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TTTF, OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY. JULY 15. 1003. Hie Omaha Daily .Be. FOUNDED BT EDWARD ROREWATER. VICTOR ROSE WATER. EDITOR. Entered at Omaha poatofflce as second class matter. TERMS Or flCBSCRIPTlON: I'ally lies (without Sunday), one year..$4Jj Lally Mea and Sunday, one year 00 DELIVERED BT CARRIER: Dally !! (Includlrir Sunday). per week.,15e Dally bee (without Sunday), per weic..l'c Evening B (without Sunday), per week c Evening Ree (with Sunday), per week....!1! Sunday Bee. one rear I.nfl Saturday Bee. one year 1 ,jLt Address all comnlnlnts of lrregi delivery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Rulldlng. South Omaha rity Hall Building. Council Bluffs 16 Scott Street. Chicago 1M Marquette Building. New York-Rooms 1101-U02, No. St Weat Thirty-third Street. . Waahlngton-728 Fourteenth Street N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communlratlona relating to news and edi torial matter ehould be addreaaed: Omaha Bte, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent atampa received In payment of mall accounta. Perennal checks, except on Omaha or eaatern exchange, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION: State of Nebraska. Douglas County, as : George B. Taachuck, treasurer of The Bee Puhllahlng company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number ot full and complete copies of The Dally. Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of June. 190S. was as follows: X 26,80 18 38,490 30,740 3 36,080 4 35400 8 ...38,760 35,830 T 35,800 35,950 t 35,910 10 35,970 11 ..36,350 13 30,020 13 36390 14 38.0E0 18 36,080 IS 38,490 17 35,930 IS 39,110 1( 36,460 to 35,890 81 35,750 83 36,480 83 36,099 84 38,340 85 36,600 80 36,070 88 36,830 89 36,500 30 36,330 Totals 1,089,090 Less unsold and returned copies.. 9,877 Nat total 1,079,313 Dalley average 35,977 OEORQE B. TZSCHCCK, Treasurer. Subscribed la my prenence and sworn to before me this 1st dar of July, 19o. M. P. WALKER, Notary Public. WHEN OCT Or TOWIt. Sakserlbers leaving; tha city tent rarlly aaaaUd sat Tne Be tailed t them. Addreaa will eaaaged a aftaa sub raeat. The colonel and the Kern ought to appeal to southern democrats. A good many democrats will now turn their attention to base ball. "July is Bryan's month," says Wal ter Wellman. November Is Taft's. Oklahoma takes no stock In that old saying that youngsters should be seen and not heard. The Teddy bears are said to be going out of fashion. Probably making way for the Billy goats. The prohibitionists are apparently having as much troubles over mixed Issues as they have over mixed drinks Mr. Bryan says he is "pleased" with the Denver platform. He is even dis posed to be a little proud of his own work. ' Oyster Bay is still on the map even if it has had to move over a little and make more room for Hot Springs and Falrvlew. Cornelius Pugsley haa returned to Schenectady with a rice presidential boom as good as new. It has never . been used. Texas democrats are said to be dis satisfied with the Denver platform be cause It failed to blame the republicans for the boll weevil. Mr. Rockefeller may be cheered by the thought that neither the Chicago nor the Denver platform mentions that $29,240,000 fine. Mr. Bryan announces that if he is elected president he will not be a can dldate again. If he Is not elected but that's another story. As was to have been expected, the democratic World-Herald comeB tard fly to the defense of the vandal who cut down the Taft banner at Lincoln The health department at Washing ton naa started a crusade for more sanitary restaurants. The real need or wasnington restaurants is more food. The Balkan war cloud and the South American revolution have ap peared to divert the attention of those who are not pleased with the action of either political party. Dan Hanna, son of the late senator, has been arrested for using a whip on a reckless automoblltst. If Dan is hard up he can get a popular subscription for his defense by making his wishes known. Omaha's school board is reluctant to encourage concrete construction for school buildings. It does not matter ao much about the concrete construc tion tut it does about the fireproof construction. The police board says that a social club cannot dispense liquor without a license and the court says that no club can take a license out in 1U own name. In the language ot the Mikado, "here's a how-dy-do." It should not be forgotten that the troubles ot the republican city ad ministration In South Omaha all grow out of the legacy of extravagance and recklessness left by the democratic city administration that preceded It. "DIST RKSSISO jO'D VISCUVRAGISG " We beg to acknowledge receipt of a letter dated Columbus, Neb., July 10. 1908, and signed by C. M. Oruenther as secretary of the Bryan Volunteers of Nebraska, soliciting membership In that organization and contribution to Its funds, setting out among other cogent reasons for complying with the request the following: "Nebraska shall not be for Bryan" la the order that goes out from republican headquarters The trusts and corrora tloni wX contribute large sums of money make good that cry. They will move heaven and earth to administer a crush ng defeat In his home mate to Mr. Bryan's principles for which he stands. In Vsbraska they have the advantage of a 84,500 republican majority. Over two thirds of all the newspapers In the stats are against ns. They will be aided by the powerful army of federal and state officials who form a thoroughly organised and well-directed fighting machine. Against these distressing and discourag ing odds we have nothing to offer, except the moral and financial support which comes through the Volunteer movement. In view of the extraordinary efforts Of Mr. Bryan's champions to make peo ple at home and abroad believe that Nebraska is already nailed down in the democratic column, this open con fession is naive and refreshing. The man whose signature Is attached to the letter, C. M. Gruenther, has been hired to solicit contributions to the demo cratic campaign and appeared at the Denver convention with credentials entitling him to represent Mr. Bryan's Commoner. He has been engaged at this work for more than four months, and must speak personally as well as officially of the "distressing and dis couraging" conditions confronting Ne braska democrats. It is not only true that in Nebraska the democrats have "a 24,500 repub lican majority" to overcome, but also that Nebraska has been steadfastly re publican by growing majorities In every state election for nearly ten years, although Mr. Bryan has him self campaigned and canvassed in be half of the democratic candidates every year. Nebraska republicans must not get the idea that they can go to sleep and hold their 24,500 majority, but they should, and do, find encouragment and inspiration in the very facts and conditions which the Bryanites admit are "distressing and discouraging" to them. THE JULY CROP REPORT. The Department of Agriculture's es timate of crop prospects for 1908, is sued July 1, does not differ materially from the June estimate, except in the point of more favorable reports of con ditions, as compared with July 1 of last year. All the staples, with the ex ceptions of Irish potatoes and tobacco, are in a more promising condition than they were a year ago and in every farm crop the rating is well above the ten-year average. The wheat yield is now certain to be larger than that ot last year, and wbjle corn In the lowlands has Buffered from too much rain that crop promises to be even larger than the bumper crop of 1907. The more important point, from the viewpoint of the farmer,' is the practical certainty that the prices for all farm crops, which are far above the ten-year average, will continue to rule high, furnishing assurance that the crop raturns of 190S will run well into the billions and aggregate at least $500,000,000 more than the 1907 yield. The corn crop alone should be worth at least $100,000,000 more than the crop of last year. The government estimates a yield of 692,790,000 bushels of wheat, as com pared with 634.087,000 bushels last year; 2,726,000,000 bushels of corn as compared with 2,592,430,000 bush els in 1907; 1,012,300,000 bushels of oats, compared with 754.443,000 bush els last year, and liberal increases in the yield of rye and barley, bringing the total production of the five cereals In 1908 up to 635,846,000 bushels, as compared with 4,163,733,000 bushels for last year. This certainty of a bountiful harvest offers the surest guaranty of a more speedy return to normal business and industrial condl tions. With the agricultural interests of the nation working under a high pressure demand, with splendid crops in Bight and a good market awaiting the harvest, there must of necessity follow a steady improvement in trans portation Interests and in all allied in dustries. HI Gil SCHOOL EXPASSIOX. The Board of Education has gone on record in favor of adding the south wing to the Omaha High school build ing, the work to be commenced at the earliest practicable time. If the board is in earnest and means what it says, the earliest practicable time for It to commence will not be very far distant. The school board has at its disposal $160,000 remaining from the proceeds of the bond issue voted a year ago and this araouut should suffice to complete the south wing ot the building. The need of additional room is unques tioned and at the present rate of growth of school attendance the pres sure for room will be far beyond pres ent available accommodations before the proposed enlargement can be com pleted and ready for occupancy. The fact is that when the proposi tion to issue $500,000 of school bonds was submitted to the voters a year ago in a blanket form without specifying the particular objects for which the money was to be used the people were led to understand that $200,000 was to be devoted to providing additional high school facilities by the enlarge meat of the present building. Not single member of the board ventured to suggest that this money would be all spent on other school buildings and It any of them had any such Idea at that time they were careful to con real It for fear it might militate against, the voting of the bonds. It neonii to us that It is only keep ing faith with the people for the board to stop further diversion of the build ing fund at this point and to proceed with the construction of the high school, which In time must be fully completed according to the original plans, and which will then be the most conspicuous and monumental public building In our city. mil CLArrv.y ajds .vh. tatt. When the democrats recover from the shock occasioned by the speech of Congressman Henry D. Clayton of Ala bama, as permanent chairman of the Denver convention, doubtless their first action will be to take steps to see that the speech Is not Included in the campaign literature to be used by the party in the impending contest. Un wittingly, of course, Mr. Clayton paid Mr. Taft a great trllute and did much to destroy the efforts of democratic orators and organs who have been try ing dpsperately to prove that Mr. Taft is not in full sympathy with President Roosevelt and the reform policies of the present administration, but Is, in reality, in the hands of the reaction aries. As a member of congress Mr. Clay ton knows better. He knows Mr. Taft as a man and as an official of the gov ernment, and he evidently Bpoke from conviction when he said in his ad dress: in this quadrennial contest Mr. Roose velt has identified himself with Mr. Taft. Mr. Taft has Identified himself with Mr. Roosevelt. The republican party has in separably identified the two together. To praise one you muHt praise the other; to criticise one is to criticise his pursuing shadow. And so, I must say, If It should appear to anyone that In noting and de nouncing abuses and failures on the part of the present administration any license la assumed, I urge the Impossibility of separating the present occupant of the White House from his own anointed one. The president stands sponsor for Mr. Taft. He doslres that the laboring man; that those who would have the govern ment effectively regulate the railroads; that those who would revise and reduce the tariff and destroy the trusts these should believe that Mr. Taft Is not a re actionary, but a militant reformer, satu rated with his ideas and that he will carry out "my policies." Democrats who listened to Mr. Clay ton's address and there were a dozen thousand or more cf them sat in stunned silence as he proceeded to de stroy the strongest argument made by other democrats that Mr. Taft could not be depended on to continue the president's policies, that he was a dif ferent person and would be a different president, more likely to be influenced by the illegal interest against which President Roosevelt has waged deter mined and relentless warfare. Mr Clayton destroyed all that argument by dealing at length upon the essen tlal identity of Roosevelt and Taft in carrying forward republican principles, In supporting the Roosevelt policies for which thousands of democrats recorded their votes in 1904. He has assured the thinking democrats of the country, particularly those who fol lowed Mr. Roosevelt in his campaign for regulation of railroads, the sup pression of illegal combinations in re straint of trade, the enlargement of the powers of the Interstate Commerce commission and the amendment of the Sherman law that to all intents and purposes President Roosevelt and Mr. Taft are to be regarded together. Whatever the democrats may think of Mr. Clayton's address, the republi cans should be grateful to him for frankly and truthfully assuring his democratic colleagues that Mr. Taft when elected, will continue the policies which President Roosevelt has urged and forwarded to the betterment of the whole people. CORPORATt hlQVOR hKEHSKS. Judge Kennedy has handed down a decision from the district bench hold lng that under the existing Nebraska laws a corporation cannot take a 11 cense to sell liquor. This question has been plaguing our license boards for many years and it this decision, is sustained on appeal it will lead to a change in the practice which has grown up of taking out liquor licenses in a corporate name. To a layman the position taken by Judge Kenendy would appear to be sound Inasmuch as our liquor law un dertakes to enforce responsibility upon the holder of the license and requires in addition certain prerequisites in the way of good character and voucher by freeholders that cannot be strictly ful filled by the corporation. Whereas a license to an Individual Is nontransfer able, a corporation can act only through its officers and can change its officers as often as it desires, thus giv ing the corporate license the advantage of transferability denied to an indl vldual's license. There is nothing, hewever, In the law, as we understand it, to preven the officers of corporations taking out licenses in their own name to facill tate the transaction of the corporate business. In that event, so far as the public is concerned, the question in dispute cannot be very vital. A cable dispatch carries the infor mation that the New York to Paris au tomoblllsts have reached Obansk Russia, and expect to get to Paris next week. The worst of the route has been passed and Wth every mile of progress toward western Europe con dttlons are improving. It Is gratify ing to know that tve American car Is still in the lead and is booked to win. Colonel Henry Watterson. editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal, should prepare a guide tor democratic spell binders. Here are Just a few of his choice arguments taken from a recent editorial: "Hegoata of hlga finance;" "patriotism and pensions;" "the lean wolves of plutocracy:" "the hills of Yubadam;" '"the nigger and the trig ger and the Kti-Klnx-Klan." By the time he arrived In New York with his Tammany braves, "Boss" Murphy was not sure whether he had haken hands with Mr. Bryan at the Lincoln railway station. If his mem ory is as bad as that he will be re minded when he ses that beautiful picture of "the tw-o bosses" caught by the camera on the spot in the hand shaking act. A Nebraska man has invented a urntable mall box for use on fural free delivery routes, which Is expected to be popular with the rural mall car riers. An invention of an automatic carrier device on the plan of the cash boxes in department stores, which may come In time, will not be so popu lar with the mall carriers. Missouri river navigation seems to be a favorite subject ith aspirants for congressional honors. If the Mis souri river could only be taken up and relocated so as to empty into the Poto mac at about the point where the na tional capltol stands, it would soon be the favorite travel route for all the politicians. Everybody is now waiting for Mayor 'Jim" to make public an itemized tatement of the receipts and expendi tures of the delegotlon fund which he raised to foot the bills for the Ne braska headquarters and other inci dentals at Denver. Mayor "Jim" Is for publicity, you know. Of the 200 senior at Princeton 160 have confessed to having kissed glrla at some time in their lives. This re duces the number of prevaricators among the Princeton seniors to 20 per cent, which Is better than the average. rrince Helle and Count Bonl are go ing into the courts for the possession of Mine. Gould's two boys. The court would make a wise ruling by turning those boys over to the custody and care of Helen Gould. John D. Rockefeller says he is get ting stronger and In better health every day. The democrats at Denver failed to list Mr. Rockefeller in the list of "menaces to the republic. Judge Parker is putting up at least as good a talk for Bryan as Colonel Bryan put up for Judge Parker after the steam roller got in its w;ork at St. Louis four years ago. It is proposed to take the next fed eral census in April. The change is made to catch the western farmers who have a habit of going to Europe In June. Big: Lead on Whiskers. Chicago Record-Herald. Notwithstanding Mr. Bryan's bare face. it will be seen that the democratic ticket has more than a two-thirds majority or the whiskers. Wlnhed-For Promise Withheld. New York Post. Mr. Brian's pledge that If elected he would not try to be president again was not supplemented by the promise that if defeated he would, not run again. "Keep the Wounds Open." Washington Post. Before the Fourth of July numerous newspapers printea dub ui huvkb unc this: "No matter what else you no re member to keep the wound open." It will surprise no one to see a lot of democrats coming away from Denver with that anti lockjaw hint committed to memory. The Workers and the Knockers. Chicago Inter Ocean. "You find the fault," said Mr. Cannon to his democratic colleagues, "and we do the work." And so It Is In this rather un important matter tf publicity In campaign fund accounting. The democratic party finds fault and makes promises, but does nothing. The republican party declines to dignify a triviality with solemn pledges, but at the expedient time quietly does the work. Did They Keep the hanger Philadelphia Record. Thomas E. Watson's speech accepting the populist nomination for president was calculated to make every man feel poor. Few people realize how much the predatory nlutotrats have stolen from them. But with a wealth of classical Illustrations Mr. Watson makes It clear that the plundered provinces subjected to Roman proconsuls were fortunate compared to our destitute condition. Verres and Sylla, Julius Caesar and Warren Hastings, were mere sneak thieves and plckpockela compared with such highway rotmers as the railroad com- paniea and the bankera and the stock ex changee of the present day. We are lucky to have a carfare to get home with. 1' Kit SON A I. NOTES. Slrs Bryan: "They certainly were good tome!" New York has reopened war on the Ice trust. This is the regular hot weather di version. It soothes the observer and doesn't hurt the trust. Prof. George E. Palmer of Harvard unl versity In a recent lecture said In substance: "The scientific world swung to Darwinism and then swung back; the reltgloua world awung over to the scientific poaitlon, and Is swinging back." William B. McKlnley, who represents the nineteenth Illinois district in congress, Is aid to own and operate a bigger traction car system than any other man in the world. Ita present llnea cover 500 miles, and there are under construction additional llnea that will bring the total up to X). Jane Addams Is said to have a larger constitutency than any college president In the world. Nine thousand men, women and children go to Hull House to attend clubs and claaaes, to learn how to cook, to sew. to make hats, to dance, to paint and to study literature, philosophy and political economy. The St. Louis Republic on Sunday cele brated the centennial of its birth as the Misaour Gazette with an edition of 192 pages in eighteen parte, embracing, in addition to the newa ot the world, a vast amount of historical reviews of the material, social and political development of SL Louts and the great Mississippi region. The anniversary number, the largest ever nrinted In the meat. Is thoroughly representative of west ern prc-greaa. and reflecta credit on the en ergy, skill and ability of puullshers and employe OS PREIDEVTIA1, FIRI0 LIB. la-ntf Iranre of Bryanlte Music at Denver, New York Sun (rep). At Chicago In 1! a mob, drunk on tha borrowed rhetoric of Mr. Bryan, snatched him from seedy obscurity and ret him cn the road to fortune. At Denver now an other mob, carefully trained and com manded, forces lila nomination. The chaste ballad, yelled so agreeably In the ears of the women at the conven tion. "What the Hell Do We Care?" ex presses exactly tha Bryanlac feelings. The eastern states ore thrown away; the elec tion is lost In advance; a little maniac colony like Oklahoma makes more noise and has more Influence In the convention than states whose electoral votes sre In dispensable to a candidate who Is to have any chance to win what the hell do we rare? In the name of democracy democratic principles are violated what the hell da we care? Mr. Bryan Is rich and must be richer. His weekly newspaper must be boomed. His nomination and his platform are a good thing for hlin. As for his party what the hell do we care? There are lovelier refrains, but this one speaks exactly the mind of Bryanlte and antl-Bryanlte. Tie Bryanlte has per formed his obligation to his god. The anil-Bryanlte has no use for politics until that idol is broken and fired out. Republican and Democratic Methods. Denver Post (rep.) The republican party has no "principles." It plants Its political base upon the higher ground of expediency. It holds the worldly conviction that the chief business of a political party is to gain office and hold It with the least annoyance to the larg est number of people. It admires the Declaration of Independer-c e, but It con fines Its platform within the limits of the constitution. And It would never dream of refraining from a policy because It hap pened to be contrary to the republicanism of Hamilton, or Jay, or Madison It respects Its political ancestors, but It Is qult Indifferent to their approval. It takes constant thought for tomorrow, and lets yesterday take care of Itself. Wherefore It has Impressed Itself upon the legisla tion and development of America, while the democratls have been the Diogenes of politics looklns for a man. It Is to be presumed that they think they have found him In William Jennings Bryan of Lincoln. Neb. If their nomination en thusiasm wus reminiscent of a schoolboy whistling past a churchyard to keep up his courage, they command admiration for the fervor with which they "blew their notes." A rarty less famllar with failure could never have taken a resurrected can didacy so cheerfully. They are opposing Taft the man who has said little and done a great many things excellently by Bryan the man who has done nothing and talked for twelve years. And the free people of the greatest republic of history will shortly sit In Judgment upon their claims. In the matter of presidents America has seldom chosen unwisely. Stopping the Clock. Denver Republican (rep.). When It was seen that the nomination could not be reached until a new day had come, a cold chill stole along the spine of democracy In convention assembled. All breathed easier when one with the courage of his superstition raced to the gallery and stopped the clock while It trembled on the verge of Friday. Was It a premonition? It did not check the coming of the dawn. and In spite of the attempt to ward off the hoodoo. Mr. Bryan was saddled with , a Friday nomination. Some there are who will be quick to say that the action waa characteristically demo cratic. The main charge against It as i party Is that It puts the brakes on prog ress and sets back the clock to prevent Its being worn out. A Tooch of Humor. 8t. Louis Times (Ind.). There Is a touch of humor In the Bryan public statement which says that the party acted freely and without compulsion. If ever a nomination came aa a result of ac tlen on the part of the state bosses, this one did. In every part of the country tha democratic leaders caused Bryan Indorse ments to go Into the convention records of 1306. At that time Mr. Bryan was abroad and very popular. When he got home he began to mako mischief by his speeches. hut the various state organisations had gone on record, and it was Impossible to make a change, for the reason that In nearly every Instance the local machinery was is some way Involved. Gray might have had a chance but for this condition of affairs. Mr. Bryan's nomination Is ab solutely an affair of the state leaders. Mr. Kern of Indiana, Kansas City Times (Ind.). The natural theory that Mr. Kern has been chosen to help Mr. Bryan carry In diana must he dismissed as untenable. He has held a few local offices. It Is true, and was once elected to the state senate. But Governor Durbln defeated him In 1900 by -3,000, practically the same plurality that McKinley had over Bryan the same year, If the difference In the total votes is considered. In 1904, Governor Hanley de. feated him by 84,000. This Is not the record of a vote getter. If Mr. Kern has qualifications that fit him to preside over the I'nited States sen ate or to succeed to the presidency In case of the death or Incapacity of the chief executive, those qualficatlons have not manifested themselves In his career. Talk About Steam Hollers. Washington Post (Ind.). The "steam roller" at Chicago aroused some murmurs of disapproval. Its flat tened victims were at least left with enough vitality to cry out their pain. It was said by some harsh critics that the adminis. tratlon silenced the wails of the mangled with an axe. Hut the work of the Chicago steam roller brigade was crude when com pared with that of the Denver charioteers. 8ve Colonel Guffey's one last peep, there has been no plaint worth hearing. The victims did not even stand before Mr. Bryan's machine and make a fight. They simply waited till It came then wilted In its path. They had been drugged given candy with some of the Lincoln brand of Ipecac In it. The results were thorough and painless. There were no cries from the mangled and no need of an axe to make them behave like good Indiana. The "dope" had done the work. Rryaalt Sound and Fury. St. I .mils Globe-Democrat (rep) If nols? and votes were the same thing. Mr. Bryan would have served two presi dential terms long ago, Instead of still being In pursuit of somethlrg thst recedes from him as the years go by. He was beaten In his first race by an electoral vote of 271 to 17s and by a popular majority of Sol, &4, the largest ever given, except In the Grant-Gref ley campaign. Yet the noisy claims in l''.! were prodigious. Mr. Bryan tried It again In 1V0 and was defeated by an electoral vote of Z)'! to 1SS and by a popular majority of W6,4:i, which is the record. That was also a campaign of whooping and the most sanguine expecta tions, if they were sincere. The "peerless one" moved In an atmosphere of seeming tremendous enthusiasm until November punctured the Inflated contrivance. Eight years have gone by and the con vention that haa nominated this phenomenally-beaten candidate a third time got up a great roar of noise and spectacular march ing over the mention of his name, the demonstration lasting an hour and a half. It was a pumped-up affair and timed by the claque that prearranged It. It was as hollow when searched for substantial things are the play-out Issues that mark Bryan's successive campaigns, and that he has discarded himself. Such another hero waa General Boulanger, who was supposed to be a prodigy of popularity until his fic tion ran Ita course and Ms career sputtered out. The Bryan noise Is a sham, hut the sham will run. as usual, until November. It la the best a forlorn hore party can offer. THAT TAFT B A X X K It . Hastings Tribune: That big Taft ban ner at Lincoln expresses the sentiment of the republicans of the entire slat of Ne braska, and therefore can In no way be construed as a slap at Bryan. Friend Telegraph: Considerable gu-gaw haa been gotten up over the erection of a Taft banner on O street at Lincoln. It Is undoubtedly the caae that the destruction if this banner will not bring the opposing forces any extra votes In Lincoln. Valentine Republican: The tearing down of republican campaign banners at Lin coln by those in opposition to Taft will not win anything favorable to democracy. Each party haa a right to float upon the breese banners of their favorite cundldates. Nebraska City Press: The action of some Bryan sympathisers In cutting the cable holding the Taft banner over the street In Lincoln will do no harm to the Taft supporters In this state and will do no good for the democratic cause. While the people of Lincoln should take pride In having a citiien candidate there Is no rea son why the people who do not believe with him politically should do more than extend to him- the courtesy that every good man should extend toward another'a good fortune. Tekamah Journal: "Nebraska for Taft" Is the slogan Chairman Hayward and the republican atatn committee hava flung to the breexe In a huge banner in Lincoln. The democrats are so uncharitable and some republicans of that city also, as to cry out against what they term Is a dis courtesy to W. J. Bryan. It Is no dis courtesy and none Is Intended. Nebraska Is a republican state and Lincoln Is a re publican stronghold and the republicans would be derelict In their political duties did they not say plainly that they pro pose to keep their city and state free from the weakening Influences of the democratic party. Fremont Tribune: The arbitrary, rough shod methods of the Bryan majority at Denver were enforced there because It was a party convention, but these same tactlca will not be tolerated In Nebraska. If there be but one man In this whole state In favor of Taft for president he has the right to display his banner and Indicate his preference. But Nebraska Is a republi can state and a majority of the people will not view with toleration or complais ance any such arbitrary, not to say vicious action as that at Lincoln. That city Is a strong republican city. Mr. Bryan has twice run for the presidency. Both times he lost his voting precinct, his ward, city and county. He will do so again. The republi cans of Nebraska resent the outrage of the vandals and they confidently expect State Chairman Hayward whose courage has never been at a discount to successfully Im personate Barbara Freltchle and keep the banner flying. ONE OF THE BIG WONDERS. Kings Corn's Annual Boost of Na tional Prosperity. Philadelphia Press. American corn la one of me wonders of the world. It Is big in any way you look at it. In dollars it 1 worth double that of any other crop grown in any country on earth. Tha majesty of Uncle Sam's cornfield this year surpasses, all understanding. If every foot of ground In Pennsylvania. New York and New Jersey were planted In one solid field It wouldn't match the one that Is to day being cultivated. As becomes the giant crop of mother earth, corn surpasses all others in swift ness of growth. When farmers exultlngly declare they can hear the corn grow It la the literal truth In ten weeks the stalks attain their full average height of about eight feet. The 100,000,000 acres of waving green corn fields are today like a banner of hope. They promise abundance and more com fort to all the people of this fortunate land. Nothing that cornea out of the ground all around the world can rival In real grandeur American corn as k appears In mid-July unless It be the mountains of yellow ears that will fill tha granaries in autumn. Tha Petrslmlat The Optimist An Honest Cut 20 per cent discount on all our men's, boys' and children's light weight clothing. (Except full dres, Tuxedo and Prince Albert suits.) The merchandise bearing the name of Browning, King A Co. is in a claas by itself. Quality is guaranteed by the name. When we cut prices it is for a good reason equally good for you and for us we both save money by the process. This is not offering gold dollars for 80 cents, but a genu lne reduction of prices. This sale starts Wednesday morning and Includes our en tire stock of light weight clothing. 'BrQwning.King 0eW South weat Corner Fifteenth and Douglas Streets. R. B. WLLCOX. Hanager. LIXE" TO A IAI OH, "I shall not accept a second term," saM the nominee flrmlv. Vatnlv ther sought to dissuade him. i nlfss." he said, with finality, "It s On y hv making people believe that they could be Induced to give me a ghost of a chance at the first term." Philadelphia Ledger. "A man In politics cannot be expected to love hla enemies " "No," answered Senator Sorghum, "ha can't love 'em. But. occasionally, away down In his heart, he must have a certain respect for their judgment." Washington Btar. "I see," said Waggshy. behind hla morn ing paper, "there Is a great uprising In the east." "What? A rebellion In Tersla?" cried his Interested guest. "No; only the sun." Baltimore American. Archie Paw Jove, the wind Mew a spark from me pipe against me neck lust now! Reggie I noticed there seemed to he a smell of burning rubber In the air. Chicago Tribune. "See here!" Indignantly cried the tran sient guest, "here's a collar button In tht stew." "O! that's a mistake, sir." replied the waiter. "A mistake?" "Yes. sir; we. never give extras except to our regular customers." Catholic Standard and Times. "Colonel, I have made a bet with a po lltlral enemy of yours that you will tell me how you are going to vote next fall. Do I lose?" "No. you win. I'll tell yon. HugRles, hut I wouldn't do It for anybody else. I'm going to vote an Australian ballot." Chi cago Tribune. "That waiter's an Idiot." "What's the matter now?" "I asked him to bring me a water cracker." "Well?" "And here he brings ma an Ice pick." Cleveland Leader. "Of course, you are a great advocate of Industry," said the serious person. "Well," answered Farmer Corntossel, "when It comes to an opinion 'bout In dustry I e'pose I'm purty much like any one else; It depends on whether I'm doln' the work myself or hlrlif It done." Wash ington Star. Til K YEAHM. PKSSIMIST. Chicago Record-Herald. I am longing for the country, with its many shades of green, I am weary of the city; I would seek some shady scene Where the wind is gently blowing past old fashioned hollyhocks, Where sweet Williams in abundance bloom beside the brilliant phlox; I would gladly lie out yonder, looking up ward where some tree Spread Its welcome shade above me and a song bird spilled Its glee. I am longing for the country; I would like to leave the town Where the smoke pours In my window and the soot comes swooping down; I am weary of the clanging and the never ceasing roar That the builders are producing where they hurry things next door; The steam is loudly hissing while I try to work away, And I hear the foreman swearing as a fore man only may. I am longing for the country, I would like to Journey far From the busy, dusty precincts where the toiling thousands are; I would like to He out yonder, far from all the noise and dirt, Wparlng but a pair of trousers and a short sleeved undershirt. Lying on my back and dreaming, 'neath some gently swaying tree. While the farmer's lovely daughter bummed a sweet old song to ma. I am longing for the country; but I fear that If I went They would find some way to fret me with sad disillusionment: Probably the farmer's daughter would not charm me with her grace She might play a squeaky organ and hava freckles on her face; And I don't supnose the farmer would be willing at the price I could pay. to make provision to keep . . anything on Ice. xkavs coi CALLOUS C&MF0UKD Aa aboolntn aura twr mi MUtuM. Said saara a snsarantoa ear or tmrnmry "rnnded. sTOrst ausaUentlon adlnya all tnnassunafura aaa ess-sasaa. At yen armaartat'a. 25 Cents Use WALK EASY F0OTPOWDBR for ytror tirtd, sweaty, aching feat, S6c Or mailed jrou direct bhi receipt of price. CAC1US REMEDY CO., KANSAS CITY. MO. Thta Is hot work. But necessary. a II s Company 1