THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY. JULY 21. 1911
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JUNE CI RCtrLA TION.
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Subscriber leavlua tha alty tarn,
orarlly aaU fcnve TaV Bee
"' than.. Aderaaa will be
ehanaed aa oftea aa regaestea.
Whaa. but Mr. Wleba 0f tha Lorl
mer cage it hot under the collar.
The faction of Illlnola reformer!
threaten to unite Jo the ioterest of
reform.
If this thing keeps up Dr. Wiley
may be acquitted for the enemies he
has made.
Mr. Bryan Is said to take no stock
In the old adage that the "third time
Is the charm." 1
Evidently, the president should have
atarted those yachting excursions ear
lier In the game.
The founders of the Illinois Lincoln
league probably feel that there Is vir
tue, at least, In a good name.
Tor a perfectly guileless and blame
less man, Mr. nines certainly Is in
fifty-seven varieties of. a pickle.
To make "Mike" Harrington chair
man of the democratic state conven
tion would be rather rubbing it in.
Two daf mutes wer married yesterday,
There will a one quiet home.-Nsw York
Herald.
Tor a time, yea.
If Noah, tha original weather fore
caster, ahould turn his dove eut now
he would aure come back with dry
feet
You bet, If Georgia bad elected Tom
Wataoa to the senate It . would not
have to force him to take the oath of
office.
The prince of Wales Is planning to
take a trip around the world. Well,
the prince haa to do aomethtng to pass
the time. v .: V -
We ahall be surprised if our Con
gressman Lobeck does not get a base
ball section added to the Congres
sional Record. ...
Who would have thought that
Mayor "Jim" would ever have hesi
tated about algntng or vetoing a Sun
day closing law.
Chicago la aaid to be jubilant over
the report that It la not the most
wicked city la the land. Is that a
lap at Pittsburg?
About ten daya yet for aspirants for
primary honors to decide whether to
withdraw or accept membership la the
society of the also-rans.
The American people have a habit of
Promina- from experience. Nebraska's
Bealor Senator.
Here's plank on which we can all
agree.
Those overworked congressmen will
scarcely get any rest between the close
or the Chautauqua season and the
opening of the regular session of con
gress. In the meanwhile, the people down
at Lincoln are still wrestling with
their water problem. Presumably,
the next step will be to vote more
water bonds.;
Still, even aa pro-consul. Lord
Kitchener, if he rises to the oppor
tunity of tne office aa exampllfled In
Roman history, may make quite a
place for himself.
Senator Hitchcock, through his'
newspaper, says he Is willing to let
Mr. Bryaa work with him for any
principle upon which they may agree.
How klad and condescending.
Members of St. Paul'a Water board
were recently atranded In the country,
where they had gone for an automo
bile ride, when their auto broke down.
Marooned mariners, aa It were.
In all thla resolutlng in the various
county conventions In Nebraska, the
moat noticeable thing la the dense al
ienee en the aubjeet of county option
or prohibition, with which the prairies
were afire one short year ago.
Prank of Georgia Politician.
The legislature that elected Gov
ernor Hoke Smith of Georgia to the
senate hissed his message expressing
appreciation of the honor, and had It
felt before as It felt about It then It
might hare continued former Got
ernor Terrell In the seat of the late
Senator A. S. Clay.
Having thwarted the demand for a
primary election to let the people say
whom they wanted for senator and
forced the legislature to eierctse Its
constitutional right and elect him,
Hoke Smith refuses to resign the gov
ernorshlp and be aworn In at Wash
ington aa senator, notwithstanding the
fact that 8enator Terrell's resignation
la accepted and the place declared va
cant, leaving Georgia with but one
representative In the upper branch of
congress. Governor Smith, to Justify
this political csper of his, took the
position that he was not senator until
he was sworn In and he did not pro
pose to be sworn in so long as con
gress would adjourn shortly, not to
reconvene until next December. In
the meantime he, by holding on to the
governorship, might succeed In per
fecting the reorganization of his pollt
Icsl machine at home, which had suf
fered deterlorlatioo during the two
years that Joe Brown was governor.
It la a most remarkable piece of
cheap politics that has been played Id
public for some time and stamps
Smith as too narrow-gauged a man
for United 8tates senator. Georgia's
right to have two representatives In
the senate Is utterly ignored by one
who has wrung many distinctions
from his state. His apologists point
to the ease of David B. Hill aa a par
allel to justify Smith's action. But,
though subject to criticism, It Is not a
parallel, since congress . waa not In
session when Hill, while serving as
governor of New York, was elected to
the eenate and would not pe in session
for nine months. However, Hill's ac
tion was at the time bitterly con
demned. Smith's, therefore, may be
expected to provoke general con
demnation, outside the circle of his
political clique. . . Smith Is on Mr.
Bryan's list of acceptable presidential
possibilities.
The Pie Theory.
It is suggested that all this volcanic
eruption within the democratic fold
here In Nebraska Is really a prelimi
nary dispute over pie. The. thought
that by some unforeseen circumstance
the democrata may chance to elect a
president In 1913 and come into pos
session of the spoils of office leads to
the further thought that the pie must
be cut and handed out according to
directlona prescribed by some local
medicine mixer and that if the friends
and followers of one great leader are
taken care of, those who at any time
refused to follow or, opposed might
expect to find themselves on the same
blacklist as the distinguished' demo
cratic governor of Ohio. '
Of course, we put no stock In this
sordid explanation. Democrata light
over pie, or rather over the mere smell
of pie It la unthinkable. Democrats
are animated only by high Ideals, by
devotion to principle, by patriotism
that seta party above self. The pie
theory is no more tenable than the
booze theory.
Negative Reformers.
Senatora Lorlmer of Illlnola and
Stephenson of Wisconsin have been
much criticised for Inactivity and non
attendance in the senate, .but It would
be a gross error to say that they have
not exerted Influence there. For proof
of which consider the features of the
campaign publicity bill Just panged
and the senate's favorable action on
the popular election plan.
Senator Stephenson admits having
apent $107,000 to obtain his seat In
the senate. Certain well known state
ments have been made aa to what It
cost to "put Lorlmer over." The con
servative Senator Root, in discussing
the campaign publicity bill, said:
All sanators know tbare baa bean much
corruption In electlona throughout tha
country, 'e know It, not only through
the newspaper, but tn what has occurred
rtsbt here In the aanatc.
Senator Reed of Missouri, "reformer
who hates the term," in a speech in
the senate, said:
Tha law of Wlaconaln requires candidates
to flic atatemanta of their expenaea. Yet
one of them alta In this body today who
admlted having apent 1107.000 to obtain
votes In tha primary election. If that la
not a bar to hla holding a aeat In tha sen
ate, It ought to be.
And then the senate proceeded to
pass the bill. Senatora Lorlmer and
Stephenson are what might be called
negative reformers, but they are re
formers, nevertheless, potent and puU
ssnt. The Buffalo Sedivims.
Uncle Sam It a great humanitarian
with more or less of sentiment In his
makeup. This is shown In his effort
to preserve the buffalo, whose species
haa come so near extinction. The fed
eral government must be actuated In
thla more from the sentimental desire
to preserve the "oldest inhabitant" of
the plains than' from any material or
gainful standpoint. It could, of course,
never expect to restore the bison to
his former numerical atrengtb, which
ran Into the millions, nor would it be
feasible to attempt that, for the land
he once roamed in unchallenged au
premacy la now needed for his more
necessary domestic kinsmen, the cat
tle, aud other herds.
What the government baa done is to
lay out a range of (8,000 acres In
Oklahoma and another one of 20.000
acres In Montana for the raising of
buffalo. These ranges are fenced in
adequately and supplied wth keepers,
so that the work will be carried on
scientifically and aecurely. Aa recently
a forty years a an, it a estimated,
there were aa many aa t, 000, 000 buf
falo on the ranges of Wyoming,
Montana, northern Colorado and Idaho
and 4,000,000 In Nebraska, eastern
Colorado, Kansas and aouth of the
Texaa Panhandle. The St. Lou I a Globe-
Democrat la responsible for the state
ment that today not more) than 1,100
buffalo are alive in the world, a ma
jority of these being la captivity.
One may wonder at their rapid
passing from the American plains un
til he comes to atudy the ruthless
freedom with which their slaughter
was permitted and carried on. It waa
one of the mistakes thla government
made during a period of construction
when its attention waa needed for
other things of greater importance.
Now In the quieter period of reflec
tion the mistake ia discovered and
Uncle Sam has decided to do what ia
In his power toward restoring to a
limited number this once proud mon
arch of the limitless empire of the
west.
Vagaries of the Memory.
It is funny what trtcka a man'a
mind will play on him sometimes. For
Instance, It may fix certain facta In
hie memory so that they cannot by
any process of time or confusion be
effaced, while other facta relating to
the same subject, if recorded at all
on his mental tablet, are ao dimly
written as to fade away completely.
Thla phenomenon manifests Itself In
the case of Washington B. Thomaa,
chairman of the board of directors of
the sugar trust, commonly called the
American Sugar Refining company.
Mr, Thomaa, the records show, was
made a member of the special com
mittee with the late Henry O. Have
meyer to acquire certain beet sugar
refineries and yet when interrogated
for an explanation of how It waa done
he declares he "knew nothing of It
until I read of It in the newspapers."
But when asked if the American had
not been In the habit of boycotting in
dependent concerns that attempted to
buy augar In Louisiana, Mr. Thomaa
hotly replied, "absolutely no."
Later when asked wljy the sugar
trust advertised tn trade papers that
"raw augar is unhealthful and has a
bug In It," Mr. Thomaa' knowledge or
memory faded him again and he re
plied, "I know nothing about such ad
vertisements." Then the committee put this ques
tion to him:
"Is It not a fact that there ! tuO.000,000 of
water tn the capital stock of tha American
company and that it haa been attempting
to pay dlvldenda on SOO.OOO.AOO of stock eut
of earnings on not more than 140,000,000 of
actual property?"
But again bla mind had slipped a
cog and all he could aay was, "Oh, I
could not say,"
Big business men generally have
either very poor memories or very con
venient onea, for .they seem to retain
exactly what ia favorable to their aide
and forget what ia not. '
Juit a Trifling- Oversight.
We beg to acknowledge receipt of
a neatly printed pamphlet of "mu
nicipal atatlBtlca" for the city of
Omaha compiled by the city comptrol
ler, from which we discover that the
assessed valuation of taxable property
on a one-fifth basia totala 180,376,218,
on which a tax levy of 62.9 mills pro
duces a revenue of $1,812,667.68. To
this must be added estimated miscel
laneous receipts from police court
costs, fees, occupation tax, etc., of
$157,000, making the grand total of
revenue $1,969,267.63. But, although
the tax levy for the. school fund Is
specifically figured, nowhere in the
compilation do we find any account
taken of the email Item of $260,000
paid into the school fund from liquor
licenses. Of course, the overlooking
of a trifling amount like $260,000 la
entirely negligible, although It doubt
less would be missed by the school
board If by accident it ahould become
sidetracked.
The law prohibiting the conveyance
of voters to the polls 1b suppoaed to
be now In effect, and It will be up to
some accommodating court before
long to decide what a political convey
ance is, and how badly incapacitated
a voter must be to be entitled to a
free ride.
The probability is that It waa a Blip
of the pen that made Fred Bruning
write "republican" into bis filing
blank instead of "democrat," becauee
It ia also probable that he will realize
hi mistake only after the votea are
counted.
Omaha muat not Imagine that it ia
the only town with a line out for
transcontinental auto tourists. Other
cities are equally alive to the fact that
thla 80 rt of travel Is bound to increase
end that the auto travelers are mighty
desirable visitors.
If coming events cast their shadows
before the shying of several castors
Into the rlng(for the republican nomi
nation for congre&a In the Fifth dis
trict indicates that another announce
ment la on tha way.
The Dablman-Hitchcock comblae
inalata on making Mr. Bryan the party
goat In thla atate. and yet they are
not willing to concede him the horns
and the goat'a natural butting1 propen
sities. Olel Bel Srre.
t Pittsburg Dispatch.
Extreme heat having broken the senate
thermometer, that body decided It waa
time for It to show It oould take a hint.
t.k the Real at la.
San Franelaco Chronicle.
The ateel raagnatea assembled at Brussels
sre doubtless predaely tike the raat of us
including, aa we have aeen, the muckrekars
ta desiring to get thi highest price pos
sible fur whatever they have to sell.
ookincffiackwanl
I lib Day in Omaha
COMPILED rPOM DLL
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JULY 31.
Thirty Years Ago
Mrs. J. E. Boyd, her daughters, Mlaaes
Nora and Margaret, and son. Mr. and Mrs.
8. 9. Caldwell and sons. Vie and Bam, and
C. C. Taylor, wife and daughter, left for
Gaorgeton and other sKltudelese rations In
Colorado.
A sample ef prairie sand-burr can be aeon
at the Canfleld hoase measuring four feet
In length.
Rev. J. W. Ingram has (one to Dixon
oounty to rlalt Rev. E. W. Millar, an old
friend, to be absent one week.
George R. Mann, an architect for Kitchen
Brothers' new hotel, arrived with the plans
of the building, and la at the Wlthnell
houaa ready to receive calls from eon
tractors who went to figue on the work.
I. B. Congdon, chief of the locomotive
department of the Union Paclflo railway,
came In from the west.
M. H. Redfleld, editor for the Waatarn
Newapaper union, was united In marriage
with Mlas Bmlth. at tha realdenoe of tha
bride's parent at Waterloo, Neb. Mr. Red
field brought his bride Immediately to
their future home In Omaha.
Twenty Years Ago
William McFarland, employed by C. H.
Walworth to drive coupe No. 60, which
waa kept at Club stables on Capitol
avenue was kicked while feeding his
horses and died soon afterward. Captain
Moatyn of the police force telephoned for
Dr. Lord, who dreaaed the Injuries, but
said tha man oould not live.
Hon. Ignatius Donnelly came within
sight of Omaha, stopping at the Grand
hotel In Council Bluffs.
Dr. C. W. Hayes prepares for a month
In the Wisconsin woods.
J. R. Griffiths, traveling passenger
agent for the B. A. M. goea west with a
party of tourist from Cedar Rapids.
J. B. Reynolds, traveling passenger
agent for the B. A. M., and George A.
McNutt of the M. K. T. were In town.
Receipts of cattle at South Omaha were
1.015.
Cucumbers are worth W canta a dosen.
Eggs sold for U cents a dosan and
country butter to the packers at cents
a pound.
Total deposits In Omaha's nine national
banks were tlM2,02S.m.
Ten Years Ago
One hundred and fifty Colorado Elks with
an Indian band stopped In Omaha enroute
to the Milwaukee convention.
"No relief from the heat," ssys the
weather bureau. Tha mercury goes to 104.
Three deaths and three other prostrations
reported.
Count John A. Crelghten goes to New
Tork, whence he will take the Rotterdam
for Europe. Mayor Moores and others bid
him farewell at the Union station.
Trinity Cathedral choir boye, under the
care of Mr. Olson and Mr. Slater, go to
Waterloo for an eating.
Five hundred persons saw blrvcla raraa
at Midway Cycle. track. Many races were
run. m. o. Coleman won the flve-miia
handicap.
Solomon Altachuler, TJ years old, died
at 33 North Twenty-eight avenue.
YE COTJUTBt, EDITOR'S HUMOR.
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Geneva Slgnal;,(Sovernor Aldrlch haa re
appointed Dr. ,W vH. Wilaon state health
Inspector. If you,, catch the chiukenpox
notify Dr. Wilson at Lincoln.
Alliance Times.-' Judain bv h ..-,..
of "How dry I am" from the troops re
turning irom lexas, we Judge they walked
all the way and that the roads ware duaty.
Beatrice Express: The mayor ef Fair
bury has come to the conclusion that the
policemen couldn't discriminate between a
drunk man and a sober ens, so he has
removed them.
Kails City Journal; The drouth wilt have
a widespread effeot ever the state. Many
farmers In the western section will have
to mortgage tha cow ,to buy gasoline for
the automobile.
Loup City Tlmes-Indapendent: A peculiar
problem. No complaints have been heard
from Lincoln while that city waa under
the dry policy as to the shortage of water,
now that ths city has gone wet, the Lin
coln papers are howling about a "water
famine." The problem Is, are they taking
It straight" or mixing it.
Albion Argus: Many people of the state
have petitioned Governor Aldrlch to eet
aside a day for fasting and prayer for rain,
but he stands firm as a stone wall against
Interfering with tha prerogative of the
Almighty in the matter. The good Gov
ernor Savage In hla day appointed a day
for prayer to supplicate divine asslatanee
to get rid of the great drouth existing at
that time, but there Is no record that he
ever Invited prayer at any other time.
enner tor nimaeiz or tha commonwealth.
People Talked About
L-PUIS
MART IM
If you happen onto Broadway, New
York, with money to burn and an appetite
j for the "fat of the land." you can hardly
pass up one of Mr. Martin's string of swell
restaurants. When you grasp the else of
the check politeness bars, tha exclamation,
"Ach, Louie!"
John L. Sullivan, he of the "has been"
class. Is making a stacgar at farming at
West Ablngtoa, Mass. The champion that
was, the actor that la, 4oea uot expect to
pull down a large puree. He simply naeda
the exercise.
Tha "diving Venus," a shapely young
woman of aquatle tendencies at' so much
per, lent a , little life and color to a
solemn Chautauqua assembly In St. Louis
by diving Into the pond, clad la a suit of
black tights. Ths Chautauqua seaalon hur
riedly closed snd 1.000 spectators clamored
for sn encore.
The first wireless message aent an
Harsian waves from Honolulu to tha new
station on the Prlbllof Islands, off the
Alaskan coast, was sufficient excuse for a
celebration. The tnesaaaje earrlsd a variety
of newa which became a bore to the
Prlbllof party. "Ditch It." they curtly re
plied. "Tall us what's tne scare"
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I Metcalfe Haa the floor.
LINCOLN, July lS.-To the Editor of
The Bee: In Its laaue of July It tha Omaha
World-Herald charged me with responsi
bility for the controversy In the demo
cratic party. 1 replied te this attack, but
ths World-Herald does not print my reply,
tt prints an editorial In which It pretends
te describe my letter and then makes
answer te Its own description.
In my newspaper training 1 learned that
when a newspaper attacks a man It glvea
him an opportunity to answer the attack.
Becauas the World-Herald haa not given
me this privilege, I feel juatlfled tn ask
ing The Bee to print my letter, which I en
close, that the people ef Omaha may hear
my aide of the question.
After charging ma with being responsible
for a "poison feast," the World-Herald,
declining to print my defense, now says:
"This werld Is too full of a number of
things to allow It te be embittered with
vendettas. In however loving and forgiving
a spirit they may bs carried on. We pre
fer rather to cradle In our heart memories
of the kindnesses that have been done us,
of the friendship shown, thsn to cumber
and Infest It with bilious recollections of
times when the frailties of human nature
snd ths evsnescence of human gratitude
seemed Ao us, In our sorrow, to shut the
sunshine out of life."
It occurs to ma that these are strange
words coming from an editor who haa
Just accused a man of "poisoning a feast."
1 do not question that this editor feels
Just this way, but he ought to be enough
of a newapaper man to give the one he
assails the opportunity of defending hlra
aelf from the accusations he makes.
Thanking you In advance for the courtesy
I am sure you will extend me, I am
RICHARD U' METCALTTE.
LINCOLN. Neb., July II. To the Edi
tor: In your editorial entitled "The Open
Season." printed In today's paper, you
mention a number of Incidents which you
asy make the situation "a bit dlHtresalng
to those who have been able to retain
their sanity snd mental equipoise." Then,
sasumlng a Judicial air. you say that you
believe that "ths democrats of Nebraska,
despite the example that has been set.
will politely but firmly refuse to take with
them their tomshawks to the Fremont
convention for use on each other's indurate
cranlums." I hope that you are right In
this, and I am sure thst Mr. Bryan's
friends will cheerfully co-operate In any
honest effort to make the Fremont con
vention an harmonious affair and to
restore the party In this ststs to the solid
toundstlon tt occupied prior to the stste
convention of 1910.
I sm compelled, however, to decline a
certain place of honor you seem disposed
to give me. You asy: "First csme Mr.
Metcalfe, at a friendly Bryan birthday
banquet at Lincoln last spring, and de
lightedly converted It Into a poison
feast' with his Joyous charges and Innuen
does asalnat several and sundry of his
fellow democrats."
On March 19. the day before my address
at the Bryan birthday dinner, you printed
an article on your editorial page In which
you attacked Mr. Bryan, referring to him
as "Colonel W. J. Bryan, more or less
perpetual candidate for the presidency."
If, therefore, thst was a "poison feast."
It was the honored truest -the man to
whom the dinner waa given that was pols
oned1 and the poisoning took place at least
thirty-six hours before the dinner was
spread.
In many Issues of your psper prior to
my address on March 20, you printed at
tacks upon Mr. Bryan. So hostile were
these that In the World-Herald of January
7, and again In ths World-Herald of Jan
uary IS, Hon. E. B. Quackenbush of Ne
maha county, a member of the legislature,
found It necessary to protest against ths
Injustice you were doing Mr. Bryan.
In the World-Herald of January 10 you
printed aa attack upon Nebraska's dis
tinguished cltlsen in which you permitted
a correspondent to use the language: "In
the beginning God created the heavens and
William J. Bryan, and afterwards made
the earth for Bryan to stsnd upon."
So your readers will see that It Is not
true that In this discussion "First cams
Mr. Metcalfe."
You have so persistently kept op theae
flings at Mr. Bryan that your policy on
that Una la a matter of current comment
among the democrats of the state, and
only four days ago you printed In your
paper the following fling from your Lin
coln correspondent:
Special Dispatch to the World-Herald.
LINCOLN, Neb., July IS. The Lanoaater
democratic convention will be held Satur
day. Aa W. J. Bryan will ba abaent on
July 2f, the date of the atate convention
at Fremont, it ia probable that ha will ba
named aa an honorary delegate to that con
vention from Lancaster county. If It were
thousht that ha would be present at the
convention his nomination might Inspire
open opposition, although he has usually
been able to s;et what he desired from Lan
caster democrats.
If you are so deeply Impressed with the
wickedness of theaa "parthian shafts," why
didn't you writs your "peace loving editor
ial sometime during last January when you
were printing so many attacks upon Mr.
Bryant Why didn't you write It March
1 when you were sneering at him as a
"more or less perpetual candidate for the
presidency?" Why didn't you write it July
14 when your permitted your Lincoln corres
pondent to make a brutal fight at Mr.
Bryan? Why didn't you write it July 18
after you had opened your columna to ths
questions submitted to me by Mr. Harring
ton? Why didn't you write it July U after
the Omaha democrats had passed resolu
tions denouncing Mr. Bryan aa a traitor?
Why didn't you wait until after I had
written a reply, which Mr. Harrington's
questions required ef ma?
Now after opening your columns day after
day to cheap Insults to Mr. Bryan and after
contributing by yeur own hand aome of
those small filings you undertake to pose
aa the disinterested observer and tha non
combatting bystander who finds It neces
sary to take refuge In the cyclone cellar.
You cannot shirk your responsibility for
the wsr that Is on and you cannot transfer
ths "first came" laurels from your own
brow to that of another.
You aay, "What haa what Mr. Snellen
barger aaid or did not aay to Mr. Metcalfe
and others to do with it?" Nothing st all,
I admit. But why didn't you think of this
before you printed Mr. Harrington's ques
tions questions which I could not avoid an
swering? Why didn't you think of It before
you printed ths warwhoop ef the "peace
seeking Mr. Harrington?" Why didn't you
suggest to this patient, peace seeking gen
tleman that ha submit bis questions to me
privately tnatead of first printing them in
ths "peace aeeking" World-Herald?
I well know that controversy within a
party la to be deplored, and If I oould do
anything to restore order to tha democratic
party In thla state I would de it- There la,
however. Mr. Editor,' a deep laid scheme
on ths part of a certain element in our
party to discredit Mr. Bryan in every pos
sible way and to sand to tha national con
vection a delegation that wtlf be hostile to
him. Thare are many leaaous for believing
that you are near the head and forefront
of the men who are conoootlag thaae plans.
You are not. therefore. In a position to act
as referee, for In evry attack upon Mr.
Bryan you see ths highest form of patriotic
effort, wlnle In every defense of him you
see nothing but "s disturbance of party
harmony."
If you were serious in saying that you are
anxious for the democrats when assembled
at Fremont to so set that they can "go
out from that convention to make a united
and winning fight In the coming Judicial
campaign," you would find the friends of
Mr. Rryan Killing to co-operate.
RICHARD L. METCALFE.
Bull Run the First
Jahllee of Peace the Flelda
Where the First Battle s(
the Civil War Waa Fowsat.
Bull Run has never carried a pleasing
sound to ths ears of northern people. The
hoodooed battlefield ef the civil war,
whereon the union cause twice met defeat,
bulked large In ths early days of the strug
gle. For the victor It wss a powerful
recruiting force and the foundation of the
delusive bop ef ultimate triumph. The
shock ef ths vanquished union troops
aroused the north to a fuller comprehen
sion of ths desperate work ahead. Time
long sines banished the harshness of the
name and Its memories, so that today the
fiftieth anniversary of tha first Bull Run,
fought July XI, 1861. survivors of the con
teat and their descendants meet en the
famous battlefield In a spirit of fraternal
good will.
The Bull Run reunion ef the blue and the
gray and their descendants Is unique In
the world's history. Here assemble those
who were enemies In former days this
time to hold a great Jubilee ef peaoe, fra
ternlty and national solidarity. President
Taft will addrees ths assembled veterans,
there will be talks by soldiers of both sides.
camp fires, reunions, concluding with ths
inspiring apeatscls of former foee formed
In lines, clasping hands with each ether,
General Irwin McDowell commanded the
union foroes and General G. T. Beauregard
the confederates, with headquarters at
Mansssas Junction, three miles from Bull
Run. General Robert Patterson of Penn
sylvsnla with a force of militia was sent
to Hsrper's Ferry to keep General Joe
Johnston from reinforcing General Beaure
gard. "The force under General MeDow
ell," writes John McElroy past senior
commander of ths Grand Army of the Re
publlo. In the New York Herald, "could not
be called an army. It was merely an ag
gregation, hastily formed Into regiments.
many of the men being In parade uniform.
An effort was made to organise them
into brigades and divisions, but It was
merely a nominal classification, as there
were no maneuvers by which ths different
units oould become consolidated inte a
cohesive force. There was scarcely the
pretense of a staff, army, division er
brigade. - Regiments did not know brigade
snd division officers and officers did not
know their, regiments.
"The movement was ordsred to begin at
i o'clock in the morning of Sunday, July
21. All manner of difficulties ware encoun
tered In the movement ef the new troops,
especially aa It was ever unknown country.
The officers were as green as the men.
There were Interference between the dif
ferent merohlng columns occupying the
road, and the uncertainty was heightened
by the lack of knuwledgs on the part of
officers ss to what roads thsy should take.
All this grestly fatigued ths men, but thsy
did emaxtngly well for such raw material.
"General Johnston, with soldier's Instinct,
left Patterson's front for ths real fight,
and arrived at Manassas, accompanied by
one brigade of hla command. Realising
that the big battle was being fought en
the Henry house plateau Johnson gal
loped there with all haste. He was soon
followed by General Beauregard, and
troops were brought up from Manassas to
strengthen ths line.
"Against ths constantly growing force
the union regiments hurled themselves with
gallantry, but Ineffectually. A colonel
would lead his regiment up the valley te
Young's Branch and throw It valiantly
against the line en the edge of the Um
ber. Then would follow a fierce duel until
the regiment would be foroed to rail back.
"For hours snd hours this struggle went
on. Rtcketta' and Griffln'e battarlea, which
had been firing, from the ether slds ef
Young's Branch, were brought across lo
fire Into tha line at the edge ef the
woods. In the eonfuslon ef the fighting
a confedsrats regiment approached to close
range with RicketU' battery, which with
held Its fire, thinking from the uniforms
that they ware union soldiers. The con
federate regiment volleyed and completely
destroyed tha battery.
"This was probably the turning point of
The Auffuot
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Is tho
FICTION
(L - spasj s wl v ft 1 sr m m S ss a. '
pROM Its first f gquo, moro
than twenty years ago,
ihls number has bsn the
repository for sonto of the
?cct frbort dories over
written. It is a literary in
stitution, the leader in the
idea of a special number
devoted chiefly to f ration.
The number for this year contains a group of
extraordinary stories, Including the beginning
of a remarkable Short Serial, "Ethan Fromo,"
by Edith Wharton one of the best stories of the
sea James B. Connolly has ever written, a love
story with a background of stirring adventure,
and another article by
Ccncral Frederick Funston,"Up the Railroad
to Matolos," with an account of the famous
river-crossing on a raft.
On fill Howa-stands
vwass SMLiAae a vsaa
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, NEW YORK
WSTI
constantly driven back by the ever
grow
hlratv
h fo
tng fnrcce At last, tired snd th
they fell back lo Yotinn's Urane
water. As they did ao. formation was .M
snd the srmy became s moh. There wal
anon a panic, that nameless fesr seisins
tha weary troops, snd they scrambled lu
get across snd away."
"Tha most discreditable festure of th
retreat." aaya an account printed In th
at." aaya an account printed in tfi
York Times three daya after th4
e, "wss the very large number ef
pra who had strasgled swsv from tlil
nents during the battle, snd who nnW
New York Times three daya after thd
battle.
soldiers '
regime
threw sway their muskets, blsnketa and
knapsacks and ran ss If their lives de
pended on thalr speed.
"For a long time no attempt waa made
to stop them. Rut near Fairfax a New
Jersey regiment had drawn up across the
road and compelled every soldier upon
whom they could lay hands to go bark to
hla regiment
"They were dragged out of carriages;
and from the backa of horses, and turne
backward with the greateet rigor. Manv
of them managed, however, to pass tha.
guard, and the road all the way to Wash
ington waa crowded with these timid and
fugacious warriors."
The union and confederate forces en
gaged In tha battle ware equal, approximat
ing 1,000 each. The official reports give
the union casualties as nineteen officers
and 4M men killed, fifty-four officers ancT
W7 men wounded, and forty officers and
1.17S men captured. Ths confederate
losaea are unknown as there are no rec
ords. The confederates captured twenty,
five pieces ef srtlllery.
Few of ths veterans who recall the
dreary little side station of MannaB.i
Junction, with not more than halt a
dosen houses, which existed during tha
war, would recognise the thriving town
of today. t
But If the town has changed, the hsu
tlegreund has not.- It Is true
that eerj
oaks are
ond-growth pines, cedars, snd
beginning to cloths once more the hilM
laid ruthlessly bare by a leaden rain,
but the fields sre Just the same. Bull Hun
and Young's Branch flow In the same oli
channels and under the asms old "stoni
bridge." and scarcely a stone has heeri
turned by the plowehsre. For the battu
field Is soli almost too sacred to be con-l
verted to material use, say the owners
and the veterans of north, south, east and
west will agree that in truth it Ih.
LAUGHING GAS.
"If I were a handsome young doctor 11k W
you, I wouldn't like the way the glrlti
raved about me."
"Why not?"
"They aay you are perfectly killing.'
Baltimore American.
Esmeralda Have .you learned how to.
swim this summer? ,'
Gwendolen Gracious. 'yes!: Ftve or aix
times. Boston Transcript.
"What Is the hardest thing to learn about
farming," Inquired the summer bosrder.
"Gettln' up at 6 o'clock In the motnln'."
replied Farmer Corntxjatel. Washington,
Star. - -, ;. k., !
He Playing bridge for money mutt lfi
an expensive pleasure. I
She No, one evening I win and the next
I lose. , . . 1 I
He Well, why don't 'you play every
other evening? New York Mal
"Ian't that Diogenes hustling round the
corner with a lanter and a big club'.'"
"Yes."
"Still looking for the honest man?"
"No, ne'e looking -for that college profes
sor who said the sun wss toeing its heat."
Cleveland Plain Dealer. -
Boars Did you get In all right last
night?
woaira on, yea i
Bosks Then the doors. weren't locked as
you feared?
Wnm. TndMd thav Were, but mv wife
yelled at ma aa I waa coming up the atepa
ao i crawled in tnrougn tne tetter ioi.-n
r i- i
TOMORROW.
Chicago News.
Tomorrow's a convenient time
To finish every task.
In every season, every clime,
. For that day do we ask.
We seem te think that it will stay
Two weeks, or maybe four.
We fill It full of work and play
And keep on adding more.
T morrow we are aure to write
Those letters, hslf s score;
To mow the lawn before It's night.
And look our acrapbooka o'er.
Then there's that little call to pay,
A book to be returned:
Storm windowa to be put away, f
A ton of rubbish burned. '
There's little Johnny's car to mend
And Mabel's doll to patch,
An errand for an absent friend,
Some silk tor wife to match.
For purposes of work and play
That on our lists appear.
Tomorrow should come twice a day
And then ahould latt a year.
Number of
annual
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the whole flsjlit The union troove
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