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Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-18
HARVESTING NIAGARA.

Minneapolis Journal: As yet we are only
at the beginning OF electrical possibilities
Tho turning on OF the current at Buffalo
from the great cataract is but a commence
ment Of far greater things Va the near future.
Cincinnati Tribune: In all branches OF
invention, and especially in the application
OF electricity to manufaC uring and trans
portatton America is eminent, and the
long awaited and at last consummated har-
Messing OF Niagara il but another proof Of
the supremacy Of American genius.
Chicago Post; This will mean a great
deal to the industry and commerce at
Buffalo. 1t will be a boon to the small
manufacturers and producers whom the
gigantic scale of modern business methods
is gradually crowdng out 1t will also re-
suit In considerable benefits to the consum-
cis and laboring population. Thus the
problem which science has so brilliantly
solved is not purely abstract, but of vital
and substantial interest to those who do
the practical and more prcsac work of the
world.
Kansas City Star: This wonderful achieve
ment Is, Of course, but the small begin.
ming. one thousand horse power Ks to be
employed now by a street railway COM
pany, but fifty thousand horse power is
contracted for by the city OF Buffalo alone
Power. the great commodity in this work
Ing world, Is to be sold at a Fixed price of
$50 per horse power per annum, aud doubt
less will grow cheaper with the years as
the other necessaries of life grow cheaper
in accordance with natural law Man must
have cheaper bread and cheaper raiment
and likewise cheaper power.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-18
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Sioux City Tribune: There is only one
thing left for Iowa republicans to do to
fully approve the record of the old Iowa
democracy for the past twenty years, and
that is TO pass the manufacturers bill"
And there is no reason on earth why this
approval should be delayed over three
months
Struble Times: Our elevator men are
talking OF building a large number of corn
cribs in which to store corn. They are
planning to advance 10 cents per bushc
and to buy corn at the market price at the
option of the owner, thus giving the farmer
tho benefit of the rise and also a chance to
speculate on his own corn.
Des Moines Leader: A careful analysis
Of the vote OF Pottawattamie county has
been made and ii shows, as similar inveSti-
cations elsewhere, that the greatest proper
tionate republican gains this year were made
in the rural townships. Pleasant township,
Pottawattamie county, for instance, shows
q gain this year over the republican vote OF
1892 of 175 per cent. The gain over the re-
publican vote of 1895 is us per cent. In
but two townships of the county was there
J. loss in the republican vote; the losses
sustained were confined almost entirely to
the city Of Council Bluffs.
Davenport Democrat The various cities
of the state are using the short way Of
taking a census. 1t is to multiply the vote
cast at the last election by So
the state as a whole. As the total vote of
Iowa was something over 100000, the pOpu-
lation must be more than 2,S05.O 900. Accord
ing to the federal census Of 1880 the popula-
ton of Iowa was 1,9ll,S96. This indicates
a gain of 1913 1914 which is very much more
than the most enthusiastic advocate of
Iowas rapid growth would dare to claim.
So the reverse of the proposition must be
accented. and this is there are not five and
one-half persons in Iowa or in any other
state for every voter.
Sioux City Journal: General Weaver is
talking nonsense when he alleges gross
frauds in Iowa in the late election. 1t Is
true that the total vote is immense, showing
an increase of nearly 10000 over the total
vote in the presidential election four years
ago. 1t is to be accounted for by the ex-
traordinary popular interest in the issue
that was to be decided! That brought out an
extraordinary vote So far as Iowa is con-
cerned, there was very little fraudulent
voting. General Weaver does not allege a
single fraudulent vote, but simply makes a
general charge. He does not even indicate
a single polling place where there was or
might have been considerable frauds. His
statement is slanderous. Few states in the
union have as clean and fair elections as
Iowa.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-18
VOTE OF SOUTHERN CITIES.
The Weakness of Free Coinngc shown
ThrnmEh0mt thc south.


The vote of the principal cities OF the
south. in which the business interests are
largely concentrated and where political Is
sues receive the most intelligent discus
sion, is more than significant of changing
sentiment than that of the states in which
they are situated. Returns are not sufficiently
complete to make a full comparison and
those Of the cities are not always dis
tinguiShed from those of the counties of
which the cities contain the bulk of the
population But a few comparisons will be
found interesting.
In the city of Richmond in 1892 Harrison
received only 2S9 votes, while Cleveland had
1879. This year McKineys vote was 5.OS2
and Bryan's 1898, while Palmer had PAT
This is significant transfer.
Louisville, Ky, gave Mckinley 2S9O7
against 10 454 for Harrison four years ago
while Bryan got 16 GAL, as compared to 20
9l9 for Cleveland, and ,03G were cast for
Palmer, This shows the effect of sound
money sentiment in the chief city Of Ken
lucky.
In Hamilton county. Tennessee, containing
the city of Chattanooga, the vote for Nc
Kinley was 1850 and that for Bryan 1858.
Four years ago the vote of the county was
3,l96 for Harrison and 1892 for Cleveland.
Shelby county. containing the city of Mem
phis, gave Mckinley 1854 and Bryan 272g.
The vote for Harrison was only LILO, while
that for Cleveland wes 6.307. Davidson
county, of which Nashville contains the
greater part of the population. gave McKin-
ley 6490 votes and Bryan 7,Si0, but in 1892
Harrison had only 1888 there and Cleveland
had $3.50.
The most progressive city in Georgia Is
Atlanta, which contains the bulk OF the popu-
latlon of Fulton county. The vote of that
county in 1892 was 1864 for Harrison and
4 1893 for Cleveland. but this year it gave Nc
Kinley S,OO6 to 800 for Bryan
Charleston, S. c., cast only 1870 votes for
Harrison four years ago and 1864 for Cleve-
land. At the late election the Bryan vote
was 1.4S6, while that for Palmer was 52G
and the republican vote exceeded ], 100, max
ing a majority for sound money.
In New Orleans the effect of the sound
money sentiment contending against
strong democratic party sentiment appeared
chiefly in a diminished vote. There was a
small republican loss. while Bryan received
1926, against Cevelands 1924, and $50
were cast for Palmer.
These figures show that in the centers OF
population and business activity in the south
Organism was a source of great weakness to
the democratic party
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-18
THE RIGHTS OF VENEZUELA.
Meaning of the Arbitration Agree
mcnt Effected with Great britain.

The abstract of the agreement entered
into by Mr.. Olney ana Sir Julian Paunce-
fotc, as now published in London, throSs
a needed light on the part to be played by
Venezuela, hitherto somewhat obscure.
The triumph Of the Monroe doctrine ana
The acknowledgment OF the leadership OF
the United States are points so prominent in
the issue of the controversy as naturally to
concentrate attention on them. And we
would not underrate their extraordinary inn
portance. Great Britain's sanction of the
doctrine of Monroe to the full extent claimed
by Mr.. Oluey Is described by a well known
publicist in the Speaker a tardy yielding
to what was really inevitable, somewhat
painful" but now calling for Smiling ac-
quiescence." The Temps of Paris inter
prets the agreement as showing that with
the consent of Great Britain the United
States are invested with the right to in
terfere IN all territorial quarrels OF Euro
pean powers in the new world states" and
with absolute supremacy in the western
hemisphere" In this view, too, the St
James's Gazette may have some ground for
It's belief that the award to us Of hege-
mony such as "mediaeval~ popes and en-
perors tried yainly to claim in Europe"
and the concession of our right to compel
England 10 arbtrate whenever she disputes
about boundaries with American republics
Transcend in importance the question of
the Guiana boundary"
But while so much is achieved by the set
tlement as whole, care must be taken with
the details. We have no desire or willing
ness to abuse our leadership. The dispute
broke out between Venezuela and Great
britain, and between them IL must be set
tied. II is impossible that there should be
a final arrangement of it without treaty
between those two powers. Called into the
controversy not as q principal but as a
friend of Venezuela, our full duty will be
done in arranging the details or the arbitra-
tton, and representing her, as up to a recent
date she has had no diplomatic relations
with England, and may still have none.
The very heading Of the new version of
the agreement Is, therefore, if accurate, an
agreeable Indication on this point: Heads
OF Proposed Treaty Between Venezuela
and Great Britain" for the settlement of
the boundary question, on the basis agreed
upon between Great Britain and the United
States The full and free assent of Vene-
2uela to the arrangement we have made
for her acting at her request for her. and
her own direct negotiation with England
in carrying out this arrangement, are ALSO
lutely necessary 20 make the pending agree
ment either binding on her or worthy OF
ourselves
We may expect Venezuela and Great
Britain to present their cases to the court
OF arbitration, when constituted, arguing
them respectively through their counsel,
ana without further interference from us.
Any leadership that has come to the
United States in this hemisphere has been
inevitable from the course of events and
as it has not been sought so 1t will not
be voluntarily extended beyond its proper
and necessary sphere
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-18
WOMEN AT THE POLLS.
The Gains and Losses of Woman Suf-
frnGc In Colorado.


fTaSc in Colorado.
A correspondent of the New York Journal
writes an interesting description of the
scenes at the polls in Denver on election
day, where the women were voting aud
women running for Office, or the women
whom he interviewed a great majority con-
fessed that female suffrage IS failure.
Many said that they had voted at this cleo
ton as a matter of sentiment, but they
would never vote again. One working woman
declared that after voting that day she YVES
out OF politics forever She objected 20 being
run after and taken from her work
by people who wanted her vote. The Grim
inal class of women. according 10 this CORE
epondent voted solldly for the party In
power, fearing the police. Other women
divided their vote, Just as men do and for
the same reasons. Many voted with their
husbands. Everywhere they were treated
with respect and Difference at the polls.
The following conversation is interesting:
II turned to the woman who had not
spoken. OF course / said, the great adj
vantage OF suffrage Is that It purihes poll
ties There was silence for the space OF
few seconds, then the woman who had not
spoken said: The great disadvantage OF suf-
frage is that It teaches women that they are
not one bit better than men. We've sat up
for years and told men how corrupt
politics are. and the men have smiled up at
us and told us how superior we are and
how we should have suffrage. We've had
large and enthusiastic surprise party; we
women have found out that our politics are
Just os corrupt az mems politics, and they're
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-18
THE OMAHA WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1s,

which breaks all records OF gold inflow In
such a short period. The treasury gold re-
serve is about Si23 600 600, which shows
heavy advance since election. Gold now.
for the first time since the silver menace
took portentous shape in 1898 is beginning
to flow into the custom houses in consdera.
Bile sums. and for a time at least II will
fern an important proportion OF the gov
ernments receipts. Railroad earnings are
stiil low, but they reflect conditions which
have changed and for a week or two to
come they will not be a correct index OF the
state of trade. Bank clearauces necessarily
responded quickly to the improved situation.
and they have scored an advance all over the
country on their recent low level. In every
field Of business activity the quickeuing
impulse OF the great honest money victory
Of November 3 has made itself felt
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-18

The Kansas City Board of Underwrit-
ers made voluntary cut in insurance
rates November l. The cut applies to
residence property only and will average
about 10 per cent of the rate scheduled
prior to that date. A Kansas City
Journal reporter interviewed one of the
insurance agents with the following re-
suit: rs 1t not an unusual thing for
insurance companies to voluntarily let
30 of good thing?" was the question
asked. "Not always" responded the in
surance agent The losses in Kansas
City last year were much smaller than
usual and the insurance companies
made money. That Is the reason for
the new rates. This voluntary reduc-
ton at Kansas City, like the involun-
tary per cent reduction which was
made In Omaha few months ago, is
u concession made because of the dis
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-18
Denver Republican.

Colorado people should go vigorously to
work to develop the gold resources of their
state. In that way they can bring local
prosperity whether there is to be gen
eral revival of business or not. il Is gold
mining which will draw capital to this state.
and, following large investments of capital
immigration would come There is money in
gold mining, and many men might take ad-
vantage of excellent opportunities if they
would but give the subject careful attention.
1t is too late in the season to do much pros
pecting, but development work may be
prosecuted in districts where locations have
already been made and ordinary supplies
can be procured.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-18
where, Oh, Where's.

Where is Hon. Coin Harvey that mighty
silver fnancier, in these solemn hours for
so many gentlemen in his line of business
Is he secreted in the caves OF thought, pre-
pairing himself for even greater triumphs of
mind than his masterpiece. Coins Finan-
cial School " was? Is he moping over the
fact that his bearded gold has not jumped
up as he expected? Or has he uplifted his
voice so high that it has not yet come down
to the ears of an anxious world? OF one
thing We may be sure: Wherever Hon
Coin Harvey is, the finest silver thought
is shining and Tqttling; and by the bright
ness and the sound of it all the neighbor-
ing geese are -eutranced.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-18
INDUSTRIAL REVIVAL.
The QuicI<eRiBpS Impulse of the Sound
Money Victory.


No other event in the entire history of
the country ever produced such a swift
and sweeping revival of industrial life.
The repeal of the purchase clause of the
Sherman law had a scarcely perceptible
immediate effect on trade, for the business
crash which the silver policy had already
brought could hot be repaired except through
years of gradual recovery. Nor did the re-
sumption of gold payments on January /,
1879. TegistefS sltself anywhere near so
promptly or profoundly in business. The
resumption adh YaS passed four years earlier,
and though that net was frequently assailed
in congress by one party between 1875 and
1879. and though Intelligent preparation for
putting 1t into practical operation did not
begin until Sherman went 10 the head of
the treasury at the accession of the Hayes
administration in 1871 everybody knew in
1873, thanks to Shermans gold acquisitions
and the great gold lmportations caused by
Europe's heavy purchase OF American wheat,
that the gold payment policy could be sue
ceesfuly started and maintained. Green
backs were up close to the gold line several
months before the date set for their re-
demptlon. and its effect as a business factor
accordingly was discounted"
For the time being at least the stream Of
gold imports has ceased. but many years
have passed since an occurrence OF this
kind would excite as little remark as II oc-
casions now. Somewhere about $4,000 600
Of the metal has been imported since the
movement set in around the time OF the
Maine election at the opening OF September,
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-18

foot ball player was killed in a game at
Lawrence, Kan, and another was so seri-
ously injured at Lafayette, Ind, that his
life is dospaired Of. These are the first two
fatalities Of the season, although the list
of seriously injured has been long. The
sport of foot ball is a glorious one but
one death offsets every advantage that can
be claimed for it. The game must be freed
from even the possibility OF such tragedies
or it should be eliminated from college
life. The frequency Of accidents has been
treated too much in jest. No game can be
tolerated that holds out constant menace
Of death to the participants
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-18

The populists elected to the Kansas
legislature are cndeavoring to diSpel all
distrust and apprehension as to the
course Of tncir party in the next lcgiS
lative session. In an interview pub
lishcd in the Kansas City Times a popu-
list member of the coming state senate
declares; "rhc party will be conscwn-
tive in all matters and the legislation
1t cnactS will he equitable ana will not
do injury to any industry or business
of any man or corporation. Such aSSur-
ancc should also be given, as soon as
possible, by leaders of the populist party
in Nebraska. In this state more even
than in Kansas the populists'will he ON
trial during the coming session. and any
attempt at wild-eyed, craZy-quilt lcgiS-
lation will not only iniurc the credit of
the state and retard its prosperity, but
would react upon the party that inspired
it. While The Bee has no advice to
give to its friends. the enemy. il ventures
to suggest that the working majority
of fusion members of both houses OF
the legislature would do we'll to place
themselves under the guidance of Gov
ernor llolcomb, who has proved himself
Il prudent and conservative executive
and is not likely to lead them into er-
ratio or destructive measures of legis-
lation.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-18
AWALTLNG DEVELOPMENTS.

According to adviccs from Washing
ton, President Cleveland will await de
vclopmentS in Cuba during the next
two weeks before writing that portion
of his annual message to congress that
will relate to the Cuban situation. There
has, been so much sent out from the ma
tiopal capital recently, in regard to the
intentions Of the administration respect
ing Cuban affairs, that was wholly
groundleSs, that there is naturally n
disposition to diStruSt all statements re-
referring to this subject, but in view of
the fact that General Weyler urged on
by the Spanish government. is making
an extraordinary effort to strike the in
surrection a fatal blow. it is very prob
able that the president will await de-
velOpments before submitting his views
10 congress. There are cOnjectures as
to the significance of this which may or
may not be well founded. The most
trustworthy reports say that Mr. Cleve-
land has no intention to depart from the
course he has steadily pursued in rela-
ton TO Cuba, but it is possible that in
the event of Spanish failure in the SUI
preme effort now being made to crush
the instruction he would feel justified
in recommending action on the part of
this government looking to bringing the
conflict to an end, on the ground that
American interests, which have already
suffered enormously, demand it. There
is promise of stirring events in Cuba
within the next week or two, if the re-
ports regarding Spanish preparations
are correct.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-18

Senator PETER will not have It all his
own way down in Kansas when he
comes before the fusion legislature next
January. PETERS senatorial shoes are
to be contested for by Ex-Governor
Lewelling eX-Congressman Jeff Hudson,
ex-Congressman Harris and last, but not
least, John w. Breidenthal, the braini-
est organizer and most magnetic all
round populist politician in the state,
The man with whiskers is in serious
danger of being retired to private life
after March 4.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-18

content aHar-cxcessve insurance rates
that had made itself felt In Kansas city
as in Omaha. Two years ago the rate
in Kansas City had been raised - per
cent not because of a valued policy law,
but ON general principles, under pre-
tense that the fire signal service was
defective and the number of fire ny
drants were insignificant which only
goes to show 1t is easy enough to fabri-
cate pretexts for raising fire rates and
very difficult to furnish satisfactory
reasons for lowering the rates when
the defects complained of have been
removed
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-18
Force Of Hubi..

Secretary Carlisle says that he is tired OF
politics after having been thirty years in
the business. Still, a good many men have
said that and yet they did not spurn the
first good opportunity to prolong their grip
on politics. 1t is hard for a man who has
exploited politics for thirty years to retire
to private life. A veteran politician is like
an eX-ilre department horse when he re-
tires. At the first tap of the bell he runs
to the FIRE again
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-18

If the gold clause should be Knocked
out of mortgage bonds by the courts no
one would be more seriously affected
than certain money lenders, who, even
in the heat of their own advocacy of
free silver, insisted upon having that
clause incorporated in the bonds which
they received.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-18

The question of interchangeable rail
road mileage books still remains UNI
settled How would 1t do ;mprovise
an interchangeable railroad pass, good
all over the United States ana the Domin-
ion. Such pasteboard would save
some of the big deadhcnds from encum-
bering their pocketbooks with packs of
railroad and Pullman cards.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-18
SOME DAY OF DAYS.

Somcrvillc Journal.
with apologies to Elizabeth Stuart Phclps)
Some day some day of days, treading the
street
With Idle. needless pace
tNot looking FOR such uclO,
l shall behold your face!
Some day, some day of days, thus shall we
meet!
Pcrchance the sun shall shine from skies
of May,
Or winters icy chill
Shall fiji the friEid air.
No matter! That old bill
/ shall have with me, sure, that fatcful
day!
Once more my. old-tlme hope will all como
back.
And for a moment there,
Forgetting futile duns,
Forgetting years of care,
Once more my perfect trust shall nothing
lack.
1 shut my eyes now. thinking how twill
be!
How face to face we two
No chance for YOU to dodge!-
Shall come and I of you
Shall claim that thirty dollars that you
owe to me!
For then brought face to face, you can't
GDinsay mel
And the Past. with all its fears.
It's anxious, wearying care,
It's lonely, yearning years,
Shall vanish, that glad moment when you
pay me!
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-18

just little trickier We've been at II two
years. and we're scheming and making COM
binatlons and doing all the very things
we've been finding fault with the men for
doing all these years The women Of tho
better classes are getting Disguised and
drawing out OF politics just as our men
have done and the women OF the other
classes have become enthusiastic and have
gone into politics just as their mankind
have. Suffrage has certainly one great ad-
vantage. 1t has taken the conceit out Of
NppNpn
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-18

The free silver craze may be safely
left to itself to die of hamilton. but the
spirit of unrest and discomfort among
the masses, for which free silver is only
n temporary and insufficient mask, is
less easily disposed of and calls for more
active treatment.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-18

rary declared itself point blank against
all sugar bounties, by which alone Ne
braska could hope to attract capital
disposed to venture into beet sugar man
ufacturing. This week it calls for capt
tai to build a great sugar refinery at
or near Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-18

The revival of religion, for which the
Ministerial union is seeking, would
doubtless be n good thing and vastly
beneficial to the community, but what
Omaha needs most of all is n revival of
public spirit.