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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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