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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.
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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. Still, with Fix others
In chapjc of the government with equal
authority with the mayor, there-might
be an Improvement In municipal manage
ment The experiment there will be In
teresting from every point of view.
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in Blstlon flnanciaJ scandal "
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"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"
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