TTIE (XMAIIA J)AlLTJJEE: SATURDAY, T)TC0EM1JTC"R 22, HIUO.
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STATEMENT OF CIUCUt.ATION.
Btato of Nnbrasku. Douglas County, ss.:
Uenrgn It Tzschuck, secretary of The Ilee
l'uhllshlng Company, belnc duly sworn,
says that the nctual number of full and
rompleto copies of Tho Dully, Morning,
livening and Sunday lire printed during the
month of November, 1D00, wuh ub follows;
1 :to,H7i 16 as.ar.n
2 i.titm 17 bh.imo
s iii. ii i (i 18 bh.ioo
4 2m,ii 19 i:m,:ino
5 at,:2o 20 i!h,:j7o
c iiu.otn 21 as, i to
7 (IN, 1211 22 U7,7
8 'tl,U.(l 23 B7.ai
9 :ti,:tio 2t un,uuo
in ui i.riKi 25 aw, i in
11 an,Ki( 2 a7.iMio
12 ati.aoo 27 a7,(iao
as.iuo 28 a7,7K
14 a,llS( a7,770
15 UH, ." SO
, .mi
Total wan.ir.n
Less unsold and returned copies la.tCIM
Net total sales ft lliM2l
Net daily average, 30,447
oeo. n. tzschuck.
Subscribed In my prcsenco nnd sworn to
before mo this lBt day of December. A. D.,
1900. M. II. 11 UNO ATE.
Notary Public.
Truth Is often HtrmiRcr than tho most
fnntiistlc llctlon.
Christmas huiisoii and Clirlstnins phi
lanthropy should k together.
Xuvor inlntl. Children of poor parents
need havo no four of Kold-Hoeklw; child
stealers. (SiMu-ral Roberts Hhould have (old his
friend Kltehener the South African j;mi
wim loaded when he turned It over tu
him.
That state house watehnian who drove
n way those treasury looters should
pinch himself and make sine he Is
awake.
It Is mluhty seldom n hoy Is found
who ran truthfully boast he Is worth
his weight In Kohl because that sum
wan paid for hlni.
Senator Tillman and Colonel Bryan
will be the star performers at the Jack
simian banquet. Pitchforks and hay
rukes should bo the souvenirs.
Senator Allen objects to the lobby
casting his vote for him. The senator
litis a few more chances to vote left
nml he desires to enjoy the privilege
himself.
The senatorial candidate factory Is
lit 111 working overtime. As only a short
time remains in which to market the
product the fakirs are forced to violate
the eight-hour law.
No necessity for telling the postman
that Christmas is approaching. The
load of packages he takes out every
day Is a reminder which he would like
to overlook, but It Is piled too high.
State Labor Commissioner Kent now
wants the olllce ho occupies divorced
from politics. lie forgot to advocate
this highly patriotic principle, however,
until he wan within sight of the expira
tion of his term.
Tho river and harbor bill hns been
pruned to the extent of ?'J0,0(K),000, but
as It still carries $1)0,000,000 there is
every probability that Sipiash creek
and Mud Turtle harbor will receive a
fairly liberal allowance.
The senate was liberal In the matter
of Christmas presents in the shape of
confirmations of men appointed to olllce,
but a large number of stockings still re
main which the owners hope will at
tract tho atteutlon of tho president
To close up the year without depress
ing overlaps is the task of all the public
olllclals, for city, county and school dis
trict. The taxpayers never complain
when there is a surplus turned back
from an appropriation.
With such a conscientious chief of
police as Miles Mitchell It simply passes
understanding how tho brewers anil
gamblers In South Omaha should have
been held up for protection from tho
authorities there as they havo testllled
in court.
Ono of Itryun's ardent admirers as
sorts that Itryan can poll twice as
many votes as any other man In the
democratic party. If that Is true any
thing which would eliminate Hryan
would not leave enough of the party tfl
hold an Inquest over.
J. Ham Lewis will bo one of the
speakers ut the Jacksonlau banquet. J.
Ham .may bo able to Illumine his sub
Ject with tho aid of his iridescent
whiskers, but his reputntlon as a
prophet has suffered materially since
tho result of the election became known
Congressman Stark wants Nebraska's
quota in congress cut down because an
apportionment ratio low enough to leave
Nebraska's representation undiminished
would Increase tho strength of the gold
standard states as against those ho
classes in tho column for 10 to 1 free
silver. Mr. Stark's devotion to tho sll
Yer barons seems to havo overcome his
loyalty to his Nebraska constituents.
TUK TIUUTV UATtl'llUK
The advocates of the principle of neu
tralization won it decisive lctory In the
rutlllcatlon of the Hay-I'atincefote
treaty and the historic policy of the
I'nlted States In regard to an Isthmian
canal between the Atlantic nnd I'acllle
oceans was sustained. The various
amendments to the treaty, some of them
hostile to neutralization, were rejected
by large majorities, only the foreign re
lations committee amendments being
adopted. The most Important change
from the original draft of the treaty Is
what Is known as the Davis amendment,
which provides that the I'nlted States
may take such measures ns It shall
deem necessary "for securing by Its
own forces the defense of the I'nlted
States and the maintenance of public
order." This has been construed as re
serving to the I'nlted States the right
to close the canal to Its enemies.
Tho treaty supersedes tho Clayton-
Htilwer convention, It provides that a
en mil to connect tho Atlantic nnd Pa
cini; oceans may bo constructed under
the auspices of tho United States, such
canal to be free and open, In time of
war and In time of peace, to the vessels
of commerce and the ships of war of all
nations on terms of entire equality.
The canal shall never be blockaded and
no right of war nor any act of hostility
shall he committed within It. Kules are
prescribed as to the rights of war ves
sels of a belligerent power passing
through tho canal. No fortlllcatlon
commanding the canal or the waters ad
jacent to It shall bo erected, but tho
I'nlted States shall bo at liberty to po
lice the canal with such military forces
as may be necessary to protect It against
lawlessness and disorder. Kxchange of
ratllleutlons are to he made by the two
governments within six mouths.
The treaty will be returned to the
president and It Is presumed that us
soon as possible It will be submitted to
the llrltlsh government. How it will
bo regarded by that government !s
problematical. If It be assumed that
the London newspapers voice olllclal
sentiment It appears probable that tho
government will decline to accept the
treaty as amended. In that event It
would, of course, fall, leaving the Clay-ton-Hulwer
convention in force. Hut
the Loudon press does not always re
llect olllclal opinion. It did not do so
In the Venezuela arbitration contro
versy and It may not do so now. The
British government is most desirous to
maintain friendly relations with the
United States. It will do nothing likely
to Impair these relations unless It shall
conclude that, rights of vital importance
to (treat Britain are disregarded or vio
lated by tho treaty. Hven In that case
the British government would probably
not summarily refuse to accept the
treaty, but would propose a compro
mise. There is no reason for the assertion
that the treaty is a surrender to Great
Britain. Tho truth is that It was sought
by our government and negotiated en
tirely In our behalf, tho British gov
ernment making concessions and ap
parently yielding all wo asked. Tho
recognition of tho principle of neutral
ization was not a concession on our
part, but simply adherence to what
wo had advocated for more than sixty
years, or since the question of 'an lu
toroceunle canal was llrst considered.
ArrjA'ixu Tin: laws of livtf.
The decision of General MaeArthur
to upirty tho laws of war to noncom-'
batants as well as to those engaged
In hostilities In the Philippines Is fully
Justllied by tho conditions. The In
surgent leaders utterly disregard the
laws of war. Perhaps tills may he
duo to ignorance of them, but at imv
into they should be given to under
stand that they cannot go on violating
those laws without suffering the conse
quences and being classed and if can-
tured treated as fugitive criminals. As
to those who pretend to be noncoin
batants and yet give aid to tho Insur
gents at every opportunity, there Is
no reason why they should not be re
garded as traitors and dealt with ac
cordingly. It would doubtless havo beeu well
if this policy had been adopted sooner.
The lives of many American soldiers.
lost through the treachery of Filipinos
who professed to be friendly to the
United States, might havo been -saved
through mi earlier application of the
laws of war to these alleged "amlgon."
Now that It has been decided to adopt
tho policy It should be rigorously and
stonily enforced. Insurgent leaders
who outrage every principle of civil
ized warfare, as In ordering those un
der them to kidnap ami assasslnuto
residents of towns occupied by Amer
ican troops, are entitled to no mercy
and should receive none. Kqually
those who, professing friendship for
tho Americans, lose no .opportunity to
betray the conlldenco reposed in them
and aid tho enemy, should be treated
as tho laws of war prescribe lu such
cases.
There Is no doubt that the leniency
shown by tho United States has been
a mistake. Not only lias It failed to
impress the hostile Filipinos with tho
desire of this government to deal with
them as magnanimously as a condition
of war would permit, but it would seem
to have been regarded by them as an
evidence of weakness. At all events
It has failed to produce the results
that were hoped for from It and there
fore it Is necessary, Indeed an Im
perative duty, to adopt radical meas
ures, going in tills respect to tho full
extent warranted by the laws of war
its recognized by all civilized nations.
Wo shall not adopt Spanish methods,
but on tho other hand tho military
authorities lu tho Philippines will not
continue to Jeopardlzu tho lives of
Ainerieau soldiers by tolerating their
betrayal by professed friends. Sum
mary punishment lu such cases can
hardly fall to have a salutary effect.
Military operations lu Luzon appear
not to have yet become as active ns
was promised n month ago, but It is
safe to assume that General MacAr
thur's preparations nro of a iiatmo to
produce good results. As to tho work
of the counulsslou, It would wcni that
little headway is being made toward
accomplishing what it was sent to the
Islands to do, but there is no doubt
that it Is making an earnest effort In
that direction. The task Imposed on
It Is a dllllciilt one nnd the fact that
progress Is slow should cause no discouragement.
Tin: WDMir cash.
While the startling story of the kid
naping of the son of I'M ward Cudaliy of
this city aitl his ransom for .yj.l.OOO In
gold almost overtaxes the credulity of
Intelligent people who can hardly be
lieve such it'bold stroke could be played
successfully lu these' modern days, It
reveals what sacrltlees. u fond parent
will make when convinced his child is
lu danger.
That the plot was skillfully laid and
shrewdly executed Is evidenced by
every detail which the kidnapers had
so carefully worked out in advance nnd
whether they would or would not have
carried out their hellish threats of per
sonal violence to their victim had their
demands been Ignored will of course
never bo known.
What Is to bo apprehended now Is
that tho story of tho Cudaliy ransom
will give rise to Imitations lu all parts
of the country. This has been already
foreshadowed by the comment of one
of the Chicago police olllclals, to the
effect that It sets a most dangerous
precedent likely to lead to a series of
sensational child-stealing adventures
and that if kidnapers get the Idea they
can successfully hold children for ran
som rich men will have to employ serv
ants to act as bodyguards for their
young ones. On this account as much
as for any other it Is to be hoped the
perpetrators of the deed will be speedily
Identified and brought to Justice.
Strange as It may seem, It transpires
that nothing In the Nebraska criminal
code prescribes a penalty adequate to
this particular crime uud that tho prose
cuting olllclals would havo dllllculty In
placing a charge against them that
would entail n penitentiary sentence.
This defect of the law should and
doubtless will be cured by tho coming
legislature.
In the meanwhile tho Cudaliy kid
naping stands out as one of the most
sensational nml remarkable master
pieces of crime of the closing century.
The Bee cannot refrain from acknowl
edging publicly the congratulations that
are being paid to It for Its prompt
presentation of the real facts about the
Cudaliy kidnaping. The Beo has been
so far ahead of Its alleged competitors
that no comparison Is possible. The full
details of the thrilling Incidents sur
rounding the payment of the ransom
aid the rescue of the abducted boy were
to bo found only in The Bee, whoso
accounts were brazenly copied into later
editions of other newspapers. So
strange and weird a story naturally
prompted many an Inquiry whether The
Beo had embarked on the sea of yellow
ouinallsin, but as the successive de
velopments of the case were unfolded
It was seen that Tho Bee's traditional
policy of accuracy and conservatism
had beeu rigidly adhered to by avoiding
everything of the nature of a fake.
In all the Important and essential ele
ments of the case Tho Beo had u suc
cession of complete scoops, Impressing
the public more than ever that It Is the
only paper published In this section that
can be depended on to print tho news
promptly and reliably.
On top of the troubles In the Philip
pines and China and the war lu South
Africa comes a renewal of the stories of
outrages upon Christians lu Turkey.
Without question more Christians havo
been butchered In Turkey within the
last score of years than ever in China,
outside of the treaty ports. Because ot
the Jealousies of European powers and
the fact that Turkey owes largo sums,
the payment of which is dependent upon
the political Integrity of the country,
these outrages have been allowed to
continue, to the disgrace of civilization.
Henry W. Howgnte Is another of those
who realize that the wages of sin are
always paid and that pleasures bought
therewith are dead sea fruit. Twenty
years ago lie was tho gayest of the gay
in Washington and had a good time
wlitle he was spending money belong
ing to the government. Exposure was
followed by lifteen years of wandering
and then live years in prison. Now ho
Is free, but Is nu old man, broken In
health, without means, and the sup
posed friends who helped him spend the
money have forsaken him.
All the ministers have either signed
or been instructed by their governments
to sign the note setting forth tho terms
on which the powers are willing t
settle with China. Tho terms may be
a little drastic, but as they have tho
snme kind of backing the farmer had
when ho persuaded Mark Twain to buy
the mule, China will lu all probability
accept.
Another thing that will distinguish
the last year of the century for Omaha
will bo tho phenomenal record made by
City Treasurer Ilennlngs In collecting
in unpaid back city taxes. The various
city funds nro not likely to encounter
another such windfall for several
decades to come.
Anil llullirr, Tun.
Indianapolis News.
When Dowey sailed Into Manila bay ho
ma do history.
Sluw lu Some TlilnuM,
Philadelphia Ledger.
That nn ull-Amortcnu cnblo ucross the
I'acllle should bo had ns soon ns possible
seems too clear for argument. British
cables glrdlo tho world, and u British line
to run tho whoio length of tho Pacific Is In
preparation. Wo should bo us enterprising
In thesn matters ns tho llrltlsh are, but ap
parently wo are not.
Tin- Sleet (,'tiinlilni-.
Philadelphia Record.
Tho reported combination of fourteen of
tho largest steel manufacturing corpora
tions in tho United Stutes to divide up tho
country between them nnd to fix a set price
ut which tholr products shall bo disposed
of In tho homo market In a new and start
ling manifestation of tho disposition and
the power ot these tariff-made monopolies
The Presidential Vote
Philadelphia Press.
Tho olllclal voto ot Michigan having been
declared nnd the corrected voto of Texas
reported, it is possible to give for tho first
time, the complete voto cast for McKlnley
and Hryan 1n the presidential election of
hist month. This Is now found to bo
13,003,746, of which McKlnley received
7,242,992 and Hryan C,360,7ol, leaving n plu
rality for tho former of 8S2.23S. This Is a
plurality 292,063 larger than McKlnley re
ceived In 1S00. Mr. McKlnley polled 135,
109 tnoro votes than ho did four years ngo,
while Mr. Ilryan's voto fell off 156,653.
With tho full poll of tho two leading
candidates in It is Interesting to compare
tho voto ns enst in tho four sections or
groups of states Into which tho country
naturally divides Itself. These groups arc
the eastern, central western, far western
.ind sot thorn. The eastern group con
tains tho six New England states and New
York, New Jersey nnd Pennsylvania, nine
atntes In all. Tho central western group
onsl3is of seven states Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio nnd Wis
consin. Tho far western group contnlns
all tho states lying west of n line drawn
north and south along tho eastern border
of Kansas, Nebraska nnd the Dakotas, In
all thirteen states, and tho southern group
consists of tho Rlxteen states usually
known ns tho south and In which slavery
existed previous to the war for tho union.
Tho following table gives tho voto cast In
theso four groups of states for McKlnley
and Hryan last month and compares It
with the voto east for tho some candidates
In 1S96:
1900 1S90
Hep. Detn. Hen. Den).
Eastern ,.2,2!I.3M 1,000,979 2,3ij,099 l,Sfi2,02
i;en. wesi..-,ii,;i.s7i i,97K.4'.m;
Far west... &S7.OT0 SOO.MI
S.finl.IM 2,013,3
G3I.907 fiOl.711
Houiucru
1,467,621 1.IIS0.775 1,59,191 2,230,363
Totals .7,212,99.! 6,360,751 7,107,55,2 C.K17.W7
Taking theso four groups ono by ono it Is
found lu tho first, or eastern, group that tho
republican 'otc fell off nnd tho democrntlc
to arbitrarily control tho domestic market
for their wnres. They will sell their atccl
plates at J2S per ton in this country. In
foreign countries they will compcto; lu
this country they combine.
The Millennium.
Philadelphia Ledger.
When congress succeeds la making n sat
isfactory nnd permanent adjustment of tho
relations of labor nnd capital the uamo of
this country will bo chunged to tho United
Stntes ot Arcadia.
I'rciiuitiiri- I'Votlvltien Citlleil Off.
Chlcnuo News.
London has wisely postponed that thanks
giving service nt St. Pnul's, scheduled to
tako placo ut Hoberts' return, until tho war
Is over. Hccent news from South Africa
Indicates that tho servfeo way havo to bo
hold off several years. At least that Is a
proper Inference from Lord Salisbury's
speech.
A llnd Precedent.
Indianapolis Journal.
In placing Representative Houtello on tho
retired list of tho navy, congress has estab
lished a precedent that will bo cited In
futuro cases nnd probnbly lead eventually
to tho pensioning of every member of con
gress who bocomes permanently disabled
during his term. This Is only u step further
than the wrong practice of voting a year's
salary In advance to tho widow of a con
gressman who dies.
a voiun ru,(i tiii: past.
llr. Develiiiul 1'rewerrlln-N u !' 1'llln
for (lie lleiiiiVerntle I'ntlcnt.
Philadelphia North American.
Kx-Presldent Cleveland nnnounces that
the democrntlc party must bo reorganized
and reclaimed from its wandering after
strnngo gods. Ho does not specify tho
changes of policy and principles whlchho
deems of paramount Importance, but says
lu general terms that tho party must return
to Its old-time doctrines.
Tho "old-tlmo" doctrines which ho has
In mind undoubtedly are those enunciated
by hlm&elf during his second term nnd
rejected by the Hrynuizcd democracy bo
cause of the difficulty found by the avcrago
dcrrocrat In distinguishing them from tho
party. Republicans naturally regard those
party. Republicans natural! regard thoso
doctrines as less dangerous to tho welfaro
of tho country than tho nvowed purposes of
tho conglomerate opposition which hoisted
the democratic standard In tho lust cam
paign, and they would llko to seo tho do
mccrncy reorganized under tho leadership
of tho eminently snfo nnd judicious Mr.
Clevelnnd, but wo fear thero Is no possi
bility of such n thing. Tho drift of tho
party now bearing tho name of tho de
mocracy Is away from Clevelandlam nnd
toward moro pronounced radicalism, and
tl)u lnlluenco of tho ex-prcsldcnt is not
great enough with the elements which hnvo
given tho party that tendency to reverse tho
current or even to check Its velocity.
Thero waH a tlmo when an expression of
opinion front Mr. Cleveland was equivalent
to an olllclal declaration of tho purpose of
his party, but that was before Mr. Ilryan's
day. To know now what tho democratic
party Intends or is likely to do, or what
form its reorganization may tako, wo shall
havo to await tho appearance of Mr.
Bryan's Commoner.
POLITICAL Ultll'T.
Tho total voto cast In Now York stato
for tho several candidates for president
was 1,547.912.
Cleveland's henrt-to-henrt tnlks with tho
late democratic party uro ns edifying ns
eulogies of tho deceased at n "wnko."
Tnnimnny rule costs every man, woman
and child In Now York J2.392 n year. Tho
police calls for $3.61 per citizen, and tho
per enptta of debt Is $73.21.
Tho Boston Globo figures that 0,500,000
citizens failed to go to tho polls last No
vember. It duds Nebraska shy 63,132 votes,
but where tho Globo found them would
puzzlo a Philadelphia lawyer.
Governor Plngree's farewell feast to tho
Judges and lawmakers of Michigan wont
off with great eclat. Tho attendance was
somewhat short, cousequoutly tho feasters
had no dllllculty In drnwlng from Hires
kinds of wlno to n full.
Fourteen councllmcn of Scrnnton, Pa.,
being of a thrifty turn of mind, forced
themeclvcs on tho pay roll of u local fran
chise corporation at tho rato of $15 a
month, nnd now stand n good chance of be
coming penitentiary boarders.
Warrants nro out for fifteen men at
Crnwfordsvllle, lnd charging them with
Eclllng their votes. Indiana cust tho high
est per cent of votes to population of any
stato In tho union, which warrants tho
conclusion that extra inducements wore
offered to call out u full vote.
Tho recont leap of voting machines In
popular estimation prompts tho patentees
to tako time by tho topknot and form n
comblno, for tho public good, of course.
Should It follow In tho beaten path of com
bines, It Is probablo tho present method of
voting will continue long enough to produce
Ico lu tho combine factory.
Tho election law of Missouri provides that
15,000 ballots shall bo printed for each
purty voted for In each county. At tho Into
election In Lafayetto county tho prohibi
tion ticket received only fifty votes, tho
people's twenty-four, tho social democratic
tuenty-ono and tho social labor live. For
the cnstlng of theso 100 votes It hud been
necessary to provldo 60,000 ballots, In tho
preparation of 69,900 of which tho taxpay
ers' money had been absolutely wasted.
vnto Increased ns compared with tho poll of
1S9G. Tho rcpubltcnn plurality in this sec
tion wns C93.416, or 329,635 below the plu
rnllty of four years ngo. In tho second, or
central western, group of states the repub
lican vote Increased and tho democratic
voto fell off, McKlntcy's plurality standing
nt 69.",3S1, nn increaso over the plurality
of 1S96 of 107,299. In the third, or far
western, group of states the republican
vote showed Its largest gain nnd tho demo
crntlc plurality was completely wiped out.
In this section McKlnley received 253,189
more votes last month than ho did In No
vember, 1890, nnd Hryan received 101,209
fewer votes. Tho democratic plurality of
269, S00 of four years ago In this section
was turned Into n republican plurality this
year of 86,692. And in the Inst, or south
ern, group of states the voto of both parties
fell off, tho democratic voto showing more
than twlco tho reduction tho republican
votf did. The democratic plurality In tho
sixteen southern states dropped from 641,
172 in 1890 to 493,151 lu the election of 1900.
Tho republicans carried threo of these
groups of states and tho democrats carried
only ono group, Tho sum total of tho voto
cast for McKlnley nnd Ilrynn this ycnr Is
21,243 smaller than tho voto cast for the
samo two candidates In 1S96. Comparing
tho voto state by state with the voto cast
four years ngo It Is found thnt the repub
lican vote Incrcnscd lu twenty-llvo states
nnd fell off lu twenty stntcs, whllo tho
democratic voto gained In fifteen stntes
nnd fell off In thirty stntcs. Tho plurality
given President McKlnley Is almost exactly
120.000 larger than tho phenomenal plurality
given General Grant In 1872 nnd It will
probably stnnd as a landmark In presi
dential pluralities for some years to come.
Had tho New Kngland stntes maintained
the plurality they gave In 1890 tho repub
lican plurality this year would havo ex
ceeded 1,000,000. However, It Is enough.
It will do
AM.H.V AM) PllTTUillKW.
(.'otiKrewNiiinii CiiniitilnuN I'ronniiiii'CN
il S input lietle Ihilou)'.
Congressman Amos J. Cummings of New
York, who did the spellbinding act In Ne
braska In tho interest of tho fusion ticket,
says a few tearful words of farewell In
ndvnnco of tho parting with Senators Allen
nnd Pettlgrew and incidentally calls at
tention to tho bolos they hold in reserve
for Senator Ilanna. In a letter to the
Washington Post tho congressman writes:
"Another senator apparently mortally
wounded Is Richard K. Pettlgrew of South
Dakota. In more senses than ouo ho Is Just
now tho most Interesting character lu tho
north wing of tho capltol. He wears the
senatorial toga as though it was a Navajo
blanket. Nor Is ho over overawed by tho
dignity of tho olllce. Ancient precedents
and customs never divert him from tho
object sought. When ho wants n thing ho
takes tho most direct way to secure It.
despite senatorial courtesy nnd Imaginary
leglslatlvo boundaries. Fortunately for
Kngland Mr. Pettlgrew Is not a member of
Parliament. An unwritten constitution
would bo to him a mero filament. He
abides by tho written letter of tho lnw
and by nothing else. Intense lu his con
victions, ho abates not a Jot or tlttlo of
thorn, however great tho emergency. He
has announced his undying enmity to tho
ship subsidy, tho nrmy nnd other bills said
to bo of vital Importunco to tho Interests
of tho nation nnd avers that ho shall tako
advantugo of every opportunity to defeat
them. They may bo talked to deuth and
delayed lu a hundred nlmost Inconcclvnblo
wnys. With William V. Allen of Nebraska
and Marlon Hutler of North Carolina benlud
him Pettlgrew's threat is by no means idle.
"Already tho party leaders aro nlarmed.
They nro threatening cloture. The popu
lists In tho senate hold the samo position
ns tho Pnrneliltes held in tho English
Parliament twenty years ngo, when cloture
wns applied there. It was easy enough to
snap tho leglslatlvo handcuffs upon their
wrists at that time, but it win nm h cn
easy to repeat tho operation In an Ameri
can legislative Doily. Tho presiding officer
of tho senato has to throw senatorial
dignity to tho winds and vlolnto all preco
dents beforo oven a start can bo made. It
will not do to accomnllsli It hv ,, trini,
Tho necessity would not Justify tho means!
i no senator rrom South Dakota may drlvo
tho leaders to attempt cloture, but whothor
It would bo acceptable or not Is u grave
question. It works to tho sntlsfnctlon of
tho majority of tho members of tho present
houso f representatives under tho rules of
tho Fifty-fourth congress, yet It Is well to
remember that what Is sauco for tho gooso
Is not alwnys sauco for tho gander. Under
cloture, with n Tom Reed In tho chair,
scenes In tho senato might bo fur moro
exciting than exhilarating. Although a
General Dewet In legislation, Mr. Pettlgrew
Is hardly an export In parliamentary war
fare. Hut It should not bo forgotten that
tho populists In tho senate nro as few com
paratively ns tho Boors In tho Transvaal.
Llko Duwet, however, tho general from
South Dakota Is nerved by tho desperation
of defeat and thero Is no knowing what ho
may accomplish, backed as ho Is by Gen
eral Botha la tho personality of William V.
Allen and by President Steyn, alias Marion
Hutler.
"By a singular coincidence both Hutler
nnd Allen nro In tho list of killed and
wounded. Indeed, the populists In the sen
ato havo dwindled perceptibly In numbers
slnco tho days of hlrsult Peffer. Allen, But
ler nnd Pettlgrew are tho retiring rear
guard. Allen Is the most conspicuous of tho
threo. Ho has the physlquo nnd endurance
of a Hercules nnd the volco of his notablo
prototype from Ohio, "Fog Horn William."
Ho enn tnlk longer but not quite so fast
ns tho late Henry U. Johnson of Indiana.
Ho Is credited with speaking thirteen hours
In succession without eating. It wns dur
ing tho fight over the repeal of the sliver
purchnslng clnuse. Whcnovcr tho senatorial
veterans evinced a letlrlng disposition ho
raised the point of no quorum and they
wero routed out of tho clonk rooms to
nnswer to roll call, whllo Allen hnd a
brcnthlng spoil. They yawned and stretched
all night long, utterly Impervious to his
melting eloquence, and finally wero about to
nbnndon themselves to despair when Allen
closed his argument. A more picturesque
flguro than tho senator from Nebraska Is
rarely seen. Ho has n strong American
face, a heart like an ox and the vim and
energy of nu old Corliss engine. You can
nlmost fancy that ho spends his winters In
logging camps. Thero Is a steadiness and
n brcezlncss about him In discussion that
reminds you of plno forests and roaring
creeks. And ho handles himself llko n
wood chopper. Tho ohlps lly right nnd left
nnd tho gravo nnd rovcreud senators nro
kept busy dodging them. If tho people had
championed his cause, ns earnestly as ho
has tried to champion theirs Allen might
havo remained In tho sonato for life."
Himt Activity AliirmliiK,
SprlliBlleld Republican.
Tho Iloer war becomes every day more
of u triumph of British statesmanship to
date, auout ?u2U,uou,oiu. i,,uuu men ami nan
a million of horses and mulcB spent. And
on Saturday a column of Doers it pa I n in
vaded Capo Colony from across tho Orango
river, carrying tho war duck to n rogion
which has been practlcully freo from It
since Roberts captured Blocmfontcln in
j March last,
OTIIi:it lAMS 111 AX Ol'HH.
Tho scarcity nnd consequent high price of
coal aro becoming serious matters la Ger
many, and the minister of commerce nnd
Industry, Hcrr Brofleld, wns cnlled upon In
tho Relchstng the other day to say what
tho government Intended to do to sccuro
present relief and to prevent the recurrence
of so Intolerable n situation. Ho said that
tho government had no control over syn
dicates or the exaction ot high prices by tho
middlemen nnd retail dealers. The scnrclty
was caused by the falling off In the supply
of K.igllsh, Snxon nnd llohemlnn conl, unit
tho Incrcnslng requirements of Industry. As
n mutter of fact, the homo production of
coal had increased last year by 10,000,000
tons, The middleman raised prices to tho
point of usury, and tho alarms raised la the
newspapers nnd at meetings hnd made
peoplo anxious to Iny up stores for Ions
periods for fenr of a conl famine. All this
led to nn Increnso of consumption. It had
been khown by careful Investigations that
tho mines nnd the wholesale dealers did
not raise prices Immoderately. Various
remedies, ho snld, had been made, such aa
lestrlctlon of the export nnd retail trade, or
tho establishment of control over tlio mid
dlemen. He must oppose nny veto on ex
portation. Middlemen, lie nddetl, were In
dlrponsnblo to production, but tho direct
conveyance of coal Into the hands of tho
consumer, so fnr as It was possible, was
certainly n thing to bo desired. That end
might Lo leached by tho formntlon of cus
tomers' nssoclntlons, orgnnlzed, llko thosu
of tho dcnlers. Ho practlcully admitted that
ho did not clearly seo nny wny out of
tho trouble, but tho minister of uorks,
Herr Thleleii, expressed tho conviction that
tho crisis would soon p.ns nwny. He gave
no reason, however, for this belief.
According to tho recently published
statistics for tho year 1S99, tho blrth-rato
In Franco continues to decrease alarmingly.
Thero wero In that year nbout 10.000 less
births thnn for tho year preceding, nnd tho
excess of births over deaths was some 30.
000 only, of a total of 817,627 births. When
It is remembered that, nt most, two out
of threo children born grow up nnd rcpro
duco their kind, it will be seen thnt the
total births of tho past jear In Franco
were about 230,000 short of the number re
quired merely to maintain tho present popu
lation. In the year 1S98 tho births In Go.--many
wero 1.943.731, more than tu lee tho
number In France for tho samo year. For
thirteen years past, this ratio hn held, and
In seven years more, nt the same rate,
Gormany. approximately tho equal of Franco
nt tho time of the Franco-Truss, nn wnr, will
hnve double the population of her westcin
neighbor.
In the movement for the disruption of tho
social uud political s)slem of Finland the
Russlun olTlcIals have used methods similar
to thoso whereby (ley finally effected the
conquest of Poland. They made a study
cf the local conditions nnd ascertained the
weak features of the existing regime. Thus,
It appears that In Finland there Is consid
erable dissatisfaction with some of tho
features of tho local government as It was
conducted prior to tho Introduction of tno
new condition of things. Tho land laws and
the Judicial system hnvo In particular been
a sourro of discontent. In the northeastern
part of Finland all tho tribesmen are lnnd
less, whllo ns nil tho costs of a Judicial
procedure, whether civil or criminal, aro
placed upon tho plaintiff or prosecutor,
Justlco Is lu eltcct denied to n largo ele
ment of tho community. Thero aro other
elements of tho situation which havo cnused
dlssntlsfactlon, nnd tho Russlun ofllclnls,
with chnrncterlstlo diplomacy, aro taking
ndantugu of all theso to reconcile tho
masses of tho peoplo to tho change. But
admitting thnt tho Finnish government
wns In some respects faulty, that does not
Justify Its abolition. It might hnvo been
umeiided. It Is rather curious that tho
czar, who is inspired by such noblo senti
ments, docs not moro closely conform his
actions to his words. Thnt may be becauso
he Is a weakling or because llo Is n hypo
crite; but It must bo for ono reason or
another. Hnd ho died tho Finns would
havo had a warm friend In tho next heir
to the throne, tho Grand Duko George,
whlrh Is why It Is reasonable to supposn
that tho news of the czar's recovery has
caused less Joy in Finland than It has
elsewhere.
Tho official figures of tho strikes and
lockouts In tho United Kingdom In 1S99
havo Just been published nnd contrast very
favorably with thoso of tho two preceding
years, In which labor disturbances In the
engineering nnd building trudes wero of nn
especially serious and culamltous nnture.
Tho total duration of disputes In 1899 In
working dt.ys wns only 2,516,116, eompurcd
with 15.2S9.47S In 1893 nnd 10,345,523 In 1897.
If tho total for 1899 bo compared with tho
averago of the previous quinquennial period
It shows a falling off of over 70 per cent
and Is tho lowest annual total yet re
corded. So far as can bo ascertained tho
present year will show n similar compaia
tlvo freedom from Important disputes. The
nggrtgnto duration of disputes during tho
lirnt ten months of 1900 has been about
2,542,000 working days, compared with 2,288,
000 for the corresponding period of 1899.
A rather striking Instance of Spanish im
providence and procrastination has Just
been furnished nt Ccuta, whero tho mili
tary authorities have been In a great stute
of mind on nccount of what they took to bo
signs of nu Impending Insurrection amour;
the Arabs. It nppuirs that tho wnter sup
ply of Ccuta, whoro thero Is n populntlon,
Including the garrison, of 17,000 or 18,000
persons, has been bad and insulllclcnt for
a long tlmo and repeated nnd urgent rep
resentations have been made to Madrid on
tho subject. At last It was determined to
occupy certain wells nnd positions ceded
to tho Spanish by the sultan ot Morocco
forty yenrs ngo, but novcr tnkon. Tho
Arabs, not unnnturnlly, discerned a hostile
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Now tlin neglected defenses of Ccutn nro
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remarked Miss Orulcnn-Sox of Ronton, ns
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rending from his manuscript.
"At this," ho rend, "Maude Do Vero drew'
herself lip." . .. ...
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llo Just us good ns good can be nnd watch
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I'djius iu:t oxen a yisaii.
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Just the bestest papa dear ever happened
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And within their dear, sweet eyes you enn
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Kntcrtuln ut the approach of tho merry
Christinas day.
Form the resolution then thnt their hearts
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That tho good old Santa Clans shan't
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That he must be liberal when ho comes
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Open up your heart uud purso; Chrlst-
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When she meets you with n kiss full of
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That you snared a treustiro when she
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Hug her to your grateful breast, whisper
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Thut you've lUed it with tho Knlnt;
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As you walk tho busy streets meeting with
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Think of nil their cheerless days, the priva
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Think of what you might hnvo been had
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Olvo your grocer the address of n few
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Oet a credit on tho Hook up nbovo that
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Kneel ut night nnd tell the Lord you havo
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And He'll blons you for thn net; Chrlst-
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When your hubby reaches homo on the.
Joyous Chrlstmus night,
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Do not wash his nrrk with tears, at his
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Tuck him snugly Into bed, do not hnve a
wifely feur-
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