MK % * UK NOKFUMC WEEKLY N13WS.JOUKNAL : FRIDAY , NOVEMBER 2 1906. Tin Norfolk Weekly Naws-Journa The NOWB. KfttalilliOifil , 1881. The Jouriml. Imlnlilliiliail , 1877. THE H USE PUDLISHING COMPANY > V. N. UIIMI N. A. HI-UK 1'nwMimt Swrclarj 1C vary I'rlilny. My mull | utr your , $1 60 Kntermt nl ( hiitnnt < iiMcu nt Norfolk Noli. , n uncoiid rtniw multivr. _ _ _ _ ToloptionoH : Idllloi Inl Uopurtimmt No. IS. UtiMliiDNM OlTtea anil Job Itimmn No. II g. A vine lor .IiiuK Koi'nlKntuIn ! H Ti vole for 11 MndlBon county man an county uttornuy. 11 ( turnt In gottliiK moru advertising out. of ( hlH campiilgn lluui titiytiod ) ! lnO. It 1 not a imrtioiilarly doalrablu typo of advertising , Imwovor. The national democratic party In < figuring on throe now democratic eon- \ irosHinun ; from NohrusKn. Tlio llgurcH will change after next \vooli. It In tmld that If Hughes | uluolod governor In Now York ho inny tulluvo x Hoouuvolt of the unilmiTUbHinciit of accepting anothur nomination after having emphatically declared ho would not. Work on the ditch which will drain Corporation gulch , 1ms begun In Nor folk. The prcHcnt hoard of coiumls- ' , HlonorR Is all right. The votoa will 11 any that the county Is willing to lot well enough nlono. , . llobort 1 < \ Glhlor , an Omaha newspaper - paper mun , has just miulo n discovery of the oldcHt Amorlcan man. It was n Hkcloton found near Omaha. Mr. 1 Glldor and his friends have a right to ' 'lio proud of the achievement. Mr. Glider belongs to a family of famous Htorary people , his brother being editor - , itor of the Cuutury magazine at the time. Iloforo the war with Russia the Russian mlnlntor In this country pro- 'dieted ' that In event of a Japanese vic tory the United States would suffer In a commercial way because the Jap anese wore building themselves up to 1)0 the trade center of the oast. So much sentimental enthusiasm wan In the air over the little brown men at that time , that no Russian appeals wore listened to by America. 'Now there Is a friction between Japan and the United States and the prediction of the Husslan minister seems to becoming coming true. The most Interesting campaign In the country Is the Now York guber natorial contest. The lust week starts out with a red hot series of speeches on the part of both candidates. Mr. Hughes has the endorsement of Pres ident Uoosovolt and will draw strength from many conservative democrats , whllo Hearst is gaining strength from the discontented elements whoso wrath Is constantly aroused against wealth because It is wealth. .Hearst made speeches Saturday night In which he attacked newspaper odltorn of Now York who are not supporting him. Ho went after each one person ally and throw mud in order to annul ns much as possible the effects of their words. lie will got -good many votes of worklngmcn who arc appealed to by the lurid pictures In his news papers. The outcome will bo an in teresting psychological study. Nebraska republicans may rejoice at 'the fact that Governor Cummins of Iowa has cancelled his dates for speaking hero. Nebraska republicans are not in need of speeches from a man who has aroused such immense opposition in Ills own party at homo as has Governor Cummins. Once de claring that the protective tariff was a highway robbery deal ho has now ac cepted a most stringent protective tar iff platform in order to bo allowed to make the race for n third term as gov ernor. Ho declared that lie was run- iilng for the third term nomination because tlioro was no one else In the party fit to make the race. The real reason , it Is said , is his porsou.il urn- bltlon for olllco and a desire to use the third term as governor fjr a stop ping stone into the United States son- ate. Mr. Cummins at ono time bolted llio' republican party in Iowa because his personal desires were not consid ered in naming the ticket. He Is ono of a type of fake reform olllcw seekers - ers who have climbed on the populai hysteria wave and tried to rldo into fovoted seats of honor. Nebraska re publicanism is bettor off without such support. THE PUBLIC ROADS. ' It Is said that stories are being cir dilated on the street In an effort to injure Burr Taft's candidacy , to the 6ftect that Mr. Taft spent county mon ey to repair roads in Edgowator park for the purpose of getting votes there As * a matter of fact , not ono penny ol county money was spent in Edgowntet park by the commissioners. Road Oyorsccr J. T. Moore repaired the roads in Edgowater park by working put poll taxes and it was the first worli that has been done on the roads in that section for the past fifteen years ' In bolus told about the county too , in an effort to injure Burr Taft'e candidacy for county commissioner that the county IH Hprndlng much money to drain Corporation gulch In the went end of Not folk. AH a matter of fact the coat to MadlMon county will ho practically nothing when It IH con- Milt-rod that the Tlilrlooiith Htrcolrond In icclalmed by the new Hyatom. The property honolltod by the drainage ) will bo iiHROHHOil to pay the cost of this work and the county commlsHloners are moioly exorcising their authority , Krnntud under the Swamp law , to got the woik done. They nro acting HH iiRcntH for the county at largo and the pout will bo paid by ( ho property that IH iMMH'MU'd , and by the city , Jointly. Kor twenty years Norfolk people have lioon frying to K"t thin old evil IOMI- oillod and never until llurr Taft wont Into the olllco of county commlHMlonor IIIIH a porniiiiuuit remedy been offered , The same nort of dmlnago IH going on In other partH of the county. WISH ! of town an old low spot , where the roailH have always boon bad , him boon drained out. East of Norfolk Komi Ovaruaor Moore drained out with four men's poll tax a giove that had Hlood In swamp ever since Norfolk was built , and which people had come to believe could not be drained. About llfty miles of road have been graded ( bin summer In the county. If the same sort of work had boon done In yenra gone by that Is now beIng - Ing done by the present board on the roads of Madison county Norfolk would now have good roads leading out Into the farming sections In all directions. If the same sort of work had been done by road overseers In the past that has been done by Road Overseer Moore , Edgowater would not havoliiln ungraded for lift eon years and the Hwamp In thq grove cant of town would have been drained before now. The other day a man who had worked an hour and a half on a road , loiminded a poll tax receipt from Mr. Moore. Ho was told that the county could not Issue 'rocelpta ' for that imouiit of work. "Why last year I worked only two hours and got a re ceipt , " ho declared. Those are but examples of what Is ) elng done in Norfolk and In Madison county by the men who have charge > f the highways and drainage , and wlib are candidates for election on the republican ticket next Tuesday. That they nro entitled to election will ho conceded by fair minded cltl- /CUB , regardless of political party. EDITORS TO PAY CASH. The Massachusetts press association nakes Itself rather ridiculous , as dev v good many other newspapers throughout the country , In protesting against the Interstate commerce com- nlsslon's ruling with regard to the exchanging of advertising space for allroad transportation. There were a ot of hysterical newspapers through out the country which couldn't sleep lights until they should handcuff the railroads In such an effective way that 10 rides might bo had excepting where cash waa paid. Now that the rate law has been passed and the Interstate commcico commission has applied the screws , these same hysterical news papers , though continuing to clamor for so-called reforms upon which the populist party stood many years ago , ire squealing because they have to take a dose of the medicine which they themselves prescribed. As a matter of fact the country ed itor ought to bo money to the good at the end of the year under the now rul ing. Heretofore ho has taken a good many trips during the year for the sake of using up his mileage ami he has paid for his mileage in time and work and space , by putting railroad nil vert IstMiientH into typo and running them In his paper. On the trips that ho has taken ho has spent money for liotel bills that never would have been spent if ho had had no mileage to rldo on but had received cash for his news paper space instead. Under the now ruling a newspaper that can give results in an advertising way will still carry advertising for the railroads because the railroads have to advertise. Ho will receive cash for his space Instead of transportation and he can buy coal for his furnace with that cash if ho wants to , Instead of being compelled to got on a tralu and rldo. There nro no doubt a good many newspapers which will not bo consid ered effective enough as advertising mediums to bo granted contracts , and there's where the nib will como infer for some of them. As ono result of the new law , it maybe bo expected that political conventions will bo attended largely by people liv ing near the convention points , and delegates from distant sections will bo compelled to stay at home because ol the expense of transportation. In Ne braska this tendency will result in throwing the political machinery of the state into Omaha , Lincoln and nearby points , so a real healthy ma chine will undoubtedly bo built up in those population centers at the ex pense of the rural districts. There are a lot of so-called "reform * newspapers in the country which stopped into the rate bill box ant shouted their lungs out In an effort tn ihut off transportation to employes oi the railroads , lawyers , physicians and In fact everybody else , with the oxcep tton that they Hhould retain their mile age contracts. They found .aftor the trap had Bprung , that they hrul been caught whllo employes had been al lowed to OHcttpo. Now they are squealIng - Ing when they ought to bo "game" and take the medlclno which they brought upon themselves with a smile. Ono of the llrnt Nebraska paperH to protest against the possibility that mileage could not be exchanged foi iidvortlHlng was a Fremont paper which had been harping for a strin gent rate bill for iiiontliH before the nito bill wan made n law. The nowHmporn | have ahvays given value received In advertising columns for transportation received and no ob ligation has been Incurred by the mileage - ago so far ns the editorial or IIOWH pol- Icles of pnpors was concerned. For this reason they ought to take the mat ter philosophically and with the cheerIng - Ing thought that If their publications are buslncHS-gottorH for advertisers , they will bo better off under the now way than the old. Following IH a report from the Inter state commerce commission In regard to the Massachusetts protest : "You are , of course , aware that all tariffs ( lied In compliance with the regulating statute name rates In dollars < lars and cents and do not in any case provide that transportation can bo paid for with property. It seems plain to the commission that the law above quoted , coupled with the fact stated , permits payment for services of inter- ntato carriers only In monoy. "A contrary rule would sanction un- iMiual compensation by different per- sous and Involve some degree of dis crimination In favor of those permitted to exchange their commodities for the transportation they dcslro or secure. It Is the aim of the law to prevent every sort of favoritism and secure ab solute equality of treatment In all casScs1 , > "This ruling of the commission in no way Interferes with or abridges 'the ; rights of private contracts. Nowsptt- , pors and their advertising smco | maybe bo freely exchanged for any specjesof property upon such terms as. may bo iccoptablo to the parties , to the trans action. But the facilities of the public carrier are not private property , nor ire they subject to bargain1 and sale Iko merchandise. The right to' traveler or have property carried by rail , like the right to the common highway , Islet lot a contract right but a political right , the very essence of which Is equality. "Conceding that the advertising ar rangements in question are ordinarily made and carried out In good faith , It seems plain to mo that these arrango- ncnts must involve some measures of llscrlmlnatlon and It Is not easy for mo to sco how an honest newspaper can seriously object to the ruling of .ho commission which appears to bo In obvious accord with the provisions and the purposes of the regulating statute. " MR. BRYAN'S VISIT. For more than ten years the Amer ican people and , In fact , the entire civilized world have recognized in William Jennings Bryan one of the uost eloquent orators and one of the nosl distinguished politicians that the American race has produced. Nebra"s- kans luuo many times tluriiig those ton years noted with more than ordi nary interest and satisfaction the com pliments and tributes of respect and honor that have been paid to Mr. Bry an by the democratic party and by oth er nations. Ho has been much In the limelight and as a result the name of Nebraska has enjoyed much whole some publicity. .Mr. Bryan was ever a magnetic or ator. The whole wide world compli mented him by referring to him ns "tho silver tougued orator of the Platte , " In his first campaign for the presidency against McKinley in 1890. Ills wonderful speech before the Chicago cage convention In that year electrl- lied the nation and won for him against oldnr and better known candidates a place of honor at the head of a great party , which comes to few men In a generation. His wonderful campaign against republicanism and McKinley in that year proved the power of his brain and voice and magnetic person ality. He has since proved the same power by democracy's second selec tion of him to make its presidential race , by its acceptance of his silver issue In the Parker convention after a dramatic night , and by its welcome to him on his return from a world tour with open arms and with apparently a third nomination for the highest office In the land. Nebraskans have not all been will ing always to accept the doctrines of its famous sons as perfectly sound principles , but Nebraska has always been and is now proud of the person ality of a man who has done so much to bring himself into the world's es teem as has William Jennings Bryan. Ho Is the greatest man in the demo cratic party today. And BO it Is that Norfolk must fool , with the balance of northern Nebras ka , somowhnt complimented by this visit of Mi. Bryan. Democracy has sent her greatest statesman Into this j quarter to appeal to our people for their votes next Tuesday. It Is a compliment to Jttdgo Boyd , republican congressional candidate , that his candidacy Hhould be regarded IIH HO strong by his political rivals that the nntlon'H foremost democrat must bo sent In to use his eloquence In an effort to defeat. Wo Htlll do not bollovo that Mr. Uryan'H arguments nro to bo accepted uiiriisurvedly , though still holding him lu high oHlcom. We do not believe that even Mr. Bryan will overcome In favor of the fusion congressional nominee the universal Bcntlmcnt of contentment among north Nebraska , duo to abundant crops at high repub lican prices , abundant work for the laborer at good wages , and plenty to oat and plenty to wear for all. The personality of the republican presi dent and hlf ) plea for the protective tariff , backed by the achievements of the republican congresH last winter , are too strong to bo overcome by any orator today In favor of low tariff and a return of soup house days. The Third district voters know that the republican congress did things and that the coming republican congicss will do thlngH. They know that con gressmen out of harmony with the administration have their hands tied , whllo a republican congressman will be able to do things. Third district voters appreciate the privilege of listening to the distin guished Nebraskan once again. The republican party fools complimented at the fact that republicanism in so popular this year that the nation's greatest democratic speakers are deemed essential to nmko a dent In the majority which will bo rolled up. Mr. Bryan Is a great and distin guished man. Ho is an eloquent speaker. But his eloquence Is on the wrong side this year. ' * The efforts of the breeders' associa tion in Chicago to secure the enact ment of laws which will inako it nee- es'sary for persons contemplating mar riage , to first pass certain examtnd- tlons , is' a step In the right direction. More atpntion | Is pad | to the proper raising of. horses and swine than to the proper , raising of the human r ice , mil It is time that stops were taken which will make it a crime for portions tions atllicted with certain diseases , to bi'lng children into'the world. Imbe ciles , feeble m'lndeA persons , moral de generates and others who are detri ments to the good health and Intelli gence of the human rnco , ought to. be prevented from marrying and less misery - ory would exist In the world If the wishes of the stockmen could bo put into the statutebooks. . AROUND TOWN. But Boyd will win. You arc lucky If yon got only soaped windows. After hearing Mr. Bryan's speech , ono can but wonder how this country over got along before 1890. After all , Mr. Bryan Is not the man whom fuslonlsts are asking us to vote for In this year's congressional race. It is apparent that the fuslonlsts iieliovo the best way to elect their con gressional candidate this year Is to seep him out of public view. Bryan drew a good house without the distribution of that advertising matter and , although It may not have indicated party loyalty or Bryan en thusiasm very strongly , Herman is 5Go to the good. The democratic party ought to ask for no change of present conditions. H has money with which to pay for special trains under present republic an prosperity. Things might be * dif ferent under other circumstances. The last week for the country to be saved. Did you take in all of the demon strations ? Where do boys get their Inspirations for devilment ? What has become of the old fash ioned tick-tack ? Wo never traveled very far to hear a political speech. Isn't It surprising that Jokers get so few whippings. Town people say country people are hard to get acquainted with. Boys never like a man who can't stand a little fun. Have you moved your ice box out on the back porch yet ? "My kingdom for a cornhusker , " the north Nebraska farmer cries. Norfolk police may surprise some of these young fellows tonight. Have you loaded your shotgun with popper In Hallowe'en preparation ? Ono reason people frequently take a lawyer's advice Is that they have to pay for it. The person who didn't get an invi- I tation for some Hallowe'en party has a kick coming. Most mon would rather have gro ceries ordered early than to stop and do the shopping. But some things which hoys wouh : classify as fun , older heads call down right hclllslmoss. Wo are always meeting people who tocall Incidents that wo had hoped they had forgotten. The average country boy Is pretty well satisfied with llfo if ho doesn't have to do the churning. % Bryan and Hallowe'en como to Nor folk on the same night. Which will create the greater excitement ? The only thing that comes up to building furnace ( Ires , for excitement , Is carrying out the ashes. Suggest to your boy that ho satisfy his Hallowe'en appetite by throwing corn , and RCO what ho says. Why will a man imagine that ho can get drunk a few miles away from homo and not bo found out ? Editors will now go back to early day customs and wnllc from town to town , when they have to travel. x Norfolk will bo on the map this weak. This Is to ho the hub around which Bryan's special train will travel. Next to a cemetery at midnight , about the loncsomcst sight is a ham mock on the front porch after the first big frost. Talk about smart people , and great people as much ns you please , but wo prefer people who are really aggrcc- ablo. Elderly people make almost ns many breaks as younger people , but cxcql in their ability to smooth them over. D. C. O'Connor left for the Canal Zone too soon. ' If ho were hero today lie could have seen the dirt fly on a canal almost a't his very door. A Norfolk admirer of Mr. Bryan says that if Roosevelt were to tour the world , he wouldn't bo dined and feasted by European kings. The Norfolk high school football : eam says it was umpired out'of the game nt Nellgh. That's the way the : eam used to lose every game it played , eight or ten years ago. Doctors say people are not so well n winter because they are cooped up in hot rooms. That Isn't It ; the real cause Is pancake breakfasts , with sau sage on the side. Nature has got out of joint. The water man found gas in a pit ; the gas men find water In a pit. But all's well that ends well. In fact the gas people believe "all's well , " right now. North Nebraska farmers arc too busy husking high priced corn and trying to get men at high republican wages , to turn out and listen to po- Itlcal speeches. Mayor Friday has given his police men orders not to Interfere with Mr. Bryan's speech tonight , since this is Hallowe'en. It comes under the head of harmless diversions. If Mr. Bryan has his usual special correspondent along , It is a cinch that some of the Hallowe'en frenzy will be clicked over the wires out of Norfolk tonight in the shape of Bryan enthu siasm. Thousands of people who belong to Horary and art clubs should really be long in night school where spelling and writing are taught. Not ono per son In ten can write an Intelligible and Intelligent letter. An Atchison man was told today that ho wasn't a "good mixer. " "I don't care to bo , " ho replied , "at my ago. When I was younger , I could 'mix' with the best of them. But I don't care for it now. " That Juvenile football game was written up with more accuracy than most football games. "Lucart was hit in the stomach but roaled on the ground and lafed , " and "tho quarter back got mad and quit,1' and "Barnes roled on the ground , " nro bettor de scriptions of the game than the sportIng - Ing editors sometimes give. On his last visit to Norfolk Mr. Bry an called upon Mrs. Anna Lulkart. The late G. A. Lulkart was n close friend to the democratic national lead er and this past summer , when Mr. Bryan was touring the world , ho re membered the family by sending to Carl Luikart a souvenir post-card , mailed from Switzerland. They must bo planning things for Bryan at Stuart tomorrow night. A telegram to The News from that place , which was loft off the original sched ule as Issued by the Bryan committee - tee , says : "Bryan special will make Stuart as well as other Holt county towns. Shnllenberger , candidate for governor , will speak at Stuart nt 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Bryan special will arrive at C p. in. Sponk- Ing at 7 p. m. Band , bonfires and banquets. " Tlldeu Citizen : An attempt has been mndo this week by democrats to raise the money necessary for char tering a special train for carrying W. I Bryan along the main line of tlio C. & N. W. railroad. Democrats In Tllden were approached for a ? 50 con tribution , of course with the promise that Mr. Bryan would stop hero long enough to make n 30-mlmitc talk ; but Tllden democracy decided that the time was Inopportune , or that the speech wouldn't bo worth the money In any case , the untcrrlfled declined to make up the purse and in consequence quence , Tlldon will have to rustic through the campaign Bryanlcss. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. Did yon over see a woman stutterer ? Drug stores In big and little towns are "different. " If air castles were real , some people wouldn't bo satisfied. Tlioro never was n wife so old that she didn't look bettor ns n widow. Most people think you don't know what trouble Is , but that they can tell you. Our idea of the right kind of a let ter Is ono In which there Is nothing to answer. You don't need to worry about old ago If you still take an interest la Hallowe'en parties. Don't bo n wall flower. Get up and dance. People may frown on you for a time , but they will 'soon learn to keep out of your vay. A sixteen-year-old girl is pretty , and a well-formed red apple is prettier. And a young tree loaded with red ap ples Is a prettier sight than a bunch of sixteen-year-old school girls. "Ho wants to bo potted , " wo hoard a man say today , spcaldng of a cer tain citizen. That's true of all of us ; wo like it , and if we don't get It about so often , we kick and scream , ant ? hold our breath. Once upon a time an Atchison wo man kept boarders and the experience- she gained in this way makes her one- of the most valuable members in a certain church : She can tell just tea a crumb how much it will take to feed a slated number at a church social. An Atchison man says his wife is a good woman , and he has no objec- : ion t6' her , except that every morning : she' says to him , "Breakfast is ready agaln. " If she would leave off that word "again , " her husband says , she- would be thoroughly satisfactory. The popular complaint of the wo- uen is the monotony of housework and the man who says business is also monotonous gets frowned down. The women believe that a business office Is the scene of an unchanging round of excitement and interest , and my effort to prove the contrary only makes them mad. Still , a woman has ) eans to siring today ; and tomorrow t is not beans to string , but corn to msk , and the men don't have such a wonderful variety of occupation. ARAB. All ArtlNl tu Mniuifrs IH lliln Son ot lliv Orient. In ail matters of sentiment the Arab's Instinct is Mire. If you can appeal to him on any ground of hos pitality or generosity , says the nuthor of "In tlio Desert , " you have a hold on him. It used to be the boast of Arab poetry - try in Its best days that It "never praised n man except for what was In him , " and the habit of Judging direct ly and without regard to surrounding * , has always been un Instinct of tho- race. All those evidences of worldly prosperity and success which turn the heart of the Anglo-Saxon to water leave the Arab unmoved. The Arab Is an artist In manners. I remember a certain sheik , who wa * once my traveling companion on th Upper Nile , a tall , lean , keen faced man. of a complexion almost black , with a glitter on it like the sun polisit on desert stones , who walked nmoujf the fellahs on tlio crowded dock like a chief ninong Ma slaves. With him 1 shared the same narrow corucr of the deck. Uo was strict Ji * his religious observances and at tho- appointed hours would spread his mat on the deck , turn in the nupposed di rection of Mecca and then kneel and rise and kneel again , bowing with his forehead to the ground in the Im posing attitudes of Moslem prayer. Quick at detecting the least sign of consideration or respect , If wo stop ped talking or moved to make room , ho would treasure up the courtesy and when his prayers were over turn and acknowledge it with a grave gesture and a smile that Bcoined no conven tional grimace , but expressed the in tention of a deliberate friendliness Siimlit ) D-i-npepnln. "Sunday dynpopsla that Is what you have , " said the doctor , smiling. "Sunday dyspepsia ? " "Yes , ami It Is not a rare complaint either. It la duo to this bad habit of Bating foolishly and gluttonously on Sunday. Through the week you cat like a sensible man a moderate break fast early , a light luncheon and a good , substantial dinner at the end of the day But on Sunday you eat a heavy brc'kfnnt at 10 or 11. At 1 you sit down to an enormous dinner , stuff ing yourself \ \ Ithout appetite , and nt 0:30 : , whnii you urn really hungry , you eat light. uiH-itlsfnctory food , like Sar atoga chips iMi' ' lettuce sandwiches in a v.'ord , n Sunday mippor. The result of this change for the worse , made once nvtok by millions of men , Is Sunday t1v unpita. an nllmcnt for which I alwnjs prescribe a 0 o'clock Sunday dinner.-Now York Press.