Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 27, 1900, Page 6

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HUNGATE, Notary Publi — 14 e thi OR my preser opocrats fin 18 of prosperity all highway, but they ading them backward Do not complain if it is a little chilly Nebraski--they laving snow storms ont in Wyoming and Colorado. along tical persist in in are Nebraska's great trust-smasher must be apprehensive of his case when he seeks a change of venue from Lincoln to Nebraska City. The barmony doctors will find that calls from patients this year come chiefly in the fusion camp so far as Douglas county 1s concerned A Nebraska man has been elected to a position on the executive committec of the National Org graph Companies, not Bryan. Emperor Willlam is evidently trying Inspire Count Waldersee with the hope that Lis appointment to command in China may yet turn out to be some thing more than a mere honorary title. Traveling men complain that they have to fight for seats in the railrond trains and often to stand up in the aisles to make the next station on time. There were no such complaints four years ago, Py The Roosevelt train is now hending this way and Nebraska and Omaha will cee to it that their reputation for gen crous hospitality i maintained at the expense of all the lung power and horn blowing that may be required Republicans are organizing campaign clubs with an enthusiasm seen in Ne-| braska only in presidential years. It | will be a poor precinct that does not hoast of one or more republican clubs | hefore the final stages are re Mr. Bryan denles that he has prom. | ised cabinet appointments in advan e but he does not say he will repudis the promises made by his managers for him and in his name. There difference as well as a distinetion, iization of Phono Strange to say It is to ached, And now It 18 proposed to organize an other militia company in Omaha. With | three companies of the National Guard | in the city and Fort Crook only a few | miles away, what a nightmare our anti- militarism friends will have all the time. Government by the consent of the gov- | erned is a great hobby of the popocrats, | yet they are scheming to the best of | thelr ability to prevent the middle-of- the-ronders from even having a| chance to express their sentiments at the ballot box. Nebraska is just reaping litigation which always follows the adoption of & new ballot law, The worst cases a court has to contend with are those that involve an advantage for one or another political party in a pend- ing election contest. ] How can the people trust the demo cratic party to repress the trusts when every time democrats have been called to legislate against the trusts they have falled to accomplish anythin, All the anti-trust legislation on the federal statute books bears the label of republican origin. ——— The straw men constructed by popo cratic papers and orators have been kuocked down and set up agaln so many times they are beginning to look dilap fdated. Unless a fresh assortment is found soon they may be forced to at tack some of the real issues of the cam palgn. Lincoln democrats are making prepara tions to entertaln Governor Hogg of Texas when he visits that place. It s feared, however, that Mr, Bryan has no ostrich which Le can ride nor any tame panther wiiling to be hunted, but he has a large collection of second-hand hobbics and paramounts which the governor is the crop of pelaims of the pow | wint | extraterritorial NOT ENTITLED The appenling for popular supy re-election on the TO A SECOND TERM friends of Governor Poynter rt for that e are his ground | earned a second tern How cond wrned o for du The Poynter ¢ tern only 1 hins idging is the record he n his first term in the first to last this record s one of vacillation and ineapacity always exhibited most pitiably in erit I'rom enkness, ical emergencies Never before has Net falled so ufterly aska had an ex to In every ceutive who Con up to the measure of the place way small for the exalted position othier theory can be explained the con aut contentions with bis party repre sentatives and subordinate appointees from which his administration has suf Searce an institution in the state las been from utter demoraliza tion due to the distribution of responsi ble positions as spoils to fusion office seckers, without or qualification If Governor Poynter has, as he de clares, been the victim of the party machine in submitting to its dic tation in the selection of Lis official stafr it 1s proof Inexcusable weakness, and Instead of promising b ter for a second term would mean &im Governor Poyuter hus proved too On no st regard to competency made conclusive of ply a repetition of the same disgracetul ywvernor Poynter went into office upon certain specitic promises mude for him and the fusion combination, but of these been fultilled. The corporations continued un checked. The of railroad property made with the governor's per sonal participation has been kept at the old figures in spite of their notorious in in value. The public interests have everywhere been subordinated to th nds of corporate favorites and the tri-party machin It Governor Poynter has earned ro election then no man, however incom petent or neglectful of duty he may have proved himself, could oceupy thag ofice without belng entitled to On the other hmnd if absolute failure in a falr trial should bring down the pen alty of retirement to private life as an e Poynter had no right to ask . second term and has only earned defeat by his presumption. has have romises assessment dem WITHDRAWING TROOPS FROM CHINA In withdrawing the Amerlean troops from China, except a sufficient number to guard the legation at Pekin, this government is acting In strict accord with its poli as defined in the cir cular to the powers last July The ending of troops to China was for the sole purpose of releasing the legu tloners and that Dbaving been ac complished there is now no reason for keeping all of them thers The United States does not contemplate war with China, nor does it intend to be a party to any plan or movement of powers hostile to the Chinese govern- ment. Its that peace and order established ax soon and that ne gotiations settlement of the rs €hall not be un Our government believes that the best way to attain these results Is by reassurlng the Chinese government, which cannot be done through military dewoustrations. It does not intend to relinquish any just demand for reparation, but it will not attempt to sccure a recoguition of these demands by a threat of war. Therefore the small force that will be kept at Pekin will be entirely pendent, will e no connection with the forces of the other powers and not be a menace to the Chinese government. Thus the United States gives practi- denmonstration of its siucerity when it defined its policy at the the trouble, which to malntain peace with the Chinesc nation and to protect the lives and property of our citizens by all means guaranteed under treaty ghts and by the law of nations. It shows to the world that all it seeks Is permanent safety and peace to China, with the preservation of the territorial and administrative entity of the empire It attests our unalterable detormiua tion to act in good faith toward a na tion with which we are on friendly terms and to avoid. everything which might provoke antagonism. This fair and honorable position should exert a intfluence upon the situ desire shall possible is be as for a necessarily delay inde- was great wmoral ation. The fact is recognized that therc grave danger of between China and sowe of the powers. The German attiiude s threateniug and it will not be at all surprising if it shall be found that Von Waldersee's Instructions contemplate war in the event of Ger many’s demunds not being prowptly complied with. The pesition of thai is war power is understood to bave the sup- | port of Austria and Italy and in qualified degree of France and Japan Great Britaln disapproves it and Rus sia’s view of it has not Dbeen given Should Germany go to war with China it is impossible to foresee what might be the effect upon ber relations to the other powers. Neitber Great Britain nor Russia could regard with unconcern a war prosecuted by Gerwany for ter ritorial aggrandizement., They doubt less would ask of that natlon assuv ances that their interests in China should be respected and they would tuke measures to safeguard them. 1t is easily conceivable that this might lead to a disturbance of friendly rela tions and to serious international com plications. It is manifestly the of our government to avoid this danger. Tt will not cease to exercise proper vigl- lance and care for the protection of American interests in China, but as aloof purpose welcame to amuse himself with, ’ 1 clearly indicated it intends to kee none | ample to successors, then Governor | other | beginuiug of | THE OMAHA DAIL from any possible complications among European powers THE 1 York democrat EST OF RESULTS A New who will republican ticket this year says in a letter that althov Mr. sfessions, public gh he can only his and have the acts of and re & achieved by Mr. McKinley's four of executive test him A few Judge p Bryan by promises we years power wherehy he a beg of repudiation mude investors commerctal under mortgage at ared to lend at | any are holding our | own securities and lending to other nu | tions—a fact wherein Mr. Bryan sees only evil. Would he personally rather | be a credit to ATs 00, almost says, | “we were a borrowing Apostles colna to our groaned a nation debased ging and timorous | The west | bigh rates, rate as lionor r or a debtor, assuming, of | course, the debtor to be honest? The | west has money to lend and the rate of | interest has fallen by half and more, 1 eannot support a candidate who against | these conditions holds out promises that if performed mean disaster, The issue to Shall we be prosperous at id honored abroad or the we is | home | trary Applying the ' test of results to the present administration uo fair-minded man will question that has been splendidly successful. have lhad | unparalleled prosperity at home and | greatly increased our prestige and in | luence abroad. Every intelligent per knows that if President McKinley should be re-elected these conditions will be maintained. The currency will continue sound basis, protection | will be insured to American industries at home and American Interests abroa What the promises of the Bryani party? To overthrow the gold stand | ard, to strike at the policy of protec | tion and to reverse our foreign policy | That party stands now where it stood four years ago in regard to the cur rency. Mr. Bryan himself is authority for this and his utterances leave no | doubt that it elected one of the earliest acts of his administration would be to strike at the gold standard by paying the coin obligations of the government in silver. The party also stands for free trade and proposes an insidious at tack upon protection through the re peal of duties on trust-made articles. In regard to our foreign policy it con templates a course which would be damaging to the honor and the prestige of the nation and would almost talnly tnvolve us, sooner or later, in the gravest complications, “Shall we be prosperous at home and | honored abroad or the contrary That is the question which voter should ask himself. All interests have for the past three years enjoyed pros- perity. Our domestic and forelgn busl- uess has been greatly increased, we have added enormously to our national wealth, we have became financially in- | dependent of the world. Never before in our history were we so respected and so iufluential among the nations as we now are. It should be the earnest de sire of every American citizen to con- tinue these conditions. It is certain thut they will be coutigued if Presi- dent McKinley shall be re-elected. They will not be if Bryan is elected, unless Le should be faithless to every | promise and pledge that he has made. con it We on { cer- eve A special limited edition of Bryau and Smyth's anti-trust speeches Is in type for circulation at Nebraska City. The people of that city are not advocates of trusts, but it will require some adroit explanations to satisfy them regarding the motive which prompted the assault | on the principal industry of the place when the success of the suit would in no mauner embarrass the trust, which has numerous other factories and can well afford to close this one down, although its closing would be a great blow to the clty. | w that the prince of Wales has em- »d an American jockey to ride his s next season another wail will | probably go up that the people of this country are monopolizing all the good things over there. When the first five horses in one of the great English races are ridden by American jockeys it would indicate that it is about time for the old conntry to wake up on the turf as well | as in the industrial field. The natlonal party, whose nomina- tion for the presidency was declined by Senator Caffery has run up against an- other declination from A. B. Farquhar, millionaire Pennsylvania manufac- whom it tried to substitute for The national party may ) come down to Mr. Bryan, wan T to s at once, | | [ turer, | the vacan | | et nave who seems to be the onl lead several forlorn hop The people of Galveston have issued another appeal to the genmeral public for further contributions to in rebuilding their city. 'he people of | other states, we believe, ild be much more ready to respond to this second appeal If the people of Texas would lead the way by making a legls | 1ative appropriation to relleve their own distress. nssist W The census bureau continues right along at the free colnage of population statistics, most of the citles showing a satisfactory increa The increased percentage, howes s not as large s the mathematiclans have figured and the grand total may be expected to fall short of the usual generous estimates put upon the population of the country. he Times, Ledger Keeping Up with Philadelphia lone highwayman seems to be very much 0. Look Nearer Home. Ban Francisco Chronicle Mr. Bryan is wasting his bre brown men of Luzon of thelr rights. immediate issue which claims the eloquent vote | Among the revived iudustries that of the th demouncing the deprivation of the The atten- | tion of his party nearer home s that the ! Y THURSDAY, BEE: I'vvnv k man of Mississippi, Loul | Carolina, North Carolina and shall be restored to his political ana, Routh Alabama T Prey for Washing Why do the pickpe industriou | egally worked? the sm i ) oth K Are Mr. Bryan 0 audiences L Plams O San Frar The vision of patros which the domocrats are gazing will be turned in November by of American votes | srapes of fen ous [ | isco € T ms upon | longingly the magl picture of sour ito a Why This Seo ttle Polieyt Bryan says that one term ; for him. What! Would he try go to the dogs after he had | reaped all the honors of the pr Would he adopt the scuttle policy let the co selfishl idency Dewey Wan | Buffalo Express Dewey observes that what Hobson says | about., the sinking of Spanish could at best apply only to the smal sels that were raised and not to the more important ones which still lie in the bot tom of Manila bay. Dewey has the bette of the argument re. sin the ship ves Where Wheret New York Trib: By the way, how about that shutdown of | exports which Mr. Bryan predicted four | years ago if Mr. McKinley was elected And those mortgages which were to be foreclosed by the money lenders? Where are they? In Kansas and Nebraska re ports say they are largely redeemed Awaken Kindller Memories, 8t. Paul Ploneer Press The announcement of the death of Gen- eral Martinez Campos, twice captain gen eral of Cuba, will awaken much kindlier memories among the American people than are usually assoclated with the rulers of the Gem of the Antilles now under the tutelage of the United States. General Campos was an humane man as well as a brave soldier, which fact constituted his sole disqualification for the Cuban post in the eyes of the 8panish government. He was succeeded by the Weyler. who in turn gave way to the less ferocious Blanco. H v | LET WELL infamous ENOUGH ALONE, Acts to Re Consldered in De- clding How to Vote, Detroit Journal. We are told that Bryan will not do any mischief if he is elected because he will rot have congress back of him; that even | it congress should be democratic he| couldn’t control it—couldn’'t do with it as| he did with the Kansas City convention. | We are told that the tarift will not be disturbed and that the sound money demo- | crats in congress will tie Bryan's hands | and feet on the free silver business. | It all this be true what's the use of | making any change. If Bryan can't dis- turb the tariff, bring about free coinage of | silver, and baul down the flag in the Philip- | pines, what's the sense of going to the bother of electing him? He doesn’t really | need the salary of the office, for he makes good money delivering his lectures, and as | for the honor of the position, he has had as much of that as is good for him. The election of Mr, Bryan would make | the greater part of the trouble that would | bo inevitable long before he assumed the | office. Industry would be checked in- stantly. Distrust would reappear every-| where. People would resume hoarding. Labor would become idle again. Nobody would bulld any. more factories. Nobody | would invest money in productive enter- prises. Staghatiod would be upon the country in a very little while. Until the people learned what Mr. Bryan's policy would do to established conditions, they | would hold on to their money; that's| cortain. 1t is conceded, we believe, that Mr PBryan doesn’t pretend te be able to make times any better unless he can open the mints. But it fs claimed that he will not | make them any worse. But is it worth | while to run the risk of his belug mistaken about his prowess in this regard? He was | egreglously mistaken about the practica- | billty of the tariff and distresstugly mis- | taken In his prophecies concerning the gold standard. Mistaken about these two im- portant matters and being fallible he may | be mistaken about not making times any worse than they are now. He might mean to help sustain good times, but his elec- | tion would so demoralize business that years would be required in which to re- store It to its normal size. We are gettiug along tolerably well, all things considered, and whether our pros. perity is dispensed by Providence or by Con- fidence and a good government it would be folly to make a change just for the sake | of a change. It would be unwise to hazard an experiment just to gratify the ambition of a clever man to be president A MAN 0 TIE 70, thing About John Seh naing on Repablican Tie South Omaha John F. Schultz is one of South Omaha's | busy men—more busy Dow than ever that ho is running for the state senate on the | republican ticket For twenty-four years John Schultz has called Nebraska his home. He was born in Germany and came to the United States when a young lad. He comes of an ener getic stock and no sooner landed at Castle | Garden than he began to inguire for work— and he found it. He has never been idle since When he came west twenty-four years ago he located on a farm in Washington county, where he resided until he came to this city several years ago. While a res \dent of Washington county he was one | term township treasurer and since living fn | South Omaha has served four y in th city council here with credit to himself and | bis friends While Mr, Schultz has been mixed up somewhat in politics, yet he is not a poliil clan—he 18 just a common workingman— one of God's noblemen. No one ever heard | of John Schultz doing a dishonorable thing in his life, His maxim has always been, “Treat your fellow men justly.” This John Schultz bas done through life and that is why he has today so many friends among | ail classes, By occupation Mr, Schultz is a carpenter and builder and has taken the contract for scores of bulldings since he came to South | Omaha. He never skimps his work and mever underpays his help. He belleves that & man should be fairly recompensed for his hire. A few years ago, when times wore much closer than they are at present, Mr. Schultz had several contracts for houses in this city and up in Washington county Other contractors, seeing that a panic was | at hand, curtailed their expeses by reduc- | ing the wages paid their help, but not so | with John Schultz. He paid the same wages he had always paid ' While a member of the council Mr Schultz, by displaying good business tact, was the means of saving the taxpayers a | great deal of unnecessary expense. When he has been elected to the state senate he will as carefully look after the eity's inter- est when it comes to passing the much needed new charter, | In no sense did John Schultz seek the | nomination for state senator. He was for | Jomes H. VanDusen and did all in his power to have Mr. VanDusen uominated A vote for Mr. Schultz at the coming elec- tion will be a vote for a representative South Omaha citizen—an hooest man, IS | ting vigilanc | the prospect | p | north, 1 o PTEMBER New York Tr to find any tore r 16 war tesued ot Only Pennsylvania at Phila of Wis- from t ) b rtain managers publican congressional week, in the the canvass s addressir of Republ lelphia, Represen onsin drew a decidedly gloomy pleture of t onditions with the congres sional committee has had to contend in its struggle t ain a party majority in the lower house of congress and plcture has been supplemented by equally dublous tore from Representative Louden of New Jersey and Tawney of Min 1. No one who appreciates the handi it on republican effort by (h uncontested title to at seats from southern states where elections have no popular significance will dissent om the conclusion of these three intelll gent and eflicient campalgn leaders that a republican majority can be re-elected in the next house only at the cost of unremit and arduous labor. But that of republican control of the lower branch of congress during the ses- slon of 1901-08 is less flattering than it has been in other successful republican years we see no ground for admitting Certaiuly, compared with the prospect two years ago, when the committee itselt saw reason to expect a republican majority ot at least twenty-seven, party chances undenlably improved. For all signs pointed then to a reaction—in the eastern and mid- dle western states at least—strong enough to turn the party scale in the house (and the scale would have turned save for a counterbalancing anti-Bryan reaction in the far west), while this year election re- sults in Oregon, Vermont and Maine leave little doubt not only that the republican gains in 1898 on the Pacific slope will be held safe, but that most of the ecastern losses of two years ago will be repaired The republican managers, enter the con- gressional fight this year with two distinct advantages. They have a margin of thir- teen seats in their favor to start with and League an <fubs ve Babcock which by y asts cap tion's least 100 thelr representation from the south, where a fair and equal contest {8 not to be hoped for, has already been reduced to the mini mum point. From the south, excluding Missourl, Kentucky, West Virginta and Maryland, only five republicans were ele ted to the Sixty-firs gress. Two these five certain to be returned from the cast Tenn districts. The other three may be defeated, the.gh the chances favor the return of at least one republican year from North Carolina. From Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky and Missourl the present republican repre sentation of twelve is not likely to fncrease or decrease. A net loss of two seats four states fs the worst the repub lican managers can reasonably expect. No et ¥ to occur in southern or bor der tes will, therefore, affect the ma jority by which the republican party now bolds the house. In what other sections of the country are the necessary democratic gains to be made Not in New England, where the republican representation will be reased from twenty-four to twenty-five or twenty-six Certainly not in New York, where the re publican management should not be satls fled with a gain of less than six or seats. Nor in Pennsylvania, wh three or four districts should captured this fall. The northwest was overwhelmingly republican in 1898, and there are so far no signs of any substantial change of sentiment there. No Rocky Mountain or Pacific coast state not demo- cratic in 1598 can be suspected of a relaps to Bryanism this year. The democra galns necessary to capture the house mu come alone, then, from the middle Ohio, Indiana, Illinols, Wisconsin Michigan—a section in which reactionary influences at ago, the net democratic gain was ouly a single seat. Altogether, the outlook for another republican house of representatives is far from somber. Certainly it should not give any manager who survived the discouragements of two years ago a fit of blues this to be eanily and with all the work two years How Time Passlons of War, sston Herald attending the to the battleships Alabama rsarge were participated in by those represented what a short time hotly antagonistic sentiments. The historic Alabama was sunk by the Kear- sarge off Cherbourg, France, on June 19 1864, thirty-four years ago. If at that time It had been said that & generation later a member of the family of Captain Semmes, the widow of Jefferson Davis and the gov ernor of the state of Alabama would come togother at Portsmouth, N. H., with representatives of the United States gov- ernment, in jointly bestowing tablets upon two new vessels of the United States navy, called, respectively, the Alabama and the Kearsarge, and that this event would be of the nature of a love feast, the statement would have been con lered absurdly im ble. Thirty-six years ago at this time Captain Semmes and all of those assoclated with him were hated 'y the people of the particularly those residing on the seaboard, with an intensity which seemed likely to continue through centuries, but curiously enough, there not a trace of this feeling left to mar the festivities of yesterday. Time has softened and obliter- ated in other instan the passions which war has aroused. The English and Scotch were once deadly enemies, but it required a long term of years to allay these hard feelings. The war between France and Germany took place about thirty years ago. but the hostile feelings entertained by the French, at least, and perhaps by the Ger- mans, are atill important factors in the re- lations between the two countries. Usually a clvil war engenders more deep-seated and permanent hatred than a foreign war and we imagine this would have been the | experience with us it our war of the rebel- lion had béen attended, as fn the past such wars almost always have been, by a long. concluding list of reprisals demanded by the victor, in what he conceived to be the spirit of justice, but justice untempered by mercy. It may be pertinent, in view of the | celebration at Portsmouth yesterday, to ask whether it is probable that in 19 the sieges of Ladysmith and Kimberley will be cele brated at gatherings In which will be joined in hearty union the British colonial officlals in South Africa and the relatives or de- scendants of President Kruger, ieneral Joubert and Commandant Cronje. This seems to be entirely improbable, but, as we 4 betore, not a whit more fmprobable than would have seemed an event such as that which took place at Portsmouth yes- terday to the American people of thirty-six years ago. The tion of and Ke who were o8 presenta- a ago Fancy Richard Croker and Richard Olney on the same platform singing “Com- rades, Comrades! That young New York woman who went to Coney Island recently and tried convert the habitues of the place wa course, promptly arrested. Equally course, the examination she s to undergo to determine her sanity is entirely super- fluous. The pewest health fad {s exemplified in the theory of some people In Chicago who believe that nothing but raw food should be eaten. Just now, while the price of coal is going up because of the strike, this idea is likely to bave Its maximum following In ordinary times it will hardly be popular United States Commissioner M. H. De Young of the Parls exposition says, in speaking of the attempt of Germany to exclude American products, that an eminent rman chemist has confessed that he was ordered by his government to falsely report that he had found trichinae in American lard The youngest of the British generals in South Africa is Major General Sir Archibald Hunter. Scotsmen are particularly proud of him because he s an Ayrshire man and after the Soudan war of 1887-98 they pre- sented him with an eighteen-carat gold sword of honor H. Sothern was wounded in the foot Auring the duel scene in “Hamlet" in N York last week. When he whipped the foil out of Laortes’ band it fol) point down and cut through the actor's shoe. Though not dangerous the wound was painful, and it was all Mr. Sothern could do to go on with the performance Senator Depew regarding the education of the rich replied that all young men should be taught as to be able to earn their own ing. “There mever was a Vanderbilt sald, “who could not, if left without a earn hiz own living. And they have been the better for it." Lieutenant 1 P. Mclntosh the United States navy is on his way i wh by consent of the United States gov ernment, he | rintend the const tion of a navy for the Chilian government Five admirals o. the United States navy. without conference among themselves ommended him for this work Naval Constructor was recently structor Hobson on the Asl arrested the other day o Japanese police, who thought he was a de- serter from the Oregou. The maglstrate apologized for the blunder of the police man and took the naval oficer howe dioger. was asked the other d h en all | of to Cf rec Thomas Rubm Naval station ar Kure by the who Con re nt to succe to ISSUE THAT IS PARAMOUN Influence of the “Full Dinner Pail” as n Vote-Gett Detrolt Free Press (ind. dem.) While the democratic orators are jeering at the well-eno full-dinner-pail issue and the let gh-alone issue, nelther exactly merits their contempt. Governments not make prosperity, but they can often destroy it, and a general condition of pros- perity is by no means a damning indictment against an administration, whatever short- comfngs it may have. 1t really makes no difference what causes operated to produce existing economic con- ditions, far from ideal though they may be, The fact that times are good, that labor, for the most part, Is employed at high wages, and that the business of the coun- try is on & fairly stable basis, can hardly be refuted The Free Press has no fault to find with Mr. Bryan's denunciation of sordidness in | political life. The nation that has no higher ideal than a full belly has reduced itself to the level of a savage tribe; but bread and meat are things that are not to be sneered in humen %ivilization. Evep in Plato's Republic” and More's “Utopla,” the in habitants did not go hungry. If we really believed that the life of the republic was at stake, and that the fate of a republican form of government depended upon the de- feat of Mr. McKinley, we shou.d join Mr Bryan in denouncing the full-dinner-pail argument as a contemptible insuit to Amer- ican manhood. Ninety per cent of the voters, it they belleved it, too, would not hesitate a minute in declaring their will do | inguess to go hungry rather than buy coms fort at such a price. It is the fact that nobody really belleves that the republic is in peril which makes these two issues in question the very citadel of republican de- | tense. | It is possible, of course, that Mr. Bryan's election would not terminate the era of | prosperity—"fictitious prosperity” though it | may be. A change in national administra- tions does not necessarily provoke economic | disturbances; but we hardly thiok Mr. | Bryan can promise the American people | anything better in the way of prosperous times than they have experienced during | the last four years. The best that his ads | mirers claim for him is not that his elec- | tion would be followed by greater pros. | perity, but that it would not be followed by less. This may be true, but a contention of that sort does not carry conviction to | the mind of the average voter. It is too | much like arguing with & strong, healthy vigorous man to change his diet on the ground that a chauge probably would mot do him any harm. It cannot be said that the republican munagers have made very intelligent use of their most effective campaign material. When they might have carried the war into Mr. Bryan's country, they have allowed him to carry the war into their country. Thus far they have exhausted most of their erergies in trying to prove that the antis {mperialists are traitors and that the dem- ocrats could not restrain the trusts, even it there were trusts, For the most part they | have ignored the most apparent of all po- litical facts, namely, that 1f Mr. McKinley is re-elected—as he undoubtedly will be Lis victory will not be an iudorsement of his Philippine policy, or an expression of | public approval of the republican attitude toward the trusts, or evidence of a general fear that the democratic party might gain control of the senate in 1902, and enact & free coinage measure. His election will mean only that a conservative people be- lieve in letting well enough alome, prefer- | Ting to bear the ills they have rather than | fly to others that they know not of, | | e at least | | A GORS OF GATETY Somer | the vi mald Asks lemon sq Chieago e the first w dip; “Which pa do you as the | t just as wily refor t Washington it sald Star: "1 saw you take ket and the delega f Ansyore H1d-ble “IUs foree abit Philadelphia Pre | the graduating cl medico, “have dec That should be « tie man, “If yo hairs is each 1 heurd the sar r. How many Tribs ona hute Chicag of the spect hould fafl to o tached it from the That wouldn't daring, aeronaut down par hav what the wered right the ra come Kanans City Firemen Return, EW YORK, Sept. 2 —Among_the pas sengers on rd the steamer Furnissia which arrived here today from Glasgow. wis George C. Hale, chief of the Kansas City fire department, and thirteen of men. This {1 part of the representation Vhich exhibited nt the Parie sxposition and won all the contests in which they Hurricane in leeland, EDINBURGH, Sept. 2.-News has besn received at Drummore, Luce Bay, of & hurricane at Oflord, leeland, ember The wind, it {s said, blew 120 miles an hour. enrly all the fishing smacks were driven shore, houses were razed and several persons were killed. There was great destruction of property THE TIEN TSIN MUL (July 14, 190.) in the New York ad-eyed, homely brute But strong of withers, sure of fc Pupil of discipline and rule, An ordinary army mule n c He vas a F | He'd traversed many seas and lands From breezy plain to torrid sands Breathed the foul air of transport hold Stifled by heat, benumbed by cold & rations meekly shared tune's favorites freely fared zzy helghts with double loud r sunk kne od, or scored by whack long his back nt, ready, atili an of higher will within his small, d the Tmpulse of ' the the yoke of slavery e other captive (re Perhape He felt And bore To set e Wh Francisco's t But now from Jack sailed hores t for San m shores forbidd. neither le Pei Ho's brimm ced guns | To munch his grain fn war'a r Behind the captured arsenal While on the low, unsheltered pla Swept by the veilow devile' rain day the allles held their line purred on by pluck and discipl Then, back. a message “Our ammunition's low,"" it skid And Jack, still bearing double loud Was hustled out upon the road Hekly sped With stalwart leader, hand on rein And two swift followers—all the train Target for hottest fire that day Unmoved, as on parade, were they Pgt! that was close! 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