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U 86,330 27, 36,140
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1 80,100 .
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The Ice man should make the most
of the second crop for he may not get
another.
The senate persists In presenting the
Aldrlch bill, but the country does not
appear willing to pay it.
"Bryan u unavailable," says the
Charleston News and Courier. Wrong
again. He Is unavoidable.
Congress might pay more attention
to needed legislation if paid by the
job instead of by the year.
A Denver mart has secured a license'
to marly Miss binah Might. He is
scheduled for a blowing up.
Shoveling snow is just as healthful
exercise as plsylng golf, but it is hard
to convince a golfer that it is.
v It might complicate the situation a
little if Mr. Bryan should decide that
he did not care to have a running mate
on the ticket this year.
The drivers of water wagons in New
York are on a strike. Perhaps they ob
ject to working after all their passen
gers have deserted them.
Senator Foraker admits that he
made a mistake in the Ohio fight. It
was in going against a man who was
not afraid to call a bluff.
The democratic World-Herald pub
licly announces that it "has no love
for the- editor of The Bee." That is
an unnecessary confession. '
Senator Rayner says the currency
of the country is not evenly dis
tributed. Most folks' knew that be
fore Mr. Rayner mentioned it.
The Baltimore American suggests
Taft and Cannon for the republican
ticket. All right, if the democrats
will name Bryan and Cleveland.
Admiral Evans will be two days be
hind schedule In getting to Callao. It
Is only In times of peace that American
battleships are ever behind time.
The 'way to get conventions for
Omaha la to go out and get them. And
the more conventions we get the easier
It should be to get still more of them.
Leslie M. Shaw says the country
doea not take the Hughes presidential
boom seriously. There are otherB in
position to sympathize with Mr.
Hughes.
The excess of exports over Imports
for January was the greatest ever re
corded for that month. The country
is getting richer at a time when it con
siders Itself poorer.
Senator Latimer of South Carolina
has been operated on for appendicitis.
It requires something like that to re
mind the country that Tillman Is not
the only senator from South Carolina:
Manufacturers are said to be mak
ing large supplies' of Taft buttons and
badges, but only , make up those .of
other republican candidates as they
are ordered.- It's hard to fool the but
ton man.
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The new battleship Nebraska is al
ready at San Francisco waiting to join
the fleet. The Nebraska Is missing
the fun of the practice cruise, but it
ought to get Into the game for the re
turn trip whether around the Horn or
via Sues.
"jt ;.t aisfrocstT." -Clearly,
with the best Intentions In
the world. Congressman Boutell of Illi
nois has focused Speaker Cannon In
the limelight Bgaln. The thirty-fourth
anniversary of Mr. Cannon's, first
speech In the houRe of representatives
was made the occasion of an eloquent
tribute to the speaker by Mr. Boutell,
who quoted from the maiden speech of
"Uncle Joe" to show that the speaker's
heart was from the start throbbing in
unison with the people of the country
who had "oats In their pocket" and,
"hayseed in their hair." Mr. Cannon,
according to his Boswell, Mr. Boutell,
was urging the passage of a measure
In which the farmers of the country
were Interested, lib became so en
thusiastic that some eastern congress
man remarked that "the gentleman
must have oats in his pocket." Where
upon tumultuous applause greeted Mr.
Cannon's retort:
I understand the gentleman.. Yes, I have
oats In my pocket and hayseed In my hair,
and the western people generally are af
fected In the same way; and we expect
that the seed, being good, will yield a good
crop I trust tenfold and the sooner leg
islation Is had, not only aa proposed by
this bill, but In all other respects as J he
people desire and equity and justice shall
dictate, the' better It will be In the long
run for all people Jn this country, whatever
may be their calling or wherever they may
reside. - ...
While that'was thirty-four years
ago, the western people generally are
about as they were when Mr. Cannon
made his maiden speech In the house.
In the figurative sense, they have
"oats ia their pocket" and "hayseed in
their hair," and, as Mr. Cannon then
said, "the sooner legislation is bad as
the people desire and equity and Jus
tice shall dictate, the better it will be
in the long run for all people in this
country, whatever be their calling or
wherever they may reside."
The people with "oats in their pock
ets" and "hayseed in their hair" are
demanding postal savings banks, more
power for the Interstate Commerce
commission and less leewayTor specu
lative games, efficient railroad regula
tion and improved Inland waterways,
and practically all the reforms recom
mended ' to congress by President
Roosevelt. As speaker of the house
of representatives, Joseph G. Cannon
of Illinois, the original eloquent ad
vocate of the rights of the people who
had "oats in their pockets" a,nd "hay
seed in their hair." can do as- much,
if not more, than any one man to help
them get the legislation that they
want.
one cause uf the panic.
After all of the financial theorists
and politicians have, offered their opin
ions as to the real cause of the late
financial panic, Mrs. Hetty Green, who
has the lamest bank account and the
sharpest tongue of any woman in
America, makes . the whole matter
plain, in an interview Ifl'an' eastern
paper she explains that she",Jbegah
hoarding months before the real pinch
was felt. She says: - '
I saw the "handwriting on the wall" and
began quietly to call In my meney, making
a few new transactionatnd getting, into
my hands every available dollar of my
fortune against the day I knew was com
ing. Every real estate deal which I could
possibly close up was converted Into cash.
I never buy real estate; first mortgages
are good enough for me. When the crash
came I had money and I was one of the
very few who really had it; the others had
their "securities" and their "values." I
had the cash and they had to come to me.
They did come to me In droves. Some of
them I lent money to and some I didn't;
that was my privilege.
The only mistake in this Is Mrs.
Green's assumption that she was the
only real smart owner of money in the
country. When she began quietly to
call in her loans other rich "people
were doing the same thing. The
country was apparently in the full tide
of prosperity. Railroads were unable
to handle the traffic offered, factories
were working overtime to fill orders,
crops were being moved at better
prices than American farmers- had
ever before known, merchants were
selling goods at a fair margin of profit
and collections were easy. But from
some real or imaginary cause people
began to pull In their loans, readjust
their investments and increase the
amount of their holdings In actual
cash. Their excuse was that the times
were too good to last and caution be
gat retrenchment. Mrs. Green's
fright, alias foresight, was shared by
thousands, with the, result that Im
mense amounts of capital were with
drawn from the Industries and the
panic made more' acute. Not until
this capital all comes back will normal
conditions be restored. The country
will hope tha'. Mrs. Green and her
sharers In the Investing wealth of the
country will not see any more "hand
writing on the wall" for a long time
to come.
KENTUCKY'S DISGRACE.
The feudists in the mountains of
Kentucky have Injured the reputation
of that state greatly, but their opera
tions have been tame and even dull
compared with the work of the law do
ners who are burning tobacco, ware
houses, whipping peace officers, terror
ising farmers and planters and using
every form of violence, from arson to
assassination, to create a state of an
archy with which the authorities seem
unable to cope.
Immediately after his Inauguration.
Governor Wlllson called a conference
of leading officials of Kentucky, in
cluding a number of Judges of the
courts, to discuss methods of suppress
ing the night riders who were causing
the trouble in the tobacco districts.
The governor bad already ordered the
militia to the districts and was sur
prised to learn that several judges op
posed this radical action, contending
that the law could be enforced without
the serrloos of the troops. . One of the
district Judges openly criticised the
governor's act. On Sunday night a
mob took this Judge, who had decided
a case against one of the night riders,
from his bed, whipped him as they
would a negro thief, tied htm up with
the town marshal, a saloonkeeper and
Islx negroes and Informed the party
that thy would be killed If they fur
ther Interfered with the plan of the
night riders to prevent the growing
of any tobacco In that part of Ken
tucky. The governor has appealed in
vatn to the peace authorities of the
state to enforce the law. He has urged
the legislature to take action, but the
legislature has refused to support the
governor In the use of the militia,
with the result that the militia Is de
moralized and wholly Ineffective.
Although neither life nor property
is safe in the tobacco growing dis
tricts, and one-half of the time allotted
for the legislative term In Kentucky has
expired, not one measure to remedy
existing conditions has been offered.
The democratic majority in the legisla
ture calmly announces that a United
states senator must be chosen before
any consideration will be given to leg
islation affecting state affairs. This
majority is furnishing Indisputable
proof of the truth of the charge made
by Editor Watterson of the Louisville
Courier-Journal that "Kentucky Is the
worst governed state in the union."
THE SOUTH OMAHA PUZZLE.
The coming municipal election in
South Omaha is to be held under the
charter as amended by the last legis
lature, which attempts to put several
restriction upon the qualifications of
electors. According to the charter
these qualifications shall be the same
as required fed general elections, with
two additional provisions the first,
sixty days' residence next preceding
such municipal election and, second,
that at the time of offering to vote
each person shall "by the presentation
of a tax receipt, or otherwise, prove to
the satisfaction of the election board
that he has paid some municipal tax
in said city during the previous year."
The primary election law governing
the primary at which candidates are
to be nominated restricts participation
to "any qualified elector" properly reg
Istered as to party affiliation, the pre
sumption being that he must be quail
fled to vote at the municipal election,
to which the name of the successful
candidate at the primaries must be
later submitted. This is the South
Omaha puezle and it Is likely to pro
duce complications no matter how it is
worked out.
The requirement of sixty days' resi
dence can be easily enforced, but the
demand for a tax receipt has already
set the lawyers at sixes and sevens.
On one side the restriction of the suf
frage to taxpayers is denounced as un
constitutional and void, and on the
other side' it is upheld as entirely
within the province of the legislature.
If the charter provision la lived up to
to-the letter It will disfranchise a great
many people who think they should
have a voice in municipal affairs, and
If it Is disregarded the present officials
might refuse to recognize the validity
of the election or to make way for
their successors when elected. The
question comes up, first, as to the pri
mary election, because plainly no one
should have a vote in the choice of
candidates who has no vote to, help
elect them.
.Perhaps the saving clause may be
found in the wording of the charter,
which says that the election board
shall be satisfied "by the presentation
of tax receipts or otherwise." This
puts it up to election boards who may
be easily satisfied, "otherwise."
h
The table prepared by the state ac
countant showing the cost to the state
of getting convicts into the peniten
tiary from the various counties in Ne
braska gives a faint idea of the extent
to which this graft has been worked in
the past Under the new jail feeding
law Douglas county has experienced a
complete , reformation, but the oppor
tunity for padded or fake bills still re
mains open to the sheriffs of other
counties. It will be up to the next
legislature to see to it that the convey
ing of prisoners after conviction is put
on a business basis all over the state.
Not a word in the local democratic
organ about the appointment of dele
gates to the democratic state conven
tion by the committee in Douglas, Otoe
and other counties without any pri
mary election or county convention at
which the democratic rahk and file
might have had a voice. But every
time a republican committee follows
this good democratic precedent It is
denounced as' outrageous usurpation.
Consistency is no part of the demo
cratic creed.
Notwithstanding the grand Jury's
poor opinion of conditions In the
county jail, there are Inmates there
who prefer to cling to Its comforts
rather than to be thrown out on the
cold, uncharitable world in mid-winter
with snow on the ground which they
might have to shovel in order to earn
a breakfast. While our Jail facilities
should unquestionably be enlarged and
Improved, the jall-blrds are not asking
for sympathy.
:
A little while ago we were told that
the prairies of Nebraska were afire for
La Follette and that If Nebraska re
publicans only had a chance to express
themselves they would go on record
for La' Follette In overwhelming num
bers. A primary vote of presidential
(reference Is being taken in half the
counties In Nebraska, but the people
Using Roosevelt to Hurt Taft '
, Spokane Fpok
The-action of a county convention In
Nebraska In Instructing the two men In
dorsed by It for delegates to the national
convention to support Rooeevelt for re
nominallon was misguided and lamentable.
If these men are sent to the national con
vention and adhere to the pledge they are
said to have given to vote for Roosevelt
first, last and all the time, they will play
Into the hands of the enemies of President
Roosevelt and will help to obstruct his
great policies. President Roosevelt is not
a candidate and will not be candidate,
and the Inevitable result of such Instruc
tions and pledgee must' be to eliminate
these delegates from the Taft column, and
from real and serviceable support of
Roosevelt's policies.
At this distance the motives back of the
Nebraska action cannot be understood, but
the results are what the enemies of Roose
velt's policies would like to accomplish in
every state where support of the president's
policies Is overwhelming and they have no
chance at all of choosing reactionary del
egates. The cunning scheme of the reactionaries,
Is now sufficiently revealed to make It
clear that they have settled down to throe
lines of opposition to the administration.
First, to throw a number of the greater
States to "favorite sons;" second, to pocket
are not noticeably trampling on one
another to vote for La Follette.
Aside from the fact that Speaker
Cannon is tooold to run for the pres
idency and that he wants the Illinois
delegation to go to some opponent of
Mr. Roosevelt In the Chicago conven
tion and the further fact that most
of the Illinois republicans favor Taft,
the Cannon boom in Illinois is dbing
first-race. -
Pistol toting should be stopped and
may be checked by restrictions on the
sale of firearms, but a bold bad man
wilt get a gun even If he has to break
the law to get it . When attempting
to arrest a desperate man the police
should be ready to shoot first.
"NCT one can tell this far ahead,"
says Mr. Bryan, "upon what particular
question greatest emphasis will be laid
In the campaign." Still, it is a pretty
safe wager that, If he has anything to
say about it, It will not be on govern
ment ownership of railways.
There would-be no need for battle
ships and big armies If all nations
should follow the example of France
and the TJnlted States and agree to
come to an agreement on all matters
In which they do not agree.
Nothing will be gained by a dispute
at this time as to'who shot Jones."
The unfortunate part of the affair is
that no one shot Jones until after
Jones shot and killed a police officer.
The Brooklyn Eagle says that it will
not declare againslt Bryan until it
learns what the platform adopted' at
Denver contains. . The Denver plaform
will be just Bryan, c-
The London Times claims to have
absolute proof that George Washing
ton was a descendant of King Edward
I. Let it go at that Washington
couldn't help it. ,
Plotting; Against Plutocrat.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Tom Lawson took Bryan from New York
to Albany In his private car and It Is said
these two prosperous reformers plotted for
the entire distance how to emancipate the
plain people from the oppression of the
wealthy.
They Have the Price.
Brookly Eagle.
The 8octety of Medical Jurisprudence
wants to know why automobiles rather
than other vehicles are equipped with
sirens. Well, chiefly, because the owners
of automobiles have the price and the
owners of other vehicles have not
' Work for the Willing!.
' Philadelphia Record.
There is nothing strange In the fact that
Immigrants now find employment In this
country while many natives are Idle. Im
migrants engage with willingness In certain
kinds of necessary labor, as digging tun
nels, cleaning streets and sewers and the
like, for which native laborers could not
be obtained at any wages.
Judicial Fears.
Minneapolis Journal.
Two justice of the supreme court are
said to be afraid of being burled alive.
They recognize that It Is often difficult to
distinguish between a dead and a live
Justice of the supreme court. It might
relieve their fears to have it arranged that
Roosevelt should stick a pin in the court
from time to time as a precaution against
premature burial.
Couldn't Keep the Secret.
Bt. Paul Pioneer Press.
The cat is out of the bag and the Taft
managers might as well throw up the
sponge. Hetty Green says, "The scheme Is
to pose Taft before the country as the
president's choice. lie will get" all the
delegates he can, but he cannot get enough
lo nominate him In the convention. He
knows, it, and everybody else on the Inside
knows lb" You see, that Is what comes
of letting a woman On the inside. The
politicians might have known that Hetty
could not keep still.
Leaaona Not Learned.
New York Tribune.
That element of uncertainty which gives
attractions .to the stock market and the
race track seems to have a certain charm
for nearly all members of the human
family, or else It must be assumed that
the memory of the average individual is
shorter than the proverbial June bug's
tail. How else can we account for 4 he
persistent disregard which Individuals and
nations show for the lessons of the past?
In volcanic countries we find the peasants
erecting their huts and planting their
vineyards up to the Very summits of the
cones which are likely at any time to
burst forth in eruption, and In those local
ities where floods are of periodic occur
ranee, resulting In great loss of life and
property, no sooner do the waters return
to their accustomed channel than the
ploughman goea fourth to turn the soil,
seemingly oblivious to the fact that aa
sure as the sun rises and the seasons
succeed one another the banks will again
overflow and crops be ruined, perhaps
not next year nor the year alter, but
eventuaUyv
esman-Revlew.
as many delegates as poselble from dis
tricts that are overwhelmingly enthusiastic
for Roosevelt, by binding them to vote
for Roosevelt first, last and all the time;
and. third, to prevent, wherever possible
the definite Instruction of delegates to vote
for Taft.
In this last line of Insidious assault they
will cunningly advance the argument that
while that particular state or particular
district Is strong for Taft, -It would be mort
expedient and politic' not to Instruct . thu
delegates. In support of that Idea a num
ber of reasons will be trumped up. It will
be said that unlnstructed delegates can ac
complish more for Taft, because they will
be free to circulate among the supporters
of other candidates and win them over.
Another plea will be that the Interests of
the state In congress might suffer if an
Instructed delegation were sent to the na
tional convention, since the act of Instruc
tion would be offensive to Speaker Cannon
and the friends In congress of other candi
dates. The enemies of Roosevelt's administra
tion are active, powerful, shrewdy and cun
ning, and will bear a lot of watching, even
in those states where public sentiment Is
overwhelming and enthuslaatlo for bis pol
icies and for Secretary Taft.
CONTRASTS IN CONVENTIONS.
Constitution Making; In Michigan and
Oklahoma.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The constitutional convention of Okla
homa, which completed Its work last year,
and that of Michigan, which adjourned a
few days ago, furnish a striking contrast.
The former apparently thought nothing too
much of an experiment to become a part
of the fundamental law of the new state,
and fairly took away the breath of the
older sections of the country by the nov
elty of some of the Ideas embodied. The
Michigan constitution makers have been
guided by conservatism, refusing to em
brace untried novelties and sticking pretty
closely to lines of rled and proved meas
ures. 'No mention Is made of 2-cent rail
road fare, the question of Injunctions is not
touched upon, while the Oklahoma plan of
guaranteeing bank deposits won no friends.
The Initiative and referendum had a good
many friends In the Michigan convention,
but the only part of their doctrine they
succeeded In drafting into the constitution
was a provision for referring "local acts"
of the legislature to the people of the af
fected communities.
Considerable - opposition Is developing to
the section of the proposed constitution
touching on municipal ownership of public
utilities and of expenditures for' city Im
provements. This article reads:
"Nor shall any city or village acquire
any public utility, grant any public utility
franchise, borrow any money or contract
any debts beyond 1 per cent of the as
sessed valuation of any such city or vil
lage, unless such proposition shall have
first received the affirmative vote of a
majority of the electors who have property
assessed for city of village taxes voting
thereon at a regular municipal election."
This places the determination of an Im
portant question In the hands of voters
who own property, and is contrary to the
spirit of republican institutions as exempli
fied In the great body of American law.
The constitution must of course be sub
mitted to the people of the state for ap
proval and some doubt. Is expressed as to
whether this provision .will stand this pop
ular test
PERSONAL NOTES.
The verdict of tailors, that American
statesmen are not well dressed," Is far more
interesting to the tailors than to the states
men. M. Mourad, the famous Armenian Tevoy
lutlonary leader. Is In Boston. He haS
come to this country to revive among the
Armenians greater hope of freedom and
not to organise a rebellion against the
Turkish government, he declares.
Frederick Holbrook, governor of Vermont
during the civil war, on Sunday celebrated
his 95th birthday. He Is the oldest living
ex-governor and one of the three surviv
ing war governors. In spite of his ad
vanced age he still retains an active in
terest In public affairs.
A San Francisco bank president has been
sent to Jail for flourishing a revolver In
the face of a -depositor who wanted his
money during the panic. The conduct of
the banker was a coarse breach of profes
sional ethics and deserved the penalty, but
what of the man who had the gall to ask
for his money when he wanted It most?
Forty years ago John Karle, an obscure
artist of Pittsburg, painted a portrait of
Andrew Carnegie, who was then superin
tendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Mr.
Carneg'io was so poor at that time that he
could not pay for the portrait. Mr. Earlo
said he would keep It and that some day
It might be valuable. He placed It In his
garret later and forgot all about It. Re
cently he came across the picture and sent
It to Mr. Carnegie. Last week Mr. Car
negie Informed him that ln exchange for
the picture he had placed him. on his pen
sion list, with an annuity of 1300 as long
as he lives.
FROM IHIMO HOTEL
HoU-l St. lU'gls Contrasted With the
Inn of Oldesk Times
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WITHIN REACH OF ALL
Dr. Johnson, who loved to smoke his
pipe at the old Mitre Inn, once remarked,
"There Is nothing which haa yet been
cofftrlved by man by which so much hap
piness Is provided aa by a good tavern."
If the old English inn of his day, with
sanded floor and cob-webbed rafters, Its
wooden benches and pewter ale pots, could
Inspire such an encomium, what would
the author of "Raaseres" aay could he
enter such a great modern hostelry as the
St. Regis In New York?
Here Is a place such aa the great mon
archy of his time would have deilghted
to ocepy. Within its walla are utilities,
beauties, luxury and magnificence of
which these monarch never dreamed.
And yet in the St Regis, contrary to
certain sensational reports that once gain
ed circulation, there la entire absence of
effulgent display and tawdry glitter.
There Is wealth everywhere, but It Is the
wealth of exquisite beauty and harmony.
There Is splendor, but It ia that of per
fect workmaushlp and adaptability to the
one purpose sfer which this hotel van
planned the comfort and convenience of
all who enter It portals.
When we reflect that the enjoyment of
such a delectable and Inviting hotel l
within the means of the ordinary Amer
ican (a large, elegantly furnished room
being obtainable for only It a day, and
the aame with private bath for $G, or a
parlor, bedroom and bath for $12), we
gain some idea of the wonderful popu
larity of this modern establishment.
Another fact which haa contributed
greatly to lta success Is that the charges
In the restaurant are no higher than In
other first-class hotels.
TAFT AND T1IR NEGROflS.
Friendly Advice for Colored Critic"
of the War Secretary.
New York Independent.
We strongly advise our negro friends lo
bo a little slow la swearing that they will
never, never vote for Secretary Taft If he
should be nominated for president. They
had a big- meeting In Prooklyn last week,
at which they demanded. In the name of
lrt.000 negro, voters of Kings county, that
Taft be not nominated. There was present
aa a speaker Brigadier General Andrew C.
Burt, who commanded for ten yr theJ
Twenty-fifth Infantry of colored soldiers,
from which regiment President Roosevelt
dismissed three companies without honor"
for their asserted part In the "shooting
up" ot Mrownsville, and ho made a strong
defense of the record and bravery of the
negro soldiers. It is all right that such a
meeting should beheld In support of Gov
ernor Hughes, whose nomination would de
serve thoir heartiest support but to de
mand "the nomination of aome other can
didate than Secretary Taft for president"
Ha s matter of quite different wisdom or
Justice.
Have our negro friends forgotten how
warmly they praised the action of Secre
tary Taft In holding up President Roose-
veu s .initial order disbanding tnose sol
diers, and could they not gather from that
what his own views might be? Supposing
that he should be nominated, and should
then necessarily retire from the cabinet
and should then be free 'to let the whole
story of his position and action be known,
and It should then appear that he opposed
to the end the dismissal of those soldiers,
and that, when the president Insisted, as
he had the authority to do, Mr. Taft had
to choose between submitting In silence or
resigning from the cabinet, where would
our over-hasty colored friends stand then?
It would have been a flight from duty
for Mr. Taft to resign, for let our negro
friends remember that he had a tremen
dous and Immediately Insistent racial prob
lem on hand, the dealing of Justice to the
10.000,000 of colored men In th,e Philippine
Islands, and lifting them to the position and
rights of free men, possessing the ballot,
which they never had before, and even yet
did not know how to use, and giving them
self-government the possession of a legis
lature with the power of making laws. In
this country 10,000,000 colored men have not
a representative In congress, and scarce
one In the state legislatures of forty-six
states, while M.nno.OOO In the Philippines
fill the lower house and almost half of the
upper house of their legislature with mem
bers of their own race, and act everywhere
as governors of provinces, mayors of cities
and judges of courts; and the man Who has
had the privilege of doing tMs and of
creating the free school system of the Is
landswas he to resign and run away from
that task, a taak for racial Justice and
equality, because he did not, and could hot.
agree with the president on the matter of
the dismissal of 300 or 3(0 men? So long
aa he felt It his duty to remain In the
cabinet It was not his privilege to criticise
the action taken, and It was his duty to
carry out the orders of his superior and
hold his peace. '
Now we do not say that all this was so,
that Mr. Taft was opposed to the end to
the dismissal of those soldiers. He has not
told us, and we have no private source of
Information. We have not thought It de
cent to ask him. But it looks so, and it
may be so; and If this should prove to be
the fact, and be so made known after Mr.
Taft leaves the cabinet It will put these
negro critics who declare they will never
vote for Taft In a very awkward position
as having done a serious injustice to one
who haa done more for racial Justice than
any other man living. We advise them
simply to hold their peace and wait for
information. It they prefer Hughes or
Cannon or Knox or Foraker as the. candi
date, let them say so, but let them not
make threats in advance of .knowledge.
They would probably far prefer Taft to
any other candidate whom Vardaman and
Tillman and Hoke Smith and Jeff Davis
and the states they represent will vote for.
A Hopeful Prospect.
Indianapolis News,
The remarkable success we hve achieved!
In straightening out the finances of Santo
Domingo almost encourages the sanguine
to hope that we may some day be able
to straighten out our own.
A PIANO TALK
FOR THE WOMEN
IP YOU are a thinking woman and
no doubt you are you will think hard
before tfie piano you need in your
home Is purchased.
But the purchase of a piano need
not be the problem it may appear at
first.
It is a significant fact that the
Hospe Piano Store Is the largest in
the west, that its immense sales and
economical management give you the
best serlvce, best pianos and save you
money.
Does It not mean something to you
that the, Hospe store will not pay
commissions antf'marks every piano at
the lowest known cash figures, one
price for every instrument, a price
that is the same to everyone?
Don't you know that if you come to
Hospe's you can't buy anything but
a good piano, and that only honest,
square treatment will he accorded
A. HOSPE CO., 1513 DOUGLAS STREET
BRANCH HOUHKH Council Bluffs, Iowa; Lincoln, Neb.; Keumcy, Neb.?
We do expert IMano Tuning and ItenairinK.
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Athis season of the year when the ground
and street car platforms are apt to be cov
ered with snow or ice, especial care should
be taken by passengers in getting on and
off cars. .
REIVIEMQEsR
Walt Until the Cor Stops!
Get Off the RIGHT WAY!
Assist Us In Preventing Accidents.
OMAHA & COUNCIL BLUFFS
STREET RAILWAY COMPANY
POOR Ott KF.NTVCKY.
The Old Homo Ain't What It Vseft
to Me.
Iouisvllle CourttT-Journal.
There are people In this state a g .rvj
many of whom are In the a.Tirnil assemM),
who seem to think tbat tho most Important
duty of that body Is lo enact legislation
looking lo the prevention of a man-taking
a drink In Kentucky. No wonder tlm Kn
eral assembly cannot find time to do iiny
thing to put down the lawlessness of
Kuklvxlam that Is now cursing the at.it,.
According to thrso philanthropists and
statesmen. It Is more essential that a man's
neighbors shall have the pw r t.i forbid
him drinking a glass of beer, wi-ie or
whisky, or even using any of thorn as
medicine, than It la that his rxrxi.n and
property shall be protected fiom the bullets
and torches of marauding mobs.
TICKLING TUB FINNY IUR.
Mrs. Chugwater Joslah, this paprr sy
a man named Rlrkman has sued tho , ,v
as J a red Ylpuley's next friend. . What U u
that mean?"
Mr. Chugwater Huh! It doesn't mean
anything In this case. No man alive ivi-r
really got next to old Ylpsley. Cliicag,,
Tribune.
"The ldra!" exclaimed Reedor, over hU
paper. "Here's a story of a western man
who shot another becauso he refused to
drink with him. Isn't that awful?"
"Oh, I don't know," replied I.uschman;
"probably th fellow who refused was th
one who had the bottle." l'miadelplda.
Press.
Editor YotirN story's too long. You'H t
have to cut some of this description ot thu
debutante.
Reporter I don't sco what t can cut out
Editor You've got two sticks about hen
rich Titian tresses. Why not make It at
hair cut? Baltimore American.
"Does your husband hold any clvlo office,
madam T" asked tho canvasser,
v'l should say he did!" answered tho
young matron. "He's the maetlo grand
high klllemakew ot the Ancient and Illus
trious Order of Eplrxcrlnctumbangsl" Chi
cago Tribune.
Her husband had come home to dinner ar
hour late. He walked Into the dining room
softly, leaving the outer door open, anil
sat down on the edge of his chair, with his
hat In his hand and his overcoat across
his lap.
"What are you doing that for?" de
manded Mrs Vlck-Senn.
'-In time of peace, my dear," ho said, "t
am preparing for war." Chicago Tribune.
"Pre seems to be quite an Important per.
sonago now."
"Why. he always was and so were tho,
other members of his family. You see. ho
started aa Janitor In a flat, his brother's
a policeman and his slater a cook-lady.".
Philadelphia Press.
"That man Is a great friend of yours,,,
said the campaign assistant.
"Which 'kind of a friend," queried Sen
ator Sorghum, "one who wants to do
something for me or one who wants nm
to do something for him?" Waahington
Star.
"How wonderful It Is." said Cholly, orl.
Inally, "how dogs know things. Now,
there's Fido. I often wonder If he doesn't
have some sort of telepathy, don't vou
know? Don't you believe he has n sixtli
sense a sense that I don't possess?"
"Yes," responded MIrs Cuter, promptly,
"Common sense, I believe it Is called."'
Cleveland Leader.
LAUGH ON, LAI' Gil ON, TODAY.
Laugh on, fair maids! For you
All life is Joyous yet;
And you have all things to punsue,
And nothing to regret;
And every flower to you to Is fair,
And every month is May;
You've not been introduced to care,
Laugh on, laugh on, today!
Old Time will fly his clouds ere long
Upon those sunny eyes;
The voice whose every word Is song,
Will set Itself to sighs;
Your quiet slumbers. hopes and fears
Will haste their rest away;
Tomorrow, you'll be shedding tears,
Laagh on, laugh on, today!
Perhaps your eyes may grow more bright
As childhood's hues depart;
You may be lovelier to the sight,
And dearer to the heart;
You may be sinless still, and see
This earth still green and gay;
But what you are you will not be,
Laugh on, laugh on, today!
I used to have aa glad a face,
Aa shadowless a brow; t
I once could run aa blithe a raco
As you are running now;
But never mind how I behave,
Don't interrupt your play.
And. though I look so very grave.
Laugh on, laugh on, today!
W. M. PRAED.
Perhaps you can be satisfied In somo
other store; you are sure to bo In
Hospe's. Why take any chances?
We have sold thousands upon thous
ands of pianos in Omaha and vicinity
and if what we say about ouraelvej
does not carry weight with you ask
about us of someone who has bought
of us.
Decidedly piano buying Is not so
serious a problem It you come to
Hospe's. Our prices are absolutely
the lowest in the United States and
we are fattory distributors for the
best known makers, including Kranlcb.
& Bach, Krakauer, Kimball, Hallet &
Davis. Bush & Lane,. Melville-Clark, H.
P. Nelson, Cable-Nelson, W'eser Bros.,
Cramer", Eto. You can pay monthly
$5.00 and up.
K you cannot call, write for cata
logues and prices
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