- SOMEPOUTICALDOPE
* A POTPOURRI GLEANED FROM
MANY SOURCES
Many Interesting Statistics The
Reader May DrnW His
Own Conclusions
Tins editor has .always favor
ed Lincoln as the proper place
for headquarters for the repub
lican state committee , but if the
people of our stale capitol have
so far degenerated from the true
spirit of Americanism that a
political parly is not allowed
to display its party banner be
fore its headquarters we arc in
favor of moving it somewhere
else. I3vmi old Omaha would
be preferable. Hradshaw Republican -
publican ,
The Omnlw Bee having observed
Hint "there is to bo no pence for
the southern colonel , " the Atlanta
Constitution forgets itself long
enough to retort : "Don't think it.
A hammock swung beneath two
shady oaks ; the mint growingglor-
iously green near by ; spring wa
ter , cracked ice , two sable attend
ants to fan him , aiul Hie julep win
ning oul on the straw vote ? "
Either prohibition is a failure in
Atlanta or this editor has a beauti
ful and highly cultivated memory.
Chattanooga Times.
If Bryan carries every state
he carried in 1890 , which in
cludes Kansas , Colorado. South
Dakota , Washington , Nebraska ,
and a few others the Democrats
have no chance to carry this
year ; and if Tail fails to carry
New York , Indiana and Illinois ,
which the Republicans stand no
chance to lose , then Bryan could
win. It's a longshot , of course ,
but why discourage the Demo
crat whose cheerful optimism
will allow him to shout over the
outlook ? Kansas City Star.
ELECTION FORECASTS.
One of the most harmless and
yet interesting pastimes during the
progress of every political cam
paign is that of forecasting the re
sults of the coming battle of bal
lots , and during every national
campaign there is always more or
lees forecasting indulged in by the
leaders on both sides of the con-
llict. During the campaign of
18 % General Grosvenor , then in
congress from Ohio , became fam
ous by reason of his weekly bulle
tins containing forecasts of eloat
oral voles that would go to his fa
vorite candidate. Since then num
erous politicians , with a liking foi
figures , have assumed the Gros.
venor role , but never with thai
confidence possessed by the sage
from Ohio. Already the forecast
ers are at work during the presen
campaign , and some of them havi
gone so far as to tell us exaclb
how the different states will vet <
iu November. Most of these- fore
casts are naturally colored more o
lees by the political complexion o
the man making them , but it i
possible to gather from the com
biued estimates of each side i
pretty fair idea of what the resul
of the voting will bo.
One of the fairest and most reasonable
sonablo estimates or forecasts o
how the electoral vote will bo di
vided we have yet seen is that mad
by "Raymond , " the Washingloi
correspondent of the Chicago Tri
bune , who was early in the iieli
and who has given us his impree
eion of what the result of the com
ing election will be. In his fore
east Mr. Raymond gives to Mi
Taf t the following states , each wit !
the number of votes following Hi
name : Maine , f , Vermont , ! Nei
Hampshire , 4 ; Massachusetts , 10
Rhode Island , -1 ; Connecticut , 1
Ohio , 23 ; Michigan , M ; Illinois
27 ; Wisconsin , 13 ; Iowa , 13 : Penn
sylvauia. 31 ; Minnesota , 11 ; Soul !
Dakota , 4 ; North Dakota,4 ; Cali
fornia , 10 ; Wyoming , 3 ; Utah , i ]
Oregon , 4 ; Washington 5 : Kan
sas 10 ; total 210. The electora
college now contains 4S3 votes , e
that 242 are necessary to a choice
With the votes accorded Taft tlm
gentleman will be short only twen
ty three votes of enough to elecl
and these vrill be easily seourei
rom the list of states classified as
doubtful" by Mr. Raymond.
Mr. Bryan is given the following
tales in the estimate of Iho Tri-
nine correspondent : Alabama , 11 ;
Vrkansas , 0 ; Florida , 5 ; Georgia ,
3 : Louisiana , 0 ; Mississippi , 10 ;
NToith Carolinu , ' . ) ; Tennessee. 12 ;
? exnB , 18 ; South Carolina , 5) ) : Vir-
inia , 12 ; total 117. Mr. Rny-
.loud . then classes the border states
s follows : Missouri , IS , Maryland.
Kentucky , 13 ; Oklahoma , 7 ;
olal 40. These he thinks LJrynn
3 more than likely lo carry.
Tlicro remains lo bo considered
nly the doubtful stales , which
{ aymond classes no follows : New
rork , 3 ! ) ; Indiana , 15 ; Now .Tor-
py , 12 ; West Virginia. 7 ; Nebras-
a , 9 ; Delaware. 3 ; Colorado , 5 :
daho , 3 ; Nevada 3 ; Montana , 3 ;
otal , 518. Summing up Ilia re-
ults of Ihis classification we have
lie following results : Bryan , cor-
aiii,117. Border states , 40. To-
, 103. Taft , certain , 219. This
jives Taft a wonderful advantage
o slartwith. Thedoublful stales ,
S iu all , seem mostly certain for
? aft ; Few prognostications place
ilher New York or Indiana in Iho
loublfnl column , while none , bo-
Ides Raymond's , considers West
Virginia , New Jersey , Delaware ,
Colorado , Idaho or Montana as
loubtful. Several of those states
vonl for Bryan in 18(10 ( because of
ho free silver issue. That issue
'cing now oul of the way , no one
maginee that they will cling to
3rynnism longer. At any rate ,
ho addition of Now York alone to
ho list of stales given to Taft
vould give him a load of sixteen
n the elecloral college , and this
es Indiana , and all of Iho oilier
laics , classified by Raymond as
oubtful , lo Bryan. A careful
ludy of Iho electoral votes loaves
nil litlle doubt of Taft's election ,
lo will likely not have such a lead
is Roosevelt had four years ago ,
nit that ho will bo triumphantly
locted there seems but very little
loubt. St. .loo Ga'/otte.
POLITICAL'CONTRIBUTIONS.
Our Democratic friends arc
nuking considerable noise just
low ov.er their pretended virtue in
.ho matter of campaign eonlnbu-
ioiis nd publicity. One would
inagine , to hoar thorn talk , Ihal
ho Democracy never received a
lollar for campaign purposes from
i corporation and thai the Rcpub-
icans have thrived on nothing else ,
io real facts , of course , do not
justify any such a presumption as
this , and the posing of Col. Bryan
ind other Democratic leaders becomes -
comes grotesquely humorous in
the lighl of well.known political
history. In his assumed innocence
Col. Bryan seems lo have forgotten
all about the immense sums poured
into his 18 % campaign funds by
Iho silver interests of the Western
stales. lie does not oven slop to
consider Iho difference between a
mining corporation and one engaged -
gaged in the banking business , if
there bo any difference in culpa
bility between the two when it
comes lo contributing funds for
pol tical purposes. He seems to
have forgotten all about the ell'cr
of the Democracy to purchase the
state of Nebraska during the las
presidential campaign by securing
control of the Populist vote. His
only anxiety at this time seems lo
be lesl ho may nol sufficiently ex
ploil his own virtue and that o
the party whoso candidate ho is.
The simple truth is , thai boll
parlies have hitherto accepted al
the campaign contributions offered
od , and when they-were not oll'erei
have openly and assiduously solic
ited them. Neither has hesitate <
to ask from whence the monp )
came , just so long as it came
Largo sums were needed in th
conduct of an extensive campaign
and all contributions were thank
fully received and no question
asked. In this respect the Dem
ocracy has no edge on the Repub
licans , and nobody knows Ibis anj
better than Col. Bryan -himseli
who is just now boasting of hi
pretended purity along such Hues
In view , however , of this Demo
cratic boasliug , it may be well Ic
take a glance at the record , in au
effort to learn just whal the twc
inrtiea have been doing to get rid
f whatever evil there may be in
argo political contributions. More
linn a year since a Republican
ongress passed a law which pro-
libits national banks and other
orporalious organized by acl of
ongress from contributing lucam-
) aign funds. This same law also
lakes il unlawful for corporations
f any kind lo contribute to the
ampaign fund of any parly in an
lection where a president of the
Jnited States or members of either
miueh of congress an1 to be elected.
hiB law was signed by Theodore
loosovelt , a Republican president.
Our Democratic friends are mak-
ng much oul of thai plank in their
Denver plalform which pledges
lie party nol to receive conlribu-
ions from corporation ) ? , but they
ntirely ignore the fact that a law ,
Hissed by Republicans , already
H'ohibits them from doing just
vlial they are pledging themselves
lot lo do. Content with what they
lave already done on this subject ,
he Republicans said nothing about
orpornlion conlribulions in their
) latform , and il is just like Col.
Bryan to attempt this show of vir-
uo where every intelligent man
UIOWB there is no virtue. As to
lie publicity phase of the question ,
Secretary Tafl has promptly ar-
anged for Unit by selecting n treas-
rer from the slate of New York ,
vho will bo governed by the New
York law on the publicity subjecl
n the handling of all campaign
urnls. This law requires detailed
niblicity , and Treasurer Sheldon
f the Republican national com-
liltee has already announced Ihal
lie loiter and spirit of Ihe New
York law will be observed. When
ne comes lo look into Ihe record
f both parties on the subject of
ampaign contributions the posi-
ion of Col. Bryan seems ridicul
ous indeed , If any of his Demo-
ratio friends have any influence
vilh him il would be well for theme
o call him aside and.whisper in
iis oar thai ho is making himself
he laughing slock of inlelligenl
jeoplo by his vociferous boasling
of a virtue everybody knows that
leitlier himself nor his parly pos
esses. St. Joseph Gaxetle.
BURKETVS CONGRESSIONAL
RECORD.
The years that Congressman
Jurkett spent in serving the
First District seem to have put
lim in splendid trim tor serving
the state as Senator Burkett.
He alwavs was a hard worker
partly because he likes hard
work , and partly because he is
: onscicntious and was always
doing everything he could , to
the best of his ability and energy ,
for the people he represented.
His experience tells. He is do
ing better work now than ever ,
and accomplishing more , and il
must be a matter of some pride
to him , as it is to the state he
represents , that he is able to get
things for Nebraska in such
large measure. The Washington
correspondent of the Lincoln
State Journal recently sent to
that paper an account of whal
Senator Burkett did during the
last session ol Congress. It was
compiled from the Congressional
Record , and is a mighty flatter
ing endorsement. It was pub
lished as follows ;
The Congressional Record
shows that during the first ses
sion of the Sixtieth Congress
Senator Burkett has :
1. Introduced 107 bills a n d
joint resolutions.
2. Offered 11 motions and res
o'.utions.
3. Introduced 22 petitions.
4. Offered 18 amendments to
proposed legislation.
5. Made 17 committee reports
0. Addressed the Senate 51
different times.
7. He passed a bill permitting
the South Omaha Bridge Coin
pany to build a bridge across
the Missouri river.
S. He passed 20 special pen
sion bills.
9. He passed a bill granting
to Valentine 240 acres from the
Niobrara Military Reservation
for a site for a city reservoir.
10 , He passed through the
Senate the Omaha Indian bill to
settle their treaty claims against
the Government under the 1854
treaty.
11. He passed a bill through
he Senate lor an appropriation
of $100.000 for a new Indian Sup-
) ly Depot at Omaha , but it went
out in conference.
12. He passed through the
Senate a bill to establish aGov-
'rument fish cultural station in
\ebraska.
13. He secured a $100,000 ap
propriation for Port Crook.
14. He secured $235,000'"for
\ > rt Omaha.
15. lie secured $100,000 for
< 1ort Robinson.
10. He secured additions to
he Beatrice posloflice of S50.000.
17. lie secured an addition to
he Fremont postofh'ce of $50,000
18. He secured $10,000 for an
exhibit of the manufacture of
lenatured alcohol at the Corn
Show in Omaha.
19. He passed a bill for the
elief of the estate of Edward
tosewater , deceased.
20. He introduced an amend-
nent to the Post Office Appro-
iriation bill for two million dol-
ars for clerk hire in 3rd class
post offices. The amendment
vas finally reduced to $300,000.
21. His postal savings bank
bill was very largely accepted
is the model for the bill which
he Committee reported and has
lending1 now before the Senate
or consideration at the opening
of the next session of Congress.
"JIM" WILL SHOW THEM.
You often have to go away
rom home to hear the news.
That explains why we have to
& 'o to Denver to find out what
Mayor Jim is incubating , and
that is what lends interest to an
announcement in the Denver
Post that our own Mayor Jim
of Omaha is going to start a
"cowboy crusade" to storm
again the citadels of the politi
cal infidel in the east and return
with the trophies of victory ,
dragging belling his broncho at
the end of the lariat. This is
the way the Denver paper dis
closes the dark secret :
"Dahlman is the first demo
cratic mayor Omaha has had in
seventeen years. He will most
likely be nominated on the
democratic ticket for governor
of Nebraska this summer. lie
won hid mayoralty light without
the aid of the bosses. He ex
pects lo jump into New York
and do a big part toward win
ning that state for Bryan by
adopting the same unique meth.
od that proved so successful
during his mayoralty fight ic
Omaha. "
Isn't that rich , rare and racy :
Mayor Jim boasts that he won
his mayoralty fight "without
the aid of bosses , . " when the
democratic herd in Omaha has
rhe "boss" brand on every steer.
While Bryan professes to be
endeavoring to protect his vir.
tue trom contamination with
corporations and tainted money
Mayor Jim is to win New York
for Bryan by adopting"thesame
unique methods" that proved
so successful in Omaha. Those
methods consisted in shaking
down the corporations , brewers ,
liquor dealers and every other
promising lead for a campaign
fund of unprecedented proportions
tions and promising everybody
everything demanded.
Just wait until Mayor Jim
starts his "cowboy crusade. " on
Wall street. If he does no\ \
make the Belmont-Ryan-Parkei
gang shell out more than $1500 (
this time it wont be his fault.
Omaha Bee.
„ Baptist Church.
Tlfe services for Sunday wil
be held * as usual. Sunday schoo
at 9:45 : a. in. followed by tjlu
preaching1 service at 11 o'clock
The evening service begins at J
o'clock. Prayer meeting : Wednes
dav at S p. in. Our congrega'
tion is increasing and we fee' '
that our work is growing ir
spirituality and loyalty. Cotm
and worship with us.
Pastor , G. F.
"Vanity-
all is vanity , " taith the preacher , but
a woman may be jiistly vain if she has
"a perfect set of pearly teeth in her
month. If she isn't ble'fcd with them
the next thing to it is to have crown and
bridge work inserted by
J. G. YUTZY
DENTIST
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