THE OfAnA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1000.
Tim Omaha Daily Bee
K. ROHHWATER, Editor
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3f.no. M. U. II UNGATE,
(Seal) Notary Public.
Only two weeks more to the brittle of
tho ballots.
The mnn who Hturta out to look for
republican apathy In Nebraska will
havo dllllculty In finding It.
DemoerntB should be Hiire that the
parachute Is In pood order for their
airship performance November 0.
When Governor Roosevelt K"ts
through with his tour of Now York the
Bryan trncks will be well-nigh obliter
ated. Kansas City In to have a dollar din
ner. Omaha started the pace Rcvernl
years ago. That shows bow far Kan
sas City Is behind Omaha.
Do not complain If the rainy weather
Ik not no pleasant an some we have been
having. Nebraska Is Just preparing to
raise another bit; crop In 1001.
There are Indications that Mr. Bryan's
Imperialistic paramount Is badly frayed
and may not last through the few re
maining days of the campaign,, , -
Mr. Bryan will not llnd It nccessaryito
Copyright what be said nbout free silver
during his recent visit to New York, be
cause It was spoken so low that no one
heard It
Soup still holds Its nlace as the first
plate In n dinner course, but slnco 180tl
It has become customary to serve some
thing more substantial nlong with It
vcn at democratic banquets.
Senator llnnim repeats that he thor
Highly believes Nebraska will go for
McKlnley. Senator llnnim Is not given
o political forecasting, but his Judgment
la usually bused on sound observation.
The next congress Is sure to be con
trolled, by a republican majority, so Ne
braska peoplo will cousult their own
Interests by sending none but republican
Congressmen to represent them at Wash
ington. Mr. Bryan Is traveling In a private car
nnd by special train. He feels that he
has gotten beyond thu point where he
has to bid for popular favor by buying
his ticket like an ordinary passenger and
riding In a common coach.
Colored men in the south are not ex
iccted to poy any attention to the re
quest of Chairman Jones of the demo
cratic committee to report promptly any
effort to prevent a full and free ex
prcsslon of the will of tho voters.
Artlal K. Stevenson Is generous. He Is
willing to concedo that Pennsylvania
will go republican, but Insists It will
havo little company. If he can con
Untie having such Inspiring, dreams It
would be cruel to wake him up until
ibsolutely necessary.
Only one Judge of the district court
Is to be chosen at the coming election
In this stato and that one for the district
In which a vacancy was created by the
appointment of William V. Allen as
ynlted States senator. As n rulo sev
eral Judicial vacancies aro to bo tilled
at each succeeding election.
Figures mar not He, but many times
liars take liberties with them. Just at
present tho calamltyltes nro eudeavor
Ing to prove that the mortgage Indebt
cdness of Nebraska Is on the increase,
Tho man who starts out to provo that
Nebraska Is not better oIT financially
than It was four years ago Is attempt
ing to demonstrate something everyone
knows of his own knowledge Is false,
General Sickles lost a leg nnd General
Howard an arm at Gettysburg uphold
Unit tho honor of tho nation. Their
services give them n right to speak for
their country. Neither one of fhem Is
raisin,'! his voice for Agulnaldo, though
Blckles v as born nut! roaed In a demo
cratlc atmosphere mul lias borvrd tho
party faithfully when tuch service wus
consistent with tho honor of tho nation.
THE STATE INSTITUTIONS.
The point where the state government
comes In most direct contact with the
citizens Is In the management of the
state Institutions. These Institutions
are maintained for the care of the de
fective and delinquent classes to which
every community contributes to a
greater or less extent.
The state maintains schools for the
deaf, blind and feeble-minded, hospitals
for the Insane, reformatories for way
ward boys and girls nnd prisons for
convicted criminals. In providing for
hese different classes the state sets It
self up as thu guardian and undertakes
to give them the care and Instruction
required for the benefit of themselves
and society. The state at lorg6 Is taxed
o defray the expenses of these insti
tutions and the tax rate depends largely
upon the economy or extravagance of
the mauugement. ,
Under fusion administration Ne
braska's state Institutions have been
sadly mismanaged. Through a system
of spoils distribution between three al
lied political parties positions of re
sponsibility -In connection with these
arlous Institutions havo been farmed
out to partisan politicians utterly with
out regard to fitness nnd qualifications.
The, School for tho Deaf, for example,
has been placed In charge of a superin
tendent who tit, the time of his. appoint
ment, could not even comi'uunleato with
the pupils In tho sign language. Tho
School for the Blind was given over to a
superintendent wholly inexperienced in
thu teaching of blind pupils. The In
stitute for the Feeble-Minded has been
made the foot ball of salary-grabbing
mischief-makers, and tho various hos
pitals havo been entrusted to physicians
of meager attainments and little or no
experience In the trentmont of the dis
cuses peculiar to Inmates of these In
stitutions. The stewardships have been
handed around In tho samu manner to
men whose only claims rested on po
litical work, and whose ability as ac
countants, as shown by the records,
would not entitle them to a place as
bookkeeper In a country store, lit a
word, the Interests of the stato'a wards
nnd of the taxpayers havo been made
subordinate to the demands of thu oflice
seekers, and the most sacred duties,
such as the Instruction of the deaf, the
blind and other defectives, trifled with,
to tho Irremediable detriment of unfor-
tunntes who cannot provide for them
selves. Tho continuance of tho fuslonlsts In
control of the state government means
a continuance of this deplorable mis
management of our state Institutions;
It means a contlnuanco of waste and
extravagance, of Incompetence, If not
Imbecility. On the other hnnd, the wny
to secure good business management In
these Institutions under the direction of
well qualliied exports, who will see that
tho proper care and Instruction is given
to tho Inmates, Is to elect the candidates
on the republican stato ticket and servo
notice for a divorce between the state
institutions nnd tho political spoils
hunters.
. ,DEA Til OF JOUX SUEIlMAlf.
One, of tho greatest of American states
men, whoso name will ever be, Illustrious
In our history. Is dead. Tho public ca
reer of John Sherman extended over a
period of forty-three years nnd during
that tlmo few men exercised so great nn
Influence as ho upon tho country or had
so largo a part In shaping public policy.
Entering congress In 3855, ho served six
yenrs In tho house of representatives,
where ho won distinction. In J8l he
becamo a member of the sonnte, in
which body he served thirty-two years.
Ho was four years secretary of the
treasury In tho administration of Pres
ident Hayes nnd was appointed secre
tary of state by President McKlnley, oc
cupylng that position one yenr.
John Sherman's chief work and fame
rest upon his financial measures and his
brilliant success as administrator of the
national finances when at the head of
tho Treasury department. He cither
originated or very largely shaped most
of the important flunncinl legislation of
the wnr. He was the author of the re
sumption act and to him fell tho honor
of carrying It Into effect For this
achievement ho was vigorously de
nounced by political opponents, but
nothing In bis great career was so valu
able to tho country as this legislation
that redeemed tho promises of the gov
ernment and made tho currency equal
to gold. Though credited with the au
thorship, somewhat to his prejudice, of
the silver purchaso act of 1S00, Mr. Sher
mnn wns not In fact Its author, though
ho secured amendments to It which ren
dercd It less objectionable than It other
wise would have been. The truth is that
Mr. Sherman never regarded that legls
latlon with favor and ho was tho first
to propose Its repeal, while his voice and
Influence were among tho most potent
agencies In securing that repeal. The
anti-trust law, which has proven effect
ive against railway traillc agreements,
If not in tffo suppression of the trusts
and combinations It was specially in
tended to reach, Is largely due to thu
efforts of John Shermun. While his
name Is not prominently nssoclatcd with
the legislation of tho reconstruction jier-
iod, be yet had an Important part In con
nectlon with It.
Mr. Sherman was pre-eminently a con
structlvo statesman. He took au on
tlrely practical view of things. His
speeches wero matter-of-fact, repletu
with Information ilnd convincing in ar-
gument, but never rhetorical. Uutiues
tlonably tho country has had no greater
secretary of the treasury. He admlnls
tered the fiscal affairs of the nation with
consummate ability, guarding mean
while the great business Interests of the
country, and brought about the resump
tion of specie payments without a Jar.
Mr. Sherman had a pretty thorough
knowledgo of forclgu affairs, acquired
during the years li which ho was chair
man of the senate commltteo on foreign
relations, but tho duties of secretary of
state were too arduous and exacting for
u man 74 years old and his record In that
position added nothing to his fame.
Mr. Sherman's name was presented to
thu republican national conventions of
1880, 1SS1 ami 1SSS as a candidate for
tho presidency. Undoubtedly he felt
keenly the refusal of his party to nom
inate him for tho highest otllco In tho
gift of the people. Mr. Sherman was
popularly looked upon as cold and aus
tere, but those who know him best did
ot so regard him. No other man In our
history had a public career at onco so
long, so varied, so prominent nnd so
useful as John Sherman and there was
none more honorable, more faithful to
duty or more patriotic. Thu American
people will sincerely mourn the death
of this illustrious statesman.
THE SCHOOL 110AHD CE11T1F10ATE.
Up to this time certificates of nomina
tion for members of tho school board
have always been filed with thu clerk
of tho city nnd secretary of the bonrd
and every member who hns held n
seat Inn been elected on certificates filed
In this manner. But now, because they
think some partisan advantage can be
secured, tho fuslonlsts have set up the
claim that theso certificates should bo
filed with thu county clerk nnd that tin-
dor tho law fixing the tlmo limit for such
certificates twenty days before tho elec
tion thu certificate of nomluatlou for thu
republican candidates Is barred by tho
expiration of time. Tho pretense of this
contention Is that school board member
ship Is not a municipal otllco for which,
under tho law, certificates should be
tiled with the municipal clerk up to
fifteen days beforo the election.
This Is simply beating the devil nround
the stump. Nobody has ever yet con
tended that the school board was any
thing but u municipal body. It is elected
by voters within the municipal limits,
its treasurer Is the city treasurer nnd
Its tnx levies are Imposed by the city
council. Its candidates' names are
printed on separate ballots nnd depos
ited In separate ballot boxes nnd can
vassed not by the county clerk, but by
the school board Itself.
No amount of trickery or sophistry can
change these facts. If the nomination
certificates for the Omaha school board
aro to be filed with the county clerk so
would havo to bo the certificates for the
South Omaha school board and for every
other school bonrd chosen at regular
elections. With the law and tho prac
tice all one way tho scheme of the fu
slonlsts to keep the republican candi
dates off tho official ballot as party nomi
nees Is too small to merit serious consid
eration. It simply shows the unscrupu
lous and despicable character of the fu
sion machine managers.
Kansas City Is making preparations to
hold what It will call "The Century
Ball" to mnrlc tho change from the out
going to the Incoming century. Tho
Idea Is to celebrate on a grand scale
the advent of tho now cycle as a turn
ing point in tho history nnd progress of
tho city. Tho suggestion might, perhaps,
bo taken up by Omnha nnd other cities
and tho advent of the now year wel
comed with festive gaiety throughput
the entire country. Here Is a chance
for our social lions and leaders.
A Chicago explorer hns Just returned
from the heart of Africa and 'reports
having found the most secluded spot on
tho enrth. Ho should Inform Mr.
Bryan of Its location, for ho will need
It after election to mcdIUitU undisturbed
oyer the futility of trying to lend the
American business man nnd working-
man on a wild goose chase.
The lnrgest steel firm In England does
not proposo to be crowded out of busi
ness by American competition, but In
order to prevent such a contingency is
arranging to erect in tho United States
one of tho largest plants In tho world.
The erection of this plant means em
ployment for 8,500 American workmen
from the start.
The pay roll for the Union Pnclflc ma
chine and repair shops In Omaha for
last month Is said to have been larger
than any In Its long history extending
over more than twenty-live years. This
ought to Indicate that the worklngmen
aro sharing In tho restored prosperity.
Marlon Butler Is campaigning for
Bryan down In Kansas. Tho chairman
of the populist national committee, who
was thrown down so hard by the Bry
unites In his own state of North Caro
lina, Is careful to put Ip his time where
he knows It will do Bryan no good.
Cuiise ami IMTrct.
Haltlmoro American,
One of Senator Banna's South Dakota
questioners believes that the world Is flat.
No wonder ho believes that the Kansas City
platform is on tho square.
Can't Get A wnr.
Washington Post.
A deceased Missouri democrat arranged to
have his tombstone benr a request to bis
friends to voto for Ilrynn. This ought to
Insuro tho lorabstono vote for the democratic
ttckot.
The I.iist Straw.
Huffulo Express.
"Great Is Tammany, nnd Croker Is Its
prophet," said Mr. Uryan In ono of his Now
York speeches. That remark Is likely to bo
tho Inst straw which will determlno the
course of thousands of wavorlng voters.
l'ronuret llealKnril In I'lraur,
Washington Star.
If this prosperity Is, as ho claims, artifi
cial and evanescent, Mr. Aryan ought to re
gard a, prospect of defeat with philosophic
culm. It ho Is president when tho slump
comes, tho public will be sure to lay the
blamo at his door.
l'nor Show for Cnlnmlly.
New York Tribune.
With an Increase during the last year of a
million savings bank depositors and nearly
1200,000,000 In deposits, It is a bnd time to
go to the country on n calamity platform, as
Uryan know well enough long ago, but pre
tends to be only Just finding out.
Coal Huron Call not I.oae.
Chlt-aso Chronicle.
Catch a coal baron' asleep! "The public,"
declares one of them, "must be prepared
to share with the mine owners the In
crease in the miners' wages, It will prob
ably be necessary to advance the pries of
coal tl per ton nnd maintain the advance
permanently." That Is to say, the mine
owner, having grsntsd an advance In
wages which amounts to 11 to 13 cants per
ton, now propose to tax the public $1 per
ton as a reward for their own generosity!
Profitable philanthropy.
Mlx-l'p In Cltlsennhlp.
Huffalo Express.
A natlvo Filipino who has lived for n
year and a half In Omaha has applied for
registration there, claiming that the an
nexation of the Philippines made htm nn
American. Several Porto Rlcans have been
registered on that ground In Baltimore. If
the construction of the law Is "pood In the
one case, It undoubtodly Is In the other.
Civil Service Reform.
Philadelphia Hecord.
President Eliot of Harvard Is quite right
in saying that neither of tho great political
parties can bo trusted to abolish tho spoils
systcu entirely; but ho Is right also In
holding that tho republican party and its
candidates aro to be preferred to those of
tho democracy on this Issue. A public
sentiment for civil service reform Is grow
ing among the republicans, and their can
didates for president end vice president
havo records which oblige them to make ut
least some effort in that direction; whereas
neither the records nor tho reputations of
the democratic candidates furnish any such
guaranty.
Settle, the Whole lluslnes.
Washington Post.
Mr. Crokor Is engaged In relating tho
touching Incidents which occur during Mr.
Dryau'fl tour of New York. In IiIb luxurious
quarters nt the Democratic club the Tam
many chieftain entertained his subjects with
tho following narrative;
"Did you read about that Incident In
Schenectady, whoro n luborlng man whose
hands wero grimy and soiled with toll camo
up to shako hands with Uryan 7 He apolo
gized for tho grimy and soiled condition of
his hands. Uryan took him by the band and
told htm that his hands were as good as
thoso of any rich man. Uryan makes no dis
tinction between tho rich and the poor. Ho
is a friend of tho worklngman."
This should about settle the whole busi
ness and glvo Mr. Uryan tho solid voto of
tho peoplo with soiled hands. It Is pro
sumcd that there nro toilet articles In Mr.
Uryan's prlvato car.
thu ixtuhkst or i.Aiion.
Southern .Mnnnfnctiirrr Yell for
Ilrynn and Snnrn I.nbor.
Sail Francisco Cull.
A recent dispatch announced that the
manufacturers controlling the mills In
Charlotto, N. C, had given notice to their
employes that they must either withdraw
from labor unions or from the mills. Tho
workers wero given until today to make up
their minds. Unless, therefore, some
respite or concession be granted the work
ers in the cotton mills of that city will
wake this morning to the hard alternative
of deserting their unions or losing their
Jobs.
That is an cxamplo of the way theHryati
ttes of the south denl with labor. They
have begun tho upbuilding of a great manu
facturing Industry In that section of the
country and their cotton mills are becom
ing strong competitors of those of the
north. Tho success of the mills is largely
based upon cheap labor and the southern
manufacturers havo evldontly determined
to keep It cheap. What has been done at
Charlotte will bo done elsewhere If the
plau proves successful.
We havo thus from N'orth Carolina In
rapid succession two Illustrations of the
temper and disposition of southern demo
racy.. First thoy deprlvo tho negro of tho
right to vote and, second, they deprlvo the
worklngman of the right to organize labor
unions. The aim Is clearly to produce tho
political suppression of one raco nnd tho
Industrial servitude of the workers of both
raceB. p
Tho men who are doing theso things are
supporting Brynn in this campaign. They,
with the democrats of the other southern
Jtates, constitute the most potent of tho
many forces that aro back of Uryan nnd
should he e elected they will control his
administration. Thus to Crokcrlsm In Now
York, Altgeldlsm In Illinois nnd tho gen
ornl vlclousncss of Uryanlsm everywhere
wo have this determination of tho now
manufacturers of the south to prevent tho
establishment In the milling towns of that
t.eetlon of tho union any of those organiza
tions that have do,ne nnd nro doing bo much
for the benefit of labor.
Rvery worklngman has many strong
reasons why he should vote for the party of
prosperity, but organized labor has a
stronger reason than nny other element In
the country, for In tho stronghold of
Brynnlsra there ts now going on a fight
waged by Bryan's supporters for tho ab
solute extermination of labor unions.
FIIOM COUNTRY TO CITY.
Disappointment In Storr for the Ma
jority Leaving; thei Farm.
John Habberton In Philadelphia Post.
Some published fragments of the new
census statistics are very depressing to the
old-fashioned yet very sensible people who
havo been hoping that tho movement of
villagers and country peoplo to tbo large
cities had bocn checked.
What Is the meaning of the continuous
rush to the cities? The old explanation
was that farmers' sons and daughters
wearied of work that was never finished;
they bad heard of city demnnds for labor
and of city wages, payable always In cash
and nt stated dates. They had also heard
of city pleasures, some of which were said
to cost nothing, while others were very
cheap. But young peoplo do not consti
tute the whole body of peoplo who nro
crowding into the cities, for mechanics and
nrtlsans of all kinds nro In the throng,
for In tho villages and country districts
employment Is irregular nnd pay uncer
tain. Tho more aspiring of them hope
for tho largor opportunities and recogni
tion that the country dares not promise;
they know, too, that such of tholr children
ob Incline to study may become fairly, even
highly, educated in the city without special
cost to their parents. Of the "seamy"
sldo of city life they know nothing, for
tholr acquaintances who "went to town"
hnvo not returned to tell of It; few of
them could return if they would. The
few who go bark to the old homesteads aro
the men who have succeeded, and In nny
vlllnge such a man In effect resembles a
gold-lndcu miner from Cape Nome or the
Klondike; his cxamplo threatens to de
populate tho town.
Nevertheless, the rural districts are not
going to bo depopulated, except when their
soil Is very poor and their malaria over
rich. A countryward movement started
In some cities a few years ago, and It has
bocn Increasing in volume; It may be
almost Invisible In somo localities, for
3,000,000 square miles Ib nn area so great
that nny city's overflow might bo lost In It.
Tho men who are trying scientific farming
nro nil from the cities and thoy havo car
ried tholr city idoas with them. As n
rule, city brnln nnd city money aro sug
gcstlng and backing the rural attempts to
have good roads, pure water, perfect drain
age, high farming, high-grade schools, free
libraries and many other ameliorations of
old-time conditions. Yet in one respect
the city man in the, country Is a disap
pointment to all classes of the dlssatlsflecl,
for when they talk of going to the city he
persistently says "Don't," nnd he supports
his advice with a dismal array of facts and
figures.
Wheeler nnd llobaon nt Atlanta.
ATLANTA. On... Oct. 2 Onneral Joe
Wheeler and I.lrutemint Ilobson were the
guests of Atlanta today, the occasion being-
"veterans- oav at tno boutnern interstate
fair. A parade, composed of various mili
tia and ctvla organisations, eicorted the
guests to Exposition park, where General
Wneeier spout during me anerneou.
Fall of Mr. Bryan
Kansas City
Alas and alack, that Mr, Bryan made
his great speech In Madison Square gar
den in New York last night, filled with
viands assimilated In the glittering Louis
Qutnze salon of tlio Hoffman houso nt a
banquet which cost 12 a plate. But
for the diplomacy of Mr. Croker In ar
ranging to have tho banqueters order
nnd pay for their wines individually tho
cost of the Bryan banquet would not havo
been less than $20 a plate.
Under the circumstances Mr. Bryan's
opening declaration nt Madison Square
garden that ho drew a line between hon
est wealth nnd predatory wealth was In
vested with a sad significance to thou
sands of his worshipers who have bo
llevcd, with nil their hearts, that Mr.
Uryan was not as other men.
What ecstney would havo filled the
bosoms of the Uryanltes had their great
lendor and exemplar paused nt tho door
of tho Louis Qulnzo salon nnd sternly
asked Mr. Croker what nil this sumptuous
array meant. In measured tones the se
vere trlbuno of tho plain peoplo might
have Insisted on knowing the cost of the
brcquct nnd demanded of the shrinking
Crckcr it he did not know that honest
men all over tho lnnd tolled like slavos
to earn less than $13 a week. He might
have called Mr. Croker's attention to the.
fact that there are millions of men and
women in tho United States who do not
drink from rock crystal goblets or eat
with knives with pearl handles.
"Get thee behind me, Satan!" should
havo been the stern nundato of Mr.
Uryan to Mr. Croker. But It is not re
corded that Mr. Uryan made a single
protest. He did not even show a sign
iMiiiso.vAi. poi.vruu.
Nnture has mnde preparation for the next
circus season; the peanut crop is excellent
this year.
The symbolical statues which are to orna
ment the new stats capltol building at St.
Paul, Minn., aro tho work of Daniel Chcstur
French.
Arthur Russell, eldest son of the late
lord chief Justice of England, has boon
appointed a Judge of the British circuit
court. He was born in 1S61.
Elbert Hubbard, the author, delivered nn
address In Rochester, N. Y., tho other day
In which he oplgrammatlcally defined art
as simply "man's expression of Joy lu his
work."
Governor Rollins of New Hampshire Is to
bo the guest of California during his pres
ent trip through that state. A deputation
Is to meet him nt tho state lino and a re
ception and banquet will be given In his
honor by the Union League club of San
Francisco.
Rev. Father Thomas J. Cambell of the
Jesuit -Fathers of Now York, has received
a letter from China, which he says an
nounces the conversion to the Roman
Catholla faith of Captain Herbert 0.
Squires, first secrotury of tho American
Legation nt Pekin.
Congressman Allon of Mississippi says
that after March 4, 1901, ho will retire to
his cotton plantation near Tupelo, where 'ao
was born, to spend tho remainder of his
days In tho llfo of a gentleman farmer.
Ho Is in good health and looks forward to
his rest with keen plcasuro.
Theso United States are getting to be a
pretty numorous lot. Wo now havo the
United States of America, the United States
of Australia and the map is being prepared
for the United States of Africa. And the
whole collection goes no farther as yet than
the first letter of the alphabet.
President Kllot of Harvard started his list
of names for the Hnll of Fame by giving
preference to those of John Adams,
Samuel Adams and John Quincy Adams. A
sarcastic Princeton man suggests the ad
dition of tho old Adam, Adam's apple,
Adam's fall, Charles Francis Adams nnd
Adam's nlo.
Ono of the suitors for the hnnd of
Queen Wllhelmlna of Holland nnd one who
was considered two yenrs ago to havo a
good chance of success has Just died. Ho
was Prince Bernhard Hclnrlch of Saxe
Welmar. Ho wns only 22 yenrs old. His
death was the result of a cold caught
while hunting.
People who think hamburger lunch wag
ons nre peaceful signs of evolution will
have to revise their opinion. A St.
Louis grub factory on whcelB, loaded
with pungent whnt-U-lt, suddenly ex
ploded and blew tho chef Into a cellar
excavation. The unfortunate did not
know the hamburger was loaded.
The Minnesota republicans nre using
binding twlno nB hot shot for their cam
paign among the farmers. It seoms that
Governor Llnd, the democratic candidate
for re-election, encouraged the making of
binding twlno at a state Institution, by
which method It hns cost the farmers
more tbnn to buy In the open market.
It Ib now In order for our friends the
enemy to project another paramount Is
suecoercion. Tho father of a lovely
damsel in Kansas compelled her steady
beau to pledge himself to voto for Mc
Klnley in return for parental favor. That
constitutes a foul assault on the doc
trine of consent and should bo coudemued
forthwith.
AN OFT-IIKI'BATBO CHAKGR.
One Aspect of nrynnlam In Its Silliest
nulae.
Indliuiasolls News.
Wo call the attention of honest and fair
minded people to tho following language
used by Mr. Uryan in bis Madison Squaro
Garden speech:
"I bellove that one of tho reasons why
they (the republicans) want a large army
Is to build a fort in every large city and
use the army to suppress by forco that
discontent that ought to bo cured by legis
lation." We doubt whethor Mr. nryan has said
anything during the campaign that has
had such a disheartening effect as this
statement on men that nro trying des
perately to rotnln belief in his sincerity.
It may be truo, as he says, that ho be
lieves that the republicans havo tho pur
pose he ascribes to them. Hut a man In
his position is bound to be careful about
what he believes nnd to state nothing as
a matter of conviction except on the best
of evidence. And In this case there Is not
a shred of evidence to sustain Mr. Bryan's
theory.
It is much to be regrotted that nny man
who 1b a candidate tor tho presidency
could talk In this wild way. Mr. Bryan
Is endeavoring to stir up a feeling of hos
tility to the army in order that he may
reinforce his argument against "Imperialism-"
Be seeks to convince tho people
that their liberties are In dangor. And
with Imperialism abroad and military op
pression at home there would, Indeed, bo
small hopo for tho, republic. So Mr. Bryan
points to our little regular army of 65,000
men, which is scattered all over tho world
and Is doing Its duty In China, the Phil
ippines, Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico and
Cuba, as tho Instrument by which our per
manent enslavemont Is to be accomplished
and Insists that tho republicans are going
to enlarge the army and convert our cities
Into fortresses, do that thoy may bo able
to suppress discontent by force! If Mr.
Uryan really believes this, he is altogether
too credulous to be trusted In high olBce.
If he does not believe It, what excuse ran
any one make for his repetition of this
absurd cbargst
Star (Ind. rep.)
of trepidation ns he adjusted his legs
uuder the mahogany. Perhaps the luv
leh display of silver enthralled him, but
how could ho nvald s'celng the fashion
able cnrdB nt each plnte, upon which tho
names of tho guests wero printed In gold
letters nt nn expenso greater than many
n poor man can afford to pay for a meal?
Per ono hour and n quarter tho man
who has been Idolized as the Incarnation
of simplicity sat, while courso after
course was brought In by servants In
Bwnllow-tnll coats. With every course
fresh knives, forks nnd spoons wero
plnccd beforo Mr. Bryan. The costly
chlrn plates were changed, too.
Now, If Mr. Bryan hnd only said, "One
plato Is good enough for me," or It he
had remarked, "Ono knife nnd fork is
plenty," or, better still, if ho had In
sisted that n 25-cent meal from a restaur
ant frequented by tho plain people should
bo brought to him from "Beefsteak
John's," nround tho corner on Sixth ave
nue, how his pratseB would be sung today
from New Jersey to Arkansas.
Only ono germ of consolation and hope
remains for the stricken hearts of his
disappointed' followers in this land to
day. Mr. Croker says that tho banquet
cost only $5 a plato. The republicans
say $12, exclusive of winos. Let this mat
ter be fully Investigated. Let the dem
ocratic national commltteo learn the
truth nnd Issue a proclamation to the
country that tho banquet cost much less
than $12 a plate and that Mr. Uryan wore
plain clothes and nts sparingly of the
food placed before him and passed up the
champagne.
FI.4.CIAIj expansion.
ItrmarUalilr Hemilta of Itrpabllcnti
lluslncss I'olluU'M,
St. Louis alobe-Democrat.
About $1,000,000 In gold Is on the way
from Europe to tho United States, and this
Is only the beginning of the movement.
Tho gold balance In tho treasury Is $245,
000,000. Tho balanco of trade In favor of
tho tlnltcd States in the foreign trade Is
greater than ever beforo and Is Increasing,
At tho present moment tho per capita cir
culation of tho country Is $27, on the basis
of a population In excess of 78,000,000, which
Is tho treasury estlmnte. Ab this will un
doubtodly bo found to bo at leuBt 3,000,000
too high, nnd probably 3,000,000, the actual
per capita circulation is more than $28.
Horo nro financial figures which are vory
gratifying to tho country. The treasury
and tho banks aro In stronger condition
thnn over beforo. Money more than keeps
paco with population. It probably outstrips
business In Its rato of Increase Within
tho past ten or twelve months the United
Statos has lent nt least $100,000,000 of gold
to Europo, more than half of this going
to somo of tho governments of tho great
nations, as England, Germany and Russia.
Tho country Is in a position to lend that
much nioro nbrond at tho present time
without causing any serious contraction of
tho currency. Hero is a business solidity
such nn wns never known In this country
in tho most prosperous days of tho past.
During tho second Cleveland administra
tion bonds to tho extent of $262,000,000
wero sold to provldo gold, and even with
this immenso increase In the Interest-bearing
debt tho treasury reserve was usually
below the $100,000,000 line. Not long after
tho republicans went to the front the re
serve began to Increase without the sale
of bonds, nnd tho $200,000,000 mark in the
gold fund in tho treasury was passed. After
the republicans entered power the persons
who were taking gold out of the treasury
and hoarding In tho democratic days all
sent It back to tho treasury. Nobody
wanted gold then, because everybody could
havo all ho naked for in exchange for the
right sort of collateral. Nobody in this
country Is asking for gold now. That metal
Is beginning to pour In from Europe and
the flow rr.ny, lost until December. The
rhango between republican and democratic
conditions in American finances Is shown
In nn impressive way by a comparison be
tween tho treasury situation at the present
moment and that during the second Cleve
land administration.
OJIK TRUST OV10III.OOKKD.
The Silver Combine, of Vhlch flrymi
la the Promoter.
Baltimore American.
In tho discussion of trusts during this
campaign sight hns been lost of the most
nvnrlclous of nil combinations that seek to
profit by unfair moans. No aggregation of
capital In this country can compare In ovll
Intent with the great Silver trust, of which
William Jennings Uryan Is the chief pro
moter. This trust has this year remained
concealod beneath the flood of complaint
the democrats havo found with existing
prosperity nnd the attempts they have
mnde to convert national glory Into Ig
nominy. As the campaign progresses, how
over, tbo facts concerning It are being laid
bare,
Tho Sliver trust Is composed of the sllvtr
mlno owners and Its object is to reap a
fabulous profit by cutting dollars and
property values in half and pocketing the
loss tho people must Inevitably sustain.
This purposo Is clearly revealed as Is Mr.
Bryan's connection with the trust In the
stiver plank in the Kansas Ctty platform,
to tho adoption of which Bryan forced the
convention. By that plank tho democracy
made Itself tho tool of tho Sliver trust and
Mr. Bryan has repeatedly declared It is his
purposo, If elocted, to obey the behosts of
the sliver barons and give them what they
ask. No more dangerous monopoly than
this was ever planned; none raoro fraught
with evil ever came Into existence; and
yet Mr. Bryan has tho effrontery to Inveigh
against trusts.
At Us present market value the ratio of
silver to gold is as 33 to 1 i. e., thirty
three ounces of silver aro worth one ounce
of gold. The fell Intent of tho Stiver trust,
aided nnd nbottcd by Bryan, Is to compel
this government to declare by law that
sixteen ounces of sliver shall be worth ono
ounco of gold In other words, to have tho
government double the market value of
silver and to then require It to purchase at
tho fictitious value all that Is offered. The
effect of such a policy cannot bo concealod.
The sliver barons would put Into tholr
pockotB 100 per cent more profit than they
now realize. Right there the benoflts would
end. Tho harm dono would, however, be
Incalculable. To maintain such a ratio
or, rather, to withstand the drain of such
legalized mulcting the government would
find Itself absolutely Incapable. Its credit
would stngRor and then collapse. Property
values and wages would be halved, one
half going to the silver barons; tho coun
try would bo plunged Into such financial,
commercial and Industrial depression as It
has never known and Individual credit
would be wrecked. '
When ono contemplates the want, 'misery
and ruin such n policy would entail one is
astounded, Tho history of trusts offers no
parallel for this schema in wanton dis
regard of public rights or downright dis
honesty. It does not stop short of prostitu
tion of tbo publlo credit and of universal
disaster. And of this scheme Mr, Bryan
Is the chlof promoter. It is the ulterior
purpose of his candidacy, menacing the
very oxlstence of the nation. Less danger
ous trusts will be attended to when the
people have rendered the plans kof tho
Silver trust Impossible of consummation
by denying to Bryan the power he must
havs before he can further the scheme of
ths silver barons. That ts the task to
which the voters must first devote themselves.
A! AMSWKIl t!..KCI2SSAHY.
Ilrynn'a lterord Concerning; Silver
Mufflclrnt In Itaelf.
Baltimore American.
Mr. Uryan steadfastly declines to say
whether, If elocted, ho will pay tho gov
ernment's obligations in silver. This Is a
perfectly lcgttlmato question, and tho
peoplo nro entitled to nn answer. Under
the circumstances, however, an answer I
scarcely necessary. Silence, tho adage
says, gives consent, nnd the fact that such
payments aro In lino with Mr. Uryan
declared policy ought to bo a BulUrlent
answer to the question without a word
from him. His refusal conveys a dis
tinctly unpleasant Impression. He has
usually exhibited tho courago of his con
victions. At times, Indeed, ho has been
excessively frank, and to refuso to nnswer
n question so easily answered, nnd ono
fraught with such tromondous lmportanco
to the public, brings tho douiocratlo can
didate under tho suspicion that ho ts will
ing to decclvo his nudlcnces nnd obtain
support under a misapprehension of his
purposes, ,
To pay the government's obligations In
silver would be the first step in tho direc
tion of a silver basis. If Mr. Bryan were
elected ho could not Immediately place
the country on a silver basis. Ho could
not do It were ho to call congress In extra
session until thero had been a prolonged
fight In both houses, consuming several
months provided tho two houses were
favorablo to the scheme. Uy paying the
obligations of tho government in silver he
could substantially accomplish his pur
pose without tho aid of congress. He
would not havo authority under the pres
ent currency lnw to do this, but a strict
construction of tho language of a statute
has not usually bocn a formidable barrier
to an enthusiast bont upon carrying out
his own political policy.
It mny bo Inferred, therefore, from Mr.
Urynn'a sllenco that he would pay the
government's obligations In silver. This
would knock tho props from under the
present gold stnndard. If tho government
would dishonor Its own obligations, there
surely could bo little hopo that It would
consider the interests of tho public. This
would bo tho nccepted Inforenco from such
an net, and the currency would rapidly
deteriorate In vnlue until It reached a
Bllver basis. Thero would bo no need of
legislation looking to frco silver, because
such an net of bad faith would nt once
drive gold out of circulation and leave
nothing but silver as a basis for tho cur
rency. It can readily be seen, therefore,
how significant is the question repeatedly
put by Governor Roosevelt and the dense
sllenco of Mr. Ilryan.
SAIIl I KDX.
Indlannpolls Journal: "What poasened
Hanna to say that thero nre no trusts In
this country?"
"Maybe he's trying to give Bryan apo
plexy." Washington Star: "When you gambles,"
said Uncle Eben, "it makw a heap o'
dlffrenco wlf de police whether de crowd
Is collected to shoot craps or bet on de
'lection."
Indlannpolls Press: "Did you hear nbout
Jones? Ha went down to the tax office
and kicked because they had not assessed
him high enough,"
"Great Scott.' And I came near lending
him money last weekl What n narrow es
cape!" Detroit JournnI: "I Just now saw her
gr r 'nr 'Ting- forwnrd!"
Tes, she affects an extremely masculine
air, in Jmuilc.
Pittsburg Chronicle: "Judgo Blizzard has
resigned." said tho Observant Boarder, who
was reading the news from West Virginia,
"Well, I told you tho other day Hint the
signs Indicated a mild winter," added the
Cross-Eyed Boarder.
Chicago Tribune: "How does It hnppen?"
nskod tho ged statesman, Jeerlngly, "thit
you are not In the Hall of Fame? Suroly
you have been dend long enough?"
But Liberty merely yawned and said:
"Vest, you ninko me excessively tired.
Ring off!''
Detroit Free Presi; She Did you tell Mr.
Luggs my hnlr was red?
Hn-I did not.
She Ho says you did.
He I dlil nothing of the kind. Tin asked
me nnd I told him It wns the color of a
popular novel.
Philadelphia Press: "Congratulations, old
man!"
"What for?" ,
"Oh, don't bo hypocritical. Joakley tells
me your rich old unrle died last week."
"Jonkley thinks he's funny. A pretty
young widow moved In next door to my
uncle, nnd he's dyed his hair and mus
tache." WKHSTHIl'.S O.M.Y POIIM.
It Is snld Jhat In his whole literary life
Daniel Webster wrote but one poem, nnd
that was upon the death of his Infant son
This child was born In Ronton December
(II. If22, nnd died In December, 1S24. Tho
poem bears tho title:
LINES ON CHARLES' DEATH.
My son, thou wast my henrt's delight;
Thy morn of life was gay and cheery;
That morn has rushed to hiidden night,
Thy father's houso Is nnd nnd dreury.
I held thee on my knee, my son,
And kissed thee, laughing, kissed the
weeping;-
But, nh! thy little life Is done;
Thou'rt with thy angel sister Bleeping.
The staff on which my years should lean
Is broken ero those yenrs camo o'er me;
My funeral rites thou should'st have seen,
Hut thou art In tho gravo beforo me,
Thou ralsest to me no filial stone.
No parent's grave, with tears bnholdest,
Thou urt my ancestor, my son,
And standeut In heaven's account the old
est. On enrth my lot was soonest cat.
Thy generation after mine;
Thou liast my predecessor's pasU-
Earller eternity Is thine.
I should havo set before thine eyes
Tho road to heitveu. Hnd showed It clear;
But thou, untaught, sprlng'st to the slilei,
And leav'st thy teuchor learning here. .
Bwcet seraph, I would learn of thee,
And hasten to partuko thy bliss;
Arid ah. to thy wnr d welcome me
As erst I welcomed then to this!
Thy father, I beheld thee born,
And led thy tottering steps with rare;
Ueforo mo risen to heaven's bright morn.
My son, my father, guldo mo there.
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