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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
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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!
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