Icttor that would exnoxi. thn tilin-rnt nnlltl-
cnl Jobber In this city. I could do It, too."
inaeeci, reinnrKni tno ir.nn who .mew
him, "what Is the letter, i?' "
Somttrvlllo Journal:
"What n difference
exclaimed tho man
had recently been
lit t lo things make!"
on whom triplets
bestowed.
Cleveland Plain Denlnr: "I saw nn ltm
tho other day. In whloh It was stated that
Lieutenant Hobson had shaved oft his
mustache."
"If that H trim the irlHH who wnlenmo him
hom will find that klssinir n hero Isn't
such a tlrkll.th operation after nll."
Chicago Post: "He suggested that pos
sibly 1 might learn to lov? him." said thn
spinster.
"Yes, of course," returned her deareat
friend. "Doubtless ho realizes the truth nf
tho saying thut '01m Is never too old t )
learn.' "
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "If I thoiiirlit
that dear pa would cough up handsomely
1 n jrci mnrrien, 11011 1 you snowr
"Tho marriage with you, dear boy, Is tin
pn'-nmount Issue!"
Chicago Tribune: Democratic! Commit
teeman Wo nro making an effort, Judge,
to accuro tho stoppage uf thn train aim 11
fow remarks from Colonel Bryan as he
l-'oes through ojr town next week, and we
thought"
Democratic Capitalist (drawing out his
pockntbook with reluctancn) Yes? How
much of tho "effort" nm I expected to put
fortli?
Mantl lis n (lulfer.
Detroit Journal.
Maud Muller, In tho summer sun,
Golfed llko sixty and railed It fun.
"Oh, Judge," demurely faltered she,
"Will you kindly make n ten for me?"
Hut the Judge replied, with manner bland
"My dear lllss Muller, I havon't tho sand!"
Anil Maud conci'iilml nor wounded honrt,
I.aughad and said, "You think you're
mart!"
TKimV'S HAT.
W. J. Lampton In Chicago Inter Ocean.
Heat!
What's that?
Teddy'B hat?
Oh, that's on straight,
And It'B full of head,
tint xquaro
On thu top end
Of n backbone
Thnt Btlcku right up through It
Llko a tent pole.
And he'3 had that backbone with hlra.
No less In peace
Than In war,
And you can wager
Your wnd
If Old Glory
Were uwunc loose from It x
To the upon of the wine,
There Isn't a man
Prom Madrid to Manila
Who would attempt
To haul down the American flag.
That's the kind ot backbone
Teddy's Is,
And his hut
Is hung right up on It to stay.
If anybody wants
To point tho finger of scorn
At Teddy's ht.
lie Is porfectlv nt liberty to do so,
Kor this Is ,1 freo country,
But If ho doesn't hear from It
P. d. q..
It will bo because Teddy
Is busy with bigger gamo.
Nor does Teddy talk
Through hln hat, either.
IIo doean t keep u hnt
For that purpose,
Notwithstanding,
Krltnds und fellow citizens,
Thero are others
Who don't seem to know
What elso
Their hats nro for.
Teddy's no slouch, elthor,
Kven If his hat Is,
And It Is mighty near time
To obviate the ncresHlty
Of putting up the sign:
IMNOIW!
look out ron thk I.OCOMOTIVK!
Teddy bus Ills faults,
As most nf us have,
Hut that hu
Isn't one of thnm,
And ns long n he Is undur tt
Homo folks had better stand from undei
Themselves,
Or the tlrst thing
They know
They won't know
Where they are at.
Best