Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 21, 1903, Page 12

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AL Remit by dra‘t, express or pos! yable to The Bee Publishing Company, Inly 2-cent st ccepted in payment of checks, except on ot accept STATEMENT OF CIRCU&ATIOH.- Btate of Nepraska, Douglas County, 881 Gearge B. Taschick, secretary of ‘the Bee sworn, GEORGE B, TZSCHUCK. o o X0y 1008, M. B, HUNGATE. " President Stickney has a reputation for being a sticker and not a quitter. He is hardly the kind of a man to be frightened by bluff. e The water works appraisers seem to be in no particular rush about finishing up their work. But then their bill for services will be made out by the day. E— When our old friend Church Howe makes his next visit home from Ant- werp we will expect to see him wearing wooden shoes with his hair cut a la Dutch. / e must have reminded the ‘World-Herald that it is in nger of overdoing the job of venting ity spleen ' upon Senator Dietrich in its purpose of making democratic political capital. ©If John L. Webster's speech at Kan- #as Clty will have the result of inducing the city by the Kaw to pull with Omaha instead of against Omaha it will be productive of good In more ways er——— The position of city electrician still romains vacant, but the numerons ap- plicants for the place are busy trying to string wires that will connect the cir- cult and ring the call bell to which they are waiting to respond. The National Live Stock exchange is in session at KFort Worth, Tex. The live stock interests of the west are be- eoming steadlly more and more impor- tant and the importance of all the live stock men's organizations is also grow- S———— (A lot of the people who telling the grand jury that they made cash offers . for official appointments of various kinds and were turned down are them- selves furnishing the very best reasons to Justify the refusal to give them i We are waiting to hear whether ex- President Oleveland or Senatog Gorman | I8 to be the headliner at-.the forthcom- ing Jacksonian entertainment or whether the unterrified will be satisfied with simply a cable message from Colonel Bryan. N e ____J Senator Hanna s still chuckling over the republican majority vrolled up in Ohilo, and be does not mind exhibiting his glee on every occasion. He ought to have derived enough satisfaction out of that glorious achievement to keep him rejoicing for at least a whole year. e———— It is reported that the grand vizler bas handed In his resignation to the sultdn because he is at outs with the palace clique, which seems to control affairs. Over in Turkey they evidently have paraphbrased the oid adage lunto “Resignation is the better part of valor.” . Only three of the Nebraska congres- sional districts have a river frontage on the Missourl, but the entire congres- slonal delegation is said to be a unit in favor of appropriations to protect the river banks against overflow. The con- gressmen from the eastern districts will be expected to reciprocate when irriga- tion legislation comes up that can ‘affect only the somi-arid lands in the western part of the state. President Roosevelt's tribute to the valuable contribution of our Germun immigrants to the citizenship of the United States will be endorsed by all our people. Our citizens of German birth or descent form one of the sub- stantial elements in every American community, and occupy positions com- wanding influence and respect wherever they enter into the public life. Other forelgn nationalities bave also con- tribuied materially to the strengthening | of our patiogal character, but none of thew more the Germans. COLOMBIAN RONDHOLDERS The foreign holders of Colombian bouds are manifesting some anxlety in regard to their investment and are naturally endeavoring to obtain some sort of assurance that the secession of Panama shall not be allowed to inter- fere with their ciaims. Thelr view .ap- pears to be, and perhaps it is not to be regarded as unreasonable, that inas- much as Panama was benefited by the money which Colombia borrowed, the new republic should assume a portion of the Colomblan debt to foreign bond- holders, which has been stated to amount to about $15,000,000. The idea is that Panama should pay about one-third of that amount, which might be paid out of the money that the new republic -will receive from the United States, or if Panama should not wish to pay cash, then that govern- ment could issue bonds or accept re- sponsibility for a part of the Colombian debt. Thus the foreign bondholders seem disposed to be satisfied with al- most any arrangement that would be acceptable to Panama and which prom- ised the ultimate payment of the debt. These bondholders say they feel as- sured that President Roosevelt will not countenance any action of Panama which would be construed by Europe as a repudiation of its debts. How the new republic will regard the suggestion that it shall become respon- sible for a part of Colombia's foreign debt it is impossible to say, but the probability is that it will not be unwill- ing to assume a reasonable portion of the obligations and very likely will be advised by our government to do so. While it may be admitted that Panama benefited from thd money sunk in the country by British and other bond- holders, it is a question whether this creates a sound claim against the new republic. It is true that when the peo- ple of Panama declared their independ- ence they announced that they assumed the legal and treaty obligations of Pan- ama and perhaps this may properly he construed as Including financial engage- ments, but such a view is at least de- batable. As a matter of good policy, however, and in order to avold any annoying complication, it will undoubtedly be well for Panama to arrange for paying a part of the foreign debt of Colombia, the amount to be determined, as sug- gested, by arbitration in case-the au- thorities of Colombia and Panama should be unable to reach a satisfactory understanding. It is probable, as we have already said, that our government will recommend this policy and if so it will of course be adopted. It is most desirable that the new republic shall begin its career by showing the world that its intention is to deal fairly and Justly and thus deserve the respect and confidence of the nations. Under Amer- ican guldance and protection there is every reason to expect that it will do this, E— FORCING 1HE TARIFF ISSUE. It is the evident purpose of the demo- crats in congress to force the tarift issue, with a view to making it the leading question.in the national campaign next year. This was plainly disclosed in the debate on the Cuban reciprocity treaty and particularly in the speeches of the house democratic leader, Mr. Wiiliams of Mississippl. While it has been sald of that gentleman that he is not a free frader, his utterances leave no doubt that he is uncompromisingly hostile to a tariff for protection and that his leadership ‘of the house democrats means a perfl‘.tent warfare in the regu- lar session of congress against that poliey. 3 According to the Washington corre- spondent of the New York Journal of Commerce, Mr. Willlams proposes to put the republicans on the defensive and to emphasize all of the dissensions in their ranks, ch as have been pevealed in the dissa ction of the republicans of the northwest with some of the sched- ules and by the introduction of bills by New Epgland senators and representa- tives for putting raw materials on the free list.” It is said that he will accept the declaration of the Iowa republicans that the trusts are sheltered by the tariff and will advocate the reduction or the removal of duties as a meaus of remedying the evils of the trust system. This is what Mr. Willlams was made leader of the minority party in the house for, but it is somewhat doubtful whether he will be able to command the full support of his party in both branches of congress. As the correspondent we have quoted remarks, there are very few democrats who will not declare themselves in favor of the abstract prin- ciple of tariff reform and if this abstract principle could be made an issue be- tween the parties iu congress the Mis- sissippi leader would have a united party behind him. “The question, how- ever, is more apt to be presented in a conerete form, and this is sure to reveal the fact that there are democrats who ave tariff reformers conditionaliy,” that is, they are for reforming the tariff in all directions except that in which the interests of their constituents would be affected. There is a number of such democratic tariff reformers and it is a question whether Mr. Willlams will be able to induce them to join him in an ungonditional assault updn the tariff, Every democratic effort to reform the tariff has met with difficulty from this class of persons and the new leader in the house is mot likely to be more for- tunate. At all events, it can be confidently as- serted that the rupublicans will not de- cline any challenge which the demo- crats may offer for discussing the tariff. It is a question that the republican party has never hesitated to discuss and it will not attempt to evade or ignore it now. It stands, as firmly today as it has ever stood, for protection to Ameri- can indusiries and American labor, but as was sald by a leading republican in the house, Representative Dalzell of Pennsylvania, In & reply to the demo- cratic leader, “so far as belog worship- ers of any schedules as a fetich is con- cerned we recognize the fact that from time to time tariff schedules must be changed to meet the iecessities of changed conditions, but we ‘reserve to ourselves the right to say when that time has come when those changes shall be made.” This states the attitude of the republican party regarding the tarift and it will be adhered to, SHUWING THEIR HAND, The hostility of the through railroads to the proposed grain market at Omaha was to have been expected, but the mo- tives behind their efforts to throttle the project in its In¢ipiency should be thor- oughly understood. It is not from any desire to help the grain grower or to avoid unnecessary industrial waste that prompts the un- disguised attempt to counteract the effect of the Chicago Great Western's grain schedule by promulgiting new rates that will take the grain shipped from uyfltory tributary to this city di- rect to markets at other points. These railroads want the long haul—they want exclusive the business of all the ship- pers on thelr lines—they want to make sure that none of the grain they carry into Omaha will be carried out of it by any other road. In a word they want to freeze out the Chicago Great Western and any other road east, north or south out of Omaha that has not entered hard and fast traffic agreements with the through roads. They want as little grain business as possible to originate in Omaha, where they have competition to meet, and as much as possible for through shipments that they can monopolize at' any rate they see fit to impose upon the farmer. We may reserve the right to differ with the management of the through roads—for it is plain they are all hooked up together—as to whether the policy they are pursuing is really to thelr ad- vantage even from their own selfish point of view. What these lines are in- terested in is the expansion of railroad traffic as a whole and their own busi- ness in particular. To build up west- ern markets close to the producer and to create the effective demand for all sorts of goods of prosperous communi- ties peans constantly growing rallroad traffic in which each road would get a fair share of the increment. These rail- roads should be not only interested in anything to develop the western coun- try, but willing to assist by helping such new enterprises along with favora- ble rates. Let no one allow himself to be fooled by the cut made in grain rates to divert trafic from Omaha. If the Chicago Great Western would rescind its grain schedule today or tomorrow, twenty-four hours would not elapse be- fore notice that the old rate would be restored by all the other roads. Noth- ing could afford more conclusive proof of the henefits the success of the Omaba grain market would bring to the grain growers of this section than the very hostility these through ' rallroad lines are exhibiting. e———— The success of the railroads in secur- ing writs of injunction from the federal courts to exempt their property. from tax levies by Nebraska authorities on bridges across the Miskourl river at various points on the state line {8 sure to encourage ihem (o continue iheir efforts at tax-shirking by this method. The tax agents of the raflroads will keep on prating about the eagerfess of the railroads to pay all the taxes which properly belong to them and talking about the promptness with which the railroads settle their tax bills, but the fact remains that they never pay any taxes until they have first exhausted every possible means of evading them and taking advantage of every technical legal loophole their paid attorneys can discover. Enterprising bond brokers are adver- tising an issue of South Omaha bonds before the bids for the bonds have been closed by the city authorities. If they secure customers in advance they will then undertake to acquire the bonds, whereas, if they see no chance for im- mediate unloading they will keep out of the competition. This is a slick trick —slicker even than the trick played here in Omaha where brokers bid in a bond issue by putting up a small good-faith check and then refuse to consummate the deal unless they have found pur- chgsers at a profit in the interval. The ‘ay the game is played in South Omaha, not even an entry fee is re- quired to take a band, The bill to make the Ouban reciproc- ity treaty effective is well on its way to become law by passage through the lower house of congress. The senti- ment seemed to crop out repeatedly during the discussion, however, that Cuba would be only partially satisfied by the concessions thus made, and that we would be asked again before long to do. something more for Cuba. If the Cubans read the signs aright, they will go slow about presenting requests for other concessions unless backed up by some stronger argument than our moral responsibility for the existence of the Cuban republic. The {llegal fences on the government land are said to be gradually coming down the encroachérs realize that the administration Is in earnest in its [#* orders for the enforcement of the law and no collusive grand juries or friendly distriet attorneys can be relled on to secure further suspension of the penal- ties, E——— The new Republic of Panama is turn- ing a cold shoulder to the advances of adjacent departments of Colombia for permission to join the republic. The Papama government has not yet been inoculated with the policy of expansion. It evidently believes in letting well enough alone, at ieast for the present. e=m— Poor Willie's Gone Again. Chicago Chrouicle. Mr. Bryan's acceplance of au invitation from the mald buss of London to attend a BEE: SATURDAY, banquet at the Hotel Cecll would seem to confirm the report that he is not a candi- date. Emulating the White Man. Indianapolis New Perhaps those forty Indk who got drunk in Omaha while there to testify in an fllegal liquor selling case merely wanted to demonstrate. More Trouble for the Court. ‘Washington Post. _ The grand jury at Jefferson City, Mo, has indicted 106 more boodlers. The su- preme court of the state will have to get busy i it maintains its record of kleping I convicted boodlers out of the peniten- tlary. Abnolutely Certaln, Brooklyn Eagle. Several doctors, who know nothing about the case of the kaiser, and quite as little about ncerous conditions, have been nonymously interviewed to the effect that the emperor of Germany will (eventually) die. He will, and so will those doctors. Terril Falling Off. Philadelphia Press. The decline in the Standard Ofl dividend this year was the reason probably for the recent announcement of an increase in the price of oil. Last year the dividend was 45 per cent, while this year it was only 44 cent. Such a terrible falling off called for immediate redress and up went the price of ofl. That it was insufferably low is evident from the fact that the year's profit will be only 4 per cent. Brookiyn Eagle. The United States circuit court of ap- peals at St. Paul has solemnly decided that tobacco is not a necessity of life and that the federal anti-trust law does not apply to tobacco denlers. At least 20,000,000 Amer- fcans will smile at that. Meat is not a necessity. Many thousands of vegetaria get along without it and brag about how well they feel. Whole nations dispense with it and produce logicians who can split a hair so skilifully as any United States court judge. A rational definition of ‘“ne- cessity" under civilization is ‘“a thing gen- erally in demand for which there is no available substitute.” Tobacco fills the bill. WHAT AILS THE RAILROADS? Some Features of Last Year's Busi- ness Reflected in Figures. Minneapolis Tribune. Poor's Manual of Rallroads for 1902 has just been issued. Its accumulated statistics throw a good deal of light on the general situation of ratlroad property. There ha: been a great deal of wonder why th price of railroad stocks has fallen 30 or 40 per cent, and raflroads have been driven into the market to borrow enormous sums on their notes, in the midst of the most remarkable prosperity the business of transportation ever enjoyed. The explana- tion seems to be the same as that of the breaking down of the general building and development movement by the continual in- crease of wages and cost of material rallroads have been swamped under rapidly increasing expenses, and have been driven to sharp retrenchment to prevent earnings from falling off while business intreases. Let us take some of the gigantic totals in Poor's Manual. Tn 1902 the gross earn- ings of nearly 200,000 miles of railroad in the United States were $1,720,814,900, as against §1,612,448,826 the previous year. The mil increase was only a little over 4,000, so that the enormous increase of more than $108,000,000 was made with prac- tically the same track. The advance sheets of the manual & not show clearly the net earnings of all the roads, as they are usually shown in separate reports, but the total revenue available was only about $45,- 000,000 more than for the previous year, and the surplus over all charges and payments was §2,000,000 less than last year. That is, more than half the gross earnings increase went into increased expenses and the whoie of it was absorbed in dividends and $2,000,- 000 more. That is, the railroads came out of 1502 a little less strong, except for phys- fcal improvement of plants, than they went into it. Meanwhile the railroads have in- creasing their indebtedness, without corre- sponding increase in the value of their plants. Liabilitles were §14,081,073,600 against $19,405,625,250 the year before. Their valuation with equipment was $10,865,863,376, an Increase of only about $160,000,000. The capital stock per mile has diminished a few dollars; but the bonded debt has In- creased over $500 per mile. The only com- fort is that the average rate of interest has fallen from 4.20 per cent to 407 per cent. This was In 1892, before the heav- fest Increases In operating expenses had been made and some of the heaviest in- debtedness incurred. e MORGAN'S BANEFUL INFLUENCE. Evil Effects of the Fleecing I.,Ml. of FPromoters. Baltimore Americaz,. Up to the present moment the critics of the Morgan system of financiering have confined their strictures to the material gide of the problem; that is, they have measured its perniclousness by the degree of pecuniary loss occasioned by its opera- tion. Losses of the dollars-and-cents order are serious enough, but there are other phases of the problem far more threatening to the country. The fictitious making and the subsequent collapse of values are only one of the evil results. The disclosures which have followed sl Morganized corporation tration have revealed the utterly demoral- izing effects with which the Morgan ideas are changeable. Instances are coming Into view which show that the country’s manhood is being corrupted at the same time that the public is being robbed. Mr. Morgan and his in- fatlcalst followers zeem to have invanted scheme for the practice of banditti work. nder the operation of that scheme the public has been fleeced to a degree unpar- alleled In the history of finance. Under the regime inaugurated by Mr. Morgan the young men of the country have become inoculated with a peculiarly wicked ambition. The desire for riches has been Intensified, accompanied by - an equally eager desire to harvest those riches by means of financial Mm-flamming. Mr. Morgan idealized the work of readjusting industrial enterprises so as to water the capital and goldbrick the public. The im- mense fortunes made by that process fired the minds of others, thus bringlng into belng the purpose of doing likewise so soon the opportunity could be made. The cunning and ingenuity of men have, as a consequence, been turned away from honest labors in order to devise some deceptive means by which corporation fictions could be sold out to the public as though they were valuable facts. In other words, the craving to swindle under the respectab name of “financing” has dragged many a man into nefarious undertakings. They have shriveled their manly character, they have tainted their moral tone, they have bridled and gagged their better conscience, In order to snatch riches in & hurry by means of unmitigated financial crookedness. A sad example of this tendency is fur- nished in the character and recent work of Mr. Lewis D. Nixon. He is a victim of the Morgan microbe, The desire to pose as a great financier, as a fortune-getting magi- clan, a8 & great captain of industry, led him into acts and projects, the subsequent exposure of which has proved that as a man be is not lUke the Lewls Nixon of old. NOVEMBER 21 The Surer Way Have your cake, muffins, and tea biscuit home- made. They will be fresher, cleaner, more tasty and wholesome. ¥ / Royal Baking Powder helps the house wife to produce at home, quickly and economically, fine and tasty cake, the raised hot biscuit, puddings, the frosted layer cake, crisp cookies, crullers, crusts and muffins, with which the ready-made food found at the bake-shop or grocery does not compare. Royal is the greatest of bake-day helps. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. OTHER LANDS THAN OURS, 1 of the concordat between France and the Vatican may be a logical step following tI recent legislation with regard to the ‘“orders,” but nations do not always care for logic. The concordat has been In existence more than 100 years and has several influences besides time in its support. In the first place the French government, by the terms of the o cordat, exercises, and sometimes very vig- supervision over the clergy's sayings d doings. 'Therefore many French public men have held that the concordat is a good arrangement In its workings, preventing the church array- ing itself against the state. France makes an annual grant of aid to all religions which have 100,000 adherents. Last year Catholics’ share of this grant was about $3,000,000, a sum which the hilerarchy will not be likely to give up without a struggle. Thus we may find that Premier Combes’ bellef that there should be a com- plete and final separation of church and state antagonized both by agnostic public men who look only to the expediencies of administration, and by clericals who hav- ing what they consider a good thing want to keep it. The fifth general synod of the German Protestant church has just adopted a reso- lution declaring that duelling Is a sinful practice and that it s the duty of the church to do all In its power to stop it. But the old Adam was so strong in some of the leading members that the resolution was only carrled after a warm debate. The chairman of the executive committes, Graf Stosch, was moved to declare that fif were to recelve an insult which in opinion could not be avenged in any other way, he would probably, in spite of his advanced age, resort to the arbitrament of arms. He assured the synod, however, that he would first weigh the matter conscien- tiously. Another member of the synod, Herr von Gerach, declared himself even more strongly in favor of duelling and referred to Exodus, chapters xx and xxi, in sup- port of his views. Amid a storm of inter- ruptions, he contended that duelling was not a moral sin, but a mal for the Cognizance of the law and not of the church. Herr Btocker, the ex-court ch: lain, regretted that the previous speakers, who by reason of their position had to take & leading part In combatting the social democracy, should have given the enemy fresh material for their agitation. He was more concerned, however, apparently, by the political than the religious aspect of the question. In the end the motion pro- nouncing d ng to be a sin was adopted by & large majority, but there does not appear to ‘e been any motion to make the vote unanimous. The Russian Ministry of Public Instruc- tion throughout t! term, of the present minister, M. Banger, has been distinguished by a certain tendency to relax the strin. gency of the regulations affecting the ad- mission of Jews to educational institutions, This year, for instance, the authoritles of the Kieff university received permission to admit twenty-six Jewish students over and above the legal number. Recently a confidential circular was lssued to the heads of secondary schools providing, among other things, that if, after the an- nual admission of pupile, vacancies should still remain these might be filled with Jews, en if the legal limit should be ex- ceeded in consequence. It was probably in order to avold exciting the anti-Semitic press that this circular was made confl- dential. Somehow or other it found its way to publication, and the consequence was a bitter article in the Novoe Vremya attacking the measure, which it declares, means that in the long run the schools will be filled with Jews at'the expense of the Christians. On any other subject the Novoe Vremya would scarcely have dared to assall any minister so openly. e In closing the first congress of nou- social democratic workingmen in Berlin the other day Herr Bebrens, Berlin repre- sentative, remarked: *“We would indeed be unprofitable members of the state if we ‘were to close our eyes to the symptoms of an Inveterate and malignant evil in our na- tional life. It is the duty of a good citi- sen to speak whenever the necessity and the opportunity for speaking occur.” Reso- lutiens were passed emphasizing the need for chambers of labor organized upoa basis of equality as an important means of obliterating the lines of class division and of securing the rights of the working classes, pecially in the benefits of edu- cation. The orderly conduct of the pro- ceedings and the moderate tone of the reso. lutions coutrasted strongly with the re- cent soclal democratic debates at Dresden. ‘The congress was especially remarkable as representative of assoclations not only nonsoclalist, but often based upon denom- inational religlous distinctions. It was ex- pressly stipulated that the freedom of the combined action should not be restricted by religious differences. This organized demand for recognition on the part of the Christian labor associations is not regarded with much favor in government circles, but there is satisfaction at their dissocta- tion from the doctrines and demands of the soclal democratic party. B The announcement that a British expe- dition is about to be despatched against Thibet is the sequel to the rebuff experi- enced by the Thibet commission. Lhasa, the sacred city of the lamas, has not been visited by any traveler from western Eu- rope since the Jesult fathers Huec and Gabet stayed there in 1544-46. But since then two Indian explorers, Kisher Singh and Chandras Das, and more recently, an educated Cossack Buddhist from the have failed and it Is from them that all modern information about the “Forbidden City” is derived. The lamas seem deter- mined to preserve their exclusivencss, even \ against the pressure of the Indlan govern- ment; but\in the last resort they have not the military strength to repulse a force of 3,000 troops with modern arms. The whole Thibetan nation 1is estimated at only 3,000,000 and Its army at 6,000 strong. More- over, the Thibetans are not a warlike race and depend for thelr privacy upon their inaccessibility, HOW TAMMANY GETS ITS PULL. Foundation of Success Lald in Dally Lives of Voters. New York Sun. Tammany's victories at the polis are won before a nomination s made or a ballot cast. The foundation on which its suc- coss rests is laid in the daily lives of the voters In their homes, the resorts in which they assemble for amusement, and in the incidents of thelr existence that do not appeal to the anti-Tammany leaders as offering opportunities for effective politi- cal activity. District Attorney Jerome is one of a few men interested in procuring g00d government for New York City who Tealizes exactly what must be done If an effective antl-Tammany organization is to be created, and who dare to speak out his belief in meeting. The first sefisation aroused In a voter's mind by the average promoter of ‘'good government” is resentment. There is an indefinable air of condescension in most of the “public spirited citizens” who force themselves to the front in municipal cam- paigns that irritates and offends the com- stituency to which they appeal. Most df them accept nominations for office or ap- pointive public place “at great personal sacrifice,” and throughout their terms of public service hever fail to impress upon those' with whom they come in contact their bellef that they are of a better caste, a finer clay, a higher order of in- telligence than the men whose direct and indirect contributions to the public trfhs. ury settle the city payroll. ‘e 18 none of this offensive patronizing in the Tammany's leader's make-up. He leads his followers by no pre-natal gift, by no accldent of birth, education or environ- ment. His power is his because he has attained it by his own efforts, skill and Industry. Any man with a better title can take away the leadership from a Tammany ma nd will. It is because of this that every Tammany leader is close to peo- ple, mindful of thelr personal interests, awake to every opportunity falling in his way to ald and benefit them. He prom- ises them good government just as elo- quently as any one elss can, and then brings to them! the services of a friend on whom they can call for assistance with- out being referred to the organized chari- table enterprises of the community for in- vestigation and report. As a matter of fact, only once in a long time do Tammany's bad practices welgh heavily enough upon a sufMcient number of individuals to arouse the community, but every day Tammany's workers are doing something to increase their hold upon ‘the voters. The district leader, the alderman, the assemblyman, the senator, the commi » the congressman—each one is at handto sympathize with the un- fortunate constituents, rejoice with the happy, and do & little something for the un- lucky. There Tammany's strength lies. The or- ganigation will continue a career of triumphs, with only temporary periods of exclusion from power, as long as its op- ponents neglect the perfectly legitimate and frequently praiseworthy methods which it keeps and Increases its hold on the people. ——— Kicking on the Price. Chicago Tribune, Chicago can have the republican national convention for §100,000. It is not worth the money 8o fa the city as a whole is con- cerned. It may pey the raliroads which have terminals here, the hotel keepers and men in & few other lines of business to raise the purchase money and hand it over to the national committee to assist in pay- Ing campaign expenses. On one occasion the funds thus raised went to pay old debts, but it 1s not known that there are any unsettied bills at this time. v 4 POLITICAL DRIFT, Richard Croker and Grover Cleveland are life honorary members of the New York Democratic club. Big Bill Devery certifies that he spent $10,839 In his race for mayor of New York— an average of §8 for every vote he re- cetved. The exact republican plurality in Penn- sylvania 285,347 and the majority 245,41 Tradition has it that there was a demo- cratic party in the Keystone state. A mighty contrfbution to republican galety is condensed in the declaration of Mr. Bryan that he is good for twenty-five more years of democratic leadership. Hur- roo for Bill! One Rev. Dr. Haskell of Colorado wants the post of chaplain of the United States. Among his qualifications the reverend doc- tor modestly mentions his ‘“‘unswerving faith in republican prayers." The awful charge of playing poker has been filed against a candid: for the fed- eral bench In Arkansas. If a judge must not toy with the festive jackpot, how Is it possible for him to master the intricacies of the judicial game? Governor Brodle of Arizona pays an of- ficial tribute of 22,000 words to the pro- ductive and scenic wonders of the territory he governs, and !ncidentally mentions the advisabllity of enlarging the governor's salary. The governor deserves & cent a word at least. John G. Carlisle, secretary of the treasury under Presidest Cleveland, has expressed the bellef that the democratic victory In New York City on November 3 forecasts the rehabilitation of the democracy of N York state and probably the carrying the state by the democrats in the presidential election. Thirty-six young men living in Plymouth, Pa., refused to vote at the recent election because candidates for county offices de- clined to purchase ball tickets or provide funds for a supper incident to the dance. The strikers have formed a permanent or- ganization, with constitution and by-laws. One ot these provides that no candidate shall recelve support unless he contributes a certaln amount to the club funds. An old friend said to Senator Teller the other day: “Don’t you feel 0dd to be called a democrat?' The Colorado man replied: “Not so odd as you might think. It was with the democratic party that I aMliated when & young man, before I left my na- tve place, Allegany county, New York, and settled in Morrison, 11, to practice law. I attended the Chicago convention which nominated Lincoln and then joined the re- sublicans.” ‘The original estimate of the cost of Phila- delph! low sand flitration system for the purification of the city's water sup- ply, made by three expert engineers after four months’ careful Investigation, was $14,- 000,000. Thus far $17,000,000 has been .spent upon it, and several millions more will be needed, it is sald, to complete the system. 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