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While tho street cars are stopped Chi
cago will be a good place for people who
are not good pedestrians to keep away
from. :
The democrats la congress will light a
canal treaty with the new Panama re
public. That is why they are called the
opposition. ,
The sultan has Issued another edition
of bis periodical promises of reform in
Macedonia. The trouble 1b that the
sultan's promissory notes usually go to
protest. .
The man with the pet bill to Intro
duce soems to be already camping out
at Washington, if the "by request"
measures getting Into the legislative
hopper are any criterion.
The discharged employe and the dis
lodged office holder always have wonder
ful stories to relate which they kept
carefully to themselves as long as they
were connected with the payroll.
The World-Herald fakcry is working
overtime these days. Its ambitious
sleuths have not In a long time had such
air opportunity to exercise their Imagi
nations as is now afforded by the sitting
of the federal grand Jury.
If populists want any proof that popu
list candidates on the fusion ticket can
not count on the support of the demo
cratic end of the alliance let them study
carefully the election figures for univer
sity regents In Douglas county.
The other railroads entering Omaha
are disposed to turn a cold shoulder to
the Chicago Great Western on tho
ground that It is a rate disturber. This
la the very reason that the business men
of Omaha ought to extend a warm mitt
John O. YelBer swears that he .spent
all of S 13425 in prosecuting bis case be
fore the court of public opinion tor a
mandamus on the voters to elect him to
the dlatrk-t bench. The costs of litiga
tion always come high to the defeated
party.
An Interior state paper declares that
"Omaha lawyers acting for Omaha tax
payers" are making an attack on the
uew revenue law to contest Its constitu
tionality. This la a mistake. The lawyers
are not acting for taxpayers, but for tax
shirkers.
Aa exposition to commemorate the
300th anniversary of the colonial settle
ment of Jamestown la on the board.
The Initial steps are being taken this
early to give the shades of Pocahontas
and Captain John Smith time to get their
costume ready. ,
Home of his admirers have already
picked Judge Sullivan as the democratic
candidate for congress in the Third dis
trict The judge expressed a wish to be
retired to private life and the people of
tire state have accommodated him. He
should let well enough alone.
From his addresa to the Greek letter
society convention at New York we fear
Chancellor Andrews has allowed himself
to be filled up again with pessimistic
ldeua. lie ought to have lived long
enough In Nebraska by this time to have
Inhaled some of the atmosphere of pros
perity and to have bad his dismal re
flection (Humiliated. Come home, Mr.
Chancellor, and look more pleasant.
The Colorado miners, whoae work lias
b?'n shut off, are said to be looking to
Nebraska for employment It Is a little
out of the season for Nebraska to take
care of any great number of floatlug
laborers iu the fields, but there lis room
for all who are willing to work at any
thing they -au g't until they secure a
permanent foothold. If the minors will
only turn farmers or stock raisers they
will drover that NYbra.aa'a fertile
prairlae tuataui ur profitable mines
U.aa Co!oiJa' rugged- tuwuutalus.
Tfl DtMUCHATlC ATTlTVDt.
It appears to be the determination of
the democrats of the senate to oppose
ratification ""of a canal treaty with
Panama. It is announced . that they
propose to attack any effort to open
negotiations with the new republic and
to support. the Ppooner act, urging that
the president should proceed to carry
out the autborlty conferred by that act
to negotiate for the construction of ft
canal on the Nicaragua route. This
policy of obstruction is entirely charac
teristic of the minority party In con
gress and if persisted In may postpone
indefinitely the building of an Isthmian
canal.-
American public sentiment is very
nearly unanimous in favor of the Pan
ama route. Undoubtedly President
lloosevelt will proceed, under the au
thority conferred by the constitution, to
negotiate a canal treaty with Panama
as soon as the government of the new
republic is folly organized. It is under
stood to be the opinion of the adminis
tration, concurred in by the republicans
ot the .senate, that, the Bpooner act
does not interfere with the negotiation
of a treaty with Panama, as the new
republic inherits the rights and obliga
tions, of Colombia. That the senate
democrats wilt, however, be able to pre
vent he ratification of such a treaty, la
probable, since it requires two-thirds of
the senate to' ratify, and besides they
can prolong discussion interminably.
Whether or not they will all be dis
posed to do this is a question and per
haps a good deal depends upon the ex
pression of public sentiment in the mat
ter. Of course the present attitude of
the democrats in congress is dictated
by the hope of partisan advantage and
If they shall find that there Is nothing
to be gained In this direction, but on
the contrary the party may lose by
efforts to 'defeat what is undoubtedly
approved by a majority of the people,
some of them may conclude to allow
the republicans to have their way.
There are some democrats who show
sanity In regard to this matter and It
may be that these will exert a whole
some influence. The Brooklyn Eagle,
one of the ablest democratic papers in
the country, says: '"The past should
suffice for folly, but we fear that an
appalling superfluity of democratic error
Is to be wantonly augmented. There Is
nothing more democratic, by the true
definition of that word, than to plant
and to maintain freedom and civilization
in the Isthmus of Panama and to se
cure those blessings there, by utilizing
that nexus between oceans for a water
way, which will make an unbroken
passage for commerce within and
around the world. There is" nothing
more undemocratic, in reality, than op
position to what will bring such re
sults to pass. . There is nothing more
depressing to those who would make
orgaulzed democracy a factor for prog
ress, for freedom, for commerce and for
peace than to Arid the party of that
name lined up against a duty so plain
and an opportunity so grand. Pro
gressive democrats would. save. purblind
democracy from needless, addition to Its
stupendous list of wanton errors and
of melancholy recantations It Is an
unfortunate fact that the progressive
democrats are a very small minority
and have little Influence in the party.
. a ucrrgi rtRLixa.
The Bee thinks It can see in the senti
ment of the state, as reflected by the
state press, a decidedly better feeling for
Omaha and Omaha enterprises than has
existed for many years. The people of
the state are more thoroughly convinced
than ever before that Nebraska's prog
ress and prosperity depends upon united
action in behalf of every project that
promises to build up our industries and
attract new population. They are reallz
ing also, as never before, that the wel
fare of every part of the state Is more
or less dependent upon the prosperity of
every other part, and that one city or
town cannot pull itself up by pulling
down Its neighbor.
These remarks are occasioned by the
perceptible change la attitude .toward
the proposed Omaha grain market since
Its Import and scope have been more
fully explained. There was at first a dis
position to doubt its feasibility and to
question the possibility of successful re
sults In which the grain growers
throughout the state would profit as well
aa the grain buyers-In tho new market.
The people outside of Omaha have now
opened their eyes to the fact that a home
market for their grain close at hand will
be of inestimable advantage to them in
the way of steadyiug prices and creating
an additional demand for their product
by stimulating the erection of local flour
ing and cereal mills, starch factories.
glucose works, etc., that will convert the
products of Nebraska's soli Into finished
foodstuffs for home consumption.
Omaha s public-spirited citizens, who
are back of the uew grain market pro
ject, are also alive to the necessity of
the cordial co-operation of the people
who have grain to sell and grain to ship
within the territory radius from which
this market will have to draw.
as me r remoui Tribune puts It, "a
between Chicago and Omaha as an out
let for our grain, we are in favor of
Omaha." This is the spirit we would
have cultivated aud expanded, and It
applies not only to thts particular en
terprle but to all others that make for
the upbuilding of Nebraska. The cam
palgu for the development of Nebraska's
resources Is on and it behooves every
person Interested In the future of the
state to take hold aud push the good
work along.
Congressman Crumpacker of Indiana
is still pursuing his scheme for the en
force men t of the constitutional penalty
against the southern states which have
abridged the right of the citizens to vote
by reducing proportionally the repreeen
tation In the national bouse or represent
Uvea. There is no question but what
thla course was. intended by men who
formulated the aiucudmeut aiii by the
people who voted Us ratification. What
Is lacking is the courage In congress to
execute Its provisions. Had congress
acted promptly in this direction when
the first southern stato Imposed dis
criminating electoral, qualifications n
order to disfranchise the blacks the other
states would have been slow to have
followed suit In the disfranchisement
movement '.
OvBMAS IS TUB LSAD.
There appears to be no doubt that
Senator ' Gorman Is at present in tho
lead among the possible democratic can
didates for president next year. There
s every reason to believe that he will
have the practically unanimous support
of the southern states In the national
convention, for which he made a direct
bid In the Maryland campaign by giving
precedence to the race issue, the demo
cratic victory in that state nnquestlon-
bly adding to his prestige as a leader,
t least in the estimation of the peo
ple of the south. There Is also a con
siderable sentiment In the east favor
ble to Gorman. Assuming that Mr.
Cleveland would under no circum
stances consent to be the nominee of
his party, the Philadelphia Ledger says
that the democrats of the east would
probably, almost certainly, take the
Maryland leader as their next best
choice. They are not troubling them
selves about the race question, remarks
that paper, but they believe that Mr.
Gorman would receive material support
from Wall street the trust and corpora
tion chiefs, to whose interests it is
thought he would not be unfavorably
disposed. "As a member of the federal
senate," adds the Ledger, "Mr. Gor
man has been a useful friend to tho
Sugar trust and Wall street It is under
stood, holds him in high regard."
That he will be most willing to treat
with those financial Interests which are
said to desire the nomination of a "con
servative" democrat, that Is, one who
will not attempt the enforcement of the
anti-trust law or any statute which in
terferes with the unrestricted operation
ot the combinations, is not to be
doubted. The Maryland democratic
leader has never shown the slightest
hostility to the trusts and he would not
decline any aid they might be disposed
to give him in promoting his presiden
tial ambition. Nor can It be doubted
that tho trusts would be quite secure
should he realize his ambition. Mr.
Gorman would bo ns thoroughly con
servative as the moat exacting combina
tion could require. But Wall street re
gard is not so valuable politically as
some may auppose and while It may
have potency in the next' democratic
national convention It will have little
with the voters of the country.
Senator Gorman is & shrewd Narxl
adroit politician and can be depended
upon" to skillfully lay his plans for cap
turing tho nomination for the presi
dency next year, ne Is already well
assured of having the south with him,
but there are still obstacles in bis way
which ho wll not find it easy to sur
mount The republican national committee has
been summoned to meet December 11
to make provision for holding the nomi
nating convention that will make up the
presidential ticket for 1004. The rule
of the committee requires a six months'
notice for the calling of a national con
vention, so that the convention date
cannot be earlier than June 11. Feople
interested may take notice ot thla in
muking their computations.
Our Colombian friends do not like the
way Uncle Sam has acted toward the
new Republic of Panama. One would
hardly expect anything different in that
quarter, however. .The Colombians do
not know whether to bo more angry at
the United States or at their former
compatriots who have erected a new
government In territory that previously
belonged to them.
navlng had It declared by the courts
that the Board of Fire and Police Com
missioners has no authority to enforce
or to suspend the enforcement bt the
law relating to gambling, members of
that body may expect to lose their popu
larity with the sporting fraternity.
South Omaha Is getting ready to open
up the public library which Is to be in
stalled in the new building donated by
Mr. Carnegie, which la rapidly nearing
completion. With a few more public in
etltutlons like this South Omaha should
soon be ready to be annexed.
No Crawa for Vnele Jmk
Detroit Free Press.
Speaker Cannon has decided not to be a
csar. This la undoubtedly the wisest
course. Uncle Joe does not look as if he
bad much Romanoff blood In his veins.
Bnny Blow for Rikta,
Washington Star.
A number of statesmen will never get
over being appalled by the fact that it
takes more money to run the national gov
ernment than It does to conduct the affairs
of the home township.
Iooklasj for aa Opening.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
J. P. Morgan Is reported deeply wounded
by what, has been said of him, and will
retire from business January 1. After that.
let us hope, he will open Ma heart and give
us a true blstory of wall street.
Amerleaa Wrll-Wlaher.
Philadelphia Record.
In no country outside of Germany itself
are there more sincere hopes that tb
trouble In the Emperor William's throat
la as Innocent as the surgeons announce
than there are In the Uulted State.
A Sfo Unena.
Chicago Record-Herald.
There are all sorts of stories aa to the
amount of money that goes to the duk of
Roxburgh with Miss May Ooelet, but.
while most or thee are unreliable, it la
safe to assume -that be will not have to
work.
Shortening Working Ttote.
Detroit Freo Press.
The United Btates senate was in session
fifteen m Inula Monday; but after It settles
down to work the senators believe that
buluoa ran be sreatly expedited rd th
twnluiis reduurd to nine minutes a tb
days when Senator Morgan la too hoarse
to talk.
- ' iBMlk BaUllaaT.
Cincinnati inquirer.
The new Panama republic has a pro
visional government. Everything with
provisions" In It la easy down there.
Food grows luxuriantly on trees, and In
the tropical climate much meat U a detri
ment to health.
Perish the Thenght.
Chicago Chronicle. .
No wonder that Mr. Bryan announces a
purpose to go to law In the matter of the
Bennett legacy. The court has Just entered
an order giving the widow $7,500 per annum
for personal expenses. Perhaps the judge
Is a gold bug, too.
Abase of Franking- Prlvllegr.
Philadelphia Record.
The first known Instance of a revival ot
the use of the frank for the personal ben-
fit of a member, on a large scale, Is that
reported from the home of Congressman
Robinson, in Indiana. The truck which he
sent to Washington under Ms frank
weighed 1,500 pounds. This Is an example
which Is almost sure to be followed by
other representatives who have hesitated
to make the fullest us of the privilege.
Until the critic of such things shall himself
enjoy an opportunity to get services or
articles from the government by ' virtue of
an official place he will be unable to ap
preciate the temptation to revel in the
right.
ARB ME1 Jl'ST AS FOOLISH
Oftea ! sv Btmnt Like the Women
f New York.
Denver Post.
"Just like women!" is the remark all over
the land today concerning the disgraceful
struggles of a mob of women to see Rox
burghe's bride and her celebrated wedding
costume. At first blush, the description of
clawing women, tussellng with the police
to get close to Miss Ooelet, seems hideous
nd shocking. But, really, there was noth
ing new In the episode; nor was It peculiar
to New York or to America; nor was it
inherently feminine.
Men are Just as foolish when their curios
ity 1 frothing. The Incident was simply
an exhibition of curiosity, a common human
trait that flares into a sort of madness at
times, and Is only restrained by that small
percentage of civilized mankind which Is
known as the blase.- Only the person who
has developed an artificial contempt of
curiosity is able to resist satisfying himself
when he is interested In some object. And
to develop absolute refusal to be curious
requires a loss of natural qualities tsrt
renders the blase person sometimes worthy
of pity.
The frantlo struggles of adult men to
see presidential candidates is the same
thing. But when the mob does the wildest
tunts In its efforts to see some glittering
political celebrity the great man is very In
dulgent; the scene of disgraceful curiosity
Is called "unexampled enthusiasm," and wo
preen ourselves on our democracy. The
great man shakes hands with the mobs
of curious people. It is all very fine.
Miss Ooelet, the celebrated bride, was
Just as much an object of curiosity to
women aa a victorious prise fighter or a
candidate for president Is to men. The
mob of women acted with exactly the
same idiocy in trying to see her that men
display in trying to shake hands with Presi
dent Roosevelt or Jim Jeffries.
WAILS OF THIS PROMOTERS. ,
Wall Street Grafters Torn from Water
to Political Hot Air.
New York Tribune.
There are signs that the small but de
termined body of people who think that a
candidate whom the discomfited promoters
in Wall street choose to blame for their
misfortune must be defeated tor renomlna
tton are already finding comfort In the re
cent election and are In full cry against
the president. They have discovered that
the defeat of a nonpartisan candidate for
mayor In an election with which the presi
dent had obviously nothing to do Is con
clusive proof that the people are against
him.
They are equally sure that Senator
Arthur Pue Gorman's undeniably success
ful campaign in Maryland demonstrates a
reaction against Roosevelt. No doubt the
little falling off In Massachusetts In an off
year proves the same thing. It is certain.
moreover, that the overwhelming majority
in Ohio proves Roosevelt's unpopularity
with equal clearness and demonstrates that
the country is clamoring for Hanna or
somebody else for president.
And so It goes. Whatever election favors
the republican party demonstratea that it
wants somebody else for Its nominee.
Whatever election Indicates an adverse
fluctuation In the republican vote show
precisely the same thing that the repub
lican party wants some other candidate
than Roosevelt. Whatever election has
nothing to do with the republican party,
or was ostentatiously nonpartisan, with
the republican macmne in the background
and few republican nominees on the ticket,
proves In the same way that the republican
party wants somebody else than Roosevelt
for Its candidate. It should be further pro
claimed that whatever candidate the pro
moters of Wall street desire is necessarily
and obviously the candidate for whom the
republican party of the country Is watting;
that the republican party throughout the
United States will rush to the support of
any candidate whom these promoters ap
prove, and Immediately manifest Intense
hostility to any candidate whom they dis
approve. .
In New York City, In spite of Mr. Mc-
Clellan's victory, they gained several as
semblymen. Nor wss that victory Itself an
indication of republican weakness. Mr.
McClellan's majority Is less than that of
Mr. Coler, or of Judge Van Wyck. both
of whom lost th state. The republicans
carefully refrained from trying to use the
election for party advantage and the presi
dent held aloof. It Is somewhat ridicu
lous to account for the result as if the
party and the president had sought In
dorsement. But even If the city vote were
to be taken as an Index of party strength,
republicans could be content; for an ad
verse majority her might be doubled and
they could still carry the state on the
Issue of republicanism against democracy,
for they hav don It under far less favor
able circumstances than when following a
leader with the wonderful hold upon the
popular heart posaessed by Theodore
Roosevelt.
Wall street promoters should adjust
themselves to these facts and get over
the mistaken Idea that they represent either
the wishes of conservative capital or the
general tendencies of the people. The
country means to take care of Itself and
take care of capital, but It Is not sitting
up nights bemoaning the disappearance of
the men who Issued IS of securities for fl
of value, and have at last discovered that
the people decline to continue purchasing
their issues at par.
infill less Is the country looking for
guidance to the men who mad princely
commissions, but carefully unloaded their
own share on tb publlo to th last dollar.
As they hav lust nothing whatever save
th further princely commissions they
might have had If the erase had continued.
the country reserves such sympathy as It
may have In th premises for th unhappy
men who were less skillful in unloading
and hav suffered Impoverishment or bank
ruptcy In conaequer.ee of seeing th enor
mously Inflated curitlt ahrluk oa their
POUTICAfc DRIFT.
The latest version of th "Iowa Idea" is
about (U.OCO plurality.
Chicago modestly declares without reser
vation that It is the greatest and best
convention city on earth. No other city is
"Just as good."
Mayor Beth Low reports that his cam
paign expenses wer 13,154.01. McClellan
says he didn't srend a cent. Tammany
Is generous to Its friends.
One of th editors of Life tried to break
Into the New York Board of Aldermen,
but the voters failed to appreciate the
honor of his candidacy and left him tied
at the post.
Bourke Cockran, Charles A. Towne and
ex-Governor Campbell of Ohio are men
tioned as candidates to succeed George B.
McClellan In congress. CToker's friends
are said to have vetoed Cockran's ambi
tion. But Croker Is a good ways off. .
Republican senators "rubbed It in" when
they put Senator Gorman on the com
mittee to notify the president that the
senate was ready for buslnea. Arthur Pue
took his medicine and cordially shook the
hand of th man who shook th hand ot
Booker Washington.
The re-election of Mayor Schmltt of San
Francisco, the candidate of union labor,
was accomplished after a battle with both
republican and democratio candidates. In
Connecticut, at the Opnoalt side of the
continent, the "labor" mayors fared
equally well. Mayor Charters of Ansonia
Is In again, and so Is Mayor Mulvlhlll of
Bridgeport, 1
The next governor of Ohio will be the
first of that state clothed with the veto
power. An amendment to the constitution
conferring this power and extending it to
single Items in money bills was approved
by the people of the state, and so, after
100 years of vetolesa experience, Ohio Is
brought into the company of most ot the
other states of the union.
The total assessment of personal prop
erty In the state of Mississippi for the year
1903 Is 170,769,073, an increase of 15,921,17
over last year. In the list, besides live
stock, carriages, household furniture, etc.,
are 28,435 watches, 19,918 pianos and or
gans, 2,774 guns (over one to each person,
which Is exempt), and 7,706 pistols, bowle
knives, dirks and sword canes. The county
reports show the following exempt prop
erty: 12,438 horses, 16,601 mules, 252,702
cows, 49,781 sheep, 18,105 goats, 322,694 hogs
and 266 asses. The number of polls as
sessed is 905,421, an increase of 4,665 over
last year.
In his goodbye interview for thebeneflt
of ungrateful countrymen Mr. Bryan
threw a harpoon Into the vitals of his old
friend, Grover Cleveland. "Mr. Cleve
land," he said, "has don mora business
on lesa capital than any man who has
ever held so high an office as president
of the United States. If his democracy
were capitalized at his own estimate It
would give us an excellent example of
watered stock." It is a question whether
watered stock or wind pudding ia th
greater evil of Inflation. As democrats
hav little else to do they can get needed
exercise in answering it.
So little did Martin W. Littleton think of
his chances of election as president of the
borough of Brooklyn that he actually re
turned a number of checks which wer
sent to him as contributions to his cam
paign fund by friends and admirers. After
his nomination several of Mr. Littleton's
friends sent him checks, ranging in amount
from $10 to $100, to help him cover th ex
penses ot his; campaign. To each of the
contributors Mr. Littleton wrote a letter,
thanking him for his Interest, but ex
plaining that be was- not making any can
vass, did not expect to be -elected, and,
therefore, had no need for the check.
Speaking of Mr. Littleton's election, Harry
Ralston, who is a democratic leader in
Brooklyn politics, said that Mr. Littleton
had established a new record in politics.
"Littleton Is the only man In the history
of American' politics," said Ralston, "who
was ever elected on a ticket which he
openly opposed."
PROTECTING PIBI.IC LAJSDS.
Determined Effort to Cheek the
Greed of Land Grabber.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
If the proportion of fraudulent to legal
entries in the publlo domain as a whole
k.i tuun the same as In the-small portion
of the domain subject to investigation by
Land Commissioner Richards, the total
holdings of land acquired by perjury and
h enormous. In the older
states much of the land acquired in times
past has passed out of the bands of the
innA arra.bbrs and into those of bona fide
settlers who could not be disturbed either
legally or equitably. They are. In fact,
the prsons who hav been most directly
r-.nffv Hid the snlrlt and purposes of
the land laws been carried out they would
have been able to acquire their Holdings
at the minimum price fixed by Uncle
Sam, whereas they wer compelled to
pay the speculators' price. Furthermore,
the development of ' the states In which
ih fraud were nernetrated has been ana
Is being hindered by this method of dis
couraging th Immigrant looking for
cheap land on which to settle.
The extent of this check to natural
growth cannot be measured. But It is
faintly Indicated In the fact that In can
i nrernn and Washington alone 10.-
000 entries made under the timber and stone
act have been suspended as probably fraud
ulent. But the timber and stone act is
Mio n nf the laws msde use of to get
possession of the public domain for pur
poses of speculation. Th oesert tana aci,
and even the homestead law, are greatly
abused. Moreover, during the rear Mr.
pini,.nia ronnrt 12fi unlawful Inclosures.
covering 2,665,390 acres, or twice the area of
Delaware. But these inclosures ar only
fraction of th number maintained with
out legal warrant.
It Is encouraging to find such vigorous
measures to protect the publlo domain.
It la the first time In the history ot th
land office that a systematic and sincere
attempt has been made to enforce the
land laws In their spirit, to punish thoae
ho have violated them and to aepnve
the "grabbers" of holdings Intended for
the settler and the pioneer. It has long
heen a matter of common knowledge In
every state where ther have been lands
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open to entry that scores and hundreds,
possibly the major part, of the entries were
made by persons who did not want the
lands for themselves and did not even
comply, except In the most perfunctory
way, with the requirements ot the law.
Under the homestead law, timber and
agricultural land has been filed on by hun
dreds whos only residence was that of one
night twice a year in a shack thrown up
for the purpose and whose only improve
ments were a few seeds dropped into the
ground. The less scrupulous have not even
complied with the technical requirements.
The timber and slon act and th desert
land act have been even more subject to
abuse. But until recently the land office
has seemed to connive at It, if it has not
deliberately encouraged, these violations.
There have been indications of collusion
in many of the local land offices which
may or may net hav been known by the
higher officials. But at last some of the
damage is likely to be repaired and thla
combination of perjury and thievery pun
ished and perhaps stopped entirely.
It is high time! The publlo domain is
large, but there is a demand already for
practically all of It, and the pressure will
be tremendous when the vast acreage ot
arid and seml-arld land which Is 'within
the irrigation area shall be made produc
tive by the vivifying streams brought down
from the storage basins and conducted by
sluice and ditch to the now uninhabited
waste.
FACING THB FIGURE'S.
Tho Political Situation aa It Appear
for JOO.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
How did th forty-five state vote at
their latest election? To answer this ques
tion is to deal with accomplished facts.
These figures ar permanently on record,
whatever the future developments may bo.
By the apportionment of representatives
mad by congress under the census of 1900
the total electoral vote In 1904 will be 476.
The number necessary to a choice is 239,
or fifteen more than In the previous decade.
In the latest elections. Including those of
the present month, the following states
were carried by tho republicans: Califor
nia, 10; Colorado, 6; Connecticut, 7; Dela
ware, ; Idaho, 3; Illinois, 27; Indiana, 15;
Iowa, 13; Kansas, 10; Maine, 6; Massachu
setts, 16; Michigan, 14; Minnesota, 11; Mon
tana, S; Nebraska,. 8; New Hampshire, 4;
New Jersey, 12; New York, 39; North Da
kota, 4; Ohio, 23; Oregon, 4; Pennsylvania.
14; South Dakota, 4; Utah, 3; Vermont, 4;
Washington, 6; West Virginia, 7; Wiscon
sin, 13; Wyoming, 3. Total electoral votes
In republican states, 210. At the latest
elections th following states went demo
cratic: Alabama. 11; Arkansas, ; Florida,
5; Georgia, 13; Kentucky, 13: Loulidana, 9;
Maryland, 8; Mississippi, 10; Missouri. 18;
Nevada. 3; North Carolina, 12; Rhode Is
land, 4; Bouth Carolina, 9; Tennessee, 12;
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Texas, 18; Virginia, 13. Total electoral
votes in democratic states, 166. Republican
majority of electoral votes, gauged by the
latest elections, 144.
To carry the presidential contest next
year the democrats must reverse the fig
ures of the latest state elections to the
extent of soventy-thre electoral votes. Of
course, this gain Is admitted to be hopeles
without New York's thlrty-nln as a start.
Even with New York, thirty-four more
electoral votes would be necessary to win
by a majority of one in the electoral col
lege. New York and New Jersey trans
ferred to the democratio column would still
leave that party twenty-two short of nn
culated to win those two states would make
a break elsewhere in the democratio line.
It Is quite Improbable, ' for example, that
Mr. Cleveland would carry Missouri. II
would certainly fall In Nevada and Rhode
Island, and be unpalatable to the strong
Bryan element In Kentucky. Nothing short
of a powerful upheaval, no element of
which is now in sight, ran prevent the
election of a republican president and ot
another republican congress next year, tak
ing the figures of the latest statn elections
as the basis of the estimate, which is the
best available test.
Twenty-nine of the forty-five states were
carried by the republicans at th latest .
elections. Of the sixteen states carried by
democrats, only two, Nevada and Rhode
Island, are. northern states. In Rhod
Island the democrats elected only the gov
ernor. The rest of the stkte officers and
the legislature ar republican. Nevada
was republican until th silver question
became prominent. Never before were the
northern states as solidly republican us
they are now by th figures of their latest
elections. This-Is the historical answer to
the solid south, and will unquestionably
continue as long aa that threat Is main
tained. Probably, as a forlorn hope, and
their plight amounts to that, the effort ot
the democrat will be to carry Illinois,
along with New Xprk and New Jersey, not
because Illinois ia promising ground,
but because its electoral vote Is essential
to a fighting chance. The republicans ot
Illinois hav nothing to fear except from
local dissensions. Folly of that kind would
be a blow at th republican party nationally.
Outwitted and Oatnaced.
Philadelphia Press.
Th way In which th administration
provided for a prompt inquiry by th house
of representatives into all the facts con
nected with the partial recognition of the
new Republic of Panama startled the dem
ocrats. They were going to demand th
Information and make an attack on tha
president, when to their astonishment a
republican offered such a resolution, and
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