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V. ( THE OMAHA DAILY DEE: TUESDAY, JAXlTAfiV . 1P08. i TitE Omaha Daily Per FOUNDED ItT EDWARD ROBEWATEH. VICTOR ROSE WATER, EDITOR. Entered at Omihi Postofflce second Class maitrr. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: rMy Nee without Sunday), one year. .WO I 'ally Bee and Sunday, one year Sunday Bee, ont year -" Saturday Bee, one year -40 DELIVERED BY CARRIER: Pally Bmi (Including Sunday), per week. .15c Ially Bee (without Sunday), per week..lc Evening: H (without Sunday), per week 6c Evening Bee (with Sundays per week. ..10c Address all romplalnta Of Irregularities In delivery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall Building. Coumll Bluffs 15 Scott Wreet. Chicago 140 University Building. New York 1& Home Life Insurance Dulldlng. Waahlngton-725 Fourteenth Street N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communlcatlnna relating to tiewi and edi torial matter should be addressed, Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. ' 1 REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express r poatal order payable to The Bee Publishing company. Only 2-cent atampa received In payment of nail accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION, jptate of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.: ' Ueorge B. Tzsrhuck. troasurer of The Pee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, aye that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally. Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of December, 1JOT, waa as fol lows: t 36,400 J 37,150 t 37,370 4 37,990 I, . 37,329 S6.M0 1 37,090 36,300 f 86,930 It.......... 87,030 11 87,000 12 86,740 It 87,390 17 36,840 II 36,630 36,540 20 36,580 31.,.; 36,300 22 36.300 23 38,400 24 36,890 25 36,600 26 36,680 27 36,890 21 36,300 29 35300 10., 30,110 II 36,610 It.. 86,6X0 I 86,350 11 36,360 Totals 1,139,980 Less unsold and returned copies. 9,804 Net total 1,189,776 Pally average 36,444 GEORGE B. T28CHUCK, Treasurer. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to fcefore me this 2d, day of January. I. ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Public. WHBJ OUT OF TOWIi Sabarribers leaving; (he city tem porarily ahoald hart The Bee mailed to them. Address will be changed aa often aa reqaested. "It appears that the California law makers are guilty, If Schmlti and Ruef . ere not. Senator Beverldge has Issued warn ing that he will talk on the tariff ques- Hon on January 2d. That movable war between Japan and the United States Is being pulled off In Paris thlsweek. Let us hope that the weather mat, W not even up the score by handing lis a severe winter next spring. 1 The nian who boasts of being self- tnades deserves credit at least for re fitting to place the blame on anyone else. Those Kentucky night riders may t)lead In mitigation that most of the tobacco was raised to be burned, any way. Colonel William Lightfoot Vlsscher tnay have to he rechrlstened in his old ge Colonel William Light-trigger 'lsscher. Blame the postal officials if you have not received your Invitation to the Vanderbllt-Sechenyl wedding. They have been sent out. The next move will be for the water Vorks manager and the water board attorney to hire a hall and' have the debate out at one session. A Broadway hatter was discharged from the Thaw Jury because he testi fied that he had never heard or read aboul the Thaw case. Now he is mad as a hatter. . If any medical man is working on a theory to establish appendicitis as an Infectious ..disease he can get a lot of good rqaterial here in Omaha tending to support such a view. The decision In the Echmitz case in California furnishes an illustration of the fact that the technicalities of the law seem always to operate for the benefit of the accused. John Kendrtck Bangs begins a poem with. "When I would buy a cake of aoap that's suited to my mind." A real poet Ought to keep his mind clean Without the use of soap. By the completion of a new tunnel Brooklyn is. only five minutes from "Wall street. Still, there seems to be fco reasoa why Brooklyn should feel particularly proud of the fact. A Philadelphia author has put a book entitled "Ready Made Speeches" on the market. There may be some sale for It among those who do not have access to the Congressional TtecordT High Financier Morse, after having been removed from a number of bank directorates in New York, has been given the coldest deal of all by being frozen but of the Ie trust which he organized. South Omaha is getting ready for Its spring municipal election. If the peo ple of South Omaha balked at annexa tion last fall because it would have transferred them simply irom one dem ocratic administration to another dem ocratic administration, they will take advantage of the coming opportunity ta put their municipal government aiala la safe republican hands. TOR A RAILWAY MAIL DIVISION. The present congress will. In all likelihood, enact some legislation re arranging the organization of the rail way mall service and In this re arrangement Omaha should be made one of the division headquarters. At present there is no division headquar ters of the railway maty service be tween Chicago and St. Louis on the est and San Francisco on the west. The natural growth of the business of the Postofflce' department has"' made imperative the-creation of at least twd or three additional divisions. One of these new divisions must be in the central west, where only two cities are in position to present claims for the headquarters, namely, Omaha and Denver. As against Denver, Omaha has so many superior advan tages that it ought easily to secure the preference, providing our delegation In congress goes to the front with de termination and energy. Omaha is the gateway of the principal artery of transcontinental mall traffic, where railroad routes converge over which 700 railway postal clerks are em ployed. Omaha has facilities for hous ing the division headquarters in it3 new federal building and in every other way is peculiarly fitted for this purpose. The only advantage Denver has is its location nearer the geographical center of the division, but the arrange ment of railway mall service divisions now existing places the. headquarters nor, in me center, dui, as u were, at the port of entry of the principal vol ume of the mall. Omaha would be situated for the proposed new division In precisely the same position as are now situated Chicago and St. Louis in their respective divisions. The establishment of railway mall service division headquarters at Omaha Is a subject which our Commercial club and our citizens generally will do well totake up. FARMERS AND PARCELS POST. The Farmers National union has decided by a practically unanimous vote to ask congress to pass a parcels past bill, as recommended by Post master General Meyer. The import ance of the decision is that it comes in answer to the resolution adopted by various associations of retail mer chants and commercial bodies protest ing against the proposed plan. J The significant feature of the situation Is that this demand comes from the con sumer and not frpm the dealer, either the manufacturer, the Jobber or. the middle man. The Frriners union claims a mem'jeishlp of something like ,V00O, confined rigidly and altogether to men actually engaged in farming as a vocation, and one of the cardiral principles is that the organi zation must not be used by politicians or for the advocacy of any measure In which farmers as a class are not di rectly and individually interested. The preamble to the resolutions adopted by the farmers answers the arguments proposed by the retail mer chants and the express company com bine against the parcels post proposi tion. The farmers are clearly sincere in their declaration and their wishes should have more weight with con gress than the pleas of paid lobbyists who have taken the contract to defeat or delay all parcels post measures. DOES THX ZLK1NS LAW APFLTt In its effort to escape payment of the $29,240,000 fine Imposed against It by Judge Landis in the federal court at Chicago, the Standard Oil company is naturaily resorting to every resource afforded by the law to bring the ques tion before the highest judicial author ities for adjudication. The latest ef fort in this direction is the request of the parent company, unopposed by the attorney general, to be allowed to in tervene in the case pending In the United States supreme court against the Great Northern, which was fined $15,000 for granting rebates on ship ments from Minneapolis to Seattle, and which appealed the case to the su preme court. The oil company ha3 intervened, on the theory that the questions Involved are, the same as those in Its own case. Attorney Gen eral Bonaparte has offered no objec tion to the plea in intervention, ex cept to state thai, he refuses to admit that the issues Involved are the same in both cases. The point raised in both cases, how ever, is one that must cause more or less confusion until finally ' passed upon by the highest judicial author ity. Both, claim that the new federal rate bill, known as the Hepburn law, repealed the bikins law wnich pro vided penalties for rebatlns. One of the clauses of the Hepburn bill reads Provided, that nothing contained In this act shall affect any prosecution or other proceedings, criminal or other wise, begun under any existing act, hereby amended, but auch prosecution or other proceeding, criminal, shall proceed aa if this act bad not been paused. The contention of the defendants Is that this act provided for prosecution of only such cases as had been com menced under the Elkins law before the adoption of the Hepburn law. The prosecutions of the Standard Oil and the Great Northern were Instituted after the Hepburn bill bad become a law, but grew out of offenses pre viously committed and were, there fore, commenced under , the Elkins law. The question, while a little hazy to. laymen, is clearly one demanding judicial Interpretation. The defend ants hold that It was the intent of congress to have no other cases com menced under the Elikns law,-' but merely to allow time for the comple tion of cases already Instituted. . If the supreme court sustains the contention of the Great Northern, the fine against the Standard will never be collected. While the amount of money Involved is large, the real question is whether the government may aeti after old offenders or must confine Its prosecution to offenders against the new rate law. DEMOCRATIC PA Rl T-MIUVS BRTAN. The esteemed Springfield (Mass.) Republican, an Independent news paper of decidedly republican ten dencies but with pronounced mug wump views when It comes to the Philippines and tariff questions, offers food for reflection, political specula tion' and cold consideration of exist ing conditions, when it says: Suppose, in one of his innumerable railroad Journeys, Mr. Bryan should b accidentally killed? That would Instantly eliminate him as a living personality and force him from American politics. What would happen then to the democratic party? The question Is simple, but the ans wer is not nearly so easy. Perhaps It would be as well to refer the query to the Washington Post, the Cincinnati Enquirer, the New York Sun, the Louis ville Courier-Journal, the Charleston News and Courier and other demo cratic newspapers that have been clamoring for the elimination of Mr. Bryan and the nomination of some other candidate. The proposition then resofves Itself into the query: What is the- demo cratic party without Mr. Bryan? What is the party without the things Mr. Bryan represents in personified and emphasized form? What would happen and what would be the party's prospects if Mr. Bryan should be eliminated from its counsels? 8hould Bryan pass from the party, would his ideas not pass with him? Would not! rather, his following remain to ideal ize him and to idealize the issues of which he has been the most ardent and eloquent advocate? The notice that the so-called "con servative" democrats could take ad ministratorship of the Bryan Ideas and operate them to the profit of the party is too absurd for sober consid eration. Even with Bryan removed or eliminated, 'Branism would remain and It would be solidly arrayed against all plans which the democrats of the "enemy's country" might want to sub stitute for them. Eliminate Bryan and there would not be left enough of the party to hold a back-room confer ence to determine what should be done in an emergency. His following, headed by some leader, is absolutely es sential to the reorganization of a party of opposition to the republican poli cies. No democratic party can gain any hold on the voters unless its plat forms and declarations embody much, if not all, of Bryan and Bryanlsm. The democratic party, with Bryan and .Bryanlsm eliminated, would cut little figure in the results of a na tional contest. With Bryan antj Bry anlsm retained and endorsed, the party can have little hope of holding the support of the eastern democrats, without which democratic victory is an impossibility. Looking at the situ ation cither way, the democrats can not find much comfort in prospect for the battle of 1908. All the state institutions are taking to the suggestion that Governor Shel don make a personal inspection and then incorporate in his next message to the legislature recommendations as to their respective needs. That sounds very well, but will the officers and em ployes and other boosters who usually make up the lobby for these institu tions agree in advance not to ask for more than the governor says they are entitled to? id may be, and is doubtless true, that Colonel William Lightfoot Visscher is "one of the oldest and best loved mem bers of the Chicago Press club," but that does not Justify the obsolete prac tice of making the hip pocket a loaded arsenal under the Influence of liquor. In the meanwhile both' the sobered-up colonel and the shot-down police officer have our deep-felt sympathy. A man who has proof that he is an English earl in hard luck has been un able to get a Job, even as a day la borer, la St. Louis. He hit the wrong town. He should go at once to New York or Newport, where his. title would command a premium, a wife and a fixed allowance for the maintenance of his ancestral castles and the pay ment of his tailors. The announced vote of the repub lican state committee on presidential preference requires correction. It was not 26 to 1, but 27 to 1, and the one dissent was registered by a Roose velt enthusiast who has not yet found his way clear to making his second choice for Taft his first choice. Judge Alton B. Parker has aroused himself from his slumber long enough to assert that President Roosevelt caused the panic "In November, 1907." While opinion may differ on that sub ject, it is universally admitted that Mr. Roosevelt caused the Parker panic "In November. 1904." Pennsylvania republicans declare that they will support Senator Knox to the lest ditch In his fljht for the presidential nomination. Such prom ises are common with Pennsylvania republicans, but the record shows that they fall to stand hitched after about the third ballot. The Dahlman Democracy certainly stooped to a mean trick in putting the ambition of former Attorney General Smyth up against an endorsement of his best client for the honor to which he was aspiring. Those Dahlman Democracy fellows seem to have a habit of dealing from the bottom of the deck. Chicago women have pledged them selves to wear in their hats the plu mage of no birds save crows. Of course the crows have to be killed, anyway, to keep the political menu supplied, and it would be foolish to waste the feathers In these times of financial stress. We may get to some government- enforced plan of bank deposit guaran tee along the line of that with which Oklahoma is experimenting, but there Is no such hurry about it as to demand an extra session of the Nebraska legis lature post haste. The Omaha Philosophical society has at last furnished the clue to the recent financial" panic. It is all because of our failure to embrace the single tax on land values as preached by Henry George. That settles it. "How many railroads are there In the country?" asks a subscriber. We do not know the exact number, but the government Is going to bring suit against 342 of them lor violations of the safety appliance law. last for the Fan of it. Chicago News. If Taft gets the nomination on the first ballot, as President Roosevelt predicts, the other candidates can preteryi that they were joking all the time. Giperlenre aa av Test. Chicago Record-Herald. Admiral Dewey does not share the pessi mistic opinions concerning our navy. He found on a certain well-remembered occa sion that It was all It was cracked up to be. Floating; av Diagnosis. Washington Herald. A prominent physician says the grip pre valent this winter haa been of an unusually mild variety. Those who have had It wouldn't believe such a statement even if a preacher made it. Uplift of the Downtrodden. Cleveland Leader. The theatrical managers have combined for i mutual protection against the auto cratic actor. At last, the poor, down trodden and timid creaturea of the box office are going to ba able to raise their heads without having them Immediately punched into raspberry Jelly. Fines Outclass Moral "naalon. Pittsburg Despatch. Members of the Interstate Commerce commission are pleased to note that rail road managers are very carefully obeying the law. This, If fully verified by subse quent events, will not only be satisfactory, but will also attest that a succession of exemplary penalties haa a more reform atory effect than numerous years of elo quent moral suasion. Aa Error of the Head. Kansas City Star. The state of Nebraska threatens to bring suit against Balle Waggener of Kansas be cause Mr. Waggener, as attorney for the Missouri Pacific, sentirmllroad passes to the Nebraska railroad onmmlssloners, and In that state It Is contrary to law to even offer a railroad pass to a public official. But Mr. Waggoner's lexplanation that the passes were Bent by mistake can readily be accepted. How could he suspect that any modern officer would 'refuse a pass? Shavlua on Bandar. Kansas City Journal. Whether shaving a man On Sunday Is an act of moral fltnusa or propriety, there will be many minds. Shaving is an act of cleanliness, which Is next to godliness, and many men, perhaps the majority, cannot perform this office upon themselves; hence the necessity of calling upon a barber to do it for them. If any human occupation la permissible as an act of moral fitness or propriety on the Sabbath day, it would seem that one which makes men clean should have prime consideration. Where the Fleet Is Rutins. New York Tribune Every teavelor in South America recog nises Rio Janeiro as one of the most beau tiful cities in the world. The effect it pro duces Is partly due to Its location but still mqro to the repression of unsightly crudi ties. Its buildings are handsome and Its vacant spaces are not married by mon strous billboards. This result has been brought about partly by civic pride and a recognition of the commercial value of beauty and partly by the taxing of signs Of all sorts. This tax is graded according to sice so that It becomes unprofitable to maintain large billboards; and In conse quence such signs as there are are small and artistic. Incldently the city gets a considerable revenue from Its tax on out door advertising. PERSONAL NOTES. Mr. Rockefeller's failure to tip the bar ber waa doubtless due to confusion. He was all bald up. When a foreign "nobleman" arrives it a New York hotel now the title Is not ex amined, but the genuineness of his bag gage haa to be demonstrated. The French still lead In culinary liter ature. A new edition of a cook-book In four volumes of five hundred pages each has Just been issued in Paris. The Butterlck Publishing Company . of New York announces that Theodore Drie ser, for the past year managing editor of the Broadway Magasine, has taken charge of the editorial department of the' Delin eator. The Longmans, London publishers, an nounce that they will publish Austin Brereton'a authorised biography of Sir Henry Irving In the autumn, and they ap peal to the ownera of letters from Sir Henry to lend them to the author. The historic building which was part of Governor Tryon's palace, near Newbern, N. C, before the revolutionary war, was de stroyed by fire on Thursday. The build ing was used as a residence by James B. Duffy, and was in a atate of excellent preservation notwithstanding Its extreme age. Senator Kugene Hale of Maine, when he completes his present term, will have been a senator for thirty years, nearly one-half his life. Besides hi service In the senate, he served ten years in the house and three in the Maine legislature, thus rounding out a legislative career of forty-three years if he finishes the term be is now serving. Count Ji-ll'i of Berlin proposes to build an airship to carry a hundred per sons. He calculates that It will only be pecessary to build it twenty-six feet longer than his latest airship, which Is 137 feet long and which carried eleven persons In addition to J.3&0 pounds of ballast. Im ports believe the count will succeed In bis undertaking. ARMY tlOSSIP IX .WASHIJGTOX. Current r.Tents t;leanel from the Army and Nary Heglater. There Is nothing to Indlcato at this time the Intention of the president In filling the vacancies In the grado of brigadier general occurring on January 27 by the retirement of Brigadier General Medorem Crawford and on January 31 by the retirement of Brigadier General J. M. K. Davis. It Is not safe to assume that the president has adopted the policy represented In the ap pointments of Generals Charles 8. Smith, Crawford and Davis. He Is Just aa liable to depart from this plan of selecting col onels on the verge of retirement and apw polnt a, lieutenant eolonol or even a cap tain. The situation opens the door very widely to rampant conjecture. Principal Interest attaches, however, to the appoint ment of a major general, vice Major Gen eral A. w. Greely, who has been placed on leave of absence in anticipation of his retirement, under operation of law, on March 27. The oldest brigadier general who retires after General Greely and who would be eligible to appointment in the next higher grade Is Brigadier General Charles B. Hall, who will be retired on August 29. It Is possible the president will enable that officer to go on the retired list aa a major general. The senior brigadier Is Frederick Funston. The quartermaster general and the chief of staff of the army have, as a result of personal examination of articles of furni ture, approved the standard samples of heavy furniture which will be Installed, at government expense. In the quarters of the army officers. The samples adopted are those of the dining room table, dining room chairs (side), dining room chairs (arm), desk, sideboard, parlor table, chest of drawers and bookcase. The furniture Is plain in design, durable In construction and well finished. Plans and specifications will be prepared at once In the quarter master general's office with a view to In viting bids for furnishing these articles. The proposals will be opened by the depot quarter master In New York. Upon the amount of the contract will depend to what extent the furniture may be pur chased for Issue during the present fiscal year. It Is roughly estimated that four, and possibly five, Items on the approved list will be acquired. This would furnish the dining room table, tho dining room chairs of both patterns, and the desk and possibly the sideboard out of the allotment at present available. All the quarters will be furnished with the articles as rapidly as possible, and it Is expected the distribu tion will begin early in April. The requirements which are being made by the president In horsemanship have gone beyond a reasonable limit that Is a view which is being expressed by conser vative army officers who appreciate the value of the exercise, but who also believe that there is something else than eques: trlan gymnastics either as a standard of individual military fitness or as a means of developing military efficiency. The ex action that hereafter there she'll be a ninety-mile, three-day ride, on a time limit will accomplish little or nothing to ward making officers more qualified to discharge their duties In the field and It will surely add to the discontent which is already sufficient among the commissioned personnel. It Introduces an clement of practice and training to meet this unusual demand a demand, by the way, which may not be continued by Mr. Roosevelt's successor In tho White House. The whole proceeding Is spasmodic and characteris tic of its author.. It Is a good way to create vacancies and beyond that It has nothing to commend It. The general staff of the army has made a voluminous report at the instance of the president In order to show In what way It will bo possible to "equalise tho attrac tiveness of the army for enlisted men with that of the navy." The report goes very fully Into tho question, describing the Inducements at present offered to en courage enlisted men to make the army a life occupation. An Interesting part of the report Is that which discusses the re movel of causes of dislike to the soldier's life. It Is of Interest to officers that the report concludes with two short para graphs, one urging the necessity of replac ing with extra officers those who are on detached duty. The other suggestion Is contained In the following paragraph: "A keener Interest on the part of some officers in the welfare of "their men Is needed. Generally this is all that could be desired, but it is not always so. That it Is not duo In part to an element of unfit officers. Their elimination Is as necessary as the elimination of unfit men. It is due in part to the feeling of discouragement manifest now throughout all ranks. The correction of the evils considered here would largely dissipate this feeling, but it Is not to be denied that the commissioned grades need legislative help to Improve their position on,y In a less degree than the enlisted men." There waa only one successful candidate who survived the examinations at West Point and San Francisco for appointment to the position of dental surgeon In the army. Many candidates presented them selves, but most of them failed and with drew early In the proceedings. The one candidate who proved to be qualified la Dr. John R. Ames of Baltimore, Md., who will be appointed to the only vacancy which zxlsts among the dental surgeons of the army. It was hoped to obtain additional dentists who came up to the requirements so that the surgeon general of the army mlgjit establish an eligible Hat from which appointments might be made. As it Is, an other examination will probably be held during the coming summer, with a view to obtaining qualified candidates. There will probably be two examinations for the convenience of candidates who wish to appear, one board meeting at West Point and the other in San Francisco. A MinTVR TO FREE SPEECH. Eastern View cf an Kxagerated Squabble In Nebraska. New York World. What la the matter with Nebraska? Is freedom of speech so horrid a crime on tho wind-swept plain of the western com monwealth? Cunnot K. Benjamin Andrews utter a passing word of regard for John D. Rockefeller without starting the rumor that he Is to be forced to resign the chan cellorship of the State university at Lin coln? Cannot a college president live at peace with the Standard Oil and solicit Its president's philanthropy without falling under the ban of ' local prejudice? The offense Imputed against Chancellor Andrews seems to be that his views have been tainted by the prospect of tainted money. It Is a fashion set from on high In the White House to denounce Mr. Rocke feller's trust and all Its works. It was the fashion ten or twelve years ago In Rhode Island, when Chancellor Andrews was president of Brown university, to denounce free silver and its allied follies, but Chan cellor Andrews stuck to his convictions and suffered martyrdom. Nebraska sympathised with him in his exile nd reviled New England for cast ing out one of the enlightened. It Is not possible that Nebraska now could persecute him for daring to take the unpopular aide and prove itself as little aa little Rhode Island by casting him out of the State university. r RESIDE XT MAKING ISf ERR A SKA Wayne Herald: The action of the re publican state central committee at Lin coln yesterday In expressing Its prefer ence for Taft for president does not bind the republicans of Nebraska to the Ohio man but Is a straw which Indicates some thing, as the, committeemen no doubt as a whole pretty well represented the senti ment of their localities. Tekamah Herald: The sensible repub licans will not be hostile to ny aspirant for presidential nomination. They should have malice toward none and a respectful consideration of the claims of all. Taft and La Follette seem to be In the lead In Nebraska. The Herald has a preference for La Follette. this does not signify but what other candidates would be satisfac tory If they were the choice of the na tional convention. Beatrice Express: The plan adopted by the republican atate central committee last night in making It optional with counties In the matter of holding primar ies in advance of the stats and congres sional convention will give general satis faction. Decision as to holding a pri mary or caucus la deft with each county central committee, which will usually be disposed to act In accord with local feel ing. There are some counties where the caucus Is preferred, and others where the expense and work of a primary are gladly assumed in return for the privilege granted. Holdrege Cltlsen: Secretary Taft is a man of large experience and he has shown by his varied experience that he knows how to administer affairs. This waa shown when he was governor of the Phil-J npines. ii is no wonder mat when Pres ident Roosevelt felt that the tlmu had come for him to give, up the work that he felt no one could do it so well as the great secretary of war whom ha had learned to trust so thoroughly the past few years. So while recognising the ability and the work done by others It Is not surprising that people feel that Secretary Taft is the man. Give us Taft for president and a man like La Follette or Hughes for vice president and the country will have noth ing to fear. Fremont Tribune: As an Indication of the strength of the candidacy of Secre tary Taft In Nebraska for the presiden tial nomination, the meeting of the stats central committee was a surprise even to the friends of the big war secretary. After having decided to submit the question of presidential preference to the voters of the state by means of the primary plan the committee concluded It was Inconsist ent for It to adopt a resolution favoring the nomination of Taft, and so laid it on the table. But, subsequently, a vote was? taken to ascertain the choice of the mem bers of the committee and Taft received every vote but one, that one being voted1 for Roosevelt. So far as Nebraska re publicans are concerned they are as sol idly for Taft as the democrats are for Bryan. Ht. Paul Republican: If ever a polltl clal organisation was in excellent condi tion to enter a campaign, the republican party of Nebraska certainly la With the closing terms of the republican state offi cials, and the work of the last legisla ture on record, they will go before the people with every pledge made in their platform of two years ago. fulfilled. Never before in the history of the state, has any party made so great a progress or undertaken and carried out so much real work, in the Interests of the people. With the organisation in good working order, and with such a record to go before the people, there can be no question aa to the result. The party can be congratu lated that they are able to go to the voter and ask for his suffrage, with no apolo gies to make. Calloway ' Queen: A short time ago President Roosevelt gave notice to all fed eral office holders that he did not wish them to In any manner recommend him for renomlnatlon. Notwithstanding the Roosevelt policy In this matter, someone has advanced the names of Senator Brown, Senator Burkett and Governor Sheldon as dejegates at large to the na tional republican convention next Juno. While we have not one word to say against those gentlemen, we think they have honor enough in their present po sition, and that this nonor belongs to others. The name of Victor Roosewater In his connection Is all right, and we think the balance of the delegates at large should be chosen outside of those who are now honored with their present positions. While we believe the gentle men named would act with honor, their appointment would place them and their appointees in the same position aa Pres ident Roosevelt and the federal officers would find themselves should they get out and pull the wires President Roose velt does not want pulled Just at this time. aownlng, CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS and HATS OtujT SO Ofifi HIS SALE of (Clothing at an ab solute reduction of 20 per cent covers all our men's, boys' and children's winter suits aqd over coats. It has been a mild and un- usual season and we have larger stocks than normally at this period. This 20 per cent off also covers all our winter underwear, flannel shirts, fancy vests, smoking jackets and bath robes. .Extra Specials All our $3.50 Stiff Bosom Shirts, now.. $2.50 All our $2.50 and $2.00 Stiff Bosom Shirts, now. . .$1.75 All our $1.50 Stiff Bosom Shirts, now $1.15 All our $1.00 Stiff Bosom Shirts, now 85c Broken lines of Boys' Soft Shirts that sold for 75c and $1.00, now 55c; Broken lines of Mufflers that sold up to $5.00, now $2.00 25c Fancy Hose, 20c; three pair for 50c 200 off all men's, Boys' and Children's Hats and Caps. 15th and Douglas NilyJiy 15m and "u, iTr-t. 1&a ' Streets i t" R.S.WlLCOX,Mor, TUB "TREtOl'S LIFE. slacken Yoar Pace aa lionathea Yoar Days. New York Herald. Physicians have long been preaching tin doctrine that American business men live too fast. With the telegraph, the ocean cable, the telephone and other modern fa cilities the man of affairs can do In one hour work that formerly would have occu pied, six. It might be thought his working day would correspondingly be shortenr.1. Nothing of the sort has occurred. Th.f speed with which trade can be effected has simply accelerated his pace, and he not only works faster, but more hours than ever, with corresponding Increase of busi ness and responsibilities. To keep up thin energy he eats too much sometimes drink too much for a man who spends most of , his working hours at his desk and takes no open sir exercise. Physical deteriora tion is Inevitable, and when a period of more than usual strees and anxiety ar rives he la liable to succumb. Whst American business men must 1ern Is to slow down, take wholesome recieatlm and above all quit worrying, even over real troubles when they come, whereas most of them now worry over troubles that never come. LAUGH IN a OA. "So 'you voted for local option?" "I did." answered Colonel Stlllwrll. "But I thought you were fond of gjod liquor?" "That's Just the point. Good liquor Is too precious to be trusted to folks promts cuously." Washington Star. Mrs. Jane Lee Ondego had been Com pelled to abandon a contemplated trip up the Nile, in consequence of the flnanciul stringency, and was Weeping softly. "Crocodile tears," commented her unfeel ing husband. Chicago Tribune. "Every year the Hlggs have Mrs. Jon.s up to their country home for a long visit." "Fond of her, are they?" "No of him." Harper's Baser. "I tell you, my hoy. It pays to be good. I have reason to know It." "Did you ever get arrested for anything." ' "No, but a lady to whom I furnished an excuse for securing a divorce from nie afterward Inherited a fortune. Chicago Record-Herald. 'I don't believe Hughes would stand Any chance of being elected." "Why not?" "Because he couldn't get the safety-rsxir vote." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Young Wife Am I very dear to you, darling? Young Husband Yes, lovey; Just look at these receipted bills. Baltimore American. "How much can you hold, anyhow?'1 asked the woman, In amaxement, as she handed him his third plateful. ' "I don't know, mum," said Eaton Joga long, resuming operations. "I hain't never been tested up to my full capacity ylt." Chicago Tribune. "That speech of yours will cause yJu to be laughed at," protested the critical friend. "Perhaps," said Senator Sorghum. "But It' is better to be laughed at then not to be noticed at all." Washington Star. "We find," wrote the reviewing court, "that the trial Judge erred in that he ad mitted testimony tending to establish the guilt of the accused, and also In neglecting to dot an I In the papers of commitment. "The prosecuting attorney erred In that he counseled witnesses to tell the truth, knowing the same would be damaging to the accused. "Reversed. Defendants admitted to ball in the sum of 16 cents." Philadelphia Ledger. THE FIDDLE'S IXVITATIOV. Frank I- Stanton In Strenuous Life. When the winter hills are ghostlike an' the wind wears Icy wings I like an invitation from a fiddle's friendly strings. . Mv dancln' days oh. my! ' Don't you think they've passed me by! I can dance the Very stars out In the sleepy winter sky! Oh, I'm not so much on springtime, when the sky is dreamy blue An' your sweetheart pulls tho violets an' rilns 'em on for you; "Oittin' old! Olttln' old!" That's the story I am told: Give me winter, an' a fiddle, an' I'll dance away the cold! Oh, iherei's nothln' that I'm knowln'. or that yet I'm like to know That cheers nie. like the cabin lights that twinkle o'er the snow: The lights that seem to say: "Come an' dance the dark away!' An' I follow oh, I follow till I hear the flddlo play! The latch hangs on the outside no trouble at the door: "Come in, an' Join the dancln ! Shake the white sand on the floor!' , An' my younger days I feel As I hit It toe-an'-heel. An' go whlrlln' to the music bf the old . Virginia reel! At a fiddle's Invitation I'm on hand! The world, you see. By the lively dance It led me made n dancln' chap o' me! Ufa's a dance, an' I am In It: Joy's the prise, an' I must win It, An' on the road to Happiness I'll make a mile a minute! Ming &. Co t l i