Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 22, 1900, Page 6

ATTA DAIL Y BEE: THURSDAY THE tMAHA DALY Bn; -_— ROSEWATER, Editor. PUBLISHED BEVERY TERMS OF 8UB3 Daily Bee (without Sunday Datly Bee and Eunday, Orie Tiiustrated Bes, One Year Bunday Hee Ohe Year urday lce, One Year... Weekly Bee, Year OFFICES Omaha: The Bee Building Bouth Omahn: City Hall Bullding, Twen: y-Nifth and N Streets. Councll Bluffa: 10 Pear] Street. Chicago: 1640 Unity Bullding. New York: Temple Court Washington: 61 Fourieenth Strest. Bioux Clty: 011 Park Birect CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to n torial matter shouid he addressod: Bee, Editorial Department BUSINESS LETTEF fness letiers and remittances be nddressed: The Bee Publlshing pany, Omaha, REMITTANCES. by draft, express or postal order to The flee Publishing Company { mamps acocplad in puyment | unts. Bersonal checks, except on Omahi of Fustern exchinges, not accepted THE BER PUBLISHING COMPANY BTATEMENT OF CIRCULATIC Btate of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.: go B, Tzschiick, secretary of The Bee Publishing ¢ betg Auly §WOrn maye that the actual number of tull and eomplete coples of ‘The Dally, Morning Evenlug and Sunday Bee printed during th h of October, 190, was as follows: .. 27,220 17 27,450 L21,m0 18 19 20 n MORNI? SRIPTION. Year.$8.00 Y 8 2.00 s ws and edi Omaha should Com Remit payable Only 2-ce mail ac mpany, L2740 27,520 27,480 27,620 .27, .. 20,720 27,400 N2, T10 Less unrold and returned coples, 1,801 L NTONTS e PN TZSCHUCK Subscribed (n my presence and sWorn to befora me this first day of November. A D. 1900, M. B, HUNGATF (Seal.) No y Publle, Net totai sales Net dally average GEORGE B It reports from promised reduction taxes are correct sever revenue stamps can already se finish. Washington as to of war revenue 1 of the internal their Pe—— Nebraska need not give up while there is hope. There Is at least a chanee for It to retain its six congressmen, if the ratlo of apportionment is not in- creased too much. The movewent In Hewspaper property in Nebraska seems to tave been quick ened by the election, But It I8 notice able that the papers which are changing lands are all of the popocratic taith. Congressman Allen of Mlssissippi says he does not regret his retirement trom legislative life. Nefther will the democratie party regret It. It has more use for an undertaker than a punster. Governor Poynter will represent Ne- braska by persoually attending upon the frrigaiion congress at Chicago. The governor 18 entitled to the most of the fow weeks remaining to bis officlal career, — Official returns from the election in Kansas make the McKinley plurality there almost 26,000, And Kansas was another of the states which the Bryan- ftes pretended to carry in their vest pockets, The Cuban constitutional convention has not been guilty up to date of vio lating the eight-hour rule. At the pres- ent rate of progress the body may be able to formulate a constitution by Christmas, 1001, Toot ball 1s dangerous cnough when played according to the usual rules, but the railroad grader in Wyoming who substituted a stick of dynamite for a pigskin Injected entirely too much ac- tion foto the game. The Peter Cooper club has been dis- cussing the question of the future of fusion. With less than 500 populist votes registered in Douglas county the future of popullsm in this balliwlck might be & more pertinent subjec The popocratic papers of the state are all at sea on the question of fusion. What is bothering them most fs what proportlon of the assets of the bankrupt political firm will fall to each of the partners in case of dissolution of the copartuership. Members of the German Relchstag have declared themselves in favor of having the emperor submit his speeches to the tender mercies of the blue pencils of the ministry before he delivers them to the public. Such a course would cer. tainly save many explanations. The erowd which has controlled the popocratic party during the past few years will soon know how the founders of populism felt when the ple brigade turned them down and appropriated all the fat offices. They reaped the fruits of the labor of others for a time and are now harvesting the crop sown by themselves. General Fitzhugh Lee has arrived in New York on his return from Cuba and may be expected to take charge as com- mander of the Department of the Mis. souri at Omaha very shortly, The Bee ventures the suggestion that if he will ouly give an advance notice the people of Omaha, through their Commercial club or some other organization, will be glad to tender him a reception char- acteristic of their hospitality. _— The advent of winter finds fewer peo- ple in Omaha dependent upon charity than for many years. Times are never 80 good or work so plentiful, however, that there are not some unfortunates and the fact that the city and its people are gemerally prosperous leaves less ex- cuse for unrelieved want. Those in a position to distribute charity intelli- gently should be provided with the means to make the coming Thanksgiv- Ing worthy of the name to every soul in Omaba, \ AMERICAN POSITION UNCHANGED, The consideration given by the Wash Ington eabinet on Tuesday to the Chi neso situation that there been no change in the position of this government and none is contemplated showed the administration to join in demands upon China which the Chinese govern ment cannot comply with, but it is the determination that not for this or any other will the United 8 permit itself to be isolated from t concert without the most satisfactory assurauce of the powers that its rights and Interests shall be respected. Be ause this country is opposed to the excessive demands of some of the pow- demands which savor more of re ige than of Just reparation—it does not propose to allow itself to Le thrust aside and its Interests ignored In this attituc the administration will be sustained by the country, what ever the conscquen way be. The American people do not ire a re lentless policy toward China, They do not want the empire bled to death, nor ) they wigh the putting to death of all who may be aecused or suspected of be ing responsible for the anti-foreign up- rising, Those who are unmistakably shown to be guilty must be punished and the Chinese government has shown its willingness to do this, but the United States Is upon no bloodthirsty mission In China. A just indemnity for in Juries inflicted must be exacted, but this country is not in China for the purpose of robbery and spoliation. We believe that ultimately the tude of this government will be proved by the clvilized world, as now s by most of the powe KKUGER IN FRANCE, The arrival in F ‘e of former President Kruger will give the French people an - opportunity to strongly manifest their hearty hatred of the British. This feellng, rather than sym- pathy with the Boers as representi- tives of republican government, is what will prompt Frenchmen to make the visit of Kruger an ovation, In spite of the precautions that have been taken by the authorities of Marseilles to pre- vent any anti-English demonstrations, it Is safe to say that they will be made. There is naturally great interest and curlosity as to the object of Oom Paul's visit Europe and doubt- less this will soon be disclosed. It I8 hardly possible that he comes to seck intervention, because he must realize t that is out of the question. The Boer republics that were have been annexed to the British em- pire and that fact is recognized by the world. No nation will now attempt to interte with it that does not desire war with Great Britaln. France is not harmed by the result and Germany is well satisfied with it. Russla has no Interest in it. The report that Kruger is empowered to sign a peace treaty Is denfed by those who ought to know. Meanwhile the Boer soldiers are keep- ing upa guerrilla warfare and General Kitchener is preparing to carry out the policy of depopulating the towns and ving the people to the coast—in effect to prosecute a war of extermination. REASSURING THE CUBANS. Sceretary Root said In a speech at Santiago that his visit to Cuba is for the purpose of making an investigation of its Inhabitants, particularly with reference to their ability to govern themselves. He stated that from news- paper reports be had come to imagine that the Cubans were only partially civilized and was agreeably surprised to find an enlightened people, adding: “1 desire to renew assurances of the good faith of the United States government, which will fulfill its promises, and I expect s0on to see a free, self-governing republic in Cuba.” With a convention in session to frame a constitution for an independent Cuban government, it would seem unnecessary to reassure the people of the good faith of the United States, yet Secretary Koot may have found a feeling of distrust there which he thought it desirable to correct. There is a considerable element in Cuba that is not In favor of an inde- pendent government and its lnfluence Is feared by those who want sel! went. A correspondent of the New York Tribune writing from Ifavana states that there is not a man doing a large busiuess in Cuba who does not appreciate the fact that in the event of absolute fudependence business interests are to suffer greatly in all parts of the island, The great majority of them ave of the opinion that Cuba I8 not pre- pared for self-government, owing to the least respousible element buving con trol of the preliminary arrangements, and knowing that the Influence which these men exert will be against those who the greatest interest in the island. Others say that it watters not whether th ple are prepared for self-government or not. The very fact that the world discredits them will de- stroy all confidence and will surely re- sult in great loss to all property Lolders and enterprises, The correspoudent further says that the annexation sentimieat was never stronger than it is today. *“There bas uot been a time siuce the war when the better element of Cubaus were so dis posed to discuss the conditions as they ave today. They say that it is purely a commercial problew und they buve every wrguwent on their side, They know too well that without a market in the United States for their products the, are at the wercy of the business world and will not be i a position to develap the islund as it should be, With a high tarifl against her products in the United States Cuba is doowed, In view of this sentiment in Cuba amoug a large and lutiuential elewent, which bas more or less support in this country, it was well for Secre Root, us the representa tive of President McKialey, to renew assurances of the good faith of the United States government. | Meuuwbile it is to be remarked that s ' attl ap it to “govern- have has | There i no disposition on the part of | | nts expectation of soon seeing a free, self-governing republic in Cuba seems hardly warranted by the thus far of the constitutional conven- | tion. That body has been in session | since November 5 and has accomplighed | nothing, Most of the time been oceupled In wrangling over charges of fraud in the clection of delegates and partisan accusations of bad faith, prospect, therefore, of an of a constitution is by no means good, while the impression whichi the conven tion I8 making as to the fitness of the Cubans for self-government Is anything | but favorable. proceedings y las he arly framing THAT SHORTAGE OF VOTES. Although the vote of Nebraska has not yet been officially canvassed the | statement is made that it will show that over 15,000 voters falled to express themselves on governor and congress men and other candidates on the ticket, The inference conveyed by the com- ment on this condition Is that it is an unusual anomaly due to defective elec tion machinery. The fact Is, however, that this deficlency of votes presents iteelf in every presidential election in a striking degree and in minor form in other elections, A presidentlal battle draws out more voters than any other political contest and many of the par ticipauts content themselves with vot- ing only for presidential electors or other single section of the ticket. A compilation of the figures for the last two presidential elections in Ne- braska shows the same neglect of the voters as measured by the difference between the total vote and that recorded for particular offices included in the ticket, In 1802, for ample, the total vote in Nebraska was 200503, while the total vote for president was only 199,314, fall- ing short more than 10,000 votes, The total vote for governor in the ue year was 107,473, more than 12,000 less than the number of ballots cast, while the | total for all the congressional districts aggregated only 106,161, a deficit of nearly 13,500, In the year 1896, which constituted the battle royal for the presidency, eliciting more intense interest thun any other re cent struggle, Neb 1 polled votes. On presidential electors a total of 224,171 votes was cast, a little over 6,000 less than the aggregate. On gov- ernor, Lowever, only 3 were re- corded, a detleit of D00, while oii con- | gressmen, in the different districts, the total was 216,617, a deficit of 14,000, Presumably the total vote in Nebraska in 1900 has been in excess of 240,000, so that while the shortage of votes in the minor offices may be greater the pro- portion cannot be far different from that in previoug presidential elections. While the ideal election machinery would be that which recorded the choice of the voter on every position to be filled, it 13 1dle to expect to attain that goal for the present. The best that can be done is to simplify the election laws 80 as to reduce to a minimum the num- ber not voting on particular offices, 217,768 Prince David of Hawali, the delegate whose vote turned the scale in favor of a free silver plank In the Kansas City platform, is among the derelicts of the November political storm. He was the democratic candidate for delegate in congress. The prince evidently did not know any more about what his own people want than he did about the de- sires of those of the United States. The disposition of Governor-elect Dietrich to appoint to the position of adjutant general one of the veterans of the war with Spain has brought out a list of starters of unexampled fighting ability. The capture of the Manila water works will be nothing as com- pared with the capture of the adjutant generalship, The burglar convicted of sawing into the police alarm at the public library will have two years to reflect upon the folly of summoning the police to arrest himself. He wlill also serve as an ob- Ject lesson for other people who may cast covetous eye upon the gold and silver coins displayed there under the glass. Kruger Is evidently doomed to dis- appolntment in his trip to Europe if he is expecting active intervention. While he may get plenty of sympathy, he will recelve no military support. Nations which are willing to take up the burden of war for others, as the United States d@id for Cuba, are not plentiful. According to a Russian medical au- thority there 18 ouly one doctor for every 30,000 inhabitants in that country. This field should offer a suggestion to those who have worried over the prob- lem of what was to be done with all the graduates of our medical schools, Only a Few Illkrl Left. Chicago Times-Herald, 8till, there Is no immediate cause for alarm on the part of rich Americans with daughters. There are only a few dukes left, and the majority of them are fairly well fixed. Make a Hummer, San Franclsco Chronicle, A movement has been started in the east to make the second inaugural of McKinley the grandest display of the kind ever seen, 2nd the occasion merits it, for the election came nearer being unanimous than any we are ever likely to see again, “Brutal Enterprise Brooklyn Eagle. The punitive expeditions undertaken by Buropean soldlers into interior China are cowardly and brutal enterprises. The Boxer war is over, and the whipping of a beaten people is sure o create sympathy for them, if it does not remew the war. Harvest of the Orchards, Minneapolis Times, Twenty years ago this country raised hardly any prunes and ten years ago nearly 60,000,000 pounds of that fruit were im- ported. Now we produce 100,000,000 pounds and importation has practically ceased. Calitornia bas almost succeeded in supply- ing the home market for raisins and whereas the importations amounted to 42,000,000 pounds ten years ago, we buy less than one- fourth of that quantity abroad now. The | generally $100,000,000 mark 2,000 four are now weo have In fact years ago independent the peach and orange growers of the tariff. Then the grapes and the millions more. Gathering Virtue with Philadelphia Record It is pleasing to hear from lrnkvr himselt that | dollar has ever passed through his im maculate hands! The imperator of New | York fs far more virtuous than the cele brated R gold from a suspiclous source, put it to his majestic nose and said: It doesn’t stink!" ng Free Traders, Jhe-Democrat In months ending with September | the exports of American steel and iron | products amounted to $57,313,060, an in- | | Ame. Richard crcase of $21,000,000 over the same months last. year. According to free traders th Divgley tarift should have closed against |us the markets of the world. The freo trader has ceased to chirp on the subject | of American foreigu trade. Unforeseen Respon Washington 1 It was a tremendous step which this na- tlon took In acquiring the sovereignty of the Philippines. There were few who ap- preclated its gravity at the time. But we can all see it now. If what we all see now had been forescen when we began to negotiate for peace with Spain not a single voico, official or unofficial, would have been raised in favor of such sovereignty. Over Two Milllons S, ew York Herald The exorbitant price originally demanded for the Krupp armor has been so much reduced that the Navy department may safely claim that the new figure is fair and reasonable and thus be justified in abandon- ing the very costly alternat've to build a government plant. The maximum price settled upon, $45 per ton, represents a saving of over $2,600,000 to the govern- ment. ed. Congressmen Re-Elected. Boston Transer Every congressman of either party from the New England states who was re- nominated this year was re-elected. This is decidedly unusual, although mnot un- precedented. The same phenomenon ap- pears in Indlana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Towa, Nebraska, Minnesota, California and a few other small sates of the north, as well as in the south. It is this re- election habit which marks the fLy- seventh congress as differing widely from | the Fifty-second congress, ten years ago, when so many of the leaders, including Wil- llam McKinley, were defeated. PROHIBITIONISTS PULL THE CORK. Pour Out Some Jubllation Over the n in ir Baltimoro American. The first of the presidential candidates to visit Baltimore since the election is Mr. John G. Woolley, who last evening made un address before the Maryland conven- tion of Christian Endeavorers. Mr. Wool- ley and his friends are rejoicing over the fact that he polled the largest vote ever received by u prohibition candidate for president. The total vote given to Mr. Joshua Levering of Baltimore, who was the prohibition candidate in 1896, was 1 007, while the Woolley vote of last week will approximate halt a million. Four years ago the prohibitionists had two presi- dential candidates in the field, and there were other causes besides the party split that brought about a reduction of nearly one-half from the vote of 1592, when Bid- well was the candldate. In Maryland the prohibition vote in 1900 was below the figures of 1866, While half a million votes is only about one-thirtieth of the total poll of the coun- try, yet a candidate who can secure such support as that knows that there are a good many people in this country who in- dorse his theories, and who belleve he would be a good man for president of the United States. It is not, therefore, unnat- ural or unreasonable that prohibitionists are rejolcing over the showing they made, and poiut to It as evidence that thel cause is gaining ground. The New Vol one of the best of the party's public tions, says: “This, at least, i3 sure: tide has turned. Prohibition 15 again o the up grade, and is making time. The prohibition party has but to seize the ad- vantage of its position to have a fighting chance for victory and the White House in 1904."" This may smack of the chasing of rain- bows, but there can be no question of the earnestness of these men and thelr deter- mination to continue the fight. They may never be able to convince the majority of the American people that thelr doctrine fs & paramount fssue in national politics, but thelr loyalty to their cause cannot be shaken by the defeats that they know are coming when they place their presidential candidates in the field. KRUGER IN EUROF The Exiled President a Mighty Im- portant Personage. Philadelphia Times, Kruger s to have a great reception at Marsellles. The French of the south are especially impressionable and they have been prepariug to welcome the Boer leader with the utmost enthusiasm. He is, Indeed, an herole figure and must command a d greo of sympathy and admiration every where for the gallant struggle which he and his people made for their independence against great odds. But the French demon- stration is probably inspired less by an ad- miration for the Boers than by hostility to the British, Americans perhaps should not criticise this attitude, since it was the opportunity | to Injure England that first brought the French to our assistance fn the war of in- | dependence of the United States. Kruger | in this connection recalls the memory of | Franklin. The antipathy which Franklin | was able to turn to good account was in- creased through the long wars that followed and that ended only with the defeat of N poleon, and it breaks out again from time to time. The French of the present day | care very Iittle for the Boers, but they it reached $150,- ; sSTILL no dishonestly-earned | man emperor who, on recelviag | |of the | Bspecially The | two { derstood | horseman, | Belleville, ABOUT N TALKING Indianapolis Journal hat the republicans of bo compelled to draft States senator. Washington Post: Hon. Willlam Vincent threatens the United with an explanation of how it happened. It will probably run as a serial in the Con- gressional Record Louls Globe-Democrat The re- ns have sccured control of the Ne braska legislature. They have a majority of three in the senate and of six In house, & lead of nine on joint ballot. legislature will elect two republicans, to fill the place of Thurston, who does not | ire another term, and the other in the place of Allen, populist, by appointment of the demo-pop governor, to temporarily fill the vacancy caused by the death of a republican Bostou Transcript: Nebraska republicans were a trifle tardy in holding thelr post- election jubiloes, but they wanted to be sure extent of their victory. Now that they have swept the board, the prairies are aglow with the light of torches and fire- works. To force the fron further into Mr. Bryan's soul, they are going to hold a state colebration at Lincoln next Saturday night enthusiastic of the country week was that of Broken will not United a man for States st public The one | rallies held last | Bow in Custer county, where populism was born end which sent Omar Kem to con- gress and Silas Holcomb to the governor- ship and to the supreme court. The re- publicans of that county have not had a nce to exult since 1888, but this year they redeemed” their county and assisted in the “redemption” of the state. Since Custer county has gone republican the popu- Itsts might as well take down their sign and ask for a receiver. — e RSONAL NOTES. Until further notice Tammany virtue with a capital V The proper thing to do nowadays Is to cateh cold at a foot ball game, Kogoro Tokahira, the new Japanese min- \ster at Washington, belonge to the pro gressive schcol of bis countrymen. He speaks fluently the languages of Austrla, Italy and Holland, According to a will spell French cynle people are allowed to run in Paris only when they have assassinated somebody. This epigram was provoked by a soldier preventing an Amerl- can artist from running to catch a street car. 1t Is one of the curlosities of the presi- dential election that the banaer republican township should be located in North Caro- lina. In the Shelton Laurel township in that state McKinley got 210 votes and Bryan uon Ice racing on the Hudson is to receive un- usual attention during the comiug season. Ono craft that has just been turned out will be a marvel in Its way. It will carry 615 square feet of canvas and will yet be o ight that four men can easily nandle it. Cuba wlll be well represented at the Pan- American exhibition at Buffalo. General Wood has asked for plans of a building to be erected there. This bullding will be in the Cuban style and every effort will be made to give a fine display of the resources of the island. General Juan Luls Bueron of Guatemala, Who is now in San Franclsco on & visit, was a lleutenant colonel on the staff of General John C. Fremont when the pathfinder made his second trip across the Rockies. He went to Guatemala in 1870 and has a con- cession for a line of road over the Chuepache mountains around the great volcano of Santa Maria, which is 14,000 feet high. The late Henry Villard gave away a great Qeal of money during his litetime. In addi- tlon to numerous benefactions bestowed on European charitable and educational fnstl- tutlons, he contributed liberally to the fol- lowiug American objects: The Oregon ana Washington State universities, Harvard, Co- lumbia, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Natural History museum in Central park. Pacific coast people are expecting Presi- dent McKinley to visit thelr states next spring, the particular purpose of his trip being to be present at the launching of the battleship Ohio at San Francisco about April 15. The journey I8 expected to last ir e, n about a month and the president is to be urged to ve it Include the state of Wash ington and especially the Puget Sound region When the new monitor No. 8 slides from the ways at Bath, Me, next Saturday it will have as her sponsor Miss Anne Curtls Boutelle, the youngest of the three daugh- ters of Charles A. Boutelle of Bangor, rep- resentative from the Fourth congressional district of Maine. as one of the handsomest young women in Miss Boutelle Is regarded Baggor. She 1s of the statuesque brunctte type and of vivacious manner. P —————— DALY AND VILLARD, ng of Two Men Conaplcuo Weatern Development. Chicago News Death has given a Juxtaposition to the names, Henry Villard and Marcus Daly. As both represent certain facts in American history that relation may be al- lowed to stand, though otherwise there is no connection between the careers of these two “self-made” kuights of fortune, The least complex and most readily un- is the career of Marcus Daly. The famous Montana ‘“copper king" and lke Villard, was a foreigner by birth and America was the opportunity of each. Daly, coming from Ireland at the age of 13, was well directed in making for San Francisco, where he grew up to fortune, through mining interests and properties, as s0 many other American millionaires have done before and since. His devotion to horses and the turf was merely an out- growth of amplest means and lelsure, Villard found fortune and place by a more circultous route. Born in Bavarla sixty-five years ago, young Villard, at 18, abandoned his university studies, came to 11, got to be & newspaper re- porter, then European correspondent and then owner of the New York Evening Post ond Nation. He seems to have satisfied his recognize in Kruger a doughty opponent of fambition in this direction, and turning his perfidious Alblon and they are throwing up thelr hats for him accordingly. The demonstration may not some other significance. Of course 1t s wholly unoficial and the French govern- | ment will take pains to disavow it and to keep it in check; but it calls attention nev- ertheless to the fact that Kruger appears in Europe not as a defeated exile, but as the representative of a people who are still keeping up their fight for Independence and whose subjugation to Britlsh authority fs apparently as remote as ever. His appeal to European sympathy therefore s not alto- gether too late and it 1s concelvable that it may not be altogether vain It 18 gravely stated in London that the Boers are malntaining such active hostili- tles in the Transvaal that it may be neces sary to deal with them on the plan pursued by Spain with the Cubans. The hideous “‘reconcentrado’ policy of Weyler is actually spoken of as @ proper measure and one Iikely to be put in force. Such an imitation of Spanish methods would be a confesson of defeat In honorable warfare and would be 50 offensive to the sentiment of civiliza- except where the military idea has con- be without 1 the public conscience, as to glve en- | tirely new ground for intervention on the | lite Boers' behalf. It Kruger shall accomplish nothing else, he will at least prevent the world from forgetting the cruel aggression in South Africa for which England must value of our apple crop lou’ §0 passed the some day glve account, energies and faculties to railroading he finally became president of the Northern Pacific and later organized the Edison Gen- eral Electric company, becoming its presi- dent. As to acquiring money and the power that accompanies it, both these men were eminently successful. They were typlcal ot the energy and versatility and possibly also of the “good luck that have made so many American millionaires, and probably will wake many more. To both America spelled opportunity, and both were ready to gresp it Whether it {s “worth while" to become a millionalre merely for the sake of millions and such enjoyment as they can bring is a wholly different question. These men achieved what is called a “practical suc- cess,” and in this they are to he classed with thousands of others, some more and some less successful. It Is not improbable influences are already at work which will rerder America in the future no more a fleld for such exploitation and the mere piling up of millions. And this is not to be regretted. Milllons are well enough in their way, but the attainment of them does not in itself constitute a proper object in Unless their possessor also learns the secret of using them wisely his fame will be brief and his memory, it it sur- vives at all, will blossom only in unremem- bered deeds which were but iucidental In & money-gettlug career, ¢ 1t 1s now apparent senate the who holds his post | lift and | @eccccsccscsccecene BOTH ABLE AND EUMFEIENT Columbus Time Bdward Rosewater has carned the position of United § States senator and he fs abun dantly able and competent to fill it with credit to himself and honor to the great state of which he Is 0 important a factor. It I8 time now for Omaha to stop its mean petty Jealousies and present a united front for him. esceccessssssssssssssssss TEAT TRADE BALANC Philadelphia Press which Is always & great month In the export trade, surpassed its record this year. The merchandise exports reached the enormous total of $183,000,000, and as the merchandise imports fell off a little the excess of merchandise exports was $02,475,226, or nearly $3,000,000 per day during the month, There was an excess of ports of gold of $9,200,000 and an e cess of exports of silver of $3,126,000 and the balance of trade on these items for the month was no less than $86,220,000. For ten months the excess of m dise, gold and silver exports was $52 October chan- of any other year. month and year wake new records. The tremendous volume of our export trade is not the only remarkable fact which these figures exbibit. It is interesting to note that though we have sent abroad $499,667,000 more merchandise than we have received from abroad, we have also exported an excess of §7,000,000 gold and $20,400,000 silver slnce January 1. These figures in- dicate that our credits abroad must be ex- ceedingly large, though Jjust what the amount I8 no one can say, owlng to the fact that there are no available statistics covering the movement of securities Apparently the foreigners sold & con siderable quantity of stocks and bonds in the first half of the year, but recently they have been takinig them back. This country has invested $86,000,000 in foreign obligations since the first of January, but, supposing the movement of securities to have balanced, there is yet to be ac- counted for more than $440,000,000 in the first ten months of the year. + The increase in merchandise exports in October was chiefly in cotton. The foreign censumers for many months did not buy cot- ton and stocks ran down In Europe to an unusually low point. The expectation was that the new crop of cotton would be a very large one and that prices would fall. Exactly the opposite proved to be the truth and the forelgn consumer has been com- pelled to buy cotton at the highest price for | many years. In October the value of cotton shipped was more than $60,000,000, as com- pared with $28,000,000 in the same month of 1899. The cotton exports are still large and will be for some months, during which time wealth will literally pour into the hands of the southern planter The large credits of the country abroad have suggested the placing of more forelgn loans here. Europe is not In a position to pay for her bread, meat and cotton in gold. Recently the small sum of $15,000,000 has been ent to this country, and the cash plles of the world have been scraped in order to get it together. It is perfectly apparent that the Bank of England Is not in a strong enough position to forward more gold this season, and as the chief creditor this country has not insisted on it, but stands ready to help the bank out if neces- sary mext month. The total favorable balance on the visible items of our export trade for ten months this year is large enough to test the capacity of the world's abllity to pay for some months ye VOTE CAST BY WOMEN. Features of the Campal Western Staten. St. Louls Globe-Democrat. In the four states, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and Idaho, where women have the full right of suffrage, there was a declded Increass in the woman vote. All these states were carried by Bryan four years ago. Two gave a majority for McKinley and the republicans gained heavily in the other two. In a gen- eral way no division is apparent in the four states along sex lines. But there are a few incidental features of special interest. The democratic candidate for congress in Wyoming wrote a letter some time ago in which he eald that the woman vote was the easlest to get, the easiest to keep and the easiest to manipulate of all elements in politics. As a result, the republican can- didate for congress ran 800 ahead of the electoral ticket and has the largest majority ever given a candidate In the state. Two- thirds of the women of Wyoming, it is stated, voted for McKiuley. Utah gave the country the greatest surprise of the election, and the woman vote had something to do with the remarkable overturn of the democratic plurality in 1896 of 51,000. Only one woman ran for office in Utah and she was defeated. She was a delegate to the last democratic na- tional convention and seconded Bryan's nomination at Kansas City. Though presi- dent of the Utah Woman's Democratic league, she was beaten for the lower house of the leglslature, and the extent to which sho ran behind shows that many women voted against her. The woman vote in Colorado increased from 46,270 in 1898 to 6,943 in 1900. Bryan's plurality in the state declined from 134,000 to 85,000, but the fall- ing off was not spectally due to the woman vote. In Wyoming the women cast nearly one-third of the aggregate vote of 23,000 No change of a radical nature has yet been developed by full woman suffrage In the four small states where it Is established. in Four practicall purchaser. Have you suits or top coat $25.00--and | 112, Which 1s larger than In the same perlod | All the figures for the | |18 Detrolt Journal: A man's strong points may be largely the creation of hia own fond {magination, and still be sirong enough for him to get stuck on them, thus becoming static. Chronfcle wiys begin Oh I don't. Plttsbirg shouldn't Sy or Dinwiddie You don't! “No, 1 always exclaim, 0 Press: He—Thero's no doubt A man is known by the company Bhe—Not always, 1f wern really Known by shake nim’ right awa van Braam-—You a remark with 'Oh, sayt' " Philadelph about it, he keeps. the average man his company she'd Indlanapolis Journal pa?” “Resorve? Well, reserve {8 holding in and not tel'ing all’ you know for fear you will keep other people from telling all they know “What Is reserve, Times: Philadelphla Tambo-They sa “time 18 money Hones-—Yos, and did you hear the latest? They've arrested the secretary of one of the blg corporations Tambo-What for? Bones—For Keeping minutes, Boston Transcript. Butts—I such a man as Fumer i to s smoking all the time. itts-Don't exaggerate Jutts—Oh, well, of course, 1 never saw Fumer when he was asleep in bed. never waw noke. He 15 Brooklyn Life: Mrs. Canna w really high-class school learning Latin and Greek, and prehistorie gradations Mrs. Plck—But do you think they will be fui? Useful! Thank heaven, we haven't come down to that yet.” Washington Star: “Do you think that st hip I8 on the decline?” ' answered Senator Sorghum, as he riffied’ the leaves of his check book. ‘T am strongly of the opinion that some of it is on the accept.” rd-Yes, It Teddy Ix Babylonfan art u Chicago Tribune: Head of the Family (shivering at the breakfast table)—-What time did the natural gas fail last night? Tommy (before his elder sister could re- pin—dust have been sbout 10: o'clock, kuess. [ heard Caroline's flame go out about that time. Chicago Post: “A telephone is almost a necessity of modern life,” maid the agent of the company at {8 quite true,” admitted the women who had come to the door in response to his T fihon why will you not let me put one in e “Hecause,” she replied, “so lon heople in the next flat have one e & uscless expense for us. as the would COLORADO'S MAUD MULLER. James Barton Adams In Denver Post. The judge came riding along the lane On a plebald horse with — a chewed-oft mane, The breezes toyed with his fron-i SFTRY. hate And flirted his whiskers here ans there. He rode along in reflective mood That nicely fitted the solitude. His short fat legs in their circling flare Put the horse In parentheses, as it were. Maud stood in a bend of the old rall fence To observe his honor approaching hence. Her stub n Like a pl done. e shone In the summer sun ce of steak that was medium The freckled face of the rustic mald Would stop a train on a steep downgrads! Her dress was faded and old and worn— Her halr was the color of ripened corn. The hat she wore on her pumpkin head Would make & mummy forget 'twas dead. The old horse uttered a startied snort At riek of a fine for contempt of court! And shied 'neath the rider until it threw His center of gravity all askew! Another jump and his honor felt The cold ‘carth hit him a fearful welt! He uttered the deepest grunt of paln That was ever heard in that dusty lane! Then uttered a phrase too extremely rips ¥or a moral paper to put in type! Maud stood and grinned like a circus ape To ses him so joggled out of shap He gazed at her with a flery look That would burn the backs off a spelling ook! He studied her features and understood What threw the horse in wich frightened mood! Then laced a hand on his jolted head And wi th & preface of dashes suid: “Young lady, place I hope (o Godfrey you'll hide that face the next time I pass this Misfit Glasses Make Trouble They bother you now-—-may harm you forever. Properly fitted glasses, with lenses perfectly ground to conform to the defects of your eyesight, is not all that it should be, All our glasses are made to order—in our own factory. Every palr sure to be exactly right. J. C. Huteson & Co. Consulting Opticians 1520 Douglas Street. to the consumer for fine goods, (uality and (uantity No other house in the business of making and re- hulm;. fine clothing makes and sells ag much as we do in our own fourteen retail stores, and that means low prices Our retail business is done on a wholesale basis—directly with the Dollar for dollar—quality for quality— there is no better and no cheaper read) than we make in our own factory. amined or tried on any of our winter reat line to select from—§10.00 to -to-wear clothing NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OURS. rowning, King & Co., R. S. Wilcox, Manager. Omaha's Only Exclusive Clothicrs for Mca and Boys