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0 TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1002. Tiie oniaiia Daily Bee. E. ROSE WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. pally Hee (without Humlay), One Year. l on laliy life and tjumiay. One Year 600 illustrated Ht, One Year 2 0,1 8 inoy bee. One Year faturuay Her, one Year 1-5" twentieth Century Farmer, One Year.. 100 DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Pally Bee (without Sunday), per ropy... 2c IJally Reo (without Hunciay). per we.-lc.lKo Jally Bee (Including Bunday), .per week. 17c Bunoay Bee, per copy " Kvrnlng Ree (without Sunday), per week 8c venlng Bee (Including Sunday), per week Complaints of Irregularities In delivery Should be addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City liall Building, Twenty-fifth and M Street. Council Bluffft 10 Pearl Street. Chicago ltMO Pnlty Building. w York 2ff2S park Row Building. Washington bl Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. 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Tischuek, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, ays that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Daily, Morning, Kvenlr.g and dunday Bee printed during the month. of October. 1S02, was as follwB; I ao.Too 17 at.aao J 3O,0.tO 18 31,450 t ai.ioo i 30,400 4 80,070 20 82,2 IO B S0.3SO 21 82,330 6 31.20O 22 31,570 7 .30,010 23 81,740 t 81,070 24 82,150 9 81,000 23 31,140 JO 31,100 26 2,a.m II 811,000 27 81,070 12 2O.O20 28 31.60O ia ai.a.io 28 31. two 14 31,230 30 32.300 IS k 81.H40 SI 31,330 1 32.700 Total 0O,61S ifjeet unsold and returned copies 0,8a Net total Baled 050,743 Net average sales 30.0.10 OEOROE B. TZ8CHUCK. Subscribed In my presenco and sworn to before mo this Slat day of October, A. D. 1S02. M. B. HUNGATE. (Seal.) Notary Public. President Roosevelt Is going after tear on bin next trip. He usually gets Svhat be goes after. The Real Estate exchange had better burnish up Its old armor and get ready tor service on the skirmish line. . The elastic conscience of the candidate iwlll bo exhibited again when the sworn returns of election expenses are filed. With meat prices still up, Mr. Tur key Gobbler need have no fear of being crowded off the Thanksgiving menu. The International Ax and Tool com pany may find things very different When the people put the ax to the root VI I lie 1 1 11 n l urc. The boy king of Spain Is up against a. new cabinet. As long as it is not a revolution that confronts him he may consider himself fortunate. Secretary Wilson's denial of tne story that he will resign from the cabinet is Strongly corroborated by his magnificent chrysanthemum exhibits. Ex-Governor Pattison's presidential boom has accumulated quite a vacuum elnce the . telegraph ticked off the Pennsylvania election returns. President Diaz has put several bas kets of champagne on ice in anticipation cf the Impending visit of Governor Sav age and his staff. On to Mexico. After looking the returns up one side and down the other for nearly a week Congressmen Mercer .concludes that the result is binding. Everybody else saw that at a glance. President Mitchell insists be has no ambition to succeed Samuel Gompers as president of the American Federa tion of Labor. Mr. Mitchell Is In no hurry for further honors. General Torsi waa anxious to surren der In front of Santiago, but it knocked him silly when the other day he was required by the Spanish government to relate all the circumstances. The republicans of Iowa In compensa tion for the election of one democratic congressman, have the consoling re flection that Judge Wade, the success ful democrat, voted twice for McKinley. In the makeup of bis police board Governor Savage had a distinct object in view, but the board has failed to de liver the goods. Is it possible the gov ernor was himself the victim of a polit ical bunco garnet It la true that the successor of Colonel Henderson as speaker of the house will not be chosen till a year from next De cember, but It would be well for every body now to agree on "Uncle Joe", Can son for that important place. It now appears officially that for pur poses of taxation the estate of the late John W. Mackay Is represented In Great Britain only to the extent of $7,685 It is dollars to doughnuts that when inquisition Is made by the tax authorities In this country the bulk of the estate will be found to be, not here, but abroad. J. Plerpont Morgan is In hard lines If be does not show up promptly at bis office at the usual hour the rumor spreads that he is sick with consequent depression of stocks In Morganlzed In dustries. It msy be necessary eventu ally to have hourly bulletins posted, so the public may have constant in forma tioo fbat Mr. Morgan nJvtQf nor :ua! health. TBS STATEHOOD BILL. At the close of the last session of the senate it was agreed that the bill pro viding for admission to statehood of Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arl.ona should be taken up as a special order December 10 and considered until a vote should be reached. A subcommittee of the senate committee on territories Is now on the way to visit the territories seeking ndmiSNlon. for the purpose of Investigating conditions In them and as certaining whether there Is warrant for their claims to admission. According to reports from Washington the opposition In the senate to giving these territories, particularly New Mexico and Arizona, statehood Is likely to be as strong at the coming session as ever. It is said that one ground of objection Is that New Mexico and Arizona are largely Mexican In population and that they have not sufficient Aiuerlcau imputation to entitle thrtu to become stntes with au equal representation lu-the senate with the older common wealths of the union. It Is also stated that the aim of Senator Beverldgc and others Is to amend the bill so as to admit Oklahoma and leave, the other two territories to wait. The republican party In Its last na tional platform said: "We favor home rule for and the early admission to statehood of the territories of New Mex ico, Arizona and Oklahoma." The con ditions in those territories as to popula tion, resources and other requirements are certainly as favorable now to their admission to statehood as two years ago, when the republican party in effect pledged Itself to give them early state hood. It is not to be doubted that a majority of western republicans are in favor of making those territories states. The statehood bill was passed by the house of representatives, and the senate ought to concur in that action, which complied with the virtual mandate of the last republican national convention. POLITICS I A PORTO RICO. The people of Porto Rico are acquiring a knowledge of politics and are already showing notable aptitude. There are two parties in that interesting island, the republican and the federal, and in the election of November 4 the former was successful. The ' opposition now charges that the result was obtained by fraud, intimidation and violence, which was countenanced by the insular gov ernment, and an appeal Is to be made to the Washington authorities to look Into the matter. There is perhaps substantial ground for the allegation of the federal party, at least In part, for It appears that Sen ator Spooner of Wisconsin has been couvlnced that there Is sufficient evi dence in support of the charge to justify him in presenting the matter to the at tention of President Roosevelt and ask lug that an official investigation be made. It is not easy to believe, bow ever, that the American authorities in rorto Rico ' have countenanced fraud and intimidation, since it is nofeapparent what could induce' tbem to do so, and they are well aware that such a course would cause them to be summarily dealt with at Washington. At all events there seems to be good reason for an investi gation and doubtless It will be ordered. Porto Rico must be assured of fair and free elections. CONSULAR SERVICE REFORM. The question of reforming the con sular service, so as to divorce it from politics and Improve its efficiency and usefulness, must be sooner or later de termined and there 1b no good reason for further delay in the matter on the part of congress. The republican party has always favored reform in this service and it has been steadily Improved under republican administra tions, but there is needed specific legis lation for reorganizing the service and putting it upon a basis that will insure the best attainable results. It may be true, as some assert, that the consular service of the United States compares favorably with that of any other coun try. It is certainly a fact that there are many capable, conscientious and faithful men in the service. Yet there Is no question that It can, as a whole, be improved, and the. way to do this is to place it on a strictly business basis, appointing only men who are qualified for the service and retaining In it all who prove themselves efficient and faithful, regardless of their politi cal afiillatlou. In its annual report the Civil Service commission gives attention to this mat ter, urging that to maintain and in crease our Industrial pre-eminence we ought to have by far the best consular service In the world. "We should have the quickest and most reliable Information aa to our opportunities, as well as business representatives who are able to improve them. This can only be done by a consular service which is uniformly instructed and alert." The report points out that under our present system of patronage ap pointments there is little security that the men appointed are qualified for their duties. While in the Important positions in Great Britain, Germany and other European countries there are men of the highest capacity and most thorough equipment there are other positions of which this cannot be said of the men who occupy them. This is particularly true as to .many of our con suls in South America and the Orient, few of whom are even acquainted with the language In which they are re quired to transact much of their busi ness. The commission thinks that it is to the competitive system, as pur sued in other parts of the public serv ice, that we must look . for the per manent betterment of the consular branch and legislation Is urged provid ing facilities for determining the com parative qualifications of applicants for the consular service by means of open, competitive, nonpartisan examinations. Bills are pending in congress making provision for the reorganization of the consular service and possibly some action will be taken at the coming ses sion. The administration is favorable to reorganization, the president huvlng urged it In his first message. The commercial Interests enguged in foreign trade want It, as shown In repeated petitions to congress. The republican party in its last national platform, as It had done before, declared In favor of the reorganization of the consular service "niton such a basis of appoint ment and tenure as will render It still more serviceable to the nation's in creasing trade." In view of all this it would seem to be the plain duty of congress to enact without unnecessary delay the required legislation. A PLEA FOR THE TAXPATER. Exclusive of taxes levied upon public improvements imposed upon property directly benefited, the taxpayers of Oniahotore comiiellcd to contribute an nually alout' $ 1..VtO,tio toward the maintenance of municipal government, county and ftate governments and pub lic schools. This continuous drain con stitutes a burden under which not only the home property owners have been ground for years, but which has prac tically confiscated hundreds ' of thou sands of dollars' worth of real estate that has no earning capacity. It is susceptible of proof that from 5 to 10 per cent of the taxes levied and collected are wasted or squandered upon political sinecures, work shirkers and Improvements that should lx paid for by individuals benefited Instead of being taxed up to property. With prudeut management and business methods from $50,000 to $75,000 a year could readily be lopped off from the tax k-vy without reducing the pay of competent, efficient and faithful employes. The question is, "When will they do it?" About this time every year there Is loud talk about economy and retrench ment, but the new broom that Is used vigorously in January is worn out by March and the barnacle supernumer aries are reinstated on full pay to con tinue for another year. ' It would seem to us that the time has come for a new departure. Promises of turning oyer a new leaf are not bankable paper. The taxpayers of Omaha want the new leaf to stay turned twelve months after New Years. DEMOCRATIC GAINS lit IOWA. Fusion organs in Nebraska, and. curiously enough, among them some of the most zealous champions of Bryan and his notions, are gleefully em phasizing the democratic gains shown by the Iowa election returns. Vhlle the gains In general are hardly suffi cient to warrant a very high degree of enthusiasm from any democratic point of view, it is true that there were numerous gains in various parts of the Etate, especially In the eastern or river districts, in one of which, the Second, Judge Wade was elected to congress. But the fusion organs somehow over look or are scrupulous not to mention the most significant fact, which is that the Iowa democracy has been ablo to make gains only on the basis of the repudiation of the Kansas City plat form. It Is no secret that Judge Wado himself is an uncompromising gold standard man, a point he has ' never apologized for, but has always gloried in. and that he was among that large body of Iowa democrats who gave their votes and influence against illiam Jennings Bryan. In other words, the real democratic lesson of the Iowa electiou is that what Colonel Bryau nromDtlv denounced as "a policy of cowardice," has been endorsed by the rank and file of Iowa democrats. So far as democratic gains are con cerned, there is not now, and there never has been, a genuine republican malority of 80.000 In Iowa on the legitimate historic issues between the old parties. During the fifteen yeats nrecedlne 1896 the democracy naa Deen built up to a respectable, powerful and hoDeful opposition on those Issues, me spectacular substitution of Bryanlsm for historic democratic issues in the plat form of that year drove tens of thou sands of Iowa democrats out of the party. A very considerable proportion of them permanently Joined tne repuDii pn nartv. but the large number, while openly or silently repudiating Bryan only waited for signs of returning con servatism in the party to rejoin it. The rejection of the Kansas City platform by the state convention this year was taken, bv many as such a sign and the returns merely reflect these. conditions. f ha Iowa democracy as yet is far from having recovered the position from which Bryanism cast it down. It will take more than one state conven tion to reassure the great body of con servative democrats In Iowa. They aro so independent., and uncompromising tht not only will Bryanlsm nave to oe put in its grave, but a tombstone erected and the grass luxurmunj ino- over it before they will become again a really formidable opposition. The restaurant men who sell a bowl of ordinary soup at 10 cents have probably not been favored with copies of the official report of the Iowa Mate Board of Control, wherein it is related that during the month of October sev eral thousand inmates and employes of the Iowa state institutions were fed three meals per day at an average cost of 5 cents per meat Previously to the creation of the board there were In numerable complaints, but It appears that under Its management so sumptuous Is the fare that' everybody Is satisfied and waxing fat. The Washington letter writer of the Lincoln Journal, with hindquarters In the saddle and headquarters lu the Jour nal office, is a marvelous mind reader, judging by his latest effusion lu which tie professes more profound knowledge of the Inner feelings of Senator Dietrich and the outer feelings of the republican members of the coming legislature than anybody who has come in contact with the senator or the men who have been elected to make the laws for Nebraska next winter. The machinists and boiler makers formerly employed In the Union Faclflc shops have been enjoined from ap proaching and talking to the strike breakers either near the picket line or the clothes line, hut John N. Baldwin and the railroad lobby have not yet been enjoined from approaching and talking to the members-elect of the legislature on a street car line, on a railroad train or in the dark recesses of the state capltol. President Roosevelt will be back again In Washington in time to eat Thanksgiving dinner at the White House. He couldn't possibly miss that forty-pound bird that is always fattened annually in Rhode Island ex pressly for the presidential table. The police commission cose may be expected . to bob up serenely for the steenth time in the supreme court within the next two weeks. In the language of Judge Sullivan, 'All things have an end except that police commission string." The builder of Shamrock III, It Is now Joyously announced from England, has just discovered that there has been a fundamental error' In the construction of all the challengers. But the whole world discovered that long ago. Live On aid Hope. Chicago Inter Ocean. Young army .officers need not feel dis couraged because their marriages are not approved up the Hoe. They will not al ways be young. A Killing Combination. Washington Post. We are going to introduce the trolley Into the Philippines. It might not be a bad Idea to send over a few of the Pitts- field motormen. A Welcome Invasion. New Tork World. The "American Invasion" of England in cludes a scheme for docks and warehouses In Manchester for the sale of American cotton to English spinners. And the In vaded take kindly to the invasion. Lons-Dlatanco Sla-nallnsr. Philadelphia Press. The increasing length of freight trains on American railroads has made it difficult for the trainmen to communicate with each other. Hence the announcement of a west ern road that, It will supply its men with field glasses and a heliograph outfit. An other road thinks that such an outfit will he useless In bad ' weather and on curves and it proposes the' long distance tele phone. Here Is an opportunity for an in ventor to make his fortune by discovering something, to meet this difficulty. Well Klsea tor Winter. New York Tribune. : With a cash balaicje' in the treasury of almost $S00,0OpJ00O (Uncle Sam may look forward to the conVg winter with com posure, notwithstanding tiat his fur-bearing animals or) alt IdY-fa aYe taking on thick overcoats, betokening What, the season Is to be a severe one. .But' with so much money ahead and coal 4wn to its customary prices he ought to ride out it's rigors with out the ; least injury to his constitution and with little Invasion of his comfort. Pnzallns; Vagaries of Justice. Baltimore American. Justice may well stand puzzled and mys tified before the vagaries of law. A woman in Maine was lately fined $100 for shoot ing a moose because she had no license, the fact that she shot to save her own life from the animal's attacks not being taken into the question at all. Such absurdities in the enforcement of laws are enough to bring disrepute on all communi ties which tolerate such ignorant and ri diculous officers, and In the Interest of common sense, if nothing else, such cases should be stoutly contested. Passing? of Popallam. Chicago Chronicle (dem.). Looking a little further into the rise and fall of the popullsttc free silver party in the far west we find the record to data to have been about as follows: Bryan's Bryan's maj. maj. Results 18. 19U0. 1902. Colorado ........ t..... ,,.134.82 29.061 Rep. inano m,s z.zis Hep. Kansas 12,269 Rep. Rep. Montana 32.043 11,773 Rep. Nebraska 13,576 Rep. Rep. Nevada 6,439 2.498 1,000 South Dakota ........ 13 Rep. Rep. Utah ., ... SI .033 Rep. Rep. Washington 12.493 Rep. Ren. Wyoming 6S3 Rep. Rep. There is not much prospect that the republican-populist fraternity from these states will ever be able to control the dem ocratic party again, but the record above established is one which should be care fully preserved for future reference. Pan I'p the Sooth I na By-rap. Boston Transcript. Now someone will please pass the va rious bronchial affection cures around to the "spellbinders,"' for there la a period of rest before them in which they will have an opportunity to apply healing balms to tender spots while they think the past campaign over. The successful ones, those who "won out," will perhaps have such pleasant reflections that tbey will not be mindful of a physical discomfort, but those others who did not quite reach the goal they talked for will be very conscious of tired throats to which they will like to apply outward remedies like gargles and sprays. As a balm for their wounded hearts or spirits, or wherever may be the seat of disappointment, we can only rec ommend the time-honored one of "trying again." The supply of that Is Inexhausti ble and it is just ss effectual as It ever was. Plea for Ship aabsldles. St. Paul Pioneer Press. Tbe appeal of the commissioner of navi gation for ship subsidies. Ilka that of the advocates of this policy in congress, falls rather flat in the face of bis own report. Not only does be show a heavy Increase in tbe number of steel merchant vessels under the American flag and an increase In the percentage of goods carried under the flag, but he regards the transatlantic "merger." as It should be regarded, as an American Institution. He considers this "merger" as the most important step toward the estab lishment of American Influence on the seas which has been taken since steel and iron vessels displaced wooden salting vessels. This Is undoubtedly true. And as the merger vessels will be run In the Interest of Amerlcsn railways and American Indus tries It is a matter of absolutely no im portance whether or not tbey fly tbe Amer ican flag especially If tbat thrill has to be purchuct-d by a gift of some $9,000,000 a aually to Mr. Morgan and bis associates. Stronger Than His Party Portland Oregonlan (rep ). The lesson of the election Is that Tresl- Ing increased dent Roosevelt Is not only the leader of his party, but that he Is stronger thnn his party. Democratic leaders like Vnlted States Senator Jones confess this when they say: "The general belief In the recti tude, sincerity and courage of President Roosevelt Is aiding the republicans much more than they will ever know." But for this Impressive personality of President Roosevelt, Odell certainly would not have been re-elected governor of New York and tbe republicans would have lost control of the house of representatives. So relaxed has the grip of the republican party upon the country become that It is doubtful If any of its leaders save Roosevelt could lead it to sure victory in 1904. It Is easy to at tribute the victory of Tuesday to business prosperity, but under equally favorable In dustrial conditions we were beaten In the off year of 1882, Just twenty years ago. In 1880, as In 1900, the republicans swept the country. The president then elected was shot in 1881, and Vice rresldent Arthur succeeded Garfield in September, even as Vice President Roosevelt succeeded tbe murdered McKinley. The November state elections of 1881, like those of November, 1901, showed little change. The business prosperity of the country showed no decline In 1882, and for this prosperity the republican party claimed and obtained large credit. In spite of this pros perity the elections of 1882 went against the republicans. The house elected in 1880 had a republican majority of twenty; that elected In 1882 had a democratic plurality of seventy-eight. Orover Cleveland was elected governor of New York by nearly 200,000 plurality, a result largely due to the bitter factional quarrel between the Blaine and antl-Blalne republicans. This New York feud did not explain the fact that the democrats carried Ohio or that General Butler was elected governor of Massachusetts over the republican candi date. Business prosperity did not give the republicans victory In 1882, and business prosperity would not save them today If Roosevelt were not today the leader of his party and because of his personality stronger than his party. President Arthur In 1882 was not the leader of his party; he was heir to a fierce party feud that It was impossible to quiet, and because he was not and could not have been the Inspiring leader of his party, the republicans were severely defeated In New York, Ohio and Massachusetts, lost the lower house of eon greas to the democrats and two years later were defeated In the presidential campaign. There has been a rise in prices brlng- VOTIXO MACHINES MOVING WEST. Several Tried at Milwaukee with Sat isfactory Results. When the polls close on election day every citizen who has performed his duty wants to know the result with the least possible delay. The present ballot system, as well as the method of counting, are not designed to shorten anxiety. Both well serve to strain anxiety to the limit. Even under the. most favorable auspices six to eight hours are required to complete a count of ballots such as were cast in Ne braska last Tuesday. Should the contest be a close one the limit of public anxiety is measured by the slowest counters. Com pared with the promptness and accuracy of the voting machines in several eastern states the system in vogue in the west Is as much of a back number as a prairie schooner. Hundreds of voting machines were " employed In New York . state last week. In some places for the fourth time, and in every Instance worked satisfactor ily. The first trial of them In the middle west was at Milwaukee, where seven were put in operation at the last election. The votlnr machines proved a perfect success," reports the Milwaukee Sentinel. "Sevan machines were used, one in each of the six precincts of tho Thirteenth ward. and one in the Sixth precinct or tne &ixin ... .nd all aave such complete satisfac tion to voters and election officials alike h. interest In them almost exceeded tne interest in the election. Rapidity and ac mr. the chief characteristics noted by the election officials, and the ease with which the voting proceeded during tne aay t.A .11 whn watched the machines work to express themselves in terms of the high est praise, rv.. ,) returns were received four minutes after 7 o'clock from the Fifth pre cinct of the Thirteenth ward, me return . th. nnieheat ever made to tbe central station by any precinct in the city in any election ever held in the history of the state. "In some of the booths votes were reg istered In from nine seconds to half a minute, and in but few instances were ...... wiihin the curtain of the 'machine longer than a full minute. Although it was expected that soma voters wouia ae mand the paper ballot, none objected to r.hinei the malority appearing to be greatly pleased with their operation. The city possesses nrteen 01 tne mscniue. m -,, w... not used, aa there was not suffi cient time to instruct the voters in their use. Tn, the veneral appreciation of tbe voting machines It Is evident that their use will be extended to all parts of the city as soon as possible, and probably 100 will be In use In .the next election, ii was feared by the election officials that ma rr the machines might make a mis take, or get out of order, or In some man ner fall to work, but the unrauing reguiar i. !!. hih the casting of the vote went along In all the precincts rapidly es tablished the machine in tne conuaenco of all voters, and within an hour after the booths opened yesterday morning all worry and anxiety over the operation of the ma chines disappeared, and tbe inspectors ana i.rk ..tti.il down to enloy the easy work of checking off the voters, allowing the machine to perform the heavy labor or tne day. "To say that there was an entire ah. sence of trouble with the machines would not fully explain their operation, but what difficulty waa encountered in any of the booths was due te the voters and not to the machines. The trouble was chiefly with voters who could not read, or who became rattled on entering the machine and had to be cautioned In its use. In the Sixth precinct of the Sixth ward the elec tion officials reported that one old voter, who during the last six years was never known to take less than half an hour to mark his ballot, accomplished the task of making a split ticket Inside of two mln. utes. his achievement being greeted with a rally of good-natured applause from all the officials. In this precinct forty-flvs votes were cast In forty minutes. "In tbe Sixth precinct of the 81xth ward one voter got into trouble with the machine by pulling down one of tbe small levers first. Instead of ringing his straight party ticket before attempting to split. The ex actness with whlcb the machine worked was Illustrated by tbe fact that the small lever waa moved out of position so slightly that it waa not noticed, and yet the ma chine, would not work. This occasioned soma confusion, and at first It was thought tbat tbe machine had become disarranged. "As the voter allowed the Inspector to cost of living; there has been the prolonged coal strike, and when we add to this the fact that tbe repub lican party has been long enough In power since 1S97 to wear out Its welcome, it Is remarkable tbat the democracy did not. inflict upon It In November, 1902, a defeat as severe as that suffered In November, 1882. The chief. If not the only, reason we escaped defeat was the universal popu lar confidence felt In rresldent Roosevelt and the strong desire to hold up his hands within and without congress. There was a time when but for tbe prompt appeal and intervention of President Roosevelt the great strike would have proceeded to dis astrous conclusion. For such a termina tion tbs republican party would have been arraigned by democratic demagogues; the republican president would have been de. nounced as utterly without sympathy for the wage workers of the country. This il logical and unjust Indictment would have been successful. The president with manly frankness trusted the people; took them Into his con. fidence against the warnlnga of profes sional politicians, snd he has succeeded in saving himself and his party when the ordinary political leaders would have wrecked the whole outfit. Governor Odell, who was In full sympathy with the presi dent's views, owes his re-election to this fact. The plutocratic republicans In New York City In large numbers either voted for Coler or did not vote at all, and Odell waa saved fretn defeat by the farmers, the mechanics and wageworkers of the country counties of the Empire state. Odell was helped something by the fact tbat David B. Hill, whose puppet Coler would have been as governor. Is hopelessly distrusted by such Independent democratic papers as the New York Post and the Brooklyn Eagle. A considerable portion of the Independent democratic vote was given to Odell because of the odiouaness of Hill. The popular de termination to "stand by the president" has won the election. By his singular mixture of political shrewdness and moral courage the president has firmly intrenched himself In the hearts of the people. He has succeeded, as Jackson and Lincoln sue. ceeded, by his union of simplicity of pur pose and manner to courage In action. It is easy to say that a president with a strict sense of official dignity would not have stooped from It so far as unofficially to Interfere in tbe settlement of tbe strike, but tbe president "stooped to conquer." The first fruit of his conquest is the vie. tory of Tuesday, and Its ultimate laurels he will win and wear in 1904. look at the machine the trouble was noted almost Instantly, and In less than ten sec onds afterward registered his vote, a split ticket. The Incident increased the confi dence of the election officials and voters In the machine. "It shows that It is Impossible for a voter to vote wrong," said Inspector Tromp. 'It is true that he msy accidentally vote for the wrong man, but this Is not liable to happen half so quickly as if he were mark ing one of the big blanket ballots. A man cannot cast a defective ballot with the machine.' "One of the features of the machine that appealed the strongest to the election offi cials was that the vote was already cast up and totaled for them the moment the last vote was cast, and the hour for closing the polls arrived. In most Instances It took less than two minutes to open tbe back of the machine and count up the total votes for all tbe candidates, and. Instead of be ing kept until 2 or 3 o'clock id the morning, to count up split tickets, the officials were able to close tbe booths and get down town before the first returns had been received from any other precinct in the city or state. "No trouble was experienced In the regis terlng of the votes of women who sppeared to cast a ballot on the state superintendent of schools and the constitutional amend ment, as a device on tbe outside of the ma chine prevented their voting on any other office or question." - PERSONAL 1SOTES. ' The supply of colonels In Georgia is not likely to run short. Tbe governor of tbat state has just made an even 100 for his personal staff. Thomas C. Boyd, 2 years of age, of Chicago, has Just graduated from a law school in that city, and hopes to carve loot a career for himself by strenuous work. Lew Wallace persists in suggesting Roose velt and Mitchell as the proper ticket in 1904. It looks as if Lew were preparing to launch another novel, and wanted some advertising. J. E. Lodge, a second son ef Senator Lodge, has taken hold of the Egyptian exploration fund, which has received many thousands of dollars from the people of New England. The sultan of Turkey has Issued an edict forbidding tbe publication of books in his realm. The .reason is said to be that be Is going to publish a book himself and wants a clear field for It. W. F. King, chief astronomer of the Dominion of Canada, has been appointed by the British government a commissioner to mark the forty-ninth parallel from tbe Rocky mountains to the Pacific coast. Otto II. Tittman. superintendent of the Vnlted States coaat and geodetic survey, has been appointed by the United States government a commissioner for the same purpose. OVERCOAT A good Overcoat may be had here for Finer ones as high And as good as can be had any where in the world for "No Clothing Fits Like Ours." R. S. WILCOX, Manager. CtPID AD THE CITOIR. A lofty Snbjert Enveloped with tho Commercial Spirit. Baltimore American. It la no unusual thing to hear that there la trouble In the choir. Musicians are very apt to be high strung, some of them are oversupplied with nerves, and few of them will tolerate anything that they consider at Infringement on their rights. More that one choir quarrel can be traced to a most Insignificant cause, which might at the start have been easily removed without hurting the feelings of others. But a little fire will kindle a greet matter In a choir loft, ss well as In other places, and It would al most seem aa If the material kept there was a little more combustible than the usual run. There is also another feature of choir life which cannot be overlooked. The Inti mate associations which naturally follow from the weekly gatherings and from the mingling of melodious voices In the same songs can hardly fall to bring about warm friendships, and it Is to be expected that these friendships should sometimes result In love, In wooing and then la wedding. This seems the better feature of choir life, a feature which would seem worthy of ap proval, but in one Instance it was carried to such an extreme tbat a halt bad to be called or the muslo discontinued. A Jersey City choir was the victim of Cupid's frequent assaults upon Its mem bers. Inside of eight months six of its young men and six of its young women made up their minds to wed one another, and did so. When tbey married they de parted from the loft, and since then there had been no choir. So the pastor took a hand and has started another one, and to keep Cupid out of the game has compelled each new member to sign the following agreement: "It Is agreed by each and all of the under signed members that they, each and all, will refrain from entering into a state of matrimony for a space of one year from the date hereof, under a penalty ef a forfeiture of the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) to the Zion Choral union after having been declared guilty by a majority of the mem bers present at any regular meeting ef the union." Objection may be made that this is put ting a tax on matrimony, but Cupid, who laughs at locksmiths, is not apt to turn pale and run away for so small a sum as $100. He may stay out of the Jersey City choir for a time, but the chances are that H will not be long before he Is baak, again, playing those same old tricks he has been playing since the world began. ' POLISHED TO A POINT. Chicago Tribune: "Had a brush with a fellow on the South Side elevated the othei evening, did you? How did you come out?'1 'I pasted him on the law, good and nara.- replied the other billposter. Philadelphia Press: "Talking? of ships." said Mr. Phunnlman, "I suppose courtship "Sometime. ' replied Mine Lovevlloz. dreamily, "it is nothing less than a sort of or-snip. Washington Star: "A man kin alius tell whut he would do ef he was in another man's place," said Unrle Eben. "but de man dat gits de place in de one dat keeps a-doin' an' cuts out de tellln'." . New York Times: Ooollgan and Hooligan (on the way down from tho twenty-sixth story, the scaffold rope having broken) Ooollgan! , "Phwat, Hooligan." "Th' dhrinka thot I have the flnesht wake av th' two." New York Times: Alma Wish me lurk. Carrie: yesterday the doctor gava ma his hand and heart. Carrie I'd advise you to have It repaired as soon aa possible, then; only last week; he told me I broke it. Detroit Freo Press: ' KlMet-Sktmier played a mean trick on his wife. Ho told her If she learned how to cook he'"4 give her a surprise. Bllmklns Did she learn to cookt Kidder Yen, and then he surprised! her by discharging the cook. Philadelphia Presa: !! came," said the widow, "to see if you wouldn't publish something about my husband'" death, I know you and he didn't hit it Jest tight, but I thought mebbe you'd forget all that an'" "Madam," the country editor Interrupted, "say no more. It will bo a pleasure to print your hunband's obituary."., Chicago Post: Ha told a funny story and! then looked at the various members of the crowd anxiously. No one aBked him what he would havo. He told another and waited. Still no one spoke. "Gentlemen, he said at last, with infinite sarcasm, "this la what you would call dry humor." "OH, PIMPKI1T PIEt" Baltimore American. Oh, pumpkin plel Athwart thy face An hundred fancies may I trace! 1 see the glint of summer sun. And twilight, when the day is done; The sober peace of musing cowa Who in the meadow graases browse; The radiant glory of the morn That sweeps across the nodding corn. A thousand happy fanclea start - ' When thou art nestling near my heart! Oh, pumpkin pie! .1 hear the breeze That whispered In the maple trees; I see the swaying fields of wheat, And hear the bird songs, clear and arweetl And low across the land at night I catch that ballad of delight The chant the cricket sings In glee. And summer comee again to me! oh, pumpkin pie! Thus dost thou cast irk. f . i .mi 1 . . . n . . u Oh, pumpkin pie! wunin my nreast These gladsome summer fancies rest, 'ihe goluVn sunshine and the dew The song the lark trilled In the air v wuui my lurm is ecnofifl inere;- ..a un ' ..in, niii, uriu uiev. Oh. pumpkin! Thanks for all thou didst! I welcome thee unto my midst! M ' m ....... I, .. .1 .. 1 .. U .. 1 1 .i $15 as f 40.00. $10 S