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Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-29

coinage Of silver or silver standard.
They realize t4at the so.callcd bimctal.
lists of Germany are chiefly tho land
owning, shabby-Fntecl nobility, who
have mortgaged tbeir estates and want
to increase thciF rentals by watering the
stock of money, So as TO make an ar
tiiicial increase in the rentals of their
lands. 1t is this class also that has
brought about the imposition of duties
on American cattle, meat products and
provisions in order to raise the prices
OF these comm&litics in their own couu-
try. The worldugmcn of Germany most
cmphatically drclare that they do not
want to make bread and meat dcarcr
by calling 80 cents Il dollar. If Sow
crcigu. Gompers or any other American
leader should attempt to commit the
working people of Germany or for that
matter, of any country of Europe where
the common people enjoy the benefit of
public schools, TO the false free coinage
theories they would be either ridiculcd
out of sight or hootcd down as im-
posters European labor leaders dare not
attempt to play the dcmagoguc to please
the common herd They discuss every
problem and every theory from the
standpoint of practical experience and
searching scientific inquiry. They do
not assume that the mere coinage of
more money means more work at bet
ter wages. They do not ascribC to the
crime of 1873 or any conspiracy the uni
verSal fall in prices. which every school
boy knows is due to the industrial rcvo-
luton that has followed the marvellous
labor-Saving appliances and cheapeniug
of transportation. They do not believe
that an increase in the volume of coined
metal will increase wages or the oppor-
Wntes of employment. They do not
teach the preposprrous doctrine that
the prize of wheat cotton or any other
commodity depends ulon the price of
silver or its use as a medium of eX-
change. They know enough TO know
that the laws of supply ana demand.
which no Parliament can suspend or
repeal, govern the purchase price of all
things bought with money. ON all
these fundamental questions the labor
leaders of Europe agree absolutely with
the bankers ana tnanciers. While they
stand ready to grapplc with capitalism
in its aggressive form, they are not
like our man Sovereign and other
would-bc statesmen, so foolish rs to de-
mand dcbascmpnt of the money stand
ard for no other reason than because
Al - ~.
the American workingman has much to
learn from his fellow craftsmen on the
other side of the Atlantic.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-29
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

Not a man on the Princeton foot ball team
is under six feet.
Herbert l.. Mathews of Kansas city, who
died the other day, was regarded a9 one OF
the greatest authorities on old books in the
west.
The story that the McKinlcys will not allow
wine to be used in the white house has al
ready aroused a discussion that was very
familiar in the days of the Hayes regime.
Richard Croker declines to discuss politics,
on the ground that he doesn't understand
the matter Richard never dl do much dis
cusSing in this line; he was better at direct
ing.
Prof. Koch, who is on his way to Cap"
Town, intends to study not only the rindcr-
pest, but also the different local forms Of
lcprosy, in which he has been taking great
interest for some years.
The extreme of luxury has perhaps been
reached by the sultan of Morocco. He has a
narrow gauge railway running through all
the rooms of his palace, ana travels about on
a sort of sleigh propelled by a little motor
The Zine" ends at his bedroom.
The proposal to construct great kursaal
or pleasure palace or something Of the kind
on the site now occupied by the Cataract
and International hotels at Niagara Falls
recalls the tradition that Niagara Falls was
once greater than Long Branch Newport
or Bar HarbOr II was specially sought
after by bridal couples.
Ferris, the inventor of the Ferris wheel,
Who has just died, may nave been some
what Of visionary. But IN the case Of
the wheel that bore his name, he got the
laugh on his brother engineers After they
had pronounced his scheme utterly imprac-
ticabe he went ahead and Duilt the wheel
and it became one of the most bizarre II
not most important features of the Worlds
fair.
The Arkansas City Traveller says that one
of the ballots taken out OF the box down
there had written across the face of it: 81
dent know how to vote this ballot but
want to vote the straight republican ticket.
Fix 1t up yourselves" After long discus
sion the judges counted tine ballot on the
theory that it came within the meaning of
the law which provides for the counting of
ballots (Which clearly showed the intention
pf 10 vntar
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-29

Some Reflections on the Omcinl Re
turns Vow ut Hand.


The official vote for president has not yet
been received from all OF the states, but
sufficient returns are at hand in the different
states TO make a reasonably accurate return
OF the vote. The complete vote has been
received at the capitals OF all the states
but three Missouri West Virginia and
Texas. where the count has been delayed
Ly contests. but, making a careful estimate
from tho portions Of those states where the
complete returns are not officially at hand
the popular vote shows a majority OF S29,-
900 for Mckinley over Bryan.
The popular vote shows that about 49,,
$50, 900 votes have been cast, OF which Nc
Kincy has received in round numbers T.
O5l 900. Bryan 22l 500 and Palmer $50 900
The total prohibition vote cast Will not
exceed 10000 and the socialist vote is
smaller than 1t was In 1892.
McKinley's popular majority Of $4,000
ls the largest ever given to a presidential
candidate Grant is the only man who ap-
preached him, and that was In the Greeley
nasco OF 1872, when Grant received In round
numbers 7G3 900 majority, The next largest
popular majority was that Of Lincoln In
1860, when he had 49l 1875 majority over
Douglas. but he was a minority president by
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-29

the police departments of most of our
cities the intelligence and skill that
will render more sure the apprehension
of criminals and thus exert reprcs-
sivc influence upon those who would
commit crime. The courts. too, are not
altogether blamclcss. since they too
often by allowing delays and otherwise
unnecessarily favor criminals. Perhaps,
also, some fault is to be laid at the
door of jurics, very many of which
are composed of men not qualified for
the important responsibility devolvcd
on them.
But whatever the circumstances that
contribute to the increase of crimes
of violence, the fact that there has
been a rapid increase is a very Scri-
Gus matter. Perhaps with the rcStora-
ton Of better industrial conditions now
taking place the record of violent crimes
will be reduced.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-29

Chicago Chronicle: While preaching to his
congregation on tho Ginfulncss of the dance
a Michigan minister came down from the
pulpit and executed few steps as an
object lesson. His congregation is said to
have instantly voted that If dancing was
anything like that it should be condemned
and prohibited.
Milwaukee Sentinel: The Rev. Mr.. Huns
berger Is certainly a well-adverised man,
fact which doubtless accounts for his being
so much sought after by matrimonally
inclined couples. If the New York papers
should still further boom him, it may be-
come a fin-de-sieclc fad for Gotham lovers
to be married in Milwaukee by the record
breaking parSon.
Indianapolis Journal 1t appears that Car
dinal Satolli denies all of the reports to
the effect that he Is hostile to the policy
of Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishop Ireland,
II further appears that he had not heard
Of these reports until they had been pub
lishel for weeks, showing that the cardinal
does not read American papers as faithfully
is for his interest,
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-29


America does not lack in intelligent
workmgmen who keep abreast of the
questions of the day ana especially all
issues that concern the industrial
classes, but the lamentable lack of in
tclligcnt, sagaCious and incorruptible
leadership among American working
men is in marked contrast with the
splendid leadership that may be found
among the workshop toilcrs of Euro
pcan countries This is most notable
in England, Germany, France Belgium
ana Switzerland. In all these countries
the interests of workingmcn are ably
defended and championcd in the halls
Of legislation by men from their own
ranks. The wOrkingmen of Great
Britain. where the trades unions are the
most important factors in every move
ment looking toward the ameliOratOn
of the condition Of the wagcwOrkCr and
his advancement in the social scale,
boast eleven members of Parliament.
in the London county council John
Burns, who had stepped from the bench
into the House of Commons. occupies
IL seat side by side with men of the
most exalted rank. In Germany or
gnni2cd labor has intrcnChcd itself
strongly under the banners of social
democracy and the concessions made
and reforms inauguratcd by the i'm
perial government i'm the shape of postal
savings banks, compulsory insurance
against the yicisSitudcs of old age that
affords pension to aged and infim
wageworkers of all classes, fixed in
comes during disability from accident
and compensatory incomes to working
mems widows and orphan minors, have
been the result of intelligent. well-di-
rected labor organizations cXerting their
influence in the political field. In
France Belgium and Switzerland the
working classes are recognized as
power chiefly because their leaders have
the elementary principles of
political economy. Whatever eXceSSns
have been committed abroad by work.
ingman hnve. for the most part, been
bulary or by the dcSpotic abridgement
uf the freedom of speech and the right
of association for mutual protection
against capitalized tyranny.
1t is amazing to note the difference
between the position Of American labor
leaders, who, for the most part. are
men who deSpise labor and prefer 70
live by their wits or contributions from
their followers, and the position of labor
leaders in Germany or England on the
great economic questions OF the day.
In Germany the wOrkingmen have been
taught by hard experience to resent
and resist every scheme to debase the
The social democracy of
Germany. which is composed almost
entirely of breadwinners who toll I'm
mills and factories or on the railroads.
Is solidly arrayed against the unlimited
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-29
AInsI1n's Boundnry Line.
New York Tribune.

After the Venezuelan boundary Is care
fully riveted down so that it will stay in one
place, it will be time to mark out the
Alaskan line so that the British official can
see it without spectacles. At present he
comes across it, where there are any val
liable mineral deposits, and levies tax on
our miners before he will allow them to
pick up the gold which lies around on their
own territory. 1t is obvious enough that
the frontier, in spots, at least, requires a
more visible and precise definition than the
boundary commission has given it. We have
as yet no occasion to join the VOLTS long
howl on Oonalaskas shore in resentment Of
anything which our neighbor's have done
and probably will not have. but the line
ought to be blazed anew when it runs
through or near territory with anything val
liable on it,
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-29
NEn nINnS rO rHN nIlrE norSE.


NEW WINGS TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
Plans are TO be submitted to congress
for the erection of two wings to the
white house. This is by no means n
new scheme. Plans for rcmodeling the
Whtr house have been submitted ut
nearly every session of congress. and
very properly have failed to receive the
endorsement of the national legislature
That the executive mansion of the
president of the United States no
longer meets the requirements of the
head of Il nation of seventy millions of
people is acknowledged by all who have
had occasion to visit that structure Its
design and interior construction do not
comport with modern ideas and needs
Of national executive headquarters.
which ncccSSitatcS II combination be-
tween Il modern office building ana Il
building in which the president can en-
tCrtain public functiOnaricS, foreign
diplomats and quarter his own house
hold The white house was built more
than sixty years ago, when steam heat
ing was unknown, sanitary plumbing
had not been introduced anywhere. and
electric lighting had not been dreamed
of. The material for the structure was
common brick plastcred with Stucco,
painted in imitation of white marble.
The interior is an old rattletrap. frcs-
coed and eXpcnSively decorated. but all
the decorations fail to conceal the dc
nd "a 1nt Of 1,., i,yi, NJ
seventeenth century architecture.
Thousands upon thousands Of dollars
have been wasted in attempts to re
model the white house. without improv-
ing its adaptability for the transaction
of the official business of the chief mag
istratc or making it more commodous
as Il residence. The changes that have
been made from time to time only give
emphasis to the well known principle
that it does not pay to rebuild an old
building. The projected wings do not
in any way commend themselves as
measure of economy. And they GER
tainly will not add to the architectural
beauty of the original design. The old
white house could be rebuilt today on
its original plan at cost not exceeding
$4,000. 1t would be II good deal
cheaper and more sensible to demolsh
the old structure and erect in its place a
strictly fireproof building, designed
with view to its dual use as Il presi-
dental office and residence. Such
structure could readily be erected In
one season, and in any event would be
ready for occupancy within twelve
months from the time its foundation
was laid. The cost Of such Il structure
would scarcely exceed the outlay for
wings that are proposed to connect with
the present white house, and which, of
course, must he planned to correspond
with the STYLE Of its architecture.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-29
Beet Sugar in the East.

Beet sugar is one of the coming crops
of America, and its production is not to
be limited to the districts in the Missouri
valley or along the California coast
1t will surprise a go5d many people TO
know that a sugar belt runs through the
heart of New York state and it will sur
prise them still further to know that the
opportunities which it offers have until now
been almost wholly neglected.
The cultivation of beet sugar near Rome,
N. Y, is about to he undertaken on large
scale II may be fairly assumed that the
example set by the company which is plan
ming the establishment of the first beet
sugar factory in the Empire state Will find
many eager emulators. There's money in
beet sugar, beyond doubt, wherever con-
ditions are propitious for the crop and scien-
tGc methods are employed in its cultiva-
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-29
nnAsrs rnoM nAM.s monN.

From the standpoint OF the bulldog. this
IS a very quarrclsOmc world
There Is wealth In contcntmcnt, power in
patience and JOY in being grateful
II we talk without weighing our words
they will sCon have no weight for good
II YOU would keep the wrinkles out OF
your face, keep sunshine In your heart
The size Of a mans bank account has
nothing to do with his fitness Tor heaven.
Suspicion has never been known e, starye
to death for lack of something to feed upon.
Turn a rulzard loose anywhere. and 1t
will Immediately Go to looking for carcass.
The man who gives the world gold will
be forgotten, hut he who gives it good viii
net
1t s better to be a nobody who amounts
to something than q somebody ana accom-
plish nothing.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-29

The bane of senators and congress
men who are members of the party in
power is public patronage. If memory
serves us right it was John j. Ingalls,
who once declared that every appoint
mcnt to office had made him twenty enc
mics and one migrate. This has been
the experience of nearly every man who
has enjoyed the privilege of dis
ppnsing patronage. And yet there is n
fascination in playing Divine Provi-
dcncc which few public men have the
sagacity and moral stamina to resist
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-29

The board of visitors to the United
States Military academy at West Point
recommend that picked battalion of
infantry, n squadron of cavalry and Il
battery of horse artillery be stationed
on the academy reservation FOR the
special cdifcation of foreign officers
and tourists who visit the academy.
The board also requests congress 10
make an appropriation for the erection
of suitable barracks for these dress
parade regulars. 1t is safe To predict
that congress will vote no money at
the coming session FOR Il gilt hoof priza
drill battalion at West Point or any
other point.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-29
THE ERA or GOOD FEELING.
Fraternity Now Exists Between Re
publicnns and Democrats.


When one of the leading republican clubs
of the country cheers the name of President
Cleveland, and one Of the most conspicuous
of democratic clubs cOngratulates the coun-
try on the election of Mr.. Mckinley, it
means that old partisan landmarks have
for the time at least become indstinCt
The organizations which have done these
things respectively are the Home Market
club of Massachusetts and the Democratic
club Of New York and they did it on Tues
day night of this week. Nobody dreamed
a year ago, or even six months ago, that
such an interchange of compliments be-
tween the great parties of that day would
come in his time, No other such fraterniZ-
ing between republicans and democrats Ghe
real democrats. who voted for either Nc
Kinley or Palmer) occurred since the eight
or ten months Immediately succeeding the
attack on Fort Sumter
This is another illustration of the great
truth that when the life or the honor Of
the nation is in peril party lines disappear
until the danger Is passed. EN-Presdent
Harrison, in a speech early in the recent
campaign, said he never had such respect
before for the democratic party as he enter
tanned at that moment when he found that
that party had split. A party which could
not or would not split, he remarked, was
menace to the country. This Is true, OF
course, but there never has been any such
party in this country, and never viii be
while virtue and patriotism endure among
the people. II the situation between the
parties had been reversed-that Is, II the
democratic convention had declared squarely
for the maintenance OF the gold standard
and II the republican convention had as
sailed that standard and declared for dis
honest money-the republican party would
have divided and a large element OF It
would have supported the democratic can
didate.
There is no insinuatlon here that the late
popocratlc combination as a whole inten-
tionally assailed either virtue or patriotism.
The majority OF the members OF that aggre-
cation were honest and public spirited,
though misguided but the policy which
their vicious leaders forced upon them was
omphatlcally immoral and unpatriotic, and
the crushing defeat which that policy sus-
tanned has gone farther to strengthen the
national credit at home and abroad than
anything else which has been done since
the resumption of gold payments in 1873,
and has done more TO ylndicate the repub-
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-29
CnEATIoN,s MAsTEnrIEcE.

Hulda r. Hollands in Detroit Tribune.
In mists and darkness grew that wondrous
plan
The rock ribbed frame, the blue Of dome
ana deep;
Tho shining spheres that patient vigis
keep;
And gorgeous blooms, and growing things
that span
This whlrling ball When qulcknlng life
began
creep
Through moistcncd depths, or poise a
or waIk-thcn in his image made he man.
Now silence rcgncd DER all the virgin land;
flushed were the ncw-madc voices
hushCd tho brcCEo:
Awcd nature slilled the whlsp'rlngs of tha
And hcarkcucd. Thcn he spake. At his
command,
Lo, from the sleeping image ot his feet
a woman rose. Creation was complete.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-29
THE GROWTH or CRIME.

1t is Il fact which every good citi-
zen will deplorc, that the increase in
crimes of violence has been very rapid
in the United States in recent years
Such II fact reflects graVcly upon our
civilization upon the administration Of
our police systems and upon our courts
of law. 1t is stated that there were
lO.5OO murders or hOmicideS committed
in this country in 1898, whereas i'm
1890 there We're only about 1000. Such
an increase in crimes of violence in
II period of FIVE years is really alarm
ing and may we'll command the serious
attention of the most intelligent stu
dents of social conditions. 1t is state
of affairs that is rcproach TO us as Il
people
Mr.. Andrew ID. white is authority for
the statement that the United States
Is among all the nations of the Chris
tlan world, that country in which the
crime of murder is most frequently
committed and least frequently pun,
ished, 1t is said that lynchings out.
number legal executions after trial by
jury, which latter only numbered IL
in 1898, or one in seyenty-ninc charged
with homicide. 1t Is probably unques-
tionable that the increase in crimes OF
violence during the last two or three
years has been largely due to the idle
ness OF great numbers of people. II
is familiar truism that idlcness con
duces TO crime and for the past two
years more people have been idle in
this country than ever before. But
this does not wholly account for the
growth OF crime. There is wanting in
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-29

Now that the foot ball season is practi-
cally over 1t is hoped that some of the
less important items of the college curri-
culum may come in for Il share of the
students attention.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-29

The official program for President
Clevelands New Years reception, and
all the other receptions that are
TO be held in the white house durlng
the season of 1897, has already been
arranged ana made public The pro
gram of the reception that is TO take
place mt the presidential mansion on
the 4th of March does not appear on
the official list.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-29

The recommendation of the board of
visitors TO the military academy at West
Point that the standard of requirements
for admission TO that institution bN
raised is in line with the recent decided
Improvement in the quality of enlisted
men, and is calculated to increase the
effectiveness Of the army as a whole.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-29

With the experience of the past ten
years in mind, and the knowledge that
real estate speculation, more than any
other single cause, has injured Omaha's
prospects, the stockholders in the
TransmssiSsippi Exposition should not
allow any deal" of that character to
imperil the success of the great enter
priSa
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-29

nearly a million. In 1864 he had t07 3Is.
but at that time the southern states did not
vote. Clevcaud's majority OF SS0,Si0 In
1892 comes next. and following him closely
was Tlllen's majority Of 25O975 In 1876 but
all of these were minority presidents except
ing Grant while Mckinley has the largest
majority ever given to any presidential eau
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-29

licRn system Of government than any other
event since the adoption Of the thiytCculh
amendment IN 1865. This is u truth which
every intelligent popocrot can see as clearly
now as any republican or democrat For
the time at least there is mono frt'C,uity
of feeling between democrats and rCpuh-
licans than has been known before FOR many
years. No other THANKSGIVING festival in
generation. has found the people SO sus-
coptiblo to It's suggestions aud associations
as the one which Is with us today,
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-29
Give the Hoodoo II Chance.

The paragraphers are making merry over
the fondness Of the battleship Texas for the
bed of the ocean. but just wait till the
enemy captures her and steps proudly aboard
She will then drown the enemy in large
numbers, thereby demonstrating the
strategic and tactical talent of her designer
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-29

The weird tale of the discovery Of
successful aerial navigation in san
Francisco, together with the story that
the mammoth, hitherto supposed to be
extinct, is still roaming about the fast
nesses OF Alaska, serve to show that
the possessions of the United States
on the Pacific coast are not wanting in
fertility of resource for the man with
a powerful Imagination.