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Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-10
ar THE OLD CUrTLEFISH GAME.

True to its old cUttlefish tactics the
World Herald is engaged in another
desperate attempt to divert attention
from the bosssm and machine methods
throttling the democratic party in this
city and state by endeavoring to create
the impression that the republican
party organization is suffering from
ring rule. In this, as in similar previ-
Gus instances, the World-Herald may
fool some of the people, but it cannot
fool many of them and it cannot fool
any of them long.
More highhandcd machine domina-
tion overriding the will of the rank
and file was never foistcd on any politi-
cal party than by the democratic
Tammany which has secured con-
troll of democratic state, county
and city committees. Whenever n
republican ticket is to be put in
nomination every republican voter Is
consulted by invitation to attend the
primaries and register his vote for one
or the other of contestng delegations.
The democratic voter, on the contrary,
Is seldom given an opportunity to cX-
press himself as between aspiring can
didates or to reorganize the party ma
chinery so long prostituted to the pa
tronage mongers and spoils seekers.
Time and time again the democratic
manipulators, fearful of trusting the
npnnln n n thnnlSn1IpS
the appointment of delegates to state
and judicial conventions and packed the
delegation with favorites pledged to the
perpetuation of their power.
The most recent example of this arbi
trary action is found in the late demo-
cratic city convention, which put up u
school board ticket without the aid or
consent either of the voters or the
nominees. To make sure that the
bosses would not be dethroned
they refused to call a primary
election, but appointed as dele
gates the same dummies they had
set up in their compromise tickets for
the previous county convention. The
iiNh'', ihSlCiu VI bNibS LittuC W thC
convention, was made in advance by
the bosses and not even a suggestion
was tolerated whether it might be ad-
visable to change the democratic city
committee by which such an outrage
on the voters was perpetrated.
Just as it is admitted the democratic
state platform was written and forced
on the convention by one man, so the
democratic state ticket, the democratic
judicial and county tickets are the
product of the relentless machinery
which subordinates everything to the
so-called interests of Bryan, in the hope
of securing mortgage on presidential
appointments should the silverite
colonel ever reach the executive chair.
In the light of this situation is it not
the height of impudence for the organ
of Bryan to intimate that republican
conventions, made up of delegates Sc
lected by. the free choice of republican
voters, do not represent the republican
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Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-10

lean colonies OF England at the beginning
Of the last quarter OF the eighteenth century.
: il may be added also that the sympathies
OF a considerable portion Of the masses Of the
people OF the world are with the weaker side
today. as they were then. There arc some
marked contrasts, however, The United
Kingdom had only about 100000 inhabi.
tants at the beginning Of the American war
Of independence and the American colonists
had 2,5O0.0O while at the present time the
United Kingdoms population is about 4O.-
100000 aud the white Inhabitants OF the
South African republic and the Orange Free
State number only about 225,OOO. But there
are natural dotcuses in the two little nations
which would give them a great advantage,
at least in the beginning, in any conflict
with an outside power Then. too. the two
nations have been preparing for war longer
than the Americans were and this circum-
stance brings the relative condition OF the
opposing parties nearer to an equality than
the disproportion between their inhabitants
would Indicate
The history of the world reveals many rep
ctitions and the one in this case gives the
present Anglo Boer controversy n peculiar
interest for Americans. Moreover, there
nave been ominous mutterings from the
newspapers OF some Of the continental Euro
pean countries in the past few days looking
toward possible Intervention II the expected
war takes place. France just before the mid
die OF the American war of independence in
tervened in favor of the Americans. and
Spain in the latter part of that struggle as
sailed England and thus gave the Americans
some assistance. There is no immediate
probability of any such interference by any
outside power in the present instance IL war
takes place, but in the general hatred OF
and jealousy toward England held by the
principal nations of continental Europe, a
coalition against her like that which was
threatened against the United States early
In the Spanish war of 1898 might easily be
effected. In any case the present controversy
In South Africa is filed with possibilities OF
world interest and Importance which might
give blow to Englands power and prestige
like that which was dealt her in the war OF
l715-SS in which she lost the most valuable
part Of her American empire
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-10
TO SECURE ORIENTAL TRADE.

The people of the Pacific coast appear
to be fully alive to the possibilities of
Oriental trade and are preparing for the
harvest which they believe awaits Amer
lean enterprise in the far east. There
has been formed an organization of Pa-
cfic coast manufacturers and jobbers
for the purpose. of securing Il cable be-
tween the coast and Honolulu and Ma
nila According to the Seattle Post-1n-
telligencer all the cities Of the coast will
unite in diverting traffic that way and
then it will depend upon the enterprise
of several of the respective cities to Sc
cure fair proportion. That paper OBJ
serves that the enormous trade which
sufficient to give each of the large cities
enough to make an appreciable differ
ence in the volume of its imports and ex-
ports.
1t is to be expected that united
effort will be made by the representa-
tives of the Pacific coast in congress to
secure legislation for the laying of a
cable to Honolulu and Manila and it
is probably safe prediction that the
effort will succeed, because undoubtedly
the coast will receive strong support
from the commercial interests in the
east that would be benefited by such
cable. The development of our trade
interests in the Orient would unques-
tionably be promoted by direct tele-
graphic communication and doubtless
there is private capital that would in
vest in such enterprise with some en-
couragement on the part of the govern
ment. AS a public undertaking, how
ever, it would encounter strong opposi-
ton. 1t may be that the Pacific coast
people are too optimistic regarding the
future of trade with the Orient, but they
are manifesting commendable energy in
getting ready to make the most Of it.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-10

Of the difficulties between Canada and
the United States.
At all events, the American people will
be found ready to accept any fair just
and equitable proposals the Canadians
may make for the settlement of contro-
vcrSies and for bringing the countries
into closer commercial relations and
strengthening friendship between them.
Whenever the government at Ottawa
shall show n desire for conciliation there
can he no doubt that it will find like
spirit at Washington. But Canada must
ask no more than she is willing to con-
ccdc and above all she must give UP the
idea of obtaining American territory in
Alaska the right to our possession Of
which cannot be fairly or reasonably
questioned.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-10
LAURIER TALKS CANCELLATION


In his speech at the reception given
him by the Canadians in Chicago, Pre-
mier Laurier said that his gospel is ICON
citation" He referred to the Alaskan
boundary question as not quarrel, but
one of the "difticulties' between the
United States and Canada.
1t is very gratifying TO learn from Sir
Wilfrid Laurier himself that he Is dis.
posed to be conciliatory and If he shall
be confirmed in this by the cordial con,
sideration shown him and the other Do.
minion officials in Chicago his visit to
that city will be an event upon which
the people of both countries can con,
gratulate themselves. To judge, how
ever, of the value and merit of Premier
Laurier's idea of cOnciliation one must
consider the course he has pursued in
respect to the questions in controversy
between Canada and this country, the
boundary question particularly, and also
some of his recent public utterances
We think that Il fair and candid study
of these must lead to the conclusion tina,
the sort of Cancellation wanted by the
premier is that which would give Can,
ada about all she asks, including Ameri-
can territory in Alaska and Il free Amer
lean market for Canadian natural prod.
ucts. An excellent opportunity has been
given for exhibiting conciliatory spirit
In the negotiations respecting the Alas
kan boundary between Washington and
London, but the Canadian authorities
persistently obstructed the negotiations
by objections to the American proposals
which showed anything but a c0ncilia,
tory disposition, Moreover as we un.
derstand the matter, Premier LaureI
has made the settlement of all the Other
issues contingent upon the adjustment
of the boundary question, which can
hardly be regarded as cOncilatory pro
ceeding,
We noted Il short time ago some utter,
ances of the Canadian premier which
While not unfriendly to this country
We're not calculated TO smooth the way
TO n settlement of existing difficulties
There was an uncompromising and def
ant tone in what Sir Wilfrid Laurier
said to his constituents that indicated
a feeling favorable TO conflict rather
than TO conciliatlon. Perhaps the pre-,
mier was then merely playing the part
of the politician and that at heart he
really desires to conciliate and to reach
an amlcable and honorable adjustment
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-10
TRANSVAAL RECESSIONAL.
London Truth,

have received the following skt on
Rudyard Kipling's God OF Our Fathers
T! !om johannesburg. l am glad to find that
in that new Jerusalem" there is an Eng
hShman whose views are so sound and who
can translate them into verse:
God of the jingo-brass and gold
Lords of the world by right divine"
Beneath whose baneful sway We hold
The motto, "All that's thine is mine"
Such lords as these have made men rotten.
Ihey have forgotten-they nave forgotten.
The Niger and the Chinee dies:
The Gladstones and the Pitts depart
But bigger Englanders' arise
To teach the world the raiders art:
Such lords as these have made men rotten,
Ihey nave forgotten-they nave forgotten.
They've got the gold, the ships, the men,"
Ana are the masters of tomorrow
And so mankind shall see again
The days of Sodom and Gomorrah;
These are the lords that make men rotten,
They have forgotten-they nave forgotten.
Drunken with lust of power and pelf
They hold no man nor God in awe,
And care for ndught but only self,
And cent. per cents their only law
These are our lords, and they are rotten;
They have forgotten-they have forgotten
Their hraggart hearts have put their trust
In Maxim guns and Metford rifles
They'd crush their foes inrO the dust
And treat what's right as idle trifles.
For boastful brag and foolish fake
Tn imperalist must take the cake"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-10
SrMPATnY WIN THE B0rBs.

No reasonable objection can be made
TO public expressions Of American sym
pathy with the Beers Any of the peo-
pie OF this country who believe that in
the issue with England the Transvaal
republic is right may properly proclaim
that belief in public meetings or in
whatever way they please This is the
unquestionable privilege of American
citizens.
But expression or action 10y the gov
crnment in such matter Is a very diff
fcrent affair and those who are petition
ing President Mckinley to mediate be-
tween Great Britain and the Transvaal,
many of them eminent citizens, are ask
ing him to do what under the circum-
stances would be of doubtful wisdom.
The president is asked TO mediate in ac-
cOrdance with the arbitration program
adopted at The Hague, but If he were
to place mediation on this ground Great
Britain would doubtless reply that that
plan applies only TO differences between
sovereign states and that the TRANS
vaal republic is not such state. There
Is no doubt that Great Britain would
claim that the Transvaal question is
purely domestic and British, just as we
regarded the Cuban question as purely
American, and this view we should be
bound to accept. We could not question
or discuss it without giving offense to
Great Britain and certainly no reason
able American citizen would wish this
This consideration alone seems to us
to be quite sufficient to show the un-
wisdom of any attempt at mediation
on the part of this government. But
there is another and for ourselves n not
less important consideration and that is
the duty Of adhering to our traditional
policy of not meddling in old world
quarrcls. 1t is not to be doubted that
American sympathy Is overwhelmingly
with the Beers, but it would be grave
mistake for the United States to become
in any way involved in the South Afri-
can controversy.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-10


The remaining three months OF 1899
must be exceptionally free from fire loss
or else the years record will be one for
the insurance companies to contemplate
with sadness. September did not help much
The loss was less than in 1898 by nearly
a million and a half, but in excess of that
of 1897 by over three millions and quarter
and the grand total for three-quarters of a
year is $99 6OS65O against $S9,164,OOO in
1898 and $50, ,413,7OO in 1897. If this average
Is kept up the years fire loss will rise be-
yond $3.50 OO0, 900, very formidable show
ing considering the fact that there have not
been any extensive confiagrations. There
Is not likely to be any great reduction at
this time The beginning of furnace fires,
the starting of steam boilers and other oper-
ations due to cool weather are fruitful
causes of fire.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-10
HISTORY REPEATING ITSELF.
Conditions In south Africa Recall the
American Revolution.
St, Louis Globe Democrat.

st. Louis GlODe-DemOCrat.
There are some striking resemblances, as
well as a few striking contrasts, between the
conditions which threaten TO incite war in
South Africa in 1899 and those which precip-
itated war in America in l775. Now, as then,
England Is tho European nation involved.
ard the principal question at issue Is Eng
lands authority over the other party to the
controversy, the relation OF course, being
actual independence on the part of the Amer
leans and only dependence on that
of the Beers Now also as then, all sections
OF the people directly or indirectly menaced
are uniting against England 1t is the South
African republic which Is directly threatened
now as it was Massachusetts, which was di-
roctly asgaled in 1915 by the Boston port bill,
the eXpatriation act, the law reyoking that
colonys charter and the military -quarterng
act. Virginia and the rest of the colonies
however, saw that their interests were iden-
tical with those of Massachusetts, Just as
the Orange free State sees that an attack on
the Transyaal today viii endanger her own
independence and privileges In the South
African instance, too, as In the American
case a century and a quarter ago, a rising Of
the abOriglnos is threatened.
Here are some of the resemblances be-
tween the situation in the South African con-
troyersy and that which existed in the Amer
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TRUST OF THE POWERS.
Dig Nations Gradually Absorbing the
Li.tie Ones.
BulfaIO EXpress.

bulalO Express.
Liberia must necessarily soon cease to
exist" says a German paper. Why? France
and England are both indulging in machina-
tions TO annex the country, Liberia is OF
the greatest value to Germany, especially
the CameroOns. Two-thi of the Liberia
firms are Germans and Germany must,
therefore, see that she gets a share of the
territory or the whole"
But what about the Liberians? OF course,
their wishes as to the disposition of their
own country cannot be consulted. They are
little people" Their cry cannot be
heeded. We talk about the advance OF civil
lization, but the law OF might was never
more vigorously enforced than at the pres
ent time. Liberia must go. The Transyaal
must go.
There is no longer room in the world for
individuals Men are now simply units in
como aggregation OF capital, OF labor Of
politics, of government-forced to take
sides, whether thoy will or no. No man
is allowed TO fight for his own hand to
live the life that fits him best, There is
no room on the globe for little nations,
for peculiar peoples, for races that wish
to preserve their individuality and develop
and perpetuate their historic institutions,
The business OF the world belongs to the
Industrial trusts all the rest thereof to
tho military trusts, called empires. The
military trusts respect no rights save those
OF the heavy armaments. As regards the
other states, civilized semi civilized and
barbarous-
The good old rule
sufiiceth them, the simple plan,
| That they should take who have the power
ana they should keep who can.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-10
NEW INDUSTRIAL ERA.
Taking the Measure of Our Swelling
Foreign Trade.

Philadelphia Inquirer.
Only very sanguine people ventured to ex-
pest that in the face of advancing prices,
the natural tendency of which s to decrease
consumption, our exports Of manufactured
articles during the present year would equal
those Of last year. when all records in tn s
line were far and away broken; yet what
was generally believed unlikely is, according
to all appearances, about to happen.
1t is impossible to fcresee the course CT
trade during the remaining three months Of
the year, but so far as the statistics OF our
imports and exports have been reported we
shall not only equal last years record bu,
we shall actually surpass it. This is shown
by the figures for the eight months ended
with last August. There was, indeed, a
falling off in our exports of agricultural
products, which aggregated $472, SOS, ,939, as
against $514, $50 ,O33 last year; but on the
other hand, our exports Of manufactured ant
icle5 actually increased from $2O1 ,444, ,6O6 to
$246 22S,91G. A considerably greater guam
tity of coal. timber and ores was also ex-
ported, SO that in the grand aggregate our
exports of all kinds during the eight months
ended August last are greater by about Sl2,-
600, 900 than during the corresponding period
CT 1898
Evidently the nation has entered upon a
new industrial era, and one of whose vast
possibilities it is impossible at this time
to form any intelligent estimate. There
are simply no imaginable limits to the Ge'
velCpment to which, with the enormous
natural resources of this country and the
unequaled capacity of the American pes
pie for the conduct of commerce and Of
manufacture, our foreign trade al no dis
tant date may reasonably be expected to at
tain. 1t is immeasurable.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-10
Chance for Canadian Patriots.
Chicago Chronicle.

It's an i'll wind that blows nobody good
and the war in South Africa will be god
send to our yalorous and warike friends
across the Canadian border. For years they
have been yearning for an opportunity to
lick somebody, but as Uncle Sam evidently
feared to encounter them in battle array
they have been forced to content themselves
with exercise spins like trimming up the
late Mr. Riel and his rebellious associates.
Here however, is a chance for glory in un-
limited quantities. Mr.. Chamberlain will
welcome their aid to any extent they may
offer it and Mr.. Kruger will undertake to
see that they have plenty OF fighting The
time is propitous. Let the militant youth
of Canada set forth for the Transvaal and
show a gaping world what war really is.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-10

Popocratic papers could easily print
the truth about the turning down of
Judge Reese ten years ago at the behest
of the railroads if they SO desired. The
men who had the most to du at that
time in executing the will of their rail
road masters are now, as then, in the
sham reform business. They have
found their true home, however. in the
popocratc port. There is no probability
Of their telling the truth, as that would
give the public too true line on their
real character
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-10
STRIKING SIGN OF PROSPERITY.
Pronounced Shortage of Labor in
Southern Cotton Factories.
Baltimore Herald

balImOre Herald.
Among the many signs of good times
reported from the different parts of the
country and which show that the people of
the United States are enjoying an almost
unprecedented degree OF prosperity is a
most pronounced shortage of labor in the
mills of South Carolina and at various
points in North Carolina as well. According
to report from Charleston, consider
able difficulty is experienced in securing
sufficient number of employees to keep
the mill machinery running on full time
The number OF persons now employed is
larger than it has been at any previous
time, no exodus having taken place. But
nearly all OF the mills have been compelled,
by the heavy demand for their fabrics, to
extend operations and enlarge their produc-
tive capacity; and it is this excess
over former labor requirements which
cannot be obtained. Many thousands Of
additional looms and spindles have been
installed during the past six months, and
how to get the operatives needed to run
them presents a problem that causes en-
ployers much anxiety.
This question may be expected to as
sumo more acute form with each sue
ceedlng month, for the enormous profits
amounting in some instances almost to
100 per cent, in single year, earned by
the Carolina cotton mills are attracting
capital. New plants are in course OF cree
tion everywhere and the industry prom
ises to undergo enormous expansion dur
ing the next few years.
A more signal proof of prosperity in the
south would be difficult to adduCe. The
problem presented by the scarcity of la
Dor will soon solve itself under the newt
able operations OF the law of supply and
demand. There is no section Of the cOun-
try in which the signs of. good times"
are not palpable.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-10

The midwest is threatened with a par
tial curtailment of the production of its
great industrial enterprises, owing to
short supply of coal. Unlike the shut
downs of few years ago, this is a case
Of too much prosperity. With the coal
mines unable to meet the demands upon
them, owing TO the scarcity of miners,
and the railroads having difficulty in
furnishing rolling stock to transport all
that is mined if a coal miner is out of
employment at the present time it is be-
cause he does not wish TO work.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-10

The popocratic organ dcvotcs two coll
umns of its first page to two idiotic
fakes have no bearing OH the local
campaign in its desperate effort to show
the existence of diScord among repub'
leans yet not word about the action
of the populist county committee, which
arbitrarily hoistcd Martin Langdon into
mid-air to give place to pet candidate
for county Judge.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-10

The statement that Boss Croker has
made his peace with the Bryan man
ayers is an interesting bit of news com
ing as it does from the chairman of the
democratic national committee. But it
will require something more potent than
even the word of the Tammany boss to
turn Empire state voters over TO the
financial fallacics of the silver trust
boomnr
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-10

the State Board of Health is n neces.
sary department of government, and if
its members hew strictly to the line
marked out by the law creating the
board the people of the state will de-
rive ample benefits. The board was not
created, however, to enable one school
of doctors to put up the bars against an
other school, nor to persecute one set of
quacks while ignoring the presence of
another set.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-10

Governor Poynter and his brass-but-
toned staff are missing the opportunity
of their lives in not joining the other
governors at the Chicago fall festival.
If Candidate Holcomb were still in
office he would promptly have made
requisition on the railroads for a special
train and moved over with his whole
family of colonies from Noise to Maher.