TflE OMAHA DAILY DEE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2S. 1904.
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M. a HUNGATK.
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Roaster today.
SSI
Have yon registered T No previous
registration bold good this year.
Rudyard Kipling Is missing an excel
lent opportunity to sell another jingle
about Adam Zad.
- France now has an opportunity to do
soma side-stepping Itself to avoid the
terms of the Rusalan treaty.
Do you want four years of populism
In Nebraska t Democrats, can you af
ford It any more than republicans?
The Real Estate exchange boost lug for
the worst tax-shirking monopoly of all
the local franchlsed corporations Is a
spectacle to behold. .
. Fortunately for America the 200,000
, 'lives reported lost by Judge Parker as
a result of the acquisition of the Philip
pines do. not appear on the records.
Despite their attacks upon the present
protective tariff as robbery, no demo
cratic orator has been bold enough to
advocate Immediate and unlimited free
trade.
Notwithstanding all that, not a single
cartoon carrying John N. Baldwin's
pompadour face has appeared in the
World-Herald since the fusion ticket was
nominated. ' '
FlKhting has been resumed near Muk
den, but the correspondents in the east
must tako second place to those at Lon
don and Ht. Pctei-sburK until the lion
ceases to growl at the bear.
In coupling Virginia with Indiana and
New Jersey In the list of democratic
States perhaps "Tom" Taggart means
that there Is a chance for republican
success in the Old Dominion.
Nome of the evidence In the present
hearing growing out of the Dreyfus case
will be tnkeii In secret. No danger,
though, that the sensational Parisian
press will let It remain secret.
Register! Register! Register! No one
can register your name for you. you
must appear personally before the reg
istrars of your voting district or you will
not bo entitled to vote on election day.
f'amlldnto Swallow Is acting on the
theory that he can alienate no element
liy caustic remarks on the New York
subway tavern and that the advertising
he receives is nt least worth the trouble.
Russia announces that It cannot com
ply with the demand of Great Britain
for an explicit promise of the punish
ment of men responsible for firing upon
the fishing vessels. Russia, however,
reserves the right to change Its mind.
The effect of environment was never
so strongly shown as In the relative po
litical positions of Tom Watson aud C
A. Towite. Both huve been candidates
on a national ticket with Bryan, but the
former hus never come within the Influ
ence of Tammany and still believes what
Lfyau once proclaimed.
The loyalty of the support being given
Judge Parker by the Springfield (Mass.)
republicans is oneu to Question, since It
protests against money being sent to
Connecticut to be used In the Interests
of Its favorite candidate and insists that
all nutmeg state votes be cast for prin
ciple Instead of for cash.
It Is uow In order for the Civic fed
erstlod to pass resolutions In the Interest
of morality and law enforcement In
favor of continuing the electric lighting
monopoly unmolested with Its retinue
of paid cormptlonlsts who infest the city
hall And Its death-dealing defiance of
regulations Imposed by the rlty el
IrtclaB and endorsed by the underwriters'
electrical expert.
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ATTITCDK TOWABD 80UTH AMEBtCA.
One of the most remarkable efforts of
the democratic party is to stir up feeling
In this country on the proposition that
the present administration has endeav
ored to create the Idea that this country
purposes to do something hostile to the
interests and welfsre of the republics
south of us. This Idea hos been ex
pressed In numerous democratic speeches
and hss been talked by the democratic
candidate for president, as if to say to
the republics south of us, be csreful and
vigilant of your Interests, lest you be
overrun and injured by yonr great
northern neighbor. In other words,
there Is an admonition to these southern
states to watch out for their own auton
omy, because if they do not do so they
may be swallowed up by the United
States.
Is It possible to Imagine anything more
absolutely out of line with American
Ideas or aspirations than this? There
hss never been a. period In all oor his
tory when we wanted an acre of the ter
ritory of South America and there is not
at this rime a desire in any direction to
absorb any of the territory south of this
republic. A proposition to do so, from
whatever source It might come, mould
be utterly repudiated by popular Senti
ment and could receive no support in
congress.
The intimation that the present ad
ministration has any designs looking to
the absorption of the territory of the re
publics south of ns la absolutely with
out warrant. There Is no excuse for
such a charge and when the democratic
party and its candidate make It they
know that there Is not a single fact to
sustain it Judge Parker In one of his
recent addresses spoke of the effort of
the government to control the southern
republics, referring to the view ex
pressed by Mr. Roosevelt that those re
publics should bo properly carefnl of
their international duties and obliga
tions. Does anybody doubt that ' the
president was absolutely right In fills?
Why is It wrong to admonish those re
publics in regard to their International
duty and to tell them honestly and fairly
that If they are derelict they must suffer
the responsibility? Mr. Roosevelt did
not go beyond what was absolutely right
and proper in his admonition to the
South and Central American republics
and they have found no fault with it.
Only the democratic party has seen In it
a menace to the freedom of those repub
lics and only that party is sbowlug a
willingness to stir up animosities that
are of Immediate Injury to American In
terests and might ultimately produce
discord between the United States and
the other republics of this hemisphere.
JAPANESE IMMIGRATION.
Interest Is being manifested on the Pa
cific coast in the matter of Japanese Im
migration. According to the report of
the California labor commissioner over
10,000 Japanese have ' landed in San
Francisco since iJWO, tnoit of whom have
come through., the British possessions
The report places tho number of Japa
nese who have entered California during
the last four years at 20,000 and calls
special attention to the fact that this In
crease In the Japanese population Is oc
curring while Chinese residents are ma
terially decreasing.
Referring to this the San Francisco
Chronicle says that It Is quite evident
that the Immigration of the little brown
men Is assuming serious proportions. Our
laws place no restraint upon their com
ing and in the opinion of that paper
their unrestrained Immigration, if It
continues In future on a corresponding
scale with that of the past twenty-four
years, U liable to create a racial and in
dustrial situation quite as grave as that
which unrestricted Chinese immigration
created.
It Is quite possible that this is a cor
rect forecast, but shall we be able to deal
with Japan in the matter in the same
discriminative way that we have with
China? It Is very doubtful If we could
do so. It is altogether probable that
Jupan would Insist -that her .people
should be given the same right to enter
this country that Is accorded to the peo
ple of Europe and It Is very likely that
such a demand would be recognized and
acceded to. . In this matter we cannot
deal with Japan, which has won a con
spicuous place among the powers of the
world, as we have done with the almost
helpless Chinese empire.
POLITICAL CLAPTRAP.
Everybody of intelligence realizes that
a great deal of what Judge Parker has
said lu the campaign, as well as a great
deal of what his followers have said. Is
simply political claptrap. - It has been
demonstrated from the very beginning of
the campaign, so far at least as the
standard bearer of the democratic party
Is concerned, that he Is absolutely unfa
miliar with the political and the econo
mic history of the country and that he
was relying upon others, not much bet
ter Informed than himself, for advice and
direction. The result Is that he has gone
astray In most Important respects and
necessarily has brought ridicule upon his
campaign. How serious this Is demo
crats In every portion of the country
realise because It is impossible for them
to overcome Its effect.
The indications are that Judge Parker
has lent a willing ear to every suggestion
aud representation that has come to him
which seemed to be-uaefnl In furtherance
of his cause, without ever making the
least Investigation as to whether or not
the statement was correct. A notable in
stance Is In regard to the cost of the
Philippines, In which it has beeu conclusively-
shown that the Tarker state
ment Is hundreds of millions of dollars
In excess of the facta. Another Instance
Is In regard to the. expenditures of the
government. In which tho democratic
candidate showed an utter lark of judg
ment respecting the question he dis
cussed. In other respects Judge Parker has
made it plain that he knows nothing
whatever about the details of, govern
ment and that whatever his ability may
l as a Jurist, he has none of the quali
fications that fit a man for the highest
executive position in this republic.
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BEFORE TAKiya AXI AFTER TAKING.
Inquisitive Fuslonlst How comes it,
Mr. Berge, that Baldwin and his
satellites are all humping it for you?
Mr. Berge I never asked or accepted
a favor from any railroad in my life and
do not expect to.
Inquisitive Fuslonlst Indeed, nobody
expects you to, unless you are elected;
but t-H me please why Baldwins run
ners are all sticking It Into Mickey when
they all know as well as Baldwin does
that yon are campaigning against the
railroads.
Mr. Berge I do not ride on passes
and never will.
Inquisitive Fuslonlst My dear Mr.
Berge. I cannot get It through my head
why Baldwin should be so friendly to
you and unfriendly to Mickey If he has
no favors to expect from you and knows
In advance that you are going to cut
railroad freight rates and raise railroad
assessments.
Candidate Berge In politics, as In
patent medicines, it is one thing before
taking and another after taking.
Inquisitive Fuslonlst I may be alto
gether too suspicious, but I voted for
Holcomb and Poynter and they disap
pointed me awfully.
Candidate Berge-Vote for me. If I
am elected either you or Baldwin will
surely he disappointed.
rLAYlNO AN ELECTRIC GAME OF BUNCO
In a carefully prepared paid editorial
that appears In the afternoon red letter
for-revenue-only yellow the president of
the electric light monopoly makes this
declaration:
The two big representative bodies of
business men In Omaha the Commercial
club and Real Estate exchange hav In
vestigated the matter of the proposed Isaue
of 1500,000 bonds for the erection of an
electric light plant and both have advised
emphatically and unanimously ugalnst the
proposition. The members of these two
organizations, composed of the moat
sagacious and successful business men of
the city, have taken their position for two
good business reasons:
1. The city should first c'ose the deal
It now has on hand to purchase the water
works.
2. Th council took up the matter of
establishing an electrio light plant without
securing any estimates or figures on It
and has no certain idea what It will cost.
Therefore the electric light monopoly
should not be disturbed.
Now, what are the facts? A baker's
dozen out of the 150 members of the
Real Estate exchange appointed five real
estate dealers to grapple with the electric
lighting problem and report whether or
not it was advisable to venture Into
municipal ownership. Presently these
men were hynotized by the magnetic
president of the electric light monopoly
and Induced to make substantially this
report: v
We are opposed to the proposed estab
lishment of a municipal lighting plant
because it will Increase th bonded debt
of the city and therefore Increase the
taxes. It will, moreover, Involve the city
In a great risk, because the electrical ma
chinery may be Improved upon in the
future and new machinery will have to
be bought to replace th machinery of
th present.
At a subsequent meeting of a baker's
dozen of the Real Estate exchange the
profo id conclusions of the hypnotized
committee tvere unanimously endorsed
because none of the members present
was disposed to question the wisdom
of the committee or had the courage to
tac kle the question.
The same tactics were pursued with
regard to the Commercial club. Five
sagacious business men listened to Mr.
Nash behind closed doors and allowed
themselves to be hypnotized Into second
ing the resolutions adopted by the five
wiseacres of the Real Estate exchange
and a baker's dozen of the executive
committee of the Commercial club unani
mously endorsed declarations that would
discredit any "freshman" in the Omaha
High school.
The Commercial club and Real Estate
exchange, representing a membership of
more than 600 business and professional
rnen, are now placed in the attitude of
an audacious bunco steerer who tries to
make Omaha taxpayers believe that
taxes would be increased by municipal
ownership when the experience of every
other city has shown that the cost of
public utilities had been lessened and
the taxes decreased by municipal owner
ship. The people of Omaha are asked
to wait until the water works purchase
has been consummated, when everybody
knows that the water works may not be
turned over to the city for the next five
years, and possibly for ten years, by
complications that can only be solved In
the federal courts, which means some
where between now and 1010, or 1013,
when the South Omaha water contract
expires.
While it Is true that the council has
acted without specific estimates, it is
equally palpable that fsoo.floo will be
more than ample for a public lighting
plant that will supply electric arc lamps
for the entire area covered by the city
of Omaha, which Is now partially sup
plied by gns and gasoline lights.
Four years ago 12,674 voters were reg
istered In Omaha and South Omaha on
the first day of registration. This yeur
only 10,031 voters have had themselves
registered on the first day. Omaha and
South Omaha have both grown consider
ably In population since 1900 and thu
slump in the registered vote on the first
day represents indifference or neglect on
the part of the voters. As a matter of
pride and as a matter of business Omaha
should make as good a showing as it
possibly can, because the figures ant al
ways quoted as a substsntlal evidence
of progress or retrogression. Every
Omaha and South Omaha voter Mho baa
not yet registered should, therefore, pre
sent himself before the registrars of his
voting district today.
When the proposition to extend the
electric light contract was pending the
last time an army of laborers was em
ployed In rutting up the streets and
alleys and digging trenches for f lectrlcnl
cendults, although winter had already
set In. These trenches remained open
until the middle of the following spring
before they were filled, nrfd the com
munity was put to much Inconvenience
and annoyance. The president of the
electric light company must have known
that the conduits could not lie completed
and the asphalt covered streets could not
be repaved before spring, but the ap
pearance In full force of his workmen
was essential to the game of bunco he
was then trying to play. The same per
formance is now being repented and
from now nntil election day the force of
workmen on conduits and pole lines will
be reinforced from day to day. This
time with the main object In view to
beat the bond proposition.
Mr. Berge denies the soft drink Im
peachment John N. Baldwin also denies
most emphatically. Baldwin declares
with an oath that he never invited Bergo
to take a cocktail with him In front of
the bar. Mr. Berge indignantly repels
the Insinuation and declares upon oath
that he would not have clinked glasses
with Baldwin even In a South Carolina
dispensary. i
Although Douglas county Is a repub
lican county, the county affairs have
been managed by democrats for six
years and the democrats have made the
court house their base of supplies all
that time. They can be dislodged this
year if the republicans will wake up to
the Importance of electing the two re-
publlcanVnndldatcs for county commis
sioner.
Citizens of Canada are to be congratu-
lated upon the fact that the campaign In
that country lasts but one week, noml
nations having Just leen made for the
election next Thursday. But In that
time our Canadian friends will succeed
In having more political discussions per
capita than any congressional district In
the United States In the same length of
time.
Representation, in republican state and
congressional conventions is based upon
the number of votes cast by the repub
licans In each of the respective counties
and the number of votes cast depends
upon the number of votes registered.
Republicans who have not already reg
istered should do so by all means to
day. Peace Patched I p.
Chicago Tribune.
Friends of Mr. Bryan note with lively
satisfaction that his recent misunderstand
ing wtlh Ms left lung has been satis
factorily smoothed over.
Husking; and Hoping;.
New York Tribune.
Dr. Hillls says the. men who will make
themselves known forty years hence are
now husking corn in Nebraska. Well,
perhaps by that time, that other Nebraska
farmer, William Jennings Bryan, will be
willing to relinquish th center of the
stage. " '
Tronbtea In Dlsatnlae.
Brooklyn Eagle. .
Japan charges the Russian with disguis
ing themselves in Chines costume. It may
be the difficulty of maneuvering in pigtails,
gown and slippers that Is costing Kouro
patkln's men so many battles. Even an
American army in petticoats would have
It troubles. x
Almost Good Enough for Kansas.
Springfield Republican.
Sometimes a really good story comes from
England. One Is now told of a storm
which blew the steeple of a country church
twenty-five degrees out of plumb. When
the workmen were trying to straighten It
up the next day another storm came along
and blew It back Into place.
Obtuse Free Traders.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The American free trader Is a singularly
obtuse Individual. He .proposes to stop
American manufacturers shipping their
surpluses to foreign countries by setting up
his peculiar fiscal policy, which would
permit the foreigner to get rid of all - his
surpluses In the American market.
Forgotten Waterloo.
Boston Globe.
We look upon the battle of Waterloo as a
tremendous catastrophe because 87,000 peo
ple were killed In that memorable conflict.
But in ten years the railroads of the
United States have killed 78,152 persons, snd
all for the sake of earning dividends on
watered stock.
How many Waterloos are comparatively
soon forgotten?
HOW THE WORLD WORKS.
People Engaged In Agrrlealtnre, Maa
ofactore and Commerce,
Chicago Record-Herald.
Interesting facts are brought out by a
table published, In a German Industrial
organ giving ths percentages of persons. In
the leading countries of th world, engaged
In the principal lines of "gainful activity."
Th table Is Instructive enough to be worth
reproducing:
Manu- Commerce
Agrlcul- factures and
tn re and and transpor
Country. ' forestry, mining, nation.
Germany 87.6 37.4 10. S
Austria W.2 23.3 7.1
Hungary 68 12 6 I t
Italy , 89 4 24.6 7.4
Pwltserland 37.4 40.7 10.7
France 44. 8.V6 9.4
Belgium , 21.1 41 11.7
Netherlands 80 7 33 7 17.1
Denmark 48 0 24. . 11.1
Sweden , 4ft 20 7.6
Norway 48.6 22 11.7
England and Wales. ID 6 t 13 0
Scotland 0 0.4 12.4
Ireland 44.6 32.4 5.0
Vnited States 36.9 24.1 16.1
Some of these figures are rather surpris
ing, at least at first sight. How many of
th beat Informed persons know that from
th "percentage" point of view Scotland
leads in manufactures? Again, that Hol
land uses more men In transportation than
any other country, not excepting th
I'nlted State, and that tight, busy llttlo
island. Great Britain, cannot be a familiar
fact.
Europe has had a good deal to say shout
th American Industrial Invasion, yet, ac
cording to this table, even Italy's per
centage of men engaged In manufacture
and mining exceeds that of the Vnited
States. Our exports of manufactures are
still In their Infancy, and If our future
progress In manufacturing shall In Its rat
be at all comparable to that which haa
ralaed th value of our exports In this line
from 1183.000,000 to $433.0110,000, what will
Europe say a quarter of a century hence?
Finally, what a pitiful showing England
makes In her I per cent of men engaged In
sgrlcultur and forestry! No wonder lu
statesmen and philosophers are agitating
the question of physical deterioration and
crying "Back to th land!" Th contrast
between England and Franc In this re
spect Is striking. Has It not been said that
th wealth of Franc Is In th stocking of
Its peasant proprietors!
THE CASE IN NEBRASKA
Lincoln
Ever)- loysl and sincere republican in
Nebiaska npi it to his party and to good
government to give special' support to the
head of the ticket. Governor John It.
Mickey. The w hole tic ket should, ef cours.
be loyally suppotied. but It Is a noloili. s
fact that the brunt of the fusion Cjm
palgn has fallen upon the head of th
ticket. The eystem adopted by the fusion
managers Is one of vindication, misrepre
sentation and outright falincatl n. end
after a year of. preparation aiong these
outrageous lines it becomes more rtckl.rs
more "a"elers as election day sp-
tirOflP nft. Am tht j-i n I 1 1 os . . t ,
tlve who hHs been singled out ss the vic
tim of partisan maJre Governor Mickey
should receive commensurate support fro.n
h- party, which Is struck at through him.
There are. Indee.t i.n i.. i wMM.
the fusion conspirators seek tor their own
partlsan schemes to break down the is
publican party in Nebraska the governor
ship and the legislature. lu this state ih
chief executive Is tho center of patronage.
The patronage of all the state Institutions,
which In the aggtegate Includes a largj
number of appointments, and the vast .
tails of their business, tails within the
hands of the governor, as well as the
patronage involved In th various commls-
sions, etc. The political Influence thus is
extensive and under fusion management
It was ruthlessly and In many cases ma-
lodoroualy prostituted to partisan ends, as
all Nebraska ns well know. The fusion con
spirators want this again, bo.h for lh
plums on the tree and for the behoof of
their old machine, which has further par
tisan schemes.
Then they want th legislature on Joint
naiiot. 'they would send Mr. Bryan to
tho United States senate. With the alai
patronage In their hands through control
of the governorship, they would expect to
strengthen their old machine so as to con-
, r , I tk. A .! ,
"IZ "Z 11 "'l,l'n' i.inn
j under Watson s lead now threatens to be-
come really "independent." Thus Mr.
Bryan and the leaders of his machine
hope to lay the foundation for hU fight to
reorganize the "reorganized" democracy,
with a view to hl nomination for pre J
dent In 19CS.
It is vital, therefore, to the fusion ma
chine to break down the republican party
In the governorship. Hence Mickey is
virulently assailed, not because he has
not been an honest and efficient officer
not at all but because he is the governor
and candidate for re-clectlon. The object
Is to knock the brains out of the repub
lican party for the partisan ends of tho
fusion machine.
It would be precisely the same If th
name of the candidate were not John H.
Mickey. The personal abuse, calumny, vll
llficatlon and misrepresentation and reck- esty Md security of accounts and state.
Iessnes, varies in detail only to meet th mt,ni'' In n single point has the opposl-clrcunu-tances
of the person, no matter tlon "lly attacked his official record
who he might be. Governor Mickey Is a
life-long and consistent member of the
Methodist church. Hence all manner of
falsehoods, many of them of the most ab
surd kind, are deliberately! fabricated and
circulated tn rmta th lmnrMl, lht V.
... , , , ., ... ' . .
Is a hypocrite." If he were a member of
no church, the fabrications would simply
be Invented to represent him as an atheist
and an enemy of religion. Governor Mickey
doe not use Intoxicants, and hene the
elaborate effort to depict him aa "narrow"
and "Illiberal." But If the republican
candidate did use Intoxicants, no matter
how temperately, the very air would be
filled with fabrications regarding his per
sonal habits calculated to excite th appre-
henslons of religious, moral and scrupulous
peopie. ir ne naa been a merchant, in-
genulty would be exhausted to show how
he had cheated; If a lawyer, to show crook.
! ednese In his practlce-and so on ad In-
i flnltum. The outrageous lies which have
been invented out or the whole cloth, or the more reason why the republicans should
meaner lies which are perversions of clr- this year smash It In the sneaking effort to
cumstances which are partly tsue and so get hold of the governorship and the leg
far as true, reflect credit upon Governor Ulatur.
DIDN'T KOW IT WAS LOADED.
Indianapolis Newa: These are the days
when Russia is going to need all of Its cel
ebrated brand of diplomacy that It can
command.
St. Louis Globe . Democrat: Roving
schooners and Innocent bystanders are ad
monished to keep out of the way of the
Baltic fleet. Admiral RoJestvensky Is out
for a record.
Chicago Tribune: The cxar send his re
grets and hopes the little Incident of a few
nights ago will not Impair the cordial rela
tions heretofore subsisting between Russia
and Great Britain. What more do you
want?
Baltimore American: The action of the
Baltic fleet In firing on and sinking help
less fishing boats was remarkable under
any clrcumstanoes, but perhaps somebody
had been telling the Russian commander
fish stories past even Muscovite endurance.
Louisville Courier Journal: The Baltlo
fleet's latest performance is but in keeping
with the record of blunders, incompetency
and disasters made by the Russian navy
since the beginning of th war with Japan.
The Bear in water seems to be about as
much out of place as a fish out of water.
Chicago Chronicle: The old alternative
Is before Russia, whether she will choose
to be considered a knave or a fool. If rha
fired on a lot of harmless trawlers know
ingly she la a knave. If she was so ner
vous and ttmid that she mistook them for
torpedo boats, then she Is a fool. If after
Identifying them to her satisfaction aa tor
pedo boats she ran away from them, she
is also a coward. It must be a trying thing
for the csar to determine what sort of a
stand he will take.
PERSOMAI, SIOTES.
All men are said to have their trials, but
ex-Mayor Ames of Minneapolis Is now en
tering upon his fourth.
Ex-Governor Alonso Garcelon of Lewis
ton, Me., although 91 yeare of age, Is still
one of the most Interesting and active men
In his state.
A Dutch boat Is being specially prepared
In Amsterdam to carry th body of th
late Mr. Paul Kruger from Holland to his
last resting place in the Transvaal.
Prof. Agassis seems to think that Dr.
Carnegie's Interest In science, as told In his
check book, Is largely confined to the twen
tieth century science of self-advertising.
M. Leon Clery, a prominent Parisian
lawyer, who died recently, left an annu
ity of 8600 a year for the master or mis
tress of a school who could beat teach chil
dren th difference between useful and
harmless animals.
Arrangements are , being mad by th
Lotus club of New York to give a dinner
to John Morley. th dlatingulshed English
author and publicist. Th dat will b
about Christma and th affair Is expected
to be the literary event of th winter.
Prof. Jsmes Qeddes of Boston university
through the Modern language and the
American Philological association of Amer
ica, Is a candidate for the 1100.009 prise of
fered by Andrew Camegl for th best
systemtfor reforming th written English
language. He offer, a his system of
language reform, th alphabet Invented by
Paul Pasay of Paris, but a itemised and
applied to English by Prof. Ueddta
Star.
Mickey, are adjusted to his Hf. J'
they would be to that of any other repub
lican who might this year be the repub
lican candidate for governor.
The republicans of Nebraska, If they are
republicans, cannot Idly stand by end per
mtt such outrage to go unrebuked. Com
mon decency ought Imlerd to bring fair
men beyond th party line to repudiate It.
There are many men In Nrbraeka. who are
not republicans, but who In their hearts
rebel against such practices. They ought
k out mor6 lotlfl,v lhsn th,y d0,
But, passing them by, there Is a big ma
Jorlty of republicans In this Mate of cltl-
sens who. If they are real men, want th
republican party, and through It republican
policies, to prevail. They do not want the
fusion machine to o ouiu up ny control
of the Ptr(,n, throusjh. the gover-
norshlo snd by a fusion vnited States sena
tor through a fusion legislature. The at
tempt la being mad to do this very thing
by defeating John H. Mickey.
This Is why the freniled campaign of
him now. Just ss It wsa two years ago.
This, too, Is why Nebraska republicans
should be up and doing, and It Is why they
ought to see to It that Governor Mickey
runs fully up with his ticket, and. In Jus-
tic, ahead of it.
True. Governor Mickey does not trip the
light fantastic toer-that Indictment Is cor
rectbut It can b pleaded In extenuation
of this crime that he has not looted the
treasury nor permitted anyone else to do it.
Tril It Anmm nnt firinlr whlskV. but SUTelV
be l8 entitled 4o some mercy for this omls-
alon when we reflect that he has honewtly
and faithfully observed his oath of office.
He has lived a moral and upright life, but
cannot we view this fact with some toler
ance when aa governor he has permitted no
Influence, corporate or other, to sway him
from the path of duty aa his consicence
pointed It out?
The simple fact Is that John H. Mickey
Is being lied about Just th same ns every
other republican candidate for governor has
been lied about by an unscrupulous opposi
tion machine, and Just the same aa any
other republican candidate would be lied
about this year, solely because of his can
didacy and to beat down the republican
party In this state. And if we have a real
republican party In Nebraska, It will meet
such barbarous opposition as it ought to
be met.
In the history of the state Nebraska haa
never had a more faithful and painstaking
chief executive, nor on who has done so
much as John H. Mickey to Improve th
system of carrying on the state's business
to secure efficiency in all branches and hon-
or his administration as a whole or In de
tall. The only recourse of the hostile par
tisan gang of conspirators was to try to He
him Into defeat, so a to defeat his party.
Honorable men who are chosen to repre-
sent the party on th state ticket against
. ... . .
such an opposition are entitled to the
party's support, especially when the brunt
of unworthy and dastardly assault falls
upon them for the party's sake. If the re
publican party In Nebraska Is worth any
thing a nomination on the state ticket or
at the head of the state ticket ought to be
worth something ought to be worth ths
ballot of very republican In Nebraska. A
party that would permit itself to be tram
pled Upon In the person of Its chosen and
worthy representatives would deserve only
contempt.
Because the fusion aana has no nollcv aa
g party which it dares to propose and stand
on before the people of Nebraska Is all the
JOHN KEMVEDV,
It has been my good pleasure to hav
known Mr. Kennedy for many years. I
have been Impresesd with his manliness,
sincerity, gentle demeanor, upright life and
signal ability In his chosen profession, and
is therefore a splendid citizen, worthy of
the highest regard and esteem.
He Is a man in whom every cltisen.
whatever his political affiliation, can place
the utmost confidence. Broad-minded, high
cultured and thoroughly pure at heart, he
will be an honor to the district he seeks
to represent In our national legislature,
and to this I will add my appreciation of
his lofty Ideals and correctness of his
everyday life. Thus I feel that he can be
relied upon to act wisely and Intelligently
upon questions that deal with purity and
honesty In governmental affairs. A man
of keen perceptibilities and rare good Judg
ment, able and convincing In debate, h
will make a record that his constituents
will b proud of.
H affiliates with ti republican party
and In the broadest sens Is in hearty sym
pathy and accord with the principles and
policies of that great party, and will al
ways be found on th right aide of ques
tions involving th best Interests of th
people and humanity In general. He Is a
staunch friend of ex-unlon soldiers who
are still with us, both of th civil war of
tle '60s and their noble successors, pa
triots of the war with Spain. On all
measures in which these questions are In
volved John L. Kennedy will s to It, to
Largest Business!
Lowest Expenses!
association in Nebraska, and it condition is best described in
the three word, "Sound, Solvent and Huceewiful." Its ratio
of expense in lew than '2 er cent of the annual receipt.
IJrt a stslfim nt of givwth tt rveouivr; then you'll war.t sonic f that
good 0 iter rout Paid ui cMivk, Wrlto, call vr 'vlunt.
fj0. . eiLMOtl. ' toUt
em'c clonal, t.t irkv.jw. Jngs6 Loan Association
I A. JUHOfUlAJIO, M irKt.fml
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JON F. MCI. . 1taatf J J
Fifty Years lha Sfsndird
t!
flado from pure cre&m of
tartar derived from grapes.
the extent of his great ahlllty and Influ
ence, that their rights and Interest will
be carefully conserved.
He will be the representative of all the
people, high or low, rich and poor alike,
the pride of his district, an honor to his
state and a leader In the nation.
D. M. HAVERLT.
I.IKES TO A I. At Git.
"I man dat goes through de world
findln' fault." ssld I'ncle Eben, "has
picked out sech an easy Job fun hlse'f dat
he can't expect much appreciation."
Washington Star.
King Edward wits kissing Kaiser Wll
helm. "tilt out!" said the knlter In wrath.
"What do you take me for a campaign
baby ?" fhilad'Phla, press.
Alexander had cut the Gordlan knot.
"That's almoet as easy," he mid. con
temptuously, "as getting a South Dakota
divorce!" Chicago Tribune.
"I Just bntight some stock In an airship."
"Good prospects?"
"Yea. We hope It will go up." Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
"I mad an awful faux pas last night,"
said Mrs. Oldcastle.
"Did you." replied her hostess. "I've
been wantln' to make one for a long time,
tut I ain't been able to get a pattern,
whose did you have?" Chicago Tribune.
"Now this." said the hatter. "Is a style
of d-rby irMt'p just sii.rt fo a short man."
"How much?" asked Mr. Sawdolt
"Four dollars.
"Huh! that price would never suit a man
as short as 1 am. fnuaaeipnia cainouc
Standard.
Client fto lawyer) Don't you think you
bellowed a good deal In your speech to the
iuryT ....
lawyer yes, nut you see my argument
was so allm that 1 had to use force to make
them swallow It. Detroit Free Press.
'What is that bilious-looking passenger
swearing so hard about?"
"He doesn't seem to be swearing at any
thing In particular. I think he's trying to
raise the temperature of the car." Phila
delphia Prea.
School Teacher (showing off her beat boy
before visitors) Now, Perkins, can you
name some or the important oy-proaucts or
the steel Industry?
Perkins Yes'm; Carnegie libraries. Puck.
"The train's not In yet," said the official,
gruffly. "Thers'e a washout on the road."
"ine inee: exciaimea ine om isuy.
"That oughtn't to be allowed today. This
ain't Monday." Philadelphia Press.
'What was th scor?" eagerly aiked the
man who was Interested In foot ball.
"Ten thousand Japanese ana is.ooo kub
slans." answered the man with the news
paper, who was not at all Interested In
athletics. Cleveland Leader.
"Tour symptoms." pronounced the physl
clan, "Indicate hydrocephalus."
"What that?"
"Water on the brain."
"It can't be that, doctor," said Mr. Jag
wav, greatlv relieved. "I haven't drunk a
drop of It for six months." Chicago Tri
bune. CRY OF THE LITTLE PEOPLES,
(. Richard Le Galllenn.
Th cry of the little peoples went up 16
Uod In vain:
The Czech and the pole, and th Finn and
the Schleswla Dane.
We ask but a ii.de portion of the green
and ancient earth;
Only to sow and sing and reap In th land
of our birth.
We ak not coaling stations, nor ports in
the China seas;
We leave to the big child nations such
rivalries as theee.
We have learned the lesson of time, and
w know three things of worth;
Only to sow and sing ana reap in the land
of our birth.
Oh, leave us our little margins, wast ends
of land and sea,
A little grass and a hill or two, and a
shadowing tree.
Oh, leave us our little river that sweetly
catch th sky.
To drive our mills and to carry our wood
and to ripple by.
Once long ago. like you, with hollow pur
suit of fame,
W filled all the shaking world with the
sound of our name;
But now we sre glad to rest, our battles
and boasting done,
Glad Just to sow and sing and reap In our
share of th sun.
And what shall you gain If you take us,
and bind us and beat us with thongs.
And drive us to sing underground In a
whisper our sad little songs?
Forbid us the use of our heart's own
nursery tongue;
Is this to be strong, you nations; is this
to be strong?
Your vulgar battles to fight and your shop
man conquest to keep;
For thla shall we break our hearta, for
thia shall our old men weep?
What gain In the day of buttle, to th
Run. to th German, hst gain
The Czech and the Pole, and th Finn snd
the Schleswlg Dane?
To tho prudent investor it
Ik not enough to bf RHHured
that u banking concern is
the oldent, the largest or the
most progrvHtsive of its kind,
lie will want to know . all
about itM toiiditiou and its
ratio of expense to receipts
uud expenditure..
The "Tonnervative" la the
afet and largest savini:
The Conservative Sav-
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