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STATEMENT , OP CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County. a:
Usui e B. 'I tsciiuck, treasurer of The Bee
I'ubllnhlng Company, being duly aworn.
aaya that the- actual number, of full and
complete copies of The 1'ally, Morning-,
Evening- and Hunday Dee printed during
tha month of July, 1910, waa a follows:
1 41,970 , 17. .'n. '.;.. .
1...' 46,490 IS 43,670
I... .41,380 1 ....43,330
.. BS.900 10 41,800
8 49,730 21 43.130
t 41,880 21 ..43,870
1 41.830 tl 43,040
I ....41,840 1 24 40,300
..' .41,340' ' 2t 43,310
10 40.400 18 41380
11... ..41,860 17..... 43,300
12... 41.810 IS 43,410
II... 41,830 29 43,330
14 41,740 SO 43,460
If ...41,830 II ..40,800
14 43.380
Total 1,333,310
Xrtorned ' ooplaa 13,867
ret total 1,310,043
Sally averere 43,868
OEOROE If. TZSCHUCK, .
Treasurer.
SubRCilbed In my presence and" aworn to
before ma this lt day f August. 1910.
M. B. WALKER,
Notary Publlo.
Subscribers leaving tha elly tem
porarily should hT Tfce Be
smiled to them. Address mill be
changed aa often aa reqaeeted.
This Is neither the time nor place
for the union of church and state. .
That 116,000.000 Drug trust la
enough to make everybody sick,
Has anyone here seen Bryan? Or
heard from him on the outcome of the
primary?
The tide of affairs in Spain Jusf now
is rough enough to make the young
king seasick.
j Wonder If the president had Mr.
BalUnger In mind when he advocated
long vacations.
It la reported that one Felix New?
ton is feeling fine over what happened
to Shallenberger. ' . .
That Tennessean ' murdered who
hanged himself was clearly no friend
of the governor's.
Whom does the governor blame, his
friends, the brewers, or his .friends,
the prohibitionists?
It is pretty hard even for a gov
ernor to "tote" water on .both shoul
ders without getting ducked.
In the excitement of the moment
over the Jiinocrats we had almost for
got about those Jackocrats.
Gilford Pinchot refers to the Taft
administration as thunder and light
ning. Not quite specific enough.
Still, the arrest and fining of Mr.
Rockefeller for speeding does not
bring him down to the common level
yet t
. Now that the fire limits have been
extended we move that the ordinance
requiring wires to go underground be
amended to conform.
Duke Francis Joseph of Bataria is
at sea. So is Duke AbruzzI, it ap
pears, though the Bavarian is only
sailing for New York.
I
It seems that a certificate of char
acter signed by Duncan M. Vlnaonhaler
passes considerably below par with
Douglas county voters.
The meeting of western governors
at Salt Lake City is another reminder
that there are at least two sides to
this conservation business
Associate Editor Metcalfe of The
Commoner has too much poetry in his
soul to make an office seeker. Pass
that job back to the editor-in-chief.
The most mysterious thing about
this "Maid of Mygter" who dances
on the roof gardens of New York is
that the finds bo many easy victims.
Mol8sant'8 flight with a fellow pas
senger over the English channel con
firms America's lead In the air aa well
as on land, and western America, at
that.
The Esperanto propaganda is get
ting more publicity right now than
the simplified spelling reform. It is
not safe, however, to bet on which
V would go under the wire first
Everyone up In the game knew all
the time that Would-be Senator
, Hitchcock preferred to have Governor
Shallenberger renominated, but no
one expected him to tip his hand so
plainly.
- Cannon and the Speakership..
When the editor of The Bee In an
Interview in the Washington Post
nearly a year ago ventured to assert
that In hta opinion the best contri
bution to party success Speaker Can
non could make would be an an
nouncement of Intention not to ask
for re-election as speaker, It called
down severe comment from some of
the Bpeaker'8 friends. The opinion
thus expressed seems now to have be
come almost universally accepted by
all elements of the rarty, excepting
Mr. Cannon and a few of his depend
ents. The statement made by Con
gressman Longworth, declaring that
he would not again support 'Mr. Can
non and outlining his position, un
questionably voices the sentiment of
the party, and it J an open secret that
the president, himself, wouN wel
come relief from. the embarrassment
of Mr. Cannon's personality in the
high office of speaker.
It is really unfortunate for Speaker
Cannon that he cannot see, or refuses
to realize, the changed conditions that
confront him. Whether he voluntar
ily renounces speakership ambitions
or persists in announcing himself a
candidate subject to caucus selection,
will make very little difference, be
cause his re-election by the next house
is practically Impossible no matter
whether republicans or democrats are
In control. To say this is not to be
little his services to the party and to
the country in the past nor to dis
parage bis ability as a presiding offi
cer and floor leader. But it is recog
nizing the Obvious fact that the pro
cession has marched past him, and
that he is no longer in step even with
the stragglers..
The democrats will doubtless try to
continue beating the drum on Cannon
and Cannonlsm In the impending cam
paign, but it is a bogie that should
scare no one. Mr. Cannon will not be
speaker after this congress expires,
and Cannonlsm is so wrapped up in
his personality that it will be quickly
forgotten after the new speaker is in
stalled. If Hearst for Harmon T
After a personal visit to Governor
Harmon, John Temple Graves, one of
the chief Hearst editors, gives the re
sults in a half-page interview in the
Hearst papers. The Interview and the
incidental comments are exceedingly
friendly to the Ohio democrat, so
much as to give rise to a strong sus
picion that Mr. Hearst "may have de
cided to support Harmon for the presi
dential nomination in the event of his
re-election - as governor this fall. In
this way he could do much toward
getting even with both Bryan and
Gaynor, against whom he harbors
kindred feelings of resentment.
Hearst Is not a man who does
things by mishap and that is why this
fulsome praise of Harmon by Graves
Just now will cause many people to
look at the matter in this light' That
la. why, no doubt, Mr. Graves refers
to Ohio's governor as "Glamis he is
and Cawdor and shall be more here
after." The. "hereafter" . manifestly
means the 1912 national campaign,
and then concluding one of his
sweeps of rhetoric, the Hearst editor
speaks of the "genial face of the pres
ent transcendant man In the politics
of Ohio."
It may . be taken for granted that
Mr. Hearst has decided not to run for
the presidency himself In , 1912, and
If he does swing his Independence
league, or the votes that he may be
able to influence in its name, behind
Harmon, of course he will have to
be reckoned with as a factor and a
very real, potent factor, too. It nay be
up to some others to "prepare to stand
aside" then and yet even with the
prestige of another election as gov
ernor behind him,-Harmon and his
friend, Hearst, will yet have all the
fight on their hands that shrewd poll
tlclkns need covet, for if Mayor Gay'
nor recovers, as seems likely, he will
be a stronger man, and he Is already
strong with his party. But so many
complications, will enter into the
democratic free-for-all race for the
next presidential nomination that the
contest cannot be narrowed down at
this early date between Harmon and
Gaynor, or any other two candidates,
though they may be the most promi
nent as things now stand.
London Scorns Anarchist
"Dr." Reltmann, business partner
and press agent of Emma Goldman,
has been addresalng London audiences
on anarchy antfflnds them decidedly
cold and unresponsive, to his genius.
He has utterly failed, he says, to
arouse any Englishmen on the subject,
or get the least expression of dis
content with governmental affairs and
he goes so far as to state that while
In New York he "was always able to
stir up a mob Jto do something."
This is a splendid testimonial to
British Intelligence and decency, but
the man's aspersions on America need
not be taken seriously, Jot they are
not true in their Intended significance.
He may be able to stir up a crowd on
the East Side in New York, but every
body who knowa that section of
Gotham knows that It is not typical
pf the United States and moreover it
is exceedingly doubtful if what Relt
mann says of New York is consistent
with the facts.
One thing Is certain neither he
nor this Bo-called "High Priestess of
Anarchy," with whom he sometimes
travels, can stir up a mob auywhere
that intelligence predominates and he
chose a very poor time, right on the
heels of Mayor - Gaynor's attempted
assassination, to Invade even a foreign
country with his incendiarism. But
I if ( Reltmann cannot make an im-
THE BEE:
pression in London what disappoints
him more than anything, no doubt,
is his failure to pick up some of
the Urltlsh coin of the realm, for
that is really what he and the Gold
man woman are out for today and
when they fall to get it as was
the case on the occasion of their last
stand in Omaha they ,very toon
pass on. It surpasses comprehension
and yet it is a fact, that law-abiding
citizens have been taken in by so pal
pable a fraud and a fraud, too, that
has for its pretense to decency the at
tack upon all government.
Nebraska Republicans Progressive.
The outcome of tue republican pri
mary in Nebraska reinforces The Bee's
characterization of Nebraska republic
ans as progressive and neither Insur
gent nor reactionary. The best proof
of this is found in the fact taat while
the insurgent organs at Lincoln are
loudly proclaiming a great insurgent
victory, the democratic ' organ in
Omaha is insisting that it is a triumph
of standpatlsm and a complete unhors
ing of the insurgents.
The attitude of the party in Ne
braska must be measured, not by the
success or failure of any particular
candidate, but upon the general result,
and particularly upon the nominations
for United Statea senator, congress
men and governor. If the reaction
aries are the Cannon supporters there
are none in Nebraska, because every
one of the republican candidates for
congress, elected or defeated, has
openly declared against the retention
of Mr. Cannon as speaker. If the insur
gents are antagonistic to tlio adminis
tration and its program, then there
are few in Nebraska, because every
one of the Nebraska republican repre
sentatives at Washington' voted for
the tariff bill and for all the important
measures approved by the president
and enacted upon his recommendation.
Nebraska republicans, however, are
progressive in the true sense of the
word; in the sense of standing for ad
vanced constructive policies; in the
sense of favoring a constant forward
movement. Instead of standing still or
backing up. Republicans of Nebraska
leave it to the democrats to repudiate
the only democratic chief executive in
this state they have elected In twenty
years and to condemn the odious rec
ord of their own law-makers. The re
publicans at present have only three
of the six Nebraska representatives in
congress. They ought to hold this
number and win back two, if not the
whole three, of the other districts and
return a republican to the senate, and
will do bo if the forces remain united.
Governor Hadley has a definition of
an insurgent as "a progressive exceed
ing the speed limit." A complimentary
definition Would make a reactionary
one who never gets started. , ; We .re
peat that Nebraska . republicans-; are
progressive' rather than insurgent or
reactionary, . ' - ' " .
Patrolling1 the Heavens.
If, as Glenn H. Curtiss says, we will
all be traveling in airships within
twenty-five years and railway trains
will then be as antiquated as ox teams
are now, we can see the golden age
Just ahead of the sturdy Sons of Erin,
who furnish us our best policemen,
for the heavens will have to be pa
trolled just as the earth. W'ith. avia
tion upon such a practical basis, slip
ping from the earth up to the sky will
be but a matter of short time, and If
"headquarters" are not, in fact, per
manently established in the air the
work can easily be carried on from
below.
When this' system of aerial policing
gets to working well we may hear
things at the station which today
would sound more like the babbling
of lunatics at the asylum than the re
ports of guardians of the law. For
instance, the desk sergeant in making
the night's assignments may call out
to Policeman Murphy to go to Saturn
tonight and keep a close watch on
those young chaps with the top trous
ers who have been standing on the
curb annoying women. Another offi
cer will be detailed to "stick around"
Jupiter and see that the "boys" with
the soft walk et in none of their
work. The Moon Mercury, Venus,
Uranus, Neptune, the Asteroids and
all will require patrolling and every
man must be on his beat soon after
Old Sol goes off the job. It will be
only fair to make Mars chief, of police,
for he Is said to have shown high
adaptability for such leadership. Of
course every man can furnish hla own
star.
It may be that police stations in the
various cities of the country will not
observe any overflow of candidates
soon on account of these new pros
pects, but they probably will come as
soon as Mr. Curtiss' brilliant dream,
and that will be soon enough.
Ia the meantime we take no stock
In the railroads' offer to give the gov
ernment all their tracks, trains and
round houses.
The cholera scourge in Europe may
be expected to signal the double-quick
return of the army of American tour
lsts abroad. It is up to the port of
flcials to take no chances on admis
sion of the dread disease to this
country.
!
Our amiable democratic contem
porary advises the editor of The Bee
to "cheer up." That advice is quite
superfluous. The editor of our demo
cratic contemporary running for office
is the one who needs words of cheer.
The primary vote In Nebraska will
aggregate something around 100,000.
Heretofore republicans have always
polled about 60 per cent and the dem
ocrats about 35 per cent of the total
OMAHA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1010.
But this time, because of the open
primary, that Invites republicans and'
populists to nominate democratic
candidates, the ratio will be reversed.
Let the people rule.
Colonel Roosevelt probably will
commend St. Paul for Its loyalty to
another of his favorite policies besides
conservation when he speaks there In
September and reflects on Its gain of
61,000 in population In ten years.
What about those ouster proceed
ings? Will the chief of police have
to go it alone? Or will be have the
company of the mayor, to whose or
ders he is subject and whose com
mands he must obey?
Colonel Roosevelt wants It distinctly
understood that he will not cross any
bridge until he gets to it, and that he
reserves the right to cross it afoot, on
horseback, by auto or any other way
he pleases.
Omaha's fire chief is soon to have
an automobile patrol with which to
answer hurry-up calls In a hurry. A
parade of city and county automobiles
will soon be in order. '
If our street railway company
wants to be credited with good Inten
tions it will at once inaugurate a cam
paign against flat wheels.
Come Oat and Coant 'Em.
' Boston Transcript
We can stand being- "a Million-dollar
country," provided the proapect of a three-bllUon-bushel
corn crop Is realised.
St Louie Times.
Interpreting? the Signs.
Nebraska wishes It understood that tha
next time there la any 18 to 1 business In
the country that state will not be Its head
quarters. 1
nigr Bnalaeaa for the Lawftn.
Wall Street Journal.
With 411 railroads needing: legal help to
get their proposed freight Increases Into
effect, the average lawyer IS apt to take a
cheerful view of the differences between
shipper and carrier.
Aa a. Peace Promoter. -
.... Brooklyn Eagle.
Great Britain Is buying In America crude
oil for torpedo boat fuel. The claim of
John D. Rockefeller to succeed Robert
Treat. Paine . as president of the American
Peace society should not be lightly dis
regarded. . '
Oae la a-Plenty.
Indianapolis News. ' 1
Senator Hey burn, whose fiery .eloquence
failed to get a single vote In tha senate
against the lending of government tenta to
confederate veterans, has had another
spasm during which he objected to an
orchestra at Wallace, Idaho, playing
"Dixie." There Is only one Senator Hey
burn. Fortunately.
' "Hitting; the Pipe" In Kebraalca.
St Louis Times.
The primary election In Nebraska is de
scribed as one of the most bitter and con
fusing In the history of that commonwealth.
This Is one of ' the Inevitable results of
yielding to a bad habit for years and then
trying to "break off." Nebraska, barring
certain w'ards and precincts, - has been
smoking the tlpe offered by' William Jen
nings Bryan.. It has not always smoked
willingly,, but the wielder of the Insidious
hookah haa pressed the fateful drug to
the lips of his neighbors again and again,
and there was no resisting him. The habit
will be hard to break, but at least Nebrae.
kans are making the fight of their Uvea,
and It may, be predicted that they have
topped amoklng for good and all.
LAND OS THB1 PROMOTER.
Elements Which Create the McMnr-
rara of Oklahoma.
St Louis Republic . J ,
There can be no doubt In the mind of
any Intelligent reader of the newspapers
that It was high time a bit of housecleanlng
was done In tho Indian affairs department
of tha national government. It doesn't look
pretty to see carpets on the line, the front
yard littered with excelsior and. dust pour
ing like smoke from the windows; but the
pangs of housecleanlng are always a lesser
evil than the continued reign of dirt.
It Is well that certain plain English words
should be restored to yse; thieves need to be
called thieves and plratea, plratea. A set
of scoundrels have been fattening on de
partmental procrastination and Indian
ignorance, and general recognition of that
fact will greatly aaslst In giving both plun
derers and plundered their Just dues.
Nevertheless It Is not only Interesting, but
profitable as veil, to look at the oausea
which have conspired to produce such a
man as McMurray a man who could delib
erately plan 'to take advantage of partly
civilised descendants of ravages, weary of
governmental red tape, and enrich himself
by charging for -services which tha govern
ment Itself was already pledged to render
more than 600 times what they were worth.
McMurray is not a sole sinner In a vast
commonwealth of saints.
Oklahoma Is a new country and among
Its mass of sturdy and Industrious citizens
Is now sprinkled a crowd of promoters
from the four winds of heaven, birds of
prey and of passage. - An Iowan who was
running a "bank'' there ten years ago wrote
to a friend: , "Come here and start a bank;
$1,600 la enough. Don't bother about in.
terest and don't name any rate; Juat tell
tha borrower that the loan will cost him so
much you can make t per cent a month
and not half try."
This is the kind of thing that has pro
duced McMurray. A Weak sense of honesty
and honor has been blunted by the business
practices tolerated In a new country with
out an organized public opinion. A gen
eration hence such a career will be im
possible.
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Our Birthday Book
, August 80, 1810.
Benjamin Harrison, former president of
the United States, . was born August 20,
1S33, at North Send, O. Ha had the distlnc
Uon of being the great grandson of one of
the signers of the Declaration of Independ
ence and the grandson of President William
Henry Harrison. The Son of President Har
rison married the daughter of the lata
Senator Alvirr-Saunders of this city.
Herbert My rick, editor of Orange Judd
Farmer, one of the first and most Influen
tial agricultural newspapers, Is just 60
years old today. He waa born at Arling
ton, Mass.
Thomas Kllpatrlck of the Thomas Kllpat
rtck company, dry goods, was born August
10, 1M1. He Is a native of Scotland. He went
Into the wholesale dry goods business In
Cleveland, later removing to Omaha, and
finally took up the retail dry goods busl
neas exclusively. .
William Heald, member of the Omaha
police force. Is celebrating his sftth birth
day. He is a native of Mount Pleasant. Is,
In Other Lands
Ida Xaght on 'What li Trana.
plrlng Amonf tha Hear and
rat Stations of tha Earth.
An exceptionally well Informed, but un
named diplomat who hail personally In
vestigated conditions In Turkey tinder the
new regime. Is quoted by the Paris corre
spondent of the New York Tribune as ex
pressing doubt of the permanence of the
change of rulers of the Ottoman empire.
According to this obrerver the racial an
tagonism of Turk and Arab constantly
menace the peace of the country. The
former favor centralization, the latter de
centralisation. The delegation of govern
mental powers to a parllamont and a re
sponsible ministry strips the sultan of the
supremacy -which, In the view of the
Turks, Is necessary for a real caliph and
"defender of the faith." It Is the fcld battle
of democracy and federalism over again,
but In new environment This fundamental
difficulty would be overcome but for the
lack of men of experience, resolution and
Integrity to conduct reformed publlo affairs,
and the continuance In office of too many
experienced and skillful schemers of Abdul
Hamid's reign." Doubtless the party of
union and progress has made soma mis
takes and Is likely to blunder along until
experience is gained. One need but recall
the masterful skill with which the late
sultan was overthrown at the moment of
his supposed triumph over the constitution
alists to realise that there are skillful hands
at the helm competent to cope with any
ordinary outburst of the reactionaries.
Moral suasion as a temperance reform
agency Is strikingly demonstrated In the
north of Ireland In the spread of the
"Catch My Pal" society fostered by the
Irish Protestant Abstinence union. Started
In July of last year, the union has now a
membership of 12O,0uO and before the end of
the present year has come it Is expected
that the flag of total abstinence will be
firmly planted In each of the chief towns
and cities of the United kingdom. The
origin ol the. organization is a singularly
Interesting example of how seemingly
trivial incidents change the current of
men's lives and alter the social customs of
the people. One of a party of tipsy men
suggested half in Jest to a passing min
ister that he persuade them to take the
pledge.' The minister jollied the party In
the conversation that followed, and each
agreed to meet the minister three days
later and further discuss taking the pledge.
At this meeting each of the original party
of six took the pledge, and each agreed to
bring In another recruit from among their
pals. Out of , the supplementary pledge
sprang the name "Catch My Pal."
The centenary of Count Cavour, the great
leader of Italian unity, was celebrated
throughout Italy on August 10, amid grati
fying evidence of prosperity and general
advancement. The laat ten years have
been a period of unostentatious but solid
growth for Italy. The era of stress, not
unmixed with political debauchery, which
marked the first forty years of Italy's new
birth, has merged Into an era of political
and Industrial stability; persistent annual
deflciu have been wiped out, and the
credit of the nation firmly established. Her
foreign commerce has grown from $500,000,-
000 to near $1,000,000,000 a year. Of course.
Italy a prosperity Is relative, and must be
measured by Italian standards. Mendicancy
is still prevalent, and taxation Is still
heavy. But the former Is diminishing,
while Industry, commerce and education
are progresalng by leaps and bounds. -
The proposed recasting of the prison
system of Great Britain from one based on
punishment aa a deterrent of crime to that
of encouragement and reform lends Interest
to the remarkable success of the Salvation
army, in helping released convicts to gain
an honorable livelihood. Farming proves
to be the most helpful means to the end,
chiefly because of the comparative isola
tion from the sneering orowd and practical
Independence. Land owners In the suburbs
of London have become interested and
have sold the army numbers of small
tracts. .These tracts, Jn turn, are rented
on easy terms to released prisoners with
an arrangement by which the latter are
further enabled to buy them outright.
Thua far. 900 men who have worn the
stripes have been bettered In this way. So
successful, In fact, has the scheme proved
that the people of London are actually be
ginning to see in these farmers a means
of supplying a deficient vegetable market
for London, like American cities, is suf
fering to an extent from the high cost of
living.
American - newspaper methods are
steadily overturning and rattling the dry
bones of London Journalism. The practice
of reserving the first page for small ad
vertisements, a tradition hallowed by a
century's usage, has been overthrown by
the Dally News, and tha page given over
to news of first Importance. In announc
ing the wonderful change In the make-up
the editor of the News said: "If It is true
that the Judgment of the world Is sound
the principle of the front page for news
has long been beyond reasonable . doubt.
Great Brltlan la the only land In which
that principle does not dominate dolly
Journalism. In every other country that
counts, the popular press, the sound press,
and the press which Is both, have long
ceased to resist the feeling on the part of
the publlo that it likes tha most Interesting
news to be where It can be most easily
got at For this is a busy world; especially
In the early hours of the morning."
The Chinese progressives who petitioned
the throne to Institute national govern
ment immediately instead of waiting until
1918, the decreed year, were at liberty to
carry out their threat of suicide. For the
second time the memorials of the agitators
have been rejected by the council of the
empire, which decided to adhere to the
date originally fixed for Inaugurating a
national parliament. An Imperial edict Is
sued by the prince regent, nut only refuses
In positive terms to grant the prayer of
the petitioners, but In aa direot language
as Is possible to put such a warning In an
Imperial edict be notifies them that unless
they cease their agitating It will not be
well for their precious heads.
Veteran of the "Flrat Battle."
New York Tribune.
General Adoniram J. Warner, who died
laat Saturday at Marietta, O., had passed
out of public notice In recent years, but
a little more that a decade -and a
half ago he was one of th most active and
Influential figures In the free silver coin
age movement, which divided parties, ex
cited sectional hatreds and threatened the
credit of the nation. The part which he
playtd in fomenting the free coinage agi
tation waa th more notable from the fact
that he held no publlo office. But where-
ever the cheap dollar craze took hold he
was regarded as an authority and a leader.
The suhaldence of th agitation closed his
career In national politics.
Be Bar to L'oanf 'Km.
Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
According to th medical authorities Ice
cream must not contain more than 5,000,000
bacteria In a cublo meter. Now I the time
for an Inventor to put on the market a
computing machine for the use ttt carevl
Ice cream eater -
POLITICAL DRIFT.
Colonel Bryan hna accepted an Invitation
to make a campaign tour of Indiana this
fall.
Owing to the long dry spell navigation
of Salt Creek will be painfully alow and
difficult this fall.
Has anybody here seen Mullen Arthur
M-U-double-L-E-N? Has anybody In the
state seen Mullen since Jim took Shally InT
By a vote of 118 to S the Georgia assembly
paased a bill rt-tiuli-lng lobbyists to register,
wear a lag. and tell what measure they are
Interested In. Its passage Is assured In the
senate.
Congressman OHIe Jamee of Kentucky la
dusting the withered laurels won by James
K. Jones as the most enthualastlo prophet
of political landslides that ever hit tile
road. Ollie's vocal apparatus Is ever attuned
to melody.
Kleven hundred and eighty-four candi
dates, of whom 787 seek seats In the legis
lature this fall, will keep the voters of
Illinois busy on primary day. September 16.
Texas got a week's start of Nebraska In
nominating a farmer-cowboy for governor.
The announcement of a fund of $30,000
contributed by former Comptroller Mats of
New York for the employment of experts
to devise a modern system of bookkeeping
for cities, caused a roar among New
York's municipal barnacles. A genuine
business system of bookkeeping In New
York would separate scores of chair-warmers
from their Jobs.
CONVENTION "OVATIONS.
Texas Cheer a Followed by an Edi
torial Thoaabt.
New, York Sun.
Somewhere In the archive of political
statistics Is preserved the record of the
time consumed at Denver in 1908 In th
"demonstration" for the Peerless Leader.
We have forgotten the hours, minutes and
sconds, but It outlasted any similar period
of applause by a sufficient margin to
satisfy lte authors and Its object It occu
pied more than thirty-five minutes, the
time spent on Tuesday in cheers for Sena
tor Bailey In the Texas democratlo conven
tion. Indeed, Senator Bailey was very moder
ate In the delay he caused In the conven
tion. There was no reason why he should
not have had an hour or an hour and a
half of noise. When plana have been laid
for an "ovation" there la no limit to Its
length. The band rests while the faithful
friends In the galleries yell, and the gal
leries catch their breath while the band
plays. The chanting of conventional
phrases Imposes small effort on the ener
gies, and the bawling of choruses can bo
sustained Indefinitely. Any candidate who
content himself 'with fewer than sixty
minutes of carefully planned spontaneous
enthusiasm deserves praise for his msd
esty. In time It will be found expedient, unless
the example set by Mr. Bailey Is con
tagious, to set apart a day at all conven
tions for "demonstrations," "ovations" and
such non-essentials. The day after ad
journment might well be selected. These
"outbursts of prolonged applause" are
never begun or kept up by the delegates.
The bands and the visitors in the galleries
start, maintain and support them.
DOES PROHIBITION PROHIBIT
Internal Revenne Receipt Seoff at
the Water Waaron.
New York Tlmea.
The publication of the internal revenue
receipt for th fiscal year just ended
tempts us again to inquire what effect. If
any, the widespread prohibition movement
of recent years haa had upon- the actual
drinking habits of the people. According
to the United States statistical abstract
the per capita consumption of distilled
spirits In 1897 was 1.03 gallons, of - malt
liquors 14. M gallons, with wine making a
total of 14.60 gallons for each man, woman
and child of the whole population. In 1909
the per capita consumption of malt liquors
had risen to IB ."79 gallons, of distilled
spirits to 1.S7 gallons, and these, with "wines,
21. S3 gallons. The maxmum per capita
corsumptlon waa In 1907 23.64 gallons. Tha
lnternalj-evenue from fermented liquors
rose from $32,472,162 In 1897 to $57,464,411 in
1909, and to $00,672,000 In 1910. The revenue
from spirits showed a growth In like ratio
from $82,008,643 in 1897 to $134,868,034 In 1909,
and to $148,000,000 in 1910.
The per capita consumption of malt and
spirituous liquors during 1910 ha not yet
been estimated.. But the Internal revenue
receipts hold forth slight hop that prohi
bition ha accomplished mora than, to
stimulate the thirst of the new prohibition
states.
Talks for people
A merchant had an Idea, and put It
to work.
He put an advertisement In the
papers of his town asking the readers
what they considered first In buying
goods, and what "points" In his dally
advertising induced them to buy from
him.
Seventy per cent of the answers re
ceived named "quality" as the first
consideration in buying, with service.
style, satisfaction, in the order named
as next in importance.
This but emphasizes what The Bee
has always maintained that the ma
jority of people want quality goods
HAVE YOU READ THIS BOOK
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tiOiklbyaZhtmousJluthor
THF. WINDOW
atthe WHITE GAT
MARY ROBERTS RINEHART
Author of THE MAN IN LOWER TEN
CIRCULAR STAIRCASE. WHEN A MAN MARRIES
ta?l stores
mi nkTT t ax
Aw
Fresh Minod-Hard Coal $10.50
Havens-White Coal Co,
1618 Farnam Gt. Omaha, Nob.
Telephones-Douglas 630, Ind. A-1?i.
LINES TO A LAUGH. .
"He's painfully conaclentloua. Wouldn't I
buv hla little ulrl a rubber doll."
Whv not?"
"He says he's afraid he mlaht be encour
aging Senator Aldrlch and the alleged rub- .
ber trust." Cleveland Main Kealer.
Top. I want to ask you something."
"Yea, my son." .
"Would you dans articles about eleo
Irlitty under the head of current lttera
ture?"Baltlmoie American.
Eameralda What a dcllclously light,
fluffy, airy affair that la!
tiwendolln Yea. this la my aviation cos
tume; my going up gown, you know.-
cago Tribune.
"What made you think he would proo'J
"Why, when I refused him he said he
didn't care what became of him; but per
hapa he wasn't serious." Houston Post.
"The next event," said the announcer at
the county fair, "will be a sack race for
girls. Professionals barred.
"What do you mean by profeaalonalsr
"Those who have been wearing hobble
skirts." Louisville Courier-Journal.
"The larger stars form the constellations,'1
says the teac-her: "but of what la tne Miiay
J Way composed? .
V ! . Xr atara. o' course." oNera. the
boy with one suspender. J udge.
"When they came to New York svarr.
body was saying of the l that they would
hang the expense."
"But "now ?t" turns out that her wonder
ful diamonds are only paste.
Hanging the expense in effigy, SO to
speak." Puck. ' '
"Miss Passay Is furious with that society
reporter."
"Why so?" , . .
"He published the announcement or her
approaching wedding under the column
headed 'Late Engagements.' Life, -
Dlaere-et.
"Mar I may I klsa you.
dearr sal4
"Flrst'l want one thing made clear."
said she. .'.'.."!.
"Have you e'er kissed a maid before, or
No,"rl'he answered she was sure he
Then'wlth willing lips, she whispered.
"Well
Yes. you may, since you don't klsa and
..it
Boston m. rnecru?w .
DTSTEUCTI0N.
C. P. McDonald In Chicago Tribun..
Meet me at the ball gam. 5 parte.
Promptly at the stroke of 3;
On the corner I'll be waiting;
It I'm late, Just wait for roe.
Out there In th grandstand, dear!,'
W will cheer the boy at playi
' Free from every thought of worry.
We will have a holiday.
Clap and root, dear;
'Yell and hoot dear;
Kid th ump and make a noise.
Be a fan, dear:
While you can, dear:
You must be one of th boys.
Meet me at th ball park, dearie:
Be on time and Jolly me: r
Wear that big hat trimmed In flower
So the chap behind can't see: L
They are sur to kid you, dearie; - '
Just let on you do not hear.
Stand up When the play exciting.
Shut the view off from th rear.
Do not top, dear, . i
Spill your pop, dear,
On the pompous- gent In front.
Cheer the foe. dear.
Let 'er go, dear.
Even for a measly bunt
Meet m at th ball game, dearie, .
If a peachy afternoon:
Sun Is out and fairly scorching.
And all nature is In tune.
Ask me to explain each question
That arises and each play;
"What's a foul striker What's a llnerr
What's a homer" anyway t .
When they try. dear.
To untie, dear, . .
Some decision that's In doubt, , .
If we win, dear,
Pitch right in, dear.
Asking what It's all about.
LN THE (30UBTET.
T. A. Daly . In Catholio Standard.
Me dtoctor aes: "Youse ter d country! ' "
Git out wld de hayseeds an' reat"
An' me feelin" dopey, Jiat beat it,
Bellevln' 'twas all fur de best.
So here where I landed las' We'n'Sd'y.
Right here wld de come-on an' rub,
Wld nothln' around me but scenery.
An' breat'ln' fresh air t'rough m
tubes.
But rest? Jumpln' Felix! where is it? --
Well, mebbe de country Is fine.
But, say, If dese noises is "quiet"
De clang o' de trolley fur mine!
X ain't step' a wink, on d level!"
I ain't olosed a peeper at night.
Say, listen, I'm canned be de racket
Dese country birds makes when, dey
fight -"Katie
did," yells one bird; den anudder
He ups an' he tells him. "You lie!"
Den dey're off In a bunch, de whole party.
An' cheel how de langwldge does fly!
Flynn'B boiler-shop simply ain't In It .
Wld dat aggregation. Nit Neln!
It dese country notaes is quiet,
D clang o' de trolley fur mlnel .
Back! Back to ole clvllerzatlon
I'm makln de straightes' bee-line.
Rest up wld de rubes If youse wants ter
De clang o' de trolley fur mine.
who sell things
and are willing to pay for quality
that cheap merchandise and cheap
tnethods do not appeal that intelli
gent advertising of quality, service,
satisfaction and fair prices does, ap
peal to the people, does sell goods.
Mr. Merchant, The Bee is read in
70 per cent of the homes of Omaha.
Over 100,000 readers, every day, are
reading the advertising columns" to
see what manner of goods you have to
offer them.
. We have a special service depart
ment, copy and Illustrations, setting
forth the quality of your goods pur
chased. 0 TG48nJisV'i
TOf i rwg
JI Gnat Musfcv
VERY FINE TALE THIS )
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