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Platform Reform.
Lincoln .lourrml : Itofortn of the
peilltleal iilntforin IR well nigh as great
n need UH the political iilatfonn of re
form. It IH the prime ( luiillllcatlon of a
politician that ho be able to feel anil
fall In with the. tenilenrleH of the
tlincfl. Hut In the matter of pint forum
the polltlrlnnn iinnnlmotiHly fall.
The times tend to brevity. The
throe decker novel haw Hhritnk to the
300 pager , thence to the novelette ,
thence to the Hhort story. A literary
product for public consumption were
letter ) unwritten than lengthy. Mag-
nzlnes nre beginning to pay contribu
tors In proportion to brevity , rather
than length. Multmn in pnrvo IH tie-
come a passion everywhere but In
party platforms.
There the contrary rules. You can't
ilnd the pound of good meat In the
Nebraska republican platform except
by wading through the ton of verbiage
in which It is packed. The democrats
did almost as badly being better by
only a "stickful. "
Must It be so ? We can all remem
ber cases where It was highly desir
able , from a party standpoint , that the
platforms be unread. Length served
n specific If not holy purpose then.
Hut now such Intent does not exist ,
T'latforms are meant to be read , but
who has the time and fortitude to read
them ?
The Nebraska populist platform Is
in one Important respect the best of
all. It Is only a quarter column long.
Bryan'c Bier.
Chicago Evening Post : And thou ,
Nebraska ! The Pfieness Leader , -whom
the conscienceless paragrapher al
ready has made Ihe Beerless Leader ,
fell from his estate yesterday in the
convention at Grand Island and there
were only a pitiful 198 delegates to
< lo him reverence.
The silver speech that was wont
to set conventions on n roar moved
only to silence. Wliat's the matter
with Nebraska ; or , If better , what's
the matter with Bryan ? He has boon
ceaseless In striving for ofilw ; and In
striving to please. Must Lincoln needs
ask Oyster Day If the strenuous life
can be overdone ?
Champ CIUIK and Henry T. Rainey
will keep the ancient faith , but what
avails It with the home state faith
less ? And on such a little matter , a
mere difference of town option and
county option. He who stood to fight
again after free silver , free trade and
government ownership , to meet de
feat on an Isbiio hardly worthy an
exchange of shots on a skirmish line.
On a license Issue the delegates
took liberties with one whose demo
cratic word has been law. County
option ! Was there a delegate pres
ent depraved and flippant enough to
quote the old couplet :
Ah , County Guy , the hour Is nigh ,
The sun has left the lea.
Harmon and Gaynor and Marshall I.
in the face of morning's news of
cheer cannot one of you let fall a tear
on Bryan's bier ?
Will Bryan Heed Watterson ?
Omaha Bee : That is n spectacular
appeal Colonel Watterson makes to
Mr. Bryan to sink his personality and
let the democratic party follow lead
ers who have records of victory In
stead of defeats. It will be interest
ing to sea what effect il has upon the
deposed leader. From a democrat's
standpoint It is a sane and reason
able plea , for who more than Mr.
Bryan has urged the force of majori
ty rule ?
In 1896 Mr. Bryan as the demo
cratic party's nominee for the presi
dency was bolted by a large number
of democrats and to them he deliver
ed this ultimatum :
"The man who leaves the demo
cratic party today must understand
that If he conies back he must come
back in sackcloth and ashes. Xot only
that , but he must bring forth works :
meet for repentance. "
Mr. Bryan was a young man and
n new leader to lay down such a severe
.
vere condition of surrender. Colonel
Watterson was one of the old guard
who bolted Mr. Bryan and laid him
self under the painful necessity 11jf
knocking his head on the floor to the
Peerless Leader before he could re
gain admittance to the party he had
idr
served before Mr. Bryan's day of ser
vice. It matters no more now than it
did then to republicans whether the '
erring brothers come back or not , but
it will be interesting to see if Mr.
Hryan heeds the Invitation of Colonel
Watterson to take a back seat. ely
Colonel Watterson puts it very
mildly when he says that "Party lead
ers , no less than military leaders ,
must at least once in awhile win a
battle. " He doubtless In saying this
makes a mental contrast between
Bryan and Harmon , who Bryan is try
ing to read out of the party because '
he was one of the Cleveland cabinet
and was noticeably absent from the 16
to 1 army in 1896.
With all the stinging rebuke his
partisans and neighbors have admin
istered to Mr. Bryan in Ohio and In
Nebraska , It is no more severe than
come excoriations he has given to
older party leaders. For a man who
has never made good on a single pai-
amount Issue which he has saddled
upon ills party lie has fared very well. i
The Platform Conventions.
Omaha Bee : The platform conven
tions of the various political parties :
held under the provisions of the Ne
braska primary law have done their
work according to plans and specifi
cations foreshadowed by the various
county conventions that selected the
delegates.
On the democratic side , the effort
of Mr. Bryan to force a declaration in
favor of county option failed Ignomln-
iously. and for the- first time since :
his leadership was established the
democrats of his own home state have
refused to follow him. What Mr. Bry
an Is to do will be disclosed shortly
In an ofiicinl statement from him , In
; wblch lie will decline to take the plat-
I form cmlnflon nu conclusive on him ,
and outllma program Irrespective
of partisan politics.
The ilgnlflcant feature of the ie-
publican gathering Is Its decisive vote
of approval and confidence In Presi
dent Taft and the work of congress
along the line of his recommenda
tions. Tills test vote of more than
two to one developed In the very be
ginning by the selection of a perma
nent chairman , and was reinforced by
the platform recitation of the benefi
cent and wholesome government enJoyed -
Joyed by the nation under republican
rule , and is not in Uny way depreciated
by the tall-end motion offered by Con
gressman Norrls , after two-thirds of
the delegates had left , approving his
own conduct in combatting Cannonlsm
in the house.
The republican convention has also
endorsed the demand for county op
tion which had been registered In the
form of instructions on nearly one-half
of the delegates , and lias gone one
stel further in recommending the
submission of a constitutional amend
ment for the initiative and referendum
although this subject was not an Is
sue generally In the local caucuses
and conventions. The practical effect
of the republlcr.n declaration on these
two subjects Is to make the republican
organization an auxiliary to the coun
ty option league and the direct
latlon league. These questions will
have to be settled , however , by the
oters in the respective legislative dis
tricts.
It is hard to take tne populist plat
form-makers seriously knowing all the
conditions that have left but a shad
ow of that former party and that rem-
mint dominated completely by Bryan.
democrats In masquerade. The popu
lists have announced that they will
support no candidates not committed
to county option. If the populists
meant what they said they would this
year join with the republicans , but
they will not practice what they are
preaching. The populist organization
Is nothing but a fake maintained by
the democrats to fool a few voters Into
accepting the democratic ticket false' '
ly labeled.
On the old Issues that Mr. Bryan
has had to meet , Nebraska is as republican -
publican as Iowa. Bryan , by sheer
force , by compelling faith In himself
as a Christian citizen and a patriot all
the time , has kept it a "doubtful j
state. " The first move of the new
leaders Is one that substitutes expedi
ency for principle. It lowers , there
fore , the party standing and diminish
es Its chance of winning. If the party
wins upon the expedient it still has
no issue and no ultimate hope of suc
ceeding. If they do not believe they
can do better for the party than Bryan
has done , then their Intrusion is par
ty disloyalty and they stand Impeach
ed already.
Nebraska Democrats.
. ,
Sioux City Tribune : The much ad
vertised Grand Island convention hav
ing come and gone , we may now
measure It with some degree of ac
curacy as to what it was , what it did
and what results are to be expected
from it.
From first to last It was a fight over
the liquor question. It was on the
one hand an attack and on the other
hand a defense of the saloon system.
Mr. Bryan's bold attitude taken many
months ago against right of the brew
ers to dictate the party politics , to
use the party in defense of their busi
ness , forced the convention Into the
attitude of a jury before which the
saloon system was on trial.
The great jury of nearly a thousand
men were to decide whether the demo
cratic party in Nebraska should put
itself in the attitude of defending the
brewers or whether it should leave
them open to the attack of whatever
proportion of the people are wanting
to vote them out of the towns and
villages. Declaring vehemently with
every breath that the liquor question
was not a political Issue , the convention -
tion itself , In every thing It did from
start to finish , proved that there was
no other issue there except the one
question , the right of the farmers to
vote the saloon business up or down.
Every shrewd move made in the ar
rangement of the unfair anti-Bryan
program , every struggle against tlm
unfair program , every speech and
every motion pro or con was in effect
either an attack or a defense of the
brewers ,
"They can't put you In jail for that
offense , " said the lawyer to the man
behind the bars. "But I am in Jail , "
answered the prisoner. And so it was
at Grand Island. The liquor question
was there overshadowing every other
issue and every man of the several
thousands gathered In and around the
big tent knew it and felt "ie tremendous
ous force of It
It was not only the boldest and most
powerful convention ever assembled
In Nebraska , but was hard-faced and
cruel In its treatment of Mr. Bryan. It
had the right to vote him down , which
it did. It had the right to choose its
attitude either for or against county
option. It was its buslnes to reject
Mr. Bryan's advice and to turn from
his leadership to that of Hitchcock or
Baldwin or Shallenborgcr , if It wanted
to. but it had not right to tolerate the
bitter personal assault made by some
of the speakers on Mr. Bryan. In
punishing him it helped to make per
ilmanent the bitterness that now splits
the party and threatens Its defeat j ,
eBad feeling between the factions is
more Irreconcilable and more perma
nently fixed since the convention than
before. Conventions ought to heal
old wounds. But this Grand Island
convention made opportunity for bit
ter debate and hard words that will
not bo soon forgotten.
It seems as If Mr. Bryan's attack on
the brewers should have been answer
ed by the defense of the brewers If
any defense or answer was necessary.
But to answer- his attack on the brew
ers , by attacking him personally and
holding him up to the scorn and rldl
tcule of the party and the public must
cnct in his favor find make the party
appear as If It wan under the contre > l
of the brewery influence. There is
ilenty of room for honest differences
> f opinion and for fair and tolerant
llscusslon on the county option queeIn
Ion. But there Is nothing In Mr. BryIn
III'H attitude nor In all his past history
as a great party leader to Justify the
tersemal assault upon him by the
speakers who were cheered In their
issaults at the Grand Island convenIK
Ion.
The new leadership of the party Is
if men who have secretly chafed at
Mr. Bryan's domination. Whether
they believe they can do more for
he party than he has done may well
bo doubted.
Nebraska Press Comment.
South Sioux City Record : Bryan's
Commoner Is issued only once a week
and , therefore , cannot be expected te )
give publicity to all Mr. Bryan's parall
mount Issues.
Falrbury News : Since Mr. Bryan
lias made his position plain on the
liquor question there is no longer a
crying demand from the democratic
party that he should become a candiei
date for senator.
Humphrey Democrat : Harry Hayward -
ward of Omaha , a liquor dealer , raised
more money through the Bryan volunteers -
unteers two years ago , than any other -
er man in Nebraska , yet Mr. Bryan
Bays the liquor dealers were against
him.
Springfield Monitor : While a great
deal has been said In the papers In
regard to farmers mortgaging their
land to buy automobiles , investigation
shows that in Nebraska , where many
farmers ( have bought these machines ,
they had the cash to pay for them , and
the instances are but rare , if any ,
where the mortgage plan was neces
sary.
Beatrice Sun : Hon. A. E. Cady of
St. Paul , candidate for the republican.
nomination for governor , has given i
out a straight-forward statement of
his position on several public ques-iv
tlons. t ! He has never believed that a. i
county option law was necessary to
control the liquor traffic , but says ;
that : , should the people through their
representatives show that they want t
. it , he would not veto a county option i
law. ' This is a clear statement of a i
fair ' position on this question. Pert
liaps ' It Is not stifilclently biased and'/
one-sided to suit either side , but it's
I1 good platform to stand on , even If f
he ' loses.
St. Paul Republican : Shanennerger
and Bryan are a mile aaprt now. Be
fore election they will be together.
Who is going to give in ? Bryan has
taken a positive stand. Shallenberger
is the man who will come to Bryan's
way of thinking. The reason Is that '
Shallenberger Is n policy man , pure
and simple , playing for votes , and J
he knows that the case Is hopeless j I
without the support of Bryan. Bryan
I
is ' a policy man also , but in this case ,
he knows that he is stronger than
Shnllenberger. So Bryan will have
his way , and Shallenberger his nomi
nation. Then the voters will lay them
both in the shade.
Lynch Journal- Some of the lending - ,
ing democrats are seeing the folly
of playing politics these days. The
last legislature amended the primary '
law so that it would be possible for a j
|
man to step In his booth at the pri
mary and vote any ticket that he [
chooses , regardless of the ticket he j
would vote at the election and the' '
party with which he affiliated in be-1
lief. This very law may be the means
of nominating Jim Dahlman for gov- j
ernor on the democratic ticket. There 1
was no reason to amend the law only
to criticize the republican law and
now they wish they had not made
the break.
Osceola Record : Democratic papers
are lamenting the fact that the promi
nence of the liquor issue in Nebraska '
will prevent their giving that attention j
to the subject of national issues which ,
they would so much relish at this
time. Sure thing. If Mr. Bryan were i
not so deeply involved In the county |
option fight at this time he would ,
have more time to lambast the demo-1 I I
cratlc senators who betrayed their
platform pledges In their votes on the I
tariff bill. It is indeed too bad the
democracy has a liquor fight on its
hands. And , by the way , who put
that fight onto them ? Let them con
sult the deals made by Shallenberger
two years ago and see who it was.
Kearney Democrat : Eacli party has
a colonel. The it-publican colonel is
doing his level best to harmonize and ( J
solidify his party factions. No one
pretends to know Just what he Is going -
ing to do , but they all fully under-
stand ' that he will do nothing that will
tend to injure his party. The demo
cratic colonel is doing things. He is
not caring much who It Injures just
so he does something. He does not
care If every republican candidate is
elected Just so he Is doing things.
Success to come twice in succession
In this state is too much of n good
thing. And every republican politi
cian in the state claps his hands with
Joyful glee. Hip , hip , hurrah , for our
colonel.
Hartington Herald : We are In re-
celpt of various and divers communi
cations from various and divers can
elldates over the state setting forth
their views on various and divers
topics pertaining to the public weal.
In no respect save one nre these com-
munlcatlons alike and that is m the
omission of the cash. In the Immort-
al words of that great insurance mag-
nnte , who has now gone to heaven or
to Sing Sing we have forgotten Just
which wo are not running an elee
mosynary Institution exactly , and while
we have no doubt these various and
divers platforms have abundant mer
it , wo do not see our way clear to
publish them unless accompanied by
the price. In our opinion , the candi
date who depends for publicity upon
the free advertising ho gets from the
state press does not stand n very good .
show of being elected. j
O'Neill ' Frontier : A. E. Cndy of St. t ' :
Paul has filed for the republican noin- i '
Inatlon for governor. Mr. Cady Is one
of the ableft men In the state and has
for ye-ars been re-cognized as a progresw
slvtrepublican. ! . He is an eloquent
orator and \\ll ! mnke ( "ho stump and
make an active uiiiipalgn for the nomh
InnIon. ) Mr. Cady has many friends
In the party In this county who would
be plowed to see him head the ticket
th's ' fall us they are of the opinion
that Ineentlel ensll } take the measure
of Governor Flitilki.berger at the polls
next November.
I
West Point Republican : A. E. Cady
would make a strong candidate for
governor. AH long as twenty years
ago , he was regarded as a reform re
publican and his work always squared
with his word. As a legislator , he
always 1 stood for the right and with
him the question of good , clean gov-
erment was ever the paramount Is
sue. With lespect to the liquor ques
tion , he believes that county option
'K ' not the correct solution , but would
consider < It his duty to sign a bill of
that kind , if passed by the legisla
ture. He Is a strong , clean , able man
and would honor the state In the ex
ecutive1 chair.
Offer Prayers for Rain.
West Point , Neb. , Aug. 1. Special
to * The News : Prayers were offered
in ' ' the churches of Cuniing county Sun
day for rain. The continued dry
weather , with the Intense heat prevail
ing is causing some uneasiness In the
minds of the farmers , who fear danger
to ( the corn crop.
Ainsworth Wins Two.
. Ainsworth , Neb. . Aug. 1. Special to
The News : Two games of ball were
.
played , here Sunday afternoon :
Ainsworth , 11 ; Newport , 3.
Ainsworth. 11 ; Mabelo , 3.
Dallas 3 , Herrick 2.
Dallas , S. D. , Aug. 1. Special to
. The News : A hot game of baseball
was played here yesterday afternoon
between Herrick and Dallas , Dallas
i winning out by the narrow margin of
. 3 to 2.
Hoskins 62 , Norfolk 18.
The Hoskins sluggers had the time
of their lives Sunday afternoon v.hen
j j they ! defeated a pick-up team from
Norfolk by the enormous score cf C2
to 1S. The battery for Ilosklns wan
' Keimer and F. Zeiiner , Norfolk's bat-
; tery t was Mnrqunrelt and King and
Winters. Dan Klug was replaced by
Winters after he sustained a badly
injured finger ns the result of a ball
hitting him.
Hogreve Hearing Next Tuesday.
Wayne Democrat : A preliminary
hearing in the case of State vs. Henry
Hogreve | , the Altona blacksmith who
is charged with murdering his wife ,
will J be held before County Judge Brit
ton Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
F. A. Berry will appear as attorney
for the defense and County Attorney
Davis prosecuting.
Tllden Beats Newman Grove.
Tilden , Neb. , Aug. 1. Tllden won a
batting : Prevo out of the box in the"
fourth inning. This was the rub
game , Tilden taking the first game ,
'score 11-12 , Newman Grove winning
the second game , score 2-5.
Score by innings :
Tilden 20801103 * 15
Newman Grove. 1 0120000 1 5
Batteries : Newman Grove , Prevo ,
Nunely and McKay ; Tilden , Kingdon
and Stewart. Struck out : By Prevo ,
11 ; by Nunely , 3 ; by Kingdon , 5. riases
\ balls : Prevo , 1 ; Nunely , 2. Home
run : Ryan. Umpire , C. F. Smith.
Heart Stories On Farm.
Dustin , Neb. , July 29. Editor News :
In the Bonesteel drawing n few years
ago , a Rock county woman drew a
farm near a new and thriving town.
Her husband had died a few months
before and left her four children and
i' n ' mortgaged farm. She was in deli
! cate health. When the fifth baby came
her health was entirely shattered. She
got j an extension of time from the
land ; office and in the meantime plan
ned . to move onto the land and hold
It as soon as she was able. All her ;
relatives , there was a large and prosperous -
porous family , called her Insane for >
even thinking of going up into a wild ' '
and unsettled country , an invalid , with '
five children , to undertake the hard '
ships of pioneer living on the reser-
vation. They advised her to sell her
claim , pay the mortgage on her land '
move to town and educate her chil ' '
dren. She refused , though she was
too weak to assist her oldest son , 12 '
ryears old , with the housework. "It
will only be a few years until I'll have
help in plenty , " she said. "Georgie is
old enough now to plant a garden and
enough corn to take core of a cow
and some hogs and chickens. Jennie
can manage to get the meals and wash '
the dishes. I am at least able to plan
if I can't do much. I will never have
this chance again for myself and mj
children. All the government land
will soon be taken , if I give this up
it will mean to go to town and buy
a washboard. Am I not as able to
live on the claim as to wash ? " "Bu
what if you move up there and don'
live ? " they asked. "There will be a
protection for my children , " she said
"and what would become of them 11
we moved to town and I did not live ? ? '
In six months she was offered $1,000
for her right. She refused It saying :
"If the right Is worth that much what
will the deeded land be worth when
it is improved and cultivated ? " Her
relatives set up a howl for her to take [
the thousand dollars and go to some
sanitarium and bo cured. "No , the
doctors will get the money In six
months , " she said , "and I and my
children will be out the money tine'
the land and perhaps the children
a mother. " She was only able to walli
Hijr
about and take the crudest care of her
baby and manage the children , but she.
began to get a covered wagon rcadj
to take her and the family to the
Rosebud , Some of her relatives talk
ed of restraining her on the ground
that she had lost her ralnd ( through
sickness and trouble. Her body was
weak , but there was no sign of mental
decay , e-xcept her obstinate persist
ence to move emto her claim. One of
her brothers , won over by her pluck
and persistence , went up to the res
ervation with her. and found she had
drawn a great prize In the government
lottery. The laud was level as a lloor
, and would grow anything planted , as ,
the soil was of the best ( pirillty. It
was within a mile of town. He put
her up a tveioomed < house and a
barn , fenced a patch of land and put
in some corn , wheat and a garden for
her. With the help of the children ,
she got along the first year ant ) made
a good living. The second year , she
was still In poor health , but hired a
man to farm the place at so much per
nieinth. She sent the children to
school , cleared several hundred dollars
lars and paid the mortgage off on her
husband's estate. The next year , she
was sent east to a hospital and for
months her life was despaired of , but
she held on. always saying. "It is eas
ier for a sick woman to manage a
farm than a washboard. "
Today she Is In moderate health ,
owns a $10.000 farm on the Rosebud
and has a family of children growing
into useful citizens , a credit to their
mother's Industry and heroism.
Four years ago a German-Bohemian
settler bought a roliiiqulshinent ne > ar
Stuait , Holt county , for $25. He had
n thousand dollars to Invest In land
md Improvements and the land men
old him the quarter section lay In the
sandhills and was not wortli fifty cents
an acre as deeded land. The soil was
leceptlve and light and would no more
urnlsh nutriment to corn than a
trctch of land in the Sahara desert.
The settler , undaunted , put up some
; oed buildings , fenced , and set out
: en acres of trees which he hauled
: rom the Niobrara. He turned over
sixty acres of soil and planted corn.
: iats. garden and several acres of p
tatoes. It was a wet year and the
nan made more than his living from
the place the first year. The next
vear every acre was under cultivation ,
he buildings all painted , and from the
sandy soil , of the so-called desert ,
? rew corn and cereals in an abund
ance. The German was a practical
farmer , not afraid of work , and knew
what it meant to fertilize , and to let
lir and sunshine into the soil. Today
lie could buy out a big bunch of cheap
land-venders , who would rather sit at
their desks and talk "cheap land" than
to take off their cuffs and plow the
dollars out for themselves and their
country.
When a state , or a section of coun
try , gets a bad reputation it gets a
kick , like any proverbial sinner , from
every chance observer. Speak of
Kansas , and people in the east think
of grasshoppers and drouth. Still Kan
sas today no more represents a land
of affliction and want than does Illi
nois or Vermont. But flaming bad
stories were told on poor Kansas In
the days of her early youth. She had
a famine once In her history , and she
is still fighting the exaggerated stories
of that early misfortune.
In the same way Holt county got a
bad 1 name in Its youth. It once had
the 1 ill-luck to be burnt out by a se
vere drouth , to be visited by a horde
of grasshoppers , to be the scene of the
Hill raid and the Scott hanging , and
to furnish the state penitentiary at
Lincoln some very prominent politi
cians and officials , who paid for their
offices in stripes behind iron bars.
You can go into any prominent land
office in Omaha and put the best pieca
of Holt county land for sale , and your
proposition will be handled gingerly ,
with some remark like the following :
"Oh , Holt's the bad county ; now if
the land was in Boyd nr Antelope , we
might do something for you. That's
where they hung Scott and that's the
county where Moore , Bartley and Hag-
erty lived. "
Across the Niobrara river in Boyd ,
land wil ! easily sell on the general
credit of the county for $35 to $45
per acre. Three miles south of the
river in Holt , the soil of the same
character , they will tell you land is
only worth $5 , and $ G per acre. Go to
investigating , and you will be told ,
that's near the place where they raided -
ed the Hill brothers for cattle rustling
and buried them in the sand. Up
there somewhere , they mobbed de
faulting Treasurer Scott. So procluc <
tive old Holt , the biggest county , but
one In the state , crossed and watered
by streams Innumerable , flowing Into
the Elkhorn and Nlcbrara , first in cat
tie , milk , cream , butter and eggs ; sec-
end In hay and corn ; Is made to bear
the weight of ugly ins committed by
a nandful of liorsethieves and defaulting
politicians In the early days. Noth
ing in a name ? , \ bad name can even
aftect the sale eif peed land.
An old man , u practical New
land farmer , bought a farm eight
miles south of the Boyd county line ,
where land was cheap. He was an
invalid from chronic lumbago , but he
had the science of farming well mas
tered. He hired n foreman and ten
men to farm and care for the stock ,
and sot them to work , as confident of
success ns If the land had been farmed
for twenty years. He paid no atten
tlon to slurs about cheap land and
light soil. From the first year , the
farm yielded profits. It now produces
ns much hay , potatoes , alfalfa , oats
and corn as any piece of land in the
county next to the reservation.
Rosa Hudspeth.
Mistake the Man.
Denver Republican : Optimists In
his party welcome the Bryan defeat
as ending his dictation. They do not
know Mr. Bryan.
Too Modeit
New York Herald : Chicago is pre
paring to annex all the towns within
100 miles. Why this discrimination
against the remainder of the state9
Proven Again ,
Washington Times Mr Bryan has
at least demonstrated the infallibility
Many Women
who are
Splendid Cooks
drcnd having to prepare on elab
orate dinner because they are
not sufficiently strong to stand
over an intensely hot coal
range. This is especially true
in summer. Every woman
takes pride in the table she sets ,
but often it is done at tremendous
deus cost to her own vitality
through the weakening effect of
cooking on a coal range in a
hot kitchen.
Cintloniry Melt ! Dttur *
you get till * itovc * ee It is no longer necessary to wear
that the name-plate yourself out preparing fine dinner.
"
t tail * "New I'cifeclloD. " Even in the heat of summer you can
cook largo dinner without being
worn out.
Oil Cook-stove
Gives no outside heat , no smell , no smoke. It will cook the biggest dinner
without heating the kitchen or the cook. It is immediately lighted and immectt-
ntely extinguished. It can be changed from a slow to n quick fire by turning a
handle. There's no drudgery connected with it , no cool to entry , no wood to chop.
You don't have to wait fifteen or twenty minutes till lla fire gets going. Apply a
light and it's ready. By olmply turning the wick up or down you get n slow or nn
intense heat on the bottom of the pot , pan , kettln or oven , and nowhere else. Il
has a Cabinet Top with shelf for keeping plates and food hot , drop shelves for
coffee , tenpot or saucepan , and even a rock for towels. It caves time , worry ,
health and temper. It does all a woman needs and more than she expects. Mad *
with 1 , 2 , and 3 burners ; the 2 and 3-burner aix s can b bad with or without
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See the Sights of
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August 24. 2. > , 2ii and 27. THO. It is a < | Ui < 'k and
conit'eirtahlc trip if you travel em the-
Union Pacific
Dustlt'ss , perfect track electric block signals excel
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W. R. PARGETER ,
Commercial Agent , C. W. LANDERS ,
Norfolk , Neb. Agent.
of the theory that you can lead a
horse to water , but can't make him
drink.
To Redistrict Us.
Omaha Bee : All the Nebraska plat
forms this year promise legislative
redistrlctlng based on the 1010 cen
sus. There will be no dissent to this
except from those sections of the
state which have more representation
in legislature now than belongs to
them.
Earned a Vacation.
Sioux Falls Argus-Leader : Mr. Bry
an has been the political leader of
his party in Nebraska for twenty
years. Well , he has earned a rest ,
and he Is welcome to it.
Perdue a Practical Man.
Nebraska Teacher : Superintendent
Perdue is a man who enjoys the high
est regard of the school men of the
state. He has been city superinten
dent , county superintendent , and in
fact , lias had experience in all lines
of public school teaching. He is a
practical man , well qualified to do Im
portant work in the state superinten
dent's office.
Gallant in Defeat.
Aberdeen ( S. D. ) News : William
Jennings Bryan has met defeat at the
hands of the democrats of Nebraska ,
for the first time since he became
n political factor in the state , away
back in 1890. But the gallant manner
in which he fought what he must
have known from the start to be a
losing battle wins him admiration for
his courage , if not for his good judg
ment.
Bryan and Nebraska.
Chicago Record-Herald : "The PassIng -
Ing of Bryan" Is an old theme , so
very old that It can hardly bo han
dled with confidence now In spite of
the new interest that has been given
it by the Nebraska convention. Much
depends , of course , upon the outcome
of the campaign In the state. If the
republicans win with- county option
Bryan may claim that the democrats
made a fatal error in scorning his ad
vice and refusing to indorse county
option. Upon the political vnluo of
the local issue outsiders should bo
slow to pronounce judgment.
But Bryan seems to have loot much
of his power as a party director in
Nebraska , and there can be no doubt
that this will please largo numbers
of democrats In other parts of the
country. For with all his personal
popularity ane1 siiength ho has lost
prestige through ale defeats , and there
1
Is an eager deslro to bo rid of his
leadership Such being the condition
the most will be made of the Nebras
ka rebuke , which Is encouraging to '
the larger revolt But there may bo
several chapters left of that o'.d &v.ory ,
"The Passing of Bryan. " And they
may i be painfully exciting to divera
democratic < politicians.
Bryan's Predicament.
Sioux C'ity Journal' The situation
in Nebraska is peculiar in that the
state- convention were held before the
primaries at which candidates are to
be nominated. Bryan's county option
proposition was snowed under in the
democratic convention , so far as the
platform Is concerned , committing the
democratic party against thai policy.
But democratic candidates who favor
county option remain in the primary
running. There is a county option
candidate for governor as well as for
United States senator. More direct
ly to the point , there will be legisla
tive candidates In both parties who
favor county option. Although the
state convention is supposed to be the
supreme ( court of party law , the pri
mary gives Bryan a chance to appeal
to the popular vote. Ho can still use
his influence in favor of democratic
primary candidates who favor county
option , and this he Is going to do. In
a way this will be bolting the plat
form , but Bryan has a chance to argue
that the rank and file also may bolt
the platform by nominating candidates
that take the Bryan view of the option
Issue.
The same situation with reference
to county option exists In Che republi
can party. The party supreme court
has declared for county option , but
there nre candidates already In the
running who are on record as opposed
to the party attitude on this issue. It
is a good guess that the republican
legislative candidates from the Omaha
districts will be opposed to county op
tion , platform to the contrary notwith
standing.
In this mixed and anomalous situa
tion Bryan feels free to offer advice
ns a moral reformer rather than a
party man. He advises democrats to
nominate county option democrats for
the legislature. Ho advises republi
cans to nominate county option repub
licans for th'e legislature. In fact , he
urges that nil parties shall have coun
ty option candidates In each district.
The opportunity for an out and out
bolt on the part of Bryan will not
come until Differ the nominations have
'
been made'by the primaries. If a pro-
option republican should be nominated
against i an anti-option democrat Bry
an i might advlso the election of the republican - v
publican Instead of the democrat. \
That would bo the bolt direct. It is \
unlikely Bryan will make It , After
the primary ho may turn ills attention
to national Issues and lot the local is
sue ' work out itself Or he may con-
tlnuo his Indirect bolt by arguing for
county option , with the platform and
most of the democratic candidates
committed against it.
