THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; SAT UK DAY, PECEM BJSK 20, 1900.
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8TATEMENTOF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, as,:
Ucorge B Tzscliuck, secretary of Tho Bee
Publishing Company, belnir duly sworn,
ays that tho actual number of full and
completo copies of Tho Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bco printed during tho
monm oi jsovember, law, was as iuiiuwb.
1 IIO.H70
16
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2 at.no.t
3 .'11,010
4 28,010
E :il,U20
c :12,0m
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....28.U80
...,28,!170
....28,410
,...27,070
23..., 27,020
J4 28,220
25.. .i 28,410
20 27,000
27 27,020
28 27,740
23 27,770
so 27,nrir.
13.
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IS.
.28,040
..,.23,080
....28,SS0
Total , 02li,4S
Less unsold nnd returned copies.... !2,o:t8
Net total sales 0in,421
Net daily average,
30,447
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Subscribed In my presenco nnd sworn to
before me this 1st day of December. A D.,
UOO. M. B. HUNOATE,
Notary Public.
Oninhu will lmv no cniisc to cover up
tho Inventory soon to lie completed of
ItH record for the Inst year of tho closing
century.
Chicago men are reported to hiive u
corner on bennrf. Chicago need expect
no fnvors from ltoston from this time
forward.
The movement to take public school
teachers out of politics has nothing to
do with taking politics out of the school
teachers conventions.
Poor folks' children havp a decided
advantage over rich folks' children when
It comes to furnishing eligible subjects
for kidnaping expeditious.
Senator Foraker Is decidedly at vari
ance with former President Harrison
on the question of the Porto Hlcnn
tariff, nnd he doesn't care who knows It.
Wonder If Colonel Bryan still has that
editorial tripod In the store room that
ho called Into requisition when he
launched his literary career on n former
momentous occasion?
Getting tho auditorium fund over tho
fliOO.OOO mark Is not exactly twice the
tnsk of nushlnc It over the $100,000-
the mathematics of the problem to the
contrary notwithstanding.
Tho testimony In the Booz hazing In
qulry should bo printed In a neat vol
time, with graphic Illustrations, for use
ns a text book and guide for future
novitiate classes nt West Point Military
nendemy.
Some people have peculiar -Ideas of
what constitutes a Joke. Tho railroad
men who started the story of tho drown
lug of forty-nine children "Just for a
Joko" tire entitled to first place In the
peculiar class.
It is asserted In political circles that
Kern of Indiana has been made the
political heir of Bryan. If the owner
continues to administer tho estoto much
longer thero will be nothing, left for the
residuary legatee.
"The future of democracy" Is the
favorite topic now for tho banquet
orators who profess to be followers of
Jefferson and Jackson. "The future of
fusion" would offer a more pregnant
themo for oratorical flights in this neck
o-woods.
Nebraska Is not tho only state whose
laws regarding kidnaping are found to
bo weak, when scanned In the light of
tho Cudiihy case. Present Indications
nro that nearly every state legislature
In the country will bo asked to enact
more stringent measures on abduction.
Instead of destroying tho picture of
Cleopatra which was scantily clad, that
Kausas woman should have provided
her with im up-to-date wardrobe. No
self-respecting woman could be expected
to wear clothes so far out of date as
those belonging to tho Egyptian queen
Nebraska sprang a surprise on the Do
partment of Agriculture in tho amouut
of winter wheat raised. Tho depart
ment Is advised to keep an eye on No
braskn, agriculturally, or It Is liable to
bo surprised many times over tho No
braska harvests. Tho farmers in this
state bcllovo In crop expansion.
What Is Oninhu going t,o do to ob
. servo fittingly the transition from the
old to tho new century? Nearly every
other progressive American city Is plan
nlug somo noteworthy celebration of
tho event. Is Omaha to sit Idly by
whllo tho opportunity passes, never to
occur agalu In this generation?
It has beeu Impossible to demoustrato
tho truth of the report that ono of the
Gudnhy kidnapers had a patch on tho
seat of his trousers. Tho snow storm has
eliminated tho Imprint of tho trousers
on tho soft earth, where ho reposed
whllo waiting for tho $25,000 deposit of
Mr. Cudahy, and tho down-street re
porters nro unable to verify the truth
kovld mixcriT am, ixtfmksts.
In his nble argument In support of the
shipping bill, Senator Hnuna said that
tlm mensurt1, If It becomcs'a law, will
be widespread In Us benefits. He de
clared that It Is not nlmed at any cla6S
or nny particular Industry, but Is one ot
those measures the Inlluence of which
will permeate every Industry and every
class In the length nnd breadth of the
United States. Ho denied tho assertion
that the farmers have no Interest In It,
saying that every man, no mntte'r what
his vocation In life, Is Interested and will
bo benefited, directly or Indirectly, "be
cause you cannot create an Industry
like this, bringing nbout, as It must
naturally, first the development of our
raw materials and then a condition
which ends with the construction of the
ships, opening up the markets of the
world, giving greater opportunities: to
our merchants and manufacturers,
without benefiting every Industry nnd
every line of business."
This must be apparent to any one who
will give the subject Intelligent nnd un
prejudiced consideration. TJie creation
of an American merchant marine equal
to the requirements of our great foreign
commerce means the enormous extension
of our shipbuilding Industry, to the
benclit of numerous other Industries.
Thus would be created an additional
demand for n vast amount of capital
and labor, the employment of which
would necessarily contribute to the gen
eral welfuro nnd prosperity. Tho Idea
that only the seaboard would derive nny
advantage from a merchant marine for
tho ocenn-carrylng trade and thnt the
Interior would not be benefited, Is ut
terly erroneous. It Is of ns much Im
portance to the cotton states of the
south and the wheat and com belts of
tho northwest as It Is to the seaboard.
Tho mining regions of Pennsylvania,
Ohio, West Virginia and the great lakes,
ml tho factories of New York, Xew
Jersey, Xew England and the central
states, are as directly concerned In It ns
are the commercial exchanges of the
largo cities. Every producer whose
products go to foreign markets Is In
terested In It, because it menus the. ex
tension of markets for these products.
Great as-has been the growth of our
foreign commerce, It Is not to be doubted
that It would have .been greater had we
possessed the facilities of transportation
Instead of being dependent upon foreign
ships. This dependence has been n
handicap and Its continuance will be
more damaging to us in the future
than It has been in the past, for tho
cason that the competition for trade Is
growing more aggressive and vigorous.
All tho commercial nations are exerting
their utmost efforts to extend their
trade and the advantage Is largely with
those countries that can transport their
products In their own ships under their
own flags. By reason of our dependent
position Senator Hanua declared that
wo pay as tribute, for every particle (of
foreign trade that wo now enjoy, a sum
equivalent to a fair profit." With Amer
ican ships carrying American products
to the markets of the world this tribute
would be saved to our producers.
The fate of the shipping bill In the
present congress Is uncertain. There Is
u very determined opposition to It In
the seuiKo which may prevent its pas
sage, nut tne uemaiui for an American
merchant marine In tho ocean-carrying
trade must sooner or later be met.
STILL SVEKlXa V1XDWAT1UX.
Dreyfus continues to urge upon the
French government n further Inquiry
iu his case, but It Is highly Improbable
that onu will be ordered, at any rate
by tho present ministry, since to do so
would revive political conditions that
might prove very troublesome. In his
latest appeal Dreyfus reasserts his In
nocenco and declares that he will seek
recognition of It through u new trial to
his latest breath. It Is most natural
that he should desire a full and com
plete vindication, but It may fairly be
doubted whether his persistence In
asking another Inquiry Is Judicious, in
view of tho political disturbance thut
would almost certainly result.
Intelligent and unprejudiced opinion
everywhere regards Dreyfus as In
nocent and as tho victim of a most
base conspiracy und cruel persecution
large majority of his countrymen so
think. There Is not tho slightest doubt
that Impartial history will pronounce
him guiltless and condemn those who
conspired ngalust him. Ho could gain
no more from another Inquiry and the
trouble it might cause would perhaps
bo perilous to the republic, which Is
now unusually free from serious politi
cal disturbance.
These considerations will undoubt
edly inlluence tho ministry to reject
his request for a reopening of tho
case.
TllKATMEXT OF P01V10 CO.
Senator Foraker has made a defense
of the action of congress in regard to
Porto Hii'o which nt least shows that
It was more liberal than any treatment
ever accorded to tho territories. Pos
slbly the legislation for tho Island is not
constitutional, as asserted by those who
opposed It. That Is n question which
will bo passed upon by the supreme
court of tho United States and present
discussion of It would bo qulto useless,
But it Is a fact, as stated by Senator
Foraker, that so far as the 15 per cent
tariff Is concerned there has been no
complaint ou tho part of the people of
Porto Hlco, but on tho contrary this
method of providing money for tho sup
port of tho Island government has been
generally approved, except by those
who would have proiltcd from free
trade between the Island and tho Btates
Without this slight tariff, tho revenue
from which goes to Porto Hlco, It would
have been necessary to directly tax tho
people for tho support of government
which under tlm conditions would have
been an nlmost Intolorablo burdunv
Thero Is somo dissatisfaction with tlm
governmental system provided by con
gress,, tho chief complaint being that It
does not give sufficient authority to the
elcctlvo branch of tho legislature, but
practically places all power In the ex
ecutlvo council, which Is npimluted by
tho president aud a inujorlty of the
members of which nro Americans. It
s not apparent, however, that the
slnnd Is likely to suffer from this, which
Is n temporary arrangement that will
undoubtedly be sooner or later super
seded by a territorial form of govern
ment, for which a majority of tho peo
ple are not yet prepared.
Tiro OF A KIXD.
At the Joircrsonlnn banquet to the
late idol of democracy the editorial pen-
wlelder of our local popocratlc con
temporary excoriated the Lincoln Jour
nal for Its shameless course townrd Mr.
Bryan during his twelve years' resi
dence In that city. Ho pictured Mr.
Bryan as having come to Lincoln poor
and unknown to fame and, by virtue of
his possession of qualities men most ad
mire, having won -u place as the leader
of one of the great political parties of
the nation. "Ho then," nccordlug to his
own report, "negatively outlined the
Journal's treatment of Lincoln's great
citizen with u cnstlgatlon that brought
Involuntary cheers from Lincoln demo
crats, who for years have suffered In
helpless and angry humiliation over the
Indignities dally heaped upon one of
tho purest men In public life."
Wo have no doubt but what "the
cnstlgatlon" Is richly deserved, but It
would lit with equal snuguess on the
World-Herald, over which the castlgator
presides. For two such twin offenders
u the same degree could not be un
covered in a census of the entire news
paper population of tho country. The
ilncolu Journal and the Omaha World-
Herald, the first the republican mem
ber and the second tho fusion member
of the firm, simply echo one another at
two ends of the connecting line.
The same spirit of petty smalluess
which has actuated tho Journal's ag
gravating meanness toward Bryan, In
Its refusnl to accord him decent treat
ment or give him credl for what he
has done, Is exhibited constantly In the
World-Herald iu Its malignant anil ma
licious misrepresentation of Its political
opponents tind Its narrow-vlsloned op
position to public enterprises whose
guiding spirits It regards us personally
or politically obnoxious to It.
If Bryan were n republican residing
In Omaha he would without doubt have
encountered In the World-Herald an ex
act counterpart of the vicious abuse and
miserable maligning from which ho has
suffered at the hands of the Lincoln
ilournal. He would, If anything, have
been Inflicted with still viler treatment,
held up to public scorn In lunguugo
scarcely tolerated In reputable society,
branded with epithets and outrageous
libels and his most unselfish efforts
In behalf of Omaha's progress nnd ma-
erial welfare constantly ridiculed,
lampooned and cartooned.
With the shoe on tho other foot, the
cnstlgatlon administered to the Journal
would set on the World-Herald like n
madc-to-order garment.
Tho Bee hns received a suggestion
from n well-meaning subscriber that It
open Its columns to u dollar subscription
to a fund to bo .used as reward for
the arrest and conviction of kidnapers
for ransom. The belief Is expressed
that In this way n large fund could bo
made Immediately available nnd per
haps deter the further commission of
the crime. The reward of ?2.",000
offered by Mr. Cudahy for tho appre
hension of the ilssallants of his son
seems to bo quite sufllcieut to stir tho
activities of every ono In position to
pursue tho clues nt hand and It Is
doubtful If doubling or quadrupling the
amount would achieve tho desired result
any sooner. Should there be further
attempts to extort ransom by similar
tactics It will bo time enough to con
sider the question of reward by popular
subscription when tho necessity pre
sents.
The German government again takes
occasion to deny the rumor that Ger
many contemplates tho acquisition of
the Danish West Indies. Whllo
European nations aro not willing to ad
mlt tho correctness or the Justness of
the Monroe doctrine, none of them nro
Inclined to bring the matter to a direct
issue by coming In conflict with It'.
Tho total vote cast In. Nebraska In
18!K was 220,000; iu 1000 it was 257,000,
or an increase of 14 per cent. The
total vote of South Omaha In 1800 wns
1.510: In 1000 It was returned as -1,704,
or an Increase of over .'1(1 per cent. Is
not this pretty conclusive evidence of
fraud without going beneath the face
f tho ligures?
Secretary Charlie Walsh of tho demo
cratic national committee enters vigor
ous denial to the story that ho Is en
gaged In a scheme to work up another
nomination for Bryan iu 1001. That
story Is likely to give Walsh the notion
that ho might deliver presidential nom
inatlons at his own sweet will.
Art of Patting TIiIiik.
Washington Post.
Orovor Clovoland has grown a trlflo rusty
In his phraso-making department, but he has
not lost tho art ot placing all tho blame on
tho other follow.
Sfiul On the SiiPfillcntlnns.
Indianapolis News.
Bryan hopes that the peoplo will return to
tho teachings of tho fathers. This Is ono
proposition on which all kinds of democrats
can agree. But what are tho teachings ot
tho fathers?
Smooth iin 1'Uey Jlnlif 'Km.
Philadelphia Imiulrer.
As a matter ot fact tho best thing to do
now would bo to .mako John Chinaman un
ilerstand that wo mean business of the bus I
iiesn kind and then to Insist upon dolus
business with John Chinaman. Tho eel still
blushes when mentioned In the samo breath
with John.
The Uiip Way Out.
Globe-Democrat.
Instead ot talking about a trade alliance
against the United States certain economists
In Europe should advise -the purchaso o
American agricultural machinery and an
attempt to catch up In food production. The
American standard of Intelligence also Is n
good thing to study.
.1 Ciuitlmiou Performance,
Kansas City Star.
It Is moderately sure that Mr. nryan will
not count himself In on any plan of demo
emtio organization hinted at by Mr. Clove
laud or Mr. Watterson or Mr. Carlisle, and
that, In tho event of an association ot tho
moro conservative democrat on a platform
of "first principles," Mr. Bryan and his fol
lowers will decide to flock by themselves.
Tho affair nt Lincoln proved with tolerable
clearness that tho belief that Mr. Bryan
has had his last whirl at the presidency Is
not shared by himself.
An lxieiiil vr Decline.
New York Sun.
It Is well known that General Dowel of
fered to lny down his nrms on tho single
condition that he should bo left unmolested
on his farm. The offer, was refused and his
farm buildings wero burned. That was nn
expensive transaction for England. The do-
tructlon of that farmstead has already cost
millions of pounds sterling.
Vnluc of the liiilrt'ieiidrnt Vote.
Minneapolis Times.
Tho democracy needs not Issues, but n
standpoint. It must make a true, Intelli
gent and worthy patriotism tho mainspring
of all Its actions for the next four years.
It should commend Itself to the Inde
pendent American. Ho Is the man who Is
deciding elections nowadays. He Is giving
his vote to the party Jbat Is most slnccro
In Us attttudo toward tho people: which
does not cator on tho ono hand to the mob
nor on tho other to the trusts. It Is not
necessary that the democratic party have
a deep and mysterious program In order to
achieve tho support of tho independent
all the party needs to do Is to suppress the
Jabberwocks and play honest politics. Tho
republican party Is riding for n fall, but
tho democrats must nevertheless pluy
square politics to win.
I'Ktlll OK TUB lE.MOCItAC
WlileiiliiK Ch ii urn Between the Old
mill I lie New Fnutlou.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Tho gap between tho different factious
of tho democracy has been broadened In
tend of narrowed by Mr. Cleveland's oti-
rance Into tho arena as a champion of
tho doctrine of a few years ago and a critic
of tho doctrlB of today. Cleveland's old
secretary of Ho navy, Hilary A. Herbert,
says: "Taken altogether, thero is no nn
Bvvcrlng Mr. Cleveland's arguments," yet he
rltlclscs many points In them. Other men
on tho Cleveland side favor tho oc-prcsl-
tlcnt's view In ono or two particulars, while
opposing It In others.
Tho Bryan section of tho democracy, how
ever, Is hostllo to Cleveland on all points.
Bryan himself objects because Cleveland
neglects to "set forth dellultely what he
considers democratic principles." Judge
Reagan, the old Texas war horse, who was a
big personage In tho democracy before
Bryan was born nnd before Cleveland wns
known outsido of tho block on which he
resided, declares that Cleveland himself Is
responsible for most, of tho woes which
have como upon tho democracy In the past
few years. Tho disaster came, according
to Judgo Heagan, becauso Cloveland, In his
extra cession of congress In 1893, throw
his Influence In favor of the establishment
of tho gold standard, Instead ot letting tho
uiaui-o question mono nnn attempting to
cut tho tariff duties to tho revenue basis.
Shanklln of Indiana, another prominent
democrat, says that Cleveland's words ot
the present tlrao might have somo effect
on democrats If he would tell whether ho
voted for McKInley or for Bryan In tho last
two elections.
This shows that the bloody chasm In the
democracy Is still as wide as ever. In fact,
tho Clevclandltcs ,aro very far from being
agreed as to tho thing which ought to bo
done, even If Bryan can bo abolished. Ex
Secretary of Agrtoulturo Morton, a stal
wart of the stalwarts, who thinks that
Bryan Is tho worst man tho United States
has seen stneo Arnold, with tho possible
exception of Aaron Burr, says a realignment
of tho democrats, iOsh democrats, will not
avail. .What ho wants; la the formation of
a new party under , now' name. Such a
party, as ho well says, "would havo no dis
honest money record to defend. It would
havo only tho present and tho future of
tho republic tp nnswer for." Obviously
thero would bo a big ndvantago in this pro
gram for democrats. Tho democracy of the
present day bos a past which will hamper It
for many years to como w'hen It appeals on
any Issuo whatever for the support of tho
American people.
HKI'lini.lt'AV NOI.IIIAIIITY.
The Ilelinte on 1'ciiiIIiin: Measure of
Party Policy.
Philadelphia. Press.
A few so-called independent newspapers
ure discussing tho effect tho failure or suc
cess of cortuln bills pending In congress
may havo on tho future of tho republican
party. They aro moved to this discussion
by tho frco and frank dissent expressed by
somo leading republicans and newspapers
from tho policy proposed nnd urged on somo
important public questions. This difference
of opinion Is interpreted as foreshadowing
party disintegration and mnny snge prophc-
cleB of future political alignments aro pre
dicted on It.
Similar discussions have hcen Indulged
In before and predictions as wlso as those
now uttered havo been made by tho samo
authorities. Such discussions Invariably
relievo tho political monotony following
a goncrnl election and conclusions reached
in tho past wero oh near' tho truth as those
now drawn. Tho democratic leaders built
strong hopes laKt spring on tho candidly
expressed dissent of somo lending repub
lican newspapers from the policy adopted
by tho administration. They argued that
uftor differing so openly it would bo Im
possible for theso newspapers to support
tholr party's ticket and that such defec
tion meant defeat for tho republican party.
But whon tlys campaign began every ono of
these newspapers was found In lino work
ing heartily for tho republican candidates
and policies.
Tho result will bo tho samo with tho
distent expressed now and on which some
Interested authorities nro building so many
hopes. The fact which these prophets do
not tako Into account Is tho freedom of
opinion permitted In tho republican party.
Thoro Is no such restraint on discussion
and argument ns there Is In tho democratic
pnrty. Ulssont Is welcomed If sincerely
expressed and an exhaustive debate of all
questions Is encouraged. As a consequence
when the time comes for decision the party
Is thoroughly Informed and can mako its
choice wisely. Tho public .confidence Is nlso
Increased In a party which permits such
freedom of discussion and places no re
stralnt on tho expression of opinion. And
tho pnrfy s solidarity has not been dis
turbed..
It will not bo dlsturbod now. Honest
utterances of sentiment will bo freely In
dulged In and those who differ from policies
proposed will havo full nnd fair opportunl
tics for debate. All sides will bo listened
to patiently and tholr arguments heard and
duly weighed. But when tho plnn to bo
pursued has been decided upon thero will
bo Just ns ready nnd hearty an acquiescence
ns If no dlfferenco had found utterance,
Tho fact which tho predictors and probably
wlBhers for republican disintegration fall
to tako Into account Is that there Is nn
agreement In tho republican ranks on ccr
tain fundamental principles, as there must
bo In every well-organized party, but an
honest difference at times as to hbV those
principles aro to be applied. But tho party
Is so suro of this common ground that It
not only admits but invites discussion as
to Its methods and policies.
That Is nil there Iu to the present debate
as to certain proposed measures, and those
who hope to gain political advantnga from
the discussion will meet tho same dlscour
agement they havo In tho past. The re-
publican party has more solidarity today
and shows fewer signs of disintegration
than at any time since It first came Into
existence.
OTItKIt I,A.M)S TIIA.V OI ItS.
Tho census of nearly four years ago
showed tho Uusslan cmplro to contain
nbcut 129,000,000 persons. No census ban
been taken since, but a computation has
been made of tho yearly excess of births
over deaths, and thus It Is calculated that
tho population has by this tlmo risen to
136,000,000. That Is a targe number. But
It must bo borne In mind that It Includes
n number of heterogeneous nnd In somo
enscs scml-hostllc elements. Thero are, for
example, somo 9,000,000 Poles, who arc nl
most literally pinned fast to ltussla with ;
bayonets; nnd moro than 6,000,000 Finns,
who nro being nllcnnted In spirit with
rnpldlty and success. There nro nearly
6,000,000 Lithuanians and 11,000,000 Turks,
and thero are 4,000,000 Jews who aro held
In scml-servltude and soml-outlawry. These
and other alien elements are not com
mingled with tho wholo mass, but remain
apart from It In distinct communities. De
ducting them, tho real Uusslan population
Is found not to exceed about 861000,000.
Theso latter figures exceed those of any
other civilized nation, but not by nn al
together overwhelming mnjorlty. The popu
lation of Germany, which Is practically
homogeneous, Is about 05,000,000, It to this
we add tho 10,000,000 Germans of Austria
wo havo n race comparison of 63,000,000
OormnnB to 80,000,000 Russians. For politi
cal purposes we may well ndd to tho Ger
mans tho 13,000,000 Magyars and others of
Hungary who nro not only non-Slav, but
nlso anti-Slav, thus making a total of 78,
000,000. Tho United Kingdom hns n popula
tion of only 11,000,000, but If wo ndd the
British population of tho cmplro wo havo
a total of nbout 52,000,000.
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Not much news renches tho western world
of what Is going on In Finland, but what
little docs transpire Is of a kind to Indicate
that tho process of Russifying that coun
try Is In course of stendy execution. From
far away Hclslngfors comes the Intelligence
thnt native uowspapcrs which do not please
tho Russian authorities are belnG sup
pressed. After the expression of public
opinion has In this way been stifled It Is
oxpectcd that tho teaching of Russian In
the secondary schools will bo enforced and
that tho religion of tho orthodox or Greek
church, of which the czar Is the hcod, will
bo proclaimed as the religion of the coun
try, although tho Finns arc nearly nu
Luthcrnus. Thero is nothing Improbable
In these apprehensions. It Is In this way
thnt tho Russian cmplro Is extended nnd
consolidated, and what Is happening In
Finland Is no more than has happened in
Poland nnd elsewhere.
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The bill for the reform of the Italian ponnl
system, as recently presented to the cham
ber by Slgnor Grnnturco, tho minister of
Justice, consists ot three parts. Tho first
nbollshes tho Institution known ns "domi-
clllo coatlo," or a colony to which anarch-
.'sts and other dangerous pcreous nro sent
where they nro allowed considerable per
sonal liberty under tho supervision o tho
police Tho second Introduces "conditional
punlshraont," an arrangement similar to
tho French Bernngcr law, which allows of
fenders to escape tho penalty attached to a
first offense on condition that they do not
olTerid a second tlmo. This part of the bill
also contains provisions Intended to save
young delinquents from preliminary Impris
onment while their first offense Is being
Inquired Into, nnd obliges the maglstrato
when Inflicting a conditional condemnation
soveroly to warn offondors.
Tho third part of tho bill deals with
habitual criminals, who ore divided Into
three classes, according to their character.
Tho least dangerous aro placed under
pollco supervision; tho more dangerous are
relegated to a penal settlement in Italy,
whero they nre obliged to work either In
gangs or singly; the mort dangerous aro
transported to Assab, In tho Rod Sea, where
they nre obliged to work In gangs for threo
yenrs before being allowed to work singly.
None of the provisions of tho bill Is ap
plicable to political crimes, but tho raeas
uro expressly declares that "crimes which
causo tho death of or harm to ono or moro
persons, or which nro committed with
means such as fire, pillage, or devastation,"
aro not to bo considered political offenses.
Tho coal experts who wero recently sent
Into Rhodesia by tho British South Africa
company havo Just published their report
In Capo Town. Tho experts practically
confirm the news concerning tho discovery
of coat which wai, published Just beforo the
breaking out of tho Boer war. This Is con
sidered of lmmenso Importance In tho light
of tho Capo to Cairo scheme,
Tho experts found that tho coalfield Is
situated somo 180 miles northwest of Bula-
wayo, and Is known to cover nt least 400
square miles. Tho scams vary from five
to sixteen feet In width, and as tho coal
lies within forty feet of tho r-urfacy, It
will "bo worked by means of Inclines In
stead of shafts, for many years at least. It
Is estimated that jit least 1, 1100,000,000 tons
will be available after making an allow
nnco of 20 per cent for loss. Tho quality
of tho coal varlos greatly, but tho experts
declare that tho coal Is betted' than that
now In uso In tho Transvaal, Nntal and Cape
Colony, and In somo places compares favor
ably with tho bost American coal.
In view of tho discovery nnd Its estimated
value. It has been decided to take tho Capo
to Cairo railway through the center of
tho coalfields and so on to Victoria Falls.
Tho survey of this part of tho lino Is nl
most completo; tho beginning of tho work
of construction has for somo tlmo beon
depended upon tho report of tho coal ex
perts.
Mall advices from Jerusalem are to the
effect that a wholesalo destruction of
anclont monuments Is going on In that
neighborhood and on tho other side of the
Jordnn, with tho full permission of tho
Turkish government. Tho church of St.
Jeremiah, a monument of tho fifth cru
sado, which was recently presented to the
French government, Is being "restored,'
but In a way which destroys Its original
nrchncologicnl interest, as It Is to bo rebuilt
In tho Interests of Catholicism as opposed
to tho orthodox church. It Is also asser
ted that tho Cuflc Inscription at tho cn
tranco of the small mosquo of Omar, dating
from tho seventeenth century, has been
sawed off and Hb present fato Is un
known. Tho Turkish government a few years ago
pent colonists to occupy tho sites of tho
remarkably well preserved cities of tho
Oecapolls, on the other sldo of tho Jor
dan. It Is now found that the colonists
havo turned tho ruined cities Into stono
quarries and that tho "work of destruction
Is proceeding In a methodical manner, with
tho encouragement of tho government. In
Gefash, tho famous Street of Columns is
disappearing boforo tho picks of tho set
tlers, tho columns being broken up nnd
enrted away, to bo used in tho construc
tion of stone dwellings. At Amman many
of thif well preserved Roman monuments
have completely disappeared during tho
last twolvo months, while the great theater
hus been hacked Into pieces. Tho well pre
served cities of Faroagusta, Cacsarca aud
Sebasto aro now said to be so far destroyed
ns to bo utterly unrcpognlznblo oven when
studied In the light 'of descriptions mado
by travelers not more than five years ago
I p Aicalnut More Trouble,
Buffalo Kxpress.
It would throw a bit of farce Into the
wind-up of a serious International compll
cation If, after using a wnr ship to collect
15.000 Indemnity from Moro:co for tho kill
ing of an American cltlzep, tho United States
should bo unable to determine which of
various parsons claiming to be his widow
, Is legally entitled to the money.
POLITICAL nnii'T.
Tho present cost of governing the 7,000,000
residents of Now York stnto Is J22.000.000.
Charles G. Dawes of Illinois, comptroller
of tho currency, announces his Intention to
contest for the sent of Senator Mason In
1903.
According to Minneapolis papers, Robert
O. Uvnns of St. Paul has a majority of the
legislators pledged tu him, to succeed the
lato Senator Davis of Minnesota,
Reports from that locality Indicate that
tho great party of reform which controls
tho Georgia legislature Is tbo hungriest lot
of political wolves that over preyed upou
the state.
Grover Cleveland has not been Invited to
attend tho Jncksonlnn celebration In
Chicago. At some other time, perhaps,
Cleveland and Bryan will get togother and
talk It over.
Tho efforts of Asa Bird Gardiner,
bounced district attorney of Now York City,
to poso as a political martyr aro rudely
hooted by tho local press. Mr, Gardiner's
opinion ot tho bouncer Is too hot to print.
You don't find the smooth sago of
Wolfert's Koost rushing into print with
specifics for his party's ills. Not whllo the
wounds are bleeding. Mr. III1I will appear
later on when the patient is able to take
an airing.
Tho Impression Is growing In Chicago
that tho grand Jury will not have to dig
very deop to strike a rich lead In the city
hall. That tho great hlvo of politicians
nccdB whitewash or soap Is apparent to the
naked eye.
Somo member, whose sympathies aro
touched by tho hard lot of tho vlco president
nnd cabinet officers of tho United States,
has Introduced a bill raising the vlco presi
dent's salary to $25,000 nnd cabinet officers'
salaries to $15,000. It will not pass at this
session.
Tho mnyor of Bismarck Is accused ot run
ning a gambling house and the .,i)or of
Atlanta Is charged with giving a continuous
performance of staggering humanity.
Notwithstanding theso lapses, both towns
aro planning to wolcomo the new century
with nolso and otherwise.
Governor-elect Ynte of Illinois Is over
whelmed by a flood of offlceseekora. One
applicant has started n systematic bom
bardment of tho governor-elect with letters,
which aro sent in from all parts ot tho state
with tho signatures of his "friends" ap
pended, and he naively Informed tho future
executive that there would bo 9,000 of them.
To nnswer this batch would cost $180 In
postage alone, so tho attempt has been
abandoned.
HOW TUB WOIIK WAS IIOXK.
.Story of Cliiilrinnii lluniiii'n Flitnnclnl
MuiinKcnirnt of tlir CniiipiilKii.
New York Mall nnd Kxpressi
This Is tho story, nn open secret, known
to many men, but never beforo published, of
how the last republican campaign for tho
presidency was kept In nctlvo operation
until Its successful conclusion.
It Is a fact that at ono time Chairman
Hannn and his associates In tho conduct of
that political battlo wero face to faco with
tho threatened necessity of closing tho, re
publican national .headquarters, both Iu
Chicago aud hero; dismissing practically
nil their clerical force, cancelling all con
tracts for preparing, printing and distribut
ing campaign lltcraturo nud withdrawing
from the stump all paid "spellbinders," re
taining only volunteer orators and main
taining only a small ofTlco In the two .cities.
This crisis occurred, moreover, at that very
period of tho campaign when, for various
reasons, tho tldo of tho popular sentiment
seemed to be sotting Bryanward, nnd when
tho much-quoted republican apathy was cx-
cltlug tho most serious apprehension among
tho leading advocates of President McKln
ley's re-election. "
As a business man It has boon with Mr.
Hanna a cardinal principle never to Incur
an obligation which ho could not sco n
clear way to meet. For years presidential
campaigns, had been conducted with an eye
first to their partisan success and second
to their financing. Tho campaigns of 1884,
1888 nnd 1892 had nil closed with tho na-
tlonol committees of each of the great
parties heavily In debt. These obligations
had bepn either
many of tho debts Incurred In one campaign
had not been paid, either In whole or In
part, until tho beginning of tho next.
When Mr. Hanna took chargo of the first
McKInley campaign In J896 ho announced
that ho was going to conduct that "first
battlo" ns n strictly business proposition.
Politicians laughed at hlni. Yet within a
week after the election In November ho
had closed tho republican national head
quarters with every bill paid a feat never
before performed by any national chairman.
Tho politicians ceased to laugh. They took
It for granted thnt Senator Hanna meant It
when ho said that the campaign of. 1900
would be run on exactly the samo business
principles.
After tho Philadelphia Bnd Kansas City
conventions had been held Chairman
Hanna came to this city. For necessary
campaign funds ho addressed hlmsoll'
primarily to mon whoso business affairs
mado them Interested In tho continued
prosperity of tho country, for the sake of
their employes and other dependent nnd
co-relattvo enterprises jib well as for thom
solvcs. Ho called together twenty such
men In this city and they subscribed a cer
tain amount. It will be remembered thnt
Mr. Hanna at this tlmo visited Boston, but
it may bo said that his Journey there
yielded results moro valuable in sentiment
than In cash, In Philadelphia also sub
scriptions did not meet expectation and bo
foiftlong Mr. Hanna found It necessary to
cairtho Now York twenty together a second
time. Again tho twenty responded.
After a Journey to Chicago to open tho
headquarters thero Chairman Hanna paid n
visit to this city. This was at the time
when republican apathy seemed most alarm
ing. Men wero everywhere taking tho re
election of McKInley as a matter of course.
"No Clothing Fits Like Ours."
We simply want you to see what from $10 to
$25 will buy in an overcoat or an ulster. We be
lieve more for your money here than ANY.WHERE
else.
Saturday Morning
We are going to sell our broken lines of $1.00 and
$1.50 Colored Shirts at 50 cents each see window.
Sale commences at 8:30 a. m. Be on. time if you
want to get your size two to a customer.
All Wool and Wool Fleeced One Dollar Under
wear will be sold at the same time for 75 cents.
Browning, King & Co.,
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
Omaha's Oaly Excluaiv Clothiers tr Mca and Moya
They did not rrailzn that work, nnd a great
deal of It, wns necessary. They Rnvo no
thought to tho expense of n distribution ot
campaign lltornture unprecedented In tho
history of Atncrlcnn politics. As n matter
of fact Mr, Hanna was out ot funds when
ho mado his mld-campnlgn Journey to tho
cast.
Again he called together tho twenty re
publicans In this city. To them he said, In
effect: "Gentlemen, you have contributed
twlco to this campaign. You have nlrondy
borno moro than double jour share. I
shall not ask you to contribute a third
tlmo. But I feel It my duty, as1 trustee ot
the amount already contributed, to mako
n Btntcmcut of how It has been expended
and of tho present situation." Mr. Hanna
did this nnd went on to sny that, contribu
tions expected from othor parts ot the
country to tho national committee were not
forthcoming and that his campaign' treasury
was practically exhausted. "I will not run
Into debt nnd I will not ask you for moro
money. Therefore, I proposo to closo tho
campaign upon Its present scalo of con
duct," was his conclusion,
Ono of tho twenty men present nt this
conference asked Senator Hanna for an esti
mate of how much was needed to keep tho
headquarters running nnd to contlnuo tho
llternry nnd speakers' bureaus. When tho
estimate was figured out the man who had
mado this inquiry said: "Now, that's so
much nploce. Bring out your check books,
gentlemen." And tho threatened danger
was then and thero averted.
FLOATING IM;X.
Ji.,'1 , loro, American: Cook-How'm I
ff.,l'.1 'i" nmko mlnco pie when wo haven't
n,'V mlnco meat In tho houseT
hns"' I'l'et,cm-Illt smo sugar In that cold
tJ'.W'0"" I'ress! Tlc-Somo men can't
hi' UYilr, cyeH .ofr to women. 1
tine i7. . s.;n,l101"5 hntipen to bo sit
standing ar 11 0 womon ,,r
charms!" Journa,! "wlmt Intoxicating
Mif,"'.1 "'"I "Vl,lrl. though?"
Bird nnd bottle li one, you might ny!"
Washington Star "What's this!" .
novSnce."10 ll0Cr K. "n toSo of
''Moro' prlf oners."
Dear me! I wish they would nlmw
consideration for tho' fact thnt we ar,
nrd.'0.'''1 Wnr ,8U'n,, ot nn'n
fim,'.l1l,h!a rrc?K! "Sco here!" wrath
fully cried the beginner, "I'm tired of voi r
nugh ng nt my game, 'if I hoar any inoro
mnd.","C0 from you I'll crack you over 1 1. S
i.iiA11.rlBll,,V "u the cuddle. "Bui, snv.
ciub'w aw-' w,nt'u bo ,h r,Bhf
Detroit Journal: "But tobacco." protested
L,0.iF".( Quccn V0""' "contributes nothing
to tho pleusuro of woman." "
iM.c,!llvn,rlc Boul 1f BlclRh was deeply
fh'V.1.?? her,m'P': ho could but confer
tjio Ju(co of tho reproach, for In hli Tdnv
vented Bl" KilV xad been m.
Indianapolis Press: "My son In tho Phil
pplnes," mild tho weeping vvVman, "hai
taken part In a disastrous enRiigcmeiH--"
thlzVr W"S W01,ndcd7" n"3 tho syinpn.
"No, n mnrrlago engagement with a
Rcnom Cnrmcnclta del Vuelta Abajo. and
trenmCc" ""V w,,cU,er Hho co(t r
TUB DIliqiJITOUS PAT.
Aw.lT,re' h whero Is Patrick Crowo?
And tho night winds answer, "Where?"
In tho Buckeyo state ho hides his. head.
Down enst In Delaware; '
St. Joseph. Mo In Knnsns. too.
And westward, don't forget
They've seen him almost everywhere.
they
h
haven't
got
him
yet.
Oh where, oh where Is Patrick Crowe?
Way out on the raging main.
Ho Is today, upon thoiwayi " .
To Barcelona, Spain; .
ft1,11 1'oW. ho. too, in Kalamazoo
His foot Just now has set;
But r'it; knoW whcrc hc's Ht-
they
haven't
got
him
J'ct.
Whero nre you, where, oh, Patrick Crowe:
rI Iin n hrxitmn Iu (n,lr,.
Wo know right well, but who can tell?
a . ' . '"-" tun say r
At liberty Is wily Pnt.
But what's the uso to fret?
A sack of gold ho took uwny.
And
ho
has
got
It yet.
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