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Omaha daily bee., 1900-10-18
FINANCIAL EXPANSION.
strong Position I'm the world of
Money Secured by America.


The remarkably strong position which
this country has attained in international
finances is illustrated by the fact that New
York bankers are now importing gold after
having loaned money to nearly half dozen
foreign governments. Germany, England,
Russin Sv eden and Mexico have borrowed
money IN the United States in the last few
weeks and for months past rates for money
have been lower in America Than in any
other country in the world.
Recently, as a result OF the demands OF
the south on New York for money TO move
the cotton crop, the rates OF interest in
New York have advanced and short-ime
loans now command mere in New York
than abroad AS a consequence American
bankers arc drawing on the balances which
they have in European banks and gold is
coming in this direction. In order to meet
this demand English bankers are diverting
to the United States shipments OF gold
from India South Africa and Australasia,
which ordinarily would go to London. In
addition to this, some gold has been pur-
chased in Paris, Berlin and London TO ship
10 America. New York, therefore, Is
uagnet that Is attracting gold from six dis
tinct sources in other parts OF the world
The spectacle is one which ought To
| make every American citizen proud OF the
commanding position WhlcE MS country
has reached. The prophecy has been ratne-
yaguey made for years that New York
would some time become the worlds grea:
money center. But few people dreamed
that 1t would acquire. SO soon, the power
that II now holds. New York is today ihe
most potent city on the globe In financial
| affairs. It's banks have grown to such huge
| proportions in recent years and its wealth
| has been shifted into such position that
| the news from Wall street Is now OF
| greater importance than the news nom
| London to the bankers OF all nations
! The LoTdcn newspapers have recently
and candidly acknowledged this superiority
OF the great American metropolis. Vet
| the Importance OF American finances TO the
world is only just beginning The onor-
NOUS eAccss OF exports c. merchandise over
| imports. which America IS sending abroad.
will give this country an ever increasing
| power in international finances and the
| time is not far distant when the world VIII
| pay to America the tribute OF interest and
exchange that 1t has paid for many years
| TO England.
America Is already the worlds greatest
source Of ST pplies Of food and fabrics The
Americans are rapidly becC ming the world +
bankers and the great stores OF coal and
| iron In this cot ntry will DO drawn on for
increasing supplies Of power for European
manufacturers 40 the years 80 on.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-10-18

The national campaign of this year bears
such striking resemblance, in nearly all
of its salient features, to tho battle OF four
years ago that history seems to be repeat
ing Itself in the domain of American pol
itics The two leading candidates for the
presidency now are the same men who ran
against each other then, aud they stand
for the sam, principles they stood for when
they first sought the suf1rages OF the peo-
pie. Their theories Ct government have
not changed The great issue between
them and between the two parties is iden-
tical this year with the great issue of 1896,
ana all attempts to sidetrack that issue
have been the most dismal failures. II i3
Mckinley and sound money on the one
hand, Bryan and free silver on the other.
Efforts to scare the people with imperial
ism, militarism and with reckless denun
Citations OF all combinations OF capital ,or
business purposes have not hid the SUI
premo issue end the campaign has now mar
rowed down, as it did in 1896. to the ques-
ton whether this country shall or shall
not have a stable currency, based upon n
sound financial system.
Four years ago this month Chairman a
Jones, then running the Bryan campaign
just as he is now, was making the same
sort OF claims that he is today. In fact ho
was asserting, day after day, that Bryan
would cafry states in which he had not the
slightest obtioe. Just as a reminder OF
those prophecies, which never came true,
Omaha daily bee., 1900-10-18

A GREAT DAY FOR CROKER.

Tuesday was great day for Richard
Croker. Next to the guest he was the
most conspicuous figure in connection
with the Bryan reception In New York.
He was all the time by the side of the
candidate, and the fact that he is the
incarnation of political yenality and
corruption, the fact that his wealth has
been gained by methods that will not
bear investigation, the fact that he is
a large stakeholder in one OF the most
organized, did not interfere with his re-
ceivlng every consideration from that
friend of the plain people and EEK
ponent of Jeffersonian principles" w.
j. Bryan.
At the Tammany banquet, which cost
$2i plate exclusive of the wine
Croker and Bryan sat together-the one
representing the most brutal, corrupt
and unscrupulous political organization
in the world, the other posing before
the country rs the champion Of popu-
lar rights, for which the Tammany
boss has no respect and as the friend
of the farmer and laborer, for whom
Croker has only contempt. Side by side
these representatives of the new de
mocracy rode through the streets,
sharing together the greetings OF the
people. At the Madison Square Gar.
den, the dispatches state, "Mr. Bryan
and Mr.. Croker frequently responded
to the cheering by bowling to the vast
| audience and the faces of both were
wreathed with smiles" What "A pic,
ture that would make for the delecta
ton of the western supporters of Mr.
Bryan. All through the report of the
proceedings the name OF Croker stnads
out prominently, attestlng that he was
the leading spirit In the reception and
that his Teiation to II was entirely
agreeable TO Mr.. Bryan. The Asso
ciated Press report states that when
the candidate had finished speaking IN
Madison square "Mr, Croker took his
arm and led him TO the rear of III,
stand 10 see the crowd assembled
there. lie waved his hat to them anC
Mr. Croker asked him Did you evel
see anything like itT" and Mr.. Bryan
exclaimed; Wonderful, wonderful.
That was a proud moment for Croker
who for weeks had been preparing FOL
the demonstration, the cost of which
1t is safe to say. was not paid out Of
Omaha daily bee., 1900-10-18
ne OBErED DIRECTIONS.

1t was announced short time ago
that Mr.. Bryan had been directed by
the democratic managers in New York
to make trusts the main topic of his
address at the Madison Square Gar
den and the fact that he did 50 con-
firms the report. But how dishonest
and insnccrc this appears in view of
the fact that the men most prominently
identified with the demonstration are
holders of trust stock. The meeting
at the Garden was presided over by
Edward NJ. Shepard who il the chief
counsel for the Sugar trust and who
is credited with drafting the plans of
it's foundation. The very presence at
that meeting of this trust attorney
signifies that there Is nothing in Mr..
Bryans attack on trusts, for, if he
were sincere he would not have al
lowed this trust representative To 50
act and IL the trust believed Mr.. Bryan
menaCed it that trust would not have
allowed its attorney to preside over
the meeting. Then there are the Van
Wycks. one OF whom presided ut the
S2I plate banquet ahd the other at
one of the meetings, both of whom are
stockholders with Croker in the Ice
trust.
1t is manifestly absurd to suppose
that any of these men are sincerely
hostile to the trusts and it Is a fact
that they have done everything pos
siblc TO obstruct the efforts of the at.
torney general of New York to enforce
the law against the extortionate trust
with which they are connected. Mr.
Bryan has endeavored to relieve
them of responsibility for the business
methods of the Ice trust by saying that
they are simply stockholders, but this
sort of apology will not bc accepted by
sensible people. II is not to be doubted
that these mef have Il voice in the
affairs of the combination and they
take their share of the proceeds of its
eXtortion. Mr.. Bryan has not improved
his claim TO be IA sincere opponent OF
trusts by such association.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-10-18
THE OUTLOOK IN INDIANA.

Both parties are greatly Interested
in the political situation in Indiana,
and while neither feels entirely conf
dent of carrying the state the outlook
for republican success is much more
favorable than 1t was few weeks
ago.
There Is no more trustworthy au-
thOrity for this than Major Carson, the
Washington correspondent of the Phil
adelphia Ledger, who has been travel
ing through Indiana, making a care
ful investigation of political condi-
tions. He expresses the opinion that
the electoral vote of the state will be
given to Mckinley and Roosevelt. In
dispatch to his paper a few days ago
he says. Il have visited every point
in the state admitted by the party
managers to be important in the way
of determining Indiana's vote, have
inquired into alleged disaffection
among republicans and investigated
democratic claims to large accessions
from their opponents, and my de
liberate judgment is that the repub-
licans will carry Indiana next MONTH
unless something entirely unlocked for
and of phenomenal character should
happen in the interval and cause a
revolution in the present feeling of
the people"
Major Carson found that there is
| general satisfaction with existing in
dustrial and business conditions, that
the German Americans will generally
vote the republican national ticket. that
few of the gold democrats have re
turned to the party and that most OF
the farmers will vote for Mckinley
including a considerable number who
four years ago were for Bryan. There
Is every reason TO expect that re
publican chances in Indiana will con
tinue to improve.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-10-18

in the makeup of the final ballot.
What all people Of all parties should
want and what the law is designed to
safeguard is an expression of the
voter at the ballot box, which is a
correct indication of his choice as
between contesting candidates. The
voter should neither be confused nor
tricked, but rather facilitated in max
ing plain exactly how he wants to bc
recorded. The ballot form that fairly
does this will invite no criticism.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-10-18
Farmers share In Prosperity
ST Paul Pioneer Press

American farmers received this year
nearly 5000 900 more for their wheat
than in 1885, s3i6, ,O0O, ,OOO more for their
corn crop; sl6i,0OO0O0 more for cotton;
$42, ,O0O,000 more for their cats; s22 900, 900
more for their potatoes and sl4, 100000 more
for their barley, and over 0,oO0,O 900 more
for their live stock than in 1896. The in
crease in the value OF nine staple crops over
1896 was $40, ,722, ,6l7 in live stock s501 ,444,-
474, or 31,212 ,167,0 in these items of farm
producton--to say nothing Of hay. fax and
many other products not included in the list,
or eggs, poultry and dairy products, also
omitted This increase marks the difference
for the farmers between republican pros
perity and democratic depression
Omaha daily bee., 1900-10-18
TwO-rkirds VIII DO.

LOUIS tflODe-DellOcTdt.
The two thirds vote for Mckinley in the
electoral college which is predicted by
some authorities would be a grand thing
for the country. There is no doubt at all
that the republicans will win, but this is
case in which the size Of the majority
is OF vital importance. II is to the interest
OF every business man and every wa &c
worker in the United States that the ma =
jority against the reputation candidate be
so crushing that the base money infaiN
will be killed for all time. The presence
of man like Bryan at the head Of a great
party is not oply tremendous financial
loss to the country but II Is national
humiliation. An ordinary majority against
him might tempt the democracy to nomi-
nate him or somebody equally bad in 1905.
The majority should be put far above the
100 mark this time and not be allowed to
be ss low as ninety-iive, as 1t was in 1876.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-10-18

Bryan's managers are now claiming
these 81 me states, with lot OF others,
by majorities 20 absurd as to make the
wiser men OF their own party laugh In
derision. The only wonder is that they
don't claim Ptnnsylyanis and Maine
Every credible report from the group OF
western states given In the table above
makes II well-nigh certain that their
republican majorities this fall will be just
ns large us they were in 1896. In fact,
republicans will be very much surprised
IL many OF those majoritles are not way
beyond the figures OF four years ago.
The well-informed Washington cores
pondcnt of the New York Tribune, dl3-
cussing the subject, says: There Is no
show for Bryan. He will not carry as
many states as he did in 1895. The gen.
eral drift OF opinion nov is that Mckinley
will have every state he carried In that
battle and, In addition, one California vote,
Washington, Wyoming Kansas and South
Dakota, with a strong probsbility OF Ne
braska itfelf Every chance that Bryan
lad in Maryland is rapidly vanishing, and
he never had one in West Virginia. When
the gas belt OF Indiana is heard from II
will be Overwhelmingly for Mckinley. a,
before. and SO will the Germans Of Illinois
and Wisconsin"
Omaha daily bee., 1900-10-18

in their camps. 1t is evident that the
wageworkers of Michigan are much better
off than they were In 1897.
MIR. Bryan is forced to admit that wages
are higher than they we're when he was a
presidential candidate for the first time
but he contends that those who are getting
these higher wages are no better off than
they were in 1895, because the trusts
have advanced prices so much. This argu-
ment is altogether worthless as regards the
men who are employed nov, but who were
idle in 1896 The man who earns nothing
when prices are low * worse off than the
man who Is getting good wages when prices
are high. The increase in savings bank
deposits shows that the wageworkers as "a
whole are putting aside more money than
in previous years in spite Of the greater
cost OF many OF the commodities they use.
Mr.. Bryan has such a horror OF figures
that he has not tried to show that the
consumption by the wage-earner OF goods
the production CT which is controlled by
trusts" is so great that his increase in
wages does not exceed the advance In price
OF these goods. He could not do it n he
were to try. The greater part OF the
wages OF the workingman goes to pay for
commodities the price OF which is not con
trolled by trusts" Though the trusts"
ask mcre for their goods than in 1897, the
workingman spends so little for those
goods that he does not mind their greater
cost, SO long as he has higher wages. Mr..
Bryan says 1.-The laboring man is not able
TO pay trust prices for what he buys and
receive republican wages for his work and
lay away money for a rainy day" But he
is laying away money for a rainy day.
During the year ending June / last work
ingmen in Ohio. Indiana Illinois. Michigan,
Wisconsin and Minnesota laid away s6s 100
900 in the savings banks.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-10-18
Personal NOTES.

Russell Sage has mortgage on the village
OF Reeds. Mimi, but the village has dis
appeared, and Mr.. Sage, like Lord Cllin's
daughter, is left lamenting.
Senator Platt OF New York received on
Saturday an odd-looking package by eN-
press. Upon being opened the package was
found to contain a parrot Who sent the
bird is unknown.
Lieutenant John Hood. who was in charge
OF the sounding for the route OF the gov
ernment cable from San Francisco to
Hawaii, Guam and Manila, was one OF the
officers on the Maine when that bsttleship
blew up in Havana harbor.
Herbert Spencer has broken his long
silence by paper on the South African
question, which opposes British interference
in the Boer states. For nearly fifty years
Mr.. Spencer has fought British colonization.
Andrew Carnegie has offered to duplicate
! whatever sum is raised by the people OF
| Paterson, y. j., for the erection OF a pro
| jected labor lyceum in that city. The fund
was begun by the local Knights OF Labor
and Is being raised almost entirely through
| the efforts OF the members OF that orgauiza-
| tion.
| Henry NJ Flagler, the Standard Oil mil
| .ionsire. is believed TO have political aspira-
tions. The sudden removal Of his legal resi-
dence TO Florida, where he has been a power
In politics ior many years, is said 10 mean
that he will contest for a seat in the senate
when the term of stephen Russell Mallory
| expires in 1908
Herbert Putnam, Librarian OF congress
who has returned from his visit TO Europe
in search Of books, spent 81, 600 for volumes
needed by the institution OF which he is al
! the head, lie visited all the principal
cities OF England and the continent. and
rummaged through dark dusty, second hand
stores, besides examining the stocks OF the
Omaha daily bee., 1900-10-18

In his Omaha address Eugene Debs
charged that there was systematic
practice to exclude him from the news
papers and cited examples from other
cities in proof of his assertion. So far
as The Bee is concerned 1t gives the
news with impartial discrimination for
all sides and all parties in politics as
we'll as in other fields. The Debs meet
ing is accorded representation in its
columns with fair account of what the
speaker said just the same as would be
II meeting addressed by prominent re-
publican or democrat We admit that
the difference between The Bee and
some of its popocratic contemporaries
In this regard, however, is extremely
noticeable. But whether Mr. Debs has
ground for his complaint with refer
ence TO other papers we are satisfied
he would make an exception for The
Bee.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-10-18
The Advance i'm Wages
Chicago Tribune.

ShSotO
The national commissioner OF labor re-
ports that the average Increase OF wages
In American manufacturing and mining in
dustries as compared with 1891 is 3.43 per
cent. Representing tho average wage scale
OF the latter year by 100 It appears that
in 1892 there was an advance OF 1908
Then came the period OF decline due 10
the panic. The lowest point reached was
97.s2 In 1895. A change for the better be-
gan then, which has continued until the
present wage scale Is represented by
103.43 The men and women in the fac
tories and the mills are receiving In gold
wages higher than those which were paid
them in gold during 1891 and 1892, which
were years of previously unexampled pros
peri.y.
These figures do not tell the whole story
The decline in wages between 1891 and
1895 seems small. but the number OF per
sons receiving the lower wages was much
smaller than that OF the persons getting
the higher wages four years before. \
strong union can do much to prevent II
serious cut in wages during a period OF
depression, but 1t cannot force employers
to continue giving work TO the old mum
Der of employees. IL is the policy OF unions
to protect the wage scale even when the
result Is TO lessen the number OF men
at work. Today better wages than ever
| before are being paid and more men are
employed than during the years when
| wages we're lower
| 1t appears from a recent report that
there are in Michigan 1905 factories which
were not in existence in 1897. These fac
tories employ $4,000 people. whose yearly
wages amount to about $500 900. OF these
some had employment in 1897, but many
had not. The volume Of idle labor has
been so decreased that the lumbermen,
| though Offering higher wages than they did
| in 1896, find II hard to get men to work
Omaha daily bee., 1900-10-18
THE COUNTY COMMTsSToNERsHip


Only one commissioner district in
Douglas countyis called upon TO select
member Of the county board this
year, but the Importance of that selec-
tion must not be underestimated
The county board consists of five
commissioners, who have the practical
control and supervision of all the bus
mess of the county. 1t fixes the county
tax rate, 1t expends the proceeds OF the
tax levy, it has charge of the entire
system of poor relief, including the
county hospital, and it builds and
maintains the whole system of county
roads. Every taxpayng citizen is vi
tally interested in having county
board that will attend strictly to bus
mess and administer the county affairs
upon an economical business basis.
The republican candidate for county
commissioner is the present member,
A. g. Harte. His experience on the
board fits him to serve again with full
efficiency for the public. Commissioner
Harte has devoted his undivided atten-
ton to the intelligent direction of the
county business and the protection of
the interests of the taxpayers The
voters of the Second, Fifth and Seventh
wards, which comprise the commits.
sioner district which he represents
will be consulting their own interests
by re-electing Mr.. Harte.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-10-18

Among the decorations in the room
for the Bryan banquet in New York
was portrait of Bryan entwined with
the American and Filipino flags. In
no other country in the world would
such thing be tolerated and no party
In this country except the democrats
would think Of giving a place of honor
to a flag raised in opposition TO that
Of the United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-10-18

MinneapOlis Journal

NITIUtUTOIIo JNUIUHI
Ex-President Harrison doesn't regard tho
full dinner pail argument as low esti-
mate OF the considerations which should
influence the workingman. He says: "A
full dinner bucket is not a sordd argu-
ment. 1t has n spiritual significance for
the spiritually minded. 1t means more
comfort for the wife and family, more
schooling and less work for the children
and a margin of saving for sickness"
Somehow or other Ben Harrison always
tal.,s sense.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-10-18

1t now appears that Howe, the in
ventor Of the sewing machine, did not
receive enough votes to entitle him to a
place in the Hall OF Fame If the
judges had been women, whose bur
dens he did more to tighten than any
one man in the worlds history, there
would be no question about his stand.
inc
Omaha daily bee., 1900-10-18

If anyone wanted to protest against
the certificate of nomination of the
fusion school board ticket the nom
inees could be ruled off because the
conventions from which they derived
their credentials did not contain the
requisite number of delegates pre-.
scribed by law. But no one will make
the protest, as they will be ruled off by
the voters at the ballot box.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-10-18

American firms are about to snap up
ways In the Transvaal which have
been destroyed by the war, and Eng.
lish manufacturers and contractors are
setting up howl. lr English manu-
facturers desire these rush jobs they
should wake up earlier in the game
and not get ont of bed when there is
nothing remaining to do except howl
Omaha daily bee., 1900-10-18

Every person who expects to vote for
President Mckinley and the republican
ticket In November should not only see
that his name Is properly recorded on
the registration books, but also that he
Is registered as republican, because,
under the Nebraska law, only regis
tered republican voters are entitled to
participate in republican primaries,
This point should not be overlooked.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-10-18

The popocratic organ is preparing it's
followers for the news of defeat which
is anticipated the morning after cleo
tion. 1t is beginning to cry fraud"
If the popocratic organ or its friends
knew Of any frauds they might stop
them, instead Of standing in the public
places and bowling.