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4 Till OMAHA DAILY 11KK: THURSDAY. OCTOliKU 15. 1H)S. Tim Omaha Daily Dee. FOUNDED BT EDWAflD llOFEWATER VICTOR HOSKWATKR, KMTPlt. Filtered at Omaha pnstoffito as seeond clsao matter. . i TBRM8 OF l He.RiniOX. fnily Bee (without Hiinday), one year.. $4. 00 llly Bee and Sunday, one year DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Daily Bee (Including Bundayi, per week. .16c Dally B (without Bundsv). per week. ..10c livening rte (without Sunday). Pr w eek e Wrenlng n (with Sunday), per week.. ,10c ftnnday h, on tmt.,, Saturday B, oni year 1" AdrM all complaints of Irregularities to delivery to City Circulation Department. , OFFICES. Omaha The Baa Building. Unuth Omaha Twenty-fourth and J. Council Plnrfs 15 Urott afreet. Chic- 1MH Marquette Building. New fork-Rooms 11M-U92, No. U Wait Thirty-third Strt. . WsshlngtAn 7 Fourteenth Ftreet. N. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news end dttnrlal matter ahonld be addressed: Omaha B, Editorial Department. t . REMITTANCES. Remit bf draft, express or postsi order payable to Tha Sea Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps received In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eaatem exchange!, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. tate of Nebraska, Douglas County. ss.: Georita B Taachurk, treaaurer of The Baa PuMlahtnir Company, twin duly worn, says that tha actual number of fall snd complete eoplea of Tha Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee prlntad 'urlnjr tha month of September. 190S, waa a follow: 1.... aCOOO ! 3.190 1 I7.M0 17 3.00 II MM 4 U,U 1 36,370 i..... M.140 30 36,000 M.TO0 21 36,330 1 36,830 21 86,830 36,610 It 36,480 8 36340 24 36,580 J6 36,810 15 86,490 11 86.860 14 StMSO II B4J00 27 37,700 IS 30,300 II 36.440 14... 36330 It 36,480 If S4V3S0 10 36,700 TotalB 1,096.890 Uli unaold and returned copies. . 8.437 Net total.... 1,086383 twlljr average 36,333 GEORGE B. TZSCKL'CK, Treasurer. Rubacrlbed In my presence and awora to before ma tbla let day of October, IMS. (Seal.) v ROBERT HUNTER, " ' . ' NoUry Public WHElf OUT OP TOWJT. BeihwsrlVara lewvlaa; tha city tern . orwrllr atkool . kar Tha Be .Ileal then. Address will be eaaacel aa of tea mm reoaested. It will take more than a broken truok to atop the Taft train. The voter who refuses to register Is guilty of pernicious inactivity. Crete baa broken away from Turkey and wants to Join a Greek letter fra ternity. ... They seem to be making a fine batch of political goulash over In the Balkana, Turkey will not be blamed this year if It asks that Thanksgiving day be postponed. Getting back to names, Mr. Swindler is a candidate for treasurer in Pratt county, Kansas. Philadelphia la 225 years old, but has not yet demonstrated Its capacity for self-government. ' Chancellor Day la maintaining his reputation aa the most productive of the Standard Oil gushers. It will serve the Balkans right if George Ade and George Cohan begin writing plays about them. Wasn't that Hague tribunal formed for the purpose of capturing things like the Balkan war clouds? It waa all right to inject ginger into the campaign, but there is little ex cuse for the addition of vitriol. Naval authorities have decided to build some airships. They should be careful to get the Wright kind. "I love Americana and America," says nail Caine. Thanks. When will your new book be out. Mr. Calne? I ,. If channels could be dug with words Instead of steam shovels the deep waterway problem would soon be set tied. The Navy department wants to in vest in some aeroplanes, but will not do so until congress makes provision for raising the wind. The way his states are dropping away from him in tha closing days of October must make the sultan of Turkey feel like W. J. Bryan. ( The quarrel between the city council and the city physician supports the allegation made by The Bee that the present city government is not efficient "The Young Turks are uneasy,' says a cable. Yes, and It's about the time of the year for the old turks, if they are fat, to begin feeling unsasy, A Harvard professor is trying to discover the cause of so much nerv ousness among Americans. He should look at the close finishes in the base ball leagues Mr. Taft registered at a plumber's shop In Cincinnati, and that will be ex cuse, enough for the . democrats to charge him with having relations with the predatory rich Richard Harding Davis has refused to take a hand la the Balkan affairs and it la more than probable that the powers may decide that a war without him would not be worth while Mr. Bryan 4 energetically disturb ing the atmosphere in Nebraska these bright October days, but he is not changing any votes. Nebraska farm era are too well satisfied with present renditions to want 8 change. IT. J. RflTAK, rorcxi.sr. Eastern democrats of th6 Cleveland school who are getting Into line for Mr. Bryan with the purpose of show ing "regularity" credentials when the time conies for reorganizing the party after Mr. Bryan"s third defeat hardly will find any keen delight In reading the 1908 platform of the Nebraska populists. In which Mr. Bryan Is warmly endorsed as "the beat repre sentative" of populist principles. This endorsement will be all the more em barrassing to these eastern democrats, s they are Industriously trying to make themselves and the public believe that It Is a "new Bryan" who is leading the democratic near-hosts this year; that the old populist Bryan of 1892 nd 1896 has disappeared. As a matter of fact and record the old middle-of-the-road populists have practically disappeared. They have been swallowed tip by Bryanlsm, From the days of 1892, when the pop- list national convention in Omaha de clared that out of the conditions then existing: "From the same prolific womb of governmental Injustice we reed two great classes tramps and millionaires," Mr. Bryan has been the personification of populism in the west, however much he has sought to travel under a political alias in the east. That platform's denunciations of "cap italists, corporations, trusts, watered stocks, the demonetization of silver, the altar of mammon and corruption funds from millionaires" has furnished Bryan with the texts for sixteen years of preaching. The government own- rshlp of railroads was a Bryan addi tion. Otherwise, the Bryan of 1908 Is the same Bryan, who supported Weaver In 1892 and has persistently cham pioned populism ever since. ' To those who know him he Is the same old Bryan. THJS VOYAGE OF THE FLEET. The wisdom of "Admiral Sperry In refusing to allow the men of the American fleet to leave their ships at Manila,1 on account of the health con ditions at that port, has been com mended by the administration at Washington and the disappointment of the Filipinos mitigated by a promise that the fleet shall pay a return visit, after its visit to Japan. Preparations are now being made for the departure for Japan, where the mikado and his people are arranging a lavish welcome. From the ports of the mikado the fleet 111 return to Manila early In Decem ber when, it is hoped, health condi tions will be so improved - that offi cers and men may go ashore In safety and enjoy the welcome prepared for them. When the fleet leaves Manila in De cember It will go to Colombo and then head straight for Suez, where it Is scheduled to arrive the first week In January. Visits will bo made at Na ples, Genoa, Athens, Malta, Algiers, Leghorn and other ports where the American flag is rarely seen,' and will then reassemble at Gibraltar in the first week of February. Then will come the sail straight for' home, the plan being for the arrival of the fleet at New York on February 22, Wash ington's birthday. This will complete the longest tour ever undertaken by a battleship fleet. including as it has the severest tests to which ships, officers and men have ever been put. The worst has already been passed and all Indications are that the fleet will return in February in as prime condition aa when it sailed from Hampton Roads last summer. It has been the bearer of a message of good will to the world, along with a modest demonstration of the nation's great ness. MB. BRYAN AKD HIS ISSUES. Mr. Bryan has said that a man worthy to lead a treat cauee should be willing to die for It. In 1900 Mr. Bryan eaid that If anyone said he had changed his mind about free silver he waa a falsifier. Tet Mr. Bryan made the platform of this year, and that platform lias omitted men tion of free silver; and Mr. Bryan says that a candidate is bound by .what the platform omits as well as by what It contains. Therefore, Mr. Bryan has either discarded free silver as a belief or he has omitted It this year as a mat ter of political expediency, still believing in the doctrine. If he atlll believes In free sliver it is obvious that ho no longer thinks tt neceasary to die for it. If he does not believe In it. then he lias been convinced that he made stupendous n in takes In 1896 and 1900, when he forced the issue on his party. Kansas City Times. Over in Iowa the other day Mr. Bryan reminded his bearers that he has been buried a couple of times and -jraa on the spot again ready for a third interment. Doubtless he feels that ho died for stiver in 1896, as it was lm possible to find the remains of that itsue after the votes were counted He died again for anti-imperialism in 1900, when the country, by an over whelming majority, decided that the flag should stay put in the Philippines He almost died In 1904 when for reg ularity's sake he voted for a platform and a candidate that were admittedly most repulsive to him. The difficulty with Mr. Bryan is that In his political resurrections he has in slated upon bringing the old issues to life with him. Truo, he is now offer ing a panacea for trusts and a plan insuring bank deposits that are new, but he has not freed himself of the old Irsues that still cling to him. carrying their smell of the grave. He has de nounced the republican plans of emergency currency and has offered no assurance that, if elected, be will not revive the silver question, in case the money problem should become acute. It Is equally pertinent to ask Mr. Bryan what he would do if a general revolt against American authority should occur in the Philippines. The malcontents In the archipelago are al ready contending that they will have their independence at once, in case of Bryan's election. They are Justified In feeling that way, in view of Mr. Bryan's platform declaration and his speeches. Should he fall to make good his promise, they might take to the bushes and undo all that the republi can party has accomplished In years of effort toward educating them for self-government. Of course, under such circumstances. President Bryan would be compelled to call upon the hated army and navy to bring the little brown brother to a sense of his posi tion again. Such action would be em barrassing to Mr. Bryan and his antl imperlallst friends up Boston way, but the healthy prospect of inich a condition only Illustrates the difference between democratic loose talking and republi can sane action, and the difference is equally as marked on practically every Issue between the republican and dem ocratic platforms. THE OMAHA CHABTEH. The withdrawal of the representa tives of tha Commercial chib from the deliberations of the self-styled charter revision commission accentuates the situation in regard to the city's bill of rights. The self-constituted commis sion has been busy for a great many weeks endeavoring to frame the re visions necessary, or thought to be necessary, in the document. The difficulty is that "too many cooks spoil the broth,' and too many people with divergent ideas are working on a task which at present they seem likely not to accomplish. Some changes are needed in the Omaha charter, and these are plainly pointed out by experience and will probably be achieved at the coming session of the legislature, but any gen eral revision of the charter can scarcely be accomplished along the lines now being followed. The . suggestion of the Commercial club's executive com mittee is pertinent. It is proposed by the Commercial club that the city coun cil provide for a commission properly constituted which shall have charge of framing a charter for the government of the city. The work of this com mission would be taken to the legisla ture and -by the legislature enacted. It might be well to further provide that the charter revised by the city council's commission should be pre sented to the people for adoption at a special election before it is offered to the legislature for enactment Into law. The home rule that Omaha really requires is recognition of the right of the citizens to make their own charter without legislative interference. This could be brought about in any one of several ways, and Its great advantage would be that when the charter has been framed by a properly selected commission and adopted by the citi zens it would be largely removed from the danger that now besets It from the tinkers who biennially delight In mak ing over the various provisions of the document. It is not expected that such a charter wrould answer all pur poses or would satisfy all people, but it would meet most of the requirements of the case. The suggestion of the Commercial club to the city council is along right lines and opens the way to desired results. CUBAX COXDITIOXS ClilTlCAL' Washington officials who have given close attention to colonial affairs and the relations between the United States and Cuba are having much difficulty in maintaining their air of optimism over the prospects of a stable govern ment being established in Cuba as a result of the coming presidential elec tions on the Island. Recent disorders on the island have emphasized the prospect of marked discontent with the election results, whatever they may be, and all indications are the contest will be an exceedingly close one. These disorders have strengthened the claims of many Cubans that at least a portion of the American troops now on the Island should be retained for an indefinite time after the election and they have also shown that there has been but little, If any, improve ment in Cuban political conditions since the second American occupation took place. The situation has become so acute that the authorities have changed the first plan which contemplated a com plete withdrawal of American troops from the island, and it Is now planned to have some of them remain for an indefinite period. It is a moot ques tion as to how long the Cuban gov ernment can maintain itself inde pendent of the United States after the re-establishment of the new govern ment. The most optimistic predict that the new government will be able to hold its own for a couple of years, If business conditions remain good. while others believo that the with drawal of American troops will be the signal for fresh disorders that will necessitate speedy reoccupatlon. All factions are practically agreed that re- occupation will follow In a short time, in any event. Under the circumstances, the United States may as well prepare for a long siege with the Cuban question. No one desires either annexation or permanent occupation, for the purpose of terri torial extension, but the national obligation to Cuba which came as a heritage of the war with Spain must be discharged. The problem for the next administration and congress Is to decide whether steps toward annexa tion shall be taken or the Cubans given a third chance, should the coming gov eminent fail, to show their capacity for self-government. Tests thus far indicate incapacity for self-government. This, added to 4 lie fact that the business interests of the island are anxious for annexation, on coinruorcial grounds, tends to strengthen the belief that If the American troops are again called to Cuba they will go to stay It is estimated that Americans own is per cent of the productive lands In Cuba and have 1 150,000.000 invested In Cuban enterprises, thus making the maintenance of order In the island of more importsnce thsn when the United States went to war with Spain because of that nation's Inability to control a situation thst threatened the peace and welfare of this country. In his Chicago speech Mr. Taft ex plained that no Judge lu the Philip pines can receive his regular monthly pay until he files a certificate stating on honor that he has disposed of all of the cases submitted to him within the previous sixty days. That method might help some in stopping the law's delays here at home. Mr. Hearst Is calling upon John W. Kern to resign from the democratic ticket because of his connection with Tom Taggart and the French Lick gambling syndicate. It 1b hardly worth while to bother Mr. Kern, us he is going to retire from public life any way on November 3. The Nebraska women now in con vention in Omaha are very busy with their federation work, but not too busy to enjoy the delightful conditions un der which they are assembled. Omaha is mighty glad to see these women and would Joyously welcome them every year. The Treasury department at Wash ington reports that on October 1 the total amount of money in circulation was f3,078,299,361. Complaint is made that the money is circulating so fast that the campaign treasurers can not catch any of it. The editor of the World-Herald could not possibly credit Taft with local popularity, so he is charging Hughes with swinging Nebraska into line for the republican nominee, it was 8 bitter pill, but he finally swal lowed It. The interest of the democrats now in office in the city charter seems to begin and end in the sections govern ing the salaries and the citizens of Omaha are not in a mood at present to raise the pay of public officials. An increase in valuation of the rail road terminals in Nebraska of 77 per cent is a reasonable answer to the democratic allegation that the repub licans Increased the farmers and re duced the railroad taxes. Authorities at Washington are mak ing war on the book worm which has been doing damage in the congres sional library. It will help some, too, if the government would make war on the red-tape worm. "The liberal party" will hold a na tional convention at Atlanta In a few days and nominate Colonel Sidney C. Tapp for president of the United States. That name should appeal to the colonel vote. "At the age of 50," says Congress man Sibley, "a man is apt to be a fool or a philosopher." Mr. Sibley is 60 and pleads guilty to having had an active correspondence with John D. Archbold. Belgium desires to reduce its pop ulation. Well, it would help some If King Leopold could be induced to move to Paris or some gay resort where hts peculiar tastes could be sat isfied. "A Bird In the Hand." Chicago Record-Herald. The sultan of Turkey acts very much as If he feared he would never be able to get another job in case ha gave up the one which he holds. Willing; to Take the Load. Cleveland Plain Dealer. The claim that Improper wealth is the curse of this country has again been made. Unhappily, there are a great many people who will be only too glad to help share the Improper burden. The Superlative In Aerve. Chicago Tribune. It is amusing to hear Mr. Bryan talk of his Ideas." He lias none. He is the Jack daw decked with the feathers of other birds. As regards ideas he is the great American plagiarist. I Peril of Speed Mania. New York World. Standing over the body of the little boy that the big automobile he had been driv ing had crippled for life, a New Tork chauffeur solemnly raised his tight hand and took an oath never to again drive an automobile as long as he lived. A better oath than that would have been to swear to be more careful In running the machine. The "Hired Man" Lnhlred. New York 8un. In some remarks at Havelock, Neb., Mr. Bryan rang the changes on his old ideas that the president of the United States was "a hired man." It must occur to his hear ers whenever he returns to the subject that twice before Mr. Bryan has ssked the peo ple to hire him and that they have decided that he was not worthy of the salary and the house that goes along with it. Tafts IMaylns; In tireat Lock. Washington Post. Mr. Charles -T. Taft s "Cubs" met the enemy in New York and snowed him under The "Giants" were formidable, full of hope, snd the idols of shouting thousands of "fans." But the shouts of their adherents didn't earn them runs. Perhsps the victory may augur well for the household of Taft. Who knows but thst the Taft family keeps a rabbit's foot under the old clock on the mantel, and that a victory for Charles P. means a victory for William H. slto? lontpamtlva Content. Kmpf.rii, (Kan.) Oasetts. It seeim-d to nvt that My life was vain, and th prize not worth the toll, ttil I cbaiicvi to look at a man In pain, a-nurs!r.g a larji red boil. I sat me down by my door to mouin, at.d j it y inynelf a while; and a woman pulsed w'th an a )iing corn, and khe footed It, mile on mile. 1 went onu day to tl.e walling p'.act. to weep for a pti i.iitd hope, and a cripple passed with a sunny face, a-tvaKkiua: his acented soap. And X aid to m.vsolf: "You blamed old ciiuniji, no it son haie you to sigh; It's t. liked ij H-?rp wbiie the nlheis hum', nor wail till lbs clouds toll by I" o rni mi)Ktim. nnin i.wk. Colonel Rrf Colonel Watterson and the Cearler-Jonrnal. William Allen White in Emporia Gazette. One. of the few papers of consequence supporting liryan Is the Louisville Courier- Journal, edited by the venerable Henry Watterson. who has so long been the press agent Tor the star-eyed goddess of reform. The support of the Courler-Journsl Is lukewarm and baaed upon the theory that If elected Mr. Bryan couldn"t do much haim. The paper probably takes its pres ent course In a despairing effort to hold the democratic party together, and not with any hope or expectation of Biyan's election. In fact, Colonel Watterson has so little use for tho Peerless Leader that ho would be disappointed it Taft were de- feated. A few months ago Watterson went to the seashore and wrote letters to his own home paper from his lonely bungalow by the sad sea waves. In those letters he gave some interesting Impressions of the Peerless One. Here Is a sample, showing what Watterson really thinks of Bryan as a man and statesman: Mr. Bryan seems to mo to csrry a nar row and grudging spirit. This may be natural, but it is unfortunate. I have watched him closely and I think without prejudice and I can see nothing of large mlndedness or manly generosity about him not an lota of self-abnegation but on the contrary, the relentless, unforgiving pur pose of an Implacable, who has learned nothing and forgotten nothing since 189&" There is much more equally complimen tary, and when the colonel grew tired of writing his own Impressions he incorporated those of other distinguished democrats who agreed with him. Thus: "Just before Mr. Bryan's return last summer a year ago and his bad break at Madison Square garden, John a. Carlisle said to me: 'I know him well, snd I like him, but he has no more idea of the re sponsibilities of government than a child.' " It would be difficult to Improve upon Mr. Carlisle's estimate of the democratic candidate. It is comprehensive; it Is ab solutely true, and so It is not surprising that Colonel Watterson snd many others who are going through the motions of sup porting Bryan find it quite Impossible to throw any enthusiasm Into the work. IOst, Strayed or Stolen. Brooklyn Eagle (ind. dem.) What has become of the guarantee plank? Two months ago It was on top of Mr. Bryan's pile of paramounts, the trustiest'blade of the whole collection. Now it has lost edge and point snd has accumu lated rust. Not an allusion to it is Its owner making. It Is as though it never was. This makes or bresks a record. Nothing like It has ever happened before. Abandon ment, was of course. Inevitable. Sooner or latter that was bound to come, but no body supposed the blade would be sheathed before election day. That it would last until November was generally believed. Fate has ordered otherwise. Possibly, the weapon was purloined. Haskell may have carried it back to Oklahoma with him, where It belongs they like It there. But, whatever has become of it, the story is pathetic. Almost as pathetic as: "If I am so quickly done for, I wonder what I was begun for." Even government ownership was not so harshly treated. It lasted nearly a year. Free silver survived, as It were, its own death. Other paramounts have been treated considerately. They have been mercifully chloroformed and more or less reverently Interred. Not one of them was strangled In the cradle. Mr. Bryan becoming heartless. He Is losing Ms paternsl Instincts. He is cess' Ing to care what becomes of his offspring. He Is as Inhuman as the Russian mother who threw her children to the wolves, lest she be herself devoured. The Socialists This Year. New York Tribune (rep.). The enthusiasm with which the socialist candidate for president, Eugene V. Debs, was greeted in this city on Sunday suggests that his party may realise Its hope of greatly increasing Its vote this year. At any rate it serves to remind the public that the socialists are carrying on a more extensive and energetic campaign that ever before. In 19u0 Debs received 87,814 votes for the presidency. In 1904 his vote had in creased to 402.2S3. and it Is the hope of the party that it will pass the million mark this year. It Is putting forth exceptional efforta, for It feels that circumstances are favorable to gaining converts. The fi nancial panic is expected to help the party. for the socialist argues that panics are caused by the present Individualists organ ization of Industry. Bfforts are being made to reach those who are out of employment, because It Is beleived thst they will lend a resdy ear to a doctrine that proclaims that periods of enforced Idleness are un necessary and that with Industry socially organised the business of the world would run on an even keel indefinitely. The whole party Is excited over what it regards as Its rare opportunity to make an Impres sive showing on election day, and that excltment accounts for the extraordinary scenes which attend M. Deb's nomination snd his Sunday reception in tbls city. rabllcify of Campaign Fnnds. New York 8un (rep.) A glance over the list of Ttrysn contri butors, even as it stands, discloses vast vistas of bloated corporations and preda tory wealth. We make no point for this, for the shallow outcry against "trusts." etc., arouses in us the honest dupes and contempt for the posturing humbugs who exploit it. What occurs to us, however. Is to say that since at least ninety percent of the business of this country Is now con ducted by corporstlons, the subscription lists, when they shall finally be published. will show as many octopuses on one side as on the other and If individuals be hon estly identifled-rather a predomlnsncy of "swollen malefactors on the side or urysn than that of Taft. But the whole thing is nsusestlng. It almost, though not quite, persusdes us of the inability 'of the American people to distinguish plain straight-forward polities from petty shsm. Crops of tho Year. New York Herald. The estimate of the corn crop indicates a yield of 2.565.2f.0u0 bushels, which is 2o5.c00,000 more bushels thsn the average corn crop of the ten years lt38 to 1907. The final estimate of the combined production of spring snd winter wheat is 55,OlO.CoO bushels (against a total of 634.0o7.wo ousn- els In 1907) of 89.4 per cent quality. Of this total. It is estimated that the spring wheat harvest will be 233,000.000 bushels, which is 8.000.000 bushels more than the yield in 19u7. The quality of the crop of oats Is given as 81.1 per cent, and the es tlmated total yield: as ts9.1ttl,009 bushels. which Is 84,000,000 buahels In excess of last year's oat crop. These figures fully in dicate that, if the harvests of 190g have not broken any records, they are neverthe less very bountiful and generous. rrovoktif toe Klreworks. Chicago Record-Herald. Colonel Henry Watterson refers to Tresl-df-nt Roosevelt ss a king. Perhsps the Boston preacher who suggests thst Rooae velt he elected president of the world, with his headquarters st The Hague, merely wishes to give Colonel Wstterson an oppor- 1 luiilty tu snd up a tew skyrockets. Is YOUR MONEY j.ving idle? It is always well to krop as tancb'of it as possible employed for you. The continual snvini? of Fniall accounts will gradu ally, but purely bring you to independence. Mean while you arc establishing a safety fund against pos sible misfortune. As soon as you have laid by even a small amount do you set it at work. Earning Money for You It takes but a very small sum to start a bank ac count. As soon as you have accumulated even $10 it will pay you to take out n 3 Certificate of Deposit. This can be renewed from time to time and is nego tiable, if need be. Your account, subject to check, is also solicited. First National Bank of Omaha U. S. Depository. WILL MISSOURI JHOW VSf Contest for enatorhlp Between ( rnor Folk and (iimihot Bill. Chicago Tribune. In Missouri there is a test of good cltl senship going on that the whole country Is watching. Save the presidential con test, of course, and the fight for Hughes In New York no contest claims the Inter est of the American people from Maine to California as does this Missouri decision. For Missouri hss a man who belongs to the nstlon. As the best cltlienshlp of Mis souri claims him, the best cltlienshlp of the nation claims him. Not a state of the forty-elx thst would not be proud to own him, not a state that is not proud of him. On November 3 the democrats of Mis souri hsve the opportunity to nominate for United Ststes senator this man of Mis souri snd of the nation, Joseph W. Folk. They have the right also of returning the present senior senator, Wllllsm I Stone. Can Missouri hesitate between these two? Not If she knows n man when she sees one. Not If she realizes her duty to herself and to the nation In whose highest coun sels her representative must have a share. Folk has "shown" M'ssourl, the stale where, aa we are proudly told, men have to be "shown." He has shown Missouri what a brave, strslght man can do against thieves and corruptlontsts. He has shown her what honest government, and able government, and fearless government are, and the American people are learning the lesson he snd his kind hnve taught In these stirring days of political reform throughout the land. Iet Missouri give Folk of Missouri to the nation. PERSONAL, NOTES. Hiram Maxim says the United Slates ought to prepare for war, which reminds us that the Maxims have large lines of war material constsntly In stock. A San Francisco jury has found a fiiend of Ruef guilty of attempted bribery on be half of the grafters. However, a convic tion more or less is nothlrg to the San Francisco style of criminal. The man who was to r-omlnate him for lieutenant governor In the republican state convention waa unable to make the speech. so Hon, Robert Luce of Somervllle, Mass., rose to nominate himself. He was not tlia successful candidate, but his speech had nothing to do with his defeat. A poor young man In Massachusetts is suing a rich young girl, to whom he h:id been engaged, for breach of promise, claiming 820,000 damage. Such types ura as poor In manhood as in actual lack of money values. The girl is to be congratu lated for having escaped such poverty. Fire losses In the United States and Canada during September, as compared by the New York Journal of Commerce, were enarly double what they were a year ago the figures being $21,4:!;',40o, compared with $11,440,000. Not a little of this increased loss wss due to the great drouth and spread of forest fires, which destroyed In whole or part several small villages In the northwest. WHITTLED TO A POIVT. "My husband, poor nun," said Mrs. I,ap sllne. "didn't set a wink of sleep laat night. He wss suffering dreadfully from the embargo In the small of his buck." Chicago Tribune. "Let principle take the place of Inspira tion," thundered one worker for the up lift. Wouldnt do for me at all." declared the press humorist. "When I haven't an idea for a joke I have to steal." Louis ville Courler-Journsl. "And what did the dressmaker Buy when the tailor proposed to her?" Biie gsve mm a lining answer; told him he was cut out, snd thnt he needn't mess his suit any further." Boston Transcript. "I am Introducing my patent ever-ready trpuaer holder and" "Better move on, young mam," Inter- Sin The Pessimlet I heir a lot about better tuns. ' The Optlmlat They ie here now. The Keal Thing Our customers never get old Roods. This season' styles were cut for this season. I4 What becomes of the old goods? Well, they go with the season that creates them; nol by means of "sales" and "slaughters," but a system of promptly cutting the inventory prices in two and taking our loss, if we must, at once. Like the boy with tho applo there is no core. What you get now is new. Suits $15 to $33. Overcoats, $15 to $50. ' BrQwning.King f& Company Cor. 15th and Douglas. 13th and rarnam Sts. rupted Farmer JenkinK. "I've got one here thet's putty good an' l,rtoo't oMeet tei showln' It, either. H-rf, Tig." Fuck "How much to take me to the railroad station T" "With or without your hst, mtdame? New York Press. ,. , "When they take women awav from the co-educatlonal college," said the speaker, "what will follow'" "I will." cried a voice from tlie audi ence. Success. "Think of the into at which the can'i rushes through space." "Yes." answered Mr. Chugglns, s lie climbed Into his motor csr. "The earth hasn't nny of thes silly old laws tbout speed limits to contend with." Washington Star. "How is your Toy getting along at that DUsines roiiegev murmur." Chicago Trlbun THE ALI..ABUltHI.W TOPIC. Hain't got no time fer-sentiment "Bout the shockin' of the fodder; H.iln't got no time W poetlaet Ole muse, go way. don't bother. The russet leaves may revel On roadside dale and hill. But the topic that concerns us mot la the one concerning Bill, The frost may kiss the pumpkins, An' make the sumachs blush; The sun caress the orchards, But we hain't no lime fer gus.i. The apples may swing temptingly. With sunlight on their faces. But It's up to us to boost otir Bill To presidential places. Hain't got no time fer tommy-rot. 'Bout blue October1 skies; Those old-time sentiments forgot 'Bout mother's pumpkin pica. Can't versify on rollln' crust From flour thst's white as snow Too busy extrlcatln' oil From outen campaign dough. Hain't got no time fer rubberln' After southward fljin' geese. Or to rhapsodise 'bout summer , A-givln' up the keys Fer the exit that concerns us all And causes nitiny a thrill Is the exit of Ted to the timber tall, Lcavln' the keys to Bill.. , So chsse the storms from out yer brain; The bats from out yer belfry. And' finish out this here rsmpilgn With motives clean and healthy; And when that tiiost ' auspicious diy Comes round, as such days do. Jest go an' cast yer vote fer Bill 'fer Bill- t ou. I .L, XK TtiCt.KA Which Bill? II s up to you Omaha. BAYOL.L. ttaVituttl. Constioation flay taermanetM oxer con Ijyprofxr pmonal fffortft tiMKe u;fci$tancc of the one Truly ljenejicift.1 laxative remedy, Srup of Kg ems! tluxr Sfftnaj jKicK enaMe onN form regular Kabitfc daily 50 that ftfldiitance to na ture may be gradually (tignensfdw'tiH Wn ho longer needed a&tkc best of remedies, when re ouired, reto assist tiature ana1 not to aupjJant the rtatur.' ol functions, vK'tcK rnuat depend ulii nattily upon proper nourislnnerit; proper eorta,utd rigkt living general!. To get Us beneficial effect, aiwayS buy the genuine California. Fig Syrup Co. oniy SOLD BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS, ne we onjy, rUr jgnt c 50$ tn , v splendidly. V hen. lie sends tne ni monthly statement of the debts he owes is la drawn up In stirh sn absolutely rorrei I and businesslike form that I elwsys send him mv check for the amount without a R. S. Wilcox, Mct,