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THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBEE 9, 1912.
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AUGUST CIRCULATION.
50,229
State of Nebraska, County of Douglas, as:
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te-before me this 2d day or September,
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Save the Horses,
In directing the state veterinarian
to proceed to the limit of his re
sources with efforts to stop the in
roads of the epidemic that has broken
out among the horses In southwestern
Nebraska, 'Governor Aldrlch has
taken the right course. This Is un
questionably an , emergency which
fully warrants extraordinary meas
ures beyond the limits of available
appropriations, and the legislature
will surely take care of any deficiency
In the funds of the state veterinarian
caused by proper outlay for this pur
pose. ' The seriousness of the epi
demic, threatening to destroy the
horses Just at the time they are
wanted for fall plowing, hauling the
crops and other immediately Impera
tiye wrjrk about the farmi needs no
emphasis. The horse is a vital factor
in an agricultural state, and one of
our resources that should be con
served at all hazards. "' '
THE NEBRASKA TWINS
Republican and Bull Moosers Hooked Up for Office Only.
candidates who were supporting Roose
velt refused to give up their places on the
republican ticket '
Subscribers leaving; the city,
.temporarily shoald , have.. The
Bee mailed- to .tbem. Address
will be changed a often as re
quested. .
No" bosses in the new bossless third-
term third party
TbeBchool, bell-;' jiaa' a 'pjeaisant
sound, just the same,
Superintendent Graff will noV find
It hard to enforce his order to dismiss
school on warm days.4 '"'"' i
Notice the new literary magazine
, la' supplement J to - The Sunday Bee?
Everyone says It's a hummer, 1
, 4 Reports of auV" accident are com
ing thick from all around us. - Slow
.up, and look more carefully,5'
No' need to go ,to ;Loadpa "to find
courteous attention from clerks in big
stores.'' It is habitual in Omaha.
'Reports from the range are that
.'grass curing nicely. ; jCbugh to
mderta lunsHine of last1 two
'week. i V?;,.- ..'
Commercial club committees about
tp resume activities wlllfrnd, a lot of
things that did cot. take avacaMon,
Strange tfiat call-doinTf the uni
versity regentB should happen to be
directed to such a leading light of
the "thou-shalt-not-flteal" movement
' . Still, one is hardly warranted In
assuming that the federal officials
will be slow to respond to the call for
help' fa' tamping; out the iipm epH
demic v -:" "
Nebraska railroads broke a record
in refusing to grant special rates to
the, state fair, but , the attendance
made a new mark nevertheless and
notwithstanding. . . ;
Uncle Sam doesn't care to Inter,
fere in that Mexican family fuss, but
President Madero had better do it
himself if he doesn't want to see a
lot'of real Boldiera in his country.-;
: jat-.U r- -,', ": ,
. , One of the beauties of, fieraoccatlf
"reform In Nebraska V the law that
makea it necessary to elect thirty.
odd precinct assessors for Omaha.
And these folks are clamoring for
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Disgusted with the complications of
the primary ballot, voters lm Wash
ington sta$d away froto. tlefpolls,
sa.v that, the'; nominatipha will repre
sent the' will of but a pitiful minority.
Evidently too 'much reform ,1s, also
possible. '" ' " -;
Old Doc Wiley U now going, after
T. R.'s clatm.to.taate had something
to do with the pure food law'seiacts
ment. Here's where tthe old doc
gets entrance .W;th. flufr'composed
of a well kno&h 1a,ndTglowng poUec
tlon of great Americans. ' rA
Hilles and MeAdoo have announced
the time for' making public the 'list
of subscribers to the campaign funds
they control, but nothing , has yet
been heard from Perkins, beyond the
comforting assurance that "plenty of
funds will be forthcoming.'
The big bull moose Is telling what
he proposes to' do to the Standard
Oil in the event of his being elected.
This Is very Interesting, but what
folks out here would like, to know is
what he is going to do for the Har
vester trust and the Steel trust.
.. fUp in North Dakota the bull moos
ers are talking about nominating a
candidate of their own for governor
because, the candidate who won' out
on the ROosevelt slate in the repub
lican primary want to go ahead and
run as a republican. Wonder how
Boon after the progressive .ticket In
Nebraska is assured a place on the
official ballot the demand wfll follow
for all who want the support of the
progressives to get off the republican
ticket ,... .
Hearst's Happy Getaway.
The humor of the campaign con
tribution Imbroglio' is the bouquet
thrown to Mr. Hearst by' Colonel
Roosevelt when he says: ,. .
Mr. Hearst has published much Inter
esting and important correspondence of
the Standard O'l people, especially Mr.
Archbold, with various public men. I
have in time criticised MC. Hearst,' but in
this matter he lias rendered a publio
service of high Importance; and I hope he
will publish all the letters dealing with
this matter which he has in his posses
sion. ' J ' . " ' ' ' . "
Mr. Hearst started publishing bis
Standard , Oil t letters' nearly four
years ago without-evoking any such
encomiums. On the - contrary, a
question was immediately raised as
to how he got possession of the let
ters, it being admitted that they
were stolen, and. that Mr. Hearst
bought them, or father copies of
them; although it was not established
that the offer to buy was the induce
ment to the theft. Mr. Hearst was
at. that time on the defensive in an
endeavor to : justiy the purchase of
stolen goods on the theory thatrthe
benefit to the public offset the; per
niciousness of the" practice, to say
nothing of the incidental benefit to
Mr. Hearst in stimulating sale of bis
publications.. But now -that the col
onel has declared thfs transaction to
be "a public service of 'great' im
portance," Mr. Hearst may "read his
title cjear and lth perfect propriety
apply for a niche in the hall of fame:
" Efficiency' That Should Count. ;
"'Uhder Roosevelt," thef expenditures
of the government' for 'ordinary run
ning .expenses, increased . each year,
until the aggregate total reached the
highest in history, $662,000,000. ' At
the same time, a surplus of 190,000,
000 In 1902 became a deficit of $58,
000,000 In 1909. e During that period
of seven years the ordinary expendi
tures '6f tbe government5 increased
fiai,00'000'. or' 40 per dent;' '"';.
, M.r.,.Tt might have acquiesced in
this increase, relying on the precedent
of .twenty years, but he did not. He
set himself about to put the business
affairs' of the government 'on a more
economical; basis. Without In any
way, interfering with the efficiency
oVtne! administration! thd president
lias , not only checked ttie ' annual in
eraase in expense of about f 35,000,
000, but has brought about an actual
reduction,, the .cost , of , running the
government having .been cut down
from $662,000,000 to. $66000,000.
And the deficit of $91,00.0,000 in the
last year of the Roosevelt, adminis
tration has been turned to a surplus
of $36,000,1)00 in the last year of Mr.
Taffs first. term..'. . :
These figures ought to appeal to
the intelligent 'voters of xthe' United
States, homatif of 'hatparty, for
tbey-Tepresent -efficiency in' the con
duct of, public business.
Sioux City Journal (rep.).
Nebraska has a republican party and
a bull moose party, but anybody who
can distinguish the one from the other.
In the wake of the bull moose stats
convention, will be entitled to a beautiful
embossed leather medal. Practically
the, two parties will have the same 'at
rorm "and candidates, with a slight dif
ference In the slates for the presidential
electors. j
The progressive state convention at
Lincoln on 'Tuesday was called to ar
range for putting a full ticket In the
field by petition. Its work was com
plicated Jy the fact that the preced
ing republican convent'on had tried to
take the whole republican organisation
over to Roosevelt, succeeding only in
part. Sis of the republican candidates
for presidential electors bad declared for
Roosevelt, while two had stuck to their
loyalty to Taft. Of the republican can
didates for state office, nominated at the
primary, four had announced their sup
port of Taft, while the others, follow
ing the lead of Governor Aldrlch, re
publican nominee for re-election, and
Representative Norrls, who won the re
publican primary nomination for United
States senator, had declared they would
support Roosevelt as republicans. The
logical solution of the problem would
have been found by inducing all the re
publican candidates supporting Roose
velt to withdraw from the republican
ticket and teke places on the Roosevelt
third ticket. This would leave two' presi
dential electors and four candidates for
state offices on the republican ticket
The bull moosers could fill .these places
on their picket, while the republicans
could fill the vacancies on theirs, and
the board would be set for a straight out
contest between the, three parties. This
wa8.. ,no done because t the republican
The bull moose organization allowed
the so-called republican organization
to dominate the situation. The bull
mosers endorsed, or renominated," not
only Aldrlch and Norrls and the other
republican candidates who have declared
for Roosevelt, but the four Taft can
didates for state office as well. There
was some kind of understanding that the
Taft candidates, while not yielding their
allegiance to Taft, would not do any
fighting against Roosevelt or the bull
moose movement. The six Roosevelt men
who are republican candidates for electors
also were endorsed, and two new ones
were nominated by petition to take the
places of the republican electoral can
didates who remain loyal to Taft. These
two new candidates for . electors were
accordingly the net results of the work
of the bull moose convention, if one ex
cepts the adoption , of a platform which
Is a virtual duplication ot the republican
state platform.
The virtual fusion arrangement be
tween the republican Roosevelt element
and the Roosevelt progressives la a con
venient one for Governor Aldrlch, Rep
resentative Norrls and all the republican
candidates for "state office. That only
two Taft electors are left on the re
publican ticket and that If other Taft
electors are to be voted for they must
be nominated by petition, is nothing less
than an outrage against political pro
priety. That the Roosevelt movement
In Nebraska is to be conducted in part
as a republican movement and in Dart
as a third party movement cannot be
helpful to Roosevelt's ambitious plans
for building a new party from the
ground up. . ' '' ;
mKiikC Backward
ILisDay In Omaha
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COMPILED FHQM B2& FILES
SEPT. 0.
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PICTURESQUE AND "PEACTICAL"
The Only Honest Party and Its Theft of Party Machinery,
ew TorK Post (Ind.),
The third- party is nothfng tf not pic
turesque. Its leader established himself
in this respect when the Rough Riders
went to Cuba, and it appears that his
associate on the ticket Is a worthy second
to him. Just what Governor Johnson Is
on the platform, the east Is shortly to see,
out in rertain things he has already taken
his place beside that fascinating reformer,
William Fllnn of' Pittsburgh. Both men
have the saving grace' of being "prac
tical' Not all the crusading fervor be
twepn the two oceans can mislead either
of them Into loosening his grip on his
state organization, even If it does bear
the name of republican. What! Throw
away a perfectly good party machine
merely because it was formerly operated
by rascals? Even If a considerable part
of Its value lies, not In its machinery, but
simply In its historic name-now not to
be pronounced without a holy shudder
what of that? Would It be less than
Impious, to. reject the weapon that the
Lord had put Into your hand? And so
we have the single-minded -Johnson en
tertaining the nation by his double act
tit running fur governor of California aa
a republican and for vice president of the
United States 'as a third party progres
sive. To some persons of fastidious moral
nature, such ,, a spectacle is somewhat
shocking. To them It looks like a desire
to win at any., cost. But we will not
wrong these honorable men by any In
ferences, of that sort. They mean no
harm. They are merely "keeping up with
Roosevelt" In his pursuit of the pictur
esque. -.;
' POKES FROM THE PROHIBITIONISTS
Aaron S Watkins, Accepting Prohib ition Nomination for Vice President.
Economy Through Consolidation.
fAtmovetaeajt ison fGQldown.at
Lincoln to ..reduce the 1otumberk of
county elective offices byJconsolldat
ing the offices of register of deeds
and vbf obuhty assessor Mato fiatof
county cjjeVkj tbeV prfe'ged: object be
lngto satfe money and VeMrallze" the
work.
Wnetfief 'that is feasible 'for Lan
caster county we are not prepared to
say, but here in Douglas county we
believe consolidation should continue
vwh4re practicable in the direction of
Joining the work of city and county
,where ncjw conducted by separate
of Tlclals' dtfpuf ating- in--; whole or Sin
"part. m K V V. 1 ' V!;:-:
The county treasurer,1 for example,
Is, now ex-offlcio treasurer of the city
and "school district of , Omaha, and
theri Is no good reason why he
should not likewise be treasurer of
Sontb" Omaha iaV; Jong $m remains
a distinct municipality. Our county
assessor already-combines with his
own the' duties formerly devolving
upon our city tax commissioner, yet
South Omaha still maintains a sep
arate tax commissioner. Consolida
tion of the auditing departments of
city and county, was once provided
for,- and the repeal of the law. for a
county comptroller, who was also to
act as city comptroller, was distinctly
a step backward. , , . . v
There is no good reason why this
concentration of work should not go
further by uniting, for example, the
city and county health offices, mak
ing one purchasing agency, one elec
tion bureau to take charge of regis
tration 'and elections, for both city
and county, and in 'a dozen dif ferent
ways. A systematic recastingjOf our
machinery of local government could
make Its operation more economical
aad at the same time more1 effective.
"It Is not only an honor to be re-chosen
for this Important position, but It is
an honor to be chosen by such a conven
tion. It was the greatest convention
held In 1912. Other conventions have
met merely to struggle over the ' choice
of a man and In the awful bitterness
engendered and the disgraceful struggle
that ensued Issues were burled but of
slgnt The convention1 of the "prohibition
party, Aon the other hand, 'acted with
perfect unanimity Upon the main issues
to be settled and' with more or 'less In
difference aa to the candidates pre
sented, and only a small portion of time
was devoted to the matter of nomina
tions. ', ' v. '.
"Our' convention ' met with opposing
Ideas and with ' various plans In the
minds of the delegates. To the observer
who did not read between the lines, there
seemed to be, at 'times, noise and con
fusion and even a trace of bitterness In
the' air, but the ' session as compared
with some other conventions, was a re
markably peaceful one. .
In the other conventions, a squad of
city policemen were compelled' to be on
duty all the time and to flourish their
clubs on several ftccasions. In our con
vention, only one city policeman was on
duty' and he only occasionally, while a
member of the society of Friends, with
a mild and benignant face, characteristic
of the Quaker people, was chosen as
sergeant-at-arma to manage the conven
tion.' ' ''; " ;
Tln political situation this yyear1 Is
chaotic in the extreme. The old parties
are seriously discredited and the new
paty so recently born, while professing
to be a protest against one-man power
and steam rollers, Is nothing but the
lengthened shadow " of the Big Chief
Moosevelt. -.' -. l- :.
"The Lamp of Experience" Is Just as
Indispensable now as in Patrick Henry's
day. Men are to be Judged, not by their
self-praise and self-assumed names, nor
by their boastful manner and strenuous
advertising. Real progress would dis
own many cf her so-called followers and
some who scarcely mentioned the term
progressive, have; beetji 4n the front line
of an advancing column for years.
Mosjf of - the presidential candidates
this year are running counter to their
previous record or to the history and
declarations of. their parties. One lm
aglnes himself to be the only ideal and
genuine progressive; and yet, with his
rash declarations, coarse language and
pugilistic manner, he has seriously re
tarded the cause- of,real progressive
political reform. With the voice of a boss
he drives toward reforms which he could
not even discover In the days, when they
needed a friend; but now, after the battle
has been largely fought,, and the victory
is coming In sight, he shouts so loud that
the real progressives are not heard. He
fights against reforms that he accepted
when they were new and promised to be
popular. He discredits his own Judgment
by asserting the incapacity of the man Jie
appointed for the presidency for an Inter
val, and curses the same old steam roller
that he, oiled and delivered to his lieu
tenant four years ago. He considers it,
an awful sin to, steal a few delegates,
but the height of statesmanship to steal
the entire presidency from the man to
whom he so graciously presented It. He
searches the scriptures carefully to find
"Thou Shalt Not Steal," but overlooks
entirely the man who "Sweareth to His
Own Hurt and Changeth Not." He
gives the most sacred promise not to ac
cept the nomination for a third term
and then decides that nothing but a third
term will save the country. Verily, the
way of the Flopper 1st hard.
Thirty Years Ago
The magnificent new Paxton hotel was
thrown open to the public. It had been
built on the site of the burned Grand
Central hotel, work having been begun.
August 12, 1S81. Tbe building cost i00,-
oOO, the ground $30,000 and the furnishings
$50,000, making a total investment of
S230.000. It Is named after Hon. William
A. Paxton, the owners and managers
being the three Kitchen brothers, Rich
ard, J. B. and Charles.
A party of distinguished visitors in a
special car consists of the marquis of
Lome, and his wife, Princess Louise,
daughter of Queen Victoria the governor
general of Canada. . They were : met at
the .station by General O. O. Howard and
his military staff, Hon. Thorn aa L. Kim
ball, 'Hon. J.( C Cowin and a number of
other well known citizens. The guests
were taken In conveyances to Fort Omaha
and other points of Interest. They will
teturn through Omaha after six weeks in
British Columbia.
The new bridge over the North Omaha
creek on Saunders street is' nearly com
pleted and street iars will soon be run
over the north turntable.
In the absence of Major Boyd, Coun
cilman Herman Is head of the municipal
government. I- .
The American Womans' Suffrage asso
ciation will hold Its annual convention In
Omaha next week in the audience room of
the Baptist church, Fifteenth and Daven
port streets.
The Leadville Blues put one over the
B. & M.'s by a score of 14 to 2, and did
it In seven Innings..
Twenty Tears Ago
Henry W. Yates went to Chicago on
business.
Mr. and Mrs. Taliaferro and son, Mal
colm, returned from their western trip.
Carroll and Arthur Carter left for
school In the east. . : r -
Plumbing Inspector Duncan and Ernest
Stuht returned from their outing at Hot
Springs, S. D.
J. B. Brown left for Vermont to re
turn with Mrs. Brown, who spent the
summer in that state. .-,.
Mrs. Henry T. Clarke, who had been
seriously ill, was reported as , improved
with good chances of a speedy recovery.
Mrs. Brad D. Slaughter and family re
turned from Denver, where they spent
a month with Mrs. Slaughter's sister,
Miss Grace Slaughter also arrived from,
a vacation spent at Storm Lake, Iowa,
A meeting to organise a LaCrosse club
was held at the Paxton cafe and at
tended by many former players. Georgt
H. Leslie was made chairman and F, I.
Peddle secretary. It was decided to pro
ceed with organization of a club and E.
Mullen, M. A. Hall, S. Ruth and Dr.
AngHn were named as a committee to
draw up rules and regulations and re
port at a later meeting. t
Ten Years Ago -
Third Baseman Eddie Hickey had to
retire for the season Oh account of a bad
arm hurt some weeks before. Pa Rourke
was using a midget named Petey Burg
at third, but had signed a young man
named Graham from the Three-I league,
who. b expected, would crowd Petey off
the bag. 1 '''''
Mrs. E. ,"H. Sprague went to Kansas
City for a visit with friends, Intending to
bring back her daughter, Grace, who had
been there on a visit for some time.
J. J. Brady, advance man for Ring
ling's, was making his regular annual
stop in Omaha.
Preliminary to the forming of a Delta
Tau Delta society, thirty members of
that fraternity held a banquet at the
Her Grand. W. S. Summers acted as
toaatmaster and E. J. Cornish, G. W
Wattles, Ross Towle, R. H. Manley and
A. B. Leverett responded to toasts.
Fifteen local news dealers held a meet
ing at Bits ft Kleser's store on Farnam
street and perfected an organization by
electing Henry F. Kleser temporary pres
ident and Robert Freeman secretary, One
thing they agreed on was a common
price for all Chicago papers.
n- D i ii
meuees Later m
TT
v Aa Exception Taken.
OMAHA, Sept. 7.-To the Editor of The
Bee: In a resume of the local typograph
ical union by President I. J. Copenharve,
which appeared in a recent issue of your
paper, the statement is made that "In the
old; days it was a common sight to see a
dozen drunken men at the union's meet
ings."
Now I don't know what Mr. 'Copen
harve calls the "old days," but as I was
one of the signers of his application to
Jo!n the union, my membership naturally
antedates that of the president, and I
don't remember of seeing, nor does any
one else remember, a dozen boose hogs
at the union sessions. And even If it
were so, where ia the head of an in
telligent organization like the Masons or
Knights of Columbus who would believe
in parading the weaknesses of Its mem
bers in the public prints? r . ,
. ' WILLIAM MAXWELL,
2734 South Twelfth Street.
remain with the democrats after ..having
once gone astray? These editors say they
have not yet left the republican part).
Possibly they are waiting to see if Teddv
succeeds. There seems to be no other
feasible excuse for their attitude, ex
cept to be ready to flock with Teddyites,
provided, etc. "' BEN THOSIA3.
Sowing the 'Wind.
CENTRAL CITY, Neb.. Sept 4.-T the
Editor of The Bee: Both republican
papers of Central City are edited by
comparatively young men. I feel certain
both think they are conducting these
weekly papers In the interest of the re
publican party; but that is because their
foresight Is not as good' aa their hind
sight They are bright men and each
has - a greater Influence In our county
than either realizes. I am in a situation
to know that these two papers have had
much to do with molding many minds
concerning political matters, and espe
cially with regard to President Taft.
. There Is no question as to. the Indi
vidual right of these , editors to vote
against Taft Their right to do so, how
ever, is no clearer than my right, as a
republican, to vote against Governor Ald
rlch. Our two very progressive editors
have without doubt the right to conduct
their papers in a way to Influence those
they"can against . Taft. But have they
stopped to consider the cost?
It may be a satisfaction for these
editors to realize that they are causing
a good., number of republicans to turn
against the president, but in the end the
satisfaction will not be theirs but will
be Wilson's and T. B-'s. Can not these
party newspaper men realize that-- some J
of their republican friends, whom they
are able to prevail upon to vote .against
Taft. will not stop at voting against the
president, but will "go the whole hog,"
and help the democrats elect their whole
ticket this fall? And don't they know
that some republicans who do this will
Let Someone Answer.
SOUTH OMAHA. Sept. T-To the Editor
of The Bee: For more than twenty years
I have been a' constant reader of '.The
Bee and during all of that time I have
never observed a single line in The Bee
that reflected in any way upon creed,
color or nstionality. Therefore I hope
you will grant me space to inquire why
Jlnnmie Sullivan, secretary of the Soinh
Omaha school board and collector for
the Young Men's Wilson and Marshall
club of South Omaha. Insists upon the
disqualification of all democrats who are
not in this country born; Jlmmle 'male
that statement at the club. But I wish
to know If it is true that only natives are
wanted. WILLIAM WEST.
SUNNY GEMS.
New Congressman What can 1 do' for
von. c!r? ,. . i
Salesman (of Statesmen's Anecdote
Manufacturing Company) I shall be de-
iigmea ir you ii place an order lor a
dozen of real, live, snappy, humorous
onecodotcs as told by yourself, sir.
Puck.,
"I see a local man has lust been granted
a license to aviate."
"What about !t?" !
"I'd like to know who issues those
licenses to aviate."
"The foolkiller, I presume." Louisville
Courier-Journal. -
"It is a shame to be selling those pretty
girls gnld bricks the way that beauty
doctor is doing."
"He's justified in doing it."
"How do make that out?"
"Why. Isn't he merely grafting
peaches?" Baltimore American,
Edith That Mr. Phan is conversation
ally Impossible.
Ethel-Why so?
Edith We were talking about the thea
ter and when I inquired what was hla
favorite play he said if he had any fa
vorite It was seeing a man steal second.
Boston Transcript.
Reporter I believe that's about all,
colonel. Oh, by the way, how did your
grandfather get his start In business?
Colonel Kneemo (candidate for con
gress I haven't the least Idea, young
man, but If there Is anything disreput
able about it some one of my biogra
phers will print the story before the cam
paign is over. Good morning. Chicago
Tribune.
POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS.
New York Tribune; For once in Us
quiet history Vermont has fealty had the
center of the stage.
Washington Post:, The Austrian press
having become aroused, over our deter
mination to run" our own .canal to suit
ourselves, we shall next hear of a pro
test fromvthe Swiss merchant marine.. ,
New York World; 'Speaking at Bridge
port, ' Colonel Roosevelt said: - "Mr. Debs
wishes to pull down In a spirit ot hate,
wish to build up In a spirit of love;"
thus leaving us to surmise why he calls
every opponent a crook and a liar. , -
- Indianapolis News: The fear that th
third termer's yolce win give way -under
the strain of campaigning does not, It
the recoi'd of past performance be con
sidered, appear to be well grounded. Al
most anything else, one would Imagine,
would give way first '',- . ,
Brooklyn Eagle: ' The colonel " takes
18.000 words to explain that It he did get
that Standard Oil money It was the act
of a patriot to take It as no law was
then opposed to his taking It A bull
moose can go' through a tangled forest
where no man can follow even If the
forest be a dictionary. , . ,
Philadelphia Record: The Income tax
has only just gone into operation In
Wisconsin, which Is serving as a political
laboratory for" the country, and already
the question of its repeal Is a live Issue.
It figured in the democratlo primary
yesterday, one candidate for the nomina
tion for governor being in favor of repeal
and the other being In favor of the law.
As the democrats generally favor the na
tional Income tax, It - is rather curious
that In the state where., it ' exists one
democratic candidate sought the nomina
tion on a pledge of Its repeal. ....
Flo kin Toother.
Philadelphia -Bulletin..
It Is now the open season for oysters,
reed bird and roorbacks .. :,t .... .. ,
NOTABLE SEPTEMBER DATES.
Events Forecasting? the Emancipa
tion Proclamation.
. Leslie's Weekly. ,
Two Interesting semi-centennials come
In the latter part of this 'month. One
of these Is, that of the preliminary eman
cipation proclamation issued by Lincoln,
on September 23, 1362. The other associ
ates Itself with the gathering of the gov
ernors of the loyal states at Altoona,
Pa., two days later. The former anni
versary will be observed In many places
In (;he(north and west and In some places
In the south- Altoona will commemorate
tha other affair. Contrary to the popu
lar notion. Lincoln's pronunclamento of
September 22 did not "free the slaves."
It merely warned all concerned that on
January 1 1S6S, a)l the slaves held In
states or parts of states then. In posses
sion, of the enemies of the union would
be declared free and. that their freedom
would be recognized and defended by the
military and naval power of the government-
When that date! arrived., a'.flnal
proclamation was issued, aflirmlng the
position taken on September 22. ?
People Talked About
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A Booster of OH Stocks.
Sioux City Journal.
In Nebraska where state Inspection cov
ers both fuel and Illuminating oils, con
sumption thereof ' lias increased from
222.712 barrels In INK to JOUSI barrels In
1311. or a little more than doubled In five
years. Maybe this simple fact, .officially
attested, throws some light en the steady
rise of Standard, Oil, stocks in value. .
- ' It Wouid Bent 'Em AIL ' ' '
, ,s - .. ..... CMcajo News.' '- .'
. Plana are being formulated to honor the
memory to ;SIr Vlsaao . Pltnian,.who per
fected modern - shorthand , writing. . How
would It do to build ft monument to him
of ' Illiterate; typewriting ; machines that
nave 'caused pretty, young stenographers
to be, blamed for bad spelling? ; t ..
Governor West of Oregon, being threat
ened by a petition for his recall, offert
$50 subscription to help the petitioners
along. Oregonlans do not consider them
selves up and doing without the exercise
of an election every sixty days.
Mrs. Carries Quortors of Cincinnati,
suffrage worker, has made formal appli
cation to the Ctnolnnatl Traction company
for a position a conductor on pay-as -you-enter..
cars for herself and other
women.
Thomas F. Ryan of New . York and
Richmond, Va., one of the malefactors
of great wealth branded by Colonel Bryan
at Baltimore, reports his Income only
1152,000 a year. ' This does not Include the
mental and spiritual grace that comes
from diligent reading of the amended res
olution of expulsion. ;."
An Intimation from official quarters
that tornado Insurance rates were too
high In Missourf woke up the Insurance
agents and brought but a promise of re
duced rates within sixty days. The Mis
souri rate is the same as the Nebraska
rate 25 cents per (100 tor one year. W
cents for three years and T cents tor five
years. ;A .
During a recent voyage of vth Olympic
to New York a charity entertainment
given by the passengers netted 2269, The
bandmaster, acting as cashier, Instead
of giving the money to the "object in
tended, distributed it among members of
the band While five of the latter were
playing cards for the charity coin, In
dignant ' passengers of. the ..strong-arm
class butted Into the game, smote the
players hip and thigh, recovered SS5 and
wound up the seance by kicking the
bandmen out of the oardroom. L. D.
Cabanne, a St Louis athlete, led the
exercises. ' ' v . ,
The Wisconsin youngster who under
went a surgical operation as a means ot
curing his thieving propensities has re
turned to his old habits. His case, it will
be remembered, was heralded as a won
derful surgical operation, a happy por
tend of the passing of juvenile depravity.
To make sure of a perfect cure the
sample youngster was cut Into twice,
and he continued to be good while the
treatment lasted. But open air. a free
life, revived the old habits and he la now
on his way bo the penltqntlarv to serve
five-year term 'for burglary. Neverthe
less the operations were successful tie
patient Uvea ' "v v I
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