THE OMAHA DAILY IlKK : FRIDAY. OCTOBER 2. 1008.
Tiie Oxuha ; Daily Bee
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' VICTOR R08EWATER. EDITOR.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. '
State of Nebraska. Iwjg;laa County, as.:
Ueorre B. Tsachuck, treasurer of The
Jee Publishing company, being duly
worn, says that the actual number of
full and complete copies of The Dally,
Morning-, Evening and Bunday Bee printed
during the month of September, ltOg, was
as follows
i 3e,ooo it ss.iao
t 87,690 17 38,300
t 86.060 II 36,340
4 8580 1 36,370
I f. 36,140 20 36,000
.... 38,700 21 36,630
T... 36,830
( 39,610
...,.,.... 36,840
10...'. 36,810
U...; 86,660
12 86,800
II..., 86,600
II 36,380
II 86,380
22 36,830
25 36,490
24 86,680
IS 36,480
26 38,490
27 87,700
21 30,440
29 36,490
10.: 36,700
Totals 1,098,390
Lss unsold and returned coplea. 6,437
Net total 1,086,988
Dally average . : .". 7.' . 36,833
GEORGK B. TZ3CHUCK.
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me this 1st dsy of October 1901.
tBeaJ.) "" 'ROBERT HUNTER,
- . Notary Public.
i WHEI. OUT ' OF TOWN.
Subscribers leavlaaj tba city tea
porartly ahiilA hay Ta Bee
aavllad t tfcaa. Attires will be
ehasjg;4 as lta a reo; vested.
And .hew for the ball.
The Big Is mightier than" the
Big Stick;.
It was a typographical mistake. Ok
lahoma, not.OHklahoma, wos meant..
' General Morton la supplementing
Samson's work in a delightful way..
"Haskell has not been proved
guilty," sayi Mr. Bryan. Neither has
Abe RuefV . :
The president $as demonstrated that
he IsTm handy' with the harpoon as
with the big stick. '
Democratic leaders are learning that
while It may pay to be bold, It does not
pay to be Archbold.
Anyway, none of President Roose-
velt s correspondence is ever found in
the dead letter office.
1 Oklahoma "serves as a warning to
other states not to elect a governor
who cannot produce references.--:.. : -
Governor Haskell says but really
It. doesn't make much difference any
more what Governor Haskell says.
Manila has been notified that It
must shake the cholera before It will
be allowed to shake hands with the
fleefcr" " ;
A market report announces a short
age In the Cayenne pepper supply. Mr.
Heant appears to have taken the en
tire crop.
The. base ball pennant chase la near-
lng the finish and not a player has been
mixed up In any Standard Oil scandal
this season.' v. ;
; It should be remembered that it Is
Mr. Hlsgen and not Mr. Hearst who is
running for the presidency on the inde
pendence ticket.
if the health reports, are not exag
gerated It is surprising that Russians
should object to being sent from St
Petersburg to Siberia.
j Sir Oliver Lodge insists that he can
hold communications with the dead.
Can he get a message from Senator
Jeff Davis of Arkansas?
' Tifrkey imported '4,000, 000 "pounds
of soap Uat -r-eajv . That may account
for the active house cleaning that is
golag on in the sultan's country.
Mr. Bryan says the democrats are
strongly in favor of forest preserve
tlon. Naturally, as they have need
for the tall timber every November.
"What part are the candidates for
vice president playing In this cam
palgnf " asks an exchange. Well, they
are furnishing the whiskers, at least
Both parties are expressing concern
over the future of t? farmer. About
the only person not concerned about
the future of the farmer Is the farmer.
It Is Just possible that the governor
of Oklahoma may be working for one
of those Insurance companies In Lon
don that Is offering policies against the
election of Bryan. ,
The New York World tells
Mr
Bryan that he cannot fight Mr. Roose
velt with confetti. The World
has
' never convinced Itself that its "Map
Bryaalam" will need to be changed
the 'November .resull .
of
by
THE yr.GRO ASD HIS VOTE.
Southern papers are becoming very
much aroused- over Colonel Watter-
on's urgent appeals to the democratic
campaign managers to do something
to induce the negro voters of the north
to support the democratic ticket in this
campaign. The brunt of this fight has
fallen upon Coloncf Watterson, as Mr.
Bryan can not, without great embar
rassment to himself, discuss the negro
question this year. In his speech at
Cooper Union hall, New York, last
April, ho endorsed the action of the
southern states in disfranchising the
negroes and since that time, he has
been evading tho Issue, leaving to his
eutenants the work of luring the
negro vote to the democratic camp.
The Jtlchniond (Va.) Journal, rfis-
ueslng Colonel Wattevson's recent
bids for the negro vote, joins with the
harieston News and Courier . and
other southern papers in declaring lua,t
the democratic party does not want' n
ictory in the present campaign .If it
must be secured with the aid of negro
votes. The Journal puts the matter
thus bluntly and plainly:
The negro is the secret of the "solid
south." It Is solid and n 1 11 remain solid
so long the negro qucptlon survives, as a
perpetual protest against and a formidable
obstacle to the consummation of the foul
rime of reconstruction the full exercise
of negro suffrage and the full acceptance of
the false He of rnclal equality. That we
shall be given a free hand In this matter
nd that the party will support us In ,it
nd steadfastly refrain from adopting any
course or pursuing any policy that would
mbarrass or compromise us In dealing
with the negro question Is the one abso
lutely undlscupsable condition to the sojld
south's support of the democratic party
party that without the solid south would
lust at present be about as respectable .as
Debs Socialist and about as formidable
as Hearst's league:
For the responsible organization of the
omocratlc party to make a formal bid for
the negro vote and for the responsible leader
and. nominee for the presidency to elec
tioneer for this vote In the so-called doubt
ful states would be a distinct and formal
admission by the parly of his political
equality with the whites. Tills would be a
plain desertion of the south and a flat re
pudiation of all for which sho has suf
fered land fought and served the one thing
that has made the south solid and bound
her to the fortunes of the democratic party.
The party cannot 'preach and practice the
doctrine of racial equality and the negro's
right to the suffrage north of the Ohio and
the Potomac, and south of these rivers
preaclu sanction and practice .the reverse.
In the meantime the democrats of
West Virginia and Kansas are seeking
to pass laws disfranchising the negro,
while in other northern states the
party managers are making desperate
efforts to induce the negro vote to go
to Mr. Bryan. Negroes and white men
alike would like to know where Mr.
Bryan stands on this question and If
he endorses, the double dealing pro
gram of his campaign managers.
TAXES AS rEACE QUAllAXTKK.
Diplomats who have been seeking an
explanation of Emperor William's re
cent declaration of Intention to use his
influence and best efforts to secure th
lasting peace of Europe have probably
found it in Bavaria's emphatic protest
against a proposed plan of the-kalser
to Increase the imperial revenues by
new system of taxation. The pro
test has-called attention to Germany's
fiscal affairs, which show that the em
plre is already groaning under a-tax
burden much more heevy than appears
on the surface and one which r must
be largely increased if th.e estnperor car-
Ties out any . of his' many plans for
Increasing the country's military and
naval strength. --.
Germany is at this time facing the
problem which confronts Great Britain,
the United' States, Japan, Russia and
all of the larger powers. The increas
ing activities of the government have
made additional revenues necessary
end the question IS how these may be
raised without adding . to the direct tax
burdens of the people. Germany's pub
lic debt has Increased from $575,000,-
000 to more than f 1,000,000,000 in
the last eight years. The annual In
terest charge is more than $40,000,000,
and this is only for the needs of the
states. The imperial taxes are an
other charge and not a small one, the
expenses for the army and navy alone
amounting to more than $250,000,000
a year. In order to increase the reve
nues the government recently sug
gested the placing of a duty on gas
and electricity. Bavaria and other
German states which us' electricity
very largely in manufacturing' have
protested so emphatically that the Ger
man government has about decided to
abandon the original plan. Bark of
this Is the feeling among the German
states that if the kaiser succeeds in
raising more revenues he will ask for
more troops, as he has done in the
past, the result being a growing oppo
sition among the states to the Imperial
plan of army and navy expansion.
Faced with this condition, tho kaiser
Is solemnly assuring the world that
Germany's voice Is for peace.
OMAHA'S CITY GOVERSMEXT.
It was not expected that the .visit
ing city fathers would entirely en
dorse everything that exists In connec
tion with'tbe Omaha city government
It has never been beld forth as a
model, and even Its most ardent sup
porters do not claim perfection for it,
hut with all Its manifest deficiencies
and apparent shortcomings, it still has
its advantages and the earnest citizens
of the community are undertaking by
patient effort and as the result of ex
perience to correct mistakes and im
prove on methods, so that the ' city
government of Omaha may in time
come to such a degree of efficiency as
will satisfy completely the needs of all
who live under it.
This much is said for the information
of those among our visitors who have
publicly expressed their disapproval of
Omaha's municipal housekeeping. In
defense of Qmaha It may be said
also, ( that the charter under which we
live is not wholly at fault, but some
blame roust' rest upon those who are
administering the city's affairs under
that charter. It is not a pleasant
thing to publicly confess our shortcom
ings, but the fact remains that for two
years last past Omaha has been In the
hands of a city government as incom
petent as ever misdirected the affairs
of a community. This matter, of
course, can and doubtless wll be cor
rected at the next city election and
some alterations will have been made
In the' charter, which will undoubtedly
operate to secure seme further advan
tages in the1 way of economical admin
istration and improved service.
In the meantime, Omaha will be
cqntent to watch the experiments that
are now being carried on by Galves
ton, Des Moines and other smaller
communities until they have reached
a point where their transcendental
superiority is more fully established
than it is at present. We never. tire
of being told' how much better they do
things in other communities, for we
dally see business men and mechanics
migrating from .those perfectly gov
erned cities and locating In Omaha.
THE r,YGKESSOAa, CVXTEST8.
In the excitement incident to the
election of a president, voters should
not forget the fact that the election of
a congress is quite as Important, and
In certain contingencies, more import
ant than the election of a president. In
the pending election, the progress of
the government for at least two years
must depend upon the congress to be
chosen in November. Democrats are
naturally making a determined effort
to secure the control of the next house,
now held by the republicans' by a ma
jority of 56, and tho republicans must
see to it that democratic plana In this
direction shall miscarry.
The result of the primary elections
In some districts' by which certain re
publicans have failed of renomlnatlon,
has been heralded by. the democrats
as evidence of public resentment of the
record of the last congress and partic
ularly of the present rules by which
the house Is governed. The demo
crats and the public generally lose
sight of the fact that the present rules
were In force when the democrats had
control of the house and that they are
subject to change by the membership
of the house at any time. Indications
are that the agitation of this subject at
the last session and the discussfbn of it
in the campaign will result In a radi
cal change of the method of house pro
cedure In the next congress. -
President Roosevelt does not agree
with the general sentiment that the
house in the last session of congress
was opposed to his policies. It is true
that the house was not the president's
willing servant in all matters, but he
has given' It credit for a record of
achievements that has not been equaled
m years, when the number's and Im
portance of the questions considered
are remembered.
However,' Mr. Roosevelt will not be
president when the new congress comes
into power and the importance of the
political complexion of that body can
not be underestimated. If Mr. Taft
is to be elected, It would be folly to
to elect a house antagonistic to him.
It would mean the postponement of
tariff revision, the abandonment of cur
rency reform and the obstruction of
all progressive legislation. In the
case of Mr. Bryan's election, with or
without a democratic house, the re
publican senate would prevent injur
ious legislation but the country la In
no mood for four years of muddle con
ditions that would result from the elec
tion of a president and a congress that
would be at odds with each other. Co
operative, constructive legislation Is
needed by the country and that can
be secured only by the election of Mr.
Taft and a republican congress.
BR YAWS TARIFF FOLLY.
The Denver platform plank on the
tariff question is notable for Its vague
ness, but Mr. Bryan has come to the
rescue and made it all plain. In one
of his recent speeches on the tariff, he
said:
In all tariff legislation the true principle
is best maintained by the imposition of
audi dutiea aa will' equal the difference
between the cost of production at home
and abroad, together with reasonable profit
to American industries.
Nothing prettier in the catch-all line
has been offered in this campaign. The
most hide-bound standpatter in the
country can accept that as satisfactory
and the rankest free trader can find
delight' in it. The declaration means
simply nothing. An attempt to legis
late along that line would simply open
the way to interminable wrangling as
to what constitutes "a reasonable
profit" for hair-splitting on wages on
one industry, price of raw materials
In another, rebates and drawbacks in
a third and so on through the list of
thousands of articles that are now on
the tariff lists. Under such a proposl
tlon, an attempt at tariff revision at
Bryan's direction would serve only to
halt industrial and commercial prog
ress and keep business unsettled dur
ing his term of office.
The Omaha double-ender Is exclt
ing itself tremendously over the pros
pect of the common people's savings
unless the guaranty deposit law is
adopted. Under the last democratic
administration of national affairs, the
common people were lmmuue from
banking dangers, for they had noth
lng to save except their breath, and
Mr. Bryan offers no-guaranty that this
condition will not again prevail In
event of his election.
Mr. Taft has left no biasing trail of
prairies and corn fields on his way
through Nebraska, but he has left aa
Impression in the minds of the voters
which will be registered at the No-
vember election. His visit to the hqme
state of his democratic opponent was
opportune and the assurances that he
has received in . the great turn-outs
that have greeted Mm must have con
vinced, him of the sincerity of Ne
braska's people. "State pride" is not
going to lead the voters of Nebraska
Into the mistake of endorsing Bryan
this year.
The Omaha police force deserves an
extra credit mark for the splendid
manner In which the enormous crowds
were handled Wednesday night. It Is
doubtful If ever before so many peo
ple were assembled on the streets as
watched tho magnificent parade pass
and yet the order 'preserved was per
fect. Some credit is due to the peo
ple for the assistance they gave the
police. While the carnival spirit pre-
ailed in every direction, It was a good
natared spirit and (he fun was not of
the sort that tended to disorder.
"If you are nominated you cannot
carry New York and cannot be elected.
Why don't you step aside and allow
some man to be nominated who can be
elected?" said Herman Rldder to W.
Bryan at Lincoln Just a few days be
fore the Denver convention. Mr. Rld
der understood the situation thor
oughly and it has not changed.
The League of American Municipali
ties is beginning to experience the
Omaha welcome so ineptly expressed
by Mayor "Jim" at the Boyd theater
Wednesday morning. It was not
what Mayor "Jim" said, but what he
meant.
It was a well dressed, well fed and
happy crowd that cheered Ak-Sar-
Ben XIV on his entry to Omaha, and
the prosperity so noticeable has been
achieved under republican administra
tion. The voters should remember
this. " '
"Big Jeff" is making such headway
n the district aa leaves no -doubt as
to the outcome. If he proves as suc
cessful a congressman as he Is a cam
paigner the voters of the Second Ne
braska district will never regret hav
ing elected him.
Governor Haskell Is In position to
sympathize with the phenom who
comes np from J.he brush league and
has the conceit knocked out of him
after pitching about one game In fast
company.
Doa't All Speak at Once.
New York Press.
Now that Oravea has been officially In
formed of his nomination, what's the mat
ter with starting a contest to see who can
flrat give tha names of all th candidate!
for president 'and vice president?
Expediting- Justice.
Bt. Louis Times.
Omaha haa act a fine example to New
York In thj matter of expediting murder
trials. The41ustln case baa gained ex
cellent headway,-, while tha Halns boys
continue to sit in their cells and consider
tha ways of .be world.
Care and Caatloa Needed.
St. Louis Olobe Democrat.
It Is needless to say that accident will
not stop aeronautics. An -annual casuallty
list equal to. that at Gettysburg has not
Interrupted railroad operations . and
growth. But It would be a great thing 'to
reduce the dangers of all kinds of locomo
tion. Exemplars of fttreaaona Life.
Philadelphia Ledger.
It the first rule for Americana la the
strenuous lffe and the square deal, a heavy
popular vote for the prise exemplar will
go to Christy Mathewaon and another to
Hans Wagner. One pltchea three games
week in the most parlous times known
to base ball, and the other plays every
day and leads his league with the stern
regularity of fate. It Is an epic of nerve
In action and Spartan good habits between
times.
Tke favorite of fathers.
Boston Herald.
When H comes to the important Issue of
large families, - ft may reasonably be ques
tioned whether or not any of the presiden
tial candidates, -past, present or prospee
tive, can make ' better showing than Tom
Hlsgen. In the speeches he Is now making
down south Mr. Hlsgen says that ha not
only believes that an employer should give
preference to married men, but that every
time there is aa Increase In an employe's
family his wages should be Increased. He
has tried thla course in his own business
and ha has found it to work exceedingly
well. How long could raoa suicide flourish
against the general adoption of this policy
of Tom Hlsgen's?
PR AM ICRS OP SHHHMAN LAW.
Dlstlaa-aUked Grsap of Lawyers ta
the Senate.
Burton J. Hendrlck, in McClurs's.
The men chiefly responsible for the anti
trust law were John Sherman of Ohio,
George F. Edmunds of Vermont, Qeorg F.
Hoar of Massachusetts, Oeorge Gray of
Delaware and James Z. Georga of Mississ
ippi. Benatsr Bpooner recently declared
that no greater body of lawyers ever sat In
congress; no one would venture to contend
that there is any similar group of five men
in Washington today; John tTherman bad
served almost continuously in congress
since 1654; he had. represented Ohio In the
aenate -during the civil war and th re
construction period, displaying especial
talent'ln dealing with questions of national
finance; and, -as secretary of the treas
sury in President Hayes' cabinet, had car
ried through with ' masterly . success the
resumption of . specie' payments. George
F. Edmonds was generally regarded as tha
greatest lawyer kt th senate. Starting
hla career In that body In 1S6&, he took an
Important part in framing the legislation
of the reconstruct lot! vrlod. . George F,
Hoar had, by MM, represented Massach-
uaets In the senate for thirteen years; his
great learning, his comprehensive know
ledg of public questions, his independence,
his genuine devotion to the best public in
terests had made him one of the moat
commanding figures in that body. George
Gray of Delaware., a present Judge of the
United Btatea circuit court, and for many
years one of the 'most conservative forces
In the democ ratio party the same Qeorg
Gray upon whona many of Mr. Bryan's
opponients hoped to unit a few months
ago as the democratic presidential noni
hie was also recognised aa one at the
senate'a greatest authorities on the con
stltutlon. Senator George had served for
many .'' 'rs aa chief Justice of the supreme
court of Mississippi, and was the author
and compiler of many works on law which
are at til widely used.
ROINn A BOl'T SEW IttRK.
Itlsplea oa the t'arreat ot Life In the
Metropolis.
The picturesque experience o'f the raw
Immigrant, long ago embalmed In atory,
Is becoming more and more a visual ry
nlnlscencs In New York. The new comer
had never Witnessed the rush of fre
fighters aud their machines to a fire, and
on seeing the belching and clanging en
gines dash ' along the street at midnight
aroused I. Is sleeping companion and ex
citedly exclaimed, "The devil Is going by."
To witness such a spectacle In New Yotk
nowadays It is necessary to go Into the
fringes of the metropolis, where fire en
gines have been driven by tha direct fire
pressure system recently Installed In the
down town district. Huge hose carts have
taken their place. These carts weigh about
as much as the five-ton engines they have
superseded, carry ftOCO -feet of flveply
rubber hose. TTie tyblng is necessarily
stronger than th old kind, for it must
withstand a water pressure of 300 pounds
to the square Inch. The fire engines usu
ally give only half this pressure. Behind
the driver's seat on the hose cart projects
a four-foot brass nozsle which can be
turned In any direction to shoot the con
centrated volume of water from three lines
of hose. Such a stream will go further and
with greater force than anything yet avail
able. Sixteen brass noszles of various
sixes are carried on the sides of the cart.
A metal handrail above th piled hose Is
provided for the crew of eight men to
hang on by.
New York Is embarking on a number
of municipal novelties designed to promote
th general welfare, but the effects of
which are sometimes unexpected and
startling. For, example, a new high pres
sure hose cart which was going to a fire
the other day found that It could not pass
an old-fashioned horse car In Prince street.
The quick-witted .firemen had never con
templated such an emergency, due to the
extreme width of the new apparatus, but
they rose to it by derailing the horse car
and setting In on one side of the street.
Then there was room for the high pressure
outfit to proceed.
A dispute between the government and
Oj Ogden Mills regarding the value of a
painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds has been
-settled by Judge Walte. of the board of
United States general . appraisers,' favor
ably to Mr. Mills.
The painting, which Is a woman's por
trait, was Invoiced at $10,000. Collector
Fowler, however, had his-attention called
to th fact that In th official catalogue
the value waa put down as being more
than the amount stated In the Invoice. On
this account the collector demanded addi
tional duty.
The general appraiser held that the woik
should be admitted on tha valuation con
tained In the Invoice. It developed that
the price as catalogued was higher than
Mr. Mills actually paid. In order to ob
tain his picture the Importer will be taxed
60 per cent duty, amounting to 16.000.
"Keep Smiling," the motto to be seen In
many ahop windows. Is the legend prom
inent In the parlors and rooms of the
moat unique religious house In New York.
The hotel for. young .women, called the
Bmellne York-Tyndall, at B8 East One
Hundred and Second street, is a church
house connected wltl the People's taber
nacle next door.. Situated In th heart ot
a Hebrew colony. It has Congregationallsts,
Methodists, Catholics, . Jewesses, Episco
palians, Baptists, Free Will Baptists, Pres
byterians, Dutch Reform and Lutherans,
and all live happily and contented in the
little rooms that, -are used by girls who
have no other homes- to live in. The Jiotel
is closed to girls earning more than 112 a
week, and the age limit Is 35. The price
of rooms ranges from J2.60 to $5.60 a week.
A. picture of Evelyn Nesblt Thaw was
sold for $16 by the sheriff of New York
county last Monday, The portrait of Mrs.
Harry K. Thaw by Harrington Mann was
with difficulty brought up from the first
bid of S cents to the ' selling price at
public auction. The. sale took place on a
Judgment against Mrs. Thaw by Elaie Hat-
wig, a Fifth avenue milliner, for the sum
of $360. When the sheriffs auctioneer said
that the picture was worth $500 he was
greeted with derisive cheers and laughter.
The bidding went up in bids of 26 and SO
cents. . .
An exhibition that attracts a great deal
of attention is to be seen In Duane street.
It is a lathe that turns out shoe trees, and
there Is always an Interested crowd stand
ing around to look on. Both the blade
and the block revolve, and the aise of
th finished tree is adjusted by a model
Inserted In a twin lathe by the side, which
guides the swinging arm holding the block,
and makes an exact reproduction of itself.
Th whole machine Is automatic.
Precepts of the Illustrious Sage, Includ
ing the inverse statement of the golden
rule, will be taught to thirty children of
Chinatown In a achool over which the first
Chines teacher to follow his profession
In this country will preside. Mr. Chue is
bis name, and his school Is to be st 8
Mott street. Mr. Chue teaches not only
the clasalcs, but he applies thereto the
tateat method of western instruction. He
Imparts not knowledge by dull rule. In
his class no child will be asked to mem
orise characters snd then learn what they
mean. Writing th language of Confu
cius in rapid style and committing to
memory the claaslca will furnish the prin
cipal work of the school of Mr. Chue.
WHERE DID THEY GET ITf
Money Spent for fcorsreons Qaarters
for Democratic Committee.
(New York Evening Sun)
National Chairman Norman E. Mack has
so much money to run his Bryan campaign
mo much so far that he is ready to extend
theglad hand to a real octopus and invite
predatory wealth to a front aeat In his
private offlc.
Th scqne st the Hoffman House head
quarters of the democratic national Com
mittee Is at once baffling and alluring to
plain democrats, the rank and file. The
place allures by Its magnificence, but the
plain spellbinders wonder how they can
go out on Jhe hustings and declaim against
wealth while Chairman Mack has money
to burn. Th headquarters has been spread
out over an entire floor of the hotel, and
mors floors may be rented before the end
of th week if the money continues to pour
In. Nobody knows, except Governor Has
kell and Chairman Mack, where it comes
from, but plain democrats from Georgia
and Texas gasp when they enter the na
tional headquarters and see the evidence
of a great campaign fund.
Magnificent aultea of rooms have been
rented for th us of Mr. Nathan Straus,
who is organising tha business men of
the country for Bryan, and for Herr Her
man Rldder, who la sending forth Bryan
literature In all languagea. There are suite
for 'Eastern Secretary Kennedy, suits for
Assistant National Secretary Burton, par
lors for the tie of General Organiser John
W. Tomllnson, several parlors and recep
tion rooms for th use of Vic Chairman
Hudspeth. 'The furniture is all solid ok
or mahogany of th latest and moat ar
tistic design. Oriental rugs of the finest
texture cover th floors. Democrats from
Georgia actully atop chewing tobacco when
they enter th place.
i lo the hallways leading to all these gor
geous suites of parlors and offices there
are gatemrn, doormen, messengers, floor
walkers aiur guides stationed five feet
apart, and they ar nl on the pay rolls.
It Is all one grand sweet song st demo
cratic natlonul headquarter thla year.
Not a word about hard times. No buttling
SKainst the octopus, or predatory wealth
I" Manned from the third floor of the
Hoffman house.
To campaign managers there they hive
already carried the middle West, tho Pacific
coast states and most of the eastern
states for Rryan. And If the money
keeps on coming In they will make
his election unanimous before the end Of
the month, and this Is only September.
They say that the size and enthusiasm of
the crowds greeting Mr. Itryan on his first
tour of the enemy's country indicated that
the election Is all over and all one way.
They politely Ignore any question or aug
aestlon that Mr. llryan drew even larger
crowds In 1S96 and 19-W. For answer they
point with pride to tlie headquarters, some
forty or more parlors, and remind the
rude stranger lb, In i;ko Gum Shoe Bill
Stone, who -ran the Eastern headquarters,
had only four small rooms. This year the
moneyjs coming In. and National Chairman
Mack fears no'octopus. He s on good
trms with predatory wealth.
PERSONAL JSOTF.S.
Rockefeller. In Writing his story, seems
not to have relied In eny measure upon
Ida Tarbell.
Robinson Crusoe took out his citizenship
papers In Roston last week, without wait
ing for Friday.
The wealthy New Yorker arrested for
arson and burglary gives a., valid pretext
for the term "predatory" rich.
"Build now and save 25 per cent." iy
two current magazines Just ns forest fin a
nre soon to raise the price of ljmber.
Already young Mr. Roosevelt has found
that a life of hard work has lis compensa
tions. In the office wi:h him are ten pretty
Fills.
On October 16 It will be ISO years since
Noah Webster was horn. His centennial
and a half will be observed with all thi
honors due to his rank and eminence In
the world of letters.
According to the 8pr)ng(ield (Mass.) Re
publican, unless rain comes abundantly be
fore the dedication of the new Hartford
bridge next week there will be no evidence
at hand to show that It was needed. In
some of tho Pennsylvania river beds dust
Is causing an epidemic of sneezing among
fish.
The arrest of tho Wall street brokers
whose action lately caused a sensation In
that fiiHiii'Iul center ' had one extremely
humiliating feature. They "plunged" for
millions and were arrested for the alleged
larceny of a paltry eighteen hundrel. That
was a full no frenzied financier's pride
could sland without wincing.
Wealth from Farm Product.
Springfield Republican.
Secretary Wilson of the Agricultural de
partment calculates that the wealth of the
United States Is increasing at the rate of
$3,000,000 a day from farm products alone.
Presumably, however, he would not have
us infer that the permanent wealth of the
nation is expanding at the rate Indicated.
If It were the vacuum In Inflated corpora
tion stocks would be filled up In less than
a year and many more watered issues taken
care of. Nevertheless, It sounds better to
put ' It that way than to say that the
United States is consuming wealth at the
rate of $3,000,000 a day.
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IVlKhHsier smw tho writing on the wall..
'Caused by local lsnrs," he said.
Herewith he dlcmlosod tho matter from
his mind. New York Pun.
Physician My denr follow., you siioui
prHctfc-w deep -breathing".
t'nller flreut snakes. tinclnPi t dO.
work In a conl mine. Chicago Tribune.
"You are not very enlhualaMIc about tho
eleo-thin." . .. . . ;
"Nope." answered Farmer Cemlossel.
"The nenrc.it 1 kin, ever, git to enthusiasm
In anv election Is to 'persuade ivyself to
cheer up mi' hope fur tho best." V ashing
ton Star. i
"I was en rtishabiltu when you called
"That s one of the suburb, ain't It?
nevgr Seen out there." loustort Post.
I've
"It's silly for anyone 'tV suspect me of
cheating." said the tricky coal man; "my
waIuIi t in honest ns the riA."'-
II m: remai Ken , me nouHeitwprr, m?
dava are getting shorter and shorter as the
coid weather approaches.' Catholic Stan
dard and Times. .
I sny. boy." said tly city" rhap. who
was pasHing a couple) of weeks on the
farm, "how long can -a goose stand on on
leu?"
"3'poso yew try it nr. se:." rejoined the
rural yonnnsler. with a large open-faced
grin. Chicago News. . .
"A public official .must die unflinching
about laying down th law."
"Vp." answered Senntor Sotaliuni. "One
occasionally gets confused. Instead of 1
Inn down the law he starts In throwln
lt l (J H I V Ull.H Hill. O .. " .
a.iu-n tiiA lam- rWasttt ns ton Star.
The Hlahwarman-Hands- upl I've r
vnil covered I i
Th Publlo Man (much . frightened
Wh-what have you got there?
rue mgnwayman n- irnmci.
Tho IMbllo Man (much- rellevedi t; t v
that's all rlaht. I waa afraid It might be
a compromising .letter. -Cleveland Plain
Dealer. ' ' ' '
t!m.lrcv",,
J. W. Foley lir Now Yi. Times.
The spellbinder sat In the gloom apart
With a tear in his dimming eye;
With n clutch, like. U.-atlu..o.l. Hi schla
heart
Am llm Yt nuruile went hv.
He thought of the days WfMi he beld the
siaue, . i- U ... , ,
When his foes, they were strewn like chaff;
He was useless -now. In this later ago
Of th campaign, phunograpli.
He watched the Mwd 'and ho heard th
band .
Till the bote of the Juno grew film:
Thin ho dropped bis hcai'In,Jils hollowed
band '" ' , ,..
Thev had no-use forMrfr. "
For a box nink a squeak aiid a Viionstroui
horn .. . i - ; i'X
He was cast tisidc, like chaff.
And he cursed tho day tnAt peech !
born . i. 1
In
And
the throat of a -plainogiaph.
far from tho depths
of tho
cl-.is."
riMckeii hall
Ho could hear the needle screech,
Ho could hear the choera and tho echoes
full
Of th ground-out keynote speech,
iin ..i.iHtwwi Mil hf-nuMi m-lih siffh of nain.
An a wroiitt oh. a pitiful sound.
And the tearsfrom his eolhls fell like r.iin
Aa the phonograph went round.
He thought of the glitter of other day"
Of the nerlod rotindlv turned:
Of the honeyed word and alio s-iumllr
phrase . .
From the campilsn text-book learned.
The arm npralsed In a cllninx grand,
The cheer of the -half-made vote,
Yet here was his Jtb. on a wooden stand,
With a speech in Its nietal throat.
And the thing went round with a buzz and
whirr. . .
With a soraffh and Srrawl Mnd clink;
It had wooden arms where the gestures
weve,
But It never stopped ti drink.
Then a taxicsb went whizzing by
That he saw through a mist all dim.
And a lean old cab horse wiped his eye
In sympathy of him.
Streets
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