THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY. OCTOHEK 17. 1908.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
aVata ef Nebraska, Douglaa County, ss. :
George B. Taechuck, treasurer of The
Bee Publishing Company, being duly
worn, aays that the actual number of
full and complete copies of The Pally.
Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during the month of September, 1908, was
a follows:
1... 86,000 II 36,130
i. .......... S7.6B0 17 36,300
t 36.060 II 38,340
4.......... 3S.9SO II 36,370
.. MT.140
S ... . 36,700
7 ... . 36,330
I. . 39,610
.. 36340
10.......... 36,810
11..m... 86,660
II.......... 86,600
It..-.... 83,600
14 ... 36380
U 36,380
20 36,000
II,., 36,630
21 36,830
II 36,490
24 36,080
26 36,400
2 36,490
2T 37,700
21 36,440
21 36,490
SO 36,700
: Total 1,096,390
Laa unsold and returned coplas. . 8,437
Net total.... 1,086,963
ally average 86,333
OBOROBJ B. TZ8CHUCK.
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and aworn to
Wore me this 1st day of October, 19U8.
(Beat) ROBERT HUNTER,
i Notary Public
WHEW OUT OF TOWN,
aaacrlbera leaving; the city tera-
tiorartly aaoald kave Tae Be
' . mailed to them. Address will be
.-' ehaaa-ed as often as reg.ae.ted.
The base ball bunch will forthwith
make way for the foot ball heroes.
Thla In the day for the Elkins
tAbruzzl wedding to be declared off.
Turkey shows up every morning and
Imports the loss of a few more feathers.
Anyway, Nevada deserves some
Credit for refusing to grant divorces
by mail.
"A candidate should not speak from
fela throat," advises a doctor. No, he
should talk from hla heart.
I . . .
. It appears that The Hague peace
(conferences produce splendid results
so long as none of the powers want to
fight.
i
The Greek letter societies are still
uncertain whether they will allow the
Chicago public schools to exist this
winter.
The Servian Parliament is called a
Skuptshina. Sounds almoBt as bad aa
some of those things Haskell and
Hearst are calling each other.
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Cables announce that affairs are
tooling down In the far east. Political
advices from New York Indicate that
they are warming up in the near east.
'If the published list is to be be
lieved, that $10,000 limit established
by Mr. Bryan with such a flourish of
trumpets was altogether unnecessary.
A Wisconsin man whose house was
on Are saved his fish pole first and then
rescued his children. Probably he felt
that he could not afford to spare the
rod.
An Indiana man married his eon's
wife an hour after she got a divorce.
It would be interesting to know what
the young man now thinks of his step
mother. A scientist asserts that metals get
tired. The campaign committees have
noticed that gold and silver both be
come exhausted before reaching head
quarters. Reports show that snake eaters are
destroying the rattlesnake crop. The
discovery; came too late to be included
in the list of wails set out in the Den
ver platform.
The hoodlum element has always
trained with the , democrats. That
explains why it is only the republican
meetings that are interrupted by bols
tsrous disturbers.
"Why not Mr. Bryan this year?"
asks the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Chiefly because the voters look upon
Mr. Bryan about as the Courier-Journal
did in 1S96 and 1900.
Notwithstanding the announced
withdrawal of W. J. Bryan from the
editorship of his Commoner, no one
will dispute the fact that its contents
are the same, if not more so.
It wll not do to Insist that the air
ships can never come into practical
use. It is not so long ago that experts
figured out that no steanvhlp could
carry coal enough to take It across the
Atlantic.
Because we always like to see out
side money .brought into Omaha we
sincerely hope that Governor Haskell's
Omaha lawyers are to have something
more than a contingent fee out of that
I $609,080.
amexittes nr rnr cjmpakix.
A few we Its ago the editor of The
Pee. addressed to Mr. Rryan several
uncomfortable questions which he
evudVd, answering by saying that he
would take no notlep of them because
the? questioner merely wanted to at
tract attention. Since then Mr. Bryan
has overcome his aversion to taking
notice' of The Bee and its editor as evi
denced by his speeches and statements
to the press. Inasmuch as Mr. Bryan
Is about to speak In Omaha, perhaps
he will be willing to take notice of
The Bee a little more to the extent of
answering a few pertinent questions.
1. You, Mr. Bryan, are making
much of democratic friendship for la
bor. Why is it that practically no leg
islation to protect labor has been en
acted In the southern states in which
democrats have absolute control? Why
are there no child labor laws in the
south? Why are there no laws to
protect women wage earners in the
south? You and your fusion friends
had absolute executive and legislative
control of Nebraska for several years.
Why was no legislation to protect la
bor passed then? Why did the wage
workers of Nebraska have to wait for
succeeding republican legislatures to
remove the $5,000 death damage
limit, to get an equitable employer's
liability act and to get a child labor
law?
2. You, Mr. Bryan, are trying to
make your paramount issue, ' Shall the
people rule?" The most advanced
step toward popular rule has been
through the direct primary. Why is
it, Mr. Bryan, that your fusion friends
when in complete control did not give
Nebraska a direct primary law? Why
is it that the republicans of Nebraska
had to secure the direct primary law
over the opposition of the democrats?
Why is it that the progressive repub
lican states have enacted direct pri
mary laws to bring the filling of offices
closer to the people, while in the demo
cratic states of the south direct pri
mary laws have been enacted avowedly
to disfranchise the people?
3. You, Mr. Bryan, are bidding for
office on your anti-trust remedies. Why
is It that all the effective legislation
against Illegal combinations have been
enacted by republican congresses and
for the most part by republican state
legislatures, while the democratic
states have no effective anti-trust leg
islation? 4. You, Mr. Bryan, are bidding for
labor votes by promising to abolish
the writ of injunction in labor dis
putes. Do you not know that Injunc
tion abuses have been chargeable as
much to state courts as to federal
courts? Can you name a single dem
ocratic state which has passed a law
to prevent the abuse of injunction by
state courts? Why was no such law
passed in Nebraska when your fusion
friends were In complete control?
6. You, Mr. Bryan, are bidding for
votes on your scheme of bank deposit
guaranty. Oklahoma is the only state
that has put such a law on its statute
books. Why have none of the other
democratic states enacted deposit guar
anty laws? You, personally, intro
duced such a bill into congress in the
early '90s. Why did you not get your
fusion friends to enact the bill as a
state law when they were in complete
control cf Nebraska? A deposit guar
anty bill, which you endorsed, was
offered in congress last winter as a
substitute for the Vreeland bill, but
only a handful of the democratic con
gressmen voted for it, the remaining
others voting against it or refusing to
vote. The only democratic congress
man from Nebraska was one of those
who refused to vote. If your endorse
ment of that bill was unable to make
these democratic congressmen vote for
it last winter, will you be able to make
them vote for it next winter?
6. You, Mr. Bryan, are trying to
make much of the popular election of
United States senators. We have the
statement of Mr. Tibbies, made three
years ago, that a large sum of money,
said to be $15,000 or $20,000, was
contributed by "Ryan, Belmont & Co."
in 1904 through your brother-in-law
toward your campaign for United
States senator in Nebraska. Is Mr.
Tibbies mistaken in his assertions?
If so, why did you not correct them
long ago? If not, why did you not
put your name on the ballot as a candi
date for senator and ask a vote of pop
ular preference under the Nebraska
law which gives you that right? Why
did the democrats refuse to submit
candidates for United States senator to
popular vote in Nebraska in 189S, In
1900 and in 1904?
7. You, Mr. Bryan, are making
much of publicity of campaign con
tributions. Nebraska has a campaign
publicity law, but it was enacted, as
you know, by a republican legislature
after your fusion state administration
had failed to pass such a law. Why
Is it, Mr. Bryan, that your brother-in-law
and democratic campaign man
agers have persistently and wilfully
violated the Nebraska campaign pub
licity law? Why, if you are so do
voted to campaign fund publicity, were
you so insistent that the $50,000 con
tribution to your campaign made by
the Bennett will should be kept secret?
8. Finally, Mr. Bryan, will you
please tell us why you keep up the dis
honest fusion masquerade in Ne
braska? Why do you permit your
democratic presidential electors to be
misbranded on the official ballot as
populists? Aro they not trying to get
votes by false pretenses? Is it not for
the purpose of fooling populists into
voting for you. who would otherwise
vote for the populist candidate for
president? If this fubion trick as
played in Nebraska is defended by you
as legitimate, why do you not try to
play it in other states?
These questions may not all be
equally weighty, but ypur frank. end
i unequivocal answers to them would
add to the amenities of the campaign.
It Is expected that you will try to get
bark by harping on The Bee's tariff
mistake and by asking other questions
In return, as you usually do. These
questions, however, all relate to the
Issues of the campaign, with personali
ties eliminated, and we assure you
equal space for your answers.
Rf:rrnucA uEnisTriATiox uaixs.
In the conflicting claims of strength
in New York by both political parties
It Is refreshing to find a tangible basis
for Intelligent estimate of the change,
if any exists, in political sentiment fur
nished in the registration reports for
New York City. Complete figures for
the four registration days have been
compiled and show conclusively a de
cided gain in the republican districts
and a marked decrease in practically
all the democratic districts. Represen
tatives of both parties agree that this
Indicates a drift toward the republican
ticket. ,
The total registration o the five
boroughs in greater New York is
682.905, a gain of about 20,000 over
1906, when Governor Hughes was
elected, but a loss of about 6,000 from
the 1904 registration. The figures
show a net gain of 9,800 in the Man
hattan districts which are admittedly
republican and a net Iosb of 14,667 In
the Tammany districts. All the Brook
lyn districts, in which republican ma
jorities aro the rule, show decisive
gains. The registration indicates a total
vote of about 647,000 in New York
City, compared with 651,000 in the
last prepldentlal year.
The situation In New York finds a
duplicate In Chicago, where the close
of the registration discloses a big gain
In ten republican wards and a corre
sponding decrease in nine democratic
wards. Reports from the state, showing
the more active work of the republi
cans jtnd , their greater interest, have
led the republican managers to in
crease their estimate of the plurality
to be given to Mr. Taft from 150,000,
the estimate of two weeks ago, to
close to 200,000. In both Chicago and
New York the registration shows to the
marked advantage of the republicans
and has convinced the republican cam
paign managers that the apparent in
difference to the'campalgn is a surface
indication only and that " the voters
have made up their minds and do not
allow themselves to be disturbed by
democratic claims or preachments. The
registered vote, with its marked gain
in republican districts and its loss In
democratic sections, Is the most assur
ing sign that has been furnished of the
refusal of the electorate to change its
mind about Mr. Bryan.
THE INDIAN AT WORK'.
A most interesting article by Rev.
William J. Harsha, formerly an Omaha
minister, appears in the October
"Southern Workman," in which he
deals at length with the progress that
has been made within the last few
years in teaching the American Indian
the art of working with his hands in
gainful pursuits. Officials of the gov
ernment have been aware of this
progress and have done much to en
courage it, but Dr. Harsha shows the
extent of the change that has been
made by citing figures of the number
of Indians who are working on the
farms, ranches and irrigation projects
of the country.
According to reports gathered by Dr.
Harsha and the government authori
ties fully 8,000 Indians have been en
gaged during the summer in different
lines of work in the west and south
west. More than 500 of them have
found employment in the Colorado
beet fields. The Santa Fe railroad is
using 400 of them in New Mexico on
railroad and construction work. In the
work of protecting the railroad from
the Colorado river employment was
given to 1,100 Indians who drew
$100,000 in a few months. In the can
taloupe counties in Colorado and Ari
zona, nearly all of the work Is done
by Indians, and they are in big de
mand on the ranches of the west as
herders. In the White Earth reserva
tion in Minnesota 3,158 allotments
have been made to Indians who are
working their own farms.
The Indian is taking particular In
terest in irrigation work. Owing to the
greed of the white man the Indians
have been forced to reservations in the
arid regions and are now reaping the
benefit of being adjacent to the irri
gation ditches which are being built
under the direction of the government.
In this work the Indians will be pro
tected in their water rights and the
reports show that they are becoming
enthusiastically industrious. The
Blackfeet and the Cr6ws of Montana,
the Pinias of Arizona, the Fort Hall
Indians of Idaho, the Shoshones of
Wyoming and the Mission Indians of
California are to be benefited by this
work of whirh Dr. Harsha says:
For one. I look for the "little drops of
water" to do what nil the atteinpta of
law-makers, law -executor, aoldiera and
educators have partially accomplished
stop ilia mouths and May the hands of
blatant and thieving: white men. encour
age tlie Indian to lift up his head In aume
thing more than rebellious pride, and
draw the two races together in genuine
brotherhood
The secret of the change on the In
dian's part dates back to the decision
of tha government, some years ago, to
cease issuing rations, except in rare
cases, and to give the Indians their
land allotments and throw them on
thotr own responsibility. In that way
the Indian learned the value of a dol
lar and the necessity of work as a pro
tection against hunger. The result has
been that the Indians are working out
their own salvation; something that
nobody else could do for them. It will
be a blow to romance and the novel
writers to have the Indians digging
trenches and plowing and harvesting,
but the country and the Indians ill
be all the better for it.
Dr. Wilbur Crafts announces that
the International Reform bureau now
has Information that within a reasona
ble period there will be an interna
tional government, w ith heudqu jrters
at The Hague, and Mr. Roosevelt as
president of the world. Dr. Crafts
can think up even prettier thinRs than
that when he sets his mind to it.
To Candidate Shallenberger: Are
you, too, bound by your platform as to
what it omits as well as what It con
tains? If so, which platform the one
you promulgated personally for the
primary election or the one you ac
quired froni the democratic platform
makers, or the one thrust upon you
with the populist nomination which?
The British. government has decided
definitely to abandon its policy of a
reduction of armament, on account of
tne trouble in the Balkans. Germany
will, of course, follow England's lead
in that direction and The Hague peace
tribunal may prepare for a long vaca
tion. The city council of Jackson, Miss.,
has passed an ordinance making it a
misdemeanor for a woman to wear a
sheath gown on the streets of that
town. As no woman with a sheath
gown would bother about wearing It
in Jackson, what difference does it
make?
The courts have decided that the
earl of Yarmouth loses the $600,000
which was settled upon him when he
married Alice Thaw. It promises to
be a hard winter on the carl, as he is
not used to earning his own meal
ticket.
If Mr. Bryan were the kind of man
to reciprocate favors he would have
volunteered himself to appear as the
lawyer for his friend, Governor Hask
ell. But perhaps, remembering the
Bennett will case, Governor Haskell
preferred to retain some other lawyer.
Colonel Moses Wetmore complajns
about the smallness of the Pennsyl
vania contribution to the Bryan fund.
The contribution compares favorably
to the size of Pennsylvania's Bryan
vote.
Farmers will receive about $30,-
000,000 more for their wheat this
year than they did last year, but ap
parently they are concealing the fact
from the treasurers of the campaign
committees.
Omaha is already the market town
for live stock, grain, wool and all the
important staples of the farm and
ranch, and it will become the market
town for a lot of other things as It
goes along expanding.
With hiB usual shiftiness, Congress
man Hitchcock is trying to play the
labor unions and the- Business Men's
association at one and the same time.
Likewise the church people and the
liquor dealers. But will he succeed?
It is a great concession, anyway, for
our amiable democratic contemporary
to admit that any argument on any
subject presented by its editor should
be "picked to pieces" by anyone.
"If I were a republican I would vote
for Mr. Bryan," says Colonel Watter-
son. As the colonel is a democrat he
will doubtless vote against Mr. Bryan
just as he did in 1896 and in 1900.
Pre iHr Ilia: for ttie Inevitable.
Philadelphia Press.
Some of the democratic newspapers rec
ognize the situation well cnongh to begin
already to pick out cabinet officers for
President Taft, but that Is something that
President Taft can do much better him
self. All Know It bat Bryan.
Cedar Rapids da.) Republican.
There Is not a reason under the sun why
anyono in Iowa should vote for the
"changes" that Mr. Bryan stands for.
The farmers know this, the worklngmen
know this and the pity it that Mr. Bryan
dona not know it.
There Woald Be Something Dolus.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Should Mr. Bryan show the same, care
fulness or confidence in picking out cabinet
officers that he showed in picking out
Churles N. Haskell, the Washington corre
spondents, should Mr. Bryan be elcttcd.
would never want topics.
Willing to fay for Light. '
Chicago Record-ilerald.
Oklahoma people have subscribed J3.OH0
which they will place at the disposal of
Haskell when he gets ready to vindicate
himself in the courts. It may be that the
contributors are willing to pay for the pur
pose of learning just what kind of a vindi
cation a man like Haskell is capable of se
curing. Room fur More.
Washington Post.
It is Hated that there are now ever KO.Ocfl
words In the Kngllah language acknow
ledged by the best authoiities, or about
70.000 more than in the German, French,
Spanish and Italian languages combined.
This fact is of interest, but a few more
spicy words might be added still fi.r cam
paign purposes.
Treason to the Nation.
Springfield Republican.
The Archbold letters in the Standard Oil
interest, written to members of congress,
do, in tho opinion of Rabbi Stephen 8.
Wise of New York, convict the company of
treason, "not less nbhorrent in time of
peace than in time of war." For "the pur
chase and prostitution of servants of the
atate la treason." This Is morally true,
whatever the Uw might ay of it.
Well Founded Distrust.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Brjan is the victim of distrust created
by his intemperate advocacy cf tilings he
believes in. The attempt to excuse this
propensity by aaying that his baik may
be worse than his bite does not reassure.
In the absence of knowledge based on
actual experience of how he would act
under given conditions It is natural to as
sume that he would go the length he
threatens ami a trifle farther.
OTHKH 1,AMJ THA Ol'llf.
Th" powder msgarines of Europe are
safe for the present. Servla and Mon
tenegro, after ten days of fuming and
threatening, have sobered up om", and In
deference to the wishes of the powers and
to rsiape, a whipping, have musiled their
Ilohsons. and put tho lid on Belgrade and
Cettgne. The most Important development
of the situation is the tentative agrecmont
of Kngland. France and Russia on the
questions to bo considered by the confer
enco of the powers required to be called,
tinder tho terms of the treaty of Berlin,
whenever the status of the Turkisli empire
Is Hffrrted. The scope of the conferense
takes a wider ranRe than the Independence
of Bulgaria and the annexation of Bosnia
and Herzegovina by Austria. The agree
ment by the three powers named Implies
acceptance as accomplished facts of the
acts of Austria and Bulgaria, leaving for
adjustment only financial matters and re
casting of tho Berlin treaty map. Ger
many with Bismarck at the helm was a
miRhty factor In making of the original
Berlin treaty, and Is most likely to be a
determining; power at the coming revision.
What position It will take Is not apparent,
t'p to tho present its hand has not been un
covered. It Is probable Germany upholds
Austria and Bulgaria. Perhaps the know
ledge of Germany's position influenced In
no email degree the ready acceptance by
other powers of the suggestion that what
Is done should not be undone. However,
so long as the powers agree to talk it over
and give their diplomats a chance to earn
their salaries, tho Balkan war scare may
he safely laid on tho shelf for the time
being.
Rarely has a british ministry faced a
graver crisis than that which marks the op
ening of the autumn session of Parliament.
Tho aggressive activity and violence of the
suffragettes, in surrounding Parliament
house and mobbing tho members ordinarily
would constitute a grlevence worthy of
attention, but It becomes a momentary Ir
ritant compared with the acute distress
of, the unemployed. Tho number of men
out of work in Great Britain Is enormous,
aggregating 300,000 In tho ten largest cities.
Kvery resource of the authorities In the
way of publls improvements has been called
Into action to provide employment and re
lievo the distress, but the situation Is be
yond the ability of tho local authorities
to cope with. To relievo the grave situ
ation in some degree' thn ministry has
abandoned its policy of economy In arma
ments and has ordered the resumption of
naval construction on a large scale. The
army will also he increased. Other mea
sures designed to afford relief will be
given immediate consideration. How
alarming the condition of the unemployed
Is may be inferred from the fact that the
chancellor of tho exchequer. David Lloyd
George, drew attention to it In a sensa
tional public address in which he scored
the Idlo rich and their obstructive assem
bly, the House of lords. Unless the latter
body co-operates with the House of Com
mons in enacting measures of economic
and nodal reform the chancellor predicted
that tho wealthy would be the sufferers.
"There Is nothing capital need fear," he
said, warningly, "so much as the despair
of the multitiude." '
A convention of representatives of the
various divisions of the British South
African colony is In session at Durban for
the purpose of drafting a constitution for
the government of the united common
wealth. The political complexion of the
convention Is Dutch, but there is no dis
position to overawe the strong British
minority. Indeed, there is manifest at the
outset a racial unity aa strong a that
shown in the first legislative assembly at
Pretoria under British aupremacy. Besides
the utjUy of sentiment forged by common
Interest, a greater force Is leavening the
racial lump. It Is the outspoken deter
mination to safeguard the supremacy" of
the white man on the southern end of the
dark continent. The color line Is to be
drawn and embodied in. the organic law of
the confederation, but in what form has
not yet developed. Not only South Africa,
but German East Africa as well fear an
eventual uprising of the native races,
egged on by systematic aggressions of the
whites, and every move by the latter alms
to safeguard all that has been acquired
and ail that may be annexed in the fu
ture. A Taris correspondent of a London paper
bids possessers of a champagne thirst
cheer up and take heart, for the grape
crop of Franco is not as big a failure
aa reported. "All the champagne aellers,"
he writes, "have hugo cellars in which
they store large quantities of wine every
good year, nnd the reserve stock this year
is at least 112,000,000 bottles, or very nearly
the entire quantity which will be sold
during the next four years. In other
words, If the champagne district were to
produce no wine at all until 1S13, every
body who so wished would be able to
drink champagne and would not have to
pay much more than the current prleea
for it."
The German town of Klingsberg, near
Aschaffenhcrg, Bavaria, is an ideal place
for old age pensions. In addition to having
no lates to pay for the upkeep of the
town, those actually born in the parish
receive from the municipality $61 a year.
This sum if Invested regularly at, say,
3 pi r cent, would entitle the owner to re
ceive about 7,200 at the age of 60. Were
it not necessary that the Inhabitants should
prove birth in the parish before becoming
entitled to this payment the popularity of
Kingsbeig as a place of residence would
doubtless be enormous.
Fastidious Britons can no longer point
tSie finger of scorn at American "Bhlrt
sleeves" diplomacy, for they have now a
case of a "shirt sleeves" magistracy Which
is attracting more or leas attention from
the London press. During the recent torrid
October weather that made all England
awclter, a magistrate In Staffordshire pre
sided over his court without either robe
or coat, and the privilege waa extended to
attendants and attorneys. Judging from
the comment it has aroused, Insular pro
priety has not had such a shock In genera
tions. Although the Parnell monument for Dub
lin, by tho late Augustua St. Gaudens, la
ready for erection, the funds for the ped
estal must still be raised. The sum of
$15,000 is called for to complete the me
morial, which promises to be one of Dub
lin's most artistic assets. Sir William But
ler Is to lecture In aid of the fund, and
others of his standing show a readiness
to do honor to the Irish leader's memory.
Hoouirriif Assaalta.
Fpringflcld Republican.
Mr. Bryan doea not appear to advantage
In assailing Governor Hughes for his veto
of the 2-cent fare bill. He InsiDuatea that
this is evidence of the governor's strong
leaning to the side of the corporations aa
agalnsc the people, while as a matter of
fact 1t is nothing of the kind. The 2-ceut
fare bill was vetoed eimply because the
stat was adopting the policy of railroad
ale. regulation through commissions with
mandatory powers. It would have been
tlie height of Inconsistency to create com
missions to regulate fares and then have
the legislature I'.si If and at the same lime
utauiiio lUu funeUvi
EKEAP and CAME
Raised with
Royal Baiting Powder
delicate hot-biscuit, hot rolls,
doughnuts, puddings and crusts are not
only anti-dyspeptic in themselves, but aid
the digestion of other foods with which
they assimilate in the stomach the joint,
the game, the entree important parts of
every meal.
Roval Baking Powder makes -the food
finer flavored, more tasty, more healthful.
ROYAL SAKINQ POWDER CO.. NEW YORK.
POLITICAL DRIFT.
The registration In Greater New York
pleases the republicans all right.
The democratic state committee of Ten
nessee removed Ha headquarters from the
Maxwell house In Nashville, because the
management permitted a large picture of
Mr. Tft to be displayed In the hotel lobby.
That is rather cheap politics.
The Brooklyn Eagle is not taking postal
card polls or straw votes this year. Four
years ago the Eagle had postal card proof
of an overwhelming victory for Parker
several daya before the Roosevelt land
slide overtook the Esopus statesman.
The namo of Michael Conrey Is not ao
familiar as that of W. Bourke Cockran, but
he will succeed the eloquent and erstwhile
New York orator in congress. Just the
same. Boss Murphy of Tammany Hall de
crees that it shall be so, and that settles tt.
Colonel Moses C. Wetmore, occupying a
high place In the Bryan box office, com
plains that aome of his brother democrats
produce "more guff than stuff." The col
onel wants the party to understand that
the guff privilege will be looked after by
Mr. Bryan personally, and he asks no
assistance.
Haverhill, Mass., has adopted the com
mission system of government. The mayor
la divested of veto power, the Initiative and
referendum la given voters, and any mem
ber of the commission may be deprived of
office by petition, signed by 25 per cent of
the voters. The last provision will boost
the business of procuring signatures.
A HERO OF THE SEA.
Remarkable Ealaraacc and Loyalty
of a Sailor.
Washington Post.
The matter-of-fact recital of the hero
Ism of Cook Q. A. iRoberte, of the British
schooner Blroeco, thrills the blood of every
man who la lured by the terror and mys
tery of the ea, -The Sirocco was bound
from Brunswick, Qa., to Wilson City, Ba
hamas, and was wrecked on Mantella reef.
The captain and five men were washed
away on a piece of wreckage, end Cook
Roberta and Mate Joseph Lalng found
themselves on another piece, without food
or water.
From Thursday, October 1, until Monday,
October 6, Roberts and Lalng were adrift.
Lalng, who could not awim, was swept off
the raft several times, and Roberta Jumped
into the aea and rescued him. Then they
were sighted by the British steamer Tiver
ton. "The seas were running ao high,"
says the dispatch, "that a boat could not
be launched. A life line had to be thrown
out. This missed the men. Roberts plunged
Into the ocean, caught the line, and carried
It to Lalng, whom ha first made sure was
safe before looking after bis own safety."
Such unselfish heroism, at a moment
when nature's first law might be supposed
lo be Irrestible, restores faith in human
nature. How many brave hearts beat under
the jackets of sailors, ready In emergency
to prove that obscurity and poverty are
no bar against heroic service? What need
had the sea-cook Roberts of a Carnegie
medal, when he has a heart of gold?. He
did not seek fame, nor profit, nor advan
tage. He did simply what seemed to be bis
duty, and perhaps he would be astonished
and ashamed If a hero medal were offered
to him. He will go about his business like
thousands of other men who are ready to
lay down their lives for others; and the
finest honor that could be bestowed upon
him would not Increase the honor bs has
given himself.
"A man'a a man for a that:"
REPIBLICAX CO.FIDE.CK.
Slaalflraace of Blr. Taft's Tear ot the
soo i a.
Cincinnati Enquirer (ind. dem.).
The recent poll by the New York Herald
of New York state, shewing the state for
Taft by about 15,000 plurality: the decrease
in the registration In New York City for
the first three ds at' registration; the
reported poll ot Nebraska, evidencing an
Increase in the republican vote as com
pared with recent years and probably mora
than all else, the successful activity of
tha collecting agency ot the republican na
tional committee, seems to have given
greater confidence to the republican man
agers. All these things, of course, are to their
advantage at this stage ot the canvass, and
they must Imagine they have victory in
sight or else they would not Indulge In
the for this campaign useless trip of Mr.
Taft to the southern atatea.
The statement made that thla visit will
be of Incalculable value In the coming
years and aid In the breaks that will come
In future campaigns of the aouthcrn elec
toral vote betokens a confidence that this
campaign is already won for the republican
party. No other circumstances would jus
tify this procedure, this leaving of ths
actual field of present battle, to visit, four
or eight yeara in advance, the prospective
acenea ot future triumphs.
This devotion of five das of valuable
time to atates that cannot ba carried by
the republicans this year can be accepted
by the voters of the country that the re
publican chiefs are abaolutely confident of
a majority of the electoral votea of the
republic.
It la the most significant event of the
canvass.
Mr. Taft would not take five days fioni
states so necessary to his election as In
diana. Ohio. West Virginia and New York
if there was. in his opinion, the alignlesi
doubt of their being tarrivd by hi J an; .
passim; pi,kasatrii:i.
' Tnele Gottlieb, leave tho old parties in
their fate. Vote with me for lebs uud
socIhI reform "
"Teps? Tens pe tirn! I fotf Tor Dafd
und brosberlly.' Chicago Tribune.
"How's the campaign g ttmg in your
sect ion?"
"Very exeltinR." answered the sarcMSlle
cltisen. "Next week we're to have a Joint
debate between a phonograph and a grapo
phone." Washington Star.
Howard And bow did tho pin in widow
Terklns capture the fastidious Mawkerv
Coward Oh, took him out In her car and
showed him a few hundred of her bulld-Its-
Howard Ah! T see-a case of love at first
site. Harper's Weekly.
"What hiv Blugorc's chances In the eom
Insr election?"
"Very slight. lie hasn't anything back
of hint."
"He's got a family tree"
"Yes, but his opponent has the pluin
tree." Catholic Ptandtrd and Times.
"Say Mllly," remarked the king of Ser
vla, nervously, to his foreign minister, "If
we do accede to the popular demand
or don't go to war with Austria, what
do you think will.be the result?''
"Just Peter out." responded Mllanovics,
grimly." Baltimore American.
Instructor Mr. Smith, kindly name the
bones of the skull.
Student Smith Well, nlr, I've got them
all In my head, but T can't think of their
names Just now. Bohemian Magaxlne.
"Don't you think you are taking big
chances In permitting your daughter to
marry that man?"
"I'd be taking bigger chances not to."
"I don't see how."
"She might not marry at all." Houston
Post.
"Do you think It is dignified for slMlcs
men to be called by their first names?''
"It may not be dignified. But nowadays
It sounds better to call a mm by his first
name than to addre.ss him ns 'my dear
eona tor.' " Washington Star.
"It Is all over." said the wife who had
dragged her husband with her to a bargain
aule.
"Thank the gods." he ejaculated. "Now
it's jell over, let's us go home."
"Not much," she replied, colJly. "This
Is the allover lace bargain counter." B-il-llmoro
American.
THOt HLK I V Tllfcl BALKAN!.
Arthur Gulternian In New York Times.
When the Bulgars nre a-hulglng and the
Balkans are a-balking
And the Walloping Wallachians are
brandishing their dirks.
And the Merry Montenegrins are gran
diloquently talking.
And the Srvif-ns are serving prtiksio neld
to the Turks.
And the Russians are a-rushlng to the
Theater of Action,
And the Rollicking Roumanians are
romping o'er the lea.
While tho AuHtrlans re smiling, with a
deal of satisfaction.
At the BoHnt-Herzogovlmans who've hap
pened In to tea.
How 1 love to watch the War Cloud as it
gets an extra head on!
How I love to hear the trouble, trouble,
trouble!" of the drums.
And the wallinga of the Prophets for the
Day of Armageddon;
It's eo thrilling and romanllc and the
trouble never comes!
Though the Powers are pow-wowing and
tho Kalaers are contriving.
Yet we know one party dassen't and the
other one's afraid.
There'll be scores of t'ltlmatums and a
bit of bargain driving,
And then all will be as peaceful as a Tem
perance Parade.
The Pessimist I bow lower than ou do
and ahe doesn't look at me.
The Optimist But a smile goes with my
bow.
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IT'S ALL III THE GOOD?
We, too, sroiln In presenting
this season's new good. It it
not every man that knows good
clothing when he sees it.
The hidden parts of a gar
ment must be taken on faith.
But the namo of Browning,
King A Company stands for a
guarantee and thn unskilled
buyer need have no misgiving
here about the quality of what
we offer him.
Nor about the fit.
For "No Clothing FiU Like
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Overcoats 15 to 50
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