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Register Saturday.
Mr. Metcock is mad! That's very evi
dent. If you do not register you can't vote.
No previous registration counts this year.
Those Baldwin cartoons prepared by
the World-Herald artist are still in cold
storage.
The "straw vote" fiend is of few days
now but those days are full of trouble
for the other fellows.
' Baldwin's airship, which escaped from
fit Louis, is still at largo, and "seeing
an airship" ought to ba, popular for the
next few days.
With a five-foot, ticket In use In Ne
braska this year, ie fellow who desires
to enjoy early returns should vote bis
ticket straight t. -J,. u. .,
Canada lg rapidly' getting into shape
for annexation to tha United States, for
at the election held yesterday the prin
cipal Issue was the "railroad" question.
The Republic of Panama la one year
old. The recent ebullition of some of
Its officials was probably but an evidence
of those distempers common to yearlings.
A Japanese dispatch Announces that
Port Arthur Is doomed, but the Japa
nese have evidently ,run out of dates, as
none is set this time for the final cap
ture of the place.
In the light of the gullibility ehown
by Judge Parker as to alleged facts re
garding the Philippines, it is to be hoped
no one will sell him a wooden nutmeg
on hi visit to Connecticut
Candidate Davis baa resumed his in
terrupted flow of language In West Vir
ginia, and his latest utterances indicate
that Mr. Bryan hat failed to convert
him to tha desirability of frea trade.
The Imaginative powers of Admiral
Rojestvensky, as shown In his report of
the presence of Japanese vessels In the
North sea. Indicates) that he would be
an ideal author of an historical novel.
Look out for democratic registration
frauds. Chairman Cowell's proclama
tion of a reward offered by the repub
lican committees for the detection of
election law violators Is timely and to
the point
President Fish of the Illinois Central
has issued a statement showing who
owns the railroads of the country. He
would attract much more attention if
he would make a showing as to whom
the railroads own.
Think of the devotion to American In
stitutions shown by those residents of
the' territories who spend days and
nights In a campaign for the election
of a delegate to cougress who doesn't
have even a right to vote.
It is believed that "Bad Boy" Peck,
tha democratic candidate In Wisconsin,
doog .not have much patience with Joe
Folk's request for republican votes in
Missouri, as it sounds In Wisconsin too
much Ilka a boost for LaFolIett.
Treasurer Kelly of Kansas says his
only mistake was in receipting for in
terest coupons ou school bonds which he
never received, but which he now finds
charged against hi in. It is almost a
crime for voters to place so careless a
man lu a position where his careless
ness will gjet him Into trouble.
There' Is not a state In the nnton out
side of Nebraska In which a populist
has toe ghost of a show to be elected
governor this year. Does Nebraska want
to be held up as the only populist stamp
lng ground In the country? When will
it shake loose from populism If it again
put populist officials la tha saddle at
tha stats house I
AX VXFOCXDKD ALLEGATION.
The democratic rnudhlste for vice
president said in 'a speech on Wednes
day thnt half the federal offli-eholders
are "going over Uie country, while nnder
government pay, urging the people to
keep them In power." It In hardly nec
essary to say that this la a misrepresen
tation. A few weeks ago the Washing
ton correspondent of a leading Parker
organ, the Brooklyn Engle, said that it
was apparent that the administration
was getting little practical help from
federal officeholders In the campaign.
"The thousands of republicans who hold
good government Jobs are either too
deeply steeped in apathy to stir them
selves in efforts to elect Roosevelt and
Fairbanks, or are afraid of violating the
cirll service rules regarding offensive
partisanship, for the campaign manag
ers find that there is strictly nothing
doing among the officeholders." An in
quiry by the correspondent at the offices
of the Civil Service commission resulted
in the information that less is heard of
political activity on the part of federal
officeholders this year than in any cam
paign since the establishment of the
classified service. Very few complaints
had been received by the romrnlssloM,
while undoubtedly It would have been
overwhelmed with complaints if what
was stated by Mr. Davis were true.
Several of the members of the cabinet
have made political speeches and there
can be no reasonable objection to their
doing so. As the heads of departments
of the government it Is entirely proper
and legitimate that they should talk to
the people regarding the conduct of pub
lic affairs and reply to the attacks and
criticisms of the opponents of the ad
ministration. They are the best fluali
fled, by reason of their positions, to do
this and the people desire information
from the highest authority.
HITCHCOCK, HOWELL AXD HIPPLK
At the outbreak of the civil war
Artemus Ward, the great American
humorist announced that he was will
ing to sacrifice all his wife's relations
in the war. That is the attitude of
(. M. Hitchcock in the present cam
paign. Hitchcock is not only willing
to sacrifice every candidate for the legis
lature on the fusion ticket to get votes
for himself, but he is especially anxious
to sacrifice Dr. Hippie on the altar of
his country, with the sole idea that be
would make a juicy peace offering to
Howell, the humbug, and the municipal
ownership Pharisees that train in his
wake. So be couples Dr. Hippie, the
democratic nominee, to the doughty
horse-marine and advises Omaha demo
crats to rote for Hippie and Howell,
knowing all the time that by so doing
he is lessening Hippie's chances for
election. J,
Dr. Hippie and his friends bagan to
cut their .wisdom teeth when Judge Day
delivered his decision on the variegated
petition filed by nowell as a republican
candidate for the water, board. Judge
Day gvf lfc put, clear enough that the
two ..candidates for water board who
will receive the highest vote next Tues
day will be elected, whether republicans
or democrats, popujlsts, socialists or
what-is-its. This is the opinion also of
able lawyers at the bai including Con
stantly J. Smyth. liltchcock aca Met
calfe knew this when they bar-ked up
Howell, knowing that thnt would beat
Dr. Hippie in case Howell and Weller
receive the largest number of votes. It
Is an open secret that they did not want
Dr. Hippie nominated and, while pre
tending to support him. have taken this
method of strangling him in the house
Of his political friends. They knew all
the time that Howell has no vole ,to
deliver, except his own, and that may
be in soak to several othei? jieople beside
nitchcock. They knew giso that all
Fontanelle Adullamltes who intended to
knife Kennedy would vote for Hitch
cock, regardless of Howell, and even
should he advise them the other way.
But that does not matter to Hitchcock
and Metcalfe. Their aim Is to smother
Hippie between Howell and Weller and
they will probably succeed If the demo
crats take their advice, and the advice
of the for-revenue-only yellow, to vote
for. nowell nnder the false pretense thnt
Hippie Is sure to be elected if he gets
only ten votes.
A PERSISTENT STRIKE.
. The Fall River cotton mill strike has
entered upon Its fifteenth week and It is
worthy of note that while the strikers
have stubbornly refused to accept the
reduction in wages which was the cause
of the strike they have remained peace
able, .not a single disturbance having
been reported during the contest. There
Is said to be a prospect of a general re
sumption of work about the middle of
this month and it Is qnlte possible that
with winter coining on the operatives
will be disposed to yield, though it may
be that a compromise can be effected.
The loss in wages. It is estimated, ex
ceeds $1,800,000, and shrinkage in sav
ings bank deposits has been at least
half as much. The loss of the mill own
ers, has probably not been greater than
It would have been if there had been no
strike. It is said that they could not
have paid the wages demanded without
continually running behind and prob
ably they would have had to stop work
a large part of the rime lij any case for
lack of material or of a market for their
goods.
Meanwhile the situation of the 'mar
ket is regarded as a puzzling one and
the New Tork Journal of Commerce
ohserves that fact and experience have
obstinately refused to sustain the theory
that consumers could afford to Increase
their consumption and would pay the
price for cotton goods necessary to make
manufacturlpr profitable. It appears
thnt notwithstanding the heavy curtail
ment of production the price of print
cloths has hardly advanced at all and
the demand for them baa not improved
In all this time. Therefore the manu
facturers continue to insist that wages
must be reduced, asserting that other
wise there would b a further weaken-
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 4, 100.
Ing of the market and a renewed ac
cumulation of unsold goods. It thug
apparently depends npon the operatives
whether work shall be resumed or not
PROMOTION OF TORSION TRADE.
The democratic candidate for the pres
idency has been talking about the pro
motion of foreign trade and advising Jhe
manufacturers of the country how this
can be done. He said in a recent speech:
"We are approaching the parting of the
ways. Either we want, as we certainly
need, a foreign trade In articles honestly
made by honest and industrious work
men, as the result of steady and lucra
tive employment, and honestly sold in
all markets, or we may look forward to
a time not remote when only a fraction
of our existing machinery and powers
of production can be utilized and when
idleness and demoralization must of
necessity, come as the effect of our own
short-sighted policy." It is perhaps
needless to say that the policy which
Judge Parker had In mind is that of
protection to the Industries 'of the United
States and the labor employed in them.
The above utterance was made before
the publication of the monthly summary
of commerce by the bureau of statistics,
which shows a considerable increase in
the exports of domestic manufactures
for the nine months ending with Sep
tember over the corresponding months
of last year. The figures show that in
this line of exports there Is steady
growth and that for September last the
increase over the same month In 1003
was very marked. In nine months of
this year there have been sent out of
the country manufactured goods worth
$303,000,000. It might be Instructive to
go into details in regard to this, but
It Is hardly necessary. What the facts
plainly attest is that protection is not
proving a hindrance, as the democrats
assert to our foreign trade and that
there Is no substantial reason for the
pessimistic view of Judge Parker regard
ing the future of our industries under
what he is pleased to call "our short
sighted policy."'
Under the operation of that policy our
foreign commerce bas grown until it has
become greater than that of any other
nation in the world, while our domestic
trade Is by far the largest of any coun
try. It is an indisputable fact that
since the enactment of the present tariff
law our exports of manufactured goods
have been larger than ever before and
they continue to grow. They are more
than double in value now what they were
ten years ago. This conclusively refutes
the democratic view.
Protection preserves the home market
while putting no obstacle In the way of
exports and this home market Is infin
itely more valuable than all the foreign
markets. Judge Parker appears to be
apprehensive that the time Is not re
mote when the home market will not
ennble our manufacturers and our labor
to be actively employed. His plan for
averting the danger he apprehends Is to
open the market to the manufacturers
of Europe. It is a free trade panacea
and hos been repeatedly repndlnted by
the people, as it will again be. "When
other peoples have taken advantage of
great economic opportunities," said the
democratic candidate, "how shall we,
wearlnt? industrial handcuffs, meet our
responsibilities to our own people?" How
utterly absurd this appears In the light
of our marvelous Industrial progress dur
ing the last quarter of a century.?
It wm In accordance with the eternal
fitness of things for Walter Molse and
the employes of the Willow Springs
brewery to declare thnt "We," the under
signed electors of the city of Omaha,
hereby nominate R. B. Howell as a re
publican candidate for member of the
water board," and for the office force
of the electric lighting monopoly to
trump the card of Colonel Molse and his
barroom force with their names. Judge
Day undoubtedly appreciated the humor,
but he could not see his way clear by
the light of these electric lamps to order
Howell's name placed on the ticket as a
republican at the request of democrats
and political nondescripts.
The special World-Herald correspond
ent with the multiplex optics is again
abroad in the land. He can see more
people gathered under the Spout of a
water tank to hear Bryan than could
be crowded Into the Omaha Auditorium.
He can see more nameless republicans
who are intending to vote for democrats
than could be enrolled by the census
tuker in six months. He Is, moreover,
just getting his speed up. When he
comes down the home stretch he will
see the prairies burning up with demo
cratic enthusiasm he may even decide
to give Nebraska's electoral vote to
Parker if he feels so inclined.
Candidate Hitchcock modestly admits
that he Is running his paper Just now
for the solo purpose of re-electing him
self. That is quite self-evident to every
one who happens to read its pen and
picture fakes. The only test of what is
to be printed Is whether It is conducive
to making republicans vote for demo
crats. Bar SIko of Civilisation.
Chicago Reoord-HeraJd.
The Japanese minister to thJa country
has been operated on for appandlcllts. This
Completes It. The Japanese are now fully
ntitled to ba classed among tha great civ
Mixed peoplea of the world.
Needless Anxiety.
Philadelphia Record.
Tha report of the Ban Francisco discov
ery that our war veasels are Insufficiently
protected at tha after end by armor plate
will hardly create alarm. They are none
of them ever expected to turn tall to an
euemy.
Greeted with a Saalle.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The offlclal announcement on behalf of
Standard Oil that It was not Interested In
anything but oil and that Its officers had
never attempted to Influence nomination
or electlona was received with a smile In
the financial community. When Wall street
speaks of Standard Oil It does not mean
the company bearing that name, but rather
tha methods ueed In placing that company
where It Is, methods which are being used
by the same men who made Standard,
and who were made by It to make other
companies and to make by them. Standard
OU Is more than a specific term. It Is
generic.
Trusts Rarely Get Left.
Boston Globe.
The trusts never get left. Now that the
special stamp, which was practically a
trade-mark on boxes of Havana cigars, Is
to be no longer used. In spite of the pro
tests of the Tobacco trust, the tobacco
magnates have persuaded President Palma
to authorise a new government stamp of
guaranty for export cigars, which will an
swer the same purpose.
Still Harping on Mrari(.
' . Boston Transcript.
Senator Morgan of Alabama, though ha
exhausted the country last winter by his
anti-Panama speeches, did not exhaust
himself, though on occasions he spoke for
four or five hours at a time. He now
cornea forward with an open letter to Sec
retary Hay, In which he characterises the
Panama canal aa "the 'body of death' that
France has so struggled to unload upon
tha United States," whence It la to be in
ferred that Senator Morgan Is still harping
upon Nicaragua.
No Rallying Note from Parkel.
Harper's Weekly.
There Is a certain nervous energy bottled
up In the American people that requires
Intellectual activity as well as moral cour
age In a candidate for the highest position
they have at their bestowal. Now, every
body knows the Judge Is a good man, but
ha certainly has made of himself a most
depressing candidate. He la what long
suffering publishers call a "one-story au
thor." With his gold telegram he shot his
bolt. Not that what he has said since has
not been unexceptionable; it has. But
he has uttered nothing appealing. In all
that he has said or written not a phrase
lives in tha memory as a rallying note.
Reform In the Right Way.
Philadelphia Press.
The Slocum steamboat disaster is lead
ing to active work In many ways by the
government to prevent another such dis
aster. There will be some legislation
needed, but there should be no difficulty
in obtaining it from congress. One of the
commendable things already done has been
the assignment of retired rear admirals to
supervise the work of tha inspection ser
vice. This means able and incorruptible
men for that important work. The prac
tice that has prevailed of remitting or re
ducing fines imposed on steamship owners
for the violation of the law should be
abolished. No such power should be
lodged with the head of a department
Boosting the Powder Factories.
Chicago Chronicle.
The National Rifle association, apprecia
ting its own merits. Intends to ask congress
for an appropriation of 11,000,000 a year for
five years for the maintenance of free rifle
ranges throughout the country. The asso
ciation is of the opinion that "a nation of
marksmen" is the best preparation for war,
and lta members declare that rifle practice
Is Inspired and supported by "patriotic gen
tlemen having, the best Interests of the
country at heart" If this la so, the said
gentlemen will not wait for government to
do for them what they should do for
themselves'. Let them collect among them
selves what money Is necessary for their
practice and show their reul patriotism by
depending on themselves and not by asking
money from the government.
DAIRYMEN SCORE AUAIV.
Court of Last Resorts Dooms Colored
Oleomaraarlne.
Chicago .Tribune'
The dairymen of the United States have
the profounded respect for the supreme
court. It has driven the last nail in the
coffin of an Industry which they looked on
aa their deadly enemy. It has deprived
the manufacturers of oleomargarine, which
simulates the golden hue of butter, of their
last hope, and has banished that article
from the American breakfast and dinner
table. Great is the rejoicing of the butter
makers', i
The supreme court holds that palm oil, or
natural fat, which the oleo men have been
using of late, because it gives a yellow color
to their margarine, produces an artificial
and not a natural, coloration and that the
tax of 10 cents a pound must: be paid on
the product. The -tax is practically pro
hibitory, and while there is no tax on tho
uncolored deadly dull white oleomnrgartnn,
the people will not eat it, whito they used
to consume over 125,000.000 pounds a year
when it looked like butter.
The manufacturers will have to give up
their long fight for the home market unless
they can find some yellow fat and use it
exclusively. Then the yellow color of tho
product would be natural. Failing of that
they must go out of business, for they
do not seem able to create a foreign
demand for their Wares. During the nine
months ending September 30 last, they sent
abroad only ftm.OOO worth of oleomar
garine, while the value of the oleo oil ex
ported was $9,300,000. The foreigners are
not afraid of artificial butter and their
dairymen are not so influential aa those of
tha United States, but they prefer to make
their own oleomargarine.
In this country butter is to reign su
preme. The dairymen have a monopoly.
Nobody will complain If they will give the
public good butter at reasonable prices.
JOHN L. KENNEDY.
Why should John L. Kennedy be elected
to congress from this district?
I would answer by asking another ques
tion: Why should John L. Kennedy not
be sleeted to congress from this district?
I have found no one who has any reason
to advance against Mr. Kennedy's com
petency to fill the place. He is an ex
ponent of clean, practical business methods.
Tha republican party will always elect
such a candlate. The republican party
always wants such a candidate. I believe
they will avail themselves of the oppor
tunity at the coming election and will con
firm the primaries' choice by giving John
L. Kennedy the largest majority ever given
to a congressman from this district.
I an a business man and aa such look for
business methods.. If I employ a sales
man I try to select on whom I know oan
sell goods. I certainly would not employ
a man who was known as a failure or who,
because of his connections or affiliations,
could not command th good will of the
trade. I think the people, In employing a
congressman, should send on to Washing
ton this time whom they know can ac
complish results such as were accomplished
by our last republican congressman from
this district, Hon. David H. Mercer. It
la a well known fact that a democratic
congressman from this district (being so far
In th minority) oan accomplish no rssulta
Therefore, while I entertain a good opinion
of Mr. Kennedy's . opponent, I think It
would bs useless to send him to Washing
ton at tha present time.
I would Ilk to add, furthermore, that I
have known Mr. Kennedy fur more than
twenty years. He has forged his way to
tha front by hu own ability and has
achieved an honorable and distinguished
position in our community. No man owns
him and no man with a righteous cause
need fear him, or with a wrong cause expect
bis aid. I know of no model that I could
present to th young men of our com
munity more worthy of emulation In every,
thing that goes to make a- man than John
L. Kennedy DAVID COLIC.
O THE POLITICAL MRISO LISB.
Phases of the Presidential Contest In
Contested States.
Walter Wellman. in the Record-Herald
draws an Interesting picture of Judge
pHrker as he appeared In Madison Square
garden whlie reading his first speech In
what his admirers pleasantly characterise
as "a whirlwind finish." "If his manner
was that of a Judge," writes Mr. Wellman
"his matter was that of the politician. It
is no exaggeration to say that amasement
was written upon the faces of many of his
distinguished friends on the platform when
they heard this candidate for tho highest
office In the world devoting all his earnest
nesa and nearly all his time to a discussion
of political methods, to the Iteration of a
campaign charge which has not been
proved, to a review of political' campaigns,
to the small talk of the contest such as we
are accustomed to hear from the lips of
those who are politicians, and nothing but
politicians. Principles, great Issues, th
broader view of statesmanship, the future
of the country and remedies for' evils and
the sheet anchors of good government
these did not trouble him much. It seemed
to many listeners this was the address of a
man who had superficially studied the
careers of parties and the methods of lead
ers of politics, but who had not delved
deeply Into the history of principles, issues,
the battles of policies and thought which
had made his country what it is loduy.
"After Judge Parker hnd read from his
manuscript half an hour he suddenly
stopped, and many of the people began to
leave the hall without waiting for the other
speakers. In the opinion of Judge Parker's
friends he la neither a great success nor a
great failure as a campaign speaker. His
personality is more pleasing than his ad
dress. The man himself seems good and
wholesome, but he pitches his thoughts In
too low a key for one who aspires to so
high a post."
Mr. Wellman reports that the Parker
people are much encouraged by the predic
tion which the Brooklyn Eagle mude last
Sunday. The prediction is based on a
postal card poll of voters. "The Kagle,"
says the correspondent, "Is an able and
generally careful paper, and though sup
porting the democratic ticket, Is not at all
addicted to wild and untamed chasing of
rainbows. Moreover, the Eagle's editor, Dr,
McKclwny, declares his belief that there is
going to be a great landslide for Parker,
not only In New York, but throughout the
country. I regret that I am unable to give
confidence to the Eagle's figures. There
have been so many instances of postal card
polls turning out wrong that it Is impossi
ble to accept any such canvass without
critical examination. No doubt the Engle's
work' was honestly clone, but it Is so easy
for errors to creep In. A relatively small
number of post cards Is sent out, the result
tabulated, and the percentages thus ascer
tained applied to the whole vote. Thus the
original errors, If any, are multiplied many
times. Besides, It Is a curious fact which
I do not attempt to explain, that the news
paper polls, cither made by republican or
democratic Journals, almost invariably
"shade up" according to the party predi
lections of the newspapers. This Is not due
to any unfairness or manipulation on the
part of the editors, but to some principle
or phase of human nature at work among
the people who answer the post card In
quiries. "According fo the Eagle's poll, Greater
New York will give a plurality of 182,000
for Parker and 180,000 for Herrlck. A poll
that shows Hlgglns running ahead of
Roosevelt or Parker ahead of Herrlck,
which amounts to the same thing, must be
open to suspicion because of the well known
fact that Hlgglns is so much weaker than
Roosevelt' that th president may carry
the state by 40.000 and H.gglna lose it. That
is, unless everybody, democrats as well as
republicans everybody except the Eagle
poll takers and percentage calculators Is
woefully mistaken.
"Tho Eagle proves too much 182,000 Is
such a whopper we can't swallow it. The
Herald's 132,000 is big enough, heaven
knows, but 60,000 on top of that Is simply
Incredible. No such plurality was ever
known In the city. There are 688,84 regis
tered voters in this tremendous city. Just
about 650,000 of them will cast the ballots.
The minor parties will get about 30,000 of
these, leaving in round numbers 820,000 to
be divided between Parker and Roosevelt.
To gain a plurality of 182,000 Parker would
have to poll 410,000 votes to Roosevelt's
219,000. In other words, Parker would have
to get almost 65 per cent of the vote cast
for the two candidates, leaving Roosevelt
a little over 35 per cent. Grover Cleveland
did not have such a percentage as that
when he swept the city, state and country
in 1892. In the top-notch local democratic
victory of 1902, Coler for governor hnd only
61.6 per cent against Odell's 38.4 per cent.
In presidential years the republicans quite
regularly poll from 40 to 42 per cent of the
vote In this city and did so for years pre
vious to the McKinley-Bryan campaigns,
which, of course, are not to be considered
aa fair crlterlons."
"Holland," In the Philadelphia Press,
scouts the probability of the Eagle's fig
ures being verified. A plurality of 185,000
below the Harlem "Is 63,000 more than the
phenomenal majority received by Mr. Coler
for governor when there was a falling off
In the republican vote of something like
40,000. It Is 120.000 greater than th plural
ity received by George B. McClellan for
mayor. It Involves the assumption that
th changes of political opinion have been
so far-reaching that the Increase of the
democratic vote of New York City Is to be
almost twice as large as the republican
vote. In other words, if the democratic
vole were only 60,000 larger than this esti
mate fixes It at, there will be two demo
cratic votes In New York City for on
republican.
"Now it may be that such violent and al
most dynamic change, has taken place
within a year, and especially within four
years, as these figures imply, but there are
certainly no superficial evidences of it nor
any of those which are customarily no
ticed when there is a revolution In public
sentiment respecting party policies. Fur
thermore, If that estimate Is correct. It
involves such sweeping changes-of opinion
as ar sure to b extended far beyond
New York City and to Involve the state and
many other states. We should see evi
dences of It In Connecticut and New Jer
sey, and It would ba even fair to assume
that all of New York state beyond the
city has changed Its political faith and
has now become a democratic state."
A Philadelphia Ledger correspondent who
Is watching political developments fn Nw
Jersey, says the result of the contest there
depends largely on th floating vote. "Th
floater Is a large enough factor to turn
th scale in some counties. Th statu
went nearly 90,000 for McKInley In th
campaign of 1890, and mora than 60.000 for
him In th campaign of 1900. But Voor
hees, th republican candidate for gov
ernor In 1898, won by only 6.C00, and Gov
ernor Murphy's majority In 1901 was less
than 18.000.
"At a meeting of the republican state
fnmmIMM last Week It Waa rn)nutkt.j
on the basis of reports from the several
counties io nwnrviii majority may
reach S6.QM. Outside of the actlv party
workers, whose business it Is to make In
spiring boists, no one experts to s th
stat go more than 10,oeo or 12,000 either
way.
"The democrats have put out no figures,
but they laugh at th republican tl-
mates. They say that Black's election to
th governorship Is assured, and that the
electoral vote Will reveal one of those po
litical surprises for which New Jersey Is
famous. It Is nothing unusual tot th
state to go overwhelmingly this way on
year and Just as overwhelmingly the other
way th next."
CABINET OFFICERS ON THE STIMP,
A Cnstont aa Old as the Republic, and
a Good On, Ton.
New York Tribune.
Judge Parker's unmannerly fling at Sec
retary Shaw on account of his absence
from Washington la significant of th
democratic poverty of Issues and tendency
to resort to th most petty demogogy.
Other democratic speakers and writers
hav In this .campaign been pretending to
see an abuse In th publlo speaking of
cabinet officers. W had supposed that
substitute for argument was confined to
th groundlings, and had not expected th
candidate himself to resort to such cheap
claptrap.
Cabinet officers from time Immemorial
hav taken parts In campaign tn which
their performance of duty was on trial.
Members of President Cleveland's and
President Harrison's" cabinet did it. Other
cabinet officers before them did It. and
others who are yet to follow them will
do it. They will do It because they ought
to do It. Complaint that they .neglect th
offlclal duties for which they receive sala
ries Is not criticism; it Is Just childish
faultfinding. There la not and never was
any . rule of good conduct requiring a
cabinet officer to sit at his desk every day
Ilk a bookkeeper. The arly cabinet offi
cers spent long seasons at their homes
and made long tours about th country,
speaking and seeing the people. Cabinet
officers probably spend more tlm at actual
work now than ever before, and they ar
entitled to go or come at their discre
tion without any captious fault finder, for
political or other purposes, holding a stop
watch on them.
The American people expect their cabinet
officers to be more than clerks. They are
statesmen, who should go about the country
ana lead In the discussion of Its affairs.
Who Is so fit o explain to the people th
policy of an administration as those who
direct It? In England the premier, who is
the responsible head of the state, himself
appears on the hustings and gives an ac
count of his stewardship; and his col
leagues also discuss the Issues of the
campaign. Here the president, who, so
far as the electors are concerned, corre
sponds to the premier, generally refrains
from a similar activity, but his associates
have always felt It not only their right,
but their duty to face th Jury of voters.
If now members of President Roosevelt's
cabinet, Instead of going about making ad
dresses, hid themselves in Washingtpn and
rerusea to talk, th democrats would ba
Just as Indignant at their silence as they
protess to be at their speech. It would
be said that they were afraid to meet
the Issues, that they were contemntuous
of the voters, who had a right to hear
and Judge them, and were trying to win
by rorce or organisation without argument.
Nothing would satisfy these snarlers, who,
having no arguments of moment to make!
run barking at every heel.
HOME FACTORIES, HOME LABOR.
Republican Policies Promote the Pros.
perl ty of Both.
Baltimore American.
In response to tha tariff hrH.
which Mr. Cleveland had been elnrtait (n
1892, the Wilson reform tariff bill was
passed by a democratic congress In 1894.
That tariff was meant "to orevent .nm.
people from prospering too much." It was
successrul in Its purpose. It will be re
called that central ataa-nnttnn rn.
enactment of th Wilson tariff-for-revenue-
oniy measure, not In manufacturing Indus
tries alone, but in all other indimtri.a in
cluding tha country's vast agricultural In
terests. Lbor, above all, waa affected ad
versely by that attempt to check th
great prosperity of th country's manufac
turing industries. Th general business
disorganization that followed tha riatuiitiii
effort at tariff reform demonstrated that
all th great Industries of the countrv ar
Interdependent, and that starnatlnn in nn.
sphere of activity affects .the general In-
austrlal whole. Concerning this matter,
Mr. Roosevelt In hia letter of acceptance
said: "If a tariff law la nmmmrA i.n.r
whloh the country prospers as the country
has prospered under the Dresent tariff law.
then all classes will share In th prosperity.
jr. a tariff law Is passed aimed at ore vent
ing the prosperity of some of our neoole. It
Is certain as anything can be that this aim
will be achieved only by cutthia- down th
prosperity of all our people."
, Reduction all along tho Una In th nr.
vailing tariff schedules, It was held, would
especially benefit tho agricultural Intert.t.
of tha country, which, according to th ac
cepted theory, were being taxed for the
benefit of th manufacturing industries. In
tne anaemlo conditions that followed th
democratic reform In th tariff in 1891 It la
probable that tha agricultural Industrie of
the country suffered quite as much, If not
more than any others. During thn veara
1894, 85 and 96 wheat, corn, cotton and pork
touched th lowest prlc record attained
in half a century. In 1895 wheat sold down
to 48V. cents per bushel a low-nrlr mark
probably not paralleled in th whole his
tory of the country. Certainly, ther had
been no such low-record prices under tha
protective tariff system which had pre
vailed during the previous thirty-five years.
It Is to be noted that this period of national
business prostration lasted from 1893 to 1897,
the latter th year In which the Dingley
tariff superseded the Wilson tariff. And It
is to be further noted that ainoe th ra-
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storatlon of the protective policy in the
formation of tariff schedules tho country
has made a continuous advance In Rcner;il
prosperity, manufacturing, agricultural an)
commercial.
Again th democratic party la asking; to
ba restored to power. Again we hear thn
old theory that a protective tariff la "rob.
bery," not preached this time quite so
boldly, but certainly a cardinal dnctrlno nf
th party still. Experience of' the recent
past shoid teach all classes that "their
advent to power would mean domestic mis
fortune and misery aa widespread and far
reaching as that which we saw ten ynara
ago." The actual working of the tariff hai
contradicted all the academic thonrica
which hold that protective tariff schcilulra
tax one class for the benefit of another.
Th protective system has built the hom
market, and It is tha home market thnt hai
benefited everybody. Fostering home man
ufactories fosters home labor. The manu
facturing Industries and thn worklngmrn
are dependent upon the farmers, hut tha
farmer in turn depends upon the market
they furnish him for his produce.
FLOATING FIN.
Bride I feel awfully nervous.
Mother Pshaw! don't take your first mar.
rliiae so seriously. It doean t have to last
forever. Town Topics.
Grayce War! War! War!
Gladys What on earth are you hollering
"war" about?
Grayce I Just struck my thumb with tha
hammer.
Gladys Well, what's war got to do with
It?
Orayce Don't you know what war Is?
Louisville Courier-Journal.
"I can't Imagine anything harder than
to tell a girl that you love her, I tell you,
that takes courag."
"Yes, but think of the courage it takes
to tell a girl that you don't lov hr after
you'v one told hor you did." Philadel
phia Press.
Pa This thing's got to stop! Here It la
after midnight, and Ethel and that young
man of hers are still down in the parlor.
Ma How do you know?
Pa Because I don't hear a sound down
ther. Philadelphia Press.
"T lliniVMA VAIIV MniMa In . ..1 1 I .... I
flfifjit ls caused by patriotism."
"partly by patriotism and Dartlv bv a de
sire to get my money's worth of votes."
vt asningion Btar.
rtnetAP T fhlnlr I'll V. n ... tl I .
other physicians for consultation.
riin-uo eneaa. uer as manv ac
complices as you wish. Town Topics.
Anarrv Prlwin VTalln A...it n-v... i a
you cut me off for?
Boston Telephone Girl Because you used
a plural noun as the subject of a singular
varh. Vnn or nnt : i .......4 . - . ......
on this line, air. Chicago Tribune.
lou? In there?" Inquired the reporter.
I dunno his name," said the policeman
at the door, "but he's the chap they've sent
here to get out th silent vote." Chicago
Tribune.
"Send me $600, dad," wrote thi young man
from college. "Money makes the mar go."
The reply was equally brief.
It said: "Yours received. I nclose IV).
That ought to be enough for a Jackass. '
Louisville Courier-Journal.
"The difference between the sexes Is dis
cretion, said the professor.
"Oh, dear, no!" expoatuated the woman
or the world; ' you mean 'Indifference.' "
Town Topics.
jriST LIK,B FOUR YEARS AGO. .
JUn.es Barton Adams In Denver Post.
The cappers now ar on the stump,
Just as they were four years ago
They at conclusions wildly Jump
Just as they did four years ago.
They tell us If we do not flee
For succor to democracy
We'r ruined by the g. o. p..
Just as they did four year as
They talk of perils dire and great
Just as they did four years ago.
Tell how they'll wreck th ship of state,
Just as they did four years ago.
In trembling tones that smack of tears
They shoot Into our careless ears
Their fondest hopes and gravest fears.
Just as they did four years ago.
They howl about calamities.
Just aa they did four years ago,
Of threatening clouds and angry seas.
Just as they did frfur years ago.
. They tell us If wa do not cur
The evils that we now endure
Our ruin will come swift and sura.
Just as they did four years ago.
But soon will come the ballot teat,
Just as It did four years ago.
And each will vote as each thinks best
Just as each did four years ago.
And when election's over we
Will pluck from off the same old tre
The ripe fruits of Prosperity.
Just as we did four years ago.
If You
Have sl
Little Money
put It in rwil estate and it will trn yon
better dividends than any other legiti
mate Investment. It is Dot necessary
for you to own any particular plecu of
property. ,
You Cai Have a
Working Interest
GEO. F. GILMORE.
President
CHAS. C. GEORGR.
1st Vlce-Prest.
J. A. SI'NDERUAND,
Ind Vlce-Prest. ,
JOHN r. FLACK,
Gen'l Manager.
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