Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-12
DRIFT.

There will be no October election in any
state this year.
The democrats Of Iowa will come together
at Des Moines next Wednesday.
Jerry Simpson threatens to run for the
United States senate in Kansas. Jerry is
not the only potato in the hill.
The free silver democrats Of Dauphin
county, Pennsylvania, fell upon the gold
bugs of the same clan and won out. Score,
70 to 81.
Henry Watterson disposes of the Declala-
tion of Independence by pronouncing 1t "a
few maxims found in the graveyard of the
last century,
The republican candidate for governor OF
Kentucky IS a native OF the state. His OPP
ponent ON the democratic ticket is a Penn
sylvanian by birth.
The Philadelphia Record gleefully notes
that the democracy of the state of New Jer-
sey is recovering from the trance Of popu-
lism and cheap money. That is another way
of saying the democrats are SOLDERING up and
s~hearing their whiskers.
Jim Woodward, the "printer mayor of
Atlanta, is accused of INDUCING in booze too
frequently and has been invited to resign
by the city council. There Is a mistake
about this. If the accusation is true, Jim is
not a printer. Printers never-well, hardly
ever.
A special effort Is to be made in next
years census to expedite its completion. In
the last two censuses Chose OF 1880 and
1S90) the publication of the results occupied
from five to seven years. In the act pro-
viding for the census of 1900 congress pro-
vided that the four principal reports-those
on population, mortality, manufacture and
n - a,,a H. r,,Ll.-I-l l.. u 4
1902.
At the special election in Rhode Island in
June to decide the question of the accept
ance or rejection Of the amended state con-
s~titution the vote, as officially canvassed,
was as follows: In favor OF the new con-
stitution. 4,097; against, 12,742 votes. The
total vote OF the state was less than 7 1000
on the amendments, though in the presi-
dental election of 1896 Rhode Island cast
nearly Sc, 900 votes.
William j. Calhoun, who Is prominently
mentioned as a candidate for the republican
nomination for governor Of Illinois, is a
lawyer, living in Danville, the home of
Representative Cannon. He is 40 years old,
and in the prime OF physical and mental
manhood. Early in the present administra-
ton he visited Cuba as the presidents pes
sonal representative, and since then has de-
tllUeu beNtTdl OluCtb OutTeu 10 MIN Dy tle
president. His law practice is a large one.
To run the model city OF Boston during
the past fiscal year cost $40, 203, SIS, OF which
$34, OF, 74S was fer regular department ex-
penses. The public library cost 1924, 1858, the
parks 1851, s7s, the schools 50, 1902, 4S7 and
the water SO, 1902, 4s7, The total expenditure
for parks since the present system was
adopted is SIS, 1856, 800, OF which $6,5 $40, 1873
WAS for land and IS, 656. 1872 for con-
struction. Some idea can be gained OF what
Boston spent in order to obtain its present
improvements from the fact that among its
bonds still outstanding is 81 solo, 800 ca
pended for a sewerage system, So, 422, ops for
school houses and sites, $500, 100 for public
buildings, 1887, 900 for sewers. and over
SIG, 900, 900 for widening, extending and
grading streets and laying out and con-
structing highways and avenues. Boston has
a population OF 500, 900 and Its tax rate is
1880 on the 1000.