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The power that moves the movieslove.
With the advent of Thanksgiving week the
foot ball season sees Its flnieh.
Sometlmei it seems as If Johnny Bull were
utterly oblivious to the advice of O. Bernard
Shaw.
May Irwin is to appear in another new play.
Seems they have to fit a new one to May almost
every seaaon.
One and all are ready for those promised
reinforcements under old Oeneral Prosperity
whenever they come.
Can you Imagine what contentment those
two gay old birds, Porflrlo Dlas and Huerta, are
enjoying about now?
. Although Mrs. Sinn and Mrs. Hell have both
recently obtained divorces in a 8t. Louis court,
folks still ask "What's in a name?"
Secretary Bryan has already raised pro
hibition aa his slogan for 1916. He must have
feared the other colonel might see It first.
Peace or war, democrat or republican, the
finest turkey raised In Rhode Island each year
goes to the White House Thanksgiving table.
Incoming members of the school board have
some tough tasks to tackle, and may as well
start in on them without unnecessary delay.
the head of every American household Is up
against a turkey problem Just now much more
absorbing to him than the Smyrna Incident.
What about. moving that ugly electrlo wel
come arch from the beautiful and artistic sur
roundings with which it is so incongruous?
Merely as a matter or inspiration, let us note
that the little town of Dublin, N. II., with 600
lnrabltants, sent 12.800 to the war sufferers.
How the Democracy May Make the Future Clear
and BrlahL Wew Tork American.
By following Mr. Hearsts advice, of course.
Where this continued Mexican turmoil af
fects us locally is in keeping the troops that be
long at Fort Crook Indefinitely quartered down
in Texas.
After the raw deal given us In the location
of reserve banks, this democratic administration
owes it to us to keep Omaha on the Indian depot
supply map.
Yes, we agree that the worst example of mis
directed philanthropy we could Imagine would
be to present a needy person with' a pair of
shoes both rights or both lefts.
"God hath, made of one blood all nations of
men for to dwell on all the face of the earth,"
said Paul. But it Is sometimes hard to get "all"
men to see that as clearly as the apostle did.
German war relief contributions lead all
others In this section of the country. Ameri
cans of German birth or ancestry greatly exceed
In number those of foreign parentage from any
other of the warring countries, and the Germans
yield to none In sympathy for the fatherland
and generosity for Its unfortunates.
Inland Stanford, former governor of California an J
now president of the Central Pacific, accompanied hy
Ma wife and niece, eame In In two private cart and
stopped In Omaha a ehort time.
afi a. 8. E. Hlshop gave her closing lecture before
the Flret Society of Spiritualists. On behalf of the
society and audience, Oeneral Ji E tab rook tendered
her a vote of thanka.
Mra. . N. Withneil and daughter art home after a
month' abaence In the east.
Mla Walbrldgc. rainier at the Paxton hotel, who
baa been vtaltln- relatives In Pennsylvania, baa re
sumed her duties.
County Clerk II. T. Leavitt treated about fifteen
newsboya to dinner at Pelconera hall, where the
Tenth Street mlasion women are eervlng meals In rdrr
to raise funda to pay oft Ita debit.
I. H. pierce, superintendent of the county poor
farm, finished threshing the aeaeon'a grain. The yield
was 433 bushels cf wht and 435 bushela of oats, the
wheat averaging eighteen and the oats thirty-ftve
bushela per acre.
The appropriation sheet of the county board ahows
1ht the charge for the telephone at tht poor farm It
I a month.
A ond choir of St. Phllomena'a, with a member
rhlu. of twnly-P.ve. Is preparing to produce DUki'a,
harming operetta. "The Ureas Ketwartal." under tho
UdrrhU of Mlu Fannie Arnold.
Long: Ballot Absurdities.
Our good friends who manifest sispirlon
that the agitation for a abort ballot Is a reac
tionary movement may reassure themselves If
(he character of the support back of the demand
counts. The National Short Ballot organisation
numbers among its active members, and on Its
official roster, prominent men In all political
parties, Including the president of the United
8tates. who, however, enlisted for the abort bal
lot while he was still president of Princeton, and
before he was known to harbor political ambi
tions. And here comes the Springfield Repub
lican, the acknowledged leader of advanced
thought In New England, and a newspaper of
exceptional breadth and Independence of view,
with the suggestion that the short ballot is a
necessary complement to pending changes in
political methods and processes suggestion
it voices In these words:
In diminishing the control of nominations by
party brganlaations, ought not the state to diminish
alao the number of nominations to be made anil the
frequency with which they must be made? Aa
affirmative answer to that question would mean the
ahortenlng of the ballot by reducing the number of
elective officers and the substitution of biennial for
annual olectlona. The primary system of direct rom
Inatlona will work beat If there are few candltates
to be nominated. The "short ballot" liaa already won
popular approval In New York state and It will be
adopted by the coming state constitutional conven
tion. The state ticket annually chosen In Maaaachu.
Setts la too long. Ilka that of New York, and the
shortening of It would go far to Insure the perma
nent success of the direct nomination eytm. By
adopting blennlsl elections. Ma'aachtiaMla wouH re
lieve a burden upon the voters that Is entirely need
lees In itself, for It Is absurd to aaume that demo--racy
la really sacrificed by having offlrlala aerve two
years Instead of one.
The only argument that la being seriously
urged against the short ballot Is that it weakens
popular rule by converting elective Into ap
pointive office, but ft Is Just as absurd to as
sume that democracy Is really sacrificed by hav
ing fewer officials elected, and responsibility
more centered, as that It would be sacrificed, as
the Republican ridicules, by electing state offi
cials in Massachusetts to serve two years instead
of one. If democracy were what the critics of
the short ballot say It is, we would hare to make
very person on the public payroll elective by
popular vote, and not only that, but make their
terms as short as possible so that wa could keep
voting all the time.
War and Winter Weather
The Way to Get a Workhouie.
Among the official announcements of the
Commercial club Is that its legislative commit
tee Is busy considering a bill to be submitted at
the cbming Nebraska legislature for the estab
lishment of a municipal workhouse. Now, The
Bee has been, and Is, strongly In favor of a pub
lic workhouse or work farm, preferably one In
which city and county Join In the expense of
construction and maintenance, but we are under
the Impression that all the legislation needed for
this purpose was enacted at the last session, and
Is now on tba statute books.
The measure we refer to may be found in the
1813.. session laws, being a bill sponsored by
Senator Dodge of this county. This law, as may
be readily ascertained by anyone who takes the
troubla to read It, authorizes this county to vote
bonds not exceeding 1100,000, to acquire by pur.
chasa or condemnation the land necessary for a
county farm and to erect a workhouse, or house
of correction, on it, and provides for the super
vision and management of tba institution. It
alao empowers the county commissioners to en
ter Into an agreement with any city of the
metropolitan class, or of the first-class located
In the county, to receive and keep In the work
house, or bouse of correction, any person sen
tenced to it by any court or magistrate in the
cities.
The point we wish to make Is this: That
the last legislature was led to! believe It waa en
acting a measure fully meeting our situation,
yet having done nothing whatever to take ad
vantage of It, to go back to the coming legisla
ture with another bill for a municipal farm Is
calculated to Impress the law-makers either that
we do not know what we want or that. our de
sires go no further than to have a law written
on the statute books, and keep changing It every
two years. If a workhouse Is wanted in Doug
las county and we certainly need It let us
vote the bonds, and get busy on the strength ot
the authority already conferred by the legislature.
The New Crop of lame Ducki.
Our democratic friends had a good deal of
fun at tho republicans' expense two years ago
over the lame duck brigade, but "ne laughs best
who laugba last," and some of these very same
crippled birds of It 13 will be on band to cackle
at the heglra of democrats when the next con
gress convenes, while they watch the outgoing
procession, led by such august figures as Talmer
of Pennsylvania. Stanley of Kentucky, Mitchell
ot Massachusetts. As a matter of fact, the re
publicans gained seventy-four seats In the lower
house, which, together with a few promotions to
the senate, means the passing of one-third ot
the twenty-one members of the appropriation
committee, one-fourth of the Judiciary, one-third
of the banking and currency, Including the four
members ranking next to the chairman, and one
third each ot the foreign affairs, Indian, Inter
state commerce and public lands committees.
Not In many biennial hunts hav such enormous
quantities of game been bagged as this year.
And, as we have intimated, the lameness of the
old democratic ducks is all the more marked by
reason ot the fact that so many of the old re
publican ducks have flown back safely Into the
coop.
All prognostlcatora look for a steady revival
of business, and they all look for the middle
west to lead the procession. The moral is that
very wide-awake manufacturer or bualoeas man
win find it to his advantage to cultivate the
trade of this section of the country where farm'
product values are greater than ever and every
farm product factory running full time.
Our local democratic contemporary has It
figured out that Governor Morehead would have
been easily re-elected even over a candidate car
rylng a fusion nomination of republicans and
progressives. Perhaps but if he had been run
ning against a etraight-out republican be would
unquestionably have been beaten.
From all the pictures of "Neptune's Daugh
ter, we Infer there must have been aome very
stunning-looking folks In the old man's day.
tow Battlefield.
A snowfall, accompanied by a storm of Mlziard pro
portions, swept northern Europe a few days ego. her
alding the npproac'.i of winter and hiding for the
moment the earth acara of war. With millions of men
battling for mastery In the east and The west, render
ing a wint'T campaign a certainty, the characteristic
of winter weather lt the regions convulfv. by war
helps to an understanding of the hardships the sol
diers must face. Prcf. frank Waldo, formerly con
nrcted with the fnlted Rtatea weather bureau. telU
In the Boston Transcript the tomperaturee usually
prevalent In Ktirope and the BrltlHh Isles. On account
of the warmer winds from the Atlantic than thoac
likely to prevail Inland, Prof. Waldo eaya that the
extreme cold will not, with tro ordinary winter
weather, drop lower than 14 degree above tern,
Fahrenheit, throughout the Prltlfh Isles and the North
Pea region, i above throughout the region which may
be called the western firing line at thla time, with vt
rlatlons from S above to 4 below throughout centril
Oermany. about 10 above In western France and Bel-
I alum and anywhere from I to 22 below In western
' Kusrla, tho northeastern Baltic region, eaatern Aua
j trla and the Carpathian belt
Of course, these figures are arbitrary, aa even the
mort correct averages of mean temperature extending
over a period of several years have no relevancy 1o
any particular winter and may be of little value aa a
prediction for the coming; winter. There have been
"hard" winters and "soft"' winters, open and closed,
and not even the man of the gooae bone can do more
then make c guess. It has been shown that In arduous
winter campaigns, when well fed. warmly clad ant
provided with good blankets, soldiers, .pioneers In
frigid countrlea. Polar explorers. Alaakan gold huntere
and any who dare the rigors of Boreas can speedily
become accustomed to extreme cold and get on very
comfortably.
llaimld Frigidity.
It la the knowledge of all who have had experience
of cold temperatures that It Is humid frigidity that
causes the most suffering. The North Dakotan, the
Manltoban, or any from the far northwest thla aide
of the Rockies, will not hesitate to declare that 40
Fahrenheit below sero In their country does not af
fect them at all eo severely as temperature m a
greet warmer In the east, when there I tilgh humid
ity. Therefore, as the weather expert admits, much
of the comfort or the privation of the armlea wtll de
pend leas on the degrree of temperature than kind of
cold, "dry' or "wet," bracing froety weather, or
humid and penetrating. The extreme cold ot Napo
leon'a devastating campaign, when the great general
lost hundreds of thousands of soldiers, hurt far baa
than the lack of clothing and blankets and above all
of food. It wa a saying of hit own that "armlea
march on their helllea," and In that terrible retreat
from Moscow, when supplies failed him, his soldiers
succumbed to the cold.
It oan hardly be doubted that all of the armlea
which will be in the field this winter will be well pro
vided with food and clothing, and all the shelter that
Is possible when not actually in .the trenches, The
facilities for such vital supplies; are so far superior
f to those of ar.y other war that there la no comparison.
Railroads have been only to a alight extent torn up
and as a usual thing have been quickly replaced when
that occurred. Automobiles and motor trucks have
to a great extent aupplanted horses for transporta
tion of this light freightage from ateam roada for
trlbutlon among the hundreds of thousands of men.
Speaking with the true aplrlt of the "weather man"
of the Importance ot a knowledge of the weather a
day or two in advance. Prof. Waldo describee the
thoroughness with which the weather maps of alt
Europe have hitherto been prepared, and makes thu
curious statement that aa nearly all the atmospheric;
dlaturbancea producing the storms of northern and
central Europe come from the west and vaeh tba
British Islands and Francs before they reach Germany
and the Baltic, shores and. still farther to the east,
Russia, the interruption of the International exchange
of weather knowledge prevent Oermany from receiv
ing information in advance of storms approaching,
from the west: so that the Germane will hav little)
idea of the weather that may b expected, while
France and Great Britain, being on the windward
side, will be able to predict the weather about as
well as they did before the war began, likewise,
Russia, being In ' telegraphlo communication with
France and England, will be able to forecast the
weather nearly as welt aa before., thus leaving Ger
many at a great disadvantage, aa compared with other
nations In forecasting the weather from day to day.
"This,", aaya the professor, "will be felt most In aero
plane and marine operations."
posalMe Sarnrlsea.
Another curious suggestion Is that as the Russian
armies progress toward the west during winter
weather. If they do. they will be delighted to find Ui
weather growing milder, while If, on the other hand,
the Germans drive the Russians toward the east, the
Teutons will find the temperature more and more
bitter Tor them. Alao In the matter of the western
armies, the farther west the Germane penetrate the
milder the temperature will be for them, while If thu
allies forge very far eastward they will meet tempera
tures to which they nre not acclimated.
All thia, of course, will be to aome extent discounted
tf the winter be generally mild throughout Europe. In
which case operations would be doubtless Impeded
more by cold rains and deep mlr than they would
be by dry cold and roada and fields f rosea firm enough
to support heavy artillery.
Another point made by Prof. Waldo, which prob
ably haa not occurred to the maae eves ef welkin
formed persona, 1 that In latitude where there will
probably be most fighting the night will be' very
long and the days vary short Of course, everyone
knows that on account of the axial Inclination of th
earth toward the eun In winter months the farther
on goes north the shorter the days and the longer
the nights. Few realise without critically scanning
the map of the world that Madrid In Spain Is no far
ther south than Philadelphia; that Vienna la almost
oa the same parallel of latitude as Quebec; the paral
lel of London running through southern Labrador;
Paris being aa tar r.orth as New Poundland; Berlin
corresponding with th middle of Labrador, while
tine drawn weat from Petrograd (net 6L. Petersburg)
would paia through the center of Hudson bay.
These comparlsona will readily convey the knowl
edge that latitude where most of the fighting Is to
happen are far north ot Pittsburgh, and that the win.
tar daya will be correspondingly shorter Than here
and the nights longer. In most of the region of mili
tary operations the day for several months will be
only about one-fourth as long as the night and thin,
regardless of th weather, mutt seriously Impede mili
tary movementa.
People and Events
Taking reports at face valu. It la clear that tht
Turk haa atruck his guarded tent and la energetical)
skirmishing for bear meat.
W are going some, and in the right direction. Hlx
thousand Idle men were put to work in the ateol
mills at Gary. Ind., last Monday.
Another man who lost 11.000 In a sure-thing horse
race has turned up In St. Louis. The victim can
read newspapers, but hla thinking machine haa loot
lta clutch.
"Our guess. says the Houston Post, "la that the
Iowa lady who. Is the mother of fifteen children, all
of whom are under U years of age, haa never been
discovered la a suffrage meeting."
A factory girl in Bt Loula killed herself because
ah eould not dance. A society gtrl in New York
dropped dead becauae ahe danced too much. Th
woes of th world are thu balance.
A survey of five months' trial of the euwenlo mar
riage law In Wisconsin shows a decreaae of 1.U4 mar
rtagea. eomrared with the corresponding months of
last year. The decrease U more apparent than real,
however. Hundred of couples opposed to the physical
ttat requirement traveled outside cf toe alat to wJ,
and quite a percentage mad common law merriagee.
Rebellion Is spreading among th women teachers
of New York against the rule of tb Board of Edu
cation dismissing teacher guilty of motherhood. . At
a recent meeting or 400 Indignant teachers. Mlsa Orc
Htrachan, district superintendent cf schools, was
biased and jeered by the audience for defending the
rul. But th latter held her ground and had the last
word. The teachers propoee to as, the legislature
tor relief. .. .
4 iiiin-uaatlnaT tor I'rnsjibitlO'-.
OMAHA. Nov. ai.-To the fcdltor of The
Bee: 1 notice in 11 r. iieyer's nccnt con
tribution to your columns, reference to
the subject of compensating liquor dealers
who have been voted or legislated out ot
business through prohibition, and wish to
say Ibat a start In that dliection haa al
ready bcr-n made by the city of r-acra-mento,
Oal. A frlrnd haa rent me a ncwa
paper clipping which read?, in part, aa
follow;
Tb bacramento ordinance, pasaed
nt-M., ,y two ytar aco, ruvined tna.1 M
per cent of the money collected from sa
loon llcenren should be paid Into a sa.oo
reduction tunrt. When enough money ac
cumplated In tola fund a commission was
empowered to select some one of the BOH
ea.oons in the city and to close It upon
pamcnt to the ownera of a fair appraised
value of the property.
This waa done,, of course, with the
Idea of reducing the number of saloons
In Sacramento from SCO to 100. The Re
view thlnka that Vn saloons Is not too
many for the city of Sacramento, saloons
being Just depots of dlstr bution existing
for tli convenience of the public, the
eame aa grocery atores. However, that
la not the question under dlscufelon Juat
now
The saloon of Bettenrourt Soto, at
riS'i I- street, was selected the other day
hv the commlsMlon under this ordinance.
The arpralfera found that a fair value for
tie buslnras was M,"0. and the city now
Is In the process of naytnr sum out
of the reduction fund to Bettencourt &
Poto. whereupon the saloon will be closed.
H seems lo me that thla la a step In
the direction of solving the problem of
compensation presented by " Mr. Meyer.
The Baeramento ordinance, whllo imper
fect would remove from prohibition much
of Its mjuetlc and would leav a ques
tion only of whether th public wishes to
deprive Itself ef Ra privilege ot using and
purchasing alcoholic beverages.
. , C. 9. LIVER.
A BrHUh War Belief Appeal.
NEW TORK. TTov. .-To the Editor of
Hie Be: A letter has just been received
from tr. H. Macdonald Pegge. the well
known surgeon who la now In France in
vestigating condttlona on behalf of the
British War Relief Asaoclatlon. Inc. In
thla letter he aaya: "What we need abov
all la anesthetic."
Owing to the acarcity of anesthetics,
operations that occasion Indescribable
agony hav dally to be performed without
their aid. and to mitigate the awful suf
fer ng this entalla the British War Relief
Asaoclatlon, Inc., makes a confident ap
peal to the liberality of every Britisher
and sympathiser to contribute th sum
of at least one ahlll'ng towards th pur
cheee of chloroform and mtdlea! supplies.
Every shilling sent In will reoctve a
direct acknowledgment and all supplies
will be purchased In thla country and
shipped direct to Franc with th leaat
possible delay. One ahiTllng will buy 1)
grammes of chloroform.
We have already cent five cases of
chloroform to the American ambassador
In Paris and funds are required to con
tinue th good work. M. I MUIR,
Chairman British War Relief Association,
Inc., ICS East Thirtieth street.
Aravnten fenr' Prohlblttoa.
, OMAHA. Neh.. Nov. ,21 To the Editor
of The B: The letter by on of your
correspondents against prohibition' wa
read with interest. It employs th usual
arguments, and a few new ones. ,
Tour correspondent believes that we
have a guaranteed right to purchase and
sell liquor. Let me. ask. him another
question. : If his son was becoming a
mental and moral wreok from liquor,
would he' speak to him about It? If a
fatherly . lecture did not help ' would be
want to prevent the boy from obtalnlig
liquor. If It was In his power to do s-i?
Would he listen to the young man's talk
of "guaranteed rights"? All drinkers of
liquors do not become drunkards, anJ
not quit all the prohlbltlonista buy liquor
behind -the prescription case of a drug
gist. ... ..
As for his argument "confiscation with
out compensation," that is as old ss
the hills.' If the liquor makers .and
dealers of Nebraska, want to get out of
the business let thetrr offer their so
called rights and business to the pro
hlbltlonista at coat. I will wager that
the majority of people In th state would
raise the money In ninety days. They
don't want to tell out.
The liquor interests have no special
rights. - They have been granted the
privilege by the people, to make or sell
liquor, under certain restrictions within
the nation and this state, but this wta
done before the nation or. state beoame
fully aware of th danger: If th people
have the right to grant a privilege.' they
have th right to revoke It
A. W. BUIXlARD.
Plasterers' side of th flettlenent.
OMAHA, Nov. M.-To th Editor of Th
Be: W noticed In The Bee. an arttole
headed "Workmen Settle Their Strike en
Fontenell Hotel." The article gave th
bricklayers th credit of settling th strike
for ua
I want to say that the bricklayers had
nothing whatever to do with th so
called strike. In the first place there was
merely a misunderstanding between th
til setters and the plasterers as to the
Jurisdiction of the line or plastering on
all walls. There wa really net enough
argument about it to have reached 4he
public. However, w would aak that you
publish this to refute th article wherein
you gave the bricklayer th credit of
settling thla strike for us. We are at
work and will be. as far aa that quatioa
Is concerned, until th plastering and tile
setting la completed. We aak that you
give ua thla writeup so all concerned ran
be rightly Informed, and oblige the mem
bers of the plasterer union ef Omaha.
PLASTERER.
fraper Tina for Tevaobers' M4lar.
TEKAMAH. Neb., Nov. li-r-To the
Editor of The Be: For the last half
doaen years In Nebraska, I have been
observing tb results of the times ot
holding the Ptat Teachers' convention,
and am firmly convinced the first week
la November Is not the tint to hold It
First by holding the meeting at thia
time, there are necessarily two breaks la
school work during November, which
cannot help but work disastrously for tht
schoola. About the time the work It well
organised, we cloa school for three days
for the association. A little later, the
Thanksgiving vacation of two mora daya
cornea, and school la closed again. For
the good of the children w should change
the mooting to the first three days ot
Thanksgiving week. .
Second. It will be far better for the
teachers themselves. All peraona ac.
qualnted with achool work know what It
means to hav a break In the continuity
of th work.
It requires all the aklll of th most ex
pert teachers to bold aome pupils In
school, without any distracting Influ
ence; but when school la closed for thla
and that, their work la materially In
creased. Every one of the teachers of
Takemah school, of their own accord,
hav eapreeeed their dissatisfaction witk
the time of the a.ieoclatton meeting, and
prefer only one vacation In the month
of November.
I Th chat a, e that the move to hold the
I meeting tb first three days of Thanks-
tlvlnf week originated with a few school
; bo-irds that wante 1 to cheat the teachers
out of their pay for attending the associ
ation. Is unjust. Teacher and superin
tendents bcth county and city, have ex
preased their wlah that the time of meet
ing might be change.
As 'a last resort. I feel that the Boards
of Education ahould say no to the teach
ers attending. ir they obstinately persist
in fixing the time as it haa been for sev
eral years past. Tho teachers are em
ployed for the schools! and not In the
Interests of a big association. They
thould exist for the pupils alone, and
when they cannot do so, then It Is time
for their boards to let them go, and get
ethers who appreciate their responsibility.
A. H. DIXON.
Superintendent of Schools.
Rerolta at ftoelal Eqaallty Racea.
OMAHA. Nov. 81. To the Editor of The
Bee: Equality of nations Is the slogan
only of those who have never come In
actual contact with any other than their
own race. When the world waa created
the racea of men were placed on the
earth, each In hla own allotted section,
each with his own color separate and
distinct.
All aoula were created equal. One black
man's eoul la on an equality with the .oui
of a white man. but It is against all hu
man instincts to say that two races can
work together, live together and associate
with one1 another wlta the freedom, and
pleasure that each race finds among Its
own. It Is abhorent to all the Instincts
of nature to fore the contact. I have
not the slightest doubt that If any one
of the writers who are clamoring for the
equality of the races were forced t work
side by aide with one of the other color.
It would be as obnoxious to them as It
haa became to th ones who have been
forced to accede t such conditions
through political Influence. If It were
the elster or daughter of the writers
who were forced to submit to such a
state, they would be the first to raise
cry against It But it I someone else's
sister and daughters, and so It gives an
opportunity for them to expound a theory
which oan never be practiced, which
ought never to be, and which tradition
holds never was meant to be. It Is re
volting to all Instincts to think of social
quality of the different colors.
DAVID.
Political Tips
Down In old Missouri every one of tho
fifteen constitutional and leg'slatlv ques
tions put up to the voters at the recent
election were beaten.
Congressman William Kent of Califor
nia, a distinguished Independent, Is one
of the elect. Mr. Kent Isn't a stickler
for party arflMntlons, but. there Ir never
any secrecy as to Ms views on puldi-;
questions In congress.
Honor crowded upon James Wolcott
Wadswoith, Jr., New York's youthful
renator-elect. on election day. Besides
his whooping majority for United State
senator, the stork left a baby boy at his
home. Jimmy It only 37 and headed up
the hill.
New York socialists buttress their con
victions with the co'n. Twelve thousand
of them crowded Madison Square Garden,
paying 25 centa admission, to Jollify over
the election of Meyer Ixmdon to congress
In the Twelfth district A fifteen-minute
cheer welcomed the new congressman.
Mra. Harriet Taylor Treadwell of Chi
cago denounces the Illinois law requiring
men and woman voters to tell their ages
when registering aa unjust, unnecessary
and an Incentive to lying. She contends
that It la enough for a voter to swear he
or ahe Is "over 21 years of age," and
urges the repeal of the statute.
Among the sad notes Bounded by the
ballot box is tho passing of Victor Mur
doch of Kansas from congresa with tho
close of hla present term. Mr. Murdock
entered the race for the Kansas senator
ship and came In third. It will be espe
cially regrettable to see the aurora of
Wichita go out as Uncle Jo Cannon
waltxes to the center of the footlights.
When that event Is staged next March
the seen will be worth going mile to see.
BEDELL.
How many suitors aeek the prlxe
That sparkles from Bedella's eyes?
How many victims share the trance
ihat flathea from Bedel la's glance?
hundred swains can pledge their hearts,
hearts,
That for their wounds, they blame those
dart.
A sephyr from a perfumed aky,
Deacribea Bedelia passing by.
In silken garments flaah'd with green.
Bedoila looks the charming queen;
And calfey youths demurely sing,
I wish I were Bedella'g king.
In walta or tango, f ac to face,
Bedclla look a dream of grace.
In two-step, or In tete-a-lee,
She spina her partners off their feet,
And make them Jong for alcove rest
To heave the question from their breast.
If courage fall, they aeek her home.
To pop the question In th gleam;
And In ber parlor meekly wait
To hear how fortune seals their fate.
But all at once the air grows blue.
While Papa toota bla forty-two.
Omaha. CM-
LAUGHING OAS.
Mra. Gray The window In my hall has
Eta ned glass in It.
Mrs. Green Too bad! Can't you find
anything that'll take the stains out?
Boston Transcript
"Yes, at a time ltke thia the country ex
pects every man to do h a duty."
"I know. ' And those who can't do their
duty are expected to atay home and pay
enough taxes to keep the duty-doers on
th Job." Cleveland , Plain Dealer.
"They say that that young rounder
flpendltt ha committed suicide."
"Tea The doctor Bays he swallowed
enough poison to kill firty men."
"Just like him! Extravagant to th
last." Boston Transcript.
"Doctor, do you believe In people taking
vacations?"
"Considering the practice It brings me.
I ahould be an ingrate to decry the cus
tom" Louisville Courier-Journal.
"What a fuss that youngster makea
about hla attire?"
"Well, when a young fellow la In his
salad daya, yoo mustn't blam him for
being particular about his dressing."
Chicago Post.
Lawyer (fiercely) Are you telling the
truth?
Badgered Witness (wearily) As much
of It as you will let me. Detroit Free
Press.
Dyer Hlgbee wa on of the beat men
that ever lived.
Ryer How do- vou know?
Dyer I married hla widow. Town
Topics.
"Tour constituents didn't stand by you,"
said th sympathetic friend,
"Yes, they did," replied Senator Sor
ghum. "That waa the exasperating part
ot It. They stood right alongside of me
and didn't seem to care what happened
to m." Washington Star.
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