THE bEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1912.
The okuiA Daily Bee
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Subscribed In my preeenc and swor
t heior aw thl. 51 h day of April, Mi
(BosLJ . BOUKUT IILNTKR.
Notary Public,
a beer I her leaving Ike city
temporarily akaaU bar Th
e mailed ' taeaa. Address
will b ehsaae fa a re
eiwe.lcd. Cot jour back yard cleaned upT
Do not expect an imperfect people
to cboote perfect ruler.
'! Spot your evea good men and
then go lo and vote for them.
' 1 April teem to be Jockeying for a
trt with fairly good anccea.
, The wild warea are earing a good
man' thing that would not look
well in print. '
TO the weather man: Many
thankg. Signed by all the Eaater
bonnet purchaser.
Boast aa they may of their ballot
In Chicago, It wa not abort enough
to keep Bath Houae John off.
'. Len Small la the nam ot a lead
ing candidate for governor In gueaa
where? No. not Tex, but lllinol.
. Our Douglas county hoipltal ha
brought grlel to ft, lot ot public offi
cial. . And the end evidently la not
. ..
rt. - ,
At laat aEnropean visitor has ald
a kind word of the American nsws
peper and the Sunday paper at that!
Tou can never tell.
That must have been a common.
ordinary pigeon Instead of a dove
that Mar Bryan, a w perched on the
banner ot democracy.! . .
A bad a preacher hti.he Sun
lay theater, Elgin mlnlater bar tC
fored It t keep their young people
from, going to Chicago. ..
" .- - .- -
t If there la a moral teeter but' at
ir county hoepltal, the only thing to
do la to ua the knife and cut It out
before It cpread further.
It really doe not mak much dif
ference whether self-constituted dic
tator call themselves Cltlsen' union.
or .Label league, or socialist com
mittee. '
It begin to look as If th demo
crat would have to tie Mr. Bryan
hand and foot this year .to get him
to tak his quadrennlel white man's
burden.
With all these boosts from Mr.
Bryan. If -Senator La Follette were
only running lh the Nebraska pri
mary be the democratic ticket there
would be nothing to It,
. Tomorrow Is th day. It yon ar
oa th accredited list, yon will be
railed ap by telephone from the Citi
zen onion headquarter, and -told
Just what to do and whom to vote
tor.. , ,
A Nashville paper display It
grief over the death of Senator
I Taylor by announcing In flaming
red type across th top of Its page
"Senator R- L Taylor Remain Ar
rive." ,
, Th Brooklyn Eagle rise to know
why a- toa. of the same coal cost t
more iav Brooklyn 'than la Manhat
tan. Probably because It 1 worth
that difference' to liv' outside of
Manhattan. -n
t It this xtreetdenUal primaries
were all - held' "atmaltaaeoualy
throogbont th eVire country a In
tSeOry.they should be held, the. ver
dict la- on stats) would have so la
fiaeaee oa th verdict in any other
tat. .
Oh, pshaw. Republican polltlca
down south t ao more patronage In
fluenced tlaa democratic politic
down sooth. On set are office
bolder who want to hang on and the
other office-seeker who want
get in.
The Voter' Eeiponiibility.
Omaha li about to take the next
step toward the Inauguration of ita
commission plan of city government
by gifting out of the list of eighty
atx candidates for councilman four
teen wkoee names are to go on the
ballot for the final choice of seven.
Every device that haa yet been in
vented to dethrone the "machine."
and put the political "boa" out of
business, has been engrafted on our
commission plan law. The ballot
which will be banded to the voter
will contain nothing whatever but
the name of the candidate. More
than that, the names will be rotated
so that no candidate will have advan
tage over another by reason of being
at the top more often than hla com
petitor, tbe purpose being to equalize
the accidental or Indifferent vote.
The absence of party label, or other
designation. Is supposed to obliterate
the last vestige ot partisanship, and
to force voting for the men rather
than for their politic.
If every voter poneased the neces
sary Intelligence, and fullest Informa
tion about every candidate, as In
theory thl election contemplates, we
might expect the Ideal to eventuate.
Knowing human shortcomings, how
ever, all we can do i to impress all
our people with the duty devolving
upon them, and the grave responsi
bility which tbey must meet.
Cu Wa Coma Baekt
Dr. Wa Ting-fang, twlo mlnlater
from China to the United Bute and
twice recalled, now aspire to re
turn to America as embassador from
the Republic of China to the Repub
lic ot tbe United Bute. Com on,
old friend, a welcome await you. -
Wo Just happen to recall that
when the doctor departed from us
the last Urn he dropped a quiet tip
to a group of reporters he wa al
waye confidential with the boys
that he wa going to live to be MO
yeara old. Ha. ha. not only will he
have the laugh on old Father Time,
but also on the old blanch dynasty,
blob kept recalling him from us
but now la dethroned, abdicated, de
graded. So that w may look with
complacent to the return ot Wa,
feeling that he will tarry with ua for.
perhaps, at least 100 years longer,
hlch la another way of saying that
w ara good for peace with China tor
at least' a century, for mere i no
chance of war or even 111 feeling so
long a our good old friend. Dr. Wu
China' official representative at
Washington. . '
Wa seems to be strictly persona
grata with the new administration
In China, having been on ot the
prime factor In bringing about the
revolution, ad be hss n handed
la choice ot several different port
folio, a American would say, "on
silver platter." but evidently ha
preferred the American post UrHfry
thing at horn. Always unlquf arSS
Interesting. Dr. Wu. If k cones, will
bring sUll greater variety la bis
queueless head and American attire,
for with th revolution went the
queue, th wooden shoe and all th
rest of th ancient paraphernalia of
old Confueclanlsm. It will b a real,
spank-bang-up oriental Yankee we
hall welcome la China's sew am
bassador. '
Then and Jam.
Th outcry against th alleged us
of th patronage club to un up
southsrn delegation for th adminis
tration, which Is coming from the
Roosevelt camp, recalls similar
hargea raised every four years by
candidate whenever their effort
prove unsuccessful to get these dele
gation for themselve. Four years
go we had thl earn eatery from th
so-called "alllea," who wr accusing
President Roooerelt of forcing office
holder In southern tata to deliver
their delegation to Taft a hi pre
ferred candidate. Whan Inspired by
the lamentation of th eorely dis
tressed "allies" William Dudley
Foulke of Indiana, th noted civil
service reformer, formalated their
charge in a letter addressed to Presi
dent Roosevelt This Is the reply ks
received dated from the Whit Hon,
February . 108;
At present various efforts ar bemc
made to set up bolting delegation from
th southern states, and th meetings St
which thee so-called delegate are chosen
are usually announced as "Bonotftce
holders conventions." As a rule, this
s only, as tar as It means any'
thine, that they ar bald ander the lead
of persons wa wtsh to be put la office.
but whose character and capacity ar
such that Save sot beea regarded as tit
to be appointed midee this a4asmlstra-
tloa. In the rasas, be It remembered,
that th fallur to secure office Is not
th result of the poll bra! action et the
la quest km; oa tbe contrary their
political actios, Is due to their tailor to
secure office.
Apparently history Is only repeat
tag itself with sob ot th titl role
character shifted about.
Soaring' th Truth.
There are more way than on et
telling a lie. One way la to shave
th truth, or shad It; to tell a halt
truth In inch a way, either by omis
sion, a to obscure the real fact quite
effectively as a deliberate false
hood would do. Another way to
misrepresent I limply to overstate
or exaggerate a fact. These habits
ar all too common, much mors so
than people realise. '
Tbe queatloa has been raised
whether people are not losing the
fin) regard tor th truth thy (hould
cberUh. A lawyer any that per
jury to o cornmoa la witnesses at
i
I court that he is oftea appalled at
th very thought ot It The Judge
know if, the opposing counsel know
it, and surely the Juror cannot b
ignorant of It. But, be ask, what
are you going to do about It? It
ha become a habit with many. How
uproot It? Few person who have
at In a court room during the
progress of a trial but must have
concluded that perjury is very com
mon on th witness stand come of
It deliberate and some merely reck
less In spite of that solemn obliga
tion tn tbe form ot an oath to which
every witness subscribe to "tell the
truth, tbe whole truth and nothing
but the truth, so help me God."
It 1 not a pleasant thing to con
template so general a social evil, for
it I nothing short ot that. Where
doe th II top? Not In the utter
ance of word, surely. And when
the word ar uttered as the sworn
testimony ot legal witnesses they
become vn more serious thn th
II or half-truth that roll off Up
unohllged'by formal oath to tell the
truth. A the lawyer quoted asks,
What ar w going to do about It?
Well, perjury I a crime. Perhaps
If It were adequately punished It
would do no harm. There would
till be task enough to give distress
to scrupulous conscience even then.
Political Emmi.
As the feelers of the public pulse
newspapers learn how readily people
tiro of polltlca and how a prolonged
political campaign wears upon them.
But politics Is her to stay lr. this
country and political campaigna are,
therefore, unavoidable. And tbia
year w ar In for a siege ot It, -How
mey w beet endur th n
nut? May It not b by taking a
more direct Interest In the men and
th measures and not allowing the
campaign to become Irksome to us,
declining to regard It as ennui at
all? Locally, especially, the people
ahould atudy not only the principles
Involved but the candidate. Tbey
hould submit each man to th beat
test possible, find out all they can
about him, and that will be enough
In Itself to keep the average voter
fairly busy and act as a sort of proof
against ennui. But I anything short
of that fair to th candldato or one's
elf?, Tou cannot get the fairest
line on a man seeking office either
from his friends or his foes entirely,
but It Is not Impossible to learn
enough for Intelligent decision.
It will be time for ennui when tbe
voter steps Into his booth with his
ticket several feet long containing
scores of names from which he, for
Instance; In th commtasionsrahlp
election, shall select seven. Of course
tbe IntelllgMt voter will hav hi
seven men all well In mind befor he
enters ths booth, knowing exactly
their location on th ballot, so that
h may very easily caat hi vote and
east tt th way he want It.
i Our amiable democratic contempo
rary;' th World-Herald, find fault
with The Be for pointing out torn
of the good men tor commissioner
among the republicans who ar not
in th running. What ba (topped the
World-Herald from pointing out
soms of th good men among the
democratic candidate? Is It bcaus
It cannot find any?
On of th axecutlv committee
that mad th Citizen' union (lata
cannot vot for It because he 1 not
registered, and he did not register be
cause h had not lived her long
enough to qualify. A little thing
Ilk that, howvr, doe not prevent
tolling th rest of a whom we ought
to put In charge ot our city govern
mnt
To make ap tbe sleep lost during tbs
easaseic each candidate aad manager
wouM have to slumber from now until
June 1-Wilbur D. Nesblt la Chicago
Kvomn Post
Locally speaking, seventy-two
council manic candidates may crawl
Into their littl bunk and anoos
away undisturbed after tomorrow
Bight,
Senator La Follette say that The
Be U a standpatter. He also says
that President Taft I a standpatter.
He likewise says Colonel Roosevelt
Is a standpatter. Pretty good com
pany. Thanks for ths advertising.
rrereailoa Needed.
Indianapolis News.
la th attempts of th Department ot
Jostle t direct th harvester trust la
the way it should go, however, great pre
cautions should be uksn not to cause two
amicek) harvester trusts to grow where
one grew before.
Th Bill Sever Falla,
Philadelphia Record.
Th toeie of strikes sod lockout la
simplicity ttelt. John and Thomas die-
as re ss to the rate of wages and work
Is stopped. After mstertally destructive
eaurwaunnff and eon flirts they get to
gether, raise wages and send the bill to
Yewltr Stride! Serena.
Houston Post.
Tbe Omaha Dee say "Texas has al'
ways been allowed to manage Its own
public hum.' Allowed. Indeed! WeU.
Texas ewn Its public land and asks no
body's penniarios In th premise. Texas
Is under ao obUgsttoa te the United
State government for anything ta this
Narrww-Vaasr ratrtata.
PhUadelpola Press.
Th democrats ot congress In caucus
haw decided against spending any money
ea Battleships and publle hulkhiurs. but
tbey have ae hesitation about speodlnc
tt ea Inveetigatlooa ka the vale bops of
dlCTlng a tartisaa capital. It would be
a wan f time to speak of th patriot'
sn of a party which dose such things
K hasn't ear t speak of.
iDifeDav inOmak
r compiled raoM bee nix i
Thirty Years
The baas bail game Inaugurated th
season of 18K3 In Omaoa auspiciously,
drawing a large number of admirers to
the grounds at ths terminus of the Eight
eenth street ear llne. Th score wa
14 for th V. Ps. to for th B. ft Ms.
Charle Grtswold umpired.
A performance of J. N. Heager's his
torical drama. "Th Great Republic," In
allegory and tableaux. Is soon to be given
by ths publle school children, ths condi
tion being that part of the proceeds
be devoted to th purchase of an Illumin
ated clock for the high school.
At the concert given by th musical
convention Miss Alice F. Mitchell served
ss director. Miss Julia Officer as pianist,
Charles R Lutton a basse and 1. H.
Bell ss coronet! St. A number of vocalists
also contributed to th program.
Th handsomest Un of fringes tn the
city wss at Orchard ft Bean's
Ths new comet Is now visible la the
heavens, but It require sharp looking
to find 11
Th Musical union orchestra has kern
strengthened by th addition of Prof. O.
Winner to Its ranks.
Marl Gslstlnger and th TbaUa theater
company, with Manager Am berg, passed
through th city In a special car, return,
tug from 8an Francisco.
During the thunderstorm Ughtninc
struck the house of J. 8. Wood, damaging
It considerably.
Twenty Year Ago
V. W. Bonhara. formerly ot Buffalo,
N. T., was In Omaha prepatory to engag
ing In the cigar business her.
Oustsv Androen, th safs manufacturer,
returned from a two months' visit In
Texas and Hot Springs, Ark. '
Th eld Military Bridge Stable at
Twenty-fifth and Cuming street, was
totslly destroyed by firs, as wa also
ths adjoining building to ths east ot It.
Clerk Hsibrouck In Olaf Bsne drug
store, discovered smoke rising from the
building. John Dougherty, lessee of
th stable building, which was owned
by Major Joha B. Foray, got kle men
to work getting the horses out as rap
idly ss possible, managing to get them
and ths buggies ail out In time. Th
losses totalled more than tK,00O.
A delegation from the CongTegstlonal
association ot Nebraska met representa
tive business men at th Dime Savings
bank to talk ever the prospects of mov
ing Doane college from Crete to Omaha.
Tbe Coniregatlonallsts were: Rev. A.
L. Lee per of Tork, F. C. Cochrane, Rev.
George Hendley of Weeping Water, Rev.
O. J. Powell of Chadrea, W. H. Russell
of Omaha. Dr. George L. Miller ar
gued for Omaha. A. P. Tukey was not
exactly sure th college could get away
from Crete.
Ten Year Ago
George A- Custer post. Grand Army or
th Republic, bald a farewell campflr
In honor of Jam R. Kyner, about to
leave for Colorado.
Frank W. glabaufh and Miss Ellen
i. Worland, both of South Omaha, war
married In that dty.
Fred Elsasser, Jr., sent his father, th
county treasurer, who went with Mrs.
Elsasier to Hot Springs, Ark., a tele
gram announcing th serious Illness ot
Ctisrtee, a baby brother. '
Mrs. Msry Begley. 7 years old. 1KB
South Tenth street, died at bar home.
She bsd resided In Omaha for forty-six
years, being on of th first whit women
to com to this city. She t survived by
seven children, John and Daniel Begley
of Springfield, Neb.; Mrs. Mary Tracy
of Seattle. Mrs. John Ftyaa. Mrs. Ken
nelly and Mr. Patrick Cuius, South
Omaha and Mrs. John Sbeahan of
Omaha.
L. K, Nebergall. who had located 1M
Omahans on the Uintah oil fields In
southern Wyoming, returned to bl
boms, Evsaston, Wye.
Mrs. Emma F. Bywrs, general secretary
of th Young Woman's Christian associa
tion read selection from "Th Sky Pilot,"
at a benefit for the association at
Kountss Memorial church.
Th Real Estats exchange went on rec
ord as opposed to sny compromise In th
pending tax suit.
People Talked About
The demand for a "fourtesn-fobt chan
nel from St. Louie to the gulf." will
be pressed while the father of
waters Is out of bed and taking nourish
ment In th suburb.
Oeorg Johnston, a teamster, en of
th plain peopl of Cblcage, kept up tbe
appearances of poverty to the end aad
toft 171,00 In good money to boost bis
heirs Into the plute class.
Schedules of louts te operator, miners
and middlemen ss a result of the coal'
strikes regularly emit the simple process
by which th lassie ar passed down to
th consumer. That 1 taken for granted.
Laura Jean Li obey say a sua should
be careful about bow bs marries a widow.
So he should. Hs ahould see to It through
out th ceremony that he maintain the
proper degree of Inslsnilflcaace and keep
his big feet off th train ot the bridal
gown.
There wer a tndloatleaa of a circus
among the heir whea th win ef Mr.
Ruth Louisa Bailey, widow ef Jamas
Bailey ef Bsraum ft Bailey fame, was
filed tn New Tork the other day. But the
season Is young. The will dispose of aa
estate valued et tl,nkBe.
Tbe mind ef woman,' observes a
doctor classed as dlitlng-uisnea. "Ss
way threatened with deneer frees the
reverberations of her phycho logical
gnda." Ordinary ma have no
ticed thee reverberation before the doe-
tor spoke, bat wer shrewd enough
duck and keep mum.
The late Senator Robert Low Taylor
of Tennessee, affecttonally known a
Fiddling Boh," is described by a friend
aa "a man of boyish epootaasity sad ua-
spolled kindliness of character," who
found senatorial dignity Irksome and wa
happiest when h shed th cost ef
gravity for the fiddling wsaehlne. .
Unable to Impose a tax ea bachelors
"for the support of aged and infirm
spinsters" In Massachusetts, th Wssm
Homet4 association et that state haa
declared war on bachelor candidates for
office. They are soleflt members of so
ciety," ssys the declaration of war. 'They
dodge, squirm and evade their duties te
society, and seek te bold publle office
which they are Incompetent to fUL" It Is
suspected ths writer of th declaration et
some Urns or other wa banded a par-
ticuiarty cold xeitteat
WeeMer m th CentttwtiM.
SILVER CREEK, Nek.. April i Te th
Editor of Th Bee: The constltuUoa of
Nebraska provtdee that a majority of all
the votes east at th eUctloa at which
a constltutloaal amendment la submitted
shall be necessary to the adoption ot
such amendment. It also provide that
prepostd smendinents shall be published
for three months before th election In
every county tn the stats and that when
more than on amendment Is to be sub
mitted they shall be ee submitted aa to
enable the voter te vote oa each amend
ment separately, wis provisions ail of
In practice H was found that amend
ment very seldom carried and banc
constitution tinkers, who conceived them
selves to be tar wiser than the people at
large, conceived the Idea and got It Into
law, of permltttrx proposed amendments
te be mads party measures and voted for
In tbe circle, to the end that. In effect.
the constitution might be amended by
party conventions and primaries rather
than by th Intelligent, honest vote ot
th peopl. To Illustrate: A state con
vention declare tn favor of a certain
amendment; later a howl' goes up that
member of tbe legislature must submit
the smendment In order to redeem the
"party Pledge;" stUl later at another
convention, or a primary election, ths
amendment la endorsed, voted for In the
circle at tbe following general election
and. Presto, the constitution Is amended.
not br votes for th amendment, but by
Totes far the party In pursuance ot
manipulation by the bosses.
Any man who will stand for such
rotten deal sught to be ashamed te call
himself an American cltlsen. At the eom
Ing primary election onthe Mth of thie
month every good cltlsen should vote
sgainst every one of the Ov emend men ts
then to be submitted, no matter whether
he approves of them or not. Let them be
snowed under ea the ttth, every one of
them, and then at th election next rau
ash one et them will suae, or fail, on
Its ewn merits aa It ahould do.
CHARLES WOOBTER.
wea far laawrsvers,
OMAHA. April i.-T th fcdluw el The
Bee: Considerable mentloa haa been mad
ot th activity of lmprovomnt clubs In
regard to th candidates for commission
er, snd that a meeting wee te be held
at which fourteen candidates veer to be
endorsed, Thl activity ea the pert of
these cltlsens would b quite commend
able If thsy were not actuated purely
and aolalv from Personal reasons.
Th undsrstlgned I not a candidate of
the CMisens' union or a candidate In any
other sense, but desires to can tne at.
tontlen of the business men of Omaha
to the selfish motives of these so-caneo
Improver.
You will remember within the last
month sfferts to meka the principal
streets of the city trim the depot to
the city Utter lighted, and eve., one
of thsss clubs protested against this plan.
for the reason that they wanted arc
lights to shine over some wesds. Jack
rabbits, wolves and canyons in thslr re
spective wards.
Take the New Port-Belvedrle club
which seems to be the prime mover in
this latest plan, tbe fire map of the
city shows that In this entire district
oovering nbout one and one-halt square
mils there are but shout fifty er sixty
houses. la th entire district there prob
ably Is not over a half mile of stdswalk
asld from Thlrttoth street; the streets
bav never been graded and K has soms
canyons that rival la grandsur and depth
the Grand canyon of Arlsona, and over
some of these canyons shine brillantly
down ar lamps that should be down on
Faraam er Tenth street.
The best improvement districts of every
city ar the districts In which no lm
provsmsot club exists. Thsse improve
ment clubs ar gotten up solely for ths
see of publte graft, and souring
from tbe city every thin possible that
thsy can obtain free. Thdr only object
ks t secure free wster. free gas, free
grading and free Hghte. Bom of th
otflesre ef these elubs have new been
known to cut the weed on the property
that thsy own and there are many bust
aeas prooerOee ea Farnam street that
pay mere taxes In one year than all of
the Improvement clubs et Omaha put to
gether. Why should the business men of streets
ta the heart of the city be compelled to
furnish free grading, free sewers and
tree light to district that ar but
thinly populated, when our dty la th
mughlng stock of the entire country in
this connection, end Is well known to bs
the poorest lighted city of Its sis In
th Units Btatse. Many etMea et from
B).M to .M peopl In th stats et
Nebraska and Iowa put Omaha to blusn
for shsase ea account et Its poorly lighted
streets, especially la th bust nee dis
trict, and the buslnsee msa ef Omaha
Should realise this that la the Impending
election ae candidate win be put for-
werd by thsse club except such es
will promkes them free luxuriea In ex.
ebaag for their votes. E. K. LYNDON.
Th Paala ooltosu
OMAHA, APril A Te the Editor et
The Bee: Talking about tad ta school. I
think eboet the most silly and assises
la th new one ot dancing in school
Just after school elms There are many
thins at the most ceeamoa nature that
-nigh up" pupils ta the nigh school do
not knew la the Ua et useful ksswkdga
tat may know saw te cane and hug lav
Mbtta.
Not toag ag I happened te ass very
smart high school pupils about the re
public of Liberie. Nae et them hsd ths
faintest Id ef the leeaUoa et Liberia.
Borne said It was a provtae in Russia,
while ether said It was a part ot
Siberia. None et thorn knew the history
of that Uttls re publle and did not knew
It was rounded by our ewn country.
asked another group et pupil hew
Brack, a fathom Is. whea talking et the
buriel et the battle, f Maine. Some said
H was a toot and ether did not know.
None et them knew that six feet make
a fathom.
New would net a knowledge at these
things be of far more benefit than to
ktara bow t dancer It does seem te
sae that It would d them mack mere
good. I vrUT wager that a very large
number ef high school pupil ot Omaha
today could not answer off bead the two
smellisM I have cited. They are hat
ampie et many ether thing f sissmni
Interest that they act kaew ex. Bet-
tar hav them leara aseful things first.
It ssei ties la asidid Way wsuld It not
be a good ptaa tor the girts ta get ex
ss rise at borne In sweeping, waehlni
dlahes, making beds, Reusing how te
eook aad lots of ether tntaaa. But they
woaki bold their bead up la holy horror
ta gntng each now down work.
If the boye seed axeretsa. let
carry papers, carry ASbes, ahevol
snow, chop kmdHng and do- other work
at home to help father and mother. Ex
ercise of the kinds named would be of
much more benefit than tbe kind to be
had In learning to be graceful and bop
ping on the floor In locked arms If
nothing were. Then tbey would .learn
thing of lasting usefulness. Cut out the
dance and teach them common knowl
edge, including the romantic history of
the republic of Liberia, even if It Is a
negro republic. There are too many silly
fads now.
AN OLD SCHOOL TEACHER 1
Prosperity la the Slake.
STELLA. Neb., April -To th Editor
of the Bee: A short time ago Champ
Clark was arraigning an aufll-nc of
farmers, attacking the administration and
attacking the republican party generally.
A farmer sitting In the front row in
terrupted Mr. Clark to ssy: 'That's sll
right Champ, but don't yon think that
we farmers In Missouri can stand It
awhile with beef at TH cents a poundT"
Now It seem to me the question which
confronts the farmers of Nebraska, and
which they must settle for themselves,
is not on of th Initatlve and refer
endum, or whether thy shall recall ths
Judge or only recall hi decision, or
whether there shall be a tariff on wool.
high or low, but simply one of their own
welfare.
In the tost analysis self-interest is whst
governs ths lives of most people, and
self-interest should direct the farmer In
making his decision aa to whether he
shsll vote for Taft or Roosevelt or La
Follette. I have been farming now for
over forty years. My Inters et In farm
ing began long befor that, and I want
to say. without fear of contradiction, that
I have never seen the (shoring man pros
per when ths farmer was not prosper
ous. I have taken pains to look up the
market on April 1 of farm products. I
find on that date that good beeves were
sslllng at T cents to ( cents a pound In
South Omaha. Fat cows were selling at
HIS to 7t and good yearling steers were
sslllng for ISS. Hogs were bringing from
17. at to tf.ft. The Chicago grain market
shows whset at Tl.ot and corn at Tl cents
per bushel. The Mlnnes polls grain mar
ket, under the same dste, shows cash
whsst st No. I at P 0J4, No. t
yellow from It cento te 7 cent and No.
3 whit oats at at cents to WV cents. Th
Omaha general market shows butter. No.
L In W-pound tubs, at C cent and No.
t at S) cents. Poultry broilers from tl
to 17.50 per dosen. Old rooster 1 cents
per pound. Eggs at M to HS per case.
Now, brother farmer, do not be de
ceived by high sounding phrases and ora
torythey ar but the means of securing
your vote. Do not be carried away by
sympathy for the poor laboring men in
the east you cannot make his condition
better by lowering tbe standard ot your
own living take care of yourself.
JAMES MORRIS.
Sticking to Cael Spat.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Captain Scott Is still 13 miies from
th south pole and Ignorant of the fact
that It has been discovered. He expects
to remain In the antarctic region another
winter for ths purpose of completing
the trip to the pole. Somebody ought to
send him a postcard and let him know
th worst
You wash dishes about two
hours every day.
That's one hour wasted!
Dishes get dirty, (reasy and sticky and soap will not clean
them. Soapy dish water merely cleans the surface; it doesn't
dig into the corners and drive out the decayed food particles.
Gold Dost is the sanitary dish washer. It not only cleans
the surface, but digs deep after hidden particles of dirt and
kills the germs of decayed food which ordinary dish-water'
overlooks. Gold Dust sterilizes as well as cleanses.
Besides doing the
work better than soap
or any other cleanser
can, Gold Dust will save
just half the time you
spend in wishing
dishes.
Gold Dust is sold
la 5C size aad large
pacxajes. The Urge
packgfe means greater
economy.
Mads by THE N. E. FAIRBANK COMPANY. Chica.0
Makers of Fairy Seep (the oval cake)
(TV
S3
The safe beer for
Old Ag Is invaluable aa
food and delicious as a
THE AMBER BOTTLE
keepa pure beer pure. Old Age is
always good and wholesome, whether
exposed to th light or not Accept
only Amber bottle.
TAMXLX TRADE SCPPUED BT:
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BOOTH OMAHA. KE& .
HIBTHFUL BEMARSS. ''
"When your husband started the quar
rel again what did you do?"
'Took your advice and gave htm a light
retort."
That's right. Did it affect him?"
"It ought to have done so. I threw the
lamp at him." Baltimore American.
"I wi-h," said the dashing bride, "that
we could arrange to take our wedding
trin In an airhlo."
"I don't know," replied the cautious
youth "whether It would be well to take
chances on being obliged to take our first
railing out so seriously, v. asiungiou
Stsr.
"Why sre tsxes so hleh this yesrT de
msnded th indignsnt cltlsen.
"Will you consider it confidential If I
ten you why?" whispered the clerk in
the county treasurer's office.
"Yea, sir."
"We need th money." Chicago Tri
bune. "What's the matter with your wife?
She's all broken up lately."
"She got a terrible Jar."
"Whst haa happened?"
"Why. she wss assisting st a rummsge
sale, took off her new hat and somebody
sold It for 35 cents. 'Wsshlngtoa Herald.
"I hsv thrown my hat into ths ring,"
said Ihe candidate.
"And I," said the ventriloquist, "shsll
go you one better snd throw my voice
into the rtng."-Chlcego Post.
"Mr. Tlminld has ssked If he might eall
tonight. I think he wants to tell me thst
hs loves me." said Miss Yerner.
"O," replied her sister, "that goes with
out ssylng."
"Yee, snd I'm afraid that he will, too."
Catholic Standard snd Times.
"Ever try to borrow money ot 6 eptlm-istr-
"No."
"An optimist slways feels sure your
luck will chenge snd doesn't let you have
it."
"How about a pessimist?" .
"A pesrimlst feels sure you'll never re
turn the money and to prove hik point
lets you have it."
"What do you mean by waving that red
flag and stopping th train?" asked the
Irste engineer.
"You wrong us." replied Meandering
Mike. "We was holdln' a little meetln'.
What you saw was de new snarcblst ver
sion at do Chautauqua salute."
THE GAfiDES.
Detroit Free Press.
When last we saw our garden fair
It was a splendid green.
There wss no desolation there.
No rubbish to be seen;
Then came the snow In dead of night.
So many months sgo.
And o er It threw a mantle white
And all things ceased to grow. . ;
Ws saw our back ysrd yesterday
And stared at It aghast.
For ones the snow had slipped away
And winter's grip seemed passed:
And there before our saddened gsse
Stretched out a field of pans
And memories of winter days.
To-wlt: Tomato cans.
The splendid garden we had left
In ruin seemed to bs.
Of all Its lovely green bereft
Around It we could see
But desolstion glim snd bsre;
Within her lovely gates
W saw 'mid the confusion there
A score of broken piste.
There was the hemmer we hsd lost,
Ths wrench we long had sought;
Our friendly neighbors, too. hsd tossed
There rubbish In our court.
And as w gssed upon Ihe scene
Of etter waete and woe.
We thought about our kitchen queen,
And said: "Sns'll miss the snow."
'Ut th, COLD DUST TWINS
Jo your work"
all the family
a tonic, perfect as a
household drink.
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