TIIE OMAHA DAILY DEE: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1904.
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Register today! ... ' ... .
It too don't register, yon can't rote.
John N. Baldwin hag evidently for
gotten thoaa World-Herald caricatures.
General Miles predicts the election of
Judge Tarker. General Miles Is preju
diced. . .
No previous registration holds good
this year. If you want to vote. In No
vember ba sure to register today.
Friends of arbitration should infer
Tene between Land Commissioner Foil
CJS and Attorney General Prout.
, Cace Louisiana has discovered brim
stone within Its borders an Innovation
tnay ba made In the mode of lynching.
i .i i
If there is to be a political avalanche
this. year It must, be coming on roller
bearings to judge by the absence of
i noise. ; ,- ... .s.
' If Candidate Davis balked at kissing
fifty girls at a political meeting In West
Virgiula, that marriage story niay have
some foundation after all.-
, Republicans should register today. Do
not put off registering until next week.
Something may happen that may pre
vent your registering the following
week. '
The success of Berge would mean not
only his election now, but his renomlna
tlon tw6 years hence. Do the democrats
of Nebraska want to play pigtail to
populism for four years more?
There is no complaint of political In
activity In either. Colorado or Utah. It
Is np to " Prof. Wilcox of Iowa City
to explain the connection between high
altitudes and campaign Intensity. . . .
'. Another promise Is made that the
Sixteenth street repaying will be forth
coming. The people who use that thor
. ' oughf are, however, would prefer to
have just one of the numerous promises
redeemed. ' ...
' "Safe and sane" Mr. Parker seams to
be neither safe nor sane on questions
of government when he begins to talk,
aud one-half of the democratic party
will admit this half of the time and
other democrats the remainder. .
1 The Philadelphia Record ran an edi
torial this week on political judges and
their bad influence in the state. Still
the Record is advocating the election of
Judge Parker to be president and Judge
D. Cady Herrlck to be governor of New
York.
The destruction of a thousand head of
sheep In Wyoming by cattlemen may be
a a argument In favor of a merger of
the two Interests, but the owners of
the sheep will hardly be ready to join
hands in the movement until the next
bunch is reiuly for market.
Civil service laws are very good In
thdr place, but when they permit men
responsible for disasters like the burn
ing of the Blocum to remain ou the gov
ernment pay roll longer than the time
necessary to prove their culpability the
laws should be amended. , .
' Since when has Ak-SarBen resolved
itself into a promotion bureau for the
railroads? Isn't it getting a little out
of its line when It goes into a cut rate
excursion business to booet a city wy
on in Minnesota that baa never done
anything to push Omaha along? ,
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When a railroad goes into politics the
exoise of its managers always Is that
it Is compelled to do so to defend Its
interests. Whst Interest has the Union
PaeiOc In tho membership of the Omaha
Water board? la other words, why
should John N. ( Baldwin project him
self inte an !snu that does not concern
UiiWn rclc)
' oortRroR tticKcrs Rtspimss.
The arraignment of the republican
state administration, coupled with a
challenge for public debate on state
lssties between Governor Mickey and
the populist-democratic candidate for
governor, G. W. Berge, recently promul
gated by the fnston state committee, has
been met by Governor Mickey In a
counter statement that renders nnnecee
eary any debate between himself and
his competitor.
In a calm, candid and business-like
manner Governor Mickey joins issues
with Mr. Berge and the fusion organs
snd speakers, and effectively explodes
the charge of republican extravagance
and wastefulness by presenting the offi
cial exhibit, certified to by, the state
auditor, showing the exact amounts ap
propriated by fusion legislatures and ex
pended by fusion administrations, the
amount of state debt at the close of
Governor Poynter'e term, the amounts
appropriated and expended by repub
lican legislatures and republican admin
istrations and the amount of state debt
on September 1 of the present year.
These figures explode the charge that
the-state debt has been increased by
nearly a million dollars within the past
four years, the actual Increase being a
fraction over $150,000. As against the
republican increase Governor Mickey
points to the fact that the unpaid claims
levied by the fusion administrations ag
gregated $182,000, while the amount ex
pended for new public buildings and re
construction of public buildings within
the past four ' years aggregated over
$(500,000. These expenditures had be
come just as imperative as the addition
of public school facilities in the various
counties, the building of new court
houses and the erection or reconstruc
tion of farm houses in the era of pro
gressive prosperity.
If there has been an Increase In taxes
there has also been an increase in farm
values, In town lot values aud in the
volume of personal property generally.
Governor Mickey logically declares that
the discontent with the new revenue law
la not due to the defects of the bill as
much as to inefficient and Irregular en
forcement by local authorities. The
proper remedy la not in its repeal, but
its amendment by limiting the amount
of state, county and school , district
levies.. ...
Governor Mickey hits the bull's eyo
when he calls attention to the fact that
neither Mr. Berge nor Mr. Bryan, who
both live, almost within the shadow of
the state capltol, have ever -but In even
an appearance before the State Boards
of Assessment and State Boards of
Equalization to remonstrate against the
undervaluation of railroads, about
which they are now complaining, and
that they have never even taken tho
trouble to suggest in what manner the
state boards should proceed to assess
the railroads, telegraphs and telephones,
and what course the board shlbuld pur
sue in equalising property values so an
to carry out the letter and spirit of the
constitution. w And the governor clinches
his argument by pointing to the fact
that the railroad assessment was raised
from $20,500,000 to $46,000,000 this year,
without the aid or consent of the fusion
leaders, who now denounce him and his
colleagues for dereliction of duty.
- A COUB&tl OT VKTAMATtOX.
The course of the democratic party aa
the campaign approaches the end is be
coming one of defamation ot the repub
lican party and the president Some
thing of this, hag cbaracterlced the
democratic campaign, from the start,
but it la growing more pronounced. In
dicating that the party managers and
organs are losing hope o' success 4nd
are ready to resort to desperate means
In the effort to boost the cause. ' One
of the most .indefensible instances of
defamation we have already referred to
the charge that the chairman of the
republican 7 national committee, with
the approval of the president, has been
securing money for the campaign from
corporations under pledge or threats.
While the democratic ' organa making
this charge refuse to specify a single
circumstance to substantiate it, yet they
persist in repeating It.
Another allegation la that the repub
lican party is unfriendly to the work
ing classes and that it la disposed to
use the military power of the govern
ment to compel labor to submit to the
demands of employers. This In face
of the fact that nearly all existing leg
islation, national and. state, in the in
terest of labor, ha a been enacted by the
republican party. That party-has been
In control of the executive branch of
the government during thirty -six of the
last forty-four years, and. It has never
used the military against labor or mani
fested any disposition to do so. Not
only Is it true that the republican party
has 'always shown an earnest concern
for the welfare ot the working classes,
but no one baa been more solicitous lu
this respect than Theodore Roosevelt,
who has ever manifested a strong and
sincere sympathy with the wage earn
ers. , '
The course Aof defamation la a reflec
tion upon the whole American people.
This is so of the charge mado by Judge
Parker that the people of the Philip
pines are being oppressed apd subjected
to tyranny. The commission charged
with the government of the islands, at
the head of which Is a democrat, are
honorable men of the highest character
for Integrity. They are subject to the
authority of the president through the
secretary of war. The policy tbej are
carrying out was. defined by eougress
and there la not in it a single oppres
sive feature. Another matter In which
the democrats cast a rcficctiott uiou the
country is in relation to Panama, They
dtHilsre that our government wrested
the .lithmus from Colombia and that
President' Roosevelt,' "by unconstitu
tional and arbitrary conduct on his part
committed the nation to a policy aud to
transactions offensive to the law of na
tions aud to tho high standards of
international boiior aud morality which
this country has always nerved." it
has been conclusively shown by the
president snd others that there is no
substantial ground for such a charge
as this; that on the contrary the course
of our government in regard to the
secession of Tans ma wTTa entirely
straightforward and honorable and that
the action of the president In recognis
ing the new republic was within his
constitutional authority. ' , It has the
approval of a very large majority of
the American people.
These democratic allegations are as
unwarranted and unfair as they are
unpatriotic and ought to be decisively
rebuked, as there is every indication
they will be, at the ballot box.
" THE TIDE OF EMIGRATION.
While people continue to come to this
country from abrbad In considerable
numbers, there are also many returning
to. the old world, but this Is a "fact
which Is not usually given much atten
tlon, particularly by those who agitate
against immigration. It is the Incoming
tide that Interests them, not the outgo
ing. It is noted that during the month
of July last the number of emigrants
amounted to OC.OOO, nearly 0,000 more
than the new Incomers in the same
month. If anything like the July rec
ord of emigration should be maintained
for the rest of the year it will be found
that we have not been making any such
gain in population from foreign sources
as is commonly supposed and that prob
ably the excess of immigration Is be
low that of former periods. .
' In regard to. the industrial aspects of
the matter an eastern paper remarks thnt
It Is admitted that there Is a great scar
city of labor In some agricultural por
tions of tle country, especially in the
south and far west and snys the south
alone could easily absorb all the farm
laborers among the newcomers from Eu
rope. "Instead of attempting, then," It
adds, "to beat back these Immigrants,
efforts should be made to encourage
them' to settle in the land and Increase
the food for the mouths of the millions."
Of course many of those who come
know little or nothing about agricultural
labor, and these go to the large cities
where common labor Is to be had, but
very likely some who do this would go
on farms If there wag some plan for
sending them to the agricultural sec
tions needing labor and where It Is well
paid. Something of this kind Is in con
templation and congress at its next ses
sion will bo asked to consider the mat
ter. Meanwhile there Is manifestly no
good reason for urging additional re
strictions upon Immigration.
A VERT BAD RECORD.
The statement by the Interstate Com
merce commission of the number of
casualties on the railroads of the country
during the year ending with last June Is
a very bad record. Over 69,000 persons
killed and Injured on the roll In a single
year Is a startling fact well calculated
to arrest public attention, especially that
very considerable portion of the public
which doei 'm6re or less travel ' by
railroad. It is a. fact which should also
arouse the interest ot railroad managers
In the question as to what can be done
to remedy conditions responsible for
these casualties. While It is to be ex
pected that there will be accidents, how
ever great the care taken to prevent
them, there can be no doubt that a great
Improvement can be effected and there
Should be no delay in devising and ap
plying remedial measures.
There are about 60,000 miles of rail
road track within the restricted area of
Great Britain to the 200,000 miles of this
country. There Is a much heavier vol
ume of business per mile on the British
roads and there are actually more pas
sengers carried ii a year than here, yet
lose yenr uoi a single passenger was
killed on the English railroads. The
roads are practically all double-tracked
and free from grade crossings, but noth
ing is omitted in the way of safeguards
in signalling and in a discipline that in
sures strict observance of regulations
and obedience to orders that are care
fully devised for security against every
chance of accident. The New York
Journal of Commerce, In referring to the
matter, remarks that there will be no
cure until the spirit of the people is
aroused and sustained to Insist upon the
vigorous enforcement of Adequate legis
lation for the protection of human life,
and it suggests that railroads, especially
should be held responsible in heavy
damages for every loss of life or injury
to person that Is due to causes which
good management could avoid. That Is
g view likely to become very general If
there. Is not a decided decrease in the
number of railroad casualties.
- Thirty electrical machinery concerns
have submitted competitive bids for
tho municipal electric lighting plant
which Is about to be established in the
city of Lincoln and the prospect now
Is that the Iincoin municipal plant
will be in operation before the end of
the year. Omaha can have ita munici
pal lighting plant in operation by the
end of next year if the bond proposition
submitted at the coming election Is rati
fied by the voters.
The Commercial club will Issue a
pronunciamento on the issue of bonds
for a municipal electric lighting plant.
We remember not so many years ago
when the odious fifty-year gas franchise
ordinance was pending, the Commercial
club formally refused to take a hand
on the ground, that. It was pot within
Its functions to help the community get
reduced light rates.
. Editors who are in haste to write
about the consequences of the battle at
Vental should at least wait nntil the
lUle Is decided. Up to the preseut
time the commanders of neither army
knows whether they have won" a vic
tory or suffered defeat
There Is one thing about the repub
lican campaign orator different from his
democratic fellow, He dots not have to
ebsnge the tone of his remarks to suit
his geographical location, for the truths
of the platform are as true In New Eng
land as in California; as unquestionable
In Michigan aa In Texas.
Every taxpsylng cltlien of Nebraska
should read the csrefnlly prepared let
ter of Governor Mickey on the state's
finances. So much misinformation on
this subject has been set afloat by the
governor's political enemies that this
comprehensive review is timely and to
the point' "
Mlsrht as Well Rave tke. Meaey.
Kansas City Times.
The democrat havs given up the fight
In Kebrsska so far as the national ticket
Is concerned,, because Mr. Bryan has
Sssnkly and publicly declared It uselees.
Now if Mr. Bryan were only ss candid
sbout other states a lot of money might
be aaved on both sides Of the 'presidential
contest.
CaTalest rorcetfalaeas.
Botn Globe.
If the loss of memory Is real which bank
rupts like Daniel 3. Sully exhibit on the
witness stand, It Is easy to account for
their failure, but It always excites the sus
picion that they have a little fortune
stowed away somewhere, the location of
which for th moment they are conveni
ently unable to recall.
Disagreeable romparlioai.
Kansas City Star.
If the 10,000 Russian who were killed In
the battle below, Mukden had met death
on the' Siberian railway what a lot th
American people would have had to say
about the Incompetence and graft of th
Russian bureaucracy. Tet last year, ac
cording to official statlatlca, there were
8.840 persons killed on 'American railways
and 78,553 others injured.
Th Whlrlwla Caaapalga.
New Tork Tribune.
Mr. Bryan's "whirlwind campaign" Is
Just now central In Indiana, and the
Hoosler atat .s adapting th word of
Doily Varden; "I'm a-whlrllngl I'm a
whirling. There' aomathtng the matter
with m Inside!" - Now It Is difficult to
diagnose th trouble. Bryan greets In
diana with the cheerful and chipper re
mark that of course Roosevelt Is going to
carry Nebraska, all right, and Indiana
promptly responds, "Sam her!". - That's
what's th matter from th democratic
point of view with Indiana.
Defeadtasr Right of Parent.
, Philadelphia Press.
A tenant in Dea Moines, la., who la de
fending the rights of parents will hav
warm approval of Ms efforts. ' A baby
was born In Ms family, and th landlord
heM that It canoeled th lease of th house.
Th tenant holda that such a contract Is
null snd veld, aa contrary to public pol
icy, and he asks th court to decide th
question. There la no Question about such
a contract being against th welfare of
the public. The bab cannot harm the
house, and th raising of bablea should
be encouraged' Instead of discouraged.
CAMPAIGN LASSITUDE. .
Cooatry Refaa t Take the Caateat
- . gerloaalr.
. Cleveland Leader.
It may as well b confessed that the
present campaign offers less Inspiration to
the editorial writer than any other slnoe
the civil war;i.J,t I exceedingly difficult to
force enthusiasm vr an event that Is
practically discounted.-r, When anyone tells
you that Parter:,haa a. chance, and a good
chance, for election, ask him to point out
to your notlq any republicans who hav
announced- their Intention ot voting for
blra. . Ask him further In what states -there
are the faintest, evidences ef the landslide
that every democratic newspaper of any
note confessed at th outset would be ab
solutely necessary, to Inaur democratic
success. Ask him what reason h has for
bejlef that New Tork will give It electoral
vote to Parker, In, view of th fact that the
Vermont farmers; who hav always been
an Index for the aotlon of their New Tork
consina, were apathetlo a to political meet
ings, but the very reverse when It cam to
the last analysis of the ballot
If the general campaign were ef norma
or absorbing Interest wtiy should we pay
so much attention to New Tork and Wis
consin, neither or both of which by defec
tion could defeat Roosevelt? Is it not be
cause we seise upon anything that Is at all
above th level of th commonplace In our
ffA-ts to excite and foster an interest com
mensurate with presidential campaign en
thusiasm? i ' ,
It is not to be doubted that of abiding
Interest in the result there is abundance.
Convtno th people that there was danger
of democratic success and you. would see a
marvelous ehang before th Ides of No
vember. Does not this eelf-oontalned certi
tude of the American people - mak for
good? If it not shown pretty clearly that
when aa administration hss don well it
may count upon a oontlnusnc at th hands
Of th majority? Is it not tru that wild
enthusiasm generally means lavish expen
diture or decided dangers to th real Inter
eat of th republic? Who, even ef mature
years, esn remember a campaign just Ilk
this ef lsot?
PERSONAL NOTE f.
Andrew Carnegie was th most strenuous
of the peace lovers in suggesting methods
of abating wars. Andrew has evidently
gone out of th armor-plat business.
A Fhllsdelphlan with th experience of
101 year of lite Jumps Into the discussion
of th qusstlon How to llv 100 ycara. His
reoipj la a simple on "Don't marry."
Senator Scott of West Virginia, says that
this Is his last national campaign. With
th death of rrederlck 0. Olbb snd Henry
C. Payne he has lost all of his old as
sociate m national committee work, and
he feels that it Is time for hint to step
aside and let younger men take up the
burden.
Sheriff Erlanger of New Tork caused a
sensation In th board of estimate last
week when It was found thst the annual
appropriation for which h asked was sev
eral hundred dollars less than that of last
year. Mayor McClellaa and the other mem
bers had difficulty In believing their eye
when they saw the figures.
Matthew Hale, a student of the Harvard
Law school, has Just been seleoted by Pres
ident Roosevelt as tutor for Theodore
Roosevelt Jr., who Is to ba prepared for
Harvard university for the class of INS.
Mr. Hal graduated at Harvard with the
class of IMS, and Is only M years of age.
A Missouri paper recently announced
that unless certain beads of families in
the town didn't stop flirting with th
kitchen maid "w will publish their
names." Th latest returns show that
forty-seven men called on th publisher,
paid up back subscription and a year la
advance. Easy money. Mum's the word.
John U Sullivan, "the mightiest of them
all," la running a booaery, or lending his
name to one, la St. Lout. 'Seventy-five
admirers of th -ehamptoa looked on
itch loada at th Joint that they hobbled
out and registered as living there. Tet
an Inquisitive grand Jury want to know,
you know. A sanipl ef th boos might
furnish th desired Information, .
ROVIVD ABOrT SEW TORK.
Rlasle tbe Carreat ( Life la the
Metros-oil.
That "politics makes strange bedfellows"
Is a truism circulating at par value smong
th ersft. Former enemies oft get together
snd work with th srdor of lifelong friends
for th glory of the country. Occasionally
the lien and the lamb will pull together In
sweet forgetness' for the honor of the party.
Even fuslonlst mske an outwsrd showing
of harmony and friendship that only lacka
a halo to make a saintly picture. Th
strangest of politics! bedfellows now In
sight Is a New Tork officeholder who con
fesses that his salary la too much for him.
He admit he gets more than he could earn
In private enterprise. The latter statement
Is not surprising, and will not be disputed.
What excites sstonlshment Is that sn of
ficeholder should knowingly and wilfully
rupture the ethics ef the profession by giv
ing himself away.
During a discussion of estimates for th
coming year Charles V. Fornea, president
of the New Tork aldermanlo board, boldly
declared himself.
"It Is my opinion," said Mr. Fornes. "that
the men In the city's employ are receiving
bigger compensation than they would were
they employed In a private business. The
city, I believe. Is paying handsome salaries,
taken as a whole."
"Then I take It," broke In President
Littleton of the borough of Brooklyn, "that
you believe, as president of the Board of
Aldermen, you sre receiving a larger salary
than you can earn In your private busi
ness, or. In other words, that the city is
overpaying you for your services?"
"I certainly do," President Fornes re
plied, to the astonishment of every mem
ber of the board. He hastened to add that
he waa receiving a larger salary from the
city than he could earn at his private busi
ness at the present time. Mr. Fornea Is
the head of a big woolen house.
In th language of the boya at the trough.
"wouian t that Jar you?"
The greatest assembly of rich babies In
the United Statea, perhaps In the world. Is
st present collected within one modest
apartment house in New Tork the War
rington, at 161 Madison avenue. Ten scions
of fsmilles of great wealth, headed by little
John Nicholas Brown, the richest baby In
th world, and by th coming head of the
bouse of Vanderbllt, the small son of Al
fred Qwynne Vanderbllt, now are "board
ers" at this "Inoubator of millionaires."
At t o'clock, when this small party of
curly heads assembled each day for dinner
In the llttl flower-decked dining room,
games and toys, and not stocks or frocks,
are th weighty matter of discussion.
Baby Vanderbllt sitting at a center table
with his bread and milk before him, looks
enviously st youthful Brown, who Is al
lowed to alt at a corner table without the
mortification of a maid In attendance and
who Is old 'enough to have sugar cakes
with his cup of chocolate. But John
Nicholas Brown, sll unconscious of his tlO,
000,000, merely gases back at Baby Vander
bllt with big, round eyes of sympathy and
ahows his milk teeth In a friendly smile.
Meanwhile at other tables sre seated the
two sons of Edward Rldgely, 8 and 10 years
old; the 4-year-old daughter of Louis H.
Pslouse, the two small daughters of Alvin
Lewis, sged 10 and 13: the 12-year-old
daughter of A. B. Cornell, and the children
of other families of equal Importance.
The Warrington has as Its guests eleven
multimillionaires, - with homes In Tuxedo,
mansions In Fifth avenue and villas in
Newport who, tired of the loneliness of the
big houses and wegry of the servant prob
lem of living, without trouble or responsi
bility, and hav followed the rush for th
spsrtment hotel.
..When It happened in New. Tork. relstes
the Evening' Post, the mind .naturally re
verted to th up-state home of childhood
and youth, and West Broadway, the ele
vated structure and the passing throng
were replaced by visions of the tiny city
set upon a hill In Steuben county.
The young girls with popples In their
bonnets snd red In their cheeks had Just
turned on to th noisy thoroughfare, from
Chambers street, when th reporter, creas
ing quickly to avoid a heavy truck, waa
almost forced to . squeeze between them.
Muttering a scarcely audible apology, he
had continued almost to Franklin atreet
before he realised that someone was pant
ing st his elbow. Turning, he discovered
It to be on of th young women of th
popples, much out of breath snd much
heightened as to color.
"Thank you," sh murmured. He won
dered for what the thanks were offered.
until, as he half hesitated, she passed him
on th outside, smiled at him a she
turned, and repassed him on th Inside of
th sidewalk. Then he understood. They
hadn't let him pass between them.
The writing on the pumpkins rolling Into
New Tork this year Is largely political.
The farmers who scratched the mottoe
snd predictions on th vegetables early In
th summer hsd th presidential campaign
In mind as well aa the advertising needs
of their customers In the city. For In
stance, the raised letters on the shell of
on big pumpkin In the doorway of a
John street restaurant reads:
Some will vote for Parker and some will
vote for Roosevelt, but all vote that my
home-mad plea axe tne tet in 'town.
In th window of one market, th pro
prletor of which evidently want th trad
of all hla neighbor regardless of politics,
there are two big pumpkins. Th motto
on one Is: "I grew to this else under a
republican administration."
On the companion pumpkin Is: "I flour
ished In spite of the protective tariff."
There is consternation on Fifth svenue,
New Tork, bacaus a property owner at
On Hundred and Twenty-ninth atreet has
begun to rent apartments to colored peo
ple. . Until a month or so ago there had
been no such resident In that neighbor
hood, but recently a man named A. Loeb
cam Into possession of considerable prop
erty at th location named. Mr. Loeb says
experience convinces him that colored ten
ants ai "good pay" and that therefore be
I glad to furnish them accommodation.
Numerous and vigorous protests hav been
made In vain. -
New Tork Is being swept by a psychlo
wave. At least that is whst the popularity
of th various kinds of psychlsts. who are
doing a rushing business, scams to Indi
es t. From th "to a reading" palmist to
th to-oent card fortune teller New Tork
la teeming with these occultists, and from
the Bronx to the Battery one can find a
clairvoyant or a medium or a fortune teller
er a palmist, however they designate them
selves. In almost every block. The news
papers axe full of advertisements offering
psychlo reading and th solution of sll
problems, past, present and future.
Taa Paylasr aa AgraeakI Daty,
St. Louis Republic, ,
The reason that Uxpaylng Is an agree
able duty, a pronounced pleasure, is that
It Is, at best, but a meager compensation
for Innumerable general and special ad
vantages. Tbe man who finds taxpaylng
uncongenial has hardly the state of mind
or soul to appreciate his possession, even
whu they are greater than hi neighbor'.
Thr should be a law that If a person
grumble about bis taxes, his property
should be confiscated to th cltlsen who
would be snoot gTetlAed to give a percent
age of his profits to the government. This
law would b tbe better if It would con
tain a provision that a taxpayer should not
depart for a foreign home after Issuing
bis tax pay meat check, without Incurring
a penalty, ear, ef Us(ranchlsemsuC j
OH t, KEIKRDf, , '
John L. Kennedy should be elected be
came: 1. Like his principal opponent; his per
sonal characteristics and foundational
qualifications sre acceptable to all per
sons. Irrespective of political affiliation.
1 Like his chief opponent, hs hss east
Ms lot with this district and state snd Is
respected snd esteemed by sit Who know
him.
a. Unlike his opponent he stands for th
teachings of a party having more afflllants
than the combined fusion elements In the
district not local, but national In their
significance.
A Unlike his opponent, he stsnds for a
party whoa constructive genius Is occupied
with the real problems of government con
temporsneously therewith, snd does not
qualrennlslly exhaust Ita forces on "Im
provised" Issues, but "tentative," at best.
I. Unlike hla opponent he la for the
policies of Mr. Roosevelt's sdmlnlstratlon.
He will not obstruct for the one purpose of
discomfiting republican plans and policies.
I Unlike his opponent, hi party princi
ples have united followers, whereby results
rather than efflc for candidate and spoils
for victors may be secured.
T. Unlike his opponent his party made It
possible for statesmen like Lincoln, Gar
field, McKlnley and Roosevelt to writ
laws advancing us to th front place In the
progress of nations. ' "
8. Unlike that of his opponent his psrly
Inaugurates measures for our welfare. In
spits Of silled obstruction, accepted and
endorsed by such obstructionists to pre
vent being distanced in the race.
. This district Is part of the nstlon
and owes a duty to principles.' Repub
licans everywhere have the right te expect
fulfillment of obligations resting on us In
this quarter. The election of snother will
be to misrepresent the district retard the
advancement of Its notions of govern
ment, give comfort to our political ene
mies, embarrass the president stu1tlfycon-
vtctlons and fly In th face of the true
methods of government, as viewed by re
publicans.
10. Mr. Kennedy seeks his election In a
republican district, hot from factionalism,
but from men who believe that th repub
lican Idea Is the best Idea.
1L It Is the" voter s duty to be tru to
self. No republican can be true to self
who votes for the destruction of his con
victions on government '
13. This Is a republican district mads so
by ths convictions of mora than 1,000 ma-'
Jortty ot its eleotors. Ballots should
speak principles and not passion. .
These are not "improvised" reasons for,
"practical politics," which means, as I un
derstand the term, something to "fool the
voter." That Mr. Kennedy Is a repub
lican Is a differentiating circumstance un
qualifiedly In his favor with republicans.
F. 8. HOWELL.
HEART OF THB ' TRUST BUSINESS.
Effect ef Special Privileges Graated
y Railroads.
Chicago Nsws (Ind.).
President Roosevelt and his friends dwell
hopefully upon th good results that are
to come from publicity applied by th gov
ernment to the affairs of trusts. Candidate
Parker and others who represent th dem
ocratic party urg that tariff duties be re
moved when they can ba shown to serve
ss shelters for harmful monopolies. Both
suggestions havs valua. But It Is Strang
that the point of greatest Importance with
regard to trust evils Is completely Ignored
by both parties and both candidates.
The Injurious trust Is ths product of spe
cial privilege of one kind or another. Deny
to It th special privilege which It uses for
such 111 purposes and ths trust loses Its
power for harm. One form of such -privilege
Is th high tariff duty. But obviously
some of th most offensive combinations,
like the Oil trust and ths Beef trust would
suffer little. If at all, should tariff protec
tion ba withdrawn from them. These two
trusts and many others are buttressed upon
special privilege of another kind the dis
criminating railway freight rate, a most
powerful weapon with which to crush com
petition. There can be no dispute about
the peculiar benefits which the Standard
Oil company and the big packing, firms
enjoy from th railways. Th latter are
coerced Into doing the bidding of these
trusts, even to the point of infamy.
Th question of greatest Importance in
American politics today la tbe railway
question. It Is th heart of the trust ques
tion. The failure of both the leading po
litical parties snd their respective candi
dates for president to grasp this vital Issue
mast stand ss a lasting reproach to them.
It accounts for much of the apathy mani
fested by the masses in the? present cam
paign. Governor LSFollette of Wisconsin
Is one of the few men now prominent In
political life who give proof that they ap
preciate th bearing of th railway question'
upon other national problems. Hs Is wsg-
I have always tympathlzed with Adam. ,
. Just think of being without clothes.
Beau Brummelto His Valcl. y ' V
And particularly when it rains.
Even Beau Brummel In his day knew
nothing of Rain Coats.' . v '
Our $20 grade is good enough for
anyone.
Our $2? and $30 are the best try
one even at $1? and see how good it is.
R. & WILCOX, Mgr.
A UAJTCti OF HEALTH
SM BF
ASeBlutcly Pare
r:s 1.0 SUBSTITUTE
Ing his present fight upon one phase of the
railway question. It Is worthy of note that
there la no apathy In Wisconsin politic
this year. When LaFollette snd his follow
ers were turned out of the republican na
tional convention last June one of those
followers said defiantly that the Issues
represented by Wisconsin's governor would
yet be the dominant Issues In nstlonst poli
tics. He spoke the truth.
The question of lawlessness by railways
and their fellow conspirators, th criminal
trusts, will not down. The Interstate Com
merce commission la now a aort of Little
Red Riding Hood, which, while It can catch
glimpses of the long teeth and slsvering
tdngue ot a vest evil. Is powerless to kill
or cripple It. Thst commission must be
transformed by congress Into a powerful
agent to rescue the people from the wrongs
Inflicted upon them by the robber trusts
snd their pels, the transportation com
panies.
POINTED REMARKS.
"What our narty needs Is a Moses!
said
me politician.
"No, It Isn't," snswered the collector of
campaign funds. "What we need la a Na
poleon of finance." Washington Star. !
First Saloon Keener Can't ye contrib
ute somethln' to our fund. Bill?
Second Saloon Keeper What s the fund
for?
First Saloon Keeper Why. a few ef us
sir goln' to try to start a model church.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
"He Is very wealthy."
"About how much?
"I dunno. They say he can nut a flrur
t on a check with six cipher after It."
"Poon, tnat's notning. I ran nil out a
check with lust aa many elDhera aa he
can." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
'Every man should see his duty snd do
it.
"The young financiers In the bla office
buildings have modified that bit of advlee.
They oeueve tnat every man snouia see a
good thing first snd do him. Cleveland
Leader.
He What do you wsnt a 1100 for now?
She I am to read a paper before the club
on "Economy In Dress, and I haven't a
gown fit to wear. Albany Journal.
"I see O rover Cleveland Is going te mak
only one political apeach this year, Why
Is that?"
"Well. If Parker Is elected he can In
sist that his speech did It and If Parker s
defeated he can fall back on th assertion
that It waa because he didn't make more
speeches." Chicago Tribune.
' "Don' be ashamed of work," said Uncle
Eben. "Sometimes de man wlf de wheel
barrow aln' got nigh as much trouble aa da
man wlf d automobile. "Washington Sta
;''!'' ROMAXCE or THB HinT." "".
Minna Irving In Leslie's Weekly.
When autumn crowned the golden year
With all her luscious frulto,
I took my game bag and my gun.
And donned my hunting-boots.
I sought the place where the calls
Of nlp and quail are heard.
And there among the woods and ttrtsnsr
I saw a lovely bird.
The timid woodcock rose In vain.
The squirrel was forgot;
No more with patient art I tried
The wily duck to pot.
I stalked the sedges in a dream.
My brain waa only stirred
That on bewitching bird.
I met her on a fiosty morn.
And, dassled by her charms,
I aimed with courage at her heart.
She fluttered In my arms.
From waving grasses, dry and tall
The grouse unheeded whirred;
My gun lay Idle at my feet
While I caressed my bird.
She nestled to my shooting coat '
As we returned to town
She Is no goose, so It may be
'Twas she who brought me down!
But, counting up my feathered spoils
And all my trophlea furred,
I'm proudest of that skill that wan
My dainty Anna Bird.