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lio unroiI without cessation inn 11 the
returns flinch success.
Two Omaha, law schools hnvc puio to
law. That Is tho projiof enper It' tho
students nic to ho tiuiRht hy olijcot
lesson.
Tho offort of I ho local (loniocrats to
o.xtort caniiiil),'n ooiitrllnitlons from to
inilillcans by nionns of tholr option on
"ho pavilion tout N too ttanpnront to
work.
With a nleo, fat surpltw In lh Tnltod
Ktntos troastiry (lenioorats cannot holp
thlnkln what a line tlmo thoy louhl
hnvo Hpoinllnc It If tho voters would
only Rlvo thoni u ohatifo.
(Jonnany Is iiKltatod lost Its supply of
i-otton ho shut off. All that Germany
hns to do Is to keep on pood terms with
Uuelo Sam and It oan have nil tho cot
Ion It noods at tho market price.
Manufacturers of scarecrows should
submit now Rumples at once to tho popo
iratlc committee. Tho designs orl
iunlly Intondod for this enmpalpn have
not proved offeotivo with tho voters.
Tho object for which tho local popo
orotic organ Is laboring l tho defeat of
tho republican ticket, so It may bo ex
pected to do all It can' to bolster up re
publican dlsscnslonlsts. That Is tho pop
ocratlc play.
Bryan has discovered ho has under
taken a blpKor contract than ho im
agined and now pets up and makes cam
palpi speeches before breakfast. The
republicans are keopluj; everybody busy,
popocrutlc spoechinakors Included.
What tho people of the Second con
gressional district want In tholr ropro
M'titatlvo to cotiKfos is a man who can
accomplish soincthliui for them. It Is
not a question so much of his occupation
or previous condition as of Ids ubllltv.
Omaha's postoillco receipts continue
to show a steady Increase, tho dally In
coiuo for tho past ipiartor oxeoodhij,
?t,(Xh). No such record as this was
made before President MeKlnloy started
out as tho advance apent of prosperity.
Tho school board Is the body on which
tho manasement of tho public schools
devolves ami which controls tho expendi
ture of more than SoOO.ixx) each year.
Tho best procurable ability Is none, too
good for membership iu tho school board.
Kx-Senator Gorman has concluded that
ho wunts to return to tho senate had
onoiiRh to swallow itryan and Mrvanlsm.
The principal Impediment in tho'way to
Ki'atlfylni; his ambition is the chance
that Maryland will go republican iiruIik
Hotirko Cockran lias found that com
liatlni; his arKumonts for .MeKlnloy four
years ao Is too much for his strength.
If he would stand up for tho mainte
nance of tho llnanclal honor of tho coun
try as ho did iu 1S!K5 ho would doubt
loss set along bettor.
Tho empress downier of Chlni
acknowledges the receipt of the Invlta
Hon to return to I'okln to board with
the allied powers, but owing to tin
familiarity with Kuropoan cooking sin
still prefers tho simple bird's nest diet
of the Chinese cuisine.
Douglas county republicans noor had
a legislative ticket up for their support
composed of men as well quallilod or as
representative of the various element:
as that nominated this year. The con
trust with the democratic candldalos
could not bo more striking.
Polk county, Nebraska, which Is iu tin
habit of piling up popoerntle pluralities,
1ms paid off ?:!M,r.0l.7l worth of mort
gages more than have boon tiled since
the advent of the republican admlnlstra
tlon. It Is about time for Polk county
to break away from Its Idols and look
after Its innterlal Interests,
nKHM.tx arts ids of imv.ixisM.
The Ilaltluioro-Auiorlonu of Inst Sat
urday published the names of about iVh)
representative Gorman-Amerlcaix of
that city who are supporting .MeKlnloy.
In giving tholr reaons for this they
declare thai they believe iu an honest
dollar, that the free coinage of silver
moans cummoielal disaster, misery and
distress for workiiigmou, tradesmen
and all citizens, private and na
tional dishonor. Thoy declnro this
to bo the vital Issue In the campaign
and express tho conviction that If Mr.
Itryan should be oloeted bo will, use
all tho vast powers at his contiuand as
chief executive of the nation to imme
diately place tho country on a silver
basis. Thoy say: "Tho fear, distrust
and uncertainty Inevitably resulting
from such, a situation would bo almost
as disastrous to tho business of the
country as tho passage of a fioo silver
law."
Those representative Gorman citizens
of Maryland state that thoy do not see
anything real In tho Issue of Imper
ialism. "The possession of tho Philip
pine Islands," they say. "has come to
us as an unavoidable result of tho war
with Spain, a war decided on by both
parties. Our title has been conllrmed
by a treaty, the adoption of which was
urged by Mr. Bryan himself. The course
of the present administration in putting
down armed Insurrection, Iu establish
ing a government founded upon our
usual constitutional safeguards for life,
liberty and property, and In determin
ing to give the I'lllplnos as groat a share
of self-government as thoy may show
themselves capable of. commends Itself
to our sober Judgment as being a wise
and prudent method of mooting tho
groat responsibilities which hnvo de
volved upon tho I'nltcd States as a
legacy of tho Spanish war." In regard
to the bogy of militarism they urge
that, a nation of "o.ixXMWO people need
not I ear any danger of mUltary despo
tism with Its army so small In propor
tion, especially as congress hns full
power to control It.
Such expressions are a ooncluslve an
swer to the claim of the Bryanlte cam
paign managers that most of our Gor
man citizens are fearful of so-called lin
pcrlollsm and militarism and therefore
will sacrlllce tholr interest -tn hound
money and take the risk if llnanclal
and business disaster. As was said by
Hon. Andrew I. White, tho American
ambassador to Germany, It Is a cal
umny to say that the citizens of Gor
man origin, who remember vividly the
great military establishments of the
old world vast standing armies ot
hundreds of thousands of soldiers, raised
by tho conscription of able-bodied men
-can bo scared from their allegiance to
republican principles by the fact that
the Pulled States lluds it necessary,
for a brief space of time, to add to the
gallant little regular army a body of
10,000 to ."iO.000 volunteers. Intelligent
Gorman citizens, who, like those of
Baltimore, have given thoughtful con
sideration to this matter, know there la
nw such danger to our form of govern
ment as for a partisan purpose tho
Bryanlte party alleges. Thoy know that
no act of tho administration warrants
the charge of its opponents that "im
perialism," or anything akin to It, has
ever boon thought of, and thoy also
know that President MeKlnloy Is the
last man In the United States who
would attempt to change the form of
our government.
There are no more thoughtful, sober-
minded and careful people than Gorman-
Americans. Thoy will not bo deluded
by tho false cries of the Hryanlte party.
They know what republican policies and
principles have done for the develop
ment and progress, In all respects, of
this country and It is not to be doubted
that most ot thorn will continue tholr
allegiance to the republican party.
IXSCLTlXt) AMKHWAX VOTKItS.
Mr. Hryan says there are American
voters for sale, lie tolls the world that
there are men in this country who will
barter tholr votes for money. In his
speech at his birthplace, Salem. 111.,
he said: "If the election were held to
day there Is no doubt that w6 would
have a majority hi the electoral college
and on the popular vote. Hut tho re
publican managers are now collecting
from tlte monopolies a largo campaign
fund. Thoy will buy every vote that
can bo bought." If there be any ground
for this statement of the popocrutlc
candidate for the presidency it rotlocts
chlclly upon his own adherents. Tho
republican campaign managers, If thoy
have, as Mr. Itryan alleges, a corrup
tion fund, can use It to advantage only
In buying the votes of men who are
supporting hlni. How many Bryanlte
democrats, populists and free silver re
publicans, so-called, are for sale? Man
Ifostly. In the opinion of Mr. Bryan,
there Is a very considerable uunibor
enough, ho evidently fears, to' defeat
hlni. He professes to believe that ho
would be successful If the election wore
hold at once, but In tho ensuing four
weeks ho expects tho republican man
agers to buy enough voters who are
now supporting him to compass his tie
feat. Certainly Mr. Bryan could not have
considered the bearing and slgnlllcanco
of his declaration at Salem. What
docs It Imply? In the nrst place that
there are many thousands of voters
who are dishonest and conscienceless
so far as politics Is concerned -men who
have no principles, or who hold them
In such light regard that they will sell
them to the highest bidder. In the sec
ond place that there are among his
supporters men who think so little of
patty allegiance that for a pecuniary
consideration they will give tholr votes
to Iho opimsltlon. Thus Mr. Bryan not
only Insults American voters as a
whole, but. ho directly and distinctly ro
tlocts upon tho honesty and sincerity of
his own supporters, nlnco It is only such
that tho republlcalt managnrs would
need to buy, Moreover, It Is a plain In
ferenco from his declaration that Mr,
)!rynn Is apprehensive of defeat and Is
preparing to tlml an explanation of it In
the i nrrtiptlng of voters. He sees tho tide
going against hlni. Ho knows tho people
tire not alarmed by the false cry of Im
perialism and militarism. lie ha1
learned that ho cannot make a pattlsan
MUesilon of trusts, because the repub
lican party's opposition to trusts ante
dates that of tho democracy and most
of the anil-trust legislation has been
enacted by tho republican party. He
realizes that tho people generally are
chlclly concerned with the tptostlou of
malntiiltilng a sound currency and con
tinuing tho prosperous conditions of tho
past three years. With this evidence
before him .Mr. Bryan cannot fall to
discern, however reluctant he may be
to do so, his lessoning chances and now,
as four joins ago, ho Is preparing to
charge his defeat to the corruption and
coercion of voters.
It Is a despairing confession that the
light is going against him, that his
cnitnc, If not already lost, Is hopeless.
There will be no buying of votes by the
republican campaign managers and
there will bo no coercion of voters by
republican employers. It Is unneces
sary. The people are thinking. Tho
farmer ami tho wage earner are care
fully studying the situation. They are
comparing present conditions with tho
conditions of four years ago. And as
this investigation expands and becomes
more earnest the cause of Bryanlsni declines.
AS TU Tilt: It ALLOT.
Good legislation may bo made Ineffect
ive by bad execution. The Intent of the
lawmakers In enacting the present bal
lot law was to facilitate the voter In
giving expression to his choice of can
didates and prevent trickery and manip
ulation designed to mislead tho voters.
Tho present ballot law was enacted by
a republican legislature, but approved
by a populist governor. There Is no
ipiostlon that It Is a vast Improvement
on the law which It superseded and that
Its provisions, If honestly enforced, are
fair alike to voters and all parties.
Tho people who are Ilndlng fault with
the new ballot law forgot the glaring
defects of the old pictorial ballot law, In
indicting which the fuslonlsts over
reached themselves and llnally had to
acknowledge their mistake. With the
old law still on tho statute books the
olllcial ballot this year would bo twice
as unwieldy as It Is now because tho
old law permitted the repetition of the
names of the candidates under each con
vention Jjibol by which thoy had boon
nominated. Under It the fusion ticket
would have appeared throe times where
It now Is printed but once and tho
chances for confusion multiplied.
It Is possible that experience with the
present ballot may disclose various
points In which it can be still further
improved. But- to return to the old pic
torial ballot would be ,a stop backward
which tho people would never tolerate.
77 r. cui XTv ATTUHsnrsuu:
One of the otIlo.es to be tilled at the
coming election Is that of county at
torney. JAn- this position tho republic
ans have nominated .lohn W. Parish, n
young lawyer of good standing at the
bar and In every way competent to per
form the Important duties which will
devolve upon hlni.
As compared with his opponent on the
fusion ticket the candidacy of Mr. Par
ish appeals to the support of all classes
of oters because of his pronounced su
periority. Ills opponent, who Is run
ning for re-election, has made a record
of lamentable failure. The Bee has char
acterized hlni as "incompetent, Irrele
vant and Immaterial," this verdict hav
lug been rendered In the court of public
opinion by every juror who has watched
his bungling operations and costly mis
management of public prosecutions.
The otllce of county attorney Is one
that can bo economically or, extrava
gantly administered and tho taxpayers
must foot tho bill. This bill has never
boon so expensive and the returns so
small as under the present fusion In
cumbent. That a reform In the admin
istration of tho ollice is urgently de
manded Is conceded on every hand, and
the only way to effect this reform Is to
elect Mr. Parish, the republican candi
date, who can bo counted on to servo tho
people honestly, conscientiously and
with Intelligence.
Experimenting In sugar boot culture
In Douglas county has demonstrated the
adaptability of the land In this vicinity
for the purpose of growing sugar beets.
This moans that a beet sugar factory
locutod In this city would have no dllll
culty In socutiiig the raw material re
quired to keep it running. Omaha has
had several projects for tho location of
such a factory In succession for several
yenrs, and tho time scorns propitious
ifow to Interest capitalists and secure u
factory before another ,ear expires.
Tho ltrynuitcs nro now trying to con
trovert the argument that tho Philip
pines wore nnnexod because we needed
the territory. Tho facts are the Phil
ippines need tho protection afforded by
tho United States In order to prevent
the tenitoiy falling Into the clutches of
some other power or being blighted by
Incompetent nttempts at government by
native autocrats.
Iowa's corn crop this year breaks Hto
record, being more than IS.UOo.ooO bush
els In excess of tho highest previous
leltl. Iowa fanners may count on a
largo urea of prosperity before them,
provided the policies of the government
which have built up our markets and
restored our capacity for homo con
sumption are not reversed.
After protracted preliminary sparring
the Impeachment proceedings against
Police Judge Gordon seem about to ma
terialize and tho Judge will havo un op
portunity of explaining In court many
peculiar transactions which have marked
his Incumbency of tho otllce. If the
charges thnt Imve beeu preferred nro
sustained Oninha should have a now po-1
lice Judge. If thoy are not sustained
Judge Gordon should havo the hencllt
of a Ilndlng to thnt effect.
lleportb from tho government laud
otllces show that what Is left of the
public domain In the cattle country Is
rapidly being taken up. The west Is
expanding commercially mul the en tt le
mon cannot afford to take tho chances of
securing free range on government land
as In the old days.
Up to date democracy has a monopoly
of rowdyism at political rallies. Re
publicans are perfectly willing that their
opponents should have all the rallies and
make all the speeches thoy please. The
republican party Is tho party of free
speech, but not of free trade, free silver
or free soup.
Reports from the Transvaal nro to tho
effect that largo numbers of Roofs are
now leaving that country, many of them
bonded for the United States. The Boors
are industrious and frugal and all who
wish to come will tlnd plenty of room
made for them and a cordlul welcome.
Lieutenant Smith of the Ulrt Ne
braska Is making Rryttn speeches over
tho state. There Is u fellow feeling be
tween tho ox-lieutonitnt and the ex
eolonol both resigned and came home
before the men in the ranks were able
to bo mustered out.
Some ( oiisotutlou In Mftlit.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Mr. Ilryan should find a hopeful nuRiiry
In tho fiiet that llie. price of noId as meas
ured In Bliver U Btendily dciirccUtlug.
I'ollteiieiis of 1'orcoiintcrii.
Washington Post. -Joe
Manley meets ttiu generosity of Vice
President Johnson by placlnu Arkansas In
the IJrynn column. There is danger of the
campaign managers becoming overpolltc.
Any Old Thlnir Will lio.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
CrOker has vouchsafed to cxplnln tho po
sition of tho democratic party on I ho
money question. "We faor," he says, "all
kinds of money silver, gold, any kind of
money. That Is our policy on tho money
question." This Is, perhaps, to b Inter
preted by tho light ot Crokur'a assumption
that Crokcr Is the democratic party. Cro
ker Is conceded to be In favor of any kind
of money.
Hot Work on the I'lrlliu I.I nr.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Canvasses and estimates made by repub
lican and democratic managcM respective,
ly enable each party to claim an assured
Nt.cciss In tho coming election. If cither
were perfectly satisfied that the estimate
Is correct, It would be justified In aban
doning nil further effort to win votes, but
neither Is showing any such confldenco In
Its own figures. On the contrary, both nro
working hard, and expect to keep on doing
so until the day of election.
Iln llililrr Sultrtl (lie I'rolilom.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Tho express messenger on the Burling
ton road who diuoovered that there were
two doois to his car and that bo could
slip out of ono with his gun whllo trnln
robbers wore breaking in the other mny
have solved tho hitherto Insoluble problem
of how to light this "kind of miscreants. Ills
plan worked very well at the first attempt
and can doubtless be so Improved as to
make the cxpresB car, which IS usually the
first part of tho train to be attacked, a
very dangerous trap for tho robbers.
Vol the Mluhtcxt IlitniiT.
Minneapolis Journal.
Mr. Hryau said at Washington, Ky.. Sat
urday that the government cannot be con
verted into nu empire unless the people
want nu empire. That's the llrst sensible
thing he bus said on the subject of im
perialism. That is true and it is the com
plete nnswer to all else that he bus said
on tho subject It is not tieccsaury for Mr.
Bryan to protect the people of this coun
try ngatnst themselves. There is not the
slightest danger that they will ever want
empire and ho Is authority for the proposi
tion that there will bo no emplro till they
want It. Then what is ho fretting about
unless Ifs votes?
Decrease.! l!oi rotvlnu In .NelirnxLn.
American Investments, Kuffalo.
Tho following gives n comparison of the
mortgago record of Nebraska for the first
bIx mouths of 1899 and of tho present year:
1SW. 1900.
V a r m mortgages
llled 10,311 r.,7.10
Amount $U,6ta,032.H SII.472.S0S.0l
V a. r ni mortgages
satislled 11.129 13,277
Amount 14,C,S01.li3 S12.7l7.lW.lt
Town and city
mortgages tiled.... 3.3M) 3.S03
Amount $ 2.SS6, 125.21 i :.T31.3.fiJ
Town h n d city
mortgages satlHtlt-U .t.OSU h'-i
Amount 3,001,235.11 J 3,W:.C37.52
Chattel mortgages
filed 43,:S3S IS.335
Amount 117,523,533.12 flS,31",7C0.11
Chattel mortgages
satisfied 2I.3.W 27.PSI
Amount JU.0j3,370.C'J Jli.731.02i". 18
V().M)i:ilI LI, ftllOWTII.
( Iillliui'x Wrniijilit Since llu" Turn of
the Tide Four Vcnrs Ami,
Detroit Free Press.
Even those who knew tho wonderful re
cuperative power that the American peoplo
hae shown In times past following a
period of financial depression comment
with surprise upou tho romarknblo develop
ment made slnco tho turn of tho tide four
years aco. Kach banker who spoko at tho
meeting of tho association In Richmond
had special knowledge of tho district from
which lio reported nnd, without. execptlou,
tho testimony that ho bore was of tho most
gratifying nature. What those men pre
sented iu the more general terms used
among balikors wore condensed by Putted
States Treasurer Roberts in n treatment of
tho subject that covered the entire union.
Thiirc is plenty of money In tho country,
ovldenco conclusive being furnished by the
fect that It is cheap enoiiRh to attract for
eigners, Germany alone calling upon us for
j:0,000,000. Our exports hao been
ut rrccedonted nud we can boast control of
some of the world's most Important mar
kets supplied by farms, mines and manu
facturing establishments. The poplo of
this country own $90,000,000,000 in capital,
they aro annually producing ?2,5O0,OOfl,H00
and, despite heavy drafts upon tho
national treasury, it has more now
on hand than over before. In four yeats
wo havo advanced from tho rondltlou of
nit.to stringency iu our flnunci. I Ui fTuli h to
tho greatest prosperity enjoyed by nuy
nation upon earth.
With money nu a gold basis loaning at
from lU to I'j per icnt, what nation of
ordinary common gcnuo would scrloualy
think for a moment of produduit cheaper
money or of muklng serious chaugx iu the
B) stein under which wo nio operating. To
change It would bo saying to the rut! of the
world la tho most direct manner possible
either thai tfn did not recognize a good
thing when we had it or that we were with
out ordinary btmlneeB heiua and (hat a
Here capable of plunging voluntarily from
tho heights of prokpeilty to th depths of
monetary calamity fur tu fuu of the
boelc
REAL IMPERIALISM
Salt Lake
some lung ei) comical and at tho same
time a Utile tail appeared 111 our morning
contempoiaty ycMciday. A heudllne with
letters paralyzing in size announced that
"(ledrgla I oil tip GO.OOir majority for the
j democrat I c ticket." Then the statement Is
made that the state had been carried by the
I democrats by about fo.ooo. Uut an rxplana
' tory nolo threw light on tho question. It
Bald: 'There being practically no opposi
tion to tho democrats, the voto was light."
Thnt whs the comical part. Now tho smt
patt is that this Is a year when Imperialism
seems to be the awful dread of the democ
racy. Imperialism dan come In more thun
ono way. It can come In the way ot an
armed uprising, led by a great chieftain, fol
lowed by an exhaustive civil war Th"
other Is by taking one right after another
insidiously from tho people until they ale
slaves,
Tho fathers left as a heritage to tho
American people the ballot, holding that It
was amply suluclont to settle nil disputes,
nil trouble, keeping iu mind that the ma
jority must rule nud that tho will of a ma
jority of patriotic men must ho what Is
best for tho country. Now, by certain pro
cesses which tho democratic party has a
patent on, tho voto of Georgia Is reduced to
00,000. That moans that a great many
thousands nro In soiuo way kept away from
tho polls and that a great many thousands
more hnvo not Interest enough In the coun
try and In tho stato to take the trouble to
express tholr wish at the polls.
That could bo looked upon by tho country
with comparative Indifference If It extended
no further thnn tho Georgia stnto line. Dot
in electing a president nnd In electing con
gressmen Georgia clniruis the right to have
cloven congressmen nud thirteen electoral
otes. Tho stato of Now York has thirty
six electoral votes. To get tho thirteen
electoral votes In Georgia nnd tho eloven
congressmen Georgia casts fiO.000 votes, but
Now York, to got her thirty-six electoral
votes nnd her thirty-four congressmen, cast
In JStifi 1.371,361 votes. Tho Increase over
ISnr, in tho vote this year will probably bo
more than tho totnl voto cost In Georgia.
Wo seo then thnt It requires only 3.SIC otcs
in Georgia to mako nu electoral vote, while
A Spellbinding Record
Washington Post (ind. rep.)
As a matter of fact the existing conditions passed from the state of a national debtor
In finance, commerce and industry furnish to that of n creditor nation. Instead of
tho republican party with all tho mutcrial borrowing from Europe wo lend to Ku
tlmt it needs or that It can creditably utl- rope. We have funded a debt of J335.000.
It2e. Mr. McKlnley's administration has, up 000, bearing 4 and 4'4 per cent Interest
... ,.,,,., vl:i, imrauou uy exiruonii-
nary und opulont achievement. Tho con-
duct of our flnnnclal affairs has been
ii u ueu uu u uuccenH oi wuicn every command a promlum of 4 per cent being
substantial citizen is, according to his vlsl- quoted higher iu proportion than tho se
blo interest, a benellclary. We know of un entitles of any Kuropcan government Wo
uoparwneui. oi legitimate activity which have collected, without friction without
has uot thriven during the pnst three years, d'fllculty. and without tho scandal of a
Our manufacturing enterprises ' havo ex- single defalcation, the largest revenue In
hlblted a remarkable growth nnd n corro- our history. During tho year ended June
spending prosperity. Agrlculturo was never SO. 1900, our Internal roveuuo amounted to
so well established and so bountifully re- J293,313,107.57, nnd tho proceeds of our
warded. And, what is more to tho pur- tariff on Imports amounted to J271 127 -poso,
this vast wavo of profit nnd eucour- 774.32 making a grand totnl of $567 24n'
agemeut has covered tho entire country S31.89. We have created since March 14
north, south, cast und west alike. Tho this year, 323 new national banks. These
cotton planters, from Tennesson to Texas, bauks have been established throughout
gaze upon rich harvests. Tho cotton mills the country small banks, with capltnls of
of tho Carolines, Georgia and neighboring JcO.000 nnd $25,000 distributed nmong the
states havo been converted Into gold mines, agricultural districts, nud they give not
Tho farmers, from Ohio to tho Faclue, only facility, but protection. Thoy are, in
havo paid off their mortgages, are at last fact, tho symbols of our tremendous prog
Independent, and now sco before them un reus nnd development. Thoy tell n tale
era of assured prosperity. Labor is every- which, In the estimation of serious men!
whoro In demand nt excellent wages. Capl- accuses nnd forevor silences the silly rig.
tul finds remunerative employment on every marolo of the cheap and shallow exhort
hand. The whole country Is n beehive ors from tho stump. Prom March, 1S93 to
and honest effort has Its sure reward. March, 1897. there wero 13S national hauls
As wo seo tho matter, the republican failures. Prom March, 1S97, to March, 1900,
oiators hnvo no need to go n step beyond there wero thirty-four failures. Ho who
these eloquent, convincing fncts. They cannot read aright tho meaning of these
commit nn unpardonable folly when, In- facts and figures Is beyond the reach of
stead of pointing to tho substance, they common sense nnd reason,
content themselves with barking at a fool- Hero, in a nutshell, Is tho record of the
Ish shadow. Compared with their noisy republican administration tindor Mr. Me
nial ridiculous vociferation, tho smallest Kinley, so far as it touches tho subslau
extract from tho Treasury department's ttul interests of the Americnn people It
record Is nn anthem to n rabbit's squeak, fs not mado up of conjecture, projudlee,
hook, for n moment, at that record. Dur- partisanship, or nuy other manifestation of
lng Mr. McKluley'a administration we have empty tomfoolery.
1'UHMOXAI, rtmTISHS.
W. S. Stratton. tho Cripple Creek million
aire, Is to build In Denver a new theater
capnblo of seating 1,800 people.
In littlo uioro than a year the llritlsh
government hns expended $10,000,000 lu
New Orleans for animals for tho South
African campaign, ami New Orleans people
do not seo why other folks call tho war
cruel. -
Charles Kendall Adams lias retired from
tho presidency of tho University of Wis
consin and will go abroad for his health,
which has been bad for two years past,
lie has not actually resigned und Dean D.
A. nirgo will net In his place.
Tho railway car which was for somo
tlmo President Krugor's headquarters near
Muehudodorp was a splendidly decorated
affair, two guards wero continually at tho
doors, but Mr. Krugor seldom wont out
except for his morning bath In tho sulphur
springs, t'loso by.
Tho blblo presented by the Harvard Re
publican club tn Governor Roosevelt, for
use by him In taking the oath of office lu
case ho Is elected vice president, bears
on n lly-leaf tho inscription: "Prom Har
vard men to u Harvard man of whom all
Harvard men are proud."
Dr. Paul Raupt of Johns Hopkins uni
versity, who secured for Yalo a collection
of Arnblc manuscripts on his rr.cunt trip
to Europe, bought also for a Ilaltlmore
collector nnothor collection of Arabic and
Turkish manuscripts valued at $26,000. This
laut is to bo presented either to Princeton
or to Johns Hopkins.
Prof. Daniel I'rothcroo of Milwaukee has
Just returned from England, whither he
went to act as an adjudicator nt tho Royal
National Klsteddfod at Liverpool. He is
tho only person not a restdont nt Great
Britain who hns ever boen asked to fill
that position. One of his compositions, m
chorus fot fomalo voices, was a test ploce
at tho eisteddfod.
Colonel Prank S. Hastings, a retired
merchant of Son Francisco, Is prepnrlng to
erect in Golden Gato park thnro the highest
Ilagpolo in tho world. Tho giant pole will
bo 3."0 feet high and from It will wsvn an
Americnn liug 100 feet long, with stars
three feet across. Colonel Hastings, who
Is a veteran of th civil war, Is prepared
to expend $1,0(0 lu the completion of this
project.
Under tho franchise tax law Iho amount
duo on properties in New York City is
about JG.OOn.OOO. Of thU sum nearly ll.tWO,
OOU is i barged ngalust the Munhnttnu No
vated Railroad company, nenrlj JeOO.OOO
against tho Metropolitan Surface Itallrond
compuiiy, more than jj&O.oon against tho
Now York & Harlem flallun) company, ami
nearly j'juu.oon against tho IMlsou Illumi
nating company.
William K, Vuiidorbilt arrived lu New
Ruvon, Conn., un Sunday with his auto, und
after stubllng the machine went to get a
hIiuvo. iiurber xliops lu that town are not
allowed tn open on Suuday. but after snmti
tiuiM 'i local tt'lura whh 1 ml nt-,l t.t e.inu,
to n hotel mid take otf th millionaire'! I
beard Re received $j for doing; tho Job
and did not leant until next dny the Iden
tity of his munificent patron.
Tribune ih rep i
i: requires as s:i vote.1 In New York to ac
complish tho same thing.
In the old aute-beljum dayo when the
south was red-hot the boast of some of It
blufferj was thnt one southern rami
could whip five Ynnkeos. That did
not Amount to ery much, because
it was a mere muter of opinion; but when
ono Georgia man in ottng for n president
or for u member of c engross is equnt to
ten men la Now York that la a doubling of
tho boast, und that is a ferlous matter, for
that not only goes to personal opinion,
but it goes to the very foundations of the
government, and If continued would slgniil
tho day when tills would be a republic In
name merely and when Inn eriallsm would
bo established sure enough
What pertains to Georgia extends to
Alabama und Mississippi, and Louisiana,
nnd Texas, nnd South Carolina, and North
Caroline, nnd Virginia, nnd Arkansas, nnd
I'iorldu, and Tenessco, in largo measure.
That goes to tho very integrity 0f tho
republic, and wo havo not heard Mr.
Ilryan complain of It In tho campaign
Ho Is frightened to death, apparently,
about Imperialism. Ills party organs
throughout the country nro frightened to
death; thoso cmlpent statesmen, ex-Governor
Altgeld, Webster Davis, ex-Senator
l'ottlgrew, Iloss Crokcr, Ilolirko Cockrnn,
Carl Scliurz and tho Springfield Republican
nro nil frightened out ot tholr wits lest
this country Tjo given over to a despotism
nnd ruled by tho Iron hand of that despot,
McKlntty. Dut that several stntes In
tho south only have to cast nbout one In
ten as many votes to get an elector or n
congressman .ns the stntes in the north,
that is looked upon ns a mero incidont,
not worth mentioning. Mr. Hryan, who Is
thoughtful, who thinks of almost every
thing, has not evon onco thought of it,
so far as we hnvo heard, since tho open
ing of tho campaign: neither has Mr.
Schurz; neither has that blatherskite with
tho awful mouth, Dourko Cockran. It It
were any other country hut this, people
would Lcgln to conclude that of all tho
sorry frauds on the face of the earth tho
democratic party tn the Pnlted States 'a
tho viry chief.
into Donas bearing 2 per cent a les rate
than was ever beforn mull,! i.v .. ....
try In time of war-and our new bonds now
IHAG.OSIS AM) HK.MKOY.
Mrillcnl Drllnltiun of llrjunttU nml
the I'ropei- TrrHt inoiit.
Medical IJrief for October.
Ilryanltis is a complication of diseases,
comprising opposition to ovorythlng in tho
shape of practical common sense.
The disorder is ncuto nnd vlrulont, but
sclf-ilmlted in its nature.
Radical treatment of tho dlsenso consists
In always voting against tho financial and
fanatical folly, bettor suited to the middle
ages than Amorlcau civilization ot tho
twentieth century.
Small wonder that the Filipino should
feel kinship with tho present popocratlc
organization and leaders. They are both
examples of retarded development. It is
an anachronism, reversion, degeneration, to
propose that n nntlon, fast becoming a
great world power for good, should adopt
a policy of contraction, Isolation, debased
money, tarnished credit. Ignominy, nmong
other nations.
.If wo bellevo in the republic, If we cher
ish Amorlcau Ideas and principles, we must
Biimmon our patriotism, and, whatever our
party feelings may bo, brand Bryanltls at
the polls as superficial, eruptlvo disease
which has attacked our politics, not a
part of our bone and fiber.
Tho result of tho election will tell tho
world whother we aro sound and strong,
We hear that same old wretched story: Draw
ers turned up at the ankles. Sleeves turned up
at the wrists. You men who haven't found
us out, have suffered lonjj enough.
This Is merely a hint that your misery
may be ended wltiiout extra cost.
Like our clothing, no underwear fits like
ours, and from 'A a Kurmcnt to $5 a garment
wc can lit you to your perfect satisfaction.
Union suits If you prelcr.
Browning,
R. S. Wilcox, MnunKur.
Omahit'a Only Exclusive Clothiers -for Mi a and Bar.
th healthy heartv. gronlug country wo
bcllre ourselves to be. throwing off po
lltlcal diseases at the surface. Instead e'
keeping them lu. festering nnd causing
ugly sores, nfler the manner of continental
Kurope. We would rather hnn an
archlsm defeated at tho polls by putde
opinion than kept down by militarism.
1 .11 A K II Till: HOl'si- niilM'III.IC w
A Mntlrr iif Suiireni tnipurlmu'r tn
the I uiinlr.i,
ltaltliuorv American
As the certainty of McKluley's re-ele
tlon Increases, republicans all over the
country should, without lessening then
activity lu behalf of tho presidential ticket
devote more tlmo nnd attention to th"
work of guaranteeing a lcpubllcan ma
Jorlty In tho national house of reprcsen
tnttves. It Is, of course, of first import
anco that the chief executive be a repub
lican. At this Juncture, when a change
of administrations would bo IncnlculahH
disastrous, involving nnw nnd radical de
nrtuios in economical policies, revolu
tlons lu diplomacy and nn entire rcndJiiB'
meut of foreign rclntlons, tho re-election
of President MoKlnlcy Is of first Import
unco. That .insured, the conduct of the
go eminent lor another four years will be
settled In advance, and commerce and
business of nil kinds may lay their plnt
accordingly.
Hut, If the full fruits of the victory or
to bo gathered, tho next house miiM be
republlenn. A democratic majority In the
lowor branch of congress willl mean tlini
the administration will bo seriously crip
tiled. Tlie fanatical opposition which ha
developed among tho democrats to the ld"
of this country carrying out tho work upon
which It embarked nn a result of the Span
ish war will iheii mako Itself felt In the
way of niggardly appropriations, useles
delays In the disposition of public bun
fiess nnd nn incessant ngltutlon uhlrh will
bo almost ntlamitous In its effect. 1 1
would be little worse to hnvo Ilryan eleetei
than It will bo to have the hands of the ad
ministration tied by an adverse majorl'
In the house. In Maryland, ns well n
throughout tho country, the republicans
should ilevoto themselves seriously to the
work of electing congressional candidate-.
Too much Importance cannot be accorded It
because ns It succeeds so VIII the second
administration of President MeKlnloy be
a success.
MIIITill'l
CIIAT'IV.II.
Judge: lity Nephew What do you thleU
of Dr. IMIlHhun ns ii physician'.'
Purmer llnj rnob Safest doctor nnywher.
In tills part of tho county nearly nlwn.
oft llshlng when he's wanted.
Philadelphia Record: Mrs. Newdnr
(haughtily i- - Yes. w pay cnsli for even
tlilnc we set. there.
Mrit Peppre Indeed? Why is It. 1 won
der. Iliat they urn so careful about open
nig nei nuuis w nu people ;
ChhiiRo Tribune: Caller i with passbook'
Mr. Vediler. may I nsl: what your politi
cal belief Is? I .nil taking u vote of till'
butldlna.
Renter (slightly denfi Hey?
Culler No, straw.
Washington Star: "The cIiIhom" are a
very polite race of people.'' remarked the
visitor
"Perhaps that's why they are so verv
untruthful." answered tlie iiostecs. "fit-i
does have tn tell so many fibs, you know,
to avoid being rude."
Pittsburg Chronicle: "That's ' wlni
stamps me,'' said llllnnd to Hnlket. when
tho latter presented a tough proposition
"Thnt." added Halket. "Is what the butt
of the tree remarks when It sees tlie spell
binder approaching."
Detroit Prop Press: Husband How much
dlil you rpend downtown?
Wife Thirty-nine dollars and n half.
Husband What did you get?
Wife Bargains,
Chicago Post: "What Is the best-paying
business you know of?" nsked the pile in
quirer. "Promoting," replied tho state leglsln
tor promptly.
"Promoting great enterprises?"
"No: pr.imiitlng certain kinds of legisla
tive metis ires."
Chicago 'limes-Herald- A gentleman win
wore mutton chop whlskora and n rhek
suit went Into n (iilCHgo llbrnry tho other
dm- ami. approaching ono of the annuit
ants lu tho circulating department, said:
"t would llko, If yoj ploiise. to 'm'
Demur's Itubalyut und 'Omer's Hodesry."
i.irr in t:n r. m: light.
Robert Kldson in Rrooklyn Kagl.
Con you not see. my brothers, how great
, this nation stows.
Kmcrslng from its century of toll and
martial throes?
How tn tlie yenr of miracles, th fateful
nlnty-cli;ht.
With littlo effort It becnm th peer of an
Htate:
Tho equal of the greatest, with iitnpl
power to grow?
Then cease your petty wrangles nnd let
dissensions go.
When this great century wns young, with
roeH on every linno.
Wo let not well enough alone, hut needs
must then expand;
To rest content with thirteen suites was
not our lucky star.
Wo raised them up to forty-five, and,
than); God hero we are:
And here wo menu to Htay. my boys, right
at tho same old stand,
And no American now lives who says we'
too mucn mini.
A we crossed th Rocky mountains, now
we in en c i ine surging waves,
For tlie Islands Uod has given, sacred with
our hemes' graves;
As wo fought to free nurlves, bovs, now
w tight to fre the world,
wiin tn same oiii nag ubov us, b
Providence unfurled;
For wo ar strong enough by now to hole
across the sen.
And Und intends It shall be done; so.
,n uinm , in it oe.
There's antl-thls tul nntl-tliat. but old
Time rolls ulong.
And Uncle Sam Is ninrchlnz to Ki.
tiunslon'n ulnrlnii ,rmr-
Tho nations prosperous through light must
noiu lognwier rust,
Nor longer be divided by the hatreds of
the piiHt;
Tho advoontes of Isolated fnlflshn'ss ar
Mind;
The mor United States there are the bt:
ler for mankind
Again
King & Co.,
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