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TJTE DEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 21. 1911. The Omaha daily dee FOUNDED PT EDWARD POPEWATER. VICTOR ROPE WATER. FD1TOR. Fntereil at Omaha pcst'if fire a ernn1 rlaes matter. TERMS OF Pt PSrRIPTlON. f unly Bee. on year Saturd'av He. one year 1 J" Dutlv le (without ouirldV), on year 4 ' rlly Bee an1 Funday, on- year ' DEMVERFT' BY CARRIER. Evenm r;ee (with Sundayi, per month 2?e Dally Mm nil,ntj Siindvl, rr mo .'' Dailv 1 -e ' wlth'U P'.n1iv). per mo 1c Add'ena all rnmplnlnt of Irregularities In delivery lo itv Circulation Dept. REMITTANCES. Remit bv draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee Puhllfhlng' company. Onlv 2-cenr stamps received in paymnt ft mail acrounte. Personal check, ex rept on Omaha and jastcrn exchange, not accented. OFFICES Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha : N. Twenty-fourth Pt. Co'inrll Bl'iffs 15 Prott Rt. Lincoln 2 Little Riilldln C hirao lf4 Marinette Building. Kansas City 1-iellanre Building Vetv York 34 Wei Thirty-third Pt. Washington 72s Fourteenth Pt.. N. W". CORRESPONDENCE f ommunloatlons relating to new and editorial matter should he address.d Omaha Bee. Editorial Department. AUGUST CIRCULATION. 47,543 rate, of Nebraska County of Doujtlaa. as: Dwjght Williams, circulation managei of The Bee PuMHhltig r.impany. belns dulv sworn, say that the average daily circulation. lees spoiled, unused and re turned copies, for the. month of August, Ml. as 47.543. , DWIOHT WILLIAMS. Cirrtilailon Mannger Suhrcribed In my presence and sworn to '.fore ine this 4th ilnv of Septmher. 111. i.-Yal.) RutlERT HUNTKR. Notary Public. uhsrrlbera Ivnttnit le city temporarllr lonM have The Bee mallei! to lliem. AddreM mill be rh:in-.I lis often a renneetctl Now, let's see. what was it the gov ernors' conference did? The fighter who fights with a smile bas the upper hand. Why do people pretend they are young when they are not? Vanity of vanities,' all is vanity. Perhaps it was a man from Maine who stumped Dr. Wiley with that question, "What is whisky?" . Cheer up, the price of sugar may drop as soon as the canning season Is over. In splitting the kindling tru6t. Uncle Sam will hew to the line, let ting the chips fall where they will. Won't the moths have a dandy time when those fuzzy hats are laid away? All free advertising Is not ju dicious advertising, as Hunnewell, Kan., by now knows. Adam and Eve had all the better of us when it comes to those out-of-doors bedrooms. When bankers disagree aa to the cure for financial ills, who shall de cide? The new campaigning: If you don't pay up I will expose you In the democratic newspapers. MSapataBBBBBBBBannSaBBBMsaBaBHBaWaBBBBBB When PresTJent Taft visits the Omaha High school, he will see the flower of the family. If lead pencils hold out, the In surgents may yet be able to figure out Mr. Taft's defeat for renomlna tion to their own satisfaction. Out of the first week on the road, that California aviator got In one day's traveling. The trains are safe for a while yet. And now the talk is of hitching Harmon and Wilson in the same .earn. For Mr. Bryan that would be adding Insult to injury. The New York man who insists his erring wife shall marry her affin ity probably thinks that is the best way he can get even with her. If King Ak-Sar-Ben should rub his initiation mill all the year around, there is no telling how high those membership figures would soar. "I can say without hesitation that all the farmers from the Atlantic, to the Pacific are in favor of reci procity." asserts Premier Laurier. Hoot, mon. No sooner is the fight between Texas and Georgia over watermelon supremacy settled, than South Caro lina and Maryland bob up with their pow-wow over sweet potatoes. Mayor "Jim" has contributed a let ter signed by him officially, and its contents, to a cornerstone for a new office building for a brewery. Here is a chance for some ministerial pro tests. A Kansaa City judge has fined a man and his wife $100 for kissing one another in a public park. This must be a notice that when In Kansas City a roan must be careful whose wife he kisses. The official Junket, at taxpayers' expense recalls the Btory of the camel who merely wanted to put his nose under the Arab's tent, and when per mission was granted, ended by get ting in, bump and all, and crowding the poor Arab out. "Mike" Harrington says his invi tation to Candidate Harman to go into court holds good, and Ccndidate Harman renews his offer to let 'Mike" prove up before the demo cratic state committee. Just another case where the one daasent, and the other does not dare. A Chance, for the Courts. Detroit in In the throes of a street car strike which has rut 1.S0O men out of employment, and completely ttopped street car traffic In that city during the very busiest week of the year. The last street car strike of threat ening proportions was that In Des Moines, hlch was brought to a sud den and summary end hy the issu ance of a court order requiring the men to go back to work and the com pany to take them back, that opera tion of the cars for the benefit of the traveling public might bo re sumed, with all matters In dispute between the company and its em ployes referred to the court for final adjudication and adjustment. In Des Moines the controversy that pre cipitated the strike turned on th dlsmiFsal of a conductor for cause, which the employes regarded as trumped-up In order to get rid of a particularly active member of their local union. In Detroit, the contro versy seems to be over a demand for increased wages and change of the working day schedule questions that are certainly no more complex than those which made the trouble in Des Moines. How long the strike in Detroit will last, and what may be Its outcome), is. of course, problematical. Such a struggle interests othei cities keenly because they are exposed to the pos sibility of street car strikes and con sequent stagnation of business If the interposition of the court for Ju dicial settlement of strikes, such as took place in Des Moines, came into play again in Detroit with equally successful results, it would be at least encouraging, not only to other street car cities, but to all who hope for and look forward to peaceable settlement 'of industrial disputes through the machinery of conciliation and arbitration. Spanish Gfis-Jfo Surprise. In the transition of an ancient monarchy into any form of liberal government such crises as that that now reigns in Spain are to be ex pected as a part of the natural process. A good many such upheav als probably will ensue before Spain ever becomes in fact a republic. Mak ing it constitutional in name, is far from perfecting the scheme of repre sentative government. Divers con flicting interests and prejudices have to be reconciled before anything ap proaching settled authority can be claimed by the new regime. The prob lem is the more complicated in Spain because of its long conjunction of church and state control. Separation of these, as the first step in the evo lution, is at the same time the most difficult step and the progressives of Spain see already that this crucial step is far from taken. The deplor able part of the proceeding is that the revolutionists have resorted to such cruel and inctyil methods of dealing with the clergy and the church.' Their cause of separation would gain by more tolerant treat ment. But such is the fate of revo lutions of this character, or, rather, of the countries in which they are carried on. In the present crisis, the labor tur moil is evidently used only aa an In strument or weapon to further the plans and purposes of the new order of things and used, it appears, to very great advantage. It Is, Indeed, a complicating element and complica tions always have been at a premium in national overturnings. By upset ting the Industries of the country, martial law obtains ready Justifica tion, distress is spread and Intensified and a readjustment of some sort made the more imperative. It ap pears, therefore, to be revolution with a vengeance. But underneath It all, the student of the times must recog nize the slow, but sure-working leaven of civilization democracy, come at last in Spain, as It has come In other ancient empires, to super sede autocracy. Kansans Leavintr the Farm. The back-to-the-farm movement should gain Its chief momentum in the distinctive farming states, but, unfortunately, It seems not to have made such gains in the last few years. Iowa was the first state to show heavy losses of population in the rural districts as compared with the towns and cities. Missouri shows some, and now Kansas, whose statistics have been aired by the Census bureau, reveals the discour aging fact that in thirty counties the rural or farm population has fallen off, in some cases heavily, while nearly all the towns over the state have made handsome increases. Nor are these rural losses notable only in the less fertile portions of the state; rather they are reported from some of the very best counties, where land Is richest and farmers most prosperous. Whatvls the secret of this town ward movement? Does overmuch prosperity on the farm create a dis content among the people for the bu colic life and lead them into the gayer precincts of the city? Cer tainly In the good old days of grass hopper plagues and populist vagaries, when crops were short, prices low and mortgages high, this tendency was not so marked. The man on the farm staid there because be had to be didn't have the money to get off. There must be something in this theory. Is it, then, a penalty that prosperity exacts from the community at large for bestowing its gifts upon the farmer? No, the fact Is the ten dency in the main is wholesome. The farmer has increased his In come, multiplied his resources and broadened his vision. What an- swered his wants yesterday, fall far short today. He demands the same, comforts for himself and family and the same education and refining In fluences for his children as the city man dnps for his. He has the price topay for them and he is going to get them. The unfortunate part is that ne finds it necessary to leave the farm In order to do that. But that aspect has not been overlooked. Gradually the modern conveniences and attractions of the city are being brought closer to the farm and serv ing to lessen the gap between coun try and town. This In time should work a mighty influence in overcom ing the drift of substantial, ambitious people from rural to urban centers and the corollary of this force should be a power to start a movement from the city to the country, carrying there new life and new energies. This part of the movement is a mat ter of education. When people in rlPrhei c Irrumstanceg in cities find they ran Improve their lot and enjoy life as much in the country as In the city, they will more easily favor mak ing the move. Election Contest Sure in Maine. Maine is still In doubt as to the ex act result of the late election for the repeal of the prohibition clause in the stale constitution, but it can be in little doubt about a contest to deter mine the outcome. That Is virtually settled now. Governor Plaisted, the democrat elected on a resubmission platform, claims the victory of the re peal proposition . by only twenty-six votes. The wets, to be sure, believe this margin will be widened some by the complete count, but even if it is, it will scarcely be widened enough to satisfy the drys without exhausting the last legal recourse they have. So that Maine may safely count on an other conflict as a complement to the election. Even should a contest show a re versal of conditions and a victory for the drys, it would be too scant a ma jority to offer substantial hope of long continued status quo of this or ganic prohibition. Outside of the mere fact of victory or defeat in this election, what the returns show most conspicuously is that there has been a formidable overturning of senti ment in Maine on this proposition, which, in 1884, was put into the con stitution by a majority of 47,000, when the total vote of the state-was far less than it is today. That last attack on Judge Harrier through democratic organs is charac teristic of the political holdup, only more brazen in confessing it. This is from one of the letters quoted: Now, Mr. Hamer, I will give you Just ten days from the receipt of this letter (written August 23. eljrht days after the primary election) to turn over the money; $90, with interest at 10 per cent from No vember 8, 1906, together with all papers in. the case, otherwise 1 will write a true statement of the case and have It pub llhed in all the leading papers of the state, so help me God. Presumably, the payment of 90 and 10 per cent interest would have warded off this terrible blow. One of the sad features of the sud den death of Congressman Madison of Kansas is that he was one of the men who induced President Taft to make his present western tour, In viting him to Kansas, but he will not be there to greet him. Even people who do not endorse all that the Anti-Saloon league stands for and does, must admire the re fined language its generalissimo in these parts uses in his defl to Mike Harrington. Kxeuiplura of Bl Business. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The fact that the bank robbers who took $,000 from the branch Bank of Montreal left $100,000 In. the vaults appears to be conclusive proof that they were not high financiers. Swinging Around the Circle. New York Tribune. Mr. Taft is never more engaging or convincing then when he talks face to face with the great public. His western trip ought to be illuminating and fruitful in a political sense. Voir To Old to Learn. Washington Post. Secretary Wilson Bays President Taft decided the Wiley case wisely, which proves that Tama Jim has been mixing some with people since he Inaugurated his Iowa vacation. feasor Trust's LougT Hani, Chicago Inter Ocean. Incidentally, in connection with the present prices of sugar, the people of the United Statea spend more that $400,000,000 a year for sugar. Every increase of 1 cent a pound Increases the expenditure at the rate of $70,000,000 a year. Something of Suspicion. Pittsburgh Dispatch. Despite the vigorous effort of the gov ernors In conference assembled to mag nify their office.' there are deep impres sions that one or two of them are willing to experience the consolidation of execu tive powers In the presidency. THE EMBATTLED GOVERNORS. Transportation Problem Has Passed Beyond State Bounds." Philadelphia Bulletin. The declaration of Governor A'.drlch of Nebrarka that his state would "at any or all hazards carry forward Its Inherent governmental functions" snd that it would respect court opinions only on condition that the court stay within well-marked lines, sounds even more revolutionary than the formal resolution of protest passed by the conference of governors. But neither Nebraska nor the rest of the twenty-five protesting states will go to war about the matter. Whether, or not consistent with the established theory of state's rights, the transportation prob lem of the I'nlted States has passed be yond the limitations of state boundaries and has become national. Federal regula tion of railroads has come through a natural process, and various other prob lems are already started on a similar course. The amalgamation of a nation cannot be stopped. pooklnBac!vwanl JhbDav Jn Omaha COMPILED FROM BEE FILE - SEPT. 21. Thirty Years Ann The proclamation decreeing s period of thirty days- mourning for the dead pres ident Is signed by Alblnas Nance s governor of Nebraska and S. J. Alex ander as secretary of state. The committee on the memorial service to be held In the Academy of Music Mon day next Is called to meet at General Manderson's office. Preparations T being made for a properly solemn serv ice of an elaborate character. The Omaha Olee club Is preparing some appropriate songs. The academy will be elaborately decorated, both stage and auditorium being festooned A -meeting was held In the Hascall school house at night to org-anlta a new hose company In the southern part of the city. The meeting was presided over by Henry Ehrenpfort, while I. Willis acted as secretary. Messrs. John Rush, Van Dusen, Willis, Milea and Ehrenpfort were selected as a committee to per fect the organization. Omaha has been enjoying a rare treat of operatic music by the Emma Abbott opera company, but "a series of unfor tunate and unforseen circumstances combined to rob the engagement of the brilliancy and success which might other wise have been expected." Nearly all of the roads between this city and Chicago, noticeably the North western, have their engines heavily draped In celebration of the national calamity. The patriotic men of the Q. at this end of the line also wear badges on their uniforms. The Concordia society has postponed Its festival on account of the president's death, t;he announcement being signed by H. Schwabe. A. Portnann, C. C. Schaffnr, L. Raapke and Charles Meyer. Members of the Congregational church at a meeting decided to estab lish a new church in the southwestern part of the city. The following com mittees were appointed: On lots, W. J. Connell, O. A. Hoagland, David Cook and Mrs. Rushdon; on buildings, Mrs. Locke, Messrs. Rushdon, Hoagland and Gibson; to solicit subscriptions, Messrs. Hendley, Lock, Hoagland and Connell. A. subscription list was then opened and the following gentlemen subscribed: Mr. Con nell, $150; Mr. Burnham, $150; Mr. Lock, $150; Mr. Hambold, $100; Marshall, $100; Forsythe, $100; Cannon, $50; Welshans, $35; Fleming, $60; Zabrlskie, $50; Bherrtll, $50; Snow. $15; Hurlburt, $16; Clapp. $15. Twenty Years Ago Paul Ludlngton returned to Princeton, where he was pursuing his education. Assistant Postmaster J. I. Woodard went on a vacation, the first In many years. He planned to visit in the Black Hills and Denver. v The case of D. J. Scott for assaulting Martin Quick was continued in court. Dr. Maxfleld of Cincinnati put in twenty minutes at the North Nebraska MethodlBt conference lambasting the secular press. Charley Taggart, a newspaper reporter, died at the County hospital at the age of 32. He had been found on the streets demented. Taggart had worked In ''the Union Pacific headquarters and taught at Creighton college. ' W. I. Kienstead of Dewey & Stone's, furniture dealers, speaking of the city council's awarding the contract to furnish the city -hall to a Toledo firm, said: "It was not a fair business and we were not in It from the start." Johnny Kops. 13. son of Mr. and Mrs. Kops, Seventeenth and Canton streets, died of typhoid fever. Francis William Montmorency, second son of the late Alfred Montmorency, 19, died at the family home, 1529 South Thirty-third street. Ten Years Ag The Ak:Par-Ben carnival starts with be tween 25.000 and 30.000 people on the Mid' way. The Nebraska bankers in their conven tion in Omaha elected George W. Post of York as president. Fred H. Davis of Omaha vice president Edward Rosewater returned from the east. John L Webster returned from the east. Miss Carrie Purvis gave a party to a number of Delta Gamma girls of the Unl verslty of Nebraska. Her guesta were Misses Herberts Jaynea, Ethel and Louise Tukey, Mac umber, Maude Macum- ber, Fannie Cole and Florence Lewis. Among those entertaining at dinner parties at the Country club were: Mrs T. J. Rogers. Mrs. H. F. Cady, Mr. Har ris Lawrie, Mr. J. L. Paxton, Mrs. Bee son, Mr. C. C. George and Mr. and Mrs. G. XV. Wattles. C. H. Roby returned to Omaha with Jessie Kllng. the pacing mare. John R. Halslip, a prominent traveling man, died at his home at 2513 Caldwell street of dropsy. The demolition of the Emmett house on Eleventh, between Farnam and Harney streets, began. It had been an old land mark In Omaha. People Talked About With only a majority of twenty-six votes in favor of repeal in Maine, dis arming of the oorkscrew brigade will be deferred for a while. Slowly, but surely, the uplift movement is moving onward. The caddies on the links at Bray, Ireland, have struck be cause of the profane output of the golfers. Countess von Claussen la searching all Chicago for an "honest lawyer." Sir. Diogenes has fled with his lamp to the woods, leaving the field to the hopeful countess. Commissions aa captains of high finance await the return of the looters of the New Westminister bank, if too busy to call, by sending in their names and pres ent address they will get what is coming to them. Colonel John P. Irish of Ban Franclwo Is back In Iowa visiting his former com rades and haunts. His "come back" will not be the real thing if he omits a call on the Omaha Jacksonians who followed the colonel over the transom In the hot days of '96. Jack Curley, whose real name is Ar mond Schuhl, was persuaded by a Chi cago divorce court to hand over to his wife $15 000 of the $42,000 cleaned up in promoting the Gotch-Hackenschmldt wrestling match. At the same time the court gave Mrs. Pchuhl a degree of divorce. Representative Michael F. Shannon of Wllkes-Barre, Pa , Is so anxious to be elected Judge of the orphan's court that he has pledged to the poor of the city $3,500 a year for ten years out of the $8,600 salary, which he will get In the new office. His opponent contend that the promise la a violation of the ejection laws. Governors at Court Comment on Plan nf State Flora tires to t'pbnM Rate Reanlatlnn b the Statew. War Thlo nwtroMf New Toik World. Have our friends the governors any rev-nn to u;!i.-i- that tli JuMces are about to violate their oath and betrav their truft" Or 1 It the unliable as sumption of the eovernors that while the supreme court man well, It is too stu pid If left to itself to recognize the con stitutions! Issue involved In the Minne sota rate rase? New and Better Wn. Denver Republican. This new and better wav of looking at things will be helped by the confer ence of governors. The people may for get the old doctrine of state rights; but In the new doctrine of state duties they will find the mems of developing and making more efficient their state gov ernments In a multitude of ways which are now neglected. Attempting Too Moch. Washington Star. Individually the governors sre the picked men of the several states, and each In his own sphere worthily holds up his end. It is only when thi v grt to gether and solve the riddle of the uni verse offhand that vagary has its Inning. In this respect, the conference Is con sistently what it was when It held its sessions at the White House, on Invita tion of Its then occupnnt. and st once proceeded to flout the opinions cf Its host. Some Dellenle Question. Chicago Tribune. The supreme court has not shown any Inclination to trespass on the rights of the states to amplify the powers of the national government. It has vindicated the powers of the latter and has shown itself on many occasions solicitous to de fend the rights of the former. There is no reason to doubt that It will be impar tial In. dealing with what Is confessedly a perplexing railroad problem. Where the same road does both an Intrastate and Interstate business, and thus serves two masters, delicate questions neces sarily arise. Question of Fart. Inidanapolis News The question at Issue Is almost wholly one of fact. For the law is correctly glven by Judge Sanborn. If the Minne sota rate law encroaches on the author ity of the Interstate Commerce commis sion it must give way. Judge Sanborn was right when he said that when state and federal authority conflict the fed eral authority must rule. The questions are whether there Is any encroachment on the powers of the Interstate Com merce commission, and whether there Is any conflict between state and federal authority. To be sure. It may still be asked whether the encroachment Is sub stantial or the conflict Irreconcilable. But the great question is aa to whether Minnesota actually - Invaded the federal JurUdlctlon. Interesting; and Important. New York Post. It is beyond question that this action on the part of the governors Is both in teresting and Important. The first ten dency will bo to exaggerate It and talk about It as a revolutionary proceeding To this the press reports of what oc curred at the meeting will noturally give an impetua We all love the startling, and It gives us quite a thrill to be told that the governors will descend upon the supreme court and say: "See here, what Is it . that you are letting these, inferior Judges do?" But In the end, of course, the country will discover that whatever is done in the matter will be done de cently and in order. The very attitude and language of the governors, however, are of great significance. They do not show or certainly could not have been intended to show the disrespect for the lower federal courts which It is easy hastily to Infer, but they do constitute one of the most notable of recent deter minations to vindicate the rights of the states. A New Development. Springfield (Mass.) Republican. It Is enough to say that if the United States supreme court should concede the right of the governors' conference to be heard at the bar .of that tribunal, the court's act would be equivalent to an official rcognltlon by the highest Inter preter of constitutional law in America of the standing of the conference under the American constitutional system. We should then have in the governors' con ference an entirely new branch of govern ment, with a status established on the unshakable rock of the court's recogni tion of Its existence as a political entity entitled to be heard in the settlement of Juridical and constitutional questions. It is hardly possible that such a devel opment would be viewed with composure even by the states, for. notwithstanding the fact that the governors' conference could be depended upon to defend and also promote the rights of the states, these commonwealths would never view without jealousy the creation out of their own officials of a body which possessed a distinct federal status not absolutely subordinate to their own. The action of the governors certain)) raises an Impor tant question of constitutional develop ment, even aa it seems to precipitate a struggle between the new statlsm and the new nationalism. One can be heartily in sympathy with a movement to preserve the rights and functions of statehood, while at'ttoe same time questioning the desirability of giving to the annual con ference of governors any status what ever, as a conference, under the Amer ican system of constitutional law, whether written or unwritten. Good Time for Bcouomy. Philadelphia Record. High prices seem to be assured for some necessary food products. Potatoes are a short crop and are sure to be dear. Sugar Is rapidly advancing In price. Meats are likely to go higher. Coffee Is dearer. There la however, no apparent danger that the average cost of living will be greatly advanced for the coming winter. There is room for greater economy of household expenditure. Short buying Is the always efficient remedy for ex tortionate prices. tio to It, .Mki Philadelphia Ledger. Nikola Tenia has hitherto been d' tkngulsbed for roseate predictions as to the future of electricity rather than for practicable Inventions. He has been the Camilla Fiammarlon of electrical aolence. Ha now promises an fdeal gas engine, available for steampshlps or airships, add avers that from the waste gases of steel plaints bs ran generate from 26,000.m0 to 60,000.000 horsepower a year, valued at perhaps $4&0.ono,0t'0. No one has any ob jection to offer to Dr. Tesla's making the attempt. NEBRASKA FRES3 COMMENT. Beatrice Express: The Omaha Bee gives us s tip that had not occurred lo most Beatrice people. Whlls Omshs bas bestn Beatrice to adopting the commis sion form of government, we can still bat her, to putting It in operation, for Beatrice holds her municipal election In April, while Omaha does not hold hers until May. Blue Valley Blade: The "progressives" who attack President Tsft In their chau tauqia and other addTsfs are doing hemselves more harm than they are the president The people are becoming sus picious of them, and dc not place much confidence In their claims that they are good republicans Tbev seem to be "progressives" toward the democratic cramp, and will no doubt arrive there in good time If they keep busy. That I where some of them belong Orand Island Independent Secretary Shotwell of the Nebraska Progres sive Republican lesgu has been given free transportation through the tran som because he expressed the opin ion some months ago that President Taft would be endorsed bv the republicans of till?- slate L'Slraltv this would be construed to nifan thst If Mr Shotwell's successor has anv opinion cf his own as to who would he the choice of the re publicans of the state for president he must remain silent about It. But will he ' North Platte Tribune The Nebraska Republican Progressive league starts out on a rule-or-ruln pollcv. Jt has deposed F. A. Photwell as secretary because he favored the renomlnation of Taft. and undertook to discipline J L. Kennedy, the newly elected chairman of the state committee, because he, too. Is for Taft. When the league wss organised It was understood that any member should have perfect freedom In presidential prefer ence, but It now looks as though it was to be converted Into a machine to boost La FoMette and Norrls. Fremont Tribune. After all. it may be that the city of Omaha will not have gained anv thing ' by going to the commission plan of city . govern ment The overwhelming vote for it was due to a wide-spread dissatisfac tion with the present administration. Yet when It comes to an election of commis sioners it Is altogether probable that Mayor Dahlman will be retained as the head of the city. It Is an anomalous thing that men will fight for certain principles and then neutralize those prin ciples out of friendship. However far short Mr. Dahlman may come as mayor he is personally popular in Omaha; that cannot be denied. 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Every pen, therefore, with this famous name is the product of scientific knowledge and skilled labor. There is a volume of reasons for pen superiority. ASK YOUR DEAIXR rim ru-irw nu .... rs H L. E. Waterman Co., STONY GEMS. 1 wss Just thinking If ther aia to fee in Blstlon flnanciaJ scandal " "Te?" "it ought to be easr to And the maa higher up." Baltimore American. ' Is this reslly chicken soupf aakad t. Starboard of course." snapped Mrs. StarvenV, "Don t It taste like chicken?" Whv. no: its pl'lvev tender. Catholic Standard snd Times. "Truth." said the orator who qnobsa, "Is at the bottom of a well " ' Yes." replied Farmer Corntoessl: "anr" ain t It discouragln' how the wells her been runnuV dry this summer?" Wash lngton Star. "Here'" shouts the dealer tn liquid stuff "What do you mean by giving too much?" Why. you told me that your pollcar as to sell five quart a to the gallon." answered the new assistant. "So I did. you condensed Idiot. SO I did! I said to make five quarts of a gallon, not to make a gallon of five quarts." Chicago Post , "The young husband next door to na Is Just crasv about bis wife " "Humph! you can't always tell tha truth about these men who are so affec. tlonate In public." "That lsn t why I know he truly loves her." What makes you think he does, then?" "He won't let her bring up the coal." Baltimore American TOLD BY THE TYPES. The tragedies, the tragedies. The headlines ever tell: Like "Though' It Wasn't Loaded" and. "He Didn t Hear the Bell." Los Angeles Express, The tragedies, the tragedies, We read on everv side! Like "Tried to Break a IWord" and "Mistaken for a Oulde. ' Milwaukee Sentinel. 1 The tragedies, the tragedies, A lack pf sense denote! Like "Ventured In Deep Water" Worst still. "He Rocked the Boat." Springfield Union. The tragedir. the tragedies. What damage we Infer! Like "Tried to Cross Before the Train" And, too, "He Married Her " Boston Transcript The tragedies, the tragedies. That everv dav are seen; "The Runner Died at Second." And "Gets Popped on the Bean." St Louis Times. The tragedies, the tragedies. Through the pags bleak' Like "The. King Admires Fair Dancer" And "Wed on Twelve a Week." Ft. Worth Record. The tragedies, the tragedies. Mv uoodness sakes alive! "Stepping Backward from a Moving CarP And "Toadstools Poison Five!" Detroit Free Press. The tragedies, the tragedies. They cause us manv a sigh! Like "E-xtrs: Maine Has Voted Wet," And "letter: Maine is Dry," Cincinnati Enquirer. The tragedies, the tragedies. The newsboys run and yell! Like "Another Record Broken" And "With the Aeroplane He Fell" It's Hard Work Like This That Makes Perfect Every huh n i 1a in It. TUVf PUT I- and the little hcart-shaned vvw v MVUI 173 Broadway, New York stsJ 4