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THE OMAHA DAILY BE.TCt SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, WOO.
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The Omaha Daily Bee
K. IIOSEWATEU, Editor.
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STATEMENT OF CIIICUI.ATJON.
Btato of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.:
Oeorgo B, Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
says that tho actual number of full and
com pin to coplos of Tho Dally, Morning.
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
mwijui ui ocpirmnor, law, was'ns ioiiowh;
1 ana io
10 27, 183
1 27,100
18 27,140
19 20,070
20 27,015
21 27.0HO
22 27,500
23 ,20,740
21 27,U:!l)
23 27,170
it 27,:tio
27 27,225
2S 28,1140
29 27,400
SO 20,805
Z St,B2S
1 27,180
4 27,100
t ,...27,U00
27,400
7 27,200
J 27,170
,.2U,75n
10 27,110
11 27,100
12 27,2.t0
13 27,:50
II 211,080
1 27,170
Total siR,n:io
Lees unsold and returned copies li,:i22
Net total cales 804,0(18
Net dally average.... 20,820
OEOHCU3 B. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
Wore mo this 20th day of Septotnber. A. D.
1900. M. B. HUNOATE.
(Bcal) Notary Public.
Mark Hitnna Is In I(curaskn, but we
have not yet been overwhelmed cither
by cnrtluitnikcM, cyclones or floods.
Tlio next registration, dny Is Frldny,
October 2tl. If yon hnvo not nlrcndy
registered ninrk that down on your
calendar.
It Is worthy of note that the popo
cratlc organ Is not ranking any special
display of tho registration llgures for
Omaha and South Omaha.
Ilobson has been presented with a
loving etip. Slnco tho girls neglect to
kiss him any more tho young mnn
must have something to Jove.
Tho Uryanltes nro again finding fault
with tho Department of Agriculture.
That .7. 8terllngl,Morton onco presided
over this department will nover bo for
given by them.
Arizona shows up with n population
of 122,000. Ah this is several times the
tlgurcs credited to Nevada the plea of
Arizona for statehood should find Its
rensus argument adequate.
Attorney General Smyth claims to
havo discovered another octopud right
hero In Nebraska upon which ho pio
poscs to display his ability as nn octopus
exterminator. Let tho siren whistle
blow.
Tho supremo court has decided that
they nro "mid-road populistH." The
court did not undertake to discover a
word which adequately describes the
ipoils-secklng, ofllce-huuting branch of
tho party.
Spain proposes to build n now navy.
When it gets It built it might bo ad
visablo to follow tho admonition to
keep It nway from tho water, or at
least that portion of it frcquontod by
United States ships.
Tho annual report of the Pullman
company shows that tho traveling pub
lic last year paid tho company a little
over 15,000,000 to secure rill the com
forts of a home. This does not includo
tho amount collected by tho porters.
Reports from Shanghai are to tho
effect that I'rluco Tuan has secured pos
session of tho emperor's seal and Is
terrorizing the empress dowager. Some
ono should hand Tsl An her rolling pin
and let tho two sottle their differences.
Popocratlc organs and speakers are
shouting that Iluuna forced tho niluo
owners to accede to tho demands of the
men. If tho chargo is truo Murk Hunun
Is a bettor frieud of the laborliig men
than those who never do anything but
howl. "Windy sympathy Is a poor sub
stitute for a 10 per cent raise in wnges.
Tho time between Omaha ami south
ern California is to bo cut down by now
train schedules. Had nuyouo who made
tho trip twenty years ago, consuming
ttvo or six days curoute, been told that
tho snmo dlstauco could bo covered in
slxty-flvo hours by tho beglnuing of the
century ho would havo replied thnt tho
ago of miracles had passed.
Tho man who ndvoeated free salt
when ho was in congress suddenly
found thut he was not posted on "local"
Issues when, as a presidential candi
date, ho faced tho voters of n salt-
producing town lu Now York. When
Btubboru facts nro encountered in nny
locality Bryau assumes n faraway lool
and switches paramounts with tho skill
of a Herrmann.
People who do not havo any moro
sense than to ride a bicycle or Indulge
lu any other physical exertion until
thoy drop from exhaustion, for tho solo
purpose of testing tho limit of physical
endurance, should bo restrained by tho
police. Tho rid lug of MjssrGnst Is a
caio in point. Her effort was carried
to tho cxtrctuo of putting pepper in her
stockings eo that tho pain from blls
tcrcd feet would keep her awake. Such
exhibitions ro brutal and cater ouly
te the morbid and animal Instincts.
autxa UBYOXD the pTjAtfoh.v.
At G lovers vllle, N. Y., Mr. Bryan said
that If elected he would immediately
glvo Independence to tho natives of the
Philippines. This goes beyond tho
promise of tho platform and tho candi
date's speech of acceptance. The demo
cratic platform gives no nssuranco of
Immediate Independence. It Is to come
nfler, according to tholr promise, n
stablo form of government Is es
tablished by its. Mr. Bryan, In
his speech of acceptance nt . In
dianapolis, snld not even thnt he
would do thnt. He made no Sugges
tion of recalling our troops by execu
tive power, or of letting the Filipinos
alone, or of making them any promise
by executive authority. What ho
promised was to call cougres3 together
to do the things set forth in the demo
cratic platform that Is, to glvo tho Fili
pinos, first, n stablo form of govern
ment; second, independence, and, third,
protection from outsldo Interference.
Is it to bo inferred from Mr. Bryan's
latest declaration that he lias given up
tho Idea of cnlllng1 congress In extra
session? Has he concluded that this
will be unnecessary, or that If he should
call congress together his recommenda
tions would probably fall and therefore
the better way would bo to deal with
thu matter without regard to congress?
There is no doubt that congress would
refuse to carry out the democratic-policy
In regard to the Philippines. There
arc n number of democrats In tho
senate who nro opposed to that policy.
Senator Hour Is authority for tho state
ment that of the ninoteeen followers of
Mr. Bryan who voted for the ratifica
tion of the "Paris treaty about half
were expansionists from conviction.
These would Join tho republicans In re
jecting tho democratic Philippine policy.
Doubtless Mr. Bryan is awttro of this
and therefore lins decided not to de
pend upon congress, but to proceed In
his own way to glvo Independence to
the Filipinos.
Tho only way In which ho could do
this would be to withdraw our troops
and Aug from the Philippines, but even
If as commander-lu-chlcf of tho army
and navy ho possessed authority to do
this, would ho venture to exercise it?
Would ho leave the Islands to the danger
of being overruu by the banditti under
Aguinnldo, who undoubtedly would In
augurate a. reign of anarchy and de
struction from which both natives and
foreigners would suffer'? Let it be as
sumed that Mr. Bryan would do this,
still tho title of tho United States to
tho archipelago would remain, for the
executive has no power to surrender or
transfer it, without tho authority of
congress, and with that title goes re
sponsibility. Mr. Bryan Is holding out n promise
to the Filipinos which he could not
fulfill: There is nothing more certain
than that the uext congress, if he
should call It together, would rcfuso to
put Into effect tho Phlllpplno policy of
tho democratic platform. As president
Mr. Bryan would bo bound to defend
American sovereignty In tho Islands, for
ho would httvo no authority, unless
given him by congress, to surrender It.
He could not, In the Independent exer
cise of executive power, glvo tho Fili
pinos independence and ho is mislead
ing them ns well as muny of his fellow
countrymen in declaring his purpose to
do so.
CIIAUlMAtt JUXES SPEAKS.
Chairman .Tones ot tho democratic
natloual committee has not had much
to say lu tho present campaign.
Whether by request or from cholco he
has kept In tho background, or at any
rato has been far less conspicuous thnu
ho was four years ago. This has de
tracted Homewhat from the gayety of
the canvass.
Mr. Joucs has finally spokcu und his
utterance is suggestive. He takes Sec
retary Gage to task for pointing out
that a Bryan administration could pay
coin obligations of the govorument In
silver and remarks that "Mr. Bryau
has been beforo the public long enough
for the people to know thut tricks and
false pretenses aro not among Ills
weapons." But why doesn't Mr. Bryan
answer the question that has been re
peatedly asked, wliethcr or not ho
would, If elected, pay tho coin obliga
tions of tho government In silver. Ho
has undoubtedly read tho statement of
Secretary Gage. . Ho is familiar with
tho law enacted last Mutch known ns
tho gold standard act. Ho knows that
tho financial uud business Interests of
tho country nro profoundly Interested
In tho question whether ho would pay
obligations of tho government lu sil
ver or gold. Yet ho maintains abso
lute slleuco regurdlng this very im
portant matter. Is it at all surprising,
lu view of Mr. Bryan's lnvcturato hos
tility to tho gold standard, that .there
should bu general afipreheuslou thut
he would deliberately evado tho law,
or tako iidvnntugd of any loophole there
may bo In it lu tho interest of silver?
His silence Is naturally and reason
ably construed to mean that ho would
pay obligations iu silver as far as pos
sible and today this opinion Is practi
cally universal.
Another thing that troubles Chair
man Jones Is that somo people fear
thut Bryan, If elected, "will pack tho
supreme court for purposes of his own."
Tho uttack of tho democratic platform
on tho courts gives warrant for such
fear, which Is felt uot by .republicans
ouiy, nut uy many democrats. The
assertion of Jones that no such rovo
lutlouary purposo us. Is clearly Implied
lu tho nttnclc on the courts has over
entered tho mind of any democrat
shows that his memory Is dcfectlvo,
or that no is inciting m candor. David
Bennett Hill, who is stultifying him
self by supporting Bryan, denounced
this plank iu tho Chicago platform
us revolutlouury and us contemplating
tho packing of tho supremo court for
partisan purposes nnd thousands of
other democrats did tho sumo thing
four years ago. A number of these,
Including boiuo of tho most eminent
InWycrs In tho country, hnvo In tho
present campaign denounced tho attnek
on tho urts, properly regarding It ns
ono of the chief dangers of Bryanlsm.
Mr. Bryan has not mndo this matter
quite eo prominent in Clio present cam
paign as ho did four years ago, but
ho has not let pass nny favorable op
portunity to assail tho courts and to
seek to create popular sentiment
ngnlnst them. In view of this and of
tho feeling that unquestionably per
vades tho Brynnlto party as shown
In Its platform, there Is the most valid
reason for believing that If given the
power tho supreme court would be
packed for the purpose of sustaining
tho policies of that party.
A nuUHriACK HEVAMPED.
It Is to bo oxpcctel that tho World
Herald, us tho Brynnlto organ, will
leave no stone unturned to breed dis
sension nmong republicans lu tho In
terest of democratic candldntcs. To
this end it Is resorting to tho most
dcsplcablo and downright lying to make
people believe that tho republican leg
islative ticket was nominated ns tho re
sult of a convention nnd primary elec
tion bought with money. It revamps
Its roorback nbout $12,000 to''$lG,000
being used by tho "machine" to nomi
nate "tho Bosewater Mate," of which it
asserts $5,000 wns contributed by D. 13.
Thompson.
The Bee repeats thut there is not ono
word of truth iu these brazen fakes.
D. K. Thompson did not contribute ono
tent toward tho expenses of tho pri
maries or convention, nor, so far as any
one knows, evince tho slightest interest
lu the" outcome In this county. What
ever money wns used In these primaries
went to tho legitimate cxpeuscs for
cnrrlnge hire, for printers' bills and for
Incidentals.
It Is equally untrue that any money
out of any city fund wns used for po
litical purposes lu connection with this
primary, or that any assessment was
levied on nny city employes. Thnt sys
tem was iu forco when Brontch was
mayor, but his example was not fol
lowed in the recent primaries.
No more decisive primary election was
ever held or one more free of fraud or
manipulation. Every safeguard afforded
y tl'.. law Wiu strictly enforced. Not
a single delegate's seat was contested,
although tho defeated side had chul
leugcrs and watchers In every bo6th on
the alert for any ballot that might be
given to candidates not entitled to It.
The World-Herald and other Brynnlto
fakirs and sympathizers will, however,
continue to repeat their falsehoods. But
no republican convcrsunt with the facts,
unless ho Is seeking a pretext for dis
loyalty to tho ticket, will permit him
self to bo Influenced by these stnte-
mcuj
THE HEOISTltATION FIQUIiES.
Republicans have every reason to feel
gratified over tho showing made in the
returns of tho first day's registration.
Not only has moro than half the total
vote been registered on the first duy,
but tho proportion of registered repub
licans Is nbnrly twice that of the regis
tered fusionlsts.
On tho face of tho figures a conserva
tive estimate would be that If tho elec
tion were held tomorrow on tho roll of
voters so fur made up tho republican
majority In Omaha and South Ginuhti
would approximate 2,500. This will
doubtless bo cut down by tho succeed
ing registration days, yet It Is a re
marknble exhibit of the drift toward
McKluley and prosperity.
The registration figures from the city
of Lincoln and tho other Nebraska cities
all tell the same story to a greater or
less degree. All signs presago good re
publican gains in every part of tho stato
and that tho cities will contribute their
share toward tho redemption of Ne
braska to republicanism.
THE S UJS'DA Y DUE.
The Bee Sunday will present lu ad
dition to nil the news of tho dny n num
ber of good things, literary and pic
torial, which will make It stand far
abovo'all competitors in this section.
Tho frontispiece of Tho Illustrated
Beo reproduces a rich photograph of
Mrs. Draper Smith, tho uowly elected
president of tho Nebraska Federation
of Woman's Clubs. Mrs. Smith is the
first club woman from Omaha to bo
thus honored by tho state organization
as recognition of her prominence in
church and charity work.
Tho republican candidates for 4ho
legislature In Douglas county aro in
troduced by their portraits to tho peo
ple who will vote for, them to represent
this county nt Lincoln next winter.
This set of portraits shows a body of
Intelligent men sura to ranko an Im
pression wherever they may be.
A timely article tells of tho, yachting
season at Lake Mauawa, with Illustra
tions of boiuo of tho favorite yachts
which havo been In service thero during
tho summer nud this autumn. Ono pic
turo Is u snapshot at tho cup races
and another tho drawing of tho pro
posed now bont house.
Curpcnter's letter deals with tho lat
est developments in China, In his own
characteristic way, with appropriate 'Il
lustrations from photographs gathered
there during his tour.
Another Illustrated contribution de
scribes condition!) lu ludlau Territory,
narrating the progress mado by tho
aboriginal Inhabitants nud tho mnrvel
oub chango which has boon wrought by
the work of civilizing the red man.
Among tho miscellaneous subjects
treated plctorlully niuy bo enumerated
tho portraits of sovcral flower carnival
queens frmi neighboring cities; a pic
ture of tho recent wreck nt Pnclllc
Junction taken shortly after tho acci
dent; portrait of Bev. A. 0, Hirst, the
now pastor of Omaha's First Methodist
ljplscopul church, uud of W. S. Morlan,
tho republican, candidate for tho legislature-In
the Fifth Nebraska dlstrlut.
Tho Beo Sunday will also contain
a full stenographic report of tho Roso-water-Hitchcock
debate, which should
bo. read and re-read by overy person
who wants an Intelligent understand
ing of the current issues of tho cam
paign. Watch for Tho Sunday Bco nnd be
6Urc you get It from your newsdealer
or nowsboy, If not nlrcndy' on tho sub
scription list.
Ono gratifying feature of this year's
registration is tho almost complete
elimination of the "no answer" column.
Out of 18,000 voters to whom the
question of parly nfllllntlou was pro
pounded scarce a thousand expressed n
preference not to put themselves on
record. People hnvo discovered that
tho question Is not an nttempt to ln
trudo Into their private affairs, but sim
ply to have them enrolled under ono
party organization or another for the
protection of primary elections. Those
who understand the law and its pur
poso will not refuse to state tholr party
aftlllatlons to tho registrars.
South Omaha seems to be having ns
much troublo ns Omaha with court de
cisions declaring void special assess
ment levies. Tho latest decision affect
ing that city knocks out nn assessment
made nine years ago, which has doubt
less been paid by u largo number of
property owners nnd evaded only by
tho professional tax shirkers. The In
justice of the practice Is plain, but tho
question Is as to tho I'cmedy;
Tho only defenso offered of Governor
Poynter's pardon, under pretext that hn
was on his deathbed, for a convicted
criminal, who Is enjoying perfect health
sixteen months later, Is that he was
misled by the doctor's certificate and
tho warden's nssurauce. Dp tho pcdplo
of Nebraska wautto keep a chief ex
ecutive vested with tho pardoning
power who is misled bo easily?
Tho character of tho men who
certified thnt that pardoned convict was
dying Is abqvo reproach according to
tho popocratlc organ but what would
this same paper say of them If the
lively corpse had been sent homo to die
during a republlcuu administration?
The first day's registration In Omaha
and t South Omaha beatb all previous
records. This means thnt the total
registration wlll exceed all previous
figures, notwithstanding tho pretense of
tho census takers that Omaha's popula
tion has decreased.
A Difference In Method.
Philadelphia Times.
Undo Sam In this China business merely
wants a general peace, while tho others
aro working tor a particular piece.
Trro Klmln of Killers.
Baltimore American.
Tho full dinner pall Is very satisfac
tory, although It docs not cost $12 a plate
to till it, nor is it oponed In a Moorish
dining room.
Wuttrraioit nn n I'rovMH.
Loulsvlllo Courier-Journal.
The campaign may be apathetic, but
the registration Is-not.' From all quar
ters come reports ' thnt this is unusually
heavy. Something is going to happen.
It urn I I-'ree Delivery.
Kunsaj city Star.
A government report Bhows that the free
rural delivery system has Increased tho
value of farm lands along the various routes
at tho rato ot $5 per acre. This Is tho rulo
ot public enterprise. .All Improvements
which promoto tho convenlenco and comfort
ot tho people bring .with them benefits which
largely exceed their cost. Tho inossback
and tho obstructionist may bo properly de
fined as a man who stands In his own
light and who favors a policy which causes
him financial Injury. This law applies to
Individuals, to communities nnd to nations.
YmikccB of the Orient.
Philadelphia Ledger. '
Tho march ,of the troops of tour allied
powers from Pokin to Pao Ting Fu, leaving
tho Japanese to guard Pekin alone, shows
tho footing Japan has acquired In the ranks
ot tho nations. So far as tho movements In
China go, It Is on equal terms with tho best
ot them, and seems to bo respectod by all.
The suggestion has oven been made that it
would bo best for .all concerned to put Japan
In chargo of the pacification and reorgani
zation of China, nnd if thero were no land
grabbing complications Involved that might
bo the best thing to do.
POLITICAL DM FT.
The paramount event of tho year will
certainly bo pulled' off on November 6.
Senator Korakcr's estimate of tho plu
rality for McKlnley in Ohio Is lld.000.
It is estimated that there will bo 125,000
men In lino in tho sound-money parade to
be held In Now York on November, 3.
Boss Crokor paid a handsome tribute to
"tho full dinner pail" when ho put a $12
meal to the opponent of that polloy.
Tho domocratlo candidate for' governor
of Now York declined to pay an assess
ment of $25,000 for tho prlvilogo of run
ning. No posslblo cbanco of realizing on
the Investment.
A poll of 328 raombcrs of the faculties
of New England colleges and universities
shows 271 for McKlnley, 20 for Bryan, 2
for Woolley, 33 undecided, 26 non-committal
and 21 will not vote.
Tho Louisiana constitutional provision,
drawn to disfranchise colored voters,
works as expected. In Now Orleans alono
tho registration shows 12,595 negro voters
denied tho rights of citizenship.
An amusing featuro of Bryan's trust
thumping speech in Madison Squnro Gar
den Is that Edward M. Shcpard, tho man
who Introduced "tho peerless," is counsel
tor tho Aniorlcan Sugar Kenning company.
Tammany rulo comes high. Tho finan
cial budget for 1901 for Creator Now
York vIU not bo far from $100,000,000,
against $90,000,000 last year. Tho bene
ficiaries can well afford to glvo high
priced political dinners.
J. D. Wholploy'-of tho Now York Com
mercial Advertiser, who has been travel
ing through the west, says that Bryan will
leso twenty-two olcctoral votes west of
the Mississippi which woro cast for him
four years obo.
Tho Now York World hus mado a poll
Intendod to show tho probable) complexion
ot tho noxt houso of representatives with
tho following results: republicans, 172;
democrats, 107; silver republicans, 2; fu
Blonists G; doubtful, 10; total, 357.
Thomas H. Birch of Burlington, N. J
Is probably tho youngest man who has
over been selected as a presidential
elector. Mr. Birch, who has Just passod
his 26th birthday, Is on the domocratlo
tickot. His father Is a millionaire car
riage builder ot Burlington.
In Baltimore a novel use has been
found for the kodak la politics. Snap
shots are taken' by party watchers of
voters about whose right to roglstor there
Is any question. It is expected to identify
thun with greater certainty men regis
tering under two immes" or at two differ
rat polling places.
Who Got the Prosperity
Philadelphia Press.
Who got tho prosperity? Mr. Bryau Is Tho measure of growth and the measuro of
asking tho question. Somo worklngmen aro yearly wages in all manufactures is tho
making the samo Inquiry. Tho investigation raw material usod.
mado by Colonel Carroll D. Wright, United In 1895 this country nude 9,4t,308 tons
States commissioner of labor, into tho rate of pis. In 1803 it mnde 13,620,703 tons
of wages In manufactures for ten years past nnd In 1000 will make about 14,000,000.
shows who got the prosperity. Labor got Hero is a growth of one-half. Whero In
It. Wages aro for 1900 at tho highest point 1805 2,871,000 cotton bales fed our mills In
of tho century. Interest on assured Invest- 1899 It look 3,632,000 bales, or over n quarter
racnts nt tho lowest point. Absoluto more. OuV imports of raw silk roso from
security, a United States bond, has sunk to 7,974,810 pounds In ISM to 11,263,310 pounds
2 per cent Interest tho lowest of the in tho fiscal year 1000, or an ndvanco of nl-
century. Average manufacturing wages In most ono-half. Our import of India rubber
1000 uro at tho highest point, or 103.43, if tho roso in the same way from 39,741,607 pounds
next highest, In .1801, aro put at 100. Labor, in 1895 to 49,377,138 pounds In 1000 or one-
rather than capital, has reaped the harvest fifth more. With the exception of wool,
of McKlnloy prosperity. whero tho consumption of raw material haa
Tho total yearly wages of manufacturing fallen, this is truo of all our factories and
operatives in 1800 were $2,171,000,000 and of nil trade. Tho raw material consumed
1891 was on tho same general level. Talc- has risen from one-half to one-fourth, and
Inrc Colonel Wright's relatlvo rates, which tho labor required and tho wages paid have
wero 100 in 1S91, 07.88 -In 1893 and 103.43 In also risen In gross amount from ono-half to
1900, and this aggregate of wages had ono-fourth.
dropped In 1895" to $2,126,000,000, having lost Two advances hyo come. The rato of
$10,000,000, tho prlco paid for frco trade and wages haa rtson. Tho total amount of wages
tho threat of silver basis for tho currency, has advanced becauso tho number ot thoso
By 1000 tho rato had risen to 103.43. eranlorod has Increased. Whore In 1893
Measured on the aggregate annual pay ot
1890, this meant a growth of 174.000.000.
From the lowest point reached la 189S this
was nn lncrcaso in tho annual wage dls-
trlbutlon to tho manufacturing operatives
ot the country in 1000, as compared with
1805, of $120,000,000.
Taking tho wholo manufacturing plant and
product of tho country and reckoning on the
fbasls of Its slzo in 1800. and the advance as
shown by Colonel Wright's figures for tho
same number of men and on the samo
product would bo for a year $120,000,000
added to yearly wages by McKlnloy
prosperity from 1895 to 1900. But the num-
ber of men and tho product was not tho
samo. It had grown one-fourth to one-half.
OTHER LANDS THAN OtltS.
Tho elections in Great Britain for mem
bers of tho Houso of Commons, which
havo been proceeding for several days on
the serial plan, aro at last over and what
has long been recognized as a proba
bility had becomo a fact accomplished.
A majority, not large, but sutllclcnt, of
tho voters of thu United Kingdom has
rendered a verdict in favor ot tho con
servative party nnd tho Judgment ot the
conservative leaders in making an ap
peal to thu country at this time has been
abundantly justified. It is truo that their
moro sanguine expectations havo not been
realized. They had hoped that the coun
try would continue them in power with
a majority so overwhelming as to amount
to an absolute vindication and approval
ot their olllcial course nnd to convey a
warrant or rather n mandate for them to
carry out without tho slightest flinching
or compromlso tho policy and program
which they had announced. It cannot bo
said that theso expectations have been
fulfilled. Certainly tho Salisbury min
istry has been sustained and that by a
majority sufficient to oycry practicable
purpose, but the preponderance of senti
ment in Its support ha3 been by no means
as considerable as hnd been hoped. The
ministerialists entered the campaign with
overy advantage. They Bclected tholr own
tlmo for tho contest nnd thoy carefully
chose a tlmo when tho registration system
In forco In Great Britain would operate
In tholr favor. Thousands of voters were
dlifranchlscd by the tactics which wero
adopted and by far tho greater numbor
of thoso -who wero thus discriminated
against would, hnd they been allowed tho
opportunity, hnvo cost tnoir uaiioia
against the government. Tho chanco of
doing so was denied them and Lord Sails-
bury and bis associates are mo gamers
from thlo circumstance. There Is also
a considerable d'bcropancy between the
total number of ballots cast and tho num
ber of conservatives and liberals re
spectively who havo been elected. Tho
popular voto Indicates a tolerably oven
division of public opinion, whereas, the
distribution of tho voto as regards re
sulto suggests quite tho contrary.
...
News comes from St. Petersburg of an
Interesting exchange of civilities between
Ilusala and Thibet. It Is Bald that an extra
ordinary envoy from tho latter country
named Akhvln Khomba Is at present on
his way, from Lhasa to Ilussla with a lottor
and presents from tho DaUl Lama to the
czar. This, so far as known, Is tho first
time that tho spiritual head of Thibet has
over sent a special mission to any Euro
pean sovereign, and such an act on the part
of a country which has hlthorto resisted
oil outsldo efforts to establish Intcrcourso
with its government naturally is suspected
to have some political importance. The
Thibetan envoy goes to Ilussla, it Is said,
In consequence of a Bccrot mission to Mon
golia and Thibet undertaken about eighteen
monthB ago by a well-kngwn and recognized
professor of Chlneso medicine In St. Peters
burg, M. Badmayoff, who took wUli him
presents from tho czar to tho Dalai Lama
nnd his subordinates. It appears, therefore,
that tho first overtures camo from Russia,
whero there has been considerable interest
in Thibet over since tho explorations of tho
lato Qonoral Projevalsky, and It has been
suggested that thero is some connection be
tween those Thibetan courtesies and recent
events in Manchuria. M. Badmayeff is, of
.Mongolian oxtractlon, nnd has long been an
ardent advocato of a Russian policy look
ing toward tho gradual absorption of the
wholo northern part of the Chinese empire.
A correspondent of tho London Standard,
writing from Moscow, discussos tho question
of tho responsibility for the recent massa
cro of Chlneso by Cossacks, In tho Amur re
gion. Ho says that tho commission ot in
quiry, whon it examined General Grlbskly,
received tho reply that thero was a mis
understanding of tho orders and that in
nny case the blamo was not his. On this
ho romarks that 5,000 peoplo cannot bo
flung Into a river In an hour or two and
that tho corpses of tho first victims must
havo been passing tho windows of Qonoral
Orlbskly's residence, which is on the river
bank, long beforo the slaughter was com
pleted, but that nothing has been heard of
any attempt to stop tho "misunderstand
ing," It seems to bo certain thnt during
tho wholo period of the troubles In Blag
ovestchensk, Genornl Orlbskly was in direct
telegraphic communication with 8t. Peters
burg, It is bcliovcd that he received orders
direct from tho capital, although in the or
dinary courso of events ho would tako them
from the governor-general, General Grodo
kov, who resides at Khabarovsk. Thero Is
a growing conviction that tho orders to kill
.emanated from no local authority, but "In
any caBe," says tho correspondent, "Ociiornl
Grlbskly will bo made tho scapegoat for this
deed, whether his fault was only that of
losing his head In a trying crisis and mis
leading .his chiefs as to tho danger to be
apprehended from the peaceful Chinese resi
dents of Blagovestchcnsk, or that ho acted
ontlrely on his own initiative." At no time,
It is declared.xvns' there any interruption ot
the telcgraphlo communication between
Dlagovcstcbenslc and St. Petersburg.
...
Tho commonwealth ot Auitralasla is to
be prooiaimed on January 1 next, after
which date tho world will bo confronted with
a new power In tho South Pacific having
a, population of about 3,750,000. New Zea
land, with a .population ot 750,000, has not
Joined the federation, but is likely to do
so later. Australia has thus followed thu
example of the Canadian colonies and will
be Imitated doubtless after a few yean by
$2,125,000,000 wero paid In yearly wages In
manufactures the advance in tho rato by
1000 meant on increase ot $120,000,000. This
was not all. The gross overturn of raw
material had grown ono-fourth to ono-half
and this meant an lncrcaso in tho aggregate
annual wage, duo to new work, of from
1500.000.000 to $1,000,000,000. Some trades
cot moro of this Increase and some less
Tho woolen trade got least of all. Tho
Iron trade got most of all. On tho rlso In
rato over 1S05 labor got $120,000,000. On the
lncrcaso in output labor got la increased
annual wages from $500,000,000 to $1,000,
000,000. This is whero McKlnloy prosperity
has gone,
tho colonies of South Africa. Within two
years the new commonwealth will havo its
own tariff on imports, and it is expected
to bo mildly protective. Tho slow growth
of population is an obstacle. Tho present
annual lncreaso is but 60,000. But tho in
dustrial and commercial development is Im
mense In the production of wool, grains,
moat, butter, gold, silver, copper, lead, lum
ber, etc., tho commonwealth begins with
large figures. In enterprise tho now gov
ernment will probably tako high rank.
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Tho public begins to scoff at the medal
featuro of tho Paris exposition, tho medals
granted being as plentiful as blackberries
and not, It Is alleged, evidence of much
merit. An American exhibitor has ascer
tained that 42,790 medals, besides 50,000
diplomas, have been given, while tho ex
hibits number but 75,531. Merit evidently
is not very closely scrutinized when more
than half of tho exhibits get prizes. Tho
cbbo is mentioned of a sliver m?dal given
to a publishing company for exhibiting
bound volumes of their paper, though tho
volumes had never been taken out of the
box In which they wero sent to Paris. An
other Joko In connection with the matter
Is the thrifty regulation by which tho ex
hibitor doesn't actually get bis medal unless
he pays the cost of making it.
Effect nf llrynntte Policies.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Tho only way to "keep down labor" In
this country is to adopt Bryanlto policies,
which will lessen the demand for American
products, reduco tho numbor of busy fac-'
torlos and thus enable selfish employers to
dlctato wages, hours and other conditions
of employment. A standing army can never
do It.
Wkt A I tar Id Omits.
Washington Post.
Mr. Altgcld has not commended the flop
ot Mr. Olney to his audiences. It will bo
recalled that it was Mr. Olney who fur
nished tho legal advlco which enabled Mr.
Cleveland to order out the troops to sup
press tho riot which Mr. Debs Incited and
with which Mr. Altgeld was-not inclined
to Interfere.
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Dotrolt Journal! "Talk about luck!" ex.
claimed tho Microbe. "Just ns Christian
Hclcnco shown signs of-Kolng out, the trail
lnr street skirt comes in!"
Washington Blnr! "When you Is In
trouble," said Uncle Hben, "It'n Bometlmo"!
hand to tell whether folks Is cnmln nronu'
to.symp'flzn wld you or to git Oe pohtlc'lats
o' do case."
Indianapolis Journal: "What are the
names of that newly married couplo In tho
next flat7"
"Oh, wo enn't find out for a few week;
each now calls the other 'Blrdlo.' "
Philadelphia Press: Morrell Every rosn
has Its thorn. For Instance, n man may
reach tlin very plnnaclo of fnmo and still
bo unhappy.
Worrell That's not surprising. Did you
over sit on a pinnacle?
Chtcago Record: "Tho roan was torn Up
ns If some terrible struggle had taken pluco
there."
"Well, thnt doesn't necessarily Imply
deadly combat: inayho some man was
merely trying to not Into his Inst year's
flannel underwear."
nttsburjr Chronicle: "Plrebuirs," re
marked tho Observant Hoarder, "should bo
taken to Jull on a hoscenrt."
"Go on," nddctl tho Quiet Hoarder, en
couragingly. "A hoscenrt might bo called a flro buggy,
you know."
Chicago Pot: "Here." said the contrlb-
u"". 1R a uttie soiia tnougnt.
Thank." rtnrneil flm
editor, ns he
reached for the manuscript,
of a paperweight."
i am In need
Somcrvllln Journnl: "Lean on me," mur
mured tho fat lover, tenderly.
.V!!?. Indy looked at him Incredulously.
"Where?" sho nsked. In uncontrollable
surprise. 1-or every cannibal knows thnt
when a mnn wpIrIis 2S0 pounds, lean Is
something to bo wished for rather than ex
pected. ash ngtoii Star: "Life," said the mor
ai:"l. lH ,llle(1 with disappointments."
".That's right " snld the short-haired
young man; "It seems to me that overy
tlmo you get a dollar you've got to disap
point somebody clso who was after the
samo ploco of coin."
Chicago Record: "What foolish creatures
women arel"
"Very truo: si woman can't even let an
old lovo affair die. but keeps poking It up
every onco In nwhllo to eco if it Is really
dend."
Washington Star:
"Some men's patriot-
ism." said Unelo Eben, "Is confined to
Kiirssin- wno's pwinoter wm air uen stiel
tln' tleir eyes ntv hollerln' fur Mm."
Chicaco
Record: "What Is the para-
mount Ishiio In this campaign?"
It Is whether I nm tn wenr n new liat
at Smith's expense or whether Smith Is to
wear n now hat at my expense."
Gold Medal for Dakota IVhent.
FARQO, N. D Oct. 19. Tho Agricultural
college experimental rtutlon was awarded
n gold medal nt the Paris exnorsltlon for
tho best display nf flfo and bluo Btcm
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