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THE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY, APRIL 20. 1912. ?he Omaha Daily bee ID.NDKD BY EDWAKD KOSE WATER VICTOR ROSE WATER. EDITOR. BUILDING. FAKNAJ1 AND 17TH tiered at Omaha postoffic as aecond- matter. L TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, nday Bee. one year 5 at unlay Be, one year ' M lly Be (without Sunday), one year. lally lie and Sunday, one year "-w DELIVERED BT OAHRltR- fvening Bee twltn Sunday), per m .. -' ail Bee (includine tnindayl. per mo..i- ialry Bea (without Sunday), per mo. ..' Address all complaints or irresuriw . delivery to city Circulation Dept. REMITTANCES. Remit be draft, ennress or postal order. teyekle to The llx Publishing company. Inly i-cent eumijs received In payment It email accounts. Personal cnevks. ex Jent on Ooiaua and eaatern exchange, not ftxapuo. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Uul'.dng. South Omet-e-UU N Bu Council Blutte Ti Heoi SL Lincoln? Little Building. Chlcago-IM Marquette Uulldlng Kaneaa CHy-Reilance Building. New York-M West Thlrly-inlrd. Wnshlnglon-7 kourleentn St.. W. . COHHEM-ONDENCE. Communications relating IS "" UHiwUt HiAflnr ahumd D ul Cmeha bet. Kdttorisl luparunanl. MARCH CIRCULATION. 49,508 itate of Nebraska, County of Douglas, as. Dwlsht WHIIama. nraiu u iH.kn.k:iMi oomuany. tX"ns luly sween, aaye llial the average dally iiraulauon, leae apeiieu. "" timed copies, for the month of Maren, ,91i 43.MS. u.r..iia i.ff y&SJB 1W I 1 1 1 1 " ll.ui Circulation Mnar, - . y ureoance and aworn U Mara ma title iih wy Aptil Jl. ' HOBfcllT HUNTER. Notary futile. gsbsselbese Isaelna th ally leva partly sheeH have T" Be saalled ta these. Address eetll be ehaaasd as ' S assise). Tha name Ismay Kill suggests dts- iVuaadhuaeiit gpsaki tomorrow, nod everyone U listening. ' ' - ' Now Hirapsilre la atttl a grand eld ststs. Bloody, V ana achti salts, Mr, Bryan ' latent jolt ' la OUla James for democratla presidential nominee, Paraguay haa resumed clrll war, Olid to know eeadltlons art again normal, " A wlaa mam any try to persuads woman, but never will ha attempt to convince her. ' Teu can alwaya tall a hells ay bar ftna ClHomgo Mews, Oh, oh, there'! a hot one, "I am a democrat," sitd David B. Kill. But Mr. Hill die. wlthent tell ing oa what a democrat la. A Maw York girl waa arrested for stealing a Kir ' "k toeklng'. Caught with th gooda eaT London, papers say tha Tltanlfl In vestigating committee ta lot seeking facta; It la hasting for a aeapecoat Bah I J Governor. Aldrlch ta soen to begin making commencement addresses. Generally speaking, they are quite safe. " Poorer, ships than the Tttanlo are mads- onslnkible by. the proper pre caution In observing tha ordinary rujaa of aafety. The Daughters of tha Am erica a Revolution have gone on record as opposed to tha third term, And they are fighters, too. .''Our city will hava good govorv tnent when wa sua It. It will hava bad government It tha other fellows run It." Bame old story. It reminds us DC tha poem la the eld school reader1, which wa nsed ta declaim, of which, the refrain for each versa waa, "We are seres. " Thomas Gray spoke of "To awake Co aeatacy tha living lyre." Had be ,beaa a politician Instead of a poet be would have written It "liar." Zlo City, continues Its fight on emoktog. The great amount of smoke curling ap from that sanctified pre cinct sug rests a good deal of Are. The New York World declares tbat Chimp Clark's nomination would be democratle suicide. Yes, but whose BomteatloB would not be democratic sutdde? VThafs this, the United ' States does not draw Wu Ting-fang after all aa Chiaa'e new ambassador? We are aJmoat ready to declare war oa the new republic. - The) university professor who. an nounced that not one of the bodlea of , tha Titanic victims would ever return to the surface Is not doing s great eUavl cf talking Just now. Mr. Bryan, suggests that the only feasible way out for the republicans rnay bo for them tit nominate him at Chicago. It so, would tha democrats ; (tesxisate tha eolorel at Baltimore? It la too bad that every one in Omaha, etmld net aee tie magnificent group of graduates turned out by the professional schools of Cretgatoa oat varsity, for only by such observation reuld th? ra!is and appreciate the great work walefc thjs growing edu cational Institution la doing light tars ameeg us. Clark and Cleveland Democrats. If any old-time Cleveland demo crats remain iu the country and there were a few as late as 1908 they must be awaiting with much Impa tience the opportunity to support Champ Clark a candidacy for presi dent. Collier's does Colonel Clark, Chief Boomer Hearst and his other boosters the timely favor of gently retailing tbat Champ Clark once said that there were Just two names in history with which Grover Cleve land's deserved to be linked Judas Iscariot and Benedict Arnold. Of course, the Champ Clark demo crats have forgotten this, but It Is a matter of history, just the same. It is really a political service to call it to mind at this time. When Champ made the statement be, of course, had in mind Mr. Cleveland's refusal to become a party to the famous Wilson-Gorman tariff bill. It will be well to remember that the Cleveland perfidy, as his detractors have made It out, was only to a part of one po litical party and that aa time goes on the name of Grover Cleveland grows in the public mind, having attained much broader dimensions than the names of any contemporary demo cratic statesman. It must make the men who believed In Cleveland and who have come now to revere his leadership and memory feel most zealous In their eagerness to support the loquatous Missourlan. Champ Clark probably had not In tended reverting to hla denunciation of Cleveland aa one of hli campaign slogans this year. He wtll more likely be telling us tbat he merely meant It as a Joke. An Omaha Nominee. Out of our recent Nebraska primary cornea one exceptional result giving us an Omaha nominee on the republican ticket for a state etecntlve office. The successful candidate among tha republican contestants for auditor of public accounts la William B. Howard, for many year a resident of thla elty and at present Identified with tha German-American Life In surance company as one of Ita offi cers.. Mr.. .Howard not only received a gratifying' majority here In his home county, where be is best known, bat ran ahead all over the state, thus demonstrating hla popularity away from bom aa weH. The position of auditor la a most Importsnt and re sponsible one, carrying with It, as It does, supervision of all insurance business la addition to the accounting and checking of the institution! a pending money appropriated by' the legislature. Mr. Howard'! special qualifications for thla work will not be questioned. While other capable men were also seeking tha nomina tion, Mr. Howard'a nomination can' not fall to strengthen the republican ticket. V The Auto and the'Toliet. The annual report of tha chief of police, just out In printed form,, dis closes new ramifications of the revo lution tbat has been wrought by the advent of tha automobile. In tha tab-; uUr exhibits accompanying ths je port, under the classification of ''charges preferred against persons arrested," wa hava tha following: Taking automobile without leave........ 4 Violating auto speed ordinance ....) Violating auto numbai ordinance t Refuting te par auto hire I Violating motorcycle speed limit......... M Violating road rules M With-the possible exception of the last Item, the Introduction of the auto-vehicle haa furnished the cause tot all these arrests by the police and probably quite a few more for of fensea forbidden under other namea. One of tha penalties of a progressive aga la an increasing burden put upon tha polios In our cities and In Omaba, while adding to tha work we hare bean actually decreasing tha number of police expected to do the Increased work. American Influence in. China. Dr. Sun Tat Sen, former provl alonal president of tha republic of China, who might be called tha father of the reform government, haa called upon Hin Wang, a Chinese student at Columbia university, to come over to the homeland and help out In the so cial regeneration of South China. This might be regarded somewhat aa a modern edition of a Macedonian cry. Mr. Wong Is a native of China, whose father was a Presbyterian min ister and publisher In Hawaii and there yours Wong received hla ele mentary schooling. He waa gradu ated later from the Missouri uni versity school of Journalism and then went to Columbia to lake a course In consular trvtce to fit blm for use fulness, both to his native China and the United Stiles In the orient But Sun finds a larger work for him to do In this mighty undertaking of the aodal reget.erf.lon of South China. Among the new leaders of New China. Including Dr. Bun, himself, are many Americanised Chinese; la fart, there are few others. These young men, for the moat part, spent several years In our country, imbibing our oc cidental modernism and educating themselves in our schools and col leges. The best evidence that their experience and Influence have been mutualy helpful to both countries and to the world ta to be found la present conditions, fa what these men have done and are doing. American Influ ence, therefore, through native Chinese, as well as native Americana, Ilea large at tha very roots of repre sentative government la thla oldest of monarchies and, indeed, history will have to give American influence credit for a vital share in the revolu tion which made ancient Confusian- ism over into republican China. John Hay's diplomacy in this con nection is not to be lost sight of. Men of less penetrating visions might ..are accepted the Boxer Idemnity as t poor attempt at a just recompense for wrongs Inflicted, Instead of turn ing it back to China with the proviso attached to the agreement that obliged China to send, for a certain period of years, many of the beet of its youth to American institutions to be converted Into Americans, for that is what it amounts to. Money Trust Probe Well-Timed. The house has ordered a "sweeping investigation" of the so-called money trust. But congress will adjourn be fore any "sweeping Investigation" will be concluded. Why has action been delayed If the democratic ma jority really is in earnest? Why J when the matter was up six weeks sgo, did It not order the sweeping In vestigation? Could It have been be cause the democrats did not desire to offend the money interests on the eve of a great national election? It seems that this order has been very well timed, for In the natural course of events no finding and report Is pos sible nntll after the presidential elec tion. The house's order places this in vestigation In the bands of the regu lar standing committee on banking and currency, which, it will be re membered, Mr. Bryan said was sub servient to Wall street influence and could not be relied upon to make a genuine effort to uncover the facta. Mr. Bryan Insisted upon a special committee for the Investigation. Did Mr. Bryan know what he was talking about? It begins to seem aa if he did. After the nominations are made and the lines of battle are really drawn. It will be Interesting to aee how much of an asset this probe proves to be for the fat friers for the democratic campaign. If the , master's report sticks. Omaha taxpayers will have saved more tbin 1500,000 through depreci ation of tha water plant In tha alx years that has elapsed since the ap praiser's report waa handed down. If the litigation lasta long enough, we may yet get the plant for the original 11,000,000, which we were assured would buy It. Notwithstanding the length of the ballot. It la to be hoped that tha vote of the late presidential preference primary will be canvassed In time to let the successful delegates get their certificates of election before the con ventlons are called to order. Well, well, well! We thought tha triumph of the reform democratic sheriff last year and hla Induction into office bad put an end completely to this annually recurring talk about Illegal registration and : election frauds. And to think that only a few months ago our aid and esteemed friend, Edgar Howard, put Champ Clark clear out of tba running and chalked hla up as a political lm possibility. ; Both our candidates for United States senator this time hail from tha Fifth congressional district, and no one In the lists from either Omaha or Lincoln. That la worth ' marking down, Aa laapieawlea Bpltapkl Pittsburgh Dtspatch. "Tell my wife la New Terk that I have done my beet to doing my duty." waa the neeeace sent by Benjamin Oug genhelin. Than could hardly be a sarongar or better epitaph. Vllirtn ! tlamea Itaae. , Pittsburgh Puoetcli, Incidentally after reeding all those widely differing and often flatly contra dtctorv stories of survivors aa to what happened, can we wonder at tha frequent contradictions on the witness stand in criminal cases? Agitation tiooa and Bad. New Tork World. In earing there Is greater danger than ever of war because of "Increased facll ties for fanning agitation." tha Imperial chanootlor of Germany overlooked the fact that there are also Increased' facilt tlaa for denouncing militarism and all jingo policies, . Twain- I s ak Sreteaa. Pittsburgh Post. It la a fairly good plan to start a rr den area though you stop cultivating It by the time the real hot weather la here. Tha preliminary enthusiasm will get jrnu out Into tba open air and Induce you to do a lot of work that you wouldn't other wise perform and possibly tons up your whole system. la a sat "hell. Chicago Record-Herald. As the facts come out It Is made appar ent that th Titanic waa sent to sea with an Inefficient crew and a lack of proper equipment. Aside from the danger to which the ship's passengers were thus subjected, waa it not poor business to jeopardise lle.oe worth of property by such careteee proceedings? There Is likely te be a rhsnge In the management of the Whit Star company. plaelas the KeapaaaiBtlltr. New Tork Sua. After the event the world knows that a fearful risk waa taken that ought to hare been avoided. It Is the old pain ful story of implicit faith b experience that proves valueless and In judgment that eras fallible. A thousand and a half Uvea seem te have been wantonly sacrificed, but te place the responsi bility without mitigation Is wot as sim ple aa It seams In tne shadow of th aw ful disaster. Th verdict will be pro nounced unflinchingly, but let the in veetlgatlon be deliberate and the evi dence enplta coklnlk(Ward lliisDav InOmalia f COMPILED 1'ROM BEE fltM 1 j r1 April 2. 1 i Thirty Years Ago At l:lj a special train leit the corner of Fifteenth and Farnam to Inaugurate t;.e new llanscum street car line just completed by the way of St. Mary' ave nue. The party, under escort of General ManaE' r Marn. 'included Htn. A. J. llani-om. ilun. Chns Hannuui and Hon. John R. Manchester. The appearance of the car and the distinguished party createu the utmost excitement all along the route. As the car was passing W. J. t'onnrl! s residence on the return It met the outgoing car and passed on a siding constructed for the purpose, "the sight being about like the meeting cf two great learners In mldocean." Lieutenant Charles E Kllbourne of the Second cavalry. Inspector In the signal Bervlce. arrived on his way east from a tour of Inspection covering all the sta tions west of the Mississippi liver. The new Millard hotel will open June 15 or thereabouts. Internal revenue collections In Nebraska for the month of April amount to fl.SS4.eV Oscar Wilde s celebrated Ivory-handled cane arrived by exprera today. He left R In Central City. Colo., and It Is following him up. The contest belt for the fifteen-ball pool tournament will come off at B. Lange's next Friday night General Crook has received orders from General 8herMan to have tha Third cavalry ready to move to Arlaona en a moment's notice. The approaching concert of the Young Men's Christian association will be the largest ever given In the city, the chorus consisting of sixty-eight voice. Among other attractions will be a newspaper quartet, being the editors of the three dallies and the Watchman. Frank smith is now at work drilling his people en the five bars. Ths popular wholesale liquor house on the corner of Douglas and Fourteenth streets, known ae W. J. Murphy Co., will henceforth do vusineaa under the title of James Walsh at Co. Twenty Yearn Ago - . While Mrs. F. M. Arnold waa driving aorth on Seventeenth street near Web ster, a recklnea aafety bicycle rider dashed around the corner and Into her horse, which became unmanageable and ran. throwing Mrs. Arnold out of the buggy. Her bead struck the pavement and ah waa taksa to her home, 178 Cuming street, unoonsetoue. The cycle rider rode off aa faat as he eould. Billy Hettrtrk, an employe la Swift A Cow's South Omaha, CertlUeer department, received word that he had Inherited HMOS from a relative back In Pennsyl vania. The Board of Publlo Works received bids for paving Leavenworth street from Sixteenth to Twenty-ninth. Hugh Mur phy pet In a bid of 8 Per square yard for Plnyx Falls granite; J. E. Riley, tl.lTVt for vitrified brick. The bids war taken under advisement. Milkmen were stiffening up te fight oa th license question. An ordinance passed by th elty council calling for better regulation and inspection of dairies and It challenged the dairymen. Hank O' Day waa In the bog for Olum bus. which beat Omaha ( to t la a good gam of ball. The. Danish Ladles' Relief society. whose annual resort was mad through Mrs. William Nave, secretary, showed s distribution for needs of am. for the year.- , , Ten Yean Ago Ths regular session of the elty council failed of a quorum because five members, who had stood as one oa corporation as sessments, had gone to the home of D. T. Mount tor a quiet little session. Ths five were Mount, Hasrall, T rootle n, Whltehera and President Karr. It jihyl happened that John L. Webstar, attor ney for th street railway company, and R. S. Hall, for the Omaha Water corn pany, dropped in at the meetlna. nils session did not vets to boost corpora Soa assessments. Whltelaw Raid. Id his special ear. stopped a little while at Union station. He had but recently been designated as America's representative te the corona tion of King Edward VII of England, He wis returning from the Paclflo coast ta New Tork. James B. Woodard. a Creightba unb varsity, stadent left for Bt. Paul, Minn., as Nebraska s representative la th In terstate oratorical can teat, accompanied by his father, Assistant Postmaster 1. I Woodard; D. J. Hurley as the commit teaman from Cretgtitea, sag Fred J. Kerr as delegate from Bellevoe 'college. Burglars deprived 11. K. Burket of XI, which he. had in the family auger bowk They also took some jewels end clothing as far as the yard. W. A. Carson and his son. Dexter, left tor th horn of Mr. Carson's brother near Madison, Wis., where he would rest a few weeks. , Ak-Sar-iea governors meet and fix the dates for the fall festival as Septem ber 24 to October 4. People Talked About Now Is the accepted time for planting the free seeds of congressmen. It th seeds fail, p'ant the congressman ta the fall Women's big hats are-useful If net or aamentsL In a street ear smashup In Brooklyn the big brims saved the wear ers' faces from flying glass. Dr. Cook writes from Paris to the Chi rago Post lamenting the cynical attitude of the paper In treating the doctor's lit erary achlevemeuta. The doctor Is wast ing energy and postage. Let him come home and apply hie masterful talent as a political bureau chief or pen the fas cinating history of the Ananias club. Mrs Sarah Edmonds Seely of L Porte. Tex., Is th only woman member of the Grand- Army of the Republic In 1WI she donned male attire and enlisted In the Second Michigan Infantry. She served aa a privet ta t. at regiment and took part In the battle of Williamsburg. She was later appointed an orderly an served la that capacity at th battle of Frederttksbarc, carrying messages be- The appearance of former Beverldge ef Indiana with his speech making stunt In the Msssaebusetts cam paign caused ande circulation or a erne! Jeet plucked from the remarks of tw men who were dtseosrlBg hut eloqoeoc. "A woaderful speaker." said one: "row ought to hear Mas." "I nave beard him." said the other. " Bstened te Was for two hears one night." "What did hs talk about" "I don't kaow," wss th reply; "he aeglectrd ta state.' IheBefiLeiffBo Stands by Prreldeat Tatt. BEATRICE, Neb.. April TT.-To the Edi tor of The Bee: As a staunch repub tkan. 1 cannot refrain from commenting on the deplorable conditions now exist ing In the political world. When a half doxen men are going around over the country sowing the seeds of discord among the people, as that is really what It amounts to, tt Is time to call a bait and go back to the old time methods of honesty and give our worthy president a square deal which ts his due. I defy, anyone to say he has not made 'a good executive, and It will be a disgrace to the once Invincible old party to allow his renomlnstlon and election to go by de fault. Ex-Prestdent Roosevelt haa made the mistake of hut life in thla business DANIEL DELeU renflraaed la Hla Coarleslaaaa, SOUTH OMAHA. Neb.. April WTs the Editor of The Bee: When I wrote to you a few days ago In regard to the Roosevelt-Taft fight. I did not .expect that the letter would be published, but I have been astonished at the number of people who have commended me for that latter that I wrote when 1 waa about asleep after serving on ail election board for over twenty-four hour. It Is my opinion that the primary la not a cure-all as Roosevelt. La Follette and hikers would make us believe. It la my opinion also that if Roosevelt is nominated that he wtll be defeated next Nsvember for th people of the United States are not ready tor an empire and Mexican oli garchy just yet a while. The Roosevelt people all turn out at the primaries be cause they have been worked up. while the Tart peeple have let the Roosevelt people walk all over them. ; F. A. AQNEW. Volnaterrst Spoataaeewa Ceasfcaetlen OMAHA. April n.-Torthe Editor ot The Bee:lly oldest son hks had his field Of labor for a number ot years In Cen tral America, lie was mostly in Hon duras and Oautemala. In thelr'many wara he often happened Into tHef firing line. At such times his services were much hi demand. His own work ,1s entirely In the line of peace. Business people wanted Mm to be in then- establishments. His presence saved them fromthe marauders, for even ths looters have respect for Uncle Ram. One ot his boys In any busi ness saves the house. f At rebellious outbreaks hs often saw gangs of volunteers (se-catled there com ing In to aid soms ambitious malcontent They (many of them volunteered at th point of a gun. The dilemma before them was. "join th ranks or be shot" They usually joined; ' ut lest they should change their mltyta on the way-the pre caution was taken, to tie their wrists to a long ropeMiavIng trusted ones at each end. In this way the volunteers marched by squada to the place of rendes vous. Fine, waa It not? A similar game Is often played In a less dangerous ' tin., A pastor was to leave a ehareh tor another. I didn't know ths man. I knew some of his parlshoners who told me the plsn. The pastor himself wrote the resolution to be presented, at a final reception to be given to him. He was to bs surprised at that meeting with a goldSvatch to be given by his admiring friends. All thla was in th plan and to guars) against failure he himself wrote out a list of. names, with amounts ex. peeled from. each. He also appointed trusty collectors. The thing worked. Those In th secret were prudent Th rent author of the plan was known to tew. Th dear man got his watch. Th resolutions expressed sincere regrets that so efficiently and faithful a man couldn't stay Indefinitely. The dilemma before the contributors was not: "The ranks or s bullet. But pay or be counted meanly narrow.' Then- deeds were a spontaneous outflow of admiring love. If It hadn't been so, we d-call It a holdup of a very mean kind, 8uch parting resolutions are often de ceptive. I had very few pastorates. My ht was te stay a long time. I sever, but once, allowed resolutions. I had. officiated there but briefly. The work rwas no suc cess. At my suggestion thry passed reso lutions to mollify my feelings. Omaha Rdaeaslaaal Oaaortaaltr. SPENCER, Neb,, April . To the Edi tor of The Bee: . Aa a fellow martyr to the Ingratitude of republic, allow me. a tew words oa the permanent Interest at Nebraska people. Insofar aa soy candidacy tor superUw Undent steed for anything, It was a pra tes against the wasted years ef school life. Tea remember th teachers voted to meat again la Omaha.- They are much mere Interested In the doing of things thaa the talking of them. Farmers are swarming to town to educate their chil dren. Wtiy not to Omaha? Why not start a crusade for a high school polytechnic In Omaha? The machine shops, the smelter, pack ing neusea, etc., are object lessons. I think textiles, aluminum, carborun dum. Portland cement and chemicals cotdd be produced commercially, but. of coarse, not profitably. In a great build ing given up to high school pupils. By attending the technical part of th time and th regular literary school part of the Urn, such pupils would need fewer high school buildings. Q. W. WHITEHORN. Federal Tear rlerka' Free. , Bos tea Transcript There Is said to be a good prospect for the passage cf a bill by , this congress doing away with th fee system In the offices of clerks of the f sited States dis trict courts, ths compensation to be en tirely by aalsrtes instead. It is believed that this will effect a saving ot several hundred thousand dollars, though the fee system la generally eo irresponsible that no very close estimate can be made of the returns through that channel. According lo the blll.'ne salary can be over K.0HO, though under the present method clerks have reaped harvests several times as large as that, In many Instances judges have permitted them to be made masters la cases, and no accounting for -the sums received was required. This will new be forbidden, should the Mil go through. Meat Level f Frtcnda. Bettlmore Ainnlisi It Is said that Mrs. Mary C. Thaw has spent aU of her time and energy for years and l.eo of her money to free her sen. Harry Thaw, from sn Insane asylum. Whatever etas are the merits of ths case, this proves again that mothers, rich and. poor, high and low. alike, are the mast loyal friends God ever vouchsafed humanity. Fathers and brothers, husbands aad wires, sweet hearts snd friends mar rail en, but mothers stick threuga tntrk sad thsx. aad they ge down with the sk p. POLITICAL S5AWH0TS. " New Tork Sun: The eclipse of the Hon. Boies Penrose and the radiant rise ef the Hon.- yultam FHnn as republican boss ef Pennsylvania tille the- sons of Belial with despsjr and the sons of righteousness with -hope. Boston Transcript: This veer's popu lar electorate will be about M times that which voted at the Initiation of the fed- erst government under the present con stitution less than a century and a quar tet ago. a bit of statistical Information that may well set all of as tblnkiag. St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Both in Ne braska' and In Oregon -mere republicans than democrats turned out to the primaries.- What Is the cause ef the apathy among democrats? In the fare- of the possibility of a ' party victory is the recollection of the early Ms coming back to paralyse them? St. Louis RepubBc: It is a sorry freak of fortune that afflicts Robert M. La Follette, a man with a good- deal to say that Is worth hearing, with a disorder of the throat Some Americans who talk all of the time and say nothing have never discovered thst they had a larynx or an epiglottis. Philadelphia Record: By a vote ot (7 to a the Ohio constitutional convention has refused to Incorporate a prevision for the recall of public officials as an amendment to the existing organic law, of the state. This is a deliberate setback ior tewy in a ueiiDerauva boot oi man standing after due debate. Theyy do things differently In Oklahoma antArt xona; but the action of the Ohm con vention win commend Itself to public opinion In more seasoned and . settled communities. Where freedom broadens aiowiy down From precedent to precedent Oa Dwtr ts the creel End. Boot on Trxtykxlpt. Th musicians of ihe Titanic, who played a requiem forthe sinking ship and went sowav to tneiy ssatna witn it, are entitled to he placed among the heroes of the disaster.- NO more striking,, more graphic Incident as reported thaa that at th people oa' the lifeboat hearings the minting metqdy of th band coming over th water te them. These musicians died at their posts, for doubtless, la the be ginning ttiey -were told te play simply to keep up ths courage of the passengers, snd they plaarest te the terrible end. Read ers ot Carlyss will remember another la- stanse.of the musto and the musicians dy lag together, in his narration of the Girondists singing ths Marseillaise at the feot of the. scaffold, the alngtrw dimin ished on by en as the guillotine did It work until there was one voice only, snd then no voice. - CnttlBst Oat Fee Irs teas. Philadelphia Record. .. A bill on the calendar .of the house, with a fair prospect of passes In both houses . before congress id jo urns, does away. with, tha fee system in the offices of the clerks of United State district courts, substituting salaries not to ex ceed 16,00 per year. The effect of this change In the law would be to do away with some very snug resting places for political favorites, with a saving to the government of 00.M0 per year. The fees of some of the clerks overtop the salaries ot the Judge and other more responsible officials. Coming Soon!: Tho Groat Annual Evont . Spring Cloanlnc: Once a Tragedy, How a Concdy Will positively appear on date to be announced later. You cannot avoid it. You cannot miss itv. You must be present. Special attention, is called to the newest and most interesting addition to the cast, viz: Miss Vacuum Qeaner. This is the young sUr who has lifted bur dens from thousands of backs who has made multitudes laugh who haa turned spring house . cleaning from tragedy to a comedy.. She is a . conscientious, worker, a ,tireless performer, and , withal her effort are sweet and clean, Miss Vacuum Qeaner. .ha4jrnadc .it., possible for. the family to eat :regularly during thereat clean feast For further particulars as to prices, ask any dealer in electric, supplies,, Omaha Electric Light & Power Go. Texas Is as Hay as Ancient Greece In the selection of dates for the 8th -Annual Conven tion of the Associated Advertising Clubs of America, no better time in the entire year, could have been chosen with the view of making this meeting not only a grout success from the educational standpoint, but to give the delegates and visitors an unusual treat in the way of en tertainment and pleasure; featureswill, be .tendered the big men of the acUertiaing world) not only at - Dallas, where the business sessions will be held, but at all points covered by the circle tour of 1,000 milea through the heart of Texas, which will be both unique andextraordi nary. Entire trip m Pullmans, $75.00. It's cheaper than staying at home, Start 9 A. M. May 18 1911V Victor White Chfct . C. Rosswatop J: A. C. Kennedy It B. GKTJ.S -A35D GKOAJTS. Kldder-Thst fellow make a lMng wrttinir light fiction. Kmdee He doesn't look Ifk a literary chap. ' Kiader-WsH not. He mikes out state ments for the electric light company. Judge. Msnaw-Do you think he realty love tyn? . . ..... .warjone i ti sure tie am, aeer. worn t I refused h.M he Went and married ttwr very flm girl he happened to meet. New York Tribune: "Who was that man who was faking so loudly just now?" "Eh! don t you know him? WeH. well: Couldn't you tell by his talk, who. he was?" "No. I couldn't tell whetrfe he waa a puftiltst or a politician." davelaod Flaw Dealer. ' "Now listen to me."' "AH right, docf "You are threatenejd with a nervous breakdown." I know It." . "You must qut). worrying." "I can't do It, doc. until after ill the playeri are signed. It wouldn't be loyilty to the home -team.'-' Louisville Courter- Joarnal. ARCHIE BUTT. J. M. Lewis In Houston Poet. Arcbibal, Archibald. Wllllngham Butt. Toa have somehow made us feel like a .- mutt; Always we've made you the butt ot our jokes, - Always we've handed you giggles snd pokes. Gibed at you. Jeered at you, laughed at you, took A joy la just reaching for you with th hook; Now when we think of you language is weak. Now we alt here and with, tears oa our cheek. And a lump In our throat and a hurt la our breast It waa good-natured raillery naught but a Jest But we d give the world could we only recall Th gibes and the Jeers snd the giggles and, all We sh you forever till life shall grow pale, -As ' ..at in hand with a smile, at th rail Of the ship as It sunk, with a cheery goobye To those you hsd helped to ths hosts. In your eye- There was nothing, to fear, Toursto strive and to plan For t'ne weak, then to go to your deata like a maa. With a smile on your lips snd a. call .'r the foam: "Remember me. please, to th people back home". Ob, th years of ths world hsv been many and wide. In each age of ihe world have been heroes who've died For their fellows whose deaths were Im pressive and grand. But yoo facing death with your bat In your hind -And a smile on your Up oh, all lan-. quag Is weak. There a hurt In our heart and a tear on our cheek. God rest you. brave knight, . la . your aleep, 'neath tha foam, Toa're enshrined In th hearts ot us "people back borne." Beautiful in Wallace J