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    THE BEE: OMAHA." TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1915.
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January 8
Thought for the Day
5a acres' by EdtearJ Rntrufattr
"Ltt us hav faith that right
maktt might; and in that faith -at
dare to do our duty at wt find
it.' Abraham Lin.oln.
Contradicti Our Neutrality Profession.
As It p.iod tlio senate, the Immigration bill,
with the literacy tem applying to Ibo j?opl of
all nations except ilolrlmii, qnarr-ly contradict
our national profession of neutrality. An ex
ception In behalf of one combatant la a clear
cut discrimination a It would be for our gov
ernment to come out openly and express sym
pathy on one side or the other. If we are to
maintain our neutral attitude, na we should,
then rongrcK will have to mistain the presi
dent's veto, which the bill In Its present form
Ih sure to invlie. So far a that la concerned,
the president has declared his Intention of veto
ing the bill because of the literacy test, not to
speak of exceptions. Adding the exemption pro
viso as to BelRium would seem to be, simply
heaping on another objection.
The overwhelming majority by which the
,blll passed the senate naturally would suggest
a sufficient majority In (hat branch to repass
the measure over a veto, but that does not
necessarily follow. Senators often vote for a
bill In the first place and then vote to sustain a
veto. It will be Interesting to see whether It
will be done in this Instance. Should the veto
be overridden, then. It would mean a widening
of the breach between the president and some
of his party's leaders In. congress, particularly
in the senate. It la worthy of note, however, that
three of the most conspicuous anfl-Wilson dem
ocratic senators Reed, O'Gorman and JJartlno
are with the president fn the present controversy.
Aimed at Omaha
Let the save fall, and atrike for the right.
The man who gives, but never .receives ad
vice, usually needs It most.
' Europe la terribly in earnest about this
war,' says Dr. David Starr Jordan, Who Jsn't?
"Coma on In, boys; the water' fine," ta the
cry of the early bird candidates preening them
selves for tbe city campaign.
It la well to remember, however, that the
first bill in the hopper ia not necessarily the
first law on tbe statute books.
Who is it that decree tight money and re
stricted employment in a country that produces
$10,000,000,000 worth "of farm, etufr in one
year? ',' , . . .
Notice the democratic colons at Lincoln. If
jou want to be boosted in the senator's newa
paper boost for the senator's prohibitlon-of-arms-export
bill. ' - ,
Another place where, the modern , war 'aba-'
enmery seems lo be detective, is in providing an.
adequate relief corps for victims oaught on 'a
sinking battleship. ,'" ' '-
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Now England proposes to arbitrate the mat
ter of our shipping rights at sea. Well, relnom
berlng the crse of the' Panama toll' .'question,
can you blame England?.' .' .'.
On the ground -of amall favors gratefully re
ceived, American poets may accept the British
writer's compliment that 'the, best war; poetry,
has been written in the United States.
Another twist Is to be taken by the city to
mark the boundaries of the electric lighting
franchise. But what has that to do with getting
lower ratea for electric light right now?
The supreme court'a action In the Leo Frank
case by implication enunciates a principle which
lower courts ahould follow, and that la that hu
man rights supersede legal technicalities every
time.
Kven if the street car company has" been
taking In fewer nickels, there if still the com
pensation that walking Is a moat healthful ex
ercise, and It is too bad more people do not get
tbe habit.
With our newly elected business School
board In complete and unimpeded control of
the affairs of our public schools, retrenchment
and reform will soon be either the real thing
or a dissolving view.
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A strike among the men employed in ruttiur
for tiny ft Kltch today took on a epectacular aspect
About eeventy-fire men In the san demanded SI
a day. and ploVed up etragglere unlit the numtwr
reached 1.0 men. while they marched along up th
liver to set other Ice rultera to Juln them.
The J'lattJeutach. r Verela' haa oraanUed a die.
matic aectlon with J. V. V. fkhnell. pre.ldent; V.
liam Itudeck. wretary; U llueppler. treasurer, anl
W. P. tstoecker, etase ntatiaser.
The county treaauicr and county aurveyor have
taken up Aiuartors In the new county court houae
TJ.e office, for County Olerk tavtt are not qjlte
ready.
Utile liertle WHkU.. the nephew of W. 11 Wil
kin.. la lying eertouely n, nU homf OB KoTth
Nineteenth atrset.
lr. U M. nheem of the A. D. T. company sa-
tlie twenty-aeveo mcwseDcera a Nw Tear V treat In
the form of aa oyster auoper at the reetaura-it of J
It Getiy
James B. Crrtghtow. proudly anorta a sloaey beaver
won on an election U-t fitm aa unlucky republican.
The poniKrs for the clarity ball bava Invited the
follow isc women to act aa a reception committee:
MredatiM-a J. K. M. Tatik k. Jlerman Kountae, J. .
I'addiH-k, J. I. Ilawkina. Jamea K. Uoyd. J. M. Wool
woilli. B. H. H. ftark, Guy C. lUrton. A. J. I'opple
' llillard. T. ii. Cumings and M. Uo.illttle..
ontrlbiuloiie lo the Child's hoapltal during De
cni:l.cr are acknoH Iruied. oini l.ig hem being a do
l atua of l;t f,, urn. tnry Anne Dgvl.n of New
Spirit of Wholesome Eivalry.
The Hee recently referred to base ball, foot
ball, golf and other popular outdoor games as
the safety valves of our strenuous American
life. Since then It appears that 25,000.000
Americans' last ' year derived personal advan
tages from these safety valves; that is, accord
ing to reliable figures, 23,000,000, or one
fourth or our population, attended and partici
pated In some or several of these popular pa
tlir.es. Who will say that we are not a bigger, bel
ter race for It? To get at a clearer apprecia
tion of the value of these sports and games
upon our national life let us imagine their elim
Ination. What would we do for the impulse
they offer to the spirit of wholesome rivalry,
not to speak of their positive rest and exhilara
tion on mind and body? The' good sportsman
is usually a pretty good sort of fellow wherever
you place hlpi.. He generally makes a good
loser and no one is worth much in this life,
whatever character of competition he has. to
deal with and all must deal with some aort
unless he knows, how to lose For life is not
ordered entirely on , the "flowery-bed-of-ease"
plan, f
Incidentally, 19H, which gave the 'United
States Us greatest farm output, achieves new
fame for this other record of being the' best,
sport year In our histbry.
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A Peace Treaty Buffer.
Those bellicose Jingoes who are afraid of
-war between the United States and England
over the commerce matter aeem to forget that
one of Mr. Bryan'a -"breathing' spell" treaties
precludeaWh precipitancy. The demanda which
the United Slates has made upon Great Britain
for fair treatment nf A TmsTfi tn re AnniMaaa. .Ill
.be respected: they wllt.brtng an amicable adjust-
mem, putrtney did not, th two countries only
a;. few weeka ago , bound tUemselvea by treaty
notto go tp war-in any circumstance until
.the issue has been thought over for a year. If
these treatlea aro what they are cracked up to
be, then we are estopped from any 'form of
belligerency for a good twelve months, in which
time a way around the" difficulty certainly' will
be found.
But, seriously, no cool-headed American nor
Englishman, is thinking about.war as the result
of this dispute. The United States is simply
demanding ; its right, and England haa thus
far indicated no intention to withhold
them. Furthermore we are able to support
and demonstrate our position to England by
its own precedents, established during the Boer
war and later the Russo-Japanese war, when
England , warned Russia against unfair inter
ference wUh British commerce In terms almost
Identical with those contained in the present
American note.
Prohibition in the Colleges. ,
The recent convention of tho Prohibition In
tercollegiate association, which brought together
at Topeka large numbera of( students from nu
meroua colleges, welled up to a high pitch of
enthusiasm for the fight against Demon Itum
furnishes a striking exhibit of the quality of
headwork being done by some of the dry forces
over the country, Even the liquor interests,
themselves, muet have been Impressed by it.
The advantage of rooting any such propaganda
In the soil of college life, where young men and
women, too, are naturally inclined toward ethi
cal and idealistic vlewa. is not debatable. The
prohibitionists displayed rare tact and atrategy
when they launched this college campaign
which too on a strong Impulse at 4he time Mr.
Bryan got most of the students of the Michigan
university to take the abstinence pledge wtlh
him. And Mr. Bryan continues among the per
suasive speakers who drop in on these students'
conventions, keeping close to the young men
and womea who are to make and mould public
sentiment In a feV years to come. Thla la only
one of numerous ways in which the present-day
rade of a few yeara ago. who reljed chiefly on
. vu na ui iao uquor irarric and as
serting demand for prohibitory laws on theory
that temperance can be legislated into men from
the ouUlde.
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Governor West of Oregon has named a
woman to fill a vacancy as state aenatbr. who,
by the way, if seated, will be the representative
from Douglaa county, and the first woman to
serve in that capacity. Any significance for Ne
braska In that coincidence of county name?
larly upholding his commercial rights.
The new bqok entitled "Amaiing Uraee"
refers to a typical American self-willed girl, not
a piodigy in spiritual virtue.
Norfolk Newa: The Omaha morning papers are
tieually able to agree on the weather. On other
questions they are not likely to find common ground.
When, therefore, they are both agreed that the offl
of coroner la a ueecM one and ouht to he abolishe.'.
In the Interests of economy, the mutter la worthy of
careful atudy. The coroner waa orialnatly an offltwr
of the crown and hi dutlce hav- varied greatly In
modem times. Jt l urged that Inqoeata Into aua-Pl'-lotis
deaths might aa well be made tmmedlale'y
by the prosecuting authorities, thua aavlng the fees
of the coroner and the expense of his Jury, gevernl
tatea have already abolished the office.
F,oup City Northwestern: Billy Hunday. the evan
gelist, cloaed his meetings at Dea Moines last 8unday
with Ifl.fOa pereons converted from the error of thlr
ays. Sunday etlll cojJtlnuoa fo he the i Kteatest
rcjloloiia drapnet among the evangelist ever.- Tec
pie ai0 huey wondering what wilt happen when ho
trie bla hand on Omaha, the g eatest of unconverted
cities, or the west.
Grand island Independent: The campaign for
municipal Denting plant In Omaha Is on. There la
little doubt about th- result. The votcra aro finding
out how such cltleg as Mncoln. Uaetlnm and Grnnd
Island have secured lower ratea tor electric lighting
than Omaha, with all of the letter's advantage In
larger cotiaumption end neceaserlly clteaper produc
tion. And they are qt lie apt to adopt the same .system.
McCoolt Tribune: .Sunday' Ilea contained a fine
Illustration of the champion high achool foot ltli
team of southwest Ncbraska-the McCook High, to
gether with Irrefutable data setting forth It claim to
the title.
. Norfolk Tress: Jerry Howard, leglalator for
Houth Omaha, says he Is hlown boa and that I.e.'
not going to Mneoln wearing any man'a collar but
that he will flfiht for three bllla. a minimum wage,
woman auffra,ge and the consolidation of Omaha ?ud
lta ruburbs. Here's aucceea to you. Jerry, we need
men of your type down there.
Grand Island Independent: It ia aald that "Doc"
Tanner, the South Omaha editor, has moved Ma resi
dence to Omaha- The annexation of., the rest of th
packing suburb oucbt to be easy.
Hastings Republican: If Omaha la wise it will get
bi-ty and see that there la not only proper water
power legislation, but Its citixens will likewlae get
busy In promoting the completion of one or ecvural
of the proposed power producing- plants on nearby
rivers, to supply electric power for that metropolis
aa well as for other towna and cities In that portion
of the atate. Here ts ail opportunity for Omaha to
I.oa AngeJlce northeaatern Nebraska In the way of
becoming a great, inteiurban center.
Kearney Democrat: Emphatic endorsement ought
to come from home. Omaha does not appear to be
very strongly behind Mr. Hitchcock In hla afforts to
prohibit shipments of war material to tbe warring
nations. Laat week . the, Omaha smelting works
shipped UXio tons of lead to the European allies from
which to make bullets. Mr. Hitchcock ahould get
Omaha into line and atop such monkey bualneaa cr
hla opponents will be pointing with pride to hla home
town. . ,
Fremont Tribune: An Omaba man, speaking be
fore the Real Estate exchange of that city, said If
interurban rotfds were built it would hetp bring a rtal
eatate boom. But the foreign war. and the growing
uae pt automobiles make Interurban roada more and
more improbable for Nebraska. The SrtO.MO.000 the
people of Nebraska have Invested In autos has bought
something that Is a good substitute for Interurban.
Hastings Republican idem.): Mayor Jim Dabl'man'
is not of the kind to loae alght of other good thlnga
In sight He had no sootier become convinced of tlio
hopetesaneee of an amicable agreement between Sena
tor, Hitchcock and Secretary Bryan over who should
be who, as 16 the, appointment for internal revenue
eoUeetor, than be made public announcement be
would seek re-election mayor of Omaha. It Is a
little amaiing to democrats out over the state why
Hitchcock la not willing to permit the aj.polntment to
go to Jim,. but It la evident that he Is not. 1
Twice Told Talcs
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He Had to Stay.
There Is a government official at Washington
whoa entertelnmonte are rather dull, -but who hlm
elf poaaeasea a sense of humor.
One evening he was leaning agalnat a wall for a
few mlautca refreshment and surveying the throni;
of guest gathered at his wife's bidding, when a
talkative young man stepped up to hlm
, "Pretty alow, eh?" volunteered the lively youth.,
"I wonder If the parties these people give are never
any llvller than thla."
"Never," said th unrecognised hot promptly.
Then I shall go away." aald the youth. i
"Lucky dog." aald the host, with a grin. Tiif
obliged to stay." ,
There muet havt been something In his tone thai
enlightened th yoLth. for th latter flushed anl
began te stammer kits apologies. But bis host held
out his hand la most friendly fashion to his India
rreet guest,
"Tom can ge wl'.h a clear conscience," aald hei
pleasantly, "for you've given me th only amusement
I've had thla venlng." New Yrk Times.
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Tk Lerel Needed llel,
A certain -preacher. In en of th southern-atate,
waa preaching away on Sunday night, when a fir
alarm broke th gttentlv stillness of the sanctuary.
"Sit still!" b ertod to his disturbed congregation.
"If there is a fire th Lord will take care of His own
and not let anything happen that shouldn't."
Just then two children, who had slapped outside."
ahrteked:
"Oh, It'a the parsonage! It's the parsonage!"
Without a word of farewell that preacher mad
a wild bound from tie pulpit and struck out for hla
burning residence. i
"They ts times, U seems." aald a lean member of
the congregation, "when th' Lord aoeda he'p." Na
tional Monthly. , ' "
People and Events
Fearing that Ireland might claim Und Kitchener
. , , ,. " """" l Present-aay aa it own. English iavestlgatora put out a atatement
dry cruaader Is "puttiag.lt all over" hi. com- showing hi. ance.trai hom. f be In Uke.i.:"
rade Of a few veara mm l. . i - - v . I a,,re..iu .-.. in. u . - ..... k . ...
........ . . i 1 1 1 oapp-nea lu oe ftia.
Ireland, when th
tluned In th "Kingdom of Kerry,'
stork Tew In.
Precious few people, out of their own experience,
fashion a good word for rheumatism. Mr. Kauai
Hchnltser f Chicago 1 on of the few. Her "rhi.il
matli." a twenty-year eompenlun. got unusually busy
on Chrtstraaa) night and kept her awak so well
that an discovered a fir on th premiaea and gave
th alarm In time te aav the occupanta, gome twelve
In number. '
Tile moat welcome Chrtstmaa. bag that rolled Into
the Indiana atate boua sine Tom Mara hall waa kit
w aa a fee of tous.Oje for filing th oonaoJUation papers
of th New York Central aad l.ak Shore rallroa.'a.
laat week. At th time th Slat each boa waa empty
and a deficit shadowed tke Joy of the chair warmer.
The railroad Santa Claua transformed gloom lntj
radta'at optimism. . '
Those London papers criticising the Wll
aonlan diction re respectfully referred to' cer
tain Identical eUtcmeuta, if tot language one
used by Mr: j; Bull in a aote to Russia alml-' lin hundred-to-n shot that fker win b a
l.rl. .mhnMtn. Ki- .... umber of swell load take n in New York
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. imxigo in iwntr 01 in new year, tteaervailoes
In Chicago holela and cafes already number IS Oil,
with abating room for :&.& persona, la New York
tht lid goea off for all night, nd 1T7 special licence
have been taaued for placee which will rater to tj
overflow from regular boosciie.
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Ktoae Tkroelst and .la II
SCOTT'S HLUKK, Neb., Jan. t.-to th
Kdltor of The Hee: la reply to tho
'heavy artllh-ril." recently trained on
Bcott a Hluff through tho Lettcrhog f
The Bee, I teg ppace to say there Is
only one Ijiand of the explosives fired
that Is worthy of mention. Uermony
searched tho world In vain for an ally
In her rautelee struggle, She tried to
force Italy t dn her In ier unrighteous
slaughter, but failed. Finally she Induced
the most barbarous and degraded nation
on earth to espouse her cause and n w
the "bjody Turk'" haa proclaimed a re
llgloi' war to Incite the ' superstitious
Turk to murder. What Ireny then to
criticise the allies for making an al
liance ,w!th Japan, the most pregrrsslve
people of th orient. People who live In
glass houses shouldn't throw stones. The
moral sentiment of th t-lvlllicd world Is
avalnst Oermany, beatise she waa the
aKsreasnr and Is 'wrong and must even
tually euffer the retribution ah Justly
deaerves.
True American rltlsVn should not up
hold, tl-se kaiser and Hy war party In
thrlr dlsplcabl methodslof driving the
frower of the Oerman nation Into the
slaughter pen Ilk cattle. y
j. v. wkbrioht.
Sorlallat View of CommlaaiXi Plaa.
OMAHA. Jan. 4. To the Editor W The
Hcc: The article by E. H. cappedcom-.
mission Plan a Failure ?" vindicated so
far aa he condemns the commission
of city government, the position t
by the socialist In opposing the comm
sion form when this question was up (
consideration of the voters. We- claimed
it made no difference wk.lh.i. t Haw
called reunrllmen or commissioners, the
results would be the same.
This Is meant as no reflection on the
character of any of our commissioners,
but to call your attention to the fact
that capitalism 1 breaking down and
these experiment in government forms
do not fill th bill. Our present commis
sioner are simply victims of th system,
the asm a any other public official ts,
no matter what position he fills nor what
they call him.
The commission plan was established
primarily for the purpose of shutting the
oung giant, aoclalism, off the ballot,
but It haa railed In everything that was
claimed for It, and Its successor, the city
manager plan, will receive th same fate.
Mak your municipal officers your
servants Instead of your master by put
ting ever their heads an operative recall,
and make those servants do your bidding
by having an operative Initiative and
referendum law, and then elect social
ists to the Jobs, ' and than you will gee
something different.
JESSE T. BRILLHART.
Ml Farnsm Street.
Weatern Manser Little Careless.
OMAHA, Jsn. .-To th Editor of Tie
Bee: I made quit a hit with aom ast
ern people by remarking that western
people are Just a little careless In their
manner. One lady '.n the party quite
agreed with roe, and said that she did
not want to say t -for fear of offending
me and "Zeb ".. (my sonr but, really
alnce. I had admitted It, and aa we were
good friends, she thought that, most of
the young folks are Just a little lacking
In politeness.
At. the petty that "Ker." and 1 attended
th other night, for Inst a ace, one ef your
flnat young men ran arrosa the floor,
and skated up to me, nd asked me to
dano Ilk this: ','WouW yeu ilk to dance
thla tm with me? 'el would hav mad
aom wxotiae, but "Zeb" saved the day by
nodding t me that it was all right. I
found hlro to b a delightful' dancer and
very Interesting, .also that ft wa a
cashier th a bank. When our dance was
finished, be did not thank m for It. but
saUl, "Ge, kid, but yon'r some dancer.
We must have anotlier soon. Goodbye
for thirty minutes." His thirty minute
wer three times thirty, for h did not
get back until next to Mi last dance. He
wanted to know If I did th "bear" or
"turkey trot." I told his "No. I never
liked those ronph dances." "Gee."' be
said. "I think they re the finest ever,
hut some of the old fogies won't stand
for 1t, so he had to cut it out."
Ktlutiet '.has alwaya been one 'ot
"Zeb '' hobbies. I used to think he wss
a crank about good manners, but when
we travel In th eastern states. I ee
that he is only on of us westerners who
Is living twenty-five year ahead of the
timea. I have not th least notion of
finding fault with our western people,
for there's none better than w sre when
it cornea to the real teat, but we lack
polish back east tby call It bad. ered-lng-but
it Isn't that for wo age thor
eughhred. and for that reason we should
be Just a careful with our manners aa
we are with our dress. Som . on ia
always watciilng ua. and ' ia going to
form some kind of au opinion. I meet
men every day who do not thank you if
yoii open a door for them, or hand them
the drinking cup, or any little favor. If
they do, It' mere ortme at thanks
Jui kind of a grunt. They will reach
arroas th table In front of you. and not
eay "Kxrus mo," and they are people
who know better, but have Just l.ecora
eareles and don't car, and t evn hear
them mak light ot Dome polished gentle
men. Jt aeems that we get a grouch at
time, and all get it at the earn time.
1 got on he train '.he other day feel
ing at peace wth th world, a good feel
ing for all fellow men. The train was well
filled, snd in view of the fact that some
of the passenger wer occupying two
and three 'seats. I iol on that t might
take one of them. I got one ct tho
zero took, and right away felt that "1
did not want to -sit by such a man. Then
there' another kind of a man that I
have not a good feo'inc for: the other
day a refined looking man crowded a
omanand tao amall children to on
aid and passed ahead of them: he then
bumped into nv and almost, knocked
the breath out of mq. and never said
fc-'xctiB me" or let on that he bad done
thing. I not Wed that b maJr t e aero
man Sive up one of hi seals, a ad heard
them quarreling about it. I we -it Into
the next car. There were two women,
and an o'i man. and a young fellow I
had seea in several town In whitn' I
had stopped. Hu waa .reclining In hi
chair with his feet In th opposite aeaL
I Vok to him aa- I prepared to tit acroea
th a is la, and !d. ")ou.eem to b
taking It ry." -
"V," .fee replied.- "auti-t-4oo't want
te be disturbed, cither.'" ' '
'I was mad; tber warnt any on then
I had a good feeling for. I felt that t
would Just like to teUaom on what I
thought of them. I waa ooMnad that I
would not hand th conductor my ticket,
but mad him take It ut of my bat 1
tried to give him one ot tho mean look,
but he aald, "You're getting te be quit
a -eady euetonier on thla linev"
"Yes," I said, feeling that pis ybe sum
en ws In gnod' humor." Then he letan
tsiking to me about tome business pre-ro-sltlon
he had been figuring on. and 1
found be had taken me for another, and
-when I Informed him of his mliak the
temperature went dewn again
If we have something to sea, er, the
saying used to be. "n ax to grind,"
we ran he pollt enot.gh, and that show
It Is ' Just ctreleasnese. ' So, let tis all
get th Jolly, happy tpltlt and be more
polite. , Wi may hare to prftend some
times, but, eve It we do. It's better for
us all. S. Z. LANDOM.
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SMILINO REMARKS.
Editorial.Viewpoint
Pltttrnjrgh Dispatch: Mr. Winston
Churchill' application of th name "baby.
killers" to the naval Germans who
alrVrd the English coast Is nt a com
plete explanation of the fact that the
multlturlinoas British ; navy wts wholly
absent from the brilliant opportunity to
Jurn th rsd Into a naval defeat.
. PMIsdelphia Record:, The poeta are
tight. It Is the women who bear the
'brunt of war. The msn who fight may
die- in the trenches or' lose a leg an5 get
a. pension, but the woman left at home
must make her way s best she can
without th aid Of msl Support, be she
mother, wife or sister. ,. .
ftrooklyn Esgle: The sworn report
of cr,ipslgn expenditure of candidates
Sot United States senator at the last
election Indicate that If all the senators
wer elected at ciico such expenditures
wouH amount to II. 34,000, And the plain,
everyday, taxpaylng cltlsen may very
well doubt whether the aenate Is worth It.
Springfield Republican: If the president
and the senate should make war on each
other because of nominations to office,
th president shouli not neglect that 1m-
ftant element of preparedneoa consist
of good nominations on which to rest
case before Ithe Country. Thaddeus
vens, fifty year ago.- could cynically
, "Which I our damned 'rcl?' " but
this Jsn't fifty years ago. -
"Tou knew that strong drink nint.es a
msn tslkstlve.'-
"Yes." replied the .-tatremAn who ha'l
been listening to l-ee. lies. "Hut so ilur-.
prohibition." Baltimore American.
First Chauffeur-Who wss that feller
yeu ran over? ,
Secoml Ditto I gue It must o been
th' glass eater t.hi vodyvllle theater
took st thst tire! t'levi land Flnln
Ieaer
The A nary One For two cents I d
knock your bio. k off!
1 The Cnlm One Well, you won t g'l
your working capital from me. Boston
Transcript. '
"Business Is readjusting itself, but
along new lines."
"How so?"
"A toreipn noblewoman hH Just mar
ried an American millionaire. "Puck.
Th Sultan-l want to' speak with you
about the light of the harem.
CJraml Vlaler-The tcautifu! Fatlma?
The Sultan No: the gas bills. They're
getting too goldarned high. Philadelphia
Ledger. ,
"You can't pet wine here. sir. This
place Is dry."
"Well, all 1 want is something extra
dry." Indianapol's News.
S . OUR BABY.
Bnhv came J;st for a visit,
Csme to brighten en cur life.
Fringing with her floods of sunshine,
To denote onr esrthly stiife.
To divert our earthly snr.c.
To a higher, brighter p:ico.
Thanks. Oh. Lord, for every hour
You let Esther linger here, .
Thanks for cverv tear slid sorrow
When her end was i1iolng near.
For Thv arace to lot her. come.
As our daughter in our homo.
L"rd In grace, be with Thy children,
Help us through this weary day.
Let us feel Thy very preserice
When her body s laid nway.
Let us foel. It wss Thy will
That our baby llrs so still. '
When our dtivs forever Vanish
And the night will come no more.
Lord, wo pray that" we msy meet her
Happy on the other shore.
Fntll then, we shall nh'dc,
Inlng, waiting, by Thy aide.,
Omaha. AG N ETA JOHNSON.
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FLORENCE
is to be given next and,
believe me she is a very
pretty dolly. She haa
such sweet' v winning
ways that we would like
" to have her go to some .
little girl that didn't get
a' doll for Xmas. She
would make that littlo
girl bo happy. j
Put on your thinking !
caps little Busy Bees,
and ecc if vou cannot re
member some such little
girl, and try to make
her happy by collecting
a few pictures to help.
' her win Florence.
Florence will be given
free to the little girl un
der 12 years of age that ,
brings or mails us tae
largest number of dolls'
pictures cut out ot the
Daily and Sunday Bee
before 4 p. m. Saturday,
January 9.
Florence pictureK vli !
Ie in Tho Bee every day -"
this week. Cut them cut, ;
and ask yuur friends -to save tbe pictures in their paper
for yon too. See how many pictures of Florence you can
got, and be sure to turn them in to The Bee office before
4 p. m Saturday, January 9. , - ,
You Can See Florence at the Bee' Office
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Tlie picture of the S!cl will JUj in
Tho Bee even day this we.k. y
Cut them all out and '
ask yortr friends to save S
the pictures in their pa -
per for you, too. Seo
how many pictures you :
ea get and bring them
to Tlie Beo office. .
Thfrsled will be given
Free to" the boy that
fiends us tho ruott pic
tures before i p. ra. Hat
imlay, January 0, ... ,
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