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CHANGE IN ADDBESS-Wbea orderiBX a fluif in the add m. aabacribera aboald be aora to ie their oU aa wall aa uwir aaw - r- ". - . RtUHblicaa Ticket. NrlTMNVflL. Preaideot- THEODOBE BOOSEVELT. Vioe-FresideDt CHARLES W. FAIRBANK& Preadeotial Electors F. A. BARTON, Pawnee. A. a SMITH, DoHglBfl. A. C. ABBOTT, Dodge. T. L. NORVAL, Seward. W. P. HALL, Pbelpe. M. A. BROWN, Baffalo. H. H. WILSON, Laneaeter. J. C. ROBINSON, Doaglas. STATE. United States Senator ELMER J. BUBKETT. Governor J. H. MICKEY. Litenant Gajernor E. OnloGILTON. Seoretary of State A. GALUSHA. Aaditor E.M.SEARLE,JR. Treaaorer PETER MORTENSEN. Superintendent J. L. McBRIEN. Attorney General NORRIS BROWN. Land Commiasioner H. M. EATON. COMOKE&&IONAL Coagreawnan, Third District j. j. McCarthy. If it is all a mistake about Mickey and the Standard Oil, maybe it's a mistako about Mickey and tbe railroads. Hobart and Henggler represent town and country, American and German blood, Catholic and Protestant faith. A strong team. When Platte county gets out of debt perhaps we can talk more convincingly about the state debt. The trouble is that if the present revenue law is let alone there probably will be no state debt to talk about. Judge Parker is perfectly safe iu de claring for one term. Experience has taught the American people that one Doaawcratio admlaUtratioa is all that they can ever afford, without going into auukruaicy proceedings. Mr. Berge is a populist, and a consis tent ao, not consistent but at least a persistent advocate of fiat money. We doubt if anything would have induced him to form an alliance with sound money democracy except a desire to sec Mr. Berge governor of Nebraska. But, being a disciple of Mr. Bryan, he seem ed to experience no particular difficulty in abandoning his alleged principles. A POLITICAL QUESTION. John Bender and Joseph Henggler both clean men. Both enjoy the .and confidence of their neigh bors with whom they have associated tor years, it is to oe nopea mat no word will be uttered during this cam pwigu against the personal character of either. The campaign should be made on political issues rather than on per sonalities. Platte county voters with two such candidates for the legislature, will not be asked to support Mr. Bender u the ground that he is a better man than Mr. Henggler nor will they be asked to support Mr. Henggler on the ground that he is a better man than Mr. Bender. One of the chief questions that should and will determine whether Mr. Bender ur Mr. Henggler will be sent to Lincoln eat winter is this. Do the tax payers of Platte county want a legislature that ' wfll send to Congress from Nebraska a awaator in harmony with Roosevelt or a esaatoT opposed to Roosevelt? Voters who believe in Roosevelt and it to go on record aninat the dia- aacriioe of democratic twin- made both in the national and the state conventions, if they are eon aisteat, will vote for Roosevelt and Henggler. Confidence in Roosevelt can be expressed only by voting for Roose velt and for the Republican legislative tiekat. The names of Roosevelt, Mc Carthy and Henggler will be linked to gether ia Platte county. They must atauder fall together. that moved Joseph to leave the democratic party 96 are more vital than they were Many democrats reason aa Mr. did. Mr. Bender himself tbe pleased with tbe recent action the democratic party in nation and Ha cannot be pleased with tbe of tbe Platte couatv democratic that handicapped him with set of resolutions that 1 his honesty sad than in- atruetedhimtowork for the repeal of the first good revenue law Nebraska Mr. Bender's closest friends, many of them, will vote against him, not because a aay laek of confidence ia his p tmsl r.bat to punish the Platte county l" which bound Mr. Bender to the interests of the tax they will vote agaiast Bander i the machine which contributed toward diagraeeful may good rmmorsmomimo TeUwaBwSaBwawBeee nun H"i m in li-ii-K--yy: It is related that Daniel Wefcgter ce Mfairei a t . coMfortaWe jag, uMa strolliag imt bis aeemstae4 place t ' ia the United States senate, was more ta address that J august body on the question then pending. HaTiag oc- '. I casion in the course of his remarks to illustrate the in- f ! I siguileance of the national debt, he pulled out an eld J : ; wallet that looked as though an eiepnant had steppe aa it. and remarked in national debt I Who speaks new pay it myself." If the gentleman who denies the J existence of the Platte county deielt will be so good as X to make a similar offer, his mere eeuYineing than it has :ii 1 1 1 1 m i n 1 1 n h -ii 1 1 : COUNTY DEFICIT AGAIN. Urged on by some foolish advisers the Joaraal boldly announced a few weeks ago that there was a deficit in the Platte eoanty treasury. The Telegram challenged the statement, and proved by tbe record that it was untrue. At the same time the Journal posi tively charged that the democratic coun ty government had for years ran to the fall limit of the law in making county levies. The Telegram showed by tbe record that the Journal's statement was wholly fake. We had expected tbe Jour nal would correct tbe falsehood this week, and confess tbe error. The Journal claims that the county board has recklessly expended more money than it should during the year, fixing the amount at about tlO,O0a The Telegram can account for every dollar of tbe alleged Extravagance." Every dollar of it has been paid for county im provements not anticipated, and they may be itemized as follows: Repnira oa Platte river bridge $A W HhollCrmk bridm 721 'M Coat of Kelly taerder case 22K!5 Repairs at ooart hoaae 1,000 00 lac reaped expanaae of deputy cooaty aa- eeaaora aader sew reveaae law - 851 00 Unexpected expeaditaree for labor and BiatorialaoB road and bridges (ex elaaive of the two bridges above named), by reason of the excessive Moods. ............ .- 3,IAAJ IAJ Total... .. ..51",U1I i- Telegram. Reduced to its simplest form, the Tel egram's argument may be thus expressed : First premise There is no deficit. Sec ond premise There is a deficit, but "the Telegram can account for every dollar of it" Conclusion Therefore there is no deficit and the Telegram has proved it "by the record." Tax-payers of Platte county, yon are paying 7 per cent interest on $13,225 worth of county warrants that would have been paid when presented, if the 1903 levy had been made high enough by the supervisors, to provide that $13, 225. Why did not the supervisors make the levy high enough to provide for that amount? The Journal admits that they could have increased it two mills. But, as we pointed out last week, an in crease of two mills, or in other words, a levy up to the full limit of the law, would have fallen short about $8,000 of covering the present deficit That is to say, the supervisors of Platte county were powerless under the old revenue law to provide enough money to- pay the county's expenses which have ac crued since the levy was made. Tbe Journal has never charged that this deficit was due to the extravagance of Platte county supervisors, nor will it make that specific charge without tbe facta to support it The Journal knows that supervisors have a hard enough lot without forcing them to face groundless charges. They are constantly confront- ed with demands for expenditures here or there. They should receive the sane- tion of republicans as well as democrats ... ,, for expending money for needed-county improvement On the other hand, they are agents of the tax-payers, and if they are extravagant in the use of the tax payers' money, they should be discharged from the service, and democrats as well as republicans should join hands in de manding their discharge. But to return to the deficit again. It must have a cause. And it must be due to one of two causes, either to extrava gance or a defective revenue law. It would be no answer to prove that the deficit is due entirely to "unanticipated'' expenses. For an adequate revenue law would have enabled the supervisors to make a levy that wonld provide for the "unusual." Now it happens that the editor of tbe Telegram dare not admit that the cause of the deficit wrs n defective revenue law, for he ia a wheel in the democratic machine that passed the fool resolutions in the democratic county convention, that disgusted the msjority of the best democrats in Platte county by pledging their candidates for representative against the new revenue law, the merits of which are now admitted by all. He knows that many democrats will bolt tbe "machine" candidate for represen tative and vote for Joseph Henggler because of the blundering resolutions of that machine. Hemmed in on that aide of tbe argu ment the Telegram attempts, by mis quoting and misrepresenting tbe Jour nal's statements, to eliminate the reve nue law from the argument sud to di rect his readers' attention solely to the question of "extravagance," and he gives statistics to prove that "every cent" of the deficit ia accounted for by "unanti cipated" expenditures. Let ns examine our brother's logic oa this point in the. light of the records. The anticipated expenses for roads ia ini9L. i . ueen exoeeaea, as snown in warrants drawn on the 1901 road fund, by 11,90125. The anticipated expenses for bridges have been exceeded by $1.- 77&24, making a total of $3,768.49, which haa been paid oat in exoess of anticipat ed expenses on account of floods, etc The general fund, and not the road and bridge funds, haa Buffered most, showing a deficit of about $9,000. Now, brother, did the floods get in their work oa the general fund, too? You will hare to explain this, before yon have proved that Platte county super visors have not been extravagant - Remember, the Journal is not assert iag that the supervisors have been ex? travagant but simply pointing out from the records, that your sUteaieat was fame where yon charge every cent of tbe deficit to the road and bridge fund. Admit that you have not been fair with your readers in denying the exist ence of a county deficit Admit that two-thirds of tbe deficit is charged not to "unanticipated" expenses in the road and bridge f uada, but to tbe failure of tto supervisors to make the levy for the general fund large enough. Admit that, whether tto awpervisora have been eutravagaat or not, the aew revenue law you would have repealed by your h i ; t uiu 1 1 1 u 1 1 u 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 nis inunueruus tones: me of the national debt ! I will argument would be rather been up to date. i c u n i : 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 free from an increasing debt. Then ad mit that yon have no hoaest excase for urging Platte county tax-payers to vote for Mr. Bender, who is personally a good man, bat whose work in the direc tion of the, tax-payers' interest has been thwarted by tbe blanderiag of a politi cal machine of which yo are a part BOUND TO COME. This is the year iu which solucaaud oomfort will to dealt out to tha long suffering aaoaatora of tha republican party ia Platte oouutr. Thar ia so road ao wenrisosne us that which has o and, and so soul ao over-burdausd as the soul of him who is without hope. Year after year, the repuMiona party iu Platte county has stood up only to to knocked down. The result has been just what could to expected. Humankind dees not oa- joy the playing of a losing gaame for ever. With ao hope of overooaiing their commoa adversaries the repub licans of Platte county fall to fighting each other, for that offered a prospect of equal coambat Meaawhile the party whick wa once the party of Jefferaoa. then the party of Jackaoa, later the party of Cleveland, later still the party of Bryan, and reoeatly the party of Dave Hill who now aaaouaoes that he will retire front politioa aad leave it the party of nobodythis disorgan ized party, or rather party ansae, has been followed by a aaajority of the voters in Platte oouaty largely tooaase there was no well delaed aad united stand oa the part of the opposition. That day is Test. The lepublioaas of rtatte county are united aad ia earnest. They have a oouaty ticket which in .itself is a tower of strength. They have the inspiration of the na tional, state and congrossioaal cam paigns, in each of which the result is only a question of the else of the aaa jority. The denaooracy ia the auae tangled, disorganized, hopeless, strad dling, inconsistent old party that it has been for the last decade. And why shouldn't Platte oouaty to republican like the rest of the state? The inhabitants of this oouaty are cast in the same awld as the aaea of other counties. They enjoyed their equal snare of the benefits of repub lican administration, aad they have borne their share of the burden under democracy's rule. The tiaM ia ao w at hand when they oaa oontribute to their own welfare. They will vote for Roosevelt of course; there isao argument oa that. For the same reason that they will vote for Roose velt they will vote for McCarthy, zor, witnoni a repuDUoaa congress, i,a tt. . i- u i . " " vm. uuuottui wuaiu UB ut little avail. But Roosevelt aad McCarthy don't particularly need votes ia Platte county. The immediate problem for voters in this oouaty to aolve is wheth er they want to aead a ama to the leg itlature who will vote forarepubUoaa senator to uphold Roosevelt, aad for a continuance of the revenue law which taxes everybody equally; aad whether they want a oountv attorney who can protect their interests aad their tjoctotbooka. If they do, then Platte oouaty will to republican. And once again, why ahoalda't they? It is true chat hope spriags eternal and the mills sometisaee grind alow, bat with such coaditioas before the voters, ia the licht of plaia basiaam sense, why shoalaa't they? AN OPEN LETTER. To tbe Editor of the Columbus Tele gram: Estimable Sir: You will please pardon this personal form of address. It ia adopted only as a last resort, after every other method known to reputable journ alism has been tried in vain. The object of this communication is to make one more appeal to you for aa answer to n question which we have asked you court eously and repeatedly. In the columns of your paper you have persistently referred to the gov ernor of this state aa a railroad tool, continually repeating this charge ia the same general and indefinite terme, never adducing any evidence, never citing any facts, never making aay definite -or in telligent accusation. We have asked you for particulars, reminding yoa that even a political newspaper aboald to guided by some standard of fsirnnsa aad consistency, as a pelioy of self-preservation if nothing more. You have made ao reply except to refer eompleeeutly to ae aa your talented young friaada and paternally admonish aa not to butt our talented young beads against a atone waii. unnmnsnag 'tae result or our efforts to get a definite statement from yon, your atone wall saetaphor aseem rather appropriate. Not only have you failed to particu larize and itemise your charge agaiast the governor, but you have continued to ring the changes oa the same old charge, with a flowery variety of epithet which we must admit ia very fair rhetoric bat which you must admit ia very poor ar gument Now please consider this a di rect appeal. Yoa have accused the governor of Nebraska of a great moral crime. In the name of justice aad fair ness we ask you, aa your talented young frienda we beseech you, an yoar aional contemporaries we advise yoa,nnd as your polities! opponents we dare yoa to point out one single tact which will stand in the light of proof of Governor Miokey'a to any railroad or cornuratioa. Point out one oaVsial act of Governor ICekey which will justify yoar meaaiaglesa charge agaiast la the eye of the law every ama is in nocent until there m a pmpoadaraaee of evidence agaiast aba. Aad iathe court of public ofanion ao maa oaa be vieted until there is at . JOSEPH 6. CANNON. Next to the ntwaklsat, tha osaeial es erdeiaf the greatest power in thaUaitad States goveniaMnt is the speaker of the house of reprassaUtivaa. Hie pa war over the legislatioa of the eouatry fa) absolute, ia a negative way. The ureal dent can veto a law, but a two-thirds vote of both houses of oaagrasa amy peas it ia spite of him. If tto speaker oi house puta hia unwritten veto oa a posed law, it is ell over. That law will notbapessid. Aa has been eaid by one of the present day politieal writers, there has coma about a eurioae exoaange of the faae- of the executive aad legislative of tto government aa eoateav plated .by tto coaptation. Presidential sppoiatnaintaare aowadaya largely made by senators aad onagreasshan aad rati fied by tto president In the matter of legislatioa, oa the other hand, the p; ideat proposal aad oongrssi And the one man who oaa absolutely prevent any and all legislatioa whioh tha admiaiatration amy desire ia the speaker of the house. It ia aatural that this place of exalted power should be held by the aaost forci ble aad picturesque charactera of Amer ieaa politioa. Uncle Joe Cannon ia a worthy successor to the throne which hat been occupied by Clay, Blaine, Ran dall aad Reed. Waeo he has anything to aay he saye it right out in meeting. He dose not traaao extensively in tbe flowers of speech, but aa a rough and ready, of the home-spun variety, he haa no equal. The man who ia aeoond only to the preaidentof the United States is a bigger factor in world power than any Kaiser or King, and when he comes to Colum bus on September 28 it will be a big day. Every citizen, regardless of polities, will want to see and hear this plain American citizen and learn why it ia that people call him great COLUMBIMEf. F.J.B. "IoaacbtafiahoaatiaMtbatweiabad-'' He started oat to say. Bat aUtba people roendbiBi aude A frantic aat-away; Aad left Mai ataadias where ha atoode. FortbathkrMaawaaeookedforgoode. A pipeiaa good deal like kids aad chicken. It botbecs other people bobm, hat it is powerfal eatiafyia to the poaaeaaor. Nothiao forcibly raatiada a feUow that ha ia setting-old aa to aaa the aaudl boys ehaaiag after a patent madieiae wagoa aad auaaalf ataadias oa Ute sidewalk. There an a few people ia thle world whom wa expect never to forgive. Ia fact, wa regard for givaaeas aaa very aaa principle ia the abstract aad wa are ia favor of it ia tha caae of other people, bat when it eoawa dowa to Nambar Oaa we doat go araeh oa it. LOBT-Oaa aaull eat Maltaae color on top. white sadaraaath; foar white fast; two light green ayes; right hiad foot reoeatly atepped oa; estimated weight, empty, oaa poaad; fall, two poaada; riaga aroaad tail; ao gold filliag ia teeth; ao eUaaheuy marks oa left arm; last beheld by thaw eyes September let Finder plaaas retam to this ofioe aad take choice of two different rewards. Oaa man ia thia town who aaad not troable hiauelf to apeak to aa again ia the abandoned wretch who aoMas a fahiagoatSteompIoto. It had a red. white aad blae bobber which eap poaedly woald loat on water withoat aarietaaoe. With no other weight thaa halt aaoaaea of lead aad a yoaag worm, wa east far oat iato tha traaqail deep, aad the red. white aad blae loater atrrted for the bottom. We palled ap aad hawed off some of the lead aiakar aad repeated tbe operation with a similar leaalr. After a few appropriate remit ha we proceeded to trim dowa that chaak of lead aatil it waa ao light it woald Boat itself. Thaa wa iafated tha worm aereral diameters aad cast oat again. Aad it waa only when we aaw 'that red, white and blae loater pall that lead atakn aad hallooaiform worm atnught to the bottom of the pond, that we awoke to a fall eeaeeof tha helliah deception that had been practiced apoa aa old widest ay one of yoar modern onmmarcial aharka. Meaawhile a commoa eereb fehermaa had aught tha oaly eligiblaaahiBthapoBd. The poetry of Ufa, the real old fashioned spirit of brotherhood. ba aboat departed. are oftea guilty of oriaUaal cariliamim ia ex posiag ohiUraa to daager. Day atf er day come reports of nod deatsto samll boys from theaeeof ne-nraaa. 80am older penoa ia each iastaaoeia rwepoaeihTw for thissmte of affaira. Iadulgeat pareats ia maay casss have aot had the aworal oourage to my ao to, their childrea when they plead for daageroas toys, aad are later brought to grief whoa a serieaser evea fatal accident happens through their Only a few days ago a 8t Joseph boy was patafally iajaraiay the bursting of a dynamite oapgivaaaim by a com panion. What right these ohidrea had eu ujassesise tmye aa me ayaaHeme. i - m aLM-!sifttoItius fifteen days sale: sua lanisga earn swuscsuu mmiamia" of a gaa ia the abseuoe of his paream fromvhosae. Those pareats will have a lif etinae of reusor m that a gaa was left withla reach. If loaded trearms mast be kept nbout houses, they should bynUaaeaasbe plaeed oat of reach ofohdldrea. waoever allows aa irre- te have ia hia poiie thiags if nommiltlBj a Ia the parolees persoas waa leave withla reach of childrea. or wao two or tares weeks ago left a bottle of poison within a little reach will aeraalf for her but since for the Droteotioa of dumbnaimala. why aheuld aot aa ooaaamaal aaTort he naade te protect eaildrea from fool pareats? ft. Joe Vewa AV "Aa TTamlaitlfta of the sleotioa re- wiU 90,000 maa who formerly retod the lm SS. L mm BBBBS saej to the old they woald have nethiag to dawkth If amy ubm aaa ten me tarn atam af to the republican tiaket. I .will -T. H, Tlaeees. fr wife eat oae's Of oourse, wa all kaow that 'twas ever thag, aad it amy ever he thaa. enow that eaaMwaere about who focmerly vetad the ncemliat tiekat refused to vote during tha laet two slsotloao Tha raaaoa tsawi aaai recaani to vote, aad a vary large aamneref them have told ate w la MlMa m m -- - - M "- mj dsaaocratie party weald aahaofc IhevwMwwfieoC abuse far Theo datw aTsoMViK. I believe him to be aaV awnJaBrVnuL bbbTbbbbbbbub1 awnawaawllaawaB44a,waBn aaaaaaa I give him fall eredit for having Petadla oaurage of coaviotieau Tom Wamwa. Way should eras who refuses to vote for Parker vote far McKillip. MoKIUIp it a dam oeaat pledged to tote ferParheraud will support Parker aad hia wall street backers If elected. Vote for MeCartay. till the maaohlagofthe Battleship "Nebraska ia October will be argued tha questions whether the bottle shall oeatnin water or wine aad whether the silver service to to Ptwaaated by the state shall embrace punch bowL The prohibltloalsts should add u supplemeatary plank to their platform. fromoat Trihaae. : The most interesting politioal item of the week is that whioh comes from Mew York aad whioh states that David a Hill announoed his deter mination to retire from politics at the aad of the present year. This is important if true, hat whoa a piek pooket proclaims his iateatioa te re form it ia prudent to keep yoar haads oa yoar pockt-tbr oka. Kearney Hah. aa independent standpoint, says tan Wahoo New Era, a prominent populist organ, the republican nom inees aad .platform are the beat that have been presented to the oouatry ay the g.o.p. since 1884. There are a great naaay others who whooped it ap for fattoa dsmocraoy ia 1898 aad 1900 who have come to, the sasae ooaolasioa aad will give their loyal support to the g.ap. thle year, at they did be fore the oouatry went wild with pop ulism aad Bryaa deneooraoy. David City A retaraing pilgrim of Esopus nam ed through Lincoln Sunday oa his way to the coast. He complimeated Jadge Parker highly, statiag that the Dem- ooratio candidate proved to to a most delightful .aad eatertaiaiag ooaver saUoaalist, Uader a rigid croes eTamtaattoa he admitted that the sum aad substance of Judge Parker's "de lightful coaversatioa" was this strik iagly original aad beaatifally ooa- oelved aaateane: "How maoh do you think yoa will need?" Wahoo Warp. . Vale, Mr. Hill. attempt .to aooelerate the Ia aa it of David B. Hill toward a retirement from polities the New York Kveainar Poet gives him a malicious partiag kick. "We do not mean to aay that Mr. Hill baa aever beea guilty of a worthy act." tto Post says, "bat that, except for oooeakmal lapses iato politioal virtue, he haa throughout his career beea a analiga influence. He has, with jai tloa, beea oalled the stormy petrel of the deaaocratto party. " When it is recalled that Hill waa the maa who brought about the aom- iaatioa of Jadge Parker, this stab H revealed ia all its cruelty. State Journal. The The Hulst Immense Slock to Be Now is the Time f I can save you on a Dress Pattern or a pair of Shoes more than the interest on $100 for sixty days, when you will have corn or hogs to sell. The fol lowing prices will show you the saving to be made during DRESS All 60c Diem Goods, FOR THIS SALE, All 76c AU $1 and $1.15, " Skirts! Skirls! Skirts! waTtif Sariif to Sidrls at This Sak I $3.50 SkirU, FOR THIS SALE, . . $2. 75 4.25 u 5.00 a 5.50 u 6.00 a u u u u QUEENS WARE usfaat MMCliwai at This Salt! $15.00 Chamber Sets, For This Sale, . . $10.00 .$8.00 - n u u u eaejoo The entire stock of Qneensware in about the same proportion. Extending a hearty invitation to all to visit my store during this sale and get acquainted, I remain, Yours respectfully, 11th street E. B. DUNHAM I Why hi it a repebUeaa Rural Free Delivery? Beoauss the parry refused to inaugurate aad de velop It, while the republican party akme organised aad protected it Here are the facte: la 1893 Poatmeater-Oeaeral Wi saaker recommended the eetabltshmaat at tke service. Tha Harrisoa adnata istratioa gave way so Cleveland aad hia Potsaaeter-Qeaeral reported that the phut was impracticable aad re fused to uvea give the matter a teat The democratic prsldeBt, the dem- ooratio Postmastsr-Oeaeral aad the damocratic chatrmaa of the Committee on' Pottofficee aad Post Roada all united ia saying that Free Rural De livery was impossible aad impraoU cable. The republicans again came iato power ia 1897 aad Mr. McKialey's Postmaster-General at oace advocated the adoptioa of a Ratal Free Delivery Service. The development has rapid and thia year faO.180,000 appropriated for this service, which is aow so firmly established that evea democrats are bound to acknowledge its valse. though their oppositioa to iU extension is still made maaif est. as ahowa by the following extract from a debate ia the Senate. April 4, 1904. when tha matter of telephone earvioe was aader discussion. Mr. Fairbanks: "I wiU state to the Senator that since thia same matter waa before the Senate last year it has received pretty oarefal ooasideratioa ia aoaae eeotloas of the country. There are a great amav people ia the rami districts who helive it na eatirely feasible proposition. It ia simply carry lag iato tbe oouatry by telephone the special delivery ser viae which in enjoyed in the cities through special-delivery carriers." Mr. Teller: "That is paternnliam raa awd. it soema to me. Let us leave something for the farmer himself to do. Let him go to Iowa and let him oommaaioate with his friends, if they are aenr enough, by telephone, nnd he oaa aow telephone a couple of thous and miles withoat much trouble. "If the point of ordor wiU lie miaettbe auMadmeat, I make it" Mr. Fairbanks: "I should like to k the Senator from Colorado if it is aay more paternalistic thaa the special delivery ia the oitiee, pad if there is aay good reasoa why the farmers of the Catted 8tates aboald not enjoy just aa great special beaettta aa are enjoyed by the iuhnbitaats of cities aad villages?" Ia his last annual ssessare President Roosevelt said: "The Rami Free De livery Servioe has beea steadily ex tended. Tae attention of the Con gress ia asked to the question of oom peaaatioa of the letter carriers and ckto engaged ia the postal servioe, especially oa the new Rural Free Delivery rentes. More roates have beea installed slace the first of July last thaa ia aay' like period ia tbe Department's history. While a dae regard to eooaoaur must be kept in mind ia the eomelishmeat of aew routes yet the extension of Rural Free Delivery System mast be ooatiaued for reasons of sound public policy. No goveamental asovement of receat years haa resulted ia greater immed iate benefit to the people of the ooua try districts." GREAT SALE TBE BIS IS NOW OKI GOODS ! 45c 55c 80c O.UU .75 u 4.25 4.50 The Aaseriena neoato will Judge Parker'a putting away second term bef ore he has haa hie first. They will recall that Mr. Graver Cleveland had the same view BE FORE he was eleoted the first tiase aad that he broke all rceardo ia this oouatry not only by raa three times aad tolas? eleoted twice, bat by trying to run four tisane aad to to eleoted thrice. Mr. Olevemad. being of somewhat firm purpose ia aaost things, aad Jadge Parker haviag beea kaowa to change hia mind oa so im portant a matter to the Natioa ae the ! moaey amadard. the voters of tha Daited States will to likely to thlak that the "ao second term' dodge might totter have been left untried. Judge Parker la afraid oftaearmr. Great military ammmeuta threaten oar free institutions, na does our course in the Philipiaes. Bethels not afraid of the trust power. If he is he dose not say so. He ia na careful to avoid oommittiag himself agaiast tbe traets aa hie party platform waa oare fal to avoid committing itself agaiast atty-ceat dollars.. His sustained capacity for defeasive manoeuvres haa aot added aaything to tbe publio'a knowledge of the purpose aad viewe of Mr. Parker, except that he evi dently takes aa much honor apoa him self for reeigaiag from tbe Court of Appeals (something he had to do) as he does for haviag mat his celebrated Billy Sheehaa telegram (also some thing he had to do). The speech of acceptance begins with self-landaUon for hia telegram aad resignation, is filled with a quantity of plntitudes, aad again ends with self-laudntioa for hia refusal to consider a second term when he is ns far from a first term na nny ama who ever ran for Presideat of tbe Uaited States. From the Mew York Press. Hapa Far Mlaeaarl. If St Louis goes Republican by 90.000 or 90.000 instead of Democratic by a big margin, the result will have na important bearing on the general vote of the state. It is understood that the personal popularity of Presi dent Roosevelt, coupled with the dis gust nnd dissatisfaction over the work of ihe Belmont nnd Hill convention. has had a marked influence oa tke Democratic seatimeat of Missouri. Thousands of life-long Democrats ure ia a frame of miml that will cause them either to vote the Republicna ticket or etay at home on electioa day. With the Democratic vote of the state thus weakened it ia easy to see how a fair electioa ia St. Louis may work highly important changes ia the No vember results. That Missouri aaay have a Repablloaa governor for the next foar years and give her electoral vote to Roosevelt and Fairbanks ia aot oaly within the muse of possibil ities, but is entirely probable. Kan City Journal. 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Tae fillowiaaT Brapoaad ameadaMBt U. cnavealioB fur tke revieioB of. tke CuBatitatioai of tke Htateuf Nektaska.as keretaaftor eat forlk, ia fall, ia aebarittetlto tke electors of tka Htste of Nfbraaka. to he voted aeon at tke aeaeral wlectiuB to be keld TBeeday. November 8, A. D. 1V01 (Skiats Flue No. 111.) A Bill for a Joiat Oeolatioa recomwiemliaa to tb electors of tke state to vote at tke Best electioa of members of tke Leaislatara for or aiauaet a coaveBtkia to revise, amnad aad eaaage the CoaetitatioB of tke Wat of Nsbraoke ia Brcordaace wttk bertioa 2. Article 15, of tke Coastitutioa of tke State of Nebraska. He it AVWtvcJ fry the Legislature tke State of Nthrajka: 1. That it is deemed accessary to call a coa veatioa to revise, amead aad cfcaagn tke Coa DtitatMta of tke titate of Nebraska. 2. That the electors are recommsaded to vote at the Best electioa of eu metre of tke Legis latare for or agaiast a coavsatioa to re visa. amead and change tke CoasUtatioa of tke Hute of Nebraska. S. That at each next electioa of members of the LoKislatare oa tke ballot of each elector votiag at sack electioa. shall be Boated or writ tea ia sneh maaaer that the elector caa iadieatw his preference aader tke law the words: "fOK cbIubk a cnaveatioB to revise, amead aad chaaae the I'uestitatioB of the State of Nebras ka," aad -AGAINST calUac a eoaveatioB to re vise, amead aad eaaage tke CoaetitatioB of tke Bute of Nebraska": aad if a majority votiaic at said electioa shall vote for a eoaveatioB. the Leajslatare shall, at ite aext eeasioa, provide by law for calliag tke same. I. Ued. wVMarak. Hecremry of 8Ut of the State of Nebraska, do hereby certify that the foregoiac proposed imwdawt to tke Coastitu tioa of the State of Nebraska, aad Brovidiae for a CoBveatioB for tke revisioa of said CoaetitatioB of the State of Nebraska, ia a tree aad correct copy of tbe origiBal earoUed hill passed by the Tweaty-eigkth session of the Lesislatare of the State of Msbraska. as it appears from ssidoritti- aal bill, oa ale ia my omce, aad that said pro posed ameadmeat aad revisioa of the CoeetitB tioa of the State of Nebraska ia aabmitted to the QaaUaed voters of the State of Nebraska, for their adoptioa or rejectioa. at tke geaeral elec tioa to be held ob iBesday. the 8th day of N vember, A. U. Net. 1b testimoBy whereof, 1 hereaato set my baad ami aaucd the Ureal Seel of the State of Ne braska. Doae at Liacola thia 5th day of July, ia tke year of oar Lord (me TboBaaad Niae Haadred aad roar, of the ladepeadeBce of the Uaitsd States theOae Haadred aad Tweaty-Niatk aad of this State the Thirty-Eichtk. (OHKAT HKAL.) UBO. W. BIABSH. Secretary of State. Great Sacrifice! COST PRICE! $4.25 3.90 2.75 QVAUTT! . $29.00 $26.50 Sale, 75c 80c For ef M M 1.65 55c 80c u U. w Patterns - 10c ar : . ... ? A U ..- & a" .-- i k ; - t i f .JautmadeagamB4n.ni. i two lerarupry. r.- :. "j fe-V.t. . . lit. Saffc " 9."'. -js"' f".X5; AJi itetho party of rue absolutely neosssary