TTIK BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 0, 1010.
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i STATEMENT OF- CnVTtlDATIOI.
I Ptato of Nebraska. Douglas County, i
Oeorgo R, Ttachuck. treasurer of The Beo
Publishing Company, being duly sworn.
says that the actual numoer of full nd
-complete coplea of Tha Daily, Morning.
Evening and Hunday Beo printed during the
month of July, MO. u aa follows;
1 ...4.70 . .. 17..
t 43,490
t 41,380
4 B8.000
' 4fl.7M
f 41340
T 41339
' t 41,840
t 41340
f10 43,400
11 41.860
13 41,610
13 41.430
14. 41,740
19 ...41300
10 43,380
Total .,
Setorsed coplea
. .1393310
. . 13,397
i . . . ,
r aet total 1310,043
I Daily sverag 41.BM
t OEOROE B. TZ9CUVCK.
Treasurer.
( Subscribed In my preaeiico and aworn to
before me thla lat dav of Ausnst 110.
V M. B WALKER.
i Notary Publlo.
Satcrlira leaTlnat tfco elty tem
porarily eboald have Tfco ' Be
mailed to them. Addroea will bo
ehaaged aa oftew aa reqaeated.
The court
doing better,
due.
bouse contractora are
Credit where credit Is
If ho wf.aU to run for United SUteo
' genator by proxy it la up to Editor
'J Bryan to get busy.
Ceylon ia said to be Buffering from
an epidemic of snails. That la one
point the colonel d'ld not visit. "
Old "Vlew'ith Alarm" and "Point
With, Pride" are doing overtime these
daya in Kansas and Ohio, respectively.
The duke of Abruzsi ought at least
make a hit with Father Elklns for his
tenacity, whether he wins the young
lady or not
A veracious yarn ia abroad about
two California women charming a
snake by singing to it. Why didn't
Eve think of thatT
Such a aevere storm atruck Wells-
ton, a suburb of St. Louis, recently
that it shook Mayor (Rev.) Irl R
Hicks out of bis office.
Why cannot the democrats of Ne
braska adopt J. Adam Dede'a old ad
vice to the democrata in Minnesota,
"Brethren, let us love one another."
If the short ballot movement wanta
Justification it 'can obtain It for tha
asking In the bed-sheet primary ballot
with which Nebraska votera have to
grapple.
That Massachusetts preacher who
aaya base ball' will be played In heaven
has made a long hit that ought to
clear the bases and acoro several runs
for the church.
Mayor Brand Whitlock of Toledo
who was arrested for exceeding the
auto speed limi' has been running
wild on fiction " political schedules
lor a long time. "
Because. Mr.. Bryan owns a few nun
dred acree of -Texas land ia no sign
that ho is going . to leave Nebraska.
Resides, ho isinot ready to admit that
Jie is down and out in Nebraska.
The Water board is asking the city
council to give it authority td sell that
$6,600,000 bond Issue. We thought
the Water board was paramount to
everybody and everything In the city
hall. Why should the city council
have to hrlp carry the Water board's
load? ' '
Although the Douglas county demo
cratic county convention failed to en
dorse the candidacy of tho Douglas
county ' democrat aspiring , to the
United States senate, he says: . "I
tender my thanks for their act"
Thankful, presumably, for not being
denounced.
Few Omaha people realue what a
big manufacturing institution wo have
in the Union Pacific car ahopa. Every
enlargement of the ahopa means in
Creased employment for labor, and In
turn Increased demand for dwellings
and Increased consumption of gooda
aold by the retailer.
It is said John Llnd, who turned
down the democratic nomination for
governor of Minnesota, may be chosen
to the presidency of the University of
Minnesota to succeed Dr. Northrup
Such a position would be a greater ex
pression of popular favor, after all,
for It would eeem to come from all the
neosle Instead of a party.
40350
It S,YW
19..... 4S.M0
00 41300
j 81 44.1B0
S3 43,870
8S 43,040
B4 40,900
89 49,910
U 49,90
f7 49,900
as 49,410
99 49,930
90. 49.4B0
91 40300
The Danger Point.
Speaking of the constitutional
amendment which is submitted for an
expression of the voters of Nebraska
this year, the Lincoln Journal says:
Thla amendment will be adopted or re
jected not at tha election, bat at the pri
mary. Under tha system of amending
tha state conatltutlon by party action
It ia virtually tmpoeslble to adopt an
amendment unless tha primary authorises
all "straight votea" to b counted In Ite
favor. Thla conatltutlonal Item la one,
therefore, that tha public-spirited cltlsen
cannot afford to slight.
Although technically wrong, the
Journal Is correct as to practical re
sults Inasmuch as the vote on the
amendment at the primary will deter
mine ita fate In the election more cer
tainly than the vote en & candidate's
seeking nomination. For adopting
constitutional amendments we have,
to all intents and purposes, substi
tuted the primary for the election,
And In so tfolng substituted minority
for majority rule. If only three votes
were cast In each party column on the
constitutional amendment aa printed
on the primary ballot and two of them
were for and one against, it would
carry the amendment In the election
Just aa surely and aa safely as would
the unanimous vote of every ono par
ticipating, in the primary. The con
atltutlon of Nebraska, which Is the
fundamental law of the state, can be
changed under our new system of
atralght party ballots almost aa easily
aa an ordinary statute or a city ordl
nance, and much mora easily than we
can vote bonds or modify a franchise
to use our atreeta.
The question which this condition
suggest is, If wo get the Initiative
and referendum, will we have the
atralght party ticket scheme Incor
porated Into ltT
Harvey W. Scott.
The
Scott,
owner
death of Colonel Harvey W.
editor-in-chief and principal
of the Portland Oregonian,
strikes one of the strong forces from
the field of American journalism. He
belonged to that school of newspaper
men whose faith was strong in the
virtue and power of a sane, conserv
ative and untrammeled press and he
molded the Oregonian along those
lines, making it a potent factor in up
building and developing tii physical
resources of Oregon and the Pacific
slope.
Hla waa a virile, vigorous, dominant
personality, which waa felt through
his paper. So far as hla influence ex
tended it was exerted against extreme
radicalism In politics ' and business
alike. He waa a student of men and
events, and weighed both in the bal
ance of the past aa well as the future,
a rale of practice which enabled him
generally to arrive at the truth and
tho proper estimate of commercial,
social and political reforms, which in
the last few yeara- flitted ao fast
acrooa his vision. Hla influence
through hla, newspaper was felt far
outside tho boundaries of hla own
state; his kind of journalism has been
Instrumental in counteracting the
baleful tendencies of that newer spur
ious variety which has done so much
harm in the last decade and more.
Colonel Scott was a polneer in the
far west, He knew, tho country, its
people and th41r problems, and he
gave the best there was. in him to all
of these.. His life was spent contin
uously in journalism, save a few years
in political office at Portland. He was
a republican steadfast in the faith of
its principles and of them a most for
midable exponent. In the national
councils of newspaperdom he stood
high and he leaves a clean, enduring
monument in his personal example as
well aa publlo service, bcth of which
are represented In the Portland Ore
gonian. Hoopi and Hobbles.
Woman has bad as much difficulty
in striking a medium between the ex
tremes of skirt etyles as in perma
nently locating the waist line. Some
years ago the proper molds of fashion
in skirts were the hoops, while' today
they" are the hobbles. The whole
ri.:t:ut)f style has beetf run, from
out extreme to the other, and yet, ao
far as the uninitiated can discern, our
fair onea are no nearer the happy me
dium than were . their mothers and
grandmothers thirty and fifty, years
ago, for advance notice from Paris
tells us that the hobble skirt has
failed to meet the demand and Is des
tined for the ragbag next season.
The variation in sklrta has a vast
influence more than the average
woman perhaps has stopped to think
upon carriage. The woman of yes
terday with tbe Inflated hoop, skirt.
while certainly she could not today
be considered a graceful figure,, did
have the advantage of a long, free
atroke. She probably waa more grace
ful than outward appearances indl
cated. But the prisoner in the hobble
skirt, smart aa she may appear as to
symmetrical beauty, baa ho chance
whatever to Improve her carriage;
rather she must be exceedingly skill
ful If she does not lose all semblance
of grace and become really awkward.
But. of course, her awkwardness
would not be thought such by the de
votees of Dame Fashion today any
more than the awkwardness of the
woman of yesterday would hare been
so adjudged by the atandard of her
day. Woman's dress, after all, is
relative proposition.
It Is not surprising that the hobble
skirt waa doomed bo early, for it was
about aa hard on the wearer aa tho
long train that came Into vogue ten
yeara ago and had to give way to the
shorter gown aa a more sensible and
practical creation. We do not pretend
to sit la Judgment on -woman's dress
any more than oa woman herself, but
we cannot forbear to view witn more
than ordinary Interest the approach
of the hob'ole sklrt'a successor, Just
to see what it will be, which way it
will tend for better or for worse. It
cannot go very far In the latter direc
tion.
Troops and Foreit Firei.
The Western Pine Manufacturers'
association of the Pacific northwest
is petitioning the president and sec
retary of war to station troops In the
national forests to protect them from
the ravages of fire, which is said to
have destroyed in the last sixty days
$150,009,000 worth of timber. These
figures are appalling, especially when
considered in connection with the fact
that our timber resources are 'none
too great, and that we are making
such a vigilant fight to conserve them.
But there Is a question whether
fighting forest fires Is strictly within
the function of the regular army.
Troops, te be sure, are stationed now
in the Yellowstone and In the national
parks In the California big tree sec
tions, and the soldiers hsve keen de
tailed to all sorts of tasks. But the
total strength of our army Is only
87,000 men, not quite one to every
1,000 of the population, and if they
were seut in response to every such
demand made upon them, there would
not be a corporal's guard left for reg
ular army service.. We are at peace
with the world, that Is true, but even
in timea of peace a nation of 90,000,'
000 people can easily find plenty for
an army of 87,000 men to do. 'We
have regular pest duty in this country
and our insular possessions to engage
many of the troops, and if the theory
of maintaining a standing army is
worth anything, it is worth while to
keep our soldiery as compact as possi
ble, both as to location and occupa
tion. No one questions the wisdom of pre
cautionary measures for the protec
tion of forests, in the east, north and
south, as well as In the west. An effi
cient forest ranger service, with enter
gency auxiliaries, ought to answer so
far as the government Is concerned.
As forest fire fighting requires some
science In Itself, it would seem that
the great lumber interests could af
ford to co-operate for a systematic
means of conserving these resources.
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Slates and Slates.
The political astrologers who exer
cise their imaginative faculties for our
amiable contemporarlea seem to have
been trying out their powers of second
sight for promulgating so-called slates
of legislative, and other candidates for
The Bee to support In the impending
primarlea. In every direct primary
with a multiplicity of candidates there
will doubtless be slates and elates.
Unfortunately, these political astrol
ogers have not been able to agree with
one another, much less to hit it right
with anyone else.
It goes without saying that there
are some candldatea for the various
offices to be filled whose superior qual
locations are self-evident, and who
would naturally Invite support from
everyone , looking to the make-up of
the strongest and best ticket. For
some offices there are competing candl-
dates of approximately equal ability
and claim, in which event anyone who
chooses between them must be gov
erned by considerations of personality
or availability. The Bee in most canes
will have preferences as between the
candidates for republican nominations,
but it will not have to go to any demo
cratic paper for its list
Don Jaime a Weak Obstacle.
Spain and the Vatican could come
to a speedier settlement of their issue
if the Carlist pretender to the throne,
Don Jaime, 'were out of their way. He
Is apparently obstructing progress to
ward an adjustment without making
the least headway for hla own cause.
His causo has very little to it and it
would seem that the Vatican were ex
ceedlngly wise in declining to accept
his aid or influence toward creating a
revolt and uprising against the king.
The Vatican, moreover, has been dis
playing a very adroit hand In the later
diplomatic Intercourse with Spain, un
questionably gaining popular favor by
Its emphatic disapproval of every sem
blance of physical disorder. It has
required some, very firm influence to
stay the passion of the zealota and' so
long as this can be done, both by Spain
and the church, the world may hope
for a proper settlement of the diffi
culties.
Repelled at Rome by tbe Vatican,
and in Spain by hla own partisans in
his revolutionary plana, Don Jaime is
not likely new fo wield any potent in
fluence In the controversy, but he is
quite likely to bring to an ignominious
end his own selfish ambition to sup
plant Alfonso on the throne and re
install the old Carftet regime In the
ancient kingdom, and such an outcome
must be considered in the light of an
ultimate victory for the better ele
ments which, we may believe, are but
working eat the destiny of the govern
ment Into a stronger and freer people.
nearer tbe goal of a republic. Rep
resentatlve government in Spain may
be afar off, but certainly it would be
further were the Carllsts to wrest the
power from the present dynasty, and
that la why, exclusive of all other con
siderations, the progressive force are
on the aide of the reigning house as
against the pretender. Thla align
ment need not take Into consideration
the issue between the clericals "and
antl-clerlcala at all; It is outside of
that entirely.
BtrlDDed of nersonal ambition and
hla traditional inheritance, Don Jaime
stands before the world aa but a weak
lmpoatrt too weak to leaf any cohor
ent organization of men In any con
test. He has nothing of the resource
ful leadership that old Don Carlos
possessed; nothing of the fire and fiber
that made hlra a dominant spirit to
which men rallied In passionate deter
mination, and the sooner that he Is
eliminated from the situation the
sooner the Church of Rome and the
government of Spain will be likely to
reach some sort of a settlement of
their controversy.
The Howells Journal seems to think
it has been mistreated by The Bee's
publication of its simultaneous en
dorsement of Shallenberger and an
nouncement of receipt of constitu
tional amendment advertising by grace
of Shailenberger'a favor, and explains
that It waa for Shallenberger all the
time and therefore not Influenced by
the prospect of political pie. The
Howells Journal ia supersensitive. The
Bee made no reflection upon it, but
simply called attention to the feet that
our democratic governor knew what
he waa doing. No pie for the unfaith
ful if Shallenberger knows it.
No republican ahould throw hla vote
away on Mayor "Jim" in the coming
primary. Governor Shallenberger has
the nomination nailed down, and re
publicans ahould vote in their own
party column to strengthen their own
ticket all along the line.
Japan says it has had enough war
and will not fight another, despite
Messrs. Hearst, Hobson et al. But
what does the mikado know about it,
aa compared with these experienced
prophets?
The Nashville American saya "De
mocracy Is strong in the faith and
confident In the leadership of Gov
ernor Patterson." That is the sort of
faith that movea mountains, a la mus
tard seed.
Our old friend (by permission),
Edgar Howard, is against county op
tion, but for the county option candl
date for United StateB senator. That's
Edgar'a privilege. But call no one
else inconsistent hereafter. .
Tbat'a tbe Qneetlon.
Cleveland Leader.
A good many of us believe with President
Taft that two months la tha proper length
for the summer vacation. But what's tha
use?
Looki Good for Starter,
Springfield Republican.
Postmaster-Oeneral Hltchcock'a attack on
tha poatal deficit begins to look like busl
nesa. A deficit la never bualnesa, but kill
ing ona is most . emphatically buelneaa.
Belated Indlgrnatloa.
New York Bun.
"Turn' them out," 'cries Mr.' Bryan, allud
ing to tha democrat in the Illinois legisla
ture who voted to send the Hon. William
Lo rimer to the" senate.' Hit Indignation la
belated and eeem forced,. It gives tho
impression 'that' he ifseeklng to rehabilitate
himself as a leader" of -tha party by de
nouncing th wretches. Other fulmlnatlona
may ba expected from Mr. Bryan whan ha
can think of eomethlng to aay.
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Marty re ( Proarreaa.
Collier's Weekly.
Tha total list of deaths in aviation acci
dents up to data la" less than twenty. No
one would willingly detract from the glory
of these gallant pioneers, but tha publlo
lacks discrimination In Its sentiment Cer
tainly neither tha railroad nor steam nor
electricity waa advanced to an analogous
degree of perfection with so few fatalities.
Not a mile of steel rail but repreaents a
dozen fatalities, not a bridge over a great
river but includes several dead men In Ita
cost. Along some parts of tha transconti
nental railroads tha unmarked graves of
obscure laborers are almost as numerous
as tha ties.
BOMB OS BRYAN'S "VICTORIES."
Peeallavrltlea of the Peerleaa Brsad, of
' Reaaonlnar. "
Washington Post.
Mr. Bryan Is such a stranger to victory
that ha Is apt to be mistaken as to Its
Identity, and what, ho may say on that
point la hardly to-' be accepted aa con
clusive. When ha professes to sea vlotory
behind tha face of the returns, when
a humiliating defeat thus is made to take
on the appearance of a peraonal triumph,
he leaves room for doubt and hesitation.
Is bis hindsight any better than that
foresight which enabled him to look da
feat In the face year upon year, and tell
his blind following that ha saw victory?
Biyan aaya, in th Commoner, that he
fought for the initiative and referendum
fourteen years unsuccessfully. Ha failed to
recure a special session of the legislature
with the view to action that would delay
county option, whereupon he came out In
favor of county option. The democratic
state convention turned htm down, de
resting hla proposition, 3 to V. nut
tha republican convention adopted tha
initiative and referendum, Impelled to do
ao by virtue of Bryan's fight for county
option. Tha awlft kick ha got from the
mule landed, him on the elephant's back.
So what cares ha how hard hla party
throws him down, st long aa tha re
publicans elevato him higher than ever'
Do you follow the. Bryaneaque line ot
reesonlng? "It will be aeen, therefore,"
saya tha Commoner, "that Mr. Bryan has
reason to rejoice over the progress made
In Nebraska. It matters little what Is
dona to him. He can be happy ao long
aa tha things ha Is fighting for win, and
they are winning In Nebraska."
Great Is Bryan's "victory!"
Our Birthday Book
Aagwst , 1810,
John Dryden, th celebrated English poet,
was born August , 1621 and died in 17CO
Ho waa poet lauroata In his day and earned
a burial In Westminster Abbey.
Charles Nagel, secretary of th Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor, was born
August t, Vi, in Texaa. Before he was
appointed te the cabinet he was "one of tha
big lawyera practicing In St. Louis and
ona of th most scholarly men at the bar.
Marvin Hughitt, president of tha CMcas0
at Northwestern railway, is celebratlDg his
sixty-third birthday today. Ha was bom at
Genoa, N. Y., and haa boon a railroader
for mora than forty years.
Dr. Rodney Waldo Bllaa, physician and
surgeon. In th Continents! building, was
born' August . UTS, at York, Neb. He
graduated In medicine from tha Rush Mad
leal college, and la Instructor In tha medical
departiuant frf th University of Nebraska.
Army Gossip
Markers of taterort Oa and Sack
of tha Flxta I.lss Oleaaed from
tho Army and STavy BoglsUr.
After much shifting about, first on ona
side of the question and then on the other,
the War department has devtded to hold
an examination of candldatea from civil life
for appointment aa second lieutenant In the
army. Tha examination will occur at Fort
Leavenworth on November 1 and this
eek designations are being made of aome
3"0 applicants who have expreseed a de
sire to be admitted to tha competition. Tha
appointments to the giade from civil Ufa
will bo limited to twenty vacanclea In In
fantry, cavalry and field artillery. These
appolntmenta will- be made, of course, be
fore those of the graduatea of tha military
academy of 1911 and following tha appoint
ment of the qualified candidates from the
army.
Major General Leonard Wood, chief of
staff of the army, had a conference last
week with President Taft at Beverly,
Mass., In regard to the estimates for the
military establishment, including river and
harbor work. The president adheres to tha
policy which has, In general, characterised
his administration, and there has been a
general reduction In publlo Works and In
all Itema which may not ba considered pro
vision for maintenance. It was decided
that the enlisted force of the army should
be approximately 17,000 men, which pro
vides an additional atrength ot ten men
per company for the eight regiments of
infantry In the Philippines during the next
fiscal year, y The expenditures for th
support of tha array, as contemplated In th
estimates to be sent to congress next De
cember, will ba on th basis of providing
tor a maximum of men and material, the
reductions to be made in less Important
directions.
The secretary of war has taken excep
tion of the rulings of the comptroller of th
treasury respecting th hire, use, or re
pair of automobiles for army officers. The
point made by th military authorities is
that tha comptroller haa exceeded his au
thority In disallowing- the itema for auto
mobile used and malnenance. It la claimed
that so long as the law provides auto
mobiles for the army. It should be th privi
lege of the secretary of war to determine
who may us them and when they may
be used. Th position of the comptroller's
office, on the other hand, is sustained by
what is regarded in that quarter a the
limitation of tha existing statute. There
will be no modification of the comptrol
ler's ruling, in all probability. It Is stated
that the relief roust be afforded by legis
lation and it is probabla that, with- thla
Intimation of th War department, th sec
retary of war will ask for such a change
In tha phraseology of tha statute as will
overcome the objections of the comptroller,
Th War department authorities are con
sidering in result or trie physical ex
amination of thejionor graduatea of tbe
military colleges authorised to nominate
cadets of high standing with a view of
their appointment to th grads of second
lieutenant In th army. While there are
ten ot these universities permitted to make
such nominations, three or four of the In
stitutions graduate cadets who are leas
than tt years of age, and consequently not
eligible to appointment as commissioned
officer In the army. Some of these colleges
have a standing which entitle them to th
privilege quite as much as the other in
stitutions graduating older students. Th
proposition haa been made to permit these
honor graduates who are under age to enter
the Military academy, their standing in
their respective colleges being accepted in.
ueu or the usual entrance examination to
West Point. Of course, tha War depart
ment can do nothing in tha matter, slno
that privilege will have to ba conferred by
legislation. It is believed the War depart
ment would Interpose no objection to th
plan. Which would mean an increase in
the corps of cadets to that extent
The Infantry committee of th general
staff is considering tha comments of th
quartermaster general of tha army con
cerning those artloles of apparel which
war recommended for adoption in con
nection with th proposed infantry equip
ment Th question of th final adoption
of th equipment is largely confined to
these Items of dress. Th quartermaster
general has not found It possible to con
cur In th recommendation for a new
shorter overcoat or pea Jacket for th in
fantry, H believes that the present gar
ment, of which there Is a large stock on
hand, will answer the purpose of the ser
vice. Ha did not give hla approval to the
proposition of a sweater, mainly on the
ground that it would add another article
to tho list of allowances for clothing and
probably would not result in an appreciable
decrease in the number of overcoats Isaued,
It has been pointed out that with- the
sweater there could be a diminution In the
four woolen eoats and five cotton coats
which constitute the allowance of an en
listed man during his three years' period
of enlistment Another suggestion mad by
th Infantry equipment board was in
favor of th adoption of a neckerchief,
which article la, very generally worn by
soldiers. It is considered by the quarter
master general that there Is no vital neces
sity for adding this urtlcle to the military
apparel. The Infantry equipment board
also suggested the adoption of a slipper
to ba worn by the soldier In camp after
tha day's marching In heavy shoes. This
idea has met with considerable favor among
army oflcers as a desirable relief and aa a
protection to tha feet, a characteristic
which is recognised as a contribution to the
mobility of Infantry. Anything which re
duces the liability of foot-soreness Is con
slderod of Importance. The quartermaster
general has suggested that th preeerit
gymnasium ahoa be utilised for this pur
poo, It being considered that that article
affords all the comfort of a slipper with
out the necessity of adding another article
to tha equipment.
Rare Power of Observation.
Philadelphia Record.
Mr. Roosevelt Is always lnteres:lng and
ha Is not least so even when he goi-4 out
to get first-hand Information, but whether
very much valuable Information ran be
obtained by a "whirlwind trip In an auto
mobile" through the coat regions may be
qurstioned. Still, he made a study of con
ditions In Egypt through car windows
which has been treated seriously In Eng
land; be went out for a day's stroll In
England and counted forty-five varieties of
birds, and ba probably saw more In the
coal regions than anybody else would hav
seen In tha am time.
Wall'i tho I'M of Kaoefclaaf
Philadelphia Ledger..
Whan tha president of Clark university
says that girls must flirt he Is not laying
down a rule of conduct contravening that
already laid down by tha chaperon. Hla
statement Is the mere recognition of
psychologist law, and moana that tha
InsLinct that lsads to flirting Is Inborn, as
of course. It Is. The term ia so general
that it embraces almost every phase of
conduct marking the association ot young
women and young men. They outgrow It
in time, but thla would bo a quetr world If
they cover had It
NEBRASKA POLITICAL COJOILKT.
Oaceola Record: Oh. ya, Phelly will
sign It all right You bet h will. But
h had too much yellow In him to "put It
In writing."
Plattsmouth Journal: W. R. Patrick has
wl
thdtawn aa a candidate for governor.
Hi
candidacy was more of a bluff than
an
1
lythlng else. In the first place.
York Times: If a democrat lo candidate
for
offU-o ran flia alsn as a nonullst and
a
socialist, what Is to prevent a republican
candidate from filing as a democrat and
everything else?
Phelton Clipper: Now that the democrats
have thrown Mr. Bryan over the transom
behooves the republicans to look a littl
t. Mr. Rrvan mav hresk IntA tho re
publican camp and he's the greateet pollt-
ai noo-doo thst ever happened.
Blue Hnrlnss Sentinel: Acrordlne- to
Judge Frost of Lancaster county, on filing
re is an tnat is necessary to rile aa a
representative of every party recognised.
rew rulings of this character and the
mary law will not be anything but a
huge Joke.
Kearnev Huh: An Omaha man gImi to
Bryan states that since tha Orand Island
convention Bryan has raised hla Chautau
qua fee from $A00) tojl,600. Which reminds
tha Hub ot tha remark of a Kearney demo
crat that Bryan's county option "para
mount" would b worth $1,000,000 to him in
fresh chautaUqua coinage.
Geneva Signal: Political clatforma are
not likely to hold either votora or candl
datea In thla stat on th county option
question this fall. It would be foolish for
wet candidate to run on a wet platform
a dry county even tftomh hi. urtv
might hav gone wet in It state platform.
i in wet counties it may be expected
at th republican will run for the lea-la-
latura on moist platforms of th.tr awn r..
gardless of th republican state platformj
iu uioso counties ilk tiiimor. th legisla
tive candidates hav little opportunity,
however, to get away from their platforms.
Position on th beer question will b con
sidered of vastly more Importance this fall
by many voters than general legislative
ability. 7
Gothenburg -vlndeoendant: nn a n
Cady, who has filed hla nam. as a nMU
date for governor, is a resident of this
congressional district and la wall known
to the voters of this countv as .n. ..r
leading progressive republicans. He has
lived in the stat for thirty-four years and
has twice been elected a member of tha
legislature. He was a member of tha hnn
In 1889 and of the Senate In 1906. during
wui.n time ne neiped rrame and pass soma
very efficient laws. In hla
h commends tha work of our last congress
ana assumes a neutral position on county
option, leaving the members of th legis
lature to pass a county option law if ona
la passed.
RIFT IN RAILROAD CLOUDS.
Lowering; Prlcea In Thla a Tfcor
HtTt Bay.
Financial World.
The Financial World, as long ago as last
fall, began to point out that there was
some doubt whether the railroads of the
country could continue to pay the dividends
then establlsred, and since then tha devel
opment In the railway field which have
supported the contentions then made are
too well known to need detailed review.
Now that some of the newspapers and
financial publications are drawing tardy
attention to thee matters, w would Ilk to
say at thla time that all is not wholly
gloomy for the railroads la the future.
W refer to the evidence on every hand
that from now on It wilt be possible for tha
railroads te make purchases of much of tha
equipment necessary "to maintain proper
upkeep at prices which the equipment com
panies wouldv not have thought of con
sidering for a moment a year ago. All iron
and steel materials, save steel rails, ar
from ILM to 16 per ton or more lower than
a year ago; coal ia off perhaps M oonts par
ton; tho-car manufacturers hav don with
their illusions about shop going night and
day to keep up with orders, and ar willing
cot only to sell at reduced prices, but give
long terms of credit, while general rail
way supplies are all easier in prices.
It would seem that th railways hav
been exceedingly fortunate In Judging th
market drift for materials they must have,
and by cutting down specifications to the
minimum they are now enabled to do some
dictating as to prices. If a moderate in
crease in rates shall be shown to be justifi
able, and the railways continue their care
ful policies of economy some months longer,
the dividend readjustment we have sug
gested as being very possible in th near fu
ture need be only such as to alarm no
stockholder. There is not so far aa can now
b seen, any danger of the big roads pass
ing their dividends altogether, and thla
view, taken by on financial Journal, could
hav no basis save In th now Impossible
event of a total crop failure.
ScIcbc Playe oat Mar art aa.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Bolentif lo estimates . of tho world's ag
show a difference of about 16,000,000 years
between th lowest and the highest Th
geologist ar cacey folk. They leave
themselves sufficient margin for possible
error.
Advertising- to bo profitable must
carry a message 10 tno peopio at tn
right time and In the right way it
must be real news about tho goods It
seeks to sell and it must bo told In a
simp, "straightforward, Interesting
manner and tho message must reach
tho peopio when they have tho time
and Inclination to read.
Through tho advertising columns of
The Beo you can go into over 40,000
homes.
You can present your arguments,
talk to, interest, Influence, corns In
contact with thousands of possible
buyers every day, in their homes
Talks for people who sell things
Welcome Words to Women
Wontea who suffer with disorders peculiar to their
sax sfcoald write our Association and reciv Ire
th advio of a phytioiaa of ovr 40 years' cxp-erionc
a skilled and ancoesiful specialist in th disoot
at worn. Every Utter of thi sort has tho saott
careful eoatideretloa aad is regarded as taorodly
eonadeatial. Many sensitively modest woes writ
iully what thoy would shrink from tolling to their
local physician. Th local phytioiaa i pretty
ear to say that h. cannot do anything without
" aa oxaminatioa." Dr. Pioro hold that the
diatastaiul examination are generally Bdls, aad
that ao woman, oxeapt ia rare case, should submit
Dr. Pierce's tratmsuTwD! oaro ya right la th privaoy of
yoar swa boos. His Favork Proaoriptioa" La eurod
hand rods of thousands, eosao of thorn th worst of eaao.
It I th oolysadicio of its Iriod that is th product ef a regularly graduated
physioiaa. Th only on good eoough that it makers dare to print its every
ingredient oa its outiid wrapper. Thoro'a ao tecrory. It will boar examina
tion. No a loo hoi and ao habit-iorosing drags ar found in It. Soon unecrup
ml out madieio dealer may offer you a substitute. Don't tak it. Don't trifle
with your health. Writ to World's Dispensary Medical Association, Dr. H.
V. Pierc, President, Buffalo, N. Y., take th advio rorivd and b well.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Prof. Luther O. Emerson of Hyde Park,
Mil., who wrote the musto "to William
Cullen Ri vent's "We Ar Comkng. Father
Abraham," and who baa just entered on
hit list year, has declared that he expects
to llv at least thirty year more.
Carlo Oonisles of th city of Torreon.
stat of Coahulla. la prominent among th
proverbial land barons for whom Mexico
I famed. II owns many hactenda and
employ upon them all I.HM men. that num
ber representing at fewest IS.noo people Ci"f
pendent upon hit payiollf.
Most of the money for th Orover Cleve
land memorial at Princeton Is now In hand.
Senator Henry T. Wlnton, who Is secre
tary of the committee on erection, said that
about 173.000 had been subscribed, and that
there would bo no trouble In collecting th
177,000 heeded.
Following the New Hampshire case ef
Mra. Manila M. Rl ker cornea that of Ella
Reov Bloor of Waterbtiry Conn., whom th
socialist party ha nominated for secretary
of state. Tha Connecticut attorney general
la likely to b asked whether her name may
go upon tho Australian ballot In the coming
state election.
Parts haa a new Infant phenomenon, a
SH-year-old girl who haa been astonishing
It with her violin playing. Her name Is
Antlonette de Roman!, and ah it tho
daughter of the director of the World a
Grsphlo Press. This child also plays tho
piano and speaka fluently English, French,
Italian and Spanish.
Mrs. Rebecca Spring. twho has Just com
pleted her ninetieth year In Los Angeles,
says that she remembers a conversation
between bef father and panlel Webster, in
which th latter declared that tha. day
would never com when the Journey be
tween Worceater and Boston could be mada
in less than four hours. She ssya she won
der what Webster would say if h could
see it don today In lees than an tionr.
CHEERY CHAFF.
"How shall I represent this railway
that has become noted for arratlo divi
dends?" asked th map maker.
"Put it down aa a short anA crooked
line." replied th chief. Chicago Kecord
Herald. .. .
"8o Bronson doesn't play on your ball
team any more."
"No; he's married, settled down, and Is
th father of twins." , .
"I see; ho has a bawl team of his own."
Boston Transcript.
"One I was hard pressed by wolves. It's
a terrible sensation.
"4 know how it feels." 1 used to open
the dining room doors at a summer ho
tel." Kansas City Journal. ..
Salesman Hera's a shoe, sir, that Will fit
you Ilk a glove.
Buyer Gloves don't fit my feet Hav you
on that will fit m Ilk a sliooT J'S3on
Advertiser. -!-
Howell I ue0 that th paper says that
th treasury department announce that
by washing paper money It will last twio
a long.
Powell Yea, but what I a poor devil to
do while hla money la in th laundry!
Nw York Press. . , .
"Alas!" alghed the poet, "the world doe
not understand me."
''Well, cheer up," rejoined th practical
person; "that is something to too thank
ful for, I'm sure." C'hloago New. -
Friend I aay, on of your clocks 1 slow
and the other's fast
Young Lawyer Yea, I start work by th
slow on and stop by th othar. Life.
I
THE WASTREL.
R. W. Kaufman in th Forum.
One, whan I -waa little, as th summer
dark waa falling.
Among tha purple nyland fields I loat my
. barefoot way;
The road to' home ' fcldderf fas', and
" frightful shadows, crawling -.-
Along th aky-illno, swallowed VP th
last kind light of day;
And then 1 seemed to hear you
In th twilight and ba near you;
Seemed to hear your dear vole calling-Through
the meadows, ' calling call
Ing
And I followed and 1 found you, '
Flung my tired arms around you.
And rested on tha mother-breast, re
turned, tired out from play.
Down the years thst followed, though X
trod atrang path unheeding, (fr
Though I chased th jack-o'-lanthoraa
of so many maddened yeara.
Though I never looked behind ma where
tho home-light wer receding.
Though I never looked enough ahead to
sea the Inn of Fears;
Still I knew your heart waa near ma.
That you ear waa strained to hear -ma.
That your lov would need no pleading
To forglv ma, but waa pleading
Of Ita self that, in disaster.
I should run to you the faster
And be sure that I waa dearer for your
sacrifice ot tears.
Now on life's last sutntnertlm th long
last dust la falling.
And I, who trod on way' so long, can
tread no other way .
Until at death's dim crossroads I watch,
hesitant, th crawling
Night passages that max m wtta-tV.
ultimate dismay. -. S, r
Then when Death and Doubt 1-44
blind me - "'
Evan then I know you'll find me;
"7 ahall hear you. Mother calling
Hoar you calling calling calling
I shall fight and follow find you
Though tho grave-clothes swathe and
bind you,
And I know your lov will answer!
"Here's my laddie bom from play!
when and where they have tho In
clination to read.
Mr. Merchant, advertising the right
sort of goods honestly and Intelli
gently In the advertlaing columns of
tho newspaper that goes homo la
profitable advertising.
Tho advertlaing columns of Tho Beo
ar open to you, will carry your mes
sage into the homes of ' tho 'people.
Tho Bee la a homo paper. It is, the
only Omaha paper that has iu own de
livery routes. It Is tho only paper ad
mitted into thousanda of homes whore
there are children. The homo paper
la tbe one that Is read not aklmmed
over.
to thorn. .
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