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qnested. ;' .
Colonel Wattersort Is finding the
Samuel J, Tildeni more) and more
scarce.
What; the matter with Kansas?
No new sensation sprung there for
six months.
-' Those aviators seem to be up In the
air. over the route of their - coming
western flight. H .1. " "
A man named ttimbo of Oklahoma
Is mentioned for, vice president.. It
is not Bwano, though.
- -Texas expects a 12,000,000 onion
crop. Think of the odor arising from
$2,000,000 worth of onions.-
'- The battleship St. Louis cut a sub
marine, boat In two, thug giving keen
edge to an otherwise dull name.
And yet, do you know, we cannot
help feeling that this same old con
stitution will wear quite a while yet
Boston ia offering Dr-Wllejt extra
inducements to settle "there and get
busy. .Who le doping the sacred tod?
It is only fair to students of im
mature judgments not to allow them
censorless control of college publlca
tlone. "'. . ', ' r : , ';
: Colonel Roosevelt' admission that
he' only expected two delegates from
Alabama ought to have a very Quiet
ing effect.
President Taft's eniraies have de
liberately, chosen to misrepresent his
kindness as weakness and now are
being exposed, , , ......
- As "the tumult and shouting" of
the primaries dies away, the thunder
In the headlines, echoing' .from Chi
cago, fills the' vacuum.
, Governor Hadley of Missouri has
freed his 521st convict. - This is one
of the progressive ways of Working
the recall on reactionary courts.
The chlvalrlo generosity of the
Chicago- weather man is reflected
in a cold wave to make tolerable the
heat on a section of the lake front.
Mr. Bryan's Commoner mentions
with'' apparent satisfaction the recent
defeat of Tom Watson in Georgia.
Tom was such an obstreperous boy.
John Sharp Williams' estimate of
16 as the cost of baths for United
States is based on plain water appli
cations. Whitewash comeB much
higher. ' , ,
Hungarian lawmakers show strong
signs of progressive insurgency. In
stead of throwing ink bottles, mem
bers of Parliament shoot up the
chairman.
An investigation of the weather
bureau strikes a popular chord. No
other department of the government
is so profoundly indifferent to, the
rule of the plain people.
A representative of Nebraska's
progressive state administration, in
urging building and loan men to go
back to the methods of former times,
raises a painful doubt as to the pur
ity of the progressive label.
"The law of God is grounded on
the right of God," says an author
And the law of man, to be equitable,
must be grounded on the right of
man. But it takes a lot of wisdom to
' determine what Is the right of man
The projected co-operative plan of
reducing the. high cost of living in
New York will sot go into effect
until fall. Greater New York is
about to spring a number of attrac
tions as a summer resort, and local
pride forbids reformers interfering
with the revenue getting possibilities
of the schema, v , ;
Function of the Commerce Court.
The supreme court's determination
of the functions and status of the
new court of commerce should clear
the way to useful service by that
tribunal. It was perhaps necessary
for the highest court to pass upon
this question, and yet more, amiable
relations between the Interstate Com
merce commission and the newer
body might have avoided such a
necessity.
It should hardly have called for
judicial dictum to determine that the
new court's function was confined to
passing upon matters of law and not
of fact where appeals were made to
it from the commission, and to re
straining and enforcing, as the case
might be, affirmative orders of the
commission, not to exercise Its own
judgment by original interpretations
Of administrative features of the law.
To clothe it with such powers, would
be, not only to lead to interminable
litigation, but to deny the first prin
ciple of our system of appellate
courts.
The country has a right, now that
these questions are cleared up, to
expect results .from the commerce
court, unless congress proceeds with
the resolution to Wipe it out of exist
ence. , '
.Backbone of Revolution Broken!
. Ambassador Wilson ;ieavei Mexico
City tor Washington 6n an errand
with the statement tnat "the back
bone of the-.Mexican revolution is
broken."' Americans have, reason to
hope that their representative la cor
rect In his Interpretation of "condi
tions, for, if he ,. U may'mean the
averting of the gravest complications
for their own government, , to say
nothing of the relieving of many of
their fellow countrymen in Mexico
from digtress and danger. Ambassa
dor Wilson's prudence does Cot often
lead-him astray, so that his decision
that political conditions are so much
improved as o Justify him' in tem
porarily leaving Mexico gives real
lone to his optimism.
One thing is apparent, that the rev
olutionary leaders,', when- pitted in
crucial array against the government
forces, failed to . make" the showing
tboy, predicted and came pff , second
best, . 'The situation is not entirely
without Its hopeful signa.' Madero
may have builded better than we
knew, after all. He certainly has If
he built well enough tcf enable Mex
lco to settle its own problem without
American Intervention.
. Official Divorce .Proctor.
Some months ago a divorce proctor
was appointed by private citizens in
Kansas City, who made up his salary
by personal contributions.' The ex
periment, has. proved, satisfactory nd
I now, after a contest, tho county-coart
I. . a Mat JJ? i f J
nas maae mm an omciai orpine
county, to be paid 'fom, Us. fuTitfs;
He is to have bis place beside the
judge hearing the dlvor.ee case and
be given the. right of Interpolation.
This brihgs the experiment down
to a legal basis, where it may b
viewed with keenest interest. ' One
man sitting , as' a proctor offers, no
thought of a panacea for the divorce
evil, but itjs possible for him, by
diligent inquiry into the circum
stances of cases which a court might
not make and Interested. ' lawyers
would not disclose,, to .'be-of vital
service to society.! One thing is quite
certain, In a city whose, divorces run
one. to every three marriages, the
proctor should have.no difficulty in
finding plenty to do. ,
, The Colored Man's" Advance.
The-white people of the United
States have nothing to fear from the
negro. - The. problem of the latter
will solve itself under proper Influ
ences influences which the outnum
bering white men control. The negro
rises when given a chance. He sub
mits to "every... good Influence, he
takes an education, he acquires prop
erty, he is Joyal and lawablding. on
the average., The responsibility for
his advancement, then, logically lies
with those who control the conditions
making it possible.
" In 1870 practically 80, per cent of
ail American negroes' wore illiterate.
Ten years later the percentage wis
70,' In 1890 It was'57.1 per cent; in
1900, 44.4, -and in 1910 It was only
30.5 per cent. Where do we find
greater continuous, progress and de
velopment? In Louisiana, however,
they do not favor negro .education
with much zeal and promote with
less. ' There nearly 60 per cept of
the negroes are still Illiterate, and In
some other southern states of similar
prejudices the percentages" of" Illit
eracy are nearly as great. '
Whoso fault is It it the negro is
not educated? But- if education be
not a fair test of his worthiness,
judge the negro along any other
average line of. human endeavor, the
acquisition of. property, the orderly
pursuit of industry in various call
ings, the planting of homes and , the
observance of law, and you will' find
he responds Just about in proportion
to the opportunity he gets. A race
that does ep much for itself is en
titled to all that a' stronger race can
do for it.'
Rumors of expected trouble in
Chicago are not as dangerous as they
seem. .Five leading hotels have ad
vanced' the price of stewed prunes
to 5 cents each, with an order mini
mum of 30 cents. The danger .of fill
ing up: on prunes iat that-price-is re
mote. .
THE BEE: OMAHA; MONDAY, JUNE 10,"19tt:
SCHOOL DAYS IN EAELY OMAHA
V. The High School in the Year 1883.
BY VICTOR ROSEWATER,
Member of the Class of 1887 and Now Editor of The BtC. .
In view of the fact that I had gone
through all the grades right in the same
school building, admission to the high
schoo) meant for me merely going up. or
rather coming down
to the second floor,
only part- of which
at that time was
required for high
school purposes. My
class was the largest
In number that had
ever been promoted
out of the eighth
grade In Omaha. At
that time the enroll
ment of the entire
high school., with
its course . covering
four years, Was less
than 140,. or to be
precise, exactly 130.
The main assembly
room, which was
on 1 the southeast
side
lng,
of the build
sufficed to
all of us, dur
study , hours,
preference In
hold
lng
the
seat
ON ENTERING
HIGH SCHOOL
selection being
given to those of the higher classes.
There was quite a high raised platform
recessed into the wall on the west side
facing the seats between which the aisles
ran east and west A commodious coat
room on the north opened aluo Into the
main hall, white on the west were a small
recitation room, a long narrow spate con
taining a few. tables and chairs and some
aoologlcal specimens preserved In alco
hol, and another small room which served
as an office for, the principal, frequently
ornamented with boys and girls waiting
to be called on the carpet or to offer
excuses. The seniors, to", whom we
freBhles looked up with intense awe, were
permitted by special dispensation to study
In the narrow space referred to or rather
to pretend to study while in reality hold
ing' a social session. There were two
or three other recitation rooms, large and
small, on the same floor available for
the high school. "
Tear by year the number of high school
pupils steadily and rapidly increased,
crowding out the grade rooms one after
another, until the high school had the
whole .second floor, and then annexed
the third, and.' finally took . the ' whole
building. The total enrollment, as I said,
when I went Into tho high school was
139. In 1887, when I graduated, four years
later,. It had mounted to 872.. The grad
uates of the. same year, that I had en
tered the high school consisted of seven
girls, (the class of 1884 counted up ten
Members,, the class of 1885 twenty mem
bers, the, ilasa of J88S, eighteen members,
and my class of 188T numbered thirty.
When 1 went Into the high school the
Instruction corps .consisted. Of Just five
teachers. First and foremost was Homer
P. lwis, the principal, who in addition
to ; his administrative duties, taught
classes In Latin and Greek and political
economy. Prof. Lewis had at that time
a most Impressive appearance, a largo,
woll-built man,; with hair almost blacfc,
but beginning to turn gray; a mustache,
ttttliw QffiM . pvaj fftee, gnd,ly.;Mue
jay e3es,("t8,fdellberate,jbutliflrm speech,
fiisl Injujisiiyi ; was...pei;ljaps.of sternness,
,wlc,6ftnd, ijoyeirer, after a. person
cBjine jfQ.now mm. . Jie was, a tnorougn
$mnqmr ana student, ana taugnt witn a
DEMAND OF A
' : Two .Views on R.
New York Tribune (rep.).
The determination of the national com-mltteeman-elect
from Nebraska, .Mr.
Howell, to present his Certificate .of elec
tion and demand his seat Will force a
decision by the present committee on
Mr. Howell's status. There is little doubt
what that decision will be. The only
point at Issue Is the time at which a
new national commlttta comes into ex
istence and the terms of its members,
whether elected at a state primary,
named In a state convention or chosen
by a state delegation, really begins.
Mr. Howell Insists that he . Is already
a committeeman, not merely a commit-teeman-elact
He says that, Inasmuch as
he was ohosen at a primary held on
April 19. he was olothed with all the
powers of his office from that date,' He
also says that the call of the national
committee recognised the validity of the
state primary- laws and therefore con
ceded the right of the republicans of Ne
braska, to select a national committeeman
whose title should become perfect at
once.
The call of the committee did nothing
of the soft. It said that "delegates and
alternates, both from the state at large
and from each congressional district, may
be elected In conformity with the laws
of the state in which the election occurs,
If the state committee or any each con
gressional committee so direct." No pro
vision was made for the election of na
tional committeemen except in accord
ance with the long established precedent
that such committeemen shall be named
by the state delegations and shall or
ganize after the national convention ad
journs. . . . . ' ";. ' - s ".
The committee Is now asked to upeet
the rules of the national organisation and
shorten arbitrarily the terms of national
committeemen 4ected in 1908 in order to
please, a few individuals Who want to
take office ahead of time. Mr. . Howell
will admit that" if he is seated now he
will become a member of the outgoing
committee as well as of the incoming
committee. He will have a tenure differ
ent from that of the gVeaf majority of
his associates. It is hot practicable to
seat the' new committeemen before the
convention meets, since ' not more than
six or eight of them have been desig
nated so far. Why disturb the orderly
procedure of the past tor the. benefit of
these few and give a handful of states
an advantage which the others 'will not
possess T
The present national committee has no
power to alter the terms of ; members or
ttfe condittons under which they shall be
elected. The proper way . to make a ,
change is to seek a recommendation from
the' committee on rules to be submitted
to the next convention.- Then ail mem
bers wu, be affected, equally. ' It Is ab
surd for Mr. Howell to maintain that he
should be-Singled out for special honors
and special favor, , ; w , , .,,. t . , t '
;,..- . cr
- , -V Boston Transcript rep.).-
Boesism is denounced by the 'third-term
candidate In every speech he delivers, but
his active leader are. Indifferent to his
denunciations. Perhaps they - have de
tected him winking the other eye; per
haps they reason after the old-fashioned
manner that -only the other side - has
"bosses," "our side has leaders.,, Cer
Wit J
consciousness of knowing b.s subject
thoroughly. jo pot recall ever having
a teacher , who commanded the respect
and confidence of those undor.him. and
associated with him. as did Prof. Lewis.
The high school under him was orderly,
and he was seldom called upon to enforce
discipline, more seldom to enforce It
on the same boy or girl twice. He re
mained at the head of the school until
he returned to his native New England
town to' become principal of Worcester,
Mass. He has been out here since then,
hie hair and mustache grown white, but
the same buoyant' manner and the same
benignant character. ..'.'
Holding a position something like that
of chlcf-of-staff was Miss Lena' L. HUI.
She taught me algebra, and taught others
higher branches of mathematics. She was
a sweet-faced, brown-haired, blue-eyed
woman whom everyone liked, and par
ticularly fitted to make the children un
derstand what Is usually their most diffi
cult exercise. Miss Hill not long after
left the school, and married In Buffalo,
N. Y., where her husband, Charles A.
Severance, Is now secretary of the Buf
falo Historical society and Its librarian
Mrs. Severance, with her husband and
grown daughter, came through Omaha
about a year ago, returning from a trip
to the orient, and was delighted to be
entertained by some of her pupils of. long
ago days who remembered and admired
her. . , ..
Th third member of the high school
staff wa Alono Norton Henshaw, a
youjig man ,Just ,out of an eastern col
lege, who devoted his efforts chiefly to
Latin and history.-. We boys -made a
Brest deal of fun in secret over Mr. Hen
chaw, stimulated by his punctilious dress,
and 'what we thought was his -as-rumed
pos.' That was just the. time of
the Oscar Wilde aesthetic cult, and as
he wore his hair rather long and parted
in the middle, we dubbed him "a dude"
and w parodied his name by calling hlra
TJudeshaw." As. a. matter of fact, he
was a- tolerably good fellow, and. his
mannerisms were not st all his fault
We really regretted when he went back
east, where, J am told, he entered the
ministry. a.nd had a successful career.
. eHHl another high school teacher was
Miss Ida M. Street, a petite, -dark little
woman, who had studied at Vassar,
which was something ,to be wondered at
in -that period, of Omaha's history. Miss
Street taught - English, composition,
rhetoric and: English literature and made
these subjects .as Interesting as they
'could well be made. She was determined
to devote, herseif . to. literary . culture,
and after becoming a student .herself
again taught in higher educational In-tltutions-at
ens time, and possibly still,
in Michigan university. '
The fifth and last member of this high
school faculty was Miss Mary R. Harris,
who took the boy and girls through the
various branches of science, which were
then restricted to physiology, soology,
physics, chemistry, astronomy and
geology. Mtss Harris was gracious and
benevolent looking. Wore her back hair
combed tightly back to a coiffure on th
top-of her head. She was an indefatlg
able worker and regarded by her pupils
fji -unusually ewctlng. he.was, how
Vei. sympathetic and : tolerant, as well
as a persevering and forceful teacherv
jHer, retirement f ipm tfte sqhpol was due
to unfortunater C Jumstapcea that cut
Short a useful, teaching career. .
WOULD-BE BOSS
B. Howell's Claims,
tainly ..Mr. Howetl of Omaha, elected a
member of the republican national com
mltteee from Nebraska In the recent pri
maries of that state, makes one or the
boldest essays at bosslsm that the public
has recently been called upon to notice.
Mr. Howell claims that his commission
dates from the day of his election, and
that It is In full force, that he super
sedes Mr. Rosewater on the national com
mittee and Is entitled to the later's seat,
Mr. Rosewater was elected under the old
plan by the Nebraska delegation to the
national committee of 1908. In accordance
with custom and precedent, and Indeed
with common sense,' Mr. Rosewater la
entitled to act until the adjournment of
the convention of lslt
If Mr. Howell were seated there would
be another Roosevelt vote in the national
committee which is to pass upon the con
tests for the Chicago convention that is
to meet on the 18th. In brief. Mr.
Rosewater would be displaced before the
expiration of his term and an attempt
would he made to pack the national
committee in the Roosevelt Interest. Here
Is bosslsm exemplified In its . most un
scrupulous aspect.
The Incident illustrates one of the many
peculiarities of the primary law as It la
in force In several states. The republican
national committee, like the democratic
national committee, is a purely voluntary
organisation. It is not subject In any
way to the law of any particular state.
It Is not a corporation; it has no charter.
Its organisation has been ' evolved from
the customs of the party which have de
veloped in the last half-century or more.
Nevertheless, the Nebraska law under
takes to Interfere with the rights and
privileges of the national committee.. It
may be said that the primary laws as a
rule project state authority Into the na
tional convention, which exists, not by
statute, but by custom. The constitution
knows-' nothing of national nominating
conventions; they exist for the con
venience of the respective patties. The
conventions Impose no obligations on the
states In return, and It certainly may be
pleaded for the conventions that they aro
fully entitled to make their -own rules
for organisation and operation. . In the
convention of 1WS, which ' was acting
under its own rules. Mr.. Rosewater was
chosen for the national committee In" be
half of the' Nebraska delegation. The
national committee has not changed, its
rule since, and It Is difficult to see what
authority Nebraska has tn interfere with
those rules, ' . '
The OU Soldiers Kaow.
- Boston Transcript. . !
" One of -the most conspicuous develop
ments of Memorial day was the number
of orations." ma'fiy' of Jheih "given by vet
erans before veterans, that set forth the
praise of peace. .The' old soldiers know,
as Well' as General Sherman did, what
Vas is.. ... . ..... . . ,
V-
A si Ideal Conditio. .
' Chicago Tribune.
. The Ideal condition will be achieved
when It has become possible for every
body to have a ticket to every national
convention. Why doesn't some candidate
promise to pui a universal ticket plank in
his platform?
icoklnBackwartl
FH
iM PEE f ILM
Thirty 'years Age : ; '''''
Omaha anc TJncolc wen, agalr. con
nected by .telephone with great success.
A circuit taking in atl the leading Ne
braska, cities will soon be established.
A cricket club was organised with Dr.
Lanyon president, J. BothweK secretary
and W. J. Whlteheuse treasurer. A com
mittee was appointed to purchase bats,
wickets, balls, etc., and secure, grounds.
Notwithstanding the rain, the base ball
match between The Beo- nine and a
picked Western Newspaper union team
waa played, but called at the fifth Inning,
when the score, stood 11 to 9 in favor of
The Bee, ',.--,' -
The new awning Just put on the Strang
building gives it a dressy apoearance.
H. E. White of the Union Pacific shops
is rejoicing at the arrival at his home
of a ten-pound baby girl.
The old cathedral building, which stood
at the comer of Eighteenth and Capitol
avenue, has been relocated near the
southeast corner of Nineteenth and Cum
ing,, where It will be repaired for the use
of the colored congregation of the (j
Trinity mission and hereafter be known
as St. Philip's chapel.
J. M. McVittle writes The Bee to give
assurance that the purpose of the newly
formed Retail Grocers' association Is not
to raise prices, but simply for mutual
protection from deadbeats and the sell
ing to consumers by wholesale dealers
aiid commission men what legitimately
belongs to the retail trde.
.The first annual banquet of the Belles
Lettrea club was celebrated at the hand
some new. residence of Hon. John L.
Webster. A literary breakfast with hand
some, hand-painted programs was fur
nished the club, which-" Is composed' of
the following members: Mr. and Mrs.
William H. Burns, Richard Carrier, Mr,
and Mrs. William R. Jarvis, Mr. and
Mrs. A. C. Powell, Miss Nellie Simpson,
George P. Stebblns, General and Mrs.
E. F, Test, Hon. and Mrs. John L. Web
Her, Miss Mary WUson, Mr. and Mrs.
J. J. Dickey. Lvle Dlckev. Miss Belle
Dickey, Mr, and Mrs. M. Shelton, Major
E. Stevenson, Frank Shelton, Warren
Ewitsler, General : s- .d Mrs. Thomas Wil
son and Miss Etta Wilson. .
Twenty Years Agi
There was great rejoicing among local
republicans over the nomination on the
first ballot at Minneapolis of President
Benjamin Harrison, Nebraska's , .delega
tion, headed by Edward Rosewater, be
ing pledged to him. Among the repub
Hearts quoted as rejoicing over, the nom
Ination were: Major R. S. Wilcox, George
W. Llnlriger, Henry Estabropk. Charles. 8.
ElgUtter, E. A, Benson, A. P. Tukey, T.
8. Clarkson, Frank E. Moores, C. J,
Greene, Ben 8." Baker, J. C. Cowan and
others.
The hospital formerly known as . the
Presbyterian Hospital of Omaha and con
ducted under the Presbyterian alliance,
which was recently Incorporated under
the state laws and passed into new con
trot, elected the., following board of
trustees: Robert McClelland, C, A. Starr,
W. R. Drummond, Colonel Charles Brd,
Lew Andersen, I. B. Williams, J. L.
Weishana. .0.: .W; ; Hervey, . M. M. Van
Horn, Vf. . Mcj4v ,Aj(a baritpn.
z. t, Lmasay,,,y,tJ$nise, Harr.ijawrie
ana r rana .oi.
Mrs. Mary Osborne, 201S South, Fourth
street, was nearly frightened to death
when a man she believed to be Insane
entered her house and created a disturb
ance;
- A lively contest 'Was being waged for
the official shoes of George E. Tlmme,
the deceased "commissioner of the Third
district. Among the candidates were
John Williams of Elkhorn, David Reed of
West Omaha, Peter Mangold of Jeffer-
soh, W. C. Whltmore of Valley, Omar
Whitney of Elkhorn, Herman Tlmm of
Jefferson and R. C. Patterson of West
Omaha. '
,
Ten Years Ago-
Seth Cole returned from Minneapolis,
where he attended the convention of the
Eagles as a delegate from Omaha.
Miss Catherine Stlllwell was appointed
police matron to fill the vacancy created
by the resignation of Mrs. Whitman, nee
tittle.
Thomas McCarthy got too familiar
with R&Jah, the big elephant of the
Gentry Bros, circus, and Rajah, who had
the fame of killing three men, struck
Colonel McCarthy a severe blow on the
head with his trunk.
Principal Waterhouse and the follow
ing school teachers were re-elected by
the Board of Education: Ada L. Atkin
son, H. M. Benedict. A. R. Congdon.
Amelia Farnsworth, E. E. Frisk. Mary
Kellogg, J. L. Kind, Florence McHugh.
Anna Peterson, Ella Phelps, Nellie Ran
dall, Pearl Rockfellow, Ellen Roonle.
Eunice Stebblns, Mary Sullivan, - Belle
Wilson, Mrs. Ida Fleming. Mrs. Alphon
slne Chatelaine and Mrs. Grace B. Sud
borough. E. G. McGilton. candidate for the re
publican nomination- for lieutenant gov-
ernor, was given the privilege of naming
the Ninth ward delegates at a largely at
tended caucus th Washington hall. He
named these delegates which were ap
proved by the caucus: Charles A. Goes
M. A. Hall, C. A. Grlmmell. J. I Baker,
W. A. Gardner, O. N. Hypss and C. S.
Huntington.'
People Talked About
Rev. Dr. Antoinette Louisa Brown
Blackwell, one of the oldest living, suf
fragettes, who haa Just celebrated her
eighty-seventh birthday- anniversary at
her home In Elisabeth. N. J., omits the
word "obey" In performing the marriage
.ceremony unless its use Is expressly re
quested by the bride.
Prof. O'Flanagan. representing : the
Gaello league , of. Dublin, In a recent
lecture in New York, rapped the heads of
rich Irish Americans with a vocal shll-
laleah because they have not encouraged
the literature of the "ould sod" , with
large contributions -of coin. . The pro
fessor gave them no credit for countless
contributions to the. political erfd of the
game, evidently regarding his line the
only one worth while.
One of the; marked -effects of ,the
waiters' strike In the lobster palaces of
New York is the spirit of good fellow
ship between the strikebreakers and the
guests. During rush hours an amateur
waiter may be aeen dash!:,g off a cock-
tall with a lusny guest or breaking
Into a conversation of dinner parties.
Tips aggregating $11, $12 and $15 in thre
days, as one of the strikebreakers, stimu
lates the JoyCdS temperament of good
fellowship.
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POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS.
Brooklyu Eagle. Laugh Young-no, It
's Lafc Young-has lost out In Iowa's
sanatoria! primaries to W. S. Kenyon
Humor has Its disadvantages, when the
electorate ia serious minded, and earnest
nest, which Is Kenyon, Is pretty hard to
beat.
Philadelphia Record: While It is Just
criticism of the presidential primaries
that lest than half of the voter have
expressed theii' preference, nevertheless,
it ic impossible to overlook the slgnifl
oance of Governor Wilson's ten to one
Indorsement by hit own state.
New York World: Chosen by the na
tional committee tc be temporary chair-
man of the Chicago convention, denounced
by Rooacveit as a tool of Boss Barnes
and recommended by Carnegie as a
compromise candidate for the presidency,
Senator Rout Is beginning to look Ilka
a Coryphee under the limelight.
Springfield Republican: In one of the
New Jersey districts a vote of 44,000 was
polled for Mr. Taft four years ago, and
yet In spite of the whirlwind campaign
with all Its circus attractions only 11.000
votes were cast In the primary on Tues
day for both Mr. Taft and the colonel.
What are the 33,000 who stayed away
going to do next fall? '
Now York Tribune: The Hon. Urey
Woodson has been turned down as Ken
tucky's member of the democratic na
tional committee, after a service of many
years. Mr. Woodson, once a slxteen-to-oner,
was aceused of flirting with Har
mon; hence his downfall. Out In Ken
tucky they still believe that backsliders
from Bryanlsm Should be buried alive.
THESE ORIS OF OURS.
'My wife saw a predatory fly on a
small marble Psyche."
"Yes?" ;
"She swatted It."
..."Did she hit the fly?"
"No. she hit the Psyche."-Cleveland
P.Iain- Dealer,.
'Why do women want to take a hand
in politics?"
"I suspect, replied miss cayenne,
that some of them are generously sym
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pathetic with ths predicament their hus
winds have gotten Into while frying to
run the country, and want to cqme to
the rescue.'-rWashington Star. .. .. v
Regular Cutomer-I shall want s. largo
ouantity of flowers trum you nextweek,
or my daughter's coming out.
Flower Woman-Yes, roum, You shall
'ave the very best for er pore dear.
Wot were she put in fort-Lpndon Punh.
"Before I married my wife I thought
when I had to wlt f.r ner 11 wtt aa
eternity."' .
"Veil" v ' ' '
"Now, I know It." Baltimore American,
He If you'd only consent to marry, me
you would help to make me a better man.
She-I can t do that; but I'd be willing
to help make you a best man.-Boston
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NATIONAL POLITICAL ANTHEK
W. D. Nesblt in Chicago Post
My country, 'tis of thee.
Sweet land of lA . ' .
(If Harry New doesn't give pie six
hundred seats for the convention I H
make him think he has been e eeplng
over a Black Hand convention!)
-liberty,
Of thee i sing.
Land where my , ' .
(Where's that last telegram from
WlrepullT I knew he couldn t deliver ,
those delegates! Wardboss on th 1
long distance right away.)
Land of the pilgrim's pride.
From every mountain - '
(You see Sklddem this .evening and i
tell him to organise those western
delegates.)
Let freedom ring.
Tum-tum-te ,
(That's the stuff. Wave the flag. Bill,
and get 'em to y.elUng.)
Tum-dum-te-dum-te .
(AH right! As soon as We interview
comes out you see that my denial gets
on the wire. It's all typewritten, in
the lower drawer.) .., ...
Tum-tum-te-dee!
I love thy rocks and rills. '.'
Thy groves and
(Who Is that big fellow that just came ;
in? Looks as it he -meant to start
, something. .Have one of the,, boys
stand beside him ) . , ..
My heart with rapture thrills
At, " '' " :''
. (Now wlille they're cheering pass the
word to. a doaen "of the boys tq ap
plaud for at least ten minutes When I
get up to apeak. I hope thie'chalr-
man doesn't get the notion thM be Is
the speaker of the evening.)
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