TTTR OMATTA PATLY BEE: MONDAY. NOVEMttEIT 2. 1003.
HOW IT WORKS IN OKLAHOMA t
snd that It vu time to apply Ihe brake
order to avoid a disastrous runaway;
anil, a ona of the local characters down
here puts It: "It's going aome whn an
OutrtntT Kot Unmixed Blein? in Oklahoma democrat gets osred about
I 1 1 ' - h. M - fc. I l V
e.- c.. I """"nar mum 01 a gnoa mini in "
Southern State. .i k.v.
Mention of this aland taken by the state
BANES uthor,,,e. on becoming alarmed over the
nuBiion suggest, enomer pmm 01 u
matter which wag,, perhapa, briefly men
tioned In a former dlspstch I refer to the
ruling of Judge Houston of the district
court of Logan county, who, whan the
parties who had been denied charter,
brought a mandamus proceeding, decided
that the state banking authorities were
powerless to exercise their discretion In de
nying banking charters to those who made
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rjUTHIBX Okl.. Nov. 1 (Special.) Ao
t r. f m r3i-lnn nresldent of tha
rirat National bank of McCloud. Okl.. tha PP"ctlon and were able to show that
i... h k.v. Ai,ruased tha '"T " niny compiled wun me law.
bank guaranty plan - from a theoretical ,n "" thla Illuminating Incident
standpoint, have made Inadequate forecasts n"t only demonstrates that the friends of
of tha bad1 feature which the acheme has
actually developed In tha course of Its short
trial In thla state.
"Our so-caHed state guaranty law," de
clares Mr. Grecian, "Is, In my opinion, tha
most vlcldus ever enacted by a atate legla-
latur. One of the worst effects consplcu
ously apparent la the fact that new state
the law and those delegated with authority
for carrying out Its provisions are alarmed
at the furore for starting bank which Is
sweeping the state like a prairie fire, but
that they are also powerless to curb or
check this tendency, and that applicants
for charters "all ' look alike" to the eye
of the law, Just as all banks operating
.... ki. h.rt.reri t ji alarming unnr that law "look alike", to depoaltors.
rate, and w all know that there are al- 8,111 "other Incident auggesta that tha
ready entirely too many banks In the banking authorities feel the situation need
ute restraining hand. And by the same token
"More lhan fifty new hanks have been 11 clearly demonstrates the fact that the
atarted In Oklahoma .Inc. January 1. 1908. tnrU,t r without the power to control
nri manv of them, to my personal knowl- situation or even to moderate It In any
..a.. nt h Kv ln.znerienced. In- I oegree.
Pomrtent: wnuld-be bankers, who Imagine Doukl. Interest Offered.
that under the guaranty taw banking will The 8allaw Bank and Trust company of
be simply a 'snsp.'
Sallsaw. Okl., openly advertised tt woutd
"There Is no denying that. In the eyes of pay a rate of Interest on deposits nearly or
the average depositor, right at the present quite double the limit designated by the
moment, Ule guaranty scheme looks good; bank commissioner. The result was that the
It is popular with depositors, for the de- management ef this Institution was
' posltor feels he Is relieved of all responsl- promptly called over the carpet by that
blltty m selecting hla banker, what is tne orncer.
Inevitable result? That the would-be banker Immediately after receiving this repri
has the advantage over the substantial, tha mand the management of the bank openly
conservative banker, who has spent the best advertised that while the bank had been
years of his life building up a solid Instltu- Informed It could not, under the rules and
ton regulations of the banking board, pay a
"Of course, i the Oklahoma democrat will higher rate of Interest on deposits then 4
Immediately reply that all this Is the mere per cent, the president of the bank would
statement of Individual opinion and that himself, personally, pay an additional pre
fects are what count. Very well: let us go mlum or discount which would give to the
in for a few facts: . depositor as high a rale of Interest as that
"The little village of Harrah. five miles designated in the previous advertisement of
from here, with a population of something me Panic,
like 150 people all it Is likely to have for While I do not aasume to give the precise
some yesrs to come now has two banks, wording of the advertisement referred to,
with tntst looal dPDOslts of less than tt.5.000. it was In substance and In purpose as I
rin. nt theme, banks was recently organised have Just stated. Banks operating under the
under-the guaranty law and may legttl- guaranty law make no bones about paying
matelv be regarded AS a child of that en- their depositors a much higher rate of in-
actment. I terest than 4 per cent, thu. showing that
Any Baak Good Eaoigk. the banking authorities are powerless to
"Right here I might state that last fall prevent violations of the restrictions holding
,u. twn hanks was hard the rate of Interest to be offered down to 4
lilt; uiuvi . - I .
r,,..h.H .nri that I came to Its rescue and per cent.
i...t helnert to keed it going. But now How much a bank will pay for deposits
they are 'guaranteed' and In the eyes of here In Oklahoma Is merely a question of
many depositors they are perhaps stronger how keenly the banker desires the money-
. K.nu Th. rapt Is they have been which In most cases where an abnormal
r--in c ner cent on time eposlt-and rate of Interest la paid mean how much
caving that as a normal rate to aome of he hopes to realise from the use of the
our own customers. ' ' depositors' money In speculative Investments
..r .1.1. (... of the situation In which promise, to his mind, a fantastic
i in nil. - I
h. nttt. town of Harrah. wtlh Its 160 In- margin of profit.
K.Kit.Vt. .nri its two banks, not because C. D. E. Roberts, president of the First
. r-rn.l feellncs I have In the National bank of Ponsa. City Okl.. says
.... km .iri hecause It shows deft- J'Raton and Falrfai are two neighbor-
1r .Ai,,.i.ivihn extent to which ing towns. When the so-called ' bank
the Oklahoma guaranty , law Is hatching guaranty law went Into effect each of
more hanks than the state baa any earthly "e wn- . iw
need of or us. for. and also because It irut B -ton has a PPltlon of only 578.
i i w iv. ... .verv fair man while Fairfax, about eight miles distant,
the fact that the law Is actually -t.mulat- h .Jher ' on. new .tat.
.ng the payment of absurd and .mpo.slM. . Zwo
posits. Foir Baak. ta Small Tatwa
"If you think that any bank can afford "And under the recent ruling of Judge
to pay- per cent lntereat on time de- Houston they will get their certificates
posits without taking rash and lndefirrlble to operate in these towns, making four
chawea wtlh the money of the depositors, bank In each town. In each- of these
th... th. nrnnniitlnn to anv banker two towns the national banks have a
or Bet of bankers anywhere in America capital of 125,000 each, and quite a good
n, .i.i.i. of Oklahoma. You wilt get but one surplus. Think of four banka attempting
answer, and that Is that the proposition to live and prosper In a town of 678 pop
!. .h...rri .nri imnoMlhla. ulatlon to say nothing of four banks at
"Not far from here Is another town of tempting to get on In a hamlet or only
i t u inhini. mtirh h.. fmir 470 men. women and children! . ,
i,.nv..,' nf .hi, h hv. henn or.-ont.ed "The state banks have 110,000 each, and
. , , ..,,. ,.. . under 'Bryanlsm' In Oklahoma the state
Indirete that serious ones are forthcoming.
It will be the part of prudence for perple
of other states to stsnd by and wait until
th returns are all In before adoptlr the
Oklahoma plnn. Rven If It Is successful
here when It Is fully tried out, there will
be amendments In plenty, and It will be
time enough after all thla for the country
at large to follow suit.
MEYER RETURNS FROM EAST
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tloit.
Peve. Popalar
Cob vea.
Overwhelmed with requests for terms and
practical demonstrations on cars In their
cities. Martin Meyer, vice president of the
Meyer Safety Ousrd company. Is home
from Atlantic City where he attended the
annual convention and exposition of street
car men and where he Introduced the new
safety guard. The convention was at
tended by the heads of all street railway
companies. Including presidents, general
managers, superintendents, purchasing and
claim agents and manufacturers. With this
large and representative attendance the
promoters of the new appliance were
brought In direct contact with the official
heads of the vsrious departments.
"The convention was a new experience
with us, and we were not prepared for
anything on so large a scale," said Vice
President Meyer. "All available space on
the. Immense pier was occupied by exhibi
tor,, and after reviewing the situation we
felt somewhat timid as 4o our reception,
but this feeling entirely left us from the
moment the exposition opened. 'We were
literally besieged by street railway men,
who through reason of our circulars pre
vlously sent them were asked to Investigate
our Invention.
"Officials from all parts of the United
States and Canada sought our booth and
patiently waited their turn to get the bene
fit of a demonstration of our device, with
the result we have hundreds of applica
tions from the largest to the smallest cit
ies which have requested us to present terms
and give them practical demonstrations on
their cars. v
"Public safety commissions from the east
ern state and Canada called on us In bodies,
without a single" exception they compli
mented us highly and predicted a great
future for the Meyer Safety Quard.
"Had we had a dosen models Instead of
two and a dosen men to manipulate them
they would have been kept busy from the
opening to the close of the convention.
"It now remains for us to get In shape
to meet this great demand, and our direct
ors are now working with that purpose in
view, conttacte- having been let for the
devices, which will be in such shape that
we can go from city to city and give them
practical demonstrations on their own
car.."
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REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE
FOR UfflTY
EVERY REPUBLICAN in Douglas county should vote for T.
A. Hollister for county attorney, not only because he is
the republican candidate, but because he is one of the best
qualified men who has ever been nominated for this important
office.
His democratic opponent is now running for this same of
fice for the fourth time and apparently seems to think that there
is some provision of the constitution or laws of the state that re
quires him to go on running perpetually, but this is not true.
Republicans should vote for Hollister because he is the best
man Democrats should vote for him because their own candi
date has had enough.
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DAY OF PRAYER AND THANKS
Annual Proclamation Issned by
President Roosevelt.
THREE WEEKS FROM THURSDAY
the devotion of his associates, while from
his mother he takes that phase of his char
acter which determines his inflexible up
rightness and his indomitable strength of
purpose."
i Moral
that
bank with Its little capital and its feck
less bankers Is just as good In the eyes
of depositors and In the business It can
get as the solid national bank, because It
la doing business on the standing and
.nl ir.Aii r f th. frrwirl h.nk. hnvill.
rether are less than tlOO.frOO. It I. not too I ub.Untla, caplta, and 8urplus and a good
That a town of only 1.000 Inhabitants can
maintain more than two healthy banka Is
an absurdity on the face of it, but this
absurdity 1e emphasised by the fact that
the total deposits of the four banks alto-
much to say that this kind of thing Is
tolng on all over tha state, and that plainly
ky reason of thla guaranty law, Oklahoma
reputation built up by years of careful
and conservative banking. '
Brvanlsm' says to the people: 'You
being overbanked at an alarming rate." m d.nMlt vour money ,n mv bank8 anJ
iu wn cuiiiiecuuii ins ibvi anoum noi oe ,f on, of ,nem fal8 j wm wak over to
sverlooked that there are pointed evldencea tne rood bank. anj put my hands into
f alarm on this score In the minds of the thelr caBl, drawer, and without their con-
tnen who composed the state adminlstra- ient take out enough to pay you so do
lion, or at least those member, of the vnr hu.in... with the banka that come
administration having directly to do with under the operation of Bryaniam' in Ok-
tne application of the state "guaranty law" lahoma."
The recent closing of the International
bank of Colgate. Okl., which had already
tnd its provisions.
Tlae te Apply Brake.
Take, for example, the significant action
3f the banking board and the bank com
missioner In refusing to ' Issue a charter
been commented upon in the public dts-
patchea. Is a matter of present Interest
from the fact that Its president is now
miasioner In rerualng to Issue a charter " , ' T . , . .,,,,, ,
. ,, . , . , . . . proclaiming that his institution was
to an applicant for a bank to be organ sed Prut,'""" ,,.. ,
i . . . . alaughtcred for exhibition purposes ana
In a town of Ina gnif cant slse and a ready '! . ' . ..,,. . Jl
supplied with at least three banks. The
determined atand taken by the atate offi
rials In. this case Indicates with striking
clearness that they were thoroughly scared
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th.t the bank commissioner", act was un
justified on any grounds excepting those
of political expediency.
However right or wrong may be thl.
contention, two pertinent fact, stand out
clearly. The bank went under and Its
depositor, suffered the usual and normal
spasm of anxiety; second, the grand Jury
of th,at county baa returned an Indictment
agalnat the bank commissioner.
Tim ta Settle Claim..
To the average and unbiased observer
this Incident Indicate, that bank under
the occult protection of the guaranty law
can close their doors, leaving anxious de
posltors to speculate upon how long they
are going to be kept waiting for their
money; and it also Indicates that, to take
the other horit ef the dilemma, the political
saddle on the back of a state s banking
Institutions is going to be straddled by
politicians and- ridden lr.to.1he political
race. The reader may take his choice of
these two ways of looklr.g at this Incident
but he certainly must choose oi.' of them
It has not required more than one ex
perience to demonstrate to the people that
even under the. beneficent and occult action
of the guaranty law the depositors of . a
ilored bank cannot get their money off
hui-d at the moment Its doors are shut. It
takea time for even a democratic adminis
tration in Oklahoma, with a guaranty fund
behind it, to settle the cluima of the de
positors of a bank and pay them back
their coin.
And It should be remembered that If this
bank had bwn a big one Instead of a little
one and had owed lis depositors a good
round aum. Instead of only f.tt,0n0, the
hanks do'ng business In Oklahoma under
the guaranty law would have had to turn
over to the guaranty fund an amount equal
to a aubstanttul percentage of their de
posits.
And this would hsve meant that they
been fortunate to have escaped
general "run;" at leaat It would have
put a large crimp into them. For dpoi
tors will hustle around to get their money
Just about as promptly If they think It is
likely to be tied up for several years as
If threatened with Its loss.
The total amount In the guaranty fund
at the present time is only about I1J6.0UO.
Oklahoma has already traveled far enough
on the blind path to know that bank fail
ures can still occur, and that disposes of
the theory that depositors will never more
make a run tor their money
What other lessons sre to be learned can
noi surety oe lorvtoid. but the symptoms
SHOE PINCHES HITCHCOCK
Conarreasnan-Bdltor ia Worming: aad
Soalrmlag I aider "Old Soldier"
Editorial.
The World-Herald of November IS. 1892,
made thla alam on the brave men who up
held their country'a cause from '61 to '65:
The next congress will have to wrestle
with one deficiency of IJ6.000.000. This Is
on account of the pensions. The appropria
tion for pensions for the next year must
be not less than 1150,000.000. It Is therefore
easy arithmetic to perceive that the ap
propriation that congress must make for
pensions at the next session must aggre
gate not leaa than $186,000,000. This tre
mendous sum would of Itself be enough to
run a reasonable -government. One would
not complain If It were an honorable debt,
but a large proportion ta not debt because
it was never earned by any aot of pat
riotism or heroic service. The government
Is held up and bespoiled of no mean por
tion of tills, and it aoema helpless to de
fend Itself. One cannot help being- curious
to know how many more years it will take
to exhaust tha generation which feela Itself
injured by the war. It Is safe to say that
never did a generation display such longev
ity. ' Now. Mr. Hitchcock, editor then and
editor no-a, of the World-Herald, wishes he
had never" written and his paper had never
published that editorial. He Is making his
fourth trial for election to congress from
this district and needs the vote of the old
soldier with whose longevity he found fault
sixteen years ago. - He now finds that, de
spite his fault-finding, many of these old
soldier, are still living and able to vote
nd have good memories. The shoe pinches
and to show how he Is squirming to soften
the pain, this letter, a copy of which has
been sent to many an old soldier, may In
dicate:
HOPBB Or REPRESENTATIVES,
WASHINGTON. D. C. OMAHA. Neb.. Oct.
2. 1908. Dear Sir: The Omaha Bee has at
tacked me In this oampaign with the fale
harre that I am not friendly to tne old
soldiers and that I do not favor liberal 'pensions.
You are In a position to know that I have
carefully looked after pension mattera at
Washington, end I therefore take the lib
erty of asking you to say a good word
for me to your soldier friends In the clos
ing days of the campaign. Very truly
yours, O. M. HITCHCOCK. M. C.
A Jeweler's Experience.
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avenue, Indianapolis, Ind., writes: "I was
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remedies had failed. At all druggists.
Executive Say. Proarre.s
and Spiritual Eaal to
Made 1" ; Material
Tb tag's.
WASHINGTON, Nov. l.-The president
yesterday Issued the annual Thanksgiving
proclamation, in- which he points out the
steady growth of the nation in atrength,
worldly power, wealth -and population, and
that our average of individual comfort and
well being Is higher than that of any other
country In the world. . For this, he- declares,
Americans owe It to the Almighty to show
equal progress In moral and spiritual
tl.lnga. The proclamation follows:
By the President . of the United States
of America:- A Proclamation Once again
the aeason is at hand when according to
the ancient custom of cur people It becomes
the duty of the president to appoint a day
of prayor and of thanksgiving to Ood.
Year bv year this nation grows in sirengin
and worldly power. Ihjrlng the century
and a quarter that haa- elapsed since our
entry Into tho circle of Independent peoples
we have yrown and prospered In material
things to a degree never known before
and not now known in any other country.
The thirteen colonies which struggled along
the seacoast of the Atlantic and were
hemmed In but a feK miles west of tid
water by the Indian. haunted wilderness
have been transformed Into the mightiest
republic which the .wcrld' has ever seeru.
Its domains stretch at res the continent
from one to the other of the great oceans
and extends into the - artic ai..l tropical
realms. The growth In, wealth and popula
tion has surpassed even the growth . In
territory. Nowhere else . In the world is
the average of individual comfort and ma
terial well being as high as in our for
tunate land.
For the very reason that In material
well being we have thus abounded, we owe
to the Almighty to show equal progresa In
moral and spiritual things; With a nation
as with individuals who make up a nation.
material well being is an indispensible
foundation, but the foundation availa noth
ing by Itself. That life is wasted and worse
than wasted which is spent in piling, heap
on heap, those things which minister merely
to the pleasure of the. body and the power
that rests only on wealth, upon material
well being as a foundation must be raised
the structure of the lofty life of the spirit
BELLEVUE COLLEGE SOCIETIES
Stadenta Debate Proposition ef Trans
ferring- the Institution to
Omaha.
Phllomathean Literary society of Belle
vue college met Friday evening. The so
ciety was called together an hour late that
the rally for the Hastings foot ball game
of Saturday might have all present. The
roll call was answered by current events.
A recitation was given by Hamar J. Ad
rock. The Mandolin club gave a selection
and then tho floor was given to debate
upon the question, "Resolved that Belie
vue college should be moved to Omaha."
Affirmative-Donald Enfield, MIks Al
berta O'Kane.
Negative George Graham, Miss Davis.
A short parliamentary drill was used to
close the meeting.
The Sophomore Debating club met Wed
nesday night. Question, "Resolved that
there should be a national Income tax."
Affirmative Robert Warner, George
Racely, .
Negative Mr. Mercer, Edward Hansen.
The question was then thrown open to
discussion and the meeting closed by ten
minute, of parliamentary drill.
The young Woman's Debating club met
Friday night. The question, "Resolved that
the United States will perish as all other
republics and great nations have In the
past."
Affirmative Miss Mortensen, Miss Fow
ler, Miss Glllan.
Negative Miss Flndley, Miss Hayward,
Miss Brown.
MORGAN HAS A LIVELY BOUT
Urothers Whom He Attempt. to
Arrest Stnrt In to Clean
Officer Ont.
Emergency Officer Morgan of the police
force had an encounter last night with two
men at 2631 Capitol avenue which will go
down In police tradition as one of the
fights of the year.
Two men. said to be brothers, by the
name of Klser, occupy the basement at
this address, and a complaint was made
that they were creating a disturbance.
Officer Morgan went to the scene on a
motorcycle, and when he announced him
self as a police officer the two brothers
announced their Intention of throwing him
out.
One of the men, who Is large and heavy,
grabbed him with the evident Intention of
holding him while the other and smaller
one proceeded to beat him up. Morgan Is
a professional wrestler. He broke tho hold
and landed on the larger of the men on
the point of the Jaw. This gave him a
second's respite, during which he drew hU
club and waded in. Eaoh man whs knocked
down several times, but ench came up
'agnln ready for fight. Finally both wero
stretched on the fluor and Morsan went
to the nearest patrol box to call the
wagon.
While he was on this errand the men
recovered sufficiently to tnulte their escape
and at a late hour last night had not been
apprehended. It Is expected, however, that
they will be picked up within a short time
and then they will have a variety of
charges to face.
Officer Morgan came out of the melre
without a scratch, but it is said that his
two opponents are . radly in need of the
services of a physician.
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GEORGE GREENES BAND WINS
Secure. '. Contract for Furnishing
Music (or the National Corn
Kxaosltlon.
With competition from some of the best
known bands in the United States, George
Green has secured the contract for fur
nishing U music at the National Corn ex
position, to be held in Omaha December
S to 19. Mr. Green's band Is becoming ono
of the best known bands In the country
If this nation Is properly to fulfil Its great and several times he has won first honors
AUTOMOBILE MEN ORGANIZE
Drivers and . Machinist. Form i
Association for Mntaal
Beneflt.
More than fifty automobile driver, and
mechanic, met last night at the Paxton
Mitchell garage. Twenty-fourth and Harney
atreeta, for the purpose of forming the
Nebraska Association of Automobile Driv
ers. Several chaffeur. In Omaha and
nearby town have for sometime entertained
the idea of forming auch an association
and at the request of a number of these
A. Schults called the meeting last night
The object of the association la to advance
the mutual interests of automobile owners
and drlvera, enhancing the general good
will. Increasing the standard of ability and
efficiency and by making available to all
the best literature and authorities on the
subject of automobile, and automobile
mechanics.
A permanent organisation wa. effected
and the following officer, elected: A.
Schults, prealdent; Charle. Crawford, vice
president; Gus Rudolph, recording secre
tary; Robert Melvln, financial secretary
and treasurer. Committee on by laws,
Frank Decker, James Fulton, H. W. pope,
A. Schults. Sidney Doherty, Arthur Noak
and Orr Mitchell.
C. E. Clark of the machinist, union de
livered an address on the benefits which
accrue from organisation and association
Another meeting will be held next Satur
day night when further plans will be made
for the good of the association. At this
time other representative, of the machin
ist, union will be present and will address
the meeting.
It 1. expected that m .octal feature will
be added to the organisation r vi that It
will be extedded to Include other town,
in the state where there are automobile
owner, aod driver.
A Brook (or Liter r
from etemavh. liver and kidney trouble la
made when a SSc box of Dr. King's New
Ufa PHI la bought. For sale by Beaton
Drug Co.
mission and to accomplish all that we so
arcientiy nope and desire.
The things of tho body are good; the
things of the Intellect better; but best of
all are -the things of the soul; for In the
nation as In the individual. In the long run
It Is character that counts. Iet us there
fore as a people set our faces resolutely
against evil and with broad charity, with
kindliness and good will toward ail men,
but with unflinching determination to
smite down wrong, strive with all the
strength thst is given us for righteousness
In public and private life.
Now. Therefore, I. Theodore Roose
velt, president of the United States, do set
apart Thursday, the 26th day of November
next, as a day of general thanksgiving and
rrayer, and on that day I recommend that
the peole shall cease from their daily work,
and in their homea or in their churches
meet devoutly to thank the Almighty for
the many and great blessings they have re
ceived In the past, and to pray that they
may be given strength so to order their
lives as to deserve a consideration of
these blessings In the future.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set
my- hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this
Thirty-first day of October, In the year of
our Lord one thousand, nine hundred and
eight, and of the Independence - of the
United States the one hundred and thirty
third. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
By the Prealdent.
Alvey A. Adee, acting secretary of atate.
TRIBUTE OF AN OLD FRIEND
JeaTerle Wa. ' Well l.iked
HI Old Homo mm In
the New.
In
in competition with some of the best.
Both Ellcry and Inncs bid for the corn
show contract.
F. W. CORLISS
Rocommonds
OSCAR J. PICEXARD
For County Commissioner
In recommending: Oscar Pickard for County Commissioner for the 3d
District, win say that I have known Mr. Pickard for the last twenty-five years.
His unquestioned Integrity and good and honest business qualities is what thn
taxpayers want In guarding their interests In spending the large amount of
County money, to be expended for a Court House, and other extra Improve
ments. He has never been mixed up with any questionable transaction, either in
business or politics. This Is not a political office and should not be run as
such, as all parties pay their share of taxes.
His record was easily obtained, for he was born In the City of Omaha, and
always lived in Douglas County. A man should be Judged a great deal by the
business he Is In and the way he conducts It for himself. If he Is too greedy
for money, he is not safe.
The temptations are great with the officers of County, City and 8tate
when they have large sums of public money to spend. Some men and officers
of very good reputation think It not a sin to, I might say. steal from a City
County or State. ' .
From my long experience in public life, and the great Interest I hate In
the welfare of Douglas County, I recommend Mr, Pickard as- the safest and
best man to elect as County Commissioner of the Third District at this time.
Oct. 30th, 1908. F. W. CORLISS, Ex-County Commissioner.
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Hedley Baldwin of Mattoon. III., boyhood
friend to A. W. Jefferl and later hi. room
mate at the University of Michigan paid a
fine tribute to Mr. Jefferl. while In Omaha
Friday when he said!
'A. W. Jefferls was born in the beautiful
county of Chester on the sunny aide of the
Alleghany mountain. In Pennsylvania.
HI. youth was spent on his father's farm
and beatdea performing his full share of tha
farm work he found time with a peculiar
test to enter Into the boyhood sports of
fered in that delightful region of forest, hill
and stream. The atmosphere of his child
hood teemed with the traditions of 1776 even
as t'he soil of his birthplace had been
drenched with the blood of hla forefathers
and that of their British foes. His home
was less than a day's walk from historic
Valley Forge or the birthplace of General
Anthony Wayne. He comes from the farm
toll and same teachings that yielded Bay
ard Taylor. His patriotism Is Identical with
Id life's blood. From the very earliest
recollection of ' Jefferls, he was unique
among the boys of that country aide. As
we would say. he 'carried hla head in the
clouds,' not a. an inert dreamer but as a
seer and doer of the filings that appealed
to hi. seemingly clearer and farther reach
lug vision as to what life should yield. He
was always intensely human and in bis
earlier school day. and in college, a. later
he lay hold upon the sympathies and trust
of bis associates, whether city or country
bred, high or lowly born. Hla personality
Is a rare eombhialton of atrength and
charm. From hi. father he inherits that
magnetic geulahty thai Irresistibly comvels
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