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will be changed a often aa re-eaeeicd.
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Also the Nebraska teachem seem
to know food thing when they
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'. Tan," M later Gomel says be will be
the Best president of Mexico prorlded
they do It gatly.
Perhaps Colonel Wattersbn pro
pose to drtw Maaon end Dixon line
. In nil Ananlae club.
Senator Xa rollette told New York
ers they were Juit like Wiaconitm.
He, at leaat, hopea they are. (
j WhetbeT ron bellere in Hgni or not,
you hare to admit that February t
has put the weather on the hof.
! Juet tote that police eoart Jary
trial law failure lrreepectlye of
whether it waa, or waa not, , Joker.
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At any rate, , people are promptly
aware of the return of Governor
Aldrlca after each abaence from the
tate. .
Colonel Watteraon knows now, If
be nerer did before, that It one takes
a eat out of the fire he Will spit at
one. ; ,s
Our new crand Jury baa a magnlf
Icent chance to distinguish Itself
above its predecessors by showing
the difference.
Uncle Sam sold 11,000,000,000
worth of manufactured goods abroad
last year. For farmer, that is doing
tolerably will.
Mr. Bey stuck a feather In his
cocked hat Just the same when he got
Governor Wilson to adopt his method
of self-advertising.
Sow Tonre Talking.
Commend os to our amiable demo
cratic contemporary, the 'World
Herald, for the frankest aurvey of the
present political outlook that we have
yet seen coming from any demo
cratic source. ' Over-exuberant demo
crats, and some weak-hearted repub
licans, hare been habitually deluding
themselves with the notion that a
democratic president Is In sight, and
that whatever standard-bearer may
be nominated by the democrats Is
sure of a walk-away at the election.
The World-Herald punctures thia
hallucination. Warning democrats of
the danger of over-confidence, it In
vites them to "face tbe situation
squarely;" and remlnda them that
when Mr. Bryan ran he Imagined
himself elected each time only to be
overwhelmingly defeated when the
votes were counted. "Even in 108,"
the humiliating admission Is made,!
"with a harmonious and united party
at his back he carried Nebraska, his
own state, by the narrowest margin,"
neglecting to add that thla was ac
complished by the theft of populist
votes through the misbranding of
democratic presidential electors.
Four years sgo tne democrats
picked Mr. Taft aa a weak candidate
for the republicans to nominate, and
they were badly fooled when be
proved bla strength. So our amiable
democratic contemporary Is at last
really, talking when It ssys that
"when Taft is renominated" all the
republican ranks will rally behind
him,-and "to defeat htm will be no
mere holiday affair."
Here's a Eow-Dy-Do.
In the language of the Immortal
mikado, "Here's a how-dy-do." In
fact, It may almost be called "a
pretty mess."
Our Nebraska presidential primary
law provides for the election of all
delegates to national conventions by
direct vote of the members of the re
spective political parties, and tells
Just bow It shall be done. Four del
egates are to be elected by tbo state
at largo and the remainder of the
number apportioned to Nebraska are
to be elected by ihe congressional
districts and to be divided equally be
tween the districts.
But, lo and behold, here comes the
call tor the national nominating con
vention of the prohibition party giv
ing each state representation by four
delegates-at-large and an additional
delegate for every 200 votes cast for
the prohibition candldato In the last
election. Reference to the cm rial
statistics discloses that Chaftn, the
prohibition candldato for president
In 190 received exactly 6.17 votes
In Nebraska. This state will, there
fore, be entitled to thirty delegates
In the prohibition convention, of
whom, under our presidential pri
mary law, four must bo chooser at
largo throughout the state and four
and one-third delegate moat be
chosen from each of the all can
gressional districts. '
Who Is the prohibition pooh-bah
who wants to stand for the position
of one-third of a delegate? . Don't all
speak at once. ,
sway on the American hemisphere)
from Canada to the equator, and then I
say la nnison to tbe rest of the na
tions, we will force the peace of the
world. At least, it Is a subject full
of interest and many mighty sound
propositions, though Uncle Sam will
ask further time for revising his con
struction of the Monroe doctrine.
Morgan Saves the Day.
London did not take very kindly!
to the American whirlwind method
of raising $500,000 for the erection
of a Young Men's Christian Associa
tion building and London was about
to let the time limit expire on Mr.
Ward's work wben suddenly J. P.
Morgan, who waa sojourning some
where In tbe old world, dispatched his
check for $100,000 to complete the
fund and secure the conditional gifts
already made. Now, of course, Lon
don Is doubtless willing to rest nnder
the record of having responded thus
graciously to the Young Men's Chris
tian association's hurry call, but Just
to keep the record straight, it should
be stated that the ready rescuer waa
an American, not a. Briton.
Half a million dollar funds for
these buildings have been raised In
similar periods In American cities
small enough to bo lost in on little
corner of London, but that excites
neither envy nor Ire In the calm Brit
ish breast It will continue to heave
along in Its quiet deliberation and.
possibly, get quit as much out of
life as If it Jerked itself Into lrregu
Iar palpitations every time something
out of the ordinary came up. Johnny
Bull never did make much over the
"rush act" In money matters, and It
sppeara that combining religion with
finances falls to change hla temperament
The Young Men's Christian Asso
ciation building probably will be Just
as substantial and useful as If tbe
fund for Its erection had been con
tributed by tbe Britons, themselves,
In fifteen minutes, and that Is about
the way the Englishmen Will look at
It, too. Nor are they likely to be
moved from the moorings of their
deep convictions by the galloping ar
rival of the auguat Mr. Morgan In
tbe nick of time with bis check to
sav the day. They will Juat Jot that
down as Mr. Morgan's natural way
and lean back for another sweat,
long pull upon their pip of peaceful
rest. It Is not tbo first time (bay
hsv see Mr. Morgan In a hurry over
money and they have quite become
accustomed to him as the deciding
factor la affairs of finance, even upon
much larger scales th'-. tals. . The
American way la not th British way
and perhaps It la Just as well for th
American, for he needs somebody to
cheek hint now and then In his pell-
mell race through life.
maaa, read r a kaad ear
Qlung la tbe seata of a Wish
Germany and Uncle Sam.
- Th current Atlantic Monthly con-
Would Booker T. Washington also
kindly request certain of hla fellow
citizens to part with their cutlery as
well as thslr firearms?
Mr. Olvla of Chicago retires from
business, saying b has mad all the
money he desires. Then let Mr,
Givia begin to give ont
Any wonder that our street de
partment boss Is reluctant, to as np
his street cleaning fund so tar In
advance of the primary election.
President Madera's veil of serene
optimism does not hide tbe fact that
be a Bach Impressed with th Med
for more hero! action la Mexico.
The Rv. Irl a. Hicks may aot
know It, but it is batter to break a
bad pledge than to keep It, And
the seme goes for weather predlo-
"Oh, say, they have raised th
Maine; th Maine, the battleship that
waa sunk, don't yon remember?'
Oh, th Main, why, er yea, have
they?"
. Nebraska will hare to worry along
as best It may while Colonel Yelser
goes over to Chicago to represent
th stat in th national Roosevelt
conference.
; When Colonel Harvey and Gov-
era or Wllaoa got to weeping on each
ether's bosom Colonel Wattaraoa lit
at for Florida where the crocodiles
f shed tears.
! Th democratic how ha shelved
the resolution calling for an Investi
gation Into th "money" trust until
after election. That at least shows
a regard for the eternal fitness of
things.
The persistence with which Mr.
Bryaa continues to be mentioned as
a possibility for the 111 democratic
aomicatioa after he has publicly de
clared himself out of U U act very
comjumetttary to hi credibility.
tains a very Interesting "letter to
Unci Bam" by an anonymous writer
upon th duty of th United States
toward Germany, particularly In Its
entrance ot South Braall. In th first
plac th writer sets the Monro doc
trine aside aa having been shelved
by our Philippine aggression. Nut
he says that either Germany or Japan
will gain th footing In Booth Amer
ica which Germany seeks. It Is sim
ply a question of psa-G arm an Ism or
pan-Japan, which doe Cacl 8am
prefer
Americans, Britons and Oermaaa
belong together, w ar told. They
ar brethren. Wo ar all Teuton.
Th United States is Indebted to Ger
many. Much ot ita best blood has
come from there. Th two nations
ar Interwoven la th skeins of pon
tics, commerce and social tntercour.
Germany must expand. That Is th
kaiser's answer "to th elemental in
terrogation ot th twentieth osat-
tury." It must reach out to South
Braill. It has as good a right as any
other nation. It la a superior people.
oirering a superior system of' gov
ernment and society to) South Amer
ica. Japan's claim is not comparable.
As things are now th German
empire la a standing menao to the
British empire, and, through the
Monro doctrine, to th United
States." Will th United States fight
to keep Germany out ot Braall? And
aopposo It did and won. what then?
WU1 It be Japan? Thia writer says
so. He says It Is whit or yellow,
Christian or pagan for South Amer
ica, and puts the lot up to Unci Sam,
reminding him that he la even now
less popular In South America than
la th kaiser, that he has signally
failed to sets and Improve hla op
portunities there, which, of course,
la true, whether the rest of tbe pic
ture la over-pals ted or aot Our In
tercourse and axpanstoa ar east and
west, aot sosth, as mnch of theirs
should be.
But tbe real remedy lies, says this
writer, la a tripartite treaty betwwea
th United; States, Germany and
Great Britain, which aouada ean.
What power eould withstand th trin
ity? He Proposes that w let Ger
many into Brazil and Germany let
British poeaesaloos aloe a, and they
both guarantee to us stadisputeble
, Jk proposition emanating from th
little town of Utica to solve the
HquBr problem by establishing
saloons In each town or village that
votea wet to be conducted by and tor
the municipality, with all profits cov
ered In th school fund to be applied
to tbe erection ot a high school build
ing. Is eliciting serious discussion In
some quarters. This Is th same old
Gothenburg plan Imported from
8wdn, and known la this country
In a modified form 'as th South
Carolina dispensary system. , It did
aot work la South Carolina, and it
would aot work successfully In Ne
braska.
President Tart's message to con
gress calling for aa international In
quiry, to determine th causes and
remedies of th high cost of living
ought to arouse Immediate and most
active interest In our own and for
eign countries. W have wrestled
long enough with this grim problem
without commensurate result. It Is
admitted that th problem Is Interna
tional. How. then, is It to b reached
except by International co-operation?
Yes, but waa not that also aa
Albert law hotel in which a young
couple gathered la the wages of sin
by asphyxiation last week? What
about it,. Mr. Reform Bberiff and
Mr. Democratic County Attorney?
A southern Illinois f armor claims
to have a hen that every day lays aa
eg g with a double yolk, says th Chi
cago Tribune. There Is a good deal
of yellow In that story, though.
Th Cum mine presidential boom
seems to be rather alow In crossing
the Missouri va though th river
la frozen hard enough to bear a
whole automobile proeesstoa.
ralltleal Wklsa Wlasa.
LoulavWe Caurtafslewaal.
Whaa we reach the point at which ao
had nan can alv-a a eaaeidata seeney and
no good maa ad apead money to aroe-
eut a oampa'gn. aeUtlea will aa satls-
faetorllr' etoanaad parhapa fozaa will
have whit wins and Hve
EccknBackwanl
r toktpuxp rttoM mix, riu- l
i , t-J FEB, & ' J
Thirty Years Ago j
Rev. J. W. atewart of th First
htetkoalat E plana pal church, who fur twe
weeka past has bee koldlas revival aaast
Ins a, ha arousal so moe iaiaraet that
h win eaetnie them another weak.
A trust deed of the Oraa4 Central hotel
property frees Kitchen Brother to Ooorf
T. Koagland has saoa retarded. It. Is
to secure the pavamit of tbe (U.9S furn
iahad by Mr. HoagUutl to ball tbe basal
Another trust seed from Millar Hotel
compear te Chart P. Maootnaa has
also aeon nia. covering a leu of Stt SM,
and Is signed by Jph H. Miliar, presi
dent, and aaaraat r.
of tne easapaar.
A fatal accident eoeuirsd ea the Minne
apolis ft Omaha read
colllatea,
laborer. Baaed Kmkoaky.
"Shernr" Tharstea, aa eld OaMha sport.
has been appointed refer of th Byan.
gulhvaa fight to take piece at New Or
leans ea the Tth.
The friends of Mrs. a T. Darts are
pained to leara that eh hi tying serteasrf
III at bar resMeae ea F-Mg1as street.
C T. Goodman has returned from Crand
I eland, whore be dtapooad of hla drug
store la that city.
Captain U. W. Holilna, formerly city
marshal of Omaha, and at present aa at
torney In Pueblo, psned tbreugh the eltr
en his way to his eM home In Council
Bluffs.
United BUIes Msrahsl Blsrkewar haa
recovered from hi recent Illness, and
again able to attend to business.
A lest a uti for ta rerarn of a pocket
book containing a railroad paaa la the
name of Dr. Maaefleld.
Dr. It. B. Kandrick, whose headquarters
ar at the Omaha Merchants barn en
Eleventh street, between Harney had
Howard, haa a bore eltpptng machine
that takes th cake. It shaves a
oft aa clean a a meus In eae hour aad
twenty minutes.
Announcement to mad of th gtaeolutloa
of th parteerihlp between A. C. Wooley
sns O. R. Davis, stationers and paper
dealers, at 15 South Fifteenth steeet, op-
poslte the postomce.
Twenty Tears Ago
Mr. and Mrs. Oeurs A. Josiya enter
tained the following friends at a high
five card party: Mr. aad Mrs. Rogers,
air. ana ear, je. ex. rwto, air, ana nrs
P. N. Jaynee, Mr. and Mrs. Tallafero,
Mr. and Mrs. K. D. Vaa Court. Mr. and
Mrs. J. J. Otbeon, Mr. and Mrs. U D.
Fowler, Mr, C. K. Sherman, Mr. Bean,
Mr. H. Boetwlrk, Mrs. Nocture. Miss
Udoard, Mr. and Mr. C. A. Lenlnworth
and Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Burtmsttam.
Omaha's base ball status was finally
fixed for th year at a meeting of local
man and Wee tern league magnates from
various other cities and tt was determined
to have a team here with VT. P. Been el,
auditor of th Pacific gipnes company,
as president and treasurer, aad Dave
Row, th old half player, aa manager.
An executive oommrtte Was uompuesil of
those starling patriots and fane: Th
Mats brothers, Robert Hunter, Ken OeJ
laghar. Do Harms, Jena A. Mofleaa.
Joseph Osrneaii. Jeff Bedford and B. P.
Moras. Twe site for a park were bit
upon, both aeroae the river la Council
Bluffs near the east end of tbo bridge.
John W. Bpsas of Kansas City, who bad
led la tbe negotiation, expressed pteaa-
ure at th progress mad.
A house owned by Thomas P. Hall aad
oocupied by John P. Dead at SHI Daven
port street was burned, damaging It B.M0
ad Mr. Coed's furniture tLSOS.
Rxnerta pronounced the Blaiseath ftreet
viaduct dangerous and unsafe and
menace te life. Chairman Btrkbaussr of
the Board of Puhlle Works aad City
Engineer Boe water Joined la th
and Mayer Bsmls said he would recom
mend te the council sultahle action too.
lag te the esrreottsa of the etrueture.
O. M. Lambertssa earns up from Lin
coln aad discusses with Jadge Blair and
Joha I Webstar. Oeaeral Tkayer'a ether
attorneys, th status of the gvreraorahlp,
but Mr. Webstar announced that ae de
cision ae to the sitting governor's sctkm
reached. All sorts sf
current as to whether Governor Thayer
would hold on and let Qoveraar Boyd
force him out or would vehntarlly grre
up th place te Boyd, whose title to eltl
ssnshlp bed been upheld by th federal
supreme court.
Teat Tear Ago
U A. Garner, asstatant general super
intendent sf the American Express
Pnr. died at Ms restnenoe. ta California
street, aa the result of Injuries to his
sptas eustahwd by fall oa aa ley pa ea
rnest la front of am home sane tw weeks
previous. He left a wife aad six ehildrea.
He was B and had been with the
can Express ooenpany for thirty years,
moat of the time la
Oar Morris
meat of bar tare eneeaianee at the
Boyd theater and dellrered a talk en "The
Stage and lis Pssple." watch antertanMd
aa audience that comfortably filled th
house.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy c. Barton went t
Chicago.
Bishop Beaansll went te Chay
Dr. Albert FSascn. erril esrvtae dark
la th office at the Jwdg advoaat.
the Pes acta int of the Mtsssart, Mt for
Saa Dear for a two months' visit.
A. R. Watarboaes presided ever a bust
neas meeting of the awmbera of Bt
Mary's Avenue Osnsressllsasl shore In
tbe church parlor, the chief parse of
which was te lay plans far eswanng a saw
pastor.
Mm Praaosa T. nervosa, wife of tbe
late I, a H ansae, died at th family
boose, nil Maple street, year eld.
Two Sharp Views
Obelsele v the Roooevelt
ataellaritv ad the
Cass pa tana aad that f
Hie Bees LtHffi
at
In
A Mi t that railed.
Baltimore American.
Tha maa whe tried te efl a lightning
d te Colonel Roosevelt failed ta his
mission. And now the problem to dis
tracting political minds as to whether the
refusal eame from so tear of the light
ning or from a eoavtctioa of ao danger
R would strike.
too
Houetoa Post (dom.).
It h) not Improper to remind tbe load-
hmgsters of th Party that at free nit ws
are hi the heart of th political forest
aad that ear party meat strike the right
nl s est out'af the woods. Moreover.
there Is a confusion ot trails t this
moevent and It 4s ttss e ask the Lord for
ITHdaaca.
People Talked About
Baltimore expects to spend . bt dec
rating the towa tor the deussaaUs a
ttoaal convention and kt entertaining ta
shining lights of th party. Met bed at
getting tbe money back WUI ha
la cleeuttv siesloa.
tt soot Henry Clay Pierce, mllnenslre
oU man, mfcN to rosea h
a kidnaped marriage with nawr girl.
"Lady Betty" rsslaaer. "Lads- Bettys"
pile state up handsomely aside the cash
asttlemsnt ef Sana Goodrich aad Ms.
Cavallarl, aad tuna the epotiurhs ea the
posslhtlltle of the stags aa a, fortune
ea the
ssntnsetd ta eae day la leil at tea Fran
cises. The aeOoa ef the court s
elamed by She tact that that aasa had
good reeerd. BtpoctaDy ta the soaking
aiiouy frees,
The maa whe
counterfeit St gel
A fleece and a Casanalsm.
Bprinirflo:d rhtsae.) RepuMlesa fna. rep.).
as Between Senator seen xu-nwn ot
Nebraska and Oevtraer Stabbe ef Kan
sas, the sasue eemes dewa to this: Can
the e4eRl run arsis without breaking
hi etedga never to violate the third-term
tradition T The senator maintains that the
comae! Intends to keep hb) word. Ths
after lunching at Oyster Bay
and anneaneinc that hie host would be
d at Chicago and would be
elected president - la November next
argues that "there hi a vast dlfferene
b etwee a man stating that he kt set a
candidal for aad doss not want effiee
end a statement that he would refuse to
accept that office when the pubae wel
fare was at stake and there waa a wide
spread awasral demand for him te serve
Me eoowtry.-
Tbe governor ef Kansas fails to rssati
her the teat ef tee ptedgs- It waa erlal
nany attend Nevembor a MC4, after Mr.
Reeeevelt'e rs slistlea, and rmterated Do
earnber U, TJST, that!
"Ob tne h of Narch next I shall have
eerved three and a half yean, and thte
three and a half yean constitute my first
term. The wis custom whloh limits tbe
president to twe terms retards the sub
stance aad net the tons, aad wader ae
dram eta noea win I be a candidate for
er accept another nowd nation.
"Under n eirciunotancoa." would he
"aooept another nomination." Kb condi
tion, no time Hmlt was Imposed; tt was
aa aaaaalifled and absolute declaration
of aa unalterable puree a. Perhaps Gov
ernor Btubbs would be entirely uncon
cerned, but the candidate would find his
dostaratloa dogging him from June te
Nevembor.
Nca Uk Governor Btubbs cannot have
ssrloBsly eonsldsrsd the obstacle te the
election ef Nr. Roosevelt to a third term
as president of ths United Rtates. Whs
make them "eore" that be would be no
torious? The political condition ef ISM
cannot be test mod, and ISM was the year
ef the ene great triumph of hi career.
Than Is no great publla exigency, no
trsve national crisis that requires hi
deration to office a the "Indiapenaable
HI aomlnatlM weald Involve the
hnmlhaUoa ef President Taft and be
an affront to both him and. hla friends
no less serious then the failure of ths
democratic national ' oo ores ilea ef
te monies tbe administration ef President
Crerelan. He eould not hope for such
heavy democratic veto aa he received
UOt, ea account ef the defection of
the Bryanltse from the Parker eaadtdaoy.
Ta aeKwersrs amy net be absolutely
united, hat they wilt come much nearer
le unity than baton la twenty year.
Nor could Mr. Recast-sit hope for the
Cathone vote which he raosivod when he
ran but. "Th Vtt'caa Incident" ot the
spring of t9M will let be forgotten.
The hominatioa ef Mr. Roosevelt would
precipitate the bitterest and m
pernio Rght upea Mm that h has yet
experienced. How he could survive at
the ballca boa his record as the friend
and protector at the Stool true pases
the ordinary understanding. But above
all, hie liking for parsoaaj gov r anient
his resile eheflng under the rest relets
of law, bis brassa Indifference whoa th
aaed him to tbe eensUtutkmal
Itmhattone upon executive power would
raise agalnet htm suah a cry ef Caesar.
Ism aa America has asvar known before.
The aettoa at a vast and Irresistible
papular demand for him la tee ridiculous
te be entertained for a moment by aaae
minds. Hie aoml nation would mean aua-
ply a sue easeful stsmpsd engineered by
th men of on party who eaanet view
with composure another term for the
Present Incumbent of th reldntial of-
nee ner tne loos ef the govern mere te
the party which has been in opaosttlo
for sixteen years. Ths attempt
such clrcuraetancee t saptura the United
States far er popular her
solemnly pledged himself never I
another nomination would deservedly
anus the most Intone antatonlem. aad,
with a suitable democratic candidate, tt
would end la rata.
Mceewla aad Taft.
New York World (bid. dem).
During th first nine months of 114 all
the anti-ad mla 1st ration republicans la the
Unite Stat were sura that Abraham
lineom eould not be re-elected president
The oppoeitloa te Lincoln's
tioa draa as Strang and watt arcanixed as
th obeositioa to Taft's renoaalnttlon.
His own cabinet was disloyal. Salmon P.
Chaee, hi secretary of the treasury, was
Intriguing for the preslasacy. The western
red lea le wanted Pionwut. precisely
th western radicals today an screaming
for RoosovoK. Tha Steven, who was
the republican leader ef
trongly opposed to Lincoln. Greeley
Wad aad Davis were against htm be
cause they believed he would he defeated
that th election of a demoerette
president would mean a national disaster.
Wendell Phillips wanted " a
and patriot'' la place ef
Tbe New York Herald bad
Orant'a nomination aad there
strong aratuneat bt favor of the her at
Vlduburg. A faces meeting ef the Fre
mont tact lea ef Usntil opponents
bald ta Cleveland th weak before th
aaitlatore ooaventiea. Ira attitude toward
Liaeeia waa similar to th attitude ef the
Roosevelt "irBgressIrs" rstsihBoans
toward Taft
ran after Uneeaa waa renominated
his ramnalga managers regarded defeat
waa a
feaiB. Aa bu aa Ananas. aV ISM. he ears
IV aaaled BMmwraaduas to
Welle, wbssh read ae follows
Tth anerntng, aa far some days past
R seems exceedingly probe that ten
srlU net
H win be my duty
with the prsotdeat-eteet a ea te save the
aatta between tbe election sod tne
acgwratlon. aa he WIU hav secure
grounds that a
aceaialy save tt afterward.'
Tot n spit ef an tni
Lincoln eotlod aJKetr vote te MoClet-
kta-a LPxtTS aad had S oesoterel votes
as MeCMhur'a .
WUHaxa H. -Taft at aot another Abra
ham LtDeota an aas kt aot MS, but R
aslry noasfble that the natj-xaa pon-
tiEiana of thte stairs tioa may a no Bet
ter propbots than the antl-Llaooln pett-
nfeaeas of a preflfllng genoratJon. Tan.
like Uneeln. may be much stronger than
be scenes. Politics I full ef surprises.
sat aad ate Happy
Bt Lawte RssnbO.
A iMdoa wit poking fan at the Aater-
aobieeta ha hvwUBlag
Cacumught eayet It to enly as ths east
tale of rnpublles that royalty to property
If the British monareny wanes
i borrow asm ef
for ornamental
neatly, we could well spar them.
A Street Car sralaancw.
OMAHA, Pen. i-To th Editor of The
Bee: Omaha la not getting the full ad
vuntsas of Its pay-aa-you-entcr street
ear, and tt la th fault, net ef the street
car company, bat ( the people. Th
chief fault to that ee away people, as
eaoa as the seat are Riled, enter the
ear and plant theelrt near the rear
or; that le. those who o not stand
th vestibule do this. The result Is
engestien at the entrance and a va
cancy ht the aisle and tha front Or.
perhaps, the aha win be fllied half way
up. Sim eae has eonte ha with a com
panion, tbo latter gets a eest and the
ether stead by ae If oa award, stopping
up Ihe way and holding the pack ef
people la the rear. ,
As a matter f fact the front ef these
re should In variably be tilled first
Passtiatsis should walk to the front en
entering and nil th seats and etaading
room there, a that If any crowding has
s It win he mora equally dto-
trihwted. Tbe oenreany has goa to the
trouble ef banging sum about tbe mid
dle ef the ear requesting patrons to use
front oxtt but here again people
often raftta to avail themselves ef these
facilities and dlscommoe, not only
ether, but thiimsi Ires, by plowing their
way out through the rear doors.
The conductors ss a rule display re
markable patience In vainly trying te get
I to "step up m front" or use
th front exlta These can are very con
venient and very popular, but they eould
made doubly so If only the people
would use them properly.
' , FAIR PLAT.
Why People Cant Bay at Hams.
KEARNEY, Nek, Feb. 1 Te the Editor
The Bee: I teller that It about
time the merchants of the town and
cities got together for tbe purpose of
trying ta find a rusna why ae many
people, especially the laboring class and
farmer, d aot patroalae the home town
Instead of mall order house It Is high
time that they should look Into this, to
find the os uee, then act about U remedy
If la thla next decade ar twe ef
years people continue to Ingram In
patronising the catalogue heuese th
binlnsas aiea will gradually loco out.
The back bono ef ths towns an ths
laboring people aad the farmers It Is
they whe graersUy have the large fami
nes to provide for.
On reaeoa why as many people send
off te mall order house la because of
the Insolence ef so many derka, who.
cooing their cuet eater It not as up-to-date
aa eould be. forset to ha mourtceus and
kindly. They perhape think It makes no
dlfferene. hut that's ware they get
fooled. Rather than be treated that way
they send their money off to catalogue
8. Z. M.
te camp baa gran te a raobarauip
if over m
About r.ftsen or twenty years sso
saa a drtegws u tlis vonvnttoa se
Jiand Island. My assessment was tl.0
ja a policy of tWL I realised ttiea,
that It was lnadeutate arid advo-atrd. or
tried te advocate the ostabllshoient f t .
reserve fund to meet coming responsi
bilities. I was hooted and alsoed off tb
floor and A. It Talbot then n delegate
from Lincoln, now at the head of the
order, was loudest In the opposltl a-
At that Usee I waa about years old
aad In the iinrne of my vigor and earn
ing capacity; at that time I eould hsvs
paid aa extra assessment and been pro
tected for ray old age. Now I am SS
yean ot eg and no longer able to do
my host work, but Instead of protecting
me In my eld age, after having fought
the battles of fraternity for twenty-three
ears, they raie the asscssmea-3 from
B , as It was then, to M, well knowing
that as msny of us ar Bearing tne
ce of cur allotted time when our poli
cies will become due, we will be obliged
to drop out and the order win be sevsa
the expense of paring thousands of those
policies. No greater Bvtustle we ever .
perpetrated la th nam of fraternity
I It Is air sincere warn ana aesira
that those member was are able to keep
their policies la force will see te it that
at the next national convention, me
present officers be rsloeated to the con
fines ef Umbo and not be allowed to
profit by their unjust acts. A reasonable
mas would have beea born wnn
cheerful neaa, but ths recent actio M
(Imply at the Instigation ef the eld line
companies, whe have long sought te en
compass tha downfall of the rraternaia
by putting them on aa old Una baste
without their advantages.
I do aot "believe that we can withdraw
and reorganise. There Is nothing lelt
but either to pay ths unjust rate or drop
out Building aad loan assoelatloas offer
a splendid method of sat investment for
small savings, with good ta tercet and If
you die after making one payment your
money la not loot, but will be paid back
te your heirs; eld line Insurance ofiera
something tangible, although I have never
taken out any. Tbe action ef the Modern
Woodman ef America ought to teach the
future generation to Invest their meaty
where they will at least have a show to
get something In return.
W. C. ROBIN HON..
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Jaurtlfytsuj the Taft Administration.
LINCOLN, Nsb., Feb. L Te the Editor
of The Bos: la a recent Issue ot the
Alnsworth Star-Journal, Joha M. Cotton,
Its editor, give his reaiims why he ie
for -La Follett aad against President
Taft He attempts to Justify hut stand
and starts out by aayiag, "Thla paper
haa given to President Taft moot loyal
We eellev that la the i
the history ef the future will justify the
Taft administration, but the people of to- j
day do not' Aad after such a declara
tlsa Mr. Cottoa aekaewledgos thai ha
propose to hoi defeat the president
In tbe priesnt political eoatrovers one
fact stand out premtasatly, and that Is
R to Prandoat Taft against th
field. In thai fight ta field believes that
President Taft to wrong and that they
ar right I aa surprised that any awe
paper maa. admitting that Preeldent
Taft to right and that tha "futura will
justify the Taft administration," will ar
ray himself ea th side ef wrong an
attempt to defeat what he acknowledge
is right Just because be thinks th "peo
ple ef today d aot Justify' the admbv
1st ration of Presiden t Taft
Th country press of Nebraska have
beea frequently alluded to ae the mould
era of public eptnloB," and R has beea
with considerable pride that I hav beea
one of them, but when a newspaper maa
of the star. ding ef Mr. Cottoa come out
and says that he will go back en a maa
whom he believes right Just becaaee th
people think he to wrong, I foal that
newspepcrdom haa been given a black
y la theiregioa ef the solar plexus. If
Mr. Cottoa belive that President Taft
baa given the country aa administration
which "th future will Justify," R to his
duty aa a "moulder ef public opinioa" to
etlempt to educate the readers ef his
napes' te the sam belief. No Mwspapsr
maa can believe on thing vnd pubUah
the opposite and retain the respect of his
P. a BARROWS.
GEUio A3D GBOAXS.
His Counsel What are you beefing
about? You'd rather go to ths peni
tentiary for lite than be hanged, wouldn't,
7 Con4emned Prisoner Tel sir; T don't
mind that. But th Judg says t r to
pnd th first was of it at bard labor!
Chloago Tribune.
"You disapprove ot my theory, esM
the excited agitator. Therefor you
refuse to attach any Importance to .
"Of course," replied Senator Borgnum,
why should IT Ths only Importance
meat unpleasant theories have Is what
thoughtless people rush In and attach
to thatn." Washington Star. ,
"Oraciouc!" exclaimed the I kind old
lady to the bearsr, "ar they the beat
thocs you vc got' '
"Why, Isdy, replied ths candid beg
gar, "could yer Imagln bettor once fur
Sle blaneur Every one o' dem hole
means nickels an' dimes ter me."
Catholio Standard and Times.
"My son I very trong." sold the proud
mother of the colleice sthlete, with a
gratified smH. "He told me he put down
a pony of spirit yesterday.'1
Til bet, muttered the dlegruntied
neighbor, "that It was a pony of brandy." ,
Baltimore American. '
"You beard that ory about th poet
that got home too late, diaa t you.
No: what about him-'
'Bard out-" Chicago Tribune.
rntersxsle er Balldtag Aaseelarloas.
SILVER CREEK. Neb., Feb. a To the
Baiter of Th Bee: Permit as te ear a
few words m regard te
of the Madera Woodmen of America.
I am a charter member ef oamp US)
at Clark. Neb. Per many yean after
lodge ws charter w struggled
aieeaT with only fifteen mem Sera Now
MAUD A5D THE JUDGE.
TOT
W. D. Nsb!tt rn Chicago Post
Mauds Mullcr. when 'twe t below,
Stood oa th sidewalk, hoveling snow.
The wind wss sharp. Ihe anew was dees.
The drift wen very wide and dorp.
She e hoveled off th wide front walk.
And then she paused a while to talk, j
I've worked." ah said, "twe hours aa
mora
To clear this pathway to our door.
Mt1.. " -1- - HIS fcMlM
My fingers and my wrists are blue. .
I've shoveled off the rerden path.
I fell down and arose la wrath.
"The enow has sifted In my shoe
Tomorrow 1'U save tne ah-cheos.
Ht feet ar damn and ellff and cold.
Thia shovel are ma too much to hotd.
Thev sav fresh air and exercise
Will make pink checks and lustrous yee
And I suppose good health arrive
From this. It one the task survives,
Now I'll so In and shovel coal
Into ths chilling furnace bowl.
"And then I'll take ths eehce out
And scatter them all roundabout
"Oh, would I had remained a spin- ,
liter, Uicn tela totusa baa not i
Tnto the hone she turned lo trudge-
Irar Maud, you eee, had wed the Judge!
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