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Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before mo this first day of November, A.
IX, IWl, M. II I (UNGATE,
(Seal.) Notary Public.
Kx-ProHldont Cleveland need not 1m; so
oliury about talking now.
Nebraska starts the twentieth century
by turnliif; over a new political leaf.
If bombastic nronnnclnincntos only
won elections nobody woifld be In It
with the fuslonlsts.
Chalnnan Jones may onto more feel
free to devote his attention to his In
terests In the cotton bale trust.
Of course the mnn who claimed tho
credit for writing the Kansas City plat
form will Insist on sharing (he blame.
Watch the self-constituted cabinet
makers start at once to get In their
work ahead of 1'resldent MeKlnloy him
self. Bryan must have been loaded down
with too many nominations. One nomin
ation was all President MeKlnloy re
(Hilled. McKlnley's plurality In Ohio Is about
71,000. Kiddle llnd how ninny repub
lican votes were delivered to llryan by
Ciolden Hule .Tones.
Stand up for Nebraska. With all
shoulder to the wheel and an nnob
btructed path, tho state will move for
ward as never before.
Mr. llryan says he will not be a can
didate for senator before tho coming
legislature. I'robubly not, because the
legislature is republican.
The silver republican party In Douglas
county has now been reduced to Frank
ltansom, Tax Commissioner Klemlng
and Councilman Lobcck.
Mark Ilanim spoke more truly than hu
knew when he said on return from
his trip to the west that he had put Ne
braska Into the McKinley column.
Wake up and look cheerful. Prosper
ity prevails, Nebraska Is redeemed and
the government at Washington still
lives for democrats and republicans
alike.
Colonel Ilryun Is In position to re
inark ouco more that the applause gath
ered from the rear cud qf n train Is uo
dellulte Indication of the way his audi
tors Intend to vote.
.1. Sterllng.Morton Is promptly to the
front with u re-assertlon of his sugges
tion for tho organization of a conserva
tive party. Why Isu't the republican
party conservative enough?
It is a shamo that Jim Dnhlninn and
Chairman Kdmlsten should persist In
buncoing llryan with fake election fig
ures about Nebraska after he has been
irrecoverably defeated, lie deserves
better.
All tho bond propositions submitted
to the voters of Omaha havo carried by
substantial majorities. The people of
Omaha, propose to go forward with the
work of public Improvement and not
backward.
That Washington correspondent of the
World-Herald knew what ho was talk
ing about when he gave up Hryan three
weeks ago. Ho should be entitled to a
diploma from his employers Instead of a
call down.
All competitors have lost their breath
trying to catch up with Tho Hoe's elec
tion returns. Never before has a close
election in Nebraska been spread before
tho public with exact figures as promptly
nnd completely as In The Ilee this year.
The city has decided to drain a number
of stagnant pools which are a menace
to the health nnd life of thickly popu
luted districts. Where theso pools an
on. private property the owners should
be required to pay the expense of drain
uge, as they havo no right to maintain n
nuisance simply to avoid the cost of
filing up the low-grade lots,
ItUOSKVKLl'.H U'OHK.
The rampalgn work of Governor
Kooscvelt Is fully appreciated by re
publicans everywhere and by none more
than those of tho west, who have an
unbounded admiration for the ability.
energy, courage nnd 'strcnuoiisncss" of
tho vice president-elect. There was
some apprehension, It can now be said,
at the opening of the campaign that
Kooscvelt might commit. sonic Indiscre
tions of speech that would operate
against the party, but as the result
shows there was no good reason for such
fear. The republican candidnte for vice
president was fully cqulppiid for tile
work and he performed It ably, bril
liantly and with great effect. He ap
pealed to thb'patrlotlsm of the country
and to the popular sense of national
honor and Integrity. He not only de
fended republican principles with slgual
ability, but he answered every argu
ment of the opposition with convincing
iKle.
Governor Roosevelt was the foremost
llgure In the republican campaign and
wherever he spoke he made au Impres
sion favorable to his party's cause. No
one who heard him could have any
doubt of the earnestness nnd sincerity
of his convictions. No candidate for
vice president ever before did such
magnlllccnt service for his party. As
the New York Sun says: "It dims In
no degree the lustre of President Mc
Klnley's unequalled share In the Im
mense triumph of his parly to say
that Kooscvelt, by the spirit of his per
sonality and by the Inspiring energy of
his speech upon the stump, added
strength to the republican presidential
ticket In a year of supreme trial." It
Is hardly possible to overestimate the
value of Governor Koosevelt's campaign
work. ' .
IIUKIIS STILL ACTIVE.
The Iloers have been showing a re
markable activity recently for a people
supposed to have been pretty thoroughly
used up mouths ago by defeats ur.il
losses. Oue wonders where they get
their resources to continue hostilities
against the great British army, but they
go on cutting railways, occasionally
capturing British posts and trains and
otherwise giving the enemy endless
trouble.
The latest advices report n Boor de
feat, with a considerable loss, and the
breaking up of the defeated force Into
small bauds. Nearly all the operations
by the Boers now are by bodies not ex
ceeding a thousand, but such bands
would seem to be quite numerous. It
was estimated a short lime ago that
probably lii.OOO are still In the Held.
Whatever the number, tiey nre cer
tainly showing a dogged courage and
persistence that all mankind must ad
mire, whatever may be thought of the
wisdom of maintaining the hopeless
struggle. How long these Intrepid peo
ple, who hesitate at no sacrlllce, can
continue u guerrilla warfare It would
be useless to conjecture, but there can
of course be but one ending, except in
the nearly Impossible event of inter
vention. VOXSKllVATISM ASD MODKltATlU.W
The admonition of Senator Beverldge
of Indiana, that now the watchwords
must be conservatism and moderation, Is
Judicious. While the re-election of
President McKinley Is an unmistak
able endorsement of republican policies,
both domestic and foreign, It must not
be assumed to Imply a popular deslro
for radical or aggressive measures not
made necessary by existing conditions.
While It gives authority to congress and
the administration to go on in the -.per-
formnnce of the duties and in fulllllment
of the responsibilities assumed by the
natlou In Its relations with the rest of
the world, It Invites, nothing beyond this.
President McKinley said at Salem, O.,
on Wednesday, in response to a popular
demonstration: "You arc here to cele
brate a victory won, not by a single
party, but by the people of all parties.
I go back to my public duties at the
capital encouraged byyour confidence,
but deeply conscious of the grave respon
sibility which your action of yesterday
Imposes upon 1119." In this brief utter
ance is shown tho spirit In which Mr.
McKinley received the second call from
the American people and It Is distinctly
conservative. He recognizes the fact
that Tuesday's victory was not won by a
slitjle party, but by tho people of all
partls, that It was u victory of Ameri
cans for Americans. No one who has
Intelligently read tho speech and letter
of acceptance of the president can doubt
his desire to deal with tho problems to
be solved with conservatism and moder
ation and his re-election will rather
strengthen this desire than otherwise.
So far as the administration Is con
cerned, It can be confidently predicted
that there will bo no radical measures
not demanded by circumstances and the
congress elected last Tuesday will be In
harmony with the administration. Tho
Insurrection In tho Philippines will be
suppressed. As to that tho government
will put forth greater efforts If tho situa
tion shall require It, but there Is reason
to believe that thls'wlll not be the case.
The conditions in Porto KIco will be
further Improved. Cuba will bo given
Independence. Tho policy In regard to
China will still keep In vlow the main
tenance of the "open door" and tho
preservation of the territorial Integrity
of tho empire. We shall continue ,to
cultivate friendship with all nations, but
enter Into alliance with none.
As to domestic policy, the protection of
American industries nniTlnbor will be
maintained. Some modification of the
tariff Is possible, but It will not be such
us to take away protection from any In
terest that would be Injured thereby.
Monopolies In the fonnof trusts will be
intelligently dealt with. Tho currency
will be kept on a sound basis and tho
credit of the government maintained.
American' Interests and rights will
everywhere be protected.
President McKinley understands but
ter than auy other man can do the
great and grave responsibilities resting
upon, hhh. No one more clearly uppre
TH3'3 OMAHA DAILY 33EE: SAT UK DAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1900.
bend the significance of Tuesday's pop
ular verdict. No citizen Is nioro solicit
otts for the maintenance of the honor,
the Integrity and the prestige of tho
republic. No one Is more profoundly and
patriotically devoted to American Insti
tutions. The country may confidently
expect from him a wise conservatism
and moderation.
TALK UP TWO TKLKUllAMH.
On Thursday succeeding the election
of l&Dd the following telegram was
flashed over tho wires:
LINCOLN, Nob., Nov. C Hon. William
McKinley, Canton, O. : Senator Jones has
just luiormed me. that the returns Indicate
your ciectlon and 1 hasivu to extend my
cutigraiulutlous. We havu tuumltud tho
Isbuo to tho American people and tlicir will
la law. W. J. HKYAN.
On Thursday succeeding the election
of 11)00 another telegram was carried
along by the electric current, rending us
follows:
LINCOLN. Neb.. Nov. 8. Hon. William
McKinley, President, Canton, 0.: At the
close of another presidential campaign li
Is my lot to congratulate you ou u second
victory. W. J. FIUYAN.
The amenities of the campaign must
not be overlooked.
THE SOUTH OMAHA F1UUDS.
Uvldence Is conclusive that the gross
est election frauds were perpetrated by
the fusion managers In Douglas county
In the South Omaha precincts and that
the large niujority for fusion candidates
shown ou the returns from South
Omaha" nre fictitious, the result of mis
count, fraudulent voting, repeating nnd
colonization.
Some of the election boards In South
Omaha, although supposed fo represent
both parties, took orders directly from
the fusion committee, even to the ex
tent of Ignoring court orders requiring
them to conform to the law In the count
instead of pursuing arbitrary, dark lan
tern methods to make good their agree
ments to deliver the stipulated majori
ties to the fuslonlsts.
The Bee makes, bold to assert that at
least half or the majority In South
Omaha recorded against the republicans
Is fraudulent and would bo wiped out
by an accurate count of the ballots
honestly cast.
Such flagrant defiance of the law,
striking nt the very root of popular gov
ernment, should rouse our people to u
realization of the dangers threatened
by the lawless and- unscrupulous prac
tices ot the fusion machine. If there Is
any redress to be had they should In
sist upon huvlng It.
A sample of tho faking propensities
of the World-Herald, by which It en
deavors to bamboozle credulous readers,
Is to be found tiKits tabulated state
ment purporting to show the vote o"n
governor, In which Douglas county Is
credited with casting 1,;)27 votes for
Dietrich nnd 1,1!7." for Poynter, when In
fact Douglas county has given Dietrich
KU-13, as against ia,08." for Poynter.
Anybody can figure out majorities for
defeated candidates by such bold
Juggling with the llgures. This Is si
sample of the computations ou which
the claims of theM'nklrs are based and
on which deluded followers are led to
lose their money on foolish 1 bets In
order to keep up the courage of de
feated candidates.
It is to be noted that Edgar Howard
has not yet taken back any of the mean
things he has said about any of the
double-dealing popocratlc leaders except
Hansom and he doubtless wishes now
he had never opened Ills mouth about
him.
(afiicrnl Dcitiiuiil for llrat.
Minneapolis Journal.
Mr. Bryan, speaking of his plans for the
Immedlato future, says ho Intends to tnko
a long rest. But Uo can hardly enjoy It
nioro than the country does.
Don't 1'riiiilit n- lli.eHN You Knotv.
Chicago Post.
Now thcro la talk of reorganizing tho
democracy Just as soon as the pieces can
bo gathered together, and It is safe to say
that Bryau will not flguro prominently In
tho now combination.
Urc-ut Mini (Jom- WrouB.
Chicago Tlmes-Herald.
Hogg of Texas refused to bcllovo tho
bullotlns, saying they wero "cooked up by
republicans, so their follow gamblers could
lit-dgo on tholr beta." Hogg is u great man.
Ho weighs nearly 300 pounds.
it 11 I'a rt inn 11 Triumph.
Indianapolis News.
Such a victory us that of Tuesday is
not a tnero partUan triumph. It was won
by nil tho people, and the republican party
holds Its commission from nil tho people.
It will -bo well for It to remember that
very patent fact.
firoMiiiK In I'm or Aliroiul,
Cleveland Leader.
Franco rocontly 'bestowed n conspicuous
compliment upon this nation by display
ing, from Mo Blffcl tower, tho largest
American flag over mado. Tho Stars and
StrlpoB nro now better known nnd more
greatly rcspoctod In foreign countries than
they wero four years ago.
Hint to 'I'll rl My IIiinIiiiiiiIh.
New York Herald.
Ladles of the Woman's Christian Temper
anco un on have To un a crtr adc- agaln't tho
waxen lmugcs ubed to display tho dross
maker's art, because arms and neck nro
bared, Thrifty liusbandB should encourage,
these lailcs and Insist that theso artistic,
fascinating and expensive creations phall
bo displayed to tho public guzo upon broom
sticks. Xiiw, Aiwle, Will Vint lie Goinl.
Chicago Journal.
Tim robeUIon hi tho Philippines, which
has been kept Rllve only Id tho expecta
tion of tho election to power of its Ameri
can sympathizers, may nor bo regarded
as ended. Tho represcntnlves of Aguln-
nldo. who havo received accurate Infor
mation 011 tho course of events from trait
orous rources, will loso no tlmo In convoy-
lug kuowledgo ot tho truo situation to
thulr principal, whojo rnpltulalioa will
uaturully follow. Further resistance, f
there bo any, to American authority will
bo relentlessly crushed, nnd after that
thuro will be pence. It Is a drslrublo con
summation. On .Marl; llitiiitn' Trull.
Detroit Journal.
Those. Bryanltes who chuckled over
Mark Hanua's "bad breaks" will uot fall
to take notlco that wherevor Senator llanna
campaigned most industriously tho repub
licans mado substantial gains. In South
Dakota he laid out tho desplcnblo Petti
grew and the state elects McKinley elec
tors; Iowa, Kaacus, Minnesota and Wis
consin return great republican majorities.
Nebraska will probably swing Into Una
with McKinley electors nnd two "United
States senators. Chicago, tho citadel of
Illinois democracy, approved Hanua's
speeches. As a matter of fact Seuator
llanna appears to havo been 0110 of the most
effcctlvo stump spenkors In tho party.
IVonif-n'n Hnlnritrd Sphere.
Minneapolis Tlmaa.
Women earn their dally bread In almost
every branch of liumau lndiutry. Women
make or help to make rofllns. bricks, tiles,
sower pipes, tools boxes, barrels, furnltu e.
They aro In all tho professions: they are
stockholders and partners In various kinds
of, business, and as to tho more conven
tional occupations of wonKn tho ate galore,
lu tho more unusual ways we have had a
woman anthropologist, a woman forester,
womon who mlno and women who deal in
stocks. Ono woman spent fifty years mak
ing a bead houso and lately was found
dead with her unfinished work before her.
nniTouiAi. hi:i'm;ctio.s.
New- York Times: Tho currency Is safe,
tho national honor Is safe. We can now
give ourselves with contented minds nnd
nntured confidence to our honorablo public
and private concerns.
Boston Tranfcrlpt: Tho election results
cennot bo construed Into an Indorsement of
tbo colonial policy characterized as Im
perialism, nor do they warrant a continua
tion of blind republican favor to the trusts.
St. Louis OIobo-Dcmocrat: Tuesday's
election verdict has Immeasurably advanced
tho United States In tho estimation of all
Its thoughtful citizens and of .the world.
Amorlcn has taken o new stnrt on Its
career of progress and prosperity.
Kansas City Star: The democratic party
ought now to be able to sec that tho
American people aro not flattered by being
referred to as downtrodden nnd oppressed.
Tho ouu American quality which Is always
hi evidence In 'self-respect, and tho whole
democratic campaign, from July to Novem
ber, was an affront to that sentiment.
New York Sun; From this tlmo on the
main purposo of at least a powerful faction
of tho democracy will not bo to shape Its
course for tho gratification of Mr. Bryan's
political ambition, hut to wrest from his
hands tho control of their national organiza
tion. Will they succeed? Probably. But,
Just ns probably, not without reckoning, In
ono wny or another, with tho man who
leaped upon tho democracy's nhouldcrs at
the Chicago convention.
Chicago Tribune: South Dakota has been
redeemed. That state will tnko a place
whero It belongs among tho agricultural
ccmmunitles which aro on tho right sldo
on tho currency question and nil questions
of foreign policy, nnd which cannot be
turned from tho right path by falso Issues.
Furthermore, South Dakota will have here
after a republican senator to represent It
It stead of n furious npostate neither flesh,
fowl nor good red herring.
Now York Trlbuuc: It Is a national
victory. The nation in all Its parts may
well rejoice. Its credit is secure. Its
Judiciary will rcmnlu free. Its peoplo will
not be sundered tnto hating nnd hateful
classes. Its flag will not bo fragged down
In dishonor. Tho propaganda of greed, ot
hatred, of vlolenco and of cowardice will
not prevail. It Is n day for earnest re
solves to complete and to perpetuato tho
work so well performed, and to raako tho
nation In the ordering of its affairs hence
forth worthy of Its nplendid past nnd of
the Hplrutlld promise of its achievement In
this national victory.
IndlnnnnollR News! Thcro is no mystery
about the result. Mr. Brfan stands In the
publln mind for precisely tho same things
that ho stood for In 1800. Whllo In his
many speeches b'6 sought assiduously to
glvo emphasis to other Issues, yet what ho
had to say about them did not carry con
viction to the popular Intelligence. Peoplo
hnvo continued to think of him first and
fciemost as tho champion of a false system
of finance, and they could not forget that
all tho prophecies mado by him with such
earnestness and volubility In 1896 havo been
proved by tho events of the Inst foitr years
to have been without Justlllintlcn In fact.
I'OI.ITICAI. SXAPMIOTS.
Senator Tettigrcw of South Dakota also
ran. I
Tho result la an embarrassment ot elec
toral votes.
Naturo kindly tempered the wind for the
unfortunate.
As a voto of confidence tho returns aro
qulto emphatic.
Tho full dinner pall Is booked to stay
four years more.
Senator Wellington of Maryland Is a
notablo example of the man --without a
party.
Notwithstanding enthusiastic predictions.
Missouri resolutely refused to get Into tho
band wagon.
Democratic forecastoi'8 havo ample tlmo
to repent of their folly and get on speak
ing terms with truth.
Mr. Bryau may extract somo consolntlon
from tho fact that his letter mail will bo
substantially reduced.
Tho Canadian administration, following
tho example of Its neighbor, made 11 clean
sweep In tho election last Wednesday.
St. Louis la said to have ' reformed by
taking Its medicine straight. Tho repub
lican triumph is not tho only wonder of
rtho election.
Kansas City republicans did not pay
much attention to the presidential tlekol,
but hustled for tho spoils and swiped every
local ofllco but two,
Chicago pnpers aro hilariously happy.
They succeeded in defeating two machine
candidates for office and crow lustily over
tholr growing lufluenco
Mr. Bryan's "Second Battle" Is the
severest drubbing received by nny presi
dential candidate slnco Horace Greeley wa3
waylaid In tho democratic camp.
Senator Carter appears to havo had his
whiskers clipped In Montana. His pile
could not approach that of Clark, conse
quently ho lagged superfluous In tho raco.
Webbter Davis Is now at liberty to flock
by hlmsolf and shed gobs ot tenra for tho
oppressed. His drnmntle entry on the cam
paign stago Is fittingly followed by a cheer
less exit.
When tho Into William L. Strong was
mayor of Now York ho was kicked nnd
cuffed by politicians and organs. Now thai
ho Is dead they say he was tho best mayor
tho city ever had.
Phllosophor Dooley's remarks ou tho
election aro good reading, eveu nftor the
result Is kuown: "Th1 mornln' afthcr mo
tion, 't la Hlnnlssy to th" Blag pile an'
Dooloy to th' beer pump an' Jawn D.
Hockofellar to tho llo-can. an' th' ol' flag
floatln' over all Iv us if th' wind Is good
an' th' man In chargu has got up In time
to hist It. Foolish man, th" fun-rala don't
stop f'r lllctlon, or th' chrlstenlu's or th"
wedln's. Bo hlvlns, I think th' llkca Iv yo
Imagines this counthry is somothla' be
sides a hunk Iv laud occypled bo human
beln'it. Yo think It u sort of an autymoblll
that'll run down onless yo charge It with
yu'or partlo'Iar kind Iv gas. Don't yo ox
plct, IllnulHsy, that anny throop Iv angels
will dhrop fr m hlven to chop yo'er wood on
th' mornln' Iv th' slvcath Iv Novorober If
Bryan la lllcted, an' don't yo lavo Jawnny
McKeuna think that It- Mack gota la he'll
havo to put a sthrlp Iv oil-cloth on th' dure
sill to keep pluthycrats fr'm shovln' threas
ury notos undlior th' dure. No, sir; I used
to thluk that was so wanst, In th' days
whin I pathronlzed a lothry. Now I know
dlttTent."
I ' 1
Two Election Forecasts
11 1
Boston Q lobe,
Conservative estimates made by rellablo
parties Indicate that the voto In Nebraska
will be very close, with probabilities favor
ing McKinley by from 1,000 to 2,000 plu
rality. The republicans will doubtless carry a ma
jority of both houses of the legislature and
they stand n fair chance of electing their
candidate for governor, Charles It. Diet
rich. Tho stato ticket may be mixed.
My opinion on the contest in tho coun
try nt large Is that thcro Is no doubt of
tho re-election of William McKinley and
that tho Issue chiefly determining tho re
sult Is the widespread prosperity mndo pos
sible by republican policies.
The certainty of the republicans con
trolling the next legislature In Joint session
makes equally certain the election of two
republicans to tho United States scnnlo next
January.
EDWARD MOSnWATKIl,
' Kdltor Omaha Dec.
OT1IHK 1,.VM)S THAN UL'IIS.
It Is evident that tho Germans expect to
reap at least a fair sharo of tho profits of
tho tuturo Chlucso trade In tho Yangtso
valley. Their leading uewspapcra aro
dwelling persistently upon tho Interests
which Germany has In that direction. They
admit thnt the river trade tins hitherto been
principally in British hands, but pay that
even in that German competition will mako
Itself felt. The Cologne Gazette announces
that tho North-German Lloyd Is arranging
for a regular service on tho Yangtso. The
steamers will ply between Shanghai nnd
Hankau nnd tho service will be extended
to Chungking. Another lino will conduct
the traffic between Swatnu anil Hankau,
Details arc given of tho now German settle
ment of Hankau, which lies between tho
French and tho Japanese settlements nnd
stretches nlong tho river with a length of
nearly 1,200 yards and a breadth of over
KO yards. Tho land belongs for tho most
part to a syndlcato and everything Is being
dono to mako Hanknu u German emporium.
Tho Gazctto cstlmutes that even this year
Ocrmnn traffic ou tho river will amount
to between 700,000 and SOO.OOO tons, or to
30 or 40 per cont of tho trndo in British
hands, but the nccuracy of "theso estimates
Is vigorously disputed on tho British side.
la his recent report on tho Indian famlno
tho viceroy. Lord Curzon, says that it Is Im
possible to tell tho actual mortality, but
thero has apuarcutly been nn excess of
deaths over the normal number of "t'0,000.
Cholera nnd smallpox nccountcd for more
than 230.000, leaving nbout 500.000 to be ac
counted for. To sny that tho greater part
of these died of stnrvntlon or even of desti
tution would bo unjustifiable, Blnco many
other contributory causes wore nt work,
while tho figures Include deaths of Immi
grants from natlvo states. Tho total Is not
moro than 2 per cent of tho wholo population
In tho tracts to which It applies, so that
no very remarkable depopulation has oc
curred. The viceroy went on to say that
tho central relief committee received sub
scriptions to tho nmount of nbout JC1.000,
000, of which India herself contributed
only one-fifth. Thero wero somo notablo
Instances of Individual generosity, but, ou
tho whole, he thought that moro might
reasonably havo been expected. Tho llttlo
colony of tho Straits settlements, for In
stance, contributed moro than the wholo
of tho Punjab. Oa the whole, It seems to
him that thero Is a good opportunity in
India for tho development of practical phl
lanthronv Tho United Kingdom was less
liberal in Its gifts than in lS'JG-37, but this
fact was accounted for by tho heavy de
mands upon tho public purta arising out of
tho South African war.
Norway hns executed something very like
. 1 . 1 .1 ntl,nt1ntl
a voltc-iaco in uiu iiruiut.;ii & -
which has been conducted within us iimna
In favor of a dissolution ot tho Scandina
vian union. That Jealousy and attrition
sbculd result from tho dual monarchical
system, in which tho numerical prepon
derance of Sweden gives It assurnnce of a
certain political preponderant, Is natural
rnnueh. but the outsldo world has been
unablo to seo sufficient grounds to warrant
the dangerous experiment of divorcing mo
two peoples of tho peninsula. Tho recent
nieetlnns In Norway record a decided re-
notion against tho policy of separation nnd
tho trnnstor of power from tno tauicai
"left" Into tho hands of tho Hojrl, who
aro committed to tho union. It seems that
external politics havo had tholr lnauenco
In producing tho reaction. Distrust of a
too-poworful Slavic neighbor has been ns
potent In shaping Scandinavian as in af
f.Mtni? nrltlsh nollclcs. It Is charged that
tho obvious Interest of the czar Is to divide
tho two states of tho peninsula, nna 11 is
even alleged that Uusslan emissaries havo
been fomenting discontent there. Ho tnai 1
no it mnv. the oblcct lesson which has been
iiim neen '
furnished In Finland, with tno peopio 01
which tho Norwegians havo racial, aa well
as tho memory of political tics, has had ItH
effect In drawing closer the two hcanmn.i
vlan states.
Tho Greek government has Just signed a
contract for tho construction of a railway
272 miles long between Piraeus, tho port
of Athens, to Demorll, In Thessaly, on the 1
Turkish border. It will tako the traveler h,s tcuci,ngs now thoy wlI rcturn to It
from Athens through Attica nnd Boeotla ho(.nlIgo lt ls eternally truo and needful,
to Thebes and thence through Phokls and l Qnf, beforo tno boasted four years moro
tho country of Achilles across tho Othrys o( McKuiy hav(, ,,aBKl.d wm, tB trjum
mountalns. Branch lines will convey the 1 phant pnrtnorBllp o( imperial ambition and
student of nntlqulty to Chalkls, In Luboen c0rp0rnto Kroej, tll0 American peoplo will
and to Lamia. In one day tho tourist may rlso nBalngt lt for tnCr own defense Then
visit places mado rnrnous uy uiu umim
Thomlstoslcs, Pericles, Kpamlnondas, Her
cules and other more or less veritable
worthies. It Is thought that tho new line
will lnrgely lncroaso tho trado between
Turkey nnd Greeco nnd will especially havo
a great Influence upon tho mall traffic be
tween Hjropc, India and tho far east, ns
It Is generally accepted that tho mnll
would then bo conducted via Athens In
stead of Brlndlsl. Tho distance- between
Port Said and Piraeus Is 373 miles shorter
than that from Port Said to Brlndlsl. Tho
saving In tlmo for mall via Piraeus would
bo thirty-three hours for Budapest, twenty
four for Vienna, twelve- for Munich,
twenty for Berlin, twenty-six for Warsaw,
St. Petersburg and Moscow and fourteen
for Brus-.iels.
The naval weakness of Britain Is no
torlourly tho subject of earnest protest hy
some of tho most efficient admirals atloat.
German efficiency has already secured a for
midable und homogeneous licet. Alrendy
Germany holds the Atlautlc record for
speed. Her system of mall subsldlca has
secured n Inrgo portion ot Asiatic ami
Auslrallnn trade. Hrr ruto of increase In
shipbuilding, for tho first tlmo In history
has exceeded that of Great Britain. Ger
many hns already sti etched out her hands
for the trident. Neither Franco nor Husild
13 Impatient to assist Hnglnnd to recover
tho supremacy which she listlessly allowed
to slip from her hands.
The conclusion la li resistible. The man
agement of marine affairs for five joars
has been Incompetent. The result of that
Incompo'ence Is that England has lost the
command of tho sea. Nothing less J hup
tho vigorous demand of a determined people
enn change tho situation. Unless attacked,
It Is a debatable quentlna whether the Eng
lish peoplo can any longer b described
as either determined or vigorous.
Sunday, November 4.
Mr. Bryan's plurality lu Nebraska will be
nt least 18,000. Tho fuslonlsts will control
tho legislature by a majority of at least
nluo on Joint ballot. Of tho six congress
men four will certainly be fuslonlsts. Two
districts nre In doubt.
Concerning the general result, I believe
tho republicans will receive a sevcro shock
ou election night. They confidently depend
on McKlnley's election nnd perslstenly close
their eyes to tho very many conditions fa
vorablo to Mr. Bryan. Imperialism nnd
trusts nre tho Issues that will chiefly de
termine tho contest. Tho republicans for
get they havo tho un-Amerlcaq side of these
Issue. Tho people nre doing more thinking
than talking this year.
The people of tlls country will not en
dorse so gieat an evil as (ho trust system
nn, t,y u.i not repudiate so righteous a
doctrlno that governments derive their Just
powers from the consent of the governed.
For theso reasons I bellovo Mr. Brynn will
bo elected by a plurality that wilt occasion
very general rurprlse.
It. L. MKTCALFi:,
Kdltor Omaha World-Herald.
COMMKXT OT UDMOCIIATIG I'AIMOHS.
I.nnk In din ttlnn.
Des Moines leader.
In seeking for causes for tho overwhelm
lngncss of tho event of Tuesday, It Is not
neicssary to go nny further than Mr. Bryan.
He Is the strongest contributing factor to
his own defeat. There may ho other rea
sons, but he Is enough.
Where li the Man f
Chicago Chronicle.
Tho sentiments which should actuate a
truo dcmocrutlc party control a majority of
tho American peoplo at this moment.
Direction and organization only aro needed.
Where la tho mnn. where nre the men who
will seize this opportunity to perform n
patriotic servlco of commanding Impor
tance? (.'itiifto fur In nn.
Atlanta Constitution.
Tho result by no means affects seriously
cither the present or tho future of tho
country. Our peoplo have tho happy fac
ulty of taking care of their Interests In
dividually, 'which constitutes tho safety of
the aggregate. They may at times bo
blinded to tho purposes of a parly In
power, but they will bo so quick In resent
ing notion that even tho boldest would be
brought to a halt.
Anny with I'uiiillin.
St. Louis Republic.
Can thero be question of the duty of the
national democracy? Can there be doubj
of tho necessity to turn resolutely Irom
vain wanderings Into the field of populism?
Old-lino domocracy, battling with reunited
forces, supporting nominees acceptable to
all truo democrats and effectively or
ganized, can elect a president ot tho United
plates no less certainly that It did a shcrllt
or tit. liOiua last Tuesday.
l.lxt tn Till AVrtll.
judlnmipolls Sentinel.
Tlie people, with their eyes wide open,
have deliberately voted In favor of a policy
of aggression and conquest throughout the
world. They havo voted that this shall
bo a military republic. They havo voted
against an Income tax anil tn favor of a
h'gh protective) tariff and of big subsidies to
private enterprise. . .ley havo voted against
legislation to piohlblt or regulato tho
trusts. But let us not hastily nrsumo that
this verdict in Its largest Fonsn Is final.
There Ix no reason for tho followers of
Thomas Jefferson to despair.
I'll r t j- Iteuoiiri-udoii.
Ht, Paul Globe,
Mr. Bryan's enreer as n national lender
Ik closed. Somo other man must tako the
placo which ho has vacated. But no man,
and no few men, enn placo tho democracy In
the position which it should occupy In tho
political lifo ot tho nation. Only by devoted
concert of action on the port of nil those
who still adhcro to tho teachings of tho
fcuuder of tho party, from tho humblest
to tho most powerful, can wo hopo for tho
steuro ro-cstabllshment of tho democracy
In tho positlou which It has occupied for
the last 100 years as tho exponent of sound
constitutional principle and tho truo con
servator ot American Indlvlduul liberty.
HIlRht of .Sllverlnm.
New York World.
When tho 16 to 1 plank was separately re
affirmed, upon the direct demand ot Mr.
Bryan, and with tho complacent assistance
of Ciokcr, though agalubt tho clearly ex
pressed Judgment of tho delegates, tho Jato
of tho ticket waH sealed. That plank bo
camo a mlllstauo nround tho candidate's
nick. It was Impossible to keep the
money question out ot the campaign, even
though ns an issuo It was dead, Mr. Bryan's
allcnn t. It! in 1 In ihn nn.l Inrl n ).
t(ic)8 upQU ,la slncerltjr nmI wlis rPgarded
admission of tho utter defenseless-
... ... ......
net's or tlie piank no uau insisted on ro-
Inserting.
SMlviltlnil Itejerlfd.
Philadelphia Times.
The salvation of tho ropublla lies. In
theso living Idcns which Bryan has upheld
and which tho nation will assuredly en
force upon those who contlnuo to defj
them. This will bo Bryan's reward. If
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he has nobly earned.
vmim'.s ix iLi:.vrv.
t'hlc.mo Post; t'They lay he's Mil of thft
lnr. ",f.. Iiiinmn kindness'.
Huh!' was the scornful retort. "If that i
so, you can bet It's skimmed milk."
Philadelphia Press! "ITncle Sam seems
to tutmv mure backwardness about borro
10' " vthvT nations than he used
. ' ' shouldn't say It wns'tt euso of 'mote
buckwurdness,' but 'more reserve.' "
?0,.?.''.r.vl.11' ,-iirnrtT:"lIlcks-Hlllson tells
mi thill llO 1.1 n C.Mliir.. rl.r,r
,'::y,'!'''-.. 11 would take hit
him .a century
iw limes.
Clttcano Tribune
"Whut's the disturb-
new over mere7'
u-h? ihut. ? 1,1,10 of 'mIf ''"nk pugilist
TinVrh.lni WW W,fnt ' "'t cic 1 other.
1 hey re IndjlKlug imt-to-hnt talks."
Philadelphia Press
Mrs. Mngulre. "mo lnib.nnl im,l ulinty n'
money wanst. for he had u good 'job. bit
"a ........... , ,.l.f
'Y,u. "S. ncv.cr had any since, eh?"
marked, Mr. Amelia Itnle-Poore.
,,i..ri"tHi luaX 'l11' '''oubic ma'am:
nlvcr hud anny slnse."
re-
ho
Detroit Frcii Press: Camleton-I don't
think your wife wiih pleased at tho way J
acted toward your baby.
Dhnpleton You didn't criticise him, did
"Heavens, not I mado a point of not say.
ing u thing agulnst him."
Chleaun Post:
'Yen, m hns decided tn
I'!'!. P" 'tics nnd go Into tho drur business."
, ell, hu couldn't havo selected a hotter
business, nt any rate."
"How (i7"
"Why, he has u record that needs fumi
gating the worst way."
Philadelphia Press: "He was the most
suivrstltlous poker player I ever saw."
, ,es. nnd ho got no superstitious hen
innrn " 'ocn't Play the gaino uny
"Is' that so?"
'Yes. ho suddenly discovered that there
aro thirteen curds In each suit."
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "You remember
that bank teller who mnde himself so solid
with the officials by suggestlm? thnt bank
employes should wear cloth6s without pock
ets during hanking hours?"
"Jes. What about htm7"
"Hp got uwny with JfiO.OOO by throwing It
out of tlie window to n confederate."
Tim ciioAicnit.
S. K. KIser In tho Times-Herald.
Sitting lonely, looklim dreary, with hUt
larynx raw, nnd weary
From his talking, talking, talking thereto-
fore;
Whllo ho rend tho nwful, solemn figures
shown lu many a column,
.Something got to Mapping, tapping at his
door
Flapping, tapping 11 ml kerslnpplng at his
uoor,
And remarking "Nevermore!"
Putting' down tho paper sadly, paying: "Ah.
'tH JnnoH or Adliil,
Cohin to off"r consolation, who Is tapping at
my door! - y
C eome In." he hoarsely stuttered, when
befort' him darkly fluttered
An did erow thnt perched upon a plnster
bust above tho donr
That benign con cation bust nbqvo the
dour.
Saying to him, "Nevermore!"
Looking at tho bird mid trjlng to refrain a
spell t'rnm sighing
He Inquired what the. message wns It bore:
"Ah, the peoplo still nre true, they still
wnnt mo and fdlvcr, do they
fitlll want mo to be tholr tribune, ns be
fore?" And the bird It croaked the word It had so
pin Inly croaked before.
Which wan merely "Nevcrmoro! '
Slnrtled nnd unnerved nnd broken by reply
so aptly pimkell,
ills romalnliiK whisp of hnlr he madly tore
And ho spluttered and he muttered and 11
llnod of Fail words uttered,
As bin carpet slippers pattered nn tho linn'
And "fhu crow snt mildly blinking as It
gravely paced tho Jlnor,
Always croaking "Novcrmore!"
"Nay. 'tis l.ibo!" ho madly shouted
. "thouKh we'vn been ijijfe.ited routed
I'll bo re.idy to rush forth again and talk li
nllicteen-finir!
Still my lungs and nervo shall Ferve me
nniiKht shall stop 1110, naught shal'
swerve nu
I shnll llnd Hiiino other Issuo and keep lead
Ing ns of yore
I will bo the people's tribune and keep
talking na of yore!"
Hut the bird croaked "Novormore!"
"Shoo!" no cried, "oh leave me! leave me'
You hnvo come but to deceive mo!
I am Mill the hen von-lmrn leader and will
lead as heretofore1
I am still their sacred' snlnt and I will come
with plea nnd iilalut and
I will Hpealc lu ullvory accents they will
hear me and ndore "
Hut ho tottered gasping, fainting-, n.i the
crow flew out the door,
Sternly croaking "Nevermore!"
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