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Senator Foraker Is discovering that
he Is almost as popular n Ohio aa Sen
ator Piatt la 1ft New York.
A Chicago preacher says women
should propose only as a last resort.
That's about what they do.
Anything In a name? Coldwater,
Mich., has voted against prohibition,
while Boozy; Va., hat declared for no
license. 1
. Among the other troubles with the
army Is the fact thai many of the cap
tains of Industry are being reduced to
the ranks.
It la stated that there are 100,000
Idle men in New York. It would bo
Interesting to know how many of them
want work.
Comptroller Rldgeley 1b strongly In
favor of i central bank. Omaha
would be about the right location for a
central bank.
This sort f. weather Is calculated to
make the. refutation of the groundhog
as a weather prophet rise several
points in the market.
. "Who belleveB President Roose
velt?" asks Chancellor Day. Nobody.
t except somo 80,009,000 Americans and
most of the foreigners.
In the meanwhile. Elmer B. Steph
enson Is still United States collector of
customs for this district and resting
j quite comfortably, thank you.
j An Ohio man has been sent to jail
for stealing a graphophone. He might
try the Thaw plan and prove that he
Is Insane rather than criminal.
Like a man wavering 'twlxt love and
, I duty. Mayor "Jim" still hesitates
, whether to show the renegades what's
1 what, or to make a deal with them.
Omaha is Just now experimenting
with a new kind of street pavement
! known as sheet Ice, and which for Blip.
, perlness beats sheet asphalt all hollow.
' Two overall manufacturers of New
Work have been charged with violation
: of the Sherman law. In other words,
they are charged with breeches of
trust.
, The simplified spelling board says it
. should be spelled "det" and not
j"debt Most folks would he glad to
'reduce their debts one-fourth that
easily.
"Maryland is for jhe best man for
president of the United States," says
the Baltimore American, which is evi
dentli ready to get Into the Taft band
wagon. "
"Mr. Bryan Is at home in all the
states of the union," says the Philadel
phia Press. Yes. but he will not be
satisfied until he Is at home In the Dis
trict jof Columbia.
Senator Foraker is going to write a
series of articles on public questions.
He will probably start all of them with.
"I do not agiee with President Roose
velt when he says "
As soon aa President Roosevelt
heard what Chancellor Day thought of
the message he must have been happy,
knowing that the rest of the country
would hold the opposite view.
IF HEARST KKTKBa THE FIG H T.
Mr. Bryan and tho democratic man
agers will find cause for alarm In the
semi-official announcement that Wil
liam Randolph Hearst Is going to enter
the presidential race on a ticket to be
nominated by the Independence league.
The league is the personally conducted
political organization formed to serve
his purpose in New York politics and
since established by branches In nearly
every state in the union. Several
eastern papers have told with much
circumstanca of detail of Mr. Hearst's
plans and he has not denied his pro
posed participation in the presidential
fight this year.
According to the published reports,
the Independence league will hold a
national convention at 'Indianapolis,
after the republican convention at Chi
cago and before the democratic con
vention at Denver. It is expected that
the convention will nominate Mr.
Hearst for president. Charles A.
Walsh and other agents of the league
have already been assigned to field
duty in different states to organize del
egations for the convention.
When Mr. Hearst formally an
nounced his withdrawal from the dem
ocratic party some months ago he left
the inference that he would not again
seek official honors. Through his
newspapers he has made it plain that
he would oppose any candidate whom
the democrats might nominate, other
than Mr. Bryan. There has never been
any particular love between Bryan and
Hearst, although Hearst has not been
expected to oppose Bryan. The pro
jection of a national Independence
league ticket, however, would indicate
that Hearst does not propose to leave
the road clear for even the most rad
ical of the democrats.
Ridiculed as he has been,' Mr. Hearst
has a following and an Influence that
will have to be considered by the dem
ocratic candidate for president. He
had one-eighth of the votes in the St.
Louis convention. He came near be
ing elected mayor of New York and by
a fusion with the democrats carried
New York state with the exception of
the governor. He has a following,
and a very considerable one at that, in
Chicago, New York, Boston, St. Louis
and In the districts where Mr. Bryan
will have to work hardest to overdome
republican majorities. The division of
this vote with Mr. Bryan would make
the latter's- chances even more .hope
less than they are.
RETuamya our shark of tbk ls-ot.
The house of representatives has
placed itself in an unenviable light by.
trying to make conditions affecting the
return by this country of the Chinese
indemnity balance. The facts in the
case are plain and admit of no con
troversy over the question of right or
wrong. When the foreign Jroops
marched to the relief of Peking the
diplomats promptly filed claims against
China for Indemnity to cover the ex
pense of the expedition and the loss
of property by the citizens of the dif
ferent nations incident to the Boxer
uprising. The claims filed by the
United States and. Its citizens amounted
to $20,000,000. State department
officials investigated these- claims and
pared them down to $10,000,000.
China paid the original bill and Presi
dent Roosevelt wants the balance of
$10,000,000 returned to the Chinese
government. The senate has yoted to
return the money, but the house Is
holding it up. "'
One proposition offered in the house
is that the money shall be returned
if the Chinese government will agree
to spend It for education through the
establishment of a public school sys
tem. The effect of , this proposition
will be only to place its advocates in a
ridiculous light. The education of the
Chinese is a question which can not
concern the American congress in any
way. It is none of the business of con
gress whether China spends the money
for education or firecrackers. The
record shows that China has a just and
honest right to the return of this
money and it should be returned with
out strings on its future use or dis
position. The proper course for congress is to
concur in the president's recommenda
tion which contemplates the discharge
of a financial obligation and the per
formance of a friendly act on the part
of a Justice-loving nation toward a peo
ple who are certain to appreciate a
courtesy even if in no position to re
sist or resent the threatened extor
tion. StCRETABY OAUritLD'S REPORT.
Representatives of the land, timber
and mineral Interests that waged such
unrelenting warfare upon Secretary
Hitchcock, and finally succeeded In
driving him from the cabinet will be
compelled to admit that they have not
gained any noticeable advantage. Sec
retary Garfield's annual report, just
made public, shows no change from
the policies established by Mr. Hitch
cock and no lessening of departmental
vigilance and determination In the
prosecution of the cases against those
who have tried to convert the public
domain, with its land, timber and min
eral resources, to their own uses.
Secretary Garfield U profiting by
the work of hla predecessor and he
makes fitting acknowledgment of the
fact by stating that the prosecutions
started by Mr. Hitchcock have caused
a growing sentiment in. favor of 'en
forcement of the laws for the con
servatlon of the public resources. The
cattle barons and land and. timber
syndicates who formerly opposed every
attempt of the federal authorities to
enforce the laws are now frequently
co-operating with the officials. Some
steps have been taken to return to
the government lands Illegally held
by private corporations and Individuals
and most of the interests affected are
apparently anxious and willing to com
ply with the law and join in support
of the president's policy for conserving
the publics domain.
The secretary recommends that the
government retain title to the coal
lands of the west and of Alaska that
are still within the public domain and
that their development be permitted
under leases. This is a part of the
general policy of the president for the
conservation of the national resources
of mines, forests, waterways and water
power for development along sys
tematic lines for the benefit of the
whole people. Some of the secretary's
recommendations for radical revision
of the land laws will probably fall on
dull ears, aa congress has been slow
to act on similar suggestions in the
past, but it la gratifying to know that
the ravage of the publlo domain has
been practically stopped and that ef
forts are now being directed toward
rehabilitation rather than destruction.
RVLM8 OF THE PlS COUNTER.
Republican members of the Ne
braska delegation at Washington have
at last gotten together on a code of
rules to govern the distribution of fed
eral patronage which it may fall to
their lot to bestow.
This code of rules, which is presum
ably adapted from the written or un
written law evolved to regulate similar
affairs of state for other delegations
where the senators have for one reason
or another called in the members of
the house to help them buffet against
the office seekers, works all in the di
rection of enlarging the privileges and
perquisites of the congressmen at the
expense of the privileges and per
quisites of the senators.
The postofflce pie is to remain as at
present In the hands of the congress
men whenever in political accord with
the administration, excepting only for
the home towns of the two senators.
Patronage supposed to be charged
against the state as a whole is to be
awarded by majority vote of the entire
delegation,- but places belonging in any
district smaller than the state shall be
subject only to the two senators and
congressman or congressmen from that
district, while "local and district offi
cers located at the home town of any
member of the delegation shall be se
lected exclusively by such member."
These fine distinctions and refine
ments are, 'doubtless, intended more
particularly to govern the land offlcG
Jobs which have hitherto been recog
nized as belonging to the senators, but
which by this arrangement will give
the congressmen the preponderant
voice, and in several important cases
where the congressman happens to re
side at the seat of the land office will
give him the whole say.
All this is very interesting to office,
seekers and amusing to the public at
large, but not of vital importance to
anyone except those directly concerned.
All these carefully concocted rules for
patronage distribution can at beBt hold
good only for the present congress, of
so long as the membership of the dele,
gatlon 'remains unchanged and after
that only so long as' the two senators
agree to submit to them.
The constitution of the United States
says that the president shall make ap
pointments "with the advice and con
sent of the senate," and nowhere says
anything about the advice or consent
of the congressmen. The responsibil
ity of the senators rests in their power
of confirmation or rejection, and this
responsibility they cannot escape. If
the members of the house should unan
imously recommend some one for ap
pointment whom the senators knew to
be dishonest or unfitted they could not
escape their responsibility by hiding
behind" any such code of rules.
The fact that a halt must be called
on paving operations in Omaha be
cause the intersection bonds already
voted have gotten close to the mu
nicipal debt limit Is seized on by our
amiable democratic contemporary as a
point to be turned to political account.
It suggests that the moral is that
"Omaha should exercise more intelli
gent business discretion in making up
its legislative delegations," which
translated means that it should' send
only democrats to Lincoln to make the
laws. This Is about the caliber of the
usual comment emanating from that
source.
Something must have happened to
the literary bureau of the Jacksonians
or we would have had a more prompt
reply to the fulmlnations of the big
chiefs of the Dahlmanltes. Calling
names like that used to be a signal for
a rough-and-tumble bout in the olden
days, when undeflled democracy was
the paramount issue between the
slaughter house democrats and the
packing house democrats.
And now we are told that "the dem
ocrats believe that never until a real
democrat like Bryan is placed in the
White House with a democratic con
gress to assist him will all those re
forms be secured which are necessary."
What a down-hearted bunch those
democrats must be if they see no relief
for the country until this consumma
tion shall have been realized.
Mr. Bryan refuses, to express any
preference among the aspirants for the
democratic nomination for vice presi
dent. Mr. Bryan understands that
there must be some excuse for holding
a convention at Denver.
The only democratic congressman
from Nebraska has had It printed In
the Congressional Record that the
tariff on print paper Is costing him 88
a newspaper publisher $9,000 a year.
Well, if bo, he la getting It all back out
of the federal treasury as salary and
perquisites for holding down a seat in
the lower house of congress.
"Mark my word, ..The Chicago con
vention will be stampeded for Roose
velt and he will have nothing to say In
the matter," says Colonel Melvln
Grlgsby of South Dakota. Even ad
mitting the possibility of a stampede,
Colonel Qrlgsby ia going a long way
when he declarea that Mr. Roosevelt
will have nothing to say.
The house at Washington has voted
to save $250,000 a year by abolish
ing the eighteen pension agencies
throughout the country. The house
has a habit of making that saving
every session, but the senate always
restores the'itema in the appropriation
bills.
The Railway and Engineering Re
view makes the direct charge that "the
variable exhaust nozzle has not re
ceived the attention it deserves in
America." The time has come to pro
test over any neglect of the variable
exhaust nozzle.
One of the most difficult tasks be
fore any man in the country is that
just undertaken by Thomas L. Lewis,
the new president of the United Mine
Workers. He will try to equal John
Mitchell's record.
A scientist declares that the smallest
thing of substance in the world is the
Australian flea. Perhaps, but Amer
icana will be slow to believe that it can
be any smaller than the Foraker presi
dential boom.
After a few more verdicts of exon
eration PoBtmaster-to-be Thomas' po
litical enemies will cease making
charges against him until they have
some real proof to sustain them.
Hammers Ready fop Action.
Indianapolis News.
There are Indications that by the time
the house gets through with Senator Aid
rich's financial bill he will have to look
twice at It to recognize It.
Recognition that Counts.
Washington Times.
Some men are tickled when a congress
man speaks to them, but for real Joy there
Is nothing to compare with that of a con
gressman when Undo Joe recognises him.
Making: It I'aanlmoaa.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Admiral Melville said In a speech sev
eral years ago, and repeats It now. that
"the navy of the United States In its per
sonnel and Us material, man for man, ton
for ton, gun for gun, has not Us superior
on the face of the globe." The opinion
coincides with that of the American peo
ple generally.
Republishing; a Scrap Book.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Mr. Champ Clark ' keeps a scrap book
In whfeh. in 1836 'aha 1900, he pasted many
extracts from his writings to the effect
that Mr. Bryan would be overwhelmingly
elected. He Is reissuing the extracts under
the date of the present time, and thus re
duces the pressure on mendacity and the
tax on credulity.
Medical Solomons.
1 Baltimore American.
One physician has declared that whisky
Is worse than useless In treating grip, and
another claims that the disease may be
prevented if an ounce Is swallowed upon
the appearance of the very first symptom.
It Is aat difficult to foresee which doctor
will be hailed as a Solomon In his line and
will rejoice in an ever-increasing practice.
Guarantee of Bank Deposit.
New York Evening Post, February 1.
This week's four bank suspensions throw
a singular light on the plea for the guaran
tee of bank deposits, by the government or
by all the other banks combined. It is not
difficult to imagine the enormous ad
vantages which such a law would have
conferred on the "chain bankers." The
one serious obstacle In their way, which
ended in their overthrow as an influence
In the New York banking community was
the distrust of their schemes by depositors
In their banks. Had these depositors been
guaranteed against any possible loss, the
"chain bankers" would quite possibly have
been In the saddle today, pursuing their
personal schemes with depositors' money.
Indian Vote Cinched.
Baltimore News.
Among the President's callers yesterday
were Meshakegeshlg Tayoumlealg, Omu
nekakence and Wawayseaeumlg. all Chip
pewa braves from Minnesota. When Chief
Meshakegeshlg was asked whom his tribe
preferred for president he is said to have
replied with great enthusiasm: "Heap Big
BUI Taft; red man like him; want big
White Father; no little White Father; vote
heap much for him." Governor Hughes,
who is Secretary Taft's chief rival for the
republican nomination, ahould make a note
of thla Incident and lose no time In se
curing the Indorsement of the Indian tribes
living in northern New York. It will
never do for him to let "Big Bill" head
htm off on the Injun vote.
PERSONAL, ISOTKS.
It's a grand advertisement for Punta
Arenas. Ever hear of that metropolis be
fore? Tom Lawion's publlo warning against
himself Is the first piece of superfluous
advertising that he haa had inserted.
Sousa had $30,000 deposited In, the broken
New Amsterdam bank In New York. The
day before It failed his wife had a "hunch"
and drew It all out. Mrs. Sousa certainly
deserves a good day's shopping out of It.
Dillon Wallace, the explorer and writer,
has reached San Francisco after scaling
the highest peaks of the Sierra Mad re
range. It was Wallace who carried the
dead body o( the leader of the Hubbard
expedition In Labrador 400 miles on his
shoulders.
Queen Amelia of Portugal haa one of
the largest scientific libraries In Europe.
Her favorite study Is medicine, and the
library contains one of the best collections
of medical authorities on the continent.
She has also a large laboratory in the
palace In which she spends much time de
voted to experiments.
Several days ago Oeraldlne Farrar, the
grand opera singer, made a pilgrimage to
Melrose, Maaa., to visit her old school,
old schoolmates and old teacher. She sat
In the same seat at the earns desk she used
to have, and found the Initials she cut
there thirteen years ago. She joined the
soholars In singing "Americs." and went
away covered with red. White and blue
streamers pinned all over her by the chil
CHEMIWa TO BRAT TAFT.
Alms an4 Motive of the Opposition
wau Secretary's domination.
The Washington correspondent of the
Boston Transcript, In a letter to that paper,
details what are openly professed to be the
alms and hopes of the republican opposl
tlon to the nomination of Secretary Taft.
It comes In the form of an Interview with
"a prominent republican senator." not
Foraker of Ohio nor Crane of Massachu
setts, and "expresses with accuracy," the
correspondent says, "a view held by many
or the great leaders of the republican
party and la particularly In evidence at
the national capital." The value of the
deliverance lies In the light thrown in the
direction whence the opposition hopes to
secure preliminary control of the national
convention at Chicago, and accomplish
the defeat of Taft' or of any other 'candi
date committed to Roosevelt policies.
Premising his view, Predictions and es
timates with the admission that Taft will
have the Ohio delegation solid, the un
named republican senator Is quoted, In
part, as follows:
"But let us get down to brass tracks. A
convention is a very practical affair, not a
sentlmentat ratification meeting. This Chi
cago convention will contain but little short
of one thousand delegates. To be exact,
491 votes will be necessary to nominate.
Now York will go In with 78 for Hughes,
Pennsylvania with 68 for Knox, Illinois
with 64 for Cannon, Indiana with 30 for
Fairbanks, Wisconsin with 80 for La
Follette. and Iowa, I believe, with 2t for
Shaw. This makes 2S6 votes, to say nothing
of the support which these candidates are
to receive in other states than their own.
I believe the first three that I named will
each receive well' over a hundred votes,
and one of them perhaps reach 200 on the
first ballot.
"But tho pivot on which the convention
swings is the southern contingent. The
democratic party has no conterpart to
this, because there are somn real democrats
even In Vermont. But here we have a
great territory with no real party, and no
real publlo sentiment, but Instead possess
ing a national convention franchise, which
la a law unto 'itself. You have noticed that
the Taft people especially since they have
secured First Assistant Postmaster Oeneral
Hitchcock as their manager of the southern
situation, are claiming practically the en
tire south. Let me explain why they will
not get It.
"The republican national committee
makes up the temporary roll of delegates
in convention. This Is an enormous power.
To be sure, contests may be made against
its decisions before the convention Itself,
and these go to committee on credentials,
but their report comes for decision before
the full convention, whose members have
got there by the action of the national com-
Lmlttee. The Taft people are claiming to
control this committee, as they do every
thing else. But we have already had three
testa of Its attitude toward Secretary
Taft's canvass the vote on the time of
holding the national convention, ' the
place of holding it, and the amount of
representation to be given to the territories.
The Taft people naturally wanted to give
these eight territorial units six delegates
each as many each as the state of Dela
warebecause republican politics In these
outlying possessions are largely In the
hands of federal officeholders, and this
was the customary thing to do. But the
national committee took the radical step
of cutting this representation down to two
each, a vote which shows how It felt to
wards Taft.
"Kansas City was the place and June 1
the date which the Taft people wanted.
The national committee decreed otherwise,
and although Individual Taft votes may be
found in favor of the decision as recorded
in each of these three cases, the contest
was essentially on Taft and antl-Taft lines.
You will recall that these national com
mitteemen were elected by a convention
which was at heart hostile to Roosevelt
that which nominated him at Chicago four
years ago. Mark Hanna's picture was the
only one conspicuously displayed In the
lobby of the Auditorium hotel, and the
general atmosphere of the convention, re
flected In the choice of these national com
mitteemen at the time, was cool toward
the administration submissive, but sullen
and this Is the attitude today. Sane-minded
Taft men do not claim more than twenty
nine of the fifty-four members. That is,
In my Judgment, an extreme estimate.
"Before this national committee the
southern delegates will go, clammoring for
a place on the temporary roll, and posses
sion there usually proves nine points of
the law. Evry state In the south, Vxcept
Ing North Carolina, will send up a contest
ing delegation. Let us begin with Texas.
Cecil Lyon has been told to bring up a
delegation and he has promised to do so.
He has told the president that he could
bring up a delegation for him for a third
term, but is not sure that he can bring
up a delegation for Taft; he Is by no
means convinced that he Is powerful enough
io do that. In faco of sentiment among the
officeholders. But suppose he docs bring
up a Taft delegation. The supreme court
of Texas a democratic cpurt, to be sure,
but still its highest tribunal has decreed
that any other party of men constitute the
republican party of Texas and are thereby
empowered to send delegates. Tills sec
ond delegation will surely be antl-Taft;
perhaps both will be. At all events the
national committee can take Its choice.
"In Alabama a republican leader who
came to see me yesterday says there will
not be a Taft delegate elected; that the
referee system of the administration for
filling the offices and the large number of
democrats who have by it been put into
office or kept there have made the real
convention-going republicans extremely dis
satisfied. In South Carolina the president
expects his friend, John O. Capers, to bring
up the delegation. But Capers has always
said that he was for Roosevelt; his utter
ances may be scanned In vain to find that
he anywhere commits himself to Taft. In
state after state of the south the situation
will be two sets of delegates claiming ad
mission to the national convention, one ad
ministration and the other anti-admlnlstra-i
tlon, with the national committee sitting as
gatekeeper.
"My real unbiased opinion, and that Is
what you want, is that the action of the
national committee on these contested
southern delegations will depend largely
upon the exhibition of public sentiment in
the north between now and June 14. If the
north Is pretty well divided up among
candidatea, the national committee will be
In no mood to throw this huge block of
southern delegates to Taft, and ao permit
hlo easy nomination. If, however, opposi
tion to his nomination appeared a foregone
conclusion, or very nearly that, the na
tional committeemen, who aa Individuals
really have an eye to the future themselves,
would fall Into line and let the southern
delegates float with the prevailing tide.
My point Is that the real fight will be
made in the north, where It belongs, and
that no one candidate can look for the en
tire block of aouthern delegates to estab
lish hla uncertain fortunes. And I main
tain that Secretary Taft will not be the
candidate of the north.
"I have talked with numberless labor
leadurs Gompers and Hayes and Mitchell,
etc. and lhiy say that they kept their
unions out of politics so far as McKlnley
was concerned and Roosevelt, but that
Taft la too much for them; they can't
stand him. They will go Into politics for
all they are- worth if he be nominated.
The American Federation of Labor has a
membership of l.W,(no. We cannot afford
to fly In the face of all these men. We
do not need to do It. The negro vote Is
an extremely Important one In a series
of doubtful s'ates. The antl-Rooeevelt re
publican vote, recruited greatly by the
panic and the depression which Is sure to
come, will be out In extra force against a
man who stands for the perpetuation of
Roosevelt policies, by the exertion of ad
ministration Influence and administration
power. This would be talked on every
platform In the country If Taft were nom
inated. Personally, I should never vote for
any man for a third term, but as a prece
dent I vastly prefer the third term to the
appointive succession. It presents fewer
dangers to the republic. Dlas, In Mexico,
can name a man whom he wants to suc
ceed him. and his Judgment will be rati
fied by Mexican publlo sentiment. But we
here have always acted on the theory that
the American people could, and should, se
lect their own president.
"This brings me to a question which you
asked a little while ago as to whether
Taft would not be a second choice of soma
of the delegations which will go Into con
vention for favorite sons; In short, whether
the field can be held together against him.
I will explain to you why this cannot, to
any great extent, be the case. It may be
with some of the New York delegates, but
not generally elsewhere, because the atti
tude of the administration has been so bitter
against 1 all other candidates as to make
them Its determined enemies. Its purpose
has seemed to be to crush out, by might
and power, every other aspirant. These
men are naturally welded together today
In self-defense! thev h,v. ww i ,
not Inflamed with "anger, by the tactics
on tne part or the administration, and they
will never yield to Its wishes. Tk Tj
Follette, for example, who holds Wisconsin
In the hollow of his hand; he has been
greatly disappointed that he has not been
made the natural heir of Roosevelt's radi
calism, and displeased by Roosevelt's gen
eral attitude of suspicion toward him. Tha
last candidate for whom the Ijl Vnllettn
votes will go is a Roosevelt man.
"Knox's hope In the affair la that even
tually, In the deadlock, when Roosevelt
sees that he cannot nominate Taft, he will
throw his strength to Knox; bilt this hope
is without foundation. The Taft vote will
never go to Knox and the Knox vote will
never go to Taft. Hughes cannot be ready
to see Taft selected In view of the presi
dent's customary way of speaking of
Hughes, and o. the Taft people's. Industry
In dlKKlna tin thlnars to Hiia-hns' riianr,m
To the extent that any New York delegates
are really responsive to Hughes' wishes,
and so his real friend, thev win shiHa
with the field, and not go over to the admin.
lstratlon. The Frank Black crowd are with
Hughes merely aa a means of holdlnor the
Taft-Rooeevelt move In check.
"I believe, the antl-Taft forces have been
welded by a common bond of sympathy.
The administration's apparent purpose to
crush out every man who falls to bow the
knee to It has resulted In the most thor
oughly united opposition organisation which
I have ever known. We believe the Taft
movement haa been one of noise and bluster,
of extravagant claims and of disingenuous
appeals. We believe the day of its crum
bling Is at hand. I maintain, for example,
that Taft will not get over twenty votes In
New England. I have heard the New
England senators all except Lodge go
over the subject again - and again. . They
say that Taft must get his votes in Massa
chusetts and Connecticut, and that the
total will not exceed a score. In Vermont
Senator Proctor and his son, the governor.
have things pretty well In hand, and they
are antl-Taft; the state's delegation will
divide up according to local preference
among Hughes and Fairbanks and Cannon.
I believe the regular organisation will ulti
mately control In New Hampshire, sending
unpledged delegates, who will divide among
the leading aspirants. I hoar of a great
deal of Cannon sentiment In Maine. Rhode
Island will always follow the lead of Sena
tor Aldrlch. And yet. New England la very
generally claimed by the Taft people, much
as they claim the south and the Pacific
slope. Such claims do not bear Investiga
tion. The time Is soon coming, as the elec
tion of delegates begins, when It will be
possible to check some of these things up.
You will then see a change In public opin
ion. "Above all things, do not make the mis
take of thinking this fight la over. Some
pretty determined men In this country,
who will not let their cause go by default,
have made up their minds not to yield on
the presidential succession, with all that It
Involves, without a struggle. They Intend
to put up about the liveliest fight from this
time on that haa ever been known in Amer
ican politics. It will go into every state
and Into every congressional district."
TUB WINU IN THUS MGIIT.
Samuel Mlntern Peck In Boston Transcript.
O did ye hear the wind as It moaned, as it
moaned . ...
O did ye hear the wind In the night?
Not a star was In the dark
That a mortal eye could mark
When rose the eerie strain
As of hapless souls In pain
On their flight
O did ye hear the wind In the night?
O did ye hear the wind as It shrieked, as It
shrieked . , ....
O did ye hear the wind in the night?
I trembled In my dread.
Yea. 1 shuddered In my bed.
Stricken souls where did they go?
Were they guilty? Was It woe?
Was It fright?
O did ye hear the wind In the night?
0 did ye hear the wind as it walled, as It
walled
O did ye hear the wind In the night?
' But silence came at last
To the sorrow In the blust.
For no torture lives for aye
E'en the wicked find a day
Free from blight:
1 know It by the wind In the night.
GOOD FOR YOUNG AND OLD
It's an old adage that "all work and
no play makes Jack a dull boy." but
it is just as true today aa when it was
first spoken. And it applies to "grown
ups," aa well as to boys. Our strenuous
twentieth century life needs to be
spiced with a little exhilaration,
amusement and pleasure.
Break the monotony in your homo,
A piano will do it. The children need
it, the wife needs it, you need It. Why
not take the matter up with your wire
tonight. Consider the question logic
ally and listen to the views of the
one who has economy in your domes
tic affairs as much at heart as you and
while you are discussing it don't for
get to take into account the obligation
that rests upon both of you to prepare
your children for useful life, one that
will be a ciedlt to the name they bear.
A.. HOSPE CO.,
1313 IJOl'GLAS fcTItErTr.
BRANCH HOl'SKH Council Bluffs,
PRESIDE T-M 4KIG Il KMnASKA
Tllden Cltlsen: In Secretary Taft the
elements of conservatism, advancement
and betterment are well blended and he
ll the undoubted choice of the great body
of Nebraska republicans.
Sterling Sun: The Sun Is for Taft and
believes the large part of the republicans
of Nebraska are for him. but we ore fnr
a primary Just the same, where every re
publican can have as much to say as any
other one.
Tecumseh Chieftain: The Chieftain be
lieves the majority of the republicans c.f
Nebraska favor Taft as the presidential
nominee. Thla notwithstanding the hulla
baloo being made by the I ji Follette leggers
at Lincoln.'
Broken Bow Republican: The popularity
of President Roosevelt with the voters Is
so great that his Indorsement of the candi
dacy of Secretary Taft- assures him prac
tically tho unanimous support nf the- repub
lican voters of the state.
Wakefield Republican: Victor rtnsewater.
editor of The Omaha Bee, Is a candidate
for dnlegate-at-large to the Chicago con
vention. Mr. Roaewater has some opposi
tion, but nevertheless the Republican can
not aee why he will not make a good dele
gate. Norfolk News: The country needs and
Seeks a great president a man who run
and will handle vexed problems effectively
without noise or bluster. Secretary Taft
fills the bill and his nomination and elec
tion can even now be safely predicted If
the will of the people Is not thwarted.
Stanton Picket: It Is too bad that as
good a man aa Senator LaFollette of Wis
consin should allow his campaign In Ne
braska to be conducted by a bunch of pro
fessional office-seekers, whose methods are
so well known that people look with sus
picion upon anything with which they are
connected.
Silver Creek Sand: 'There Is a lot of
rot In the papers about who should be
sent to the republican national conven
tion as delegates-at-large from Nebraska.
Sheldon and Brown are good enough and
so Is Victor Rosewater and Burkett and
hundreds of others. The main thing that
keeps the kettle boiling Is the ' evident
attempt of Rope water to get himself Into
a "stand In" with Sheldon and Brown by
persistently booming those two worthy
gentlemen.
Lynch Journal: Governor Sheldon, Sen
ator Brown, Victor Roaewater and Senator
Burkett are the most talked of candidates
for delegates-at-large to the republican
national convention and they will very
lkely be the big four. They will make
a good, strong team and properly backed
up with district delegates will give Ne
braska as able and commanding a delega
tion as any state In the union. Nebraska
Is coming to the front with able leaders
In all lines.
Columbus Tribune- Victor Rosewater In
The Omaha Bee took a few falls out of
our would-be reformer, F. A. Harrison.
To us It does seem a little peculiar that
one self-appointed dictator ahould be right
and the whole state central committee
wrong. While F. A. may have been con
verted, yet we are Just Methodist enough
to want him put on probation for a few
years. We are not quite sure who he Is
serving or whether he Is earning his salary.
Central City Republican: The prpns
bureau and the World-Herald are staunch
allies up to the day of the republican con
vention, and If the bureau fails then the
alliance continues. It may look a little
one sided, but It la the best tha World
Herald can do, and It leaves It with a
prospect of making some gains where
otherwise Its case would be hopeless. Last
fall, while the organs qf .the .bureau .were
pounding away at Omaha,' the World
Herald led In the fight for Reese against
Sedgwick, but when Reese was nominated
It did Us utmost to defeat him, even charg
ing the grand old man with nepotism. Had
Reese failed of a nomination I? confidently
anticipated republican support. The tactics
of the two are the same this year, but It
also involves the election of candidates to
the national convention. The bureau is
fighting for life; the World-Herald for
democratic victory. They each pin their
faith to the other In hopes of winning their
point. The foundations are well laid and
understood. It remains to bo seen bow
Nebraskans will rise to the situation. We
will make history tills year. The status
of the party In the state will be determined
for many a year to come. If it Is spotted
we are unfortunate; if It Is white, well and
good.
I.l.NES TO A LAUGH,
Hospital Physician You'll pull through,
my lad. Never aay die;
VT, ....... H . RAAthlnnlr T Ann'i Ant t
glner'ly say croak. But wot's de dlff'rence?
imcago rriDune,
"No." said Wiseman. "I'Va derided never
to accept friendly advice any more."
"Why not?" asked Dudley; "It doesn't
cost you anything."
'Well. I've found that it usually costs
me my friend." Philadelphia Press.
'Did your country cousin you are enter
taining make tne city rounnn.'
"Should say he did. Was half the morn
ing trying to get through a revolving door."
Baltimore American.
"Pa. Is It true that all men are made of
dust?''
"I've had reason to think lately." replied
the man who had been trying to get his
notes extended, "that a good many of
them are made of cement." Chicago Record-Herald.
"That haughty Mrs. Van Ollder pushes
ahead as If she meant to sweep every
thing 'out of her pathway." v
"She Inherits that. Her grandfather ran
a push cart." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Some humorous bills are Introduced In
legislatures. arn't there?"
"Ves, but strange to say, very little of
the humor of the bills comes from the
Jokers In them." Baltimore American,
"Don't you think," asked one aheep In
the flock of another, "that It Is absurd
for humans to be cutting oft our wool In
the way they do?"
"I ahould say so," answered the other.
"I call It shear nonsense." Baltimore
American.
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$190, $225 and up to $1,000. These
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United States for the same grade of
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Whatever instrument you select will
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stead of paying for It all at once you
can do it in small installments, de
positing from 16.00 to $10 a month
according to the price of. the Instru
ment you select.
In the llospe plan of selling you
will find the best values and the fair
est treatment.
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