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rilE OMAHA DAILY BEE: "WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1907.
rim Omah Daily BlV
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i VICTOR ROSEWATBR, EDITOR.
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' . STATEMENT OF ClRCVLATlpN.
flat of Nebraska, Douglaa county, ea:
Charles C. Roaewater. general manager
of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly
aworn, aaya that the actual number of
full and complete coplea of The Dally
Morning. Evening and Bunday Bee printed
during th month of September, 1SW7. waa aa
(allows:
35.TOO
6,640
3600
34,980
3,350
1 36,660
17 36,690
lg 36.560
If... 36,800
SO.' 36,390
SI.,, 36,970
21,....' 35,390
21M. 37,360
14.;.,..,... 36,830
2J...4. 36,380
2 36,930
27iv., ...... 36,600
2 1 36,660
2.." 35,880
30..' 36,890
..... M,a40
7 86,640
I, 88,00
86,140
19 it,M0
f 34,470
tJ.M Mfi79
It 341,090
14.. 36,610
II 35,400
Total 1,093,470
bees unaold and returned coplea. 9,887
Net total 1,083,833
Tally average 36,119
CHARLES C. ROSEWATER,
General Manager.
Subscribed In my preaence and aworn
to before roe thla 30th day of Septem
ber, 107.
(Seal) M. B. HUNGATE,
Notary Public.
WHEN OUT OK TOWN.
' baerlber leaving; the city tem
'pornrlly ahoald -Have Th Bee
mailed tei them. Address will be
'changed mm oftea aa requested.
Oyster Bay has retired to 1U shell.
There la proof abundant that the
f lton needed that Immunity bath.
A New York aclentiat Insists that fish
talk. He must have beard Btuyvesant.
VH street Is another of the water
ways of the country that needs Im
provement. A Filipino boy named Pip is to be
educated in this country. He should
h kept away from the chickens.
Fastidious Englishmen are Insisting
upon scented baths. The Immunity bath
'n vogue In this country"! acerited.-'
. U.A
A photograph of J. Plerpont Morgan
has been sold for $5. His autograph
"jroperly affixed is still worth millions.
. Having placed the Ud on the 8unday
Clubs the fire and police board ought
to pnt the lid on reckless chauffeurs.
.."Chicago must move," says the Chi
cago "Tribune. Let it be toward the
east, then. It is close enough to
Omaha.
The, New York Yacht club sniffs at
Sir Thomas Llpton because he Is In
.trade. O tea! what crimes are com
mitted in thy name.
- Mr,' Choate says the peace confer
ence planted a lot of seed. The general
Impression la that the peace confer
ence has gone to seed.
Senator Curtis of Kansas and Sen
ator-elect Owen of Oklahoma are In
dlans. That makes three Indians In the
senate, counting Tillman.
One express company brought 500,-
000 limes from Mexico in August. Sim
tly an Indication that Mr. Oln. Rickey
ts sharing In the general prosperity.
; The announcement of the return of
Senator Depew from Europe Is the
first intimation many people have had
that he had been away, How times do
change! '
Mr; Taft Is In Japan. Mr. Root is In
Mexico and the president Is on a trip
down jthe Mississippi, but the country
la safe. Senator Beverldge Is back In
Washington.
An-s)fficial report says that Atlantic
City feat been robbed. Now, that la
newt, while the report that Atlantie
City tad robbed someone would bo
stale reiteration.
"Mea who think rise." says the Phil
adelphia Inquirer. Then the man who
does not yield hit seat to a woman In
a st feet car must be writ down as an
unthinking cuss.
It is aunounced that the price ot pies
will not be advanced In New York. It
ts something of a shame to get the
price already demanded for the kind
of pies served In New York.
Henry Gassaway Davis, who Is only
8T years of age. Is being talked of as
democratic candidate for governor ot
West Virginia. Age cannot wither nor
eoatom stale the attractions ot his
bar!..
" The atata treasurer's monthly report
shows a very comfortable cash bal
ance and also shows the banks In
which It ts deposited. This is a con
tlaued exhibition of the difference be
tween a republican aad a fusion ad
Utratioa ef the state treasury.
tAT OrrtCKHH O.t BOrtSXBdCK.
Woe reigns In the army circles in
Washington. Some month ago a story
was published that the president was
going, to require officers of the army
to submit to horseback tests. The fat
majors and captains who have accumu
lated avoirdupois and cynicism in the
cosy corners of the Army and Navy
club, while on detached duty at Washi
Ington laughed at the statement and
ordered the boy in the white apron to
bring "the same." Now the laugh has
given place to consternation. General
army order No. 198, Just Issued, reads:
A phyatcal examination will be made be
fore the teat for skill and endurance In
horsemanship, and any officer found to be
In such physical condition that taking the
teat might endanger hla life will not be
required to take the teat, but report of his
phyatcal condition will be made, a re
quired by the order before ctted.
A second physical examination will be
made Immediately after the teat In horae
manshlp, and report of the result of the
"examination will be made In each case.
The season of tests is about to begin.
In the Department of the East, the
program has already been arranged
and the officers wilt be divided into
three groups for the riding test. One
bunch will appear at Jamestown on
October 11, another at Port Myer on
October 12 and the third at Fort Ethan
Allen on October 16.. The other de
partments will hold their tests later in
October. The fun will be witnessed at
Fort Myer, Just across the Potomac
from Washington. The field and staff
officers on duty at Washington, num
bering several hundred, many of whom
have not been in a saddle for years,
will report for the test at Fort Myer
on October 8 and be given four days to
get into practice for the big show. Ac
cording to the program every field
officer between the grades of captain
and brigadier general must demon
strate his ability to ride a horse fifteen
miles at a stretch without injury or
fatal results.
A report from Washington says that
many of the officers stationed there
have not been on horseback for years
and that "several of them have
reached physical proportions that
would put them in the class with Sec
retary Taft, and many of them would
be unable to lift a foot to the stirrup
without aid." Of course, it is going to
be tough on the officers of that type,
but "orders is orders," and the coun
try demands efficiency in its military
branches. The country must not be
allowed to suffer just because an offi
cer is unable to keep down his fat. Let
the test go on and the sufferers from it
find consolation in arnica.
CAPITAL bTTPLT AXD VEMAXD.
Having recovered from its scare and
given up its attempt to force an arti
ficial panic, Wall street is beginning
to make some earnest investigations
into the real cause of the difficulty In
securing the amount of capital desired
tfor the, launching of new, enterprises
or the enlargement and betterment or
old ones. The best opinion of the ex
pert students of financial and economic
conditions is that the stock' market
had nothing or little to do with the
tightness recently 'noticeable in the
money market, but that the entire
trouble was due to the fact that the
demand for capital has been very con
siderably In excess of the supply. The
matter has resolved itself Into a study
of the bank books of the different
nations, with the result that evidence
is offered showing that enterprise has
outstripped capital in growth and the
world is short of money for that reason
and for no other. Carefully prepared
estimates and tables furnished by M.
Leroy-Beaulleu, the greatest French
authority on financial topics, shows
that the excess in demands for capital
over the available supply in 1906 was
about $8,250,000,000. To meet this,
the French statistician makes this es
timate of the annual savings for 1906,
the amount available for reinvest
ment: v
France
Germany
Great Britain
Holland and Belgium
Austria-Hungary
.) 800,000.000
. soo.ooo.ono
. i,ooo,ouo
,. 140.000,000
. 160.000,000
n.ooo.ooo
Italy
Boain and Portugal
Scandinavia
60,000,000
4O.0UO.0OI)
. 100.000.0il0
40.000,000
Kusala
Rest of Europe .....
1'nlted States
.. 6oo.ooo.ono
Reat of world
. 100.009.000
Total i
2.2SO.O00,000
It Is not contended by Leroy-Beau
lieu that these figures are exact, but
the experts of the world accept them
as the most accurate estimates that
have been made on the subject. Ac
cepting them on that basis, they show
the demands on capital are somewhere
between $400,000,000 and $1,000,-
000,000 In excess of the available sup
ply. This savings estimate is not
money, be It understood, but capital
floating capital or productive wealth
currently created for what is needed
above current consumption and the
repair ot losses, waste and wear. The
shortage ot this savings account under
the demand for new enterprises Is the
explanation - of the present financial
difficulty. The world does not possess
the capital demanded and therefore
cannot furnish It. The difficulty does
not arise from a lack ot money or
currency to effect the transfers anl
circulation of capital, but from a lack
ot capital to be transferred and circu
lated. Causes for the condition are not diffi
cult to locate. We are growing through
the greatest industrial and commercial
expansion In the history of the world,
the people are living better, consuming
more and making great annual drains
on the supply of produced wealth. This
condition holds not only In America,
but In Spain, Italy? Sweden and some
of the older countries that have for
years made little demand upon exist
ent wealth for new enterprises. The
world s prospering and living up to or
beyond It means. The remedy is more
difficult to determine than the cause.
Indications are that there roust be an
economising in the use of capital, a re
straint upon new enterprises, a reduc
tion of costs and of prices and a gen
eral policy ot prudence until the ac
cumulated capital resultant therefrom
is adequate to meet requirements. It
Is a problem that will, and must, work
itself out and result in a better ad
justment and bring about a better bal
ance between the demand and the sup
ply ot capital and a restoration of the
normal level between Interest rates
and security values.
A MOTU-EATEX QCESTtOX
Our old friend, Edgar Howard, likes
to ask questions born out of his Intense
democratic partisanship, although
when concerned on his own ground he
usually tries to crawl out of a hole no
bigger than a pin-point. Judge How
ard has now shot another question at
the editor of The Bee, as follows:
If the election of Judge Reese would have
been a disgrace to the supreme court and
to Nebraska ten yeara ago, why not a dis
grace at this time?
Anybody can ask questions condi
tioned on assertions which are not
true. If Edgar Howard can find any
thing in The Bee of ten years ago sup
porting his premise we would like him
to produce it. The last time Judge
Reese ran for supreme judge was in
1899 and on the day after his unani
mous nomination by the republican
convention, The Bee had this to say.
In Judge Reeae the republican party pre
eenta to the people of Nebraska a candi
date who has often been tried and never
found wanting; a man who laid down the
judicial ermine he had worn for six years
as spotless aa when he first donned It.
Coming unsought and, in fact, In spite of
repeated declinations, the nomination of
Judge Reese by unanimous rote of a rep
resentative and harmonious convention is
an honor rarely conferred. It Is an ex
pression of confidence and esteem that
cornea to but few men In a lifetime.
Edgar Howard may think he knows
what he is driving at, but nothing has
occurred since 1899 to cause The Bee
to change its opinion of Judge Reese.
RAILROAD IKCOME ASD OUTGO
Labor is one of the greatest benefi
ciaries of railway development, accord
ing to the statistics just published by
the Interstate Commerce commission,
showing the expenditures of the rail
ways of the , country for the years
1902 to 1906, inclusive. The figures
are particularly Interesting, as they
show the amount of claims made on
railways for labor, capital and govern
ment. These three elements of railway
operation call for a yearly average of
$1391,000,000 of the railway earn
ings, of which 57.3 per cent goes to
labor, 38 per cent to capital, in the
form of dividends and interest and
4.7 per cent to taxation. The amounts
by years for the period indicated are
as follows, expressed in thousands:
Div. &
Wages. Int. Taxes. Total.
W $90U fjftS.OOO $76,000 21,571,000
littfi.,. j,,.,.. 840,000 . W0.0U H,q() 1,4.A00
1!H SlK.WiO fc.0!J0 82.0"O.-1,4:,0uO
1903 757.000 490,000 58,000 1. 295,00!)
1902 676,000 468.000 63.000 1,197,000
Average...,
798.000 629.000 62,000 1,891,000
57.3 38 4.7 100
33.0 27 41.0
Per cent
Pc. in. 1902-5.
These expenditures account for about
two-thirds of the gross earnings of the
raliroads. The other third, not repre
sented In the tables, Is held in the
form of working capital, surplus ac
cumulations or other forms of undis
tributed resources.
The greatest Increase In railway out
lay has been to the labor account. Ten
years ago the railways of the nation
employed 826,620 persons, or 454 to
each 1,000 miles of line. On June 30,
1906, the number of railway employes
was 1,521,355, an increase of 694,735,
or 84 per cent, the ratio now being
684 employes per 1,000 miles of line,
or an Increase of 50.7 per cent In the
number ot employes per mile of line.
The wage payment or earnings of em
ployes in 1906, was $901,000,000, an
increase of over 33 per cent since
1902. The total amount of disburse
ments to labor has kept pace with the
increase In the number of employes,
while the gain to capital has been but
slightly less.
- - i
Some question has arisen as to the
place of residence of the Hon. Joseph
Burns, late of Lancaster county. It
seems that some of the detractors of
the eminent statesman, contractor and
well-digger have undertaken to estab
lish that he has recently made affi
davit that his home is in Colorado.
The Honorable Joseph, himself, dis
putes this last statement and Insists
that his corporeal as well as his spirit
ual existence Is still wrapped up In Ne
braska. It is to be regretted that this
has been sprung just at the time when
the people of Nebraska are so very
busy with their fall work, but as long
as It has been, the necessary cessation
of business will be' patiently tolerated
while the exact condition of the Hon.
Mr. Burn's residence is finally and ac
curately determined.
The republican state committee has
followed the example of the state con
ventlon In organising on a strictly bus
lness basis. With Colonel Hay ward
as chairman the efforts ot the cam
paign are certain to be directed with
vigor and discretion. It looks more
than ever like another republican year
In Nebraska.
The Los Angeles Times criticises Mr
Fairbanks for saying nice things about
everybody. "The people," says the
Times, "like a man who cuts loose,
paws around and tears up the earth
occasionally." It Is surprising that the
Times does not start1 a presidential
boom for Senator Tillman.
No serious objection will be raised
in Nebraska against the ruling made
by Auditor Searle that necessary trav
fling expenses of state officers will be
paid, although no specific appropria
tion has been made tor this purpose.
It Is nnreasonable for the people to ex
pect their public officials to pay rail
road fare when traveling on purely
public business and It Is not at all
likely that the Mate auditor will ever
be called to serious account for his
present action.
Locally the democrats are proposing
to appeal to class prejudice In order
to gain votes for their ticket and they
also propose to depend on the voters'
unfamlllarlty with the. voting ma
chine. Forewarned is forearmed, and
the republicans ought to easily coun
teract this.
Colonel Bryan Is Criticising Mr. Taft
for postponing tariff revision. Colonel
Bryan, It will be remembered, post
poned It for eight years out of defer
ence to the wishes of the silver repub
licans in congress who were attempting
to ep him reach the White House.
The capacity of St. Louis for hospi
tality is being thoroughly tested at
present. With the presence of the at
torneys general and the president of
the United States and his retinue, the
Veiled Prophet's festival seems an un
necessary diversion for the citizens.
Talking about carrying coals to
Newcastle, that seems like a really
necessary transaction compared to
flushing paved streets during a down
pour of rain. Yet this latter practice
has been adopted by the present street
cleaning department of Omaha.
On his way home from Germany, Sen
ator Beverldge is reported to have
"made a most eloquent speech to the
passengers on the Kaiser Wllhelm In
mid-ocean." That's once the senator
had an audience where it could not
escape him.
Special Attorney Rush is making
for. himself a record that will secure
him a place alongside of Special Attor
neys Kellogg and Halney. The de
fense at Boise may depend upon it that
Rush will produce his testimony when
required.
Having demonstrated that it can
make four dollars grow where one
grew before, the Standard Oil company
should plant about 8,000,000 nice new
seed dollars and reap a crop next year
big enough to pay that fine.
The Indiana pipe lines of the Stand
ard Oil company made only $4,000,000
profit last year, on "'an original Invest
ment of $2,250,000.'. Yet some folks
contend that the Standard does not
have to work for Its 'money.
It is stated that the president will
officially approve tne Oklahoma con
stitution, although: doubtless be will
retain his private opinion of that docu
ment which he once declared was "not
fit for publication';' ' .. ' "
Impressed .for Life.
Washington Poat.
The Omaha man who waa aerloualy hurt
the other day by being hit on the head
by a bottle of aoda pop will never believe
after this that soft drinks won't go to the
bead.
A Bold Dell.
Minneapolis Journal. '
B.h candidates for mayor of Cleveland
simply dare the public service corpora
tions to butt In on th campaign with con
tributions and the. corporations haven't
taken the dare.
Discrediting Nam.
Kansas City Star.
With the Atlantic equadron of the United
States navy bound for the Pacific and the
expressed Intention of the British govern
ment to send a fleet' there also It should
not prove difficult to make the Pacltlc
really Pacific.
Glvlas Their Mesiire,
New York World.
The fact that the cocktail yarn beat
Mr. Fairbanks aa a candidate for lay dele
gate to a church 'conference reflecta leaa
upon him than the narrow-mindedness of
the good people upon whose votes he de
pended for election.
Selsiale Pipe Dream.
Ban Franclaco Chronicle.
There la a fiction about Indian aummer
which eaaternera Indulge themaelves In, bu
every once in a while along comes an early
snowstorm or bleak wintry weather which
knocks It galley-west and crooked, and
brings them to a reallxation of the fact that
the most uncertain thing on the other aide
of the Rockies is climate. v
Ornamental Concrete Poles.
Brooklyn Eagle.
If they succeed In making telegraph.
telephone, electric light and other poloe
out of concrete, we ahall aucceed In aav
tng a good deal of our woods, which are
quite as Important to the prosperity of
the country as the telegraph messages
and the lights. Besides, It ought to be
possible to make concrete poles ornamental,
or, at least, not ugly, whereaa the average
wooden pole In the city atreets la not long
uaeful and never ornamental.
DOIG1.AS C'Ol'XTV t'Ot'RT HOl'SK
Neca of Better Accommodations Hec-
oanlsed la West Part of County.
Waterloo Gaxette.
The Omaha papers contain pictures of the
propoaed new court houae for Douglaa
county, together with a description of the
new building. The Illustration and deacrlp-
tlon In The Bee are specially attractive
and complete, showing the Farnam street
front of the proposed building In perspec
tive and the big hill graded down and
beautifully parked. We have no hesitancy
In saying that Douglas county ts entitled to
something better than the old court houae,
now out of date and Inadequate for the
needa of the county, and that no doubt
some time It will be necessary to make a
start In that direction. Especially la It
deairabU that better quarters be furnished
for the buslneas of the courts, and Jury
rooms provided that will be comfortable
and aanttary, and more particularly la It
neceasary that the overcrowded and all
but Inhuman huddling of prisoners be rem
edied. A city and county of such wealth
and Importance as Omaha and Douglaa
county can well afford a modern and mag
nlflcent building such as It la proposed to
build, and It ahould come aa Boon as prac.
tlcable. And we believe the people are
, readjr te stand, the expense.
STATR fieri BLICAS PLATFORM.
The Strength at Taft.
Chicago Record-Herald (Ind. rep ).
Certain eager politicians In the repub
lican party have one great and consuming
longing at the present moment. That la
for the disappearance of the commanding
figure of Taft from the political horlton.
Their wish Is so far father to their thought
that now and then they convince them
selves for a moment that Taft Is really Ini
significant aa a candidate for the party
nomination. A rude Jar la apt to happen,
however, before th thought gets itself
well expressed.
For Instance, when the republican state
convention under the new primary law waa
held In Lincoln Tuesday the workers who
don't want Taft were early on the ground.
Everybody wanted Roosevelt, they an
nounced. Nobody wanted Taft. The con
vention might have Taffs name before It,
but of course It would not endorse him.
Their posltlveness was so great as to lend
color to the preas dispatches that went out
from Lincoln for the afternoon papers.
And then the convention got to work,
with this result:
We recognise In the Hon. William H.
Taft of Ohio a man whose personal char
acter and long public service mark him
aa pre-eminently the man under whose
leadership these policies (Roosevelt's) may
be perpetuated and the republican party
may again merit and receive the approval
of the national electorate.
Not the least significant among many In
dications of Taft's strength Is the fact that
certain republican papers of the middle
west, which a few months ago were show
ing evident marks of their dealre to support
somebody else beside Taft, are now putting
themselves on record as hla supporters.
Their attempts to test the currents of party
opinion have seemingly shown them clearly
from which direction the wind Is blowing.
A Remarkable Iacldent.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
The endorsement of Secretary Taft by the
Nebraska republican state convention Im
presses hla political manager at Columbus,
O., as "extremely gratifying," and we can
not wonder at that, alnce, as Mr. Vorys
says. "Nebraska la the first state to endorse
him through a state convention." It la re
markable that, nine months In time from
the republican national convention, only
one republican state convention should have
expressed a preference for the man who Is
commonly regarded aa the leading repub
lican candidate. The Nebraska endorsement
was evidently adopted without real enthu
siasm, If one can Judge by the fact that a
motion to eliminate Mr. Taft'a name from
the resolution, because Nebraska waa for
Mr. Roosevelt aa hla own sucoeasor, was
defeated by the close vote of 82 to 21. The
resolution finally accepted refers to the
secretary of war aa "a man whose record
makes him pre-eminently the one under
whose leadership the policies of Theodore
Roosevelt will be perpetuated" again show
ing the reluctance with which the Nebraska
republicans accept anyone - beside Mr.
Roosevelt himself aa the party's next nom
inee. Mr. Rooaevelt's personal wishes were
undoubtedly the strong factor In persuading
the Nebraska republicans to endorse the
candidate upon whose success he has set
his heart.
Fall Jaatlc o Taft.
New Tork Sun (rep.).
It was tolerant of the Nebraska republi
can not to presume to forestall the action
of the national convention, and they did
full Justice to Mr. Taft when they recog
nized in him the man whose record marked
him as "pre-eminently the one under whose
leadership the policies of Mr. Roosevelt"
would be perpetuated. . Mr. Taft has left
nothing undone to Create aryl foster the Im
pression. If Mr. Roosevelt haa any new
policy up hla sleeve his candidate would
like to be enlightened, so. as to put the
best face upon It and renew the testi
mony of his loyalty and strict attention to
business.
A Notable Preeedeat, V
Kansas City Times (ind.).
The republican state platform In Ne
braska, Indorsed Taft for president, de
clared for a direct primary law, enlarge
ment of the powers of the railroad com
mission, equitable freight ratea and a
more stringent regulation of railroads and
public service corporations. If Kansas re
publicans are at a loss to understand why
Nebraska adopted a law providing for
J-cent' fare last winter while Kansaa did
not, a comparison of the party platforms
in the two states might afford considerable
enlightenment. The railroads do not con
trol the republican party In Nebraska, evi
dently. s
The Leadlma- Caadldate.
Wall Street Journal (Ind.).
Taft la aure of one delegation at least.
Nebraska has declared for him. There Is
a growing sentiment for Hughes In many
parte of the country, but there can be no
doubt that Taft Is at preaent much In the
lead for the republican nomination for
president, and la much stronger that he la
generally epreaented to be In the New
York Dress. The leading republican canal-
dates now are Taft and Hughea. with a
possibility ot Rooaevelt in the background.
Two Declared Policies.
Philadelphia Record (Ind. dem.).
The republicans of Nebraska not only
declare by an overwhelming vote against
third term, but against concentration
of power In the federal government at the
expenae of the stalee. Apparently theee
republlcana of Nebraska were noi con
sulted by The Chicago Tribune In taking
Its straw vote on the "progressive poli
cies" of President Roosevelt.
A Knock for Propheta.
Buffalo Express (rep.).
The Nebraska republican state conven
tion has Indorsed Tan xor preaiueui.
a vain there appears to be some error in
the assertions that the west will hear of
nobody but Roosevelt.
PERSONAL NOTES.
President Pierce once made a short
voyage on the Mississippi, but with this
eicentlon It la said that preaiaeni twee-
velt s trip will be the first ever taken
by a president.
Tha New York wattera who have eatab-
luhed an tSO.OPO clubhouae will probably
make the attendanU fly around as lively
aa did Sam Weller's entertainers at the
Bath "swarry."
Ambassador James Bryce. the British
representative In this country, will be
tendered a reception by the cltlaens of
North Conway, N. H., on the evening
of Thursday, October X. The ambasaador
haa been spending the summer at North
Conway.
Mrs. Richard B. Chew, who originated
the Teddy Bear to sell at one of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
fairs several years ago. Is an original
and accomplished woman. She Is a gradu
ate In law, and also a great worker In the
charity circles of Washington, her home.
Her mother la the nearest living relative
to the late Baron Springer.
William H. Berry, state treaaurer of
Pennsylvania, speaking of the fraud con
spiracy In connection with the state cap
itol. says that he Is confident that at leaat
three of the fourteen men Indicted for rob
bing the state Huston, Sanderson and
Shumaker will be convicted. He says that
the evidence against all of those Indicted
la strong, but It may not aatiafy the Jury
In the case of the other eleven.
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Ming WM .
With " least " labor and trouble It
makes hot-breads, biscuit and cako
of finest flavor, .light, sweet, appe
tizing. digestible and wholesome
Greatest . Aid Jo jCookcry
POINTS ON STATE POLITICS.
Pawnee Republican: The republican
state convention waa held at Lincoln and
adopted a good platform for the campaign.
Schuyler Free Lance: Mayor Jim Dahl
man of Omaha has announced hla can
didacy for the democratic nomination for
governor next year. Well, we predict
that Dahlman will be the nominee and that
the good people of Nebraska awlll snow
him under to beat the band.
Pender Times: Senator Burkett Is re
ceiving several well deserved Jolta these
days. The g. o. p. convention of Lan
caster county turned him down when he
asked to be a delegate to the state con
vention and the republican state conven
tion endoraed Taft for president over Bur
kett's protest.
Stanton Picket: At Chadron the other
day Mayor Jim Dahlman, of Omaha,
launched hla boom as a democratic candi
date for governor In 1908. While Jim Is
serious in this matter, most people regard
him as a huge Joke. The only way he will
be able to keep his boomlet alive until
next year will be to keep It on Ice.
Nebraska City Tribune: The republican
state platform is short, sharp and to the
point and means exactly what It says. In
this repect Nebraska republicans can take
distinct pride in Its announcements. They
are made for use and not for mere snow
Another item that Is worth mere than
passing notice is the fact that the plat
form ca,lls attention to the promises of
the platform of a year ago and that those
promises were kept. It Is a warrant that
the platform means what It saya when we
can point to its predecessor of a year and
check off all Its promises as performed.
Wayne Herald: One of the strong fea
tures of the primary law ts shown in the
methods provided for formulating the
party platforms. The gathering of the re
publican state committeemen, held at Lin
coln, was a model business session, and
the code of party principles drawn up are
In language clear cut and simple. The
delegates were picked men and they per
formed their duty In a creditable and dig
nified manner. A popular vote had already
named the candidates, so contests ' and
wrangles were entirely absent, and only
harmony and good will are left to assure
success.
Geneva Signal: The itemised statement
published In . the Signal last week shows
that the primary election cost the taxpay
ers of this county tho gross eurrt of If!..
The candidates paid Into the county treas
ury filing fees to. the amount of X18S. De
ducting this sum received by the county
from the candidates from the gross ex
pense of $842.46 leavea the net sum of 1367.85
aa the net oost of the primary to the tax
payers. The question la, can the voters of
this county afford to pay this net aum of
1667.85 for the privilege of absolutely con
trolling tho nomination of all candidates
for office In all the political parties T
Schuyler Free Lance: The democratic
newspapers ot Nebraska are cnarging
Judge Reee with nepotism because he
appointed his son to do official work
when he was on the supreme bench be
fore. We consider nepotism not a good
practice, think Judge Reeae deserves cen
sure for It and hope he won't practice
It again, but It la not a crime nor is It
even wrong and If something worse Is not
found to spring It will Indicate that the
riAmnKnti a.m hard ud for campaign ma
terial. We prefer nepotism to rallroadlsn
and so we are for Judge Reeae. Nepotism
can easily be gotten rid of, but ratlroadtsm
la Incurable.
Wood River Sunbeam: The democratic
press of Nebraska seems to have united
In a campaign ot character assassination
and mud slinging, with the ultimate hope
of defeating the republican candldatea.
Thla mode seems to be in vogue from the
leader of the opposition. The World
Herald, down to the most tnslgnlflcaifl
fusion paper in the state. The majority
of the people of Nebraska do not ap
prove dt auch methods, and few politi
cal battlee were ever won In this man
ner. It's an Insult to the readers . of
any paper to stoop to such methods, and
the result will be toward the success of
the republican party.
Nebraaka Liberal: The fact that the
primary law performed quite all the duties
formerly devolving upon the delegations
to the state conventions and the conse
quent result that the work ot the delegates
When You
White sand can
be piade to look
like sugar.
But take this
sand home, taste
it or put it in
your coffee and
you will soon dis
cover that It is
not sugar.
Don't be satis
There Is some
thing new, some
thing special In
our offering
every day. We
have six different
well known
makes of pianos
that sell between
$125 and $2O0,
and any of these
ft) per month.
fied if a dealer
tells you that a
piano is Just as
srood" as a Kran-
lch it Bach, a Kimball, a Bush & Lane,
or any other piano of established make
which are sold here and only here.
There is no piano In the world "Just
aa nvt aa tha Kranlch & Bach."
There Is no plsno in the world as
good as the Kimball for the same
nrire. none as good as the Bush ft
l.mt or tha nrice.
Dealers who try to influence you by
the "Just as good" argument are mere
ly deceiving they are trying to sell
their pianos unaer a recommendation
they ao not deserve.
A Free Bouyenlr to Kvery Lady Visitor During A k Bar-lien Carnival.: You
Are
A. Hospe Comparxy
1513 Douglas Street
was largely perfunctory, caused many re
publicans to watch , the strateglo move
ments of the democrats and the lattei
fully reciprocated the courtesy. To a mat
up a tree It looked very much .aa If tin
governor of the state of Nebraska was
big slice of the cheese and as a conse
quence the honorable Elmer Jacob Burkett
senior senator by the grace of the Burv
lington, was outside of the breastworks. Oi
course it does not follow that the lattei
feels cold drafts, but It le his superlatlvi
egotism that serves a a wind-break. Oov
ernor Sheldon la playing the part wit I
remarkable skill for a young man llki
him.
LAUGHING UA9.
"Is this a continuous performance?"
asked the Inquiring citizen aa he entered tin
theater lobby.
"No," answered the. Irate manager, wltV
his eye on the stream ot deadheads comlnt
trom the box office, "It is a passing show,'1
Philadelphia Press.
"He seems to be very proud of that ma
chine of his. He certainly Is an enthuslas
tic motoriHt."
"O! no, 1 wouldn't call him an enthusiast.
I've known htm to let his business Inter
fere with his motoring." Baltimore Amen
lean.
Mississippi Vallev man (with enthusiasm)
Well, Mr. President, what do you think!
of our grand old river now? ,
The President (wiping his glasses and
looking at It agaln-rlt's bully. But don't
you think the water might be Improved
a little by boiling ltT Chicago Tribune..
"You're mistaken about him.. He's very
clever."
"Well, he doesn't do anything to show
It; he never did a tap of work In hit
life."
"That's where he shows hla cleverness.
A fellow haa to be clever to make a living
without working." Washington tax.
Tom I don't see why you should feel
Insulted Just because he said your eyes
were like stars.
Belle You don't T Why, stars keep wink
ing at you all the time. Baltimore Amer
lean. v
The old mother bear, having robbed a
bee tree, had brought a portion of . th
spoil home to her cubs.
One of them attacked the honey greedily,
"The little darling!" exclalmod th
happy old mother bear. "He haa cut 111
sweet tooth 1" Chicago Tribune.
THE TOUT'S CREED.
When everything's rosy,
Your berth's warm and cosy.
Your pockets all lined with tha green;
You've picked, out a winner,. i .
Cash In, then have dinner, k
You smoke, and contentedly -drearrl; 'T M
When you're flush every cloud Is of silver,
Every sign Is a hunch that you II win.
Every day Is a promise of better.
Though a hard fall may put you "all In:"
Be a apender, though, pal, while you
have It,
And when broke, why Just hike for tha
hay;
For 'tis best to have said,
"There'a a live one that's dead,"
Than be a dead one existing today.
WATTERBON ROUNDS ROTH ACKER.
Omaha, Neb.
$ehvice,
TmpouHMnnliiinininhH of heai
i If ttbr U lacking tho aliot U uaaattetectary.
I Sttlt, kud, BnyteMias tote own s
Iwttfc adds eaaaot sr avrriea, aa uva Obra ol
uwlniSMtaeaaUoyaV Suoag laanamol
Kirkendall's
Ele&ric Welt Shoes
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adai la aoia bains aa f lamlaia aa a slova. baooa
arUtt (ha tool. Maiia In all laamara. aaa tftjla
l la. ppara al Ik Utm4. Moat ooailortaMa aka
I avar worm, avarroaja Brains m. aowa apawa., t
letaiaa thaae Baiiuas, wot mamm, areas or I
O trial of ajt rtioas
fmaana that yoa wUI ai
wara waar chant.
If yonf Saalar cant
auBsly yoa write oa.
Will loam ThT aaS
i aorta whan roe can
r.P.RHWOHUUailL,
iTnkSO,
Buy a Piano
When you buy a piano, be sure that
it is a kind that will give you the best
and longest service for the money you
pay. Select the tried and proven kind.
It is Just as easy to get this sort as
the one of unknown quality which the
dealer tells-, you is "Just as good" aj
the one of standard reputation. Ju8t
think, in this store you can bay- a
splendid Bell for $145, a beautiful Im
perial for I ICS, the satisfying; Cramer
for $190, the famous Kensington, for
$225 the Kimball for $260, the careful
made H. P. Nelson for $325, the noted .
Bush & Lane for $375, the exquisitely
toned Kranlch & Bach for $400.
Besides, the Hospe plan of selling
Our One Price, No Commission Plan
assures you that what you pay for a
piano is the lowest possible price. In
no other store will you get fairer treat
ment, in no other store will you find
such a variety of pianos to aelect from.
And any piano in our horase can be
bought on easy monthly payments
a small amount down, a small amount
monthly will settle the bill, and no ex
tra charge except a small interest per
annum, come in and see us today.
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