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Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07

Democratic leaders in Iowa have the
nerve to predict in a fat-footed, I'M
equivocal way that their state ticket
is certain of victory. This is done in
the hope of winning that element of
thoughtless careless voters who, being
devoid of political convictions, flock
with the bellwethers and take satisfac,
tion in voting with the winning side.
They care nothing for the candidates,
nor for principles espoused However,
the great mass of Iowa voters know
that the republican ajority in Iowa
last year was In excess of 63,O00 and
that in 1896 Iowa gave Mckinley ma
jority of 65,000 odd votes. Nothing has
transpired since 1898 to give basis for
the opinion that the republican ma
iority will be cut down one single vote,
but there is ground for the belief that
the republican majority in Iowa this
year will not fall short Of that of 1896
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

The gifts OF John D. Rockefeller to thu
city of Cleveland, o., now amount to thu
surprising sum OF $1,00o.500.
A hornet stung Congressman Weaver or
the jaw the other night while he was deliv-
| ering stump speech in Ohio
| The Connecticut divorce court, now r
session, is an insignificant affair. The judge
has declared that six divorce suits a da!
are the limit.
President Hadey OF Yale believes In the
old maxim about early rising. He is up and
about by 6 o'clock every morning and gen.
orally in bed by 10 or IL.
Charles Crisp. a son of the late ex-Speaker
Crisp, has just been appointed by Governor
Gambler of Georgia Judge OF Sumter county
court. He Is the youngest judge in the
state.
The news that Aguinado is personally
conducting the campaign should suggest to
General Otis his opportunity to carry out the
instructions given by President Mckinley
some time ago. "Get Agunaldo."
Alfred s. Hartwel, who. as an unofficial
delegate at the coming congress, is to rep
resent Hawaii, is said to be one of the few
foreigners who can speak the native Ha-
waiian language with any degree of ac-
curacy.
The will OF the late Ottmar Mergen-
thaler the inventor, was probated in Bal
timore on Thursday 1t gives $1,000 to the
German Orphan asylum OF Baltimore and
to the widow one-thrd OF the residue OF
the estate. The remainder goes to the
children.
1t is pointed out by one of the Stock
exchange circulars this week that the listed
copper stocks, when at their highest prices
last spring, were selling in the market
for the enormous total OF $420,O00,00O At
present prices they show shrinkage of at
least s140,000,000.
Such is his sympathy for the Beers that
Baron Won Golstein, minister plenipotentiary
to Great Britain from the Netherlands, has
rendered his resignation to Queen Wilhel-
nina. The resignation is not to take effect
until January l, however, and by that time
the trouble may be over.
When President Mckinley greeted the
returning Thirteenth Minnesota volunteers
he gave his bouttonniere to the little daugh-
ter of r. l.. Stetson OF Minneapolis. Her
brother was a volunteer. but was behind
on sick leave. She had told the president
Sc, and no replied; Then give him this
as my greeting when he returns" Private
Stetson got the flower on Thursday.
The company operating a trolley car line
between New Britain and Berlin. Conn, has
put on lag" car. 1t appears that there is
nothing to drink in Berlin and citizens who |
go to New Britain to quench their thirst are |
apt to take too much. The Gag" car leaves |
New Britain every evening at 11:lO o'clock |
and drunken men are not allowed to ride on |
any other. This scheme is said TO be working |
we'll.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07

The churches of Omaha feel the quick
ening impulse of prosperous times.
Plans for Improvements are being dis
cussed, the incubus of debt is being dis
PEELED, the membership of some of the
churches is increasing, while the
Young Mems Christian association is in
a fourishing condition. This is evi-
dence of the fact that men are contrib.
uting literally to the support Of our
churches whether they attend church
services or not
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07

motion by serving as deputy in the office
for eight years. The question is asked
whether eight years on the pay roll are
not enough At the same time the dem
ocratic candidate for office. Mr. Elaas
ser, served four years ms deputy regis
ter of deeds under his brother. This Is
not only fragrant case of family
monopolization of office, but the reason
he gave it up. too, was simply that a
republican was elected as his successor.
During the last twenty-five months Mr..
Bryant, as deputy treasurer, has han
died $1,S62, ,215.10 of public funds. while
the total money turned through Mr. Ell
sasser's hands during his whole four
years in the registers office aggregated
the munificent sum of $16,OSL7O.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07

A paragraph printed in this column a
few days ago in which Admiral Dewey was
quoted as denying that he had given that
now famous order to fire to the captain OF
the Olympia on the morning of May 1. 1898,
proves to be without foundation. During
the visit of the Nashville committee to the
admirals home, October 81. member of
the committee requested the admiral to
give the correct version OF the historic in
cident. The admiral confirmed the correct,
ness OF the order as published and related
how he stood on the bridge as the fleet en-
tered the harbor and, being a little short OF
ammunition, had signaled to the squadron
not to fire until they saw the smoke from
the flagship's guns. Finally, he said, when
the whole Spanish squadron was peppering
at his fleet. he leaned over the bridge and
made use Of the remark so frequently
quoted: "You may fire when you are ready.
Gridley."
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07
The World Herald asks if the county's

The World Herald asks If the county's
books balance. The answer is easy.
The popocratic county treasury exam
iners, working under the populist state
auditor, have just completed checking
up the books of the republican county
treasurer and their report says that
every cent has been accounted for and
that the books could not be in better
condition. The World Herald's insinua-
tions question the honesty of the popo-
cratic officials who have done this work,
who in their report dated September IA,
1899, say: "The work of examining this
office has been very satisfactory because
of the excellent methods and correct
ness of the records. The present sys-
tenn Of auditing in this county renders
inaccuracies almost impossible and this,
with the able management of Mr. Helm,
rod, gives you we'll conducted office"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07
During the last presidential campaign

During the last presidential campaign
thousands Of men voted with the fu-
sionists on the theory that the panacea
offered by the Bryanites could not make
matters worse than they were Mt that
time in consequence of free trade demo.
cratic policies under Cleveland. No ar
gument could reach them. Now, how.
ever, the reverse condition is true. I'm.
precedentedly good times are enjoyed
by all. Nothing the Bryanites have to
offer could possibly improve business
conditions. The people will vote to let
we'll enough alone. Fusion arguments
do not reach them. Predictions Of re-
publicans have been realized; their
brightest prophecies have been fulfilled.
Hence these popocratic tears.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07
EXCHANGE EDITORS, TRUST.
Detroit Free Press


If editors who do exchange"
Ihroughout this mighty land
should sign agreements thus to form
Fray, listen while ] tell to you,
The end of lots of men
We read about at breakfast time,
And then at night again.
If they should form-in sheer revenge
This mighty clipping trust
The world would have nought else to do
But like bubble, bust
And Ping" What would become OF him,
In any such event.
or OF the hordes of takers rare
Ihat to the war we've sent?
An end would come to Ii Hung Chang,
And Hanna, he would go,
And Woe,,d cen our our blessed Chauncey NJ.
The queen would fit awEy from out
our vision range, and then
would disappear your Uncle Paul,
AND all the fighting men.
And Jones. who seeks to run a state.
ACROSS our boundary line.
Would talk In vain If all the sheets
Contained of him no sign.
And Hearst, the Journal, and the World
would go the way of earth
or them and all their doings in
Ihe press there'd be q dearth
And Rockefeller. too, would pass,
Long, with the Standard Oil.
i ne only ones remaining would
Be those who sweat and toll
Each man the world Is calling great
Would pack his grip and 20
across the Styx and there set UP
His little one-ring show.
All actors. authors, ministers
Would ole 'twiXt me and you,
If ceased at once the paragraphs
They've grown accustomed 10.
So think ye well, ye famous folk.
There's reason for your fears
The greatest power on earth today's
The man who runs the shears.
You know too well. If with his pals.
He'd solemnly agree
To never mention you at all.
Just what your end would be.
Aye, sorry. sad, the day for you,
Though come In time, It must,
When Editors who do exchange
Decide to form trust
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07

1t would be interesting to know
whether the popocratic officeholders
who held the state up for an extra thou.
sand or two of salary owing to "mis-
take of the popocratic clerks of the
1897 legislature contributed the reguIa-
tion 20 per cent of the rake-off to the
popocratic campaign fund.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07

Popocrats make a great spread over
the announcement that the Bryan spe-
cial train was paid for in cash. 1t
makes little difference in principle who
is held up for the price of the train,
whether it is the otficeholders or the
country merchants who are induced to
contribute on the plea that Bryan
would draw big crowd to town and
create boom in trade. 1t is bunco
game either way.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07

AS an Investment TO draw trade to
town the country merchants found their
investment in the Bryan special train
a poor one. street fair or slack wire
walker would have proven as great an
attraction. People have become tired
of buying prize packages represented
as containing all kinds of valuable
things, but which when opened are
found 10 be worthless. Bryan will be
forced TO try a new game TO pay his
expenses with the coming of another
campaign.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07

Captain Paul McClelland OF Company l..
South Dakota volunteers, brought back from
Manila several specimens of silver ore. which
are on exhibition in Deadwood The ore
was secured from a native who also gave the
captain several tips as to the location and
extent of the ledge. Many of the natives
have learned something of the value OF the
ore veins Of the country, having sceL some
Of the mining done by the Spanish. Pieces
Of rich gold quartz ore have been given
the Black Hills boys by the natives which
came from Luzon, and the ore resembles
very closely the rich free-milling veins OF
the Black Hills. Chunks Of gold ore have
been exhibited on the streets of Deadwood
by some of the returned soldiers which
brlstled with gold threads, flakes and mug
gets, and 1t would be taken for Black Hills
ore by the most experienced mining man.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07

urgency for doing so. since the ma
jority of the people appear to be en-
tirely content with the present condi.
tions, so far as government is CON
cerned. Perhaps the material inter-
ests of the island would be promoted IT
1t were given territorial system. hut
there are other considerations to he
taken into account quite as important
as those relating to the Industries and
commerce of the islnnl
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07
THE VICE PRESIDENCY.
"'' ii"bhrts Retirement Opens the
Race for Entries.

Hartford Courant
, me retirement Of Mr.. Hobart from DO
nllcal ite VIII give interest to what has
neeh expected to be one OF the quietest ma :
tonai conventions the republican party has
ever held ''' "a'
Mr.. McKinley's denomination is as ,r.o
tically settled as any event in noI,tIos "a.
be before its actual occurrence. As tbinn,
look now. 1t would be surprising II he wero
opposed at all there. The indlcations a,o
that the tail will be the lively part NJ tbo
G' o. p this time. and and the Interest
OF the convention will center in the yica
presidency. That will wag the entire ola
phant' This should be a much more imnor.
tant office than 1t has been allowed 10 he
Its occupant is liable, by reason of mIcroho
or other assassin. to become at a moment,s
notice the chief executive Of the count rv
Nobody should be named for the place who
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07

A vote for Reese is a vote for the ele-
walton Of the judiciary, while vote for
Holcomb Is a vote to put on the SUI
preme bench a man who has danced
every time the Omaha Tammany gang
pulled the string.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07

Instead of deficit of Sill 900 Iowa
now has n surplus of about the same
amount. The pockets of the people tell
about the same story of the transition
from democratic to republican times,
and they are not likely to go back to
the era of deficits.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07

A special request is made of election
boards that when they come to count
the ballots they complete the count on
supreme judge first in order that these
figures may be given out at once and
count the votes on other candidates
n afterward
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07
Prosperity Fattens the Treasury.
lllnl,..- IA.....

October added handsomely to the pros
perity items With surplus OF sS359, ,562, a
reduction OF the public debt amounting to
s2'276,ls9 and an increase in customs and
internal revenue, the balance sheet Is good
beyond official estimates.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07

Dewey's 80. K" on the report Of the
Philippine commission is severe shock
to the democratic nerves. They will
probably take him at his word now and
believe that he does not desire to run
for president on the democratic ticket,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07

All the hullaballoO about holding back
Third ward registration returns for jug
Cling purposes is pure fiction. All the
Third ward registra ton books We're de-
livered to the city clerk before noon on
Sunday ahead of the registration books
in many of the other wards. The re.
turns have not been held back in any
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07

The Beers decline to agree to rule
barring hitting in a clinch, but are de-
livering uppercuts, swings, short-arm
jabs and shoulder-hooks with a fire.
quency and speed that have tendency
to induce John Bull to spar for wind.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07

Between watching the trial of noun
tain feudists and preserving the peace
between warning democratic factions on
election day Kentucky gets the worth
of its money out Of its state militia.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07

Mr. Bryan is said to be worn out by
the exertions of the campaign. But how
about the special press agent who has
been compelled several times day to
multiply crowd of n few hundred
into one of thousands and write some
thing new every time about the same
old speech?
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07

Fusion leaders are just now looking
down their noses, but are unable to find
any consolation within the range of
their vision.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07

Judging from the experience Editor
Hitchcock has had in trying to induce
people to listen TO his harangues at
ward meetings he must by this time
have concluded that he personally is
dreadfully unpopular or else his polit-
ical nostrums are, Perhaps both
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07

Council Bluffs is proud of her soldier
boys. So is Omaha. 1t is pardonable
pride. Omaha sends greeting to the
gallant soldiers Of the famous Fifty
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07

Look for all sorts of fake popocratic
rOorbacks at the eleventh hour.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07
where Prirenghter. Are at Home.

We might as we'll recognize the fact that
this city Is now the home OF prizefghting
in all Its brutal simplicity, without even
the pretense of Scientific sparring for
points"-whlch, by the way. never was more
than the merest pretense.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.

State of Nebraska, Douglas County SIS:
George y. Tzschuck. secretary of The Bee
Publishing company, being duly sworn, says
that the actual number of fu!! and COM
plete copies of The Daily. Morning, Even
Ing and Sunday Bee. printed during the
month of October 1899 was as follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07

Vote early. Vote right. 1t is danger
Gus to delay voting until the closing
hours of the election.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07
LIGHT LINES.

Chicago Tribune: House Hunter-This is
quiet nelghborhood, is 1t not7
Janitor (of apartment buildng)-1t was
until that painless dentist opened an office
on the second floor.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07

Brooklyn Life: Editor-Well, young
woman, If the story suits me l will pay
you SIS for It,
Young Lady Author (persuasively)-oh
come now. Buy II without reading IL and
Ill let you have IL for ten.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07

Chicago Tribune: Mr.. Meeker's spouse
had given him n curtain lecture ten min
utes long and stopped moment to rest.
We'll" said Mr.. Meeker, Struggling his
shoulders and speaking under his breath.
every woman to her tirade!"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07

A fair ballot and an honest count are
what every good citizen wants.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07

. Indianapolis Journal: "Then you cannot
young man.. with the insistence OF one
under n fixed idea.
No" replied the lady detective, softly,
you know / am a professional shadow
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07

Give the railroads one credit mark for
handling the Iowa regiment promptly.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07

The most amusing plea for votes for
the fusion candidate for county treas
urer is that his opponent has earned pro-
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07

Detroit Free Press: Fat people are gen.
orally amiable."
Yes; I've often wondered whether they
are amable because they are fat or
whether they are fat because they are
amiable."
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07

The operations OF the Macabebe scouts In
Luzon are given due prominence in the re-
ports from Manila. These scouts are the first
members OF a native tribe cooperating with
the American army. Frederick Palmer, cor
respondent of Golfers Weekly, writes Of
them and their commander: "They hate the
Tagalogs like poison. and ever since we oc-
cupied the little section OF territory that they
call home they have been begging us to put
rifles in their hands in order that they might
strike az their old enemies. They were the
basis Of the native regiments which did such
excellent work for the Spaniards.
Captain Batson. lately lieutenant in
the Fourth cavalry, who is commanding the
Macabebcs, is in hio element Already they
have engaged about twice their number of
the enemy, driving them from their trenches.
taking two Tagalog officers and several other
prisoners. 1t was Batson who captured the
town of Quingua with seven cavalrymen, and
1t was Batson and Captain Wheeler who
stood off 400 Filipinos when eleven OF their
twenty-five men we're wounded and dying
The same Batson and Captain Sawtelle OF
General MacArthur's stan would sit UP till
midnight playing chess by candlelight when
they had to go into action again next morn
ing. He is one OF these young men OF the
regular army best described by the word
thoroughbred TLis class is quiet man
nered. with a womans sensitiveness TO a
sharp word from superior officer never
tiring, smiling. cool-headed and quick wit
ted in the face OF danger watching carefully
that every man takes advantage OF cover II
possible but never taking cover themselves
Batson would make good cavalrymen out OF
the clumsiest, most awkward creatures on
earth. They would believe him and follow
hnr.,
wars 1t is generally the Batsons who are
killed.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07

Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Its no wonder
the German girls usually accept the first
offer they get
What do you mean by that?"
why, they can accept a suitor with one
word but Y they refuse him they'll have
to uSe neini'
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07

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Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07

Chicago Tribune: They call me a grass
widow, | suppose SAID the still young and
handsome woman, bitterly, because I don't
wear weeds!"
No" replied the envious neighbor, look
ing around the cheerful apartment, ITS
because you seem to be In clover"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07

deserved tribute to an American jour
nalist, who, during his life, was an unwaver-
ing friend OF Cuban liberty was dedicated
in the city OF Puerto Principe last Tuesday
1t Is block Of marble placed in the center
OF Plaza Dana bearing the inscription:
Tribute Of the Cuban People
To the Memory OF
CHARLES A. DANA,
The 1llustrious Statesman and Tireless
Defender Of Cuban Liberty,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07

Indianapolis Journal: "I have seen
Brother Bruggetts grow from poor young
man to a middle-aged millionaire" said the
aged minister, "and 1t has not changed him
one bit. When he first entered my church
he established the habit of putting a quar-
ter IN the plate every Sunday, and. though
cents"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-07

Detroit Free Press: 'T saw him kiss YOU
yisaged aunt. and she said it in a regular
dull-thu tone.
Yes, auntie."
Well. l can realize that 1t would be the
last thing he would think Of" and she
sailed out as though she had scored every