Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 21, 1900, Page 6

TIlF ()\IAIIA DAILY REE WEDNESDAY, NOVP\‘IBFR "'l. 1900. ’l‘ms OMAHA DAILY BEE. B }mm\w,fl'rn Editor. PUBLISHE D hVFRY MORNING. TERMS OF 8UBSCRIPTION. ally Bee (without Sunday), One ¥ y Bee and Eunday, One Year. Diimtraied s, One Year unday Bee, Ofie Year.. aturday Bee, One Year. Veckly Bee, One Year..... Olals OFFICES, maha: The Hee Building, Bouth Omaha: City Hall Bullding, Twen- y-fifth and N Streets, Council Bluffts: 10 Pear] Street, Chicago: 164 Unity Bullding. ew York: Temple Court. Washington: &1 Fourteenth Street. Bloux Clty: ‘611 Park Street CORRESPONDENC! Communications relating to news and edi- forlal matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editarial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS ‘iness letters and remittances should The Bee Publishing Com- ny, Omah; REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, Bijable to The jiee Publishing Company iily Bcent atamps accapted in payment £ mail ac Personal checke, except on Omaha or Eastern exchanges, not pted. _THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY HTA'I' MEN’ OF CIRC 'I,ATIONA Btate of braska, Douglas County, ss.: Gearga B, “Tgschlick, aecretary ot 'The Bee Publishing’ Company, b auly swora, sayo that the actua] number of full and complete coples of The Dally. Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of October. 1900, was as follows: 27,620 27,370 7,420 26,720 27,400 47070 Total "..... Net totai sales Net daily ave G Subscrihed In my presence and sworn to before me this first day of November, A. . M. B_HUNGATE, Notary Publle The man with a pet bill is preparing to lay slege to the legislators-elect. That auditorium fund Is one of Ne- braska's crops that grows in all sorts of weather, By the way, what has become of the threatened impeachment of County Clerk Haverly? What a bluff! It is the “trusted” employe always who gets away with the money. The other fellow Is watched so closely that he does not get a chanc The total vote of Nebraska is large enough to Indicate no apathy in this state. Nebraska voters like prosperity and they took no chances of losing it. The number of children attending the schools in Omaha is almost the same as the number of voters participating in the recent election, -But this is purely coincidenc The powers are beginning to realize that Orlental music comes high and several of them are contemplating the placing of a loan to pay for their share of the concert. 1t is a little early to figure Omaha into’ another base ball league for next summer, but Omaha may be counted In on condition that it is furnished a first-class game. If congress in the forthcoming short session finishes Up all the work which the newspaper writers have laid out for it one of the busiest sessions in the histery of that body is in sight. e The present popocratic secretaries of the State Board of Transportation will do nothing just as diligently during the coming year as they have in the past. The only difference will be they will not draw salary from the state treasury for it. Out of a total of 11,781 expressions 9,179 voters In Douglas county recorded themselves in favor of Edward Rose- water for United States senator. In other words, nearly: three-fourths of the republicans of this eounty have de- claved for him at the ballot box. Base ball managers do not propose to allow players and umpires to do all the fighting next season, if current reports are true, The magnates have a few squabbles of their own which they will turn loose. It Is to be hoped they will not be so verbose as the pugilistic matches, e While there is no cause for alarm, the prevalence of contaglous diseases in Omaha cautions people to be more careful than usual to prevent its spread. The greatest dunger is offered to chil- dren who may be exposed through play- mates. A few precuutionary measures may save much trouble, Our amlable popocratic contemporary wants to give the St. Louls exposition a political tinge on the ground that Thomas Jefferson, who consummated the purchase, was the founder of the democratic party. The democrats ha gone back on so much of Jefferson's doctrine in late years that they canunot g¢t much prestige from that. The machinists’ unlon and the organ- tzation of manufacturers have agreed to entertain no more strikes In the fu- ture In the metal workers' Industry, but that differences be settled by arbitra- tion. Other trades, too, will sooner or later see that peaceful and amicable adjustment 18 better and cheaper for all concerned than strikes and lockouts, —_—_— Nebraska's great trust-smasher, hav- Ing scarce six weeks more of his ofticial career before him, should get up a full bead of steam and work overtime from now until January. With so many trust-exterminating suits started and none of them within sight of the goal, his reputation would be jeopardized should he leaye them as a legacy to his republican successor. Clear the track for the terror of the trustsl |of | ment, THE ILLNESS OF THE CZAR. The latest report regarding the condi tlon of the emperor of Russia, while not altogether unfavorable, shows that he s not out of danger and will in- crease the solicitude which his illness occaslons in Europe, The czar is not vigorous constitution and his ail- typhold, makes g tremendous drain upon the vital forces. If he re- covers he will probably thereafter be stronger than before, but there is the possibility of a relapse to be appre- hended that might prove fatal. The death of Nicholas 11 would be universally regretted because of the communding position hé occuples among relgning soverelgns as a conservator of peace. Few things made a deeper im pression upon the civilized world in re- cent years than the czar's invitation to the nations to unite in a conference having for its object a reduction of armaments and the preservation of the world’s peace, and although all that he sought was not attained there is no question that his action has had a great Influence for the maintenance of peace. Unlike most of bis ancestors, he has no desire to advance his empire by force, but 18 devoted to the idea that the true way to bpild up his country and make it great is by the methods of peace— that the conquests of Industry and com- merce are much more enduring and beneticent than those of the sword. Therefore the death of the czar, under existing conditions, to be succeeded by a youth of whose qualifications little Is known, might prove calamitous to Russia and a very serfous matter for all Europe. The solicitude caused by his fllness is entirely sincere, IRRIGATIO! RESS. The Natlonal Trrigation congress will meet i Chicago teday and the promise Is that its deliberations will be of un- common interest. There has never been a stronger sentiment in the country than at present favorable to congres- slonal legislation for the promotion of irrigation and one of the things which the cougress will undoubtedly ask for is an appropriation to build storage reservoirs. The question of govern- ment ald in conserving the flood waters of the arid regions for frrigation pur- poses has long been discussed and al- though congress has not been well dis- posed toward the idea the friends of ir- rigation are not willing to give It up. There is no doubt, therefore, that it will again be urged by the congress which meets today in Chicago. In reference to this the Philadelphia North American say “The time has not yet come, though it is probably not far distant, when the government will sce the wisdom of doing something to save much of the water that now goes to waste In the states of the Rocky mountain region. Irrigation has long since passed beyond the experimental stugé. It has even reachied the polnt where little more can be done by private capital. Yet vast areas of the public domain remain unreclaimed in localities - where land would have a bigh, value If an artificial water supply were assured the year round.” The importance of the question of reclaim- iug the arld lands is very generally recognized, but with other costly enter- prises calling for government ald and deemed to be of greater urgency, such as an interoceanlc canal and a Pacific cable, congress may not be found better disposed now than in the past to appro- priate money for the promotion of ir- rigation. Still a question In which s Involved great possibilities of natlonal progress and wealth must not be neg- lected, emele—— RESPONSIBILITY IN CHINA. It is of no great consequence, except as a matter of history, which of the European powers, if auy, is responsible for the trouble In China, The practical question w I8 to bring about a Jjust and honorable settlement and discussion of responsibility cannot help to the at- tainment of this. It Is entirely natural, however, that the German government should resent the charge that its ac- quisition of Chinese territory was re- sponsible for the imbroglio and claim that what it did was from force of cir- cumstances and affected peace ueither directly nor indirectly, But the imperlal chancellor, Count von Buelow, appears somewhat disin- genuous in this statement: “We, with proverblal modesty, restrained our- selves longest of all the powers, even until the massacre of our missionaries in Shan Tung.” The truth is that the murder, in 1897, of two German Catho- lic missionaries, was made the pretext by the German government for what it had long contemplated, the seizure of a portion of Chinese territory. The mis- slonaries were the victims of a riot and in two weeks thereafter German troops were landed at Kiao Chou and nego- tlations were entered upon for the for- mal cesslon to Germany of that which she had already seized. In the spring of the following year a treaty was signed at Pekin by which the country round about the bay of Kino Chou was ceded to the German empire for ninety-nine years, Germany also ob- tained an indemuity and In addition a concession for two rallways in the province and the right to open mines within a counsiderable distance, Ger- muny certainly showed no modesty in exacting terms, but that which was most bitterly resented was the. selzure of territory. A writer on the ’subject says: “This high-handed act worked an ominous change in the attitude of the people toward foreigners, and espe- clally Germaus. It was not safe for Germans in small companies to travel in the interior. A bitter anti-Chris- tlan, anti-foreign spivit showed itself throughout the province.” This writer distinetly attributes to the course of Germany in China a large share In the creation of that feellng against foreign- ers which culminated in the Boxer out- break. But as we have sald, this Is of no great present consequence, Other pow- ers have respousibility as well as Ger- many. The course of wost of them hnu been such as to incite the hostility and resentment of the Chinese. What s of fmmediate concern is to know their present intentions and purpose and as to this the speech of the German chan- cellor is for the most part reassuring. Germany, he declared, is waging war of conquest on China, she is not seeking more Chinese territory. “We will not overreach anyone,” sald Von Buelow, “and we will not let anyone overreach us, We have nothing to gain by a partition of China and we do not desire it. We shall fare best If China overs herself, far as possible, under the best ordered administration obtainable and remaius solvent, We wish to confine ourselves to our present position and will not shake China un necessarily. We have uo reason for going beyond the convention of August 8, 1808, or to strive for territorial ac- quisition. We defend our rights in peaceful competition with all nations, on the principle of ‘live and let live.'" There is nothing to object to in this and if Germany shall faithtully adhere to it she will continue to exert a large and useful influence on the situation. no 80 BEFORE AND AFTER. Do the fusion organs that are barking and yelping imagine the people have such short memo that they have lost sight of what they were saying be- fore the election only a few weeks ago? During the campalgn these same or- gans were shouting as loudly as they could that the election of a republican legislature meant the election of Rose- water as senator, and they appealed w the republicans with wlhom they thought Mr. Rosewater's candidacy was dis- tasteful to vote for fusion candidate as the only way to prevent his success, “Elect a republican legislature,” said they, “and you elect Rosewater sen- ator.” But the kaleldoscope has mov The election Is over. In spite of this warn- Ing republican majorities control both branches of the legislature, lnsuring two republican United States senators. The sume fusion organs, however, are now proclaiming just as loudly that the choice of a republican legislature means defeat for Mr. Rosewater's candidacy. “The republicans are all agalnst Rose- water,” 1s the song they now sing. Is any republican going to allow him- self to be fooled by these fusion weather vanes? The people of Nebraska re- fused to follow fusion advice in the re- cent election, and we doubt whether the republican legislators will take instrue- tlous from the fuslon crowd, whose only purpose s to weaken the republican party in order to pave the way for the restoration of fusion ascendancy. CASE OF POLITICAL PERSECUTION. The dismissal without even an at- tempt at prosecution of the complaint trumped up jugt before election against Councllman lmman charging him with procuring fraudulent registration confirms all The Bee has sald about the fusion “stop-thiet” cries about repub- lican election frauds. No greater outrage was ever perpe- trated than the arrest of Mr. Zimman and advertising him for political effect as engaged in criminal work. Not a scintilla of evidence was ever in the possession of tlie instigators of the ar- rest that he had the remotest connec- tion with the illegal registration of a single person. Yet in order to frighten and intimidate ignorant people with the fear that they might be apprehended with warrants if they appeared at the voting booths to exercise their fran- chise, he was made a victim of the un- scrupulous fusion machine which hes- itated at blackening no man's reputa- tion to achieve its nefarious ends, With such political desperadoes op- erating on the fusion stand-and-deliver plan, no man is safe. The most vig- orous rebuke to such despicable meth- ods must be administered by the people every time they are pursued it we want to protect innocent people from such unwarranted persecution, Spain has agaln demonstrated its In- capacity to equal Its opportunitie The trade of the country is languish- ing and wise statesmen of that country foresaw that the best promise to revive it lies in the countries speaking a com won language. A congress of Spanish- speaking countries found a general rv sponse from the countrles of the new world, but when convened, though greeted with pleasant words, it finally adjourned without a single practical plan being presented for the cultivation of mutual trade relations. Spain con- tains some of the brightest minds in the world today, but tuey are entirely eclipsed by its bourbonism and bound down by the unatlonal characteristic of inactivity. The German chancellor denies that the course of his country in grabbing land in China on frivolous pretexts had anything to do with the recent uprisings in that country. While It Is probably true that Germany is not particularly responsible it s undeniable that the selzure of Chinese teeritory on every pretext has been the most potent cause of the resentment of the Chinese ward foreigners, The opponents of Mr. Rosewater's candidacy for the senate are desperate in their efforts to make outsiders be- lieve that the republican members elected to the legislature from Douglas county arve not firmly committed to him, They need not worry on this score, however. If other candidates had as staunch supporters they would not be worrying half so much, Over 15,000 of the ballots cast In Nebraska at the last election were elther defective In marking or the voters deliberately neglected to mark a prefer- ence for the head of the ticket. The further down the list you go the greater is the number. Like conditions are met with in every election and only go to show that while the Australian ballot to- is correct in principle it is still cumber- ] FUTURE OF FU some and in some ways confusing. —_— The local fusion gang with its custo mary abnormal appetite for spolls Is demanding the delivery of the rem. nants that were left over in the county court house a year ago, when the fusion incumbents were forced to retain one or two experienced men to teach them the routine of their offices. Nothing will be too small to escape the fusion maw this time, Value of Forestght Philadelphia Ledger. The final ascertainment of the result in Nebraska confirms Mr. Bryan's prescience in declining the senatorship from that state. —_— Practical Demands on China. Indlanapolls News, Shall the nations demand an indemnity that China can't pay and have it charged, or be a little more practical and demand what they can get? Surprise for the Elder Buitimore Americ Perhaps when (he Indians see their young men educated in civilized schools play foot ball they will wonder why the whites ob- Ject to scalping and war dances as bar- barous amusement Louls Republ! John Bull's experience with tho Ameri- can mule in South Africa has been on the whole so satisfactory that he proposes a permanent alllance with the animal. “Birds of a teather flock together,” and the quality of stubbornness possessed alfke by Bull and broncho forms a first-class bond of union between those two “birds.” Hawall's Political Joke. N York World, The native Hawalians have elected an in- dependent royalist as delegate to congress, beating both the republican and democratic candidates. The latter was “Prince David,” whose vote In the Kansas City platform committes ticd the free silver millstone around the neck of the democratic party. The native victory is regarded as a protest agalnst “the forcible annexation of the Islands by the United States. Thus both parties in this country get a blow from the Whirligig of time that brings his revenges. Pluck of Galveston People. New York Tribune, The plucky and heroic people of Galv: ton are entitled to great credit for not al- lowing themselves to despalr or even fto sink into dismay after the appalling calam- ity which engulfed their thriviog and busy town. They are grappling with the difficult task of rebullding Galveston and restoring its activitles, and in £o doiug they are evinc- Ing a dauntless courage and resolution that calls out the amazement of all observers, and unstinted commendation as well. In- deed, the whole state of Texas has met the emergency grandly and the republic Is proud of such pluck and constancy. Small Red Springfield (Mass.) Republl The busiuess interests of the country ex- pect of congress at tha coming session the abolition of the war taxes in whole or part The promise of a reducticn has been held out by the administration and its fulfill- ment is confidently anticipated. The house ways and means committee has already taken the matter into consideration, but the reports from Washington of what is to be done are not particularly encouraging. They are to the effect that, while some reduction will be made, it will not amount to much, The revenue, calculated on the present yolume, may be cut down by $20,- 000,000, but not by much mere than that. The war taxes are evidently here to stay for awhile. America’s Real Imperialints., Minneapolis Journal, The Yellow Rose chapter of the Aryan Order of St. George of the Holy Roman Empire has just begun the publication in Boston of “The Royal Standard,” which is devoted to supporting the claims of “His Royal Highness Prince Kobert, heir appar- |ent to the throne of England and lawful ruler of these American colonies, as the prospective head of the house of Stuart.” The cholce band of fossils that constitute this absurd society are mates for those other American asses who annually com- memorate in sorrow the death of “the mar- tyr King Charles.”, These silly American royalists have called a convention of co- lonial socleties, universities, ancient Amer- fean organizations, foreign socleties, Brit- ish, German, Itallan, Austrian, “to unite on the program of a royalist party,” to the end that a monarchy may be established in America and “the people freed from party turmoils.” The convention is to meet in Richmond and it will be surprising if it doesn't get a salute of ancient American eggs. AN OBJECT L No Hope for Candidates Who A the Gold Standard, Boston Herald. One very good thiug Is to come out of the defeat of Mr. Bryau. Never again will any presidential candidate who has a fighting chance to put in jeopardy endanger it by running a tilt against the gold standard. We do not mean to say that our future politics 15 to be cleared of the silver ques- tion for good and all. There may be for many years minor candidates who will appeal for popular support on behalf of the white metal, and denounce “the crime of 1.3" with all the fervor which Senator Stewart used to put into his denunclations of that heinous offense; but the champion- ship of silver is henceforward to be left to these minor candidates, to men who rea- lize that they cannot by any possibility be elected to the presidency, and so will be willicg to put themselves astride of a hope- less hobby. Politicians with sense enough to measure the drift of public opinion have had in this presidential campaign a letron which they are not likely to forget regarding the devetion of our business men (o the honest money cause. If that sentl. ment was not recognized betore, it is thor- oughly understood now. The sight of those marching myriads in New' York, who plodded for miles through rain and mud to testify their attachment to our curremcy In its present form, the soundest form ever known by the American people, was an object lesson that will not pass from the minds of thinking men. In past years politiclans have thought that popularity could be obtained by at- s upon gold money. The silver men made such a clamor that their relative strength was greatly overvalued, It was another example of Burke's metaphor about the grasshoppers under a fern who made the fleld ring with their importunate chink, while thousands of great cattle chewed the cud and were silent, Thus lst- eners imagined the half-dozen grasshoppers were the only inhabitants of the fleld, and ignored the cattle that could trample the clamorous insects into the ground. The ex- perience in this presidential election, ac- centing as it does the teaching of four years back, has opened the eyes of poli- ticlans to the true relations of things. They have found out that it 1s a deadly blunder to exclte the fears of business men re- specting the safety of the currency. From this time out, and we think with growing force, the gold standard will be safe from assault from any candidate who hopes to find entrance to the White House. Mr. Bryan has fallen in attacking the gold ndard, and his fate will be a warning to all future candidates who seriously aspire to the presidency. ON IN NERRASK Ewing Advocate (pop.): The fusion forces of Nebraska should adopt some one name and sti’k to it. When one reflects upon the names that have been applied to the peoplo’s independent party, small wonder that many voters were confused by the mid- road populist ticket The people’s inde- pendent party has been called popullst more often than it has by its official name. York Times (rep): Fusion in Nebraska ts dead for the present. It has lost its &rip on the offices and its dishonesty and | venality are now apparent to the unpreju- diced voter. Still there will be fads and fakes. The old professional ‘‘reformers, who have profited by it in the past, will organize on new lines and under new names, to keep the pecple from republican party. They will hold ‘them to- gether as best they can by any means pos- sible and will fuse with anything at any time if they can get office by dolng so. Lyons Mirror (pop.): Already the re- publican press is making great efforts to polson the opinlons of the reform forces agalnst fusion hereafter. We have pos- o evidence that the republican leaders used thousands of dollars to divide the fu slon forces in the recent campaign. We appeal to all fusionists to stand their ground. They made a gallant fight in Ne- braska aga'nst the mighty power of money and unscrupulous methods. The floating vote defeated us. When the money power gets In its work within the mext yoar or 50 this floating vote will rally to the re- form forces. Yes, let fusion go on and victory will agaln be theirs and Nebraska will be wrested from those who have looted the state treasury for years. United we stand, divided we fall. Loup Clty Times-Independent (pop.): The pecple’s independent party must hereafter stand upon its own platform and labor dili- gently to enmact its planks into law. Had that party stood firmly by its principles in the past much good would have been mc- complished by this - time. There is no doubt but that the democratic party prided itself upon its ability to swallow up both the people’s party and the free silver re- publican party, but it is plain to see that the members cf these two parties would not bo swallowed. Mr. Bryan's great gains are in the east, whero the democratic party had been divided but now united, while the losses are in the states where the people's party was the stronger. The people’s party has not heen weakened, but the members of that party refused to vote the democratic ticket or a ticket in fusion with the demo- crals. Stanton Reglster (pop): It is a long time until next election, but the fusionists should find out in what way we lost and at once get into shape for the next cam- palgn. We are now without responsibility and on the other fellow rests the labor of pleasing the people. We have a splendid organization and with proper work we can swing the pendulum of success our way next year. One defeat in five years should not dampen the ardor of the elector working for undying eternal principles of justice and right. We have a candidate for supreme judge for the next election that we think can win, Hon. Frank Ransom, the able lawyer and present scnator-elect of Omaha, is the man that we would like to sce nom- inated and bis ability and splendid record as a state senator makes him a strong can- didate worthy of the support of all fair minded citizens. As the author of the valued policy insurance laws and his support to many other very worthy laws on our statute books, he is looked upon as a fair and impartial man in whom the people have ex- plicit faith. Broken Bow Beacon (pop.): Just what the populist party will do in the future will depend on future developments. One thing can be depended upon, the organ- ization will remain intact. A party that has stamped its individuality upon the country and compelled one of the great political parties to adopt its priuciples, must not disband. The people's party brought order out of chaos in the state and county and no state in the union has a better credit,as the Beacon has fre- quently sald, than Nebraska, nor has any county in the state a better credit than has Custer county. Whether or not there shall be a divorcement of the peoplo’s party from the democratic party will d pend upon circumstances. It the demo- cratic party reaffirms the principles enun- clated at Kansas City and nominates a man like Bryan whose heart beats in warm sympathy for all who get their living by tho sweat of manual labor, there is no use to think that populist candidates will make any better showing that did the mid- road populists in the recent campaign, which was a sorry spectacle indeed. There is strong talk in certain quarters of a re- organization of the democratic party on different principles. John G. Carlikle, Don M. Dickinson and Grover Cleveland ars sald to be In sympathy with the scheme. They say “populism must be eliminated.’ Should this be done, populism will come to the front, and the people’s party will be one of the big parties in the next cam- paign. In such an event David B. Hill will be nominated on a platfrom similar to that on which Grover Cleveland stood In 1892, Let populists watch the trend of events as they rapldly transpire and be prepared to act for the best to promote the cause of populism and advance its principles. PERSONAL NOTES, Maine 1s mourning over the prospective loss of ome of its four cougressmen under the new apportionment. The letters of Bismarck to his wite have been collected. Between 1847 and 1892 he wrote about 600 of these epistles, Hoke Smith of Atlanta has given traveling libraries to fourteen countles in Georgla. The books are intended for echool children and are to make a circuit of the schools. Nearly all the churches throughout the stato of Montana held memorial services at the hour of Marcus Daly's funeral. Busi- ness of nearly every kind was suspended. The president has sent his photograph to a little blind girl at Carlisle, Pa., who, as ho had learned, had expressed much dellght at his re-election. She cannot see the gift, but she Is very much pleased It may surprise some readers to learn that Dr, Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. His parents were of Irish descent and his father was one of four brothers, each of whom distinguished himselt, Lieutenant Colonel William Henry Boyle, inspector general of the Department of Colorado, who has just been retired through the operation of the age !tmit, fought in three wars and in many Indian campaigns, Congressman Allen of Mississippl 1s an expert in the matter of cotton, to which he has given much study In leisure moments, and to the cultivation of which be Intends to devote himselt upon his retirement from politics mext March. The common pleas court in Philadelphia has sustained the constitutionality of the city ordinance prohibiting the distribution of advertising handbills and circulars in the streots of the city and in vestibules, porches and yards of dwelllngs, whence they are likely to be blown at any moment into the streets. Attaches of the German mission In Wash- {ngton are looking forward with mixed feel- ings to the return of Dr. Theodore von Holleben, the German ambassador, who fs now returning from a visit to Europe. Dr. von Holleben 18 the most rigid disciplinarian in the diplomatic corps and allaws none of the many liberties which are common in returning to the ‘| ® clean sweep in Nebraska. | Senators Thurston and Allen. LANDSLIDE IN NEBRASKA. Washington Post: Now that the official | returns give the republicans the Nebraska legislature Mr. Bryan can afford to give a |strong endorsement to Editor Hitcheock's seratorial candidacy. Brooklyn Life: It now appears to be settled beyond doubt that the republicans not only have the electoral vote of Ne- braska, but a clear working majority in the legislature, What has been said about a prophiet’s standing in his own country | | sometimes applies also to a presidential | candidate. to have been President Mc- The Nlobe-Democrat: 1t appea Kinley got the state's electoral vote. |republican candidates for state officers weyo elected. In the new legislature the repub- licuns will have a majority on joint ballot and will choose the senators. Repudiated at home as well as In the country at large it would seem that Bryan ought to subside. long as he Itves and his friends are threat- ening to nominate him in 1904, even If they have to cut loose from the eastern democrats to do it. Washington Star: The last point of doubt as to the results remaining of last | week's votlng scems now to be clearing aws Nebraska's legislature is now ap- parently republican on joint ballot, insuring the return of republican successors to In case (wo republicans are elected in Delaware this will give the republicans fifty-four votes in a full semate, counting Mr, Wellington a republican; the democrats twenty-elght and the independents elght. Mr. Wellington, however, 13 now to be classed at least as an independent. On the other hand, Sena- tors Kyle and Stewart are to be classed henceforth as republicans, the latter having tormally notified the printing clerk of the senate so to inscribe him in the forth- coming congressional directory. On this basis the senate will stand: Republicans, 56; democrats, 28; independents ROBATION. Rejolees v Triumph of Republican Baltimore American, Republicans throughout the country may, with entire propriety, congratulate them- selves that thelr trumph last Tuesday has clicited the approval of the cabinets and the press of forelgn countries. To regard that approbation from abroad as something to be proud of does not imply that this country or any portion of its population is truckling to old world powers. It does mean, however, that the republican party has done something which causes the great uations of the earth to rejotce. In commerce and In diplomacy, in every quarter of the globe, our interests are in- tertwined with those of England, France, Germany, Russia and the other natlons. We are all going forward together and we are tn the lead, thanks to the wisdom and unerring judgment of the McKinley admin- istration, which has so won the confidence of the world that it trusts our leadership. So thoroughly do our fnterests harmonize with those of other great nations that what affects us must be reflected upon them. Hence, Burope's interest In the presi- dential election. It cast up the respec- tive merits of the two parties, and, as was inevitable from an unprejudiced view-point, decided that the republicans were in the right. Europe knew that a republican success meant a continuance of our commerce and diplomacy upou the same substantial, energetic and enterpris- Ing basls it has grown famillar with in tho past three years. It knew, too, that democratic success meant exactly the re- verse. With interests so intimately ansoci- ated, and with so much depending in the future upon steady adherence to policies already lald down, 1t is not to_be dered at that all Europe I pleased. And it Americans know the value ot the good esteem of thelr neighbors, ft will gratify them to know that Europe looks with confidenco upon the result as something that will not disturb ex- isting relations. Few parties, in the past, have pitched their campaigns upon so high o plane as to win the world's encomiums, and that the republicans have accomplished the feat should cheer all Amerfcans for years to come. It is some- thing to be proud of when one wins the plaudits of all civilization, and that fs Just what the republicans have done. Tt is an achievement without' example, and marks an epoch in our political chronicles, won- LARGE COAT OF SUGAR. British Army Oficer Looks Into the Mirror and Exclaims, Philadelphla North American. Lord Wolseley, presiding at a lecture given by Winston Churchill in London re- cently, described the British officer as “not culy the fuest specimen of humanity ex- tont and the finest Nghting man, but a man unequaled in the armies of the world, In the light of the mass of evidence of amazing stupldity and incapacity of British line officers in South Africa, Lord Wolse- ley's extravagant praise cannot be taken seriously as an expression of the calm fudgment of a professional soldler. Com- petent military critics and correspondents who saw the British officer in action al- most ununimously dissent from Lord Wolseley's amiable estimate of him and describe him as a calamitous Inc able, {gnorant of the rudiments of his pro- fesslon, fatuously impervious to the lessons of experience. invincible in conceit and content with his ignorance, and redeemed from utter contempt only by an animal courage that does not aid him as a di- rector of the movements of men on the firing line. A. G. Hales, an I\u,rlllnn. and one of the Keenost observers M the corps of press correspondents in the fleld, does not hesi- tate to tell the British public what a dolt the average British oficer s, With the | looked over another lot sent to him, But he says he will remain In politics as | exception of men trained by Kitchener, Hales found the line, and most of the staff, to be mentally unfit for intelligent service. He relates how Kitchener found a lot of them loagng about in Capetown and com plaining of the lack of hotel accommoda- tlons on the veldt, and gave them tha cholce of going to the frobt or returning to England by the next steamer. Kitchener and sarcastically asked them why they didn't | bring along ladies’ malds to curl their hair, In a sense quite different from that con veyed by Lord Wolseley's flattering words, | the British offcer, appointed because of soclal standing and wholly untrained, probably 18 “unequaled in the armies of the world." Even the London Chronicle takes fssue with the commander-in-chict and declares that “the army is the least intelligent of all the professtons.” From the time of Braddock to the pres- ent day, the absurdity of the KEnglish system of selecting leaders for her sol- lers has been demonstrated continuously, but the lesson written in the blood of English soldiers all over the face of the earth has not been learned by the aristo- cratlc British government @evessececscsscrcccccccssce® 600D WORDS FOR HARD WORK 8t. Louls Westliche Post, Nov. 10 With the elght electoral votes of braska President McKin ley's strength in the electoral col- lege lus grown to Both houses of the state legislature have republican majoritics. By this are the prospects notably im- proved for the election to the United States senate of Edward Rosewater, the well known editor of the widely read Omaha Bee. In the Interest of the public it is sincerely to be hoped that Mr. JRosewater will be successful in “his candidacy. The sound and progressive ideas expounded so forcibly in his excellent paper would find in him in the senate a strong and outspoken representa- tive. To him and his influentlal newspaper are we under first ob- ligations for the republican vie- tory in Nebraska and the Ne- braska legislature should show its recoguition of this good work by electing him to the senate, -mwm.-.mm A CHAFFING DISH. Philadelphia Bulletin an obliging ninger? “Oh, yes; half the time she refuses to sing. “Is Miss Triller Brooklyn Life: Bawking—Ahd you met 3 Versatile, Isn't he? dh, ves! The kind of an ass you'd expect to offer you a humorous recitation Cleveland Plain Dealer: “I se. Chinese empress dowager 18 Dear, dear, how sudden! China."” that the Philadelphia ~ Press: Tumley—Trotter brought home some very Interesting things from abroad, He's got a beautiful marbie tile that he found at Herculaneum. Dumley—Come off! You don't mean to say he's wearing a marble til Dotrolt Free Press: Professor—They say that women are greater llars than men, but T do not belleve it. New Woman (hotly)—That's just the way with you men. never want us women to take lead in anything. Chicago Post: * fan, “do not lie. Of thelr own accord they do not,” ad- mitted the man of the world, “but they can be made to lie like sixty."” gures,” sald the statis- Chicago Tribune: “I'm sorry I read that story,” “exclaimed Mr. Pneer, throwing down’ the borrowed book in disgust. “It's a tragedy!” “‘Doesn’t the hero marry the heroine in the last chapter?”’ asked Mrs. Pneer. *“Yes, but it costs him his fortune!” Cloveland Plain Dealer. opinfon of a title Iike this befort the American Ornithoioglcal society now In session at Cambridge, “The Peterylosia of Podargus, With Iurther Notes on the Pterytography of the C u|‘rlm| thnv.' Well, | should call it a bira!" “'What's or_an ud ORTENING DAYS, Pittsburg Chronicle. Some months ago Old Sol arose 8o early In the morning That we were still asleep in bed When dawn flashed out its warning. By half past four his rays of light 010 Bol waa widely ninging, And all the birds in o trees Most mrerrily were singing. Throngh long, poured Down from the distant heaven, For shades of evening didn’t fall Until ‘twas half-past seven. The greater portion of his ti Old 8ol then gave to shining, For fifteen hours c'apsed between His rising and declining. long days the sunshine But that was months ago, and now The days are getting shorter, Because O1d Sol, who then was prompt, Is mow a tardy starter. “Tis nearly seven when his shafts Of light he's earthward finging, And silence relgns, for birds no more Are in his honor singing. His light, which once was dazzling brigh Is now 'a hazy shimmer, And sooner all along the' streets The lights of evening glimmer. And now instead of fifteen hours He used to spend In working, We get five less, and all mankind Can see that he I8 shirking. You ought to be ashamed, Old Sol, Of such a measly showing: You ought earlier, And later o golng. But If you won't grow pen Berore' the 010 ‘vears ending, ship. ly well mace garment. high as $35.00. NO CLOTHIN other embassies. Everybody is on duty from 10 to 6, with an hour for luncheon, and that hour is no more than sixty mioutes In length, NG IPITS LI rowning, King & Co., "Tis hoj . e Your manners you'll mending. An Overcoat that’s right. There are plenty of overcoats to be had but they are not always of the right sort. is technically known as “tailoring,” you won't find one garment in fifty up to the proper standard of workinan- In details of fit and what We'd like to have you see our overcoats—some cloth lined—some with silk shoulders- edge—medium or winter weight—in oxford, vicuna or freizes, or blue or black kerseys. Luxurious silk lined coats as some silk lined to the $10.00 for a thorough- KE OURS, R. S. Wilcox, Manager. Omaha's Oaly Exclusive Clothicrs for Mca and Boye