TIIE OMAIIA' DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1908.
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awnrn that tha actual number of
full and complete copies of The Dally,
Morning, Evening ana Sunday bm pnmea
during the month of October, lt0. waa
a follows:
i rr, 100 17 87,780
J..... 88,880 II 36,800
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4. 88,300.' 30 37,600
6. .........37,880 21 37,830
..,. 37.800 22 37,660
7 i .38,800 23 37,780
1 37,830 24 37,460
3 88,180 la 87,100
tO.,... 38,880 24 47,760
U.... 88,660 IT 37.640
12..... 37,700 21 38,880
II.. ........ 87 ,330 - 2 37380
14 87,610 10 37,640
II. ......,. 37,730 II 37,800
11.. ...37,780
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t . .. Notary Public.
wiiEif etT or town.
ubacrihara leaving! tho city teas-porarlly-
(ksall have Tka Boo
walled to thorn. Address will ka
whanged u eltaa aa rceaootod.
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ote earfy.Y v
today is the day.
And be sure to irate right.
the people who rule are the people
who vote - ' .
The. green hat is all rjght for that
kind of a head.
. - .
C8t. chance,, to remind you that if
- you aoii i voiq you. apu i count.
The London suffragettes seem to
have cornered the ginger supply.
The Atlantic fleet Js paying a short
visit at the real home of fireworks.
The early voter does a service for
the man who la compelled to vote late,
t i
Congressman . Hitchcock Is fright
ened., likewise, ., ,mad. That's very
evident.
Pull the republican party lever in
the Interests of progress and good gov
eminent.
No1 power or party can today dictate
to the workingman how he shall cast
bis ballot.
Don t get flustered over democratic
claims. The democrats always claim
everything.
'Dlas has decided to run for presl
dent of Mexico again. He has the
habit at bad as Bryan.
Mr. Democrat, are you going to vote
for Mr. Bryan, who says he Is afraid
your vote Is' for sale?
Candidate Chanler of New York
spent yesterday at Red Hook. He'll
doubtless get It today.
Let it be said for Chairman Mack
that so living political forecaster has
been able to outforecast him.
Even Hlsgen declares that he expects
to be electedi And they have been
calling him "Honest Tom" up in Mas
saehusetts.
The people rnle everywhere, except
in the south, where abont ena-thlrri nf
them have been disfranchised by the
democrats.
"Nothing succeeds like a dollar
bill," says the Nashville American,
Except, of course, the five and ten
dollar bills.
I
Pittsburg is demanding "less noise
from dogs and cars." It It does not
get that It will have less from poll
ticlana after today.
"In my earlier days I was always a
great borrower," says John D. Rocke
feller. In Us later days he has been
a great lender to Bryan'a pals.
Every place of reform legislation
worth having which the people of No
breaks have secured has been secured
from s republican legislature.
Mr. Bryan says he will carry all of
the pivotal states. He must have con
fldenee that, the Standard Oil com
pany has the pivotal states well
greased
Sugar barrels are to be used for
ballot boxes at . Sandusky. O. That
will be a disappointment to Governor
Haskell, who bad plauned to have
none but' oil barrels ised this year.
TA FT OR Bit TA N- WHICH7
Th ral question before the Amer
ican voters today Is whether they will
havo the Roosevelt policies continued
by Mr. Taft or set at naught by
Bryan.
The men are equally well known,
the. tried and the untried, Mr. Taft
schooled and ripened by large experi
ence, Mr. Bryan altogether inexperi
enced In administrative duty.
Mr. Taft has made a brilliant record
for wise, Judicial, steady performance
of grave responsibilities. Mr. Bryan
as made a record of fertility in coin
ing new paramounts and proposing
new issues, to be abandoned with the
show of adverse winds.
Mr. Taft would enforce the old and
new laws reasonably, with calmness
and sanity. Mr. Bryan would propose
a volume of new laws, discounted in
advance as impossible of administra
tion. His mind is as unsteady as his
principles are unsafe, and the country
has twice rejected him for that rea
son.
Mr. Taft would continue all the
Roosevelt policies. Mr. Bryan would
substitute Bryan policies, experimen
tal and perilous to all business pros
perity.
INSULTING THE WORKMEN.
In one of his speeches at New York
the other day Mr. Bryan declared that
any union man who voted against him
would do so because he had been
bribed or Influenced by a pecuniary
Interest Continuing he said:
There may be among the labor , leaders
some who will be Indifferent to these things
because of "arguments" that are riot re
vealed to you. But If any laboring ban
wants to betray the laborer! let him come
out and dc g as a friend of the monopo
lies, let him not betray labor with a kiss
and pretend to - do it In the Interest of
labor.
It requires a peculiar brand of
nerve or egotism to assert that It is
treason to labor to vote against Mr.
Bryan and it is a gratuitous Insult to
laborlngmen to Inform them they will
not vote against Bryan unless they are
bought or bribed. Worklngmen may
ask what Mr. Bryan has done for them
that he should declare a vote against
him a betrayal of the- labor cause.
American labor, the best paid and
most Intelligent labor in the world,
controls its own votes, does its own
thinking and does not. take dictation
or insults from any man or any party.
THA TAB MY OF NOS VO TEBS.
The size of the vote that will be
polled today is a matter upon which
forecasters have to make varying al
lowances, as. the records since 1896
show fluctuations in the numerical
strength of the electorate that can not
be explained by ordinary methods of
calculation, J Conditions-' sin ie 1896
have been abnormal and . they raise
the interesting question whether the
total vote for Taft and Bryan will show
an increase or a decrease from' the
vote of 1904. ,
The total vote in 1S9C for all presi
dential candidates was, In round num
bers, 13,700,000, an increase of
1,600,000 over the vote of 1892. It
broke all previous records both as to
size and increase. Eight years later,
in 1904, the total vote was only 13,-
520,521, or about 200,000 lens than
in 1896 and 440,000 less than In 1900.
In 1904, Mr. Roosevelt polled 415,553
votes more than Mr. McKinley did in
1900, while Judge Parker polled
1,280,162 votes less than Bryan did
In 1900. Computing the natural in
crease in population there should be
fully 3,000,000 more voters in the
country today than there were in 1896
and no expert election statistician can
tell whether they will all vote.
For twelve years there has been
no change In the total presidential
vote in any election at all commensur
ate with the natural increase in popu
lation, and four years ago the change
was actually the other way a de
crease from the total of 1900.
BRYAN AND SULLIVAN.
Just, a little more han two years
ago, on September 4, 1906, in an ad
dress before the Iroquois club at Chi
cago, Mr. Bryan said:
The honesty of a party's purpose Is
shown not merely! by Us platform or the
speeches of Its candidates and supporters,
but by the character of the men who are
intrusted with the party management.
Illinois represents a caae In point, and I
take this opportunity to state my position
In regard to the national committeeman
from this state, Rogvr Sullivan. What Is
the objection to Sullivan? Ha is a high
official In a franchise holding corporation
which Is constantly seeking favors at the
hands of the government. He is familiar
with all the methods employed by such
corporations to gain from local and atate
governments special favors and privileges.
I do not regard It as a compliment to be
endorsed for the presidency by a conven
tion which endorsed Mr. Sullivan. I told
them In advance that I did not want such
an endorsement, and I repudiate It. When
tha Ufa of a party and Its chancea for sue.
eeaa depend upon establishing Us charac
ter, thoaa who are not with the people are
against them and those who refuse to
speak out must expect their silence to be
construed as' acquiescence tn corporate
domination.
Today Mr. 8ulllvan Is vigorously In
trusted with hia party's management
in Illinois. He represents and speaks for
Mr. Bryan, Just as "Fingy" Conner and
"Pat" McCarren and "Boss" Murphy
speak for Bryan In New York, as Has
kell represents him In Oklahoma, as
"Tom" Taggart la his confidential ad
viser in Indiana and "Mose" Wet more
and "Ed" Butler conduct his campaign
In Missouri. Bryan denounced all
these men la his former campaigns.
They have not changed. The change
is in Bryan, who has made associates
of corporation bosses all through the
nation. Mr. Bryan now answers the
description he gave In that 1106 roast
of Sullivan:
Those who are not with the people are
against them, and those who refuse to
speak out must expect their alienee to ba
construed as acquiescence In corporate
domination.
MOISE-SLMKR THOXAS-FINK DEAL.
A great many difficult feats of po
litical acrobatics have been attempted
In Nebraska, but nothing more perilous
than the present effort of the Bryan
Shallenberger combination to ride the
Anti-Saloon league and the Liquor
Dealers' association at one and the
same time.
The spectacle presented by the
officers of the Anti-Saloon league and
of the liquor dealers' organization
appealing simultaneously to their fol
lowers to vote for the demo-pop candi
dates and eaeh vouching for their fidel
ity to the interests they represent Is
unique, if not unprecedented.
If an eleventh hour combination of
church and saloon could give the elec
tion to the double-dealing candidates
somebody certainly would be fooled.
Either the church people, whose
motto is, "The saloon must go," would
be fooled or the liquor dealers, whose
motto is, "The saloon must go on,"
would be fooled.
The great body of our voters, how
ever, who simply want law enforce
ment and a square deal for all inter
ests concerned are not likely to be
fooled by any such political trick.
The Moise-Elmer Thomas-Fink deal
for the benefit of Bryan and Shallen
berger cannot succeed if the voters
keep their eyes open.
AS PAINTED BT A FKJEA'D.
Colonel Henry Watterson, the tal
ented and versatile editor of the Louis
ville Courier-Journal, has' played a
most active part in the present cam
paign for Mr. Bryan. He has elected
Bryan by several thousand columns of
double-leaded editorials and is prepar
ing to Bhare the fruits of victory.
Colonel Watterson is very well ac
quainted with Mr. Bryan. He has
watched his career since the young
man entered political life In Nebraska
and has kept close tab on his com
ings, goings and doings. No one is
better qualified than Colonel Watter
son to paint the portrait of the real
Bryan, and Watterson has dope It.
When the decision of the Connecticut
courts was announced denying Bryan's
right to $50,000 out of the Phllo S.
Bennett estate Colonel Watterson
wrote In his paper:
As a patriot what sacrifices has he made?
As a general what victories has he wont
He appears In the courts struggling with
a widow for the greater part of her hus
band's estate, the will and the attached
documents prepared by himself In his own
house; the testator not a relation nor even
a friend. -
The molasses candy which Congress
man Hitchcock ! handing out to the
Catholics must be on the theory that
they can thus be made to forget how
he and his paper deserted them and
championed the A. P. A. cause when
that ftnzy was at its height. All that
la necessary to show how little Mr.
Hitchcock cares for them Is to run
back over the 1895 files of the World
Herald, in which the A. P. A. emblem
Is boldly flaunted at the top of the ed
itorial column.
If Congressman Hitchcock and his
paper aro really fighting the Beef
trust, how do they come to be asking
for votes for the stock yards attorney
who is running for state senator on the
democratic ticket when it is notorious
that the stock yards are owned by the
beef packers? If Mr. Hitchcock were
on the, square he would be denouncing
the stock yards lobbyist candidate In
stead of asking votes for him.
The Anti-Saloon league spokesman
Is hard to please. A little while ago
he publicly declared that the present
Board of Fire and Police Commission
ers was "the best police board Omaha
ever had," and how he asks gullible
people to vote against Governor Shel
don because he gave Omaha the best
police board it ever had.
It took a republican county board
to get Douglas county out from under
the burden of debt piled up by the pre
ceding democratic county board. Why,
then, should any taxpayer in Douglas
county want to go back to the extrava
gance and Jobbery of a democratic ad
ministration?
The local democratic organ lays its
hope in Bryan carrying the whole dem
ccratic ticket with him. It goes with
out saying that not more than two or
three of Mr. Bryan's running mates in
Douglas county could appeal for sup
port on their own merits.
J. Worth Kern asserts that the re
publicans have sent $100,000 to In
diana to carry that state. The repub
Means deny that they have done any
thing of the kind, as they feel that
Kern is all the aid they need in carry
ing Indiana.
Having considered the situation
carefully. Charlemagne Tower says he
"is Inclined to believe that Pennsyl
vania will go .for Taft." That Is what
is known as diplomatic caution.
A traveler reports that snakes eight
feet long abound in the Balkans. It
Is evident that the Balkans need a
temperance crusade more than a war
The publication of "The Complete
Poems of Alfred Austin" is announced
That's good news, if it means that Al
fred is not going to write any more.
The republican candidate for county
attorney, Tom Hollister. Is seeking the
office for the first time. His demo-
cratic opponent, James P. English, Is
running for the office the fourth time.
Employers can do a public service
by making it as easy as possible for
their workmen and clerks to vote dur
ing the day; the earlier the better.
Oratorical Jnmk.
Chicago Tribune.
Presently another question will demand
Immediate Settlement. What Is to be done
with all the canned speeches?
Too Solemn tor Celebration.
Boston Herald.
The president Is quite justified In omitting
to celebrate his latest birthday. Fifty !
the old age of youth, aa alxty Is the youth
of old age. They make their subjects feel
mors or less solemn.
Who Owned the Dough!
Kansas City Star.
The latest public statement of democratic
campaign fund receipts shows that Herman
Rldder and his three sons gave a total of
137,000. Mr. Rldder la treasurer or the
committee. Why not tell who really gave
that 137,000?
Solid North Va. Solid Sooth.
Boston Transcript.
Those democrats who are now Insisting
that the solid south should be retained,
ought to remember that In practice the di
vision comes very close to meaning a
olid north, and that this la the long end
of the stick.
Fleectng the Fleecer.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
What an unscrupulous person that Morse
of lce-trust-bank-wrecklng fame must be!
To take the fleece oft Croker, Murphy and
several trust magnates gives the He to the
old proverb that hawks will not pick out
hawks' eyes.
Outlaws Ran to Cover.
Baltimore American.
The tlgoroua campaign against the night
riders In Tennessesse bids fair to break
up the lawlessness in that state. There is
plenty of law for any emergency in this
country;' the trouble Is In the lack of en
ergy In Its application.
Bry-am's Compliment to Democrats.
Harper's Weekly. (
The old doctor Is full of hope, but sus
picious that the republican managers are
going to purchase the election. The late
Colonel Isaac Hill put It mora neatly when,
Jubilant yet apprehensive, he shouted,
'We've gbt 'em, boys If they don't buy
us."
A Democratic Kebolte. '
Charleston News and Courier (dem.).
In his speech at the democratic noonday
meeting in New York yesterday, Hoke
Smith declared that "there was nothing
In Taft's record especially to fit him for
the exalted position" of president.. That la
not true; Mr. Bryan does not believe any
thing of the sort; nobody believes It. Mr.
Taft Is, In fact, wonderfully well fitted for
the office of president; the objection to
him is not on the score of fitness or ability.
but on account, of his party and the policies
for which It stands.
Historic and Plctnrrsqne.
Springfield Republican.
John 8harp Williams' observation Is be
ing quoted. He was asked his view of
the situation. ''.Well." he said, "from all
I can see and from all I can hear there Is
going to ba a democratic tidal wave. But
I have seen so- many pf . these democratic
tidal waves (vmp the republican party In
that I am getting suspicious of . them."
Even more to the point was the comment
of the late Senator. Thurman of Ohio, an
eminent democrat in his day.4 After he had
seen the republicans finally win an election
concerning which the democrats had
nursed great hopes, he remarked with In
tense vigor: "The republicans are simply
hell on the home stretch."1
Virginia. Breaking; Array f
Charleston Newa and Courier.
The attitude of Virginia and the Virginia
preua toward the national democracy, while
a matter of concern to ua, Is not for us to
criticise, our Virginia friends being en
tirely capable of deciding for themselves
what their course in politics should be. We
content ourselves with pointing out that
the signs of republican headway In Vir
ginia are not to be ignored. The state will
support Mr. Bryan, but unleaa there ba a
change In the present trend of affairs, .It
may not be democratio four years hence.
Beyond question, Judge Taft has more sup
port of the desirable kind la Virginia than
he has In Tennessee, North Carolina or
Georgia.
Loot Rates, Increased Traffic.
6prlngfleld Republican.
The maximum 2-cent passenger fare law
In Michigan la also shown to be helpful
rather than hurtful to the railroads. It
has been In effect since the first of the
year, and the state railroad commission
now calls attention to the fact that while
earnings from freight traffic have fallen
off 12 to 17 per cent from a year ago, pas
senger revenues on the t-cent basis have
declined only l.T per cent. This means, of
course, that passenger traffic has ma
terially, increased as a result of the lower
rates and would have caused an Increase
in revenue but for the business depression,
whose effects are so strongly shown tn the
freight traffic returns.
Coat of City Governments.
Washington Post.
The startling Increase In 'the coat of
city government during the last few years
as shown by - a special report cf the
census bureau upon 1S8 American cities.
If unchecked, will prove an Important
factor In stopping the unhealthy growth
of the big municipalities and will aid
In solving tha problem of keeping the
farmer's son oti the land. The statistics
show an increase of municipal expenses
since 1801 of about.fO per cent New
York's increase la t par cent, the highest
In the list. While some, of this I nc reuse
in expenaea IS the result of prosperous
times, yet the 'tax rata deadline Is not
far off. If tha rate of expenditures grows
much larger, the time will soon come
when only millionaires can live In our
cities, and for the rest it will be "back
to tha farm."
Oannery at Manila.
McClura's Magazine.
Ths Spanish war waa won by two naval
victories-Manila and Santiago. Naturally,
tha fame of tha American navy, and es
pecially of Its gunnery, flamed across the
world. As a matter of fact, the ahootlng
at Manila and Santiago waa about aa bad
aa possible. At Manila 80 per cent of tha
shots missed at a range of from ,0uO to
4,000 yards; at Santiago tha chief battle of
the war at least W per cent. A special
commission of officers, which was ap
pointed to examine the wrecks of the Span
ish shlpa at Santiago, eatabllshed this fact
officially. It reported that of y.SOO projec
tllea fired, only 123. or I I par cent, had
found a mark on the Spanish ships. Mak
ing every possible allowance for hits which
could not readily be Been upon tha wrecks,
not ona ahot In fifty struck Its mark. The
day of tha battle was clear, tha aea smooth,
tha targets were' twenty feet high and !00
feet long, and the range was Z.suo yards,
ARMY GOMIP 1 WA9tIIGTOy I
torrent Errata Olcnnea from the
Army- ana Nety Register.
Preliminary examinations will be held
at the various army posts In the United
Btates for entrance Into the Army Medical
corps. The examinations will take place
on January 11 and It Is hoped that all mho
succesnfully qualify for appointment will
be appointed to the medical reserve corps.
prel mlnary to their attendanre at the Army
Medical school. Those who succeed In pass
ing these examinations will ba appointed
to the reserve corps as fast as use can be
made of their services. This will have an
added advantage of giving candidates for
permanent appointment some actual ex'
perlance in arms medical work before Join
ing the next year s class at the Army Med
ical school, the regular term of which
opens In October. There are fifty-seven
vacancies In the medical corps, and, aa the
class at the Medical school this year num
bers about thlrty, there will still be a
number of vacancies without regard to re
tirements or de.ths which may occur in the
meantime.
It Is also doubtful at'tne present writing.
In so far as one may know of congressional
sentiments, whether the bill providing for
600 additional line officers will be favor
ably considered In the next session of con
gress. The war department will make an
effort to have the bill passed by the house,
but It Is foreseen that the brief period
for congressional work will Interfere with
special service legislation. The measure may
have the benefit of the support of the militia
Influence, owing to the fact that the provi
sion of extra officers to take the place of
those, on detached duty will result In bene
fit to the organired militia. It will furnish
the atate troops with regular officers de
sired In that direction as Instructors. Re
quests received for the services of army
officers for duty In connection with ths
militia hve been denied necessarily of late,
owing to the fact that the commissioned
personnel of the army could not be drawn
upon to the extent contemplated, although
It Is appreciated In the War depart
ment that mllltla is entitled to the
best In the way of military In
struction which the government can
afford. It may be that congress will ap
preciate the Justice of the provision for
additional officers to fill the places of
officers on detached duty. There Is cer
tainly no question of the need and It is
altogether a matter of sentiment at the
capital and the opportunity of enactment.
been -riven lately
by the experts in wireless telephony to the
sound which will carry me B'"--
tance. It has been found by the naval
-..v.- ,. hn examining the
oiiicer nw " '
records that the steam siren under seven
ty-two pounds of steam pressure wm
a blast which may be heard forty miles.
Next to that comes the steam whistle, the
-a M,h ! carried twenty miles.
Among the softer sounds which carry a
considerable distance Is the whistling buoy
Installed under the lighthouse board, which
has frequently been neara lor
of fifteen miles. As a result of this In
vestigation It has been able to determine
the wave frequency which is most favor
able to wireless telephony.
Tables have been Issued showing what
goes to make up tha china and glassware
allowances for the officers' and enlisted
men's messes In the navy. The tables are
baaed ion the number of 'officers or men
attached to a ship or station. In the case
of the officers an annual allowance of 15
per cent la made for breakage and any
amount In excess of such sum Is paid by
tho nfflcM-s. In tha case of the enlisted
men, they, receive 6 per cent more than the
officers to cover Dreaaage, wear aim wr.
The War department has received the
record In the court martial case of First
Ueutenant William J. O'Loughtln. Thir
teenth Infantry, on duty at Fort Leaven-:
Worth, Kan., where the court convened.
The offcer was tried for alleged false
guard report, falling to turn out patrol as
ordered, and failure to visit his guard
properly. The sentence Is that of dismissal
and the case will, In the usual order of
things, go to the president.
IF TAFT IS ELECTED.
What It Win Signify for tha Country
and People.
Kansas City Star (lnd.).
If William II. Taft Is elected president
the greatest office the electorate of the
greatest republic can bestow on one of its
number will be graced by a man of dig
nity and accomplishments and of the best
patriotism; by a statesman of the highest
attainments, of rare training for the work
in hand, and of International distinction.
If Taft is elected, the great moral awak
ening experienced In the Roosevelt ad
ministration will be continued, and the
new standards of business and political
honesty will be upheld.
If Taft Is elected, all legitimate Interests
will feel entirely safe so far as executive
policies and acta are concerned, but there
will be no cessation of the national move
ment against Illegitimate business methods.
If Taft Is elected, the Intricate affairs
in the Philippines, the tremendously Im
portant project of the Panama caaal and
the relations with Cuba will ba left In ex
perienced and familiar hands.
If Taft is elected, relations with Japan
and China, which must be kept strong and
friendly In view of the development of
trade on the Paclflo and the destiny of the
Philippines, will be intrusted to a man who
enjoys the acquaintance and the confi
dence of both of these great nations.
If Taft Is elected, his election wilt mean
not only a great victory for progressive
policies In the nation, but also within the
republican party.
SO HISS THE WORLD AWAY.
Before and After Taking; Paramount
laaara.
Brooklyn Eagle (lnd. dem.)
Twelve years ago Mr. Bryan had a para
mount issue upon which he said ha con
fidently expected to carry every state In the
Union. He waa 9$ votes short In the elec
toral college.
Eight years ago the paramount Issue had
changed and he was not so optimistic as
to results he did not include all the states
in his favorable calculations, but he was
sure of winning. He was 137 votes short
in the electoral college.
This year Mr. Bryan Is confident of
an affirmative answer to the question;
"Bhall the People Rule?" Tha Inference is
that they will, as It were, abdicate. If they
fail to ellect him. His confidence In tha
outcome will persist until the returna begin
to come In. It alwaya doea.
After that, explanations. Then will coma
tha discovery that tha winners bought tis
election. This will apply to every atata,
except Pennsylvania; it will account for
every reverse where a triumph was pre
dicted. So runs tha world away.
New York World.
The announcement that, American battle
ships are to ba painted' slate color marka
tha passing of the "White Squadron." Tha
white paint of sentiment gives way to ths
duller and mora serviceable hue on tha
same principle that tha army blue was
discarded for khaki. How much that vestal
raimnt did for tha stimulation of popu
lar priJo in tho navy it Is needleas to say.
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You will make biscuit, cake and pastry
, clean, fresh and tasty better every way
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Dr. Price's Baking Powder is specially
devised for home use, and makes homo
baking easy and a delight. It will pro
tect you from the dread alum baking
powders, which are too frequently found
in the ready made articles, and insure
you food of the highest healthfulness.
SETBACK FOR MG1IT RIDING.
Prospective Suppression of Tennes
see's Outlaws.
Philadelphia Press.
The confession of one of the Tennessee
night riders and tha arrest of some forty
men Implicated will greatly discourage
that form of crMie In Tennessee at least.
Tha militia were Impressive aa they
patrolled the vicinity of Reel f out lake, but
the offer of $10,000 for the capture of tl.e
murderers waa probably even more effec
tive 1n securing results.
The night riders, with their whippings.
burning and killing, leave bitter enemies
behind them. So long aa the latter are
thoroughly Intimidated their enmity to the
nigh riders is impotent, but visible evi
dence that the state government is on their
side and the opportunity of winning $10,000
put a different fact on the matter. The
night riders Soon find that they, have in
their victims vigilant, aggressive enemies
following on their track and ready to de
liver them Into the custody of tho state.
Tennessee's example might well bo fol
lowed by the states similarly afflicted. A
large reward for the apprehension of the
night riders and clear proof that the power
of tha atate la earnestly enlisted against
them will glva the victims of the night
riders heart and courage and make them
bestir themselves against tha men who
have harassed them and destroyed their
property.
Tha hanging of the Reelfoot lake mur
derers will be' of great assistance In sup
pressing night riding elsewhere. If all
night riders are treated aa outlawa and
public enemies with a price upon their
heads and the possibility of. the gallows
and penitentiary kept before them, tha
business of terrorising the countryside,
destroying, burning and killing under cover
of darkness, will lose favor even, with the
members of the Society of Equity,
PERSONAL, ASiD OTHERWISE.
Betting money Is talking for the square
deal down east at odds of five to one.
Still,' the ' campaign, literature may be
helpful in stimulating the furnace fire.
The national school for campaign orators
is closed. After school cornea the monotony
of work.
Baltlmoreans spend $40,000 a year for
bottled water. What they do with it Is a
side Issue.
Thanksgiving messages are now due. The
wise governor proclaims first and then
watches the returns.
With an official ballot 2x4 feet to register
his will, the Ohio voter today cannot be
regarded as an easy mark.
. Tha report of an appalling shortage of
pies In New York state comes too late to
be classed as a campaign Issue.
Tha main issue to be settled In Detroit
today Is whether the town will work by
standard or solar time. Town clocks are
facing both ways.
A Missouri woman wants a divorce after
a week's experience with a husband who
threw at her hot biscuits of her own make,
to test their reslstency.
No matter what the, outcome of duty
nobly done, there Is consolation for the
vanquished In the assurance that we will
have a safe and sane Fourth of July next
year.
San Francisco continues to furnish sensa
tions of surpassing Interest, the chief fea
ture of which Is the obstacles Justice con
tends with In reaching and punishing en
trenched crime.
The suggestion of an Illinois preacher In
favor of night funerals will not commend
Itself to popular favor. It would deprive
mourners of tha comforting view of the
procession, and lend an atmosphere of
melancholy In cases where the pleasure is
kept under the lid with difficulty.
A Massachusetts specialist who smells
some business In the theory that boyish
wickedness originates In defective nasal
passages has ths Job of a lifetime In seek
ing to oonvince experienced dads that he
has "something Just aa good" as the old
reliable spanker.
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DESTROY ER OF WAGES.
Working Men the thief Gainers by
Bryan's Defeat,
Philadelphia Public Ledger (lnd.).
Worklngmen reaped the chief benefit ot
Bryan's defeat In 1896, and, under circum
stances almost exactly the same, It will bo
worklngmen who will make the gains If ha
Is again removed from tho path of con
fidence. The country has ample resources
for a rapid return to prosperity, but there,
must first come a return of belief In the
safety of contracts. When voting
Bryan Is so plainly for stagnant buslmj
It Is hard to see how a single wage-ear
will allow himself to be counted on tha
Bryan side. Mr. Bryan Is and all his lite
has been a foe to business and a detriment
to prosperity.
SMILING REMARKS.
"I hear you Is out of a Job, Willie?"
"Yea. I may be a little too sensitive, but
when the boss ses. 'Qlt to biases out ot hero
before I kick you out,' then I got mad
and resigned my position." Washington
f position. Washington v I
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oiar.
"Our band was tn a smashup last night."
aald the man with the big brass drom.
"Any bones broken?" queried the Inno
cent bystander.
"Only the trombone," answered tha drum
thumper. Chicago Newa. ,
"What are you crowing about, Griggs
by's airship ahowed Itaelf superior to yours
In every respect."
"Yes; but aa mine was tested en a fine
day the photographs turned out perfect,
and Orlggsby made his ascent when It was
to dark even for a time exposure." Puck.
First Passenger Pardon me. bat would
you mind tending me your spectacles a l,o-
ment?
Second Passenger With pleasure, sir.
First Passenger Thanks, awfullv. And
now, aa you can no longer read your news
paper, would you kindly pass it over to
m-? Harper's Weekly.
Muffit Hello, old chap I How aro you
feeling today? t
Weeks Oh. I'm lmrjrovlnr alnwlv varv T
Muffit-Thafa good. I'm delighted to
net ,t. uaiuiuui a .Aiiicriunu. '
"Johnny," aald his mother, "If you had
made the right kind of effort you might
have won a place on the champion spelling
class." Johnny shook his head. "No,
ma," he said, "I wouldn't have stood any
more show In a spellin match than
Shakespeare would." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
"Do you expect to entertain very much
next winter?"
"No," answered Mr. Cumrox. "I don't
think mother and the girls will do much
in the entertaining way. But I fancy
we'll have the usual' crowda of people wht
stand around and look bored." Waahtngtoa
Star.
"Dearest." he whispered, "I am ultra
fashionable. I have a hat of green, a tlu
any more you could ask?
"YeB," responded the practical girl
fore I accept you I would Ilka to know If
you have any long green In your pockets,
Chicago News.
MORE DENIALS.
Washington Star.
Since uncle tackled politics the . famil
rather blue.
At first It seemed an easy and a propr v
tning to do; i
But now wo .are the victims of a patlencl
sorely tru-a.
And fret cor stralned to mention things thai
otiplit to be denied.
AnuuiK them are the pictures that ham
gotten Into print;
My uncle Isn't Knock-kneed and was never
known to squint.
He doexn't wear a stony star nor amileo
nil sickly sweet
As depicted on the banners thst are float
ing down the street.
He's not a grinding monster, hating all
who toll and plni.
Nor Is he, aa some friends allege, a dreamy
deinl-gnd;
He Isn't a FU au Brummel with Ms ele
gance polite;
Anil he isn't any bully, threatening every
one In sight.
His enemies by calumny occasion deep dis
tress. And admirers cause suspicion by their elo
quent excess.
So his friends and relations havo con
blned In the demand
For a candid understanding with tha people
of the land.
We merelv want the facts set forth thai
every one may m
He's onlv Just a human being, samo aa
you and met
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