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STATEMENT Or CIRCULATION.
Flat of Nebraska, Douglas County, aa. :
Ororae P Tinchixk, treasurer ot Th
-! Publishing Company. being duly
nin, saye that the rtuM number of
full and complete copies of Th Dally.
Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed
during; the month of September. 1908, ru
e.i fol'ow:
1 3.OO0 1 30,190
2 37,50 17 99.909
I 3,060 11 3e,sa
4 3S.950 II 38,370
30.IM SO 3.0O0
f 38,700 21 30.030
1 36.830 22 30.S30
2MK IS 30.4M
3,40 24 M.GM
10 30,810 St 3,4BO
11 M.M0 S 34,40
11 30,500 17 37,700
1 38,000 It 30,440
11 30,300 21 30.4SO
It 30,380 10 80,700
Totals 1.09413M
ls unsold and returned coplea. . 0,437
Net total , a.00063
Uaily average 80,338
OCORQB B. TZ8CHTJCK,
Treasurer.
Subscribed in my presence and aworn to
before me this 1st day of October, UOB.
(Seal.) - - ROBERT HUNTER.
Notary Public.
... . whbx out or TOWS.
Saberlhre leaTlagt ta city teaa.
pvrarlly hall : hare Th Be
mailed to them. Addrcaa will be
caeaueai si afieB si reejeeatat..
The new Chinese constitution was
not modeled after that Oklahoma doc
ument. Those who do' not pay cash will get
bill on November 1 and another Bill
on November 3.
What is tho market quotation on
democratic votes that you ay are for
tale, i Mr. Bryan'. v
If this drouth keeps up through the
east it may be necessary to buv water
for some of the rivers.
Soa.kius, uiic,o inure of appropriate
liamce. .(.'hplwio Helm baa been placed
'a rcn.Diarid of a battleship.
Ncbraxku democrats arc actinic as
tlimigli tliey had received another con-
ri'tiitlcn ircni T. Fortune Ryan.
One Florida man killed another for
.. Life is either cheap down in that
uunuy or else money is mighty scarce.
Tho "Independent" newspapers
whose columns ar for sale to the high
est bidder Is not the best guide for the
voter.
.Mr. Taft hoo Joined a Cincinnati re
publican club, thus .polling; Mr.
Bryan's hope of carrying Ohio unani
mously. Tho assault ot the World-Herald on
a local construction company shows
how-desperate Mr. Hitchcock's case
l.as become.
The tzar of Russia has sent for M.
Wittc lo act as his chief adviser. The
czar is apparently catching up with the
procession.
I
The majesty of tho law has a glori
ous chance to show itself in Tennessee,
Kentucky and other night rider states
In the south.
The big betting syndicates In New
York and Chicago are offering odds of
ti to 1 on Taft. and they do not place
their money on sentiment.
"Mr. Bryan has discovered a uew
menace," says the Chicago News.
That's not news. Mr. Bryan discovers
a new menace every morning.
Look out for the man who offers to
voto for Taft and Sheldon IT you will
vote for Hitchcock. This U not a
faMid year for republican trades.
A Detroit woman has applied for a
divorce because ner husbaud has been
drunk for nineteen years. She should
have a hero medal, as well a a di
vorce. Senator Knox says that Brynu "is
joined to his idols." Also to his ideals
and to Roger Sullivan, "Flngy" Con
ners. Bots Murphy and Governor Has
kell. Mr. Tatt's train ran past the Bijan
pedal on a siding in New York. Mr.
Bryan is getting accustomed to being
shunted onto the political sidetrack in
New York.
"Mr. (lompers is not trying to com
mit the laboring men to any one
party," aays the Buffalo Courier. He
Is not trying to commit them to any
party, only to Bryanlsin.
' Tbo democratic barrel la still spout
ing golden streams, but the democratic
workers are not Jetting the results
ihy hopi for. Mr. Krau'a boodle
I) tloti ii( fit iii V'lrukii llii.s .war.
B.4tV TO Till. -sritlLS SYSIKM."
One of the longest steps toward de
cency and efficiency in the public serv
ice was taken when the old "lo the
victor belongs the spoils" principle was
abolished in American politics. Both
parties and enjoyed the benefits of po
litical plunder that came from the prac
tice of this principle and both parties
were finally compelled to displace it
by the civil service system, which now
has a fixed place in the federal official
life and. to a large extent, in official
life in the states and municipalities.
Yet Mr. Bryan, apparently anxious to
hold the lure of public jobs before the
voters, has gone on record as opposed
to the present system and in favor of
rotation in office. He suggests a fixed
term for federal employes, which is
another way of asking for a restoration
of the spoils system.
The chief cause for existing effi
ciency in the clerical service of the fed
eral government is the fact that appli
cants who win their positions in a test
of merit feel and know that they have
assurance of permanency, so long as
they perform their duties properly and
do not become offensively partisan. As
a result of this, there has been prac
tically no complaint for years of of
fensive partisanship among govern
ment employes. They have a certainty
of position, assurance of promotion ac
cording to deserts and freedom from
political Interference. As a result the
government service, so far as it falls
upon the clerical force, is better per
formed today than ever before In Ihe
nation's history. The trend for years
has been to eliminate party distinctions
In this branch of the service. Mr.
Bryan proposes to emphasize party
dstlnctions and to make every depart
ment of the government a ' political
hothouse. As the nation grows and
the government becomes more complex,
experience becomes more than ever a
valuable factor In public service.
Neither the public nor the Intelligent
congressmen and public officials want
a return of the democratic "Adlal, the
headsman," nor the republican Clark
son, who removed a few hundred dem
ocratic postmasters before breakfast
every morning. The spoils system has
been proved vicious and demoralizing.
Bryan's advocacy of the restoration of
It simply emphasizes the freaky work
ing of his mind and loyalty to his "any
thing to win" motto.
THE NOVEMBER DIVIDENDS.
The estimated dividends ahd Inter
est disbursements to be paid on No
vember 1 furnish another striking
Illustration ot the tact that the finan
cial and Industrial recovery from the
depression which set in last October
has been practically complete. These
payments will reach nearly $90,000,
000, or an excess of about $12,000,000
over the corresponding month of last
year.
The total interest payable upon the
ponds and stocks of. the railroad, ln
dustrlal and miscellaneous corporations
and upon the bonds of the cities, states
and counties of the United States is
$68,817,649, which compares with
$59,532,449 paid In November of last
year. The dividends and Interest dis
bursements, which indicate the pros
perous conditions of the financial, In
dustrial and commercial corporations,
for November, 1908, compared with the
separate items and totals for the cor
responding month of 1907, are as fol
lows: DIVIDENDS ON STOCKS.
IK. 19uT.
Railroads $ 8.517.W0 1 I.HifO.tcift
lnrt. and miscellaneous.. 5.S07.000 8,845,15:!
Electric railways 2 779.0 11.93.837
New York. City banks... 1.742.0UO 1.968.500
Total 18.34,00O ..'1,4.47,328
INTEREST ON BONDS.
Rallroada l.'O.Mo.fiOrt J26.471.961
Ind. and miscellaneous.. ,5,3on 7.172.0K1
Electric railwaya 11.132.B0) 10.W2.417
Municipal 4.001, 7 S. 41.500
New Tork City 12.:0.ooi) 10.079,0't
Government 1,937,649 1.114,490
Total t8.817,49 159,532.419
These payments indicate em
phatically the activity of the indus
trials, the confidence of Investors and
the healthy tone of the money market.
They furnish a rather emphatic answer
to Mr. Bryan's charge that the ap
parent recovery from the panic is "a
transparent political trick."
THK t AUt: OF JA PVVIiEy.
There will doubtless be much grati
fication among citizens ot Russian birth
over the action of the federal authori
ties at Washington in remandlug the
case of Jan Pouren, the Russian revo
lutionist, for a rehearing. Pouren was
arrested, at the Instance of Russian
officials, on charges of forgery, murder
and other crimes and, after a hearing,
was ordered extradited. Russian
friends Immediately began a campaign
in hi interest and convinced the sec
retary ot state that Pouren was wanted
in Russia for political offenses and
that the murder and forgery charges
were trumped up against him tor the
purpose of securing his return to Rus
sia. The order of a rehearing does not,
of course, mean that Pouren will
not be sent back to Russia, but it
means that the Russian government
will have to make a strong case against
bim and prove that he is wanted for
offenses against the civil laws of the
nation and not because he Is an enemy
of the Russian government. It has
been alleged that Pouren was one of
the leaders of a revolt in one ot the
Russian states and that' his daughter
was tortured almost to death In an ef
fort to compel her to reveal his where
abouts. Pouren aud bis friends assert
that there is no foundation for the
criminal charge made against him. It
his statement is true, this government
can not refuse to deny .hint the right
of political asylum.
The case Is more Important thau ap
pears on the surface, as a great princi
ple Is Involved. The question is uu
to be determined by fact. If I'otnen
i Olll.t; il hit tl'f lHiilioa 'f X ftit'll lit' i
charged he must be surrendered to
the Russian authorities. It he is inno
cent of the charges, this government
would be a party to his murder, if he
is surrendered and sent back to Rus
sia to be punished for a political of
fense. The presumption of his Inno
cence will throw the burden ot proof
on the Russian government and, even
at that, the United States authorities
will need to be very careful of the
character of the evidence offered
against him. To surrender bim, with
out proof absolute of his criminal of
fense, would open the way for Russia
to claim other of Its former citizens
who have found refuge In this coun
try. It would be repugnant to the
moral sense of the nation to have this
man surrendered for a purely political
offense, or to have him tried and pun
ished for a political offense after ho
had been extradited on some other
charge.
THE COVXTT BOARD.
The Board of County Commission
ers Is the board of managers installed
by the taxpayers of Douglas county to
administer county affairs for them.
The present board has, as all admit,
brought the business of the county
out of the chaos In which it was left
by the preceding democratic board
and has conducted the county's insti
tutions on a strictly business basis.
The board, during the terms ot the
two members about to be elected, will
have business of more than usual im
portance to transact for the taxpayers,
Including the building of the new
county court house, for which the
money has already been voted. 'With
such a prospect ahead,- the people
should take no chances on letting the
board fall back Into hands of incom
petency, if not worse, where It was a
few years ago.
The safe and sure way to continue
the management ot the county on a
business basis is to put into the two
places about to be filled the two repub
lican candidates, who are both men
of proved business ability.
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Omaha voters are not likely to be
deceived by the campaign that is being
carried on against the Omaha Board ot
Education by the local yellow journals.
These shrlekers. who have been fol
lowing the school board for weeks, are
actuated not bo much by a desire to
secure safety In the public schools as
they are to secure the election of demo
crats to positions on the bosrd. Tho
personnel of the present board Is the
very best evidence that the citizens
can have of its character and capacity.
No one in his right mind would accuse
any member of the Board of Educa
tion of willfully neglecting the Inter
ests of the public schools at any time.
The fact that the citizens have refused
to stampede In response to the daily
shrieks of the alleged reformers proves
the confidence the public has In the
character of tho board. '
The candidates on the republican
ticket are men of equally high charac
ter and their election means that the
school affairs ot Omaha will be con
tinued in safe and competent hands.
WUHK1SO.VEN ASD THE TARIFF.
-"The tariff question is really a labor
question," says Mr. Bryan, and for
once Mr. Bryan is right. An English
commission has been conducting an In
vestigation Into the question ot wages
of workmen in England and other
countries and has presented a very In
teresting and illuminating report on
the subject. The workmen ot Great
Britain are the best paid of all Euro
pean artisans and yet the commission
reports the following comparative list
of hourly wages paid to American
workmen and to men of like trades in
Great Britain:
United Stales. Ot. Britain.
Blacksmiths 2 to 9V lVi to 17'
Boilermakers I to 2S, 1H to 17i
Bricklayers 4 to 54H 17H to 20i4
Carpenters 27 to 3 17 to 20H
Iron moulders 241, to H 17 to It
Machinists 23 to 27 1H to 17
House pulnteis 27 to 34'i 154 to 17
Plumbers 84 to 4JV 17V to 20
Stonecutters 34', to 42 17 to 20
Stonemasons 34 to 46 11 to 21
One purpose of the protective tariff
sybtem is to protect American work
men from competition with the prod
ucts ot the European cheap labor. The
adoption of the free trade principles
of Mr. Bryan would force a prompt
reduction of wages in this country.
Skilled laborers in Omaha and else
where who would like to have the Eng
lish wage scale adopted in this coun
try may take a step in that direction
by voting for Bryan.
"Governor Sheldon undertakes a
hopeless task," to use tho words of
the World-Herald, when he attempts
to follow up the campaign of decep
tion being, practiced by the democrats.
In- the present instance, however, it
was very easy, for tho democratic
county comraltteepian and his assist
ant in Johnson county, on whose word
the World-Herald bases its charges,
have publicly admitted that they made
a mistake in their figures. The World
Herald will never tell Its readers this,
but will go ahead Industriously spread
ing deliberate untruths just ss it has
in the past.
E i body in Douglaa county knua J.
M. Tanner, lie now prestnta Viiaiaclf a a
candidate for the atat satiate on tli demo
cratic ticket. World-HeraJd.
Is not this the same Tanner who re
cently scandalized Omaha and lis
guests at Ak-Sar-Ben by unblushlngly
reciting vile and filthy stories that
would put to shame sny Inmate ot the
lowest brothel?
One thing must bo kept In mind in
connection with tho present state as
sessment roll. The apparent dis
crepancy In land values between 1IU7
and 1908 Is due to tho fact that tho
laat appialsnment of land for assess
ment purposes in 1104, sod the
I :i ar"4iiietil riuen'iita the In-I
j ' " - - - -
j .Getting More for His Work
(rtom the Coi
Our townsman, ciisrles H. Kugler. wss
setting a tire for one ot bis customers.
Charles Is a fpubllrsn and his customer
was trying to presch Bryan and 8hnlleii
berger to him. Among other sophistries lie
told how bsd the times are for the poorer
classes and bow the trusts were getting all
the good things Ot this life. Charles lis
tened end worked oway. His customer
went on .ssylng the laboring men ought
to have better wages; the farmers ought to
get a larger shsre of the profits; and
among It alt, he aald: "Ton ought to g;t
more for your work." Charles listened and
worked away and thought. Bye and bye
the tire waa aet and the man took out his
pocketbook and said: "What's the bill?"
Charles told him. "That's more than you
charged mo before." "Only $1.50 more."
"When did you raise your price?" "While
you ware talking to me. You said I should
be better paid and t was willing, so I
charge you ao much." The customer paid
the bill. "Now," said Charles, "1 thought
I would show you an object lesson. Twelve
years aj-o you came In her and a good
many others like you. Tou had no money.
Tour clothes were patched. Your shoes
were full ot holes. Y'our hair was sticking
out of the holes In your hat rim. You had
little to eat at home and your family had
little to wear and less to spend for lux
uries. When you were sick the doctor
trusted you. Tho grocer trusted you. You
had no bank account: There was no mar
kets for your corn or eggs or cream. Ail
the peoplo wer In pretty much the sjme
fix. But now, you are wearing good
clothes. You 'come to town In a carriage
or an automobile.' You smoke good cigars.
The barber shaves you. The bank has !r
large balance at your command. You sell
your cream, your butter, your eggs, your
chickens, your corn, wheat, oats, hogs,
cattle and alfalfa hay at prices that make
your farms worth 176 an acre, when they
were not worth 17 then. You send your
sons and daughters to high school. Agricul
tural college and law achool. You take
that trip horn to Germany or Denmark
that twelve years ago you dared not think
of. Your barns are buret In out wttii
fatnees. You are supplied all the necessaries
"a most or the luxuries of life. In fact,
you live better today In Nebraska than
millionaires lived twelve years ago. You
have advantages today that no man could
have then, yet, you are not satisfied. You
are restless. You want a change. You have
listened to these, fault finders who can
find po real fault. You are ready now to
take up with anv old thin niiiinni
eratlonl You denounce those who have
brought a hundred blessings because they
hav not given you the hundred-and-flrst,
crease ot four years. During this
period the railroad property was
moved un annuallv Nut ,t.
. v-u icio
as these do not trouble tho democrats.
The democrats are trying to make
capital out of the panic of 1907, but
business men and others who went
through that flurry by atandln
Shoulder to shoulder know the facts
too well to be disturbed by the fancl-
rul fictions that are now being circu
lated with reference to those times.
"There Is not nine in the rer.nrii rr
character of Mr. Bryan to indicate that
ho would stoop to tho device of 'pack
ing' the supreme, court,'' says the
Cleveland Plain, Dealer. Nothing at
all, excepting Mr. Bryan's speeches in
isb in wnicii ne promised to do that
very thing.
If any of the pretended republicans
under democratic pay who are talking
about bringing before the grand jury
Information of a great criminal con
spiracy In the late primary, really have
any such information to present, why
don't they present it?
David R. Francis is convinced that
this country is rapidly drifting Into
monarchical despotism. Francis shoifld
get over the grouch he accumulated
when Bryan frowned on his vice presi
dential boom at Denver.
They are lining into the home
stretch in about this order: Taft, the
fearless leader, first; Bryan, peerless
leader, second) Debs, cheerless leader,
third; Chafln, ibeerless leader, fourth,
and tho others trailing.
Roger Sullivan and Tom Taggart
are not sharing Bryan's fear that the
republicans are going to buy the elec
tion. Sullivan and Taggart know
which committee has the most money.
Bank deposits In the United States
have increased $328,000,000 siuce last
February. Persons who are adding to
their bank accounts are apt to forget
to vote the democratic ticket.
"Why do tho republicans refuse to
discuss the Panama canal scandal?"
asks tbo World-Herald. One reason is
because there is no Panama canal scan
dal. , V Friendly Visit.
Minneapolia Journal.
Mr. Br an St in Insists that he will he in
Washington on the 4th of March, 19t. To
be sure. Stephen A. Douglaa was there and
held Abraham Lincoln's hat.
Blasalae; th Reporters.
Baltimore Ameilcau.
Mr. bran thinks the forecasts are mis
leading becauae the newspapers withhold
true information In their possession. This
is following the good old rule: When in
doubt for a scapegoat, blame the reporters.
Activities of TkrMt Specialist!.
Boston Herald.
It is a great campaign for me itnuaL
specialiats. None of the leading oratois
travels without one. Their services are
reckoned even more essential to the eluci
dation of the issues than are the brass
bands.
Sasar Mackaers la the KlrlU.
Chicago Tribune.
Trial staunch old demottat, tirueial
rilmoii Boliver Buiknri, who conaUlers
Bryan a populist, annouuees that he will
vote for Taft. Titer are other Buckner
who are not saying anything, but will vote
the tame way.
Decrease la 141 freight tars.
Springfield Republican.
The number of Idle freight car continue
to decrease, it Is now down around loO.OuO,
against 125.oou at the end of SeptemDer and
41u.A ac th mlmi.iii of April. This Is
pietiy good evidence thai in piesidentisl
Ivi'l ion Is n.p proving ! h a u h s lnoi
lit Iiuciii dif uid.iy ',,pl think It ia.
ad Republic.) T"-dsV
and you will do all oit can to put 1n
power those who have kicked against every
one cf the hundred, as one by one they
have been proposed and adopted. Yau
would go b.tck to Hie day of patched
seats and feet ami crownless hats and
throw away the work of twelve years of
intelligent men. for the untried experiments
of those who never proposed a good meas
ure and who have repudiated everything
they ever did propose.
"I listened to you while you wanled me
to have more for my work, but when you
saw practically that if I got more you b.id
to pay more you could see that these
things must be reckoned with by all the
people. If blacksmiths get more, farmers
also must get more for their produce, or
the amlth's Increase reduces their own in
come. Somehow, in the last twelve years, some
one has brought It about th.tt the magnifi
cent crops produced have also brought
magnificent prices and while farmers pay
more for their living, they have more to
ray -with, and mote left to put In the
bank. You are well oCf In Nebraska. A
man who owns n fjrm In Nebraska is
better than a king In Kurope; his children
are better off than princes. They are
free; they ate Independent; they are out
of debt; they are surrounded by a class of
people who do things and Invent tilings and
get out of nature all there is In It, and Jd
vanco and grow, and become great in mind
and In body and Intelligence and virtue.
No longer the slave days of the old family
loom, the band churn, tho weary needle,
the fish oil light, the slab seated school
house, the slow mall. Today we go by
rail, by automobile, by the flying machine.
We talk to our neighbors a mile away, or
a thousand miles away, or across the
ocean. We talk to a ship In distress on the
ocean miles from a telegraph station with
out wires. Time and space have almost
been annihilated. All these things result
from the fostering care of a wise govern
ment and a far-seeing providence. Would
you go back to the old way? To the time
when America was among the little gov
ernments of the earth, when nation dared
to dictate to her, when her flag could be
ignored and her honor be snubbed, when
tho small governments of the earth had no
champion to Insure them a fair deal, when
royalty rode down the weak and fattened
upon their hard earned substance, when
our navy was a smile, our position abroad
a boast? Today America leads the world.
She fears not one nor all nations. Thanks
to our soldiers, our ..ilors, our guns, our
ships of war, our wisdom aud our hard
headed good sense. To be an American
Is greater than to be a king.
OS FRESIDEXTIAI. FlnlVG 1,1.E
The Temper of Pivotal Mates as
Shown by C'arefal rolls.
. Staff Cor. Boston Transcript (rep.l.
Very careful Dolls made in v, v.-i
by experienced political managers who have
iui oeen greatly deceived In the past show
that Mr. Taft will go down to tho Bronx
with a plurality of approximately 190.000.
The greater clty-the solid south of New
York state has never sent up such a dem
ocratic mapority as this. It gave Colcr
112,000 over Odell. It gave Cleveland ap
promixately that over Harrison In 1992. But
!t gave Pstker only 30,000 plurality, and In
U9 it gave a positive matorlty for Me
Kinley. Now. where the Bryan plurality
will fall in between these various levels
remains to be seen. Tammany has little
use for Bryan., Its great leaders have
been half-hearted In Ills support. They
refused to tuke the vice presidential nomi
nation, because they did not f want to be
under obligation to any man 'of local in
fluence to help oh the ticket. They would
like to elect Chanler and would trade any
thing that could be traded with that end
in view. Ir- these circumstances, already
familiar, Bryan would be doing surpris
ingly well to go up to the Bronx with 80.
t0. That would leave a Taft plurality In
the state of, 100,000. McKlnley'a second
plurality over Bryan in New York was 143.
000, and It would not be strange If the
Taft preponderance should reach that
figure this time. It Is a fair prediction
that it will clear 100,000.
The Illinois situation, already recounted
In these letters, is essentially the game.
Everybody there talks about the state
ticket, where Governor Charles j, Dineen
and Adlai E. Stevenson are making a
spirited race. It Is generally acknowledged
that Stevenson win run ahead of the
Bryan ticket. Just as Chanler will r New
York, and the question at Issue politically
In both atates Is essentlully the same. It
Is whether tha democrats, aided by a con
spicuous republican defection, can elect
their governor. This contest Overshadows
the presidency. It is generally taken for
granted in both states that the republican
electoral ticket is secure. The Hughes
Chanlcr race promises to be very cloie.
The governor will go down to the Bronx
Willi a plurality perhaps M.OCv less than
that of Taft. and will be met by a demo
cratic majority decidedly larger than that
for Bryan. Hughes would be scoring a
remarkable victory to carry New York
state by :,0u0; between that figure aud no
plurality at all, the probabilities range.
In Illinois ro such clear-cut territorial di
visions are possible, becajse southern Illi
nois is democratic, while Chicago is by no
means reliably so. But the one great domi
nating fact of the situation In both states
Is that while everybody regards the local
contest as extremely close, perhaps with
even chances for the democrats. It Is agreed
that the republican presidential ticket is In
each case from 50,000. to 100,000 votes
stronger than the local. This leaves Taft
and Sherman on safe ground.
Hnalaria Proarraa.
baltimore Bun (Ind. dotn.i.
: Mr. Taft'a eloction ia certainly not going
to destroy manufacturing, It is not going
I to stop the railroads from running, It is
j not going to lossen commcrco and trade.
! it Is not going to frighten financiers from
j putting money Into enterprises which will
give labor to hundreds of thousands of
those who are out of employment. Mr.
Bryan's election, on the other hand, will
undoubtedly prolong the period of agita
tion, of Intimidating capital and driving It
: into mains and ao deprive workmen of em
j nloynieni and rrmera of their customers.
Jude 'in. unlike Mr. Bryan, is not an
agitato.. Ho Is a pacific-r. a man who
! has been Identified witli constructive legis
' latiort and Hie handling of men and meaa-
ures. The boat Interest of the farmer.
ss well as of the country at Uige. will be
served oy the election of Judge Tsft.
Farmer should aik tht uiselves what
will m the eff.-ct uu agricultural Internal
of a prolongation of t'ie hard times
The I rr or th HraUs,
New .York Tribune trep.i.
Apparently it-aliaiog that th popultr nuo
I running hoee2y against him and that
his tidrd candidacy is to be xtingulihfd
with hi third defeat. Mr. Bryan emits a
cry that a huge corruption fund la bcjng
raised by the republicans, and trial if li ia
beaten it will 1m because of the use of
money for the control of vote.
I'm. ikslly l.e thus si to s rcnsMer-
I a bio pi opoi't ion f those a hum h. nrn'l.
I r. k.-i I as lna ao,o,,ni s Iha In ieaio
Do not use Soap, Naphtha,
Borax, Soda, Ammonia or
Kerosene with GOLD DUST
GOLD DUST has
qualities in perfectly harmless and lasting iorm.
The GOLD DUST
help. No matter what you wish to clean dishes,
clothes, pots and pansfloors and woodwork, re
frieerator. bath room or what not, GOLD DUST
alone will do all the work and do it better than
anything else.
More than that, GOLD DUST will do all the
hard part ot the work
without your help,
saving your strength
and temper.
GOLD DUST is a
goodt honest, vegeta
ble oil soap in pow
dered form-scientif-ically
combined with
purifying ingredi
ents of magic power.
Made by THE N. K.
Makers of FAIRY
them aa venal and criminal; that the votes
of a million t.r more of them ars pur
chasable, and that If he la beaten he shall
regard them as bribe-takers who ougiit to
b'. disfranchised and suit lo Jail for their
crimes. Thnt sterns to be a pretty bad
opinion for a conspicuous statesman and '
patriot to have concerning men whom he
has acrlalmod as his own followers, and wo
should think that his public expression, of
it would not givatly Ingratiate him with
them or commend him to their support.
But let us be cliuritahle. Perhaps Mr.
Bryan doesn't monn what he says on that
subject any more than on some other sub
Jocts. Perhaps he la simply depressed and
disheartened and has his rervea worn to
a fraszle, end therefore blurts out unpleas
ant tilings of which In his more buoyant
and Jocund momenta he would not even
think. If sueii be the case we would coun
sel him to cultivate optimism and to re
member that the next best thing to being
a winner Is to be a good loser.
A Suaare Deal.
Kansas City Star (Intl.).
What every honest worklngman and every
honest citizen In this country wants is a
Square Deal no more, no less. The man
who ask for mote than a Squire Deal
la not fair; the president or other publio
maglstrato whose promises imply more
than a Bquare Deal to this class or that
la not fair or sincere, lnce the fulfillment
of such a promise would inevitably mean
less than a Square Deal to some other
class.
The American people, Jealous of tliolr
institutions, It slat only upon a Square
Deal nothing more, nothing less and the
deal must be square for all. They will
have nothing else. They will place no
reliance in a candidate who promises any
thing more, or in one who Is liable to give
anything elae which ia a reault certain
to be realized from a candidate whose
pledges outrun his capabilities and the
logical expectations of tho public.
It Is important especially for the work
ingmen In this campaign to remember that
Taft ha not at any time promised to any
cIhbs or Interest more or less than a
Square Deal, and to bear Ui mind, also,
that lila character, his record and his
high patriotism afford the fullest guar
antee that he can be depended upon al
wayr to make good, and to stand by his
colors, and to be faithful to liis word.
Taking; Cban'.-ra.
Philadelphia Public Ledger lUid.i.
The amusing experience of an English
naval officer in Ceylon Is going the rounds
of the English newsnapers. Ho had leave
of absence for a day. and went to the
shore to hoot in the Jungle with a native
guide. Coming to a beautiful river. In
viting a swim, he asked the Cingalese to
show him a pool where there were no
crocodile. When he was dreaslng after
the bath ia asked the native why there
were no crocodiles in that part of the
liver. The wise Cingalese answered. "Be
cause, sur, they plenty 'frald shark." Tho
main issue wi'h the laboring men In this
campaign undu- the Bryan-Uomnera af
filiation appears lo he fear of Injunctions
In great industrial diputes. Many persons
think that the chief consideration Is the
revival of confidence, optimism, business
and the safety and prosperity which will
follow. If there is lack of balance In the
conduct of the government and lack of
confidence In Hie administration, perhapt
the chief ciuse of perplexity may be slack
industrial activity and not the laws regu
lating Inifcisirlal disputes.
It's in the Packing
Soak a juicy sirloin in ice water
a week then cook and aerve it.
Would it taste aa it should? Neither
do oyster treated that way.
taste right have all the peculiar
delicacy of oytters you get at the
shore becauae no ice or water
touches them -"--no preservative t
used or needed.
The ice is packed mound the
sealed galvanued steel cans.
"SeaUhipt" Oyster are clean
fresh, thoroughly palatable, alway s.
New wsvs of preparing oysters ai
given in "SeaUhipt Sena" an intereat
1111 book about oyatera. Ak any "besl
ahipt ' dealer for a copv and trv a pint of
"Sealahipt" ovater today. "Sealxhipt '
ovatertcie distributed by the iollowiug
whxleaalea.
"Sealship!
Oysters
TALMAGE-McCOY CO..
1205 Howard St., Omaha, Neb.
The genuine bealih.pt" U)atera are alwaya soil trom a
White Porcelain Display Case bearing the "bcalshint" trade
mark in blue. This ia for your protection look far it.
The "Sealshipt" Carrier System is patented. Infringe
ments wilt be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
NATIONAL OYSTER CARRIER COMPANY
Boulh Nararalk. Conaeukui.
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all desirable cleansing
Twins need no outside
"Ul M 90LD DVMTttm to
FAIRBANK COMPANY
SOAP, the ovl cake.
pi:rso.al ote. t
It must bo said to the credit of the Van
deibilt Cup race that it passed off without
taking toll of human life.
General Lyttelton of the English War
office, haa one qualification which Is, pet
haps, unrivaled, or almost o. He Is said
to know the whole "army list" by heara
and every officer therein according to
regiment, tank and, record.
Manufacturers of the souvenir post card
report that a great slump ha taken place
In the demand within the last six months.
Germany, where most of the cards are
made, lias suffered a decreejie of 150.000.ooo
cards in export for the last fiscal year.
Prof. Trevor Kincaid, head of the depart
ment of aoology at the University of Wash
ington, who recently refused an offer lo
accompany Owen Bryant, a millionaire of
Boston, on a specimen collecting trip t
Borneo, baa received an even more flattei
ing offer, which he may accept.
Strictly speaking, there la no betting on
the election in New York. Men who wager
sign up "agreements," to avoid the betting
law, put up the money In sealed envelops
and go their way. On Tuesday ot this week
the quoted Odd on Taft were 4 to 1. Most
"agreements" are on the governorship, even
money, though some quoted Hughes at 10
to 9 on Chanlr.
POITED PLKASAXTB1KS.
"Supposing I wete to mske a liberal cam
paign contribution," aald Mr. Dustln Stax.
"would you do me anv favor in return-.'''
cercainiy. it u tvery ji m
Washington Star.
Abrupt Guest I want to be rapped up
tomorrow mornln. do you hear?
Particular Clerk All right, sir. ' Alarm
or blanket? Baltimoie American. I V
"What do you want with money?" said
the sardonic person. "Don't you know it
is full of microbes?"
"Supposing It Is," replied the man who
had applied for a loiin. "Yoti didn't aup
pose fd waste any of it buying a micro
scope, did you?" Washington Star.
"What I like about this campaign." said
the political manager, his haggard face
brightening up a little, "is that we shall hi
able In a few days to view It in the retro-,
spect." Chicago Tribune.
"You've headed this article 'More Bub
ble In the Talkans,' " complained the man
aging editor.
"Well, that ain't far enough from the
truth to hurt," responded the culprit. With
a grin." Ixuisviii Ccv.r!r-Journal.
THE LEAVES,
Win.
K. AlcCormick In SI. Louis Globe
. Democrat,
I watched the fallen leaves pass up anu
down
The yellow road, a torn and tattered crew
Of vagabonds In livery brown.
With idle gossip making much ado.
And all the chattering brotherhood repined'
"Tarry a little, brothers, bide a wee:
A moment with the trumpet wild the wlm
Will drive un on, reluctant though w lit
"Alas. the. robin troubadour is still.' T
Hushed where are the pipe the elve n, '
summer played.
The bloorn lias vanished from the tick
and bill.
And we are dead oh, wherefore wen
we mad?''
And one of thorn shouted, waxing fc,v.
"Away with grief for what ia lost a nr.
gone! ,
The road, a path of gold, winds far away
Who knows what fortune wall ua fur
ther on?"
But him they heeded- not; with C
"Ho! ho!"
And many deep "Alaa!" they there abode;
Came night and the obliterating snow
And then where were the leaves and
where the road:
' anna ctaaC 'A j
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