TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEEl BATUKPAY, OCTOBER 1, 1904
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v Notary public.
Those lessons to high-steppers In
horse show manners come rather high.
One thing we have not heard about
In the present campaign yet Is the
Rockefeller monument.' ,
Judge Tarker Is hearing from his lieu
tenants In the far west. The reports at
this time are likely to be far more pleas
ing than those received next month. '
Tribesmen are fighting agalnAn Mo
rocco, but It will be a long time before
thej ivill secure another so valuable
asset and so appreciative a prisoner as
Ion Perdlcaris.
We must thank the democrats for one
boon. It Is impossible for the most ac
tive correspondent to get tales of their
vice presidential candidate from his
former school teachers.
wrought up over the danger from de
fective coal oil inspection, but has not
a word to say about tha Hangers from
defective electric wiring
A Kearney woman hail put up the
first money to purchase a silver service
for the battleship Nebraska. Who will
put up for the champagne with which
the ship is to be christened?
The water-logged statesman does not
want to return to the state senate this
year. All he wants is to be elected a
member of the water board and pros
pective water commissioner, but
Senator Clark has told Judge Parker
that the democrats will carry Montana
this fall. But he has not jet announced
whether or not the Amalgamated com
pany or Mr. Helnze will carry the party.
One of the "signs of the times" is
that, In a. eulogistic article on King Ed
ward, a British publication quotes Sec
retary of State Hay as saying that the
king "is one of the finest diplomats of
Europe."
The republicans of Douglas county
want to nominate a legislative ticket
that can be elected. For that reason
they cannot afford to nominate any man
who misrepresented Douglas county in
the last legislature.
Minister Svlatopolk-Mlrsky has raised
the popular hope of Russia to such a
pitch that, should the people be disap
pointed, they will be tempted to Invent
something more terrible than the dyna
mite bomb for his removal.
As a prophet Mr. Bryan has scored
another failure. Before the nomination
of Judge Parker he said that, in that
event, the campaign would be a foot
race, while it seems to be more in the
nstui of a walkaway ' for Mr. Roose
.velt. 1
Ten years ago Thursday the commis
sioners of Douglas county decided to
submit a proposition to the people to
vote f 1,000,000 in bonds to bring water
In a canal from the Platte fur power
purposes. But the proposition still
hangs fire.
Teople who are looking for history
always to repeat Itself will be interested
to know that by the terms of the agree
ment between Great Britain and Thibet
the latter eountry occupies almost the
same relation to the former as that of
the Boers after the treaty made by Mr.
Gladstone.- It is probable that the Dr.
Jamleson of Thibet will arrive in the
due course of time.
During the session of 1S00 J. II. Van
Dusen was a corporation lobbyist on
the floor of the senate. During the ses
sions of 1001 and 1003 he was a corpora
tion lobbyist in the corridors of the
state bouse and in the committee room.
Now he wants to go back to the senate
once more because a lobbyist on the in
sldo can wield more Influence than a
lobbyist on the ouUide.
THE LATE SKSATOR HOAR.
The name of another illustrious Amer
ican Is enrolled among those who having
long and faithfully served their country
are in the list of the immortals,- their
memory cherished by a grateful people.
For more than a generation George
Friable Hoar of Massachusetts held" a
prominent place In the attention and the
esteem of the nation. lie was one of
our great men great In ability, in a high
sense of duty and responsibility, in fidel
ity to conscientious convictions and in
enrnest patriotism. While always a re
publican, believing firmly in the vital
principles of the party, Mr. Hoar wat
not all times in sympathy with party
policies. He was not Influenced by con
siderations of expediency, but acted in
all circumstances upon what he believed
to be right Of him it could be said, as
of few other public men, at least of the
present time, that he had the "courage
of his convictions.
. Exceeded in years by Senators Mor
gan and I'ettus only, entering the senate
earlier thnn all save Senator Stewart,
Allison. Cockrell and Teller, a member
of the house before any of its present
members save Mr. Ketcham of New
York and preceded there by Senators
Allison and Cullom only, a member of
the Massachusetts legislature as early
as 1SS2, George Frlsble Hoar was prob
ably a part of more political history than
any American in recent public life. Mr.
Hoar was not what is termed a con
structive statesman. His fame does not
rest upon any great acts of legislation
which he originated. But he ever took
a deep Interest In all public questions
and his fine intellectual endowments
gave him a commanding place in the de
liberations of congress. lie was a man
of the highest integrity, with an un
blemished public and private record, and
he earned a distinguished and honorable
place in the nation's legislative history.
EUROPE'S SHORT FOOD SUPPLY.
Recent statistics and estimates regard
ing the food supply abroad make certain
a larger demand than usual upon the re
sources of this country. This was shown
in a recent report from the American
consul general at Berlin, who stated that
there was a falling off from the yield of
last year in all of the six leading cereals
except winter wheat and a net deficit of
over a million tons in the actual amount
of these grains harvested during the
present year, all of which deficit, or as
much of it as possible, will have to be
met by Increased importations. The con
sul general concluded with the state
ment that scarcer and dearer .food
throughout Germany will increase the
cost of labor and thereby restrict the
ability of manufacturers to produce
cheaply the goods which are to supply
domestic demands and maintain their
supremacy in foreign markets.
It is said that Russia, Austria, Switz
erland and France are all in a similar
situation to that of Germany and have
little or no surplus for export. Increased
importations, .if .obtained, at all, : will
have to cf ma fronxlstant sources-Ar-gentlne,
Canada, Australasia and the
United States. It to believed there will
be an increased demand in Germany not
only for com, wheat and rye, from the
United States, but according to onr con
sul ,'at Berlin, also for fresh and pre
served fruits, dried and salted fish and
such meats as the present Inspection
law of Germany permits to be Imported.
So far as this country is concerned, it
will have less grain for export, this year
than last, even if the home demand was
no greater than a year ago, and this is
especially the case with wheat The
necessary effect must be higher prices
for breadstuff's and greater prosperity
for the growers. .
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HE CURES FITS.
There are medical quactfs and politi
cal quacks. The medical quack gives
his patients fits and then cures them.
The political quack also hopes and
prays for calamity and always has a
ready nostrum to cure it
Among that class of charlatans the
World-Herald takes rank in the fore
front. When the demo-pops were in
power in the state house its voice was
never raised in favor of higher railroad
taxation, and when the republicans re
occupied the state house it made nd re
monstrance against the undervaluation
of railroads. On the contrary, it was
fervently praying for calamity, and its
hopes were blasted when the board, at
the Instance of republican papers,
raised the railroad assessment by $19,
000,000. , ,
The same course has characterized its
hue and cry about the sale, of inferior
and explosive coal oil. For years The Bee
has been advocating more rigid Inspection
of oils and other explosives in the city of
Omaha, but not a word of help or en
couragement came , from the organ of
calamity. . Life and property in Omaha
is certainly in greater danger from the
storage, transportation and sale of dan
gerous oils than the life mid property In
smaller towns or on the farm, but that
fact does not matter to the political
charlatans, who want no remedy to be
applied unless it is water on their own
mill.
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TIME TO ACT.
The unexpected does not always hap
pen. A prominent fire Insurance rep
resentative, who speaks from personal
knowledge ot national bureau matters,
Is quoted as saying:
A general and material advance in Are In
surance rates will be put Into effect in
Omaha In the very near future If the city
council does not take speedy action upon
the report of Inspector Boyd of the Na
tional Bureau of Fire Underwriters con
cerning the dangerous condition of elec
trical wiring In the city. This increase is
a certain under existing conditions as It
would be If the water supply were cut oft
from the fire hydrants. The Insurance
men have not been inclined to crowd the
matter unreasonably, but the council's
action In burying the Boyd report without
even having It read seems to promise no re
lief A further communication will be
sent to the council within a week or ten
days. If that is also ignored the advance
In rates will follow at once.
It is aald that.' the increase In rates
will be from 15 to 20 per cent and that
It will apply to all classes of fire poli
cies. Thl: Is Just what might have
been expected, and the business men of
Omaha and home owners who are car
rying fire insurance policies will know
where the blame for the raise in Insur
ance rates lies if speedy and decisive
action is not taken by the council to
carry out the recommendations of the
city electrician and the Inspector of the
National Underwriters' association.
Congressman Hitchcock's postal sav
ings bank letter, mailed to the voters
of the Second congressional district as
a public document, Is a very adroit bid
for votes. Mr. Hitchcock knows, of
course, that postal savings banks wonld
be popular and it did not cost him any
more for introducing a postal savings
bank bill thnn it did for postage on the
letters he mailed out. Within the last
twenty-five years hundreds of postal
savings bank bills have been introduced
In both houses of congress and many
hundreds more may have to be intro
duced before one of them becomes a
law. Mr. Hltchcpck ingenuously asks
the voters to tell him what they would
like or dislike about his bill, when ho
knows well that In the short . session
between December 4 and March 4 there
would be no more chance for the passage
of his bill than there would be for the
passage of a bill to build a railroad to
the moon. But that does not matter so
long as his catchy letter catches the
gullible voter.
The World-Herald's dally primers in
state finances are Just as deceptive and
misleading as the red letter primers
about the water woks rates emitted
by R. B. Howell through the Junior
fakery. For example, figures have been
cited to show the marked increase in
the assessment and in the aggregate
taxes' in Boyd county for 1004, when as
a matter of fact the increase" in the as
sessment represents the marked increase
in the value of lands and the increase
in the volume of personal property in a
county which has trebled and quad
rupled In population and wealth within
the Inst five years. The same is true
In part of the finance primer for Scott's
Bluff county and other western and
northern counties where hundreds of
thousands of acres of unimproved land
have been made productive by new
settlers.
While the next lot of "suckers" is
growing Charles M. Schwab is salting
down the fish from the last haul of the
net. He has purchased the Union Iron
works of San Francisco for $1,700,000.
This plant was valued by the orlrnal
company at $4,302,879, was carried on
the books of the late shipbuilding cor
poration at $2,547,703 and was appraised
by the receiver of the concern at .JjsJ,
123,150. Fetching Bid for Votes.
St. Louis Qlobe-Demoerat.
If elected Judge Parker declares that he
will revoke President Roosevelt's pension
order.. Judge Parker has about, the same
solicitude for the old sojdler that Cleve
land had. '. ,
All Q.ulet In Ohio.'
Springfield Republican (lnd ).
The deadest spot in American politics
this year appears to be Ohio. McLean Is
editing, Johnson la, mayorlng and nothing
Is doing. The republican plurality at the
present moment Is probably 100,000.
Rival Racers for the Pole.
Boston Transcript.
Mr. Peary is said to be anxious to be
off to the frozen north In order to escape
the query: "Well, when you have found
the pole what are you going to do with it?"
He Is also reported to be somewhat con
cerned lest General KuuropatkLn arrive
there first.
The Proper Thing; to Do.
Indianapolis News.
Now that. Massachusetts has apologized
to the third secretary of the British em
bassy for violating international law,
wouldn't It really be the neat and proper
thing for the third secretary of the British
embassy to apologize to Massachusetts for
violating Massachusetts lawT
Changing Horses In Midstream.
Chicago Chronicle.
If If be true that at this critical mo
ment the czar contemplates appointing a
nincompoop of the blood royal to supreme
command of the Russian armies in Man
churia it only proves nfresh the truth of
the classio maxim that the gods first
make mad those whom they have marked
for destruction.
AMERICA SAID TO BE SLOW.
Foreigners Think We Are a, Few Laps
Behind In the Race.
Cleveland Leader.
American pride and confluence In the
business enterprise of American manufac
turers can hardly accept the dictum of Sir
William Ramsay, the famous British chem
ist, who is making a tour of the United
States, that this country Is far behind Ger
many and England in utilizing and appre
ciating the Industrial Importance of chem
ical research and scientific discoveries.
Prof. Ramsay is a very high authority,
but when he made public this opinion of
the slowness of American business men he
had visited only a few chemical works, In
the tmmedlnto vicinity of New York.
More extended Investigation rrtay lead the
eminent British master of chemical sciencu
to revise his estimate of the readiness of
American manufacturers to make full use
of the latest discoveries in every field of
investigation.
It may easily be believed that Germany
leads the United States in applied chemical
science. That country has long made
chemistry a special Held of research, and
there Is no such large body of highly
trained chemists at the service of American
manufacturers as can be summoned to the
service of German business men for com
paratively small pay and on terms vary
favorable to the employer. In the United
States the demand for practical and Imme.
dlate results Is so urgent that there has
been no udequate Inducement for such prod
igal expenditure of time and research ss
Germany has devoted to patient study of
chemical problems. Competition amona
chemists of ability Is much keener there
than it Is here.
But it is a grave error to suppose that
American manufacturers, In any field, are
Indifferent to the Importance of constant
research In advance of familiar methods
and on new ground. They are far too sensi
ble of the scientific progress of the age to
Ignore or value lightly the work of the
great Inveatlgutors who are constantly
widening the Held of knowledge and mul
tiplying the practical triumphs of science
In the adaptation of Its discoveries to bust
uess netda.
MAXIMS OF ROOSEVELT.
No msn Is happy If he does not or
Daylight Is a powerful discourager of
evil.
Righteousness finds weakness but a poor
yoke-fellow. -
The shots that count In battle are the
shots that hit
It Is almost as harmful to be a vir
tuous fool as a knave.
A lie Is no more to be executed In poli
tics thsn out of politics.
The sinews of virtue lie In man's ca
pacity to care for what Is outside himself.
It is almost as necessary that our policy
should be stabje as that it should be wise.
Demagogic denunciation of wealth Is
never wholesome, and Is generally dan
gerous. Far and away the beet prlie that life
offers Is the chance to work hurd at work
worth doing.
In the long run the most dlssgreeable
truth Is a safer companion than the most
pleasant falsehood.
People show themselves Just as unfit
for liberty whether Oiey submit to an
archy or to tyranny.
The well-being of tho wageworker Is a
prime consideration of our entire policy
of economlo legislation.
The men who demand the Impossible or
the undesirable serve as the allies of the
forces with which they are nominally at
war.
If we show ourselves weaklings we will
earn the contempt of mankind, and what
is of far more consequence our own con
tempt. The faculty, the ast, the habit of road
bulldlng marks in a nation those solid,
stable qualities which tell for permanent
greatness.
The adoption of what Is reasonable In
the demands of reformers Is the surest way
to prevent the adoption of what Is un
reasonable. If promisee are violated, if plighted
word la not kept, then those who have
failed In their duty should be held up to
reprobation.
Wherever a substantial monopoly can be
shown to exist we should certainly try our
utmost to devise an expedient by which It
can be controlled.
Tho government cannot supply the lack
In any man of tho qualities which must
determine In the last resort the man's
success or failure.
Tou cannot put a stop to or reverse the
Industrial tendencies of the age, but you
can control and regulate them and see
that they do ho harm.
Any really great nation must be pecu
liarly sensitive to two things: Stain on the
national honor at home, and disgrace to
the national arms abroad.
We have in our scheme of government no
room for the man who does not wish
to pay his way through life by what he
does for himself and for the community.
As a nation. If we are to be true to our
past, we must steadfastly keep these two
positions to submit to no Injury by the
strong and to infllot no injury on the
weak.
Wisdom untempered by devotion to an
Ideal usually means only that dangerous
cunning which is far more fatal in Its
ultimate effects to the community than
open violence itself.
GHKELEY AND PARKER.
Resemblances Between the Campaigns
of IS 72 and lfM4.
Leslie's Weekly.
There are striking resemblances between
the campaigns of 1872 and 1904. In each
case the democrats had suffered a series
of defeats In a discredited cause the re
bellion in one instaJTcCahd .silver in the
other and were frantically searching for a
candidate who could lull the public Into
forgetfulness of the party's errors In the
past and lead It to victory in the present.
In the earlier canvass they accepted Gree
ley in the hope that tney could win over
many of his old republican friends. In the
latter they nominated, a man who wa;
assumed, on account of a former victory
through a fluke, to be powerful in the de
cisive state of New York. In both in
stances the democrats pretended to cut
loose from the past and make a new de- j
parture. In both, also, an element of their
party the stnWIghUouts who nominated
O'Connor in 1872 and the populists who put
up Watson in 1904 was dissatisfied with
the nominee and fought him in the can
vass. Judge Parker, like Horace Greeley, bids
fair to be stronger with the masses of his
party Immediately after his nomlnaflon
than at any time afterward. In tho bet
ting at the outset both broke nealy even
with the republican candidate. Odds
quickly, though, began to be offered on
Qrant and Roosevelt The odds grew
larger and larger1 on Grant as the campaign
progressed, and so It will be with Roose
velt and Parker.) After North Carolina
voted in August, 1872, and Vermont and
Maine in September, Greeley stock dropped
lower than it had been before, as Parker
shares did after Vermont and Maine were
polled in 1904. The collapse In the early
Instance was so complete before November
came that every sensible person In thu
country except Greeley himself knew that
Greeley would be defeated. All the Indica
tions point to a like debacle in the Parker
Instance, with this difference, that Parker
himself will be able to say, "I told you so,"
when the news.' on the night of November
8, of Roosevelt's sweeping victory la flashed
over the country.
Politics has a habit of repeating itself
In striking ways In the United States.
EXPLORING THE EARTH'S EXTERIOR
Time and Cost of Boring: a Hole
Twelve Miles Deep.
Harper's Weekly.
An interesting discussion of the means to
be employed In carrying on a scientific ex
ploration of the Interior of the earth was
given by Charles A. Parsons, the Inventor
of the steam turbine, in a recent address
before the British Association for the Ad
vancement of Science.' At present the
earth la penetrated by shafts or bore hole
to a point slightly In excess of a mile and
save for the Increase of temperature with
depth but little Is known of Its Interior
condition. By sinking a shaft to rreat
depth not only would Vast scientific knowl
edge be gained, but also there would be
the possibility of discovering mineral con
ditions of economic Importance. Mr. Par
sons believes that sinking such a shaft
would not be an Impossible engineering ac
complishment, and he has computed the
approximate cost, length of time required
and the temperature of the rock likely to
be encountered, as follows:
Depth from Time In Temp.
Surface. Cost. Years. ofRtxk.
2 miles.... $2,600,600 10 112 deg. Fahr
4 miles.... b,b(iO 25 Ja2 deg. Fahr'
Smiles.... ,ono,00 40 1K2 dg. Fahr
8 miles.... 13.500,100 56 212 deg. Fuhr
10 miles.... 18.60o.onj 70 242 deg. Fahr
13 miles..., Jo.000.0u0 86 272 di-g. Fahr'.
The plan would be to sink the shaft in
some place free from water-bearing strata,
prevldlng stage at Intervals of a half mile,
at each of which would be placed the ma
chinery for working the cectlon below, In
cluding the necessary refrigerating appar
atus to reduce the temperature. There
would also be required at intervale of two
or three miles air locks, as the pressure
would Increase greatly the deeper the
shaft penetrated. To bore to great depths
the freezing process would have to be em
ployed and a number of bore boles sunk in
a circle around (he shaft proper, so that
by means of brine the rock, sand and
water could be frozen and then excavated.
OTHER LARDS THAR OVRS.
There are two versions of the Thibetan
treaty, one English, the other Chinese. It
Is explained that the Chinese draft I ob
scure in places, but It Is clear enough as to
one proposition In cise of dispute, the
English text Is to be regarded as authorita
tive. Incidentally, Thibet Is to pay the
piper, which Is to say, the cost of the ex
pedition will come out of Thibetan pockets,
Settlements will tske the shape ot install
ments, a receipt In full to be made out
three years hence, providing matters are
not complicated by default. In the Interval
British troops will occupy the Chumbl val
ley. In the event of default such occupa
tion will continue. Probably, the troops
are there to stay. Meanwhile, It will in
terest Russia to know that without the
consent of Great Britain no Thibetan terri
tory shall be sold, leased or mortgaged to
any foreign power whatsoever; no foreign
power whatsoever shall be permitted to
concern Itself with the administration of
the government of Thibet or any other af
fairs therewith connected: no foreign power
shall be permitted to send either official or
non-offlclit persons to Thibet, no matter
In what pursuit they may be engaged, to
assist in the conduct of Thibetan affairs;
no foreign power shall be permitted to con
struct roads or railways or erect telegraphs
or open mines anywhere.
The Austrian premier, Dr. von Korber,
has been instructing a congress of news
paper men, held In Vienna, as to what, In
his view, are the proper functions of Jour
nalism. He recognised the press, he said,
as the mouthpiece of the people, but It
often did harm by exaggeration and Inflam
ing passion. But he considered police or
other administrative measures against
newspapers totally useless. He knew of no
other remedy for the occasional abuses of
the press than the advancing education of
the people. . Nowadays, when the national
Idea dominates the globe, the press, though
patriotic In all countries, ought to remind
Its readers from time to time of the truism
that every past had once been a future,
and that every future will some dny be a
past. Everybody, therefore, had a right to
his opinion, although opposed to that of
others, time only being able to decide
which Is right. If the press would teach
men and nations' to be modest by telling
them what Is true. It could do more than
all treaties of arbitration to disseminate
the Idea of peace, which was the one deslro
of the Austrlnn government, although 11
had a strong arm wherewith to strike.
For safety England stations Its Indian
troops away from home. The Sikhs gar
rison almost any district except the Pun
Jab. The Gourkas from Nfpaul, an almost
independent country, are used far away
from their Himalayan valleys. Troops re
cruited In Madras mny be found In Bom
bay. British policy depends, also, In large
measure, on differences of race and re
ligion. Ancient feuds and old cealrsges,
geographical, racial and governmental,
play the game of the white a'lens who
come from far beyond the sea to ruie
India and make 300.000,000 people thir sub
jects, to feed British commerce anl grat
ify British lore of power and dominion. The
natives are kept without firearms, except
for a musket here and there, trusted to
a village hunter, as protection agntnst
wild beast. Tet, making due allowance
for all such aids to England's rule, the
cone Is terribly top-heavy, as It stands up
side down, poised on 77,000 white soldiers
and about 110,000 white clvi'lans, Including
women and chidren. It Is a great feat of
balancing, but will not the center of grav
ity In the mass of 300,000,000 natives be so
disturbed, sooner or later, that It will fall
outside the narrow base on which Eng
land's Indian empire rests, and bring the
whole liuge bulk down with a world-filling
crash? .
One does npt hear much of the czarina,
except that she Is a devoted mother, but
If a Berlin paper Is to be be'.leved, she
must be credited with artlstlo ability as
well as a pretty wit. The empress of all
the Russlas often amuses herself by draw
ing skillful caricatures of the members
of the Russian court, and one and all
have suffered under her pencil, with the
exception of the czar. It Is said that while
he appreciates the respect thus shown, he
wished to see himself through his wife's
eyes, and so asked her to makn a picture
of him. She did so at once, and the czar,
looking over her shou'der, saw himself
with his crown on his head and his scep
ter in his hand seated in a baby carriage
drawn by his mother with a string. Tho
sketch went to the marrow of things. Sad
to relate, the czar Is said to have been
stupid enough not to see the point. All
intelligent Russia would rejoice to see him
grasp it. Perhaps out of this general
knowledge was born the story of the
czarina's faithful sketch, which, however,
may be true in fact as we'.l as In point.
' A new Sunday closing bill has Just come
Into operation In Madrid, but nearly every
thing seems to be going on In much the
same way as before. As a matter of fact,
most of the shops and offices have been
closed on Sundays for some time. But
grocers, fruiterers, pastry cooks, confec
tioners and bakers have kept their shops
opea and done a lively trade. Now they
are shut up at noon, but are not likely to
suffer much, as they are more crowded
than ever In the mornings. In the first
instance the new law forbade the hawking
of newspapers In the streets, and the dis
appearance of the newsboys deprived In
streets of a prominent feature, but the
government was not strong enough to face
the public grumbling and the unanimous
Indignation of the editors. So the.-street
sale of newspapers is to go on as usual.
The chief revolution effected by the bill
Is In the abolition of Sunday bull fighting,
except on special festivals and fair days.
It Is expected that the enforcement of this
rule will make trouble sooner or later.
Popular 111 will was exerted, too, by the
closing of the taverns, but these are al
lowed now to remain open If they sell
food, which, of course, they all do. Alto
gether the law seems to be tolerably elastic.
So admirable do the character and pro- j
gram of the new Russian minister of the
Interior seem to be that for once theTe
Is an apparent need for modifying and
qualifying the assertion that the conse
quences of political assassinations are al
ways bad, politically as well as otherwise.
According to all accepted reasoning, the
death of von Plehve was sure to result tr
the selection of a successor harsher and
more reactionary than himself, but It has
not resulted so, If present Indications
count. The terrorists are likely to assert
that the quality of the new man Is a Jus
tification of their policy, and It Is not well.
In Russia or anywhere else, that they
should have such Justification. Of course.
It is not a real one, but the fallacy of It
Is not yet quite plain.
Onward aud I'pward,
Theodore Roosevelt.
It behooves 11 men of lofty soul, fit and
proud to belong to a mighty nation, to see
to It that we keep our position In the
world; for our proper place Is with the
great expanding peoples, with the peoples
that dare to be great, that accept with
confidence a place of leadership In the
world.
Worse Than That.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The democratic candidate for governor
of New York was born at Esperance. The
democratic aandldate for president lives at
Esopus. If Kvperance and Eeopus go
down to defeat there wtll be a terrible
slump la alliteration and euphony,
(he Barefoot
thai entures
V VOW drnlfr
LEWIS
Kerta
HAYDEN
SELL TIIEJY1
POLITICAL DRIFT.
Betting odds In New York City are 10 to 4
on Roosevelt,
The cyclone season Is on In Oklahoma.
Ex-Senator Billy Mason is stumping the
territory.
There Isn't enough life In the campaign
In Ohio to Induce Tom Johnson to speed
his automobile.
Mr. Cleveland Is booked to preside at a
Parker meeting In New York City, Just to
encourage the gentle art of fishing for
votes.
Judgo Parker's faith In Jeffersonlan sim
plicity Is demonstrated by his having fif
teen suits of clothea made since his nomi
nation. And while General Miles is stumping the
country for Parker, he might at least, after
all the prohibitionists tried to do for him.
put In an occasional good word for Dr.
Swallow.
Former Congressman Shafroth has been
renominated for his old position by the
democrats of Colorado. Shafroth ugrees to
run on the express condition that his party
associates will refrain from monkeying
with the returns.
Francis Burton Harrison, democratlo
candidate for lieutenant governor of New
York, has fattened the party campaign
fund with $50,000. This makes the third
$50,000 contributed by plutocrats for the
benefit of the plain people's ticket.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Lease drifted into
the democratic headquarters in New York
City, mistaking it for a prayer meeting.
When Informed of her mistake she yelled
lustily: "In democratic headquarters!
Open the door! Give me air!" Htr wlshos
were gratified.
One of the gentlemen nominated for pres
idential electore by the Pennsylvania re
publicans has seen his eighty-fifth birth
day. He is George Van Eman Lawrence
of Monongahela, ex-congressman. He used
to be a locally famous , fox hunter. Ho
voted for William Henry Harrison in 1840.
He Is five years older than Judge Parker's
running mate.
William F. Crerano of New York, a pub
lisher of texlle trade Journals, has Just
completed a canvass of tha trade, publica
tions to learn their attitude toward tho
national tickets. These publications are
nonpartisan, and as a rule do not allow
political discussions to appear In their
columns. Mr. Crerano'a canvass- shows
that out of 803 of these publications 7C8 are
for Roosevelt.
8MH.IXG st cnr:sTios.
Napoleon was crossing the Alps.
"This Is a dOKKoned roUKh road." he
reflected, "but then I guess that there
Isn't much danger of uny automobiles
coming along and scaring the cavalry."
And, too, he found another consolation
in the (nought that the farmers were not
apt to be armed. Cleveland Leader.
Columbus was trying to tell them that
the earth Is round.
"G wan, they said. You talk like a
Chicago college professor."
smarting under this awrul roast, he
saw that It was up to him to clear hi
name. Therefore he had to make good.
Cleveland Leader.
"Figures don't lie, do they, paw?"
"No. my son. but If you will examine
the campaign text books you will find that
"Times have changed" Beau Brummel
might say, if he were on earth.
Sack suits are today's text. And there's
a good deal of talk about the brown shades.
We have them- But brown is a trying
color to most men. Don't buy till you
try one on.
Something else may suit you better.
We have that, too, whatever your choice.
Hats and Furnishings
that outshine all competitors.
NO CLOTMINQ FITS LIKE OURS."
il. S. WILCOX. Mgr.
$3.5o'SHOE4.QO
MAKES LIFEiS WALK EASY
1IIAPK 11AIIK.
The lender feci ol old age, by wearing lha
Crossctt. have the fresK restful vior of
boy's. A light, strong shot
ease lo (he tendered tool.
rVv-l nnt ktrp thrm. vrill M
i leu will V'Ati rtiv.
A. CROSSE1T, Inc.
Akiaglua, Mm
BROTHERS
IN OMAHA.
they can toll two entirely different and
contradictory kinds of truths." Chicago
Tribune.
Gwllllams f haven't seen anything In y
the papers lately about Weilgely. the great
foot ball player of a few seasons ago. Is '
be dead? .
Sllint Dead? No. He's more terrible then
ever. He drives a racing automobile now.
Chicago Tribune.
"flow long have you been out of work,
my good man?'' asked the head of the
household, as he parleyed with the rusty
looking caller.
"1 was born In 'fSS, Mr." Detroit Free
Press.
Church The average min likes to sit
Idly and see some other man do all the
work.
Gotham Why Is It, then, that more men
don't go to church?
Church The average man liken to sit idly
and see some other man do all the work.
Gotham Why Is It, then, that more men
don't go to church? Yonkers Statesman.
Candidate (on arriving at Plunkvllle to
fill an appointment) Are there any evi
dences of campaign enthusiasm here?
Local Politician Nothing to speak of.
The other fellows "hanged you In effigy last
night, but I believe that's about all. Chi
cago Tribune.
JOHV1Y OS THE SPOT.
Nixon Waterman in Success.
The world his many golden gifts 'tis eager
to bestow
On enterprising mortals who are not too
sly or slow
To step right up and win their share of
prizes when they can.
But, oh! the worlds too busy, quite, to
seek the absent man.
And those who mean to do so much next
week or month or year.
Away off in some, misty clime, instead of
now and here.
May some dny rouse thomselves and find
a score of them have not
As much true "get there" as has one
brisk "Johnny-on-the-spot."
When shy Miles Stanilish sought to win
the fair Prlscllla's hand
By courting her by proxy, 't Isn't hard t
understand:
The comely Plymouth maiden said sho
really would prefer
John Allien, who possessed the spunk to
come and speak with her.
That old, oft-quoted piece of fudge which
says that "Absence makes
The heart grow fonder" must be classed
with those flrmrtrd' mistakes
Which blunt, slang-using folks would say
are all n bit of "rot;"
The chap that wins the lady Is the
"Johnny-on-the-spot."
The men who framed our nation fought
against tremendous odds;
They never could have won had they
been slow, weak-hearted clods.
Each nukther's son of them seemed glad to
risk Ills precious neck;
Wherever duty called him, there It found
him, right on deck.
Brave Washington was at the front, his
country's, course to guide,
With Ailanis, Franklin, Jefferson and Han
cock at his side.
No proxies could have done the work for
that immortal lot
Whose every man was what you'd call A
"Johnny-on-the-spot."
In love or war or politics, or whatsoe'er
you will,
The wiser man Is not the one to send a
boy to mill;
Oh, no. he takes the grist himself, and,
like a prudent man.
Ha niiikes the miller give him back the
hest return he can.
And "genius," properly defined, so sage
all declare,
Means belnK at the proper "when" Just
at the proper "where."
So, of the many varied gifts, the god to
nun allot.
The rarest ones are sure to fall to "Johnny
on-the-spot."
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