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WHIN OCT Or TOWN.
atwrlbra leaving tha eltr tem
porarily shoal, havo T Boo neallea
to tktu. Ad drawn will he han-a M
ftaa aa ra.ataV
Tho country i showing an eagerness
to meet returning prosperity half way.
Nothing In the returns will dlscour
age Mr. Debs from running again in
1912.
It would be Intcrcutlng to know If
Senator Foraker It willing to bury tho
hatchet. : . . , r
By this time Nat Ooodwln must bare
relatives by mnrrtage in nearly every
city, he vls(ts.
Who wilt , recel e tba New York
Sun's flatly seoldlna; while Mr. Roose
velt la In Africa?
Which on'of tho ferelgn countrleg
was It that used to he ruled by a
"William the Silent?'" " "
wSawMMawMMawaaMBWawM
Speaker Cannonsayg be Is the serv-
ant of the house. Welt, the servant
usually bona 3 the hOi'se
London wants lesson in getting up
street pageants, London should send
to Omaha for 'Gus Rense1. ,
Artist Earl, of 'afTlnity" fame, asks
to be fprgott'en. . Tlease record one
more vote in the affirmative.
Mr. Bryan apparently has been too
busy to congratulate Governor John'
son of Minnesota updn his re-election.
The authorities are undecided as to
the subject for a statue for the new
war college at, Washington. , Why not
Ifobson? ; ., V ,
The African game law' prohibits the
killing of the whale-headed atork. No
matter, Mr. Itoosevelt lg a friend of the
stork, anyway.'
A Cincinnati physician refers to the
Ohio river as -'a thousand miles. of
typhoid." i The only rtikedy appears to
be to boll the river.
"Why is the south, democratic?"
asks a New York paper. Chiefly be
cause it does not vote the republican
ticket. : ,
Tobacco usera. could, do. even more
effective work than the government In
putting the Toba.ico trust out of bust
ness, if they would.
The pen. may be mightier than the
sword in most places, but It takes sec-
oud place in Tennessee, with the gun
holding first honors. ..
The report that Governor Charles
N. - Haskell - of Oklahoma is to be
elected chancellor of the,. University of
Nebraska may be et down c a post-
campaign canara.
Several mine promoters have been
Indicted by the grand jury In Arlsona
Times have certainly changed when it
becomes a misdemeanor for 8 western
mine promoter to bilk a tenderfoot.
The Chinese explain that thy did
not give the Aniurieau fleet a very
cordial welcome Imcause they, from
force of habit, thought the fleet must
be on hand to lemand a concession of
some sort. . . - -.
The railroad time between New
York and Philadelphia Is to be short
ened to one hour, although It is diffi
cult to determine why the folks la
either city should be tn a' harry to get
to ttis other.
Chicago's chief of , police has an
nounced his intention to put a stop to
small robberies. If robbera want to
continue their operations In Chicago
they will have to dotbtulnegg on a
bigger seal
I
THE CVBAX ILKCTIUS.
Encouraging reports come from
Cuba, as a result ot the election just
held. General Gomel, the liberal can
didate, hag been chosen president of
the republic with a congress that will
be in sympathy with him. The elec
tion passed with legs disorder than
usually characterises such events in
soma of the large cities of this coun
try, although a heavy vote was polled
in every province. The election waa a
most important event, as it bears not
only on the future of Cuba, hut on the
United States as well, since the offi
cials elected will be entrusted with the
fate of the new republic and their suc
cess or failure will determine whether
the United States will withdraw from
the island for good, as now planned,
or be required to take permanent con
trol. It T, of course, too early to deter
mine how the results will be accepted
by the Cubans, but all indications are
that there will be less friction than if
General Menocal bad been elected.
General Gomes represents the radical
elements in Cuba, who would have been
slow, perhaps, to have abided by the
election of a conservative. The busi
ness interests of the island, however,
will probably acquiesce in the election
of Gomez, although they were loyal and
enthusiastic In support of Menocal. A
wise administration by the Gomes gov
ernment could do much to make
further intervention by the United
States unnecessary.
One of the best features of the elec
tion is the heavy vote polled and the
independence expressed by the voters,
as shown by the fact that the provin
cial voterg did much scratching on
candidates for the congress. This be
speaks an intelligent appreciation of
the importance of the election on the
part of the votera that had not been
generally credited to them. There was
practically no difference in the plat
forms of the parties. Each declared
for the preservation of the Cuban re
public, for equal rights for all citizens,
for the encouragement of agriculture
and commerce and for the maintenance
of friendly relations with the United
8tates, and each, which la significant,
gave assurance that it would accept
the verdict rendered at the polls.
The net result is tb&t Cuba will have
another experiment in self-government
and all Americans will hope that after
their last lesson trley will be, able to
manage their affairs without further
help from the United States. Accord
ing to present plans, the American
forces will be withdrawn January 28,
the anniversary of the birth of Jose
Marti, the Cuban patriot. If the new
trial at'self-government In Cuba is a
success, the United States will have
given the world a striking example of
unselfish guardianship of a weaker na
tion. It will mark the consummation
of the program outlined by Mr. Mc-
Klnley and followed in letter and spirit
by President Roosevelt and Mr. Taft
who, with Governor Magoon, have had
moat to do with our attempt to solve
the "Cuban problem," which has been
more or less acute for fifty years.
Mil. TAFT AXD THE FRIARS.
The letter of Mr. Taft to Rev.
Magnua Laraon, paator of the Swedish
Baptist church at St. Paul, will furnish
a convincing answer to some of the
charges that were actively, but with
more or less secrecy, circulated during
the campaign for the ptrpose of arous
ing a religious fight against the repub
lican candidate. The document Is
worthy of preservation as a contribu
tion to the literature of religious toler
ance and the divorcement of church
and state.
In his letter to Mr. Taft Rev. Mr.
Laraon wanted information on all of
the reiterated cbargea against Mr.
Taft's administration of affairs in the
Philippines. Did Mr. Taft order the
payment of $7,000,000 out of the
United Statea treasury to the friars
for their lands? Is it true that half
the people in the Philippines are not
Roman Catholics? Are Protestant
teachers in the Islandu forbidden to
teach In the Sunday schools? Hag the
United Statea bought libraries for the
friars? Should the Catholic church
have greater consideration in the
Philippines than any otLer recognized
religious body?
In reply Mr. Taft seta forth the rec
ord. The friar landa were paid for by
the Philippine government, not by the
United Statea. It is not true that half
the population of the Islands belong
to other denominations than the Catho
lic church. Protestant teachers are
not forbidden to teach in the Sunday
schools. Under the laws in the Philip
pines,' religious Instruction is prohib
ited in the public schools. The United
States has bought no llbrarlea for the
friars except to replace gome destroyed
by American aoldlerg. Finally, the
Catholic church ia given no more con
sideration in the Philippines than .is
shown to other denominations.
When the United States took posses
sion of the Philippines, as one of the
unsought conquests ot the war with
8pain, the government of the island
wag inextricably united with the Cath
olic church. The natives bad been at
War with Spain and were hostile to
the friars, who were practically repre
sentatives of the Spanish government.
It was necessary to separate church
and state and Mr. Taft undertook what
proved to be one of the most delicate
and difficult diplomatic tasks that has
confronted this government tor years.
That he accomplished it with satlsfac
tlon to the United States government,
to the native Filipinos and to the
hierarchy at Rome is the best proof
that his disposition of the case was
fair, honest and equitable.
One paragraph In Mr. Taft's letter
should be answer for all time to the
charge which has been current for sev
eral years of his partiality toward the
THE OMAIIA
Catholic church in his administration
of the Philippine affairs. He says:
I am not a Catholic, and have not been
affiliated with th Catholic church. All I
have attempted to do waa to do Juatlea to
that church and to the Filipino people. I
hava treated that church exactly aa I
would have treated any other church had
It been In a similar position to that ot
tlie Catholic church.
Even-handed Justice, without favor
and without prejudice, has been Mr.
Taft's guiding rule, and it is a rule
that will be endorsed by every Intelli
gent and fair-minded rerron.
TUK ASSAULT fPO.V HEX XT.
The attempt to assassinate Francis
J. Heney, the prosecutor, followed by
tho self-murder of the assailant, fur
nishes another thrilling chapter in the
history of one of the most sensational
graft scandals that has stirred this
country alnce the days of the old
Tweed regime in New York. The inci
dents direct renewed attention to the
turbulent condition of affairs In San
Francisco, where the battle between
looters and the elements of civic
righteousness has been In progress for
more than two years, with results still
far from satisfactory to the friends of
good government.
The early comments on the case in
dicate a disposition to criticise Mr.
Heney for his dramatic exposure of
the criminal career of Juror Haaa, who
afterwards shot him in the court room.
It lg urged that Haas bad been out of
prison for twenty years and had lived
down his crime, and that Heney could
easily have secured his dismissal from
the jury without exposing the man's
criminal record In open court. While
this argument may appeal forcibly to
people with only the rough, cold out
line facts before them, the local condi
tions must be considered in connection
with the case. The Ruef and Schmltz
trials have been dragging for months.
The entire city is in a furore over the
csrfes and all the forces of money, In
fluence and corrupt politics have been
aligned in behalf of the accused. Jury
bribing has been attempted and beyond
question determined efforts have been
made to get men on the Jury favorable
to Ruef. When Heney discovered that
one of the jurors was an ex-convict,
a saloon keeper and closely associated
with the classes supporting Schmltz
and Ruef, it is more easily understood
how a man of Heney'g natHre should
seek to make the most of the discovery,
even if his exposure smacked of the
theatrical.
Heney's fight against graft furnishes
one of the most exciting chapters in
the history of great legal battles and
all good citizens will rejoice to learn
that the prosecutor will be spared to
go on with the work begun against
such overwhelming odds.
LOAVES AND FISHES.
The prospective possession by the
democrats of the governorship and
legislature, giving them full control
of the executive and the law-making
power in Nebraska, has suddenly made
the distribution of the loaves and
fishes the paramount issue. The
change of political complexion In the
executive office will naturally bring
about the substitution of democrats
for republicans in the places filled by
gubernatorial appointment. Because
some of these appointees hold commis
sions for fixed terms the pressure will
doubtless be great upon the new gov
ernor to get rid of them ahead of time,
but there is no good reason why any
such haste should be manifested.
On the other aide, there are a great
many subordinate state employes uow
appointed by boards of which the dem
ocratic governor will be only a minor
ity member. The democratic hunger
for these morsels has already started
talk of new legislation to abolish the
boards, or, at least, deprive them of
patronage by vesting all appointments
in the governor. It would not be sur
prising, therefore, to see proposals of
thig kind put forward, but auch legis
lation usually defeats itself in the long
run because of Its makeshift character.
Laws are supposed to go on the statute
booka not because the .governor hap
pens to be a democrat or a republican,
but because the object is a good one.
The whirligig ot politics revolves
quickly and the next turn might re
verse the situation with a republican
governor and democratic majorities In
the state boards.
What is true about the loaves and
fishes at the disposal of the state gov
ernment applies equally to local offices.
If the democrats undertake to legis
late republicans out of office, or to
legislate offices off the map, merely be
cause they are held by republicans
they will in all likelihood simply sow
the wind to reap the whirlwind. We
have had examples of thig go often that
the lesson ought to have been learned.
It ia said, however, that the democrats
are like the Bourbons, who never for
get anything and nfcver learn anything,
and the Nebraska democrats will,
doubtless, prove themselves to be of
true Bourbon stock.
The city electrician of Chicago in
sists that the municipal lighting works
there can be equipped to be able to
supply electric street lamps at 38 a
year. When he is ready to do that we
would like to have him come over to
Omaha and make a proposition to
light the streets of our city at some
thing near that figure.
Even if Douglas county had done as
well by Governor Sheldon this year as
it did two years ago, he would still
hive been defeated. In other worda,
the state outside of Douglas county Is
to be held responsible for the losa ot
the head of the republican state ticket
Mr. Gompers says that he feela
honored at President Roosevelt's fail
ure to Invite him to that "labor din
ner" at the White House. It Is pleasing
DAILY BEE: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1(5. 1W8.
to know that the president and Mr.
Gompers are both pleased.
Illinois and New York cast as many
votes as the solid south, although they
have only sixty-six votes in the elec
toral college, while the solid south has
159. Equality here is composed largely
of Inequalities.
Uncle Sam's denatured alcohol still
has had to get an official permit before
being put into commission for the
coming Corn show at Omaha. Uncle
Sam is bound to get himself a good
example.
The ease with which Mr. Bryan di
vests himself of, and re-Invests him
self with, editorial responglblllty for
his paper would indicate that he does
not go through the. formality of a bill
of sale.
No one should be surprised at any
job the Douglas delegation to the next
legislature may cook up. That dele
gation is going to Lincoln to play poli
tics, and democratic politics at that.
If the Omaha & Council Bluffs Street
Railway company hag no franchise in
Council BluffB, It has several in Omaha
and could easily spare one for use
across the river.
The local democratic organ conde
scendingly admits that the democratic
party in Nebraska Is best pictured aa
a neBt of hungry birds with wide-open
mouths.
The Indianapolis School board has
decided that each pupil must have his
own drinking cup. In most cities each
pupil is satisfied to have his own mug.
That coroner's Jury at Nashville
found, in effect, that Senator Car
mack's death was due to Intolerable
politics and cowardly revenge.
An expectant public is still waiting
to hear whether Governor-elect Shal
lenberger has any conscientious scru
ples about an Inaugural ball.
Mr. Bryan'a Commoner asks Its
readers to help eolve the "mystery of
190b." That's easy. Not enough
voteg.
Opinions seem to differ on what con
stitutes an "extraordinary occasion"
demanding a special legislative session.
Make Xote ot It.
Chicago Tribune.
In liia future campaigns Mr. Bryan should
Insist that hla aupportcrs spend less time
in cheering him and more time In voting
for him. a
Reviving- Old-Tlwie Hoaora.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
With Hughes as governor, Roosevelt and
Root as senator and , Sherman as vice
president, tho limp! re state will not look
to the past for 1t palmy days In politic.
First Catc',,0av Hare."
Baltimore A'merlcan.
Uncle Sam ha not 'yet decided positively
what he Is going to' do "with that t2t),000,000
oil fine when he get It. At present he is
imply devoting all his energies to get
ting It.
jirig on the Pork.
I
Boaton Herald.
The tariff hearings are bringing out the
usuul amount of testimony against med
dling with the subject from thoe who have
got some of the pork. It was ever thu at
tariff hearings. Meanwhile, it will be re
called that the people who pay the dutle
have put in their testimony at the ballot'
box.
Waattas; Sympathy.
Charleston News and Courier.
Borne of our friend are wasting sym
pathy on the democratic party, or part of
It, Borne of the democrat, possibly u ma
jority of them, preferred defeat with Bryan
to victory with another, and If they did
not get what they wanted they got the
next best thing to it, from their point of
view.
Too Mich Una I'lay.
Washington Herald.
One thing that la badly needed In the
outh 1 the legal execution of a few
"prominent cltlxens'.' who shoot other
"prominent citizens" to death for com
paratively trivial offenses. Also, that Is
one thing sadly needed in the east, the
west and the north. Murder ha come
to be an all too common thing through
out the entire nation.
FUEL OF THB JTTIBE.
Apparently a Long; War Off, Though
Well Worth Considering.
New York Tribune.
To the oft presented question of where
Industry will ever get power when t'.ie
coal and oil are gone a novel, if not quite
satisfactory, answer is offered by lid
ward C. Warren in the Engineering Mag
azine for November. Among the chemi
cal elements which develope heat by com
bustion 1 hydrogen, and In that gas Mr.
Warren thinks an ideal fuel can be
found. It developes four times a much
heat aa the best coal and burns so thor
oughly that no soot is deposited. Be
sides, the supply Is practically Inexhaust
ible, a hydrogen 1 one of the constitu
ent of water, and the gaa can be re
covered and used again promptly. The
product of combustion In this case la
aqueous vapor, which can be condense 1
as exhaust steam Is and then Immediately
subjected to the proper treatment for di
vorce. The proces by which . carbon,
once burned, in again made avullab.e
take years.
These statement will hardly be dis
puted by. either the chemist or the en
gineer, but they do not fully meet the
requirement of the fuel problem. The
task of dissociating hydrogen from oxy
gen call fur the expenditure of othor
materials or of mechanical power. By
the method now tn vogue the operation
Is an expensive one. If the cost of pro
ducing hydrogen were ten, twenty or thirty
time that of coal, would It adoption
be economical? I there any reason to
believe that the procesa would be any
cheaper the second or third time than
the first? Except for the convenience
of limiting the space demanded for stor
age, would there be any advantage in
using the gaa more than onceT Is there
any resemblance between Mr. Warren'
proposition and the hope, once expressed
by the lte Mr. Tripler. that with on
horsepower, generated by steam, he could
produce enough liquid air to develope ten
horsepower? Perhaps at some future
time further light will be thrown on
the phase of tb subject either by Mr.
Warren or hi critic. In th meantime
It la permissible to remark that If, as
ha assert,, power I free, there I a
wonderful difference In th cost of har
nessing."
It llVKvna THR POLITICAL FIELD
Th Solid Soalh and Bryan Leader
ship.
Iulsvllle Post (I-.id. dem.).
t'ntll KM, the southern state dominated
the democratic party, and although that
party had bevn In the minority th greater
portion of the time since the civil war,
Mr. Cleveland had aaived eight year a
president, outhern democrat and con
federate soldier had acted a speaker of
the house, member of the cabinet and
ambassador to the great court of Europe.
In 1898 came the upheaval. Not only did
the democratic party vanish as a real factor
in national politics, but the solid outh
became In the twinkling of an eye le
potential In national contest than single
states such a Indiana or Ohio In other
section.
Tho deadly blight of feryanlsm alo
spread all over the democratic party In
the south. Tho natural leader of the
southern people almost without exception
passed at once out of office. Many of these,,
because of the negro lasuc. continued to
call themselves democrats, but with a party
led by Bryan, they refused to tako any
part in political affairs.
The reault ha been a market decline
In ability of men In office from the south.
Southern congresinen now In office do
not compare with the congressmen from
the same section, who fought the great
battle of reconstruction and remained In
office with Grover Cleveland. Thoma V.
Bayard, George Gray, William Lindsay,
Roser O. Mills. John O. Carlisle, all ot
the distinguished southern senator of
the Grover Cleveland epoch are either
dead or out of publlo life.
The south waa never more vigorous,
however, than It 1 today. Thero are
more distinguished lawyer, physicians,
business men. educator and divines liv
ing in the south than ever before. Com
mercially and socially, the south I flour
ishing politically; It Is under a cloud.
"How Did It HappeaT"
Kansas City Journal (rep.).
n.,f r,nn tha alnnm that rettled like a
rott nv.r Pnlrvlew. Neb., comes the plain
tive voice of William J. Bryan asking
"How did it happen?" The great ixnd over
.i.imk. r.ot r,f defeat has apparently
stunned the great commoner, who bellved
sincerely that he would be eieciea. jib
canr.ot understand why the American peo-
nl iA nnt rallv to his support, ana in a
daze he ask the pathetic question, "How
olc It happen?
it ! iinliu.lv that Mr. Bryan Will ever
understand fully why he wa repudiated
at the polls, for he has always refued
to lecognlse tho fact that tne sooer seconu
thntit-ht nf the teonl I aaalnst populism
and socialism. Bryan exalted economic
trifles into vital issues. To him tne sum
seemed to consist in such
cYctrlne as the publicity of camnaisn con
tribution, the guarantee or Dunn aeposuo
and an exaggeration of the evil of indus
trial combination. Even today he 1 tHI
prating about the "struggling masses," aa
If there were no prosperity in tne iana. n
was the "atnie-KlinK masses" that voted
for Taft and against Bryan. The "strug
gling masse" are honest, industrious ana
prosperous American citlsens who refuse
t fool aorrv for themselves simply because
political demagogue tell them they are
downtrodden and are being "expioitea Dy
capital. But Fatrvlew can't understand It.
The New Sooth.
Washington Post (Ind.)
The mrrilal arreetlncs that have come out
of tho south to Judge Taft upon his elec
tion in the nresidency mark a new era m
the history of American politics, and, taken
i. , v. i.mlv 'lnMjaaeri
in connection wnu
republican vote In the south. Indicate the
rapid disappearance ot sectionalism . and
the birth of a new nationalism. It wa
the significant lesson of the recent election
that the Independent voter is the one great
declalvo factor In American politic, both
in the south and In the north.
The day of hidebound partisanship that
vote for a yellow dog if It have the regu
lar party label I wlftly palng. The
childish appeal to prejudice and sectional
ism is becoming less and lesa effective aa
the year pass, and the orce proud boast
of the straight ticket voter that he never
cratches hi ballot 1 now generally viewed
as a reflection upon both hla Intelligence
and hi patriot im. Voter who can be
herded to the polla like cattle are not the
etuff out of which encuring republics are
made. The increase of independent voting
Is the most significant and hopeful event
that lias occurred In the south since it
shattered the unjust and galling yoke of
reconstruction.
.
Character of Tariff Hevlaloa.
Chicago Tribune (rep.).
So far a one can ee there are two men
who, more than any other two, will bear
the cief responalblllty for the character of
the tariff, which the next congres will give
the country. Those two are the president
elect and Joseph G. Cannon, who In all
probability will be the next apeaker of the
house. They ought to have a common In
terest and have a common responsibility In
meeting the demand of the party and th
people who placed them In their position.
From the character of the hearing before
the ways and mean committee, from a
study of It personnel, with whom they
both are well acquainted, they soon can de
termine which way the wind Mows. If the
wind blows towards the sort of tariff which
haa ben the Ideal of the standpatters they
should consult aa to the measure to be
taken to prevent a tariff calamity.
Differences are best solved by discussion,
and we venture the opinion that the president-elect
with hi engaging candor will be
able to confer with the leadera of the house
to the end that real revision shall be had.
If he cannot we have vision of a demo
cratic house In the congressional election
two year from now.
Slamp In Oklahoma.
Boston Transcript (rep.).
The small plurality by which Bryan car
ried Oklahoma Is one of the most astonish
ing result of tho election. Taft had ad
vised the people there against the adoption
of the state constitution, of which they
sremed peculiarly proud, and It wa com
monly recognized that for their purpose
Bryan wa the strongest democrat that
could be named, and Taft the weakest re
publican. At th Denver convention, which
the Oklahoman monopolised, 40,000 plurality
wa tho least they claimed for Bryan. They
actually won by 13,000 on a vote about half
a large as that of Massachusetts. Deb
polled 30,0(0 vote In Oklahoma. This prob
ably lowered Bryan' plurality somewhat.
Faeta Not Vaderstooal.
Chicago Inter Ocean (rep.).
"The democratic party must continue It
fight or dissolve," remark Mr. Bryan; "It
could not exist aa a plutocratic party." Nor
could any party. No such party aver ha
existed In thl country. The "plutocratic
party" against which Mr. Bryan -is always
raising shout of defiance snd appeal 1 Ilk
galrey Gamp's "Mr. Harris." In the words
Of Betsy prig, "there ain't no alch person."
This la on of th things that Mr. Bryan
doe not understand and which It Is appar
ently Impossible for him to understand.
And that Is what makes It Impoaalble for
tlte democratic party to succoed under auch
leaderahlp a Mr. Bryan' with It prin
ciple Interpreted In the light of such per
sonalities a that of Mr. Bryar
FOITKRS 0?f SBBH.tlK POLITICS
Steward Blade: The election clearly dem
onstrale one fact, and that I that the
people do not In th leaet glv a conti
nental for the sacrifice made by consclen
tlous public servant, who ,neglec their
own business to erv the people, and that
merit count for nothing with them.
Bradshaw Republican: Don't get scared
now, my good democratic friends, but go
right ahead and enact Into laws all th
visionary scheme you have promised; we
are right here waiting to help you enjoy
their fruits. If you can enjoy much w
can enjoy a little whll It's going. Let 'tt
rip.
Kearney Hub: "peaking for Itself, th
Hub does not consider the calling of an
extra session, following th general elec
tion, either wise or timely or Justifiable.
Further than that It ha nothing to say.
because whatever It opinion might be. It
would not affect the governor course of
action.
Grand Island Independent: It I not
probable that a special session will ba
called upon the proposition a outlined by
the governor. It It is called the legislature
will do well not .to attempt any merely
retaliatory legislation for the sake of re
taliation, and without regard to the party's
platform and promise, or any legislation
In violation of the best principle of gov
ernment. Columbus Tribune: Governor Sheldon haa
been defeated. In his defeat a powrtul
blow has been struck at the right of the
people and wo predict that those who clam
ored for a change will regret the action,
for, irrespective of party, w were all In
favor of curbing th rapacity of corpora
tions. Surely hla record on the quetlons
affecting vitally the interests of the peo
ple was above reproach.
Hatting Tribune: It doe not m
probable that Governor Sheldon wUl oall
an extra session of the legislature. The
next legislature will b democratic and will
hava th power to repeal any measure that
the extra session may adopt for a law.
Governor Sheldon I too big to take up spite
work. He has given the people of Ne
braska a splendid administration, and when
he retire from office he should go without
a flaw in hi record, that two years hence
the people may again call him to preside
Over th affairs of this state.
Hlldreth Telescope: Governor Sheldon
has under consideration the advisability of
calling a special session ot the legisla
ture for the passage ot a bill for state
wide prohibition except where municipali
ties express a desire by a three-fifth vote
to license the sale of intoxicating liquors.
Such a law would be a Just rebuke to the
brewers and distiller of Omaha. A great
many people who are opposed to prohibition
In any form are becoming tired ot having
the boose maker butting In to dictate Ne
braska politics, and would endorse th pas
sage of such a law. v
Fremont Tribune: It may well be doubted
If there would be any net advantage to the
republicans. While It It true that no prog
res ha been or will be made In Nebraska
in the matter of liquor legislation, except
by the grace of the republican party, and
that therefore the temperance element
must flad tt home there, there la not suf
ficient reason td justiry a Special session.
Had it been clear that the liquor Interest
supported Governor Sheldon he would not
have thought of a special seaslon. I It
worth It as a mean of punishment of the
saloons and breweries, especially when
they will not be permitted by the democrat
to remain punished?
Islington Pioneer: It I to' be hoped
that Oovernor Sheldon will not call an
extra session of the legislature. The state
ha been won by the democrat and let
them run It. Alt people -admire a good
loser and we believe the governor 1 of
that stamp that la, one who accept de
feat gracefully, however much It hurts. It
I a sure thing that the majority of those
who are clamoring loudest for an extra
session are those who cast their votes
against the governor and for his opponent.
The Antl-Saloon league, headed by Elmer
E. Thomas, are among the number. Let
them get their legislation from the men
they helped elect, and not from the men
they helped defeat.
Nebraska City Press: We do not believe
that the governor will call th apeolal sea
slon, for In the first place the next legis
lature Just elected will convene in a couple
of month and there is nothing sure about
the present members voting for a county
option bill, anyway. Th democrats are la
control now and the best thing the gov
ernor and the rest of th people can do
I to await their action. If the democrat
do not make th law demanded by the
people, then w hav the option of turn
ing them out ot office and putting In men
who will make the law demanded. Oov
ernor Sheldon la too large a man to do ao
tmall a thing a is attributed to him, and
we hope, not only for hi own good, but
for that of th party aa wall, that he will
reconsider any uch action If he contem
plated such a move.
York Republican: To Governor Sheldon
Tho best move that could be mad Just
about now la to assemble th Nebraska
legislature and give the state a good county
option law. There Is no question but that
a majority of the people of the state, voU
Ing on this Issue alone, would sustain auch
a law. There I no question but that th
legislature would pass It. Thar 1 no-question
but that It would be a good thing for
th tate. Then why not do ItT Th people
of the' state will cheerfully atond the x
penso, which will be small. Then let th
democratic legislature repeal It If they
dar. Don't you see what a hoi it would
put them In? Then why not put them
there? Many hav asserted that the demo
cratic party a a party I n favor of ,a
loon. Why not give them a chance to
prove or disprove It?
Dakota city Eagle: Oovernor Sheldon ha.
been addressing Inqulrle. to th. member,
of the last session of the Nebraska legis
lature soliciting Information a. to whether
or not they would vote for a proposed pro
hibitory law along, th. ,n.. of county o
tlon in the event he would call a .pechU
"..ion of the Nebr..k. legislature I
no!hVhnVa n,"JOr'ty ' ",e bs of
both the hou.e and .en.t will f.vor auch
a law It I. more than likely Governor Shel
h. Jl C? T ,PeC"1 '""on o h Ne.
Hon V cf n1"' t0 CnVene B mo"'h.
Hon. Victor Ho.ew.ter'. Omaha Be. to
th. contrary notwithstanding. The prohi
billon fight in Nebraska . 0lnT;
out Hahf" U C" JU,t " We" '"reshed
Z ,h u W, " l W"U ,oner "d thu.
let the liquor interests amin . r..K
hold In the managing of the , '
( t - Wl HIV
Retire.,., of theello, A.-rows.
Boston Herald.
Brown university .lum.,1. who have never
ceased to admire E. Benjamin Andr.w.
II bo especially Interested In th. enforced
roThi.n "I BrWn'' ,0rmo'
a Canceller of ,h. Uni
versity of Nebraska. Ill-healtl, ha. made
.m'rement- When 'he ha.
returned to private life Mr, Andrew, will
have material for a frank expo.ltlon of
the relative merit, of privately endowed
gnd .tale controlled and .tate Vsupported
Institution, of learning. He ha. had hi.
.hare of conflict, with opionent. of aca
denilo freadom in both typ.. of Institution,
and mu.t know th. In. and outs of politic,
and high finance as they afrt American
academic Ufa
DEMOCRACY'S MASTER.
Some Po.t-mortem Reflection of Mori
or Lea Interest.
Washington Post (Itul.)
The following from the Naahvilln T.
nessean la a pretty fair estimate of th,
fix the democratic party got Into aonn
fourteen year ago, and from K we do ri
espec' to see It emerge very oon tinlesi
the republican shall be guilty of greatei
folly than they h.tve yet committed:
"There are two elements within the dem
ocratic party, and they haven't learned to
keep house together. The old differences
difference largely of feeling and of prej
udice still persist and are powerful, it
was hoped that the antagonism to Bryan
engendered In the two fierce campaign ot
189 and 1900 had largely disappeared; that
the active support of such raon aa Harmon
of Ohio. Olney of Massachusetts and Vt
terson of Kentucky signified a reunion of
the discordant elements. But it was nnt
so. And the situation today I that. If a
democrat of the Cleveland typo were nom
inated four yerr from now he would en
counter the same fate. V must wait for
time to heal th wounds and ior the di
vided elements to grow together."
Tho democratlo party did not lose the
presidency on Tuesday, November S, 1908. u
lost It that August night ot 190 when Mr.
Bryan, In Madlaon Square garden, advo
cated government ownership and operation
of 130,000 miles of railroads, thu annexing
to the civil service some millions of cln.
ploye.
The fate of the democratic party Is in
the keeping of William Jennings Bryan, it
is his personal aaset, and never so com
pletely as at this moment. If he shall see
fit he can be Its candidate for president
In 191J on a platform declaring for govern
ment ownership, the Initiative arid referen
dum or any other fallacy Ms fertile 1mg
Inatlon may take the whim tn Invent.
Who In th democratic party would dare
oppo.e hlra? What democratic leader biu
will bend th pregnant hinges of the kneu
In his sublime presence?
Before there la another demon at chcs. i:
president ot the United States or speakei
of tho American congress the leopard nuisi
change Ms spots and Bryan turn d. mnci.i.
PKHSO.NAL MOTES.
. The Interaatlonal Hotelkeepers' congi. i
decide that the tipping habit Is InturHl.lr.
A New Yorker discovered leading a dou
ble life acknowledges that the scheme Is n
failure. He had a pair of wives and the
two couldn't support him.
Twenty-one hunter have been killed this
fall in Wisconsin and Michigan In. advanca
of the hunting season. A preliminary
practlc this augurs some real sport.
Several "gentlemen thievea" remarkably
successful in New (,York have been cap
tured by the police',' proving the old Idea
that the thief and the gentleman ar irre
concilable. John Vance Cheney has resigned a. li
brarian of the Newberry library, Chicago,
and the re.tgnation ha been accepted by
tho board of trustees, to take effect next
July. Mr. Cheney became librarian at the
Newberry fourteen year ago.
There I a court rule that If a lunatic
escapes and remains at large 'thirty days
he becomes, by virtue of his absence, sane
again. Justice MoCall of the New York
supreme court declare -that tho rule Is
"all rot." Perhaps th expression lack In
refinement, but that it hits the Spot will
be conceded.
The peculiarity of the' declaration, of
the governor of American states in' favor
of having Mr. Roosevelt sent to the senate,
as collected by the NeW York World. It
that the democratic executives are Just a.
enthusiastic.' "about 'It 'a their republican
associates. One exception may bo noted,
however the governor of Oklahoma.
The health of Major General John F,
Weaton, commanding the Division of tha
Philippine., ha. become a matter of auch
concern that unless his' condition la Im
proved he will probably request tha War
department at Washington to relieve him
of the command and depart for San Fran
cisco by the transport leaving in De
cember. PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
Mrs. Knlcker How did you know your
husband was working down In the office?
Mrs. Youngbrlde I telephoned, and Cen
tral said "Busy." N. Y. Sun.
Judge Hav you ever been crossexamlned
before?
Mr. Trouble Hav. I! Didn't I Ju.t tell
you I am married? St. Louis Times,
"Dear." whispered the .loping lover,
"what ahall w. do with the nop. ladder?
We shouldn't leave it hanging there.a
"Oh! that' all right." replied the cov
damsel. "Pa said hed pull it up again ao
we couldn't get back." Catholic- Standard
and Time.
She If a man love hi wife as much
aa she loves him, he will atop wasting hi.
money on cigar If she ask him.
He Yes; knit If his wife loves him as much
aa ahe ought to love a man who love her
enough to stop It If aha asks him, she won't
ask him. "M. A. P."
TH U.TTZ- J"'" ...
1 --o v. mat wuumn wno passea us
Just now Is very familiar. Where have I
"At my house probably." i
"At your hou.e. Do you 'know her?"
"Vu. a K a 1 .,n. v. . . . i . ' .
- - vu, vwa., uul ane uoean i
notice me on the street." Baltimore Amcr-
The arrhltact waa .vnl.lntna T - - t . .
. - ,n mi, t'.aji . vi
the proposed new mansion.
"Mere;" he said, "will be the Inner court. "
"What', the u.e of that?" sharply asked
Mr. Struckoyle. "The glrla oan do their
aparkln' In the front parlor,, same a. their
maw and me did." Chicago Tribune.
"Speaking of color.," remarked the con
firmed pun.ter, "have you ever noticed
that sometimes a fellow emerge, from a
brown study Into a blue funk, develope. a
yellow .treak and then goes out and pro
ceeds to paint the town red?"
"That sort of thing," responded the cynic.
"Is good material for a ca.e of blue, with
a striped effect." Louisville .Courier Jour
nal, A
THE MISKIl'S WOOING.
Denis A. McCarthy In N. Y. Sua.
Lifting the latch he came.
Making the match he came.
Smirking and smiling and looking M
queer.
Counting the caw. he h.d.
Prat.ing the aows he had i
Thia to my father, but all for my ear.
Wasn't I sick of htm!
Dlvll a pick of hlm-t-I'gly
and scrawny and old aa the hlll.I
Bald wa. the poll of him.
Small wa. the soul of him,
Mumbling and muttering of banknote,
and bill.! , -.-
Father wa. pleased with him,-
Mothe r wa. teased with him - '
A. king so anxiously after her health
Ah. the old flatterer!
8ure he could .catter her
Wits to the wind when he .poke at '.hla
wealth.
i .
8 he came coaxing them,
Hn he o.me hoaxing them.
Dazzling their ees at the situ of their
catch.
Meeting and greeting them,
Hatllns and treating U'.ein,
Till the whole paiiah wa. sure of tha
match.
Pat. when lie heard of it
Ave, when the word nf It
Cat to that boy who h.d loved me .0
long
Over the sea he sailed.
vviiu wiin ine ireiiiig i ,a,Br,.v ..,-
wrong.
Well, there's an end lo it,
1 would not tiend lo it
Selling my soul to a miser Ilk that!
For ere tha day rati round
Sorely mv way I found
Over th ocean to freedom and PaH