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JULY CIRCULATION.
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State of Nebraska. County of Douglas, ss.
Dwlght Williams, circulation manager
of The Bee Publishing company, being
duly sworn, says that the average dally
circulation for the month of July, 1812,
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Subscribers leaving the city
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Be mailed to them. Address
will be chaag-e as oftea as requested.
Only a few more dog days are left,
o enjoy them while you may.
La Follette says he wanta to know
all about the campaign subscrip
tions of 1904. This makes It unanimous.
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When Ohio adopts Its new consti
tution next week, it will have a state
charter almost as good as Nebraska's.
Two months gone since the Water
board took possession and the big
main still awaits the starting. Why
this delay?
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9.
Mr. Hearst says If the others don't
tell the whole story and the truth,
he will. Just for fun, why not give
him the floor first!
Chicago wiseacres, having deter
mined ; that a woman is no longer
young at 25, will they please tell us
when she Is getting old?
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Mary Ellen Lease has come to the
surface again, as a lady bull moose.
This ought to aid in determining
the destiny of the party.
Considering the reputed eagerness
of money to talk; that bankers' con
vention wa decidedly tame and de
void of oratorical fireworks.
The "city beautiful" will never
arrive until the bill board nuisance
Is banished from the most con
spicuous corners of our main thor
oughfares. .
Neither of the local yellow Jour
nals seems to like the new police ap
pointments, which ought, to com
mend the selections made by the
commissioner. i
Nebraska bankers will be com
mended for holding that If any de
posits are' to be guaranteed, all
should be. This determination is
both logical and Just;
"Silly and stingy" is the way Rep
resentative Mann sums up the work
of the democratic house during the
long session, and Mann is an author
ity on Its work, for he was there all
the time.
A preacher saya readers of the
Outlook are in danger of "theologi
cal meningitis, sociological neuritis,
and political gastritis." Aside from
that, Dr. Abbott's paper Is fairly
readable at times.
Maine Is getting the first big dose
of campaign oratory. After the elec
tion up there, the democrats and
bull moosers may not be so sure of
their combined ability to beat the
republicans In the country.
It looks as if our great bydraulio
engineer water commissioner were up
against something that makes it ne
cessary for him to find a goat. This
is The Bee's diagnosis of the water
main tangle. ' "" ':
If our Congressman Charles Otto
does not hurry back, he will be too
late to share the vegetables grown
from the free government seeds he
so generously sent on to us In the
spring.
Bors.li and the Bull Moose.
None will accuse Senator William
E. Borah of being a reactionary his
fight for Roosevelt at Chicago was
one of the features before and dur
ing the convention, but when that
convention bad acted, he recognized
its legality and accepted the result
His present attitude is therefore of
interest. At Chicago on his way
home from Washington, he gave an
interview in which he declared him
self for President Taft in the present
campaign, saying:
The progressive party offers me nothing
new. I fought for the eight-hour law,
direct election of senators and the chil
dren's bureau In the senate, and we pro
gressive republicans put It through. It
seems to me that on those three Import
ant planks the progressive party is put
ting forth something rather blinding to
the public. They are already laws.
The rp ogresslve party leaders talk
about eliminating bosses. That can't be
done as long as the present system re
mains, The progressive party will have
Just as many bosses as any other party.
Direct election makes It harder for the
bosses, but it doesn't correct the evil.
The puncturing of bull moose pre
tensions by a man who is truly a
progressive republican ought to open
the eyes of some well meaning citi
zens .misled by the clamor of self
seeking politicians, who have pur
posely muddlod the Issues.
ooklnBaclsWanl
ThisDav InOmali.
COMPILED PROM BEE FILE-&
AUGUST 20.
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' Chief of Police Dunn.
The promotion of Captain Henry
W. Dunn to succeed the late Chief
of Police Donahue will, we believe,
evoke the hearty approval of every
law-abiding person In the commun
ity except a few nursing grievances
or with irons of their own in the
fire. It is natural and proper In
officering a metropolitan police de
partment to recognize experience
and faithful service of subordinates
according to merit. Assuming that
the head of a police force should
have police training, the new chief
is pre-eminently entitled to the po
sition, which, of course, must be
merely an opportunity to make
good an opportunity we feel coa
fldent he will measure up to.
Light from the Inside.
The Just printed report of the Ne
braska state oil inspector seems to
shed some inside light on the para
doxical rise of Standard Oil stocks
in spite of dissolution into con
atifyient ' corporations. Remember
ing that the Nebraska law makes no
distinction between fuel and llluml
natlng oils subject to Inspection, the
comparative figures by years of the
amount of oi! passed in this one
state alone is significant: .
Tear. Barrels. Increase.
, 1906 222,713 ......
1807....... .....202,495 89,783
1908. ....... .'...268,782 1,287"
1909 ....332.B45 68,763
1910,,... 412,753 89,207 ;
J, , 1911... 601,261 ! i 88.499 '
In five years the consumption of
oils in Nebraska has fully doubled,
and the absolute Increase from' year
to . year has grown larger. That
this is due to the automobile, and
the larger use of power machinery
driven by oil engines Is self-evident,
but nothing could testify more
strikingly to the growth and pros
perity of Nebraska and her people.
The same influences and tendencies
are probably at work in other states
also, "but we doubt whether any of
them can make a more graphic or
creditable exhibit.
Omaha has never doubted Lin
coln's hospitality, nor the welcome
that awaits there, so Mayor Arm
strong's assurance comes only as a
matter of form. The Invitation will
be accepted by all Omahans in spirit
and by many in letter.
From the date of its first appear
ance. The Bee has been steadfastly
advocating the beautifying of Omaha,
and much has been accomplished in
'this - direction while converting
Omaha ; from a straggling ' and
scrawny village Into a .bustling
metropolitan city, yet there Is still
much room for improvement. Let
the good work go on.
; Economy and Public Service.
About the cheapest bit of politics
the democratic house was guilty of
during its sitting of almost nine
months was accomplished In the last
moments of) the session. It was
aimed at the Economy commission
of President Taft, and while not de
stroying the usefulness of that body,
it aimed ' at undoing much of lti
work, ' "
In his message to congress when
he first asked for money to defray
the necessary expenses 6f a commis
sion to Invetlgate 'and provide
needed reform in the government's
business methods, President Taft
pointed out many opportunities for
increasing efficiency and reducing
cost by the abolition of duplication
of work, and in other ways. Not a
change was suggested but would
have been quickly adopted by a
business house as prudent and de
sirable. In a special message to the
congress last winter the president
called attention to the reforms ac
complished as a result of the Econ
omy commission's inquiry, the
money saved, and the betterment of
the service achieved, and asked that
the work be continued. He also sug
gested that In the future the budget
system for making ap the big ap
propriation bills be adopted.
These steps were in the interest
of true economy. It is one of the
best evidences of Mr. Taf t's thor
oughness as an executive that he set
them on foot, his purpose being to
accomplish directly what the demo
crats were bluffing at, economy in
the administration of the govern
It now turns out that the ap
proprlatlon for the commission has
been cut to a figure that may result
In Its destruction, and that the bud'
get plan is forbidden by law. The
only reasonable conclusion is that
the democrats In congress are not in
favor of economy, unless it be of
the cheese-paring variety they are so
fond of practicing. Reasonable and
progressive reforms In methods of
transacting public business have no
attractions for them; they are hope
lessly joined to antiquated methods.
Thirty Tears A
At the council meeting Mayor Boyd
recommended the granting .of a petition
.of the electric lighting company. A
resolution was adopted to shut up the
soap factory at 1015 Harney street as a
nuisance, and an ordinance passed to
bring Tenth street between Douglas and
Farnarn to an established grade.
Captain Marsh has Just received two
new closed cars for the Saunders street
line.
J. C. Moody and William Coburn re
turned from an extended trip to Lead
vllle and surrounding country.
n. T. -Glenn, the jolly fat man, Is pre
paring to open a first-class place on the
corner of Twelfth and Harney.
A night blooming cereus. with two
blossoms unfolding their petals at the
same time, was a remarkable exhibit last
night at the home of ex-Captain and
Mrs. Rustln.
The finder of a bunch of keys lost on
the way to Fort Omaha is invited to re
turn the same to Lucien Stephens, gen
eral freight office. Union Pacific headquarters.
Manager Bells of the Union Pacific base
bail dub has Just completed arranee
ments with A. O. Spauldlng & Co. of
Chicago for the manufacture of new uni
forms for his men. They will be white
with scarlet caps and stockings.
Fred Pabst, president of the famous
Ph. Beet's Brewing company in Mil
waukee, accompanied by his son. Oustav.
and two daughters, Elsie and Maria, Is
in the city.
Mr. Charles B. Allen of "Richmond.
Ind., for several days the guest of his
friend, R. W. Breckenridge, returned
home. '
Judge E. M. Btenberg and Miss Marv
Mltskuff were married at the residence
of the bride's parents on Sherman ave
nue by Pastor Oyeddson of the Lutheran
church. The bride was attended by her
sister, Miss Emma Mltskuff, while O. A.
Lindquest was best man.
Twenty Years Ago -
Jeppe Paulson, a carpenter employed
at the Union Paclfio shops, dropped dead
In a Walnut Hill street car at 7 a. m.
while on the way to work. He was 41
yeais old and resided at 3219 Seward
street. He left a wife and one child.
The directors of the Omaha club were
considering architects' bids for plans and
specifications for the new club house to
be erected at Twentieth and Douglas
streets. Four sets were submitted by
Van Brunt A Howe of Kansas City, by
John Latenser, by Fisher & Lawrle and
by Charles F. Belndorff of Omaha,
J. J. Gibson entered suit against the
city to recover 81,000 to pay him fur In
juries to a fine driving horse, which ft 11
into a bad place In the street at Twenti
eth and Grace.
Chris Olson of Wiener was a visitor at
The Bee office. He was a passenger on
the steamer City of Chicago when It was
wrecked near Queenstown. He laid the
blame on the captain, who, he thought,
was drunk.
Ten Years Ago-
News came of the death in Colorado
Springs of gam P. Reynolds, formerly
with the Muscatine Trust and Mortgage
company Jit Omaha, was received. Mr.
Reynolds had moved to Colorado Springs
early in the year and was identified
with the 1 Paso Lumber company.
Reports from Madison, Wis., said that
Miss Margaret A. O'Brien of the Omaha
publio library, who was there attending
a meeting of librarians, had fallen and
sprained her ankle. -
A reception to Fred H. Barnes, retir
ing physical director of the Young Men's
Christian association, at the building was
largely attended. Combined with, a part
ing greeting to Mr. Barnes was a wel
coming of his successor, J. C. Pentland,
and F. M. Brockm&n, the new educational
director. i
Mayor Frank E. -Moores. proclaimed
Monday, September I, as Labor day.
Miss Pauline Schenck entertained a
company of about twenty-five young
people In the afternoon. , The refresh
ment tables were trimmed In college
colors. '
Mrs. 8. M. Bomers of Chicago was
visiting her father and mother, Mr. and
Mrs. Hi F. Hamilton.
People Talked About
Mr. Mary Elisabeth Lease, the Kan
sas spellbinder of populist days. Is now
doing her talking stunt in the New York
end of the bull moose circuit. Reports
indicate that Mary Is delighted with the
exercise. -
Owing to the inclemency of the weather
in Pennsylvania native soloists merely
mumble the words of the stirring song:
"Tou may smash, you may bury the can','
if you will, but the scent of the oil will
linger there still."
Lowell, Mass., is under the commission
form of government, but the automobile
of its street department has cost 8600 to
maintain since the first of the year, and
the machine Is to be insured against
fines and accidents.
Charles M. Manly' book describing the
work undertaken by the late Dr. Lang
ley of the Smithsonian institution, in the
realm of aerodynamics, has- Just been
published by the institution. Langley died
a prophet without honor in his own
country.
Mrs. John Cummins of Wobum, Mass.;
Is the owner and manager of one of the
largest farms in New England. She cul
tivates 400 acres, disposes of the milk
from twenty-six cows, keeps two nulls
in the Boston market and raises 2.000 hogs
a year. Next to pig raising Mrs. Cum
mins finds that market gardening pays
best
What Is said to be the largest apple
on record has been grown by F. L. Post
at Chelan, Wash. It measures seventeen
and one-half Inches In circumference and
weighs more than forty-one ounces. It
grew on an 8-year-old tree, and. with the
exception of extra care in inclosing it in
thin netting to prevent it from falling to
the ground, It received ordinary cultiva
tion. Miss Dorothy Whipple, daughter of a
wealthy Boston lawyer, has given up so
ciety and is Instructing a class of ten
young girls in her country home and Is
teaching them how to cook and keep
house. Miss Ruth Eliot of Harvard is
to be married' in the fall, but announced
that the marriage will not take place un
til she feels that she is mistress of the
V of housekeeping.
JOKER IN DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
Conservation of Alaskan Mineral Lands on Looting Conditions.
New York Financial World. '
The Financial World de.ires to call at
tention to what appears to be a little
"Joker" in the Baltimore platform, which
if literally followed would result In un
doing all the work that has been done tt
conserve the resources of Alaska to all
the people. ' On conservation the demo
cratic platform adopted at Baltimore
says:
" "The coal and other natural resources
of Alaska should be opened to develop
ment also. They are owned by the peo
ple of the United States and are safe
from monopoly, waste or destruction,
only l while so owned.- We demand that
they shall neither be sold nor given away
except under the homestead law, but
while held in government ownership shall
be opened to use promptly upon liberal
terms requiring immediate development"
The "Joker" lies in the sentence "we
demand that they (the coal and other nat
ural resources of Alaska) shall neither be
sold nor given away except under the
homestead law." It Is well known that
the homestead law now gives complete
ownership to 1(0 acres to any person who
occupies the land for three years, out of
which five months is deducted. Now if
the rich coal lands of Alaska, are to be
given away under the homestead law
they most certainly cannot be "safe from
monopoly." It would take leas than three
years under the operations of tne demo
cratic plan to transfer to a group of capi
talists all the richest ctal lands of Alaska
by the entry of the lands by their m
ployes, who would become owners at the
end of the period named in the law, and
then would be free to transfer their hold
ings to the men who employed them.
Under the homestead law every acre of
coal land now owned by the people would
quickly get into the hands of monopolists.
There Is in existence a law drawn ex
pressly for the purpose of treating coat
and mineral lands on a different basis
from that used in allotting farming lands,
and this is done so as to assure the gov
ernment of an adequate return for the
eession of such rich iands to private in
dividuals, but the clauses we have cited
in the democratic platform expressly pro
vide for an entering wedge which monop
olists would be qulf.k to drive home. The
writers of tha platform and the conven
tion that adopted it should explain.
THESE GIRLS OF OURS.
THE KRAKAT0A ERUPTION
By Rev. Thomas B. Gregory.
The eruption of Krakatoa, down in the
Sunda straits, whiclf took place ' twenty
nine years ago August 28, 1883 still ranks
first among the appalling convulsions of
nature.
Krakatoa was a volcanic mountain
midway between Sumatra and Java, but
it had been inactive since 1680. In the
spring of 1883 it began to show signs of
activity. On August 26 loud explosions
were heard, and on the 28th came the
eruption that fairly shook the planet.
The eruption was followed by an ap
palling darkness, with a downpour of
mud and sand. Then came a tremendous
tidal movement, the water receding and
then returning and overwhelming the
people on the shores. The tidal wave
was fifty feet high.
When Investigation became possible it
was found that Krakatoa had ' burst
throwing one part completely over Lansj
island, seven miles to the northwest
The great mountain was literally torn
up 1y the roots, as was shown by the
fact that over the spot where the ex
ploded volcano had stood the sounding
line found a depth of 160 fathoms, or 969
feet. Other soundings showed that the
bottom of the ocean for miles around
had been changed. Islands that had
never been seen before appeared and
others entirely disappeared.
The damage to human life, done chiefly
by the monster tidal waves, has' never
been definitely estimated, but it is known
that at least 100,000 perished. The loss
M'as probably far in excess of that
number.
Soma idea of the force of the explosion
may be had from the fact that the waves
that were started by it traveled across
the oceans and met on the other side of
the glob. Indeed, it was proven that
these waves crossed at the Antipodes
and encircled the earth no less than four
times before they got back to, normal.
Strange as it may seem ,the detonation
accompanying the explosion was felt 3,000
miles away; while, from its very , im
mensity, It was almost inaudible to the
dwellers in the immediate vicinity.
Wonderful, too, were the meteorological
phenoma following- the dread calamity.
The sun did not rise or "set in the old
familiar way for more than a year after
the explosion. The clouds appeared to be
touched with strange lurid tints and the
blue of the heavens did not look as It had
looked before. The superstitious In all
lands felt that the very laws of nature
were changing;, and some imagined that
the world was rearing Its end.
The explanation, later on given,
that the queer phenomena were due to
the fact that the awful explosion had
filled the whole upper atmosphere with
thousands of tons of tine dust, which en
circled the entire earth and changed the
aspect of the heavens. ' '
Mrs. Boston Did you bring any light
fiction reading with you this summer?
Mrs. Manhattan No; It wasn't neces
sary. You see, I get a letter from my
husband every day. Judge. a
Soak ley (remlnlscently I remember that
when I was a boy my great desire was
to possess a bugle.
His Wife Yes. and now from taking
too many horns you have a bugle that
you don't want Boston Transcript.
"I tell you, 'Mr. Mt-eker, you're awful
pop'lar with our hired glri."
"How is that Tommy?"
"Why, whenever you send flowers to
sis, she always give 'em to Jane."
Cleveland Plain Dealer. ,
Arthur Ah.! Madeline, how do I know
you lov me truly?
Madeline Arthur, nothing but lov
could make a girl ride behind her fiance
on a motorcycle. Philadelphia Bulletin. -
"All m,n lrutlr ' alllr " ImMful fk.
fluffy; young thin.
you?" queried the mere man.
No, at me."-Chlcago Record-Herald.
"I put an ad In the paper for a hus
band last week."
"Any answers?" "
. "Answers! I got 475 letters from differ,
ent women begging me to take theirs."
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Marion At Harold's wedding are they
suing io siretcn tne riDbonsr
EdnaNo. HarnM wm -i
and he doesn't want to be reminded of
ms worn. Chicago News. .
JTh senator's Wife (in Washington)
You are'sur they are nice people, Au
gusta? Th Senator's Daughter Yes. mamma.
Their father Is owned by the same trust
that owns papa. Puck.
"What do you t'ink of dis gov'ment
ownership idea. Weary?"
"My experience makes me agin It"
"Your experience?"
"Yes: de gov'msnt runs the Jails, don't
dey? Well, de way dey does it don't
make no hit wit me." Boston Transcript.
"I understand you're saving your
money now."
"Yes."
"That's right. Economy is the road
to wealth. You'll be rich some day, if
you keep on."
"No chance. I won't be able to keep
on. I'm Just saving up to get married."
-Detroit Free Presa
. LAB0B.
God worked and made this mundane
world, k
Which in the realms of space He
whirled.
And to the other spheres unfurled
Its banner In the skies.
His nature tolls from day to day.
Protecting life from the decay
Of forces that would take away
A perfect paradise. :
There Is no curs on labor fa'r
Except the one established Ihure
By man's unlawful hope to sliaio
The fruit of others toll
Without the proper eompenav.lv i.
Th history of jv'ry nation
Records unjust discrimination
By those who wouui not toil.
These ask of law spec at grant
Of right to things they do not plant
Thus reaping, by the IhwW command,
Where other men have sown.
Not slavery, but labor true.
Which give to eVry man his due;
Not tyranny, with mind askew
And heart as hard as st me.
Which works Just for 'ts owi reward.
And others' profit to retard.
Is worthy of a man's regard,
Botweon th two extremes,
Of cringing serf and cruel king
There saw the man of whom I sing,
Th leader of toil's ransoming,
The acme of uur dreams.
His measure s not only Just,
But he goes further and will trust
The victim of a robber's lust
For money of another;
And, though a stTanger to his sense,
H asks him not for recompense,
But looks to good for his defense.
And calls that man his brother.
"What thank nave wr he asks" of Jus
tic.
"If we trust only those who trust us?
Doe not ther mercy given thrust us
Up higher In asst?"
A friend to all, not of a class,
A lover of not sounding brass,
He trusts to truth to bring to pa
Th payment of the debt
This three In on and one in three.
This plain and simple trinity,
This practical humanity
Of friendship, lov and truth,
Denotes work's highest masterpiece;
It bids all poverty and sadness cease, '
And would from fear our souls release,
Exchanging bliss for ruth.
WILLIS HUDSPETH.
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 24,
AT LAST A PARCELS POST
Zone System of Bates and Eleven Pounds the Limit.
New York World.
The parcels post act as finally passed
by congress follows the son plan of
Senators Bourne and Bristow.
For varying rates running rather high
over long distances ther Is more reason
in a country 8,000 miles wide than there
Is in compact Britain, Germany' or
France, either of which is smaller than
Texas.
Under this bill an eleven-pound package
can be sent over a first-sone distance of
fifty miles for 35 cents, or ISO miles tor
H cents, or from New York to San Fran
cisco for $1.32, tha same rate that is
charged in th International parcels post
service.. To send eleven pounds of mer
chandise even ten miles by post now
we must divide it into three parcels and
pay 81.76 postage. ,
The Bourne bill carries the service only
part way along the path of progress
which other nations have traversed. In
Germany the post carries eleven pounds
of unsealed merchandise forty-six mile
for t cents and 110 pounds for to cents,
with cheap facilities for insurance.
Franc carries twenty-two pound parcels
for 26 cents. Even Russia admits a weight
limit of 108 pounds and will take thirty
six pounds overland from St Petersburg
to Peking for 10 cents a pound above
local rates. ; 1 .'.
But the bill is a boon. It may or it may
not go far enough. The son system may
or may not be abandoned; it is at least
common In other countries. The weight
limit needs to be raised to make th
service what It should be. The prices are
too high.' Th discretionary power of the
postmaster general to modify rates and
son is dubious wisdom. But never mind!
It is a fair beginning. That congress has
at last been goaded to pass a parcels post
bill of any kind I a splendid victory for
public opinion over the forces of privilege.
IteBeeS LetterBox:
Republicans Want to Knew.
BURWELL, Neb., Aug. 27.-To the
Editor of The Bee: Myself and many
more of the republicans of Garfield
county wish to know Just wnere Governor
Aldrlch and George W. Norris stand
politically. If they are for Roosevelt and
the third party, they cannot be repub
licans. If they are not republicans they
should not masquerade as such.
The majority of the people don't like
masqueraders and straddlers. The great
Master made It plain where ho stood on
this principle nearly 2,000 years ago when
he said, ''He that Is not for me is against
me." If these gentlemen undertake lo
rid two horses during the campaign this
fall they need not be surprised if they
are rolled .in th dust of the political
arena.
We need more men like Judge Kenyon
of Iowa. J. L. JENKINS. ,
Third Term Progressive.
BRADSHAW, Neb., Aug. 26.-TO the
Editor of Th Be: For a long time we
have been racking our brains trying to
discover what "progressive .republican"
really meant For a time it ha loomed
up before us as that of leaving tried re
publican principles and flirting with un
tried democratic Ideas. This conclusion
was reached by giving close attention to
th1 actions and argument of Congress
man Norris, but' now. thanks to Colonel
Bryan, th republican progressive Idea is
perfectly clear to our mind, and it is
Colonel Roosevelt who Is th embodiment
of that much mooted political phrase
"progressive," and It ha become, or Is
to become, if Roosevelt Is to hare his
way, a mighty force In th destruction
of a national precedent a precendent es
tablished by Washington, followed by
Jeiterson and was held over General
Grant . It Is certainly a great' satisfac
tion to an old-time republican to find th
straight and narrow path called "pro
gressive republican." and to get out of
the wool-gathered dilemma of not know
ing Just where th path la leading. Of
course, the republican party has always
been progressive. It has furnished and
put Into practic a complete line, of pro
gression and prosperity since the days of
the great civil war, but until this year 1912
It has never tried to make a slogan of the
word in order to hoodwink the voters
Into nominating i candidate for presi
dent for the third term." Is not such a
ltne dangerous? Can th grand old re
publican party, "or vtn a part el th
party afford to lend its Influence to such
an end simply to gratify the ambition
of Roosevelt or any other designing
politiolan? We answer, nevert
Th republican party is th party of
progress along ail legitimate lines-all
lines where tha best Interests of th
American people are to b conserved.
Has not its record as a political party
proven our statement absolutely correct?
Bay, my republican brother, are you
ready to allow this cry, "progressive,"
coming from the lips of demagogues and
designing politicians and office seekers
to carry you off yur feet and cause you
to strike a blow at a precedent estab
lished by America's first president? It
you do, you will do so at the peril of
yourself and that of coming generations.
Think soberly; think Justly; think right
eously and be sure that when you vote
you vote for the good of your country.
JOHN B. DEY.
"fuel !' i Indignant.
SOUTH OMAHA, August 27. To th
Editor of Th Bee: Governor Aldrich's
latest escapade In an attempt to emulate
his bull moose leader and constitute him
self the mightiest of all. has sprung a
challenge for public debate before the
Nebraska people on political questions
on Lieutenant Governor J. H. MoreheaJ,
who is now th democratic candidate for
Aldrich's position, but Mr. Morehead, with
commendable sagacity and wisdom, be
ing well versed with Aldrich's egotistical
designs and tactics, has modestly, but
firmly ignored his reouost. thus unrimt.
Ing th worst state executive Nebraska
nas ever been afflicted with from ob
taining more publicity and create notor
iety, for he certainly already has enough
oi the latter.
His anxiety to kep himself promi
nently before the voters and obtain larsrer
audiences to listen to a political dis
cussion in bis present effort to com
pletely annihilate the G. O. P. has been
frustrated by Mr. Morehead's decision.
Only for th large number of appoint-.
om or whom I hav known for many
years to have been active, worthy, loyal
republicans, but who now feel obligated
to support him. h would receive a
meager support In years to come these
same men will deeply reitret havlntr l.f
the republican party of progress, advance
ment and prosperity, to foilow a lot of
professional office seekers and false re
formers like Roosvlt, Aldrlch and Nor
rls. I earnestly and sincerely would ask
how a true republican can desert his
party and follow such political renegades
whom I bcllnv on next November 4 will
be consigned. to political oblivion.
, ; DAVID ANDERSON.
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