THE BKE: OMAHA, TtTESDAY, OCTTOBER
11; 1010.
The DMAiiA Daily Bee.
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VICTOR KOSKWAIEH, EDITOlt
Kntered at Omaha postofftc as second
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STATEMENT OF tinCULATION.
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worn, says that th actual number ol
full and oomplet copl of Th Daily,
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Dally Avrag 43.UT
- GEO. B. TZ-CHUCK.
Treasurer.
Suborlbd n my praaanoa and aworn
to Deror m tnia tnirutn aay
tember, Itlti.
H. B. WALKER.
Notary PuBllo.
Bataorl-ars Waving! ta alty
poraxlly aaaala aav Th B
nalla t AddrM will B
rhaar4 ( aa .
Now lot Edgar Howard come across
with ta goods..
Was tn Old Guard defeated, or
just overwhelmed?
King Manuel seems to make a fairly
good exile, anyway.
Spain begin! , to feel anxious lest
Portugal beat her to it.
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This Is a windy season in Europe.
Thrones are tottering and crowns fall
ing. -tr-
I
Looks rike'i division into reaction
aries, regulars and insurgents In our
Commercial club, too.
At any rate, people can live la Ne
braska with perfect assurance of
safety from forest fires, t
According to the political barometer
we are to have a small-slsed Ananias
club right here in Nebraska.
It would not be appropriate for the
bands to play "Dixie" for Dlx, whose
first two names are John Adams.
For some unaccountable reason
Mayor "Jim" has quit boasting how
he used to brand other people's cattle.
Btlll, those Mississippi negroes who
sahl they did not know Colonel Roose
velt may Just have been playing
'possum.
If we adopt the Bernard Shaw
method of buying our fiction by the
pound, will it be troy wetght or
avoirdupois?
It will be noted, however, that 1.
P. Morgan was among those present
when the collection pan came back
with $172,000 In it.
Mr. Hearst has accomplished the
latest thing in political bossing. He
has run a state convention from mld-ocesn-wlreless
dictatorship.
That part of Kansas City, Mo., ly
ln govervthe line In Kansas has a
population now of 82,000. These state
lines sre sometimes a nuisance.
Wonder If Congressman Hitchcock
will also deny thalhe had a slip in
the essh drawer when City Treasurer
Bolln's shortage was uncovered.
Of course, none ot them ever bor
rowed state funds. Bartley stole the
money first an t'aen accommodated
his Influential friends with it as his
own.
King Manuel might do worse than
put in his spsre time studying the srt
of representative government and
than return to Portugal later and run
for office.
And if the British parliament
should do such a thing as finally paas
the bill to exclude Isbor from repre
sentation, it too, might be thinking ot
subjects akin te some that have
flashed across the innocent mind of
young Manuel ot Portugal, soon.
Our old friend. D. B. Thompson,
may hare over-stepped the limits ot
propriety in talking brass tacks to the
Luly city reformers of his home town,
but what he said seems to have hit the
vital spot. A progressive city has to
be ruff' on broadgaugs pUns and not
on specifications drawn, tar a creas
roads vUUga. - .
Side-Stepping.
Democratic candidates and cam
paign managers In Nebraska would
like very much to keep the liquor
question to the fore to the exclusion
of every vital question In which the
people of Nebraska are Interested.
They are trying their best to side-step
every other Issue that Is Involved In
order to make people believe that
nothing else Is st stake In the coming
election but the demand of the sntl
saloontsts for the enactment of a
county option law.
The fact Is, snd we believe the fact
will not be overlooked, that much
larger Issues are at stake. While the
liquor question must, in the very na
ture of things, be settled locally by the
choice of members of the legislature,
the personalities of the candidates, ir
respective of party labels, will have to
be considered In the interest of good
government. The voters must realise,
as most of them already do, that the
democratic ticket Is the corporation
ticket almost from top to bottom.
Ths democratic nominee for gov
ernor was twice elected mayor of
Omaha by the help of the brewers,
liquor dealers and franchlsed corpora
tions. He had previously served on
the State . Board of 1 Transportation
long enough to make himself, solid
with the railroads, and In his present
campaign he has the unanimous back
ing, not only of the brewers and liquor
dealers' organisations, but also of the
railroads and .ther big favor-seeking
corporations.
The democratic nominee for lieuten
ant governor, who might, If elected,
become governor under certain con
tingencies, was ths corporation bell
wether in the lower house of our late
democratic legislature. The lobby
bunch tried to make him speaker, and
It was not their fault that they failed,
and they are now irylng to make him
presiding officer of the senate in its
next session, where he can be equally
useful to them.
The democratic candidate for rail
way commissioner, .which Is the next
office most serviceable to the corpora
tions, has been belled as a corporation
trusty ever since the days when Tobe
Castor was in the game handling dem
ocratic politics for the railroads.
Doing down the line, the trail of the
corporation serpent can be seen right
through the democratic ticket, and
when it comes to legislative prefer
ences the brewers, tha railroads and
the allied corporations have found
ready lodgment for their creatures
and agents In the democratic column,
which explains why they prefer an
other body of democratic law-makers
to repeat to them the harmless pro
gram of the last.
Eomeleii on Verge of Winter.
The devastating fires that have
wiped out homes and towns along the
Minnesota-Canada boundary have pro
duced want that must be relieved
promptly and adequately, or more
acute suffering will come with the
rigors of winter, which is not fsr off
in that section. Reports indicate ap
palling wretchedness; lives lost,
homes and Industry wiped out; people
without shelter or clothing or food. It
Is a terrible state of affairs and calls
for heroic action. The Canadian
Northern railroad and big lumber
firms are rendering valiant help to
ward carrying people to places of safety
and comfort and preparing to erect
new temporary dwellings. But there
Is the great crisis temporary houses
on the Canadian boundary make poor
defenses for the rigors of Canadian
winters.
These recurring conflagrations are
appalling enough to bring some
thought of an attempt to prevent
them. There must be a way at least
of limiting the possibilities of such
disasters. Of course nothing can be
done with great flames during a hur
rlcane, such aa swept this country to
the north, but It !s generally agreed
that even forest fires may be pre
vented, and if they can, then such
catastrophles ss this one, which licks
up whole towns, ought to be subject
to some sort of repressive Influence.
At any rate the end will Justify most
any means employed, even as an ex
periment of prevention.
The Commercial Club.
The ruction stirring the Omaha
Commercial club will prove to be a
good thing If it results, as It promises
to do, in msklng the club more rep
resentative of all the busluess Inter
ests ot Omaha. The Bee has more
than once been criticised tor criticis
ing the Commercial club for misrep
resenting the sentiment of our people.
In former years during the regime of
free passes and rebates the Commer
cial club was generally recognised as
an echo ot railroad headquarters. But
fortunately It has emerged from this
stage, although apparently It has not
yet completely thrown off some of the
methods of transacting business thst
then prevstled.
The chief fsult found with the Com
mercial club In these later days has
been that it la almost completely dom
inated by the big wholesalers and Job
bers, giving the retailers and smaller
lines little voice in its proceedings,
and still less attention In its work.
What la wanted Is a Commercial club
that represents, not the railroads as
against the shippers, nor the Jobbers
aa against the retailers, but a club
that includes and truly represents all
the legitimate commercial Interests in
the city and gives them all a propor
tionate say ta its deliberations. What
is wanted Is a club tbst, when it
speaks,, speaks the real views of the
majority of its members and feet
merely ths wishes of throe or four
sell-eeasUtated gpokeetne! U U dees
this, what It says will csrry wetght;
If not. It will have no force.
The Commercial club of Omaha Is
an Institution necessary to Omaha's
growth and business prosperity. It
will contribute much or little toward
that growth and prosperity according
as It Includes all the business elements
In the community and voices their real
sentiments on questions within the
scope of Its srtlon.
Democratio Tariff Cant.
Evidently the big card ot the dem
ocratic campaign Is to be played
against the possibility of further re
vision of the tariff by the republicans,
the purpose obviously being to dis
credit the republicans before the peo
ple. That Is undoubtedly the meaning
of the reported plan of the "Interests"
to kill the entire tariff board propa
ganda In congress and of the circula
tion as campaign material of Champ
Clark's speech delivered In the house
Msy 21. 110, In which he denounced
the tariff board plan and the pres
ident's earnest effort to seeure a per
manent tariff commission, in these
words:
Th laat motion of the sundry olvll
bill; that is, th on appropriating tam.OOO
per annum to creat a tariff commUaloh,
hould b entitled, "A motion to postpone
th verdict of the people on th tariff
bill."
This speech is bslng sent In
pamphlet form broadcast under the
frank of Congressman Lloyd as a dem
ocratic campaign document. In Itself It
is notice enough of the democrats' In
tention to defeat. If they can. alt fur
ther revision of the tariff and every
attempt to secure a permanent tariff
commission. At the same time their
plan of campaign Is to denounce the
republicans for not making greater re
ductions In the tariff. And for years
their leaders have been telling the
people that what the country needs is
a permanent tariff commission. But
back of this subtle scheme is the co
operation of the powerful "Interests"
which would be benefited If all re
vision of the tariff were dispensed
with; the interests which the demo
crats serve, while pretending to de
nounce. With this whole plan for sham bat
tle effectively exposed, It will be
strange If the people are deceived by
It For years the popular demand in
this country has been for a non-politi
cal tariff commission, composed of
experts, and, under President Taft, the
first step was taken toward the de
sired end when his tariff board be
came a fact. Now, Just as the work is
getting well under way, comes this
concerted action on the part ot the
democratio party and the "interests"
to stop it.
This is another subject the voter
wants to keep in mind when he goes
to the polls this fall. . Does he desire
to cast his ballot for the republican
nominees, who are pledged, with Pres
ident Taft, to proceed with tariff re
vision; or does he wish to vote for the
party of negation that has agreed to
block all revision that does not pat us
on a free trade basis? -
Where Eooievelt is Unknown.
When Colonel Roosevelt toured
"Darkest Africa" he was greeted with
lusty cheers from the benighted na
tives, even In the most inaccessible
jungles, and when he departed they
wept because they would see "Bwana
Tumbo" no more. In Egypt, along
the Nile, skirting the shores of the
Medlterrsnean, in the squalid quarters
of small Italian towns, back in the vll
lageg of Germany wherever, In fact,
this mighty hunter went in the Old
World he was known, greeted and ap
plauded.as the former president of the
United States.
But at last Colonel Roosevelt has
come to a town where he Is unknown.
where the people simply stand and
gape with Incredulous inquiry at his
distinguished smile thsy do not even
-recognise that when he tells them he
Is "Mr. Roosevelt." They had never
seen his picture in the paper, had
never heard Just how he looked; they
did not know whether it was he or not
snd they stared in silence al his train
steamed out with him, the most distin
guished man in the world, standing on
the rear platform.
This town Is In Mississippi, and
Mississippi Is in Mr. hnosevelt't own
native country the United States
Proud Mississippi! Proud town! . In
fifty other towns Colonel Roosevelt's
train stopped thst day and he spoke
briefly. The people all knew him and
cheered, but in this one In grand old
Mississippi, the state that once had
Vardaman for governor, folks Just
stood and stared. Doubtless if Var
daman had come along they would
have asked him who this Roosevelt
was.
It is an unique town and the cor
respondents were very thoughtless in
falling to supply the name of it, for
here is a town that deserves to have
a notch cut for Itself high up on the
scroll of fame. One can only wonder
how placidly the stream of life must
drift down there. Also how the rail
road ever came to pass that way In
the first place.
Colonel Roosevelt probably knows
now thst It Is all a mistake about him
being a world-wide figure.
Bishop Morrison of the Episcopal
church urges that money for missions
be spent first among American ne
groes, then among the oriental heath
ens. That Is what many aggressive
churches sre doing. One of the lead
ing missionary churches spends five
times the amount on home missions
that it does on foreign missions, but
thst Is largely because foreign mis
sions can be conducted for less
xaoaey than home. It Is a matter of
record that these churches most sg-
gresslve abroad are also most Instru
mental in the work In the home field.
Better Trade with Canada.
The Dominion of Canada bought
1188,136,860 worth of merchandise
from other countries in the fiscal yesr
ending in Msrch, 109. Of this
smount 1170, 058,178 worth was
bought from the United States. The
United States, then, supplied 62.20 per
cent of Canada's Imports, a very good
showing of trade. On the other hand
the United 8tates received only 81.18
per cent ot all Canada's exports,
neither as good nor yet very bad.
It is generally believed that reci
procity between these two countries
would vastly promote their trade rela
tions and not only tht, but establish
a system ot mutual benefit by which
each country might increase Its bust
ness at horns as well as abroad. Henry
M. Whitney, writing In the current
Atlantic, brings out this point very
forcibly. He contends that if tariff
barriers were entirely removed manu
facturing enterprises would soon find
their way to the western extremity of
Canada, Just as they have to the west
ern coast of the United States and
that along from the Atlantic to the
Pacific would be way- stations of pow
erful revenue-producing sources like
Milwaukee, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Des
Molnea, Omaha, Kansas City, Denver.
Salt Lake. This chain of trade and
industry would be continuous. Un
doubtedly such development could be
facilitated by a reciprocity arrange
ment, such as President Taft Is seek
ing to effect.
The opposition to this treaty now
seems to come chiefly from Canada,
but there Is some in the United States.
To this Mr. Whitney puts the question
effectively when he says that even if
reciprocity now on broad lines Is not
possible, "Why shouldwe deny our
selves the advantage that would ac
crue to us from at once allowing the
products of Canada's fisheries, farmB.
forests and mines to come here free
of duty?" )
If the Uhlted States, without reci
procity and With unfavorable tariff
barriers, supplies Canada with 58.10
per cent of Its imports and receives
from Canada 38.18 per cent of its ex
ports, the question naturally arises,
how much greater could both of these
ends of trade become under a system
of more friendly and favorable Inter
course? It would not only help com
merce, but it would help develop the
country and establish a stronger mu
tual friendship.
The ordering of additional voting
machines by, the democratio members
of the county board at an expense to
the taxpayer ot several thousand dol-
lars, with bo- authority from the board
as a whole ljf characteristic of demo
cratio management, of . county affairs.
If th people'1 who foot the bills are
alive to their own interests they will
see to K that the three republican
candidates for commissioner are
elected nexj month and put an end to
diversion ot public funds for political
purposes.
Mr. Bryan's Commoner la repeating
hie demand upon candidates for con
gress to pledge themselves anew to
recognise a platform promise as bind
ing. We suggest that Mr. Bryan di
rect himself to Congressman Latta.
who, when . voting against postal sav
ings in spite of the Denver platform,
remarked, "Well, it Isn't binding on
me." Congressman Latta, by the way,
has been renominated on the demo
cratic ticket in the Third Nebraska
district.
Portugal's boy king, SO years of age,
lasted Just about aa long as Nebraska's
boy orator. St. Louis Ttms.
Well, If Manuel could cash In his
crown as high ss Nebraska's boy or
ator did hi "Crown of Thorns and
Cross of Gold," he would not need
worry about a little thing like a
throne.
The American bankers can get Into
better business than working for the
repeal Of the postal savings law, as
urged by their national president.
Help make the law a success that
would be better.
Dr. C. H. Parkhui-ct says anarchy
begins In the home vien parents al
low their children 1 (earn the lesson
of disobedience. At any rate that lea
son does nothing to uproot the seeds
of anarchy.
"Friend Mabray" would doubtless
gladly contribute to the democratic
campaign fund in Nebraska if his law
yers had not gotten It all away from
him before he and his fellow mikers
wsre sent over the road.
Time to round up those paving and
public Improvement contractors who
ar behind in their work and admon
ish them to finish their jobs before
freesrng weather sets in.
i-Swnli f JaSlrlal Ml."
Boston Herald.
President Taft' autograph letter to re
tiring Justlc Moody is a "human docu
ment" that not only will cheer its rs
rlplent, but Increase popular regard for
th preldent It will bring Solac to th
heart of a man who ambition has ben
thwarted by waning physical power, and at
th same tlm It Indicates subtly that the
president still longs for a calling with Its
"sweets." la which his ambition waa
thwaru4 by hi consent to beeosne a can
didate for president. But though an ex
ecutive, Mr. Taft can tlll b a Judg lu
spirit and method, and at a tlm whs
titer ar lmpraUvly add.
HalaM ta Slarht.
Wall B treat Journal.
A reduction la th prlo of autonMla),
coming upon th hl of th cut In radium,
ought t 4 niplalau oa tk high vt
f gvtag.
Army Gossip
atatof f tVrrt Oa aaS Sasfe
f lb nrtmg X.t S)laaa froai
tk Araiy a4 BTavy Bt"ltt.
A nw type of army ambulanc has b.-en
teatml at various maneuver camp during
th summer. Thl Is a two-wheeled ve
hicle, which may be drawn by on or two
horee. and which Is designed to be taken
Into th country, wher th larger snd
heavier ambulance could not b taken.
This Is th vehicle whloh used to b known
as th "galloping ambulance," but It baa
bn found adrlsabl td change th tltl to
"light ambulane." elno th drivers of
th wagon appeared to think that th
hore must be galloped upon all occasions,
sometime to th manifest discomfort and
poMlbla Injury of ths dleabted occupant.
It has been found In the experiments con
ducted at th camps that the light ambu
lanoe Is destined to serve a tieeful purpose
tn medical department transportation In
th field In tlm of war. It Is probable
that Some of thm will b adopted to meet
the special demand likely to be mads for
that class of ambulanos.
The latest estimate for army subsistence
la based on the cost of th ration at 21
cents. Th appropriation for the current
fiscal year was mad on th calculation of
a ooet of JO. 7 oents aa against 19.66 cents of
th previous year. Th requirement that
the estlmat be submitted fully fourteen
months before th appropriation waa arall
abl for expenditure, necessitated th cal
culation of ost vn longer In adva.no of
th date when It waa to b ud. It waa
found that there waa a steady advenes In
ths price of food and that under ths most
favorable conditions existing the cost was
increased to &.M cents and at 11. 0 cents
up to February, IMS. Ths deficiency ap
propriation of laat year for army subsist
ence Was mad on th basis of a ration
editing 22 cants. That coat has steadily
advanced until it Is now 33 oents. By tha
time ths subslsteno appropriation Is avail
able It may b even more, but th judg
ment of th experts Is that th limit has
been reached. -
It has been recommended that firing at
200 yard offhand Should not constitute a
part of th redord firing of th soldier.
In .this connection Major J. B. Erwln, In
spector ' general. Department of th Mis
souri, says: "A Sufficient, preliminary in
struction in offhand firing at this rang
should bo gtvn, but, as under battl con
ditions, there will be no offhand shooting
at 200 yards, th soldier should not be re
quired to practlc that which h will have
no occasion to use it in tlm of war. Th
provisional firing regulations tn us for the
first time during this year's season havs
thrown stricter safeguards about ths sys
tem of marking and recording shots and,
therefore, preserve .better the Interest ot
th government than formerly in th mat
tar of giving additional pay to the soldiar
for certain qualifications. So far aa can
b determined, tha oourse prescribed I
much more difficult than that of former
years, and ths classification of the army
this year will not be as high as that of
1&M year.
A board of effloera has been ordered to
convene at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., on
Ootobr IB, for ths purpose of considering
matter pertaining to th organisation,
equipment, and training of signal troops
serving with a division. The board will
consist of Major Edgar Russel, assistant
commandant of th army signal school
Captain Carl F.' Hartmann, commanding
Company I of the Signal corps; Captain
'William M. CruJckshank, commanding Com
pany A; Captain Arthur S. Cowan, on
duty in th offlo of th chief signal of
officer of th army; and First Liautenant
Sebrlng C. Megfll, commanding Company
D. Companies D and I hav been ordered
to proceed by marching from Fort Omaha
to Fort Leavenwdrth, where they will b
available with Company A, already at the
latter place, for employment by th board
In connection with Its work. Th board
will go Into th establishment and main
tenance of field line of Information, the
Use of field wtrele apparatus with ref
erence to Its edapablllty for cavalry troops,
ths organisation of field battalion of sig
nal troops fr use with divisions, and drill
regulations for flsld companies and battal
ions of signal man. Th standard field
wireless sets now In use have a normal
rang of from twenty-five to thirty miles,
and It la feared that thl Is not sufficient
for a division of troops when operating
over a somewhat xtandd territory. The
signal corps is in possession of one set
ot field wlrelMS, however, which has a
range of 100 mllaa, and the board will de
cld whether It Will be possible to furnish
th army with mora of these sets. The
new reel vehicles of the signal oorps will
also receive attention from th board. Th
vehicles ar constructed with tour wheels
and each Is made up with a two-wheeled
front unit and a rear or limber unit. In
some ot th vehicles, the reel is located
on th front unit, and In other on th
roar unit
Th board will ndavor to ascertain
which la th better arrangement. The
vehicles ar equipped with mechanism for
both paying out th wire and taking up.
The signal corps have five field companies,
tit thre being atssmbled at Fort Leaven
worth, one at Ban Francisco, and one at
Manila. Each consists of seventy-five
men, all mounted, and has ninety-eight
horse and mules. The board will make
rMommendatlon as to whether or not any
Chang i desirable In this organisation.
Our Birthday Book
October 11, 110.
Harry A. Garfield, president of Williams
oollug and son of President Qarfleld, was
born October 11, 1169 in Hiram, O. lit prac
ticed law for awhile in Cleveland, taking
a professorship in Princeton from which he
was called to his present position.
Henry J. Helna, the pickle man, I sixty
six today. He was born at Pittsburg, and
Is tli originator of th "fifty-seven var
ieties." James Knox Tailor, supervising architect
of the treasury department, was born Octo
ber 11, 1S7, at Knoxvllle. III. He I to
be credited with designing the Onuilia post-
office, which design ha been almost dupU
cateJ In th postofflc building at Wash
ington. HJchard L. Metcalfe, associate editor of
Mr. Bryan' Commoner, la Just 49. HI
birthplace la Upper Alton, III. II 1 a
printer by trad and was In th newspuper
business In Omaha for many year, and
recently nourished an ambition to b Unit!
States senator.
Judg HowaM Kennedy of th district
court, waa born October 11, U68, at Ne
braska City. H is a gradual of Wil
liams college and In law of th Washington
university st t Louts, beginning prao
tie in Omaha In 1ST1. H ha been en th
district bench now for six years.
Dxtr L. Thomas, stterny-t-law and
r4 etate. offlcing tn Th Be building, Is
Just yare old today. Ha tudld In
Illram col.ege and graduated from th
law department Of th l'nlTrlty f Mlrh
Igaa In ISTO, locating th saais year In
Omaha. H 1 a union veteran of th civil
war in whloh h participated In many a-ttons.
NEBRASKA POLITICS.
Tork Republican: A man who could not
be tolratd In th worst day of Tx.
will hardly do for governor of Nebraska
at this late stage In the proceedings.
8hlton Clipper: Ha.1 It occuriel to any
on that with Ilryan against Mm lah!mn
tanrtu a mighty good show of being
elected? Ilryan Is pretty much of a
hoodoo.
Furnas County Democrat: The ssrcastlc
observation of Oeneial Grant, "you ran
alway depend upon a democrat doing the
wrong thing at th right tlm," may need
apply to th open primary law passed by
th 1st state legislature.
Edgar Post: Dahlman doesn't Ilk
preachers or farmers. At Ueatrlc he
called preachers "retailers of hot air" and
at Syracuse he wanted to know what busi
ness ths blanked farmers have to "Inter
fer" In th affairs of a town or village.
Kearney Democrat: Colonel Bryan still
neglect to tell his Commoner readers why
he refuses to support the democratio can
didate for governor of Nebraska. Hasn't
th colonel a good enough reason to let
th democracy In other states hear of It?
Beaver t"ty Time Tribune: Th Bryan
letter that was sent to the managers of
the democratic banquet In Heaver City
was suppressed In the Interests of Dahl
man and the antl-Kryan gang. Do you
remember who suppressed the letter? Have
you heard hi remarks about Norrls? Bah!
O'Neill Frontier: Th republican ticket
Is deserving th support of sll republlosns.
Whll soma of th candidates were not the
first cho'c of many of U, the ticket is
composed of good men who ar worthy
th support of all members of the party
and thoa from other parties who believe
in the policies of good government.
Pender Republlo: Mayor Dahlman says
whatever may be his own fsults and mis
doings h has a wlf and some daughters
who ar pious and respectable folk. That
Is doubtless true. It always was a puxsle
how some ot us old degenerates managed
to tweedl good women Into msrrylng us.
But w do and Dahlman Is doubtless
guilty along with the balance of us.
Hastings Republican: Edgar Howard says
Bryan cannot consistently bolt Dahtman
and support Hitchcock for the United
States senate. Howard contends that
Dahlman stands tor th (home) brewers
and Hitchcock represents the National
Brewera' association which the Columbus
editor takes exception to in th following
words: "Whn It comes to making a
cholc in that direction, I am for the Ne
braska brewers every time as against the
National Brewery association. Stand up
for Nebraska."
Broken Bow Republican: The democratio
candidate) for offlc find themselve in
rather an embarrassing position politically.
They are politically under obligations to
support the party nominees from the least
to the greatest. But there Is the rub. They
are afraid to deelare themselves for Dahl
man, their candidate for governor, for fear
of loing votes among the antl-Dahlman
crowd. Upon the ether hand, should they
declare themselves against Dahlman they
fear that hi exporters will not support
them. In fact, there docs not seem to be
any excuse for a democratic candidate In
this campaign.
Alma Record: The Record does not ap
prove of the methods of a few gtod peo
ple who brand as boozers, bums and brew
ryhlfellngs every voter who does not
espouse prohibition or county option, for
th reason that we believe every man has
a right to his opinion without being called
a big hard name. Such methods if con
tinued will create a big silent vote In
favor of th opposing candidate. The Rec
ord favors th election of Aldrlch because
h reprnt republican ideas In govern
ment and th county option question Is
merely a local lasu that will be settled
by th people in the senatorial and rep
resentative districts. As usual, the demo
cratio ticket is th corporation ticket, while
the republican ticket la free from any
corporation dictation.
Hastings Republican (dem.): A certain
bartender well known in Hasting says
h will not vote for Dahlman. He gave
th reason for this deolslon that In his
opinion the election of the Omaha mayor
would precipitate a campaign for state
wide prohibition and that In his estimation
It would be safer for every saloonkeeper
In Nebraska to take chances on Aldrlch
and county option rather than to lect
Dahlman with all his radicalism on the
liquor question. This bartender la also a
democrat and he thinks the only sane
course for the democratic party In Ne
braska Is to turn Dahlman own and the
member of the party make a strenuous
effort to elect the congressmen and turn
their votes on governor to Aldrlch. His
logic is that a defeat of the party on gov
ernor would In the long run prove a vic
tory for th party, for It Is his belief that
If Dahlman Is elected the party would be
put out of commission In this state for
years to com. We give thea facta as
presented by this bartender to show the
variety of opinions on the gubernatorial
situation.
LAUGHING OAS.
Silas (reading morning paper) I see,
Mandy. they're having another war of the
tongs down thar In Chinatown.
Mandy Land aakes! Yew'd think, with
all them Chinese laundries araound, that
flatlrona would be handier tilings tew fight
with.
"Why don't your boy enter college?"
"He couldn't pans the examination."
"Lo they have to pas an examination?
I thought all a college boy needed was
some funny clothes "Pittsburg Post.
"You must try to get on without the
luxuries. Confine yourself to the neces
sities." "That's what I'm doing," replied Mr
Chugglns. "I'm cutting down on beef and
potatoes so as to meet the repair bill on
my automobile." Washington mar.
"The. man died eating watermelons,"
someone said to Brother Iilckey.
"Tea. sun." It said. "Providence some
times puts us in paradise befo' we gets ter
heaven." Atlanta Constitution.
"I don't wish to say anything disrespect
ful about that spaniel of yours," observed
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the doctor: "but for a dog he Is th worst
busybody I ever saw."
"If you had ss many fleas as that doK
has," said the professor, "you'd be a busy
body, too." Chicago Tribune,
HotI Clerk (to rural guest oloatng front
entrance) Hey, there! What ar you try
Inn to do?
I'ncle PJben Don't git excited, young
feller! I text thought, seeing a how I
was prob'ly the last one In tonight, I'd do
the rlvht thin and lock the doors 'fore
going to bed! Puck.
City Nephew Now, Just look at this
anctt-rt statue, uncle. It represents a
Greek athlete throwing the discus.
I'ncle Hardapple By cracky! Bo there
were cats yowling 'In the alleys even in
them old days! ChlcaRO News.
TO AN AUTOMOBILE.
Good Housekeeping.
I have a humble longing that has nevar
been confessed,
A longing 1 have striven !n vain to bury
In my breast;
I want to take u ride once mora, when
daya are hot and muKjcy,
Behind a little JnKgtng horxe In some old
shabby buggy.
I oft am hurled along the road in some
one's t;.-e machine
At such a pace I cannot tell a brown field
from a grein.
I want to ambit on at peace, unheeding
what they Hi y,
And watch with Joy an ancient hore fllrk
ancient flies away.
I never see a landscape now thst Is not
scudding by
In gale of wind and clouds of dust be
fore my goKgled eye;
The pensive sows sre galloping, the hens
ar squawking past;
If anything seem peaceful I know It will
not last. .
I have no great ambition and I don't de
sire to shine
As a heroine of ancient In th automobile
line;
This my plebeian longing, without qulhbl
or remoree
I want that shabby buggy and I want that
ancient horse.
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