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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State oT Nebraska. Douglas County, ssr
Charles C. Koaewatcr. general manager
of The Be Publishing Company, being duly
awofn, nay that the actual number of
full and complete copies of Tha Daily
Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed
dorm the month of September. 19C7, wa as
follows: ' .
I..,.
,. 38.700
, . 36,640
, . 36,300
. , 38,680
. . 36,330
. . 36,640
, . 36,340
. . 35,600
.. 66,140
, . 36,630
. . 36.470
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17,..
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20...
21...
21...
. . 66,60
. . 36,60
.. 3,S0
. . 36,500
. . 36,360
.. 36.670
. . 35,320
. . 37,360
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23.
24... 36430
2S 36,380
26 36,630
27.. . 36,600
it 36,860
29 36,650
t0..1 06,600
12.,,.. 38,270
13.. : asfiao
14... 36,510
IS 83,400
Total . f, ...
....., M63.470
Less unsold and returns copies. 6.887
Art total ...,. ............. X.08W83
Daily average
: CHARLES C. ROSEWATER.
1 General Manager.
Subscribed in my presence and aworn
to before me this ioth aay of Septem
ber, 1907.
(Sal) M. B. HUNOATE,
Notary Public.
W1HS OUT OF TOWN.
Subscribers leaving; the pity tem
porarily should have Tha Bee
nailed to them. Address will be
changed as oftea as requested.
It Is now the open season for near
buckwheat cakes.
It may be explained that Detroit
never had a Chance.
. The automobile will kindly make
Itself as unobtrusive as possible In
Omaha this week. . !
Senator Bererldge Bay that he
studied thj Inheritance tax while ho
was' in Germany. JDuring his' honey
moon too. '
Governor Vardaman'6 term of ofnoe,
expires in a . few- weeks., Still, some
pessimist legist, that the world i not
growing better.
A naval officer declares that the
Japanese could take the Philippine)
in ten days. Qt course if Uncle Sam
would let them. ' v '
The Horse 8how is the next big card
on the boards for Omaha and It Is up
to Omaha to' come to the front and
prove that It is not outclassed.
"Lynching has a most deplorable
effect upon a community" says the
Atlanta Constitution. Yes, particularly
upon the portion that is lynched.
The democratic state committee in
Nebraska Is a one-man machine run
entirely and exclusively by the chair
man. It is democratic only in name.
Omaha continues among the top
notohers in the comparative table of
bank clearings, "increased bank clear
ings rest upon Increased volume in
business. .
Canada wants to buy all the surplus
coal of the United States. It might be
a good plan to dicker with Canada
and trade our surplus coal for Us sur
plus timber.
Mulal Hafid, the Moorish pretender,
has announced a levy of $60,000 oa
the residents of Morocco City. Mulal
must tlfink he Is, a' sort of Standard
Oil magnate.
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"Hell's fires are banked" says the
president of the. Secular league at
Washington. Waiting, probably, for
6enetor yillmn' return from his lec
ture engagement. ...
U. is ld that nine-tenths of the
world's supply of asbestos comes from
Canda, Thl will, surprise most per
sons who fcd the notion that it came
from the foundation of Texas.
Perhaps the reason President Roose
velt baa not found any bears Jn ' the
Louisiana : csnebrakea -Is that they
were all Aip at Chicago watching the
Cubs win a fight over the Tigers..
Dr, Cook claims to have discovered
a new route to the north pole. You
tan discover one end of a route to the
north pole without going out of your
own yard. The other end has never
been located. : . .
It 1 more than probable that Secre
tary Taft understands the oriental well
enough to make proper allowance (or
all those nice things the Japanese and
Chinese are saying to him about their
love for all Americans. ' ' " '
"Has any good been accomplibhed
by the Jamestown exposition?" asks
the Los Angeles Times. Oh, yes. It
has convinced the country that exposi
tions have been overdone and should
be abandoned for a decade.
TH TTKALTn Tit THK T4RM.
A writer in the current number of
The World Today has prepared some
striking statistics of the wealth of the
middle west. His purpose is to show
why and how Wall street and the
financial centers of the east have lost
their domination over the financial af
fairs of the nation, but the facts pre
pared for the proof of this furnlRh
food for thought on the development
of the smaller towns ot the area be
tween the Mississippi and the Rockies.
Fifty-nine of these small towns within
900 miles of Chicago were selected,
most of them in Iowa, Kansas, Ne
braska and Illinois, end a record made
of their shipments of farm products.
For one of his illustrations the town of
Essex, la., Is used, about which but
few people outside of the atlasmakers
and the census taker have heard much
and from that town in the year ending
with June 30 last were shipped 151
carloads of cattle, 227 cars of hogs,
ninety-nine cars of corn, nine cars of
horses, three cars of eggs and one car
of oats, for all of which the farmers
of the vicinity were paid, tclear of
freight charges, $413,391. From the
fifty-nine towns visited there were
shipped by rail during the year 21,147
carloads of farm products, valued at
$18,385,020, in addition to the $1.
200,007 paid in freight rates to the
transportation companies.
The statistics furnished through dif
ferent authentic sources as to the
wealth producing capacity of the west
ern farms leaves no room for mis
understanding of the dominating
power of the agricultural regions in
rational affairs. The crops are ex
changed for money, which comes to
the west, with the result, In the last
few years, of relieving the west of any
dependence upon the money interests
in the speculative centers. The De
partment of Agriculture estimates the
value of the wheat and corn crops of
1904 at $2,000,000,000. Practically
all of this is produced in the region
west of the Allegheniea and it fur
nishes a bank account that makes the
stupendous transactions of some of .the
Steel trust and other big financial
combinations look like the small
change which the farmer classes as
"chicken feed." The $7,000,000,000
valuation placed by Secretary Wilson
upon the total production of the farms
for the year makes the gold produc
tion of the world and the total com
merce of most nations dwindle by com
parison. The eastern financiers muBt
realize by this time that the financial
power of the nation ,1s generated on
the farm. v
BESATVn LODGE'S PRBDWAMEXT.
Some years ago Senator Lodge com
plained that the great Bource of an
noyance 'to him was the fact that he
was constantly misunderstood, and he
does not' appear to have escaped that
annoyance in his later years. At the
republican" state convention in .Massa
chusetu the other, day,, while dressing
the democrats down properly, Senator
Lodge Bald:
The government of the city of Boston has
sunk In the ryes of men to a point of
degradation utterly unknown in the annals
of the city. The air Is heavy with the
stories of corruption at the city hall, of
offices sold, of percentages taken, of puy
rolls Joaded, of loans made to support men
in idleness, of widespread frauds at the
ballot bo, which should be rigidly In
vestigated and brought to the light of day.
Senator Lodge was traveling along
beaten paths in his denunciation of
the democratic administration In be
loved Boston, but somehow District At
torney Moian refuses to see It that
way and has promptly summoned the
senator to appear before a grand Jury
and reveal the facts upon which he
based his terrific arraignment. The
senator, prior to the meeting of the
grand jury, is hedging a little. In an
interview be declares:
Everything that I said lu that speech In
regards to the conditions of the city of
Boston was literally true. I said first that
the city had been robbed at home and dis
credited abroad. It will be observed tltut
I did not aay there was corruption, etc., at
the city hall. I said the air was heavy with
stories of corruption at lbs city hall, care
fully differentiating those stories from the
proved and published ' facts which I had
cited In my prevlousentence.
The particular moral of this, to
Senator Lodge annoying incident, is
that in the present public temper a
charge of corruption or grafting can
not pabs unnoticed. The public has
grown tired of "they say" reports
about the dishonesty of public officials
and demands facts and figures. The
prevailing sentiment is for vigorous
and unsparing punishment of wrong
doers in official positions, and it is
equally strong for the protection of
officials and private individuals against
unwarranted charges for purposes of
political capital only.
KXCKEDISO THtlR fRQVlXCE.
Down at the State university a new
publication has been launched to be
issued monthly under the editorship
Of ona ot the members of the faculty.
Presumably the expense of publication
is defrayed out of public funds be
longing to the university and the ed
itor and his associates receive no com
pensation beyond their regular salaries
as part of the state's teaching force.
The new publication proclaims that
It is "devoted to the interests of the
Stale university and secondary educa
tion in Nebraska," and that the at
tempt is to be made to, make It help
ful to- high athool teachers and to the
alumni of the institution. This Is, no
doubt, legitimately within the function
of the State university and would be
a proper, expenditure of university
funds if kept strictly to this object.
Other universities, both public and
private, publish periodicals designed
to keep them in touch with former
students and with academies and
schools from which, future students
are to be drawn, and which bene i uc-
cessfully as a means of communication
and advertisement.
But It Is decidedly questionable
whether public funds should be used
to print a newspaper organ which Is
to be used to defend the management
of the university against criticism or
to manufacture public sentiment for
Increased appropriations demanded by
the faculty, it Is not the function of
officers or employes of the state uni
versity to constitute themselves either
Into a legislative lobby, a political
campaign committee or a promotion
bureau, yet that is what this new pub
lication at its Inception gives evidence
of becoming. Its chief editorial arti
cle is an apology for the refusal of the
regents to allow the state auditor to
audit university accounts and an ex
cuse for the keep-lt-dark financiering.
If the university professors will con
fine themselves to their teaching work
and to exploiting the educational ad
vantages offered by the university, they
will do well, and they will also do well
to let the Board of Regents, who de
termine the business methods to be
pursued, champion or defend their
own practices.
.VR. irKlLAMys DISCOVERY.
Wilbur F. Wakeman, secretary and
major domo of the American Protec
tive Tariff league, haB been away from
home recently and admits that he has
been learning things. Mr. Wakeman
has been living in New York for some
years and has been very busy resent
ing every intimation that the Dlngley
schedules were not sacred. The task
got too heavy for him recently so he
was compelled to take a little vacation.
He came as far west as St. Louis and
then returned to New York and wrote
a piece for his paper In which he said:
While in Chicago, St. Louis, Cleveland
and Pittsburg I talked with forty or fifty
prominent business men and found them
favorable to revision. Reports received by
our organisation Indicate that the senti
ment is general throughout the country.
ThiB was a remarkable concession
for Mr. Wakeman to make, even If he
did spoil it a little by hastening to
add that the condition would be
changed, "probably as soon as he could
find time to show the people the error
of their ways," and that by the time
the national conventions meet next
year all revision sentiment would be
dead. So confident Is Mr. Wakeman
ot the fulfillment of his prediction that
he has followed it with another to the
effect that the republicans will nomi
nate either "Shaw, Cannon, Knox or
Fairbanks, or some other good man
who is untainted with the revision
heresy.".
It Is unfortunate that Mr. Wakeman
does not take the people into his confi
dence as to the maans to be employed
In killing the tariff revision microbe.
The Massachusetts republicans have
just declared for revision and Secre
tary Taft is on record a.nd Secretaries
Straus and Wilson of the president's
cabinet have, urged, action on that line
immediately, after the next : election
Even John Dalzell, the Pittsburg con
gressman, who has been recognized as
the high priest of Dingleylsm, admits
that the sentiment of the country is
such that revision can no longer be
indefinitely delayed. So if Mr. Wake
man attempts to continue his policy
he Is apt to find, himself with the mi
nority. It will be exceedingly interest
ing, therefore, to know what course
Mr. Wakeman wJU pursue In suppress
ing a sentiment which he now admits
"is general throughout the country."
i And now the city plumbing inspec
tor is making a requisition for an as
sistant on the plea that there is bo
much building going on he cannot by
himself make proper inspection ot all
the new plumbing work. The real
difficulty is the poor organization of
the building inspection department,
which ought to be consolidated under
one head instead of being divided up,
as now, under a half dozen separate
Inspection bureaus.
There is not a Douglas county man
on the democratic state ticket, while
the republicans have accorded to this
county the important office of railway
commissioner. ' Douglas county ought
to show its appreciation of this recog
nition by giving a substantial repub
lican majority at the November elec
tion. The renominated county officers In
clude County Judge Leslie, County
Clerk Haverly, County Surveyor Beal,
County Superintendent Yoder and
County Commissioners Brunlng and
Traynor. No .one has yet produced
any good reason why any of these men
should not have another term.
All these newspapers which have
been shouting themselves hoarse for
a Greater Omaha with 200,000 popu
lation will now have a chance to make
good. The first step toward 200,000
by 1910 is consolidation of Omaha and
South Omaha. Are they for it, or are
they against it?
The announcement by John Mitchell
that be will not be a candidate for re
election as president of the miners'
union will be a cause ot regret to the
country. Mr. Mitchell has served his
craft well, but has also done the coun
try a service by wise management ot
the affairs of bis union.
"Who furnishes the money for
financing the Cuban revolutions?"
asks tbe New York Globe. A quart of
fighting whisky and a rusty shotgun
is all that is necessary to "finance" a
Cuban revolution. The lnsttrrecto
usually steals hit hone.
The Union Pacific makes au exhibit
showing that it pays out as wages at
its shops iu Omaha $3,000,000 a year.
Under those conditions the Investment
of $1,0(40,000 iu a new headquarters
building here ought not to look so big
to Mf. Harrlman.
The president has been unable to
find any beara In the Louisiana cane
brakes. The commissioner of corpora
tions should be dispatched to the
Bcene. Wall street knows that he al
ways finds bears when he starts out to
look for them.
Mayor "Jim" la putting in most o
his time these days exhibiting himself
at street fairs, carnivals and ot,her cel
ebrations out in the state. He has not
yet, however, gotten down to the point
of demanding a percentage ot the gate
receipts. "
The Eagles Will Come Bark.
Ft. Louis Olobe-Deniocrat.
There is an Increased flow of gold to
Europe, but America's ripened porn will
soon tempt it. bock again
Aa ISseeptloa f the Rale.
, Washington Post.
From tha west comes the news that ths
price of cement has gone down. No fur
ther evidence Is needed that cement Is not
one of the necessaries of life.
Did Tea Get Years f
Chicago Record-Herald.
Statisticians have found that th value
of the farm products In this country this
year amount to ISO for each Inhabitant.
Have you harvested your ISO worth?
Importance of Ooed Reads.
' New York Times.
A team capable of dragging a ton ever
a mile of. bad road can haul three tons
over an Improved road. Inasmuch as It
costs the farmers of the country I'JGO.OW.OOO
a year to transport their crops to the rail
road stations for shipment, the importance
of this economy may not easily be over
estimated. The system at Fault.
' Brooklya ' Eagle.
Fifty per cent more men are employed
by our railroads than were employed
in 1901. That ought to mean gTeater safety,
if not swifter and better trains. But acci
dents keep right on happening. Just the
same. The fault Is 'not so much with the
men, however, as It. Is with the system
and the lack of It.
fteen aa Ere oa Hearst.
New York Tribune.
Mr. Bryan la to have the support of
Illinois in tlie next democratic national
convention. If he Is wise he will keep
an eye on the delegates chosen, for he must
have a vivid recollection of the dislntcrr
estedness and devotion .with which the ln
strticted Illinois delegation supported W.
R. Hearst in ltH)4. . i
Remembering: Vnele Oassaway.
Philadelphia Press.
Jn order not to lose altogether the ad
vantages ' of a campaign barrel some of
Colonel Bryan's friends are trying to
switch the Lewis Sluyvesant Chanler boom
to the vice presidency.' It must be under
stood, liowever, that there are not as many
bungholes In the barrel of the second place
as In the one of the first place.
eeklnar Matrimonial Loot.'
BiookiyaiJ'agle.
Those perfect ladle who insist that tliey
have - been mnrrl'to conspicuous and
wealthy gentlemen without the knowledge
of the latter) usually damage their cases
by pot discovn-Hnff'pa fact until so many
years have passed Utu tbe marriage should
be outlawed. It Is BtfteTved, also, "that poor
men are safe from vehement courtships of
this chsTaetor. ;
Vaton Pacific hamper Year.
Wall St fee-t' Journal'.
For the year ended, June 30, 107, Cnlon
Pacific showed a surplus for dividends of
13200,418, equal to 14.55 ptr cent on the
common stock.
This does not IncUltle U.015.96J earnings
due Union Pacific from the Atchison, Balti
more St Ohio end Illinois Central for the
yar ended June 30, lWift
Including this amount, the common stock
earnings amount to 17.7 per cent.
Real World ladaatry.
New York World.
Tim estimated output of &,0u6 automobiles
in tm wUl divert approslmately flta.OOOAiO
from other objects of expenditure, provide
employment for an army of workmen and
amusement for hundreds of thousands. All
the coffers of wayside Inns, entsll untold
expense en county treasuries for the repair
of roads, keep loos I magistrates busy and
Incidentally swell the nation's death roll to
larger proportions. The automobile Industry
has become a "big thing" In various senses
of the term.
Worst ot exposition Falares.
Springfield Republican.
The national government la likely to lose
most of ths..$l,0W,000 put Into the James
town exposition, but this was fairly to be
expected, and It cannot reasonably com
plalir. Only about 3100,000 has ao far been
paid back, and as the exposition receipts
altogether average only some flO.OOO a day,
and the exposition closes on November SO,
It is evident that If the government were
to step in at once and appropriate to itself
all of the receipts it could not come out
whole. It Is much the old story, yet the
rxpositlon erase will no doubt continue and
the government will go on being success
fully "touched" for gifts in this guise of
loans.
All Work aad .No Play.
New York Tribune.
Alas for the hopes of the ladies who
were dreartlng bf driving the reciprocating
engines of reform by boy power! At the
first fell meeting of the Riverside braucli
of the Women's Municipal league it was
reported ' that out of one hundred buys
who started out last spring so enthusias
tically to keep the streets clear et waste
paper ' only tea still remained In active
service. The others fell by the wayside
because they didn't get outings and en
tertainments enough. Evidently, If the city
streets are to be kept In order by the
mercenary youth of this mamrnonlsed gen
eration the Women's Municipal league will
have to build vaudeville theaters "for
employes only,"
What Davis Said of l.lacolu.
Issue's Weekly.
Nobody now believes that the leaders
of ths southern confederacy had a hand,
directly or indirectly. In the assassination
of President Lincoln. Nevertheless, It is
' a satisfaction to read a bit of testimony
which conclusively exonerates the late
Jefferson Davis from the slightest com
plicity In that terrible affair.
I Recently Mrs. J. A. Hayes ot Colorado
jSorings, a daughter of Mr. Davis, staled
that after the death of Mr. Lincoln her
father explained to her that the terrible
deed was done by a crazy man, who no
doubt thought he was the savior of the
south, but who was really her worst
enemy.
Mr. Davis further said: "Always re
member, my little daughter, no wrong can
ever make a right. The south does not
wish her rights to corns through dastardly
murders, but through fair fights. This Is
the bitterest blow that could have been
dealt to the southern cause. Lincoln was
a Just man and would have been fair and
geuerous in his treatment of the southern
people."
Benrlaa: "f November Kleelloas oa
Rrraa's Declaration.
Milwaukee Bentlnrl (rep.V
At a "silver dollar dinner" In Ornajia on
December T Mr. Bryan, as announced, will
declare his conclusion on the e,uetlon. to
run or not to run in limS. The general view
of course Is that the declaration wilt be a
mere cut and dried formality, since Mr.
Bryan In his capacity of perpetual candi
date and democratic Ilnbson'S choice has
been running steadily sines 1KW and will
never stop of his own volition.
But at the present Juncture there I
reason to believe that his mental attitude
Is one of suspended . Judgment, and that
while his mind will perforce be made up
one way or other on December 7 the de
cision will be determined by political events
now impending. If those events shall so
shape themselves as to further diminish
Mr. Bryan's already slim rrospecta of suc
cess at the polls, the country msy witness
the astounding spectacle of the perpetual
candidate gracefully transferring the dubi
ous honor of leading the democratic forlorn
hope In 1.
This Is a political "off year." But In
several states elections wlli be held full
of significance for Mr. Bryan as factors In
his decision on December 7.
On November S governors are to be
elected In six stales. In Rhode Island there
Is llkejy to be a oioso run between Gov
ernor Hlgglns, renominated by the demo
crats, and Lieutenant Oovernor Jackson,
republican. Massachusetts, New Jersey,
Maryland, Kentucky and Mississippi will
also elect governors. While the democrats
In Massachusetts bave ditched their chances
by splitting, and nominating rival tickets,
each claiming th regular party title, the
situation there la full of concern for Mr.
Bryan, srnce th Bartlett faction repre
sents his tendencies and Influence, and its
fortunes In the election may determine the
complexion of the state delegation to the
national convention. In both New Jersey
and Maryland th outcome Is doubttul.
Cleveland will be a point of profound
Interest for Mr. Bryan on election day.
Bhould Mayor Johnson be returned. In
spite of tho powerful outside Influences
brought (as we believe unwisely) Into th
field against him, by a plurality so signal
as to make his victory a sensational one.
it will push blm to th front aa a national
figure, and perhaps provide Mr.- Bryan
with a running mate, or with the logical
man on whom to devolve his candidacy
should he deem it the part of discretion to
withdrawn. The result of the elections on
November 6 will furnish a clue for fore
casting yfe. Bryan's declaration on De
cember 7. Mr. Bryan's work In Ohio in
behalf of Mayor Johnson In the letter's
gubernatorial campaign1 a few years ago
is worth recalling In this connection.
The Real Problem.
Washington "Poet (Ind.).
Those who enjoy close acquaintance
with Mr. Roosevelt are convinced that he
mill adhere to his declaration to the extent
Of taking all the steps necessary even t
prevent the stampeding ot the republican
convention In his favor. Believing this,
however, the question which really per.
plexes those who flatter themselves that
they know Mr. Roosevelt's mind, is
whether be be able to utilise th ex
traordinary popularity he now enjoys, and
which he so adroitly fosters, to dictate,
the same of his successor.
Of course,- were the president to adopt
sledge-hammer methods In . bis effort to
promote tbe candidacy of his choice, he
would at once arouse a spirit . of Inde
pendence,, not . to say resentment, which
would be. fatal to his plana, But even th
most casual observation of the skillful
brand of politics which Mr. Roosevelt em
ploys" when he ""is really Wearnest dispel
itny' tltotight that lie . wltt ao seriously
blunder. .........
Suppose, however, that the president, as.
sumlng that air of Uisingenuousness of
which he is so great a niactar, and with
that political sagacity be has 'so of Wo ex
hibited, choosing the exact psychological
moment, sliould aay, In substance, to tlx?
voters of his party:
"I have served as the president of the
United States and as the leader of your
party for seven year. I have devoted my
entire energy and such ability as has been
given me to the high office you have con
ferred upon ine. From further service I
must be excused. The strain of longer
service in the responsible office of presi
dent of the United States Is too great to
exact It of any man.
"As to my successor, I . do not seek to
dictate, neither would I endeavor to In
fluence, against Us better Judgment, the
great party which ha shown me so much
honor. But I would be recreant to my
duty as your leader Old I fail to indicate
the man whom I regard as best fitted by
character, by. ability, by experience, and
by sympathy to carry on the work where
I leave off. Not as president of the United
States, but as a republican end as a man
whom you chose a your leader, I say to
you, from an intimate knowledge of his
many excellent qualities, and an accural
estimate of the insincerity of some wh
pretend to be in sympathy with the policies
of the party as I construe them, that the
man who is. In my estimation, best fined
to carry on th work la William H. Taft." :
Would such a statement antagonise the
great masses of the republican party; the
men who go wild with enthusiasm an 1
cheer themselves te harseness whenever
Roosevelt's name Is mentioned; or would
It serve to transfer the momentum of Mr.
Roosevelt's popularity to Secretary Taft?
That la the real political problem of tbe
day, the question which certain eminent
republican statesmen ponder In the mid
night haurs anil which haunts them In
their dreams.
Perplexity of the Bosses.
Wall Street Journal (lnd.).
Anything to beat Roosevelt.
In the republlesn party every interest,
political and financial, that has suffered,
or believes It has suffered, from President
Roosevelt's policies. Is now scheming to
defeat him or Taft or any other candi
date whom Roosevelt should favor.
In order lo defeat Roosevelt theae mon
are willing to take up anyone giving
promise of populsr strength, even Gov
ernor Hughes, whose own polioy toward
the corporations, as 'shown by his Public
Service commission law, la almost a ad
vanced as Roosevelt's Itself, and who ap
pears to be ss' Impossible to control as
Roosevelt.
But it Is a desperate case, and denper-
ste remedies have to be applied, on the
principle that a, poison must sometimes
be administered to gt rid f a poison.
In the democratic party much the same
situation exists.
It Is anything to beat Bryan.
Only Common People May Chip la.
New York Tribune (rep.),
William J. Bryan, whose preliminary
campaign for the presidential nomination
will begin In this city on October tl, la
not going to receive any money with the
corporation microb circulating la it If
he know It. H wants all th common
people to "chip In" for covering campaign
expenses, but if ha finds on Investigation
thst tainted or moaopollalic lucre gets
Into th hat there 1 going to be trouble.
Probably the money will be handed back
Mr. Bryan ha prohibited th solicitation
of campaign funds from corporations,
olflcer and directors of corporations or
from any peraoo whose known affiliations
ara presumptive proof thst he le a jrMI
bi g. Aa for taking money from th sraa,
oil, railroad or Insurance people heaven
ftrbld! Large contributions are not i'.e
slred, but email and frequent financial
ebullitions will be gratefully received
and duly Acknowledged.
Johnson la a Corner.
Minneapolis Journal (rep.).
Governor Jehnson's position In reUllin
to the presidential nomination, aa Ion
as P.rran Is In the field, reminds one of
th stand taken by the Scottish sext m:
A Scottish architect was In Palestine
when news reached him of an additloa
to his family circle, lie provided 1un
self with some water' from the Jordan
for the christening of the Infant and re
turned to Scotland. On the Su.vlay ap
pointed for the ceremoriy he went to
church and sought out the sexton In or.
der to bBnd over the precious waster to
his care. 4 He pulled the (lush fr'om his
pocket, -but the sexton held up a warning
hand and cam nearer to whisper: "No
the noo, sir," he said: "no the noo. Mavbe
after the kirk's oout."
OtaiKTl FOR OMAHA.
Kearney Hub: . Omaha ahipped t.MOi'.ftiO
worth Of wheat and corn during the month
of September, there being 2.CK cars of corn
and 1.000 cars of wheat. Tills Is a right
proper way of getting rid of our surplus.
Fremont' Herald): Fremont, perhaps more
than any city In Nebraska, contributes an
nually to the success of the autumn festiv
ities conducted -vby King Ak-Sar-Ben at
Omaha. Probably every Fremont cltlsen
has a relative or a friend In Omaha.
Wood River Interests: The Ak-8r-Ben
festival at Omaha last week was a huge
sucees both In point of attendance and In
the entertainment furnished. Omaha has
Its faults, but on the whole Nebraskans
are proud of It. Jt is a winner and Is prov
ing It every year.
Ord Journal: As a college town and the
capital city Lincoln Is a huge success, Imt
It Is In no way rival of Omaha. It Is to
be regretted that these two cities, of which
th state of Nebraska Is proud, can not get
along on smoother terms. Aa a business
center Omaha Is far and again ahead of
Lincoln and It should be the patriotic priv
ilege of every Nebraskan to help It along.
York Times: Omaha people seem determ
ined to do the right thing by those who
visit th Ak-8ar-Bea resttvrtte. everyone,
from the busiest business men to the boot
blacks, has on his sweetest smile and ex
tends the glad hand. All who go there feel
the fcenerous welcome and show K In their
faces and conversation. The good feeling
seems to be spontaneous and create the Im
pression that Omaha people themselves are
enjoying the occasion and want everyone
else to have a good time. During a brief
visit there it seemed to tis Omaha, people
were pleasanter and more cordial than ever
before and they are a pretty hospitable lot
all the time.
PERSONAL. OTKS.
The gray-moustached army officers, hav
ing qualified aa fifteen-mile rough-riders,
ar now jure ot a comfortable poetoffice
when they retire.
John t. Rockefeller's income Is figured at
a minute, enough to Indulge In the
luxury of a fail overcoat and an occasional
porterhouse steak- '
A marked feature of present day literary
activity Is the revival of ghost stories. The
output Is not 'as uncanny as former crops.
Tho main purpose of the writers Is to make
the ghost walk. '
One Rhodes scholar will remain in Eng
land and become a British subject, or per
haps more particularly' a subject of the
young English maiden who-agreo-4o'marVy.
him on that -condition, ;. ,;
The -Texan who died Monday night at
the age of 117. left no rules for attaining
longevity, but as he never married, smoked
all his life and drank whisky until he was
100, anyone can draw his own conclusions.
The Rocliu family of the Btate of Du
ra ago, Mexico, are among the largest. If
not the uirgest family owner of land In
the world. . They count, their wealth by
millions of dollars, and are in supreme con
trol of a mountainous territory embracing
about 10,0110,000 acres.
Sir Anthony Patrick MacDonnell. under
secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland,
will leave Dublin on October 16 for the
1'nlted States, wher be will spend a
month. He will divide his time between
the New England states and a visit to
James Bryce, the British Ambassador at
Washington.
Hon. Robert L. Owens, one of tho new
senators from Oklahoma, has hsd active
continuous business with th government
at Washington in the interests of the
Indian Territory for more than twenty
years and has spent th last sixteen win
ters In succession in Washington, where
hi great success has given him a national
reputation.
Major Church Howe of Nebraska, re
cently promoted to the poet of consul gen
eral at Manchester, England, Is winning
the hearty applause pf the cotton belt of
the south by bis tactful guidance of the
foreign delegation at the cotton spinners'
convention at Atlanta. The Georgian, In a
double-column editorial, welcomes hint s
a splendid representative of the state de
partment, than wliom there is "no more
tactful and talented medium through
which to express the administration's In
terest In our affairs, er one better calcu
lated to co-operate with the great design
of establishing the happiest anJ heartiest
relations between the two great elements
handling the cotton of the world."
i -
W af -nmanmw
IvlHd r I '4 r any combination of drug.
Lydia E.Pinkham's Vegetable Compriind
is aa honeat, tried and trna remedy of unqnestiosabU Uerapauti.ralBe.
This medicine made from native roota aad herbs contains no aahaotlca
or other harmful drug aad today hold tha record for tha largest number
of actual euros of female dlaeaaea of aay medicine tha world baa aver
known, and thouaanda of voluntary testimonials ara oa ftl is the
laboratory at Lynn, Maaa., which testify to it wonderful value. '
Mrs. C. B. Fink, of Carnegie, Pa., write: Dear Mr. Piokbam: "I
wish every Buffering- woman would take Lydia . Piokbam Vegetable
Compound and write to yot for advice. It ha don in a world of rood
and what it has accomplished for sua I know It will do for other.
When womca ar troubled with Irregularities. Displacement, Ulcer
ation. ItnammaUoa, Baekach. Nervoua Prostration, thy should re
member ther 1 oa tried aad tru remedy, Lydia K. Plnkham a Vg.,
tabi Compound.
Mrs. PlnkhatT.. Standing Invitation to Women
Women suffering from aay form of femal weakness ara invited to
writ Mr. Piakham, at Lynn, Maaa. Out of hr vast votnm f ex
perience aha probably has tha very kaowladge that wU kelp your oaa.
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Pierce Call: Judge W. If.. Haywar.1 of
Nebraska CHy was selected .as chairman .
of the stst central committee by the
candidates at a niectlnn In Lincoln this
week. The Judge k bne of the progressive .
republicans and will make thins" move
around the headquarter, and state gen
erally. Weeping Water Republican: While It
will follow that Mr. Hayward will niak
a splendid chairman, to finance a cam
paign this year will keep the treasurer
guessing the source' of revenue. The tlnw
was a few yesVa ago when the railroads
In the state, and Mark Hanaa on th out
side, mode the work of conducting A cam
paign easy, but that day Is psst and row
the csndldate are limited In the amount
they can spend.
Fremont Tribune: Chairman Will Hay
ward of the republican state committee
played four yeara on t,he 'varsity foot balfw
tram. He waa also captain In the Second
Nebraska Volunteer Infantry during tha V
Spanish-American war and waa afterwards
colonel and major of the Second Nebraska
National guard. H Is 30 years old. six
feet two In his stocking feet, waagha JM
pounds, and we rather think he will be
able to make ' the democrats go some In th
fliht now fin. . ...
York Republican:'" -Thtf republican ta(
central roinmlttee elected Will Haywaifl,
son of the late Senator Hayward. as chair
man. He la young, and, bright, and big. and
his selection means the most vigorous cam
paign possible. There was a little evidence
of a desire hn tha part of certala rou
gressmen to have soma of their animosities
fought out before th committee, but tt
shortly appeared that the members were
not Interested in the linen of any congres
sional district, but -were interested solely
In pursuing that course which seem to
promise best for the election of the re
publican ticket.
Beatrice Express: The election of Wil
liam H. Hayward of Nebraska City as
chairman of th state Central committee,
over J. W. Keifer of Nuckolls county, ass
opposed by some because of the fact that
the former was a supporter of Judge Sedg
wick before the primary. Such reason tu
oppose Hayward, offered by thdse who
were prejudiced, was promptly and prop
erly set aside by tha vote of a rnaJorUy
of th committee. Reeause a man lias sup
ported another whom Judge Reese says h
would hav fa Wed it he had not been a
candidal himself, should. certainly be nntli-Ing-
against him. The." r-omrolttee showrd
that It proposed to do its own thlnktu
and acting, and the result 4s.to.IU rredjt.
Insuring greater unity and -strength ainnng
republlcan ranks over tbe state.
PASSING PLEA SAX Tit I ICS.
"Yes." said the Reverend Mr. Goodley,
"I opposed the contemplated prize draw
ing for our building fund. . can't con
nive at any form of lottery."
"Except a marriage In th church," sug
gested the crusty bohe!or.--ChicMB Tilo
une. Star Actor I must Insist, Mr. Stager, oa
having real food in the banquet scene.
Manager Very well, then. 4f you Insist
on that, you will be supplied with real
poison in the death scene. -Boston Trsn
acripl. "Do you agree with Hie woman who say .
that lanlty Is a muoh stranger paetdon
than love'.''
"Well. I know thst there Is a greatui',
demand for mirror than for valentines."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Sir, I -Want your daughter's liarxt."
"Vou may have it with the arsU-t.i
pleasure, dear boy, if you'll take the one
that's always in my pocket. " Baltlmoru
nun.
Y.
"You
know V
ay, lie thq.. wisnat
man you,
'I th!nk--o.J4-
.A- 7.-
"But lie tutvt-r says a word.". ... ... .Ji
"I know" it." r-. .. - "M
"Then bow hss he gaJneit a rrpulaliunK
for wisdom?"
"By aever saying a word." Houston Post.1
"He's almobt ' as wealthy us you at,
lan't tie?" asked Jleleyv - .
"Yea." replied Blctiley, "but lie' awfully
tight-chested."
vw.y, no sal.) he'd give J5o to that
Cliarnv II you wuuia.
"Exactly; that Just shows that he doesn't
! expect to contribute at all." Philadelphia
' Press. r
I "Two churches .)cre now, eh? The town
only boasted one last year.
That's right."
"Vou must have had a revival."
"No, we had a Split." Louisville Courier
Journal. "Bo Blarney made his fortune in soap?
Toilet or bath?"
"Neither. Soft."
"Where's his factory?"
"Jn bis head." Detroit Free Fress.
' Dissatisfied Artist I don't like the way
you have hung my painting:.
Memler of Commute-Neither do I. but
I was outvoted. My Judgment was that II
ought to be hsnged. Chicago Tribune.
"Life," observed the philosophical boarder,
"is merely a game of chess on a large
aeale."
"Nothing of the sort." protested the
newly married boarder. "If exactly tha
contrary. The game of life doesn't reailjr
begin until you mate." Chicago Tribune. .
KISMET.
I guess it's because I'm blue that I feel
so queer.
So alone, so isolated and ao dreary, eld
of cheer.
Just as though in all this warm, wld world
there is no nook or place
Where I may be contented, far away from
life' mad race. . .
Well I know we all must face It; tska
the bitter with the sweet. '
Tha pleasure qf today, perhaps, we ne'e
again will meet, . ,
But It seems so hard, and kind of wrong
to realise and know
That we oftime have to reap th chaff
that others plant and aow.
-WATTERSON BOUNDS ROTH ACK EB,
HEALTH OF WOMEN
In thie nineteenth aentury to keep
np vrlth the march of progress ovary
power of wouxan i strained to lu
utmost, and tb tax upon her physi
cal aysUua is far greater than ever.
la th good old-faahlonad days ot
our grandmother fw drugs war
used la mediaine. They relied apon
root aad herbs to cur weaknesses
and diaaaae, and their knowledge of
roots and herbs waa far jrUf
than that of women today.
It waa in this atudy of root ad
herb that Lydie, E. Plnkham, of
Lynn, Maaa , discovered and gave
to tha women of the world a remedy
v.iw vvwat iuu cuiuscwui uaa
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