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    TTTF BEE: OMAHA. SATUKDAT. JAXTARY 21, 1911.
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State of Nebraska. Douglaa County, aa.
Dwlght Wllllama circulation manager of
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worn, aaya that the actual number of full
and complete coplee of The Daily. Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the mo til of December. 191 waa aa follow!
43,170 it 4S.M0
1 44,000 II 44,880
1 43, 0 It .. 43,530
4 4S.H0 II 43,010
43,(70 1 43,440
43,43' II 44.900
' 44,S0 II 44,330
43JI3v 14 44,M
48.88 II 44.3M
1 40,400 tl 44,400
II 44.BS0 2T 44.880
If . ..41,690 tl 48.030
II 41,400 II 43.M0
" 14 .'.ISO 43,800
I 43.0TO II 43,4-40
II 4300 .
Total m 1,3&0,T&0
fteturned Coplea 11,43
Net Total 1,344387
Daily Average 43,34
DWIGHT WILUAMS.
Circulation Manager.
Subscribed In my pretence and sworn to
before me thla Hat day of December, 1910.
ROBERT HUNTER,
Notary Public
abet-rlbera Iravlaaj the) ltjr -wrarlly
bnel4 have The Bee
Mailed to) Ikfta, Aadreea will be
Butier Ames evidently missed his
aim.
Tbli whole headwear question of
women is ratty.
Paul Morton waa not a native bod
of Nebraska, but almost.
Who la ahead now In tbe bomb
throwing contest, Lot Angeles or Sun
Francisco?
Who Intimated that there was a
lumber trust? Let him say it to tbe
Hoo Hoos faco. i
The Springfield Republican speaks
of "Mr. Bryan ou Deck." Indeed, not.
Ho has just been to bat.
It has required no great effort to
prevent a stampede at Albany ' for
Charles F. Murphy, himself.
Lumbermen Ask Better Laws,"
wherein '. the lumbermen resemble
most other clauses of people.
A Philadelphia paper is solicitous
about "Fair play for tbe autoist."
That looks like borrowing trouble.
Fighting "Bob" Evans, now presi
dent of a California oil company, pines
for tbe ocean. Are they that close on
his trail? . . . .
Anyone hereabouts eager to have
"a good time" without cost should en
list In the Anti-Saloon league's sleuth
ing department.
Colonel Roosevelt's spirited refer
ences to Congressman Aiues at least
five class to the finish of the Massa
chusetts senatorial campaign.
Our cold storage friends object to
the statement that they have kept any
food boused up for five yeara. Well,
release It and escape the charge.
The Washington Star asks who will
succeed Norman E. Mack as chairman
of the democratic national committee.
Oh, why not keep Mack? He suits us.
Shale rock threatens to become an
issue In the next Chicago city election.
Rocks of even higher specific gravity
have cut quite a figure in Illinois
politics.
" Soup, soap and salvation," the
Kansas City Star say. Is the motto
over a gospel mission quarters. Doubt
less the heaviest demand is made on
the soup.
Iloiace Holes writes to the lies
Moines Register and Leader to say
that he attrlbutea Iowa's loss in popu
lation to autl-aaloon legislation. More
treason!
Probably Dr. Woodrow Wilson
knew what would happen at Balti
more Maybe he had heard of terra
pin dinners before, hence stayed away
to save his reputation.
Don't overlook the educational
value of the Land show. It will
teach more about the physical geog
raphy and aatural resources of the
great west than a whole course of in
struction at school.
There must be some mtatake some
where. We look In vain in the ac
tount of the proceedinga of the demo
cratic house caucua at Washington
for the remarks of Congreasman-elect
Lobeck of this district
Alien Land Laws.
The author of the measure before
the California legislature designed to
prevent Japanese from owning land
In that state reflects a much more tem
perate sentiment on the part of the
people out there than was apparent
in the last similar effort to enart anti
Japanese legislation. He asserts the
belief that If the legislature passes a
bill conforming with the principle of
the treaty between this country and
Japan it will not embarrass the fed
eral government, and yet solve the
problem with whcb California is
wrestling. If such a way out is found
It should be pursued. One essential
feature of any such legislation must
be Impartial treatment of all aliens
without regard to race or color.
Arguing In support of his measure,
its author, State Senator E. O. I.arkin,
points out that Nebraska, Iowa. Mis
souri, Kansas, Texas, Idaho, Illinois.
Kentucky, New York and Oklahoma
have laws that prohibit unnaturalized
citizens from owning land; that even
the federal laws themselves, under the
act dated March 2, 1897, prohibit all
persons not citizens and not declaring
their intention to become citizens of
the United States from, owning land
In any of the territories, lie finds
another restriction to alien land own
ership in section 2319 of the revised
statutes prohibiting such persons from
locating or purchasing mining claims
on government land. He declares that
while our treaties with Great Britain,
Russia, France and Germany particu
larly mention the right to own real
property, our treaty with Japan gives
no such right to the orientals. There
is no provision in this Japanese treaty
for the ownership of land, though
there Is for the ownership of build
ings on land and also for making long
leases of land.
Senator Larkin proposes, therefore,
tbat the state of California prohibit
unnaturalized citizens from land own
ership as other states and tbe federal
government have done. Answering
the criticism that California seeks to
discriminate against only one class of
aliens, be retorts that that same class
lias been excluded by the federal
treaty. The problem is a delicate one
and should be handled carefully to
avoid needless offense to a friendly
power and to make sure of this assent
of the State department, charged with
the conduct of our foreign relations,
should be required before such legis
lation is enacted. ,
The. Wmchell Plan.
President Winchell of the Frisco
system proposes periodical or more
frequent conferences between shippers
and railroad officials for redress of
grievances as to rates or conditions of
transportation. He thinks this plan
would lead to a better relation between
the railroads and the publlcwould do
away with much frlotlon Jn the adjust
ment of business conditions and obvi
ate the! necessity of long-drawn and
bitter controversies and hearings be
fore the Interstate Commerce commis
sion. . If It would do all this or even
a part, it would be a good plan.- It
may anyhow be worth a trial and the
first results should be sufficient to
determine its permanent value. "
Assuming at once President
Wlnchelf's sincere desire for what
he advocates,- 'this proposal Is a
hopeful sign. The day . of closer
and better relations between the
railroads and their patrons has
been long awaited by shippers
and patrons and they will cer
tainly welcome Its advent. One needs
not to be captious about the matter,
though, to believe tbat the railroads
could hasten that day whenever they
chose to. Whenever the real heads
of these great corporations decide
that their highest purpose Is public
utility, they will do much to work
out this problem, to which so much
unreal mystery is attached.
Production and Population.
The statistician of the Department
of Agriculture announces that the In
crease In American population Is not
outstripping the increase in farm pro
duction, but tbat, on tbe contrary,
farm production per acre is "begin
ning to exceed not only the normal In
crease in population,' but really to ex
ceed the actual Increase." This la
certainly an encouraging assurance to
lay over against those dark forebod
ings that have been drawn by less op
timistic painters.
For a long time Mr. Hill and other
long-distance propbeta have been
warning the people against the day
when their farms would not produce
enough for domestic consumption.
Evidently their warning has either
struck home or they have overdrawn
the situation. Whichever theory Is
correct, it Is gratifying to know from
official sources that a better balance
between production and population
has beeu attained. We know, then,
that our farmers are finally learning
the lesson of Intensive soil culture for
our population strides have been long
and steady. It seems to us tbat this
is the most hopeful note that has been
Bounded on the subject and It ought
to encourage a greater effort than
''ever toward the perfection of scientific
farming.
Immediately after discussing the
production and population problem
tbe government's statistician takes up
the subject of tbe cost of living. Tbe
two are bo intertwined that it is diffi
cult seriously to consider one without
adverting to the other. The burden
of the whole plea of intensive agricul
ture, of increasing tbe acreage yield
! and improving the crops, has been tbe
i relief from the hardship of excessive
j prices, or rather an equitable adjust
ment of the laws of supply and de
mand. It Involves all such elements
of consideration as robbing and 1m
poverl"hlng the soil, waste of energy
and ignorance in tilling it, and the
need for greater outlet to the con
gested streams of urban population.
The movement has been systemat
ically promulgated by private and pub
lic effort, and that it is yielding such
early and vital resulta is all the in
spiration required for continued effort
ar.d larger success. It Is not to be
supposed that a people like ours is go
ing to fall in taking advantage of all
the potential benefits the soil offers.
Paul Morton.
The sudden death of Paul Morton,
former secretary of the navy ' and
later president of the Equitable Life
Assurance society, comes home partic
ularly to the people of this state who
had regarded hitn as a Nebraska con
tribution to public life. Although
born in Michigan, Paul Morton came
in his Infancy to Nebraska, where he
was raised and educated, and which
he always looked upon as his home.
Naturally, hia remarkable success,
first In railroading and later in other
big enterprises, was watched with In
terest and pride by Nebraska people
generally. The call to a cabinet port
folio under President Roosevelt, after
his father had occupied a similar posi
tion under President Cleveland, gave
him unique distinction, due, however,
to his striking personality, winning
the friendship and favor of Colonel
Roosevelt, rather than to any claims
based upon political service. Hia
early taklng-off at the zenith of a bril
liant career will elicit widespread sor
row and regret.
' Overdone Sentimentalism.
While our people are rightly
alarmed at the growing prevalence of
burglary, thievery and hold-ups In
Omaha, they should be reminded tbat
overdone sentimentalism has perhaps
had something to do with it. Leni
ency toward offenders, led astray In
spite of themselves, is all right, but
the wholesale pardoning and parole of
willful criminals cannot fail to be a
stimulus to crime. We maintain a
police force at great expense and exert
ourselves to catch and Identify
thieves, and then after conviction let
them be liberated without punishment
if they can put up a plausible story to
the judge. Within the past year doz
ens of convicted criminals have been
granted immunity, some of them more
than once, to continue to prey upon
other victims with reckless disregard
to human life. We believe the law
vesting this power In a trial judge, If
tested, would be declared unconstitu
tional as transferring the pardoning
power belonging exclusively to the
governor. But whether it is uncon
stitutional or sot, it ought to be re
pealed. Lively Times Ahead.
It Is already evident that the next
democratic national convention is not
to be a one-man affair. If present con
ditions are a safe indication, It will
be of the old-time order, many candi
dates and many battles and ballots.
It will be a return to the days before
Mr. Bryan had himself nominated and
renominated simply aa a matter of
form to ratify his automatic selection.
True, Senator Joseph W. Bailey an
nounced, with becoming modesty, at
that Baltimore terrapin supper, that
"If Champ Clark makes a better
speaker than Mr. Harmon makes a
governor, we will nominate Clark for
president, and if Mr. Harmon makes
a better governor than Champ Clark
does a speaker, we will nominate Mr.
Harmon for president." But every
body who knows Mr. Bailey knowa that
the Issue will not be left for settle
ment between Champ Clark and Gov
ernor Harmon. They might not even
be tbe two foremost candidates. Gov
ernor Woodrow Wilson, though studi
ously slighted at . tbat love-feast, Is
still a possibility. And there are
others, several others.
So far then as candidates go, tbe
field will probably be full. Already
we . hear rumblings of discontent over
the cut-and-dried method of Champ
Clark'gNeaucua nomination for apeaker
in the philippic of Representative
Dies of Texas. "Frame-up," "fellow
worms, ' can lines incog, -conspirators,
who Impudently stuck this cut-and-dried
slate under the noses of
gentlemen," are a few of the choice
phrases employed to characterize these
methods. Manifestly all Is not as
serene as the democratic bo sued would
have us believe. That is further ap
parent in Bailey's attack on the
Champ Clark method of tariff revision
and the general conflict in views on
this subject.
With a multiplicity of candidates
added to a confusion of' plana and
ideas account must also be taken in
this reckoning of Mr. Bryan and fu
ture developments. It begins to look
as if the party of Jefferson and Jack
fon and Bryan were, through, for a
time, at least, with nominations by
default.
Tbe tenacity with which the offlce
holding habit clings is again illus
trated in the case of the disputed rail
way commissionership vacancy, to
which Governor Sballenberger trans
ferred his private secretary, who now
persists in holding on, although the
people of Nebraska at tbe last election
gave their votes to another. It is re
ported that the nult filed to test the
rich's of the rival claimants cannot
possibly be finally adjudicated for
more than a year, which would leave
the present Incumbent in the job for
the term of his appointment. It ought
to be easy enough for the parties at
Interest to agree to a stipulation of
fact and secure a ruling on the law In
a comparatively short time, but ap
parently the democratic appointee
prefers to rely on the law's delay
rather than on the righteousness of
his cause.
In politics, as elsewhere. It makes a
lot of difference whose ox Is gored.
Tbe democrats in the Montana legis
lature have broken into print with a
resolution directed at the two Massa
chusetts democrats who voted for the
retention of Senator Lodge, which de
clares: We regard any member of any legislative
assembly who votea for one of opposite
political faith for fritted States senator a
a traitor to his constituents and a man
unfit to remHln as a member of any legis
lature. Yet only this very week the demo
cratic nominee for Vnlted States sen
ator in Nebraska was soliciting the
votea of republicans, under no express
or Implied obligation to vote for him,
but, on the contrary, morally bound to
vote for the nominee of their own
party. The Montana democrats' de
nunciation is bo unconditional that it
would put the whole Oregon plan off
watch along with the backsliders who
go over to the political enemy.
The outspokenness of Judge Wilbur
F. Bryant must be extremely trying to
his old friend, William J. Bryan. This
la what he now aaya:
The people who laud William J. Bryan
beyond hia merits ar his t-nt-st enemies.
They have caused him to attribute hia
inpie aereat to every reason but the true
one, which was that the American people
did not wish to try the experiment of
electing him.
Treason! Lese Majeste! Con
spiracy!
Although elected on a people-rule
platform, Judge Shoemaker has un
dertaken to sponsor a bill repealing
the municipal initiative and referen
dum law written onithe statute books
by John O. Yeiser, the pioneer In the
Initiative and referendum business in
this state. How's that for democratic
consistency?
Champ Clark is regarded as a some
what funny man. His latest joke is
thanking that democratic caucus for
"this honor you have bestowed upon
me," when he and his friends had it
all cut and dried for months.
Without taking into account his de
sire or ability, we now have assurance
as to any necessity of Mr. Jeffries'
coming back. The official count esti
mates his wealth at $300,000.
The Hague tribunal forbids firing on an
unfortified canal. Peace Advocate.
But suppose somebody should fire,
anyway, then what? Laws of all
sorts have been violated.
The county optionlsts of the Ne
braska legislature seem to be gradu
ally uniting on a measure and a pro
gram. The anti-optionist8 have been
together for some time.
la It the Real Thing f
St. Loula Globe-Democrat.
Now that some of the democratic leaders
In congrees have feaated at Baltimore,
they are prepared to state if canvas-back
duck with Insurgent sauce tastes like the
real thing.
Hlaky Industry for Women.
New York World.
In the bribery caaea In Adams county,
O., a woman 10 yeara of age came Into
court and confessed ahe had sold the votes
of her huaband and her sun. Thla la a
strict novelty in bribery and opens a new
Industry for women.
A Parallel Case.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The attempt to asaaaslnate Premier Brl
and of France waa happily without polit
ical significance. It waa exactly parallel
to the shooting of Mayor Gaynor by a dis
charged employe, except for the fortunate
feature that the Frenchman waa the poor
est shot.
Good Bill to Beat.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Kulloway bill ahould be defeated be
cause It la thoroughly bad In itself. Fur
thermore, It would establish a bad pre
cedent and encourage an even worse In
justice In the future. To oppoe It Is not
to evince a desire to throw a straw In
the old aoldler'a way, and any Intimation
that Its opponents are copperheads haa
no bearing whatever upon the facts.
Political Drift
j-
A farmer wields tlip gavel In the Illinois
house of representatives, but the lawyers
have the floor.
Fenator-Elect Kern of Indiana clung to
lila whisker throughout the campaign, and
with eiial nerve parades them with the
pictures of the victor.
It waa "Billy" Bhcchan who raised
l-iun.ono to finance the last New York demo
cratic campaign. Now they have him
buffaloed on the senator-hip. ,
About 7. Win budding ami blooming Fta;cs
nien are now grinding out law lit the
several state leinlaturce. The literary
Ki'ltit in Massachusetts already contains
l.DW hllla Nebraska's file is about 'SO,
with a host of member to hear Hum
Kvery man who has caiorted on a
bsnana peel and fell the resistance of a
concrete walk will appreciate the Jolt
given th public by the reMrt of voting
praft in the hallowed district of I'm le
Joe Cannon. Danville, the pure, the loyal,
the unshakeable. let the Danville haml
play a dirge.
Representaiive William Dukman. mlssina
his etistomao hot blsnii.N and the up'.ti
grate fire, became linnieKirU soon after
reaching the initio a legislature a" S; r;n :
flSd. He has Hrrnnifed to :elurn to l:U
home at Kdw ardavllle. srvtiitv m lea away,
every ni't't. and gets up at u. in to
make the return tup.
When the Baltimore featers h.ol dis
posed of ".of) !.. nnhu ven o'st": !. sewn; -file
gallons of diamond!) it-k it r ap ;i. 0
canvarback diiiks and fort-fivn Smith
field bam, smothered wttli 1 .r I cxkUib.
jf.O quart of champagne and m nor s'i .1
things. It Was tou much i t am
great degree of siiencj v I 'ie th-- "demo
crat ie niraa:e?" wei e htiny d li erl The
feetal combination is as nois.. a.- a b I It r
factor) .
In Other Lands
Bile XJfl.ts on XT'"- la Trans
piring among the (Tear ao4
Tar Stations ef the rta.
The rtritlh ciltic who stts.matl.ed the
sultan of Turkey, now exiled, as "Abdul
the Pcmned." did not emphsslie his In
dignation more than history warranted.
MoJt of the Crimea attributed to the xt'l
tan. and thy ,ie countless. ere com
muted at his Instigation. Few if any were
1 then known to have been committed by the
atiltan'a own hand. Hut his own people
now In chaiKC of the government, have
unearthed amomt the archives of the Yildis
Kiosk details of a cowardly assasination
of a child committed by the sultan In per
son. Two members of the commission
which examined and Indexed the archives
gives this precise account of the prints In
the Fortnightly Review: "One dav he en
tered the harem aadder and more anxious
thnn ever, plactd his revolver on a small
table, sat down In an arm chair and called
the little one to him. "he was fortunate
enough to amuse this Turk with her laugh
ter and prank. Hut in an unhappy mo
ment the child went up to the table, and
perceiving the revolver with Its shining
barrel toolt it for some sort of plaything,
and adzing It ran to the sultan to a sit
what It waa. With one bound Abdul
Hamld sprang on the child, exclaiming:
'You want to kill me. You are the instru
Blent of my enemies.' And the monster
beiiau to strike and kick the child. Aa he
struck his fury Increased, lie seized a
atlck and set upon the poor little thing.
When they carried her away she waa
dead."
The defeated leader of a forlorn hope
must ever bear the brunt of the kicks and
cuffs of those who failed to connect, as
well as the heartless Jibes of the victors.
The night Honorable Arthur J. Balfour,
leader of the British torles. is made to feel
"the stings and arrows of outrageous for
tune," hurled by political friends In his
own camp. All the tory organs have
pounced upon him and are tanning him In
merciless fashion. A flood of letters from
defeated soreheads are published, and not
a defender among them. The character
of the criticism aa well as the nature
of the pain Is Indicated by the noted tory
standpatter. J. Maxse, editor of the
National Review. He says: "We have
long been of opinion, which it hHS been
useless to disguise and which successive
events confirm, that under Mr. Balfour
there Is little or no hope of the unionist
party regaining Its influence In the state.
We have lost three general elec
tions under the present regime, and even
more serious than defeat in the general
slackness and slumber which follow each
defeat. Organization is regarded ss be
neath the dignity of our leader. It la as
though commissariat were beneath the
dignity of a general." It ia not apparent
that Mr. Balfour is grieving overmuch. At
last accounts he waa enjoying himself on
the golf links.
The abandoned American practice of put
ting labels on home-made goods aa a bogus
sign of superiority has reversed and ap
plied to bogus American goods In Prague,
Bohemia. American Consul Hrlttain re
ports that stationers In that city handle
large quantities of French-made paper
packed In boxes bearing American flags
and labels printed In English. In another
place, decorated with American flags, type
writers made In Germany after an Amer
ican pattern were conspicuous. Similarly
the flag Is employed In a ahoe shop to
give the impression that footwear made
in Vienna Is an American-made article.
Consul Brlttain suggests that, aa the de
ception Is profitable else It would not be
practiced, American manufacturers should
take advantage of the reputation their
goods enjoy and put the genuine on the
Bohemian market.
A beam of sunalilne la thrown on the
murky political clouds of England by the
discussion of the question, "Was Nepoleon
liver on English Soil?" The chief dis
putants are Ijord Rosebery and John
Burns of the British cabinet. Lord Rose
bery, relying on hia researches as a Na
poleonic author, says "no," while Mr..
Hums Insists that the Coralcan once dwelt
In London. Hia authority Is a neighbor
hood hlsttory of Charing Cross, which
states that Napoleon dwelt In George
street, near the Adelphl, In 1791 or 1792, and
that he drank a cup of chocolate In a
nearby coffee house. Unfortunately for
Mr. Burns' contention, there are no avail
able pictures showing the Corslcan nego
tiating the chocolate with hia right hand
behind his back and the farway Belle
pi ron look on hia face, hence they are re
garded merely aa a contribution to the
gaiety of the nation.
Commercialism knowa no spot too sacred
for Us money-getting touch. Mount Slnal,
where Moses Is alleged to have received
the tablets graven with divine law, la
being explored for oil. - Invadera of the
historic locality report the prospects of
striking a guaher la cheering enough to
provoke a rush for ayndicate Block, besides
the prospect la enough removed from the
brokers' shops to exude an odor of sanctity
for the gullible. It Is certain the English
men who are financing the search are dili
gently boring for oil and have the confi
dence of their money In the outlook. Should
Impious, well-diggers strike what they are
after, in sufficient quantities to dlaturb
the world market, one more will be addnd
to the pressing!)- painful troubles that en
velope like Hudson foga the veteran oil
kins of l'ocantlco Hllla. '
Another American Invader Is knocking
for admission to the legislative halls of
France, and la likely to be welcome. There
In no "leave to print" without delivery
the offerings of windjammers, such as ob
tains In the American congress, conse
quently the legislative machinery of the j
French chamber Is clogged by the den ire i
of almon every depot) to apeak on the i
pending budget. The I'aris Temps seea no
prospect of early action unleas the depu- j
tlew are persuaded to forego the strain on j
j the lunps and submit their remarks for
I publication In the Official Journal. As an
I alternative plan the Temps reminds the
1 deputies loaded with hot air that the
' most glorious las of the French tribune!
I were those in which "the orutora contented!
j thcmaelvi o with a two-minute speech."
I
Itopoita of the death of King Menellk '
have been frequent enougu to confu.ie thb
I world. Last isummer a series of world-
I wide obituaries announced his passing, and
1 wtre ! olio wed by less emphatic contradlc- '
' tioiiK v. liii !i laced tin editor of newspaper!
' moi'sues in a ftate of painful uncertainly.
i l!ov. eer. the, considered him di ad enou0'!i
I for burial ami pronounced the eulog . But
: " i.fu.-. .' ti s.ny .it ad. lie cci-j
talnly v. as v ery much alie lu"t I leceiiiher. '
f'-r I'.u- I'ai s F:nio announces that his
f Year picsint lo tin- pieaidenl oil
; li ante t'inMHol of a l.on. a lioness, a
j Kiralfe and a L i a
iiorl,inl t I'm. oiliiiloii,
' 'cliaKo New s.
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who ins.M.i th.it oppoitunity died ag
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The Bee's Letter Box
Contribatlona aa Timely Snfcjecta
irot Sareeaiar Two Moaared Words
Are Canted front Our era.
Take lloni Ike "lld Oari,"
OMAHA. Jan. 10 To the Editor of The
T.ee: 1-et me endorse the "klik" made on
the disfigurement of our atreets by covering
telegraph poles and fences with advertis
ing postera. The police see.n to pay no
attention to the nuisance, although tor
bidden by law. Three posters bearing por
traits if candidate who ran fur office a
ear ago last November staie me In the
lace on my block eeiy tune I go out. I
should think it was high time at least to
bui y these dead ones. I agtee with the
statement that It la foolish lo Invite strang
ers to aee our city and then show them
such thinga aa would be expected only In
a small village. C. K. JOHNSON.
A Plea for More Tensions.
COM AlBfa. O.. Jan. l-To the Editor
of The Bee: I Inclose a cutting about the
bill Increasing pensions for old soldier.
I am an old soldier and years old and
cannot see anything wrong with a raise
of this kind, for It will not be long and
the money thua distributed will be an
advantage to the country while the doub
ling of salaries for nearly all officiate la
harmful. JAMES MICK LE.
Home Kale and Clean Atreets.
OMAHA, Jan. 20. To the Editor of The
Bee: Whatever charter making lights the
legislature may grant to the city of
Omaha this winter, let ua hope It gives us
the power to take care of our atreets
Under present arrangement the city Is
unable to keep Its thoroughfares In a re
spectable condition. They are unsightly
and uncomfortable. It la the fault of with
holding from cities In our state the right
of local self-government, one of the most
serious obstacles to well rounded growth
and progress we have to encounter. Has
the time not come when our friends out In
the state will recognize the Injustice and
unbuslness-lika principle of auch a proceed
ing? Omaha Is making steady and encour
aging advances, but ahe will make much
greater headway when she Is given the
right to govern herself aa our cltlsena
know besf how to govern Thla street sit
uation Is the cause of much harsh criticism
from our visitors and yet no criticism could
be more unreasonable If the obstacles to
Improvement are considered. We have good
streets; mote paved streets than any other
city of similar alie lo the country, but we
are unable to keep them clean aa they
should be kept for the simple reason that
our charter does not enable us to take the
work out of politics and appropriate suf
ficient money for that purpose. The legis
lature haa never given us a charter that
would let us clean our street. We have
been Ilk a 15-year-old boy wearing a 10-year-old
boy's clothes. They neither look
nor feel well and subject the boy to a
good deal of unjust ridicule. D. R, G.
FILLING A LONG-FELT WANT.
Cleveland Leader: Anyway, Bryan will
not have to do any explaining to the
western farmera, later, about terrapin,
canvasblack duck and champagne.
Chicago Pont: Isn't It Just like the dear
old democracy to give an elaborate, bang
up, costly banquet and then mismanage
tt so that none of the apeakers could be
heard?
Philadelphia Bulletin. The managera of
the democratic harmony feast at Balti
more have apparently found It easier to
put down the splke-tall than to suppress
discordant booms for 1912.
Louisville Courier-Journal: The demo
cratic lean years have been long and
many, but the bill of fare of last night's
canvaa-back and terrapin feed at Balti
more ought to have gone far to fill
many a long-felt want of the faithful.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat The Balahax
zar feast of the democrats at Baltimore
may have brought out the fateful hand
writing on the wall, but an Inspection of
the quantity and quality of the drink pro
vided leads us to conclude that nobody
saw It.
Houston Post: Oh, you Baltimore! And
T,0O Lynnhaven Bays, diamond-back terra
pin, canvasback ducks, Smlthfleld hams,
530 quarts of champagne, at cetera, et
catera! And Just to think of thosS lean days
when we had a stale sandwich, a stalk of
rusty celery, seven glasses of water and
three hours of hot air for a dollar. The
old ship of Zlon with a full-bellied democ
racy aboard is plowing the waves and is
headed straight for glory!
Les Moines Register and Leader: So the
people who turned their ears toward Balti
more expecting to hear clarion voices
bounding splendid keynotes for the rally
ing of democracy were disappointed. There
came from the banquet hall only the clat
ter of dishes, the popping of oorks, the
babel of feasters and the noises of revelry.
It ia as though one listened through the
night for the stirring call to arms and then
heard only the braying of a donkey.
A atlonal Matter.
Kansas City Times.
An extraordinary thing happened when
the democratic' members of the Bouth Da
kota legislature wired Governor Dlx of
New York that the election of a New York
senator waa a national affair, and that
the election of Sheehan would coat the
democratic party at large a million votes.
H3B2
37th Annual
fin (AH l
Kor thirty-seven years A. Hosi
sonally sold over twenty-eight thousand in
struments out of Omalia. Yes, has repre
sented, several f the piano manufacturers since 1 874. iS Ol
HK.VT IT?
Think of handling the Kimball 1'iano and the Hallet-Jiavis Piano
for nearly four decades, and the Planes still in use. Kvery year for
all this time we have a sale a I'iano sale. Piano that have regularly
lirouiilit Vl-5 to $I0 are gelling now for (105 lo -U for cunli or
time payments, f'lanos formerly $350 to $4 60 gelling I mm $'1'& to
$275, on easy payments. $1,000 Grand I'lanos down to $47j. brand
new rprlght Pianos for $13S.
$1 a Week Buys Them
I ael upi ii lil pianos $.V, $73, f KH and up.
PJANOS
BUY
HAS 110 SUBSTITUTE
. si
Absolutely Pure
Tito only baking powdat
mado from fioyal Grape
Oroam of Tartar
ALU!.!,!.! LIME FDSFHATE
At first glance this looks like Impertinent
Intel fetenre. but tt Is not Per.stors am
national offlcera. They are elected by th,
states, but to serve the nation at lait.
and as national officers enjoy some Immu
nities that are not enjoyed by atate offi
cers. Till? DKM IIIVO OP SMITH.
Senator Cammla and Ike Promotion
of the Congressman.
Sioux City Journal.
It Is announced that Senator Cummins
will not oppose the confirmation of Judgs
Bmlth. It Is said that the senator did not
urge the president to make the appoint
ment, but now that tt has been made he
wil not fight It. Thla la said to be some
thing of a disappointment to Senator I
Follette and Brlstow, who make the point
that the president had opportunity to ex
hibit his sympathy with tha progressives
and neglected It. The bucking senator 1 i
not seem to have taken a full view of the
case. The Iowa senator did what he could
last year to oust Judge Smith from his
congressional Beat. In his appointment to
the circuit bench the senator la getting
what he wanted. For another thing. Judge
Smith might become a formidable candi
date for the aenate. Senators Ijl Fol
lele and Brlstow ought to gee that thu
path of duty for Senator Cummins is in
loyalty to his atate.
LINES TO A SMILE.
Tlie big atone had rolled to the bottom
the hill again, and tbe byatanders were
Jeering at Slayphua.
7 Boy a." he groaned, tackling it once
more, "If you can't booat, don't knoclt."-
Chicago Tribune.
"Is your play reaJlstloT" asked the man
ager. ,
"Realistic!" exclaimed the playwright. "I
should say It la. I've got a cab driver In
one scene who can swear to the queen's
taste." Detroit Free Press.
Decorator Don't you think we had bet
ter have a frlexe In this room?
Owner Can't have a freese In any room,
Got them steam heaters all through the
house. Buffalo Kjtpreaa.
"What would you do If you woke atp
some morning and found yourself a
millionaire?" asked Meandering Mike.
"I'd do like a lot of these other get-rlnh-qulcker."
replied Plodding pote. "Id
bunt tip an expert on Insanity right off."-
Washington Star.
"Shoes come awfully high!" sighed the
father of the family.
"That remlnda me, papa," said his -year-old
daughter, "that I want a pair
reaching nearly to the kneee. All the other
glrta are wearing tbat kind." Chicago
Tribune.
"I think this plan to make married man
wear a ring on their thumb la a great
eeneme.
"Why?"
"Why, it you want to Know ir a maa
married or not Just look at his thumb.
"I have an easier way than that."
"10 like to know what it la?"
"1 Just look at the man." Houston Pest.
MY OLD SHAKES BONNET.
Lurand Sheldon In New Tork Tlmea.
Today, aa I atood on the street for a
"minute
Observing the new-fangled headgear go
by.
I noticed one hat with a girl a head within
It
That carried me back to the past with a
sigh.
I thought of my childhood's inordinate
passion
For wearing the latest In bonnet and
month after month, Just to be in the
fashion.
I stuck to an old Shaker bonnet of
brown.
A tight-fitting bonnet with nothing upon
That covered my head from tho nape ta)
the crown.
Today It's a "atoveplpe,"- a "bowl," or a
"basket '
Hauled over to rest on the bridge of her
nose;
A few yards of Veiling to soften or masque
It.
A big. Jeweled hatpin, a feather or rose.
It covers her forehead, her hair, and her
forehead;
It smothers her rare like that bonnet of
yore.
Which now In the old cedar trunk lies
and molders
A telle- of atylea that I used to adore.
The old Shaker bonpet with nothing upon
It
1 bought for a dime at the grocery stole.
1
has per-
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