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    THE OMAITA DAILY PEE: SUNDAY. yOVEMKER 13, 1004.
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TitE Omaiia Sunday Ber
E. ROSETWATER, EDITOR.
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OBO. B. TZSCHUCJC .
Bubacrlbed In my presence and aworn to
bet ore me this SJsi 4ay of October, 1904.
(Seal) M. B. HUNGATB.
Notary Public.
Now for ThV Hague commission and
the true atory of the attack on the nsher
incn. Candidate Berge is also unable to
neurt himself from the letter-writing
habit.
The
Itusslan fleet la passing the Sues
Prepare for wat newa frpm a
in v quarter.
These World Herald election bulletins
will iiot be raU.ble for some time, even
at CO per cent discount.
Georgia, report. tb existence of cop
per tUpoeLts iu that state. .Is this a bid
for Attuutlou from Tom Xawson?
Maryland ,U .having almost a much
liiiUyully in doidlng which way to face
in, 'the political arena a the two-h"aded
i-Irl.-
With a German, tirm undertaking the
tviitratt of supplying Tort Arthur with
provision', Admiral Togo may again
tiiitm Into prominence.
t'oljiial feryuu. seems to be in a quan
(iuiy wh('h to put Drst'c-n his list ot
t .oaLliil rvforiiis the Income tax or
ettite ownership cf railroads.
TUat republican majority in Missouri
wu doubtless lulundud to make the In
vltatloa to tee pres.dent to visit the St.
l.ouls world fair irresistible.
The doctor gay that the
political ,
white frost of November 8 ha made It
perfectly safe for demo-pop afflicted
with hay fever to return to Nebraska.
' TJMt cftacu of ten little fuslonlsts to !
slate themselves for complimentary
votes In the organisation of the Ne
braska , legislature will be au awe
Inspiring sight
- - "M '
Now they talk of a southern man as
democratic candidate fur president In j
inns. Tl. aniiTh li. ,. I., I u.,..-.t 1
the distinction of belug the backbone of
the democratic party.
It has been decided to postpone the
Snioot hearing until congress meets aud
the country may take te remaining
time for uninterrupted clf-cop2ratuln-tloQ
over the election.
St, Louis is muklug preparations for
the final night pf the World's fair and
Portland Is wrestling with a program
for Its first day. Who say the exposi
tion fever Is dying out?
If ther is any satisfaction in the
information, our readers ou-ht to know
that several other states are slower than
Nebraska in getting in the complete
figures from tho election booths.
i. .g; j. jltt
Now (list It Is definitely announced
that Secretary of Stute Hay 1 to retain
Lis position the foreign policy of the
United State Is determined and no one
need fear for American prestige abroad.
Xcbraska's retail uiercliauts will meet
in mass convention in Omaha thl week.
Thirty-two hundred program have beeu
uinMetl to Its nieiuliers, but up to date
the secretary haa not mailed one to Gov
ornor MUkey.
- a -in ilk
AO application for separation from bed
and board without allmouy.lMstwoeu Mr.
Populist and MUs Democracy hn been
Died In the hl.'b court of political cban
eery aud a decree will be entered on
the. docket the next legislature
compiutea the canvas of the returns.
Aftue all there Is nothing In Mr.
Bryan' recent prolinuria nun to which
waa ut covered by the Omaha populist
platform of 10:1 nodical will have to
tr.ll hurt before they Cleovrr some
thing which tin t uutsl.!o (igsrcgiitlou of
"reformers' did not place in that historic
document.
SECttKTABT BAT.
It was announced several weeks ago
that In the event of Uie election of
President Roosevelt Mr. John Hay
would continue to h the head of the
Department of State. This Is now con
flrmed upon tie authority of the presi
dent himself and it will be recorded
with great satisfaction by all who are
familiar with the valuable' service
which Secretary. Hay haa reudered the
country and appreciate Ibe distinguished
place he holds amoug the world's diplo
matists. There could b no siroiivi-r
assurance of a wise, conservative and
straightforward policy in our
relations than Is contained in the an
nouncement that Mr. liny will continue
to direct that policy. The country enn
feel perfect confidence that all American
interests and rights abroad will be most
carefully looked after and protected,
while at the same time the traditional
policy of the government will be strictly
observed.
It haa been remarked that It was not
till .the accession of , Mr. Hay. us bond of
the Department of State, that the In
dustrial and commercial community of
the United Stub1 began to feel that the
foreign policy of the administration was
In the hands of a man who perceived
that the conditions of national jrrowth
nre largely dependent on international
position and Influence. He was prompt
to grasp the vital Importance to tlitf
future of this nation of the Integrity of
the Chinese empire. From the 11 rat yenr
of Mr. Hay's Incumbency of the ofnep
of secretary of state this country has '
had, in regard to Asiatic and other prou- j
leins, a foreign policy at once Intel-;
liglble, consistent and vigorous. It has j
been marked by a perspicacity and re-
sourcefulness which Jiave commanded ;
the admiration of the world, and It has
never been wanting In that combination
of frankness and dignify which befits
the attitude of the United States toward
other nations.
The record of the Department of State
under Secretary Hay has been most hon
orable ns well ns'most useful. It l:n
streitirthennd foreign reeppet for and
confidence in our government, and in j to recognize the Independence of the
the foreign offices of Europe no diplo- j United State, and so great was his nd
matist stands higher or exerts n greater miration of George Washington that ho
Influence than the American secretary of j sent1 liim a sword inscribed "From the
state. It would perhaps be regarded as j oldest general In the world to the great
extravagant to say that Washington has ' est."
become the world's diplomatic center. The occasion of tho unveiling of the
yet it 1 a fact that from no other na- j statue will be participated In by dls
tlonal capita! are opinions regarding In-, tlngulshod citizens and will be n notable
ternatlonal affair more eagerly sought , event. Among those who will b? present
or given more respectful attention. j by special Invitation Is Mr. Frederick
The Implicit confidence reposed In Sec- Rchvake of this city, editor of the Iso
retary Hay by President McKInley has . Bluet ter.
been shown in no less degree by Presl- j -
dent Roosevelt There is very good THE TROV71LK WITH THE SOUTH
reason to believe that as to oil fiuestlons . Some of the southern newspapers as
affectlng the external relations of the Inert that the reason why desirable lm
country the president has allowed him- migrants do not settlo In large numbers
self to be guided by Mr. Hay and it may in their stctlou is that they are pur
reasonably be assumed that he will con-! posely diverted from it by the wteaui
tlnue to do o. The authoritative on-j Bhlp and railroad companies, which find
nouncement that our foreign policy will j an advantage in promoting such settle
continue for another four years under j ment ia the north. While this view of
the direction of Secretary Hot will be 'the matter may not be wholly Hlcorrect,
received abroad not les cordially thnn , jt j,y no means affords a conclusive ex
in thU country. It la not the least li ; pianatlon cf the fuilu-e to Induce Im
portant ana yaiuaoie tne result or
republican victory.
now TBJST WERE DUPKD
In the beat of the politicals mpaign
men of good sense often allow their
prejudice or their credulity to override
their Judgment. Several thousand of
the men who voted against the electric j
light bond proposltiou doubtless be-;
longed to that class, but a great many j
others allowed themselves to be duped
with their eye open bccaue they were
bought outright with money, railroad :
j passes or other gifts of value, or prom
: lsed remuneration In some form, With
I thi mercenary class It Is hardly worth
I U'TiIIa ruflnnnlnn. rfi ia plnaa ttinf line
been 'couflde. need Tb Bee will aUdrcs a i
few words. !
One of the cards emitted by the elec- j the protection ot their rights, fair treat
trie light company bad this to say: ' mont In nil tnelr rclntions ond reason
Vote against electric light borda. If you able ricil;i'n for the educnt!:m of their
own real
with no t-cn
talc It lucrefiji your taxei
(ltn. If you "wn persipnl i r p
rlv 't tncre-ue- your p operf tut
m beneflia If oil own ho ia. h.ild f o
d ' I
In'.'reates your taxct with n") ten ft I'
you rent a hou'a ? oi pay the luxe In :e ;i
on the pr'i i-'y. Illi'i taxes innk.; il i
TO its. AVliy hfim all tho property b
firel to !nfnt the few who use electri-
This is about as truthful ns the asser
tion of the prcg'dvut of the company
that the eU-etrie lighting company rep-
resents property worth $4,000,000 and 1
pays more taxes. thnn any other corpora
tion In Omaha. When Mr. Nnsh made
this assertion he made It with a mental
resrvatlon. He knew that the electric
lighting compapy pays taxes on a valua
tion of less than $750,000, while the
street railway cgnipony pay taxes on a
valuation of over $3,000,000. But that Is
ns near the truth -as the strenuous presi
dent ever got during the electric light
campaign.
Everybody famlllnr With pur charter ; trution treaties with this country. It
knows thnt to defray the expenses of appear, however, that as a preliminary
street lighting a tax amounting to one- it is desirable that they adhera to The
half of 1 mill 1 levied nnnnolly on all Hague peace convention, under which
taxable property -and the erst of street ! any arbitration resulting from the arhl
lighting for the year 1004 will exceed tratlon troatlcs must be tried. They
$00,000, The establishment of a munlrl-1 cannot do this in the absence of a spo
pal lighting plant would have reduced ( clai authorization from the powers thr.t
the lighting tax fully oue-half Instead of originally framed The Hague treaty and
Increasing It, and the man who nays a I tbls cannot l o had until thu second
personal property fax would have paid I
less taxes than he does now.
If a man who rents a bonne pays the
taxes on his property, be would have
paid less rent Instead of more rent. Con
sequently the man who pnr taxes in the
shape of rent would bsve bad loss to
pay than he In now paying, unlese the
owner of the house absorbed the lOffnr
ence lietween the lower and the higher
cost of public llicbtlnir.
The assertion thnt the e'octrle I'jrp
bond preposition contemplated the Men
tion of all the people for thf benefit o?
th few who' uawMectr'e llrht Is Just as
rational ps would bo flic ntieatlon, why
ehould penn'c wltli rtt children he taxrd
to suttnort tho p"bMi srl'ocN? Pub'le
Itrbtlnf t-fte-e levd f-" the tieneflt
of 11 the peojile uu4 not for the few
who live in the neighborhood of the
lamps.
With a municipal lighting plant elec
tric street lamps would not be a luxury
for, the few, but uniform for ail who
travel the streets. The municipal light
ing plant was designed not merely to
dispense with the normal candle power
lamps of the electric light company, but
with all the street lamps electric, gas
and gasoline by substituting standard
arc lamps that would illuminate the
street of Omaha for $30,000 a year less
than the people are now taxed to pay.
This Is not an attempt on the p.irt of
The Bee to revive a dead Issue, but to
keep alive a live issue.
FREDERICK THE GREAT.
Sext Saturday there will be unveiled
at Washington, with appropriate exer
cises, a statue of Frederick the Great,
the gift of Emperor William. The occa
sion will be especially Interesting as
marking an Innovation, this being the
first statue of a monarch In our national
capital. When the emperor of Germany
proponed Its presentation there was n
considerable protest against accepting It
and when it was accepted by President
Hoo8?velt be was somewhat sharply
criticized. The proffer of the statue was
made with the best of motives and
prompted by n cordial friendship and we
believe there are very few now, even
among the objectors, who do not think
that the president acted properly in accepting-
the gift.
Frederick the Or?nt. who was king of
Prussia at the ti-ne of the American
revolution, was n friend of the colonies,
Then Is the authority of the historian
P.aui njfl for this. The Prussian king
did what he coiild to aid the cause of the
colon !nt. among other things, rejecting
it pr-pnsed nllij
object of which
nee with Engl-tnrt the
was to place him In a
position host lie to the American revolu
tion!: is. Ilr paid in reply to the Rritl.-di
proposal flint "If thr.t crown could give
nil th millions possible I would not fur
nish It two small files of my troops to
serve n.wtlnst the colonies." Early In
the war he promised not to be the last
naigrcnts to settle In the south. As
the New York Journal of Commerce
point out, the opportunities and ad
vantages of settlement in the west have
been widely and persistently advertised,
not only by those concerned in getting
new settlers, but by the Immigrants
themselves who have made their homes
thero and desire to bring more of their
former compatriot to live with them,
Nothing at all corresponding to this has
yet been dono In the south,
Moreover, as that paper remarks,
there Is no r.sc In blinking the fncl that
political and social conditions In the
south, as generally understood, whether
rightly or wrongly, have tended to repel
filtlii.,' tl'.ftn n '. I i. fif Inmil rta wl,rt
w'idi to bv sn ot only of work
aMif of 1 ', but of ponce and order
children. "Stories about the treatment
of negnies, the condition of poor whites,
tho rncertninty of !i?nl protection, social
ir?.1;ul!ce, political . intolerance and the
Mrk cf ndripir.tr scpon! facilities, nre
not vlthuvt c-ect In diverting Inuui
prntion from the south." It Is remark
ab!o that the more Iniolllent of the
southern people seem not to tindcrstund
these things and been use thy do not
of course no adequate effort Is made to
remedy the conditions that repel lmmi-
grants from that section. That the peo
ple will ultimately srH the trouble is
not to bo doubted and then they will
energetically apply the remedy, to their
own great advantage nnd the benefit of
the entire country.
11'jIA'T ARBITRATION TREATIES
It 1 Btuted that a number of the coun-
' trie of Central and South America are
manifesting a desire to inter into urbl-
Hague conference is nsboiubled, in con
formity with the cull recently issued by
President Roosevelt.
In the nienntlme It Is presumed that
our government will give to the southern
republics desirous of entering into such
arrangements assurance of its willing
ness to negotiate arbitration treaties
whanovcr that can bQ done. The matter
I one of hardly les Importance tha
that of tutoring Into such conventions
with European nations. It is u means
of promoting friendship between the
Un'ted Htate nnd the republics of Cen
tral and Fouth America that tdiould be
realouxly cultivated. There Is repson to
thlnU tlat at present tome of Mii.sn coun
tries re not so confident of the friend
ship of this republic as It is to be de.
slrvd they should b. There certainly is
no substantial ground for distrust, yet
It undoubtedly exists to a greater or less
extent and all proper and practicable
efforts sliould be made to remove It We
wish their good will. We desire Uielr
trade. With the construction of the
Isthmian cana! we shall necessarily have
closer relations with most of them and
in the meanwhile everything possible
should be done to establish these rela
tions on a sure and permanent basis.
Arbitration treaties would be a very con
siderable step in this direction nnd the
southern countries should therefore be
encouraged to eipect such arrangements
as soon as they can be effected. While
such treaties are directly in the interest
of international peace, they might prove
a to the southern countries an Incentive
to commercial agreements that would be
of mutual advantage. Whatever pro
motes friendship between nations is fa
vorable to trade relation. We should
lose no opportunity to let the republics
of this hemisphere understand that we
desire to be on the friendliest terms and
It Is manifestly in our interest to en
courage the sentiment in favor of arbi
tration that appear to be growing
among them.
STILL LATER.
Our doleful popocratlc contemporary
derives some enjoyment from the after
clap by printing the following pertluent
epistle:
FREMONT, Neb., Nov. 9 To the Editor:
We were caught In a atorm which we
feared, but did not expect. It Is Blmply a
Roosevelt tidal wave, voters not stopping
to mark their ballots. We gained onn
supervisor, which makes our county board
democratic. This la, of course, rather poor
consolation. Yours truly,
GEORGE L,. tOOMIS.
letter: We lost one supervisor and did
not gain any.
That recalls a story told by one of our
lending local Jobbers, who asserts that
on opening his mail one fine morning he
unearthed nn Interesting composition
from an old customer, reading like this:
I,ODGE POLE, Neb., June ia. Smith,
Jones & Co , Omaha: Dear Sirs Please
eend me one case of Aroma roip. Ilk what
you sent me last time. Pleaae send It at
once, ns I nxed It In hurry. Yours truly,
GEORGE BROWN.
P. S. Don't send it. I Just found another
box In the cellar.
Candidate Berge may uot occupy the
executive mansion, but he can look at
himself pictorially portrayed in the Chi
cago Chronicle under the caption "New
Governors Whoso Election Cauaed Sur
prise." The surprise about It is that a
paper of usually good Information re
sources should make aueh a pnlpalde
mistake, but perhaps It should not be so
surprising in view of the persistent dis
semination of fuke election new out of
the office of the local popocratlc organ.
Mr. Berge might spring a surprise by
writing a letter of correction to the
Chronicle man.
A cablegram just received by the editor
of The Bee from John Jenkins at San Sal
vador reads a follow: "Inslculplng
ketlehaak chairmont." Up to the hour
of going to press we have not been able
to transmute this startling exclamation
into the vernacular of any known
tongue, but as near as we can make
out this means "three cheers and a
tiger for Roosevelt ,Kcnnedy and
Mickey."
Of course, "if Governor Boyd has any
tears to shed he should reserve them fpr
poor old Missouri," exclaims the do.
functo candidate of the fusion reformers
and pcrfuncto editor of their organ. But
we apprehend that Governor Boyd has
no salt water in his pumping station,
eveu If ho Is president of the water
board.
Koumanla and Bulgaria seem to ex
pect to break into European politics
through the military route in spite of the
nonce conurrcauca nnri ennvanrinna Tr la
hHrd for a resident of the Balkan couii-1
try to realize that pence is the normal
condition of some countries.
Mr. Hitchcock's tow-line la thrown out
to Jacob Elmer Burkett. Manifestly
Hitchcock would like to compete for the
Impending vacancy In congress, but he
forgets that there ore no Fontanelle In
dians in the First district
A cursory glance at the election re
turns published in the Atlanta Constitu
tion show that Judge Tarker was not
even Georgia' Ideal candidate, he being
cut for Thomas Watson in uearly every
county reporting.-
Star-Eyed Rentgoatlon,
Luulsvlila Cuurler Journal.
But, the pjuple hae epoken; li Is their
ooun.iy; and, hath It not b.en wr, ten thai
the voice of the la the voice of GoJT
No
Oceaaloa for Kesjret.
Chicago Tribune.
Chairman Cortelyou ahould not allow
himself to feel mortified because he under,
estimated the president's electoral vote. No
man can forecast with auaolule accuracy
the extent of au earthquake.
A Great Opportunity.
Kan naa City Star,
Preeldant Kcuaevelt ha before him a
clean elate. Ho can proceed to make sd
minlitratlve hlatory, untranimeled by ques
tionable restraint. He could aak nothlns
better; the country could bestow nothing
finer. store nalnbnw Cbaalaa;,
Boston Tranacrlpt.
The flrat thing Bourse Cocltran propoaa
to do after cong-reaa asaernblcs Is to bring
forward a hill providing- for the creation of
nonpartisan commission whoae duty shaJl
Ua to Inquire Into the aourcoa of the na
tional campaign fuoda obtained by the two
great partita, and report its flndlncs. Buch
a- bill will doubilesa go Into anuj winter
qurter.v-nnd stay there.
Improved I'oaial tare.
.-i t iigueld Kepub.iuan.
Btee postal cara are girtady being built
by a responsible company In Flttaburg and
tholr general adoption by railroad wou'd
be welcomod by the clerks In the railway
mall service, whoae wooden cars acoupy
plncea In pusainser tr.lns, rendering them
peculisrly subject to being ground up In
collision. It la the purpose of the com
puny to extend Ha all-neel eonatruotlon to
baggage and then to pussengur car. ' The
first ept lo the railroads would not b f ir
to exuea of f nat of wooden cara. It la auld
whtfe iheywouhl 4,t lnutta iu0,,r anj
coat lea Iff mujuem;,,
SCauKSTIUXS FOR BETTER SICSICIPAL
anVERSMET.
As a natural scuueucs ot the wldc
open policy that prevailed in Omaha
during the Trauiu.i&isippl expositlou
tolerated vKe obtained a foothold that
ha afforded pur;ou reformers and
scnsatioual revivalists materia! for class
ing Omaha among America's "wickedest
cities," although iu the main Omnha ha
been as well governed as any other city
of its populutlon. There Is, however,
room for practical reform.
Immediately following the adjourn
ment of the legislature of 1001 I ven
tured to make these suggestions to the
ninyor and chief of police:
1. A strict and Impartial enforcement
of the midnight closing ordinance.
2. The closing of nil front entrances
of saloons from midnight Saturday to
mldulght Sunday, and the closing of all
side and back entrances to all orderly
saloons Sunday until after church hours.
3. That the keepers of all saloons
within the proscribed district be re
quired to wall up their back doors and
back windows, side doors aud side win
dows, so that the only entrance or exit
should be on the street fronts, constantly
within sight of the police, and, further
more, that at the end of the license
year ending with January 1, 1002, no
license should bo granted within the pro
scribed district for any saloon.
These suggestions seemed too drastic
to the mayor and chief, nnd, while some
effort has since been made to tighten the
reins upon tolerated vice, the core of the
municipal carbuncle has not yet been
touched. In view of the fact that we
are again npproachlng n new license
year, I nm impelled publicly to urge upon
the mayor and police board the Inaugu
ration of the reforms above outlined.
There Is no valid excuse or reason why
any liquor-selling resort should bo per
mitted to keep open after midnight and
it is no hardship on any habitual user of
liquor to be compelled to gratify his op
pot Ite or make bis purchase of liquor
before mldulght.
There Is no good reason why licensed
salooiLS should be permitted to offend the
sensibilities of church-going people by
carrying on their traffic with front doors
open, or, for that matter, with side doors
open, until after church hours.
The experience of ages and in all coun
tries has demonstrated that the social
evil cannot be suppressed. At best It
ran bo repressed by police supervision
from becoming too offensive or indecent.
Experience has shown that saloons lo
cated within the proscribed district le
come the natural trystlng plnce of preda
tory criminals, such as footpads, bur
glars and porch climbers, and are the
favorite haunt of toughs aud habitual
criminals who infest the slums of cities.
The Joints and dens located within the
proscribed district not only tax the
vigilance and Ingenuity of the police, but
go far toward its demoralization.
Both the letter and spirit of the
Slocumb high license law contemplate
and ordain the wide separation of the
liquor traffic from the social evil. The
enforcement of that port of the law
would. In my Judgment, go far toward
purging the city of its worst element
At any rate, It would materially lessen
the opportunity for successful depreda
tions by thugs, thieves and house
breakers. Incidentally I nm Impelled to urge
upon the police board a revision of police
regulations nlong these lines:
1. No policeman or patrolman .should
be detailed to serve within the pro
scribed district more than two weeks In
any one year, and these two weeks to
be nt least six months apart This sug
gestion is made because I nm convinced
thnt policemen who patrol the streets
within the district for any length of
time become contaminated and fre
quently act as protectors and solicitors
ror tolerated vice instead of being pro-
lectors ond guardians of the public.
The argument that policeman cannot
be efficient until he hns made the ac
quaintance of nil the ppople under his
surveillance does not Impress me as
sound.
2, The 'officers In charge 0'f the police
station should be changed at least six
times in a year, nnd. if practicable, a
change every month would be still better.
Experience has shown that police of
ficer stationed at the police court for
any considerable length of time are 11a
blo to become corrupted and worse than
worthies by contact with criminals,
high nnd low, who seek Immunity from
exposure by the payment of mopey or
by valuable gifts,
3. Lost, but not least, no police officer
or policeman should be permitted to
solicit or accept any gift under nny
pretense from men and wompn who are
nndey police surveillance, and the viola
tion of this rule should be sufficient to
cause the dismissal of the offender, who
ever he may be. E. ROSE WATER.
SERMONS BOILED DOWN.
The self-sufficient are neVer efficient.
Love 1b never deepened by damming It up,
Life's ai-ic-a-brao makes it blgguat bur
den. One tallow dip is worth a bushel of dead
lamp.
Compassion icmow nothing of oonds
scciifclon, He who sow happiness reap an unend
ing harvest,
People who have culture are never con
scipus of It,
Sorrow may. be essential to the song or
the unlvorse.
Reve.-eace will not follow where respect
doea t.ot lead.
A rough remedy Is better than the most
elaborate regret.
It's a poor fulth thut doe not answer
some of tie own prayers.
A man is not even clvlliaed who love
Cftl more than country.
"Caallng all your cere on him" doea not
Include your caro for other.
Educating your cor.uleuc into elasticity
will not relieve you from guilt.
Blue window to the soul turn the milk
of humuii kindness Into pUibbor.
Those who try to muk the best of
everything generally get the beat of every
thing. The world could worry along with s good
deal less smartness Jn stock If only It
might carry a heavier Una of sympathy
and s slmpl ueifUburliuc. Chicago Trt-buus.
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FITlllE OF THE DEMOCRACY.
Chicago Chronicle: The democratic party
of the constitution Is dead. The social
democratic party of continental Europe,
preaching discontent and class hatred, as
aAltln? lfiw. nrnnprtv and neraonal rights
and Insinuating confiscation and plunder,
Is here.
Minneapolis Journal: Bryan and his fol
lowers will now regain control of the dem
ocratic organization In most of the states.
They will proceed to build up a practically
new party along lines that will not be
strange to those who have followed
Bryan' career.
Chicago Record-Herald: In all probability
the new alignment will leave no place for
the "safe and sane" In the democratic
nartv. The conservatives will become re
publican, and party conflicts between re
publicans and democrats ' will be conflicts
between conservatism and radicalism.
Kansas City Journal: If Colonel Bryan
had had the ordering of the e'ventB of last
Tuesday he could not have conjured up
anything more to hla liking than what ac
tually took place except that he would
have given a different complexion to tho
Nebraska legislature. All else suited him
perfectly. One democrat, at least, Is as
jubilant If not as demonstrative as the
republicans.
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
Tom Taggart la a wise guy. He knows a
good thing and hangs on.
After all is said and done, "a big stick"
la more Imposing than a wooden Indian..
George Demetewekowles and Mary Gea
nakepepoulous, both of Chicago, have taken
out a license to marry.
A Marylander laughed so heartily over
the election returns that he fell dead.
Many feel that way, but hope to pull
through.
Sey mour G. Gourley, a Canadian conser
vative who achieved a reputation by Bneer
Ing at Uncle Sam. was vigorously Parker
lsed In the late election.
Mrs. Maybrlck Is working overtime on the
atory of -her prison life, which will be
sprung on a defenseless public at an early
date. Unfortunately the Joy expressed last
summer cannot be recalled.
The Flnanclul Red Book cut out 93,000
fake millionaires, reducing the number In
this country to an even 7.000. Any one
seeking to break Into this select bunch
must make a Bhow-down flrat.
William IT. Lawrtnce, one of the pioneer
electrons of Baltimore, la dead. He made
for Prof. Bell of Washington the magnets
used in locating tne bullet In President
Garfield after the latter waa ahot by Gul
teau. The peace of natlona seems reasonably
secure now that royalty has decided to
pay more attention to creased trousers. As
long as auch grave problems occupy the
minds of "divine righters" the old world
will not tip over.
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DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
I "Look here I young man," cried the ex
citable Mr. Roxley, "I saw you kissing my
daughter."
"Well, I declare!" exclaimed the young
man, "your eight's good yet, Isn't it?"
Philadelphia Press.
Flirting with a girl Is great fun for a
young- man, until he finds out that the girl
Is flirting with him, too. Somerville Journal.
"Why In the world did she ever marry
thnt poor, drled-up, doddering old fellow? '
"Oh, they Bay he threatened to leave hla
money to charity Instead of his nephew If
she Insisted nn having the boy."Chlcago
Record-Herald.
"Now. dear." said Mr. Polkley. who had
1 Just been ptea, "when snail l speaK
to vour father?"
i "You neetm t bother," replied the dear
i girl. "Pa B'lld h'd speak to you tomorrow
! If you didn't apeak to me tonight." Phlla
j delphia Ledger.
Pills Her husband died end left her a
million.
Wi is He didn't know how happy he wns
a-nlne- to mak wing other fellow, did he?
; Chicago Journal.
j Howes Talk about men being changed by
niHtrlmnnv' The women are Juat as bad,
If not worse.
Barnes Think so, ehT
Ilowfs Yrs. I do. There's my wife, for
I example. When I was courting her she
hciievcd pvervthlno- I told her now she
wrn't believe a word I say. Boston Tran
script RELIGION OF THE WOOD.
Llpplnoott's Magaxlne.
Under the great cathedral of the sky,
Far down the pillared aisles of ash and
pine,
I Join the prayer of popples bended low,
And count the beaded rosary ot the vine.
A transept of blue heaven overhead,
A choir of birds half hid In copse and
scar, .
My worship Is the pleading of the pine,
The burning adorutlon of a BUr.
The pleading of the pine that rea.-hra up
with outstretched arms, confiding as a
song.
The trees, are
they not born Into
That when the sun has ahlned, then God
has smiled?
The Joyous lark, high-mounted on his
hla aong,
Haa lifted me In rapture from the aod;
And though 1 tarry, humble In the grass,
I am a little while the guest of Godl
And like this untaught winged heart of
sea. .
Bweeit-r for liberty, the breefes fill
The vale with holy Incense of the flower
And consecrate the altar of the hill.
The eun'lt altar of the hill, far up
The pillared aisles of arching ash and
Whernnture offers dnily sacrifice
And nlrht and day keep watch before her
shrine.
And now, at eve, the priestly hour has
donned
A purple vestment for the vesper mass;
The ftnra have lit the tapers of the dew.
And hare and lark are kneeling In ths
grass.
Throstles Intone the offertory note.
And lo! upon the altar hill of gray,
A hlood-red hopt-the encrlflclal auiv
The Immolation of a dying day.
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