Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 14, 1903, Page 12

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Company. iy Seent stamps acceptad In payment of mail accqunts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss: B. Taschuck, ~.:.§Imuz ot *’n'.: Beo ing Compan: ng duly Y mlnl‘ “I‘I’ A::.lun number of full and compl ¢ The Dally Mornin ivening and Sunday Bee printed durl the month of October, 13, was as foliow 1. Y o Detare o his h Bay ot Ociober, Ar Do : ) e M5, HUNGATE. L — ——_} While the street cars are stopped Chi- cago will be a good place for people who are not good pedestrians to keep away from. The democrats in congress will fight a canal treaty with the new Panama re- public. That 18 why they are called the opposition. The sultan has issued another edition of his periodical promises of reform in Macedonia. The trouble s that the sultan’s promissory notes usually go to protest. ' The man with the pet bill to intro- duce seems to be already camping out at Washington, if the “by request™ measures getting Into the legislative - hopper are any criterion. The discharged employe and the dls-| . lodged office holder always have wonder- | ful storfes to relate ‘which they kept _ carefully to themselves long as they were connected with the payroll .} The World-Herald fakery is working overtime these days. Its ambitious sleuths have not in a long time had such ai’ opportunity to exercise their imagi- nations as is now afforded by the sitting of the federal grand jury. — It populists want any proof that popu- list candidates on the fusion ticket can- not count on the support of the demo- cratic end of the alllance let them study carefully the election figures for univer- sity regents in Douglas county. ST — The other railroads entering Omaha are disposed to turn a cold shoulder to the Chicago Great Western on the ground that it is a rate disturber. This 1s the very reason that the business men of Omaha ought to extend a warm mitt. ———me—— Jobn O. Yelser swears that he spent all of $184.25 in prosecuting his case be- fore the court of public opinfon for a . mandamus on the voters to elect him to the district bench. The costs of litiga- - tion always come high to the defeated party. F———— An interfor state paper declares that * “Omaha lawyers acting for Omaha tax- payers” are making an attack on the new revenue law to contest its constitu- tionality. This is a mistake. The lawyers are not acting for taxpayers, but for tax shirkers. —— An expegition to commemorate the 800th anniversary of the colonial settle- ment of Jamestown is on the boards. The initial steps are being taken this early to give the shades of Pocahontas and Oaptain John Smith time to get thelr costumes ready. Ll Some of his admirers have already plicked Judge Sullivan as the democratic capdidate for congress in the Third dis- trict. The judge expressed a wish to be retired to private life and the people of b state have accommodated him. He should let well enough alone. WE—— From his address to the Greek letter soclety convention at New York we fear Chancellor Andrews has allowed himself to be filied up again with pessimistic fdeas. He ought to have lived long enough In Nebraska by this time to have fohaled some of the atmosphere of pros- TRE DEMOORATIO ATTITUDE. It &ppears to be the determination of the democrats of the senate to oppose ratiieation ‘of a canal treaty with Panama. It is announced that they propose to attack any effort to open negotiations with the new republic and to support.the Spooner act, urging that the president should proceed to carry out the authority conferred by that act to negotlate for the construction of a canal on the Nicaragum route. This policy of obstruction is entirely charac- teristic of the minority party in con- gress and if persisted in may postpone indefibitely the building of an isthmian canal; American public sentiment is very nearly unanimous in favor of the Pan- ama route. Undoubtedly President Roosevelt will proceed, under the au- thority conferred by the constitution, to négotiate a canal treaty with Panama as soon as the government of the new republic is fally organized. It is under- stood to be the opinion of the adminis- tration, concurred in by the re'puhllc:‘ns of the senate, that the Spooner act does not interfere with the negotiation of a treaty with Panama, as the new republic inher#ts the rights and obliga- tions of Colombia. That the senate democrats will, however, be able to pre- vent the ratification of such a treaty fs probable, since it requires two-thirds of the senite to ratify, and besides they can prolong discussion interminably. Whether or not they will all be dis- posed to do this is a question and per- haps a good deal depends upon the ex- pression of public sentiment in the mat- ter. Of course the present attitude of the democrats in congréss is dictated by the hope of partisan advantage and if they shall find that there is nothing to be gained in this direction, but on the contrary the party may lose by 0,258 | efforts to ‘defeat what is undoubtedly approved by a majority of the people, some of them may conclude to allow the republicans to have their way. There are some democrats who show sanity in regard to this matter and it may be that these will exert a whole- some influence. The Brooklyn Eagle, one of the ablest democratic papers in the country, says: "*“Thé past should suffice for folly, but we fear that an appalling superfluity of democratic error is to be wantonly augmented. There is nothing more democratic, by the true definition of that word, than to plant and to maintain freedom and civilization in the isthmus of Panama and to se- cure those blessings there by utilizing that nexus between oceani for a water- way. which will make an unbroken passage for commerce within and around the world. There is nothing more undemocratic, in reality, than op- position to what will bring guch re- sults to pass. There is nothing more depressing to those who would make orgaulzed democracy a factor for prog- ress, for freedom, for commerce and for peace than to find the party of that n:llellhud up against a duty so plain and an opportunity so grand. Pro- gressive democrats would save purblind democracy from needless. addition to its stupendous list of wanton errors and of melancholy recantations.” It fs an unfortunate fact that the progressive democrats are a very small minority and have little influence in the party. 4 BETTER FEBLING. The Bee thinks it can see in the senti- ment of the state, as reflected by the state press, a decidedly better feeling for Omaha and Omaha enterprises than has existed for many years. The people of the state are more thoroughly convinced than ever before that Nebraska's prog- ress and prosperity depends upon united action in behalf of every project that promises to build up our industries and attract new population, They are realiz- ing also, as never before, that the wel- fare of every part of the state is more or less dependent upon the prosperity of every other part, and that ome city or town cannot pull itself up by pulling down Its neikhbor. These remarks are occasloned by the perceptible change in attitude toward the proposed Omaha grain market since its import and scope have been more fully explained. There was at first a dis- position to doubt its feasibility and to question the possibility of suecessful re- sults in which the grain growers throughout the state would profit as well as the graln buyers'in the new market. hostility to the trusts and he would not THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: BATURDAY, people who voted its ratification. What is lacking is the courage in congress to execute Its provisions. Had congress acted promptly in this direction when the first southern state imposed dis- criminating electoral. qualifications n order to disfranchise the blacks the other states would have been siow to have followed suit #n the disfranchisement movement. e . —_— GURMAN IN THE LEAD. There appears to be no doubt that Senator Gorman is at present in the lead among the possible democratic can- didates for president next year. There is every reason to believe that he will have the practically unanimous support of the southern states in the national convention, for which he made a direct bid in the Maryland campaign by giving precedence to the race issue, the demo- ecratic victory in that state unquestion- ably adding to his prestige as a leader, at least in the estimation of the peo- ple of the south. There Is also a con- siderable sentiment in the east favor- able to Gorman. Assuming that Mr. Cleveland would under no circum- stances consent to be the nominee of his party, the Philadelphia Ledger says that the democrats of the east would probably, almost certainly, take the Maryland leader as their next best choice. They are not troubling them- selves about the race guestion, remarks that paper, but they belleve that Mr. Gorman would receive material support rom Wall street, the trust and corpora- tion chiefs, to whose interests it is thought he would not be unfavorably disposed, “As a member of the federal genate,” adds the Ledger, “Mr. Gor- man has been a useful friend to the Sugar trust and Wall street, it is under- stood, holds him in high regard.” That he will be most willing to treat with those financial interests which are said to desire the nomination of a “con- servative” democrat, that is, one who will not attempt the enforcement of the anti-trust-law or any statute which in- terferes with the unrestricted operation of the combinations, is not to be doubted. The Maryland democratic leader has never shown the slightest decline any aid they might be disposed to give him in promoting his presiden- tial ambition. Nor can it be doubted that the trusts would be quite secure should he realize his ambition. Mr. Gorman would be as thoroughly con- servative as the most exacting combina- tion could require. But Wall street re- gard is not so valuable politically as days when Senator Morgan is too hoarse to talk. D R —— Smooth Sailing. Cincinnati Enquirer. The new Panama republic visional _government. Everything with “provisions” in It is easy down there. Food grows luxuriantly on trees, and in the wropical climate much meat is & detri- ment to health. has a pro- Chicago Chronicle. No wonder that Mr. Bryan announces a purpose to go to law in the matter of the Bennett legacy. The court has just entered an order glving the widow $7,500 per annum for personal expenses. Perhaps the judge is a gold bug, teo. Abuse of Franking Privilege. Philadelphia Record. The first known instance of a revival of the use of the frank for the personal ben- efit of a member, on a large scale, 18 that reported from the home of Congressman Robinson, in Indiana. The truck which he sent to. Washington under his frank weighed 1,600 pounds. This is an example which {s almost stre to be followed by NOVEMBER 14, other representatives who have hesitated to make the fullest use of the privilege. Until the eritic of such things shall himself enjoy an opportunity to get services or articles from the government by virtue of an official place he will be unable to ap- preciate the temptation to revel in the right. ARE MEN JUST AS FOOLISH? Often Do = Stunt Like the Women of New York, Denver Post. “Just like women!" is the remark all over the land today concerning the disgraceful struggles of a mob of women to see Rox- burghe’s bride and her celebrated wedding costume. At first blush, the description of clawing women, tusseling with the police to get close to Miss Goelet, seems hideous and shocking. But, really, there was noth- ing new In the episode; nor was it pecullar to New York or to America; nor was it inherently feminine. Men are just as foolish when their curios- ity is frothing. The Incident was simply an exhibition of curfosity, a common human trait that flares Into a sort of madness at times, and is only restrained by that small percentage of civilized mankind which is known as the blase.. Only the person who has developed an artificlal contempt of curiosity is able to resist satisfying himself when he is interested In some object. And to develop absolute refusal to be curious requires a loss of natural qualitics twet renders the blase person sometimes worthy of pity. The frantle struggles eof adult men to #ee presidential candidates is the same thing. But when the mob does the wildest stunts in its efforts to see some glittering political celébrity the great man is very in- dulgent; the scene of disgraceful curiosity 1s called “unexampled enthusiasm,” and we preen ourselves on our democracy. The great man shakes hands with the mobs of curious people. It is all very fine. Miss Goelet, the celebrated bride, was some mway suppose and while it may bave potency in the next democratic national convention it will have little with the voters of the country. Senator Gorman is a shrewd ‘and adroit politician and can be depended upon' to skillfully lay his plans for eap- turing the nomination for the presi- dency mext year. He is already well assured of having the south with him, but there are still obstacles in his way which he will not find it easy to sur- mount. The republican national committee has been summoned to meet December 11 to make provision for holding the nomi- nating convention that will make up the presidential ticket for 1904, The rule of the committee requires a six months’ notice for the calling of a national con- vention, so that the convention date cannot be earlier than June 11. People interested may take notice of this in making their computations. — Our Colombian friends do not like the way Uncle Sam has acted toward the new Republic of Panama. One would hardly expect anything different in that quarter, however. The Colombians do not know whether to be more angry at the United States or at thelr former compatriots who have erected a new government in territory that previously belonged to them. just as much an object of curiosity to women as a victorlous prize fighter or a candidate for president is to men. The mob of women acted with exactly the same idiocy in trylng to see her that men display in trying to shake hands with Presi- dent Roosevelt or Jim Jeffries. —_—_— WAILS OF THE PROMOTERS, ‘Wall Street Grafters Turn from Water to Political Hot Alr. New York Tribune. There are signs that the small but de- termined body of people who think that a candidate whom the discomfited promoters in Wall street choose to blame for their misfortune must be defeated for renomina- tion are already finding comfort in the re- cent election and are In full ery against the president. They have discovered that the defeat of a nonpartisan candidate for mayor in an election with which the presi- dent had obviously nothing to do is con- clusive proof that the people are agalnst him, They are equally sure that Senator Arthur Pue Gorman's undeniably success- ful campaign in Maryland demonstrates a reaction against Roosevelt. No doubt the little falling off in Massachusetts in an off year proves the same thing. It is certain, moreover, that the overwhelming majority in Ohio proves Roosevelt's unpopularity with equal clearness and demonstrates that the country is clamoring for Hanna or somebody else for president. And s0 it goes. Whatever election favors the republican party demonstrates that it wants somebody else for its nominee. ‘Whatever election indicates ap adverse ‘fluctuation in the republican vote shows precisely the same thing—that the repub- lican party wants some other candidate E———— Having had it declared by the courts that the Board of Fire and Police Com- migsioners has no authority to enforce or tc suspend the enforcement Of the law relating to gambling, members of that body may expect to lose their popu- larity with the sporting fraternity. getting ready to open up the public library which is to be in- stalled in the new building donated by Mr. Carnegle, which is rapidly nearing The people outside of Omaha have now opened their eyes to the fact that a home market for their grain close at hand will be of inestimable advantage to them in the way of steadying prices and creating an additional demand for their product by stimulating the erection of local flour ing and cereal mills, starch factories, #lucose works, ete., that will copvert the products of Nebraska’s soll into finished foodstuffs for home consumption. Omaha’s public-spirited citizens, who are back of the new grain market pro- Ject, are also alive to the necessity of the cordial co-operation of the people who have grain to sell and grain to ship within the territory radius from which this market will have to draw. As the Fremout Tribune puts it, “as between Chicago and Omaha as an out- let for our grain, we are in favor of Owaba.” This 1s the spirit we would have cultivated and expanded, and it applies not only to this particular en- terprise but to all others that make for the upbuilding of Nebraska. The cam- Daign for the development of Nebraska' resources is on and it behooves every person interested in the future of the state to take hold and push the good work along. eSmmE— Congressman Crumpacker of Indiana is stiil pursuing his scheme for the en- forcement of the constitutional penalty completion. With a few more publie in- stitutions like this Sjuth Omaha should soon be ready to be annexed. * E———— No Crewn for Unele Joe. Detrolt Free Press, Bpeaker Cannon has decided not to be a czar. This is undoubtedly the wisest course. Uncle Joe does not look as If he had much Romanoff blood in his veins, Bedy Blow for Reuben. ‘Washington Star. A number of statesmen will never get over being appalied by the fact that it takes more money to run the national ernment than it does to conduct the a of the home township. 8t. Louis Globe-Democrat. J. P. Morgan is reported deeply wounded by what has been sald of him, and ‘will retire from husiness January 1. After that, let us hope, he will open his heart and give us a true history of Wall street. Philadelphia Record. In no country outside of Germany itself are there more sincere hopes th trouble in the Emperor Willlam' than there are in the United States, — A Sate Guess. Chicago Record-Herald. There are all sorts of stories as to the amount of money that goes to the duke of Roxburghe with Miss May Goelet, but, ‘while most of these are unrellable, it s safe to assume-that he will not have to work. than Roosevelt. Whatever election has nothing to' do with the republican party, or was ostentatiouslv nonpartisan, with the republican maenme In the background and few republican nominees on the ticket, proves in the same way that the republican party wants somebody else then Roosevelt for its candidate. It should be further pro- claimed that whatever candidate the pro- moters of Wall street desire is necessarily and obviously the candidate for whom the republican party of the country is walting; that the republican party throughout the United States will rush to the support of any candidate whom these promoters ap- prove, and immediately manifest intense hostility to any candidate whom they dis- approve. In New York City, In spite of Mr. Mec- Clellan’s victory, they gained several as- semblymen. Nor was that victory itself an indication of republican weakness. Mr. McClellan’s majority Is less than that of Mr. Coler, or of Judge Van Wyck, both of whom lost the state. The republicans carefully refrained from trying to use the election for party advantage and the presi- dent held aloef. It is somewhat ridicu- lous to account for the result as if the party and the president had sought In- dorsement. But even if the city vote were to be taken as an Index of party strength, republicans could be content; for an ad- verse majority here might be doubled and they could still carry the state on the 1903. POLITICAL DRIFT. The latest version of the “Towa idea” Is about §1,000 plurality. Chicago modestly declares without reser- vation that it is the greatest and best convention city on earth. No other city is “Just as good.” Mayor Seth Low reports that his cam- palgn expenses were $3,154.08. McClellan says he didn't spend a cent. Tammany is generous to its friends. One of the editors of Life tried to break into the New York Board of Aldermen, but the voters failled to appreciate the honor of his candldacy and left him tied at the post. Bourke Cockran, Charles A. Towne and ex-Governor Campbell of Ohfo are m tioned as candidates to succeed George B. McClellan in congress. Croker's friends are sald to have vetoed Cockran's ambi- tion. But Croker is a good ways off, Republican senators “rubbed it in" when they put Senator Gorman on the com- mittee to notify the president that the senate was ready for business. Arthur Pue took his medicine and cordially shook the hand of the man who shook the hand of Booker Washington, The re-election of Mayor Schmitz of San Francisco, the candidate of union labor, was accomplished after a battle with both republicdn and democratic candidates. In Connecticut, at the opposite side of the continent, thé “labor” mayors fared equally well. Mayor Charters of Ansonia Is In agaln, and so {s Mayor Mulvihill of Bridgeport. The next governor of Ohlo will be the first of that state clothed with the veto power. An amendment to the constitution conferring this power and extending it to single items in money bills was approved by the people of the state, and so, after 100 years of vetoless experience, Ohio is brought into the company of most of the other states of the union, The total assessment of personal prop- erty in the state of Mississipp! for the year 1903 is $70,769,073, an increase of 35,931,176 over last year. In the list, besides live stock, carriages, household furniture, ete., are 28,43 watches, 19,918 planos and or- gans, 2,77 guns {over one to each person, which s exempt), and 7,706 pistols, bowle knives, dirks and sword canes. The county reports show the following exempt prop- erty: 12438 horses, 16,601 mules, 262,762 cows, 49,781 sheep, 18,205 goats, 322,69 hogs and 266 asses. The number of polls as- sessed s 305,421, an Increase of 4,665 over last year. In his goodbye Interview for the benefit of ungrateful countrymen Mr. Bryan threw a harpoon into the vitals of his old friend, Grover Cleveland. “Mr. Cleve- land,” he said, “has done more business on less capital than any man who has ever held so high an office as president of the United States. If his democracy were capitalized at his own estimate it would give us an excellent example of watered stock.” It is a question whether wateredl stock or wind pudding is the greater evil of inflation. As democrats have little else to do they can get needed exercise in answering it. So lttle did Martin W. Littieton think of his chances of election as president of the borough of Brooklyn that he actually re- turned a number of checks which were sent to him as contributions to his cam- palgn fund by friends and admirers. After his nomination several of Mr. Littleton’s friends sent him checks, ranging in amount from $10 to $100, to help him ecover the ex- penses of hid campalgn. To each of the contributors Mr. Littleton wrote a letter, thanking him for his Interest, but ex- plaining that he was not making any car- vass, did not expect to be elected, and, therefore, had no need for the check. Speaking of Mr. Littleton's election, Harry Ralston, who is a democratic leader in Brooklyn politics, said that Mr. Littleton had established a new record in politics. “Littleton is the only man in the history of American’ politics,” sald Ralston, “who was ever elected on a ticket which h openly opposed.” ——— PROTECTING PUBLIC LANDS. Determined Efforts to Cheek Greed of Land Grabbers. 8t. Paul Ploneer Press. If the proportion of fraudulent to legal entries In the public domain as a whole has been the same as in the small portion of the domain subject to Investigation by Land Commissioner Richards, the total holdings of land acquired by perjury and trickery must be enormous. In the older states much of the land acquired in times past has passed out of the hands of the Jand grabbers and Into those of bona fide settlers who could not be disturbed either legally or equitably, They are, in fact, the persons who have been most directly wronged. Had the spirit and purposes of the land la been carried out they would have been able te acquire their holdings at the midimum price fixed by Uncle Sam, whereas they were compelled to pay the speculators' price. Furthermore, the development of the states in which the frauds were perpetrated has been and i1s being hindered by this method of dis- couraging the Immigrant looking for cheap land on which to settle. The extent of this check to natural growth cannot be measured. But it is faintly indicated in the fact that in Call- fornia, Oregon and Washington alone 10,- 000 entries made under the timber and stone act have been suspended as probably fraud- ulent. But the timber and stone act is only one of the laws made use of to get possession of the public domain for pur- poses of speculation. The desert land act, and even the homestead law, are greatly abused. Moreover, during the Wear Mr. Richards reports 125 unlawful inclosures, covering 2,606,3% acres, or twice the area of Delaware. But these inclosures are only & fraction of the number maintained with- out legal warrant. It is encouraging to find such vigorous measures to protect the public domain. It is the first time in the history of the land_office that a systematic and sincere attempt has been made to enforce the land laws in their spirit, to punish those who have violated them and to deprive the “grabbers” of holdings Intended for the settler and the ploneer. It has long issue of republicanism against democracy, for they have done it under far leas favor- able circumstances than when following a leader with the wonderful hold upon the popular heart . possessed by Theodore Roosevelt, Wall street promoters should - adjust themselves to these facts and get over the mistaken idea that they represent either the wishes of conservative capital or the general tendencles of the people. The country means to take care of itself and take care of capital, but it is not sitting up nights bemoaning the disappearance of the men who issued $ of securities for §1 of value, and have at list discovered that the people decline to coutinue purchasing their issues at par. il less is the country looking for dance to the men who made princely commissions, but carefully unloaded thelr own shares on the public to the last dollar. As they have lost nothing whatever save been & matter of common knowledge in every state where there have been lands “THE NAME 15 EVERYTHING. Esterbroc.xk Accept no¥substitute. THe ESTERBROOK STEEL PEN CO. Wk Comun, 1.1 36 Joha St B V. Absolutely Pure THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE open to entry that scores and hundreds, possibly the major part, of the entries were made by persons who did not want the lands for themselves and did not even comply, except in the most perfunctory way, with the requirements of the law. Under the homestead law, timber and agricultural land has been filed on by hun- dreds whose only residence was that of one night twice a year in a shack thrown up for the purpose and whose only improve- ments were a few seeds dropped into the ground. The less scrupulous have not even complied with the technical requirements. The timber and stone act and the desert land act have been even more subject to abuse. But until recently the land office has seemed to connive at it, if it has not deliberately encouraged, these violations. There have been indications of collusion in many of the local land offices which may or may net have been known by the higher officials. But at last some of the damage is likely to be repaired and this combination of perjury and thievery pun- ished and perhaps stopped entirely. It is high time! The public domain is large, but there is a demand already for practically all of it, and the pressure will be tremendous when the vast acreage of arid and semi-arid land which is ‘within the irrigation area shall be made produc- tive by the vivifying streams brought down from the storage basing and conducted by sluice and ditch to the now uninhabited waste. FACING THE FIGURES, The Political Situation as it Appears for 1004. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. How aid the forty-five states vote at their latest election? To answer this ques- tion 1s to deal with accomplished facts. These figures are permanently on record, whatever the future developments may be. By the apportionment of representatives made by congress under the census of 1900 the total electoral vote in 1904 will be 475. The number necessary to a choice is 239, or fifteen more than in the previous decade. In the latest elections, including those of the present month, the following states were carried by the republicans: Califor- nia, 10; Colorado, 6; Connecticut, 7; Dela- ware, 3; Idaho, 3; Illinols, 27; Indiana, 15; lowa, 13; Kansas, 10; Maine, 6; Massachu- setts, 16; Michigan, 14; Minnesota, 11; Mon- tana, 3; Nebraska, §; New Hampshire, 4; New Jersey, 12; New York, 89; North Da- kota, 4; Ohlo, 23; Oregon, 4; Pennsylvania, 34; South Dakota, 4; Utah, 3; Vermont, Washington, 5; West Virginia, 7; Wiscon sin, 13; Wyoming, 3. Total electoral votes in, republican states, 310. At the latest elections the following states went demo- cratic: Alabama, 11; Arkansas, §; Florida, 5; Georgia, 13; Kentucky, 18; Loulsiana, 9; Maryland, 8; Mississippi, 10; Missourl, 18; Nevada, 3; North Carolina, 12; Rhode Is- land, 4; South Caroling, 9; Tennessce, 12; Texas, 18; Virginia, 12 Total electoral votes in democratic states, 166. Republican majority of electoral votes, gauged by the latest elections, 14. To carry the presidential contest next year the democrats must reverse the fig- ures of the latest state elections to the extent of soventy-three electoral votes. Of course, this gain is admitted to be hopeless without New York’s thirty-nine start. Even with New York, thirty-four more electoral votes would be necessary to w by & majority of one In the electoral o« lege. New York and New Jersey tran ferred to the democratic column would still leave that party twenty-two short of an electoral majority. A ocombination ecal- culated to win those two states would make A break elsewhere in the democratic line. It is quite improbable, for example, that Mr. Cleveland would carry Missourl. He would certainly fafl in Nevada and Rhode Island, and be unpalatable to the strong Bryan element in Kentucky. Nothing short of a powerful upheaval, no element of thich is now in sight, can prevent the election of a republican president and of another republican congress next year, tak- Ing the figures of the latest state elections as the basis of the estimate, which Is the best available test. Twenty-nine of the forty-five states were carried by the republicans at the latest elections. Of the sixteen states carried by democrats, only two, Nevada and Rhode Island, are northern states, In Rhode Island the democrats electod only the gov- ernor. The rest of the sthte officers and the legislature are republican. Nevada was republican until the silver question became prominent. Never before were the northern states as solidly republican us they are now by the figures of thelr latést elections. This-is the historical answer to the solid south, and will unquestionably continue jong as that threat is main- talned. Probably, as a forlorn hope, and their plight amounts to that, the effort of the democrats will be to carry Illinole, along with New York and New Jersey, not because Illinols is promising ground, but because its electoral vote s essential to a fighting chance. The republicans of Illinols have nothing to fear except from local dissensions, Folly of that kind would be a blow at the republican party nation- ally. Outwitted ai Out ced. Philadelphia Press. The way in which the administration provided for & prompt inquiry by the house | of representatives into all the facts con- | nected with the partial recognition of the | new Republic of Panama startled the dem- | ocrats. They were going to demand the information and make an attack on tho | president, when to their astonishment a republican offered such a resolution, and {1t was unanimously adopted. The demo- crats live and learn, but they do not know how to apply their newly-acquired knowi- edge. clothes never found Our $15.00 suits in particular are mod. els of perfection, Among the different lines at this popular price is a harmonious selec- tion of fabrics—Ilinings and trimmings—a quality and style that whether he paid $15.0 is and what it is wor to none. P B You buy it elsewhere and you THINK it's right, You buy it here and you KNOW it's right. It's “Dangerous’ for our competitors where comparisons between their clothes and ours are mads. There is “distinc- tion” about Brown. ing, King & Co’s in others. makes it impossible to tell—when ‘a man puts on- one of Browning, King & Co's 815,00 suits- 0 or $50,00. Good dressers know what our clothing th, That it is second Not even the best custom tailors. “No Clothing Fits Like Ours."” Browning: King - §-@ R. 8. Wilcox, Mauager. = e m,.—v—-_——-—ww e e