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THE DAILY JOURNAL FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1808. Washington Office—lso3 Pennsylvania Avenue g- r Telephone I alls. Business Office 238 i E'litorial Rooms S6 TEILMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. DAILY BY MAIL. Dallf only, one month $ .TO Dally only, three months 2.00 Daily only, one year 8.00 Daily, including Sunday, one year 10.00 Sunday only, one year 2.00 WHEN FURNISHED BY AGENTS. Daily, per week, by carrier 15 cts Sunday, single copy 5 cts Daily and Sunday, per week, by carrier.... 20 cts WEEKLY. Per year fl.oo Reduvtii Rule* to dobs. Subscribe with any of our numerous agents or send subscriptions to the JOURNAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY, lndiiinupoliH, lnl. Persons sending the Journal through the mails In the United States should put on an eight-page paper a ONE-CENT postage stamp; on a twelve or sixteen-page paper a TWO-OENT postage stamp. Foreign postage is usually double these rates. Ail communications intended for publication in this paper must, in order to receive attention, be accompanied by the name and address of the writer. I, -i I, ... ..!■ i THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURN AL Can be found at the following places; KEW YORK—Astor House. CHICAGO—PaImer House, P. O. News Cos.. 217 l>earborn street. Great Northern Hotel and Grand Pacific Hotel. CINCINNATI—J. R. Hawley & Cos., 154 Vine street. LOUISVILLE—iC. T. Deertng. northwest corner of Third and Jefferson streets, and Louisville Book Cos., 256 Fourth avenue. ET. LOTTS—Union News Company. Union Depot. WASHINGTON. D. C.— Riggs House, Ebbitt House and Willard’s Hotel. As regards the victory on Tuesday the Sound-money Democrats were right in it. Colonel Bryan will be forced to go to Cuba to get out of “the enemy’s country.” The next Legislature should devise a better way of counting ballots and making returns of elections in this State. The gains bf representatives in the States ©f the Northwest which went for Bryan have saved the House to the Republicans. The really inc4nsolables concerning the election are the few disgruntled office seekers who jumped into the silver party to get revenge. When Mr. Turpie leaves the Senate, the Tact that Indiana has joined the progressive States of the North in Congress will be emphasized. Mr. Bailey, of Texas, will not be speaker of the next House, and there is no evidence that his eloquence elected any of the members. When the Taggart evening organ lectures what it calls the Republican ring its readers laugh. Perhaps the one-man rule of its master is ideal politics. The universal consensus of opinion among business men that Republican success means that business interests are safe is a fine tribute to the party.

While the county Republican candidates in Chicago had pluralities of from 22,000 to 20,000, the candidate on the state ticket, representing Governor Tanner, had only 1,273 plurality. The way to have fair elections is to punish the men who are guilty of dishonest practices, and the time to do that is immediately after an election, when the facts can be established. The sweeping Republican victory of Tuesday makes the party master of the presidential situation in 1900—provided, of course, that it uses its power wisely and beneficially for the country. One of the measures which the new Legislature of Illinois is pledged to give the force of law is a bill repealing the Allen streetrailway law, which has been an exciting Issue in conventions and in campaigns. If there is a clause in the election law under which the paying of men to refrain from voting can be punished, why should not a test case be made against the persons who did that dirty work in this city on Tuesday? Two of ths freaks of the present House will not appear in the next. Jerry Simpson has been submerged, and Lewis, of Washington, the wearer of brilliant apparel, has been defeated. But Bailey, of Texas, and a others remain. i representatives elected to Congress in the East by the Democrats are all opposed to 16 to I—a very significant fact. The one gain made by the Republicans in the East, the representative in Delaware, was by defeating a free-silver man. In Cook county, which embraces the city of Chicago, a committee of business men chosen for tho purpose selected from both tickets a business men’s ticket of assessors composed of four from the Republican and ©ns from the Democratic ticket. That ticket was elected. Indiana will have the credit of sending to the next Congress its most oddly-named member. That distinction will, doubtless, fall to Hon. Abraham Lincoln Brick, rep-resentative-elect from the Thirteenth district . When the next congressional directory is compiled his name will be a fair target for all the correspondents, but they will find Mr. Brick a bright man and true blue Republican. The last House in Illinois was largely Republican, but in the next the Republicans will have but four more members than the Democrats. This is because tho Republicans were held responsible for the passage of h bill authorizing city councils to extend the franchises of street railways fifty years. This should be a warning to Republican legislators w ho may be called upon to legislate respecting street-railway companies. The Noblesville Ledger says that Jacob Miesse, of that place, who is ninety years old, voted the Republican ticket for the first time in his life last Tuesday, having always before been a Democrat or Greenbacker. He was so well satisfied with President McKinley’s administration and with the evidences of general prosperity that he concluded to take anew start in politics and voted the straight Republican ticket. It in never too late to mend. If It is true, as stated, that 1.500 ballots were rejected in this county because of mutilation or distinguishing marks, there were probably fifteen thousand rejected in the State. The same ratio throughout the State would make considerably more than fifteen thousand, but most of the losses are due to attempted “scratching,” and there may not have been as much of that in all localities as there was in this city and county. The proportion of mutilated ballots in-

dicates a surprising amount of ignorance regarding the method of voting and of “scratching" under the Australian ballot law. The method is really simple enough, but every election show’s that many voters are ignorant regarding it, and their lack of knowledge causes the loss of their votes. The law has been in force now several years, but the number of persons who do not know how to vote seems to increase rather than diminish. Other things being equal, the party that adopts the best means of Instructing its members how to vote will have a decided advantage. A CAUSE FOREVER LOST. The elections of Tuesday must satisfy every person who is capable of drawing a conclusion that the cause of 16 to 1 is hopelessly lost. In an off year, when the natural drift is against the party in jiower, the Republican States have not only held their own but others have been added to the list. The gains which the Democrats have made In the House are mainly of the election of men in New York and other Eastern States w’ho will not vote for free-silver coinage. Two or three sllveritea have been elected to the House in Chicago, but this is said to be due. to the hostility of Republican voters to Governor Tanner. The most significant evidence of the death and burial of silverism is the result in the States of the Northwest which were carried for Mr. Bryan in 1896. All of them that are not large silver producers are practically lost to the heresy of 16 to 1. In 1896 the Bryan electors in Kansas had a plurality of 11,300; this year the Republican plurality is about 12.000. Nebraska, Mr. Bryan's own State, gave him over 13,000 plurality in 1896. This year, if the Republicans have not carried it, the Bryan plurality is inconsequential. South Dakota was carried for Mr. Bryan by about 200 plurality and the two representatives were elected in 1896 by 700 plurality. On Tuesday the Republican ticket, with both members of the House, was elected by a fair majority. South Dakota is a silver-producing State. In 1896 the State of Washington gave Bryan' 12,500 plurality In a total vote off 93,000. On Tuesday Washington was carried by the Republicans by a plurality of 10.000— an overturn. In 1896 President McKinley’s plurality in California was only 1.800 in a total vote of 290,000. This year the Republicans have carried the State by a plurality of several thousands. Even Wyoming appears to be lost to the cause of 16 to 1. Today. in the light of the results of last Tuesday’s elections, the only 16-to-l States in the North are Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada and Utah, silver-producing States with sixteen electoral votes. Counting Missouri as a Southern State, those States are all that a candidate on a 16-to-l platform like that adopted at Chicago in 1896 can expect in the North. Furthermore, if a President had been elected on Tuesday the candidate on the 16-to-l platform would have received twenty less electoral votes than did Mr. Bryan. These facts should not fail to convince Democrats of fair intelligence that the independent coinage of silver by the United States at the ratio of 16 to 1 is as dead an issue as is the once popular heresy of the issue of Irredeemable greenbacks for a stable national currency. It is dead beyond resurrection, and if the Democratic party goes before the people on that issue in 1900 it will not receive the solid vote of the South or that of the silver-producing States of the West. Such men as Senator Turpie will not see it, but the dead will not or cannot bury their dead. There must be some Democrats in the party councils in Indiana who will protest against being led to a third slaughter at the dictation of such men as ex-Governor Altgeld, ex-Governor Stone of Missouri. Senator Jones of Arkansas, Senator Teller and about-to-be ex-Sen-ator Allen of Nebraska, in the interest of a limited number of silver-mine owners. They have forced out of their party ten thousand business men to get a few Cheadles and disgruntled office seekers.

SOME POLITICAL PROPHECIES. Some political prophets come out of the recent election with badly shattered reputations. Political prophecy is a tempting pastime to chairmen of committees and others who are supposed to be on the inside of all kinds of information, but It is a dangerous one. The exploitation of anteelection wisdom appears to have great fascination for some persons, but the postelection frost which it often encounters gives it a very faded and shriveled appearance. The truth is the people who do the thinking and the voting do not care a iig for anybody’s prophecies, and when they take the bit in their mouths they are heedless whose reputations they smash. Some of tho predictions and claims made before the recent election appear very ridiculous in the light of events. In New York Air. Richard Croker, chief of Tammany, was popularly supposed to be the custodian of a vast amount of prophetic wisdom. He seems to have thought so himself, for on the night before the election he informed the public that “Van Wyck will be elected Governor of the State of New York by 50,000 plurality.” Observe the oracular and specific character of the prediction. Mr. Croker did not want to mislead the public in any respect, so he specified the very office to which Van Wyck would be elected. Ex-Senator Hill grew reminiscent and gave play to his imagination. “This is going to be another election like 1882.” he said, “when the Democrats carried not only New York and Brooklyn, but the rest of the State above the Harlem river. It is a landslide for Van Wyck.” The chairman of the Democratic state central committee said, with an air of judicial candor, “I am confident of Van Wyck's election by a plurality anywhere from 25,000 to 50,000.” The sliding phrase, “anywhere from 25,000 to 50,000,” made this look like a carefully weighed proposition. The chairman of the Democratic state executive committee said: “Van Wyck will be elected, and his plurality will approximate 70,000.” Observe, he did not say Van Wyck's plurality would be 70,000, but it would "approximate” that, falling only a few thousands below. Colonel Roosevelt’s 20,000 plurality shows how much these wise men really knew. One of the most amusing predictions that has come under our notice was that of the chairman of the state central committee of the Prohibition party in Pennsylvania. The day before the election he gave out an estimate electing Dr. Swallow, the Prohibition candidate for Governor, by a plurality of 69.925. “These figures,” he said, “are from careful reports by county chairmen, and have been compiled without ’doctoring.’ My own belief is that the total vote will run from 50,000 to 100.000 higher than shown in the table, and that 75 per cent, of this Increase will be for Swallow.” Estimating the aggregate vote of the State at 875,150, the chairman divided it as follows: Stone, Republican, 292,250; Jenks, Democrat, 234.225; Swallow, Prohibition. 849,675; and he gave g tabulated estimate of the vote of

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every county in the State to sustain this conclusion. The returns show that Stone was elected by a plurality of 125,000. The total vote, with four counties to hear from, gave Stone 455,?82: Jenks. 333.783; Swallow, 124,437. The Prohibition chairman will probably retire from the prophet business. The Democratic statesmen here at home contributed to the gayety of the post-election period by some prophecies of their own. On the day before the election the Sentinel said: The Democratic state committee is absolutely sure of the election of the entire state ticket and at least nine congressmen. The committee is also absolutely sure of carrying the Legislature and thus insuring the election of a United States senator. It was also stated that Mr. Martin, chairman of the Democratic state committee, “made the statement to his close friends last night that Indiana was certainly Democratic by a large majority.” The fact that this information was communicated only to the chairman’s “close friends” shows that he regarded it as very precious. He probably gave it to them so they could bet on it. Tne Sentinel quoted him as follows: We will elect our state ticket by an overwhelming majority And will elect eight congressmen sure, and I believe we will elect ten, with a possiblity of making it eleven. The Legislature on joint ballot will be safely Democratic, thereby assuring the election of a Democrat to the United States Senate, and I would not be at all surprised if we have a majority in both houses. To show that he knew whereof he was speaking the chairman named several populous counties which he said the Democrats would carry.. “We will carry Marion county by at least 2.309,” and he mentioned several other counties which they would carry beyond a doubt. The next day they all went Republican. He said Leon Bailey would carry both Marion and Johnson counties and be elected by not less than 1,000 majority, and he carried most of the other Republican districts quite as easily. Asa political prophet Mr. Martin is thoroughly wounded in every respect. In fact, Democrats ought not to prophesy at all in Republican years. THE REASON FOR ROOSEVELT. Theodore Roosevelt was elected Governor in New York because he is know n to be a clean and energetic man in public affairs. He was the man for the hour in New York. The enthusiasm which his record as a Rough Rider excited would not have pulled him through if the people had not believed that his election would be the guarantee of a better administration in Albany than either party has given the State in recent years. The Republicans were confronted by exposed frauds in the expenditure of a large appropriation for the improvement of the canals. Higher Republican officials were not directly responsible for the frauds, but men whom they appointed were. When the man under whom the frauds became possible. was spoken of for the appointment the New r York Tribune declared that he was unfit for the position because his reputation was not that which an upright man shouid have. But he had the backing and the Tribune had the denunciation. Under his general control the contractors on the canals had things very much their own way, and a large part of the appropriation was wasted. Governor Black had the scandals investigated and the result of the investigation published. Perhaps a few removals were made, but the evil was past cure. Governor Black is an able man, and on the whole has been a good executive, but if he had been renominated he would have been beaten by a large plurality. At the outset he selected a notorious lobbyist for an important office; the Republican press protested, but he insisted. It may be asked, if It was an Issue at the polls between Governor Black and Tammany’s man, why the voters would not support the former as much the lesser evil. Simply because a large body of men in New York and elsewhere will not accept a choice between better and w'orse at the polls. They are Republicans on all general issues; they know that Republican conventions can present the best, and when they fail to do so these men do not vote. For that class of voters in New York and elsewhere it is not enough to know that Tammany is the worst and the Republican ticket is better; they demand the best. Theodore Roosevelt stood for honest and fearless administration in the State of New York. That fact gave him tens of thousands of votes. It is a lesson worth heeding. The fact that Republican rule in Indiana has been based upon business principles was a silent but potent factor in the election in this State.

A CAMPAIGN TO BE IMITATED. In some respects the recent campaign in this State was an improvement over any previous one. It was the shortest one ort record, and this is a merit. Asa general rule political campaigns in Indiana have been too long. Long campaigns become tiresome to candidates, speakers, committeemen, editors and the public generally, and they do not arouse or enlighten the people any more than shorter ones. Tho Republican state convention this year was held Aug. 4. This was considerably later than usual, and owing to the war and the concentration of public attention on other matters the campaign did not open till some time afterwards. Senator Fairbanks made his opening speech of the campaign at Princeton on Sept. 17, and the campaign was not really open till after that. This was the shortest campaign ever had in the State, but the time has been ample for all needful work. The campaign is also worthy of future Imitation in its freedom from excitement. The people did not go wild as they have sometimes done. There was less drum-beating, marching and of the hurrah element generally than in any previous campaign, and yet the result shows that the people were fairly well aroused and quite as much stirred up as is usual in an off year. In fact, the aggregate vote and the results show more than the average interest of nonpresidential years. The campaign was so short and free from excitement that business was not interfered with, and yet all the good results of a long and noisy campaign were accomplished without its drawbacks. We believe, also, that the campaign was freer from personalities and was conducted on a higher and fairer plane than most campaigns in Indiana have been, and that the election was in the main a clean and fair one. To the last remark there are some local exceptions, as in the city, where some contemptible tricks were resorted to and money was naid to colored voters to stay away from the polls, but this does not affeet the truth of the general statement. In all the respects named the recent campaign is worthy of future imitation. The assurance of a Republican majority in the next House of Representatives makes Tuesday's victory complete.’ Even without that It would have been a great victory. With a Republican Senate after next March 4, and a Republican President the present tariff law would have been safe and there would have been no danger from free silver, especially as most of the Democratic members of Congress elected on Tuesday are

sound-money men. But. with a Republican majority in the House these considerations cut no figure. The Republicans will have both branches of Congress and the President, and can legislate with a free hand. Their majority in the House will not be less than ten and may reach fifteen or twenty. A compact majority of this size is better than a very large one, which is always a temptation to recklessness. With a clear majority in both branches of Congress and with a Republican President the Republican party will be in a better position to legislate than it has been for many years. One of the things which taxpayers, regardless of party, should take in hand at once is the matter of the enactmentof apark act which will take the whole matter out of the hands of the mayor and Board of Public Works. This should not be done because Mr. Taggart is mayor, but because the public welfare and the economical and intelligent prosecution of the work can only be secured through a commission of citizens of both parties. Twice as much has been paid for a bad location for the parks as should have been. It will be a greater extravagance and a source of constant corruption to have the expenditure for the construction of parks in the hands of city officials. Some of the editorial brethren who did not get all they wanted out of the election rose to the occasion beautifully. Gen. Jasper Packard, Republican and editor of the New Albany Tribune, was defeated for state senator, yet the day after the election his paper contained a column editorial on “Housekeeping,” which was entirely free from political asperity. In Terre Haute the Democrats were beaten after a hard fight in which the Gazette had led, yet the next day the patter contained an excellent leader on “Literature and Wood Pulp.” Such examples as these are worthy of emulation by all who aspire to a condition of moral superiority and philosophical serenity. The many soldier friends of Colonel John G. Clark, of Frankfort, will congratulate him on his inability to defeat his son, Braden Clark, the Republican candidate for representative in Clinton county. He was elected.

BUBBLES IN THE AIR. Pot Valiant. Mrs. Lush forth—Aren' t you asha med to come home in this condition? Mr. Lush forth—’Shamed? Me? Wom’n, I ain’t even afraid! A Right to Boast. “Carker made the boast that he never was sersick in his life. I wonder if he was lying?” “No. He has never been outside the State.” Carried Too Far. “Timmins, you don’t seem to be making as much love to the landlady as you did.” “Had to ease up a little. She thought she had me so sure that she could put off the scraps and meat ends on me, as if 1 were already married to her.” Worthy of \\ orship. “Faw r gwacious sake, deah boy, who was that common fel law you let shake youah hand?” “Deah boy, he may have a common look, but he has a gweat soul. He is the fdllaw who designs the new collaws.” JUBILANT INDIANA EDITORS. Indiana has done herself proud. She has repeated the verdict of 1896 against free silver with a voice almost as emphatic as to plurality and more so m its effect.—Lafayette Courier. It was a glorious victory. Not so much a partisan victory as a national victory. A vote of confidence in'the government at Washington and a vote of allegiance to the cardinal principles of honesty.—Richmond Item. Under the able leadership of Chairman Moss a perfect organization was effected and maintained and the party is united and harmonious. Cass county is swinging around into the Republican column, and it will not be ;ong until it a there to stay.—Loganspert Journal. Putnam county did not go Repub ican, but then Putnam politics was not all that was involved in Tuesday’s struggle. There were others. The victory in Indiana indicates on the returns that the Legislature is again Republican, and that means the retirement of Turpie, in itself an achievement that is sufficient glory for one day.—Greencastle Banner. Under the circumstances the victories are magnificent. They give Jo the followers of fiatism a small idea of what may be expected again in a great national election. They show that the public mind has not changed its belief regarding the free coinage of silver. These victories give assurance that a stable currency is to prevail and that American ideas are to pervade the future policies cf the Nation.—Muncie Times. It is safe to predict that no congressional district in Indiana made for itself a prouder record Tuesday than did the Eleventh. Reports now in indicate that Major Steele will have a plurality over Michaels of about 4,5 iO. This-is a victory of the most substantial sort. It appears that the recent efforts resorted to by the Democrats in the hope of reducing Mr. Steele’s majority only succeeded in making him more votes. —Kokomo Tribune. It is glory enough for one day. The Republicans have sw r ept everything before them in the. State; have carried the Legislature and have made a clean sweep in Bartholomew county. The 16-to-l fanaticism is dead and Bryan is laid on the shelf for 1900. The victory was due first to tne righteous principles of the Republican party, secondly to tne complete and thorough organizations of the State and counties, thirdly to the aid of Democrats who believe In sound money and who are not willing to sell their birthright for a mess of pottage, and, fourthly, to a higher patriotism than mere partisanship.—Columbus Republican. The people have paid their debt of gratitude to die Republican party. They have put their veto on Democratic obstructiveness and copperheadism. They have determined to hold up the hand of the President in securing from Spain all of the fruits of victory, and have indorsed the policy that places the country in the front rank of the nations of the world. They have determined to keep in power a party under whose direction the country has so quickly recovered from the depression of a Democratic administration, a party that has lighted the furnace fires and started the machinery of countless factories.—Lafayette Call. The victory was most signal and glorious. It proved that the people of the country believe in the patriotic and busittesslike administration of President McKinley. It proved that the people were willing to uphold the hands of the President in the settlement of the important question growing cut of the w’ar. It proved that the people believe that under Republican rule times were bitter than under Democratic lule. It proved that the free coinage of silver no longer has any hold upon the minds of the people. All these evidences of approval of Republican legsitation and administration are healthful and tvholesome for the country.—Noblesville Ledger. The Republicans have carried Vanderburg county and the entire ticket is elected by varying majorities. This is the best news that can come to the people of this great and growing city. It indicates that the people of this part of the State are in favor of sound money, and that not alone the business men but the laboring men are in the great procession that is leading on to prosperity. The re-election of Hon. James 11. Hemenway is cause for the greatest congratulation. He hus made the best congr< ssman the district has ever had. and it is rot only just to him. but also to the district that he should be returned to the scene of his labors.—Evansville Journal. There is no disgusing the fact that William McKinley is to-day the Idol of the Republican party, and that he enjoys the respect of the great body of those politically opposed to him. Under this condition of things it was not a difficult task to arouse Republicans to action and to convince them

that it was their duty to vote and work for a popular indorsement of the President. In addition to this, the improved condition of the business situation of the country and the full employment of labor proved quite helpful to the party in power, many laboring men acting upon tne theory that a change in the management of governmertal affairs might possibly result in a business disturbance, and op rate injuriously upon their Interests.—South Bend Times (Dem.) CANAL ACROSS RUSSIA. Great Project for I nittng the Baltic and Black Seas. St. Petersburg Correspondence Washington Post. Russia’s disarmament proposition and the war talk which keeps all Europe busy just now are responsible for the fact that an immense Russian undertaking has been kept from the outside world, though it is so enormous in its possible results that it may mean a revolution in industrial conditions in Europe, and. indeed, in the whole w’orld, and a complete change in the naval programme of the powers. The project is nothing less than a ship canal across the empire which snail connect the Baltic sea with the Black sea, so that the largest battle ships can pass through it at reasonable speed. Great as the .plan Is, it is so simple in its engineering aspects and also from a financial view point that the only wonder is that the work has not been done long ago. Though the waterway will be ten times as long as the Suez canal, the territorial conditions are so favorable and the existing waterways are so large, and deep, and convenient in their natural direction that only about a hundred and fifty miles of the one thousand miles will be need to be dug, and comparatively little dredging will be required to complete the availability of the natural waterways. The least width of this great ship canal is to be little more than 213 feet at water level and 114 feet at the bottom. The depth will Itc 29% feet, uniformly. The Baltic sea terminus of the ship canal is to be the port of Riga. Riga is on the mouth of the Dvina river, which is navigable for many miles from its mouth. The channel of the Dvina will be used for the canal as far as Dunaburg, where an artificial canal will branch off across the Lepel watershed and into the Beresina river, a confluent of the Dneiper, the third largest river in Europe. Here there is little work, except dredging, necessary, and the canal builders will utilize the course of the Beresina to the Dneiper river, meeting the latter stream somewhere near Lvief. Then the Dneiper channel will be followed to its mouth on the Black sea, where the port of Kheerson now' is. The topographical conditions are so favorable that the canal needs only two locks, one at each terminus, and the soil of almost the whole territory through which the canal will pass Is of the best possible character, being clay of exceptional consistency and of such good , quality that the bricks and much other necessary material can be manufactured as the work proceeds from the earth which is dug up. Five years is the time which it is calculated will he necessary to complete the work and open the canal for shipping. The cost is estimated at only 200,000,000 rubles, or $154,(X)0,000, or about one-half that at the recent valuation in American gold of the fluctuating ruble. Besides the two terminal ports fifteen inland ports are to be created from cities that are almost totally isolated at present. The canal will practically give them the. importance of coast cities, for in each it is planned to construct harbor facilities in which the largest ocean-going vessels can lie at anchor and take and discharge cargo without interfering with the commerce of the canal. The engineers who have been planning this great Russian waterway estimate that the largest ship can steam through it at the rate of six knots an hour, and thus go from the Black sea to the Baltic in a little less than seven days. The branches of the Dnieper, most of which are deep and wide, can be opened as feeding canals, and thus an immense inland territory of Russia will be opened to the outer w r orld. Perhaps the most direct interest for Americans is in the fact that this ship canal will open a cheap and quick route of transportation to wheat growers and petroleum producers of Russia. They can reach the Baltic and the Mediterranean with equal facility and economy and thus supply Asia and Europe and Africa more quickly and economically than the Americans. The canal passes through the best petroleum territory. The Russian navy will gain immeasurably in effectiveness from the new canal. Its fleets are separated hopelessly now. The Black sea fleet is shut in by the Dardanelles, and could not make connection with the Mediterranean fleet except by breaking through. Even if the two did manage to combine in that way they would be penned In a sea, both ends of which are held by Great Britain, Gibraltar commanding one and the Suez canal the other. With the canal the entire question in time of war would resolve itself into a question of commanding the Dardanelles, with an immense advantage on the side of the Russians, owing to the facility with which they could send ships, ammunition and men to the scene. Should the Black sea fleet, on the other hand, be menaced by a victorious enemy, the canal would save it. For where the ships now would be locked up helplessly, with the canal they could steam into the Baltic in a week and refight or carry on offensive operations on hostile northern coasts long before the fleet which menaced them in the south could steam through the Mediterranean and meet them in the North sea. In addition to this the Russians almost have completed their work on their new ice free harbor in the Baltic, which will ofl’er a safe inner jM>rt for their northern navy. It is within striking distance of the most eastern German coast fortification, and with Riga well fortified the Baltic coast of Russia will be impregnable and a steady menace to all the other powers.

A PHYSICAL. EXEPBHIENCK. Curious Story of a Mglit ut an Indiana |inlin Hotel. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, in the Journalist. While under the direction of the Eyceum Bureau, during the decade from 1870-ISM), I traveled eight months in the year, from October to June, mostly in the Western States, speaking nearly every night. It was my custom, in the large cities, always to stay at the same hotel, that the landlord and clerks might know me. and 1 might be received at any hour of the night. If possible I always secured a room on the second iioor with a balcony, for safety, in case of fire. One night I arrived rather late at Indianapolis, having previously telegraphed. The hotel was crowded, as there was some unusual public gathering, just what. I do not remember. On meeting me in the parlors my kind but distracted host said: "Mrs. Stanton I have not a room in the house for you. I am sorry, but you will be obliged to go to some other hotel.” “That.” 1 replied, "I cannot doj you must give me a bed in the parlor if you have no other place.” "Well,” said the host laughing, “I'll see what I can do.” So while I was taking supper he surveyed the ground and at last returned to tell me he had a small room on the third floor, hut with no balcony. If I would accept that, he w r ould have it prepared for me. “Well.” I replied, “since I can do no better I must accept that.” In due time he announced that all was readv. I found a pleasant little room, lighted with gas, a bright Are in the grate, everything looking fresh, clean and attractive. Being very tired I lost no time in going to bed. As usual I left the gas burning, and looked under the bed and in the closet to see that neither men nor cats were anywhere concealed. I was soon sound asleep, when suddenly I found myself in the strong grasp of a powerful man. At the same instant a cry of despair rent the air, an agonized voice shrieked. “Oh. save me, mother! save me!” Terribly frightened, I sprang from the bed in horror. But ail was still. T searched the room in vain. No one was there, the gas was still burning, the door locked, everything as T left it on going to sleep. So I concluded the terrible experience I had just had must have been a nightmare, and as I was thoroughly tired by my long journey of the previous day. my excitement was soon overcome and T fell asleep again. Only a few moments had elapsed, however, when I again felt the clutch of those desperate arms and my ears were filled with the sound of that piercing shriek: “Oh, save me, mother, save me!” Again I shook off the horror, and, fully awake, convinced myself that I was alone, and that no one had entered my room. Gradually I grew calm, and thpn, from sheer exhaustion, slept once more. My rest was as brief as before, for In an instant, it seemed, the grip was around me and the voice tore at my very heartstrings: “Oh. save me. mother! save me!” Tt in useless to rehearse the continued torture of that night. Suffice It to say that with the dawn only, it ceased. When the maid came to make the fire, she said: “How did you sleep, madam?” I replied, “I have had a night of 'ntense suffering.” “Oh.” cried she. bursting into tears, "T told them not to put you in this room. A man died here yesterday with delirium tremens. His cries could be heard over the whole house. For days his constant appeal was: “Oh. save me, mother! save me!” This startling corroboration of my recent impressions quite unnerved me. I begged the maid to remain until T could leave the room whose walls had witnessed and were still repeating the despairing appeal of that distracted soul. I never think of that night in Indianapolis without a shudder. Must Be a Relief. Philadelphia Nort l American. It is a great triumph, and must he a source of deep satisfaction and profound relief for our much-tried, much-enduring President. His policies and the policies of the party which he represents have been approved. He can now proceed, encouraged and unhindered, with their execution.

EUROPE IS STIRRED * MUCH COMMENT ON LORD SALISBURY’S GUILD HALL SPEECH. * German nnil Ft neb Newspaper* Displeased with flint Portion Relating to the United States. REGARDED AS GRAVE MENACE TO THE FUTURE PEACE OF THE POWERS ON THE CONTINENT. How the Speech AVn* Received by the London Press— Paris Comment on Peace Negotiations. ■ ■ • LONDON.- Nov. 11.—Lord Salisbury’s speech at the lord mayor’s banquet at the Guild Hall—especially his reference to America—is making a stir throughout Europe. The Paris evening papers yesterday (Thursday), having longer time for reflection, had a much less satisfied tone than the utterances of the morning press in the French capital, while the whole continent reflects the feeling that the speech conveys a grave menace for the future. La Llberte, of Paris, says. “It is a question of an Anglo-American agreement respecting the Philippines, directed against Germany.” The Journal des Dcbats regards the speech as “an invitation to America to make an alliance against Europe,” but doubts w’hether Americans will willingly “play the role of trainbearers to English politics.” The London morning papers revert to the subject, and again take occasion to wish well to Americas colonial mission. The Times says editorially: “No doubt the idea of L.x Liberte is grotesque, yet it shows a truer appreciation of the spirit, of Lord Salisbury’s remarks than the singular interpretation put upon them by one correspondent, Henry Norman, who finds in them the preposterous implication of the English attitude during the war was due to the notion that our interests would be furthered by the United States being plunged into war Lord Salisbury clearly did not refer to it at all. He paid the United States the compliment of holding that their entry into world polities is an event of great importance. His further remarks obviously meant that America and England would stand together in a friendship based upon community of aims, sentiments and interests.” The Daily Mail, which deprecates Emperor William’s visit to Spain as "most illadvised and inopportune,” says: “The first article of our national policy is a close friendship with the United States, and it would be better for Germany to act in, harmony with Great Britain than to try to irritate America.” The Standard, in its editorial, absolves Lord Salisbury of any intention to sound a note of warning in alluding to America's entry into world politics and welcomes the co-operation of the United States with England in “preventing the vast domains of China, should they become derelict, from becoming the preserve of any single European state.” The Daily News says: “Lord Salisbury’s remarks w'ere unusually obscure. Perhaps he was alluding to Germany’s ir itaiion. In any case Germany cannot contemplate the supreme folly of fighting to exclude America from the Philippine islands. If she wants to display colonial energy in that direction, Germany is too late. America has been deeply and justly incensed at Germany’s favor towards Spain, and she certainly w ill not ask the Kaiser’s leave before appropriating the fruits of victory.” The St. James Gazette said last evening: “American imperialism promptly landed the United States in a war with Spain, and it may easily land her in other complications in the far East. But, even if her policy is not pacific, it is for the benefit of humanity at large.” The St. James Gazette points out that it would be in the interest of Great Britain under all circumstances to have the United States possess the Philippine islands, saying: “Supposing them (the United States) as is now out of the question, to be unfriendly to us, they would have responsibilities over the sea, or, on the other nand, being our best friend, we should have their co-operation in resisting a closing of the markets and an unfair division of decaying countries.” Lord George Hamilton, secretary of state for India, speaking in London, last evening. said he agreed with Lord Salisbury that it was quite impossible to overestimate the importance of America’s entrance upon a colonizing policy. “England and America,” he declared, “whose ideas and interests are identical, should stand side by side in the promotion of civilization and good government in th£ dark places of the earth.”

General .Merritt’s Views. LONDON, Nov. 10.—Maj. Gen. Wesley Merritt, the commander of the American military forces in the Philippine islands, who is now in this city, in an interview on the result of the elections in the United States is quoted as saying: "I am very glad the President’s policy seems to have been indorsed. Although I am somewhat of a Democrat, I think it highly desirable that there should be a Congress that will satisfy and carry into effect the result of the war and the peace treaty.” Referring to the Marquis of Salisbury's Guild Hall speech. General Merritt said: “Most Americans, I believe, agree and our English cousins insist, that we should keep the Philippine islands. I don’t know whether the government is cooling towards us, but all the officials I have met here, some of them being in very high places, seemed enthusiastic over the friendship between the two countries. One thing Is certain about the Philippine islands—we must either take them all or drop them altogether." The Berlin Press. BERLIN, Nov. 10.—The National Zeltung says to-day: “Germans regard the American reference in Lord Salisbury’s Guild Hall speech as the most significant portion of his remarks. They believe it was the hope of American support that gave him the courage to speak with resolution.” ' The Vossiche Zeitung and the Berlin Post also refer to Lord Salisbury's American allusions and reach the conclusion that his speech "gives little hope of prolonged peace.” \ UNJUST CRITICISMS. More Evidence of tlie Unfairness of Pnris Newspaper Editors. PARIS, Nov. 10.—Tlie newspapers of this city, after yesterday’s meeting of the peace commissions, seemed to have gathered from some source or other the impression that the Spanish commissioners have cause of complaint against the Americans because the latter presented their replies to the Spanish proposals in Elnglish and without a Spanish translation of the document. There is no basis for complaint on the subject. The president of the Spanish commission, Senor Montero R!os, and Judge Day, the president of the American commission, agreed that, owing to the length of the document all concerned might be spared the reading of matter which Is usually translated in writing into Spanish for the benefit of Senor Montero Rios and the two members of the Spanish commission who do not understand English. Each side, up to the present, has made its own written translations, but the Americans alone have supplied an interpreter instead of furnishing an interpreter for their side, as they might have been expected to do. The American Interpreter is Arthur Ferguson, and the Spaniards have marveled at the facility with

which he did his work. They have never once checked him or corrected him in the slightest degree. In view of the facts in the case, some of the references of the Pari* newspapers this morning are interesting. Regarding yesterday’s meeting the Figaro says: “The American commissioners contented themselves with producing a long memorandum written in English. After having deposited this upon the table they left the task of translating it to the Spanish commissioners, apologizing courteously for Its length and the difficulties of translation. They then retired. The situation then, at present, is as follows: The Americans persist in refusing to take over the Cuban debt and exact the cession of the Philippines. The Spaniards, on their side, refuse to cede the archipelago.” The Petit Bleu says: “AH diplomatic forms were outraged by the Americans at yesterday’s sitting. It is customary in such cases to read the memorandum presented to the other side. The Americans, however, contented themselves with throwing It. written in Fhiglish, upon the table.” Continuing, the Petit Bleu savs: “A member of the Spanish commission has remarked that his colleagues can never admit the claims of America in regard to the Philippines. The protocol says the treaty of peace shall determine the disposition and control of the Philippines, and the Americans now claim that ‘disposition’ means that the colony shall be surrendered to America. Tills Spain can never admit.” The Petit Bleu expresses its belief in an early rupture of the negotiations. The Rappell says: “A Spanish commissioner has declared that the Spaniards will yield only to force in the question of th® Philippine islands.” Continuing, the Rappell asserts that it anticipates the rupture of the negotiations at an early date, adding: "The country which started out a* the liberator of Cuba now threatens war, although her demands as to CuDa have been acceded to, bicause she cannot annex territory which played no part in the bringing on of the war. We preferred the liberator of Cuba to the oppressor of Spain.” The Gaulois presents a long argument In favor of Spanish retention of the Philippine islands, saying, among other things, that the Spaniards refuse absolutely to admit even in principle the cession of authority in the Philippine islands, adding that the outcome is likely to be a rupture of the negotiations, followed by the occupation of the Philippine islands by the American troops. Asa hnal eventuality, the Gaulois intimate* that there might be a possibility of European intervention, although the paper doubts if there will be such action in view of th® differences which divide France, Great Britain and Russia. Germany alone, according to the Gaulois, seems disposed to offer aid to Spain, saying: “the expected arrival of Emperor William at Cadiz and his probahl® visit to the Queen Regent are sufficiently significant indications of his friendly disposition to Spain.” The Matin announces that the Spaniards, on Saturday next, will present a “fresh refutation of th© points of law and fact advanced bv the Americans.” Continuing, the Matin savs: “It is thought the negotiations will last for some time yet, and it is altogether untrue that a rupture is imminent.’ It is reported in diplomatic circles that Jules Cambon. F'rench ambassador to the United States, will shortly bo transferred from Washington. LONDON. Nov. 11.—The Daily News, which yesterday, on the basis of advices from Its New York correspondent, described the popular vote in the United States a* against the President, admits to-day that Mr. McKinley has received “an emphatic vote of confidence,” and says that the American commissioners in Paris will doubtless receive “orders to accept no compromise. Madrid Editors Crowing Bold. MADRID, Nov. 10.—The Madrid newspapers are regaling their readers with virulent attacks upon everything American. They assert that “owing to the brutality of tha American soldiery, brigandage is rife in the interior of Porto Rico and many residents are qi itting their homes.” They compare the “present disorder” with the “tranqullhtv under Spanish rule.” With regard to the Philippines, they reiterate that “America’s demands will not be tolerated.”

LIKE A STORY' THAT IS TOLD. Sentimental Reflections on the Recent Election. Detroit PTee Press. It’s all over one© more. Like the dew on the mountain, like the foam on the river, like the bubble on the fountain, the campaign is gone and forever. Gone the nocturnal platfoim appearances and appeals of the nominee; gone the campaign canards and roorbacks; gone the ringing proclamations and the confident predictions; gone the acerbities, competitions, conspiracies, strategies, revenges, the pointing with pride, the holding up to scorn and the nailing of another Me. The music of the band dies away in soft cadences. The rally night shouts die on tne llr>s. The chairman of the meeting and the vice presidents for the evening have gone their separate ways. The transparency wastes its marking-pot art on the barrenness of some back room. The campaign card and the leaflet no longer flutter in the chill November air. The sound of the stamping of feet and the clapping of hands has ceased and man goeth to his short home several hours earlier of nights now that th© saving of the country no longer engages his time and lung capacity. So fleet the ’campaign activities of men, back to the office, store and bench again, the boastful claim and the inky badge fade like a nightmare. Heigho, straight ticket* and sure things! It is not healthful to electioneer always—the stress and strain upon the nerve centers and the wallet-strings are more than mortal man can endure as a continuous performance and look pleasant. Then let us consider it thrtee-fortunate that the headquarters are closed ana the feverish days of the fall campaign have fallen back among the unreturning yesterdays of life. For the elect and the laid low there is still lots of fun ahead and stern duties that beckon us all away from the ecstacles of temi>orary triumphs and the bewaillngs of present defeats. The election is over, the results registered. Then let us be up and doing with a heart *nr any tate that the unfathomed to-morrows may disclose. Thirteen Pope Leo®. London Sketch. Thirteen In number have been the Leo* that have filled the chair of Peter, and of these several have been jiopes of eminence. The first of the name early obtained the appellation of "Great,” leaving less honored titles for those who might succeed. Ills pontificate in the middle of the fifth century lasted only twenty years. Leo 11, in his twenty years of rule, had ihe honor of crowning the greatest of the mediaeval Caesars, Charlemagne: Leo IV was an exemplary pontiff, if nothing more; the fifth, sixth and seventh were but transient figures early in the lenth century, and th® eighth was one of the anti-popes. I>*o IX, one of the house of Hapsburg, toward the middle of the eleventh century. Illuminated the world with his learning, and was canonized. Four hundred and sixty years elapse before we come to another Leo, the tenth of the name, Giovanni d© Medici, Illustrious for his fostering of the renaissance ami celebrated, In a different manner, l’or his inability to check the Lutheran heresies. Had he been less a patron of letters and a courtier and more of an anchorite Ihe reformation might have been stayed, if not actually effected within the limits of the church Itself. Another Medici, though not of the then reigning house of Tuscany, occupied the holy seat for a few weeks In IGOS as XI. Again a gap—of more than 1w s o hundred years—before we arrive at Leo XII, elected during the thirty years’ peace, when Europe was slumbering between the Napoleonic wars and the days of ’4B. Last of all comes the benign and venerable Leo XIII, who is passing hfs closing years as occupant of the Vatican ami as mediator between the sons of men. It is curious Indeed that nine out of the thirteen lived before the Normans conquered “this little isla set in the silver sea.” The Defeat of "Old Man” Walker. Special to Chicago Record. Out of the gloom there is one ray of Joy and light. “Old Man” Walker, as he is commonly termed, of Massachusetts, has been beaten. Two years ago he counted to his credit a majority of 11,(XX), which he has at last managed to overcome. While Mr. Walker Is a very genial gentleman socially, there will be r.o tears shed in the House of Representatives on his political grave. His Intense activity Is based upon the delusion that nobody else knows anything about finance and the currency, and he is willing to assume all the responsibility of legislation on those subjects himself. The result has been that he has prevented reforms in the currency laws and the amendment of the banking act. for whenever the subject comes up he always insists upon the consideration of a bill which he has prepared and which nobody else can understand. Mr. Walker's pugnacious disposition, his unbounded zeal and unflinching determination have therefore made it difficult for the committee on banking and currency to transact business. There is a great surprise at the overthrow of Mr. Walker, because his district is so overwhelmingly Republkun. A man must lie very unpopular to turn 11.000 votes against him in two years. I’orto Ricans Gratified. SAN JtiAN DE PUERTO RICO. Nov. 10. United States Special Commissioner Carroll sailed to-day for New York by steamer Caracas. He goes to prepare and present to President McKinley his preliminary report as to Porto Rican conditions and needs. The Porto Ricans, he asserts, are all gratified at the change of sovereignty and look forward with Intense eagerness to the establishment of American Institutions in Porto Rico.