THE BEE:" OMAHA. "TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1910.
FOUNDED BY EDWARD HOSE WATER.
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bTATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
ueorge B. imscbuok. treasurer of Tbe Bsc
I'ublislitng Company, being duly ,y,otn:
says that the actual number of full and
rumniat mni nr Th Tjallv. Morning.
Evening and tiundsy Bes printed during
the menth of July. MO. wag as toUows:
1 44,070
I.... 45,400
.... 41,000
4 05,000
.... 49,780
........ .41,800
I 41,899
..... 41,040
' I... 414140
If ,...40,400
11 41,860
11.... 41,010
II..... 41,030
14. .41,740
, ,41,000
I t ....... l. .40,300
11 0,sev
jl 4AS70
H 4ASM
10 4X00
ii 4a,i
tt ,97
eg 49,040
4 .....40,800
II ...40.310
4880
7 42,000
II 48,410
I i.... 48,830
10 48,400
II ...40,000
Total , U3 23,310
staraed eo$lea 13,007
Set total M10.043
Dally average. 40,840
OEOROK B. TZSCHUCK.
Treasurer.
Bubsi.ibed In my'' presence and sworn to
oetore me this 1st day cf August, 1910.
M. B. WALKER,
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Can it be that somebody has put the
Indian sign on Senator Gore? "
A counterfeit $1,000 bill la abroad
tn the land. Legislators, beware.
Dictionaries, will have to recognize
that sententious little word, "bully,"
hereafter.-
Even the reform chief of police of
Chicago Is having a few mean things
laid about him.
The readiness wit. which King Al
fonso bits his phuto, taken shows he
Is not afraid to go up against the guns.
The railroad yards at Lincoln were
Submerged by tbe big rain, but water
cannot hurt that town that is water
on the side. ;
Some of us have scarcely caught up
with the automobile gait, and here-we
are asked to whip up to the airship.
It is a fast age.
If Luther Burbank would only con
vert dandelions into blue grass we
would be in favor of electing him to
some high office. (
Cincinnati, we fear, cannot hope to
pass Cleveland again In the population
race. The latter will ever remain the
metropolis of Ohio.
Collector Loeb says pulls will get
no plums with him, in which case
wealthy tourists had better conserve
their financial muscle.
It is all right for the weather man
to try to help us catch up with our de
ficiency of moisture, but he will please
not give it to us all at once.
Until the turbulent recount waves
subside democratlo organs in Ne
braska need not worry over any little
roughness of republican waters.
A colored preacher in St Louis re
cently prayed for "republicans ' and
sinners." We ought to expect some
improvement In the democrats now.
A Chicago preacher has quit the'
pulpit to go on the stage. We have
several tn Omaha 'who could do like
wise without doing serious Injury to
the cause of religion.
The Eagles in their annual conven
tion at St. Louis leaned toward "A Hot
Time in the Old Town" as their favor
lte piece. It is always at least an ap
propriate piece for St Louis tn the
merry month of August.
Japan has recalled a consul from
Manila who took aides with Filipinos
opposed to American rule. Again
showing that spirit of anti-American-
Ism in Japan, about which some of our
passionate 'statesmen prate.
"Governor Shallenberger got more
votes in the late primary than did
Mayor "Jim," only too many of them
were recorded In the populist column
It's dollars to doughnuts that the gov
ernor now wisnes that suit to stop
double filings on one filing fee had
been decided the other way.
What right has a candidate who
agrees under oath "to abide by the re
sult of the primary and qualify
elected, to, refuse to abide by the re
sult by.: withdrawing from the ticket
on which he. Is nominated Just be
cause., be 4 defeated for nomination
on another and distinct party ticket?
Eational Flea for Unity.
President Tsft'o letter to Represent
ative McKlnley, as chairman of the re
publcan congressional committee. Is a
sound and rational plea for unity
among republicans. As the president
says, it lo to be either a republican or
democratic victory at the polls this
fall; there is no such thjng as an "in
surgent" or a "regular" victory. Why,
then, would any republican refuse to
lend his vote and Influence toward se
curing the re-election of a republican
majority in the next house of repre
sentatives? Suppose he does not ap
prove every schedule in the tariff law,
or every provision of the railroad law,
or every detail in this law and that
enacted by the last two congresses, if
he believes in the fundamental prin
ciples of republicanism as well as in
the general good of the measures en
acted, why should he not stay with his
party and secure a completion of the
program outlined to the people In
1908?
Nothing could be gained to the coun
try at large by electing a democratic
bouse of representatives this fall, but
much could be lost. It would simply
mean a deadlock in congress, for the
democratic house, of course, would
balk at every administration measure
and lock horns with the republican
senate, The oum total of its labors
would, of necessity, be negative,
whereas the election of a republican
house would continue to work In bar
mony with the president and thus se
cure tbe enactment or perfection of
those measures the people called for
in 1908, not yet reached by congress
It stands to reason that If the next
bouse is republican the working har
mony between congress and the chief
executive will be more nearly complete
than It was In the recent congress, and
with all that may be Bald as to past
relations, the record shows more tangi
ble, practical legislation accomplished
than ary other congress has enacted.
The Truth About Diamonds. '
With one short-arm punch, Collec
tor Loeb of the port of New York
knocks in the head the whole nulla
balloo about the enormous increase in
the American importation of precious
stones. From the large import duties
collected on these costly articles the
people very naturally concluded that
the country was going diamond-mad.
"but Mr. Loeb says this Is not true.
"It is merely that We are getting a
record of the stones that we never
knew of before, because they were
smuggled," says Mr. Loeb. It is all
aa plain as day. And the chances are
that Instead of Increasing our Impor
tation of diamonds, pearls and other
precious stones we shall begin to ob-
serve, a. significant falling off in their
importation, for the duty on such arti
cles, k especially since the last tariff
went into, effect a, year ago. . is very
high. It is a far cry from smuggling
a precious stone in free of charge to
paying the regular duty on it, so as a
people we shall have to sort of get
used to the new conditions before
overstocking on diamonds. ,
William Loeb Is giving his country
a very vivid demonstration of actual
reform in the system of collecting for
eign revenue. In one year he saved
to the government the sum of $12,
000,000 and, better than all, he has
seemingly destroyed a system of graft
and gain, which amounted to robbery
of the nation, in an amazingly brief
period, though it had been entrenched
for years. And, af ten. all, it was a sim
ple work, requiring only common hon
esty, courage and the determination
to do what a strong mind conceived to
be right and possible.
It sets a high standard for-future
collectors at the port of New York, too
high to offer much ground for the
belief that it will ever be safe or pos
sible tp return to the old order of
things.
The West'i Apple Crop.
Ever since that little episode in the
Garden of Eden the apple has been the
staple fruit In most countries. About
It the memories of childhood cluster,
the lines of tbe poet Jingle and tradi
tions of art cling. Scientists say It
contains more nutrition than any
other fruit, and certainly it can be
turned Into financial profit as readily
as any other, if not more so. It is in
digenous to more kinds of soil and
climate than any other and is always
in demand, and in late years has been
at a very fancy price.
For these and other reasons it is
extremely gratifying to know that the
Paciflo coast states have this year pro
duced the biggest apple crop In their
history that Washington, Oregon,
California, Idaho, Utah, Montana, New
Mexico and Colorado, forming what is
called the box group of states, have
raised 60 per cent more apples this
year than they did last year, and the
largest crop they ever raised. At the
same time the quality is said to be the
best ever. - All this is exceedingly for
tunate for those farmers who have ap
pie orchards, for the prices this year
are on a par with their crops, so that
it stands to reason some snug fortunes
are going to be carved out of western
apples.
We need more apples In this coun
try. The supply Is nowhere near
equal to the demand and In late years
prices in some parts of the country
have become all but prohibitive. It la
most encouraging, therefore, to. know
that Immense areas of this far new
west are being devoted to apple cul
ture and, aa the returns are quick and
sure and large, greater areas will be
so devoted in time. The Pacific north
west is. especially adapted to the pro
duction of fine apples, but it has no
monopoly on this resource, for right
here In Nebraska wo can and do raise
the best sort of apples and we could!
and should raise much more than we
do. Our cro"p this year, owing to the
early frosts, is not normal, but that is
purely a local matter; Nebraska farm
ers should begin to devote more atten
tion and more land to apple orchards.
Disproportionate Representation.
During the recent primary election
campaign Incidental reference was
made to the disproportionate and un
fair representation in the legislature
which has prevailed" in Nebraska lor
so many years. Former Supreme
Court Reporter Judge Wilbur F. Bry
ant, in a published letter stated the
case in plain language as follows:
In direct violation of the constitution
the legislature for twenty-five years has
refused to reapportion the representation
In our legislature. One county below.
south of the Platte river, which divides
the atata. has 20.000 inhabitants and
three representatives; another has 11,000
inhabitants and one representative and a
float North of the Platte Thurston and
Dakota counties are unrepresented In the
legislature except by a float with Cum
lng county; and Cedar, and Pierce, with
11,000 Inhabitants, have only one repre
sentative. Douglas county ought to hav
thirteen members In the lower house and
four senators. It has nine representa
tives and three senators. Do you pretend
to say that a legislature like-ours voices
the people of the statet
The way this condition was brought
about and the reason why it has not
boon remedied rest on the same foun
dation. The last legislative redisrict
ing In Nebraska was made In 1887 on
the basis of a state census that sub
stantially confirmed the then existing
apportionment. A new apportion
ment should have been had in 1891
upon the federal census of 1890, but
the populist legislature refused to act
because Omaha would have been the
largest gainer. The mid-decade state
census went by the board owing to the
drouth and panic poverty which
afflicted the state in 1893 and 1894
and the redisricting due after the
1900 census went by the board through
the greediness of overweighted dis
tricts declining to consent, to reduced
representation.
This explains how Nebraska comes
to be suffering In 1910 the Injustice of
a legislative apportionment made In
1887. In the intervening twenty-'
three years the population of this state
has been- largely redistributed. Great
areas that were then almost uninhab
ited have become dotted with prosper
ous towns and villages and tracts sup
posed to have been wholly desert and
barren have been made to yield pro
lific crops. Omaha, which in 1885
had 60,000 people, will have more
than twice that number by this year's
census. These later settled commu
nities, however, have practically no
voice in their law-making correspond
ing to their numbers.
Tbe first thing needed to assure the
rule of -the people Im; Nebraska 1s , a
redisricting for legislative representa
tion that will, conform with present
day conditions and remove the
shackles forged upon us a quarter of a
century ago.
Japan's Big Task.
Winning the confidence of the peo
ple to 'the extent of "benevolent as
similation" is the biggest task Japan
assumes in annexing Korea and the
Mikado's government Seems to recog
nize this fact, for In its official state
ment of the transfer of sovereignty,
It says: "The spirit of suspicion and
misgiving dominates the whole penln
sular."
This spirit will have to be con
quered before the absorption of the
hermit kingdom by Japan will ever
become profitable to either, and there
la where the real test of Japan's states
manship will come in. ' Bandied about
between Japan and Russia as a trophy
of military triumph it is perfectly nat
ural that Korea should be suspicious
and have her misgivings as to the good
faith of her hew sovereigns, nor Is it
to be wondered at that the diplomatic
expressions of fidelity as contained in
the treaty of annexation, guaranteeing
equal rights to the masses and proper
distinction to the titled classes, fail
all at once to allay these feelings of
apprehension. Koreans too long and
too tenaciously opposed annexation by
the mikado to peremptorily forsake
their traditional suspicions of anything
Japanese.
Thus, while the outside world may
well believe that Japan . is perfectly
sincere In all its pledges In this treaty
for obvious reasons that affect the in
tegrity and prosperity of Japan, quite
as much as they can possibly affect
those of Korea, it cannot help but see
that herein lies the most serious task
Involved in the whole scheme of con
junction. And this task will have to
be effectually met before any progress
can be made toward building up a co
herent nation out of the two peoples.
Koreans will be slow to give up la
menting their own national effacement
and this, together with the natural
misgiving of tbe Japanese, must make
tbe process of winning their confidence
a alow one. Japan can never afford to
make any slip that may add to this
spirit of suspicion. It haa only come
to the real test of its own national
powers
1
It distresses us keenly to see an old
friend (by permission), Edgar How-
ard, reviled aa virulent and un
truthful" by the Papllllon Times,
which Edgar himself so long edited
and built up to whatever position of
affluence and influence it -occupies. If
some vilely partisan republican sheet
had ao far forgotten itself aa to heap
auch opprobrious epithets on Edgar
we would expect him to retaliate in
kind, but to be so placarded by a dem
ocratic paper and by the paper which
Is really flesh of his flesh and bone of
bis bone must touch Edgar to the
quick and sink the sting of ingratitude
In so deeply that he will grope help
lessly and hopelessly for words equal
to the emergency.
: rrrrr:
The eminent financiers who consti
tute our Water board are waiting for
the money market to look more like
the floating of $6,600,000 of 4 per
cent bonds at par. Omaha has been
waiting since 1903 for the consumma
tion of the "immediate and compul
sory" purchase of the water works de
creed by the law passed in that year.
It's a great waiting game.
One reading of the list of names of
those who will participate in the re
ception to Colonel Roosevelt should
convince that while in Omaha he Is to
be monopolised by no party, faction,
clique, class or set, but lo to belong to
the whole people.
If winter holdo off long enough
those paving contractors who have
kept our streets torn up all summer
may possibly finish their work before
snow flies, but the chances are all
against It.
In Is little wonder that Inspector
Dew of Scotland Yard .dislikes Amer.
lean newspapers. They are so brutally
frank, and yet the chances are they
will go right ahead In the same old
way.
The first thing Mayor Gaynor
wanted when able to leave the hospital
was an automobile ride. Mis narrow
escape must have bred a sort of reck
less regard for safety.
Getting; Their Money's Worth.
Sioux City Tribune.
While Shallenberger and Dahlman spent
a larger amount in the campaign, they are
enjoying a long drawn out performance for
their money.
More of the Old Brandt
Cleveland Leader.
"There will be fun In 1912," thinks Colonel
Bryan. Does William anticipate any larger
chunks of Joy than were handed to Mm
In Vm, 1900 and 1906 T
Did Sherman Heart
Pittsburg DlBpatch.
Did Vice President Sherman have his ear
to the ground to catch1 the wireless earth
currents from Cheyenne? What pretty
spectacle it would be to have those en
thustastlo Indians and cowboys and cow
girls at the Saratoga, convention After the
colonel's defeat of the old guard they would
sure shoot up the town.
Not as Good as It Looks.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
General Grant wants the army author
lied to seise all private autos In war time
for use of the troops. Just think of the
number of persons who would hunger for
war so they could unload their cars on the
government at war prices. But remember.
lng how soma of these civil war claims are
still dragging along It might be less at
tractive than It looks at first glance.
Heard n- Nebraska.
' , Chicago Post.
"What Is alt thi: racket?" asks the man
aging editor" ofiViie'Commohert. '
"I understand explains the proofreader,
that the populace' la cheering madly for
an eminent fauna! naturalist" 1
"Humph!" say ' the managing editor.
'That's all the credit I get for staying at
home swatting flies instead, of going ' to
Africa and depleting the visible supply of
elephants." '
And he engulfs another cockroach In the
postepot while from the dim distance the
hoarse cheers of the assemblage continue
to reverberate.
ProR-resalve. Spirit of the West.
- Boston Transcript
The demand for the establishment of
postal savings banks Is thus far much more
active beyond the Mississippi than on this
side of It. As usual, the more radical west
lends Itself to a new eeonomlo or political
experiment In advance of ths conservative
east. While more than 10 per cent, of all
the applications come from Minnesota, New
England la represented by only about 4 pes
cent, and Oklahoma Is considerably ahead
of New Tork In this respect These In
stltutlona may grow In favor In the older
sections, but at present there seems to be
a disposition in the latter to let the less
solid communities prove or disprove their
value.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Messrs. Roosevelt and Cannon are slated
to speak In behalf of a Virginia congress
man whose claim to re-election la stand-
pa tism that never was flinched.
John Laws of Orange oounty, North
Carolina, at the age of 86 and after fifty
two years continuously In offloe. Is again
a candidate for register of deeds. H Is
declared to be the oldest officeholder In
the United States.
Miss Italia Garibaldi, granddaughter of
the famous liberator. Is In New York,
where she Is to deliver a series of lectures
on the life of the great Italian hero. She
will also give leotures describing the work
of the Methodist ohurch In Rome. .
Joseph Vogel, Chicago's champion dish,
washer, met and defeated Mrs. Mary Nel
son, Clark Station, Ind., champion. In a
contest for the middle west championship.
Vogel washed and dried X dishes in thir
teen minutes and nineteen seconds. Mrs.
Nelson time was fifteen minutes.
Miss Lille Larahbough, a society girl of
Fargo, N. P., has won a $1,000 prise for a
decoration to be used on the sliver service
of the new dreadnought battleship North
Dakota. Her prise design consists of an
eagle, anchor and steering wheel, emble
matic of the navy, with a sheaf of wheat
In the center, typical of North Dakota
products. The sliver service will be paid
for by popular subscription.
Drawings of the elevation of tlyf proposed
national memorial to Orover Cleveland at
Princeton, N. J., show a maselva Gothic
tower of gray stone, 160 feet In height and
forty feet square - at ths base, which will
form the main architectural feature of the
group of building for the graduate school
of Princeton university. In on of the
rooms will probably be erected a portrait
statue of Mr. Cleveland, and it Is planned
to form a collection of fersonel relic. Ths
cost of the tower will be 100,000, of which
(75,000 has been pledged.
Our Birthday Book
August t0, 1310.
Clarence D. Chadwick, practitioner and
teacher of Christian Science In , the New
Tork Life building, was born Auaust SO.
1S66, at Rensellaervllle, New Tork. He
was educated In the Franklin Polytech-
nlc and Worcester Polytechnic echools In!
mechanical enj;Ui-erlng and I a graduate
of the Massachusetts Metaphysical coPeg-i
wlLh degree ef C. S. B,
Army Gossip
Matters of latere On an Back
er ths Tiring Line Ctleaeet from
the Army - sag Xfarr Beg-leter.
Tests of wireless telephone devices are
being continued In Washington by officers
of the signal corps. Communication Is be
ing had between a station on the Mill
building and one at the bureau of standards
on the Pierce mill road. Beveral kinds of
Instruments are being used. For the most
part they are devices which have been
purchased and then assembled Into com
plete apparatus at the signal corps labor
atory. The results so far have been satis-
fsctory.
Two vacancies are to occur in the grade
of field officers of ths Infantry. The
first will be that of Lieutenant Colonel
H. L. Bralley. Fifth infantry, on duty at
Plattsburg barracks, N. T., on August IT
and the other that of Lieutenant Colonel
8. A. Wolf. Twenty-eighth Infantry, on
duty at Fort Bnelling, Minn., and who is
number 4 In hta grade. The latter officer
haa been granted leave of absence until
October 19, .when he will be transferred
from the active list. The retirement of
Lieutenant Colonel Bralley will serve to
advance Major W. L. Buck, Tenth Infan
try, and Captain 8amuel Seay. Twenty-
third Infantry, to next higher grades.
Major Buck was a patient In the Walter
Reed General hospital for six months.
when he was .ordered before a retiring
board here, but he regained his health to
such an extent that he was not required
to present himself before the ooard. If
there are no casualties to cause promotion
before the retirement of Lieutenant Coir
onel Wolf In October, his transfer from
the active list will promote Major D. K.
Plummer, Third Infantry, now on duty
tn the Philippines, and Captain J. T. Dean,
Tenth Infantry, who la on duty at the
Army War college and who, of course,
would become a major In the Third in
fantry. One of the greatest problems with which
the military authorities have to deal Is that
of keeping employed those serving sen
tences of confinement at military prisons.
Whenever any effort is made to relieve
the monotony of their lives by Instituting
a system of useful and productive employ
ment the labor unions rise up In wrath and
make a point of the deprivation wrought
by convict labor. It Is now proposed to
engage In the manufacture of shirts at
the Ignited States military prison at Fort
L,eavenwortn. There is no statutory
prohibition to' Interfere with sunn a pro
ceeding. This particular labor Is not
likely to be In competition with outside
labor and It Is not contemplated to sell
the product, which will be used fn keep
ing up the stock of the institution. The
objection to this class of employment
has gone so far as to seek to prevent the
employment of garrison prisoners on such
work aa rough painting and' bricklaying,
although that labor Is not In competition
with outside labor, as it Is the kind of
work which must be dona in order to keep
an army post and Its buildings In proper
repair and If such work were not don
by convict labor It would have to be done
by, the labor of troops. There is every
reason for giving employment to the mil
ltary prisoners at Fort Leavenworth, as
It Is essential to the discipline and health
of the prisoners.
' It was intended that the articles furnished
by the ordnance department for the new
Infantry equipment should be sent to troops
at the various camps for practical trial;
but it haa been found that some of the ar
ticles cannot be manufactured In time to
carry out this purpose. It Is hoped by the
ordnance office that there will be no diffi
culty In getting a supply of sufficient pro
portions to equip, the infantry troops at
the campe at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind.,
between September 1 and SO, and at Atas-
cadero, Ind., between September IS and
October IB. It is desirable to have the entire
equipment, so far as these ordnance articles
are concerned, furnished for trial instead
of attempting anything In that direction
with only a part of the equipment Some
trouble has been encountered In obtaining
the aluminum canteen and it is Important
that In many tests of the new equipment
this article be used since Its relation to the
remainder of the equipment could not be
properly worked out with the present can
teen as ' a substitute. The work on the
manual for the new infantry equipment
.will probably be completed during the next
two weeks and Captain John L. Do Witt
Twentieth InDantry, and Captain M. B.
Stewart, Eighth Infantry, who have been
Intimately concerned In the investigations
Into the subject and who have been com
piling the manual wilt return to their regi
ments, the former officer going to the
Philippines and the latter to the presidio
o Monterey.
A board of officers has been appointed
to meet at the War department on August
tt for the purpose of making recommenda
tion for filling existing vacancies In the
general staff corps and vacancies which
will occur between now and December II,
1M1, by reason of expiration of details of
promotions of future Incumbents. The
board will consist of Major General Leon
ard Wood and William ' H. . Carter, and
Brigadier Generals Albert L. Mills, Charles
L. Hodges, and William W. Wotherspoon,
There are now two vacancle caused by
the relief of Lieutenant Colonel Walter
L. Flnley, Thirteenth cavalry, and of Cap
tain Michael J. Henlhan, Twenty-fifth in
fantry. All the colonels of the general
staff will be relieved from duty from that
corps before the end of the next year.
Colonel Montgomery M. Macomb, Sixth
field artillery, will be appointed brigadier
general on November 14, next, on retire
ment of Brigadier General Albert L. Myer,
and the details of Colonel Stephen C.
Mills, Inspector general, will expire on
August IS, 1011, Colonel George 8. Ander
son, Ninth cavalry, October I, 1910, and
Joseph W. Duncan, Blxth Infantry. Au
gust IS, 1911. Lieutenant Colonel Lea
Fehlaer. Blxth Infantry, who stand num
ber 1 nn the Hat at Infanlrv nfflMrl t !
his grade, will probably be promoted
within a few months, when his detail In
the general staff will cease. The detail
of Major Daniel H. Boughton, Fifth cav
alry, will expire on May 23, 1811; Major
Hirst March 28, 1911; Major John F. Mor
rison, Twentieth Infantry, August 15, 1911;
Major Henry C. Cabell, Fourteenth In
fantry, August 15, 1911; Major William P.
Burnham, Seventh Infantry, March 15,
1911; Major Samuel D. Sturgis, First field
artillery, March tt, 1911; Captain Peter C.
Harris, Twenty-fourth Infantry, March IS,
191; Captain Fred W. Sladen, Fourteenth
Infantry, August 15, 1911, Captain Fred a
Cocheau, Twelfth Infantry, August 15,
1911; Captain Joseph P. Tracy, coast ar
tillery corps. March It. 19U; Captain Sam
uel C. Vestsl, coast artillery corps, March
. 191; Captain Fox Conner, First field ar
tillery, April t, 1911; Captain Sherwood A.
Cheney, corps of engineers, March 15,
1911. Captain Edmund Wlttenmyer, Fifth
Infantry, 1 number t on the list of Infantry
offloers of his grade, and will probably
soon vacate la place In the general staff
by reason of promotion.'
Needless Exslaaatloas.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Why should tt have been considered
necessary to explain that Theodore Roose
velt would fight his foes to a finish? Has
he aver been known to retire fcom a fight
before tt WM ever I
POLITICS IS NEBRASKA.
Papllllon Republican: Governor Bhallen
bergrr complains that Dahlman w nom
inated hy the aid of republicans. We be
lieve two years ago ShaBsnberger waa
elected by th ame method.
Beatrice Expreaa: The Gage county
farmer who loaded twelve of his fat hog
Into wagrona and hauled them to market,
returning home with $171 therefore. Is not
particularly objecting to the existing order
of things.
David City Banner! Some people who
ought to know say that the open primary
was Governor Shallenberger' own measure
by which he expeoted to give hi republican
friends a chance to help him out In. th
primary this year.
Pawnee Republican: William Hay ward
carried hie home precinct In Nebraska City
by St to L
What's th matter with H ay ward f
Not adam thing.
He's all right
And straight a a string.
West Point Republican: The governor I
sore and unable to , rejoice over getting
30,000 recruit for the democratlo party In
one bunch. Usually there is joy over a
inner that repenteth, but deep la th woe
of brother Ash and he haa taken to sack
cloth and ashes with a vengeance.
Edgar Post: Still the automobile business
flourishes in spite ot the numerous warn
ings and protests on th part of banks and
other business Interests. You csn't stop
a farmer buying something be wants when
he has the money to pay for It by holding
up th bug-a-boo of financial depression in
WaU street
Lexington Ploneert Republicans are not
losing any sleep over the quarrel now go
ing on In th democratlo camp. Democrat
mad the present primary laws with the
belief that they would very materially
help them to skin the republicans. It ap
pear they worked th other way, and the
democrat should be compelled to take
their own medicine.
Albion News: The Omaha Bee begin to
see the handwriting, and bad an edltdrihl
recently headed,. "Nebraska Republicans
are Progressiva." Next year at this time
It villi be claiming to be th original In
surgent paper In th atat. Th editor I
already claiming to have been th first to
suggest that Cannon should not b a
candidate for speaker again.
Bloornlngton Advocate: It waa the sting)
of ingratitude that caused the political un
doing of Governor Shallenberger. According
to all precedents he waa clearly entitled
to a renomlnatlon at the hands of the demo
cratic party. No doubt a good many wet
republican voted for Dahlman, but if the
democrat had stood by Shallenberger he
would have been renominated.
Kearney. Democrat: Th .Omaha Bee
tells th whole story In a sentence. It
says: "Governor Shallenberger drove an
extra spike In bis coffin when he signed the
eight o'clock lid law." And The Bee re
joices and it will advocate the repeal of
that law the best temperate law ever en.
acted not particularly required for tem
perate people, but especially good for tn
temperate people.
Kearney Hub: Governor Shallenberger
ay that th open primary law Is "vicious
In practice." The governor should have
oom to this conclusion sooner, ssy when
It waa passed up to him toy the last legis
lature. The fact Is It was a, trap set to
catch republicans, end two, big, rat lulcy
democrat hav fallen into the pit. Under
the circumstances any sympathy bestowed
would be wasted.
Wayne Herald: The Omaha Bee charac
terises ths result of the late primary In
Nebraska from a republican standpoint as
progressive, and neither Insurgent nor re
actionary. This I the right conclusion,
and a conclusion on which victory In No
vember, can be secured. Complete triumph
of either extreme would have Impaired th
strength of the party and weakened th
prospect for uccea.
Grand Island Independent: According to
th Lincoln correspondent of Th Omaha
Bee, "the governor figures that Dahlman
got at leaat 15,000 or 10,000 republican votes
and therefor It Is his duty as th head
of th democratic party to see to It that th
right of democracy are respected." But
why did not Governor Bhallenberger see to
these rights when hi party deliberately
and purposely changed the primary law In
order that this very thing the elimination
of party lines In tbe primaries could be
accomplished?.
Pender Times: W. J. Bryan has a right
w suppose to support whom he please
during this campaign, but after th events
of the last few week It eems Strang that
he would com forward so quickly with
his announcement that he would support
Hitchcock. However, it 1 not any more
strange than his support of Parker In 1904
after saying that Parker was dishonest
unworthy of support Bryan haa strong!
convictions on th Issues of th day, but
his love for the old damooratio donkey la
stronger than any convictions of rlgfrt or
This Is by way of explaining "how
you can and why."
The people of Omaha are intensely
.
interested in your store, your merchan-
diee, your prices and your methods be-
cause they look to you for all the no-
cessitles and luxuries of every day life.
The advertising columns of Tbe Bee
will carry your message to 120,000 in-
terested people every day you can
win their confidence and their custom
through intelligent advertising In The
Bee because they believe tn its honesty
and Integrity, in its policy of a "square
deal to everybody." They look to The
Bee for clean, honest news and Tbe
Talks for people who sell things
GOUTANT a SQUIRES' COAL OFFICE
REMOVED TO 210 SOUTH 1 7T II STREET
Our Hard Coal lo Tho Scranton
How Ii lb Tim, lo Bb), Tiltpbimti Deug. 930) lid. Jt-1930.
NEBRASKA FARM VALUES
I have compiled the transfer of Nebraska farm lands from April J, 1101,
to April 1. 110; also for purposes of comparison, ths same Information for
the period from April 1, lt04, to April 1. Itoi.
T7ATI ranrOBJtATTOW IB AlVa.BI.a to every person or company lntor
sstsd in Nebraska realty or financial Investments, whether aa buyer, seller
or mortgagee. The figures show Nebraaks's steady development and the
stability ot prices, based upon the great agricultural prosperity that the
ststs has enjoyed.
EVERY riQURE FROM OFFICIAL RECORDS
Ths sales recorded are taken from the official records of tl counties in
Eastern Nebraska, and are, therefore, accurate and reliable. Your business in
Nebraska can be conducted with greater aafety If you own this book Its
contents give you a perfect knowledge of values In svery township of th 61
counties and enables you to learn. In a moment, what you need to know about
land price In Nebraska. WWH TODAY rOK OOarrXXTa UuromaCATIOsr.
W. M. LEONARD, ,
ItaaasUl Correspondent Valoa
01 rvin also.
wrong. Ha prefer to retain! W ewes Wl
hi muleship than on a waW wesvn mpos
dally when that water wwon enow) edgal
of veering toward the O. O, I oaropt . J
Loup City Northwestarni The AarorajfT
Sun, edited by a minister of the gnafieUj
announced last week If Dahlman
nominated that paper would support nttrs)
The Sun has argued prior to the prtmarf
that Dahlman was a gambler, a booaen.
an upholder of the wide-open SalooTV
against the eight-hour law, and not Cf,
for lovtrnar. and noW erawfiahaa. Wfen
Amr M the Run Is a fair (Mdmen df the
other democratlo papers of the tatettiei
have been bitterly opposing the nomrnaaoti
of Hairless JlmT
O'Neill Frontier! The nomination of
Dahlman Is such a ttltter dose to some
O'Neill democrat that they refuse a
cept htm and swear by the shades ef dem
ocracy's departed glory that they will never
vote for him. On democrat le so bitter In
his denunciation that h say Aldrlch will,
carry Holt oounty by at least M0 majority, ,
Of eourse the republloane have always be
lieved that the republican ticket would ,
carry the oounty toy a good, safe majority,.
but hardly looked for the election to be
made so unanimous.
LAUGHING LINES.
Adam critically regarded Bve,
"Her attire Is a hit primitive." he said,
but I prefer It to the hobble skirt"
Reelne no occasion for appending an ex
planatory diagram to his remark, he let tt,
go at that and resumed his gardening. Chi- .
cago Tribune.
?ne Ring Ten cents to the bellboy,
wo Rings Fifteen cents to the chamber
maid.
Three Ring A quarter to tn porcer, ,
Somervllle Journal. 1
Old Maid Why should I want a husband ft
I have a cat that stays out ail nigh.
Matron Tes, but you won t oe a wioow
till he loses all nine lives. Judge.
Sea here. Luella. I thought you prom
Ised me that you would come away from.
that ball early." . - .
"Law, pa, I startea at i a. m. bhw mncn
earlier would you want me to goT tialU
more American.
Rolllna-stone Nomoss Wot doss "super
fluous" mean?
Tatterdon Torn A vatn robe an a cake
of soap. Philadelphia Record.
What'a the matter with that lady who
Juat went out of the store?" asked the
grocer.
"Bhe round rauil witn. tne potatoes,, re
plied the clerk.
"What's the matter with them?"
"She dldnt' like the color ot their eyes."
Tonkers Statesman.
Shoe Dealer (to new clerk) What else
shoe does a woman with a No, 4 foot weart
New Clerk A No. 4.
Shoe Dealer How do you sell her a No. 47
Clerk By telling her it's a No. t.
Shoe Dealer Txu' 11 do. Denver Post
"I like to go to church." .
"Why?"
"Well, It's comforting to see one mart
keep so many women quiet for an hour."
Cornell Widow. , .
H0CH, THE KAISER. .
Washington Post
The attitude of the German press -toward,
Rmperor William beeeuse of his speech,
reiterating his belief In the doctrine ot
"rule by divine right" recall th "Hoch
der Kaiser" Incident In which the 1st
Admiral Coghlan figured. It was at a
banquet of the offloers of Dewey's ylctorJ
tous fleet after fts return from ManllaJ
that Admiral (then Captain) Coghlan re
cited the verses made famous under th
humorous caption, "Hoch der Kaiser." Ths
poem follow:
Der Kaiser auf der Vaterland , J
Und Gott on high all dings command-
V two. Aeh! Don'd you understand? I
... , Meinself-rund Oott!
He reigns In heaven,' 'und always "shall1,
Und metn own empire dond vay small,
Eln noble balr, I dinks you call
Melnself und Gott! .
Vile some men sing der power dMne,
Mine soldier sing ''Die Wacht am Rhine,!
Und drink der health In Rheinlsch win I
Of me und Gott I
Dere's France, she swaggers all aroundtt
She's ausgesplelt dot's oud. .
To much, methlnk, she don't amount,
Melnself und Gott!
She will not dare to fight again.
But if she shouldn't I'll show ber blaln
Dot Eleass und (in French) Lorraine
Are meln by Gott I
Dere's grandma dinks she Is nicht imil
beer; '
Mldt Boers, und such she'd interfere. i
She'll learn none owns his hemisphere I
But me und GottI
She dinks, good frail, some ships she's got
Und soldiers mldt der scarlet goat.
Ach! We could knock dem poufl like doe;
MelnselO und GottI ,
In dimes of peace brebare for wars. !
I bear der spear und helm of Mara
Und care not for den thousand cxars,
Melnself und Gottli 1
In feet, I humor efry vhtm l
With aspect dark und visage prim;. ' i
Goht pulls mlt me and I mlt Him, 7
Melnself und GottI '
Bee has never fooled nor disappointed)
them. I
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oustom by fair dealings, straight
forward methods and by living up ta
eTery word ,n your ftdvePt,aement4
aDout Quality and price,
The Bee. can furnish you with. copJ(
and illustrations which will tell you.
gtory interestingly and Intelligently ta
interested, intelligent people It will
bring the readers into your store and
make them your customers li you wll
back it up with the goods,
Whenever you are ready, Mr. Mer
chant, phone Tyler 1000 and we ar
at your service.
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