Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 1, 1900, Page 6

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1900. THE ©MAHA DALy BEE E. ROSEWATER, Editor, PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. " TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, Dally Bee (without Bunday), One Year.$5.00 Pml‘{'u‘n"-fi h(mdn‘, One Year........ 1.0 a s, Bunda Bee. Oha Tear . 4 aturday Bee, One Y ' eckly Bee, One Yea i OFFICES maha: The Bee Bullding, Bouth “City Hall Bulding, Twen- Unity Bullding. Temple Court. lon: &1 Fourteenth Street. Bloux Clty: ‘611 Park Street CORRESPONDEN Communications relating to news and edl- torial matter shouid be addressed: Omana Bee, Editorfal Department BUBINESS LETTERS. 1 ietters and remitances should be addressed: The Bee Publishing vom- pany, Omaha, REMITTANCES Remit by draft, express or postal order, piyable to The fiee Publishing Company ily 2-cent stamps accepted in payment of r‘;:llr:-rcuu;u Persona. checks, except \n naha of Eusiern exchanges, nut accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY STATEMY ' OF CIRCULATION. Btate of Nebraska, Douglas County, sa.: George B. Tzachuck, secretarv of The Bee Publishing Company, bewg dulv sworn, that' the actual number of full and plete coples of The Dally. Morning, ening and Sunday Bes printed during the month of October, 190, was as follows: 27.220 17. L BT ADO 24 18. L BT 00 L BT ATO 27,070 A0 .27 4N0 27,5620 27 L2620 .27 400 [T Less unsold and returned coples. 184 LNTONTS 2N0V2 IRGE "HUCK. Bubscribed In my pressnce and sworn to before me this first da ' of November, A. D. M. B, HUNGATE! Notary Public, e e——————— Now that the foot ball senson is over the mortuary editor can finish up his work. Net tota. sales Net daily av The opening of congress and the pres- tdential message constitute the next feature on the program. The turkey which escaped Thanksgiv- tng will do well to retain its perch on the high limb for another month. ers and golf enthusiasts, but the bus- fness men would like some of sterner stuff. —— People taking advantage of the bank- ruptey law should take notice that it is no trouble to raise the wind in the island of Guamn, Anyone willing to write a defense of professional pugilism is Invited to com- municate with The Prize Fighters' Own, otherwise known as The Omaha Fakery. The state of Wyoming cast nearly 5,000 fewer votes at the last presiden- tial election than were cast in Douglas county alone. And th allow the women to vote in Wyoming, too. —_——— 2x-President Kruger of the Transvaal leaves France with a large collection of publie, private and official sympath; but still shy of substantial relief of r value to his Boers in South Africa. The blowing of a cornet at an Ohio church sociable was the cause of a mur- @er. Ohlo should borrow the old Mon- tana sign, “Do not shoot at the musi- cians; they are doing the best they can.” — Justice Brown's eulogy of tobacco 18 exciting the admiration of the devotees of the weed everywhere, but the latter seem to forget that most of them do not use the kind of tobacco eulogized by the eminent jurist. e — Secretary Wilson sounds a warning to the enthusiastic ralsers of Belgian hares. The English sparrow, the mon- goose and other pests brought from forelgn shores should certainly caution people to be careful in such matters, The meat of the report of Secretary of Agriculture Wilson Is that the Amer- Yean farmer enters upon the twentieth century with a more substantial foot- hold and better prospects than the farmer in any other part of the world. A broad suspicion lurks In South America that while Chili is industriously talking peace it has a big kuife in its bootleg and s likely to run amuck at any time. ‘The Chilians have not had a fight for so long they are in danger of getting out of practice, Towa women suffragists are the first to recover their breath after election and start in to lay the foundation for another campaign, - At the rate of progress made In recent years they may, by working full time, come under the wire with the millennium, The Nebraska legislature will find plenty of work confronting it when it assembles, In addition to patching up the holes which the supreme court has knocked In the frrigation law, the ce sus has knocked down a number of fences which must be repaired. The few New Jersey democrats who survived the November storm and landed in the leglslature propose to cast thelr votes for ex-President Cleveland for senatof. There are not enough of the votes to do him any good, but the proposal is another straw that even the democrats of the east are determined to cut loose from Bryanism. ——— Omaha's wealthiest citizens have not yet responded to the call of the Audi- torium subscription committee, although business men and property owners of moderate means have come to the front most generously. A few big contribu- tlons from those who can afford to make them, without feeling It, would set an example for stimulating anew the pub- Uc spirit of our citizens, { i ar a2l TOO MUCH HASTE PUSSIBLE. Our newly elected state officers seem to be proceeding with thelr appoint- ments on the theory that the quicker rid of them the better. While It {8 pos- sible good results may come from thig course n full apprecation of the re- spongibility restiug upon them might counsel them to procecd with more serl- ous deliberation and timely caution. The republicans come into control of Nebraska, after having been in the mi- nority for four years, with great ex- pectations on the part of the people. The standard they are expected to maln- tain has been set high and the test to be applied will be rigid und severe. Un- der the circumstances the selection of the men to be favored with appointive positions becomes one of the most fm- portant duties devolving upon the offi- fcers charged with that responsibility. Too much care cannot be exercised in ascertaining the fitness of each appli- cant for the place he seeks and his abil- ity to fill it with credit to himself and to the party which will be held account- able for every detail in the state admin- Istration during the coming two years, Many of these appointments must be confirmed by the state senate, which, according to the Intent of the statute, acts as an advisory board and shares the responsibility for them. The dis- tribution of all these appointments be- fore even the senate organizes must leave out of consideration the advisory capacity which properly belongs to that body. The new appointees will, of course, be Judged, ot by their promises, but by their worl but in deterence to the party whose continued supremacy hangs iu the balance of their adminis- tration, it would not be out of order to %o slow and make sure of every step. OPPOSITION TU SUBSIDY BILL. Republican opposition to the ship sub- sidy bill at least b its present form, appenrs to be stronger in the house of representatives than was expected. We | noted a few days ago that Representa- tive Burton of Ohio bad announced that he would not support the measure and it is now stated that Mr. Hull of lowa, Mr. Hemenway of Indiana Mondell of Wyoming are opposed to the bl as it now stands, It is not b lieved, lowever, that the republican op- position will be sutticient to prevent the passuge of the measure by the house, though it may cause it to be amended in the respects which these republicans | deem desirable, As to the opposition in the senate, it is likely to prove more effective against the pussage of the bill. There its oppo- nents will have the advantage of unlim- | ited debate and dilatory tactics and it is reported that among them Senator Pet- tigrew proposes to leave nothing uadone to procure its defeat, belng moved thereto chiefly by his hostility to Senator Hunna, who is sponsor for the measure, It thus appears quite probable that this propused legislation for creating an American merchant marine for the for eign carrying trade will fail in the pres ent congress. This would simply mean its postponement for a year, for the nest congress, strongly tepuplican in both branches, would undoubtedly take up the bill at the beginning of the session and enact it into law. The party is fully committed to this policy and will put it into effect. THE SUNDAY BEE, The Bee Sunday is sure to attract readers who waut a reliable, live, up- to-date newspaper with all the modern features that make up a great Sunday paper. The Ilustrated Bee, in par- ticular, which goes to every subscriber, presents pictorial novelties that will ap- peal to popular favor. The froutisplece Is a characteristic picture typical of the foot ball season, made by our staff photographer, rep- resenting the close of the foot ball game, with the players carrying the hero of the game from the field of glor Other snapshots on the gridivon give graphic description of interesting plays and will serve as fine souvenirs of the season just completed. The striking feature of the number is a large double puge of personal reminiscences of well known Omaha men who served as defenders of the flag in the war of the rebellion, illus- trated by portraits reproducing photo- graphs taken during the war. ‘This | group of portraits Includes men wet every day in business life who would hardly be recognized were it not for the names with which they are labeled. The volunteers of the late war with Spain have here a retrospect of how thelr fathers appenred when they re- sponded to the call to arms from '61 to '8h. Other illustrated articles include Car- penter's letter descriptive of Uncle Saw's diplomats in the Orlent; a special story from the pen of our Washington correspondent on the uew delegate in congress from Hawail and the usual series of timely portraits and news photographs of current events. The Sunday Bee is unapproached by any of its competitors. Insist upon having the best paper, —_— THE CUBAN SITUATION, Secretary Root yesterday reported to the cabinet the result of his observa- tions in Cuba and the situation Is sald to be reganded by the cabinet as sat- isfactory. In an interview the secre- tary of war is reported to have stated that he found the people generally peaceful gnd cdontented and pursuing their ordinary avocations. The island is growing steadily more prosperous and the people seem to be satisfied, In regard to the sentiment for annexa- tion Mr. Root would say nothing, but it 1s understood that he does not be- lieve that at this tlme annexation is a practical question and therefore 1s not giving it any consideration. What President MeKiley will bave to say in his anuual message regar ing the future policy of this govern- ment toward Cuba s awaited with great interest. We think it may be confidently assumed that it will con- taln nothing encouraging to the ad- vocates of annexation, The president, and Mr. | | but for first-class goods of all descrip- we have no doubt, will unqualifiedly declare, as Lie has repentedly done, that it fs the unalterable purpose of the United States to glve Cuba independ ence, but it 1s possible that he will suggest some reservations bearing upon the future relations of the fisland to the United States, It 1s sald that pow- erful Influences are directly at odds regarding the future of Cuba after a constitution &hall have been framed and the civil affairs of the Island turned over to the Culan government. On the one hand it is urged that the United States must fulfill Its pledge of Inde- pendence without reservation, while on the other hand it is contended that American Interests will compel this country to maintain relations with the island closer and more protective in character than exists between Independ- ent nations. There Is unquestionably force in this contention, as some Cu- bans who do not faver annexation re- alize, Meantime the constitutional conven- tlon Is making little progress and there has been manifested on the part of some of its members a spirit by no means reassuring. NOT A GIVE-AWAY WSPAPER. The Bee Is not a glve-away newspa- per. To subsecribers It furnishes a stapie article for which It exacts a fair price. By producing the best newspaper, giv- ing all the news promptly in intelligible form, it assures its readers full value for their money. Above all, The Bee can be depended on for the reliability of its news. It not only scrupulously avolds fakes of all kinds, but exercises every possible precaution to make sure that its readers are vot misled by anything printed in its columns, To advertisers The Bee alone of news- papers printed in this section takes them fully Into its confidence by publishing daily an exact statement of eirculation, The Bee's circulation is not a myth, but a reality, supported vy tangible and convineing evidence. In quality, too, it is far superior to would-be rivals as an advertising medium, because it reaches the class of people who can afford to pay not only for a tirst-class newspaper, tions, and therefore constitute the most desirable patrons for merchant and manufacturer. The Bee's advertising space commands good prices because it is worth all that Is asked, while adver- tising given away for mothing rates itself as worth nothing. These points are worth remembering | by people perlodically bombarded by | solicitors for cheap papers at give-away prices, Work on the new High school build- ing 1s suspended to await the arrival bf the necessary materials. The contrac- tors for this building should be im- pressed with the importance of pushing | the construction as rapidly as the clr- cumstances will permit, it the building is to be ready for occupancy at the the condmencement of the next school year, The pressure for additional accommo- dations for the High school is so im- perative that nothing should be omitted to relieve it at the earliest possible day. That is why the taxpayers were so lib- eral in promptly voting the necessary bonds to pay the bill, The latest is that a rival to the Amer- fean Smelter trust s about to be launched to fight for the business mo- nopolized by that great corporation. The new trust-smasher has nothing in common with Nebraska's great trust-exterminator who has the smelter trust marked off Lis list because of its friendship for sllver. The Nebraska trust-smasher never saw any political capital to be gained by proceeding against the friendly trusts The yellow journal correspondents who put In most of their time during the Cuban campaign roasting the American officers and men should read the eulogy of these men pronounced by Captain Lee, the British military attache who accompanied the army. The American soldler, officer and man, has won praise from military men in Cuba, the Philip- pines and in China. The nation has passed one Thanks- giving day since the defeat of Mr. Bryan without witnessing the annihi- lation of that holiday and we may ex- pect it to celebrate next Fourth of July Jjust the same as before the Declaration of Independence was appropriated for a political platform, If the army reorganization bill will only fix it so that the headquarters of the Department of the Missourl at Omaha and the post at Iort Crook are given a contingent large enough to man all the principal pusitions, without doubling up, Omaha will get some ben- efit out of it. The local employment agencles are again complaining that they are unable to supply the demand for common la- bor. Kor this season of the year this Is something unusual and wust be inter- preted to mean prosperity that is not chilled by the winter. Around the Mourners' Hench. Loulsville Courler-Journal. Ex-Governor Jim Hogg has lost confidence in the country. If that is all Brother Hogg lost on the election be is still not so un- happy as some others Pretext for Partition, Detrolt Journal. By fxing the Indemnity figures so high that China never can meet them the hungry powers of Europe will have a perfect pretext on which to slice and divide the territory. Two of a Kin Minneapolls Times. Alfred Beit is sald to be forming a trust for the absolute control of the gold product of the world. When Mr. Beit gets all the gold he may be able to buy corn from youug Mr. Phillip: p— Personally Conducted Party. New York World. 4 Senator-elect Bailey's notion of rehabil- itating the democracy is through a “pro- ¢ of elimination, subtraction and ad- dition.” A good idea! Eliminate the popullstic fads and the free silver fallacy. Bubtract the “personally conducted” cam- palgn of the presidential candidate. Add the democratie principles and policies that vivified the party from the days of Jefferson A Perpetual Candidacy Chicago Chroniele (dem.) The audacity of Senator Vest Is very great. If a change does not come over the leadershi of the democratic party—If a change has not come over that leadership— he will suffer for . Mr. Vest makes bold to say that Mr. Bryan has no perpetual license as a demo- cratic candidate for the presidency. He says more than that. He even presumes to declare that the democratic party has sur- vived the retirement of greater men than Mr. Bryan and that without doubt it will survive his retirement. This fs a new and startling idea In demo- cratic circles. Mr, Catchings of Ml sipp! Intimated as much a few days ago, but he did not say it. When he declared that the next democratlc candidate for president should stand for democratic principles and should “stay at home and keep quiet during the campalgn” it (s clear that he was thinking that a change in candidates was desirable, but he stopped short of the full expression of the Idea. Mr. Vest completes the thought and is entitled to full credit therefor. Mr. Bryan's first nomination was a spec- tacular accident. 1t was brought about hy the Influence of silver republicans and popu- lists, some of whom broke into the demo- cratle convention and many of whom ex- erted great pressure upon it from the out- side. Mr. Bryan himself galned a seat in that body as a member of a contesting dele- gatlon made up largely of populists and other ex-republicans. His defeat at the polls was phenomenal, but his candidacy continued without Interruption and without rivalry and four years later he was re- nominated without a dissenting vote. How to account for this, except upon the theory of the utter paralysis of the demo- cratle brain and consclence, 1t would be hard to say. Mr. Bryan's personal and oratorical charms are not sufficient to ex- plain it. It could not have been due to a continued and increasing faith in the 16 to 1 delusion, for every day and every hour added to the welght of the evidence against that preposterous error. It was not a growing fondness on the part of the peapla for the velled threat against property which the Chicago propaganda involved. Tt was not any great public fondness for the theories, manners and methods of the popu- lists and soclallsts, who were most active in supporting the movement. It must have been mere audacity and self-assertion, coupled with &n amazing popular indiffer- ence. It must have been that nobody fn the democratic party thought it worth while to contest the party leadership. It must have been that the old chieftains regarded the re-clectlon of Mr. McKinley as Inevitable and looked upon the renomination of Mr. Bryan as an easy way to “get rid of him." Such has been the charge and there are some things which go far to sustain it. For instance, the Kansas City conven- tion, although containing a large majority of instructed delegates, gave the country the strongest possible proof in Its proceed- ings that it did not desire to repeat the siiver folly of 1896, and it took pains to have it appear that the readoption of that plank was due to Mr. Bryan's demand and not to its own judgment. It has been sald by members of that convention that it gave him all the rope he wanted with the idea that “he would hang himself with it.” and the facts seem to bear ouf the assertion. There have been great democratic leaders in the past, men whose names are house- Lold words and whose championship of the party's principles made both men and prin- ciples dear to millions of Americans, who could not secure and did not secure even one pomination to the presidency by & unanimous vote. Some great democratic presidents at the close of successful admin- tstrations, commanding powerful organiza: tions and supported by multitudes of faith- ful adherents, have not been ablo to galn renomination unanimously. But Mr. Bryan, the unsuccessful leader of a great party schism, the proponent of new and novel experiments in politics, which were over- whelmingly repudiated at the polls, the originator 1n democratic circles of the idea tat there are populous, wealthy and dem- ocratic sections of the republic which are “the enemy conducting a cam- palgn of incessant speechmaking, exploiting himself from every barrelhead and dry gocds box from Maine to California and adhering to financlal errors obvious to overy school boy, recelved u renomination without a dissenting volce and without even a suggestion of rivalry! How shall it be accounted for, except on the theory of hope- lessness and indifference? The suggestion of Senator Vest that this sort of thing need not necessarly be con tinued Indefinitely comes 4t an opportune time and 1t should receive attention. There are intimations from Lincoln, Neb., that some sort of a fulmination preliminary to another campalgn 1s in preparation. There are suggestions from the sume place of ex- tensive speechmaking tours soon to begin. There are hints of an {mmediate resumption in that quarter of the industry of running for the presidency—or what they call run- ning for the presidency in the populistic states. There are prospects that the emi- nent silver republicans, socialists and popu- lists who have been glving candidates and principles to the democratic party for four or five years past are on the point of re- suming operations as though nothing had happened. There is a good deal of blovia- tion and assertion on the part of various professors of.#ocialism and doctors of dis- tress and calamity, all indicating that an- other “battle” Is looked for and will soon begin. Probably many thousands of the people, possibly millions of them, who look list- lessly upon political matters in general and do not necessarily vote the democratic ticket, are laboring under the delusion that Mr. Bryan's candidacy is to go right on as a matter of course. By many it Is regarded as & habit. By others it s looked upon as an occupation. By till others it s viewed as an infliction to be borne with resigna- tlon. To all of these the utterance of Sen- ator Vest will come as a distinct surprise, hecause there has been nothing of late in democratic theory, speech or action, calcu lated to suggest even the possibility of otker leadership. It is a hopeful indication that the demo- | cratle party is about to come out of its | trance when men like Senator Vest and Congressman Catchings show signs of wak- ing up. They come from states which had not a little to do with the new departure which put the democracy to sleep. It fs meet and proper that they should be among the first to awake. They and all other democrats may be as- sured of one thing: The Bryan candidacy, which was populistic in its origin and mo- tive, will continue while a hope of demo- cratie cndorsement and support shall be held out. When that hope shall have been removed the “continuous performance” will come to an end. to the time of Cloyeland, but which were 1uld aside in favor of fusion and frenzy in 1896. So shall the party reguin the people’s confidence. Warfare and Weylerism, Philadelphia Record The British in South Africa are not likely to meet with more success in the recon- centrado system than that which attended the experiment of General Weyler, the inventor of that brutal policy in Cuba. Thanksgiving Rem Baltimore Ame Let the prosperous remember there is no better way of celebrating Thanksgiving than by furnishing cause for thanks to the poor and needy. The church and charitable societies stand ready to act as ageuts for this good work and it can be safely trusted in their experfenced hands Provokes n Feeble Smile, Chicago Post The story of the two Omaha people who ave discovered that they are heirs to some millions of dollars now tied up in the English royal treasury has a very famillar socund. Indeed, It is so familiar that one may reasonably doubt if they would be able to negotiate a $2 loan onm the strength of their expectations. Where the Troub Springfield Republican. The question of reorganiziug the demo- cratic party 1s now glving way among the reorganizers to the question whether any democratic party exists to be reorggnized. This s & queer way of putting it. Thelr chief trouble s that the party which bears that name is too terribly democratlc rather than too undemocratic, October Outahines All New York Tribune, October's commercial record outshines that of any month in completed calendars, reaching an export total of over $163,000,000. It that rate were kept up for the year it would aggregate pretty nearly $2,000,000,- 000, and it affords one among many other reasons why Bryan's tale of woe about the calamities of the country produced so little effect on his b putluttcnhochs MY Amicable Trade Relations. Philadelphla Ledger. Germany's semi-official declaration that 1* values the friendship of the United States too much to attempt the slightest infringe- ment of the Monroe doctrine speaks well for the continued amicable relations of the two pations in the far east. It would be more satisfactory, however, It the same friendliness could be extended to their com- merclal relati hom: —————— Uncle Sam's High Credit. Kansas City Star. Although the present high value of gov- ernment bonds is due to the demand for them to be used as security for bank circulation, it is, nevertheless, a circumstance that stirs the pride of Ameri- can citizens to see their national securiti sell far and away, above those of any other pation. A 2 per cent United States bond is worth 106% cents on the dollar, while & British consol, that pays 2% per cent annual interest, may be bought for less than par. The credit of the United States before the world stands so high today that no other na- tion can be mentioned in the same clas e— Experiment in Taxing Mortwa, Springtield Republican The old effort to make the holder of a mortgage ehare in the payment of taxes levied upon the real estate has beem re- vived In Missouri through a constitutional amendment just adopted. This requires that in the valuation of real estate for taxation the amount of the mortgage shall be deducted—the owner paylng a tax only on the remainder, while the holder of the mortgage must be assessed for the amount of the same. The outside loan companies are now threatening to withdraw from the state, but that fs not thelr only way of escape. The effect of the amendment, If it ls rigorously en- torced, will be to make money mo; or dificult to obtalm on real curity, OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. An inquiry has just been opened in Dover, | England, concerning certaln charges that | have been made against the way in which the canteen of the Royal artillery has been manipulated. The effect of the Investiga- tion, it is sald, will be felt In every branch of the service and at every garri- son, it betug charged that non-commissioned officers are in the league with those who supply goods to tho canteen. From time to time reform measures have been in- stituted by the War ofiice, yet it is shown that these have by no means abated the ovil of which the private soldier is in the end the vietim. In spite of the locked tills and commit- tees, tho canteen is still said to bo the means of putting fllicit gains fnto many pockets. By foibidding the brewers to glve articles of furniture, prizes, etc., to regi- mental institutions, the War office has stamped out one férm of bribery, but the tnvestigation at Dover, it is belleved, will unearth others quite as pernicious. Commis- slons are still pald to interested persons to push certaln goods Into the canteen. Canteens are supposed to exist for the purpose of retalling to soldlers and their families the best articles at practically cost price. Commissions are no longer paid in cash, but in goods, and morever, it is pointed out that contractors cannot even | then glve what amounts to 10 per cent to this or that non-commissioned officer who has undertaken to “boom” certaln goods to his comrades, unless he gets back the money from somebody; hence Tommy Atkins is the eventual sufferer. e Recent scandals in- connection with the po'ice udministration In Ber in have dircctod attention to the low saluries paid to re- sponsible officers. Thus, one of the fmpli- cated officials, Commissary Thiel, who has wife and three children, {s paid a salary of only 3200 marks ($800) per an- num, together with an allowance of G40 marks ($135) for house rent and 340 marks ($85) for a room to be useu as an office in his house. A man in his position is involved In considerable expense in consequence of the large number of persons of varlous classes with whom he has to assoclate, and he 1s, moreover, expected to maintain the standard of 11ving of an officer of the same rank in the army. The highest salary paid to an officer of the criminal department of the Berlin police Is 8,000 marks ($2,000)a year and the commissaries begin with a salary of only 2,700 marks ($685). It is the custom for the companies which nsure baggage to pay the police commissaries premiums for the discovery of stolen property, but legiti- mate emoluments from this source are, of course, exceedingly precarious. The whol question of public salaries in Germany 1s beginning to attract public attention. It stamp, which 18 to be richly symbolical of the blessings of cheap postage, which New Zoaland is endeavoring to diffuse through- | out the world. Philatelists will be on the | lookout for the first universal penny stamp | and the results of the experiment will be | watched with general interest, especially in England, where comments are already | made upon the anomalous condition of & fairs which permits a letter to go to Indla for a penny, while it costs twopence half- penny to send one across the channel, A correspondent of the London Times, writing from Vienna, furnishes some in- teresting information concerning the ec nomic condition of Japan, which he has culled from recent officlal reports to the Austrian forelgn office. Theso show that Industrial enterprise in Japan fe greatly hampered by the dificulty of attracting foreign capital, now that taxation is 8o high in consequence of the expenditures of the government on rallways and har- bors, the development of the navy, ete. These extra burdens are severely felt by the agricultural population, and have raised the prices of industrial products. One consequence has been a large emigra- tion to Hawali, Canada, Australia and else- where. Moreover, in spite of the prevail- ing low wages, Japanese labor, when esti- mated by the quantity and quality of the work, 18 often dearer than European of American. Meanwhile, some of Japan's most Important industries, such s cotton- epinning, are threatened by Chinese com- petition, while her coal trade is fmperiled by the mining concessions granted to Euro- peans in China. A higher standard of liv- ing and the growing exhaustion of the soil has ralsed the cost of production and, owing to the ease with which the Japanese working classes combine, the labor ques- tlon is assuming threatening proportions On the other hand, there is abundant evi- dence of the progress and energy of the Japanese and their rulers. There I8 not much chance of a military revolution in France, in favor of elther empire or monarchy, it all the French generals are as loyal to the republic as General Pasorieu, the newly appolnted commander of the great military school at 8t. Cyr. In formally assuming his duties the other day he dellvered am address to his subordinate officers, in which, after assuring them of his entire devotion to the school, he sald: *“‘And now I must tell you one thing—namely, that we are in a republic. It is necessary for all in this school to know It, for it seems to have been too long forgotten or ignored. All our puplls must also know it, for the fact, though unquestionable, has sometimes been concealed from them. It will even be necessary for us to meet together some- times to speak to them of the republic and of their duties toward 1t. Upon this I tnsist. 1f any of the offic think them- selves unable to follow this line of conduct they have only to inform me. I shail readily relleve them. I shall respect their opinions, but I shall ask for their transfer elscwher It Is safe to Gamble on the successor of Senator Pettigrew. The legislature of Vermont displays not- able cconomy in refusing to blaw $1,500 in & hatchery for the wall-cyed pike. Perry Belmont indignantly denies that he sent flowers to Richard Croker. Under certain conditions Perry would cheerfully smother Richard with flowers. During the campaign just closed the Chi- cago postoffice handled 526,700 pounds of political mail matter, from August 10 to November 10. Eince the election Governor Roosevelt's dally mail has assumed such alarming pro- pertions that he has had to employ two extra secretaries to take charge of it. orty-five voters in Connecticut were Qissatisfied with candidates on ten presi- dentlal tickets and threw their strength to an independent presidential elector—L, W. Bacon, Adlal E. Stevenson is the only surviving viee president of the United States. In Bloomington, 11, on election day, in his home prectuct, the vote was: McKinle 806; Bryan, 1 The proposition for a $500,000 bond issue voted on in Chicago on election day was defeated by 108,000 majority, the heaviest majority ever polled against any similar rroposition submitted to voters of Cook county. Hoke Smith has the nerve to that a continuous performance by one leader induces that tired feeling. Mr. Smith was a Cleveland office-holder and his feclings “cut no ice” in a personally con- ducted party. A political incident entitled to the fm- mortality of print occurred in Massachu- setts recently. The sum of §525 was col- lected to pay the campalgn expenscs of an {ndependent candidate for congress. About two-thirds of the sum was expended and insinuate the helunce was returned to the subscribers pro rata. sesccsccccccccocccsccns ABILITY UNQUESTIONED. Fargo (N. D) Forum. The veteran editor, Mr. Bdward Rosewater of The Omaha Bee, Is entitled to great credit for the sue- cess of the republican ticket in Ne- braska. The Bee s a powerful newspaper and & monument to the editor's ability. Nebraska repub- licans would do well to make Mr. Rosewater a senator in place of the pop outfit so long tolerated over there. Like Senator Davis, Mr, Rosewater I8 an expert tele- grapher and here's onr-78, @escosessssssssssctsssnne TART TAKE-OFFS, Chicago Tribune: “Doesn’t it make trouble to have your daughter go to cook- Ing_school 7 0; she wants to cook at home." Baltimore American: “But," they sald to the fllustrious nobleman, “How s It (hat 30u are no well educated It you spent every Qay of your life on the battlefleld? “Easy enough,” he answered; "I went to knight school. Detroft Journal: Diplomacy 18 wind, which is often all that Is dissipate the clouds of war. Toston Transcript: Briggs—You seem to think a good deal of Spooner, but I notice you are the only one of his acquaintances Who does not lend him money Grigga—No. The fact s, I don't want to lose his friendship. I'm ‘afraid 1t 1 lend him money he won't be 8o eager to see me. Philadelphia Press: Mrs. Newliwed—The fden! He says I'm extravagant! Her Mother—Well, "dear, perhaps you're not as economical as you might be. Mrs. Newliwed—Oh, but I am! 'Why I never buy a blessed thing but bargains Inrgely ceded to Cleveland Plain Dealer: “Who 1s that looking colleglan who just entered nds? Is he the captain of the tafn of the eleven! I guess not. The n isn't in It with that lad. That's Bigeby, the chief rooter.” Yonkers Statesman: ‘““Thought y you had plowed that ten-acre fleld? the first farmer, “No; 1 only sald T was thinking winz it,” ‘sald the second farmel ‘Oh!’T see; you merely turned it over In your mind." rald sald bout Chicago Post: *In China," remarked the firet, “a man who commits a crime often gets another to take his punishment and glyes him money for it." “In this couniry,” replied the second, “'a man who commits a_crime may swear {t on to another and give him the laugh for it." CHANCE AND CHANGE, 1 accent a truth 1 have long denled; Be stll. my heart, and listen: Trie love fs rare as the world is wido Though tender teardrops. glisten. A poet sang in the 'ong ago, Absence makes hearts grow fonder.' We shut our eyes, but we, each, must know That hearts are wont fo wand: r,'” 18 the ery of youth, ¥ Il changing.” The falr ide truth Before the vislon ranging. But distance and time are building betwee ially needs keep crying v Joined are some lives seen ove for freedom’s dyIng. A dream of the clinging of absent hands And vanish lins" caressing, While, far, far away, in distant lands, They new love arc expressing! T admit the strength of the present hour; Oh, #ad heart, cense your weeping: Directing cl 10 change's power Awake while mem'ry I8 sleening. BELLE WILLEY GUE. Winstde, LIKE SAND IN THE EYE When you feel that sen. tion it's an unfailing sign that you're going to need glasses to save your sight. But the g ht, or they'll make mat- ses must be worse, Best to get your glasses from Hute- son and you will know they are right, as we are manufacturers and employ cnly the highest skilled opticlans, which Insures absolute correctness in fitting, as well as a saving In price, J. C. Huteson & Co. Consulting Opticlans, 1520 Douglas Street. 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This deficlency, how- ever, the New Zealand government helleves will disappear with the gradual stimulus to correspondence resulting from the di- minished rate. It is thought that this action will almost compel the Australlan commonwealth to consider the question of an Intercolonlal, an imperial and, perhaps, even & universal penny postage. The New Zealanders are enthusiastic over their own enterprise, and have commissioned Sir Ed- ward Poynter, R. A., to design the mew comprises - GOOD BOYS No other Clothing Store shows as great a variety of Fine Suits for we do. Our suits for boys are cut with as much regard t as are the Men's Suits we make. trustworthy and durable Boys. Our prices are moderate because we are manu- to the consumer. all of the popular pat- terns in Sailor Suits, Two-Piece Buits, Top Coats, Reefers and Raglans. Specials Boys’ and Children’s Saturday. SUITS. All stiff bosom Co'ored Shirts at 75¢ and $1.00. Browning, King & Co., R. S. Wilcox, Manager. 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