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Published Ercty Thursday by
The Herald Publishing Company.
T. J. O'KEEFK .'V Editor
J. B. KNIEST ..... Associate Editor
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Bryan's Itinerary in Western Nebraska
Following is tlio correct schedule of
W. J. Bryan's speaking tour through
this section:
Norfolk May 29, afternoon.
Spencer Mav 30, 9 a. tn.
O'Neill May 30, 3:30 p. m.
Long Pine May 30. 6 p. tn.
Ainsworth May 30, at night.
Valentine Sunday, May 31.
Chadron Juno 1, morning.
Crawford June i, 12:30 p. m.
Alliance Juno 1, at night.
Scott3bIuff Juno 2, 10:30 a. m.
Kimball and Harrisbtirg Juno 2
ternoon.
Sidney Juno 2, night.
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It is pretty well settled now that Taft
and Bryan will bo the nominees of their
rcspectivo parties for president. So the
voter may as well begin to make up his
mind right away.
Tlio republican national executive
committee have engaged three ministers
to pray for their party at their national
convention. But prayers cannot save
their party this year it's past saving.
The "full dinner pail" will not bo the
republican battle-cry this year. Won
der what kind of dope the republican
spcll-iiindcrs will ofler the votersl The
"Judge" suggests this: "Look at the
doughnut not at tlio hole." But the
trouble with this is that a good many
people have nothing to look at but the
holo where the doughnut used to bo.
Thcro will be a hot time at Scotts
bluff when Bryan appears there. A
special train will bo run from Guernsey
to accommodate all from the country
west of the Scotts Bluff county metrop
olis who desiro to see and hear the
champion of tbo common people. Tho
Herald is pleased to note that the re
publican papers of the valley are a unit
in urging their readers to attend the
Bryan appointments.
. Edgar Howard,-of tho Columbus Tel
egram, is to have opposition in his can
didacy for the democratic nomination
for congress from tho Third district.
Ex-Senatcr Latta, of Tekamah, will be
his competitor. "Bix." of tho State
Journal, says "Latta has a burrelful of
money, and Howard has a barrclful of
brains." Real democrats will not hes
itate in making a choice between money
and brains. Howard is far and away
the best equipped man in the district
for tho office, and the ouly thing that
can bo brought up against him is that
he was onco sentenced to a term iu tho
legislature.
In the days of Allen and Thurston,
Nebraska cut quite a respectable fig
ure in the U. S. senato. Now, with
two pygmies rattling around in tho
seats formerly filled by intellectual
giants, a Nebraskan visiting the cap
ital ol the nation feels like registering
from some other state. Whenever one
of our senators opens his mouth he
geuerally puts his foot in it. One day
this week Senator Buikett chimb up
into his chair and, with chest thrown
out, offered a resolution establishing
another holiday called "Mothers' Day."
May 10 was tho day named and the
resolution specified that every man
who ever had a mother should wear a
white rose on that day in honor of her
memory. This is very pretty as a
sentiment, but it was entirely out of
place iu the closing hours ol the United
Status senate when impoitant and nee-
ossary measures, which ought to Le
made laws, are pending. Sonator
Toller correctly characterized it as
puerile, and further said that no man
who had any manhood in him ueed
wear a white rose or a white ribbon to
prove that he honored his mother.
Another sonator moved to amend
Burkett's silly resolution by providing
for a "Father's Day." He said he
thought the father who provided every
thing for his children should also bo
recoguized by the senate. Still another
solou suggested that he had a pretty
good grandmother, and lie moved that
she be included iu these honors. Others
proposed an "Aunts' Day" aud a
"Cousins' Day," but Senator Fulton
gave Burkett's proposition the finishing
stroke when he moved to amend by
providing for a "Mother-in-laws' Day."
The whole matter was then laid upon
the table. What' a travesty on law
making! What a .great statesman is
Elmer Pewter. Burkett.
A Fiw Reasons Why Bryan Will Be Elected
t. Because ho is tho most popular
private citizen iti America.
2. Becauso ho measures up to the
Jeffcrsonian requirements of Honesty,
Capability and Efficiency.
3. Becauso ho stands up for "Equal
Rights for All, Special Privileges for
None."
This is tho only real "squaro deal."
4. Becauso there is not the faintest
blot on his privato character.
5. Becauso thcro is a great unrest
amongst tho people, and this always
means a political change.
C. Becauso the country is now pass
ing through a period of "hard times,"
and the party in power is always held
responsible for such a condition.
Acknowledging President Roosevelt's
sincerity and honesty of purpose in his
administration oi public affairs, it must
bo admitted by all fair-minded and can
did men that his broncho-busting meth
ods brought on the hard times. Wc
will not stop to discuss the question
whether his methods arc right or wrong
wc arc only dealing with results now.
We all know that when tho president
went after the railroads with his "big
stick" iu hand, railroad building almost
entirely ceased, putting thousands of
men out of employment and on the
tramp. The Union Pacific railroad has
reduced its force of employees from
24,000 to 12,000 within the past year.
Wo presume other roads have adopted
a like policy. This means hundreds of
thousands of railroaders out of work
and many of them out of money. It
also means the loss of millions of dol
lars to our farmers and manufacturers,
becauso theso idle men cannot pay for
tho products of tho farm and factory.
These railroad workmen, victims of un
fortunate circumstances, lay the blame
for their present condition upon the
shoulders of the dominant party, and
they are organizing with the purpose of
punishing that party for enacting laws
which they believe work injury to their
interests. This means more democratic
votes. We say nothing concerning tho
justice or wisdom of this purpose. That
is another question. We reiterate that
we arc only cdnsidcriug results at this
time.
7. Becauso there is a feeling of con
fidence, amounting to enthusiasm, in
the ranks of the democrary that this is
a democratic year.
Confidence and enthusiasm will win
the battle against superior numbers
who are dissatisfied and dispirited, tja
pan is a triuch smaller nation'than Rus
sia, but it is full of confidence, enthus
iasm aud patriotism, and whipped the
big Muscovite to a standstill.
8. Because he can corral moro repub
lican votes than any other democrat.
It goes without saying that no demo
crat can be elected president without
the aid of republican votes. The Om
aha Examiner, a republican paper, says
it cannot be denied that hundreds of re
publicans arc "bowing their neck to'tho
democratic yoke to vote for Bryan." A
well-informed farmer stated in The
Herald office, a few days ago, that he
knew fifty republican farmers in Box
Butte county who had expressed their
intention of voting for Bryan. In for
mer political campaigns the farmer has
been the impregnable bulwark of the
republican party, and if he goes back
on the party this year, it's all over but
the shouting.
We might cilti as another reason why
Bryan will bo elected, Taft's unpopu
larity with several powerful elements in
his own party, but that is unnecessary,
for Bryan's election will not depend 011
tho weakness of his opponent. The
Great Commoner's star is rapidly ap
proaching its zenith, and no power on
earth can stay its course.
Two Wild Games.
Allianco base ball enthusiasts went
to Bridgeport last Saturday and won a
game off the local team of that place,
the scoie being decidedly one-sided, 17
to 7. The battery for Alliance was
Hull and Freer, and the boys dii some
clever work on their side of the game.
Those who witnessed the game speak
nost praiseworthy of the work of the
infiold, especially that of Morris at
short stop. The outfield also scored a
record for the maimer in which they
gathered the leather when it came their
way.
Sunday the Alliance team went to
Sidney, where they met with defeat of
the worst kind. The boys were not in
trim for the game, and the score, 16 to
5, iu an indication of weakness of the
Alliance team on the Sidney diamond.
These were the first games played by
the home team since the organization
of the club. The suits are expected
here at any time, and the work of fenc
ing the diamond, which is iu the cast
part of the city, is practically complet
ed. After all is in readiness, dates
will be announced of games to be play
ed here in the near future. Manager
Copsey and Secretary Guthrie are
looking after this part of the season's
program, and they will no doubt give
us some good ball.
The Ethical Ideal
jMakes JMarriage
a Permanent
Union
By Dr. FELIX ADLER, Lecturer For the New York Society
For Ethical Culture.
jjjj g00(i 0f society
C n permanent bond. Iho individual's happiness is not
X of as much account as tho welfare of tho race. I
I DENY EMPHATICALLY TJJAT HAPPINESS
IS THE HIGHEST AIM OF MARRIAGE.
I- Marriage is a natural tie, and to consider it apart
from tho perfecting and propagating of tho raca is to misunderstand
it I boliovo in separation, but never in divorce.
Peoplo enter into tho married state nowadays with no other
thought than that of their own privato bliss and leave tho social side
of the family to blind chance.
THE TRUE PURPOSE OF MARRIAGE 18 THE GROWTH OF
CHARACTER, OF THE FEELINGS, OF THE WHOLE NATURE IN
THE HIGHER DIRECTION.
Plato believed that man and woman represented each one-half of
a soul destined from tho very beginning to make a whole. Marriage
is desjgned to harmonizo whatever difference in temporament and
tasto thoro may be between a man and a woman.
No matter how accidentally they first met, WITH THE HELP
OF THE ETIIIOAL IDEAL a permanent union can bo estab
lished. It is very seldom that a man and a wife match each other so
perfectly that thoy realize Plato's dream. Tho vision of Tennyson,
"Sho shall sot herself to him, like perfect music unto noble words,"
is seldom realized-
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I do not deny that thoro are great disparities, profound incom
patibilities between husbands and wives, just liko two persons whoso
gait is different when walking one takes a long strido and tho other
a short strido but I maintain that WHERE THERE IS A SERI
OUS SENSE OF DUTY, WHERE THE ETHICAL IDEAL IS
STRONG, theso disparities can be eventually ovorcomo.
MARRIAGE SHOULD BE PERMANENT FOR THE SAKE OF THE
CHILDREN. WHERE HUSBAND AND WIFE DISAGREE THEY
SHOULD MAKE 8UPREME EFFORTS TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT
FOR THE 8AKE OF THEIR CHILDREN.
A CHILD NEEDS BOTH ITS FATHER AND ITS MOTHER.
Tho greatest happiness in marriago comes to those who do not make
happiness tho supremo aim.
Baseball a Character Builder
And a Pride to the Country.
By Or. GEORGE J. FISHER, Secretary or Y. M. C A. Phytlcil Work In the
United States. - ''
l"riLE value of tho gamo 'of baseball, considered as a character
, builder for tho youth, cannot bo overestimated. Besides its'
S physical valuo IT HAS A MORAL WORTH. It pro
motes an incentive to succeed in a square, honest manner
that no other gamo possesses.
THERE 18 MORAL CHARACTER MAKING IN ALMOST EVERY
PLAY OF THE GAME. IT IS INVALUABLE FOR THE MORAL
GROWTH OF THE BOY. NO OTHER GAME CAN EQUAL ITS BENE
FICIAL EFFECTS FROM A PHYSICAL, CLEAN, MORAL POINT OF
VIEW.
Wo have been trying for years to elevate all games. Wo aro ex
ponents of amateurism in its broadest sense. Wo wish to DIVORCE
THE EVILS that surround some of the sports from the sport itself.
Wo aro succeeding. BASEBALL IS ONE OF THE CLEANEST
GAMES THAT WERE EVER INVENTED. It is a pride to tho
country.
Tho season for outdoor sports is now opening. Wo hail the
chance that is now offered for the American youth to don his baseball
togs and his padded gloves and wield tho wooden instrument that
BRINGS HEALTH AND JOY TO TILE CLEAN MINDED.
Wo liko tho gamo because, taken as n whole, it is SQUARE. It is
FREE FROM TILE BETTING EVIL and appeals to all classes
by its sport producing qualities alone. It has a physical and mental
valuo. It builds character. It is clean and healthful.
Savings Department
For National
By E. V. CALLOWAY.
HERE is no reason why
a savings department in connection with their regular busi
ness. For some reason this policy bus never boon pursued
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by tho national banks, probably most of their officials being
of tho notion that they had no authority to carTy on tho other lino.
But ono national bank that I know of no long ago concluded it
would also take small savings deposits, and its SUCCESS WAS
IMMEDIATE. The start having been made, there is every reason
to think that tho banks will take up tho idea all over tho country, as
they can add tho other department with verj' little additional expense
or enlargement of their ordinary equipment.
Pistol Toting a Relic of Barbarism
By Judge F. M. STREETER of New Orleans.
IT seems INCREDIBLE that in such a quiet town as Wash
ington men would load six shooters and carry tiiom about in
their hip pockets.
THE CARRYING OF CONCEALED WEAPONS IS A RELIC
OF BARBARISM AND SMACKS OF A SEMICIVILIZED STATE.
. Sensible men long ago gave up the foolish practice, the indulgence
in which has caused innumerable tragedies, particularly in tho south
ern states.
. Even the sale of pistols has been prohibited in somo of our states,
and it was a first class piece of legislation. . ,
demands that wo consider marriago
St. Louis financier.
national banks should not operate
RULEOFTHEBIGSTICK
Hostility Aroused by Autocracy
of Roosevelt.
CLASH OVER ARMY AND NAVY.
President Holds That as Commander In
Chief of Armed Forces His Rower Is
Superior to That of Congress Usurps
Kingly Prerogatives Do Nothing
Policy of Congress.
By WILLIS J. ABBOT.
The growing Insistence of the presi
dent upon hln right to dominate legis
lation and particularly upon his un
qualified and unhampered power over
tho United States army and navy has
hcen pretty vigorously discussed In the
senate of late.
It Is a matter of notoriety that there
are In existence three letters from the
president to United States senators
bearing partly upon the Brownsville
incident, partly upon tho singular case
of Colonel Stewart of the coast artil
lery, who has been sent Into exile In
Arizona. In theso letters the president
notifies his senatorial correspondents
that If the seunte passes Mr. For
akcr's bill for tho reinstatement of the
troops dismissed on account of the
Brownsville Incident he will veto the
bill. If congress passes It over his
veto, he will refuse to pay attention to
It. lie holds that his power over tho
army and the navy as commander In
chief Is superior to that of congress.
Beyond conceding congress the power
of making the necessary appropria
tions for the support of tho armed serv
ice of the T'nlted States he gives the
legislative branch of the government
no. in: !'.-In the premises.
Tlio story was current about the cap
ital a day or two ago that In explain
ing his position on the subject to a vis
itor Mr. Roosevelt pointed out that
King Edward VII. was commander In
chief of the British armed forces and
that parliament could not Interfere
with his direction of them. The pres
ident Is said to have wound up his re
marks with the statement, "In this re
spect I am like the king of England."
One of tho senators to whom this re
mark was repeated said explosively:
"Wo all wish he were moro like the
king of England. King Edward ad
dresses parliament once at each ses
sion with a very brief speech prepared
by his ministers. lie does not bom
bard the legislative branch every two
or three days with messages covering
everything from race suicide and spell
ing reform to battleships and forest
reserves. With the title of king, Ed
ward VII. seems to repose some con
fidence In the ability of the English
people to govern themselves and to
select members of , parliament who
may be trusted to carry out the popu
lar will. While ho is In' charge nomi
nally of the army and navy, he has
not, so far as I know, put a doctor In
command of the army or a surgeon In
command of a navy vessel. While
Edward Is content to be a king In
name and Inllucnce the government
only by quiet and personal suggestions,
Mr. Roosevelt seems desirous of being
not merely king, but emperor In fact,
with the big stick for a scepter."
There Is more of this sort of talk
about the capital than most people
would Imagine. The growing autocracy
of the administration has produced an
undercurrent of hostility to Roosevelt
mid his immediate circle that every
now and then breaks out Into open
protest. This feeling has not been less
ened by the remark of Admiral Ev
ans, the naval pet of the administra
tion, at San Francisco recently, that
what "this nation needs Is more bat
tleships and fewer statesmen." Some
of the statesmen remember that the
president threatened to veto their pub
lic building bill unless given his full
programme of four battleships, nnd
they think Evans took his cue from
this. "There'll be fewer statesmen,"
said one Republican representative In
melancholy tones, "at least fewer Re
publican statesmen, In tho next con
gress If the man In the White House
and his satellites hold to their present
attitude."
The Stewart Case.
This Is one or th" most curious mys
teries of government today. Colonel
William F. Stewart is colonel In the
coast artillery service. 'Suddenly he Is
detached from his command and or
dered to an abandoned military post
in the middle of Arizona, twenty-six
miles from a village or habitation,
thousands of miles from the coast or
any artillery, and 13 given command of
exactly one private, who accompanies
him to attend to his comforts. What
Colonel Stewart's crime has been no
body knows. -lie has been as silent as
a sphinx so far as any public state
ment Is concerned. He did appeal to
tho war department and was informed
that If he would voluntarily retire his
retirement would be accepted, but If
he refused to retire ho must remain In
exile. Having nearly four more years
to serve before the age of involuntary
retirement, he declined that proposi
tion. Some friends interesting them
selves In his case, ho was transferred
from the Arizona desert to another
abandoned post near St. Augustine,
Fla., but had not unpacked his goods
and chattels there before he was per
emptorily sent back. All of this has
loeii done to this man, who has spent
his lifetime In the service of tho Unit
ed States and Is n veteran of two
wars, without ono word of explana
tion. He has not been court mnrtlalcd
uor even leen granted n court of In
quiry. What the high crimes and mis
demeanors are for which he Is con
demned to solitude In the sagebrush
unless willing to retire from the army
uobody Jjuowfi,
The discharge- from tho army of
three companies of soldiers without
trial and iho apparent persecution of
Colonol Stewart aro incidents which,
would not bo likely to make the serv
ice popular If Mr. Roosevelt were much
longer to continue to be commander in
chief.
The Closing Days of Congress.
With an overwhelming majority in
the senate nnd the house and with
continued and noisy protestations of
devotion to the president's programme,
congress has thus far passed through
the house only two of the multitude of
bills which he ha6 urged. Tho second
one, that Involving child labor in tho
District of Columbia, passed only with
the aid of Democratic votes. Nothing
yet has come of the recommendations
for free wood pulp and print paper,
for the amendment to the anti-trust
law, for publicity of campaign con
tributions or any of a half dozen neces
sary laws for the government of the
District of Columbia.
The editor of a weekly newspaper of
national reputation sitting in the press
gallery with me the other day and
watching the perfect discipline with
which Speaker Cannon, Leader Tayne,
Dalzell, Hepburn and Tawney worked
together to prevent anything of really
national Importance from being brought
to a vote on the floor said:
"I can't understand the theory on
which these men arc working. Here
the entire Associated Press and the
American Newspaper Publishers' asso
ciation have united In n demand that
wood pulp and print paper be put on
the free list, yet all thoy can get out of
this congress Is the appointment of a
commission obviously intended to carry
the subject over until next winter nnd
which .is conducting the Investigation
In such a way ns to make It perfectly
apparent to all who attend the hearings
that the cards arc stacked against the
publishers. The newspaper owners
are threatening reprisals. In this pres
ent house there are thirty-five Repub
licans sitting whose districts are so
close that a change of n thousand votes
from the Republican to tho Democratic
side Avould retire each one of them.
"The Democratic minority has put it
self on record as a unit for free pulp.
A petition asking that the bill be called
up has been signed by every Democrat
iu the house. Only one Republican
dared sign It against the speaker's op
position. What will the press of the
country do? The moral sentiment of
the country is a unit in favor of the
national publicity law, yet the speak
er and his cabal will not allow it to
be voted on In the house. If the Re
publican party Is to go before the na
tion on the record of Roosevelt, the
Immediate answer Is that the Repub
lican congress has repudiated him by
refusing to accept his recommenda
tions. If the record of congress is to
be tho issue, It is one of impotence and
dereliction of duty. One almost thinks
that that gang down there whom we
all know at heart arc hostile to the
president and to Taf faro systematical
ly plotting treachery for tho overthrow
of both."
The Singular Senator' From Arkansas.
If Senator Jeff Davis desired to at
tract attention Irrespective of what
sort of attention it might be, he could
have hardly done better than he uld
with his speech a week ago In the sen
ate. This paragraph, addressed to
Rockefeller and Morgnn. affords a fair
example of Its general tone:
Let the scavengers of plutocracy howl.
Miserable travesties upon noble manhood,
postgraduates In all arts of slander or
defamation, I challenge the subsidized
press. Go, damnable Imps of pelf and
Breed! I defy your taunts! Tear to frag
ments my political career If It comport
with your execrablo will. Stlflo and dis
tort my every utterance. Not satisfied, If
such bo your brutal frenzy, lash my poor
form Into Insensibility. Then, if It bo
your further pleasure, gnaw from my
stiffening bones every vestige of quiver
ing flesh. Howl In wretched bestiality
through my own Innocent blood ns it
drops from your fiendish visages.
This Is, of course, balderdash. Yet,
however foolish may be his ranting In
the senate, there Is u shrewd side to
Davis' character which has enabled
him to hold his own In his state. I
hoard a story of a clover trick ho
played on an opponent for tho nomina
tion for governor. Ills rival was a
iupihUt or an old Arkunsas family, n
tall, stately, dignified man. In the
Joint debates which they conducted
throughout the state he was carrying
every audience with him. Davis saw
that something must he douo. .Inst
before ono of his biggest meetings he
let the rumor be circulate that If
Judge attacked him on the stage
again ns he had been doing he (Dnrlsj
Would take physical VOIl-'eanco nnnn
I him. The judge's friend-; became per
I turbed. They went to him ami tniii
j him that ho must go to the next meet
ing armed. "But I never carried
weapons," protested the Judge. Still
they Insisted nnd finally persuaded
nun 10 sup si pistol into his hip pocket.
j In tho midst of his speech Davis, who
I was then governor, turned dramaticnl-
ly to his rival and, declaring himself
' to bo an officer of the law and one
' who reverenced and obeyed the law,
I demanded to know whether even then
J the gentleman confronting him was not
1 violating the law by currying n dead-
j ly weapon. The Judge could not He.
could- not defend himself, nnd, with
a passionate appeal to nil his hearers
to maintain at all times the sanctity of
r the law, the Hon. Jeff Davis won that
1 meeting for his own.
The Democratic Race.
It is becoming perfectly apparent that
Mr. Bryan's strength In the convention
will result In his nomination on the
first ballot. There has been talk of op
position to him In Louisiana nnd ru
mors of exceeding activity on the part
of tho Johnson foices In Alabama and
Iu Virginia, but the opposition In
Loulblann does not appear when sought
for, and the boomers' activity has thus
far resulted In nothing.
j H ilbUIJIglOll, 11, (J.