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local) Notary Public.
t'ncnH.v lies tho Chltuvso lipnd which Is
wlonioil wllh 11 throu-pyeul peneock
frather.
The coming convention of miners will
put no ticket In uomlnntlonT' but It will
attract attontlon Just the mime.
We are still wilting for that mil
lionaire philanthropist who wants to
have Omaha's auditorium dedicated In
Ills nnmc.
Sir Thomas Upton denlcH that lie on
fcinoered a corjier In pork ho simply
wanted thu pork and bought all there
was In sight.
.Mr. Hr.van will probably be too busy
to answer nny questions about negro
dlsfranclilHomcnt In the south until
after election.
Senator Ilanmi Is coming to Nebraska.
When tho people see him as ho really
Is it will make lils cartoon llbellsts tnke
to tho woodn.
Nebraska farmers ate Just taking
their Inventory of the year's operations
and the balances arc all on tho. right
sldo of the ledger.
The only slush fund that Is being used
to corrupt voters is that put up by Mil
llonulro Clark to buy a new set of cre
dentials as democratic senator from tho
state of Montana.
An eminent Ocnnan scientist an
nounces that he has found a way to ex
terminate mosquitoes. If he will pre
sent his bill to Now Jersey It should
bo promptly liquidated.
In 1S0(1 the shop hands In thu Union
Taclfle shops at Omaha wore working
four days of seven hours each. Now
they are working six days of nluo hours
each. Do they want a chnngeV
If tho free silver republicans of Colo
rado continue to desert the Teller stand
ard tho senator is likely to 11 ml l.lm
solf charging up to tho ballot box on
election day without uveu an escort.
People thought it took tho allied
powers a long time to get Into tho
Chinese capltnl at the tinioiho legations
were menaced, yet It looks as If It
wero to tako considerably longer for
them to get out.
Correspondents: of popocratlc papers
contlnuo to report republican orators as
making votes for Hryau. If their ad
dresses are really such good popocratlc
campaign arguments why not reproduce
homo of them verbatim?
Dulutli report h a dynamite explosion
that wrecked a largo number of build
ings and did other damage. This must
bo a mistake. It was doubtless only
ono of Towne's siweches in process of
Incubation becoming overheated.
In the selection of thunder for his
own campaign speeches It is notice
able that Governor Toynter Is care
fully steering clear of his veto of tho
resolution of thanks to tho Nebraska
boyh who served In the Philippines,
The local fusloulBts are advertising
for men to servo as election o Ulcers ami
republicans may bo forced to resort to
the same means to 1111 their quotas. This
is a forced confession that Improved
times have set every nvn liable pair of
hands to work.
Democratic papers assailed Lincoln In
1803 nud 1801 with accusations that ho
was trying to turn tho republic into an
empire In terms Just as vindictive as
thoy are now applying to McKluley.
Tho Imperialism bogoy did not work
then and It will not -work now.
The Texas flood sufferers nro still In
need of further relief, but tho governor
bf Texas lias not yet Indicated nny
Intention to summon the legislature to
mnko an appropriation for them out of
tho stato treasury. A contribution In
the namo of tho state of Texas would
look very well even nt this Into day,
77," sTunv ix fhilrk..
Although forced to admit the advent
of prosperity, which they asserted was
Impossible without tho free coinage of
silver at 10 to I, the popocratlc orators
continue to tW8tloti Its extent and
permanency. They count upon the
popular disposition to forget past evils
In tho enjoyment of present good and
live In the hope that public attention
will bo diverted from the contrasted
conditions of President MoKlnley's ad
ministration and that of his democratic
predecessor.
The figures that show the difference
most forcibly arc those, that relate to
bank deposits becausq In times of
lliianclnl distress mid industrial depres
sion not only now bank deposits cease,
but the money already on deposit Is
taken out to meet tho demands for cur
rent expenses of ldlo wage workers mid
profitless farmers. Tho compilation of
bank statistics for the United States re
cently made shows that In 181) t tho
number of depositors aggregated 23d,
.'H'J, while in 1890 It had risen to
illO.SOS, being au increase of 10 1, WO.
Tho amount of money on deposit to their
credit was In 180 1 5101,4.11,170 and In
ISO!) $2:i.",-401,f01, being an Increase of
JF7;j,oro,i2 1.
Tho distribution of these accounts
covers every state and territory in tho
union, while Nebraska shows up in n
specially creditable manner. Tho fig
ures for Nebraska are:
DEPOSITORS.
IJauka 1804. 1899.
National 10,675 21,980-
National, Omaha 6,510 8,717
Stato 22,067 39,7JI
Savings 1,065 2,040
Totals 47,230 72.1111
Inert-use 25,20s
AMOUNT OF DEPOSITS.
Dunks 1S94.
National J 6,239,511
National, Omaha...... 8,467,258
Stato 7.563,132
Savins 158,030
ISO!).
$10,655,902
1 2,867,997
11,858,518
343,683
Totals $22,428,240 $35,726,105
Increuse $13,297,865
Tho progress made between these two
periods could not bo more forcibly Illus
trated than by those statistics. As an
agricultural stato Nebraska banks de
pend for their business upon the farm
ers and producers moro directly than
In other states and the increase In the
number of. depositors and nmouuts on
tieposlt means Increased prosperity for
the farmer nud producer.
What everyone who Is interested Im
mediately or remotely must ask himself
Is whether he wants to go back to the
period of stagnation and fear rather
than keep on the forward march of con
Hdenco and enterprise?
.1 DKMUCllAT U. 1HIYAXISM.
One of the ablest of tho democrats
of the United States Is Hon. Wtiyno
MacVoagh, who was ambassador to
Italy under President Cleveland's ad
ministration. He Is now a supporter of
tho republican candidates ami tho
reasons ho gives for his support must
commend themselves to the earnest con
sideration of all democrats.
Mr. MacVeagh thinks that both par
ties wore equally responsible for the
war with Spain, but that If the demo
crats bad been less urgent for war
while the presldeut was resisting tho Im
portunities of both parties, war might
have been averted.
Tho conflict, however, having been
brought on, and tho United States hav
ing been successful, beyond tho ex
pectations of tho most sanguine, then
there enino nn opportunity for the op
ponents of the administration to find
fault with Its course, albeit that tho
policy of the government had not been
at that time defined. It wns then that
Mr. Uryan stepped In and exerted his
Intltienco to say what tho course ol
congress should bo and it was through
his Influence that the treaty of peace
was ratllled.
Mr. MacVeagh's view Is that the action
of Mr. Uryati Is absolutely responsible
for tho ratification of tho Paris treaty
uud that whatever dllllcultles have
grown out of that treaty must, bo laid
to tho leader of the democratic party.
Mr. MacVoagh assorts that when tho
Paris treaty was ratllled without tho
amendment that had been proposed,
and thus became part of the supremo
law of tho land, "tho deplorable con
sequences which hltvo fo'llowcd would
have followed just the same if Mr.
Uryan had been president. He urges
that nobody with common sense can
believe there is nny danger of re
garding President MoKlnley's re-elec
tion as nn approval of the Idea of Im
perialism. On the contrary, Mr. Mac
Veagh's most rational Idea is that the
vote of tho American people in favor
of his administration is that it will
esult In benefits to the .people to whom
It Is proposed to extend tho advantages
of good government.
Mr. MacVeagh, whoso devotion to tho
gold standard was fully attested four
years ago nud who like some others
has never departed from It, still feels
that tho greatest danger to the country
is in tho threat that Is Involved In
Urytuilsui to the credit and tho busi
ness of the nation. Old-time demo
crats like Mr. MueVeagh nro not de
ceived or misled by Mr. Hryan's talk
about imperialism and militarism
They know, as democrats, how utterly
shallow such talk Is. Hut they do ap
preciate and understand wltnt is meant
by tho talk of Mr. Rryan and his ad
herents In rcgnrd to what they claim
to bo tho "pnramount Issue" and they
utterly refttso to recognize It,
Evidence Is accumulating that Tam
many really lnteuds to mnko an effort
to carry New York for Bryan, because,
realizing that they are short of legltl
mato otes, they nre colonizing In n most
liberal mnnuer. The republicans nro
allvo to the condition of affairs and if
persisted In a largo Tammany delega
tion to the penitentiary may come ucxt
With settled conditions, brought about
by tho efforts of tho United States au
thorities, there s an influx of Immlgra
tlon and capital Info Cubit to supply th
waste of war. Culm has been started
on the right road and If the constitu
tional convention which meets In No
vembcr will follow up the good work no
reason exists why the Island should not
soon become one of the most pnxperons
portions of the globe.
CAXSA!j-Xl
Kausis pi
VII It A S KA S KM VKXTKXX1A I..
people nro nlrendy planning for
n celebration In HKM.of the semi-cell-fennlnl
anniversary of tho passage of
the famous Kansas-Nebraska net that
organized the two states under terri
torial governments and opened them up
to settlement by the pioneers whose
building Is now seen In these two pros
perous states. Tho Kansas Idea for the
proper celebration Is for an exposition,
to be, held at Topeka, for which an ex
position association has been formed
and Its ofllccrs already launched In the
work of propagation and promotion.
They point to the magnlllcent exhibi
tion nnd lliianclnl success of the Trans
mlsslsslppl exposition lu Omaha in
1S08 nud insist that Kansas can do as
well if It only will bend to the task.
Without going into a discussion of the
Kansas exposition project It is pertinent
to say that Nebraska will also want to
celebrate Its semi-centennial In some fit
ting manner, because tho event means
every bit as much for the people of this
stnte as It does for Kansas. The prog
ress nindo by Nebraska since 185-1 Is
equally a marvel of pluck, perseverance
and enterprise that bus carved out of
vacant prairie and unpenetruted wilder
ness 11 great commonwealth of fertile
farms nnd busy towns and cities. While
Its enrly history may bo less exciting
than Its twin neighbor on the south Its
achievements will compare favorably
In every direction mid Its future equally
If not more promising.
As Nebraska has already reaped all
the gloryto bo drawn from a success
ful exposition, designed and conducted
on a colossal scale, it will be open when
the time conies to suggestions for the
most appropriate way to manifest Its
appreciation of the significance of the
occasion whether It receives au Invita
tion to participate with Kansas or not.
Croker promises' the biggest demon
stration ever witnessed In a political
campaign when Uryan comes to New
York. Croker will simply Issue his or
ders nnd send them down the lino com
manding the ward and precinct bosses
to produce so many men and the order
will be carried out without the consent
of the governed. The New York dem
onstration will be a living example of
political imperialism.
The drowning of another boy in a
stagnant pool In the heart of the city
should be notice to tho authorities to
have all these pestholes drained or filled
up. No properly owner has n right to
endnnger tho lives of children In the
neighborhood nfter his attention is
called to tho nuisance. The city can
get along very well without these ponds
within Its limits.
nemcmber that four years ago Mr.
llrvan nnd his managers were Just as
confident of success as they pretend to
bo today. As n result of their wild pre
dictions lots of good Hryau money was
put up and dropped. They have tho
nerve to run the same bunco game
again, and, like the professional bunco
steerer, will keep it up as long as there
nre suckers to bite.
So Dletutlon 1'imsllile.
New York Tribune,
it 1. observed that In China the United
Stales has nover assumed to dictate the
pniirn to be pursued by other powers. No,
and It has nover bound itself to pursue a
course dictated by any otner powci.
Uncle Saiii'd Lnrwe Iloll.
Cleveland Plain Deulcr.
Tim United States treasury now holds
$437,221,101 In gold. This Is, with the execp.
tlon ot tho unusual aniouni ueiu m
Dank of Franco ($150,000,000), tho largest
tore In the world under single coiurui.
I.ookliiK Vnr Aliemt.
Chicago Times-Herald,
in a sneech In Dakota the other day
Drynn said the republicans need not treat
him with tho expectation that this Is to he
his last appearance in politics. Evidently
ho doesn't expect to got that one llttlo
term this time.
Too Oi-iieriiu, Mr. Jobiison,
Washington Post.
Vlco Chairman Johnson, of the demo-
cratlo national coranmiee, aoraus inai
President McKlnloy will secure eighty
eight electoral votes. If tho man Is not
moro careful ho may nnd himself censurod
by Chairman Jones.
Jut Like, the Conl Dnronn.
Sprlngneld nepubllcun.
The manufacturing south Is beginning to
gropplo with organized labor In dead ear
nest. At Charlotte. N. C tho method
token is to close all cotton mills to mem
bers of labor unions. Thoy have been no
tified tochooso by tho 16th ot this month
whether to withdraw frqm tho unions or
tho mills. Tho manufacturers will find it
harder to kill the labor organizations than
they think. In tho end they will, no doubt,
bo beaten,
Itoosrvelt's Notable CiuiipnlKii,
Portland Oregonlan.
The splendid vitality ot Governor Roose
velt has sustained him throughout his bard
campaign tour of tho Hocky mountain
states ns It did in tho military campaign
In Cuba two years ago. His voice, llko his
courage, seems to be ot unfailing quality,
and ho shows no sign of bodily fatigue
that a peaceful night In his sleeping-car
docs not overcome. He 1b doing yeoman's
service, not only for McKlnlcy and all that
his administration stands for In tho com
ing election, but for Hoosovelt In the pres
idential contest in 1904, when for personal
reasons ho will probably let others attend
to tho speechmaklng.
Kflicauy of tlie lluxter Method,
Philadelphia Hecoid,
Modern hlghwaymon on tho Iron roads
of tho west nro not entirely immune, as
might ba conjectured, from recurring re
ports of successful "holdups." They run
the same risk ot brave resistance and fatal
retaliation to 'which tho Duvals and Shop
parda of Hampstead Heath were 1 occasion
ally subjected moro than a century ago.
As was shown In a recent attempt on a
Burlington railroad train near Council
Dluffs, la., a bold express messengor,
with a Winchester rifle, may provide at
once security and vengeance for property
and passengers on the menar-ed train. With
hlxn power lines bandy to the reach ot to
trnln hands the train robber's vocation
btcc.ine.i illctltictly rxtra-liaiardous
limit Problem In Pie.
Hartford Post
'Hit action of the Hartford Women s
Christian Temperance union lu condemning
the use of cider In mluce pies is attracting
the attention of tho press, and the editors
look nt the situation from various points
of view. The Ansonla Sentinel, for In
stance, warmly defends the. life of elder In
mlnco pies and earnestly argues that It de
lights tho palato without hurting the mor
als. On the other hand, tho Iloston Tran
script commends the Hartford women for
denouncing iho uso of cider for pie pur
poses, "llrandy Is decidedly preferable," It
says.
vr.i'rnsinsfs pitovnv i-mi.sh.
llrMiilc Assertion Almnt llnslnrm
I'a 1 1 11 res Compnrert with the Knot.
New York Sun,
Mr. William J. Uryau nnd many of his
supporters who endeavor to apo his meth
ods nnd repeat his statements upon the
stump have frequently declared that busi
ness failures wcro on the lncrcaso In this
country and that our prosperity was a
doluslon. Mr. Uryan has said that lu tho
yoar following Mr. MoKlnley's election
thero wero moro failures than In tho year
provlous. Tho statement Is false. It In
true that tho country did not Immediately
recover frrni tho great depression ot 1896
caused largely by tho Uryan campaign
against values and that about twelve
months' tlmo necessarily elapsed beforo
tho assured safety of tho gold standard
und tho execution of tho general policy
of Mr McKinley'n administration could
show their beneficial results In tho business
life of the land. If Mr. Uryan really cared
for figures we commend to him the state
ments ot raercantllo statistics furnished by
ft, O. Dun & Co. for tho quarter juat
ended and the comparison between them
and those for tho similar three mouths
covering tho trying days of 1896. Thoy
must make an sad reading for Mr. Uryan
an they afford satisfaction to nil good citi
zens:
-Number Liabilities--
19P0. 1SS0. 1900. lSIHi.
New Knglund
Middle ........
South
Southwest ...
1S2
i?l $3,149,36.1 JCKiO.lSt
GSi
3W
171
179
213
97S 10,052,617 21,122.043
618 4,193,32t 7,19,160
3lil 902,59il 4.43S.G19
831 4,118,721! 23,161,4911
2 1,323,012 3.877.7S6
335 1,376,4.10 1,920,572
Contral
Western
Puctno 1..
Totals 2,619
BaukliiK 14
3,757 $27,119,996 $73,221,649
GO 6,634,732 11,712,960
Tho record help presented Is the number
of falluros and tho liabilities thereof for
different sections of tho country In the
two periods named. Tho failures, It ap
pears, nre 1,238 less than In the year of
tho Uryan horror, with lessor aggregate
liability of the failed firms of $16,104,633.
What has Mr. Uryan to say?
Another very gratifying fcoture of tho
statement Is that its details show that the
liabilities of failures are $11,000,000 smaller
than In the second quarter of the current
year and nearly $6,000,000 less than In tlu
first quarter of the yenr.
It looks as It prosperity was bounding
upward.
W 1-2 ST or THU M1SMM III.
WiiiiIiik IulliitMier nf llrynn In Nc
lirnaku and Adjoining States.
Philadelphia Press.
A dispasstonato view of the situation
In Nebraska made close at hand convinces
the Press" experienced correspondent, Mr.
E. J. Gibson, that Mr. Uryan is not at ail
certain to get the electoral voto of his
own state In November. Local pride counts
for much and ti presidential candidate Is
usually conceded his own state as a mat
ter of lourae, Xift, prosperity Is arguing
Hgalnst the demucnitlc-popullHt candidate
right In his own. home. The farmers am
prospering. They've getting good prices
and paying off tli'Jlr debls. They take no
stock In antl-'lnipcrlallsm and are asking
themselves Is tho luxury of having a presi
dent from their 'own stato a sufllclcnt
set-off to all the advantages that they
are conscious of enjoying under republican
administration?
The namo Influences that tell so strongly
against Uryan In Nebraska aro equally
strong In all the neighboring states of tho
west, without any local claims on the part
of candidates to diminish its force. Kan
sas, South Dakota and Wyoming, which
voted for Uryan four years ago, are placed
this year confidently In the McKlnloy col
umn, while even Colorado, Utah, Montonu,
Idaho and Nevada nro not certain to re
peat their error of four years ago and vote
for tho democratic candidate.
There Is abundant renson for this. The
so-called Imperialism which Influenced
some voters tbwnrd Uryan In states whore
tho votes can bo spared has no force In
tho far west except to ropel votes from
the purty wh'ch seeks to place limitations
on the natural development of tho country.
Tho west is for expansion and tho further
west you go the moro expansive becomes
the political sentiment. Tho one-time sil
ver slates are far less eager for silver
than they were and what enthusiasm for
free silver there might be is dampened and
chilled by Uryan'B side-tracking that Issue
In favor of imperialism.
This Is 'tho view of impartial observers
who have sounded tho political sentiment
in that section thus far. It is confirmed
,by Mr. Gibson In bis dispatches from Ne
braska. His investigations at other points
may or may not confirm the strong Im-.
presslon of earlier witnesses, but tho Prcsi
will present his evldenco as he finds und
furnishes It, whether it confirms or dis
appoints the hopes of republican success
In the transmlssourl states.
PBUSOXAI, POl.VTKHS.
John Burroughs, tho critic nnd naturalist,
docs much of his writing In tho open nlr.
In a reclaimed woodland swump on his
estate, Hlverly, on the western shores ot
the Hudson.
Senator Hanna'g speeches are never writ
ten before. thsy aro dpllvcred. The senator
carefully thinks on his subject, but nover
makes so much as a note for use on tho
platform.
Senator Cushman K. Davis of Mjnnosota
Is confined to his homo In St. Paul by an
Inflamed corn and has boon compelled to
cancel all his engagements to speak during
tho campaign.
Klght cousins ot President McKlnloy, all
bearing the same surname, live In Nevada,
Mo., and all of them say they will vote for
Bryan. Four are' cousins In the first do
grco and four In the second.
rtlchard Croker, Jr., son of the Tammany
leader, has started to work as a black
smith's helper In a shipyard at Elizabeth
port, N. J. Tho young man Is a stocklly
built fellow, llko his father, and declared
that ho likes the work.
The Chinese emperor, according to a
writer In Alnsluo's Magazine, is about 30
years old, of medium height, sallow and ap
parently ot a weak constitution. He speaks
a llttlo English and has a temper which
ho Is unable to control.
The invention ot an automatic spanking
machine isinother instance ot misdirected
genius. No well-regulated head of n family
will yield his prerogatives to a muchlno
or rob childhood of the Joys of woodshed
seances. The strap, the slipper and tho
shingle will bo doing business at tho old
stand when genius is crumbling to dust.
A, New York papor makes tho statement
that a certain tenor's -voice, recently heard
In that city, "In its flexibility and sweet
liens" was llko unto "Maria's In Its prime."
"Msrla's" voice, "In Its prime," has always
been considered unique for Its carrying
qualities and ability to woo the savago to
any breast flying bootjsrks supplying the
"timbre" in musical pvrlanve.
Address to
, Speech of Major lllhlni McKlnloy, ilellv
I'leve
"I congratulate all of you upon having
reached your majority, I congratulate you
upon having entered Into full possession
of sovereignty In the best government of
the world. (Applause.)'
"Uorn In tho 'seventies,' you have en
Joyed tho most marvelous advantages of
the nineteenth century. You have wlt
ncescd the greatest progress of science,
mechanics, and material development of
nny period In our history. You hac on
Jojcil the advantages of tho free and
higher schools of learning. You havo lived
In n period of tho greatest opportunity
for moral and Intellectual growth, and cn
Jo)cd most favornbto conditions for form
ing right opinions. You have escaped the
extrenio bitterness of party divisions nnd
tho passions of n fratricidal war. You
carry nono of tho scars of the past party
conflicts,
"You witness only ns you come to your
sovereignty, n reunited country under tho
Old King, blessed In natural resources be
yond any other country nnd Buffering only
becnuso of tho unwlso policies already In
augurated and the dangerous policies yet
threatened, You approach the exerclso of
your sovereignty, therefore, under tho most
advantageous circumstances, free from nny
past predilections, nnd prepared In calm
Judgment to constdor without bias the Is
sues on which parlies are divided. You
have, in this campaign, ns In no former
campaign, tho advantage of tho most ex
haustive, discussion.
"Perhaps somo of you, who have already
started out for yoursolves, have had In tho
lust three or four years some vnluablo
personal experience, which Is quite us good
a school In politics ns In anything olse.
You come to your majority at a tlmo when
tho people are cngagcil In a national con
test that will settle somo of the most Im
portant questions which ever confronted xi,
nnd settlp them for long years to come.
You are give the ballot at a tlmo when
Its use for good or evil to country wns
never greater. You assume the resposlbll
Ity at a period fraught with as grave prob
lems as were ever presented except in tlmo
of war. It Is of little moment, young gen
tlemen, that tho Union wns saved by tho
dread ordeal of war If It cun not ho con
tinued In peace with hinor. (Great ap
plause and cries of "Oood!" "Good!")
"No nation can hold Its standing be
fore mankind that will depreciate Its own
currency, nny moro than a nation can
stand beforo tho world thnt will not de
fend Its fiag and honor. (Applause.) No
nation can hold Its position that will vlo
lato plighted fnlth or repudiate any part
of Its Indebtedness under any guise what
soever. No nntlon can command respect
at home or abroad, if It does not at all
times uphold tho supremacy of law nnd
Inviolability of Its own sacred obliga
tion, It cannot bo denied that froo coin
age under the conditions proposed by our
allied opponents will result In debasing our
currency, deprive us of tho use of gold and
all paper money based on gold, thus con
tracting our currency und leaving us upon
a silver basis alone. Its result would bo
to glvo us poorer money and less volume of
IF BRYAN
United States Investor, September 29,
Wo have been asked Just what would bo tlon on November 6, thero would lmmedl-
the order of events in enso Bryan were atoly be a wild strugglo In Wall street,
elected president of tho United States next This would be tho case for moro reasons
November. It Is ropeatedly asserted that than one. In tho first placo tho holders of
his success would mean a financial disaster securities would of themselves bo prompted
of great magnitude to the country: but how to unload them In great quantities and In
would this actually como nbout? Specill- the second place thoy would bo forced to
cally, what would occur? This Is a llquldato by tho hanks, which would begin
reasonable question, and it is our purpose to scrutinize their loan account very
to try to answer It. sharply. But tho liquidation would not
Tho reason Uryan is feared by the con- Rtop with the stock market. Tho banks
scrvativo element Is that he bos categor- aro all the time having a great ranny com
ically asserted that the gold standard "will mercial loans maturing and as these be
not be maintained In tho country longer cnine duo tho lenders would be disposed to
than I am able to got rid of it." Supposing, have them paid off rather than renewed. In
therefore, that tho country wakes up on No- fact It may bo taken for granted that
ember 7 and learns thnt Bryan has been mercantile business would bo paralyzed
elected president, what will be the first upon, or soon after, the announcement of
thought In every one's mind? It will be Bryan's election. It may be claimed that
that Uryan has promised to overthrow tho tho banks would do nothing rash that
gold basis In tho United States, on which their every effort would bo to prevent a
tho huge structure of our Industrial enter- smash. That sounds very well, but thero
prise has boon erected. Every one would is this peculiarity about tho banking com
lmmcdlntely perceive that this would mean munlty when It becomes frightened it Is
a rovolution in our manner of cohducting moro terrified than any other class and Is
business not a grndual chnnge in methods, very apt to act without much thought of
to which the country would adjust ItBelf the consequences to any but itself. With
without appreciable loss, but a sudden, Uryan elected tho banks would realize that
sharp reversal of tho established order, Inside of six months steps would be taken
such as could not occur without tho most 10 discontinue tho gold standard, which
distressing consequences. Tho first Impulse would mean that, sooner or later, silver
of everybody would therefore be to mnko Cn which curroncy debts would bo paid)
Instant preparation for tho worst that could would pass at Its real or commercial value,
possibly happen. Any ono familiar with instead of at its coinage value, as at
economic history knows that when a great present. Wo havo no hesitation in predlct
number of people nro seized with fright at Ing that, under these circumstances, the
tho financial outlook the fundamental banks would be governed more by self
traits of human nature assert themselves, interest than by public spirit,
and that tho only maxim that Is recalled Wo havo hardly hinted at tho real nature
is, "Every ono or himself." of tho situation that would be evolvod
Tho policy which every class In the com- Immediately on tho announcement of
munlty would, tboreforo, udopt on the morn- Bryan's electlom Tho space at our com
ing nt November 7 would bo that of every nlana '8 not' sufficient to trace all the
ono for himself. That In, Just as In a burn- "cfu"B of this scramble on the part of
Ing structure the tendency Is for every mem- ,cnders to get their money back beforo
ber of the crowd to'thlnk only of saving his nryan actually came into office. Tho effect
own life, so on tho announcement of Uryan's upon ,ne Btock market and general busl
election tho tendency of every intelligent neBB wuld be tremendous. Tako tho one
person In the United Slates would be to con- mattcr ot tno Industrial trusts. A vast
vert ns much of his wealth as ho could Into amount ot tho capitalization of such or
gold, to call In hln loans In tho shortest sanlzatlons would nt once becomo bad
spnee of time, to rescind whatever contracts collatora' nd enough would very likely bo
ho might havo outstanding to pay out money unloaied to break the stock market to
on tho basis of tho terms that existed beforo n,0!cli TnlB would react upon tho business
November 6, und then to sit down nnd wait. of tno trusts' impairing their credit nnd In
In other wordH tho first result of Uryan's a freat many lnstnncos hastening their
election (and it would bo Immediate) would 'r0,lan8C' General business would speedily
bo a great rush to get to shelter, which . proBtra'e'l- It is argued that Bryan,
would bo followed by a prolonged qulot, dur- wncn ,onco 1d 0,ce, would bocome con
ing which every ono would bo afraid for his 8urvntvt'. thnt he would fulfill none of tho
life to mute, rash promises ho has mado. Possibly, but
Lot us Illustrate. Nothing Is moro cor- by. t,m5 inauguration day arrived tho
tain than that, In tho event of Uryan's elec """chief would havo been accomplished.
TUAVHMCIIS AM) TltUSTS.
Murked Incrriist In the Number
HimtnciiH !tiiller nn the Houil
of
Iluffalo Express.
Somo interesting Information regnrdlng
traveling meu and triiBtn which tends to
refute the assertions that tho numbers of
tho former havo decreased with tho growth
of tho latter has been collected by Frank
D. Koborts of Springfield, Mo who for
merly was tho president for Missouri of
tho Travelers' Protective xnssoclatlou. The
recont formation of nn anti-trust lcaguo
among commercial drummers nnd tho
efforts to mako political capital out of tho
alleged unfavorable conditions in tho busi
ness world for members ot this profession
give especial point to tho figures ob
tained by Mr. ltobcrts. His Investigation
was mndo on his own Initiative.
Mr. Itoberts addressed letters to 176 largo
wholesale houses and manufacturing es
tablishments in Missouri and so far has
rccolved 133 replies. Tho letters asked
for the number ot traveling salesmen em
ployed in 1895 or 1895 and the number now
employed. The net lncrcaso for this period
was uo less than 710, or about 75" per
cent. In detail twelve firms reported n
decrease in tho number of men employed;
thlrty-ono reported no change and ninety
reported.nn Increase. Whllo these figures
relate solely to Missouri, Mr. Roberts con
cludes frcm tho growth In membership In
tho various commercial travelers' associ
ations that trusts have not had a bad
effect on his profession elsowhere. The
Commercial Travelers' Mutual Accident
association ot New York, which had a
First Voters
ered October 9. ISM. to first oters nt
laud. 0
circulation than we now have.
"Free silver would depreciate Investments,
shake public confidence, destroy values,
cheat labor, Impair the savings ot the poor
and produce a commercial revulsion, tho
llko of which this country has never known.
Our first voters Burely will not want to use
their ballots to bring about such a result.
(Great cheering and cries of "No, sir!"
"Never.") '
"Surely every young oicr who has his
spurs to win, his career to make, his for
tune to build, will hesitate before he will
give his ballot to n party which seeks to
create hostility between classes nnd sec
tions, between tho rich and tho poor, bo
tween tho mechanic and tho manufacturer,
between tho farmer and the banker. (Grent
applause) Ha will cast his ballot to con
tlnuo tho equality of citizenship, of privi
lege, of opportunity, ot posslbllty, which
has been the boast of our citizenship nnd Is
the very corncrstono upon which our free
Institutions rest. (Applause.)
"No young man will want to place weight
upon his own shoulders, or rnlso barriers to
his own progress, which hitherto have never
Impeded tho progress of tho Industrious,
honest, clean, ambitious young man. (Tre
mendous applause.) Away with caste and
classes. Such a doctrine Is un-Amcrlcan
and unworthy to be taught a free people.
(Loud and continued chcerlug.) Ho who
would Inculcate that spirit among our peo
ple Is not tho friend but the enemy of the
poor but honest youn man, whoso soul Is
fired with a worthy ambition for himself.
(Great applause.)
"How would Lincoln, Grant, Garfield and
Logon had stood If, in their time, they had
accepted tho doctrine which somo now
teach that becauso they were poor and of
humble surroundings they must go off by
themselves and shut the door of opportunity
to the best impulses of. their souls nnd the
noblest aspirations of their minds? (Con
tinuous applause.) The ballot of the young
man, ns well ns that ot the old man, the
ballot of tho first voter an well ns that of
nil voters, should nlways express tho voice
ot truth and conscience. It Bhould repre
sent the calm and unbiased Judgment of
tho voter. It should embody tho highest welfare-
of himself, his home, his community
and hlB country. It should never be false to
bis convictions or opposed to JiiBtlcn nnd
honor, clthor In public or private concerns.
It should express on its face bis bost hopes
and highest aspirations ns an Individual
citizen and always represent the greatest
good to his fellow-countrymen.
"May your votes, young gentlemen, be al
ways given to preserve our unity, our honor,
our flag, our currency nnd our country, and
to save our blessed Inheritance always from
lawlessness, dishonesty and violence. May
your votes always bo given for n policy that
shall glvo us the widest development In our
unmatched resources; tho widest Incentive
to tho Invention, skill nnd genius of our clti
zens; tho largest reward to American labor
and the highest welfare ot tho people, and
promote the best Ideals In American cltl
zenshlp. I thank you for this call, and bid
you good afternoon."
(Three rousing cheers were then given for
Major McKlnlcy.)
IS ELECTED
membership of 16,166 four years ago now
has 20,860 membors, an Inoreaso of 29 per
cent. Tho Iowa State Traveling Men's as
Hoelution had a momborshlp In 1896 ot 9,861.
This year it has 11,700, an increase of 19
per cont. Tho Travelers' Protectlvo As
noclatlon of America had a membership In
1896 of 11,090. In 1900 It has 16,262, a gain
of 47 per cent. Tho United Commercial
Travelers of America had 9,533 members
in 1896; now it has 13,176, an Increase of 28
per cent.
This remarkable growth In the number
of traveling men indlrates ono thing with
out doubt that is, the general prosperity
of tho land. It shows that there baa been
a great devolopmont in manufacturing in
terests calling for new salesmen. If tho
trusts havo thrown somo .raon out of em
ployment it Is reasonable to bcllevo that
they havo found work In other lines. In
fact, it has been said that no good men of
experience re to bo had today, all of thnm
being under contract. During his trav
cling Mr. Itoberts ban fulled to find any
drummers who voted for the republican
national ticket four years ago who intend
to vote for tho democratic candidates this
yoar; but, on the other hand, he has found
n number of men who voted for. Uryan in
1896 who will voto for McKlnley in No
vember. Wnteh and Walt,
Philadelphia. Times.
Talking of electoral vote guesses, It
makes an agreeable combination when tho
face of th returns harmonizes with the
figure.
MAIMS OK THIS IIIGIIT STt IT.
.)lrrtiK'r llpstrr'n Method nf ( lirt'K
Iiir Trnln Itolthrry Ciiitinirntlril.
Chicago Tlmes-Henild.
An encouraging variation In I In- .
press robbing business has Just l"
brought about by Messenger Charles Hn
tcr of tho Uurllngton road. Two masked
men endeavored to rob his car near Coun
rll IllutTs, la., Thursday night. One '
them Is fltltl running, thn other Is like
tho dead Indian a bolter man than he wim
before.
It has for a long time been the custom
of express robbors to either blml the me
sengcr hand and foot or kill them and
then carry off tho safes or packages nf
money while the train crews stood around
stupefied or so badly frightened that thrv
dared not glvo chase. Daxtcr did things
differently
When tho two masked men who hJd
boarded the train nt Council Bluffs had
cut off tho passenger and baggage rars
they crawled over the tender nnd ordered
tho engineer to go ahead with the r
press car until they came to what they
stdercd a favorable place for the trans
actlotf of their business. Then the cngi
neer, still acting under orders of the ban
dlts, used n stick of dynamite to blow open
ono nf the doors of the express car. Me
sengcr Baxter having perversely refused
to unlock It when commanded by the
masked men outside to do so.
Uut Daxtcr didn't wait to throw up h,
hands nnd bo tied when the door wat
shattered. He took his gun nnd left
through nn exit 011 tho opposlto sldo of
the car from that on which the gentlemen
who had Interrupted tho proceedings wero
working. Then when nn opportunity pre
sented Itself ho shot ono of tho robber
through tho heart. Tho other didn't wait
to exhibit tho qualities of u Hob Roy or
a Fra Dlavolo or display hln marksman
ship. Ho evidently concluded thnt ns long
ns there seemed to be somenno present
who hnd nervo It would be Just ns well to
gel along without tho safe or the money
thnt was In It. Nobody knows how far he
Jumped when ho went out of tho expre,n
tar, but tho general Impression Is that he
smashed all amateur records at least.
Messenger Baxter is entitled to tho
highest prnlso. Besides doing his duty he
has established n precedent and proved
that train robbers nro not Invulnerable.
This latter achievement is of vaBt Impor
tance. Heretofore express messenger.-)
havo seldom considered It worth while o
shoot when called upon to turn over the
valuublcs In their keeping to knights of
the bluck mask The tjxpretis companion
keep their messengers well equipped with
flrcnrms, but Micho have been sparingly
used for tho purpose of presenting rob
bery. After the exhibition which Ilnxter hns
given It Is perhaps not too much to hope
that some time the lone highwayman who
"holdi up" a passenger trnln nnd, without
nny asststanco or compunction, proceeds
to rob everybody nbonrd. may either be
knocked down or shot by somo ono with
tho coLtngo of his convictions and n de
sire to still further domonstrnto that If
Achilles could bo Jabbed In tho heel It
may be possible to find even larger and
more convenient vulnerable spots on a
bandit.
SMIM.Mi LINKS,
Indianapolis Journal: "Wouldn't vou
drop n friend who hadn't written to you
for months and months?"
"No; I'd try to undcr.it and that he had
dropped me."
Chicago Post; "He died of henrt fail
ure, said the iloctor.
"Of course, of course," returned the per
verso man; "everybody does that, but what
mnde his heart fnll?" 1
Thus do the thoughtless ever make
trouble for the learned.
Philadelphia Jtecord: Honx-Jnorrbwell
gets a lot of credit for the way ho keep"
his family ilrenned.
Jonx Yes; they tll me there's two rr
three coltectorn at the Iiouko every day.
Boston Transcript: Griggs Women are
funny things, Wonder why n womnn, in
stead of putting her liockctbook lu her
pocket, almost Invariably carries It in hsr
(11111(1?
BrlggH Perhaps she thinks thnt some
man may come along nnd seek thnt hnnd
in murrlngo.
Philadelphia Press; "The modern u.
clety girifH wardrobe," said the old lady,
"Is tho most extravngunt thing. Now,
Miss Padden'e. for Instnnco Is nn example.'
"It In n sort of exnmplo." replied hrr
niece. "ft certainly hns nil Horts of fig
ures on 1)."
Pittsburg Chronicle: "T think," said th
Obnervant Boarder, "that It Is eminently
proner to cull the men who decldo upon
pictures for tho art gallory a Jury."
"O, yes," ndded tho Cross-Eyed Boarder,
"but what Is your Idon?"
Well, they decide what pictures shall
hung, you know."
Washington 8tnr: "r don't believe our
boy Josh hns much of a lennln' townrd
farm work," said Mrs. Comtosscl to her
husband.
"Oh, yes, he has." was tho answer. "He
keeps a lendln' an a Icudlu' tell finally ho
lies right down an' goes to sleep."
Chlcuen Tribune: "When I was hero
four years ago," tho spellbinder said, "the
sentiment In this neighborhood was over
whelmingly lu fnvor of free silver. I can
see u vastly different feeling now."
"How enn you seo a feeling?" Inquired nn
earnest searcher lifter truth, rising up In
ono of the back neats..
"With my mind's eyo." roplled the orator,
and tho earnest searcher snt down amid
loud applause.
SM AM, HOV'H AHI'IHATIO.V.
Somervllle Journal.
I'd like to ne h mlnhuer.
With nothing 111 all to do
But wrlto a sermon once n tvctik,
And Drench an hour t 1wn
It must bo line to wear good clothes,
'N' go out to tea nt night,
'N' spend the daytlmo ranking calls
The minister's Job'o nil right!
I'd like to be a doctor, too,
'N' rldo around nil day,
N' know that every call I made
Tho folks hnd got to pay.
These doctors lead nn easy life;
Thry must )mv lots of fun.
They rather bent the minister.
Uut I guess I won't be one.
I'd rnther bo thn editor.
Ho ban tho softest snap,
Why. 1" tho good things come his was"
Havl Ho'h a lucky chap!
Ho hns free, passes to everywhere,
And when thero In n war,
Ho tolls tho genernls what to do
I'll bo hi) cdltorl
Protect
Your Eyes
Says Huteaou, and common
sense echoes the demand. Eye
strain la followed by a low?
train of evil results, besides In
convenience nnd oft-tlmea loss,
Onr Bln" hrlnit nierdr puni
tive anil iilranunt relief, lletnis
iiiuniifHoturrm, nf uuarnntrei an
iibanlutr lit nnd n avlnn In price,
lixactlnatlona nhaolntrly frr,
Nn tedlons -rralK. "Proinptnci.
and Hucurocr" "" """l0' F"c"
lory on the preinle.
J. C. Huteson & Co.
Consulting Opticians
1520 Douglas Street