TfTFj OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1908.
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WHEN OCT OF TOWN,
abscrlhers tearing; the city tem
porarily should sirs Tfco Bee
mailed to them. Address will be
changed as often a requested.
None too mighty to pay homage to
Ak-Sar-Ben.
The weather man evidently knowa
what King Corn wants.
Old General Apathy la cutting his
usual prominent figure In democratic
oollticg in the east.
"Do Ill-tempered women have black
or blue eyes?" asks the Louisville
Herald. They have.
"How can Taft be elected!" asks
the Buffalo Times. By getting a ma
jority of the electoral votes.
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The De Beers diamond mines are to
be closed for an indefinite period.
That's one excuso for not wearing 'em.
Hearst and Bryan slept in the same
hotel in Chicago, but neither paid any
attention to the other. Twas not al
ways thus.
Germany is to follow the American
example and send its fleet on a cruise
to all the nation's colonies except
Milwaukee. '
Representatives of the .War depart
ment furnish the cheering Information
that hailng at West Point" has been
abolished again.
Stuyvesant Fish says it Is difficult
for a rich man to live on $50,000 a
year. Most men find It impossible to
live on that amount.
The $B ante to get into the political
game in Nebraska puts it within the
reach of everybody who may be dis
posed to draw cards.
If the legislature will let each com
munity deal with its local problems
Omaha will try to work out the solu
tion of those that belong here.
Mr. Bryan says he is not going to
worry about the negro vote. Mr.
Bryan is right; he will have enough
to worry over the democratic vote.
Inasmuch as Mayor Jim has not yet
set the date for his cowboy invasion of
Wall street, the bulls and bears there
seem to be disporting themselves as
usual.
The British would have been more
polite, of course, if the American con
testants in the Olympic games had not
been quite so selfish in the taking ot
prlreu.
All the blast iurnaces in. southern
Illinois are to be, reopened on August
3, giving employment to 150,000 men.
Blasts of that kind are fatal to demo
cratic hopes.
Dr. Wiley saya that one cause of
dyspepsia is that the strawberry jam
is full of hayseeds. Yes, and an
other is that the hayseeds are full ot
strawberry Jam.
The next meeting of the Northwest
ern Saengerfest is to be held in Omaha.
Aa the next saengerfest does not come
until 1910, we will have plenty ot time
to get ready for it.
Switzerland has prohibited the wear
ing of hats more than eighteen Inches
In diameter. They have to keep them
small to prevent them looping over
into another country.
Mr. Hearst is said to have picked a
man named Coon to be his candidate
for governor ot Indiana. The Coon
game is certain to cause a lot ot trou
ble for. the Indiana democrats.
OFTTiSO THtlR triRES CBOSMD.
The new chairman of the democratic
national committee would do a good
stroke to get some of the leading ad
vocates of Bryan and Dryanlnni to
gether for a little more team work.
It has been some years since any
considerable number of leading editors
and public men have undertaken to
support a democratic ticket and some
of their awkward efforts are likely to
result in embarrassment to the sage
of Falrvlew.
Colonel Watterson, editor of the
Louisville Courier-Journal, who Is sup
porting Mr. Bryan this year, after
having bitterly opposed him In his two
former campaigns, argues that Mr.
Bryan's election could not work any
harm to the country because it would
be impossible to change the political
complexion of the senate during
Bryan's term and that the republican
senators would see to it that no gov
ernment ownership or free silver or
other undesirable legislation pledged
by Mr. Bryan would be finally enacted
Into law. Colonel Watterson has to
have some excuse for snpporting Mr.
Bryan.
The Philadelphia Record is having
even more trouble than the Louisville
Courier-Journal In getting into line
for Bryan. The Record opposed Bryan
In 1896 and in 1900 and has been
against him all along, particularly on
account of his radical attitude toward
the courts. The Record has decided to
support Bryan this year, largely on
account of the democratic attitude
toward tariff revision, but It finds It
very difficult to swallow the Denver
anti-injunctlon plank. It finally suc
ceeds, however, by explaining that the
supreme court of the United States
may be relied upon to see that "all
of this antl-In junction clamor Is
brought to naught."
President M. E. Ingalls of the Big
Four railroad Is also for Bryan. He
admits that he is very fond of Mr.
Taft, whom he considers "a wise man
and a great man of judicial tempera-'
ment," but as a democrat he will vote
against Mr. Taft. because he would, If
elected, "pursue the Roosevelt poli
cies." Mr. Ingalls is getting his wires
crossed there, as the set purpeme of
the Bryan people seems to be toj make
the country believe that Mr. Taft is
really not a Roosevelt man and would
not, keep to the Roosevelt policies. Mr.
Ingalls also reassures .himself by say
ing, "I believe that the moment Bryan
entered the white house he would be
come a sober and conservative states
man."
Such a situation calls for prompt
action by Chairman Mack. It la not
complimentary to the candidate and
cannot materially Improve his stand
ing with the public to have his elec
tion urged on the ground that he
would not be able to do any harm.
THE BOSTON DESPERADOES.
Western periple who have been plan
ning to spend a portion of their vaca
tions up Massachusetts way should not
become unduly alarmed over the re
ports of the crime wave sweeping over
Boston in the last few weeks. Assur
ances are offered by the Boston papers
that the situation has been more or
less exaggerated and that, as a matter
of fact, a man is in not much more
danger In Boston than he would be in
Cheyenne, Yubadam, Goldfield, Crip
ple Creek or any ot the more staid and
sober communities of the west.
Boston has not been shot up for
about a week, and while the last en
tertainment of that sort was luridly
sensational and spectacular, as well as
disastrous to a dozen persons killed or
wounded, the authorities are taking
pains to emphasize the fact that the
affair was unusual and that ordinarily
not more than one or two persons are
killed in these Bostonlan matinees. It
appears that two parties who were
planning to shoot up the town got
their dates mixed and a double-header
was pulled off. The police and some
of the minute men took a hand and the
coroner is still on the job.
It would be unfair to criticise the
authorities at Boston for allowing In
dulgence In this shootlng-up habit.
The west should remember wheu
train-robbers, cowboys and bad men
used to shoot-up some of the smaller
settlements in this part of the coun
try. It was years ago, of course, but
some of the old-timers will recall the
(act and it should serve to mitigate
the impatience naturally felt over Bos
ton's delay in getting upon the high
plane ot law and order that obtains
in the west. It should not be forgotten
that the people ot the west adapt
themselves to changed conditions more
rapidly than do the Bostonians, and
while the west has placed the ban on
the baj man and the expert with the
six-gun, the Bostonlans cling to their
old habits.
s Nississirri bryass weaU
Because he happened to be Intro
duced by John Sharp Williams for the
brief speech delivered to friends who
came to greet him at the station while
passing through Omaha last week,
Mr. Bryan thought it incumbent upon
blm to hold up Mississippi as an ideal
democratic state. He dwelt upon the
extreme pleasure it gave htra to be
presented by the distinguished gentle
man from Mississippi who, by the
way. waa openly opposed to Mr.
Bryan's nomination until It was as
sured and said that if all the states
would do as well by him as Mississippi
the victory this fall was as good as
won. Mississippi, according to Mr.
Bryan, is the banner democratic state
because when he ran before he not
only carried it overwhelmingly, but he
carried every county and every pre
cinct In Its confines.
But Mr. Bryan was carefnl not to
tell why Mississippi 4s so strongly dem
oeratic Ho carefully covered up the
fact that to insure democratic rule in
Mississippi the democrats had disfran
chised nearly everybody who was
likely to vote the republican ticket and
that those who are qualified to rote,
cut still remain recalcitrant, are
usually prevented from voting by force
or chicanery. He neglected, further
more, to let anyone know that John
Sharp Williams, the democratic leader
of the last house of representatives,
representing a district credited by the
census of 1900 with a population of
190,885, was elected by the magnifi
cent vote of 4,934, with no votes cast
against him, which is less than was
cast at the last city election in South
Omaha. If Nebraska had one con
gressman for every 5,000 votes cast,
as has Mississippi by reason of the
wholesale democratic disfranchise
ment there, Nebraska would have in
congress from forty-five to fifty con
gressmen Instead of only six.
If Mississippi ts Mr. Bryan's Ideal
democratic state, It behooves Nebraska
to stay In the republican column.
SCAR ISO THS SVLTAS.
"Young Turkey," as the organization
of reformers in the sultan'B empire is
called, has forced Abdul Hamid to
make overtures for the safety of his
throne and his person by promising
to establish a constitutional form of
government, with a parliament to be
elected by the people, with power to
act as a check on the ruler. The
'Young Turkey" movement has been
n progress for many years, but has
been resisted and defied by the sultan
until it recently gained a strong foot
hold In the army. Conspiracies near
the throne were discovered, the grand
vizier was dismissed and the sultan
awoke to find his army ready to revolt
and Join in the movement for his over
throw. This was followed by his
promise to establish a semblance of
constitutional government.
It Is doubtful if "Young Turkey"
will be deceived by this overture from
the throne. For thirty-two years Abdul
Hamid has been the greatest despot In
Europe. His sway has been tyrannical,
arbitrary and absolute. He has ruled
his own country with the sword and
has been the cause of most of the
diplomatic differences that have dis
turbed Asia and Europe In the last
quarter of a century. He has prom
ised reforms In Macedonia and Ar
menia, only to throw his troops in
the field, as soon as the powers had
been pacified, and encouraged them to
slaughter and rapine. England and
Russia recently reached an agreement
for the protection of Macedonia and
since that time the sultan's power has
been waning. His promise of a con
stitutional government will probably
be found, when the facts are de
veloped, to be coupled by conditions
which will enable the aultan, when
internal peace is secured and his hold
again fastened on the army, to re
establish the despotism. Appreciating
the possibilities of this, the reformers
have not accepted the sultan's promise
of a constitution, but are pressing for
his abdication.
Whatever the immediate outcome,
the days of despotism in Turkey are
apparently numbered. With Portugal
and Persia clamoring for written con
stitutions, with Belgium seeking to
limit the powers of old Leopold, with
Norway demanding a republic to suc
ceed its one-year old monarchy, and
with despotism doomed In Turkey, the
friends of constitutional government
are making greater progress than at
any recent. time in the world's history.
New York is to have the biggest
and finest jail in the country. That's
as it should be. for New York has the
biggest and flrest line of criminals in
the country.
By comparison with other cities of
its class Omaha is about the worst af
flicted with the billboard nuisance.
While other cities have been repress
ing the billboard and reducing bill
board offenses, In Omaha the evils
seem to have been growing practically
unchecked. Omaha has improved niar
velously In metropolitan appearance
In all but this one respect, and with
fewer billboards would be improved
much more.
The local democratic organ Is
aghast at the alleged discovery that
republican campaign literature is go
ing through the malls under govern
ment frank. It supposed that Us own
publisher, who happens to be "the
only democratic congressman front
Nebraska," had a monopoly on using
the malls free for circulation of cam
paign documents.
"If we can get the negro vote of
Massachusetts, which amounts to
about 10. 000, organized for Bryan and
Kern we will carry that state, too, with
the heln of the labor vote." says
George Fred Williams. Yes, and If
Mr. Williams can organize the white
vote of Massachusetts for Bryan and
licrn he can carry the state without
(he help of the negro vote.
Pastors of nine churches in Mem
phis gave up their pulpits on Sunday
morning to physicians who talked to
the congregations on the causes, dan
cers and treatment of tuberculosis.
No better plan could be devised for
spreading a good work.
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According to the school census Chi
cago has lost 200,000 In population in
the last year. Of course, the census
win he taken over again. If one aet
of enumerators cannot find and locate
that 200,000 people, the city will find
enumerators who will.
The winner of the 1,500-meter race
In the Olympic games was recently re
jected by the police health examiners
ot New York on the ground that hs
had a weak heart. Chances are that
his heart beat stronger than his pull
with Tsmmany.
According to the Geological Survey's
report the coal supply of the country
will last until the year 2055. The in
formation comes at a time when the
country is wondering whether there
will ever again be need of lighting
the furnace.
Mr. Bryan has been talking his
speeches Into phonograph records. He
conld capture the coin if he would con
fide to the phonograph the Instructions
he sent to Denver over the telephone
The neeord for Wards.
Boston Trsnscrlpt.
If Taft's speech of acceptance takes
ninety minutes, Bryan will Insist on at
least a hundred and twenty.
rerhaps They Do.
Washington Post.
The Omaha TIm accuses the rtrohlhl-
tlonlsts of carrying water on both shoul
ders. To be consistent they ought tj
carry it In their tanks also.
The Pain of Losing.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Owing to the success of the American
athletes. It is but fair to suppose that
Englishmen are beginning to doubt the
wisdom of those who brought nbout a
revival of the Olympic games.
Johnny Kern's Bad Break.
Springfield Republican.
Here is Candidate Kern participating In
the exercises which mark the opening of
business In the steel trust's town of Gary.
Ind. The steel trust Is a tariff-protected
trust, and It Is building the city of Gary
from the surplus profits of Its monopolistic
position behind the tariff. Is the Bryan
ticket also cultivating the Wall street vote?
Seeking; the "tans In Vnln.
Philadelphia Press.
No combination of recorded election
figures can be made to sustain Mr. Bryan's
hope of success. In order to estimate for
him a bare majority In the electoral col
lege, we must suppose a political revolu
tion, a complete change In the views and
desires of the people of the United States
In a large and widely separated area. As
yet there ts no sign of this revolution, ex
cept In Mr. Bryan's radiant and hopeful
vision.
Breaklnar Into the Cnmpnlam.
Indianapolis News.
The shippers of Cincinnati have addressed
a direct appeal to the president asking him
to enforce the Issue against railroads that
threaten to Increase rates by having the
attorney general bring contempt proceed
ings against certain roads for ignoring the
mandate of the courts. It does seem as if
the corporations are bound to break into
this campaign, at whatever price. The is
sue at least has the merit of general
acquaintance. ' Standard Oil and railroad
rates are familiar subjects. Let the pro
ceedings proceed.
Hamlllatlon of Old Fits.
New York Sun.
What fate makes a prizefighter, active
or retired, so easily vanquished by a lesser
man? We remember when the god of Bos
ton was hammered grievously with a beer
glass by a hop o' my thumb tailor of Eliot
street. At Spokane Saturday the Cornish
giant Fitzslmmons, Old Fltz, as Tennyson
called him, was incised viciously by a
wretched infant's nursing bottle In the
hands ot a theater manager. A blackjack,
an axe, an anvil these were fitting wea
pons for a hero's fall. But a nursing bot
tle! Fate is always bilious and often bitter.
The "SnfTerlnar Farmers."
New York Times (ind.).
Mr. Bryan tells the farmers something
of which It Is Important that others than
farmers should take note. Mr. Bryan ap
peals to the agriculturists to support his
campaign because they In particular have
'suffered from control of politics by the
great predatory corporations." The manner
irj which the farmers have suffered is not
specified, nor are the predatory corpora
tions named. The railways must fall in
that class, and certainly they have been
the special objoct of attack by the granger
legislatures. Yet the record shows that
the railways have reduced their rates on
wheat, for example, from Chicago to New
York from 46.1 to 11.30 cents. Last year the
farmers received for their wheat 87.4 cents
for 554,427,0)0 bushels, instead of 72.6 cents
for 310,602.539 bushels in 1896. And other
crops afford like comparisons.
BRYAN AGAINST PUBLICITY.
An Obligation of Secrecy When 850,-
OOO Vs Involved.
Leslie's Weekly.
Bryan Is for publicity and against accept
ng more than $10,000 for his campaign fund
from ar.y Individual, but Bryan waa not
for publicity when he, with Mrs. Bryan's
assistance, as his typewriter, drew the will
of the late P. 8. Bennett, Incorporating In
it a secret letter by which 50,oro was given
In trust to Mrs. Bennett to be paid to Mr.
Bryan or his heJrs. This secret Iftter con
tained the statement, "I have sent a du
plicate of this letter to Mr. Bryan, and it
is my desire that no one, excepting you and
Mr. Bryan himself, shall know of this
letter and bequest. I will place this letter
in a sealed envelope, and direct that It
shall only be opened by you. and read by
you alone." This gift of $50,000 by Mr
Bennett to Mr. Bryan, who was not a rela
tive, and hardly more than an acquaint
ance, was provided for by a secret letter
which Mr. Bryan knew all ahojt. and
which only came to light when Widow
Bennett went to .court to contest the pay
meU of a large part of her husband s es
tate to a comparative stranger. Mr. Bryan
has not always been so eager for publicity.
SBW YORK AIi INDIANA.
Hard Political Troths for Political
Halnbon Chasers.
New York World.
Cleveland In leNS lost New York and In
diana. He aa defeated.
Bryan in liV) lost .Ww York and In
diana. He was defeated.
McClellsn in U'H lost New York and In
diana. He was defeated.
Parker in 1S4 lost New York and In
diana. He was defeated.
Greeley In 1K72 lost New York and In
diana. He waa defeated.
Cleveland In carried New York and
Indiana. H was elected.
Hancock In 1SA0 lost New York and In
diana. He was defeated.
Cleveland In IROIj carried Nw York and
Indiana. He was elected.
Bryan In 1HW lost New York and In
diana. He was defeated.
Seymour In 1W carried New York, but
lost Indiana. He was defeated.
Tllden In 1876 carried New York and In
diana. Ha was not seated, but almost no
student of American politics now doubts
that hs was honestly elected.
In fifty years no democratic candidate
for president has been elected who did
not carry both New York and Indiana
Sine Jackson's day no democratic candl
dais for president who carried both New
York and Indiana has been defeated.
THE OVTLOOK IX NEBRASKA.
Eastern Writer Unable to Flad MIstm
of Political Revelation.
"There Is no revolution, no radical I
volt, no prairies on fire In Nebraska."
The quoted words express the conclusion
of the New Tork Sun correspondent re
garding the political situation In Nebraska
as affected by the nomination of W. J.
Bryan. Wilting from Omaha. July 26. to
the Sun, the correspondent says. In part:
Nebraska at least seems ti be a state
west of the Mississippi river where one
republican can refer to another without
breaking a commandment or fracturing
the libel law. The truth Is that by con
trast with Wisconsin and Iowa the re
publican harmony In Nebraska Is actually
depressing. It Is almost Indecently pros
perous also, this state of Nebraska, and
the local wiseacre wags his bead and says
proudly:
"If the wires to New York had been
down last October, we should never have
known In Nebraska that there was a
panic."
"Nebraska has more automobiles per
square Inhabitant than any state In the
t'nlon," Is another favoNte method of es
timating local prosperity. Rbvlottsly there
Is no "stomach ache" In Nebraska politics
which might benefit the democratic cam
paign. On the contrary, the voter Is over
fed to an extent which makes prosperity
as good a republican Issue aa ever.
Beyond all this mere carnal happiness,
however, there must he placed the spiritual
contentment. For although Nebraska re
publicans are radical at least the majority
of them still they are not howling about
It. They lack a La Fnllctte to fill them
with the pleasing doctrine that "a demo
crat Is only a democrat, but a reactionary
republican Is worse than a horse thief."
They have i Cumrrtns, either, to preach
tariff revision and o'ind horrid threats
against the "standpatter." In a word, there
seems to be no factional disturbance In
Nebraska republican politics.
It Is Interesting to note also that the
republican party In this state has been
radical enough to please almost everybody
without having suffered from It as yet.
It has put through the legislature a two
cent fare bill and a variety of other "soak
the corporation" forms of legislation which
gladden the seml-pnpullstlc heart of the
local proletariat. Consequently the repub
lican lunch counter of radicalism still suf
fices to keep republican radicals at home.
To be sure, they hate their "Uncle Joe"
Cannon out here In Nebraska quite as
much as they do In Iowa or Wisconsin.
Dollar Jim" Sherman Is also far from
legal tender on the Missouri river. But
no one Is terribly worked up about It. The
Nebraska republican Is not even "het up"
enough to worship La Follette. whose
presidential boom in Nebraska snuffed out
before the Chicago convention.
In spite of alt this oppressive peace and
plenty in republican circles, the democrat
outside Nebraska at least fondly cherishes
the Illusion that Nebraska will be demo
cratic. The Nebraska democrat, not for
publication, has his doubts, while the Ne
braska republican who Is informed has no
doubts and estimates the state to be safely
republican by about 2t.ono. Admitting this
to be a narrow margin, he politely presents
Mr. Bryan with a "fighting chance" and
then eliminates the chance.
There are nevertheless certain elements
In the aituatlon which explain the demo
cratic hope. Everybody agrees that , Mr.
Bryan Is regarded as more of an Innocent
pleasure and less of a dangerous and ex
plosive firecracker than before, and being
regarded as safer to handle Is more pop
ular.. It seems to be more or less of a
mere excess of nelghborliness, this new I
popularity. It absolutely has nothing to
do with politics or political Issues or rad
ical doctrines or corporation domination.
It seems to be comprehended In the
phrase:
"Honor to Nebraska's leading; citizen,
William Jennings Bryan," and this is a
question of state pride, purely and simply.
The republican critic says of this phase
In passing: ,
"He's a prize faker on the handshake
business, is Mr. Bryan." A good deal Is
also said about one of Mr. Bryan's favor
ite methods of campaigning, which Is lo
cally ' known as "chautauqualng." By
means of his lectures In churches and other
public places. Mr. Bryan has managed to
rover the ground out here pretty thor
oughly, and of course every one who has
seen him has heard him.
"He tells the obvious truth so forcefully
that no one can doubt It," was one sar
castic comment which had reference to
that celebrated "Prince of Peace" lecture.
The result Is, so Nebraska republicans say,
that Mr. Bryan has at least removed a
considerable part of the unreasoning prej
udice that once existed against him.
Yet emphasis Is steadily laid on the fact
that there Is nothing political In all this
Pryan progress toward popularity and
toward the refutation of the notion that
no prophet can have any honor In his own
city. This Is none of the radical and
progressive dynamite In It that Is susgeted
at times In the situation In Wisconsin. It Is
worth while to note. too. that up to date
the heart of the Nebraskan has b -en mo'e
deeply touched than his pocket In tills
Bryan business. As long ago as last March
there was organized a body of Brvan Vol
unteers. The mission of the volunteer
was to pay $5 upon conversion and $5 on
the first of August. The motto of the vol
unteers was "Nebraska for Bryan." Ap
parently It meant "Nebraska f r Bryan at
$10 a head." Up to date only S79 volun
teers have been persuaded to part with the
preliminary $6, and a second call haa been
sent out to raise the number of 1,(00.
It is conceded that Mr. Bryan will have
practically all thu democratic votes, th
support of about all the populists who are
still unshaven and not enamored of Tom
Watson. He is going to get a considerable
complimentary vote, perhaps more than
ever before. All this the republican con
cedes cheerfully and then tells you that
there will be a .majority of at least 2f.iol
against Mr. Bryan In Nebraska. He doei
not eem to be worried about the situation,
and the better he knows It the less appre.
benslon he manifests. His point of view is
that in a republican state in which th
republican party Is united the rmsperltv
is prodigious and the moral uprising not
visible. Neither Mr. Bryan's "Prince o'
Peace" lecture nor his residence in Lincoln
will in his opinion suffice to carry the s ;ta
There are two kinds of democrats In N
braska. the plain democrat and the demo
crat who howls. The plain democrat
doesn't expect much to carry Nebraska, but
the democrat who howls is certain of it,
and the louder he howls the surer hs be
comes. The truth Is that Nebraska seems to be
In a thoroughly normal condition. Apart
from mere state pride, Mr. Bryan has ac
quired no fresh asset, and tha political
prophets still say in Omaha that ha will
carry "neither his state, his city nor his
district."
A Ollt-Kdge Investment.
Baltimore American.
Another snowunder for the Peerless One
of Nebraska next November will not stop
the lecture tour gate money receipts.
Getting nominated for the presidency has
been and will continue to be a g 11 ledge
Investment for Mr. Bryan.
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DA III. MAM AND DEMOCRACY.
Plalnview Republican: Jim Dahlman will
endeavor to throw a noose over the neck
of the democratic nomination for governor
for Jim.
Madison County Reporter: Mr. Bryan
spent a quiet Sabbabth with Sunny Jim
Dahlman, and on Tuesday Dahlman an
nounced that he would run for governor.
Tekamah Journal: With southern demo
crats vleing wlih eastern democrats as
to which can the fastest desert Mr. Br.an
and his fluttering tendencies, there Is but
little encouragement for Mr. Bryan and
his friend Jim Dahlman.
Kearney Democrat: Mayor Duhlman f
Omaha has finally announced his Inten
tion to file as a candidate for the demo
cratic nomination for governor. Mr. Lo-
beck has declared that one candidate from
Douglas county Is enough, and for that
reason he will not file. This leaves the
race to be run out by Dahlman of Omaha,
Berge of Lincoln and Shallenberger of
Alma. While each of these candidates
have many friends and admirers through
out the state, it looks to us as though
Mayor Jim has the pole in the race.
Columbus Journal: Shallenberger and
Dahlman appear to be the favorites among
the bunch of democratic candldatta entered
lor the gubernatorial race, with beit'ng
slightly in favor of the latter. Berge ap
pears to have Jumped the tiaik, or Is
tral ing along so far in the rear that he
will not be a' ' to overtake the others
before the primaries close. Flekes Hale
haa never teen considered in the .rs.ee,
and Lobcck, who claims to carry the
Swede vote in his pocket, has not yet teen
brought out ot the stable, but Is champ
ing at his bit ready for the fray, the
moment W. J. Bryan orders the Jockey
to get busy.
West Point Republican: Outside of the
city of Omaha few people in Nebraska
take with any seriousness the proposed
candidacy of James Dahlman for the gov
ernorship of his commonwealth. To nom
inate him would be to make of the democ
racy of Nebraska a laughing stock. Thank
God, the day has come In our state when
it Is no longer possible to elevate such
men as Dahlman to the office of governor
There are many men who would grace the
office and bring credit to the party and
honor to the state, but the Cowboy Mayor
of Omaha Is not one of them. Howells
Journal. The' fact remains that this same
Dahlman, discredited as he may be, was
Bryan's chief spokesman at the Denver
convention. Of course, no suspicion could
possibly attach to the "Great Immaculate"
for that reason.
Central City Record: If the democrats
of Nebraska want to commit political sui
cide they will nominate Dahlman for gov
ernor. In the face of the rising tide of
morality, decency and civic righteousness
prevailing throughout the land, Iahl:r.a:i
stands for everything opposite. Were it
not for the support he may be all e to get
in Omaha his candidacy would be regarded
aa a farce. As It Is, he may possibly win
eut. although we believe the democrats of j
Nebraska have better sense than to put '
him up. Once l efor the democrats of j
the state, at the dictation of Omaha, put
up tor governor a man of the Dahlman
Stripe in ine per-on or mayor do; a. ne
fact that they suc.etded in electing him
only made it that much worse for them
for he killed the party dead for years. Had
he been defeated the demo, rats would have
been micti hetter off they would have re
covered from him sooner.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Frank G. Carpenter's son, who won the
400 meter race at London, comes naturally
by It. His father is a pretty rapid traveler.
Visitors have looted the state house at
Boston of fl.OoV'worth of metal. The moral
status of tho deed cannot be fixed until
the police ascertain whether the stuff was
taken as souvenirs or as Junk.
Peary telegraphs from the coast of Green
land: "The weather Is good." He needn't
crow over the rest of humanity Just be
cause he is able to get away from Old Sol
and his chum, General Humidity.
Brooklyn demands that some decorative
Cupids in a public place be duly draped.
Cupid is a shameless little creature, any
how, and his conduct reprehensible enough
without any boost from the artist. Besides,
it is a comfort to realise that Brooklyn
Is so very good.
Attorney General Wade Hamrton Ellis
of Ohio, ts taking the "rest cure' In Cin
cinnati He is secluded there fronj all In
trusions and sees only Mrs. Lilts and his
brother. Mr. Ellis Is not believed by his
friends to be In d&r.ger ot a collapse, but
Is recuperating because of tired nerves.
Lieutenant Russell J. Hazz&rd. U. H, A.,
one of the party which accompanied Gen
eral Funston on the famous expedition
which resulted In the capture of Agulnaido,
the Filipino Itader, has left Ban Francisco
for Washington to appear be ft re the retir
ing board seeking to be relieved from duty.
For the purpose of studying again the
choosing of a president and the methods
employed to win votes in a national cam
paign, Moses I. Oslrogorski, the distin
guished Russian savant and author of
"Democracy and the Organisation of ."o
lltlcal Parties." has come to the United
States and will remain In the cnu yv until
next November' election. - - t
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CRKBVCI
MEHHY JINGLES.
"Ah goituh git a chicken fob mi
breakfuss."
"VMi, it's nenrly mkfnlght, Mo.e; arenM
all the mores closed?"
"YhssuIi. Ah 'spec ho; did yo.all wanter
buy sumfin'?" Houston Post.
"You can't drink on this train," said tha
conductor in Louisiana, "unless you'tes
sick."
"That's the law, is It?" asked the pas
senger with the bottle.
"Yes."
"Well, such a law is enough to make
anybody sick."
Accordingly he treated the illness ne
se-emed to him wIhc Philadelphia Ledger.
Mrs. Dewtoll I do think Mr. Hankin
son Is- the meanent man I ever heard
of, without exception.
Mrs. JenkinB Why, what's lie been
doing?
Mrs. Pewtell Sued a man for aliena
tion of his wife's affections and set tlie
damages at only $10 Judne.
"Your rival has got ahead of you Jenlts.
He won jour lady's fnvor by presenting
her Bina:l nephews with a big billygoat.
"There! I knew the Impudent fellow
would find a way to butt in." Baltimore
American.
While a punurlous grocer was telling Ms
new boy how careful he mu-t be, a 1,y
tHed on a bn of sugnr. The gToce
might It and threw It away. Ti e hoy tl.ea
mki: "If you want mo to be car"(ul v
lire setting me a tad eximnle ' "Whv,
HSked the grocer. "Bcoanve," said the
tujy, "i ou have thrown that fly aviay with
out brushlrg the sucar off Its feet. 'Cleve
land Leader.
Hker I wonder why Muqgsby Is Vlways
borrowing trouble?
Piker Probuble because that Is the onlr
thing he cn borrow " 't! out putting up
ollaieral. Chicago xaws.-i
Teacher Johnny, where Is the Isle off
Man?
.lo'-.nnv Tn the men's furnlshln' derari
ment. J.;dse.
A PKOtlIMM, FUTURE.
T. A. Daly In Catholic Standard and Times.
Slgnor. I now weell speaka true
Sum' thecngs dat gon' surprlsu you,
Biiycause you have not ondrastood
Italian people vera good.
Ah! you weell see w nt eet shall be
Kef you weell lees'en now to pie.
Ken all dees flna bigpa land.
Where evrathe. n e.'t ees so grand
An' all men ee.ia s'pose' to he
Wan Ilka 'not her. Kiinl. frc,
Dere eey wan most a noble race
Dat should be put een highest place,
Baycause dey play sooeh hlpga part
Ken evra beez'ness, evia arl,
For mak' so ynunirn a land like dees
To be da areata thtenit eet ce.
Bayhold! d;i gland Italian i;iee'
'om', see w'at pride ees een my face.
Ah! vern manny. iiiiiiny year
We been sooeh leetla peoplu here.
But now all dat ees gen' he change'.
You theenk dat w'at I my ees rtranceT
Ah! yes, but true. Kh? how I knowT
Big? wisu man he tal me so.
You In ugh. 1 s'pos you theenk dat Sat
Dat tal all le h;i ne ws to ,nc
F-s like rnyrtl', It illan.
Not so; lie ee.a 'Merienn.
An' he e-s vern reeeh an' swal!
I weesh lat you could heir hem tal
W'fit gran!a thecnK.s ees ;ona be
For jioor Italians like ine.
Dat we, ll bo wise an' "boost di ram'
By helpm' Mester W'nt'it-Hfcs-Namo-
Vo'i know elat hlprsa fatta gent
Dat's gon' be 'lecta piesld.-i.t.
Ah' vera manny, mnnny year
We been sooeh leetla peopla here,
Hut now, we look yon In da face
Bayhold dn grand Italian r?ce!
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