Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, November 21, 1903, EDITORIAL SHEET, Page 12, Image 12
12 THE. OMAHA DAILY 11KK: SATURDAY, NOVEMREU 21. 190.1. The Omaha Daily Bee, EL ROSB WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNINO. , TERMS OF" SUBSCRIPTION. Pally lie (without Sunday). On Tear.$40 latly Mee and Bundav. One Year Illustrated Be. One Year W Sunday Bee. One Year J rislurday Bee, One Yer J 60 Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year.. iW DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Dally Bee (wlt.iout Sunday), ter copy Jo Imlly Bee (without Sunday). per week..l!c Daily Bee (Inciudlnu Sunday), per week.ljo Sunday Bee, per copy 5 Kvenlna- Kee (without Sunday), per week So Kvenlna Bee (Including Sunday), Pr week :-;;,,10 Complaints of irregularities In delivery should he addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building-. South Omaha City Hall Building, Twenty-fifth and M streets. Council Bluffs 10 Pearl Street Chlosa-o 1640 Unity Building-. New York W Bark Bow Building. Washington il Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. 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JW.HOO S2 30,7iX T K.4MM 28 33,715 t 1M4.7 lO 24 UJJMO 20.030 a BO.tXW 10 lt8.81H 21 81,170 11 S4tJt04 27..-. 31.10U M n.a,4A5 28 81,104) 18 !M,0441 t 80.M40 14 iw,eoo to 4o,ra is itnxtn u... sa,a5 It XM.80O Total B32,aO Laos unsold and returned copies.... iOJM Net total Mies tcia.aua Net average sales au,703 OEOROE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 4 til day of October, A. D., 103. M. B. H UNO ATE. President Stickney has a reputation (or blng a sticker and not a quitter, lie la hardly tbe kind of a man to be frightened by bluff. Tbe water works appraisers seem to be in no particular rush about finishing up their work. But then their bill for services will be made out by the day. When our old friend Church Howe makes his next visit home from Ant werp we will expect to see him wearing wooden shoes with his hair cnt a la Dutch. . i Someone : most have reminded the World-Herald that It is In danger of overdoing tbe job of venting Its spleen upon Senator Dietrich In Its purpose of making democratic political capital. If John It. Webster's speech at Kan sas City will have the result of Inducing the city by the Kaw to pull with Omaha instead of against Omaha it will be productive of good In more ways than one. , The position of city electrician still remains vsoant, hut the nnmnrmin an. plica nts for the place are busy trying to string wires that will connect the cir cuit and ring the call bell to which they are waiting to respond. The National Live Stock exchange is In session at Fort Worth, Tex. The live stock interests of tbe west are be coming steadily more and more lmpor tunt and the importance of all the live stock men's organizations is also grow lng. A lot of tbe people wbo are telling the grand Jury that they made cash of 'ers for oihclal appointments of various kinds and were turned down are them selves furnishing the very best' reasons tot Justify the refusal to give them recognition Wo arc waiting to hear whether ex Tresldent Cleveland or Senator Gorman la to be the headllner at-the f orthcora ing jacascinian entertainmeut or whether the nuterrifled will be satisfied with simply a cable messagd from Colonel Bryan. Senator llauna is still chuckling over the republican majority rolled up in Ohio, and be does not mind exhibiting his glee on every occasion. He ought to have derived enough satisfaction out of that glorious achievement to keep him rejoicing for at least a whole year. It Is reported that the grand vizier has handed in his resignation to the sulUn because he Is at outs with the palace clique, which seems to control affairs. Over in Turkey they evidently have paraphrased the -oiti adage into "Resignation is the better part of valor." - Only three of the Nebraska congres sional districts have a river frontage on the Missouri, but the entire congres sional delegation is said to be a unit in favor of appropriations to protect tbe river banks against overflow. The' con gressmen from the eastern districts will Is expected to reciprocate when irriga tion legislation comes up that can 'affect only the ini-arld lauds lu the western part of . the state. President Roosevelt's tribute to the valuable contribution of our German Immigrants to the citizenship of the l ulled States will be nxlorxtl by all cur people. Our citizens of German birth or descent form one of tbe sub stantial elements in every American community, and occupy positions com uuandliig Influence and respect wherever they enter into the public life. Other foreign nationalities have also cun- trlbuiv-d Materially to the strengthening of our national character, but none of them mure than the Germans. COLOMBIA!? RO.SDHOLVtRS. Tbe foreign " linMcis of Colombian bonds are manifesting some anxiety in regard to their Investment and are naturally endeavoring to obtain some sort of assurance that the secession of I'anama shall not be allowed to inter fere with their claims. Their view .ap pears to be, and perhaps it is nut to be regarded as unreasonable, that inas much as Fanama was benefited by the money which Colombia borrowed, the new republic should assume a portion of tli.e Colombian debt to foreign bond holders, which has been stated to amount to about $ 15,000,000. ' The idea Is that ran am a should pny about one-third of that amount, which might be paid out of the money that the new republic - will receive from the United States, or if ranamn should not wish to pay cash, then that govern ment could Issue bonds or accept; re sponsibility for a part of the Colombian debt. Thus the foreign bondholders seem disposed to be satisfied with al most any arrangement that would be acceptable to Fanama and which prom ised tbe ultimate payment of the debt. These bondholders sny they feel as sured that President Roosevelt will not countenance any action of Fanama which would be construed by Europe as a repudiation of Its debts. How the new republic will regard the suggestion that it shall become respon sible for a part of Colombia's foreign debt it is impossible to say, but the probability is that it will not be unwill ing to assume a reasonable portion of the obligations and very likely will be advised by our government to do so. While It may be admitted that Panama benefited from the money sunk In the country by British and other bond holders. It is a question whether ' this creates a sound claim against the new republic. It is true that when the peo ple of Fanama declared their independ ence they announced that they assumed the legal and treaty obligations of Pan ama and perhaps this may properly be construed as including financial engage ments, but such a view Is at least de batable. " As a matter of good policy, however. and In order to avoid any annoying complication, it will undoubtedly be well for Panama to arrange for paying a part of the foreign debt of Colotonbla. the amount to be determined, as sug gested, by arbitration in case-the au thorities of Colombia and Fanama should be unable to reach a satisfactory understanding. It' Is probable, as we have already said, that our government will recommend this policy and If so it will of course be adopted. It is most desirable that ' the new republic shall begin Its career by showing the world that its intention Is to deal fairly and justly and thus deserve the respect and confidence of the nations. Under Amer ican guidance and protection there is every reason to expect that it will do this. rORClKO IRI TARIFF 1SSVK. It is the evident purpose of tbe demo crats in congress to (force the tariff, Issue, with a view to making it the leading question -in tbe national campaign next year.' This was plainly disclosed in the debate on the Cuban reciprocity treaty and rarticularly In the speeches of the house democratic leader, . Mr. Wiiihuus of Mississippi. While It has been said of that gentleman that he is not a free trader, his utterances leave no doubt that he is uncompromisingly hostile to a tnriff for, protection and that his leadership of the house democrats means a persistent warfare in tbe regu lar session of congress against that policy. , - According to the Washington corre spondent of the New York Journal of Commerce, Mr. Williams proposes to put the republicans on the defensive- and to emphasize all of the dissensions in their ranks, "such as have been pevealed in the dissatisfaction of the republicans of the northwest with some of the sched ules and by the Introduction of bills by New England senators and representa tives for putting raw materials on the free list" It is said that he will accept the declaration of the Iowa republicans that the trusts are sheltered by the tariff and will advocate the reduction or the removal of duties as a meaus of remedying the evils of the trust system. This is what Mr. Williams was made leader of the minority party in the house for, but it Is somewhat doubtful whether he will be able to command the full support of his party In both branches of congress. As the correspondent we have quoted remarks, there are very few democrats who will not declare themselves in favor of the abstract prin ciple of tariff reform and if this abstract principle could be made an issue be tween tne parties in congress tbe Mis sissippi leader would have a united party behind him. "The question, how ever, is more apt to be presented in a concrete form, and this is sure to reveal the fact that there are democrats who are tariff reformers conditionally," that is, they are for reforming the tariff in all directions except thnt In which the Interests of their constituents would be affected. There Is a number of such democratic" tariff reformers aud It is a question whether Mr. Williams will be able to induce them to Join him in an unconditional assault upftn the tariff. Every democratic effort to reform the tariff has met with difficulty from this class of persons aud the new leader in the house is not likely to be more for tunate. ' , At all events, it can be confidently as serted that the iivubllcans will not decline- auy challenge which the demo crats may offer fur discussing the tariff, It is a question that the republican party has never hesitated to discuss and it will not attempt to evade or Ignore it now. It stands, as firmly today as It has ever stood, for protection to Amerl can industries aud American labor, but as was said by a leading republican lu the bouse, Representative Dalseil of Pennsylvania, In a reply to tbe demo cratic leader, "so far as being worship ers of any schedules as a fetich is con cerned we recognise the fart tjiat from time to time tariff schedules must be changed to meet ihe necessities of hanged conditions, but we Veserve to ourselves the right to say when that time has come when those changes shall be. made.". This states the attitude of the republican party regarding the tnriff and it will be adhered to. &HUWISO THtClH HAKtt. The hostility of the through railroads to the proposed grain market at Omaha was to have been expected, but the mo tives behind their efforts to throttle the project In Its luclplency should be thor oughly understood. It Is not from any desire to help the grain grower or to avoid unnecessary industrial waste that prompts the un disguised attempt to counteract the effect of the Chicago Great Western's grain schedule by promulgating new rates that will take the grain shipped from territory tributary to this city di rect to markets at other points. These railroads want the long haul they want exclusive the business of all the ship pers on their lines they want to make sure that none of the grain they carry Into Omaha will be carried out of it by any other road. In a word they want to freeze out the Chicago Great Western and any other road east, north or south out of Omaha that has not entered hard and fast traffic agreements with tbe through roads. They want as , little grain business as possible to originate in Omaha, where they have competition to meet, and as much as possible for through shipments that they can monopolize at' any rate they see fit to Impose upon the farmer. We may reserve the right to differ with the management of the through roads for it Is plain they are all hooked up together as to whether the policy they are pursuing Is really to their ad vantage even from their own selfish point of view. What these lines are in terested In is the expansion of railroad traffic as a whole and their own busi ness In particular. To build up west ern markers close to the producer and to create the effective demand for all sorts of goods of prosperous communi ties means constantly growing railroad traffic in which each road would get a fair shnre of the Increment These rail roads should be not only Interested In anything to develop the western coun try, but willing to assist by helping such new enterprises along with favora ble rates. Let no one allow himself to be fooled by the cut made In grain rates to divert traffic from Omaha. If the Chicago Great Western would rescind its grain schedule today or tomorrow, twenty-four hours would not elapse be fore notice that the old rate would be restored by all the other roads. Noth ing could afford more conclusive proof of the benefits the success of the Omaha grain market would bring to the grain growers of this section than the very hostility these through ' railroad lines are exhibiting. The success of the railroads in secur ing writs of injunction from the federal courts to exempt their property from tax levies by Nebraska authorities on bridges across the Missouri river at various points on the state line is sure to encourage them to coniiuue their efforts at tax-shirking by this method. Tbe tax agents of the railroads will keep on prating about the eagerness of the railroads to pay all the taxes which properly " belong to them and talking about the promptness with which the railroads settle their tax bills, but the fact remains that tbey never pay any taxes until tbey- have first exhausted every possible means of evading them and taking advantage of every technical legal loophole their paid attorneys can discover. " Enterprising bond brokers are adver tising an issue of South Omaha bonds before the bids for tbe bonds have been closed by the city authorities. If they secure customers in advance they will then undertake to acquire the bonds, whereas, If they see no chance for im mediate unloading they will keep out of the competition. This is a slick trick slicker even than tbe trick played here In Omaha where brokers bid in a bond issue by putting up a small good-faith check and then refuse to consummate the deal unless they have found pur chasers at a profit in the interval. Tbe way the game is played in South Omaha, not even an entry fee Is re quired to take a hand. The bill to make the Cuban reciproc ity treaty effective is well on its way to become law by passage through the lower house of congress. The sent! ment seemed to crop out repeatedly during the discussion, however, that Cuba would be only partially satisfied by the concessions thus made, and that we would be asked again before long to do. something more for Cuba. If the Cubans read the signs aright they will go slow about presenting requests for other concessions unless backed up by some stronger argument than our moral responsibility for the existence of the Cuban republic. Tbe illegal fences on the government laud are said to be gradually coming down as the ' eucroachers realize that the administration Is In earnest in its orders for the enforcement of the law and no collusive grand Juries or friendly district attorneys can be relied on to secure further suspension of tbe penal ties. The new Republic of Panama Is turn ing a cold shoulder to the advances of adjacent departments of Colombia for permliislon to Join tbe republic. The Panama government has not yet been inoculated with the policy of expansion. It evidently believes In letting well enough alone, at least for the present Poor Willie's litut AgaJa. - froia U-a iuU bum of London to attend a banquet at the Hotel Ceril would seem to confirm the report that he is not a candi date. Esiltlln the wart MSB. Indianapolis News. Perhaps those forty Indians who got drunk In Omaha while there to testify In an Illegal liquor selling case merely wanted to demonstrate. More Trouble for the Cairl, Washington Post. The grand Jury at Jefferson "fcltv. Mo., has Indicted lot more boodlers. The su preme court of the state will have to get busy If It maintains Its record of kipping all convicted boodlers out of the peniten tiary. , . Absolutely Certain. Brooklyn Eagle. Several doctors, who know nothing about the case of the kaiser, and quite as little about cancerous conditions, have been anonymously Interviewed to the effect that the emperor of Germany will (eventually) die. He will, and so will those doctors. Terrible Falling- Off. Philadelphia Press. The decline in the Standard Oil dividend this year was the reason probably for the recent announcement of an Increase In the price of oil. Last year the dividend was 46 per cent, while this year It was only 44 per cent Such a terrible falling off called for Immediate redress and up went the price of oil. That It was Insufferably low Is evident from the fact that the year's profit will be only 44 per cent , Is Tobacco necessity t Brooklyn Eagle. The Vnlted States circuit court of ap peals at St. Paul has solemnly decided that tobacco is not a necessity of life and that the federal anti-trust law does not apply to tobacco denlers. At least 20,000,000 Amer icans will smile at that Meat Is not a necessity. Many thousands of vegetarians get along without It and brag about how well they feel. Whole nations dispense with It and produce logicians who ean split a hair so skillfully as any United States court judge. A rational definition of "ne cessity" under civilisation Is "a thing gen erally In demand for which there is no available substitute." Tobacco Alls the bill. WHAT AILS TUB RAILROADS? aaHaawxa Some Features at Last Year's Bosl- aess Reflected la Figures. Minneapolis Tribune. Poor's Manual of Railroads for 1D02 has Just been Issued. Its accumulated statistics throw a good deal of light on the general situation of railroad property. There has been a great deal cf wonder why the price of railroad stocks has fallen SO or 40 per cent, and tailroads have been driven Into the market to borrow enormous sums on their notes, In the midst of the most remarkable prosperity the business of transportation ever enjoyed. The explana tion seems to be the same as that of the breaking down of the general building and development movement by the continual In crease of wages and cost of material. The railroads have been swamped tinder rapidly Increasing expenses, and have been driven to sharp retrenchment to prevent earnings from falling off while business Increases. Let us take soma of the glgantio totals In Poor's Manual. In 1902 the gross earn ings ot nearly 200,000 miles of railroad in the United States were $1720,814.900, as sgalnat Sl.612,448,826 tbe previous year. The mileage Increase was only a little over 4.009. so that the enormous Increase of mors than 108,000,000 was made with prac tically the same track. The advance sheets of the manual fio not show clearly the net earnings ot all the roads, as they are usually shown In separate reports, but the total revenue available was only about 15,- 000,000 more than for the previous year, and the surplus over all charges and payments was (2,000,000 less than last year. That is, mors than half the gross earnings Increase went Into Increased expenses and the whole of It was absorbed In dividends and $2,000, 000 more. That Is, the railroads came out of 1902 a little less strong, except for phys ical Improvement of plants, than they went into It. Meanwhile the railroads have been in creasing their Indebtedness, without corre sponding increase In the value ot their plants. Liabilities were $14,031,073,600 against $13,406,628,250 the year before. Their valuation with equipment was $10,866,863,376, an increase of only about $160,1(00.000. The capital stock per mile has diminished a few dollars;, but the bonded debt has in creased over $000 per mile. The only com fort is that the average rats of Interest has fallen from 4.20 per cent to 4,07 per cent. This was In 1892, before the heav iest Increases In operating expenses had been made and some of the heaviest In debtedness Incurred. MORGAN'S BANKItL ISFLl'ENCE. Evil Effects of the Fleeclag Methods f Promoters. Baltimore American,. Up to the present moment the critics of the Morgan system of financiering have confined their strictures to the material slds of the problem; that is, they have measured Its perniclousness by the degree of pecuniary loss occasioned by Its opera tion. Losses of the dollars-and-centa order are serious enough, but there are other phases ot the problem far more threatening to the country. The fictitious making and the subsequent collapse of values are only one of the evil results. The disclosures which have followed since several of the Morganlsed corporations encountered pros tration have revealed the utterly demoral ising effects with which the Morgan ideas are changeable. Instances are coming Into view which show that the country's manhood Is being corrupted at the same time that the publlo Is being robbed. Mr. Morgan and his In-fl.i:i.I-t fills-cra rcsra hsve Invented a scheme for the practice of banditti work. Under the operation of that scheme the publlo has been fleeced to a degree unpar alleled in the history of finance. Under the regime Inaugurated by Mr. Morgan the young men of the country have become Inoculated with a peculiarly wicked ambition. The desire for riches has been Intensified, accompanied by an equally eager desire to harvest those riches by means of financial flim-flamming. Mr. Morgan idealised the work ot readjusting Industrial enterprises so as to water the capital and goldbrick ths public The Im mense fortunes made by that process fired tbe minds of others, thus bringing Into being the purpose of doing likewise so soon as the opportuulty could be made. The cunning and ingenuity of men have, as a consequence, been turned away from honest labors In order to devise some deceptive means by which corporation fictions could be sold out to the publlo as though they were valuable facts. In other words, the craving to swindle under the respectable name of "financing" has dragged many a nun into nefarious undertakings. They have shriveled their manly character, they have tainted their moral tone, they have bridled and gagged their better conscience. In order to snatch riches In a hurry by means of unmitigated financial crookedness. A sad example of this tendency is fur- nUhed in the character and recent work of Mr. Lewis l. Nixon. He is a victim of the Morgan microbe. The desire to pose as a great financier, as a fortune-gutting magi clan, as a great captain of industry, led him Into acts and projects, the subsequent exposure of which has proved that as a maa be is not like the Lewis NUob et old. The o Have your cake, muffins, and tea biscuit home made. They will be fresher, cleaner, more tasty and wholesome. 7 Royal Baking Powder helps the house wife to produce at home, quickly and economically, fine and tasty cake, the raised hot biscuit, puddings, the frosted layer cake, crisp cookies, crullers, crusts and muffins, with which the ready-made food found at the bake-shop or grocery does not compare Royal is the greatest of bake-day helps. , OTHBB LANDS THAN Ol'RS. The repeal of th. concordat between France and the Vatican may bo a logical step following tho recent legislation with regard to the "orders," but nations do not always care for logic. The ooncordat has been in existence more than 100 years and has several influences besides time In its support In the first place the French government, by the terms of the con cordat, exercises, and sometlmea very vig orously exercises, a supervision over the clergy's sayings and doings. Therefore many French publlo men have held that th concordat Is a good arrangement In its workings, preventing the church array ing Itself against the state. France makes an annual grant ot aid to all religions which have 100,000 adherents. Last year th Catholics' share of this grant was about $8,000,000, a sum which th hierarchy will not be likely to give up without a struggle. Thus we may find that Premier Combes' belief that there should be a com plete and final separation of church and state antagonised both by agnostic publlo men who look only to the expediencies of administration, and by clericals who hav ing what they consider a good thing want to keep It. i The fifth general synod of th German Protestant church has just adopted a reso lution declaring that duelling la a sinful practice and that It Is the duty of the church to do all In Its power to stop it. But the old Adam was so stronr in in of the leading members that th resolution was oniy carried arter a warm debate. The chairman of th executive committee, nmf Stosch. was moved to declare that If he wer to receive an insult which in his opinion could not b avena-ed In nv ntha way, he would probably. In spit of his aavancea age, resort to the arbitrament of arms. He assured th synod, however. thi he would first weigh th matter oonscien- iiousiy. Another member of th synod, Herr von Oeracb, declared himself even more strongly in favor of duelling and referred to Exodus, chapters xx and xxl. In sup port of his views. cAmid a storm of Inter ruptions, be contended that duelling was not a moral sin, . but . a matter' for the cognixano of th law and noi of th church. Herr Blocker, the x-court cVia n. lain, regretted that th previous speakers, who by reason of their position had to take a leading part in combatting the social democracy, should hav given th anemy iresn material for their agitation. He was more concerned, however, apparently, by th political than th religious aspect of th question. In th end th motion pro nouncing duelling to be a sin was adopted by a large majority, but ther does not appear to hav been any motion to make th vote unanimous. The Russian Ministry of Publlo Instruc tion throughout th termi of th present minister, M. Banger, has been distinguished by a certain tendency to relax th strln. gency of th regulations affecting th ad mission of Jews to educational Institutions. This year, for instance, th authorities of the Kleff university received permission to admit twenty-six Jewish students over and above th legal number. Recently a confidential circular was Issued to ths heads of secondary schools providing, among other things, that if, after th an nual admission of pupils, vacancies should still remain thes might be filled with Jews, even If the. legal limit should be ex ceeded in consequonce. It was probably In order to avoid exciting th anti-Semitic press that this circular was made confi dential. Somehow or other It found its way to publication, and the consequence was a bitter article In the Novo Vremya attacking th measure, which it declares, means that In the long run th schools will be filled with Jews at the expense of the Christians. On any other subject the Novoe Vremya would scarcely have dared to assail any minister so openly. In closing the first congress of ago- social democratlo worklngmen In Berlin the other day Horr Behrens, a Berlin repre sentative, remarked: "We would Indeed b unprofitable members of the state if we wer to close our eyes to th symptoms of an Inveterate and malignant evil In our na tional life. It Is th duty of a good cltl sen to speak whenever th necessity and the opportunity for speaking occur." Reso lutions wer pasd emphasising the need for chambers of labor organised upon a basis of equality as an important means of obliterating the lines of class division and of securing the rights of the working classes, especially In the benefits of edu cation. The orderly conduct of the pro ceedings and the moderate tone of the reso lutions contrasted strongly with th re cent social democratlo debates at Dresden. The congress was especially remarkable as representative of association not only nonsoclallst, but often based upon denom inational religious distinctions.- It was x press! y stipulated that the freedom of the combined action should not be restricted by religious differences. This - organised demand for recognition on the part of th Christian labor associations Is not regarded with much favor In government circles, but there Is satisfaction at their dissocia tion from th doctrines and demands of th social democratic party. Th announcement that a British expe dition Is about to be despatched against Thibet la th sequel to the rebuff experi enced by th Thibet commission. Lhasa, the sacred city ot the lamas, has not been visited by any traveler from western Eu rope sine th Jesuit fathers Hue and Oabet stayed there In 1S44-4C. But since then two Indian explorers, Kisher Singh and Chandra Das, and more recently, an educated Cossack Buddhist from the steppes of southeast Russia, have suc ceeded where numlrs of western travelers hav failed and It Is from them that all modern information about the "Forblddea City" Is derived. Th lamas seem deter urer Way .OVAL tAKINQ rOWM CO., NEW YORK. against the pressure of the Indian govern ment; butn the last resort they hav not th military strength to repulse a force ot $.000 troops with modern arms. The whole Thibetan nation Is estimated at only $.000,000 and lta army at ,0w0 strong. More over, th Thibetans -are not a warlike ran and depend for their privacy upon their Inaccessibility. HOW TAMMANY GETS ITS PILL. Foaadatloa of success Laid la Dally Lives of Voters. , Kaw York Sun. Tammany's victories at the polls are won before a nomination Is mads or a ballot cast. The foundation on which its suc cess rests is laid in th daily lives of the voters In their homes, the resorts in which they assemble for amusement, and In the Incidents of their existence that do not appeal to the anti-Tammany leaders as offering opportunities for effective politi cal activity.. District Attorney Jerome Is on of a few men Interested In' procuring good government for New York City who realises exactly what must be done It an effective anti-Tammany organization la to b created, and who dare to speak out his belief In meeting. The first sensation aroused In a voter's mind by th average promoter of "good government" Is resentment There Is an indefinable air of condescension In most of the "public spirited cltlsens" who force themselves to th front In municipal cam paigns that Irritates and offends the con stituency to which they appeal. Most ot them accept nominations for office or ap pointive publlo place "at great personal saorifloe," and throughout their terms ot publlo service never fall to impress upon those', with whom they come In contact their belief that they are of a better caste, a finer clay, a higher order of In telligence than the men whose direct and Indirect contributions to ths publlo trfbs ury settle th city payroll. There is none of this offensive patronizing tn th Tammany's leader's make-up. He leads his followers by no pre-natal gift, by no accident of birth, education or environ ment. Ills power Is his because he has attained It by his own efforts, skill and industry. Any man with a better title can take away the leadership from a Tammany man. and will. It is because of this that every Tammany leader Is close to his peo ple, mindful of their personal Interests, awake to every opportunity falling In his way to aid and benefit them. He prom ises them good government just as elo quently as any ono cisa can, and then brings to them' the services of a friend on whom they can call for asststancs with out being referred to the organised chari table enterprises of the community for In vestigation and report As a matter of fact, only one In a long tlm do Tammany's bad practices weigh hoavlly enough upon a sufficient number of Individuals to arouse th community, but every day Tammany's workers are doing something to increase their hold upon the voters. The district leader, the alderman, the assemblyman, the senator, th commissioner, th congressman each on la at hndto sympathize with th un fortunate constituents, rejoice with tbe happy, and do a little something for th un lucky. Ther Tammany's strength lies. Th or ganisation will continue a career of triumphs, with only temporary periods of exclusion from power, as long as its op ponents neglect th perfectly legitimate and frequently praiseworthy methods through which It keeps and Increases Itaj hold on th people. Kicking th Price. Chicago Tribune. Chicago can hav th republican 'national convention for $100,000. It Is not worth tho money so fsr as th city as a whole is con cerned. It may pay th railroads which hav terminals here, th hotel keepers and men In a few other lines of business t raise the purchase money and hand It ever to th national committe to assist In pay ing campaign expenses. On on occasion th funds thus raised went to pay old debts, but It Is not known that ther are any unsettled bills at this Urn. WW I - Speaking Modestly If you can be reached by a conservative ad-' rertisement, we have a word to say. "We don't care to vie with the extravagant and irresponsible proclamations that some people regard as neces sary to attract attention. We are content to assure you that in our pres ent offerings you are guaranteed full value for your money. We especially desire to call attention to our , clothing for young men. BUITS, $10 TO $25. ' NO CLOTniNO FITS LIKE OURS. R. S. Wilcox. Manager. POLITICAL DRIFT. Richard Croker and Orover Cleveland are life honorary members of the New York Democratic club. Big Bill Devery certifies that he spent $10,859 In hla race for mayor of New York an average of $3 for every vote he re ceived. . The exact republican plurality in Penn sylvania la 2R3.S47 and the majority 245.241. Tradition has It that there was a demo cratlo party In the Keystone state. A mighty contribution to republican gaiety la condensed In the declaration ot Mr. Bryan that he is good for twenty-flva more years of democratlo leadership. Hur roo for Bill! One Rev. Dr. Haskell of Colorado 'wants the post of chaplain of tho United State. Among his qualifications th reverend doc tor modestly mentions his 'unswerving faith In republican prayers." -" The awful charge of playing poker has been filed against a candidate for th fed eral bench In Arkansas. If a Judge must not toy with the festive. Jackpot how Is It possible for him to master the Intricacies of the judicial game? Oovernor Brodie of Arizona pays an of ficial tribute of 226.O0O words to the pro ductive and scenlo wonders of the territory he governs, and Incidentally mentions the advisability of enlarging the governor's salary. The governor deserves a cent a word at least. John O. Carlisle, secretary of the treasury under President Cleveland, baa expressed the belief that the democratlo victory In New York City on November t forecasts the rehabilitation of th democracy of New York state and probably th carrying th state by th democrats tn th presidential election. Thirty-six young men living In Plymouth, Fa., refused to vote at the recent election because candidates for county offices de clined to purchase ball tickets or provide funds for a supper Incident to th danoe. Th strikers hav formed a permanent or ganization, with constitution and by-laws. One ot thes provides that no candidate shall receive support unless he contributes a certain amount to th club- funds. An old friend said to Senator Teller th other day: "Don't you feel odd to be called a democrat?" The Colorado man replied: "Not so odd as you might think. It was with th democratlo party that I affiliated when a young man, before I left my na tive place, Allegany county, New York, and settled in Morrison, III., to practice law. I attended th Chicago convention which nominated Lincoln and then Joined th rc jubllcans." The original estimate of th cost of Phila delphia's alow sand filtration system for th purification of the city's water sup ply, made by three expert engineers after four months' careful Investigation, was $14. 000.000. Thus far $17,000,000 has been spent upon It, and several millions mor will b needed. It is said, to complete th system. Threo years were supposed to bs sufficient to complete It; four hav passed,' and th end of th job Is still far distant TO ram rrmnwe." Esterbroqk on a pea U an : atsolutc . rsarestee of its ezcelleoce Inflexible Accountant's and. Firm Over 150 I No. in..-! An i.. ir w a n k a. varieties of At e suit other styles vary purl Spose. .All fhave tiem. t&tioncrs 'substitute. Accept po Trie ESTEftttOOfc STEEL PEN CO. VeCass,N.J. UWaSrsVHt mined to preserve their eaclualvenesi