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Notary Public.
When It come to Hue Oftobw weather
(lie Nebraska brand cuil't b bent
Nex. registration day comes next week
1 Friday. Tut It down In your notebook
tf you linvo not yet registered.
Tlie Baltic fleet has entered tbo North
' ton, Admiral Togo is to Lave another
' opportunity to pee his name iu black
; Colombia ! tald , to bo :urlpg Its
V rath over the Panama cana,l affair, but
hen Secretary Tatt roaches Panama t
s probable that it will emerge from the
purwtrr.
. Cftnd'jcte Dayla my tbatVtbe full
' tllnnof pt.ll hu become enipty."" This
. la the flrt Intimation that th- aged ran
' dldato lg beginning to fe f the expenses
of the campaign.
. Colonei Bryan may convince Candl
: Hats Darig of the Iniquity of tho protec
' Uvs tariff iystem before he leave West
i Virginia but be will hardly prove to
him the dulranlJity of free pllver.
Germany . moy have concludatl uo
(treaty with Russia on the subject, but
something more than hope is evidently
octuntlng the ciiar In moving the troops
from the western border of IIubhIu.
-..r i 'i"B-ma i
If cognizant of hiuuuo nffulrs the
ghost of John raul Jones must hare
ginlled grimly wlier Xvlng Cdwanl of
England mild he Was always pleas4 to
gee American warship In British
waters.
,.t- r- . .
One of tho dlntlnetlons between a cam
paign of warriors and a campaign of
politicians la that the former la delayed
by wet weather, wbll the latter la
usually 1W rctr the more "mud" there Is
: ivatlable.
Omaha's new superintendent of schools
' teenis to be completely unmindful of tbo
(act that a political campaign Is In prog
, ma, The contrast with tho customary
, rondiU't of bis predecessor is strangely
refreshing.
! Since the New York Herald has con
ceded Roosevelt's election and Mr. Bryaq
' has announced that Parker has no show
In Nebraska there Is little to encourage
torchlight processions along tu, bunks
of tho Platte.
, -Death of degenerate, ' was tlie key
Dote of the addiuta of a physician In a
recent aclentifl! racetinf, but his re
marks were uot to the point, as he failed
'to lay down a rule by which degeneracy
', can b determined.
i Tho first day'a registration In Omaha
nd South Omaha la very encouraging
'for 'republicans, but that la no reason
why republicans should not contluu to
exert all their Influence to Induce etery
republican who Is not yet registered to
do so next week.
A delegation of New Jersey democrats
has visited Judge Terkcr. . It la only
proper that the railroad company should
be remunerated for the expense of the
temporary switches at Ksopus. but for
practical purposea tho Judge might aa
well write a letter.
According to the Star. "Llncolu is a
city of about 50,000, and under the ac
cepted rule ought to bavo 0,000 men of
voting age." If the . accepted rule Is
ten people to each voter, Omaha has tt
population of uot leas than uou.000 and
South Omaha more than rjO.ouO,
If the electric lighting monopoly n
Its fren.ted effort to defeat the proposi
tion for municipal public IlKhtlng will
have to Kiibalillx all the holdup news
papers and political leg-pullers, tho divi
dends of the company will be materially
reduced Hi's yeur. But there will be
nore money In circulation.
T71C tTOHT AOA1XST TB6TECTIOT
The democratic party la making Its
pritK-lpal tight In 'this campaign against
the policy of protection to American in
dustries and labor. Autagonlsm to that
policy Is the leading plank of Its national
platform and It la the dominant note In
the utterances of Its candidate for presi
dent and of the prluclpal spellbinders of
the party. In the last session of con
gress Mr. Bourke Coekran, who la one
of the chief orators of the party in the
campaign, made an unqualified free
trade speech and received the hearty
applause of the democrats for what he
said He denounced without reserve the
policy of protection and his position wai
cordially endorsed by every democrat in
the. house of representatives. Some of
them subsequently reallred that a mis
take had been made, but there waa no
democratic objection to this -free trade
utterance, and for the simple reason that
It was acceptable to the party.
Mr. Coekran Is one of the leading
speakers In the democratic campaign.
He la especially counted upon to exert a
commanding Influetx-e opon his country
men, lie spoke In Chicago Thursday and
according to the telegrnphic report con
fined his address to a dlscueslon of the
tariff question as applied to industrial
conditions. He Is stated to have do
clared that strikes were the direct result
of the protective tariff system, "which
Inevitably breeds distrust between the I
employer and the employe by increasing
the price of commodities and lowering
the rate of wages." He said that If
protection were eliminated "you will
find all men living in pence and pros
perity." When confronted by the facts of our
national development and prosperity un
der the policy of protection how utterly
ridiculous the argument of this apostle
of free trade appears. Before tho first
republicaj tariff law, embodying the
prlnclph of protection, was enacted the
country was making no Industrial prog
ress. Our manufacturing Interests were
pot growing and ther was no demand
for labor. Thoae employed In Industrial
pursuits received about the sains wagco
that were paid abroad in like, occupa
tions and the very great majority of
worklngujen lived from hand to mouth,
unable to accumulate anything. A radi
cal change In conditions speedily fol
lowed a departure -from the democratic
policy and for forty years wo have seep
an almost uninterrupted growth of in
dustries pnd a vast improvement lp
labor conditions, so that tho working
classes of this country are a a whole
In far superior position to those of any
other country on earth,
In thH Is foupd the complete and un
deniable vindication of the tariff policy
lnaurfnrnted and maintained by the Ve
pnblican party a policy which has from
rfuie to time undergone change at the
hands of the republican party, but which
baa always embraced the principle of
protection to our industries and labor
end which always will wbllo the repub
lican party Is Jn power. Coekran repre
sents tha real democratic Idea in regard
to the tariff. It Is not to be doubted
that this Idea Is unacceptable to n very
large majority of the Amerlcau people;
TUB EXPKP.IENCK OV DETROIT.
The special committee, appointed by
the Commercial club, to investigate and
report upon the advisability of
voting $500,000 for the establish'
ment of a municipal electric lighting
plan', has expressed a desire for in
formation concerning the experience of
the city of Detroit with municipal pub
lic lighting This Information has come
to baud through the October "Bulletin
of the League of Munlcipalties," which,
on page 43, contains the following refer
ence to municipal electric lighting in
general and the Detroit experiment lu
particular:
"Public electrlQ lighting plants In this
country have increased from one In
1&S2 to about 400 now. The results
that may be accomplished are illua
trated by the history of Detrolt'a munici
pal street lighting plant that has been
In operation now for eight years, being
founded In 180.1 by the lot Governor
Plngree, then mayor of the city, De
troit bad been paying a company $132
per standard arc. Under municipal own
ership the total cost was flOO at the
start and baa steadily fallen until now
(1004) the operating cost is only S40 and
soimo cents, aud the total cost la $00 per
standard arc. Including Interest, de
preciation and lost itxti. In two years
mote the plant will have paid for Itself,
and the city will have a property worth
$800,000, and the service also for $100,
000 lesa than tho service alone would
have cost at the lowest obtainable bid
for a ten-year contract, $102 per ore
So that the city will be about $1,000,000
better off through the public ownership
of thla one street lighting plant, with
out the advantage of supplying com
mercial lights to consumers, which
would still further reduce the cost and
increase the savings of municipal own
ership Besides a' reduction of cost,
great Improvement to the service baa
resulted.
"The department la managed by o
nonsalarled commission of six, appointed
by tbe mayor and continued by the
council, one member retiring each year.
The plant pays union wages and runs on
the eight-hour day. The permanency of
employment la very high."
It wlll.be noted that the computation
of tbe cost of the municipal lighting In
comparison wltb tbe cost of corporate
lighting, which Is made on the basis of
"standard" arc lights, brings duwn the
cost per lamp to tbe city to $40 and
some cents per year, excluding tbe In
terest depreciation and lost taxes. In
Omahn the contract, which originally
railed for 2,000-candle power arc lamps,
is uow for lamps of "normal" candle
power, which means anything that the
eloctric light monopoly Is disposed to
Wke them. .
It will be noted, too, thut Detroit
with an $800,0110 plant furnishes throe
or four times as many "standard" arc
lamps aa we are now using In Omaha,
and that fact would Justify the
assumption that $500,000 will be
more than sufficient for laying the con
duits and the Installation of an electric
lighting plant of sufficient capacity to
cover the needs of Omaha for ten years
to come.
But the saving of dollars and cents la
not the only question Involved. Munici
pal ownership will be the first tep to
ward banishing paid public utility lob
byists from the city hall.
THE COAL STRIKE AhBITRATlON.
It Is , very remarkable that there
should be ut this time any criticism of
the action taken by President Roosevelt
for the settlement by arbitration of tbe
anthracite coal strike, yet some of the
democratic organs continue to refer to
this as something which the president
had no right to do, as an assumption of
authority quite outside of bis constitu
tional prerogatives. One of tbe most
promlucnt of these organs, in making
this contention, says that "Roosevelt
compelled the coal operators to come to
terms. He summoned them to the tV'hlte
House. He forced them to compromise
with men M-hose cause was blood
stained. It was almost as clear a case
of usurpation, of usurping the power of
Pennsylvania, as though he had sum
moned the parties to the controversy,
not as an Individual, but aa president of
the United States." ,
Everybody Is familiar with tho con
flict In the anthracite coal region. It
had not only become a most serious mat
ter for hundreds of thousands of con
sumers of coal, but had reached a stage
which threatened tho gravest trouble.
There had been some violence and the
danger of more Increased daily. The
Pennsylvania authorities showed no dls
posltloa to make any effort to bring
about a settlement of the controversy.
The press of the country mil the people
in public meetings urged that the fed
eral authorities should do something for
the general relief. It was In response
to this appeal thnt President Roosevelt,
not lu his offluia! capacity, but as an In
dividual, invited the operators and the
leaders of tho mlnfl wortera to a confer
ence and arrange! to have the matters
In dispute submitted to arbitration. Who
does not remember how heartily this
was approved by tho entire country?
When tho operntors and representa
tives of the miners met in Washington
In response to tlla president's invitation,
he said to them that he disclaimed any
right or duty to Intervene upon legal or
offlolal grounds, but felt impelled by the
urgency of the catastrophe Impending to
use whatever influence ho personally
could to bring to an end a situation
which had become literally Intolerable.
This position he maintained from the
beginning to the end of tbe incident A
ommisslon waa named acceptable to
both the operators and the mine leaders,
at the head of which waa one of the
most distinguished democrats In the
country, Judge Gray, and after a most
thorough Investigation a settlement wa
t ffected. Terhups thla may not prove
permanent, but that great- good was
accomplished no falr-njlnded man will
deny. Judge Gray has said in regard to
Lho course of President Roosevelt: "I
do not tbtok that any president ccr
acted more wisely, courageously or
promptly In a national crisis, Mr,
Roosevelt deserves unstinted praise for
what be did." And that opinion voiced
the practically unanimous popular Judg
ment, which it Is not to be doubted pre
vails ns generally today as In 1003,
8HOEMAKER STICK TO TUT LAST.
Charles Unltt, former Iron worker,
later boiler Inspector, and latest lawyer,
has projected himself into the discus
sion of the municipal lighting proposi
tion In a talk before the Prospect Hill
Improvement club, In which he declared
that the whole Idea of voting bonds for
an electric lighting plant Is to put the
city to a limit so as to overlap the limit
of bonded debt which the city can Incur
and thereby prevent tbe purchase of
the water works. What Charles TJnltt
does not know about law would prob
ably fill several volume. Had he taken
the trouble to real tbe charter for cities
of the metropolitan class he would have
discovered that section 123, entitled
"Bonded Indebtedness," reads aa fol
Jowa: The bonded Indebtedness ef any city, ex
clusive of district paving bonds, . district
grading bonds, curbing and guttering
bonds, district improvement bonds, public
library building bonds, or bond Issued for
tha araction of a city ball, or Are engine
house, or the construction of bridges, or
for tha construction and maintenance of
subways and conduits, and bonds Issued
for park purposes, or for tha purchase or
appropriation of gas works, water works,
or eleotrlo light plant, shall net at any
time exoeed In tha aggregate 11,400,600.
In other words, the city may issue
bonds for the purchase of an electric
light plant, or water works, parks and
the other Improvements named above,
without reference to the $2,500,000 limit,
Mr. Ucltt baa undoubtedly earned bis
retainer, but It would have been much
better for blm to have followed tbe
adage, "Shoemaker, stick to thy last."
The difficulty again encountered to get
men to serve as registration and election
officials betokens the continuance of
prosperity In Omaha. Time waa wben
meu lined up to get a chauce at these
Jobs, but that was wben democratic
hard times were upon us.
Nebraska has carried off a magnifi
cent lot of awards at tbe Louisiana Pur
chase exposition aud tho list U not yet
complete. An exhibition of the medals
and diplomas bere In Omaha would be
an Interesting aftermath.
Mayor Harrison of Chicago staked bis
reputatlou the other day on the asser
tion that Illinois would so democratic,
but as that waa before Bourke Coekran
made bis speech he will be entitled to
permission to amend. '
abaatlBsT lb !lr4ea.
Pittsburg Despatch.
The announcement that Thibet's failure
ta iay Or eat Biitaln'a eialm far the rmt
f that bueeaBeertiif expedition may lead
to a prolonged occupation of the Chumhl
valley by the British proves that tha white
anan does not always bava te bear tha
burden.
Caka Discards American Style
Indianapolis News.
Five members of tho Santiago Provin
cial Election board hare been sentenced to
fourteen years eight montha In prison for
falsifying Election returns. Tha Cubans
era not so slavishly Imitative of a aftar
all.
, Tfclaka with Ralabow Tlata.
Boston Transcript.
Statisticians Hnd that something like 2.000
vessels of all aorta disappear In tha sea
every year, never to be heard from again,
taking with them 12.000 human beings, and
Involving a money loss of 1100,000,000.
Still we like to think the world advances
ateadily toward tha millennium.
Tho Motive Power.
Boston Herald.
What'e helping Fairbanks In Indiana Is
the fact that no leas than five of the ablest
and shrewdest political managers In his
party in that state want his seat In the
senate. The vigor and enthusiasm with
which these statesmen are working to pro.
mota Fairbanks can only be compared to
the push of a hungry crowd around a lunch
counter.
" ' k -Concedes
Roosevelt's Election.
New York Herald (Parker).
In three weeks from today tha people
will have to decide who will be their choice,
Mr. Roosevelt or Judge Parker. To apeak
quits frankly, there does not appear to be
room for much uncertainty as to their
probable decision. It seems almost a fore
gone conclusion that Mr. Roosevelt will
bo elected, not, perhaps, because the peo
ple have confidence In Mm and In his
conception of tha presidential functions,
but because the country is prosperous and
thus tho necessity for a change la apt very
pressing.
Gifts Forbidden In tlie Army.
Philadelphia Press.
Lieutenant General Chaffee has Issued
an order calling the attention of the army
officers to the statute forbidding them
from receiving presents from their Juniors
In rank or from civilian employee, and also
very properly stating that It Is opposed to
tha spirit of tha statute to receive pres
ents, In recognition of services rendered,
from persona not In the military service.
That law should be strictly enforced.
There have been some open violations of It,
probably unintentional, recently, which Is
ths reastn for the issuance of tho ordo-
GRAIN CROPS FOR 1004.
A Greet Veer for Farmers, the Coon
try and the Republic Party, I
Ut, Louis Globe-Democrat.
At last esilmaieu can be gut at in rela
tion to the crops which may bs expected
to stand. From the government's latest
figures a corn yleid of i,ii,tm,0w bushels l
indicated for iSui, a computed with a Har
vest of 2,iM.ow,ooU buahe.a in IMA. The
corn crop never was larger than this yeur
except in when It waa J,b3,U0,t0u bush
els, Wheat la piuced at 61,uu0.uu0 busneis.
as compared with 7o,00u,uuu tor iH ?8,
two.ooo tor 1901. iu,uou,uuu for vm and 3i,r
uuo.uuo for iwa, ttha only years which ex
ceeded JVvts yield.
The oats crop for this year will raacfc
W,W,M biuhela, which Is tba biggest har.
vaat of tnal cereal aver guthereu eotpi in
iko;, when tha crop was i,ovu,uua busi.eU.
Hurley, with 14u,uuu,uuv bushe.s, breaks me
recoids. Ke, W.Qui.uuo buhhels, ha ben
beaten Pnly In lsul, lvox and Vht, when
there waa a slightly larger yield than this
year s. The Iu,oo0,0o0-buene orop of buck
wheat goes ahead of all former figures;
Potatoes, with a yield of Iu6,0oo,oo0 bushes.
Alto beats all the ligures ot the past. Jui
ton, of course, with. Its W,W0,WK-bale crop,
breaks all records.
It will be noticed that the aggregate of
the great erops will be greater in 1904 than
they aver Wr before. As prices are, for
most of these articles except cotton, si ghtly
abovs the average of recant years, the
farmer will have more cash In their hands
at ths close of 1904 than they aver had
In tha past. All tba alarmist crop reports
turn out te be arrontous. Boms of them,
a those by Hill, the railroad trust man,
were Intentional fabrications, started with
the hope of making capital for Parker and
against Roosevelt. The president smashed
lull's Northern Becurltlee trust, and Hill
has beet: angered at everything republican
ever since. His prediction of a 2,WO,WX),000
corn crop was particularly silly, for ail
the data on hand at tha time he made
this forecast showed that the yield would
be muoh larger than that, Thla a go.ng
to be a great year for the farmers, tbe
country and the republican party.
WHERE LIES THE WKSTf
Wherever You rind Men ef Glnaar,
Gamptloa and Gel-l'p.
Portland Oregonlen,
Ws hear a great deal about the man that
cornea west to make bis fortune; but we do
not bear so much about the man who has
made hia fortune or hie career In tho west
going eaat to become a great figure in the
world Qt affairs. One movement is as real
and vital as the other. Harrlman left the
Illinois Central to go to New York; Hill
went from St. Paul, Rockefeller from Ohio.
The four biggest t radio men In Chicago are
from the Peolflo coaet Tbe railroad world
Is run by men from the west.
Ride along Fifth avenue and listen to the
guide as ha tells oft tha names of the own
ers ef the great palaces that line that rich
est resident street of the world. Take out
half a doxen old New York families, and
What have you left? Men who came from
western oil fields or eopper mlnea or ateel
plants or harvester works. The New York
Stock exchange Is crowded with western
railroad men, western Inventors, western
turf kings, western iron and steel end ooal
and steamship magnate, They grew up in
the west, they made their pile, and new
they are laying down tbe law to Wall
street,
Poee anybody suppose for a moment that
these western men In tbe aaat can shuffle
off their convictions and predilections when
they pass ths Alleghenies In a Pullman cert
Nay, verily. Intellectually and politically
speaking, you can find the west swarming
all over Manhattan Island end talking loud
at Broad and Chestnut streets end winning
all the jackpots In Washington and even
swinging a cane along Commonwealth
avenue. The biggest western man in thla
country today was born In New York and
roughed It In the Black Hills and led a
bunch of cowboys at Ban Juan and la going
to give the country a western administra
tion four yeara more.
Where lies the westr 'it lies wherever
men have ginger, gumption and get-up.
Whenever you And a man whose motto is
"don't flinch, don't foul, hit the line herd"
there Is a western man, whether he Uvea In
Portland, Me., or Portland, Ore. There are
more of theee men In proportion to the rest
on' this side the Alleghenies than on that
side; but they are a power In all plecesi
and when Senator Fairbanks say If the
west la a criterion the country la for Roose
velt, he hes hit upon a criterion that Is not
bounded by eeotlonal lines. If by the east
you mesa the men who are afraid the
country Is gettingtoo big for Its breathes
and want to put a reef In Ita prosperity
and Its greatness, then the esst Is for Par
ker. But there are chunks of this euet on
the Pec I fto coaet as well ae In tho select
circles of Boston. The west Is for Roose
velt, regardless of meridians of longitude.
OTHER LAfDt TttA OtRS.
It appears that the Drlce of British retire
ment from Thibet Is to be the payment ot
the round sum of )3,7SO,0OO by the poorest
and least Inviting country ot Its slse out-
slde the polar reglona. The native govern
ment la to have seventy-five years to pay
this amount. The annua! tribute required
seems small at f0,000, but England doubt
leas prefers to have the operation of debt
paying run through a long period. Until
the whole sum stipulated shall be paid
British troops are to remain In the valley,
which affords the natural route from India
Into the heart of Thibet. It la clear that
the land of the Lamas will not eee the,last
of the Anglo-Indian troops for many a long
year. It la more than probable that before
the debt Imposed can be paid fresh reasons
will be found for retaining tbe British grip
On the country.
The growing apprehension. In the minds
of thoughtful Frenchmen, of the poeeiblll
tlee of Rueelan defeat, began to manifest
Itself some time ago. It was strengthened
by the disastrous retreat from Llao Yang.
Nearly three weeke ago a leading article
by M. Andre Mjwll. In the Paris Eclair,
said: "In the Japanese war It is difficult
for us to edmlt that our ally may be con
quered. Arid yet the facta are there. We
face them with the absolute conviction that
tomorrow will bring revenge for our
friends. That Is not sufficient. On what
is that conviction based? Assuredly more
on pereonal Impressions than on facts.
Alaa! whatever may happen,. I am murh
afraid that Russia will never retrieve her
maritime superiority. The chances of war
would have to be torrlbly unfavorable to
the Japanese for the Russian squadrons to
get the upper hand. Would the departure
of the Baltlo Heel, which seems to occupy
so much of our attention Just now, modify
the situation ? It Is not probable. Let ua,
therefore, beware of abandoning ourselves
to pleaaant Illusions, and let ua know how
to face the future In proper faehlon. That
future' is full of menace for ourselves." The
last reference relates to the position of
France In Indo-Cliina.
Belgium Is getting up an Antarctic ex
pedition with tr. Henryk Arktowskt as a
member of it, who thinks the automobile
can be worked Into tho scheme, and writes
a paper In a Roman Journal about It. The
machine would have to be built very
strongly, and on a Special model, to take
apart when necessary, and work in very
low temperatures. The theory brought for
ward is that except at Its rough edges
the Ice cap of the Southern Pole is a
smooth mall, and that ones mounted on It
a machine would go flying to ita destina
tion like a racing Panhard.. on a Long
Island road. Probably the south magnetic
pole Is no great distance from the coast of
Victoria Land, and the run might be made
In a short time. Tho late German expedi
tion there started In from Termination
Land, further off, finding "no thorough
fare" and making a failure of It, except
Insofar as It Instructs pr. Arktowskl to
keep off that route with tils automobile,
where It could not be made to work in
any manner. Experts In Antarctic explora
tion favor the notion that h will have to
fall back on the customary dog trains and
drivers, and it will likely come to that,
the Southern Pole meanwhile remaining
as eoy and any of the attentions of discov
erers as the northern one haa always been.
The bibulous habits of the British people
are undergoing a noticeable change so far
as plrt, wine and beer are concerned.
Less wine was drunk in the United King
dom In 1903 than for a decade, and cheaper
wine are becoming popular. The decline
m the use of beer and spirits reached Its
maximum In 1899. According to the British
newspapers the falling off In the con
sumption of the drlnka named Is due
directly to the Impoverishment produced by
the South African war. The London Pally
News expresses the' hope that the down
ward tendency In the consumption of
spirits, wine and beer will prove, to be a
permanent change In the national habit,
and It finds ome justification for the hope
In the fact that Englishmen are uslnrf more
of the milder beverage tea. The present
consumption of ter, per heed In the United
Kingdom Is 6.11 pojrds. nearly a pound
per head more than In 1890. The fondness
of the Briton for tea Is phenomenal. In
no other European country does Its con
sumption per head reach one pound. In
the United States it Is 114 pounds. The
Englishman loves hi tea, and stands un
approachably first among the tea drinking
nations, excepting those of Asls. Coffee Is
felling more and more Into disrepute In
England, for the reason, it Is said, that
Englishmen have not learned the art of
preparing It.
A letter In one of the London papers
giving details of the mobilisation In the
country around Odessa and In southern
Russia generally says that the situation
of very many of the reservists' families
when the bresd winners leave for the front
will Inevitably be one of almost complete
destitution. Only In very few eases have
reservists been excused on the plea of their
having an exceptionally large family en
tirely dependent upon them. Horses have
ben commandeered right and left alike
frm wealthy traders In the towns and from
por mujlks on their farms. The sums paid
by the military authorities for the animals
represent, t according to this authority, a
mere fraction of their value. Much dls
content Is openly manifested In conse
quence. Many of the wealthy class have
euceeeded as usual In evading the requisi
tions by temporarily substituting during
the "horse mobilisation" period Inferior
animals for those they generally use, In
some cases with the connivance of the mill'
tary department Itself, upon tha usual con'
slderatlon. Tbe poorer land owners and
ever-patient mujiki have no suoh means
at their disposal for evading the law. The
better the mujik's horse the less chance
there Is of Its escaping requisition More
over, ha must take what the government
offers him for it
see
The motor car as an agent ef commerce
has caught on In India, a eountry whose'
Vast distances and long level roads are
peculiarly suited to ttils form of locomo
tion, A particularly useful trial Is now
being organised by the Motor union of
western India namely, a run from Delhi
to Bombay, a distance of 99 miles. The
journey would take about three days each
way, and It la proposed to devote next
Christmas holidays t the competition. But
It Is to be a test of reliability and not of
speed. The maharaja of Myeore has of
fered a handsome oup for the car that ar
rives In Bombay In the smartest condition
and the mahars'a of Kapurthala a prise
for the ear which proves Itself best suited
to Indian requirements for district work.
This Is the form of excellence which should
be encouraged by competition In this coun
try. Sincerity eel Const-feary, .
tt. Louis Globe-Democrat
The fact that Mr Bryan la fused with
the populists In Nebraska In an effort
te carry the legislature, and that the aame
populists will vote for the Watson elec
toral ticket, is enough to convince the
voters ef Indiana that there la no sin
cerity' In Bryan's speeches for Parker.
Hap that Preceded Hltaht.
' Detroit Free Press.
The enthusiasm wltb which the Russians
receive Emperor William' bone. for their
success will be tempered by th remem
brance of what happened te the Boers after
tbay had received similar reoofnltloa at
his hand.
OHJt h. KEJUKnY.
In response to the question, "Why should
John L. Kennedy be elected to congres
from this district?" I beg to submit the
following reasona:
1. John L. Kennedy represents the prlnil
pies and policies of the republican party
as now promulgated by the national plat
form, and he has at all times, been nn
able, consistent and ortlve supporter of
tne piatrorme and policies of the repub
lican party. This Is the first great require
ment. t. For more than twenty years Mr. Ken
nedy has been actively Identified with the
Diversified Interests represented In the Sec
ond congressional district. He Is well
qualified by educational attainments, by
a knowledge of large affairs and by wide
experience, to represent the people of this
community In the congress of the United
State.
S. Mr. Kennedy la a lawyer ot exceptional
ability. He la skilled In the prlnolplee
necessary for the formation of the policies
whloh make for the upbuilding of the na
tion. He knows what legislation mean,
when legislation Is defective and the rem
edy needed by appropriate future legisla
tion to meet th ever changing conditions
of a growing, energetic and aggressive
people.
4. The republican party Is th power In
this country. It will remain at the hea'l
of the national administration for many
years, Mr, Kennedy, as member of con
gress from this district, would be In hsr
mony with tbe leaders of th republican
P'irty and would be enabled to procure
valuable assistance for the different meas
ures designed to locally benefit the cltl
sens of the Second congressional diatrlot.
A democrat, no matter how able he may
be, cannot be as Influential with th ad
ministration as a republican.
t. In an Individual sense, Mr. Kennedy
possesses to a remarkable degree those
characteristic whloh peculiarly fit him for
the high and honorable position Of a mem
ber of oongress. H has always been a
student of economic principles, an aarnsst,
conscleutlous and able lawyer, and a fear
less and uprlsht cltlsen. His election to
congress would be a Just reward for an
honorable and upright life, wholly Identi
fied with the people of thla district. This
congressional district would secure a mor
efficient representative In John L. Kennedy
than would be possible In the person of
any democrat.
BYRON Q. BURBANK.
POLITICAL, DRIFT.
It now looks ss If the democrats would
move to make Roosevelt's election unani
mous, A discouraging feature of the whirlwind
canvass of Henry O. Davis Is hi per
sistence In keeping his hands in hi
pockets.
Belting In New York city Is 4 to 1 against
Parker. Even on those liberal terms repub
licans hate to take the money of the op
position. The wealthiest congressional candidate
this year Is said to be Mayor Andrus of
Yonkers, N. Y. His honor's valuation Is
set at 130,000,000.
For a party on Its uppers the democracy
of Massachusetts showed admirable fore
thought In putting a shoemaker at the
head of the procession. -
Gumshoe Bill Stone of Missouri dropped
this chunk of political wisdom In New
York: "Either Parker or Roosevelt will be
elected president In November."
A movement has been begun In Raleigh,
N. C, for th erection of a monument
to United States Senator M. W. Ransom,
who died recently. It will be placed In
Capital square,,,. ,.., ,., '., .
When Mayor McClellan ' of Tew York
tried to register last week the registrars
did not recognise him and domanded bis
naturalisation papers when he told then
he was born In Germany. '
Pennsylyanlane miss much of the di
verting features of life by maintaining an
Invincible republican majority. Consider
what they lose by th absence of spell
binder and whlrlwlnders.
An interesting political situation haa
developed In New Jersey, where the re
publicans of Hoboken have nominated
Denis Sullivan, "the newsboy orator," for
the legislature In opposition to Archibald
Alexander, a democratic millionaire:
Ohio I again In the doubtful eolumn.
A rooster perched on the cow oatoher ef
a perspiring locomotive fluttered Into the
station at Dayton, cheerily orowtng "Cock-a-doodla-do:
I'm for Parker, too." Prophet
Orosvcnor Is searching for a goose bone
with which to save the day.
The wail Of the spellbinder Is heard In
Gotham. It Is about the only fee ture of
their spiels that attract attention. "I
sUrfed In," exclaimed a melancholy hot
air tank, "I started In with s funny story
to about 150 persons, talked imperialism
to 100, militarism to seventy-five, conati- j
tutlonalism to fifty and the trusts to
twenty-five. When X got down to the tariff
Boys' Suits
You can tell Uttle enough about a suit of clothe
merely by tbe price. Tbe quality of goods, tbe trim
mings, the way they are put together, as well as tbe fit
and style determine the valuta. Here are some extra
good values for "Saturday." Sailor. Blouse units -3
to 9 years all colors
$3.50 to 55.00
Russians and Bueter Brown style suits that are in
such demand 2 J to 5 years
$5.00 to $8.50.
Eaton Blouse suits 3 to 10 yearan-
$5.00 and up.
The excellent qualities of our two piece suits from
$3.00 to 7.0 are generally known.
A number of ulies in fl.00 star shirt waists for 60c.
Girls' tailor made Coats 6 to 14 years. ;
"No Clothing Fits Like Ours."
R. S. WILCOX, Mgr.
mam
Utiz from puro crcsm of
tsrtar derived frent gripes.
ona of th handful that remained said
"Oh. rata!' and went out and the otheri
followed him. It ain't our fault th cam.
palgn'a dull; It's th fault of th Issuea
( guess. Let' have another drink."
John Carey, a banker of Pea Molne. It
at the head of a movement for th forma
tion of a local municipal league there, the
object being to watch the city ecu noil
and all other governing bodie In th lows
stat capital. Th movement I th out
come of a general belief that there Is a
good deal of "grafting" In th place.
Senator Chauncey M. Depew celebrated,
the conclusion of his forty-fourth year In
politics by attending the convention of th
Third Aasembly district republicans at
Croton Pam, N. Y. He delivered a speech
from tho veranda of Balmer'a hotel, stand
ing en the exact spot where ha waa nom
inated for the assembly forty-four yeara
ago. The chairman of tha convention was
D. Wily Travis, who also presided when
Pr. Depew was launched en his political
career, and the roll was called by Joseph
Hudson, who waa secretary at the same
gathering.
FLOATING rt!.
. Tourist (from abroad) It Is gensrally be
lieved, Is It net, that th Indian race la
doomed to extinction?
Native Great Geronimo, not They've
found out they can play foot ball. In an
other generation or two they'll own th
whole blamed country I Chicago Tribune.
"Haven't yott any ambition to work aa
your father did at your age?"
'"Certainly not,'' answered the gilded
youth. "If I were to work whet would
have been the use of father's working?"
Washington Star.
"Colonel Carver and Judge Shnrtrang
have Just had a heated dispute by tele
phone over 'either' and 'eyether.' The
judge called the colonel a liar."
Are tney tooaing lor seen otherr1
"Yes
; an is over put
the shooting."
Judge,
Gladys (slghlng)-rOh, dear, h hasn't pro
posed yst.
Ethel Well, what can you expect of a
chap who never runs hla auto over ten
mile an hour! Puck.
Seedy StrangarExcuse ma, sir, but can
you change a dollar for me?
rtumaniiansn. wny, yes.
Seedy Stranger Thanks,
you kindly tell ma where
And now will
I can get the
dollar? Cleveland Plain Pealer.
Mr. Unison, between whose lower lip and
chin there was an unusually dssp wrinkle,
spoke Impatiently to the barber.
"Haven't you go
got my face shaved yet?"
ne asaea.
"Not Quite, sip." said tha barber, annla.
getlcally. ''I haven't dug your ditch yet."
--Chicago Tribune.
"Money doesn't make the men," aald th
hlgh-browed and haughty youth.
"No." answered Senator Sorghum,
doesn t make the man.. But sometimes
make th candidate.1' Washington Star.
"THERE, NEVER MIND."
Bide Dudley In Kansas City Star.
Year have passed, but still I hear them.
Mother's words, "There, never mind."
Tim serves only to endear them
To me as It files. I find
Mother's gone, but atlll I often
Find myself, when trouble's nigh.
Half expeotlng her to soften
It aa In the days gone by..
Years, but still I sse her rocking,
Holding me upon her breast,
Both her arms about me locking.
Setting all my fears at rest.
Years, but still I hear her telling
Me Ip voice so low and kind,
W'hlle my tears are swiftly welling,
Soothing tike, "There, never mind."
All my boyish troubles vanished
When she spoke those words to me.
All my tears were quickly banished.
Soon I slumberod peacefully.
Oft I wish when woee beset me,
Ana grim worries now I find,
That old Father Time would let me
Hear her say, "There, never mind."
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