THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, AUGUST . 6, 1903..
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full and rnmplete copies of The Dally,
Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during th month ef July, 1108, waa a
follow! - t
1. ......... 85,780'- 17 "600
I , 35,740 It 38,SO
l.v .'36,710 1 38,000
4. j. . . 30,100 , ?,20 36,400
E V. 35,800- :i ss.aso
38,400 2i 3600
T 88,880 II 83,780
( 3630 14 36,800
1 38,0 16 36,960
10 38,400 ! tt 30.660
II 36,100 21 3680
13. t 36,100 28 36,950
It 36,030 28 36,330
14 36,330 ' 80 38,730
11 36,360 tl 36,150
i 38,180
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when or TOWTW.
Sahserlhora loa-rtasr the city teas
porarliy shoal d bst ' The Bee
nailed to then. Address will be)
eaaagoel aa often as reqaeated.-
August 12 will be a Read Letter day
for Lincoln.'
Hot weather 'and political heat do
not mlxWelT together.
"r ' " "
Candidate Sherman's smile and slde
whlskera refuse, to come off.
Chairman Mack js all right, except
that he has the Buffalo sign on him.
Chairman Hitchcock has - red hair
and most of his opponents are also red
headed. The directolre gown in addition to
being open at the side, 'is being ripped
up the back. '
Mayor Jim evidently has not much
Influence with the democratic members
of his city council.
Dr. Bogy is a candidate for office In
St. Louis. The golf vote will natu
rally trjr to beat him.
Railroad men suspect that Mr. Har
rlman is arranging some terminal fa
cilities for Mr. Gould.
Chickens are now being hatched by
electricity. In other words, the eggs
are going home to dynamo.
Thdse motor - cycles need no gongs
nor horns, but tbey ought to be com
pelled to-carry lights after dark.
Mr. Harrlman'8 Omaha Interview is
chiefly significant for what he did not
say about further Improvements.
Primaries to the, right of us and pri
maries to the left of us and we will
have primaries right at home a month
hence.
"The stars sing, in union," says a
southern paper. The comet Is perhans
the walking delegate of the stellar
union. ' '. .
Tht new editor of the Commoner
has not yet been able .to find space for
a detailed account of. the Hearst con
vention., . . 4 . .
The ppjitical speeches that are be
ing ground out of phonographs will
naturally come under the head of
sound advice.
Forty-six cannon shots will start the
ceremonies at Lincoln next Wednesday
and will kb -followed by noises from
other big guns.
Mr. Bryan will make no effort to
boll down his speech of acceptance.
Ha will be satisfied if he can keep It
from boiling over.
The Ten Commandments have been
Incorporated la ft campaign document.
Just another proof jthat politics makes
Strang, bedfellows.."
"New York is making goo-goo eyes
at Mr. Bryan,'' says the Memphis Ap
peal On the contrary, New York Is
still making go-go. eyes at Mr. Bryan.
A St. Louis man has asked the
courts to preveat'Ois wife from talk
ing. That man must have an exag
gerated Idea of th power of the courts
Th sultau of Turkey has granted
amnesty to all political offenders. Col
onel Bryan er-.cuU be as ruagaanlmous
kbd grant inuuty to Colonel Guffey
BpesJting of name, we take pleasure
la Introducing to the visiting list Mr.
Drlnkwln. who d.4 a sprinkling
cart at Kewanee.'m.
BHTAX. WATSON AfiD PirVLlSM.
In the clash of trenchant peos be
tween the redoubtable Colonel Walter
son, editor of the Louisville Courier
Journal, and the fiery Tom Watson,
candidate of 'the people's party for
president of the United States, some
sparks of truth about populism and
Mr. Pryan's connection with its organ
ization are being thrown forth that are
worthy of preservation. Mr. Watson
Is very much In earnest. He feels that
his old college chum and political bed
fellow, Mr. Bryan of Nebraska, has
deserted the principles for which they
shed ink and oratory In two memora
ble campaigns and should no longer
be countenanced by the true friends of
populism. In one of his hot-from-the-forge
editorials Mr. Watson snys:
In 1X96 Mr. Bryan claimed to be as good
a populist as Watson. For eight years he
wore every shred of clothing which popu
lism had In Its wardrobe. In 1904 he aban
doned his populist raiment and entered
sealoualy Into the Parker campaign, which
he himself had denounced as a sell-out to
the Wall street element of the democratic
party.
Doubtless Judge Parker would agree
with the first tart of this statement,
even If disposed to charge Mr. Watson
with exaggeration of the enthusiasm
displayed by Mr. Bryan In support of
the democratic candidate In 1904. But
Colonel Watterson has an explanation
which many former populists In Ne
braska will be inclined to accept as
correct. Replying to Mr. Wataon'B
arraignment of the Nebraska leader,
Colonel Watterson writes:
Mr. Bryan has always claimed to be a
democrat. But, out In the west In the '9os,
It was anything to beat the republican.
At his worst Mr. Bryan played populism
against republicanism in Nebraska, as Mr.
Watson Is playing populism In Georgia
against democracy.
Colonel Watterson deserves credit
for the frank admission that when Mr.
Bryan was courting the populist vote
in 1896 and in 1900 he was following
the policy of "anything to win." The
record shows that Mr. Bryan and his
political managers are trying the same
scheme this year by seeking to prac
tice a deception on the populist voters
of this state by which votes intended
for Tom Watson shall be counted for
Bryan in the electoral college. It's
another clear case of "Anything to
win."
, KSXTUCKY'B RElQIt OF TERROR
Kentucky is furnishing an illustra
tion of the manner In which crime
breeds crime. For more than a year
the "Night Riders" have been in tho
saddle, burning the tobacco ware
houses and destroying property of
farmers and planters who have either
sold their tobacco to the so-called
Tobacco trust of who have ' refused
to comply with the order of the riders
that no tobacco be planted this year.
The work of these outlaws has been
complete and effective. Tobacco is one
of the greatest products of Kentucky,
but In the regions'' covered J?yt the
Night Riders", not. leaf ot tobacco
la growing this year. Scores -of per
sons have been killed and property
valued at hundreds of thousands of
dollars destroyed.
While the purpose for which the
'Night Riders" formed their organiza
tion has been accomplished, the wan
ton destruction of property is an every
day happening and human life" Is all
too cheaply held. The lawless element
Is taking advantage of the conditions
that exist. There has been but one
conviction In connection with th night
riding. Juries drawn from the body
of the state have refused to convict;
county officers have refused to prose
cute, and judges and court officials
have declined to punish. This failure of
the law Is due largely to the fact that
the "Night Riders" have prescribed
death for Informers and have filled the
prescription in several cases. As a
result of this condition, many men
who were in sympathy with the fight
against the Tobacco truBt, but who
abhor murder, have their lips sealed
concerning the outlawry that Is being
committed by the "Night Riders" since
the close ot the tobacco war.
State troops 6ent into the tobacco
districts have been powerless to cope
with the situation. The murderers
still ride like bandit conquerors, wher
ever they wish to go, and robbery and
arson mark their trails. The situa
tion is a little short of anarchy, and
the most alarming feature of the situa
tion is the complaceny with which the
existing state of things is regarded by
a community of educated. Intelligent
American citizens.
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LABOR COfiDlTlOHS IMPROViya.
Democratic newspapers are placing
gleeful emphasis on the bulletin issued
by the commissioner of labor for the
state of New York for three months
ending with March 31. This .bulletin
shows 26 per cent of the members of
labor unions In New York out of em
ployment for the first three months of
the present year. The democrats who
are hailing this as an evidence of con
ditions existing under a republican
administration will probably be slow
in printing the further evidence of
the statistician of the labor bureau,
who declares that the figures printed
In the bulletin no longer obtain, as
there has' been a constant and rapid
improvement in labor conditions since
the first of May. The statistician, Mr
Stevens. In an authorized interview,
says:
This office ran aay wltheut reservation
that employment conditions have been
steadily Improving alnce May is. We get
our Information from a staff ot state
agents attached to this office, who visit
between thirty and forty labor unions and
factories every day, and report to ua what
they find. I have rot been able to tabulate
the employment figures from March to
June for our second quarterly report, but
a distinctive Improvement will be shown
tn the pamphlet containing tola tabulation,
which will be publlahed some time next
September.
The statement by Mr. Stevens Is iu
perfect accord with reports that have
been printed from time to time of th
general betterment of business and In
dustrial conditions in the east Prac
tically all the railroad men have been
returned to work and th big steel
mills are working their forces to 75
per cent of their capacity. In the tex
tile mills In New England nearly 80
per cent of the forces are employed
and Improvement Is being noted in all
lines, in spite of the usual mid-summer
dullness. Improvement Is also
reported throughout the south, while
from the Mississippi river to the
Pacific coast the farm labor supply is
unequal to the demand.
TOO I1VCH HORSE PLAT.
Mayor Jim and the democratic city
councllmen are Indulging in altogether
too much horse play on the matter ot
the city tax levy for the coming year.
The council in committee of the whole
decided to keep the tax budget $60,000
below the charter maximum and then
In regular session the next day voted
to put It up to the very top notch. The
maximum amount of $1,150,000 had
never before been raised by taxation
but once, that being for the present
year, with the excuse that the various
city funds had been depleted and
needed work held over, entailing un
usual expenditures.
When the big tax levy came up to
the mayor he vetoed it, insisting that
it should be reduced not only by th
$50,000 which the council had added.
but alBo by a very substantial addi
tional sum representing outlays in
curred this year, which would not have
to be repeated next year. The may
or's veto was sustained on formal vote,
but only to be overridden the next mo
ment by a resolution re-imposing the
same maximum tax levy.
If this levy now becomes effective
by approval of the acting mayor, who
as councilman voted for it, the horse
play will be completed. Mayor Jim
will be able to point to his unsuccess
ful effort to reduce the tax levy and
each councilman will be able to boast
having voted both for it and against it
But when the taxpayers come to foot
the bills they will not see the Joke.
Mr. Bryan was very much pleased over
the decision of Secretary of State Junkln
concerning the fusion arranged last spring
by the democrats and the people's party.
This will have the effect of throwing a
large number of populist votes to the demo
cratic electors of Nebraska. World-Herald.
This Is just what the Bryanlt law
yers denied at the hearing before the
secretary of state. They denied that
the use of the stolen party label would
give the Bryan electors the vote of a
single man who would not vote for
Bryan, anyway. Now that the decision
has been won they openly boaBt that
"a large number of populist votes" are
to be purloined for the democratic
presidential electors in Nebraska.'
Tom WatBon proposes to capture the
electoral vote 'of Georgia and turn it
over to Mr. Bryan,- If the deal would
secure Mr. Bryan's election. Mr.
Bryan will, of course, promise to do
the same thing with the demo-pop
electoral vote of Nebraska if it would
elect Watson. What is pollltcal
honor among friends?
The death of Senator Allison nulli
fies the effect of the primary election,
which turned almost wholly upon the
question of who should represent Iowa
in the senate. There are some things
which no primary law can provide
against.
The Minneapolis Journal says that
while Mr. Bryan may capture the Ak-Sar-Ben
vote, he is almost certain to
lose the Kroy-Wen vote. Yes, and
also the An-Ald-Nl. the Sio-Nll-Ll and
the Nis-Noc-Siw vote.
It is rich to hear the Bryanlte organ
talk about campaign tricks and in the
same breath apologize for a double-
shuffle electoral ticket which Nebraska
democrats have put up in order to
trick the populists.
Our amiable democratic contem
porary, the World-Herald, should at
least have the decency now to with
draw the charge that Secretary of State
Junkln Is a "prejudiced Judge," but
will it?
An American consul reports that no
hunter is allowed to take more than
two elephants out of Africa in one
year. Well, two elephant ar about
all the average hunter would want to
carry.
The suggestion is respectfully yen
tured that the Immediate compulsory
Durchase ot the wster works by the
city Is not a very good issue to force
on the people for this campaign.
Mr. Hearst admits that he does not
expect to elect his ticket, but he has a
notion that he will make it impossible
for one of his old-time dear friends to
elect his ticket.
The extra set of populist presiden
tial electors filed by Brother-tn-Law
Tom at the eleventh hour in response
to a hurry call may expect a release
order.
'What is the surest way of commlt-
ting
suicldeT asKs a correspondent.
Can't say. but trying to nominate
Bryan In a Hearst convention is recom
mended as something equally as good."
la tCaaal fart.
Chicago Record-Herald.
As Messrs. Tsft and Bryam have decided
not t make any peraonal attacks on each
other, there Is 1 kely to t a division ot the
mollycoddle vole.
Seasonable Competition.
Chicago Tribune.
Th invention of that iw gua which dis
charges 60.000 shots In a minute was lnevl-
j table. Something had to be done to meet the
competition of the manufacturer of those
deadly evplosrre that make our Fourth of
July celebrations so glorious.
I'aa't Make It Inaalmoaa.
Waahlngton Herald.
Japan announce that H Is not looking
for trouble. Nobody appesr to oe look
ing for trouble with Jspan, either except,
of course. Captain Hobeon.
Rewards ef Merit.
Indianapolis Newt.
Mr. Bryan has been made an honorary
member of Lincoln Typographical union
No. K. and Chairman Hitchcock Is pre
paring to hand him Blug t.
Short-Lived Rmim.
8t. Louis Olobe-Democrst.
Mr. Bryan's notification exercises will
begin with forty-six guns, which Is one
gun for each of the states that the Bryan
boomers always carry In August.
Lead Call for Cowboy Jim.
New Tork Bun.
Mr. Bryan can't keep away from the en
emy's country. He has promised to make
some speeches herd, but New Tork pines
for a stranger voice. Cowboy Jim Dahlman
Is the vision and desire for which she
waits.
He Needs the Exercise.
Baltimore American.
In a speech to his neighbors when they
welcomed him home t West Springfield.
Mass., Thomas L. Hlsgen, Independence
league candidate for president, said: "I be
lieve that offlceeeekers are a lot of moral
cowards. They have to look when they get
up In the morning at a tin rooster to see
which way the wind blows, to see which
way they will vote." Mr. Hlsgen, In run
ning on the Indepndence league ticket, ran
truthfully say that he Is not an office-
seeker.
PERSONAL NOTES.
The really great Inventor is certain of
honor. London has banqueted the creator
of the Marcel wave.
This affinity business Is getting so com
mon In New York that for the sake of
convenience the term has been shortened
to "affln."
Oeneral Mortexa Kahn, Persian minister
to the United States., estimates that within
the last few years 10,008 persons have been
killed In political riots In Persia.
An Englishman Is said to have fallen In
love with the widow of Marshall Field and
the affair is spoken of as a "romance."
That's no romance. It's plain business.
A London doctor says that gasoline
fumes are the finest disinfectant. Never
theless the mortality tables so far as com
piled are against the automobile as a pro
moter of longevity.
"Gross mismanagement. Invincible stupid
ity, Intolerable conceit and general Incapac
ty were salient features of the British com
mittee's handiwork In the Olympic games,"
Is th comment of the Freeman's Journal.
This is "Irish as she spoke" tn Dublin.
T. W. Fltapatrtck, consulting architect
of the International Society of Building
Commissioners, say tho fire lost In the
United States every year la (100,000,000
greater than the amount spent In new
construction. ' In this estimate Is Included
the money paid annually for insurance and
the cost of fighting fire.
Julian Harris'.' son of Joel Chandler Har
ris, succeeds his father as editor of Uncle
Remus the Hqme Magazine, retaining also
his original ' position as' general manager.
Don R. Marquis, who has already made
a national reputation through his edi
torials, poems and Short stories. Is to con
tinue as associate editor of the magazine.
Edward B. Moore, commissioner of pat
ents, will shortly said from New Tork to
attend the congress ot the International
Association for the Protection ot Industrial
Property to be held In Stockholm on Au
gust 26. This will be one of the most Im
portant meetings ever held In connection
with the patent and trade mark interests
of the United States.
PREPARED POR PROSPERITY.
Activity of Men of ASaira Shows Di
rection of the Current.
Baltimore American.
Everywhere the country Is preparing for
prosperity. The general public, however, Is
slow In giving assent to the announcement
sounded by those whose field of observa
tion is wider; so that when one and an
other man high In Industrial activities or
In public life heralds the dawning era any
amount of latent skepticism Is stirred up.
Those who do not feel like believing that
the nomination of Mr. Taft is a guarantee
In Itself of a new order of things are at
liberty to .Indulge their incredulity, as the
proof of the pudding Is in the eating. But
entirely aside from that really epoch-making
event, as millions believe It will prove,
the signs of prosperity are abundant. It
would be a useless work to recapitulate
them, as they have been dwelt upon before.
But It Is pertinent to observe the activity
of the men of affairs to get In the stream
when tha tide begins to flow.
The Steel trust is an illustration of the
general spirit of preparedness. While Its
slump was far short of that ot 1883 and
1894, in the reduction of profits. It output
has seriously waned and th showing has,
until lately, been far more encouraging.
Nevertheless, there are about this Industry
signs of early revival, not unnoticed by
those accustomed to look to It as one of the
best crlteiions ot the industrial times. It Is
In a position to make Its output much
greater than formerly with the same fixed
charges. This tends to equallxa to some
extent the reduction In profits. The present
output is much more profitable than a simi
lar output prior to the beginning of th
liquidation that led to the panic. With th
tide (if prosperity running high sgaln, ths
returns to this colossal Induatry will be
monumental.
Th steel Industry is interesting, not be
caueo the people generally, outside the
holder of Steel stock, are vitally Inter
ested In its fortunes, but as sure indication
of the growth of enterprlae that will reault
tn every man finding his place again at
wheel or spindle and as the recipient ot a
satisfactory wage. Just how much of this
gratifying condition may be credited to the
belief that Bryan cannot wlj and h?w much
of it la to be credited to the Inherent nat
ural prosperity of the country Is a matter
requiring too keen analysis to be practically
demonstrated at the present time. It la
enough to know that everywhere the alert
managers of Industry are preparing for the
swell tide of returned prosperity which Is
not expected to suffer abatement. The
finishing of the Panama canal will open
wide the door to South America and Asia
and Sll vastly to the wealth of the people
of the United States.
Certain it is that th political policies of
th country-are sound. Certain It Is that
ths public economy 1 right. Certain It la
that the conduct of private enterprlae has
been and is being modified so aa to prevent
conditions arising for a recurrence of th
panic. Certain It is the exigents! currency
measure, unsatisfactory as It would be for
a permanent policy, has something of an
assuring Influence, although It may never
be called Into play. These ar simple facta.
They ar out of th range ot successful
denial. So that the pessimists had better
begin to look for riataa and stop calculat
ing how thick is the cloud bank that has
been shutting from their el U sun of
prosperity.
O rRP.SIDRXTIAt.PIRI7iat.INB.
Some Reflectloao on Democratic Rain
how Chasing.
Madison (Wis.) Democrat idem ).
Mr. Bryan will come nearer being elected
than he ever came before, yet in all likeli
hood will he not b defeated? Just pause
an Instant and ask:
Can he carry Wisconsin?
If not, then can he carry any stats of
the middle west?
Viewing conditions and Dosslbilities with
the calmest of understanding. It is not easy
to imagine that ne can aucreeafully lnvad
this section. There really Is nothina to In.
dlcate such an eventuality.
Then, how about New York? Rareiv hu
that state failed the republicans when a
full vot Is out and of course It win ha
out the coming fall. No condition exists
whlcn renders the political situation this
year different from Its chsracter four yesrs
ago. at least, not much different. Mr.
Bryan has abandoned the frea silver
heresy, but Is yet regarded by capital that
means canning, railroading, merchandis
ing, contracting, fartnrl nf Ind til aIb
wherein volumes of money are needed
wnn a suspicion thst perhaps never can be
allayed: and In New Tork. It must be re
membered, that capital through its mvrlad
ramlflcatlona exerts an Influence of tre
mendous force. It permeates evenr mill.
every factory, every counting room, stor.
omce ana snip, its freedom and fearless
ness Imply plenty of work, plenty of busl.
ness a healthful, wholesome Industrial and
commercial condition. Surely, can It ha
expected now to contribute to the as
cendancy of one whose utterances for a
uosen years nave been deemed by It harm
ful and hurtful? It is too mm'h to expect.
It cannot be conceived as more than a
vague probability. Then, doubting the like
lihood of political revolution In snrh rep
resentative states west and east as Wis
consin and New Tork. may one reasonably
believe that Mr. Bryan can wint ,A
enthusiasm may lead to the conviction that
ine aay of the "great commoner" has come
at last, yet resson and equanimity and an
understanding of statistics leave m. ih
vision messurably clear even thus early
regarding election day probabilities.
Tarn the Llarht On.
Fort Wayne (Ind.) News (lnd.). "
It Is given out with limit hvnnmlra h
the democratio managers that they "do
not want campaign contributions from
questionable sources." vet rh
time arrangements have been made for the
sub-rosa receipt of coin from any old quar
ter, in ine publicity declaration It
stated that only contributions in excess of
nw would be made public, the others being
"too trifling to be of general Interest." Tet
It Is these "trifling" contributions that
would be of especial Interest, particularly
right here in Indiana, where It Is ascer
tained that a movement la on font to
cure a contribution of $99 from every man
connectea witn the liquor business In the
state. Just what tjronorttnn nt th..-
trtbutlons will be actually made bv the
men presenting them, one versed with th
situation here ran readily Imagine, and the
lr.tfnlous method adopted to avoid pub
licity speaks eloquently of the determined
attitude of an Interest deeply concerned In
the outcome ot the election. Tf Me
and his friends really desire purity and
puoncicy in tn coming campaign they will
InskU that every dollar contrthut t v,-
natlonal, state and oounty funds from In-
uin oe puoiisned to the world. Mr
Bryan has
by th special Interests, yet ths fact Is
noionous that here in Indiana his cam
paign Is being finsnced and "managed by
one of the moat objectionable special inter
ests In the country-the brewery combine.
The Twltlarfct Zone.
Boston Herald (rep.).
Mr. Bryan's description of the "twilight
sone" of the presidency Is notabty perti
nent In this campaign. "There Is," he says,
"a wide sone In which the president must
Set on his own Judgment, and her h.
ought to have the aid Of intelligent, con
scientious snd ralthful advisers." Beyond
the clear, strong light of definite law there
Is the twilight of presidential opportunity
and power. The welfare and safety of the
nation are placed In th hands nt ,h- .,..1
dent and his advisers. Will the nation pre-
mr me guidance or William H. Taft,
trained and tried in the public service, ,up'
ported by the advisers whom he will call
to his counsel, or that of William J. Bryan,
untrained and untried, advlaed by Alfalfa
Bill and other Oklahoma statesmen:
Qeorge Fred Williams. Charles F. Murphy,
Flngy Connbrs and Charles A. Towns? The
possibilities of the "twilight son" ar th
Issue in this campaign.
Mlxnp in Georgia.
Springfield Republican (Ind.). '
The political situation In Georgia Is said
to be giving the Bryan leaders mucK con
cern. It Is there that Candidate Watson
of the populist party and Vice Prsl
dentlaj Candidate Oravea of the Inde
pendence party have their .homes and ar
making a home appeal for whit demo
cratic votes. It may not be well for the
Bryan candidacy that a break should com
In the solid south, but It would b Well
for the future of the democratic party
Defeated this year. It would then D able
to appeal to the north more successfully
But defeated this year without a break
It. the south, how much better would be
Its chances for success in tho future than
they have bn for fifteen years past?
An Irresistible Ticket.
Brooklyn Eagja (Ir.d.).
In ecstatic admiration the American says
of the Independence party nominees:
"Mr. Hlsgen, of th ncrth. Is big, blue
eyet, light haired and rushed in nh.
Colnnol . Graves, of th south. Is dark
halrsd, courtly nd. indeed, a model of the
oM-tlmo chivalry celebrated in the books "
Ti.e mating of the blende with the bru
nette, the crossing of the northern maple
with the Georgia peach! Considering Its
varied, not to say variegated, complexion
the ticket ought to be lrretlstlble.
Preston Forced to Retire.
PMIadeJphla Record (dtnv).
M. R. Preston, who cannot run because
he is In a penitentiary for murder, per
sists in his refusal to pose as the candidate
of the socialist labor party for president
and August Gllhaus has been Substituted
for him. It shows how careful the social
ist labor party Is about these important
things, that before Glllhaus wss agreed
on as a proxy for Prtstcn he promised
that in the event of his election he Would
allow Preston to select ths cabinet.
Meaa What Ho Says.
Kanaas City Star (lnd.).
As further and final proof that Mr.
Bryan meant what he aatd wnen h de
clared against a speech-making campaign,
let this news dispatch from Lincoln be
received in evidence and marked "Exhibit
A:" "Only a few called on W. J. . Bryan
today. He was occupied nearly the entire
day with his secretary outlining several
speocbaa which h will deliver next
month."
Ornamental Absentees.
St. Loots Globe-Demot rut.
Mr. Bryan has asked Governor Johnson
to te one of an advisory oommrttee of fif
teen. The functions of this" body will evi
dently resemble .thoss of th .flee rresl
utnu at a political rally.
I
MOULDED puddings of any kind
blanc manges, jellies, custards,
etc, will "stand up" more firmly and
be more dcliciously good and whole
some if a little
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is added. Two of America's
wQl tell yon In our book
-OrttOnml ffeclp)
awasf Cataw0 Nospw
ths unnnial benefits to V
derived from Kin trior d s
Orwego Cot" Starch in
. the betterment ot foods
in feneraL for quality,
always get Kinfstord-
sUty-six years ot
superiority.
Grocer pound pkji. 10c
T. KufssrotB a tan, Oswebo, N. T.
BiiraaM. giasxa cbmtssi,
PI Rt.OlttlWO VOTES FOR BSTAJT.
Kansas City Star: Mr. Rosewater of
Omaha Is considerably exercised becaua
Bryan is trying to capture the populist
vote In Nebraska. Does Mr. Rosewater
know of any "vote" Mr. Bryan Is not try
ing to capture this year?
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune: If, aa
Mr. Rosewater charges, there are certain
complications of doubtful morality con
cerning the democrats and populists In
Nebraska, perhaps Mr. Bryan might
Justify them on the ground that there la
no chance for Tom Watson to be elected,
anyhow, ,
Chicago Mews: Mr. Bryan's effort to
capture the populist vote of Nebraska and
the conservative vot of the east with
the same platform does not violate the
rules' of the game and should not be re
buked. A candidate Is allowed to carry
around a certain amount of water on each
shoulder,
Buffalo Express: Borne of the Nebraska
delegates to the convention of the peo
ple's party bolted when they could not
get the convention to endorse Bryan. In
stead, of joining the democratio party,
however, these bolters are trying to put
the democratic candidates tor presidential
electors under an Independent . ticket,
which they call th people's independents.
It Is an apparent attempt to fool soma peo
ple who wish to vote for Watson Into
voting for Bryan. Victor Rosewater pro
testa against It. He even appealed to Mr.
Bryan In person to stop It, but Mr. Bryan's
Ideas of political honesty have not yet
gone far enough for that.
Norfolk News: The World-Herald rid
icules Victor Rosewater's open letter to
W. J. Bryan adjuring him by th com
mandment. "Thou shalt not stl," to dis
countenance th attempted democratic
theft ot Watson electors In Nebraska.
There la. ot course, a purely legal side
to the proceeding which, th World-Herald
Ignores, and adds Its justification
based on th bold assumption that "prac
tically without exception every member of
the people's Independent party la this
slat desires to vote . for Bryan." Un
doubtedly some former populists ar for
W. J. Bryan. Many thousands of them
are also for Taft A great many who
hAv contended for a mWdle-of-ths-road
policy are for Watson and these latter,
are' entitled to 'have their votes recorded
for Watson electors, be they tew or
many.- It SO per cent ar for Bryan that
fact does not constitute a justification
of the disfranchisement ot the remaining
on-tnth. So In addition to th legal
phaa to the matter a question'' of moral
ity Is also at stake.
POSTAL. SAVINGS BANKS.
Probability of Thlr Establishment by
Next Session of Congress.
The postmaster general of th United
States, George U Meyer, in an article on
"Postal savings Bank" in th August
number of th North American Review,
outlines the advantages which would ac
crue to the country from the establish
ment of such Institutions. In a general
way they would encourage thrift by afford
ing a place for the deposit of the dime that
would otherwise "burn a bole In th
pocket" of the wag earner. Nor Would
they Interfere with the business of other
savings bank, since th Interest they
would pay on deposits would be. much
lower than th ordinary savings bank
pays. Mr. Meyer concludes:
"I confidently believe that a poetal sav
ings bank law will be enacted at the next
session of congress, and I have had assur
ances from i more than a majority of the
senator that they will support the meas
ure. The bill has been set for debate be
ginning on December 14, and Senator Car
ter, who has charge of the measure, haa
every belief that It will paas. It waa unan
imously reported favorably by the senate
committee on postofflces and post roads.
The republican, national convention has Just
declared In Ha favor In the party platform.
The Postofftce department looks for speedy
action on the part of the houae, because
the people are demanding It, aa they have
a right to do, and as the proposition Is
better understood opposition ceases.
"I desire to repeat that, while postal
basks are primarily In the Interest of the
wage-earner, they Will also b mutually
beneficial to labor and capital, and prevent
th hoarding of money throughout the
country."
Cain In Immigration.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
There seems no doubt that we ar on the
verge of a revival of business that it haa
already begun; but there ar plenty of peo.
pie In this country at present for all neces
sary activities. This is a land of oppor
tunity, but not One where" every arrival
may make a fortune. It t lamentable that
there la an opinion in certain parts of Italy,
Austro-Hungary and Russia that on has
only to com hr to find wealth. Th re
ceding flood has carried bundreda of thous.
ands back, many of whom will never re
turn. Th astoundtng thing Is thst w
hav been able to assimilate the millions
who hsv remained. The next wave of Im
migration should go to ths south or the
west. Ths country east of the Mississippi
1 pretty well provided with population for
th present.
' Watching an Experiment.
New Tork World.
Attorney Oenerkl Bonaparte warns na
tional banks In Oklahoma that they ean
not legally join In th guarante-of-depo-sits
scham contemplated in th new con
stitution. If con ires wer to authorise
such action It would becom legal but
venturesome. - Just as well wslt and see
how th fifty-seven varieties of govern
ment experiment in th Oklahoma constitu
tion work rn praotlo.
WUlInc So rora-tvo.
Chicago Nswa.
. On of the things th Standard OH com
pany would Ilk to know Is any th gosr-
rnmasB) caapot let bygone b bygone,
especlairyW rsgards k,KO,000 fine.
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BACK TO TUB SO It.
Men Retarninsjr to the Coaatry from
tho Cities. .
Plttsburr Ppst.
. About twenty years or so ago. and for
a number of years following, there was
a marked exodus of young men and boys
from the country to the city. The rural
youth found there mere many things h
could turn his hand to In th city that
meant to him ready money. Bo the farm
was deserted for metropolitan allurements, i
The reaction has set In, and now there j
Is a generous return to bucolic life. The
man who has spent a score or' mor ofL.,
years in a city and has amassed a conf
petenco finds himself yearning for eorrf
munlon with country scenes. When th'(
exodus from the farm began, students ou ..
politico-economic subjects racked their
brains for a logical deduction as to the
probable result. Time has brought the so-I
lutlon. The cities wore," In the main, '
bullded ' by men who were born In the
country who began life on the farm or
In the cross-roads grocery. These, par
ticularly,, are the men who a now go
ing bock to the farm. Not for 'the pur
pose of farming then wives, But td have
a country home, away from' the din and
dirt of the city; The electric railway, tho
development and extension of the tele
phone service, the rural ' free delivery,
and other things that have convenlenced
living away from the business centors
are responsible. ' Th return Ot the city
man to tha country nas enhanced the
pries ot farm property snd materially
added to the tax dupllcat. Back to th
soil! It's a good old slogan.
POINTED PLEASANTRIES. f
"Q1mm M worth of ham and eggs."
"There's a feller who ain't used to or
derln' In swell restaurants," commented '
Weary Waggles. "Walter, bring me a
(-cent portion of otewed terrapin. Louis- ,
vlll Courier-Journal.
I "Is the pen really mightier than th
"Naw," answered the bard addressed.
"And tt won't b until poets git pensions."
Puck.
I
"John." aald Mrs. Spenders, "I have j
lots of things I want to talk to you about."
"Olad to hear It," snapped her husband; I
"usually you want to talk- to ms shout '
lots -of things yoa : hkTent.'-Clsveland
leader.
"We'll have to annex Canada befor 1
great while."
"Nonsense! What for?"
- "Bo as to get more names for battle
ships." Houston Post.
"When is a man his own boss, papat" )
"Between the age of 21 and the age at 7
which he marries. Houston Post.
Stranger (In Drearyhurst) Wher is th
town pumpT
Uncle Welby Oosh I'm the town pump,
Who be ye, mister? What business are ye
follerln,' an' how long are ye goin' to stay
In town? Chicago Tribune.
"Why did Mr. Youngmother come doWn
to this farm to rusticate?"
"I think It was for the benefit of a 11 tt 1
son and heir. Baltimore American.
"Does it reouir much physical couras
to play base ball?" asked the English
visitor.
"That depends," answered Miss Cayenne,
"on how big a man the umpire happens to
be." Washington Star. . ,
Oreen I hear you hav been offered a
big salary to go to Panama. Everybody is
talking about It. Waa there an account of
It In the papers?
Brown On, no; I merely told my wife and
requested her not to tell anyone. Chicago
News.
"He has started publishing a ' monthly
paper for barbers, you know.
'Indeed? I suppose it's Very appropri
ately Illustrated with cuts." Chicago Record-Herald.
"Some of the egga you sent me," said the
housekeeper, "were bad."
"Well, ma'am," replied th dealer, "th
ain't my fault: I ain't, no hen. "-Phil J
delphla Press. ' j
"They have come to wreek, It .em. on , i,
life's matrimonial sea."
"Indeed? And which rocked thS boat?"
Louisville Courier Journal. V
THE GOOD-N ATt HBD lAlf
Boston Trsnscrlpl.
Tou may sing the praises of th mon of
might,
And tiie heroes brsve and strong:
Th men who win in th long-drawn fight
Of the right against th wreng;
You may laud the fellow who do great
things.
From Jewry to Japan
But here's to ths man who smiles and
sings
The glsd, good-nstured man. ;
Yes. here's to tha man with a kindly fact
And a gentle, patient soul; '
The man who can win or lose the rsc
With a perfect self-control;
He's the jolllest fellow in all the land,
And hs always leads the van
This human saint with a world of sand
The strong, good-natured man. -
He s right on deck with a word of cheer,
And a helpful lift for all: '
And th touch of his hand will banish far,
When your drooping spirits tail;
He's an Inspiration, a help, a- host.
And he makes you think you can,
Whtn you're down and out rd licked
almost
Th brave, good-natured man.
He's richer fsr thsn the millionaire;
He's mightier than ths king;
His hrsrt Is happy and free from-oars,
And his voice hss a lolly rlns:
He's the strongest, noblest, best Of all.
Whatever his creed or clan
Bo here's tn the man.no Ills appal .
The grand, good-natured man.
We Are Hot
Through With You . 'A
When you buy g lasts from us, thai
must satisfy you. W guarantee
Our work absolutely. ' .
Our vast siperlrnc Of JO years
as eaelasiv ys Bight Spooiallsu
is at yuur service , . ...
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