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i\ *4 If V' A- i'i 1'' I I I IIS Results of the National and State Elections Held in the United States on Tuesday. ITKINLEY AND ROOSEVELT ARE CHOSEN. Secure a Majority in the E to a Col lege—Illinois, Massachusett and Ne S Majori ties—Reanlts In Other States—Both a Clai Nebraska Washington, Nov. 8.—William McKinley has been reelected president of the United States by an electoral vote greater than that received by him in 1896, and the in dications now are that he will have 284 ballots cast for him in the electoral col lege. The house of representatives will be safely republican. There are several dis tricts where the vote is close, but there Is no doubt that there will be a splendid working majority to support the admin istration. An analysis of the returns shows that the efforts of the anti-imperialists In the New England states was not without effect, and Massachusetts. Connecticut and even Vermont give a reduced vote for the republicans compared with four years ago. Chana-e* In the West In the west, however, there have been some surprising changes since Mr Bryan was last a candidate In Colorado, the great silver state, the democrats have lost over 100,000 votes and losses are re ported from the entire mountain district. In some southern states the same condi tion prevails to a certain extent, notably Virginia. Missouri comes to the tront with an old-time democratic majority. St. Louisans there are jubilant because the world's fair project has carried. This amendment permits St. Louis to bond the city for $500,000 and provides for a $1,000,000 state exhibit. Kentucky has gone democratic and Ne braska is in doubt. In several states, notably Illinois and Michigan, the gubernatorial candidates PRESIDENT M'KINLEY. have run far behind the head of the re publican ticket Th Electora Vote. Electoral votes and estimated plural ities: FOR M'KINLEY Electoral Probable States. vote, plurality California 9 10.000 Connecticut 6 28,415 Delaware 3 1,200 Idah» 3 300 Illinois 24 90,000 Indiana 15 32.000 Iowa 13 80,000 Kansas 10 25.000 Maine 6 28,000 Maryland 8 15,000 Massachusetts 15 80,000 Michigan 14 82.000 Minnesota 9 75.000 New Hampshire 4 20,000 New Jersey 10 50,000 New York 36 150.000 North Dakota 3 10.000 Ohio 23 80.000 Oregon 4 8.000 Pennsylvania 32 300.000 Rhode Island 4 20,000 South Dakota 4 12,000 Utah 3 5,000 Vermont 4 25.000 Washington 4 3.000 West Virginia (. 17.000 Wisconsin 12 100,000 Wyoming 3 2,000 Totals ~287 1,100,915 FOR BRYAN. Electoral Probable States vote, plurality. Alabama 11 75,000 Arkansas S 55,000 Colorado 4 35,000 Florida 4 21,000 Georgia 13 40.000 Louisiana 8 30.000 Mississippi 9 35,000 Missouri 17 30.000 Montana 3 10.000 Nebraska 8 5,000 Nevada 3 750 North Carolina 11 10,000 South Carolina 9 35,000 Tennessee 12 10,000 Texas 15 175.000 Virginia 12 30000 Kentucky 13 11.000 Totals 160 606,750 Th Next Conjrress. Washington, Nov. 8.—The next senate, assuming that the state legislatures will fulfill their duty and choose senators to represent their states, will stand, on he basis of Tuesday's election, 49 republicans, 27 democrats and nine independents, with the legislatures in doubt in three states with the privilege of electing five senators at this time. The legislatures In doubt are Delaware and Nebraska, in each of which states two senators are to be chosen, and Idaho, with one senatorial chair to be filled. Among those classed in the Independent column are Senators Stewart, of Nevada, and Kyle, of South Dakota, who. in the last congress, acted with the republicans on all party matters Turner, of Washing ton, and Harris, of Kansas, who acted with the democrats, and Wellington, of Mary land. Washington, Nov. 8. Representative Loudenslager, who Is In charge of the eastern headquarters of the republican congressional committee, said that his returns and the press dispatches indi cated that the republicans would have 203 members in the next house of repre sentatives, against 154 for the opposi tion. At the headquarters of the demo cratic congressional committee, Mr. Kerr, the secretary, denied the claims made by the republicans to a majority of from 40 to 50 in the next house. He says that the Information he has received makes it cer tain that the democrats will have at least 166 members, with the prospect of one or two more seats which are still In doubt, leaving the republicans the majority on the face of present advices of only 25. Chairman Richardson refused to give out any statement on the general result, merely saying that he did not wish to talk at this time. N York fc New York, Nov. 8.—The official returns, as received, are not materially changing the results, and McKlnley's plurality at midnight remains approximately 145,000 in the state. John B. Stanchfleld, the demo cratlc nominee for governor, ran ahead of his party's presidential electors, but Odeltfs plurality still remains about 100,000. It seems probable that the congressional dele gation from New York state will remain as Indicated In the earlier reports. This makes the congressional delegation stand 21 republican and 12 democratic, a re publican' gain of Ave. Both houses of the state legislature are republican by a large plurality, but a number of the districts are close, and it may require the official count to decide in several cases. *y Nebraska Omaha, Nov. 8.—Election returns in .Ne braska are so close as to be watched keenly. Chairman Lindsey, of the re publicans, claimed Wednesday night that McKinley carried the state by 7,000, or 1 more, the republican state ticket winning by 5,000 to 7,000 and that the republicans have a,majority of in the legislature. They claim the reelection of M.ercerand |lurket for congress and the election of ,|roiH»» Morland and possibly ot Hays. Against this the democrats claim that Bryan carried the state, though by a narrow margin of perhaps not over a thousand that a fusion has a safe working majority in the legislature that fusion state officers are elected by 3,000 to 5,000, and conceding reelection of Mer cer and Burket that fusion has pulled through Robinson, Stark, Shallenberger and Neville. The latter is the only con gressman conceded by the republicans. The World-Herald (dem.) says: The leg islature of Nebraska is fusion by 72 votes out of 123 on joint ballot In the senate there will be 14 republicans and 19 fusion ists. In the house there will be 47 repub licans and 53 fusionists. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 8.—With the ex ception of a short drive in the early even ing, W. J. Bryan remained in his study during the day, rising late in the morn ing and retiring early at night. He said he had no statement of any kind to make at present. Mr. Bryan received hundreds of telegrams during the day and evening from personal and political friends, but their nature was not disclosed. It is Mr. Bryan's intention to remain in Lin coln at least until he is thoroughly rest ed. To newspaper correspondents he asked to be excused from outlining his future action. Louisville, Ky., Nov. 8.—At 1:30 a. m., with returns from all but 62 out of 1,884 pre cincts In Kentucky, the Courier-Journal puts Bryan's majority at 7.784 and Beck ham's 4,068. The missing precincts are about evenly divided between democrats and republicans. Gov. Beckham, at dem ocratic headquarters, said. "I am absolute ly certain that I have been elected governor by a majority of between 5,000 and 10,000 votes." Leslie Combs, chairman of the republican state campaign committee, said: "We still believe that Mr. Yerkes has been elected by a majority of 3,000 votes. Our figures show that McKinley has run 900 votes behind Yerkes." Illinois Chicago, Nov 8 —The republican state central committee received telegrams from the chairmen of all the republican county committees except Adams county, giving pluralities on the national and st,ate tick ets The tabulation of these pluralities showed that McKinley received a plurality of 84,919 and Yates 49,365. Congressman Rodenberg, of the Twenty first district, telegraphed Chairman Fred H. Rowe, of the republican state commit tee, that he had been defeated bv Kern, his democratic opponent. This, with William Lorimer's defeat in the Second district, gave the democrats two more members of the Illinois delegation. The republicans now have 14 and the democrats eight con gressmen in the Illinois delegation On the face of the unofficial returns the repub licans will have 12 and the democrats ten Illinois congressmen in the next congress. Reports indicate that the republicans have elected 77 and the democrats 76 mem bers to the lower house, and that the repub licans have elected 29 and the democrats have elected 22 senators. On this showingi the republicans have on a joint ballot 106 votes, or three.more than a majority W is in Milwaukee, No\. 8—Everything took on its normal condition Wednesday, and there were no signs that an election had been held. A complete figure of the republican victory in Wisconsin will not be known for perhaps several days, as many of the precincts are far distant from railway sta tions, and will be sent in by mail. Gen Bry ant, chairman of the republican state central committee, reduced his claims of plurality slightly from those given out Tuesday night, placing his latest estimates at 106, 000 for both national and state tickets. Chairman Warden, of the democratic state committee, was at his office attending to the winding up of the affairs of the com mittee preparatory to closing headquar ters, which he expects to do before the end of the week Speaking of the result in the state, he said the stupendous majorities were a surprise to everybody, republicans no less than democrats. The republican state headquarters will probably remain open until the complete returns have been received. Interest now centers in the ap pointments which will be made by Gov. elect Robert M. LaFollette. But few changes are likely to be made by the new governor, and no changes are talked of in the offices of the other state officers. Indiana* Indianapolis, Ind., Nov 8—A plurality of anywhere from 28,000 to 32,000 for the republican national ticket the election of Col W. T. Durbln (rep to the gov ernorship the election of the entire state and Marion county republican ticket nine and perhaps ten out of 13 congress men, and the election of a legislature that will have a republican majority of 40 on 1oint ballot, Is a summary in brief of Tuesday's battle at the polls in In diana An unexpected development is the fact that the republicans made their strongest gains in democratic strongholds. In seven heretofore strongly democratic counties McKinley and the state ticket showed a greater ratio of gain than was shown by the figures from several strong republican counties. With the exception of the Fourth dis trict, which up to this time is in doubt, Indiana's contingent in congress will be as follows First District—James A. Heminway (rep.). Second District—Robert W. Miers (dem.). Third District—W T. Zenor (dem). Fourth District—In doubt. Fifth District—Ellas Shalloway (rep.). Sixth District—James E. Watson (rep.). Seventh District Jesse Overstreet (rep) Eighth Dlstrict-G. W. Cromer (rep.). Ninth District—C. B. Landis (rep.). Tenth District Edgar Crumpacker (rep.). Eleventh District—George W. Steele (rep.). Twelfth District James Robinson (dem.). Thirteenth District—A. L. Brick (rep.). Ohio. Columbus, O., Nov. 8.—Demociatlc State Chairman Lang had no statement to give out. Republican State Chairman Dick said: "Unofficial returns received from 84 out of the 88 counties warrant the claim of 70,000 for McKinley, and we elect 17 of the 21 members of congress, a gain of two mem bers." The estimates on the four missing counties makes the plurality about 73,000, or a net republican gain of about 22,000 over the vote of 1896. The republicans gained in 77 counties and the democrats in 11. most of the democratic gains being in Cleveland, Cincinnati and Toledo, where it is reported that most of the vote that Mayor Jones, of Toledo, received last year for governor went to Bryan. The largest previous plu rality for president in Ohio was 60,000 for Lincoln, but that was on a much smaller vote than was cast in the state this year. The total vote in Ohio was about 1,100,000, the largest ever cast in the state, and the vote for minor parties was smaller than usual. The republicans carried all of the close or doubtful congressional districts, electing Jacob A. Beidler, in the Twentieth by less than 600 Robert M. Nevln, in the Third, by 121, and Emmet Tompkins, in the Twelfth, by a plurality of 16. I a Des Moines, la., Nov. 8.—Semiofficial re turns from 86 of the 99 counties in the state gives the republicans 266.066 votes demo crats, 178,548 votes plurality, 87.418, or an average of 1,000 republicans to the county. The other 13 counties at the same ratio will increase the republican plurality to slight ly more than 100,000, which is the high water mark in the state's history. Every repub lican candidate for congress is elected by Increased pluralities ranging from 2,300 to 16,000. Meager returns on the proposed con stitutional amendment for biennial elec tions and for holding a constitutional con vention show both propositions to have car ried by large majorities. Michigan Detroit, Mich.. Nov. 8.—Returns' from the state up to midnight give President McKinley a plurality of 90,853, and Col. A, T. Bliss, the republican candidate for governor, 69,059. Col. Bliss is running about 20,000 behind his ticket, and May or Maybury, the democratic gubernatorial candidate, is a corresponding number ahead of his ticket. In 1896, McKlnley's plurality in Michigan was 66,170. Gov. Plngree ran 20,000 ahead of the republican ticket that year, getting a plurality of 76,107. The republicans have Increased their ma jority in the legislature on Joint ballot by seve'n. The democrats have- elected none of their senatorial candidates, and only out ot the JA0 represe^tatlvesJn the lower house. Senator James McMlnas'i reelec tion'by the next legislature is a certainty. The entire Michigan congressional delega tion iB republican by largely increased ma jorities In most of the districts. The con stitutional amendment permitting the, tax- ation of railroads and other corporations on the cash value of their property has carried by a large majority. Minnesota. St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 8.—The only point unsettled in the 5 Minnesota election is the contest over the governorship. Ev-: erythlng else has gone republican by ma jorities so large that there is no possi bility of change. Tams Bixby, chairman of the republican state committee, fig ures out 8,754 plurality for Van Sant, while Chairman Rosing, of the demo cratic committee, from the figures report ed to him, foots up 12,000 plurality for Lind. /The present returns have favored Van Sant, but his lead was slight. The McKinley vote seems considerably more than 50,000 over that for Bryan. Mtsaonrl. St. Louis, Nov. 8.—Chairman Seibert, of the democratic state committee, stated that reports In his possession indicated that the democrats had carried Missouri by 40, 000. and elected 13 out of 15 congressmen. St Louis, Nov. 8 —Returns from 40 out of the 114 counties In the state had been re ceived at the headquarters of the demo crats and republicans here up to midnight. They indicate a decreased democratic ma jority out in the state which will aggre gate about 10,000 or 12,000, if the ballots continue at the same ratio. The democratic decrease in the state is counterbalanced by the big democratic gain of 15,000 in St. Louis Congressman Alexander M. Dockery (dem Is elected governor by about 35,000 plu rality, and the Bryan electors will go in by about 40.000 plurality. The democrats claim the legislature by 50 majority on joint bal lot, but this the republicans will not con cede. a a Philadelphia, Nov. 8.—Complete, but un official returns give McKinley 287,736 plu rality in Pennsylvania. Complete, but un official, returns from the legislative dis tricts of the state indicate the election of 151 republicans, 46 democrats, six fusionists and one independent republican to the house of representatives. The last house stood: Republicans, 127, democrats, 71, fusion, six. a Topeka, Kan., Nov. 8.—Returns received only tend to confirm the early estimates of the result of the election in Kansas. Prac tically complete returns show that Mc Kinley has a plurality of 25,000, and that the republican state ticket is successful by a plurality of probably 5,000 less. The leg islature will be republican in both branches, insuring the election of a repub lican United States senator to succeed Lucien Baker. The republicans have cer tainly elected seven congressmen, one dis trict, the Third, being still in doubt, with COL. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. the chances in favor of the fusion candi date. The election of the fusion candidate in this district would leave the delegation in congress as at present, seven republicans and one fusionist. Colorado. Denver, Col, Nov. 8 —Returns from the election are slowly coming in. but suffi cient returns and careful estimates have been received to show that Bryan's plu rality will be from 30,000 to 35,000, and may reach 40,000. The republican managers concede the legislature to the fusionists by a majority of 56 on joini ballot. Or man (dem and the whole fusion ticket will have about 25,000 plurality. In Ara pahoe county Bryan's plurality will be about 6,500 though this will considerably exceed the plurality given the state and county tickets. The defeat of Senator Wolcott for the senate is generally con ceded, but with several aspirants in the fusion parties, it is impossible to predict with any accurancy who his successor will be. California. San Francisco, Nov. 8.—The majority for McKinley in California continues to grow, and the indications are that it will reach 40,000. Complete returns from 1,574 precincts out of 2,190 outside of San Francisco give McKinley 107,992 Bryan. 81,248. The same precincts in 1896 gave McKinley 96,367 Bry an, 91,801. Owing to the failure of a few election officers to make a semiofficial re port, the complete figures in San Francisco cannot be ascertained at present, but it is safe to say that the republican presidential electors have carried the city by 8,000 or 10, 000. The republicans have elected all seven congressmen The legislature is repub lican by a majority of 26. The state senate contains 33 republicans and seven demo crats. The assembly stands: Republicans, 58 democrats, 22. Idaho Boise, Idaho, Nov 8—Returns from Nez Perces and Latah counties show those counties have not held up to the former republican majorities. This makes a radi cal change, and it is probable the state has gone for Bryan and the democratic state ticket, though Morrison (rep ), for congress, may pull through The republican state committee claims 40 members of the legis lature, a majority of ten on joint ballot, but there is much uncertainty ?et on this point. Montana. Helena, Mont., Nov. 8.—Fuller returns of Tuesday's voting in this state confirms the preliminary estimates sent out Tues day night. Bryan's plurality will be from 13.000 to 18.000, and Gov. Toole leads the democratic state ticket with from 6,000 to 8,000 votes to spare. The legislature, which will elect two United States sena tors, is democratic from 15 to 20 votes on joint ballot, and will undoubtedly reelect Senator William A. Clark and some other democrat or populist to succeed Thomas C. Carter and fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Clark last ses sion. Utah. Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 8.—Returns are in from about three-quarters of the precincts in the state. McKlnley's major ity is 4,500: Wells (rep.), for governor, has a majority of 2,000, and Sutherland (rep.), for congress, leads King by 1,600 majority. The senate will stand nine re publicans and nine democrats. The re publicans elect 28 representatives and the democrats 17, making a republican major ity of 11 on joint ballot. 'Washington. Portland, Ore., Nov. 8.—About one-half of the total vote of the state of Washing ton has been reported, and shows the fol lowing results: McKinley, 27,481 Bryan. 20,051. McKlnley's majority in the state will be close to 10,000. Masaachnaet ta. Boston, Nov. 8.—The vote of Massachu setts, returns having been received from every city and town, is as follows: McKin ley, 239,495 Bryan, 166,507. Vote for governor: Crane, 219,929 Paine, 121,158. The republicans elected 10 out of 13 con gressmen and the present delegation re mains politically unchanged. The repub licans have made heavy gains in the state legislature, getting one more senator and a net gain in the lower house of 25. The senate of 1901 will stand 31 republic ans and 9 democrats, while the house will be 178 republicans, 59 democrats and 2 so cial-democrats. Maine Portland, Me., Nov. 8.—A cut of 20,000 in the republican plurality of 1896 in a somewhat lighter vote was the result of Tuesday's poll In Maine. McKlnley's ma jority will vary but a few hundred from 28,600, a loss of 16 per cent, since 1896, and a Bryan gain of 21 per cent. N a Manchester, N. H., Nov. 8.—The repub lican majority in the state on both the gubernatorial and national tickets will be 18,000. Every county was carried by the republicans. The legislature, is re publican by a slightly larger majority than two year*, ago. /t"SI 'Connecticut +r 'New Haven, Conn., Nov. 8.—The revised election returns for Connecticut, with every town and district in the state heard from, gives the state to McKinley by a pluarlity of 28,415. The republican state ticket, headed by George P. McLean foi governor, Is elected by a plurall.y ot 4 340 All four republican congressmen are id elected. The state senate willf contain 22 repub licans and two democrats, as against 21 republicans and three democrats two years ago. The house is republican by 202 to 52, a republican gain over the last house of 21. Vermont White River Junction, Vt., Nov. 8.— With half a hundred small towns to be heard from out of a total of 246. McKln ley's plurality is 30,000, with a probabil ity of the missing towns augmenting this perhaps 1,200, in a total of 45,000. Maryland. Baltimore, Md., Nov. 8.—With scattered precincts in various counties of the state to hear from, Maryland's plurality for McKinley and Roosevelt was 14,146, with a probability that the official count will swell the total to 15,000 or more Besides placing Maryland's eight electoral votes in the McKinley column, a solid repub lican delegation to the Fifty-seventh con gress wa3 elected with handsome major ities. Ne Jersey Trenton, N. J., Nov. 8—Latest returns from the different counties in the state in dicate that McKlnley's plurality is 55,000. Island. Providence, R. I., Nov. 8 —Corrected un official returns from Rhode island give McKinley, 33,821 Bryan, 19,947 Maloney, 1,383 Woolley, 1,526 a plurality for Mc Kinley is 13,874 in a total vote of 56,677. His plurality four years ago was 28,978, in a to tal vote of 54,780. He carried every city and town in the state, as he did in 1896 The vote this year is the largest ever cast in the state. Tennessee Nashville, Tenn.. Nov. S—The plurality for Bryan in Tennessee is estimated at the headquarters of the democratic state committee at 30,1*00, and it is claimed that the majority for McMillan (dem) over McCall (rep.) for governor is about the same. The democrats have elected eight and the republicans two congressmen. The legislature will be largely democratic. W Virginia Wheeling, W. Va Nov 8 —West .iginia has gone republican by from 12,000 to 15,000 majority. The entire state ticket is elect ed The congressional delegation Is solid ly republican, as follows: First district, Dovener (rep ), 4,000 majority Second, Day ton (rep), 2,000 majority, Third, Gains (rep ), 2,500 majority, Fourth, Hughes (rep.), 2,500 majority. The legislature is re publican in both branches. 20 to 25 ma jority on joint ballot, insuring the reelection of Senator Elkins. Virginia Richmond, Va., Nov. 8—The additional returns received Wednesday confirm the report sent out Tuesday night that the dem ocrats carried the state by about «0,000, and elected their candidates in ever} congres sional district Porto Rico. San Juan de Porto Rico, Nov. S —It is estimated that 75.000 republicans, voted at the election Tuesday for a commis sioner to congress and membeis of the house of delegates Not more than 200 federals voted The election was exceed ingly orderly. There are no reports of dis turbances Communication Willi the in terior is slow. CHEER THE WINNER. id Mckinley W a Greeted on His W a from Canton to W a in to Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 8.—President McKinley's trip from Canton toward the national capital has been one con tinuous ovation to the tv» ice-elected head of the nation. At every stop there have been great outpourings of the people, business has been sus pended, and a factories along the line have added their thousands of workers—men and women—t those who have joined in enthusiast!" greet ings. The president has appeared at each stop, shaking hands from the rear platform, a a in short speeches at the most important towns. Mrs. McKinley has received her share of the popular tribute, men and wom en struggling to present her with flowers. Patriotism, the flag and the volunteers' uniform have figured ev erywhere, and the trip has been in the nature of a triumphal journey to the capital. The start from Canton was made at 1:35 p. m., amid the boom of can non, the screech of steam whistles and the clamorous well-wishes of the presi dent's townspeople. Mr. and Mrs. Mc Kinley occupied the private car Olympia at the rear of the train, giv in a broad platform, from which the president could greet the crowds and address them The presidential car had been beautifully decorated with in, yellow chrysanthemum bound in ribbons of red, white and blue, giving a wealth of color. The train arrange ment were in charge of Mr. T. E. Stone. The president made his first speech of the day when the train arrived at Alliance. The town had turned out •en mass to meet him with bands and banners. Workmen from the potteries at Sebring came in their aprons, bear ing transparencies showing their ma jorities. The crowd surged up to the train, to the imminent danger of those massed in front. Whe the pres ident appeared, there were deafening cheers, to which he bowed and smiled acknowledgment In the big factory to of Salem the smoke of a stacks over the city and the myriad of workingmen and working women gave the place the aspect of a hive of industry. A vast concourse of people lined the tracks. The tops of freight cars were used as points of vantage. Little girls bore big American flags. The drum corps as uniformed as United States volun teers. A huge broom draped with yel low ribbons as carried at the head of the procession. Ladies struggled to throw bunches of chrysanthemum to ward Mrs. McKinley. The screech of the, factory whistles was deafening. At Leetonia and Columbiana there were like outbursts, crowds besieging the president's car. N speeches were made, but the president reached and shook a a grim hand. A driz zling rain began to fall, but this did not deter big crowds from turning out at E a Palestine, Enon Valley, New Galilee and N Brighton. At Roch ester 3,000 people braved the rain and darkness and gave a fierce welcome to the president during the momentary stop. Many of the crowd clambered up the rear platform after the'train started and on until their turn came for a handshake. I as pretty dark the train reached Allegheny,"1 but a big crowd as in waiting and a delegation headed by Mayor Diehl, of Pittsburgh, and Mayor Wyman of Allegheny, clam bered aboard. The were received by the president and a greetings were exchanged. he president asked as to he results in Pennsylvania and evinced great interest told at he majority %ould reach 306,000./ asked also as to Pennsylvania's con gressional delegatfdif, and received*like satisfactory assurances. There "Were no" formal speeches-. a me he crowds id hurrahing and the president bowed his acknowledgement THE USES OF MONEY. Census Office to Issue a Volume on This Subject. Many Ther Are W Consider In debtednes a Source of Prosper ity, In Spite of Mr. a ber's E W a in [Special Washington Letter.] 0 6 T7 AM over $500 in debt and at 11 fact worries me a great deal." Th remark as made by a gov ernment clerk in reply to an inquiry as to how he as getting on. Senator Pet tigrew, of South Dakota, smiled as he said: "That would worry me, too. I am never happy unless I am upw ardsof $50,000 in debt. The man who can't get in debt $10,000 or more can't do busi ness. Credit is necessary in all large business transactions, and it is also necessary in small business enterprises. Fortunes are made only by those have large credit." "How do you ever pay your creditors when you borrow such large sums It staggers me to think of being $50,000 in debt." "I pay back by making the borrowed money earn more money. There are very few people who realize that money will make money faster than any other thing on earth. It is because money is such a money maker that money occu pies such a conspicuous position in the political, commercial and international procedures of the world. You get out of money once be absolutely without a dollar, and you will find that this is a cold, cruel and selfish world." Unfortunately, this latter statement is known to be true by all who hate ex perienced contact with the world un der adverse circumstances. It is also unfortunately true that a majority of the young men of this country do not know the value of monev* and they learn its value sometimes all too late in life. "Is there no secret place on the face of the earth, Where Charity dwelleth, where virtue hath birth? Is there no place where a knock from the poor Will bring a kind angel to open the door? You may search the wide world wherever you can. But find no door open to a moneyless man Senator Pettigre is not a rich man, and never will be, because with the money-making faculty he also has the prodigality of youth. Although he ma not be properly charged with being like unto Daniel Webster in every other re spect, he certainly is somewhat like unto that great statesman in his ability to accumulate indebtedness with this difference: Pettigre pays, Webster didn't. And, by the way the census office Is trj ing to find out why people borrow money. The officials of that bureau ask all sorts of questions. The want to know whether we own property, and, if so, if it is mortgaged. And. if so, the mortgage was incurred. All sorts of replies have been received to these inquiries. One of them is from William McKinley, who states that he "is a citizen of Ohio, residing tempo rarily in Washington and he states that the house in which he lives "is not mortgaged. All of the inquiries of the census of fice supervisors are being cheerfully answered, even those which prjr into the affairs of men who borrow money. Very many thousands of ladies, how ever, decline to give their ages. In all of these cases it is presumed that they are more than 25 years of age, and they are being tabulated accordingly. People, as a rule, have been perfectly willing to tell whether they own the houses in which they live, or whether are tenants, or burdened with mortgages Thi information when ob- "THAT WOULD WORRY ME, TOO." tained enables the census office statis ticians to ascertain how many people and occupy their houses and farms how many are in debt for their homes, and to what amount. Just why this sort of information is collected does not appear on the surface, but it may prove to be of general interest and of national value. Some writers on social economy claim at indebtedness on home or farm property is due to the poverty of the people, and that in spite of rich soil, and apparent prosperity, people are growing poorer instead of richer. On the other hand, it is claimed by emi nen people, like Senator Pettigrew, that debt is an indication of prosperity and that people borrow in order to en large their business. In the absence of detailed facts one of these arguments is as good as.ftnother. In the countries of the old world no effort has been made to ascertain the causes of indebt edness. Inasmuch as this collection of facts fs somewhat novel, the method may prove to be interesting. A large force of special agents is engaged in taking the records of counties and cities, show in the a of citizens and cor porations. Th names and addresses of mortgagers are obtained by special inquiries, and then letters are sent to those persons, asking the following questions "Was this mortgage fully paid January 1,1900? If not, fiow much was due at at date? Was this mort a made to secure part of purchase money, to make improvements, or for other purposes or, if made to renew a previous mortgage, at as he debt originally created for?" 4 Some of these letters are prompt answered, and so me of are not answered at all. In such cases special agents fire sent to obtain the desired inT formation by personally calling upon the Individuals Or corporations. I some instances, in order to save' cx peases, postmasters are asked to sup- ply the desired information, and they do so cheerfully because they have been informed that the post office de partment desires that every aid shall be given to the census office in its tre mendous work. Answer which have been received are usually perfunctory, but some of are unique. One man. states that his friend shot a negro, and the mort gage as incurred for the purpose of raising money to bail him out of jail, and to pay the fees of lawyer*. A Kansas man frankly writes: "I borrowed this money for general house hold uses on account of failure of crops, and I reckon that you'll think I am a deuced bad manager, but there are plenty more in the same fix. Misery loves company." One farmer who undoubtedly mixea in political affairs and likes to talk politics to his neighbors says: "My debt as contracted for the purpose of enabling me to pay the tariff on things I have to buy, and to make up for the losses I have sustained by rea son of the nonexportation of the things I have to sell." That is not quite so bad as a 'Frisco Chinaman borrowed $200 from one of his countrymen and agreed to pay inter est at 60 per cent. But for the fact that they do not come from the same state the two fol- MISERY LOVES COMPANY. lowing might go together as explana tory of dramatic local conditions: One man savs: "Domestic infelicity ran me into debt, as I had to raise the money to pay the expenses of a di vorce suit, by which I got rid of an unfaithiul wife." The other fellow writes: "I as obliged to raise the money in order to pay the damages in a suit for alienating the affections of the wife of a neighbor." And then he adds: "Alas, I have her." Ultimately, when all replies have been received and the caaii has been flailed from the wheat, the census of fice will prepare and publish a bul letin concerning the uses and abuses of money by our people. It will then be seen that now, as formerly, the value of money is as expressed by Car lvle: "Whoever has sixpence is sov ereign over all men—to the extent of that sixpence commands cooks to feed him, philosophers to teach him, kings to mount guard over him—to the extent of that sixpence." Almost 2,000 years ago Cicero knew, and wrote, that "economy is of itself a great revenue." Bu until this day there be few who realize that no man can be rich whose expenditures ex ceed his means, and no man is poor whose incomings exceed his outgoings. Even that wonderful humanitarian philosopher, Wilkins Micawber, under stood this precept of political econ omy. The value of money as tersely and sagely as well as concisely expressed by Shakespeare: "The learned pate ducks to the golden fool." Money will buy everything—except love. That is unpurchaseable, incomparable, valua ble beyond the wealth of India, and not all the accumulations of Croesus or of the modern money kings, nor all the accidental holdings of Monte Cristo, nor all the treasures of this world which the most unchecked im agination can conceive can purchase the love of one pure true heart and soul. Money can do everything in this world but that. Th provident an is always a thoughtful man, living as he does for the future rather than for the pres ent, and he necessarily practices self denial, that virtue which is the crown in element in a strong and well formed character. Money is charac ter, and it is therefore power. Wealth gives standing, and the dullest jest from a rich man evokes plaudits. Money opens the gates of imperial pal aces. The heraldry of America is based on greenbacks. Social standing is indicated by a vulgar bank book. Th walls of the holy city are of jasper, but its streets are paved with pure gold. Therefore we may con clude that gold is good, and that all sorts of money are desirable, even to all mortals hope some day to tread the golden streets. to get it Ah, there's the ruo. N poor newspaper writer would dare to offer a suggestion. SMITH D. FRY. Th Street Piano The peripatetic musicians who push the piano organs through the streets must have a very poor opinion of hu man nature, says the Boston Tran script. They cannot love those re fuse to contribute, and they have a supreme contempt for the people are willing to pay for the kind of music at is dealt out by them. W re Bab Came "Children," said Aun Mary, "you have a little brother. He came this morning while were asleep." "Did exclaimed the eldest. "Then I know brought him." "Who was it? asked Aun Mary. "Why, the milkman, of course. I a it on his cart: 'Families supplied daily.' "—Tit-Bits. Strategy "What did you expect to prove by that exceedingly long-winded argu of yours? asked the friend. "I didn't expect to prove anything," answered the orator. "All I hoped to do as to confuse the other fellow so that he couldn't prove that I didn't prove anything."—Washington Star. Th Onl W a Parke—There's only one a to a age about money matters. Whenever I see a in I want I invariably ask self this question: "Can I afford it Lane—But do always stick ^to this ^A -lr 'Parke—Always. *tt I find I eaaH af ford it, I buy it.—Brooklyn Lift* u- a Branc of Thi Country'* E Trade Tha Is Growing Ver Rapidly The treasury figures of the foreign trade in American boots an a shoes show that it has grown from $1,688, 649 in 1897 to $3,668,435 in 1899. Very recently the United States consul at Leipsic in a communication to the state department called attention to he increasing German demand for American shoes. says that cheap shoes a be sold in large quantities in Germany, and advises uie establish men of a warehouse in Hambur or Bremen, and sales-stores in Berlin, Dresden, Hamburg, Leipsic and Mun ich. Germany is not one of the coun tries which has heretofore contributed much to the foreign trade in Amer ican shoes—the exports to it last year of boots and shoes were to the value of $100,000 only—less than one-third the value of the American shipments to Mexico. The best market for American boots and shoes at present is Australia, to which, in a year, $750,000 worth are sent. England follows with purchases last year of $700,000, then the West Indies with $600,000, Canada with $400,000 and Mexico $300,000. It is a matter of general observation at through the substitution of machine made for hand made shoes, through the economies introduced in the proc esses of tanning and by the introduc tion of improved mechanical process es, the selling prices of American boots and shoes move steadily down ward, and no other country can com pete with the United States in these particulars, provided that a market is once attained, savs the N York Sun. Heretofore the sales of American boots and shoes have been almost ex clusive.y in countries in which Eng lish is either the language spoken or in which mercantile business is car ried on in English. To other coun tries the headway made has been slow, particularly in France, which took only $40,000 worth ot American boots and shoes and to the countries of South America which, while ex tensive purchasers of —merican goods and food products, took only $77,000 worth. Th facilities of the United States for supplying not only the people of this country but the people of other countries as well with boots and shoes at low-notch prices are un rivaled. The sales of American boots and shoes in Asia last a were to the amount of $200,000, chiefly through ports under British administration, and the sales in Africa were to the amount of $150,000. The American consul in Hong-Kong, writing of the opportunities for a laiger sale of American goods in China, pointed out that Chinese do not wear leather or rubber shoes. All Chinese, except the coolie class, wear shoes of cloth, with thick felt soles, faced with leather and of peculiar shape. These are made locally and are very cheap. Notwithstandin this fact the ship ment of American boots and shoes to China were 50 per cent, greater in 1899 than they were in the year pre ceding, and it has been found gener ally that as occidental customs and attire are introduced into Asiatic countries the demand for American and European manufactured articles increases. It is a noticeable feature of the for eign trade in American boots and shoes, dealers say, that those shipped abroad from this country are so sat isfactory tiiat a market once attained is not thereafter lost, though thp in vasion of the German commercial market would seem to be against many serious obstacles. FRANCE HAS A MODEL PRISON. Officials Tansrht Principle of Dis ciplin a to Crime. Prance's new prison at Fresnes, some eight miles from Paris, is the largest in the world. It takes the place of three old prisons, is situated in a healthy district, and covers, it its main buildings, flower gardens and villa residences of officials, over half a square mile, says the London Ex press. Th prison, unlike our penitenti aries, is not buiH on the star plan, but consists of five rectangular blocks, one of which is the infirmary. The plan is the cellular, and the num ber of cells reaches the huge total of 1,824. As, however, accommodation is provided on the "association" system for 400 privileged prisoners, the total criminal capacity is 2,224. As a sani tarium for the criminal Fresnes is unique. A his or her present home it boasts the proud record of being only half full, for crime, or at least punishment by imprisonment for crime, is diminishing in France. The system at Fresnes is interest ing—possibly, it is worthy of imita tion. Tne authorities believe in fresh air and sunshine, those sworn foes of the microbe and friends of health. Hence, as already stated, the prison is a model sanitarium. Otherwise the criminal is gently educated. He works at some trade and can purchase from the proceeds of his work extra food and personal requirements—with the exception of tobacco. Whe the pris oners go to worship, which is not com pulsory, or to "school," which is, wear hoods so as to prevent mutual recognition on xelease. I some of the workshops this rule does not ob tain. Th reason for this apparent inconsistency is not clear. Eve the officials receive instruc tion on such subjects as the preven* tio of crime and prison discipline, and as a result of this the excellent idea of the wh/le prison is admirably carried out. A final feature of Fres» ne is the severe simplicity of its architecture compared with the ba ronial style of a of our prisons. a Mad-Larks. Captain of the "Deweys"—Hadn't we better pos'pone de game on ac count uv rain? Captain of he "Giantlets"—Not on ye life! I've bin practicin' me am on rainy days fer de past ex pectin' sich a snap as dis. Pla ball er forfeit de game!—Puck. he Man, \^*f Th an thinks he is pretty, la about ten years longer in marrying* than one that he is u{ —Atchison Globe. 1 i_*t^=s||^