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The Commoner.
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radical Torsion of it, with the result
that tho six regulars all named men
vehemently opposed to Bristow.
A score of times and more since
the Times' correspondent has been
talking politics with these Kansas
men some one has cited tho fact that
when the president traveled through
the state on his way to Denver ho
invited Senator Curtis to accompany
liim and said nothing to Brlatow.
Now, as was said, there may ho a
porfectly satisfactory explanation of
all this, but it hasn't appeared in
Kansas or Wisconsin yet, and the
facts, as they are alleged, are suffi
cient to stretch tho last remaining
suspender rubber to the breaking
point.
Regulars in Danger in Kansas
As a consequence of all this tho
insurrection in Kansas is developing
into a regular old-fashioned prairte
lire. Thoro was a celebration of thp
semi-centennial of tho adoption of
the Wyandotte constitution in Kan
sas City, Kan., tho other night. All
the political big wigs of the state
were invited, but for some reason or
other the regulars found it necessary
to decline. So only insurgents went,
but the whole bunch of them was
there.
They had a great pow-wow, and
tho next day they let it be known
that in primaries next June for
congressional nominations they ex
pect to lift the scalps of four of the
six regulars, Scott, Calderhead,
Reeder and Miller. Tho indications
now are that they will keep their
word. They are well organized,
united, agreed on their candidates,
with no factional strife to divide
them, and unusually confident.
Speaker Cannon also is making an
occasional speech that fills the radi
cals with glee and renewed enthu
siasm. It is freely predicted around
here thdt unless Representative
Scott Ib invited Into the cabinet as
head of the department of agricul
ture before that time he will find
his business affairs such. as absolute
ly prevent his taking another nom
ination. A somewhat similar situation con
fronts the regulars in the Iowa dele
gation in the house. "Uncle Joe"
went up to Knoxville, in Captain
Hull's district, last week, and made
a speech that it will take Hull weeks
to get over, if, indeed, he ever ac
complishes a complete recovery. Yet
Cannon was trying to help Hull. He
did it chiefly by slambanglng Senator
Cummins, who is a resident of tkat
district and can outvote Hull there
-any day.
Rush to Roosevelt Predicted
As dissatisfaction with Taft and
distrust of him grows with each aow-
day, eo the returning enthusiasm for
Roosevelt waxes. It is freely pre
dicted now that In the republican
national convention of 1912 all the
states that opposed Taft in 1908 will
be found lined up for him and that
many of the states that supported
him then will be found hurrying to
Roosevelt. They have it framed up
out here In just the way they want
It, and if it should turn out as they
talk there would surely be some fun
and excitement.
"If Teddy would just land at San
Francisco when he comes back to this
country," said one man, "there would
be such a fire behind him by the time
he got across the continent that noth
ing could stand in front of it."
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A Winter Reverie
I love to sit while wintry winds
Go howling past my door;
I love to see tho whirling snow
Go drifting o'er tho moor.
And when against my windowpano
I hear tho driving sleet
I close my eyes, and happiness
Within mo is complete
Until a terror takes grim form
And reaches from without tho storm
To harry and distress my soul
"Wako up, you mutt! You're out of
coal! !"
I love to watch the daylight die,
The sun wrapped in a cloud
Of frozen haze that seems to mo
A chilling, wintry shroud.
And when the ice king takes his grip
On pond and lake and stream,
I love to watch the crystals form
In many a fancy gleam
Until from out tho wintry zono
There comes a grief-compelling tone
That puts my fancies all to rout
"Come, stir your stumps! Tho fire
is out! !"
I love to hear tho wintry wind
Go wailing o'er the lea.
They bear a messago to my soul
Of fancies full and free.
And when I hear them sob and wail
Like hearts that have no hope,
I seem to see grim impish forms
Through wintry darkness grope
Until from out the wintry pale
I hear a wild and fearful wail
As4f from one with soul accurst
"Wake up, old hoss! The pipes
have burst! !"
The dead leaves whirl upon tho gale
And sink beneath the snow;
Vain strives the sun to warm to life
Tho 'Violets below.
I sit and dream as 'round tho loaves
The fitful wind-gusts sweep;
Sweet dreams of victories yet to
come,
Of treasures rich to keep
Until somewhere from out the gloom
A thunder tone fills up the room;
A tono that makes me blue and ill
"Dig up! Here is tho plumber's
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or eight miles further out n 100
acro farm pays tribute to them. This
good couple raised seven childron,
five boys and two girls. Throo of
the sons are railroad engineers who
havo had a university education. Tho
other two boys arc professional men,
one a doctor and tho other a lawyer
and both aro successful. Tho two
daughters aro good wives and moth
ers, and both aro university grad
uates. I don't believe this good ninn and
his wife ever worried their heads
about;" tho cost of living." They had
to make many sacrifices In order to
educate those seven children, but
every sacriflco to that end was a Joy,
and every day gives thorn groat re
turn on tho investment.
It all depends upon tho point of
view.
Brain Leaks
HE HEARD IT TOO
Mrs. Hicks (relating burglar
scare) -"Yes, I heard a noise and
got up, and there under tho bed I
saw a man's legs."
Mrs. Wicks "Mercy! The burg
lar's?" Mrs. Hicks "No, my husband's
he had heard tho noise, too." Bos
ton Transcript.
What's the JScevefe?
The other day an old friend of
mine dropped into the office and we
had a chat. We have been friends
for twenty years or more ever since
the Architect landed In Nebraska.
Wo fell to talking about the times
and their tendencies the upward
trend of priees, the difficulty of mak
ing both ends meet, tho failure of
so many young men to get married,
and other things like that.
T' rA trntt-nrr mnr toll TriA tliav
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couldn't support a family on tho
wages they are able to earn," re
marked my old friend.
"Well, iBn't that a pretty sound
reason?" I asked.
"Perhaps," said the old gentleman,
smiling cheerfully. "But you know
what I've done."
Yes, the Architect knows what his
old friend has done. This old friend
lis now a gray-haired man of 70 years.
and he does not worn now. -I'or
forty years he worked upon a rail
road section, the last twenty of the
time as a section foreman right here
in Nebraska. He never received
over $60 in any one month as wages.
Yet he supported a family. He and
his good wife live in a cosy house
on the outskirts of a thriving Ne
braska city, and a little thirty-acre
patch of ground surrounds It. Six
Cheap living makes cheap men.
Tho devil is always a willing
worker.
When you pray, ask for what you
need, not for what you want.
Tho averago boy gets lots of blamo
that properly belongs to his father.
A fellow always determines to
practice economy when ho haB noth
ing loft to save.
Thp wise man avoids temptation;
tho foolish man tries to see how
much ho can stand.
Wo aro commanded to turn tho
other cheek when smitten, but if ho
smites tho second cheek you arc at
liberty.
When wo got rich wo aro going to
fight tho booze evil by supplying
good, rich country buttermilk free
to every man in tho community.
Wo always like to accept an invita
tion to dine from ono of thoso good
women .ho take a pride in showing
a shelf full of fruit she canned her
self. It's all right to have "rost rooms"
and all that sort of thing in our fac
tories, but we opine that the averago
workingman would prefer a wage
scale that would permit him to have
a few of those "welfare" comforts
In his own home.
Cautious
"Bilberly is the most conservative
man I ever knew. He will never
make a positive etatement."
"How do you know?"
"The other night Miss Screcehorly
sang for him and when she was
through she asked him if ho thought
her voice was improving."
"What did he say?"
"He said either it was or his hear
ing was growing defective, he didn't
exactly know which."
The Part of Wisdom
After listening to Senator Graball's
defense c" the new tariff law wo felt
impelled to congratulate him upon
his evident familiarity with it. .
"You spent a great deal of time,
senator," wo remarked, "in telling
tho people how tho law was made."
"Yes," replied the senator. "After
I had finished telling them how it
was made I knew they would be too
tired to ask me why we made It."
November
"I never did like November."
"Why, that's the month Thanks
giving comes."
"Yes, I know; but that's almighty
poor comfort for the thought that
November is the month that brings
us tho Christmas magazines."
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