. HIE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1912.
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ejaeeled.
Don't kick it.
' s ur ail tna nlrl rtAnre rill M.n nln-
"tw It pta limit.
'Ouca, that "sting of Ingratitude"
la getting- In lla deadly work .
V I -- - -
Virginia It not afire with senti
ment (or the recall of judge,
' J. Pluvtut tried to butt In, but tee
; ho Old Tack Frost atunc him. -
'' Governor Aldrlch probably will lot
j.move to Sarpy county when he retire
f rem of fir. ' ' ,
- The .aileacg that had enveloped
J.Jlik Htrrhigtoa tu altogether too
dense to be lasting. '
a.- ," :v- ..
'' T&e early bird gets the worm tan-
lea another bird baa satrap all night
In order to beat bits to It.
;. ' Wsntsu- "Good men" for commit
loners: At tfiy other kind : run-
inlng?- Notts idu aak them. i .
."-'4 lf!.J...'J!.JLJ.J fi '
.' Do te people rule? 'Altogether:
)'Yo bet'lT-tolorado, Nw Mexico,
low. Indiana, New Tork t !.
i The Iowa Idea la to tUad by the
-prealdailt erea a agalnat a favorite
: ton seeking eompllmentary Tote.
' Halt'; Thaw to renewing hi at
tempt V'-frdom., probably anxlout
Xo get ttarted with the hall.teaao.
f. .c e-JF ,
Dr. TTIrtj ha signed ap for 10
, lectarea. - Tk It from ui tht, he
wIITkI up nothing hot the pure, un
adulterated truth. T
. Xow that Senator Lorimer I again
'vindicated." wonder If Le O'Nell
Brown will bother to remit that Ut
' tie bum -borrowed?' i
" fiubway. Subway; Itn't It Dl-
TDr;-U th latent New York Mag
' tonaYf .Sung to th tun of "Ton
i GotU Quit Klckln' My Dawg Aroah'."
A collet profeeaor tay boy go
wrong boraua of th thing they
tarry la their pockets.' Sew up the
pockets then and tb problem it
aolved.
Colonel RooTH ha glren no
promt that h ieetd for th third
term h would not re pond to
ponianeoua popular demand that he
nerve fourth.-
-A Texas weekly paper tell about
At fore enjoying a good bunch of
"radlahet, grown, w preen me, ib the
.dltor't gardea. "W suppoe an edi
torlal staff could lire oa radtahe.
GoTwrnor Wllwa aiay be a Ubl
' mat for president, all tight, bat It ta
to be aoted that he aerer changed hi
rntad about hi taeorte until h
'topped., teaching them aad got Into
practical pott tee. ' " "
Th average married maa ought
t 1 applaud the dlamlsaal of that
woung woman from college for wear
ing a $250 hat She has no business
to raise the cal that way, in vjew
of th astural InXlexlbllity of tb
-average man' Income. " ' "
"'" The charge sow I that la coming
ut aa a candidate after giving sol
vmn aasuraacas that he would not,
-the colonel It giving Senator La Fol
, lette ao more of a taar deal than
ie it giving Prealdent Taft," Bot o
long a It ioi g."an eeau 1 1 ir a'Ubitd
Vkn.lt must be perfectly clear.
A financial exhibit of th city of
Omaha account for $iI5 of reeelpt
trom fortuae teller and palmistry
Bees, which is Both Log bat ahaling
tb loot of kuarfc of impostors sad
'Urirj. be) find their victims mostly
among th. Ignorant aad credulous.
It's rsUam to take th money.
Taft'i Courage and Conviction.
More and more at the political
campaign comes on. President Taft
it writing himself down in hiitory as
a mas of unflinching courage and
conviction. It la the fashion today
for candidates for office to trim their
tail of public tpeech to suit the
varying winds of impulsive senti
ment, bnt this the president stead
fastly, doggedly, refuses to do. Pos
sibly be might ss well, for his purely
political chances, leave some things
untald. but they being true and be
ing pertinent and germane, he aays
them and that without equivocation,
leaving no possible chance for mis
understanding hi position.
The president's Chamber of Com
merce speech st Philadelphia is s
notable example of thtt strong ele
ment la hit character. He refutes
to beat the torn torn of Idle agitation
merely for the purpose of catching
step with what others misconceive to
be the popular march. He refuses to
sppeal to prejudice, to Inflame pas
don, to reaort to stagecraft for the
mere plaudit of the crowd. And we
believe this very courage 1 going to
carry conviction to the hearts of the
people lu th end and that by the
time they are next called upon to
name president, they will have found
in ths msa now lu the White House
the very one they need snd deal re.
President Taft refuses to "butt la"
or "run amuck," hs says, for effect
He la not afrsld to affirm his faith
la th people and th time and to
declar that times are Improving.
that prosperity Is Increasing and that
While be Is a progressive and believes
in progress, he slso believes thst
"thsro is ao duty so heavy upon th
government at Washington as that
of seeing to It thst It Interferes as
llttl as possible with tb business
of th country and th progress of
the enterprise of tb country and ss
lts tb Implrstlon of confidence in
tho whose confidence I necessary
to maks butinea go and to bring
about prosperity."
But tbst will not satisfy those who
arrogst to themselves a monopoly of
virtue and wisdom and denounce all
other as reactionaries snd pessi
mists. It will, though, we believe,
ppesl to th bard-besded American
voter, who thinks for himself and
acts on hit owa beit Judgment.
' ' ' Socialist Hopei.
r It Is Idle to abut our eyes to th
fact tbst ths socialists htv a real
foothold in Omaha, and are exerting
tbtmsslvM to tb Btmoet to mak
showing of strength In th coming
municipal prlmsry and election.
What ths socialist hops It msy be
readily seen from the following Item
emsnstlng from socialist headquar
ters at Lincoln:
' The utt organisation of the socialists
t eetremely Interested fiTtS political
situation at- OtnSha. - The socmltets ex
pert to win high plaos In tha primaries,
when nominations according to the com
mission form of government ta ' tu
of Ha first trial, and the campaign man
agers In Omaha tay that If the socialists
ran maintain s place on tha regular elec
tion ballot at the primaries there Is then
no juration but thst the socialists will
win at the general election and put a
socialist administration In control et that
dir.
Whll there It flight dinger thst
this hop on th ptrt of th socialists
will be resitted, those who would
deprecate th advertising which sub
stantial todtllat gain would give
Omaha should understand tbst for
th first time tbe socialists bsv a
thorough organlzstlon, active candi
date and meant of publicity, to ear
nothing of th spur of a living Issue.
The commission plsn of government
ay be designed to Inaugurate non
partlsanshlp, but hear tbe state sec
retary of tb socialist party declar
ing: "If eoclsllsts of Omaha win, ths
Influence of th vote oa tb state
will b our greatest propaganda."
Th Old-Tim Home. .
A lover of th "good old days" re
pine because, h ssys, w have lost
much of th real virtu and pleasure
of llf which tbey gave. For in
stance, h long for th old-fsshloned
girl with th gingham apron and
poke bonnet and th good old-fashioned
wsy of t pending the evening at
borne, particularly tb long winter
evenings
And there was much In those old
habits, of good, much simplicity and
candor la living, which th Ut of to
day does not poetess. It was tin to
K about th large opea ftreplao la
a great, big living room with all th
family present, and each one iendlng
to th other' enjoyment Perhaps
a gsme of checkers or dominoes, or
Wtlltam-Trimble-toe or ..cjub-fist
served to heighten tbe excitement,
whll th folk munched their Juicy
Wlaeaapa or cracked their hickory
nuts or popped their corn. And now
and thea a riddle or conundrum and
a charade or two would add to the
fun aad laughter and then. mother
woald hav Jiary Ann go (o the Ht tie
organ and play aad all the family
would gather round and sing tbe old
time songs and hymns, and th long
w later evealng would go oat la one
roand of dome tic happlae.
It was all fin. There I only this
to guard agalnat la wishing thst
those, times were still here .or could
be restore. that in tb lapse tlnee
then we have"nioved,on, conditions
hav changed and, w .hope. Im
proved, so that, whll th diversity
of social demsnds doe seem to break
ic to tb symmetry of. the old-fsshloned
family life, tharw't. Vmpl op
portunity for Just aa mac solid com
fort aad profK la th nw-fssh!oitd
S family lit II famllle wfU set them-
j selves to getting at It Tbe family
: life as the pivotsl unit of national life
needs to be more carefully guarded
and cultivated and these old homes
do. Indeed, offer inspiration.
Woman in Journalism.
An eastern exchange says it is
likely thst there will be vigorous and
persistent protest against the action
of the advisory board of tbo newly
established school of Journsllsm of
Columbia university in excluding
women from its privileges and ad
vantages, and adds: "Apparently
the trustee sre conscious already
they have made a mistake for tbey
have begun to offer explanations and
excuses."
Time was when woman seemed, or
wss regarded, as wholly unfitted for
the field of Journalism, especially for
the exacting demsnds of tbe daily
newspaper work, but that time it
psssed. Woman is in Journalism In
all its branches and phases and has
even taken her place on tbo staff of
the dally newspaper and filling It
very acceptably. She Is not to be
crowded out, for her advent ha cre
ated new fields which she must fill;
cultivated new tastes, which the
mutt feed. Journalism has, of all
the professions, probably, kept pace
with changing times and conditions
the best, which It had to do, of
course, to live, for It Is vitally de
pendent upon popular whims. So it
Is as much woman's work as man's
and tbst old-time prejudice againtt
"a woman In the office" would be ab
surd today.
It seems that to do the broadest
work and distribute privileges most
fairly, a school of Journalism might
well afford to admit women as well
as men. For Journalism cannot rid
Itself of women, therefor It should
do all it can to mak her aa effective
a worker as possible. There are
phase of newspaper work woman
probably never will do, but there are
o'jer phages she must continue to do.
Mr. Bryan now seek to Justify his
threatened repudiation of tbe presi
dential preference vot If It does not
favor hit msn by declaring that our
primary permit a plurality to decide.
In which event th decision would not
represent th will of the msjorlty.
Tes, but all our boasted democratic
government 1 government by plurali
ties and not by majorities. The elec
toral vot of Nebraska went to Bryan
last Urn only by a plurality. Had
h captured the required number of
lectors through a mere plurality of
the popular vote, of course he would
have declined to take bit seat In th
Whit House. I
L -
Judge Carpenter made a point In
his Instructions to tbe Jury In the
packer cse which 1 well worth re
peating. Defining "a reasonable
doabr," h ssld thst while tb jaw
presume every man Innocent until
proved guilty beyond a reasonable
doubt. It also demtndt a conviction
where there It sufficient legal evi
dence and doea not expect a Jury to
go to unreasonable length In ignor
ing tuck evidence Iri order to give the
defendant th benefit of the reason
able doubt.
Mr. Bryan makes another personal
attack on Roger Sullivan. Although
h had denounced Roger four years
before as a political porch climber,
during the last presidential contest
he took him again to bit bosom and
made blm cue of his trusted cam
paign managert. But he asserts now
thst a leopard cannot change his
spots and that Roger mutt b
dumped. Nevertheless and notwith
standing, "the kle are bright with
democratic promise."
Herr Hsmmerstein swore a year
sso that Tetrasslnl was a dead on
to far as grand opera on this conti
nent was concerned because she re
fused to make terms with him, and
now 8aa Francslco has erected and
unveiled a tablet in honor of th
prima donna, but on the theory that
sh Is a live one, not a dead on.
Tb full membership of the tnlted
State senate Is now ninety-six,
which number at tbe beginning of
tb republic would hav made It tb
most namerout branch of the na
tional legislature.
ACQUITTAL OF THE PACKERS.
Springfield Republican: Tha prompt
rise of the price of meat will not land
to make tha outcome of the trial of the
packers more popular.
Washington Poet: Perhaps, also, tha
belated Interpretation of th Sherman law
twenty years after Its enactment may
serve to throw a light en the failure of
Its sponsors to read Into It the force and
effect afterward arcrihed to It
IndlanapoMa News: Of course, as Judas
Carpenter said, the packers' cane had
nothing to do with th hlsk eoot of liv
ing, but the subsequent market quotations
! seem to show that th packers' acquittal
' had a good deal to do with It.
Nw Tork Trlhaher The result , of
proaeiutlona thus far sustains the Juda
ment of those who have felt that the
mnat nrapttcahle way to enforce th Sher-
' . i- . ..... l! ttMHnne. la entrje
WH ' " -
and disintegrate combination a,
Philadelphia Record: If the Chicago
packers hid only known that they were
going to b 'acquitted they woald hav
allowed themselves to be tried ten years
ag They must he disgusted at all tb
Urn and money they hav wasted Is
fighting th prosecuUon.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: This decision,
rptatdlea of what future, act low may be
taken In carrying the ease to a higher
court, simply emphaatsea the fact that If
wo are to hav on th statute hooks laws
which seek to control or prevent combi
nations -in restraint of trad some better
and more far-reach Ins snenumr tbaa the
gbermaa law is required.
OjoolynBackward
r CBMPUXD THOM EE flLeT- j
L-T1 April 1. 1 I J
Thirty Years Ago
At toe republican city convention aa
effort to get up a combination, ticket
with tb democrats, whose eonvenaoe
was la session at the cam time, failed.
Walter Bennett was chairman and I. C
Bruner, secretary.
A laborers' mas meeting held la tba
Academy of Music started tb movement
to keep Haacail from returning to power.
Tbe street car line from Haasoorn park
has been built within two blocks of St.
Mary's avenue.
The school children began a week' va
cation preparatory to the spring term.
Tha remains of Mrs. Elisabeth Hume
arrived from the east, and were interred
from the famUy residence.
Three hundred and ten foreigners ar
rived during the month of March to settle
In Nebraska.
Oscar Oroschelle, for many years con
nected with the drug firm now known as
McMillan. A best Co, I leavnlg
for a trip on the road la the Interest of
his house.
W. J. Welshans. Tenth and Faniam
streets, wants to trade a good gentle
pony for a larger horse, and pay th dlf
ferenc In cash.
Spacious light offices at 1M Fsmata
street an for rent Apply to John It F.
lhman sV. Co.
Ringer, lit Fifteenth street, requests
every lady la Omaha to be kind enough
to see their Immense stock of hats,
flowers, laces, ribbons, etc
Twenty Years Ago
Nabraska was swept by a tartflo cy
clone tonight. Reports Indicated wide
devastation. Th town of Nelson, Nuck
olls county, was almost totally destroyed
and damage was dons In ether pans of
that county and Clay, Fillmore, York.
Madison. Polk and Piatt counties. In
Omaha th Seward street Methodist
church, a brick veneer structure, was
badly damaged and a bouse la Beaann
was blown over. A family named An
derson had Just moved Into It and thelr
loss a aa heavy.
Captain It E. Palmer returned from
Chicago. 8L Louis and Kansas City.
M. T. Hewlett a capitalist of Red Oak.
la. was tb guest of W. N. Mason, secre
tary of th Board of Trad. He con
templated moving to Omaha and retiring.
He and Mr.' Naasn were schoolmates
back la "Tork ttste" thirty-five year
ago.
George W. Ames, president of th
Omaha club, returned from a visit la
New York and Boston.
Judge Moss P. Ktnaald of O'Neill was
a guest at tbe Dellone.
Ths first of tbe Omaha western league
players to arrive for training were
lMtchers Oeorge Darby and Jams Haodl
boe from Lcs Angeles snd Columbus, O,
respectively."
Omaha merchants determined te find
out how sincere lows railroads war In
promising to relieve Omaha dealer at
tha burdensome bridge toll. Charm F.
W filer, president of ths Omaha Commer
cial association, thought they meant what
they said.
Test Yean Ago
PratK Ksucstty ' wst elected mayor of
nouth Omaha over John Henry Loechner,
democrat, by 17 Totes.
Kdward Jennings, working for ths
Union Pacific, fell at Bieventh and
Dodt streets snd broke bis right snkle.
Leuis Fletcher,, bicycle dealer, had
fin bicycle stoles, making thro la two
nights, v v c ' . - .
llf. and Mrs.. Leonard F. Krerwtt . of
Council Bluff war the guest of honor
at aa r la borate dinner given by Mr. and
Mrs Prttche-tt Th other guests were:
Mr. and Mrs. Oeonrs Voss, Mr. and Mr.
Cudahy, Mr. and Mrs A. C. Smith, Mr.
and Mrs, C. T. Kounta, Miss Hamilton,
Miss Yates, Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Dodfa
Joka W. BatUn, Charles C. Roeewater
and Chtrle a. Ysung want to Chicago
for th annual dinner of tn Chicago Cor
nell dub. .
Mr. and Mrs, Luther Kountse returned
from Chicago.
The city council adopted a resolution
calling for th creation of th efflo of
fir coroner and tb appropriation of
2.00 lo KM for th annual expanse of
th office. .
J. C. Huteeoa returned from San Fran
cisco. T. U Mathews. Vnlled Slates nonrenal,
and Mrs. Mathews moved from tb Mil
lard to 117 North Tblrty-serood avenue.
People Talked About
In distributing th appuuia and honor
won In th packer' cas. Chicago paper
overlooked . In "choice cuts" mad In
the surplus by th lawyer.
Bom vtllalnaws burglars are pursutrut tb
Hon. Charley Towns, one noted a a
free silver warbler, te his new horn la
Brooklyn, N. P. . Th score show two
unbidden calls by unknown crooks la th
land of tb goldbugs.
Dr. A. B. Hill, brother of th lata Sen
ator David B. Hill of New York, died
In Dextar. Me, at th as at It year.
Dr. Iltll ietned the confederate army a
a assistant surgeon la IML serving
throughost tb wsr.
Dr. Wood row Wilson ha a fight en bht
hand tn ht own district Jama J.
gulgley of Trenton, ei-preeldent of tn
New Jersey Bricklayers- -and Plasterers'
union, wants te go to th Baltimore
convention as a Champ Clark delegate.
Colon : ,"'Ab" Flupakr, the dis
tinguished educational sport of St. Lowta.
flashed a trar.ch of money to bet o
Taft while Teddy was la town, but didn't
find a taker. The. eoloaea t a brav
man, always ready t shew visitors where
to tetof fsky.
Mrs William Miller Graham, whose
husband ht en of California' wealthy
H wrodacer. ts preparmg at an ex
pense of K,N sn etsborat sndwcUoa
of ta second set of Victor Herbert's
opera, Natoma, ta Santa Barbara country,
early aext autumn. It Is to be pro
dwasd kn th owes air, and will have a
lu background th aid "eat Barbara
miaaion, trom which tb authors of a.
toaaa received their Inept ratters
If I order aa ordinary sober ftirverel."
mused 4 Milan. Italy, sage. Just be
rare shuffling off, "few will Jots tb
nisi slim and fewer still win shod a
tear, where. It I order a merry save, a
crowd of poor aero will have a pltsosnt
time." Ss a merry one sat willed aad
tb money piuiMad. A ms C "Poor
aerl of Stretched alas, th highway
from tha dear to th gravo. and th
sound of . tb aaaspmc
ttaotaared la win sad
Republican Issues
fern of Third Tessa aad madl
attsm m-hich th Vasty race
a th CM
President Jacob Gould Schurman of Cor
nell university, discussing: tb reouoiloaa
presidential nomination in th New York
Independent says:
In accordance with the general custom
of the republican party, to say nothing
of th special ground of a meritorious
admlnstratlon. President Taft Is entitled
to renomination for a second term. There
are, however, some republicans who op
pose this just and natural consummation
and who are endeavoring to prevent It
by bringing about for a third term tb
nomination of ex-President Rooeevelt
To this startling alternative there are
objections of the greatest weight. The
people today are frankly discussing them
and the republican convention to assem
ble In Chicago will be compelled to con
sider and appraise them. It I of tb
utmost consequeno not only to th party.
but also to th nation that a right deci
sion should be reached.
Th education of public opinion in tb
meanwhile I th on sura way of bring.
Ing about that result It Is a time for
every cltlsen of the republican party, to
say what he thinks. We want th full
light of public opinion at its maximum
intensity of illumination. The ostrich
policy would be fatal. As Bishop Butler
used to say, things are what tbey are
and the consequences will be what tbey
will be; why then should w wish te
deceive ourselves?
"Things are what they are." On the
ith of November, 1SOI, President Roose
velt, under memorable circumstances.
solemnly mad this announcement to th
American people and to th world;
"Under no circumstances will I be a
candidate fur or accept another nomina
tion."
On th 26th of February, HI ex-Prosi.
dent Roosevelt said:
"I will accept the nomination for presi
dent If It I tendered to me."
Th latter statement Is In absolute con
tradiction with th former. But apolo
gists hav arisen who tell us that Presi
dent Roosevelt' pledge refer only to a
"consecutive" third term, snd that when
a man decline a third cup of coffee he
I (till free to tak It tomorrow or the
day after. But th main point Is con
cealed under thi wretched sophistry and
Juggling with word. Million of men
who retus to drink more than two cups
of coffee today tak another cup oa a
subsequent day. And to decline a third
op of softs this evening doe not even
suggest to snykody that you will not
take It tomorrow or th day after. No
on ts dsoeivsd by your refusal. In
deed. It ooncerns nobody but yourself.
It I different with th presidency. That
oonoern Mu.M.Out people. And aa
mortal bss ever been president of th
t'nited State for a third term, th maa
who on his election for a second terra
voluntarily and solemnly proclaimed
that "under no circumstance' would he
"accept another nomination." morally
estopped himself, In th understanding
and expectation of all mankind, from
ever Consenting to break th third-term
tradition. And th people's bet let In
President Roosevelt's self-elimination
from future presidential candidacies
gars him tremendous leverage during
hit second term, materially helped him
to oontrol tb republican national con-
ventten of is, and brought him uni
versal praise (which Senator Ledge, the
presiding officer, eloquently voiced to
that convention) for hi unselfish patrt
otleai In following In ths footsteps of
Washington and Jefferson.
But his own refusal Is sot th only In'
hlbitlon on th nomination of Mr. Roose
velt for snot her term. What he bad In
advance refused tb American people
wsr tn sdvance pledged not to offer blm.
Ths republic has never bad th same man
a president for more than eight years,
snd th snti-thlrd term policy has estab
lished itself as a part of ur unwritten
oonstltutlon.
Th proposal to nomlnst Mr. Rooee
velt tor another term contravenes this
wlss policy. At th beginning of th re
public Washington and Jefferson declined
a third term and established th custom.
Grant wanted a third term a non-con
secutive one but even th nam and
fame of Grant war powerless whan ar
rayed against th enlightened political
sentiment and sure political Instinct et
tb American people.
Tb restriction of the president to two
terms st most la tb fundamental safe
guard of th republic. If our democratic
Institution ara to aurvtve. It tb nil of
th people Is not to be supplanted by
Caeaarlsm. th term of tb chief exeou
tlva must b rigidly limited either by law
or by custom, on term of tlv or (Is
wars would probably ba th best arrange
ment. But with us ths practice of a cen
tury has sanctioned a maximum et eight
years or two term.' If thi limit Is now
removed, it la aa certain s anything la
th future can be that no other limit can
s established. This Is ao gu, BO base
less fancy. It I a truth demeeurt rated by
human history.
This raises th question of the place of
radicalism ta a republican platform. In
tn past th party ha not been radical.
It It championed liberty It also enforced
jostle and protected property, and every
where and always It revered th coostl
tutlen. Blnce tb eteil war. with th ex
ception of Cleveland sdmmtetratloa. the
republican party ha been reepooelbie tea
tb government of th country. It ba
bee a halt century of orderly progress.
of expending liberty regulated by law, of
natural constitutional development with
Jealous regard to states' rights and watch
ful aialnteoasca et th Independence aad
efficiency, each within It own ordained
sphere, of th executive, the legislative
and ta Jodidel department of th fed
eral government. There ha been a pro
tective tariff Intended to encourage boet-
nes snd safeguard tb Interest at th
wss earner, th manufacturers aad th
farmers.. The country has Prospered be
yond any other ta tb worht, Bur treats
hav appeared taw hav been enacted
snd enforced te protect raeawsmen gsint
monopoly aad business rtvass agalnat un
fair competition. The tariff, which ha
from time I time been rerleed. mill said
to be better adapted to existing ocooomVi
conditions. And tb antl-tnsst law should
suppleasaated by further lealssatioa
protrldtng for th federal lucet puiatiem f
large concerns doing aa Interstate aost
aess snd determining mare definitely th
criteria of lUesal practices, s that hwst
ses awn may knew as clearly as possible
just wher they stand.
Tb issue, than. I very simple, ghag
th Chicago ecOTeatlea ta it platform re
nounce progresaive rrpubUcsuaiem aad de
clare Its adhesion to redlceJtera If ee,
PreeVieat Taft woald not hs th proper
Lad it It altog-cthsr Imaroa-
jabl that h would accept th nomination,
j But If th platform of principle adopted
1 by th Chicago convention la In harmony
Iwtth the republicanism of the past and
I la hospitable t evelatloaary and Progres
' slv development ta response to the best
STpt rations, ths ondst ideas and th
wisest policies of th present the party
j has a man foreordained to be its candi
date, and that man, of course. Is Presi
dent Taft
A HEW DISCOVERY.
rrltettfal Thlaa Keremle by Cam
pairs. Hat Air.
Philadelphia Record.
IntcllMmct persons who follow with
open minds the statements made by
Theodore Roosevelt and his newspaper
backers here and elsewhere cannot fail
to be Impressed with th fart that while
prating shout their love of and confi
dence la the ability of tb people of this
country, they really think a eonsiderwble
number of them are fools In Mr. Roose
velt's latest speech, which on or two of
his Idolaters tall us Is s masterpiece. It
not better, the ex-president lays:
Mr. Taft fairly defines th issue when
h says that our government Is end
should be a government of all th people
by a reprearntativ part of th people.
Thi Is aa excellent and moderate de
scription of an oligarchy. It define our
government as a government of all of
th people by a few of the people.
It Is clear to all fair-minded men Just
what President Taft meant by that It
was a fair description of the form of
government provided for under our con
stitutionthe exsct kind we hav bad
from the beginning. It Is not the de
scription of aa oligarchy.
Mr. Taft Is president ss was Mr. Roose
velt before bun. Th president is th
representative of ail th people, selected
by a majority of those who voted at th
last presidential election: and such acts
as b perform undet th law sre the
acts of th people through him a their
representative In tb presidential office.
The membership of congress I but an
Infinitesimal part of th total voting
population of th coluntry; and who has
ever before denied that the member of
congress were the represents tlvs part of
tha pople la such acts aa they perform
under th constitution adopted by the
people?
If a government of ths people by a rep
resentative part of the people la an oli
garchy, that Is what we hav had trom
tb beginning. How Strang thst so
many millions of people never discovered
the horrors of th system before.
Events Mark th Difference.
Denver Republican.
A differ ne between th condition of
th worklngman In free trad England
and protected United Bute can be seen
la ths fset that within a week after a
general strike I called ever then thou
ssnds of soup kitchen are called Into
being.
Sqaelrhlaa an Imaarlaary Fir.
Denver Republican.
Those governors who assured th cole-
Bel thst ths country was "on fir" for
him evidently filled to tak Into account
how quickly th modern fir department
rex ponds to an alarm.
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savings deposits and COMPOUNDED
SEMI-ANNUALLY. Funds may be with
drawn at any time without notice.
The combined capital and tnrplut It 1,408,000.0.
It It the oldest bank la Nebraska. .
Established In 18B.
United Slate, National Bank
f Omala Ncbrasii
tc T. Sastew, Piealdewt
). w. Wattles, Tlea-Prea,
W, . OsJwsl Wlee-Pra.
W. & aJes. Oath.
Opea oa Saturdays Vatil t:0O P. M.
the
long arm
In creating the Western Union
Day and Night Letters we have
practically placed a telegraph in
strument on the desk of every
business man is the country.
They are the new, long arm. of
business that reaches, pushes,
pulls, dees things quickly, vigor
ously. : Their cost is trivial and thsy tell
your story your wily.
THE WESTERN UtilOJI
SAID 15 FIHT.
Tills Is a ci acker lack of a car." say
th enthusiastic agent "Why. it caa
jump a fence!"
"It won't do for me, then." conclude
the customer. "I want on that caa't do
anything like that" Chicago Post
"The man I am engaged to ts going to
turn over a new leaf, aad everything
from now oa will be tine."
"Beware, my dear, of his allowing you
so to color your views. Rosy futures do
not com from purple pasts." Baltimore
American.
Teacher How old would a person be
this year wb was bora In Utt?
Overly Sophisticated Scholar-Waa It a
maa or a womanT Lipptncott't Maga
ain. "What did you do with all th get-rh-h-qulrk
money you landed?" asked Mr.
Flamm.
'Lost It." replied Mr. Fltmm. "A fel
low invented get-rtch-quleksr scheme
end lured me into It" Waaaingtoa Star.
"My youngster declares hs Is going to
be a diver."
"What put that Idea Into his bead?"
"He saw a fancy picture of some mer
maids." Boston Transcript
Gtnk-I see tbey hav a stepless trolley
In New York.
Dink Nu thin' new about that W'v
had seatless cars her for yers.-Phlla-delphla
Record.
"Only a couple of month ago yea said
you'd share your last' dollar with me,"
said Jonea, who waa unsuccessfully at
tempting to negotiate a loan.
"I know I did. old man," replied the
on who was doing th tight-wad act:
"but I haven't gut down to my last dollar
yet" Judge.
YOTOG-J-ATBAID-OF-wTFE.
Wallace Irwin la Life.
Young Timothy Blight an uxorious wight.
11 lived with his wife In a flat.
You bet your sweet life he wss scared of
his wife
Thoiuch there's nothing disgraceful in
that
When other brave hub went to various
clubs
And ooaxed him, "Coma Join u-be
gay!"
II turned with s moan In a sickening
ton
As this unto them he would sav ay ay:
(Close harmony here.)
CHORUS.
'To tell you the truth. I'm afraid to
stay out . .
When my darling experts me st heme.
At the thought of my dear I am stricken
with fear.
For she's cautioned m never to roam.
In a clammy, cold sweat I consider my
pet,
How she worries th moment I m gone.
To tall you th truth. I'm afraid of my
Ruth.
So I think I had better mv n."
In th midst of th night young Timothy
Blight . , .
Was hsuled by hi wife oat of bed.
"There's burglar outside!" hissed his
strenuous brio.
On slsy him, yoa craven." she said.
So Timothy sought and th burglar be
caught
And he throttled his llf most wy.
"O pltv meglug!" cried ths poor, dying
thug.
But ur here to him this did sr-y-ey:
CHORUS,
'Ta te?t you th truth, I'm afraid t let
Tho' Tve nothing on earth gainst you.
I've almost a mind to be gentle and kind;
For you may be a married man, too.
But 'twould worrv my wif If I spared
you your life.
For shs told me to kill you. you know.
To tell you th truth, I'm fraJd of my
Ruth, , .
So I ain't got th nerv to let go.
made on or before
April 10th in the SAVINGS
DEPARTMENT of the UNITED
STATES NATIONAL BANE
will draw, interest from April
lit.
V S. msverstiea, Asa. Cash,
nV. T. Morsmaa, Ass. Oaea,
J. O. MeClars, Asst 0a
O. M. Tat. Asst. Cask.
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