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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION:
State of Nebraska. Douelaa County, as.:
George R. Tzschuek, treasurer of The
nee publishing company, being auiy
sworn, says that the actual number of
full and complete copies of The Dally,
Mornln. Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during the month of June, 1908. was as
iniiow:
3S.8J0
.35,740
36.030
35300
35,760
35,880
f 35,000
3S,60
36,810
35,970
36,360
86,090
13 (5,890
1 ...36,000
IS 36,080
15 38,490
1( 38,490
17 35,930
It 39,110
19 36,460
80 35,890
81 35,750
88 30,480
93 3k, 099
84 38,340
85 36.600
86 38,070
28... 36,830
89 36,600
30 36,330
Totals 1,089,090
Less unsold and returned copies. . 9,677
Net total 1.079,313
Dailey. average 36,977
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chanced as often aa requested.
Will Tammany's contribution
marked "tainted" this year?
be
Of "course, under the rules, Mr. A.
Vonymous will be allowed to con
tribute more than $100 to the Bryan
tund.
Lloyd's Is offering Insurance against
the election of Mr. Bryan. Lloyd's
Is famous .for Its luck In picking safe
risks.
Ten days still remain in which the
aspirants can get in their application
or office The outlook promises a
busy time.
The Society for the Prevention of
Unnecessary Noises may as well take
a vacation until the second week in
November.
"Rest Is a wonderful beautlfler,"
says an exchange. Perhaps, but the
politicians will not allow many of us
to have one.
Luther Burbank should reconsider
his determination to enter politics.
There are already too many grafters
In that game.'
By cutting his speech of acceptance
lown to a few thousand words Mr.
Taft has cinched the vote of the tele
graph editors.
The laborer In the city and the
farmer in the country will soon be told
'.hat the safety of the republic depends
jpon his vote.
"I know. what defeat is," says Gov
ernor Johnson of Minnesota. He has
no advantage in that respect over
Colonel Bryan.
Of course, the corporation that
wants to give the democratic commit
tee a big donation will naturally look
tor a side entrance.
Mr. Bryan says he will carry Tam
many without any trouble. He will
tart with a heavy load if he under
takes to carry Tammany.
Kerosene Is now being touted as a
cure for snakebite. Fishermen, how
ever, will cling to. the old remedy
which Is taken internally.
Judge Parker is going to spend some
time on the Pacific coast. Probably
he Is hoping to find the man who voted
for him out there in 1904.
"Democrats should not remain
apart," says Colonel Watterson. Still,
when they get together there Is usually
a hurry call tor the police.
The council and the gas company
are about to lock horns over the qual
ity of gas. Just where the consumer
comes In does not appear.
The new street overseer of Boston Is
named Emerson, but he Is not the Em
erson about whom the Bostonlans talk
so much and know so little.
Mr. Bryan objected to being norni
'nated on Friday. Still Tuesday Is Mr.
Bryan's unlucky day, at least he has
ilways been defeated on Tuesday.
Charles YV. Morse has repaid some
thing like $250,000 of the money lost
through his failure In business. The
Morse code should be more popular. '
The Bee's correspondent who thinks
that If rug park will be needed for a
cemetery should cheer up. Conditions
in Omaha are such as require live ones,
not dead ones
THt DKfSCTlOS tBVM BHTAX
While Mr. Bryan and his newspaper
champions are trying to make light of
Mr. Hearst's notice that he will not
support the Denver platform nor the
democratic ticket, It Is evident that all
of the party managers are keenly con
cerned over the evidences of defection
In the ranks of the former Bryan sup
porters. Mr. Br) an Is constantly re
ferring to the fact that he received
over 6,000.000 votes In each of his
races for' the presidency, while Judge
Parker received but a little more than
G, 000, 000 votes In 1904, but he Ig
nores, although fully aware of the
fact, that he faces entirely different
conditions In the present fight.
In 1896 Mr. Bryan ran as the choice
of an assortment of political organiza
tions, Including the democrats, the sil
ver republicans and the populists, and
had the endorsement of Hearst, who
then had a strong hold on the labor
vote. Tom Watson was Bryan's popu
list running mate on the two-tailed
ticket and It Is a matter of record and
common knowledge that a large pro
portion of the 6.500,000 votes re
ceived by Bryan that year was at
tracted by that organization. As a
matter of fact the democratic party
was in practical dissolution that year
and was captured by populist Ideas and
populist organizations. . This year
Watson Is the nominee of the populist
party and Is making a bitter and de
termined fight against Bryan, whom
he accuses of having betrayed the
populist party and deserted the princi
ples and policies he championed with
such vigor In 1896 and in 1900, when
he stood as an ultra-radical and drew
support from all the minor parties of
unrest.
The socialist vote was also largely
for Bryan In 1896 and In 1900. In
1896 the socialist candidate received
less than 20,000 votes. With Eugene
V. Debs as a candidate In 1900, the
party polled 87,000 votes, the majority
of the socialist radicals still going to
Bryan. In 1904 the Debs vote was
402,283 and Debs is predicting that
his party will poll at least 1,000,000
votes In the present campaign. Debs
Is opposing Bryan as strongly as he
opposed Parker, and the socialist vote
In 1904 showed that it was drawn al
most wholly from the democratic can
didate. In addition to the populist and so
cialist defections, Mr. Bryan Is faced
with the assurance of a complete loss
of the Hearst party, vote. This Inde
pendence party was organized after
1900. In 1907 it polled 121,000 votes
In New York and 75.000 in Massachu
setts, and with a national ticket In the
field this year will draw liberally from
the elements that have heretofore sup
ported Mr. Bryan and will make his
success impossible in New York, New
Jersey and Illinois, where the Hearst
following is numerically strong. The
Hearst" party, the socialists and the
popullste withheld their support from
Judge Parker In 1904 and were re
sponsible for the poor showing he
made, and these three elements are all
strongly arrayed agalnBt Bryan in the
fight of 1908, while against their de
fection he has no offset upon which
he may rely with any degree of confi
dence. A YFAHS FvBEIGS TFADE,
Despite the industrial and commer
cial depression that prevailed during
the last six or seven months of the
fiscal year ending with June 30, 1908,
the trade balance for the year, in favor
of the United States, was the largest
In the country's history, being In
excess of $666,000,000, or more than
$1,600,000 a day. The closing month
of the fiscal year showed a neat gain
In both imports and exports, holding
a hint of a general resumption of nor
mal conditions In the foreign trade.
The combined imports and exports for
the twelve months were $3,055,000,-
000, being a decrease of nearly $300,
000,000 from the record of the former
fiscal year, but the decrease was al
most entirely in imports. The de
crease In exports from the former year
was but $20,000,000.
Anal) sis shows that the depression
existing throughout the country served
to slightly increase the export of man
ufactured products, while the exports
of foodstuffs were unusually large.
But this same Influence of commercial
depression worked quickly and effec
tively In reducing Importations, with
the net result of leaving to the credit
of the country the largest balance of
exports ever recorded. Only once be
fore haa such a balance above $666.
000,000 been closely approached, and
that was In 1901, when the balance
was $664,000,000.
SOfJTHER.V Af n'fPArKBS.
It Is accepted by politicians of all
parties that the majority of the states
In the "solid south" will cast their
electoral votes for Mr. Bryan, but
"there Is abundant and cumulative evi
dence that they will vote for him
from force of habit and without en
thusiasm. The leading newspapers of
the south reflect this sentiment by
either openly confessing their uncon
cern as to the result of the election or
admitting the hopelessness of success
under the standard of the twice-defeated
leader. Here are some Inter
esting excerpts from recent Issues of
southern democratic newspapers:
Macon (Ga.) Telegraph: "I announce that
if I am elected ) shall not be a candidate
for re-election "William J. Bryan. This
Is a graceful act. but perhaps It would be
a still more graceful act, very generally
approved. If he would announce that if de
feated he will not be a candidal tor a
fourth nomination. There ought to be some
limit to the number of nominations aa
well a to the number of terms.
Richmond Tlmsa-Dlapatch: The sum
total of the candidate and the platform of-:
fere no rallying cry to the Tlmee-lnspatch's
enthusiasm.
Charleston News and Courier: We atill
fear, notwithstanding our own resolute pur
pose to do tireless work for the election
of Mr. r.fyan that the enthusiasm for him
In this state Is as thin as It Is wide, and
we are not sanguine thst even $25.00 will
be raised for hip assistance. Pre
suming that there are sn.nm Rryanltes In
South Carolina, we dnre predict that they
will not contribute an aggregate of t4.0N)
to the election of Mr." Bryan, which Is to
say that they do not rare a glass of soda
wster or a fi-cent cigar each whether he
be elected or not. ' What the hell do they
carer- ,'ilf
fcavannah News: That Chatham county
democrats are lukewarm over the nomina
tion of William Jennings Bryan for the
presidency was clearly shown yesterday
when expressions from them were solicited.
They were not surprised that the Com
moner was the choice of the convention,
but thpy refused to enthuse over him.
Some powerful Influence will have to be
brought to bear upon them before they
will be stirred out of this apathy.
Baltimore Sun: Of one thing there can
be no doubt and thnt Is that his (Bryan's)
nomination for the third time, while In no
sense a surprise, is a distinct disappoint,
ment to a large section of his party.
With Missouri, 'Kentucky, Tennes
see and North Carolina admittedly
fighting ground, Mr. Bryan's nomina
tion may accomplish one result that
would be beneficial to both the old
parties the political breaking up of
the solid 60uth.
tiEBHjSKA S ,E W ASSESPMFST.
The work of the assessors in Ne
braska for the current year, as shown
by returns to the state board, Indicates
that the new revenue law is working
well. The burden of taxation is be
ing more justly and equally distributed
than ever In the history of the state.
Prophesies were freely made at the
time of the enactment of the law that
certain of its provisions would not be
found operative in practice, but experi
ence has fully justified the wisdom of
the legislators In adopting the statute.
It Is not a perfect law and may yet re
quire some amendment, but it has done
its work, so far, in a very satisfactory
way.
Property has been listed for taxation
at something very closely aDDroxi-
mating its actual cash value. This is
proven by the announcement of one of
the railroad companies that an applica
tion for a writ of mandamus has been
withdrawn. The company protested,
or pretended to protest, against values
placed on lands and lots throughout
the state and asked that the court Is
sue an order to direct the State Board
of Assessment to increase the valua
tion placed on lands. Close examina
tion of the figures, made by agents of
the protesting railroad company, has
disclosed that the values set down by
the assessors are very close to actual
values as disclosed by the record of
transfers.
This condition has resulted In a very
noticeable increase in the total of the
assessment roll of the state. Its chief
est effect, however, Is to assure all
property owners that they are being
taxed alike. Now, when the railroad
property is finally entered on' the as
sessment rolls on the same basis as
private property the revenue law will
be fulfilling its purpose.
The veteran William M. Stewart, for
mer United State senator from Nevada,
who was one of Bryan's most ardent
champions In 1896, now declares that
the Denver candidate Is "nothing but
a political acrobat." The senator adds:
"Show me the political limb he has not
lit on and then flown from at every
adverse wind." The senator evidently
shares Mr. Hearst's opinion of "a
chameleon candidate."
Endorsing Candidate Kern, the At
lanta Journal says:
A man who could entertain strong con
victions In favor of the gold standard In
189ti Is a man whose courage and clearness
of vision may safely be relied upon.
Whatever Mr. Kern's "strong con
victions" on the money question may
have been in 1896, he is on record
as voting for Bryan and free silver
that year.
The activities of the Commercial
club along all lines that tend to the
building up of Omaha have been such
as seem to make the desired 1,000 for
membership an easy proposition. The
club was never In a better condition or
more active mood and surely deserves
the support of all who are interested
In the growth of the city.
The Fire and Police board i now
being attacked from another angle by
the "social service" committee of the
Ministerial union. Governor Sheldon
will be given an opportunity to share
with the commissioners the burden of
"reform" for Omaha.
It Mayor Jim could only swing his
lariat over the state as he does over
local officeholders he would have little
trouble getting that nomination. The
difficulty he encounters is that Berge
and Sballenberger are not on the
Omaha pay roll.
As for supporting the democratic
candidate this year, Mr. Hearst begs
leave to remark in plain words that he
has no use for "a chameleon candidate
who changes the color of his political
opinion with every varying hue of op
portunism." Candidate Kern advised his neigh
bors to read both tbe democratic and
republican platforms carefully and
then cast Intelligent votes. Mr. Taft
will appreciate Mr. Kern's good work
for the republican ticket.
Tom Tagsart is given credit for the
nomination of Kern for vice president.
Tom evidently remembers when Mr.
Kern defended him when he was
charged with running a gambling
house at French Lick.
One thing Mr. Bryan will miss this
year, and that Is, his opportunity to
point to the sympathy between wheat
and silver. Silver Is selling at about
the same price it commanded In 1896.
while wheat has enhanced Its value by
more than 100 per cent. This Is prob
ably the reason why the sacred ratio
was abandoned along with some of the
other heresies taught In Coln'8 school
of finance.
"Wouldn't It be a Joke on the repub
lican party If Mr. Bryan should carry
Pennsylvania?" asks the Jacksonville
Times-Union. Yes. indeed, and also a
Joke on Pennsylvania.
The commercial agencies report a
marked dullness In the cooperage In
dustry. Even the politicians are com
plaining of the shortage in the number
of ' bar'ls."
The era of good feeling between Lin
coln and Omaha deserves encourage
ment. Business men of both commu
nities shonld plan now to keep the ball
rolling.
Glvlnsr Prosperity Posh.
Baltimore American.
Russia Is about to double-track the Siber
ian railroad, and this country will furnish
the rails. That Is a prosperity Item for the
United States, and maybe also for Russia.
Lamentations of the Illch.
Philadelphia Ledger.
When Fish was frozen out of Illinois
Central there was much sympathy for him,
but he loses It all by bemoaning the sor;y
lot of the rich man reduced to a mere $50,-
000 a year.
Clinging to Their Jobs.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The election of United States senators by
popular vote Is recommended by several
political parties, but the United States
senate continues to stubbornly refuse to be
converted to the Idea.
No Damage Done.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Judge Gray admits that he was on the
point of obtaining an Injunction against
those who were using his name at Denver.
He could not, however, prove that they had
done to hlin any Injury.
Plucked on- All Sides.
Philadelphia Record.
The consumer has no friends. Every
body can get rich by getting a few cents
from the consumer. One cent Is a trifle,
but one cent from every person In the
United States would make ISjC.OOO. It
would do anyone a whole lot of good to
get nearly a million dollars, and It would
only be one cent from every person In the
United States.
Monopoly of Wind.
New York Tribune.
It Is announced that the democratic na
tional committee will employ no "spell
binders" this year. Mr. Bryan will talk
Into the phonograph, and The Commoner
will be circulated foV campaign literature.
But Is not such a monopolistic program
antagonistic to the Denver platform's
declaration that no monopoly ought to con
trol more than 50 per cent of any line of
output?
A Summer Mania. '
Baltimore Sun.
In the good old summer time there seems
to be a mania among certain citizens to
get human life In Jeopardy. The boat-rock-
Ing maniac Is a historic character, but he
has been to some extent driven by an In
dignant public tram the, business of drown
ing people. The tnan who playfully pre
sents a gun at his friends under the delu
sion that It is unloaded Is, like the poor,
always with us,-' and from this kind of
dangerous lunatic there seems to be no es
cape. Another dangerous creature who
should be locked up Is the fellow who goes
about armed with a rifle or pistol which
he shoots at random into the air, regard
less of the fact that a bullet so shot must
return to the earth somewhere. If a human
being should happen to occupy the spot
where the bullet Is to strike, of course that
human being must suffer. But this faot
does not detei the gentleman who Is amus
ing himself In this sprightly manner.
WAGES AND FREIGHT RATES.
Relation of Ose to the Other Shown
by Statistics.
New York World.
On the payrolls of the railroads of the
United 8tates there were last year 1,672,074
employes. They received for their services
$1,072,38,427. This would be am average
for everybody, from president to switch
man, from superintendent to track laborer
of only $641. Making the salaries of $S,0OU
or over a class . by , themselves, the aver
age pay of all the engineers, firemen,
conductors, brakeman, switch-tenders,
watchmen and clerks Is less than $2 a
day.
These figures taken from the statistical
report of the Interstate Commerce com
mission, would seem to be conclusive evi
dence that railroad wages as a whole are
not too high.
As for the sister claim that If wages are
not reduced freight rates must be Increased
the same official figures give the gross
profits over the operating expenses as
1840,69,764. The operating expenses, beside
the billion dollars Iro wages. Included 1670,.
000,000 for fuel, equipment, repairs, main
tenance and other current expenses.
The net earnings of MO,noo,OtiO are equlv.
alent to 6 per cent on a capitalization of
Ilfi.R00.0O0.0n0. Of the rt earnings more
than half went to dividends and surplus,
and less than half to pay Interest and
sinking funds on the bonds.
Whether the profits of a railroad are
reasonable and adequate car.not be told
from Ita capitalization. The Chicago and
Alton, for Instance, earned more than 7
per cent on Its capitalization before Ed
ward II. Harrlman watered the stock and
Inflated the bonds. That the new common
stock pays no dividends is no proof that
either wages ahould be reduced or freight
rates increased. Railroads which have not
watered their stocks and Issued bonds to
Increase the profits of high finance are
enormously profitable properties today.
Lackawanna stock sells at 00 and over.
New Haven stock sold at more than twice
par before high finance Inflated It.
Here Is where the rjecessity comes for a
physical valuation of railroad property.
Some roads must charge higher rates than
others to secure an adequate return on
their Investment. A road running through
a mountalrxus country costs more to build
and operate than a road on a prairie run
ning at grade.
The proposition that th officials should
Increase freight rates 10 per cent would
levy an Increased burden on busings,
commerce and consumption of JlW.000,0O a
year. Before this burden should be Im
posed the railroads should meet the bur
den of proof, first, as to their capitaliza
tion and actual investment; second, as
to the reasonableness and adequacy of the
present returns thereon, and third, as to
whethrr the evil straits Into which iume
railroads have rallen are not due to the
lack of honesty, to stock speculations ana
the get-rlch-quick methods of the men In
charge ot . them. rthr than to any lack
of earning capacity If properly, managed
at low rates.
THAT Bt?lER EPISODE.
Springfield Monitor; Lincoln republican
who did not approve of a Taft bar.ner be
ing hung across a street during the visit
of thousands of democrat to their city
last week, and had the nerve to ssy so,
sre threatened with the punishment of hav
ing the republican state headquarters
moved from Lincoln..
Humboldt leader? Isn't there rom In
Lincoln for banners of both political par
tie. Shame on the petty controversy which
resulted in partisans of one side tearing
i in n ranniT erectea by their opponents.
ouch actum can result In no good to the
perpetrstirs. who are despised alike by
ralr-mlnded men of all parties.
Bradshaw Republican: This editor ha
always favored Lincoln as the proper plac
or iirnoquariers ror the republican stale
committee, but If the people of our state
capital have so far degenerated from the
true spirit of Americanism that a political
party Is not allowed to display Its party
banner before Its headquarters, we say re
move the headquarters somewhere else
Even old Omaha would be preferable.
Aurora Republican: Not for years before
have the republicans of Aurora been so
thoroughly aroused as they were by the act
of vandalism which destroyed the Taft ban
ner In Lincoln. They have no sympathy
with the spirit of a party which would tol
erate such a deed and their teeth are set
in determination to avenge the Insult to re
publicanism by carrying Hamilton county
ror tart and the whole republican ticket
Kxetcr Enterprise: Some crazy fool cut
down a Taft banner In front of the repub
llran state headquarters at Lincoln and 1
iew inoi many) republicans are attempting
to make political capital of it. Such at
tempts to give prominence to an event of
this kind certainly show a lack of argu
ment on the real Issues In Nebraska, if
the act of vandalism was committeed by a
democrat he was a weak mlr-ded fool tn
whom no attention should be paid. If by
a republican It was done to stiffen un
lines which are said to be getting quite
weak in the capital city.
Nellgh Leader: All good citizens will re
gret the tearing down of the Taft banner at
Lincoln by varjdals a few days ago. It
was stretched across the street from
the republican headquarters and threats
of Its destruction had been made; yet no
one thought they would bo carried out.
The event has called forth a storm of In
dignation from every section of the state
arjd country, and the democratic Dartv Is
Justly censured for containing an clement
that so readily appeals to the arguments of
the outlaws and toughs. Yet is was sup
posed that Nebraska was largely free from
the taint.
Sidney Telegram: If the Lincoln demo
cratic followers of Bryan endorse the
dastardy outrage in that city In the tell
ing uown or the Taft banner on July 8.
mcy win lose votes for their chief in
every state where the news is read. Silence
win betoken their approval of the midnight
vandalism. It Is now the part of the
democratic press to denounce the Insult
10 ine cuy 01 Lincoln and the state of
Nebraska without regard to party or poll
tics. Happily most men are loyal citizens
whether democrats, republicans, or of the
younger parties and, praise God, most men
are gentlemen whether day laborers or re
tired bankers. Because of these facts It
Ih a pleasant thought that probably as few
people knew of or took part In the Lincoln
affair as are usually interested In any
lawless moo rule; still for the sake of
the world at large It Is the duly of the
Nebraska press to denounce the outrage.
To tear down the banners or portraits of
the opposite party Is peurlle, unavailing
and insulting; to erect banners and por
traits of one's own candidates Is perfectly
proper and the legitimate method for at
tracting attention away from the enemy.
There are ethics In politics as wsll as In
drawing rooms.
Aurora Republican: The republicans of
Nebraska are saying a strong "amen" to
the words of Chairman Hay ward In his re
fusal to haul down the Taft banner. The
city which is not big enough to permit the
rioatlng of a Taft banner from the head
quarters of the state central committee at
all times is not big enough to hold these
headquarters. The republicans of Ne
braBka would not Insult Bryan or any other
democratic presidential candidate. Neither
are they disposed to stand for the insult
flounted In their faces by the tearing down
of the Taft banner. Bryan, personally. Is
not responsible for the Insult. It Is the re
sult of that silly sentimentality which has
developed In Lincoln because of the dollars
those pilgrimages to "Bryan's town" have
promised to bring. And In so far as the
Lincoln republican press Is responsible for
this sentimentality It is responsible for the
banner outrage. Nebraska republicans are
proud to havo a Nehraskan head the demo
cratic ticket, but they are not going to
abandon all the political principles and tra
ditions by which they have been Inspired
from the time of Lincoln to the time of
Roosevelt, by voting for Mr. Bryan, and
they are not pleased to see the republican
state central committee handicapped by
Lincoln people, In Its attempts to carry on
the campaign which they have placed In Its
hands.
Beatrice Times: A loyal citizen who
thinks for himself inevitably experiences
two distinct sensations In looking at the
tearing down of the Taft banner in Lincoln
a few nights ago. One Is that the cause of
Taft and his aupporters Is furthered by
this act of vandalism. The other Is that
this furtherance of the cause of the repub
lican ticket Is shrouded In shame at the
thought that there should be In a state of
the north a man or set of men to do such
violence to the well-nigh unanimous senti
ment of this portion of the union that the
right lawfully to support one's choice of
candidates for office shall not be ques
tioned. Had this event occurred In one of
the democratic states of the south nothing
In particular would have been thought of
It. Mr. Bryan enters the political contest,
as he has done In two other national cam
paigns, with the electoral votes of the cot
tun states as good as already cast for him.
It Is the trampling upon the rights of free
speech and of the press which has placed
the democracy in unquestioned control of
the several states of that section. But In
the north the spirit of fair play Is Just as
clear and strong as the spirit of political
unfairness and oppression Is In the south.
And the incident at Lincoln, while hurting
the cause of Bryan In thut town and radi
ating out over the state to his hurt, goes
merely to emphasize the fact that the peo
ple of Nebraska, like those of the north
In general, will not tolerate the mob Spirit
In dealing with the emblems of any polit
ical party.
St. Paul Republican: A storm has ben
itlrred up over the entire state by the
cutting of 'a Taft banner, which was
erected by the republican state committee
on the main street of Lincoln. There la
ro doubt but that the city of Lincoln Is
fslng Bryan aa an advertising feature,
and the hotel keepers, back drivers, stro.t
csr companies and saloons are contemplat
ing a rich harvest from visiting delegations.
In order to make the most of thlk they
are inclined to make tho republicans of
the capital k.-ep still abrut any other
candidate. And so when a Taft banner
was erected there they became very
earnest abuut It, and some cne mlbtook this
'iotat for revolutionary act, and cut it
down. But the fact Is Nebrttka Is a re
publican atate. IJncoln cannot have its
cake aud tat it. if the commercialism of
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Lincoln Is going to carry the city to such
an extreme that a man who believes In re
publican principles cannot erect a banner
there, Lincoln can take Its ttndldste for
president and make tho most of It. Omahit
would mske Just as good a place for the
republican state headquarters ns Lincoln.
Oninha Is Just as good or a better city for
mass meetings af all kinds. It Is not the
fact of the banner being cut down that we
complain of, for that was more than likely
an act of some Irresponsible persons. It is
the spirit In which the city of Lincoln
looks upon any demonstrations that Is
against the sale of a few souvenir spoons
and glasses of boose. Lincoln has become
accustomed to the patrcnage of Ihe entire
state In political things, and now If the
shop keepers think that they have an
asset they can afford to cut all others out
for, let them eat their cake, but don't let
them have It.
Alnsworth Star-Journal: IJncoln has a
bunch of about the most mercurial politi
cians In the world, and some of them are
among fhe republicans. A number of these,
Including Paul Clark and Bud Lindsay,
were greatly Incensed because the repub
lican state central committee swung a ban
ner to the breeze bearing Taft's picture and
a statement, "Nebraska for Taft." These
are a part of the same bunch who In 1896
were ready to crucify any republican In
Lincoln who spoke kindly of Bryan or his
candidacy. The writer was present when
Bryan cast his vote that year. When he
went to walk up to the polls he found a
line of republican penny bit politicians
lined up on either side of the walk, and
Just as he got In the midst of them they
threw up tholr hats and shouted, "Hurrah
for McKlnley!" And this Is the crowd that
Is kicking because of this banner. The
writer yields place to no one when It comes
to giving respect to Bryan as a man and aa
a friend, but It is no disrespect to him for
a man to say he la for Taft, or for the re
publican state central committee, to thus
publicly announce that Nebraska is for
Taft, and Bryan has too much sens to take
any offense at It himself. But they were
not all republicans who were mixed up In
the final wind-up of the affair. It seems
that after the fool class of republicans had
started the trouble It was taken up by
some democrats of like calibre and who
organized a mob and went In the night, cut
down the banner and burned It. Thla ac
tion will make Lincoln an exceedingly hot
town politically during this campaign. The
republicans will resent with Indignity this
act of vandalism and the lines will be
closer drawn than ever. It is safe to say
that the saner class of democrats were not
mixed up In It, but the party will be
charged with It all the same unless It shall
purge Itself by a public denouncement of
the vandal act and replacement of the de
stroyed banner.
PERSONAL NOTES.
England new proposes to pipe Irish heat
gas to London, having already secured
everything else the Irish once possessed.
Now that it haa been decided that Adam
and Eve were duly and truly married,
surely someone should be able to tell us
who Cain took for a better half.
Dr. Clara E. Gary, one of Boston's mowt
noted women physicians, Is advocating the
throwing open of the state reservations
for camping purposes during the warm
weather.
Now the government experts have de
tected "death germs lurking In cracked
china." It follows that the servant girl
who fractures a teacup la guilty not orjy
of carelessness, but attempted homicide.
A poundkeeper In New Jersey says that In
six years he had been bitten by dogs 1,000
times without the slightest Inconvenience.
That is an average of about a bite and a
half each day, including Sunday. He cer
tainly must look good to the dogs.
There are now fewer persons being In
jured by accidents on the railways of New
York City, In proportion to the number
of cars operated and the number of per
sons traveling In them, than at any pre
vious time since the first line was put In
operation.
Chicago's "Two Million" club Is about to
receive a severe shock. The school census
of Chicago, which has been under way
for several months, Is now practically com
pleted, and the count does not reach the
4,000,000 mark. The exact result will be
announced the last of the week and will
be about 1,940,000.
It took two policemen and three hjsky
citizens of Atlantic CI y eleven minutes tu
separate two women whose hands b-cara
mixed up in each other's hair. One of th
women came all the way from San 'Fran
cisco t'J get into the mix up. Tae otiier
had kidnaped the Californlan's hosbdiij.
While the mussing was going on the hus
band ducked.
The Impressive power of the bedslat.
auded by Chicago's rotund mayor,
achieved a new laurel In the Philadelphia
suburb of Gloucester. An Irate wife ap
plied It to a recreant hui-band and h s
aff.nity. As both were clad In goHsamer
raiment, the bedslat reached the spot with
such emi hauls that the scr.amlng pair
Jumped from a second-story window and
iked for tall timber. As a promoter ot
aeral navigation and other exercUe too
bedslat Is a hummer.
A Cheering Announcement.
Philadelphia Prtss.
Cheer up! A "scientist" proclaims that
the problem before the next generation
will be to keep from freezing. That is a
consolatory thought in weather like this.
But stay! Perhaps by that blessed tlnje
the present generation will be facing the
converse problem elsewhere.
t'aase for Asaaseaieat.
New Yoik World.
In view of the eagerness with which
campaign managers solicited their ron-
rlliutinns only a few years ago, the cor
porations must be amazed at their virtu
ous moderation merely because of a change
In public opinion toward tainted money.
I Sixty-six H
Years jl
H S utcr ioritv. if
mwf
TUB SECRET Ot T.
An Acer! Political Mystery Solved at
Last.
New York Tribune.
Now bobs up serenely n tale that Presi
dent Roosevelt was elected In 1S04 by vlr'ue
of a vast campaign fund contributed by
whom? By that Warwick of the world,
that Olympus-shaking potentate. President
Cabrera of Guatemala! We had hoped that
the awful skeleton could be kept In the
closet. But shire It hasn't l-en, Its com
panions may as well be let out, too, and
the confession be made that Cabrwra was
not alone In that dastardly manipulation
of American politics, but had as his fellow
conspirators the second syndic of Andorra
and the deputy assistant great high mucka
muck of Borrtoboola Gha. Of course the
object of these three In thus Imposing Mr.
Roosevelt upon this nation agalnBt its will
is quite obvious. But we wonder If the sul
tan of Oman or the hereditary grand duke
of rumpernlckel is to finance Mr. Taft'i
campaign? '
S.MI1.I.VG IIRJURK9,
The financier had been Invited to con
tribute to the campaign fund. "Ten thou
sand Is the limit," reinark'd the solicitor.
"Huh," returned the financier. "1
couldn't sit In a littlo game like that. Tu
thousand wiuld be Just about a respecta
ble ante. Better take fifty thousand."
"Never." rejoined the solicitor, "never
except in five separate, checks." Philadel
phia Ledger.
"What we want," said the enthusiast, "Il
some ringing speeches.''
'yes,'' answered t lie man who Is collect
ing campaign funds, "some speeches tint
will make the cash register ring.' Wash
ington Star.
"What are you forever klfklng for
raise in salary for?" aHked the first clerk.
"You're getting a good salary, ain't you?"
"Yes," replied the other.
"Well, ain't you satisfied?"
"Sure, but I don't want the boss to know
It or he may cut me down. ' Catnol.c
Standard and Times.
Coakley Did you ever notice that the
average poet in describing a winter ianri.
scape always speaks of Its "mantle of
snow?"
Joakley Quite naturally, too. That mn.
tie of snow is the land s cape. Philadel
phia Pitts.
"Dad." said the white-faced lad. "hew
many cigars does il take to hurt a boy?"
now many nave you amoKca;
"One."
"i hat's the number." said dad. nrt
taking down the strap from behind the
door, he soon convinced the boy that lie
was rigni. cicvtmnii nam L'eaier.
Faker How did you find out their stock
was watered?
Barker I dabbled in It. Life.
"People don't seem to see ss many sea
serpents as they used to," remarked the
guest.
"No," answered the summer landlord.
"I don't know whether to lttrlhute It to
local option or the pure food law." Wah.
Inglon Star.
"I understand thnt the vnunar man wi.n
calls on you was stroke oar at his college
last year?"
Yes, pupa, and you'v no Idea how .row.
lng strengthens tho arms." Houston Post.
FATHER'S SIMMER.
Denver Republican,
We hear a lot from poet chaps
Who move our hearts to pity
Because poor father has to stay
And work hard In the city.
The while his family enjoys
A glorious vacation;
But this shows that the poet tribe
Has missed its calculation.
For what does father do
But quit his work at two
And, after a most nifty lunch, hikes to tha
base hall ground;
At right dines a la carte.
Then makes am early a ui't
For the local Coney Island, where the
wheels are going 'round.
We hear about his toilllng hard
To meet his wife's expenses,
And how he sends away each week
His dollars and Ills centses;
But that Is must fictitious stuff
'ihe poet chapB are strewing,
For making gray hairs sprout Is Just
What father Is not doing.
He sees a summer show
Where cooling breezes blow.
And then he gets a touring car and hat ft
midnight roam;
And the only care he knows
Is when this message shows:
"We've all been bored to death here and
now we're coming home."
HENRY
VAN DYKE'S
remarkable and Intensely
Poetic lJrania
human
Tho Hougo of
Rimmon
Illustrated
appears In the
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