THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOUKNAL ; FRIDAY , JANUARY 31.1908.
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OAHLMAN'S PERFORMANCE.
Onuiliii intiHt foci proud of Us mnyor
When Dnhlmnn wont to New York to
meet Bryan ho made n spectacle o
himself mid created n not altogether
dcRlrnblo Impression of Onmliu am !
Nebraska. Hut IIH ! latest dlsgracefu
episode over nt Sioux City Is the llmll
of thorn all.
If Dahlnmn over really had any scr
! OUH Intentions of launching : i boon
for governor , ho might as well forgot
It now.
And Onialm but then Omaha elected
od him and perhaps lias It coining.
LIBRARY AND Y. M. C. A.
The suggestion of a Norfolk business
man ( hat the proposed public library
and the proposed Y. M. C. A. building
bo innrgod Into ono proposition , for
Ilia Hake of economy and for the sake
of greater enthusiasm , Is a good one.
The suggestion Is that the lot dl
rcctly south and across the street from
the postolllco he purchased and that
both the library and the Y. M. C. A
building be placed upon It. It Is point
ed out that this would reduce the pur
chase prlco for each building to half ,
tliat ono janitor could handle both
aiul that ono beating plant could sup
ply heat to both. This would give
great economy In operation.
The lot Is 100x170 foot and could
easily bo made available for both
Ijulldlngs. And In that way both buildIngs -
Ings would be located In the Ideal spot ,
Jimt across tbo street from the post-
ofllco , which always serves more or
lc a as the axis upon which tbo com
munity revolves.
By merging both Into one , all con
fusion arising over two soparnto pro
positions coming at the same time ,
would bo avoided.
It should bo possible for all Norfolk
lo unlto upon this combined move
ment and , forgetting all personal pre
ferences nnd petty quarrels over the
matter , unite In ono tremendous effort
toward both Institutions.
Norfolk needs both the library and
the Y. M. C. A. building. It has been
a perplexing matter some time as to
just how both these worthy Institutions
should receive deserved support at the
same time.
And apparently the suggestion for a
merger would solve the problem and
allow everybody to get together and
rush with might and main for the two
highly desirable Improvements.
NO GAG RULE ABOUT IT.
The LaFollette edition of the Taft
State Journal , together with Frank
Harrison and the Omaha World-Her
ald , have been throwing conniptions
because the republican congressional
committee of the Third district rec
ommended that delegates to the com
ing delegates must necessarily be , to
lected In the various counties In such
manner as seems most practicable to
the seveal county central committees.
It is true that the LaFolletteites are
In favor of a state primary , biit they
fall to state just how such an elect
ion is to be held. It is doubtful If a
sinjgle county central committee In the
state has available funds with which
to carry on such primaries , and the
question naturally confronts the cen
tral commltteemen , "Who will foot
the bills ? " The recommendation of
the congressional committee was simp
ly that tlje delegates be chosen In
such manner as the several central
committees deem advisable. In the
decision of this question , each com
mittee will have to determine It from
the conditions existing In its own
county. The three methods of select
ing delegates must necessarily be to
hold county primary , hold precinct
caucuses and a county convention ,
which has been decided as not the
thing to do , or appoint the delegates
themselves. That the latter plan will
be generally observed there is perhaps
no doubt.
On a test vote showing individual
preference , taken at the meting of
the congressional committee , it was
found that the members are unani
mously In favor of Taft , but the con
gressional committee does not compose
nor control the county committees ,
and without reference to the congres
sional committee the county commit
tees will select delegates In whatever
manner seems best to them.
IWVFOLLETTE MEN WILL BOLT.
The Intimation comes from Lincoln ,
where the Evening News and Frank
Harrison have been trying strenu
ously to direct public sentiment to
ward LaFollette for president , that In
case LaFolletto does not secure the
Nebraska delegation his friends In the
state will bolt. The LaFolletteltes
seem to be composed of the same
hind of people who .have striven for
the past two years to turn republicans
Into the democratic pasture , and really
it Is not surprising that they should
now bolt the ticket If It Is not made
according to plans and specifica
tions furnished by them. The truth
Is that the LaFolletto men are forced
to admit right now that In * spite of
their assertions that the "rank and
Illo" of the party IB for LaFollette ,
they llnd that ninety per cent of the
ropubllcatlon voters of Nebraska are
for Taft , and that ho will have the
state delegation no matter Invlrn
form the selection of delegates Is
made. Taft Is popular with the people
plo , largely because of his Individual
Ity and partly because he Is the mail
whom President Roosevelt Is anxious
to have succeed him.
Of all the candidates that have been
mentioned for the republican nomlii
atlon for the presidency , It Is becom
Ing more and more apparent ns the
days speed by , that Secretary Taf
Is far In the lead In public favor In
all parts of the land.
Nor Is the reason dlfllcult to dls
cover. To begin with , his personal
Ity Is a charming one. Taft Is big
In every way. Ho has a big body , com
blued with a big mind and a big heart
Now that he Is home again every time
hi > comes In contact with the peopli !
they arc more fully convinced of this
Ho has a great record for doing
things In a great way. This always
appeals lo the American people. Ho
has shown a capacity for handling
perplexing and disagreeable under
takings In a most happy and tactfu
way. Then again , no other man in
public life , outside of Elllin B. Root
secretary of state , has such a recog
nixed knowledge and comprehensive
grasp of national and world affairs
and the people are conscious as never
before that a kindergarten teacher ,
however amiable and Interesting he
may bo to listen to , Is not wanted In
the white house , to succeed Roosevelt.
But above and beyond Taft Is what
Taft stands for. He Is committed
thoroughly to the progressive and
states-manlike policies which are based
on the country's highest welfare and
on equal justice to all. He is in line
with the moral forces of the universe
which can no more be overthrown than
the law of gravitation.
The country believes In his inflex
ible honesty , his sincerity and his
courage. It Is confident that he will
carry out the ideas which have com
mended the Roosevelt administration ,
In a sane , sensible , large minded and
largo hearted way , which will make
them even more successful.
In a word , the country needs and
seeks a great president a man who
can and will handle vexed problems
effectively without noise or bluster.
Secretary Taft fills the bill and his
nomination and election can even now
lo ) safely predicted If the will of the
people Is- not thwarted.
PROSPERITY IS AHEAD.
The cablegram from London and
Paris that the discount rates In those
countries , Is good news indeed to
America. It will mean the immediate
restoration of confidence , business ac
tivity will at once take on new vim
Hid new blood.
The eabt has been the only section
sf the country that seriously felt the
money flurry which is now formally
mil officially at an end. The west ,
Independently banked up behind Us
? reat grain-cash , never had cause for
ilarm. But now oven the east can
sheer up.
In this connection an optimistic let
ter received this week by a Norfolk
business man from a St. Louis whole
sale house Is worth repetition. It so
truly sounds the keynote to the situ-
itlon , and so logically dispels all gloom
that it would iron the wrinkles out of
my man's worrying forehead. This
is what Is says :
When the pessimist fell from the
twelfth story , as he passed the fifth
he commented he was doing very well
so far. A good many people for no
sound reason , are afraid business will
never reach bottom. Stop and con
sider , our population is increasing at
an enormous ratio , all of which must
be fed , clad , shod and housed ; in addi
tion , there Is a scarcity abroad of ourr
great agricultural products , which
with the home demand maintains a
very high average price , thus increas
ing tremendously the purchasing pow
er of the farmer.
The recent "unpleasantness" has eli
minated the "Get rick quick" specul
ator , and placed conservative public
service corporations on a known basis ,
which will shortly permit them to mar
ket securities to the Investor , and
make needed improvements , to proper
ly handle the present business offered.
With the farmer's ability to buy nnd
pay at the highest level known before ,
and the railroads only purchasing for
actual requirements , new enterprises
need hardly be considered , for with
this combined consumption of manu
factured goods we have a buying pow
er equal to present production , which
will necessarily keep business on an
even keel.
Do not worry about your banker , he
Is usually a keen business man , and
it Is to his interest to iron out thorough
rough places , and he will do so very
quickly if let alone. particularly since
he has made more money in the last
twelve months than at any previous
time , and Is actually in stronger con
dition today than over before , and as
ii rule with more currency locked In
his vaults than he knows what to do
with , If not frightened Into holding It.
Every Industry has made greater
profits in 1907 than In any previous
year , and stocks of raw material nnd
merchandise are proportionately much
less than a year ago , and every man ,
woman and child , merchant and man
ufacturer , needs more , wants more ,
nnd consumes more than ever , and
necessarily these demands must bo
supplied.
Think over these facts , and you can
not but conclude that there is not
today one sound , sensible , tangible or ,
rtslblo reason why everybody should
not have a successful , nronf" " ' and
prosperous business during K\IIJ \ ? * & ' l _
Remember every legitimate bus
iness , retail , wholesale , manufactur
ing , railroading and banking , has been
and Is now on a firm basis. Stocks an *
extremely low with no surplus In sight.
Hotter yet , the farming and ralltoad
liitereHtB never needed go much as
right now , and there never was so
much mono } In the country with which
lo buy it.
You can readily SPO there Is no ac
tual reaKon for fear , and to repeat
my former offer , I will soil you pract
ically on your own terms , and at the
right price too , which Is the strong
est evidence that I believe what I
am talking about and have confidence
In you.
Pass the "good word" along , and let
me hoar from you anyway the conn-
tiy Is not "Going to ask Father. "
THE THUNDERER.
The making of a great newspaper
luis In It so much of human interest
that It commands the attention of the
world. The London Times has been
a great newspaper in the largest sense
of the word for several generations.
It has been so definitely and tremen
dously associated with the glory of
Great Britain that it has hern appro
priately called "The Thunderer" for
many years.
Now that it has passed by the recent
sale from the family which has made
It ono of the most potent journals In
the English world Into the hands of a
promoter of popular literature the
event is far moro than an Incident and
compels us to wonder if its future will
equal its past.
The Times demanded and obtained
the respect of tho'great ' nation it re
presented , not by any appeal to tbo
eye , not by anything that savored of
sensationalism , but absolutely and un
ceaslngly by the dominancy which
comes from great Ideas , well and fear
lessly expressed. Sometimes It thun
dered when the noise was anything but
pleasant to English ears but it was
always respected. Its editorials , like
Caesar's wife , wore always above sus
plclon of bargain or sale.
The Times not only thundered but
it thundered long. Its leaders were
always long and often when any great
question was up for consideration ,
three full columns were given up to
it. And the English people read them.
They might gnash their teeth , they
might excite their dissent or provoke
them to rage but all classes and all
parties read the Times.
A perusal of it was a liberal edu
cation. There was no froth in Its
columns but every paragraph of every
nrticle contained food for solid thought
It's prosperity and popularity for so
many years Is a great tribute to a
great people. Such a paper could nev
er flourish where people refuse to
: hlnk. Some people called it dull. It
ivas a reflection on themselves not
Dn the Times.
Now that It has passed Into Mr.
Pearson's hands it is said that it will
jo "modernized. " What can that
ueau ?
Let us hope that It does not mean
leterioratlon In Its characteristic , fear-
essness or a shrinking from the high
deals which have made it a mighty
sewer in English life.
The world still needs great men and
; reat newspapers. Let the "thunder-
> r" continue to thunder !
IN THE THIRD DISTRICT.
The rank and file republicanism in
.ho Third congressional district in
Nebraska is for Secretary Taft to
succeed President Roosevelt , despite
: he feeble attempts of the La Follette
machine to create sentiment for their
man by threatening to otherwise bolt
.ho ticket.
There is no enthusiasm being arous-
3d in the Third district over the efforts
Df a few malcontents to give Presid-
mt Roosevelt a back-handed slnp by
supporting La Follette , whom the pres
ident most thoroughly dislikes and
iistrusts , In place of Secretary Taft ,
who stands , highest of all in the esti
mation of the president and whom Mr.
Roosevelt , himself most desires as his
successor In the white house.
And It is not likely that the will of
the rank and file of republicans in the
Third district will bo thwarted by any
political trickery at the bands of the
La Folletto malcontents Into sending
my other than Taft delegates to the
Chicago convention.
Secretary Taft has had training
gest man looming up In the coming
presidential campaign as a candidate
for the white house position , Is good
Biiough for the republicans of the
Third district of Nebraska. Ho Is
good enough for President Roosevelt.
And he is going to have the support
3f the Third Nebraska district , If the
wishes of the rank nnd file of Third
llstrlct republicanism are adhered to.
La Follette is being urged only by
i very few agitators belonging to the
Jown-and-out-club who would do any
thing In any way they could find to
Jlsrupt the republican party. They
iiavo chosen to take up battle with the
friends of President Roosevelt , by the
very act of selecting as their candl-
late a man in whom the president is
itnown to have no confidence and who
.vould be most distasteful to the presl-
lent as his successor. They have
shosen to create as much dissension
is possible within the party by fight
ing the ono man who docs stand out
ire-emlnently on his own account ns
residential timber , and the ono man
vhom President Roosevelt does desire
.0 sco ns bis successor.
Secretr
WAYNE , NKtl'f
A'orthPiistern Nebraska , and for that
matter north Nebraska , far removed
from the two state normal schools ,
has at Wayne , Nob. , a normal Institu
tion that fills the place of the state
normal schools and Is at the same
time a typical north Nebraska Instl
tutnon.
The Wayne normal school Is the
work of Its president , .1. M. Pile.
Through personal effort , unceasing at
tention to detail and with a spirit that
was in harmony with the aim and
tomperment of the north-state people
he built up a college that belongs both
to him and to north Nebraska. Wayne
normal is a part of north Nebraska
through the north Nebraska students
who attend It and through the Wayne
graduates who have spread over the
north section of the stale In following
up their life work.
In sixteen years the history of the
Wayne school has been written ; It Is
a story of growth from n small begin
ning In temporary quarters to such
prosperous proportions that the capa
city of two large recitation buildings
and five dormitories arc taxed.
The attendance at the Wayne nor
mal now numbers about 750 students.
There are over a hundred members In
the graduating classes in the teachers'
and the scientific departments.
About three-fourths of the students
are preparing to teach. Of the other
fourth a majority are in the business
department. The music , elocution and
shorthand departments are popular.
At the normal you find classes vary
ing from those handling elemental y
and foundation work in arithmetic ,
for the eminent position to which he
aspires. He has had judicial exper
ience on the bench fitting him for the
responsibility. He is conservative
and yet pure In his motives for the
common good. He stands for progress
and for clean government. He Is not
the man for those who see virtue In
the ranting of La Follette. He would
not be a menace to business prosper
ity , as The News has remarked before
and as La Follette unquestionably
would be.
There are no two ways about It In
the Third district. Taft , the big ,
broad-gauged statesman in his own
name , the choice of President Roosevelt
velt and the choice of the republicans
throughout the Third district of Ne
braska , must have and will have the
support of this district In the Chicago
convention , if the w'lshes of the rank
and file are carried out. And no
chicanery by the crowd of La Follette
agitators , in their eagerness to obtain
control of the party will bo tolerated.
The republican party in the Third dis
trict is no football to bo booted back
and forth by a crowd of discontented
disturbers , willing to disrupt the party
If possible and determined , by threats
of bolting , to run things with a high
hand or desert and go over to the
other side.
GUARANTEES OF PEACE.
There is a far cry often times be
tween the merely academic and the
stern practical facts regarding any
question but It is the latter that have
to be depended upon to meet any
emergency and it is therefore of the
highest Importance that wo realize
what they are.
During tbo past ten years there has
been a great deal said and wrlttten
about peace and how to maintain It
with other nations. It has caused wide
discussion and demonstrated a mark
ed divergence of views.
There are those like Mr. Bryan , who ,
under the of " "
cry "militarism" and
"imperialism" deplore the Increase of
a navy , condemn any enlargement of
the army and lift up their hands In
consternation at any show of forco.
They tell you It is all dead wrong.
They say that the only way to win the
respect of other nations Is to bo bene
volently kind In our International re
lations. They contend that no show
< \t \ "brute strength" avails to provo
grammar and other lower studies to
Istry. geology , I atln , German , lltera-
classes in higher mathematics , chem-
ture , history , rhetoric and other lines
of college work.
The faculty has twenty members.
For the summer school the services of
our civilization or make other coun
tries fear us.
The contention is a beautiful one ,
but unhappily , under existing condit
ions , It does not jibe with the hard
facts.
Only a few years ago the United
States was at war with Spain. The
Old World solemnly warned us of the
power of that poor , old , decrepit na
tion , and for a time we all sat up
nights expecting hourly that every
city on the Atlantic coast was going
to be destroyed by the Spanish fleet.
Wo believed It and the world believed
it because Spain had In the centuries
past demonstrated its power on the
high seas. They had no faith in
American sea power. It was only
when Dewey's brilliant /triumph / at
Manila and the great overwhelming
victory came at Santiago that the
world awoke to the fact , that America
would not bo trifled with and we be
gan to have some confidence In our
selves.
Since that time , aroused by strife be
tween other nations , the United States
has greatly Increased Its war arma
ment on the sea. Today sixteen mag
nificent battleships are on their way
around the world. With Old Glory
floating proudly to the breeze , each
ono of them Is an object lesson to the
nations of the earth of the majesty and
power of the great republic. They
speak a silent and effective tribute ,
in whatever sea they float , in any
harbor they may anchor , to any people
who gaze upon them , of a free and
kindly nation of eighty million souls ,
desirous only of peace and progress ,
but who have the power to meet and
triumph over any ill disposed govern
ment.
That power , It does not want to use.
But if called upon , it Is ready and pre
pared to assert its rights.
Never was America so secure against
foes from without as It is today.
In its battleships is found an index
of the courage and foresight of a
gentle but determined people. They
are its visible , nnd therefore potent ,
guarantees of peace.
AROUND TOWN.
If the farmers around Norfolk keep
on finding gold In dead ducks , they're
apt to quit farming and go to mining.
The innv who has escaped the grip
Pilger of Pierce , County Superintend
ent Teed of Dlxon and County Super
intendent .Miller of Cedar.
Something like a thousand teachers
aie expected to spend tbo summer at
Wayne. During the last few years the
summer sessions of Nebraska normal
a number of practical and capable
school men are obtained to assist the
regular faculty. Among the men who
will be on the normal .school staff
for the summer term this year are
County Superintendent Perdue of Mad
ison county , County Superintendent
schools have had attendances that tax
ed the capacities of the school. The
Wayne normal is authorized by the
state to grant state certificates to Its
graduates. Last year a class of eighty
received certificates.
President Pile has built un nt Wnvnn
ought to forget all the rest of his
troubles , and be happy.
They made Sturgeon secretary of
the Commercial club because they
sized him up as a Shark at the boost
ing-Norfolk game.
Norfolk has an unusual brand of
thief in the robbers who robbed a
church. Aside from all religious or
superstitious scruples , bank-robbing is
generally considered more profitable.
What good on earth are sparrows ,
anyway ?
Is there anybody contrary enough to
Insist that this isn't fine waether ?
How foollfeh It is to keep a diary
at least to keep It so long that , in later
years , your wife will got hold of it !
State Y. M. C. A. , state U. C. T ,
north Nebraska teachers , Elkhorn val
ley physicians , north Nebraska dent
Ists , nnd state firemen that's a pret
ty good string of conventions lined up
for Norfolk during the next twelve
months.
A Norfolk woman went to a party
the other day unaware that on her
shoulder was pinned a bit of paper
with these words written on it : "Last
week $2 ; this week $1.75. " It was her
week's washing bill , and she had for
gotten to take It off when the wash
basket came home.
The weatner man occupies
a pe
culiar position. He never can please
everybody , yet ho always pleases a
certain portion of the public. Disin
terested parties have been praising
hit for the springlike brand of weather
but it didn't ' suit the suit men or
the Ice men or the coal men at all.
And now that the mercury has dropped
pod , while those people are happy
enough , the w. m. is being cussed by
the general run of mankind. It's pretty -
ty hard for even nature nnd the gov
ernment combined to suit everybody
all the time.
ATCHI80N GLOBE SIGHTS.
It Is so easy for society to shock the
people who are not In It.
We nlways dislike a man who is
proud , and who has nothing to back It.
A woman's happiness Is In danger
when she begins comparing her hus
band unfavorably with other men.
That "dim religious light , " which
a normal school with modern equip
ment In all departments , In gymnasi
um , laboratories , libraries , llterarle * ; ,
and lecture room. The eight buildings
are heated by a hot water plant. The
buildings and grounds are lighted by
electricity. A college dining hall seats
500 boarders.
President Pllo Is looking for great
er results and as ono means townrrt
this end is planning to add a course
In manual training and a course In
agriculture with two now faculty metn-
bers. The courses will bo opened for
the summer term.
Wnyno normal graduates have
spread all over north Nebraska and
southern South Dakota , where they
are teaching In town and country
school. Last summer principals went
out of the graduating class to Pilger ,
Stuart , Hay Springs , Dccatur , Bell-
wood , Anselmo , Allen , Elba , Elsie ,
Harrlhon , Creston and other north Nebraska -
braska towns.
The Wayne normal however Isn't
altogether u teacher factory. Just
as the normal department sends its
graduates Into the schools of the state
the business department sends its-
graduates Into the business world.
The Wayne Normal Is a school that
Is In session forty-eight weeks in the
year and like most normal schools
permits pupils to enter at any time.
Nearly 1,800 students were said to
have enrolled last year.
A steady increase In attendance Is
expected. To this end Improvements
are being made In the college. A new
recitation building , 70xflO feet and three
stories high , has been built at a cost
nf nlmnf * >
the novels talk about , too often , in
real life , comes through unwashed
windows.
Tell a girl she writes an Interesting
letter , and she dreams of writing a
book.
Women ask advice of men to flat
ter them ; they have no intention of
taking it.
If you want to be happy , have as
little to think of
as possible when you
go to bed.
Do the best you can , and don't de
fend your actions when they do not
deserve It.
When there Is no other excuse for a
poor marriage , people say It was a
love match.
A woman Is never so disappointed
in love in real life that she doesn't
believe in it in a story.
If the past has taken fairly good
care of itself , the future may bo e'x-
peeled to do equally as well.
One thing may bo said to the cred
it of a parrot : he never makes any
thing worse In repeating It.
Heaven bless the old-fashioned sort
of a man , who does not give good ad
vice , but who helps you by good ex
ample.
Don't get discouraged , girls According - I
cording to the women's department of \
newspapers and magazines , if a girl
starts out with
determination and a
pickle , it is no time till she Is owning
and running an Immense pickle fac
tory.
"We are having an argument about
the financial situation , " said one of
two men to n reporter today. "If
there is no prospect of a light , " said
the reporter , "I will not wait. "
When daughter Is sixteen she
the right of way all over the road.j
mother never gets the track , L4ltu
father sidetracks every time hoJsoes
her coming. The only ono who Risks
a collision Is brother , nnd ho Wing
shows the effects of It. M
\weuu \
If a woman owns n really fine n *
the other women will say : "It's e
pensive , but It doesn't conform wlti
Its surroundings. Whoever selected I.
had poor taste. " And the moro oxi
pensive the rug the moro the women |
will abuse the owner's taate.