* Vote! It's Your Privilege and Your Duty
Startling Disclosures of Effect of the Stay-at-Home Vote on the Government of
the United States Shown by Election Figures of,Representative States.
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Figures that reveal how the
American government la founded
upon minority vote. I’nited States
senators elerted In 1912, some of
them by unusually large plurali
ties. were in almost every case
chosen by a minority of the vote
east, and the vote east was In
| many eases a minority of the total
I possible vote.
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1. Arliona—Senator Ashnrat.
Total rotes .tin.sis
Votes east . HI.OHO—13%
totes for winners . 89,722—28%
t. California—Senator Johnson.
Total voters .1.828.217
Votes east .. 907,900—17%
totes for winner . 394,422—29%
3. Connecticut—Senator MrI.enn.
Total voters .n.tti.394
Votes east ..322,901—51%
Votes for winner . 189,524—*7%
4. Delaware—Senator Bsvnnl.
Total voters .120,233
Votrs cast . 74,381— SS%
Votes for winner . 37,304—307,
5. Florida—Senator Trammell.
Total voters .308,600
Votes east . fti.781—10%,
Votes for winner . 43,781— 97c
9. Indians—Senator Walston.
Total voters .. 1,702,852
Votes cast .1.082,727—94%
Votta for winner . 538,168—.73%
7. Iowa—Senator Brookliart.
Total voter* .1.567.212
Vote* east 617,584—45%
Vote* for winner . 380,751—20%
8. Maine—Senator >'ale.
Total voter* . 421.094
Vote* east 175,680—12%
lute* for winner . 101,020—24%
ft. Mar.vlnnd—Senator Bniee.
Total voter* 817,754
\‘ot«* east .305,016—57%
Vote* for winner 160.047—20%
10. Mafl*aeliUNett*—Senator I/odge.
Total voter* ... . .1,855,250
^ ote* ra*t . 870.118—47%
5 ote* for winner. 414,130—22%
11. Mieliigun—Senator Ferri*.
Total vote* .1,881,597
Vote* east . 582.900—31%
Vote* for winner 204,032—16%
12 Minnesota—Senator Sliipstead.
Total voter* . 1.237,203
5 ote* rant . 090,824—56%
Vote* for winner 325,372—26%
1.‘ Mississippi—Senator Stephen*.
Total voter* ..872,094
\ote* east . 68.544— 8%
Vote* for winner . 03.639— 7%
I ! Missouri—Senator Reed.
Total voter* .1.969.080
V ote* east . 970.362—50%
\ ote* for winner . 506,264—20%
13. Montana—Senator Wheeler.
Total voter* .289.831
Vote* east .158.737—55%
Vote* for winner . 88,205—30%
16. Nebraska—“Senator Howell.
Total voters ..686,347
Votes east .387.691—56%
3 otes for winner .320,850—32%
17. Nevada—Senator Pittman.
Total voters . 43,419
Yotes east . 28,871—66%,
Yotes for winner. . . .18,300—12%,
18. New Jersey—Senator Fdwanl*.
Total voters .1,525,190
Total votes east.814,531—66%
Votes for winner . 451,832—88%
19. New Mexico—Senator Jones.
Total voters . 168,603
Votes east . —65%
Y otes for winner . 60,969—36%
3(1. %ew York—Senator Copeland.
Total voters .5,108,545
Votes east .2,576.781—50%,
Yotes for winner . 1,276.667—25%
21. North Dakota—Senator Frasier.
Total voters .292,830
Yotes east .163.776—66%,
Yotes for winners.101,312—35%
32. Ohio—Senator Fess.
Total voters.686.347
Yotes east . 387.691—56%
Yotes for winner. ... 220,350—82%
23. Pennsylvania—Senators Keed-l’epper.
Total votes .4.826,734
Y otes east.1.412,485—33%
Yotes for Heed. 803.146—18%
Yotes for Pepper....... 819,507—19%
24. Khode Island—Senator Gerry.
Total voters . 288,560
Votes east . 158,889—55%
Votes for winner. 82,889—39%
43. Tenne**e—Senator MeKellar.
Tofu! voter*.1.408,410
Vote* cast . 444,743—18%
V ote* for w inner. 151.543—13%
46. Te\a*—Senator Mayfield.
Total voter*.4.433.834
Vote* rant . 593.004—18%
Vote* for winner*. 104,460—14%
47. 1 fall—Senator King.
Total voter*. 207.144
Vote* ra*t . 140,812—38%
Vote* for winner.. . 58,749—48%
48 V irginla—Senator Swanson.
Total voter*.1,136.700
Vote* east . 1 ft 1,948—14%
Vote* for winner. 115,360—10%
49 Vermont—Senator Clreene.
Total voter*.198.613
Vote* east . 09,044—33%,
Vote* for winner. 47,669—44%
30. VV HMliington—Senator Dill.
Total voter*.746,938
Vote* east .294,469—33%
Vote* for winner.139,347—17%
31. Went Virginia—Senator Neely.
Total voter*.710.844
Vote* iH*t 388,794—23%
Vote* for winner .198.853—28%
34. Wl*eon*in—Senator La Follette.
Total voter*.1,341.981
Vote. gii| 470,448—88%
Vote* for winner. 379,494—48%
33. Wyoming—Senator Kendriek.
Total voter*.103.479
Vote* east . 64,973—61%
Vote* for winner. 35.784—85%
tsy niUi M. MAI TIN.
Tt required more than three years to secure the requisite two thirds of
the 13 colonies to ratify the constitution. In those days, and for a century
«nd a quarter thereafter, the people were very jealous of their lights.
The colonies were loath to yield any of their claimed lights to a central
government. The union was not made possible until it was clearly under
l stood and agreed that the constitution Itself was a grant of power to the
federal government, and that all rights not thus expressly granted were
reserved to the Individual states.
There are five postulates In the preamble to the constitution, and In
them is clearly set forth the Vurpose of the whole instrument. These
five are:
To form a more perfect union.
To establish Justice.
To Insure domestic tranquility.
To provide for the common defense.
To secure the blessings of liberty.
Delaware was the first to ratify, March IT, 17s7. ami the ratification
was unanimous. Rhode Island, the last to ratify. May 29, 1790, ratified by
a vote of 34 to 32. New York ratified by a vote of 30 to 28.
In March, 1789, the constitution was declared to be In full force and
effect. The first 10 amendments to the constitution, popularly known ns
“the bill of rights,” were adopted In December, 1791, and the 11th and 12th
amendments were not adopted until January, 1798 and September, 1804,
respectively. The latter amendment provided the present method of electing
the president and vice president.
It was 61 years, or in 1865, before the constitution was again amended.
The 13th amendment was then added, abolishing slavery. Three years later
the 14th amendment was adopted. It being an additional bill of rights, pro
vided for congressional representation to include persons formerly in slavery.
It denied the right to hold any civil or military office to all who had en
gaged In insurrection or rebellion, unless disability be removed by two-thirds
vote of congress.
In March, 1870, the 15th amendment, enfranchising the negro, was
idopted. It was 43 years ere another amendment was adopted, the 16th being
:he Income tax amendment. Three months later the 17th amendmebt, pro
viding for the election of senators by direct vote, was adopted. The 18th
amendment, establiehlng prohibition, was adopted in January. 1919. In
August, 1920, the 19th, or equal suffrage amendment, became a part of tbe
fundamental law of the land.
After the adoption of the first 10 amendments it required 72 years to
secure the next five amendments, but the last five amendments thereto
were made within seven yars.
All this Is set down, as briefly as possible for the purpose of calling at
tentlon to facts that should be of Intense interest to every citizen who
prizes citizenship.
For the first 120 years of the republic's history responsible party gov
ernment was the accepted rule, and citizens exercised the right of franchise
because they realized in It the most forceful weapon against dishonestly
ind Incompetency in government. Washington. In his letters m I.afayette,
bad warned against the coming of time when the people should grow' care
less and no longer take an active part in government. While no definite
date can be fixed upon, it is within the bounds of safety to say that the
jeriod, against which Washington warned, arrived about 1910. Trior to
hat approximate time, the voters grew intensely Interested In every po
litical campaign. Rallies were enthusiastic. Campaign orators were listened
to with attention. Loyalty to principles as outlined in party platforms was
the rule. But about that time interest in politics began dying out, the people
grew more and more Indifferent towards the franchise. Government by blocs
began to rule.
Innovations Inimical to party responsibility became popular under the
guise of reform. Real interest In the fundamental fact that this is a republic,
a representative government, died out as the shibboleth of "let the people
rule" became increasingly popular. As the people began receiving what they
clamored for. their Interest In government decreased, until at th congres
sional election of 1922 there was cast only 45.5 per cent of the possible
vote of the republic. In that election 33 t'nited States senators were elected
by onlv 25 per cent of tbe votes cast. In Nebraska, witb a possible vote
of 686,347, only 387,691 citizens went to toe polls. Senator Howell, who was
elected hy tbe greatest majority ever given a candidate In tbe history of the
slate, except Wilson in 1916, Is senator by vfc-tue of only 32 per cent of
the possible vote. Charles W. Bryan, elected governor that same year
by the greatest majority ever given a candidate for that high office, Is
now governor by virtue of less than 32 per cent of tbe possible vote.
What is true of the indifference of Nebraska citizens Is true in greater
or less measure in every state In tbe union. Yet never was there a time
when there was more of complaint, more of clamor, more of denunciation
of politics and politician*. But the people who make the loudest coin
plaints are those who fall, neglect or refuse to exercise the greatest right
ever conferred upon the pot-pie of any country—the right to vote and to
determine by their votes who shall represent them and what governmental
policies shall be adopted and enforced.
In no other country where the franchise is exercised Is the franchise
so little thought of and so little exercised us in the United States In 1920,
with upwards of 50,000,000 men and women eligible to the vote, only 26,000,
000 went to the polls. In 1922 that number had dwindled to 20,000,000. In
the last parliamentary election In Great Britain, where equal suffrage pre
vails, 82 per cent of the possible electorate voted, while In equal suffrage
Germany, 89 per cent of the possible vote was cast. ,
It Is high time for honest and patriotic citizens to pause and ponder
over the lamentable fact that In the momentous election of 1922 less than
half the voters exercised the right of franchise for which their forebears
fought and bled and died. It Is high time they pondered over the fact that
the period against which Washington warned with all his emphasis and
statesmanlike wisdom, has come upon us. Washington declared that the
constitution would endure "as long as there remains any virtue in the body
of the people.” By that he clearly meant that the perpeulty of this re
public depended wholly upon the political capacity of the Individual citizen.!
lie spoke of the danger of "listlessness for the preservation of the natural
and inalienable rights of the people," and If the Interest shown by more
than 50 per cent of the American people Is a safe standard of Judgment, then
the danger of which Washington warned Is here and now.
Indifference towards the franchise Is responsible for the repeated as
saults upon the constitution. It Is responsible for the constant perversion
of the Ideas of government outlined by the fathers. It Is responsible for the
demand that a mere act of congress may nullify the constitution Itself. A
quarter of a century ago amending the constitution, virtually nullifying It
by congressional action, would have been unthinkable. Yet today, because
of the Indifference of the people tow'ards their right to vote, a class of nulli
flees, no less dangerous than those represented by John C. Calhoun, even
if far less Intelligent, demand that the constitution, framed by the wisdom
of men who made the colonies free by their sacrifices, shall he amended when
<ver a congress, swayed by prejudice or religious Intolerance, may so will
If such a nullification of the constitution Is accomplished It will not he be
cause of the number of votes that are cast in favor of It, but berause of the
indifference of a majority of the people In the matter of protecting their
lights.
It Is this Indifference of the people towards their right of franchise i
that is the greatest menace to the perpetuity of this republic. The danger
of foreign entanglements, against which Washington warned, are as noth
ing compared with the danger to popular government, against which he,
also warned ns, that lies In the neglect of the franchise by the majority. I
It Is this neglect that gives the revolutionist, the waver of the red flag ,
of socialism and anarchy, the corruptionist, the selfish schemer for power
and plate, their golden opportunity. And It may he depended upon thst
such are always at the polls upon election day to exercise their right to vote.
In this campaign the question of tariff, of governmental economy, of
honesty In government, Important as they are, are secondary In Importance
to the great question of whether the people are worthy of self-government
and Interested enough in their own political welfare to prove themselves
worthy.
One has but to study the subjoined chart to realize the grave menace
to popular government that lies In this growing indifference on the part of |
the people. It is this Indifference that is responsible for corrupt men In
office, for assaults upon the constitution, for deliberate attempts to destroy
representative government as outlined by the fathers, and for the growing
discontent with existing conditions.
No citizen who falls to exercise his right of franchise has a moral
right to complain of mlsgovernment. If this indifference Increases much'
beyond the present point, then tyranny will rule America, and In that 1
unhappy event America will deserve It.
Is liberty so cheap a thing that we cannot find time to protect It? |
Is good government so worthless that we leave it to others to play with,
to despoil, even to tear down—arid ail because we will not take the trouble
*o \ote?
Have we gone utterly to sleep In this great land of ours?
Must elections be organized as a circus Is organized, In order to bring
Voters to the polls?
There Is no election circus tlds year. It Is the responslhllty of each
man, each woman, to vote.
These words are an appeal to all citizens. If they fall, then we will slip
back further Into that state of Indifference that will one day spell our ruin.
If tliev re pond the republic will have shown Itself worthy of Its traditions,
worthy of those who tolled and died that, we might enjoy Its blessings.
f'itlnzens of Nebraska, let us make this year—-THE YEAR OP THE
BIG VOTE!
ABE MARTIN On Jobs to Fit the Fellow
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Prof. Alex Tenney linn gone inf
phychology an' la workin' out "
scheme whereby he kin tell what aort
of a Job, or profosaion, a feller's
fitted fer. He nays th' trouble with
th' world t'day in that too ninny
people are engaged In th' wrong aort
o' work, an’ that too many Important,
offices are filled by fellers who'd bet
ter be plowin', or plumbin', or brick
makln' or runnln' a grocery, or nellln’
'rult trees. Th’ professor nays flier's
employment t’ fit th' peculiarities o’
tver' man or woman an that th
great problem ’ll he V sidetrack th
feller that's holdln' office, or runnln'
far one, or who'* trytn’ f sell tornado
Insurance, and git him t’ mlxln' eon
arete, or runnln' a street car, or doin’
somethin’ ha's cut out t' do. He says
th' economic gain t’ th’ country 'll
I is appallin’ If hie plan* work out.
Th' professor's scheme embraces a
number o' tests. This In on* o' them,
wmm v
AI.Ti 8KT FER TH’Tt>MATI-Ill TK8T
th' reaction test a Teller Is placed
In a. light tourin’ car o’ th' Ineipcn
give *ort an' headed down a residence
street toward a school house at a rate
o' 35 mile* an hour. Th' object It l'
see how quick he kin read a slow
down sign an' translate It mentally
an’ telegraph It l’ Ills foot. An align
lately exact contrivance which can
not be seen record* every second
from th’ time Hi’ warnin' sign looms
up till he puts hi* fool on th' brake
If th’ subject’* mind works fast tt
indicate* that he'd make a capital
cafeteria clerk, an' tf H work* glow
he’<l make an Invaluable feller nt th'
i aahler'* window of a publlo utility.
Another lest Is th' slot machine test.
Th' subject I* given a few nickel* an'
If he wins anything It's a sign he*
lucky an' 'll make a go<*t speculator.
Then (tier's th’ corn shredder test
that lest* out one's accuracy an'
bump o' caution. If th' gllbject sur
t+m VII
viva* * bunch o’ fodder with both
hand* lnta< t, it ah'fw* that he's cap
able o’ foolin’ with a buss anw an’
would make an' O. K. planin' mill
hand. Th' meet ticklish teat ia th*
emotion try out. A dial that men
ure* nfi’ weigh* th' heart lieiit la
arrowed t' th’ arm o' th' virtim an’
connected up with hi* cheat. Then th'
phychologlHt hit* him in the noao
with a ripe tomater, th' object bein'
t' frighten or anger th' Hubject If
poaalbli' f *ee tr he anger* easily.
Whether ho does a good or had Job
o’ angerin’ chow* up Immediately on
th’ little dial an' th* phyehologlat ha*
A workln' clew. If he gits mad an*
excited ca*lly hi* emotion* hip |eat
under th’ akin an’ hod make a poor
dry good* clerk, hut If he'* alow t’
blow up hi* emotions are In hi* *tom
nrh an’ lin'd make * dniuly fireman.
One o' th’ moat ingeniua tr*t* i*
called Ill' chair te*t. A kitchen chair
By J. T. ARMSTRONG.
APPEARANCE: Short of stature
and Inclined to rotundity. Park
brown hhlr anil blue eyes, which
are constantly alert. Favors the
darker shades In choosing material
for his suits and has a liking for Imiw j
neckties. Realsla admirably tile
temptation of wide stripes and chei ks.
Mannerisms: An abruptness of
speech, tempered by a kindliness
which prevents offense peals with
many who aspire to the footlights,
employs soma of them and rejects
the remainder In a manner which j
softens any possible hurt. Laughs
heartily and frequently. Enjoys
twisting the meaning of a common
place remark Into something Over
which to chuckle.
An Jdlosyncracy: A desire to do
elnv modeling which lias persisted
through many years of varied and
arduous duties,
First Job: Office hoy for the City
Asphalt company In Omaha.
Identity: Harry Watts, manager of
the Rialto theater.
an' a large, soft leather hotel chair
are placed 111 a room. Th’ subject Is
taken t’ th' door o' tills room an'
told t' go In an' lake a chair fer a
few momenta while th' phychologlsl
runs across th' street fer some amok
In’ t'lmcker. If th' subject sits down
on the kitchen chair It’d quite rvl
dent he haln't lookin' fer somethin'
soft Ilka smoke Inspector, or census
takln', an' If he lakes 111' big. easy
hotel chnlr ther's no mlslakln' th'
fact that he's Intended fer somethin’
easy an' remunerative, an' If he sets
down In th' hnlrl chair an' puls Ills
feet tin 111' kitchen chnlr It's a never
failin' Indication that lie's a horn rul
er o' men an' would make a palnstak
In' captain o' hell hoi s or » politician
t' he reckoned with
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Give Me the Babbitts!
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By O. O. M’INTYRE.
I have just come from one of those
poetry recitals w here a di earning
man whose facial pallor was height
ened by his big black bow tie recited
one of the deathless creations of his
own making.
The audience was composed of two
after all to do something big. There
Is a man 1 know who has done the
biggest thing In life 1 know about.
lie has never painted a picture, lie
ha* never written verse or a bonk.
He has never been the hope of his
side at polo. He has never led a
cotillion and his name does not ap
“The Babbitts need no apology. They get more out of life than sophisticates
ever ran.”
(lasses—Intelligent folic and myself.
I believe on my side were *a couple
of stage hands, a ticket taker and a
big onion merchant from Bermuda.
Not a line of the poetry was intelligi
ble to me. I muffed every iambic.
But, Great Grief, how the rrowd
applauded.
fine might have thought the Babe
had smacked the peach over the gar
den wall with three on. There are
too many surfeited with the higher
education in New York.
I long for more companionships
wdth what New York calls the Bal
bitts. The Babbitts are the great
majority, and as seen by the intelli
gentsia, they are like so many oys
ters.
And speaking of the Intelligentsia
and higher education, one cnnnot help
but notice that the two most fiendish
murderers of the day were the Phi
eago youths who were continually re
ferred to as “sophisticates," “giant
intellects" and “geniuses."
Harvard Accent Is Required.
It seems silly a man cannot Indulge
in ordinary conversation without he
ing thought a dullard. Sophisticates
sneer at the man who confesses he
was a graduate of the * ’University of
Hard Knocks." They waft a wheeze
about him wearing white socks and a
lodge emblem and point with pride to
their diploma and frat pin.
Babbitts sre the common folk and
for everyday wisdom, hors» sense and
loyalty in friendship, give me the
common mnn. lie may not be up In
all the latest wise.cracks, but he has
a store of knowledge that la much
more worth while.
Sophistry In New York Is composed
of a knowledge of just where the next
poto game Is to be played. I once
saw a polo field but didn't see any
polos In bloom.
The most delightful party I ever at
tended In New York was gt^w* by
a school friend of mine In ills small
Bronx apartment. As success is
counted here he has not amounted to,
much. He Is clerk In a shoe store.
But he has a happy family -a wife
and two children, lie Is earnest and
sincere.
His gneet* weie people In the same
station of life. Young married cou
ples—husbands who clerked and
wives who attended to household
duties. We had a simple repast,
sandwiches and lemonade. Afterward
we played charades and even clap In
and elap out.
And we danced to a talking mo
chine. At 11 AO we were all home
There w sa not a single note of dls
rord. There was no Jealousy about
one wife being dressed better than
lha other. There were no dinner
suits or evening frocks.
Hut You Enjoy YourseW.
It might be commonplace, but It
was pleasant. On the other hand I
have been painfully bored by «ffalr*
that started with the crash of Intel
lectual cymbals—the reading from
foreign plays, highbrowlsh talk about
problem playa and the like.
The discreet Sunday afternoon
cocktail gatherings and the exquisite
ly served suppers In Park avenue
apartments and even the enticing
luncheons at Piping Rock have fallen
to my lot—but the memory of that
old-fashioned party In the little Bronx
flat standi out like a fire In an oil
field.
If one says plainly there ts entirely
too murh drinking during these days
of prohibition be has mad# a com
monplnce remark, lie Is a goof. N’ow
If he rould fashion some nifty about
the morning headache In Is a sophlat!
cate. Do you get the Idea? I don't
either.
My ndthe town. a« the comedian
say*, waa so smsll they hsd to etsnd
the rhubarb on end to keep it In the
city limits. Indeed It was so small
“Abie s Irish Rose" only plsyed there
two weeks Thnt Is perhspa why 1
cannot get the hang of alrv persiflage
In a big city.
I cannot shurk off Main street
husks I am honest when 1 sav I
enjoyed such shows ss “The Million
nlte and the Policeman’s Wife." "Old
Isaac* of the Bowery” and "The
opium Smugglers of Frisco” more
with a few exceptions than the pia.ve
1 see In New York.
I have dragged my way around nrt
exhibits and stood unmoved before
artistic piffle. 1 would rather hear
an old fashioned nmuthnrgsn than
mcxM of the tunes of the lug haired
virtuosos. I like to eat on marble
top tables, and If 1 knew where 1
could buy them I’d wear suspenders.
\n Example of Great ness.
I am tired of Intellectuals asking
me when 1 am going to do something
big I never am—unless they mean
washing tin elephant or something
like that. And what does ona do
pear in the social register or in
"Mho's Who." lie is night freight
elevator operator in a hotel.
He suffers from rheumatism and is
just able to hobble about. He has a
wife who is a shut-in. She Is one
of thousands of invalids who sit all
day long at a tenement window wait
ing for the end.
And he rushes home from his work
to be at her side. Only when he is at
work does he leave her. livery mo
ment of his waking hours is taken
up in planning something to make
her happy. He hasn't money nor
fame but he has the most perfect
idea of self sacrifice that I have ever
beheld.
He gave up smoking—about the
only simple enjoyment he knew—so
he might keep her little window bo;>
flowers fresh and green, winter and
summer.
He doesn't know anything about
life as New Yorkers lt\e It. Jfe j*
Just a Babbitt. But he is doing Some
thing Big. .
It has always seemed to me the
people who refle t the big things of
American life are the people of the
mlddlewest. They are the Babbitts
They go in for ths things that wise
crackers like to scoff. And hate a
good time »t It.
They erect monuments in public
squares. They have community cen
lets, build playgrounds and shout for
the home town. They \ is:t the sir„
and they spend evenings rocking away
on front porches. They pay their
debts. They raise stalwart boys and
buxom young girls.
There is more neighborllness in
them to the square mile than there
Is to a hlork in New Y'ork. Of course
the Babbitts do not need apology.
They are getting more out of life
than sophisticates ever can.
I came from a community of Bab
bitts Most of my life has been spent
among them. And most of my friends
in New York are transplanted Bab
lutts. They are my kind of folks
And as I look them over they are
a mighty fine body of men and worn
eft. They are dotpg more than the In
tellei tunls Hut they are not ta’king
so much about it.
if 1 have given th* idea that I n;e
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Twenty Years Ago
$25 One-Way Fares
to Los Angeles.
Men's Suits Sold
for $10 Bill.
AK SAR-BK\ festivities were go
ing on. Charles H. Pickens was
crowned king nnd Ada Klrken
dall queen at the hall In the Den the
evening of October k.
The board of governors then fon
slated of Charles Pickens, C. X. Rob
inson. Luther Kountze. Thomas A.
Fry, Fred Metz, George West, l(enr>
J. Penfold, Gould Dietz, C. M. Wll
helm, W. J. C. Kenyon. Walter S
Jardine and Mel Uhl.
Field Marshal Ovama was moving
on Mukden in the Russo Japanese
war.
A t'nlon Pacific advertisement In
The Omaha Bee told of a $25 one-way
rate to Los Angeles. San Krancleco.
Portland, Seattle or Vancouver.
The Wabash advertised an IS.50
round trip rate to St. Ixiuis for the
exposition which was then attracting
the attention of the world.
Jean Morton of
Chicago, daUghtei
MARRIKI) of J. Sterling Mor
AT ton, was married
ARBOR to Joseph Cudahy
I.ODGK. of Omaha. The
ceremony was per
formed at Arbor Lodge, the Morton
ancestral home in Nebraska City.
The Nebraska Clothing company
advertised an Ak Sir-Ken srle of
men's fine suits and overcoats at
$10. Hayden's advertisement offered
boiling beef and lamb stew at eight—
ves. eight—pounds for 25 cents. Sir
Seeley Cure and
if hi sky Ads.
Brand eis Planning
!Sew Building.
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i loin steak vv;i« three pounds for 2.1
cents, and ham two pounds for 21
cents.
A nearly full-page advertisement
showed a gignntle bottle of whisky
The advertisement offered "Four Fuji
(Juarts Kellerati ass 10-Y*ar Old R>’»
Whiskv, delivered to any address. «y
press prepaid. *8.13." And In addition
the purchaser receiver) a trifling
premium consisting of a sample bot
tle of 12-year whisky and one ope
of 11-year whisky, a corkscrew and
a gold lipped whisky glass.
The Keelcj i lire also had s'-i ad
vertlsemcnt.
The new Rrandels
building was being
Y. -M. C. A. planned and along
AT interview with thy
SIXTEENTH architect foretold
\NT) the mag nlficent
1)01 GL.XS. building which now
occupies the block
between Sixteenth and Seventeenth
streets on the south side of Douglas
street. At that time the V. M C. A
building stood on the east end of this
tract, facing Sixteenth street.
The year was 1904. and Theodore
RooseveFt r « president, having oc
cupied that office since the assassina
tion cf M- KInley, September 9, 1901.
He was seeding election. His oppo
nent was Alton B. Parker. William J.
Bryan spoke for Parker and Con
gressman Gilbert M Hitchcock at
A. O. V. XV. temple, South Omaha,
October 4 A. R. G.
Onnr PuMic ^Servants
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On llip Left Side of the Cob.
| We have all heard a lot about the I
locomotive engineer. Songs have
jbeen sting about him, stories have
I been written about him, and romance
glows about his head. But there Is j
another man in!
ihe call—the fire-i
man on the left j
side. You don’t I
see him quite as
often as you see
^A the engineer;
^y 'Hie fireman if
s e 1 dom perched I
upon his rush I
ioned seat. Most
of his time is
«pent In the gang :
vav, shove ling ,
•oai into the hun 1
gry maw of the I
o. emotive. Maybe you think it is
easy to throw a scoopful of coal)
through h narrow door when the en
gine is racing along 4"> or f>0 miles an (
hour. If you think so. try it. Firing :
a locomotive is not only hard work j
but a work of art.
Between scooping shovelfuls of
[coal into the firel*ox. all the fireman j
(w - s to do is to watch the signals on i
his side of the road, watch the water j
ii. ^e. watch the steam gauge, work'
the injector, work the blower, fill the
tender, work the coal down where he J
in reach it. and a few other little |
things like that. Some day, if he?
doesn’t break down, he will perch
himself upon the cushioned seat on j
the right hand side of the cab. That’s 1
the big Idea that spurs him on. But I
while he is juat a fireman now. don’t
overlook the fact that he Is about the
most Important cog in the big ma
chine that is pulling your train. A
i sneering at education I ha\e ex
pressed myself awkwardly. But when
••light smattering of education gives!
■ no *i sense of superiority among his,
j fellows, it is time to go hack to the;
little red school house and the tin dip
per.
Iirnpi-righ* t
in motive without steam is about as
useful as an automobile stranded 11
miles from a filling station with an
■nipty gas tank. The locomotive fire
man s job Is no place for the feilow
nho is afraid of getting soot and
■jreaso on his anatomy. Neither Is it
t job that should be sought after by
liacifists. Believe you me. scooping
:oal into the firebox of a rushing lo
comotive is a job for a real he-rr.au.
W. M M. ,
CALIFORNIA IN ~
GEOLOGY CHANGE
San Francisco, Oct. 4.—Is Caiifqr
t i t on the e-, e ot a new- geolpgieal
period?
Scientists discussed this posaiWHtj
with interest following the spec tax
ular erosion of historic Mount Shasta
by a "wild" glacier, which during the
past six weeks has torn up thousands
of tons of soil from the peak.
Hundreds of thousands of years
ure. according to geologists. th»
mighty mountain ranges of the Pa
cific coast were formed by the shrink
ing ©f the crust of the earth.
I-ater came a glacial age. when
gigantic masses of ice poured down
from the mountain ranges as a re
suit ot an unsual period of winter
which piled up snow and ice in such
quantities that finally they succumb
ed w> the force of gravity.
Mount-Shasta has turned loose an
other glacier. Only this time it is
pouring down the slopes as a re
sult of one of the dryest and hottes.
summer seasons in many years.
New Coalfield*.
London. Oct. 4.—Discovery of great
new coalfields in southeast Yorkshire
is announced.
Sinkings at Moor End. Thorne,
seven miles from Goole. have result
ed in the striking of a rich sennt.
which, it I* estimated, will vieM
about 5S.000.000 (K>« tons of coal, or
enough to meet England's need for
the next 4n0 year*.
| Children Are 111 |
1 if they won't-play I
• Watch them carefully. You can forestall
: a serious ailment with a spoonful of l
: Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin /
i |
: IJjHEN you see a child moping, avoid- /I
: ing companions and toys and play, look at < < :
: its tongue and you will usually find it coated—a relia- *
• ble syifiptom of constipation. ;
: Forthwith give a teaspoonful of Dr.
■ Caldwell's Svrup Pepsin. It will operate A
; in a few hours and trie child will feel better again 1]
; If there is also feverishness, sneeaing and sniffing >
; give another teaspoonful the following night, to
; make sure that all danger is past. *
•
• It is perfectly unnecessary to give
: young children strong physics and car
Z thartics as they are apt to set up a bad habit they
Z wilt later find difficult to throw off.
• A mild vegetable laxative like Pr. Cald
; well’s Syrup Pepsin meets all their requirements.
; and as it is pleasant to take you will find no dtffi
; rulty administering it.
• Experienced mothers learned its value
• long ago. for it has been on the market over thirty
: \ears. and Mrs losie Clark, Kooky, Okla , and Mr.
: Charles Lewis. Blackwood, N. J, attribute the gen
Z rral good health of their families to the prompt use
! of Svrup I’rpsin at the right moment. They hav e it
• constantly in the house, know
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You can buy a bottle at any drug store •
at an average cost of less than a cent a dose. \
•
The ingredients of Dr. Caldwelfs Syrup :
l'epsm are very generallv know n. a vegetable com- •
t>n:r>d of Egyptian senna with pepsin and agreeable ;
aromatic* and wholly free of opiat- * and narcotic*. ;
1'he formula, w hich is on evriy package, w as writ ;
ten bv lh W. R Caldwell, who practiced me acme •
for fortv seven \ ear*
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. ink they can reliexe over myht
I constipation. biliousness, dxs
; pepsia, flatulence, headache,
; sour stomach, lex ers, colds and
I other disorders accotnpanx
1 itiK or due to a constipated
I condition of the intestines and
I bowels.
•
rree Sample Bottle Coupon
There are people who vert rtghtlv prefer to trv a
thing before thee buy It. I et them clip thu cou
pon. pin their name end ttUmi to it. end vend it
to the Pepsin Syrup Co.. MU Washington Street.
Mon tier Ho. Illinois, and a tree sample bottle ot
I>r. Caldwell's $vrup Pepsin will he sent them
postpaid bv mail. IX' not inclose postage. It u free.
(it't a bottle front your
dniiRist toda\ Civt tt to anv
member of your family, young
or old It it d.w* not come up
to our prom.se your money
will he refunded. It i* our in
\ ai table guarantee.
DR. CALDWELL'S
I SYRUP PEPSIN i
7he Family Laxative
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