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OMAHA DAILY HKE: THURSDAY OCTOBK1? 2J. 1P0P. The Oaiaiia Daily Uyi ufNDEr JiY l.tiuwnri noPKWVTKrt , If T ill KoSKW V I Mi ial rui:. KnlT'-il t . tt i ft I ;l lacs inn i It. pi tut if fire as s'-ciit'l- 1 I KKMn or SI l.t Itlt'l I'lN I'rfllv fA Iwirh.tut H i ' I 1 1 u I ,.ee . fit' it t'sily Hi p on. I Sunrlii . one y. r . .' t.O rJi;iivKrtKi i; v t.Aiu;n;K i 1 'ally H.i; (Ini luiiniR Siinilai I. i r f'k. 1 " : I ally B wri,..ii juf.Jv' t.--r wwk...l'iu ! l:vniri Me.- (wii'i.iiit Fundus I. r-T wek Kvcnlrs H"c .e, itti Kun.lari. 1 r n'k,..l r-'iri.lHy It. e. ofie yoai . . :.' Mt'lMay Ilee. one ysr 11" Aidrers all i:nniilfilntK of irrea .ilnrilif! In delivery to Cltv rtrciilatlnn Department OFriCKP. Omaha-Tin? Ilee Pnlloin.. South Omal a--Twntv-f nn-th n n,I N. 'onnell Bluffs-lS Fiott Street. 'lil H'K- 1i4R Msrqnrlte FUiiMinir. Ni'W York- Room llU-IUtt, No. " West Tliirty-tl.lrrl 8tre.-f y ashlng-ton-::.) Fntnteentli Street. N. W. . niRREflPONUEXCK rditnTrmaVr" .hnV.M he EddVes Jed . j th( democrat!,, majority in the house Omaha flee, Kdltorlal rc partmer.t. tliay be. ? admits tnifl and has de- RKMITTANCKB. 1 dared in his public speeches that he Remit by draft, express or postal onIr I , . . , psMe to The Re. fiibiinl lnn fompany. hopes, If elected, to bring such pres- rna'T au'ScK,'' to bear that the senate w ill, lay Omaha nr eastern rxrhanic-s. not accepted. I jng politics aside, respond to the piesl TATEMKNT OK ClRO;iITiON! ' ' len tlal w ish and aid in passing a denio Btste of Nebraska, DoiiRlBs County. .; 'cratic free trade measure. This, as Ooorse H Tzsclmek. tronmirr or 1 nr 1 Bee ruhllKliinir CnmDany. bclnn duly worn, nayi that th actual number of dream that has no chance of realiza full and complete cope of The Tially. ' Morning. Ev-nlnir and Rundav Bpc prlnte-l ,t ion. He w ill remember that eetl durtna- the month of September. 190. waa President Cleveland, with all his con a follow : !, . 1.. .... 86.000 II 36,190 t 37,650 1 36.060 4 33,650 t 36,140 35,700 7 36.G30 39.610 36,840 1 30,610 11 36.630 12 36,600 It 33,600 14 36,380 I! 36,380 17 36.300 II. 1. 36.340 i '" 36 370 ; 0 36,000 21 36.630 2 J it 14 25 :s 27.... . . . 36,830 . . . 36.490 2S 38.440 29 36,490 10 36,700 Totals 1,096,360 Less unsold and returned copies. . 8.437 Net total..,. :. 1,086,663 Oaily average 66,239 GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Treasurer. Subscribed In my presence snd sworn to before ma this 1st day of October, 1HC3. (Seal.) HUBERT HUNTER. Notary Public. WHEN OCT OF TOWN. Subscribers leaving the city tem porarlly akosJd hare The Bee mailed ta heaa. Address will be rhaaged as often as reqaeste. The man who does not register falls to display a man's part, i The llent vote Is expected to make Its mark on November 3. Why not have a republican In con gress from the Omaha district? BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBIBBaBSSBSBBBBBBBaBBaBB The prudent man will buy his win ter's coal before he makes any beta on the election. Mr. Bryan eays he Is as sure of car rying Kansas as he Is of carrying Ne braska. Just about. Having neither arms nor ammuni tion, Servla will doubtless second any motion for unlvereal disarmament. A man haa been fined $10 for sneez ing in a New York theater. The thea ters evidently are not to be sneezed at. Cranberries are now declared to be a good liver corrective. Possibly, but why should a good liver need a correc tive? A lot of spellbinding factories are going to close down raiiy in Novem ber, regardless of the results of the election. Attention la being called to the fact that E. H. Harrtruan Is the son of u clergyman. Even so, it doesn't prove anything. "Do women dtess to please men," asks a fashion writer. Partly and partly to make other women green with envy. A chair broke under Mr. Taft during his visit In Kentucky. That's nothing. "Whole platforms have broken down under Mr. Bryan. Nebraska names are coming out fast in the Dallas land lottery. No one Knows better than a Nebraska n what good land Is worth. George Fred Williams says that Bryan haa grown great through defeat. No objection whatever to hla growing greater In the same manner. Having looked Into their empty treasuries, the Balkan states have bout decided that It will not be neces sary for them to bavo a war. Tom Klynn Is claiming Douglas county for the democrats by 2.500 Tom Is too modest. Twenty-flve thou sand would be as reasonable. The Chicago Tribune Is worrying over tho silence of Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas. The Tribune should learn to let well enough alone. Scientists have discovered that paper pulp can b made from cornstalks Every farm boy knows you can make fiddles and cigarettes from them. Emperor William has invented a new brake. He may have to apply it to prevent his governmental 'machlue from skidding Into that Balkan mud dle. Bryan and Tom Watson are accus ing each other of having betrayed the principles and cause of populism. Both gentlemen are generally considered veracious. "John W. Kern is the kind of a man who carries a toothbrush in his vest pocket." says the New, York Telegram. He got In tho habit of that when trav eling and when be found 'tbo bote! toothbrush so often in us. ruiny hkmsio.v rit'xrtxT. Tin- platforms of both tho r-iibtl- n .-mil imikh ratio ihi t ir cany 'fI'da' - 9 of tariff revision. Both Mr. Taft aiid Mr. liryan have loniid ilum- . b"Ivih. if cii-riod. to tui.'.e tarui rri- ' ion the col" MihjMt for i onsldrstlun a t a 8i"t al session, of fonurosB. to he I (all 'd rry soon after Mnrch 4. limit The i-Oli' r lt loll then remaining Is ,,nler hich president. Mr. Tart or Mr. .... , ,, 1 . . Hrjan. wnulil tlic-e lie the brat prus- pr-ct of u rpvihion ol the tariff and a readjustment of the existing schedules. Th" eiueHtlon finds Its answer, ii)t only ! in the attiUidn of the men and their parties, but also in the facilities which they would have, in case ol' election. ' If Mr. Bryan Is elected president, 'he can not hope, during his four years' I term, to have a senate in political i n iiipauiy wiiii mm, nuw'-i mum , ,Mr. Bryan miiBt know, is a political vieiion and great determination, was 1 unable to gel from a congress in his nnr, - v 8 eontrol a tariff measure up to the demands of the moht moderate re formers. Mr. Bryan can not hope to get such a measure from n divided con- , .. 30,580 1 gress. Ho need not hope that a repub ,,. 36,450 lican senate, pledged to the protective 37700 ltar"f principle, could :vor be won to the support of a free trade policy such as he i now demanding. The most ardent btandpatter In the country would have nothing to fear from Mr. Bryan's plan to revise the tariff, except the natural and inevitable disturbance of business conditions that would re- 8ii It from four years of profitless agita tion of free trade. Mr. Taft took advanced ground on the question of tariff revision in his addresp at Bath, Me., in the fall of 1905, when other leaders of the repub lican party were holding the question in abeyance until other matters then pending before congress had been set tled, as they have since been. In his pre-convention campaign, Mr. Taft pledged his efforts to "Immediate re vision" of the tarriff. He has expressed hla conviction that the Dingley sched ules are too high and should be revised to meet changed conditions. His party platform carries a pledge to that end. If Mr. Taft Is elected, he will go into office (solemnly pledged to use the re publican majority in congress, to se cure revision of the tariff. The difference then, is clear. Mr. Taft is pledged to tariff revision and will have the power to accomplish it. Mr. Bryan is pledged to tariff revision and, if elected, will be powerless to make his pledge good. The purpose of revision is vital. Under Mr. Taft it would mean confidence and pro gres. Under Mr. Bryan, it would mean unrest, industrial fear and four years of stagnation. The choice is up to tho voters. THE SCVHKMK COURT YACASC1KS. Some democratic newspapers and orators are, we are convinced, making a serious mistake from their own side of the case and aiding the republican cause by calling attention to the fact that "four of the present Justices of tho supreme court will. In all probabil ity, retire within the next four years and the president elected in November will have the appointment of their suc cessors. The change will. In effect, amount to a reconstruction of the court and the question of the kind of men Mr. Bryan or Mr. Taft would be likely to name for these exalted positions is of considerable Importance," The question is not "of considerable importance," but Is of the utmost Im portance. However much Individual voters may differ in their preference for candidates for the presidency, for congressmen, for governors and other elective offices, they are practically unanimous In the agreement that the Justices of the supreme court should be chosen with great care, great wisdom and full appreciation of the duties de volving upon them. The people have an abiding faith in the integrity of the Judiciary. They like to think of the supreme court as raised above the con flict of party and party opinion and guided, In Its deliberations and de cisions, by an unbiased view of the law and an unwarped sense of public Justice. The public does not really care whether the appointees to these positions are republican or democratic, but it does demand that the justices be appointed because of their ability and high character. The question, then, la whether the country would be btst eerved by justices to be selected by Mr. Taft or justices selected by Mr. Bryau? Chief Justice Fuller, Justice Harlan, Justice Brewer and Justice Peckham are eligible for retirement and all probabilities are that they will all leave the bench before the expiration of the term of the president to be elected In November. Should Mr. Bryan be elected the country will be slow to forget bis threat of 1K96 to "pack" tho supreme court to 6ecure decisions favorable to his partisan con vlctions. The country will wonder whether he will be any more careful In selecting Justices of the supreme bench than he was in selecting Haskell of Oklahoma to write his platform at Denver and to act as bis campaign treasurer. It will wonder whether he will bo Influenced in bis selections by men who have been most active in pushing his 1908 campaign, by "Fingy" Conners, Roger Sullivau,' August Bel mont; T. Fortune Ryan. Mayor "Jim" Dshlman, "Pat" McCarren, "Mose" i Wet more aud the long list ol eutbusl- astir party workers and Mr. Bryan' (lose asHoriateg whoso relations to the Standard Oil and other Interests have been so clearly established? On the other hand. If Mr. Taft Is elected the public would have no worry or unrest Over his appointees to the su- prrvnp bench. Mr. Taft Is a lawyer of the highest tjpe. He has refused, even for political purposes, to abandon any advanced ground in defense of the courts and the equality of all citizens before the courts. He has had wide experience on the bench, has trained Judgment and could be idied upon, without question, to All the prospective vacancies with men of high character and unswerving devotion to the law. The question is one for cvtry thought ful citizen to consider, and there is all the more reason for deliberation of it uecause of Mr. Bryan's well known hos tility to the courts as now constituted and Mr. Taft'e desire to preserve the integrity of the greatest judicial tribu nal the world has known. Preliminary reports of the gross earnings of railroads for the month of September make the best showing of any month ot the present, year. The reports are from road"? that have 83, 157 miles of lines, about one-third of the mileage of the country, and these roods are chiefly in the west aud south. It is believed by railroad ex perts that the showing of the other toads will be equally as good. The returns t h tin ft. r received show a de crease of but 5.7S per cent from the earnings of September of last year, one of the best monthn in the history of American railroads. Much of tho Increased earnings wa3 due to the moving of the heavy grain crop of the west and the cotton crop of the south. In the month of Sep tember 36,000,000 bushels of wheat were received at DiiJuth and Minne apolis alone. The aggregate grain de liveries at Chicago for five weeks. ending October 3, were 114,556,700 bushels, an increase of 15,000,000 bushels over the corresponding weeks of last year. Reports from eighty-six leading cities of the country show an Increase of 10 per cent over September, 1907, in building construction. This has added to the earnings of the railroads and the manufacturers and jobbers in the east, where the depression has been felt most keenly, report brisk increases in practically all lines of trade and industry. Taken in all the outlook Is more favorable for the rail roads than at any previous time since the depression set in about a year ago. CAMPAIGN PUBLICITY. The Bryanltes last Thursday gave out with a great flourish of trumpets what purported to be the names of con tributors to the campaign fund. This is all done in pretentious pursuance of Mr. Bryaa's expressed determination to publish during the campaign the name of each and every subscriber to his assistance. And jet Mr. Bryan has overlooked something, or perhaps It was his "wicked partners" who over looked It. At any rate, no showing has yet been made of the local con tributions to the Bryan fund. The Omaha double-ender has paraded dally through Its columns for weeks the dol lar subscriptions offered to It by de voted democrats throughout the United States, which now totals the magnifi cent sum of $7,000 Just a trifle over what the campaign committee handed out to Tom Tibbies alone four years ago. This is a mere drop In the bucket, for the democrats have spent money like drunken sailors In Ne braska, and it is the boast of their party workers that the fund is ample for all their extravagance. The reported purchase of three "in dependent" republican newspapers shows that the democrats have plenty of money. Why do they not tell from whence it came? Has Mr. Bryan's zeal for publicity petered out already, or is his brother-in-law pursuing the tactics that marked his course four years ago of doing things of which Mr. Bryan knows nothing? The $20,000 Jackpot furnished by Ryan and Bel mont in 1904 has been raised clear out of sight by the Jackpot of 1908, and the probabilities are that those who are putting up the ante will never bo known until stirred up as was T. For tune Ryan. Mr. Bryan's campaign of publicity has no more candor In It than Mr. Bryan's course on any other ques tion. i)r. George L. Miller has passed an other anniversary of his arrival In Omaha and still wears his honors with becoming grace and dignity. It was a lucky day for Omaha when Dr. Mil ler decided to locate here. The town has known nothing but progress since and Its older citizens, at least, appre ciate how much of this progress has been due to the energetic doctor's never flagging, optimistic zeal. Mr. Hitchcock is now busy remind ing th laboring men of bis district that he introduced the postal savings bill In congress. But Mr. Hitchcock does not tell them that he is now run ning on a platform which expresses itself as directly opposed to postal sav ings banks. This is not an unusual somersault for the congressman-editor. Shallenberger's straddle Is getting him iuto serious difficulty. Even the deluded democrats are beginning to wonder how a man can be opposed to county option in Douglas county and in favor of it throughout the rest of the state. This double dealiug is only a part ot the democratic campaign of deception. Mr. Bryan Is denouncing Mr. Taft In the east as a successor of Roosevelt and pledged to the continuauce ot the Roosevelt policies. Ja tb. west be ac- Mr. Bryan and the Spoils Washington Mr. Robert l'nd rw cod Julinson, associate editor of the Century Magaslnr. la an able anil tiutliful man. He declares that he hHd a conversation Willi Mr. Bryan last May at tho Whlto House, during- tli con ference of governors. In which Mr. Bry.in expressed himself In favor of distributing public offices among the political parties, according to their voting strength, thereby doing aay with tho civil service system and placing th; government under the spoils system. Mr. Johnson Is quoted as fojlows regard ing this coi veisatlon wlih Mr. Bryan: Meeting Mr. Bryan at the White House one morning list May. during the confer i.ci of governors on the conservation of ntlonal resources. 1 said to him: "Mr. Bryan, when are you golnfr to become In terested In civil st-rvloe reform? You know you must come to it sooner or later, as the merit system is tln only practiCKl way of running the service?" To this ho responded, 'lit vole? that might have been hturd by :t doxon persons near us: "Why. t am Interested In civil service re form. I believe everybody who enters th service should do so on his merits. But 1 have a plan of my own. I believe lhat the offices should be divided among the par ties. In proportion to their political strength." "And you would incltida in this arrange ment third parties also?" "Oert.xinly." said Mr. Bryan, without flinching. At this point our conversation was inter rupted by the opening of the seRBion, and I did not ascertain the details of Mr. Bryan's project. This la one of the most novel sugga- cuses Mr. Taft of being a Wall street candidate and opposed to the Roosevelt policies. Mr. Bryan la consistently in consistent. If Tom Flynn does not wind up his political campaign in Douglas county any better than he has his street clean ing campaign the democrats will find themselves In exactly the same fix as the city. The fund will be exhausted and the work will not be done. The commercial bodies in Oklahoma have united for the purpose of adver tising the resources and advantages ot the state. Oklahoma has had more than Its share of the kind of advertis ing that does not pay. Home rulers should remember that In 1S97 the demiocratlc legislature passed the Howell-Ransom bill, placing the appointment of the Omaha Fire and Police board in the hands of a democratic governor. No answer has yet been made as to why Ransom and Howell are so anx ious to get back to the legislature. They must have something in view, or else their past record Is not a criterion. Judge Parker's name does not ap pear ou the list of contributors to the Bryan fund, and yet it is believed that $100 or so from him would do Bryan more good than the Parker speeches. The New York Herald has declared for Mr. Taft. This leaves tho World the only daily newspaper in New York that is supporting Bryan, and that sup port is most grudgingly given. How much money has tho demo cratic committee received that comes within tho "otherwise stipulated" col umn and on which no report Is made to the public? A scientist has figured that a man's eyelids work 4,000,000 times a year. This, of course, does not Include the extra work at the soda fountains on Sunday. The Motion Prevails. Philadelphia Press. It Is practically agreed that Indiana. Il linois and Iowa are going for Taft, so that the I s have it. Campaign Oalety. St. Louis Times. The straw vote adds to the gayety of campaigners, but thq bulwarks It upbuilds are as frail as tho straws which compose them. A Fortunate t Ircninstance. Washington Herald. Figures do not He, but It is lucky for some campaign leaders thut they are not to be. called on, after Che election, even to explain themselves. Knock for Railroad Lawyers. Kansas City Star. During the last yeur tho Burlington rail road's passenger receipts increased $152,265, notwithstanding the two-cent fare. Natur ally the passenger department is much pleased, and the legal department is greatly disappointed and downcast. Subsidised by the Corporations. Pittsburg Dispatch. Furthermore, it Is revealed that Charles J. Hughes ot Denver, who figured for a whole 3,(n0 In the list of Bryan contribu tions, was described by Judge Ben Lindsey in "The Rule of Plutocracy in Colorado" as "attorney for the republican utility cor porations." How, under the Bryan reason lug, can this fall to show that the demo cratic nominee is subsidised by the Denver corporations, especially when it is backed by another contribution from Untermyer of counsel for the Standard Oil company. PKH SO.M AL NOTES. The cruellst cut of all was perpetrated hv some unknown enemy of the "plain peepul" who sent li.OOO of confederate money to the democratic headquarters in Chicago. A New Jersey laborer In a brickyard has fallen heir to Uon.OuO. but says he will stick to his job. This Is in strict accordance with the prevailing style of correspond ents' humor. Edward Cecil Guinnfss of the famous Irish firm of brewers was made a baronet tu recognition of his gift ot ll.ioO.OUO for tlie rebuilding ot the slums of Dublin. The work occupied six yean. Probably the name of the late uh Webhter stands ai the heud of tl'e li of those whose books liave been "the best sellers." seventy-five million spoiling books and from lu.OOOOuO to 15.noc.( dictionaries look like record figures. Tho hor.oiary degree of ilocior of science was conferred upon Prof. Pamu'-l W. St rat ton. director of the national b'l'eaj of standards, at Washington, on the occasion of his visit to the L'nivcriity of Cambridge, Englsnd. Prof. Siration a delegate ti the Internal ions I conference on electrical units, which I at piti'i.l n"Mln is fivUS la bonUuli, .- Po.it tind). Hons ever made concerning tha distribu tion of offices. Presumably, If Mr. Bryan wese elected, he would abolish the civil service, or so much of It as comes within the executive power and that Is most of it. Then he would carefully proportion the officers among democrats, republicans, socialists, prohibitionists, populists, aril other parties according to the popular vote. Nearly one-half of the offices under Presi dent Bryan would be filled, therefore, by republicans ot Ills choosing! A majority of the offices would be filled by repub licans, populifts, prohibitionists, sorialis's and other nondemocrnts! Would Mr. Bryan stick to his pltn In tha filling of cabinet positions? Would ho have about one-half of his advisers mem bers cf a political party opposed to him and Interested In defeating his policies? Certainly not; and yet. how could he avoid such a course If he should earnestly try to follow bis plan? Mr. Bryan's "plan" Is hardly calculated to appeal to the thirsty and hungry demo cratic host, unless It Is in rea'lty a schemo to upset the civil service and fill all the offices with democrats. But he cannot af ford to advocate such a scheme, for such advocacy would alienate more votes tham it would gain. The civil service syrtem Is firmly established and no partv dares to abolish It. Why. then, did Mr. Bryan mike such a suggestion? Was It because he finds It Im possible to resist the allurement of novel, absurd, unworkable theorisst PRtKIDKNTlAb F1HIAU 1K. Facts for the Thonaatfnl tonslriera. Hon f Wage Earners. Baltimore Sun (Ind. dim.). A proper "control" of corporations Is ab solutely essential to the welfare of the wage earner in all walks of lite. The "de struction" of corporations will bring with it untold sorrow and misery and depriva tion of labor. We believe Mr. Taft stands for and represents that form of adminis tration which will adequately control and regulate, those corporate interests which work a hardship on the buying public and inflict injury upon the employe. We be lieve Mr. Bryan represents a tendency to destroy corporations which In the public Interest should be controlled, but not an nihilated. Large corporations In this coun try have been the outgrowth of years of thought and Incessant work on the part of their projectors. Important towns have been built up through the enterprise and resourcefulness of corporations. To apply to the corporations a policy of de struction, entirely or in part, will Involve not only the annihilation of the corpora tions, but tho section In which they are located will suffer proportionately. The wage earner who by his Industry has pur chased his home and as a citizen is a fac tor In that section will be left entirely de pendent on tho vicissitudes of fortune. We do not believe In tho destructive method as applied to tho nation's industries to bring about a reform in the affairs of this government, no matter who wants to have the honor ot being president. We must control, not exterminate. To destroy will bring the country into a state of Industrial chaos. A presidential candidate should have defi nite ideas and principles. After mature consideration and consultation with those In whom ho has confidence, after ho has weighed well the relations between em ployer and employe and all economic ques tions Involved, he should announce his poli cies and stand by them. A man who, for the purpose of currying favor with voters, changes his views and policies with the rise and fall of political temperature is a mere opportunist, without fixed principles or fixed purposes. His only ambition and desire Is to obtain a personal political advantage. We believe that a man who can with all his fervor In one campa'Sri beseech and Implore the people to adopt certain policies, who will in the next campaign evade the measures and policies he advanced In the first, and in the third campaign temporarily at least, put asido the things he has so ardently advocated in his two former campaigns, Is a man without a fixed piirpos. who ought not to be president of this great country Such a man Is Mr. Bryan, and we think his election should be opposed by those who have their own interests and the Interest of their country's progress at heart, who desire to see their fellow men benefited In proportion to their deserts, who believe that the interests of both capital and labor, of rich and poor, should be safeguarded and promoted. Mr. Bryan haa been all things by turns and ncthlng long. Mr. Taft has fixed Ideas and purposes. We tii... v milt ha a constructive, not a destructive, presidont-a president who will "control," but will not "destroy." Cheap rolltlra. Kansas City Times (ind ). I'.arly in the campaign Mr. Bryan as ...nvA ar leant charged. that the trusts. the railroads and other big corporations financtnc the republican campaign as they had financed campaigns In the r. Although he did not recall tne taci ,ii,r luvii added nUusibllity by re minding the country that the Silver trust financed hla campaign twleve years ago. But as the campaign progressed the only a,riiiM nf monev In considerable quanti ties was on the democratlo side, which had far more than in any former cam paign of the last twenty years, while the reniihlieana were known to ne snon. The evidences of abundance on the one hand and of lack on the other were no marked that the country could not be rt.-wplved. Knv Mr. Prvan seems to admit this rein He success in securing funds, but says that since it has appeared that he is aolna- to be elected through natural ten denotes, the republicans have had an eleventh hour rally in contributions and are preparing to "buy the election." This is tho usual "noise'' of the candidate who w.e that he Is beaten. There has been nothing In the attitude of Mr. Taft nor in that of his campaign committee to give Mr. Bryan the slightest warrant for as suming that they have enough money to hnr an election, much less tnat sucn a thing would be considered. The country wants to br-lieve Mr. Bryar. to l,e a bis. sincere man. but he is strain ing credulity harder In this campaign than In any of hia former contests, although he s'arted out with higher prestige than ever before. Nat III Fault. New York Tribune crep.V Mr. Bryan fell far below his customary level of discretion and courtesy when he said somewnore In Nebruska the other day that, however it might be with other penlo. there was one which his election would create "a rantc In the Taft family fur Mr. Tsft's federal salary will be with drawn f'r the firs', time In more than tmty years." The sting in tt.at remark Is the (overt suggestion that there Is some tiling reprelienstbie in Having ataan s salary from Uie federal government for Pi. in- t iira ii twenty yeais. 'et if H l laoreneosiDle Ij diav a Woman's Department Wp mako it easy for women to deposit with us, Ity liaving a separate department especially equipped for them ami in charge of women. If you have never leen here, or have never real ized how convenient it is to keep a checking account, come in and let us explain it to you. Enter the first door at the left as you come up the stairs. A 3c( Certificate of Deposit is n very desirable way of keeping your surplus funds at work. First National Bank of Omaha 13th and Far nam Sts. Entrance to Safety Deposit Vaults Is on 13th Street. federal salary it is equally reprehensible tu seek to draw one. In the eighteen yearn since Mr. Bryan entered public lire ho ha- earnestly endeavored to hold federal of fices and draw federal salaries. Ho was. representative In conaress for four venrs and was a colonel of United States volun teers for nearly a year, lie has been a standing candidate for United States sen ator from Nebraska and three times a can didate for president. It is hard to find a single two-year period between ISfO and v. In which he did not hive plans afoot for attaining federal office. It is certainly not his fault If he Is not In a position In hlch a failure at Hie mills will cause a panic In his family and compel him to look to other than offieoholdlng activities for daily support. tjnnllflcatlons for the Presidency. Kansas City Star (Ind.l The ntan elected to the nresidencv at this time should be familiar with the problems to tie encountered. He should be a man of proved executive capacity. He should bo a man of Initiative, couraac and nlsn of Judicial mind and sound judgmer.;. His election should bo a mi nace to everv evil. doer whose practices may be reached through executive action, but it should arouse no misgivings in the minds of hon est men. His election should accelerate business activity, not retard it. He should !'e free from passions and nreimiirea lt.i should be known of all rncrj for liis stea l fastness, his stability. He should be a scholar, a man of dignity and culture. Ha should grace the office as well as vitalise and distinguish It. And above ail i,n should he a man of profound sincerity, whese patriotism never transcends his per sonal amuitlous. Tw Tracts. New York Sun dep.) To attract votes, silent vote Mr ,-. . Is circulating two political documents of a strictly personal nature. Ono is the 'Trln-o of Beace" sermon, which Is in tiled to members of all denominations. Tt is . pected to do affective work among the religious and ljenevolent, to whom It in a bid to support Mr. Brvan ns a tr-K. tuous man of lofty Ideals and a'triiistlc purposes tne good man who could do no wrong. The other document is an account of Mi- Bryan's visit to the VatWian. In which he gives an appreciative and pleasing picture of Plus X. This is sent only to Catholic voters. There Is no reason why any one should resent Mr. Bryan's unctuous solicitations to vote for him for reasons of religion. jney will react upon him, for the Ameri can people hate a humbug. Big; Crop Hootli Indoalry. Washington Post. The business of the United States Sieel corporation probably ia the best index to iraae conditions in the United States. For the first time since December, Ifios, the corporation shows an Increase In the num ber of Its unfilled orders. In the depart ment of wire production it has record or ders, reflecting) he enormous purchasing power of the fa "rig sections of the west. An $8,0(10,000,000, crop of farm products Soon has its etj at upon business. Where (iocs Roads Kloarlsh. Boston Herald. The French, who hav invested several hundred million dollars In 3.0"0 miles of good roads, are following with Interest the proceedings of the first International Record congress now in session In Pjrls. Rop.d construction is one of tho things they do better and mora profitably in France. M$0 css"i' D I n.i --i openi up new possibilities in cooking improvement, imparting to everyday dishes s delicacy snd goodness that is new to you. Un celled in purity sixty-tig years of superiority. Croctrt pound fackagtttte. T. KINGSFORD A SON, Oswego, N. Y. Natioaal March Cw, Sacecaaora DISCOUNT SALE RUTHERFORD & JENSEN'S Enormous Stock of VVALl PAPER AND PAINTS CHRIS PEDERSEN, Receiver 1410-12 Harney Street SMII.I.MU L1VC1. "Ho you know anything ah, nit political economy? asked the earnest ctllieti. "es, answered tne campaign uiiinuyei ; "I'.il t haven t time to tula about m iioutues iiom. Lincagu KvcoiU-in-ialo. "How old you come to write thut thiill 1114 Mtoi. t,u tun 101 BUMjruiiia uuuti inn 1 L m . iii, ' tinrw.'ivd the t mlnvnt author, 'tliu piiiilidners wanted about -km) w in us with which to wedge the lllustraltuua apart.."- astilngtou Herald. Young Doctor I heard Miss Amy said some nice things about tne. fold I'rllie t don't knjw slmiit I hat. 1 Sho told a friend of her s you had killing Ways. i-liyiimorc American. "I think our new girl will turn out all right," remarked Mrs. rHibbuns. "Her n-ins in Arannuiii,' you Know.' "Writ'."' asaed ner mishsnd. "Well, we never nad a gin named 'Ara minta' In fore." The Catholic. .Standurd Times. I'nclu Jeil wns Hitting on tile mil fem o suioHiiiK his corncob pipe. "Vny uon I you iiuik i he. cows your self," ki u the tiuvelei. w no i.iui eiuppid to water ins nor.se, "mstiao 01 i. hnik join wifrt do It? ' "i c done my she' i of the wor. mister." aaiu L IKie Jcu. "1 i a I leu li.c i.j,o i.. -Oiincago 1 limine. Townc He.'s employed by lee r. i . ij railroad now, 1 beiit-ve. itrowiu ivs, ho hua etiurge i i..u pjx.e department. lowue-J no puzzle depart men t . Jirowno ict, no muHcK i,M. , o- i..ne tables. Catholic Manuum utiu . . "Do you expect people to UI..I.-'. -u lid all your speecnes?" "Certainly not," replied !! .. ,;aignei . "In order to understand ihetn .. o .mve to remember them. And n.u v.u.l.i prou ubly bo embarrainM n.u. .,. .... ..hi. .' Washington Star. "I tell you," said Slimlek, "null inv Ret ting so deceitful ndwaduyx turn. )uu c.in i trust vour Itest friends ' "And what's worse." In.i i i upl -,1 llin ruiiglis. gloomily, "your cant join best friends to trust you." Life. "They say Mr. Bryan once wante.l to Ik an actor. What sort of play do vou suppose- he yould like to appear In. if he were on the stage?" "On" which had a continuous running. -Chicago Tribune. MY flLLOW MOBILE. , . John K. Bangs In Haiper's Magazine. Tis my delight. In the depths of nlaiil. To speed in my l'lllow Car: To dar.ce p '.reliance Through sunn" France. Perhaps to the Polar Star. 1 linger long In tho HMIh of Pun?. I travel to Mandel'iv . I board niv shin And tnk a troi To glorious Yesterdsy. Pillow train Will luirtn from Son in To 8"tnrn. nrhsns the Moon Then ke the track That leads me back To the Home of Eternal Jun. Throua-h old Japan. rpor,ehitfln. 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