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It'n a lonir road tliat baa no turning.
Omaha will get even with Minneapolis
fcoine day. . .
Dock Nebraska want it heralded
thro.ighout tbe country, that it has gom
buck to populism'.' Cau you afTord it?
(turuuiny desires to bo understood as
dlHtinrtly fnvorhijr n new peace confer
ence at Tho Hague, provided It promises
to do nothing.
Those Japanese mine lu tbe yellow
act must be getting tame if one of them
can. an reported, tie towed into port by a
merchantman.
John N. Baldwin's portrait does not
look half so obnoxious to tbe World
Herald since he took his coat off for
licrte and Hitchcock.
The official ballot in-Douglas county
: will be nearly six feet long. ' The only
,Bar way for a republican to make, bis
vote count Is to crossraark the top circle.
, The Joke is on the "American" party
In Utah. Organised for the sole purpose
of opposing polygamy, it transpires that
one of Us nominees is a former polyg
amic. A great many of our citizens will be
Bin prised to learn that J. Ogden Ar
mour's visit to South Omaha had no
reh.tlor. to thnt long and often prom
ised rower canal.
. Although no war result comes from
the North sea Incident, it has given the
British navy a good excuse to see what
JU vessels can do iu the way of getting
ready for hostilities.
No long as large orders come for hog
and hominy ir is not to be expected
that the American farmer will be par
ticularly Interested In. the suspension of
hostilities in the Orient.
The tendency of gold standard demo
crats toward Judge Parker must have
fulled to nmterlnlizi) In the east since
the Philadelphia Record prints with ap
proval an editorial from Mr. Bryan's
Commoner.
Mr. Ilarrimnn declares emphatically
that the Union Pacific has no option on
the threat Western. The elastic imagi
nation that invented the story got tbe
roads mixed aud should try to guess bet
ter Iiext time.
If Went Virginia shows a decrease In
its; vote this fall It may be accounted
for on the hypothesis that tbe citizens
of the state are still dizzy from the clash
of the conflicting democratic doctrines of
William J. Bryan and Henry Uassaway
Iavls.
It Is n Urged that Russia is approach
ing tho powers on the subject of per
mitting Its Black, tea, fleet to pass tbe
Hardanelles. 1 Before acceding to this
request ireat Britain Mill have to in
sist upon n distinct understanding as to
the litmmi'lty o' tinning vessels.
The club women have decided not to
tempt fate this time by having a woman
candidate ou the local school board
ticket. The women can without doubt
cxtrclae mora Influence In tbe board
from the outside than from the insldo
at tiny rate some recent school Incidents
point that way.
What tJeorge W. Kerge said to John
N. Baldwin and what John N. Baldwin
aid to Ueorge W. Berge still remains
strictly confidential, but the report that
Baldwin wound up with the exclama
tion, "Governor, come and let's take a
drink," is pronounced absolutely falsa
li nd specifically malicious.
. The authorised sutemeut of the Ftau
dard OU company that It Is not engaged
Ir an Tcr business thau the clarifying
"of crude wetrolcum, should forever set
-Hrst thYt perennial MetcsIfUn roor-bsckrrl!J-t..lckyfellow
Is ambitious to
havt a monument erected to himself oo
tho university Vampus at Lincoln.
TBE PEOPLE'S HOMES.
In one of his speeches Senator Fair
banks said that we seek commercial
strength In order that we may give em
ployment and wages to American work
Ingmen and opjiortunlty to Amerlcau
caplUI. "We seek." be said, "to Im
prove the homes of our people. Our na
tional prosperity is not so much meas
ured by the construction of Industrial
enterprise as by the erection of homes.
There have been more homes built by
the people since the republican party
was last entrusted with power than dur
Ing any similar period in the history of
the republic."
We think thst there Is no question as
to this. While there mny be no abso
lute statistics boartng upon this part leu
lar fact yet it Is 'fair to assume that
during the last half f century tbe num
ber of persons in this country who have
built their own homes and now own
them is far In excess of th number In
any. other country, relatively to popula
tlon, not excepting even Franco, .where
most of the people own the land they
cultivate. It Is also demonstrable that
anterior to the establishment of the pol
Icy of protection to American Industries
we were lagging behind as a manufao
turlng nation and that only after we had
adopted a tariff policy which fostered
our Industries and gove protection to our
labor, did we begin to make a substan
tlal growth and progress as a nation.
The facts in evidence; of this arc so plain
and Indisputable that It must he pre
sumed no one with com mn sense will
venture to contradict them. Tim dem
ocratic party does not deny that we have
made progress under this policy, but It
endeavors to deny that It Is In any de
gree responsible for It. The republican
pnrty does not claim all the credit for It,
bnt it does claim, and with entire jus
tice, the 'credit for policies which have
made available every opportunity of this
great republic to improve and develop its
unequaled natural resources.
But It is the policy and purpose of the
republican party today that none of the
great and vital principles for which It
stands shall be abandoned or sacrificed.
It believes now, as It always believed. In
the policy of maintaining the protection
of American , Industries and American
labor. It demands now, as It always de
manded, that the standar.I of living for
the American wage earner shall not be
reduced, but on the contrary shall not
be measured by that of the European
laborer. It insists now, as It has always
done, that our labor shall not be exposed
to the cheaper competition of foreign
labor, but on the contrary shall have
under all circumstances proper protec
tion. The position of the republican party In
this respect has been the same from its
Inception. There bas never been a
change In its attitude. By Its platform
and through Its candidates for president
and vice president It Is absolutely the
party of protection unqualifiedly assert
ing that our progress and prosperity as
a nation can only be assured by the
maintenance of that policy tinder which
we " have built up our industries and
grown to be the greatest among the com
mercial powers of the world.
FROM THE TAXPAYERS' POINT OF VIEW
Having devoted 'about three hours to
the investigation and discussion of the
proposition to establish a municipal
electric lighting plant in Omaha, the
special committee of the Commercial
club baa reached the conclusion that
the undertaking involves an extra haz
ardous risk und does not commend itself
to the taxpayer of Omaha because the
risks Involved so far outweigh the ad
vantages to be gained, even should the
proposition meet tbe highest expecta
tion of Irs supporters.
Tle question that presents Itself to the
taxpayers in and out of the Commercial
club Is, Are these conclusions borne out
by facts? The streets of Omaha are
lighted, or rather partially lighted, by
Cl'tt electric: arc lights and about 1,200
gas and gasoline lamps, for which
Omaha Is now paying about $1)0,000 a
year. This amount Is taken out of the
pockets of the taxpayers, although
Omaha Is one of the poorest lighted
towns of its size in America.
No one conversant with the subject will
contend that a first-class public
lighting plant cannot be established
for 300,000 or less. The city of
Lincoln, which does not pretend to be
metropolitan, has Just made a contract
for a municipal lighting plant for a
fraction less than 70,000. The capacity
of Lincoln's municipal lighting plant Is
to be not less than 325 arc lights. As
sume that Omaha requires 1,200 arc
lights to cover tn entire territory within
the city limits, we are safe in asserting
that 400,000 would be ample to pay for
a power house and the entire equipment
of machinery, wires and conduits that
may be required for years to come.
Members of the Commercial club com
mittee may convince themselves that the
taxpayers of Omaha would Jncur a
great risk by owning their own electric
lighting plant and that taxes would be
Increased, but the experience of a score
of American cities that have, ventured
on the "extra hazardous" experiment
does not Justify such a conclusion. The
most conspicuous example of what can
be done by municipal ownership of pub
lic lighting Is furnished by municipal
ownership In Detroit, where a plant
costing 800,000 supplies more than
2,500 standard arc lamps. . On this sub
ject the bulletin of the League of Muni
cipalities for October contains tbe fol
lowing particulars:
Public electric lighting plants In this
country have increased from on In 1S33 to
about 400 now. The result that may be
accomplished are Illustrated by the history
of Detroit's municipal street lighting plant
that tye been in operation now for eight
years, being founded In 1895 by the late
Governor rtngree, then mayor of tbe city.
Detroit had been paying a company $133
per standard arc. I'nder municipal owner
ship the tetal cost wae tlOO at the start and
has steadily fallen until now (1904) the
operating eaet la only 140 and some centa,
nd the total coat Is S0 per standard aru,
including Intereat, depreciation and lost
sea. In two years more the plant will
have paid for Itself, and the city will have
a property worth m,onn, and the service
also for I1W.O0O less than the service alone
would have cost at the lowest obtainable
bid for a ten-year contract, $102 per arc.
So that the city will be about 11.000,000
better oft through the public ownership of
this one street lighting plant, without the
advantage of supplying commercial lights
to consumers, which would still further re
duce the cost and Increase the savings of
municipal ownership. Besides a reduction
of cost, great Improvement to the service
has resulted. The department Is managed
by a nonaalarled commission of six. ap
pointed by the mayor and confirmed by
the council, on member retiring each year.
The plant pays union wages and runs on
the eight-hour day. The permanency of
employment Is very high.
Note that the computation made for
Detroit Includes tbe Interest on the
bonds, cost of operation, wear and tear,
depreciation and loss of taxes. There
Would be no loss of taxes in Omaha, the
royalty paid by the electric lighting
company Is not for public lighting, but
for Its privilege of supplying light and
power to private consumers, Just the
same as Is the royalty paid by the gas
company, which pays nearly three times
as much royalty as the electric light
company.
But the taxpayers of Omaha must re
member that the saving to be effected
by the municipal lighting plant Is not
all that is alined at. Municipal owner
ship would go far toward putting an end
to the corrupting Influence that is con
stantly exerted upon our city councils
and municipal government by public
utility corporations, and especially the
electric lighting monopoly. The paid
lohbylsts of that corporation debauch
our councllmen and obstruct every ef
fort for safeguarding life and property
In Omaha. The issue that presents
Itself to Omaha taxpayers Is, Shall
Omaha govern Itself through officers un
tainted by the corrupting Influence of
public utility eoriKirntions, or shall it
surrender its government to these cor
porations now nnd forever?
Another official denial comes from
the Exposition city. It is positively
denied that the oration delivered by
Gurdon W. Wattles Is the speech he had
Intended to deliver ut the republican na
tional convention in seconding the vice
presidential nomination of John I.co
Webster. It Is also positively denied
that the speech delivered by Governor
Mickey on this memorable occasion Is
the oration he had Intended to deliver on
Decoration day. Several more positive
denials are yet to follow.
It takes hard cash out of the com
pany's treasury in 100 chunks to pet
the local weekly papers howling against
an electric lighting plant. Resolutions
by the Commercial club and Real Estate
txcliiuigc tv the same import couie
cheaper. The president of the elecrric
lighting monopoly oo dispenses tho
free passe for the Milwaukee railroad.
The executive committee of the Trans-
mlsslsslppi congress has decided to limit
the committee on resolutions to a report
of not more than 500 .words, but no
time lock will be attached to the mouths
of the participants In the running de
bate that is to extend from the Gulf of
Mexico up to John A. Creighton's Horso-
shoe falls of tho Shoshone river.
If the report should prove true that
the Union Pacific Is about to purchase,
own and operate the Chicago Great
Western, that temporary freight shed
on the Great Western depot grounds
may be raised another story. On this
mooted point, however, Mr. Stickney de
clares that he has nothing to say for
publication.
With formaldehyde in the milk, methyl
alcohol In the whisky, wines made from
unything but grapes and water full of
septic germs, the only thing left for
humanity Is to Join the brewery workers'
union, where each laborer Is given, in
addition to his wages, permission to
drink all the beer be wants.
Old-Fasbloned Father.
Chicago Tribune.
Even yet there is an occasional crusty,
old-fashioned, hard-hearted father who re
fuses to permit his son to amuse himself
by having his ribs broken and his face
trampled upon for the delectation of a
crowd of frenzied rooters in the grand
stand.
Inconsistencies et Kicker.
New York Tribune.
Ex-Senator Edmunds of Vermont thinks
the United 8tates should any "cease" to
Ruaala and Japan, "whether they like It or
not." Tet the Vermont statesman com
plain, Just like an ordinary democrat, of
the alleged tendency of the president to In
terfere In quarrel between other nations
to "butt In," a one of th speakers at the
Madison Square garden meeting elegantly
put it.
Heme Needs Flrat Supplied.
Ban Francisco Chronicle.
It 1 not at all desirable for a country to
how up well In a table of export if its
Inhabitants are unable to consume on a
liberal scale. There are peoples who ex
port wheat and hunger because they cun
not get enough black bread to eat. Tlia
United States-pursues a different method in
these proaperoua days. It meet the wants
of Its own consuming population, and if It
has anything over it ship It abroad.
Don't Get Gey 1. Public.
Senator Chauncey Depew.
In the world of politic the man who
would obtain political preferment must ba
serious. No man who cultivate humor to
the exclusion of his other gift can hops
to attain to the highest placea In the po
litical arena. ' The American citlsen re
serve the Inalienable right to vote for
whom he wills, and the serious man who
uppresae bla sense of humor, rather than
the man who cultivate It, I honored with
hi preference.
Where Democracy Blundered.
Portland Oregonlun (rep.).
Had the democratic party really been
"safe and aanu" It would tiavo njiu;n.Hu.i
Mr. Cleveland. He is about the only emi
nent man In the party who didn't lose hit
head on the supreme issues of ten year
ago. Beside, he wouldn't have been averse
to another nomination. He felt the gentle
hum of the bee In bis bonnet, und It pleased
him. Since he ws about the only "safe
and sana" man of the party lu those days,
he ought now, since the party boast of Its
dutcharg from I lie insane asylum, to be
th candidate.
GOSSIP ABOCT THR WAR.
Realistic Battle Scene Drawn by
Resslan Red Croae OOleer.
. The most vivid description of the battte
of IJaO Yang that ha yet come from
Russian sources Is from the pen of M.
Koslovsky of the Bed Cross detachment,
a copy of which was obtained by the Mos
cow correspondent of the london News.
M. 1 Koslovsky declares that had It not
been for the failure of the left flank attack
from Kvankufen, Kouropatkln's plan
would have ucceeded, and Kurokl' forces
would hnve been cut off. Writing of the
attack made by Kurokl on Kouropatkln
center, M. Koslovsky ay:
"I was under fire most of the day (Sep
tember 1. and witnessed sttack after at
tack. The Japanese came on sometimes In
dense clouds, and only toward evening
adopted looser formations. In most cas.'S
the tremendous fire of shrapnel and bullets
from our men stopped these attacks be
fore they got far, but I could see quite
distinctly tbe Jspanese officer making ges
ture to their men to retire.
"The fierceness of the shell fire was
milng. Tbe whole sky line for ten versts
was constantly barred with vivid streaks
of fire. Not more than half the hella ex
ploded, but thoae which did caused .the
most appalling losses, and a shudder
passed all along the trenches at each ex
plosion. Captain Vaasillef head was taken
clean off by one, which did not. however,
burst, but lay on the ground, bloody and
horrible, until the men kicked earth over
It. Another shell fell In a salient, nnd
killed or wounded every man. We bad
seven (Jermnn colonists from South Rus
sia In the second line, and these men sang
hymns all the morning, much 'to the
amusement of their orthodox brethren, who
said: 'The Nlemtsl are afraid of being
killed.' All, in fact, were killed or hurt
before evening except one, who continued
his hymn.
"At 1 o'clock the supply of rifle ammu
nition gave out temporarily and the fire
from the machine guns failed to stop the
enemy. A the millet had been cut down,
they gathered and took shelter behind an
undulation of the ground, and after what
seemed Interminable preparation, came on
in dense musses. This attack very nearly
succeeded. With a tremendous roar the
Japs dashed onto the wire entanglement,
acoree dropping first Into the wolf pits,
whence they hud to be pulled out. Our
men held their bayonets grimly, but not
without fright, as they could not fire.
Luckily the Japanese were not properly
supplied with wire cutters. However, they
tore a gap through in one place and came
on In a funnel-shape 1 thick mass, shout
ing loudly: Then the machine guns con
centrated a cross-fire and the whole mass
collapsed like a pack of cards.
"If the enemy had Inin down and fired
they would have cut half our ammunltlon
less men up. They were too eager, and con
tlnued to pour in. Anally getting right Into
the trenches. There, as usual, they fired
at close quarters, while our men rushed
out and engaged them with the bayonet.
The scene here was sickening and enough
to make a witness a peace man for life.
The faces of our men were lit up with a
diabolical bloodthirstlness, and the active,
emotionless men of the Japanese seemed
equally detestable.
"One of our men, a Siberian, named
Alexandron, hopped about like a madman,
shouting, 'Give them no mercy!' A minute
later he went down with a bullet, and a
Japanese, as If he had understood the cry,
coolly thrust In a bayonet and ended his
groans. This Jap next moment had his
arm slashed clean off by an officer's sword,
and the arm lay across Alexandroff's dead
body, and was, no doubt, burled with It.
"Many of the" Japs' got caught altogether
on the barbed wires, and the few car
tridge which remained wero used for
shooting them down a they struggled and
writhed. One Jap officer face was cov
ered with blood, but he continued to strug
gle until shot. with a pistol, hereupon he
stretched himself, and lay acrosss the
wires with outetretehed arms,, as if swim
ming. For some reason, which no one
knowj, Jap after Jap, risking his Ufa,
came up and tried to drag off the body,
but all were knocked over. At last. Lieu
tenant Grjboky, imagining that the dead
Jap had something Important on him,
ruBhed out with four men and tried to
bring It In. But when the Japs saw this
they turned, rushed forward, firing fu
riously and bayoneted two of the men.
The body lay there for four hours and no
one was able to approach It. When at
last It waa brought In by our men we
found In the pocket nothing except per
sonal papers and a curious disc of steel
with an Inscription on it. We suppose It
was a regimental talisman.
"After the failure of this attack the Japs
bombarded u for two hour, causing heavy
losses, but falling to put any of our guns,
which were rtiasked, out of action. They
then began a new Infantry attack. Despite
the fall of hundreds, they came on, and
collecting in great numbers, In the same
undulation, rushed the advanced trench,
killing every man in it and thundering Into
the works near which I waa at work.
"Our men held the trench resolutely.
Swearing and shouting, they shot and
stabbed until nearly every man was killed.
The Jap continued to pour In, and finally
occupied two-thirds of the whole line. Then
our men to the north began to enfilade
them and they melted away. Some lay
down and were bayoneted by the reinforce
ment sent from the rear trenches. A
horrible massacre ensued when they began
to retreat, as they could Only get away
through the gaps In the entanglements,
and on these we concentrated such a fire
that not one man passed unwounded. In
three mlnutesJhe gaps were choked with
dead and wounded men, and th still re
treating Jap ' had to clamber over the
bodies, which not one succeeded In doing
without being shot.
"The enemy was still coming on, and
had the pleasure of doing all the work
over again, as there was not one practi
cable opening In the entanglements. Our
men, though tired and hungry, were as
cool as Ice, and a they were losing few,
laughed and joked a they butchered. Borne
even began quarreling a to how many
Jap they had shot, and one .who boasted
that he hud 'sent thirty to h IP was struck
Inter on In the evening by a bullet In the
Jaw. Stream of blood from the bodies In
front trickled Into the trench, and In the
intervals of firing the soldier made little
clay embankment's to keep It out, disput
ing together when one man' dam made
the blood flow toward another'. Except
in the actual paroxysm of bayonet fight
ing the men were cool and even humorous,
turning Into laughter even the most ghastly
things, as, for Instance, 'when a Jap shell
burst In one of the body-encumbered gaps,
blowing a score of wounded men Into bits.
A leg which descended among the men
waa passed along with witty comment on
the Jap's boot and the color of his skin.
"I confess I became hardened to this
slaughter myself, and thought no more of
handling a limbless man than of doctoring
a child with the colic. I. know when I
went to wash myself next morning I was
caked from head to foot with blood. I
had slept Soundly and Indifferently all
night." ;
linrklera Pride Win Race.
LONDON, Oct. It Hackler Pride won
tnc Cambridgeshire stakes, a handican of
25 sovereigns each with too sovereigns
added, at the Newmarket Houghton merl
ins lonuy. wni whs second ana MutxjD
third, bcvenieen horse ran. -
RtMIA'9 LATEST BMSDER.
Chicago Tribune: The only plausible ex
planation of this extraordinary Incident t
that the Russian commander was very
drunk. Chicago Record-Herald: It Is but fair to
suppose that Admiral Roestvensky fee: a
good deal like a sleep-walker who ha
awakened after falling downstair. v
St. Louis Republic: The csar had better
end the war, i.r nt least retire the Haitic
flet. If the Jnps have so scared the Rus
sian rear admirals that a rockrt look like
a torpedo and n llnhlng fleet like a squadron
of warships, the whole navy would die ot
fright at beholding the bright red sun on
the mart of a real warship.
Kansas City Star: The latest perfor
mance of the Baltic sea fleet Is further evi
dence of the Incompetence of the Russian
naval commnnde;s. It I Impossible to con
ceive of an American officer so far losing
his head as to Are on an Innocent fishing
boat under the belief that It wan a torpedo
craft. The wlldness of the officers of the
Haitic rea squadron Is on a par with that
shown by the man in command of the so
called volunteer fleet for whose depreda
tions tbe csar has been kept busy apologis
ing. .
Louisville Courier-Journal: The Rucelan
fleet has at Iat won a victory, but not over
that of it adversary. Starting' out upon
Its 13.0-mile voyage to Vladivostok, while
till in the North sea, and not yet having
reached the open ocean. It encountered a
fleet of British fishing smacks and opened
lire upon them, as if they were Japanese
torpedo boats threatening their destruction.
Of course it was a mistake, possibly from
misinterpreted orders from the admiral,
with no hostile purpose, or to be credited
to a nervous senxltiveness of danger from
on enemy vigilant and, us has been found,
ever ready to attack a Russian fleet or ves
sel whenever It presents itself.
PERSONAL .VOTES.
r. Wiley, the government chemist,
says S6 per. cent of the whisky Is bad,
and Rev. Dr. Swallow says he Is 15 per
cent out of the way,
Antonio Macro, son of the late Oeneral
Antonio Muceo of Cuba, has registered as
a student of tho Smith College of Applied
Science at Syracuse.
Dr. Chrysander, formerly private secre
tary to the great Bismarck, is a patient In
a lunatic asylum at Hamburg. He suffers
from fits of nervousness.
The emperor Francis Joseph Is 74. He
has now reigned for flfty-slx year and has
been called to stand up against heavier mis
fortunes than any monarch of his time.
A man in a New York suburb gave up
his seat In" tho trolley car to a woman
and promptly fainted. Politeness of the
kind must be a severe strain In Gotham.
Okotuna, Miss., leaps Into fame once
more through the unequaled talent of Its
editors. One of the profesh punched the
nose of a sleeping car conductor who had
awakened tho editor's wife to punch her
ticket.
The highest order of the Russian Red
Cross has been conferred upon Countess
Casslni, the adopted daughter of the Rus
sian ambassador, and Mme. Boutakoft,
wife of the Russian naval attache, for
their service in raising a considerable
sum of money for the Russian Red Cross
society.
Captain Ira Harris, who succeeds Robert
8. Rodie a chief steamboat Inspector of
New York, was graduated from the naval
academy In the class with Rear Admiral
Robley D. Evans. After serving In the navy
for fifteen year and attaining the rank
of lieutenant commander he resigned to
enter private busines.
Emperor William has delegated Lieuten
ant General von Lowenfeldt, of his majes
ty's military staff, and Imperial Adjutant
General von Schmettow to represent him
at the unveiling of the statue of Frederick
the Great at Washington, November 19.
Both delegates are descendants of officers
of Frederick the Great.
ROOSEVELT'S ACHIEVEMENTS.
Had to Meet and Solve Grave and
Delicate Problems.
Charles J. Bonaparte In Collier's Weekly.
No president, since the close of recon
struction, has had to meet und aolve so
many novel, grave and delicate problems.
He has pacified the Philippines; he ha
organized a free, orderly and progressive
government In Cuba; he has adjusted
Venezuela's imbroglio with Its creditors;
he has settled the coul strike; he has set
on foot a Just and conservative system
to supervise and control the "trusts;"
he has resolutely nnd effectively, yet
prudently, enforced existing federal laws
against capitalists and workmen alike; he
has firmly, but temperately, resisted the
attempted dictation of race prejudice at
the south, and he has assured us an Isth
mian canal In the near future and by
the best route. Such a record for three
years In -the White House will not suffer
by comparison with that of any president
since Lincoln.
Yet these things are by no means all he
has done in that time, and done, on the
whole, with remarkable success. During
these three years both the army and navy
have been reorganised and the latter Im
mensely Increased; the civil service law
has been extended In application and en
forced with a thoroughness hitherto un
known; the field of our diplomacy ha
vastly widened, and Its boldness and tact
have been universally recognized; finally,
the, eradication of abuses and the punish
ment of unfaithful public servants havo
been as Inflexible and far-reaching as the
president's will and power could make
them.
To do his full duty under this oath, a
president must accept responsibility and
Incur risk risk of misconstruction, of un
just censure, of his own honest mistake.
Those presidents most revered a putriot
and profitable servunts ot the people,
such men as Jackson and IJncolp, while
In office, were frequently and fiercely
charged with violating the constitution.
A story is told of an eastern nation, whose
law forbade any subject to lay violent
hands on the king. The monarch fell over
board from a boat and was about to drown.
Most of the sailors bowed profoundly to
him a they watched hi struggles and
uttered loud protestations of loyalty; one
of them seised him by the hair and
dragged him Into the boat again. There
are those who would have a president
show respect for the constitution as did
most of the crew for the sacred person of
their sovereign, but a president who, In
truth and not In seeming, "preserves, pro
tects nnd defends" It, will act as did the
one man who saved the king's life.
EXAMINE YOUR DENTIFRICE
Acid and grit, deadliest enemies of the.
teeth, abound in cheap dentifrice. Fine per
fumes do not make fine dentifrices. Your
teeth deserve better of you than to be offered
up a sacrifice to your pockeibook.
SOZODONT
Is of proven varus. Sixty years Is a pretty
rood tost. No acid, no f'H In Soxodont.
Th Liquid penetrates the little crevices and
purifies them ; the Powder gives a bright
and polished surface.
. I rPMrti LIQUID. POWDER, FASTI.
JOH L. KKSSEDT.
John I Kennedy should be elected.
Because he Is s clean, cspaole and thor
ough man of superior legal ability, a well
s a man of exrllent business Judgment.
He Is tenacious and of persistent nature,
appearing never to tire of hard work, and
what he undertakes he does well. As a
business man he Is a Sucre. Hu Integrity
I of the highest standard. He I not
obligated to any person or prrsons and Is.
and always will be, his own master.
Because ho ha the moral courage to take
a stand for what he believe to be right
and the ability to maintain his prsliljn.
As a congressman, he would not fail to
take a high rank among the lesderi of that
body, and one of whom tbe Second district
of .Nebraska would be proud.
Because he possesses the tact to secure
for this district everything to which It may
be entitled. Again, he would be a majority
member of congre, which In Itself would
give him a great advantage over his oppo
nent, to y nothing of the gain to the re
publican party, of such an able assistant
' to our president
i If the voters- of this district are sincere
! in their statement, that they want clean,
honest, capable men to fill the public
offices, and those who havs settled convlc
Hons regarding th principle of govern
ment and. our national welfare, they now
have an opportunity to prove It.
I A man better or more competent In every'
1 way than John U Kennedy could not be
found for the office to which he aspires.
THOS. A. FRY.
WHO THE CANDIDATES ARE.
Republican
Nominees
for
tate
Senator.
Benjamin F. Thomas probably Is well
and favorably known In Omaha and Doug
las county. He ha rendered service to
the city as member of the school board
and prosecutor. Mr, Thomas was born In
Iowa In 1862, being therefore still In hi
vigorous young manhood. He was grad
uated from Epworth seminary and wa
admitted to tho bar In IMS. One year later
he began his practice of law In Omaha,
which he has continued with successful re
sults. He was appointed city prosecutor
und served one term, wa elected member
of the Board of Education two terms.
He Is now engaged In the Important work
of compiling the city ordinances, having
been uppolnted for this work by the mayor
nnd city council. He I prominent as a
Mason and member of other societies. Mr.
Thomas Is a clear thinker, a fluent speaker,
forceful, logical and pleasing In debate.
He Is a resident and taxpayer of Omaha.
Charles L. Saunders wa born at Mount
Pleasant, la., in 1857. With his father, the
late Governor Alvln Saunders, he came to
Omaha In 1861. He wa graduated from
Cornell and Columbia university law
school. He acted as private secretary to
his father, who was In the United States
senate from 1877 to 1883. Early in the '80s
he was Interested In the cattle business In
Montana with his brother-in-law, Russell
B. Harrison, son of the lata President Har
rison. For some time Mr. Saunders held a
position In the United States assay office at
Helena, Mont. In 188S he resigned thl
position and returned to Omaha, where he
helped to incorporate the Omaha Real Es
tate and Trut company, of which he I
president. He I a member of the Omaha
Real Estate exchange, Commercial club,
Omaha club and Elks. For four years,
ending March, 1900, he was deputy city
treasurer of Omaha. He served In the
state senate in 1903 and Is therefore a nom
inee for re-election,
Ia C. Gibson Is engaged In the real estate
and Insurance business of South Omaha.
He was born In 1862 at Plymouth, Wis.,
and was educated In the public, schools at
Fondulac. He Imbibed the elements of
sturdy manhood by a life on the farm
until 18, when he entered mercantile busi
ness at Ripon, Wis. At the age of 19 he
moved to South Omaha. He was even thus
early In his career an aggressive business
man and was among- the first to open a
general store In the then young packing
town. From the start he attained success.
His entire time was occupied with his pri
vate business, his only participation In
politic being to cast his vote each election
for the republican ticket and to modestly
Invite others to Join him In this good work.
He never held office nor sought It before,
and this time yields to the entreaties of
South Omaha friends who were anxious
for him to accept the nomination for the
state senate. Hi receiving the high vote
at the primaries is evidence enough of his
popularity with the masses. Mr. Gibson Is
an active fraternal man, being Identified
with the Elks, Knights of Pythia, Mod
ern Woodmen of America, Ancient Order
of United Workmen, Royal Arcanum and
other societies.
All figure may be improved by clothes ,
but not by ALL clothes.
The improving
store, soutnwest corner Fifteenth jind
Douglas streets.
And at the right
old figures.
Sack suits, in plenty of good paferns
for a pleasing choice.
Overcoats with just the right styjb and
beautiful in fabrics and finish,
$15-$ 18420
Most attractive haberdashJiy and
hats.
No Clothing Fits Like Ours. '
groWnir2- Itf
. S. WILCOX, Mgr.
A MATTER OF HEALTH
Absolutely Pure
IZAS HO SUBSTITUTE
SMH.Ir. I.IKES.
"Tour's Is a rather discouraging profu
sion, is It not?' someone asked an aero
nautlst.
"No." replied the latter, "thlrgs sre s -ways
looking up with us, even If we rarely
get there." Cleveland t'lain Dealer.
"I nebber yet did hear a campaign
speech," said Uncle Eben. "whah peop,.!
chopped long enougn tet ween cheer 10 a t
de percise sense of what de man was
talkln' 'bout." Washington Star.
Gertrude Do you think a woman Is Justi
fied in using deception in order to secure a
husband?
Frances For mercy's sake, tww do you
expect a woman Is ever going to get mar
ried. 1 should like to know? Boston Tran
script. "Ain't you got the names ' them swell
city folks at the Klugoro weddin' set up
yet?" demanded the country editor.
"No, an' i ain't like to, nullur," replied
the foreman. "I've run out o' hyphens."
Pnlladelphla Ledger
Ladv (In Jewelry store) I like the silver
back of this hand mirror; it Is beautiful.
But I don't like the glass.
Clever Salesman Ah, don't you? Now
Just tske a different view of It, madam
look straight into It. There, don't you
like thnt? l think it Is exceedingly pretty."
"Well. I'll 111 take it!"-Detroll Free
Press.
THE TAILOR-HADE GIRL.
James Burton Adams In Denver Post.
Farewell to the maid in the peek-a-boo
waist
A a l Jr.n. nt In inn l1..l.n
Farewell to the figure so coi.lly encased
In vaK thnt flimir tint am thf, vinf,.
Slie step from the stage with a shivery
air
Jinu tl II nu ir,nu -" ii ' J i ii i ii 1 1 i
And after her cornea that delightful af-
imr,
The girl In the tailor-made suit.
She's neat and she's natty from noggin to
toes.
A bundle of gingery snap;
She wear a complexion that rivals th
rose
The work of deft fingers, mayhap.
The pavement give forth an imperious
ring
From the heel of her Frenchified boot.
A much as to say, ''She' the whole
bloomln tning,
The girl in the tallor-mado suit.
The chappies.
all sigh a she passes
tnem Dy,
And grin in a satisfied way.
And feel that a glance from her languish
ing eye
Ia heaven enough for a day.
She wears on her face. an expression of
pride.
Hair bunched on her forehead so cute.
And dimples in vain In her cheek try te
niae, -
This girl In the tailor-made. suit. .
The angels are pictured by fanciful brains.
As clad In Immaculate white, t
In locwe-flowing garments with vapory
trains
Most truly a ravishing sight.
But here on this rugged old practical earth
The angel we have is the beaut
To which the gay goddese of fashion gave
birth
The girl In the tailor-made suit.
Aik for LIEBIO COMPANY'S.
Not Simply "LIEBIG S"
3USTA5 GOODa'ARE WORTHLESS
kinds are at our
figure, for yourfj or
U7td tip to $4p.
This sionaTura in uius liuannttti i
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