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THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, JTJLYV 6," 1912. THE UMAHA DAlhY &U POUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER A'ICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR BEE BUILDING. FARN'AM AND 17TH. Entered at Omaha. PoatoMce aa second class matter, i TERMS OK SUBSCRIPTION. Sunday Bee, one year.. J2 Saturday Bee, one year jl-WJ Daily Bee (without Sunday) one year. 11.00 Daily Bee and Sunday, one yeer.....6.wl DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Eventnr Bee vwltn s-unday), per mo. ..25c Daily Bee (including Sunday), per mo..65o Daily Bee (without Sunday), par mo...4oo Address all complair.ta or irregularities tn delivery to City Circulation Dept. REMITTANCES. ; Remit by draft, expr-ss or postal order, pavable to The Bee Publishing company. Only I-cent stamps recaived to payment ot email accounts. Personal checics, ex cept on Omaha and eastern exchange, not accepted. ' - - , OFMCES. . , Omaha-The Bee building. . South Omaha-2218 N St. Council BMfs-75 Scott 6t " Llncoln-a Littlo building. Chicago-IMS Marquette building. , Kansas City -Reliance bulldina. 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The" star-spangled banner,- you knew, is now spangled with forty eight stars.' .'.- Wrestler Ootch 6ught to become a chiropodist When ; he , retires. - His toehold wduid pay him." , . Stv - Colonel Wattersoil will never cool off if : be stays: in that Kentucky climate this kind of weather. ', How terapus does f ugltr , In 'the first battle he was the "boy orator In the last conflict "the old man." Harry Thaw desires to use Mattel wan , for. hla . own convenience. .He begged to get In and he begs to get out. ; ;-'A?. v',V-.,.'V' When they supercede national con ventions with primaries will they also adopt platforms by. Initiative .'and referendum?-,; Vji' fa; ,A t'.Y vk h; 1 ; Thla -.country ' has 'seen too niucli of ; Pat ahd.BeTnh'ardiandTdtff touar ft take MrVBria -vatijd tpry'f seriously. 'U Mr. Cartaegie has not succeeded In, giving away all hla money, we can tell him where he might place a few dollars to mutual advantage. The fact that John D. Rockefeller turns up as a debtor to the extent of 64 cents to a concern that went bankrupt, gives one a fellow-feeling for John D. . ! Now, that one of the victims of the 1512 steam roller boasts having been one of the engineers of the same machine In 1908, why not begin to turn from buncombe, to business.;; Weil, well, well! We did not know before that the Visiting Nurse asso ciation had turned over its summer baby camp to a private concern for eelf-advertlsement and exploitation ... ; Welcome, Nebraska editors. Omaha does not want to control your opin ions or our people and city, but asks you to base them on your own per sonal observations, and not on other people's blind prejudices. , - As one enters the Omaha city hall from the south front he reads on.tbe door of an official, "Roller," but is relieved to find upon approaching that, the first few letters art "C-o m-p-t," and not "S-t-e-a-m." . J ' ! 1 T 1 ' ' 1 .1. No reduction in water rates .No reduction in water fund tax levy!, out wny cotnpiam aince we zorcea the water campany to take about (6,600,00 for the p'at. wo were led to beljeve we couid have for JS.tiOO", 000? . " - ; As. showing the penetrating Jnsight of Europeans Into American politics, Paris and London newspapers bailed the nomination of Woodrow Wilson as a blow. that eliminated, Bryan from! democratic councils. t They evidently! bad not reid Cflamn Clark's nrnnnn.t cjamento. ' - - ' -.- . ! ' ' 4 : ! ' ' "" - - The official call for the prohibi tion state convention in Nebraska is subscribed by the state chairman "In the interests of the real progressive- party." .Fine... But how many .pro gressive parties are' we going to have? And is each Of them the only, truly, real one? ,f. The democrata in-Nebraska, stole the populist label for, their presiden tial electors, four years ago, but the , theft was .denounced by every repub lican in the state, as well as by other honest, minded people. ; Former re publicans wbo. want to start a third party cannot afford to follow tbat bad oxamjile, - - .:- , , ' Not Strong on Mathematics. Colonel Roosevelt may, and doubt less does, rank high as a faunal nat uralist, but he is not strong on math ematics. In his article in the cur rent Outlook, purporting to be an analysis of Mr. Taft's majority in the convention, the colonel presents some peculiar figuring. He first arbitrarily reduces - Mr. Taft's 561 votes to 481' on; the allegation that the contests of seventy-eight seats should have been differently decided, and then cuts off twelve votes given by the territories-unrepresented in the electoral college, proceeding fur ther, as follows: . '- This reduces Mr. Taft's vote to 469. Substract ' Florida, Georgia, ' Arkansas, Louisiana, South Carolina and Virginia, where there la no -real republican party, and Mr. Taft's vote becomes 230. Referring to the apportionment of delegates to the various states, and giving Mr. Taft the solid vote of each state mentioned, we have the follow ing table: Florida ..V.;. w. Georgia .....'... 28 Arkansas' .......... ..-.IS Louisiana"..... 20 South Carolina....'....'......;.. 18 Virginia 24 . .Total .....120, . By verification substract from 469 this- sum .of; Q .. and the remainder is not i220I. but 349, a little dis crepancy against Ir. Taft of 129 votes. But paraphrasing the lan guage of a famous statesman, "What is' mathematics between friends?" ' The Canal and Disarmament. Thos wbr applauded the action of the houge in' striking out the appro priation, for two new battleships may now be expected to denounce the sen ate 'for restoring that item in the nav-y-bill,-wAieh-fias- gone to the house for final consideration, f - But it requlres.no special insight to see that universal dlsarmanent will never be brought about by the strongest nation diminfabing its naval prowess while other countries are enhancing theira. '' ' -'i ' ; y- ':;'.; What would" be much more to the point is something llke'jtne "proposal Of Senator Johnston of Alabama, who, favoring a? reduction' in fjour V naval force, wanta -to submit. a plan,' when tlvr Panama '. canal ' administration comes up for action, to bind' every nation1 operating ships through it to agree to build not more than one bat tleship a year and to deny canal rights to any nation dissenting. ? ' .Whether tills exactly, meets' the de mands of the cage, it suggests some thing practical that might prove a starting point. Dlsarmanent is not to be thought of except in universal 'termisY,,. It,an6t.;(forvorie n,ton un- uiMis; ior -au. ; '.h,i ny using tne leverage.lofv-the.v.canal. we, cah J get algbjttuityJlfli. only. oB;batlleshp t-tifitvo, .'then -lift .fth-i meanB rwe suouio . oov it ana in-time bring aqiejpfiers''. to acqulMcence in i more genVa.aisarmamene kgree- f ' Van Burea and fclaxk. :, ; Aside' from the' fact' that the his- torlc two-thirds rule io democratic conventions was instituted in Balti more . m .1844 and undermined in that City in 1912, another parallel links the K two "conventions together. Martin Van' Buren nd Champ Clark, who went- into their respective con ventions t the .leading . Candidates pf their party, were defeated tor a lack of, resolution '.on i the,, pivotal issue. Van Buren refused to come out defl nltely ; for the iannexatlon Of Texas, to which . hla - -distinguished' sponsor, Andrew Jackson,' -was violently com mitted, and Clark 1 failed- to satisfy Bryan's demands as to his position on the much-mooted question of "the people 1versus,. the' trusts." ., A , But there Vas 'tlifs point of con trast: . Jackson stuck to Van Buren in spite of his attitude, while Bryan, though instructed for Clark, sealed Clark's doom when he put him on the'deienslve: , Imprest ively Harmonious. . . Nominally. -; Governor Wilson's nomination at. Baltimore was unani mous and now .the, battle cry. of the njllitant, ; unterrlflad ; forces of democracy ia- "Harmony-1 in the .ramkj." ' '.v.-vf' vs - Anyone .who wahts to, make sure that, U10 various elements of the party arojn complete, concord may simply review what went oh at Bal timore and. recall a few facts.. Har mony la indeed complete v and Im pressive ..with Clark crying "false and -malicious slander" at Bryan, Tampiany and Bryan still breathing anathemas, upon each other,. Hearst and Tammany-still locked, la a grim atfuggie for. .supremacy, in the New York state election, Hearst, declaring that Bryan f 'stands' for dissension and defeat,!' frixt adjuring the party to eliminate Bryan and advising Wil eon to rid himself of the "Bryan brand," Chairman, Mack refusing to stand for re-election or take, active part in the campaign, and the . vener able Colonel ! Watterson bringing up thei rear wita a. doleful dirge 'that he would support the ticket even if it were headed by. the; devtl. ., i ; Why ; lose time tixpatlating : on democratic, harmony r when' it Via so obvious? . .' -- V' t'l ' .- The Boston Transcript Includes Governor Aldrich in the Jiat of . for mer Roosevelt boosters who have de cided to stand by the Chicago ticket and platform. The esteemed .'Tran script evidently did not get iGovernor Aldricbla second. edition. -. . REFORM OF NATIONAL CONVENTIONS Urgent Need of Suppressing the Mob Spirit. . Kew Tork Sun. If thers is any representative body that should be dedicated to deliberation It is a convention assembled to nominate candidates for president and vice presi dent The function Is so vital to the welfare of the nation that Interference with the exercise of that function should not be tolerated either from without or from within. Yet isit not a fact that the national conventions at Chicago and Baltimore were little better than mobs at some stages of their proceedings? Order returned only after delegates had shouted themselves hoarse in dem onstrating their support of candidates of their choice; and sometimes it 'was necessary to employ the police to restore control of, the convention to the chair man. He had to deal also with Inter ference from without; that is to say, from spectators on the floor and in the galleries, who are admitted with the understanding that they are to see and listen and are not to be heard. As a mat ter of fact, they contribute more noise and confusion than the delegates them selves when they get out of hand. At times there Is a mob on the floor and a mob In the galleries, and the combina tion Is fatal to the conduct of business. 80 much time la waated in waiting for these "demonstrations" to stop, or in suppressing them by threats or force, that four or five days are required to transact business that should be done In two. Is it not a'uout time to put an end, to this madness and folly? Rules should COMMENT ON POLITICAL TOPICS Colonel WaMerson's We. Louisville Courier-Journal. Touching the nominee we have nothing to add to or subtract from what has already appeared tn these columns. If the Issue were purely personal the matter were easily disposed of. But there are considerations far beyond either like or dislike of individual can didates. In a contest between three tickets headed respectively by Taft, Roosevelt and the devil, the Courlar- Journat, being a daily newspaper and unable to take to the woods, would per force be obliged' to support his Satanlo majesty. ' ' A Daafferoaa Competitor, New York Sun. Whatever course Colonel ftbosevelt may prefer under the circumstances, the Baltimore, convention has named the most dangerous democratic competitor the republican ticket could confront, and has put him on a platform broad enough to warrant an extremely radical con struction. By so doing it has thrust upon Hon. William Howard Taft, the undivided , honor of representing In the campaign of 1912 the safief ideas of progress under the constitution and the Institutions we have. Mr. Taft may be beaten,' but his feet are en V rock, not on quicksand. . A Gentleman in the White Hoaae. New TOrk Times. We believe Mr. Wilson's nomination to be In the highest degree fortunate for the country. -It Invites, we may almost say it command, the ' return "of pros ?erity;t Jt blda our half famlslwd indus frieirtaTtVlhelr fill of the vitalizing nour ishment of activity. It quickens tho sluggish currents of trade and enter prise. -It does these beneficent things, first, because in the last three months we have cast out so many devils, and, second, because whatever may befall bn election day, a gentleman will be In the White House during the next four years, a man of sanity and balance, a man sin cerely desiring the welfare ot the Amer ican people, a man of sobriety and prin ciple, not a savage or a visionary. It is the Ideal condition, with a candidate on either side under whose administration the country would be content A Democratic Point of View. Harpers Weekly. The country. Is to be congratulated, of course, upon the elimination of the men ace ot despotlxm Involved In a third term; the republican party, of course, upon the elimination Of an utterly discordant force. Roosevelt out Is utterly insignificant as compared with Roosevelt In, and, praise Ood. he can't get back. Let him and his stand up and be counted. If they are right, they will win in the end as they should. But there can be no sailing under false colors, no duplicity, ne chicanery all, as they have professed to wish, in the Open. 'The republican party at least has not debased itself by repudiating a faithful servant. Taft can be beaten at the polls, as he probably will be; as Blaine was and Harrison was,' without humiliation Heroism In the Trench. Philadelphia Record. Not all the heroes died on the Titanic Two men working In ' a trench in Cin cinnati were burled by a cave-In. The first man who was reached said to the rescuera "Don't mind me. Save the other fellow. He has a- wife and chil dren."- It is with the utmost satisfaction that we learn that the man who waived his chance ot lite tor the sake of the other roan's wife and badles was also saved. William Diets showed as knightly a spirit aa Sir Philip Sydney, who, wounded on the battlefield- passed to a dying soldier the water that had . been brought to him. : , ' Searchlight an the Sen. , Minneapolis Journal. . The Titanlo disaster has borne this fruit : The feaiserin Augusta - yietorla. with tan enormous searchlight at Its bow, found Its value first on coming out of the harbor ot Boulogne. Approach ing -vNew York the light revealed the Scotland light ship four miles distant and at one mile distant showed the name or the light ship. With this great beam of tight ahead the Titanic would have see the Ice in time.- ftoothtn Syr op Work. . Chicago Record-Herald. "My very dear friends," said Colonel J. Ham Lewis, raising a neatly gloved hand when the uproar began during the tempo rary absence of Chairman Olie James, "my very dear friend, may I suggest with all possible politeness that a cessation of the unseemly verbosity would be highly appreciated?" Of course there was Im mediate ailanee- Importance of th Vtco Presidency. . . ., Baltimore American, ' ' Whatever else may . be urged against Mr. Bryan, he Is certainly right in hit assertion of the Importance of the vice residency and hla protest against Its be- be made and enforced to prevent "dem onstrations" by delegates on the floor which take the form of marching about with state banners . and yelling ex plosively wntll exhaustion comas. De liberate action under the circumstances la Impossible, and to prevent It Is the purpose of the delegates who join in the uproar. Every such "demonstra tion" Is an attempt to stampede , the convention for one of the candidates. The problem of keeping the delegates In their seats attending to business Is not so difficult as that of preserving order In the galleries. , Th spectators are not present to deliberate but to get all the fun out of the situation they can. Some of them are brought Into the con vention hall to start or to take part in "demonstrations;" that is to say. to In terrupt the orderly course of proceed ings. It would not be politic or right to exclude the public from the galleries, but the number of spectators might be limited to the capacity of the police or of paid deputies of the convention to preserve order. The sight of police men in a deliberative body to quell dis turbances ta repugnant-' The less the show of force, the better, but as the na tional conventions of 1912 have been con ducted the presence of uniformed police has been necessary. 'Tie sad, but 'tis true. ., ' ". '. . . The reform of the conventions rnet. to nominate, candidates for. president and vice president Is In the hands of the managers of the political parties. It Is a very important . reform. to himself or disgrace to his party. But the party Itself put into the crucible will necessarily be reformed into a concrete body standing for definite th'Ings--not, as now. an Incoherent, incapable " mass lacking, even, with a nominal majority In the senate and a president, capacity for cohesive actjoni i . , The Roosevelt bolt is a good thing for everybody. : ; If the democrats avail themselves of the opportunity .staring themselves In the face, splendid!. If not, however, there Is still in Taft a self-respecting, honorable, capable and open-minded man, whom any patriotic eltlien can vote for without a JftlUSh.. 'i :'.:,,.: It has seemed all along to the Weekly, as our readers will recall.-that Mr. Taft could, as he should, be nominated. If all those to whom the duty of naming him belonged refused to be scared out of It. -They did refuse; refused masterfully, and with brains arid sleeplessness and -vigor, and demonstrated in due time that the Weekly was right. We are grateful to them, but, after all, It Is not so very hard to foresee what can be dope it men will do their duty. Itfr i ptty;-ln;a way, that an ex pffetrdent should so have ' turned hla country Into a political cock-pit tor the entertainment of civilized peoples. But that is not a vital matter.- The end has justified to show, and In the rejection of the aspirant tor despotic power, ob servers will see once more the authority, Insight,' and efficient of a democracy, '. Good Work oi Two .Conventions. . . Indianapolis, News.; . TbVcountry is, in ou'r opinion, to be wartnly congratulated on the work of the two conventions, that at Chicago and that at Baltimore, in tneir rejoicing over the nomination of Governor Wilson yester day people ought not to forget that at Chicago representative government was maintained in its Integrity as against as dangerous an assault as is ever likely to be made 'on it. As a result, the Institu tions established 'by the fathers,', under which we have lived happily and securely for more han,r 100'1 years, were greatly strengthened. The' value of the service rendered by our republican friends In this respect can not be overestimated. . rittiKi m. the Wall, Springfield Republican. The only iwo pictures which have adorned President Taft's big private of flee since he became president are of his father, the late Alphonso Taft, and Theo dore Roosevelt As there has been no word to the contrary, it may be assumed that the picture of Roosevelt has not been removed, for its removal would have at- traoted Instant notice. Yet in view of the present situation and of Colonel Roose velt's malicious attacks on the president, the picture is a good deal of a mockery. However, it la not unlikely that Mr. Taft will, leave It where It is aa long as he re mains In the White House, for whatever may be said of Roosevelt, it Is at least certain that Mr. Taft's friendship for him was loyal and sincere, and that he win not altogether forget the days of his ad miration. , , , , llUlement. The office may never be a positive factor In the government In any given term, but it is always a potential power of the highest Importance, and is by no means the political shelf it is gen erally regarded.'.'. k alienee on the Other Side.' . Baltimore American. Psychical experts still claim to be re ceiving messages from the spirits ot de parted scientists, novelists and other prominent men. But strange to say, these spirits do not communicate any thing which adds to the general small stock of knowledge of the other lite. ' The Hunger Strlkr. -. Philadelphia Record. , . " The cost ef . living does not by any means go unconsidered by the delegates attending . national presidential conven tions. It is a personal study of this acute problem that serves to break dead locks, and bring on conclusions when other argument, falls. ,. Reciprocal Commands. Pittsburgh Dispatch. With regard to the third party plank "Thou sha'V not steal. ' It would be more effective If accompanied by another Quo tation from the. same great foundation of law, vii: "Thou shalt not bear false wit ness against thy neighbor." , . Hfahcr Learning. ' Cleveland Plain Dealer. "The : University of Nebraska , has changed Its hours of realtatioa to favor th t practice of the foot ball squad.' Thus do our colleges gradually become Institu. tions of higher learning. A Test of Hope. Boston Transcript '' 4 It It takes seven baftleahlpe and a few armored Cruisers to 'observe" a tittle Insurrection In Cuba how can we hope ever to have a great enough navy to fight real war J" lijooKinoDacfiwara This Day inOmak GDMP1ULD FROM BEE FILE-9 JULY 8. Thirty Years Ago The Turner society held a meeting in Turner hall .to discuss a scheme to build a school . for children and adults. A committee of five consisting of Phillip Andrea, J. I. Freuaff, Fred Elsasser, F. Rothaker and C. Haman had been soliciting subscriptions, and another committee, comprising Julius Meyer, George E. Stratman, Peter Goos, A. Dor man and G. Zimmerman, was named to assist with subscriptions and perfection of the scheme. A surprise party was given Judge Savage on conclusion of the district court term with the preaentation of a magnificent solid silver water pitcher, commemorating Ms retirement from the bench. Judge Wakeley made the speech and Judge Savage responded. The Union Pacifies beat the Glenwoods, 16 to 1, in five innings. The addition ot Dwyer for first base hag greatly strengthened the pine. Farnam and Sixteenth streets near the city hall are dreadfully cut up prepara tory to the laying of gas pipe. F. C. Festner & Son, printers and book binders, have removed to Creighton hall, Eleventh and Farnam streets, second floor. Thomas J. Conway has been elected to represent the Omaha local at the Knights of Labor assembly at Ottumwa, la. The son of Charles . Connoyer of the school board was overcome by" the heat yesterday and picked up by N. N. Ed. wards, who took him home in his car riage. Rev. Edward C. Fritchett, a, venerable Presbyterian clergyman whose home for forty .years has been in Utlca, N. T., and vicinity, is here yi6iting his son, George E. Ptttchett. Twenty Years Ago John M. Brett moved to Omaha from Wood River and engaged in business here. E. W. Sherman, who had been day clerk at the Murray hotel for some time, went to Denver to accept a place , with the Windsor. M. A. Lunn, editor of the Beet' Sugar Enterprise of Lincoln, was In Omaha con sulting with a number of business men as to the advisability of building sugar beet factories in different parts of the state and met with much encouragement. William Leichtenau, 2916 Cuming street. a painter, and James F, Knox, 1109 Nine teenth street, his helper, were fatally hurt in a fall of forty feet from the side of ' the Tibke building, Twenty-seventh and Cuming. They had but a few moments before thrown their hooks over the eaves of the building and taken their places on the swinging platform to paint the structure when one of the ropes snapped and they plunged, one headlong, the other feet first, to the ground. They Jay motionless. " Knox was whirled around in the air several times in falling and struck on the side of his bead and shoul der. Leichtenau fell feet first and the scaffolding on top of him. 1 . ' City Clerk' John Groves was having a difficult time rearranging the records of his office. He found that prior to 188 no attention was paid to filing documents In their order and this made hjs work very hard. " ' Dr. H. T. Coffty 'of Peoria, 111., who was visiting his daughter and son-in-law. Mrs. and Mr. Howard H.' Baldrige, had for twenty years resided in Pittsburgh snd was well acquainted with Andrew Carnegie. Ten Yearg Ago President. James O'Connell of Washing ton, D. C; president of the International Association of Machinists, had a very pleasant . chat with President Burt and Motive Power Superintendent McKeen of the Union Pacific on' the subject ot the shopmen's strike and the strike pro ceeded without interruption. The County Board of Equalisation ad journed after tSubm te asewi valua tion of the county to 25,293,088. It com promised an a levy of 15 mills. Earl Farnsworth of Grand Island was chosen by the Omaha Field club to represent It at the Western tennis cham pionship tournament at the Kenwood Country club, Chicago. ' ' Charles A- Lundoll, in his twenty-seventh year, died at the family home, 2SCS Charles street. ' Mr. and Mrs. John D. Voerster ' lost their infant son by death. Father M. P. Howling, president ot Creighton university, stated that he would soon leave for F.ome, to be gone some two: months..; During his absence Vice President Kuhlman was to have execu tive charge of ttie t'.nlvorslty. George Goodwin Dewey of Chicago, son of Admiral Dewey, arrived in Omaha to look after, some property of his father In this city and Council Bluffs. People Talked About Fifty-five members of. the famous An cient and Honorable Artllley company ot Boston have sailed for England on . a mission of peace, good will and high living. The ancients have achieved In ternational renown for their valor in at tacking commissary departments.' Newark, N. J., has book agent who is within a few days of the century, mark. He Is George Clinton Paine, who will be 100 years old on July 9 next In the Oranges, Montclalr . arid Newark Mr. Paine and his stout hickory . stick are a fsmUlar sight. . A frisky bull chasing a bunch of boys in the suburbs of New Tork ran into a small powder magazine and overturned it. When the smoke of the explosion rose above the scene, there wasn't enough of the bull left to grease a sausage machine. The boys Were unharmed. - - Two hundred Turks were disposed of tn the latest engagement In Tripoli. So states the Italian account. When.-the Turks are beard from the scoreboard win show about twice that number ot Italian dead. ' Outside of the parties- Interested no one disputes' the score. Woodrow Wilson never 'kisses babies othen than his own. And yet thought less party patriots are asserting: that Wilson can be elected president of this glorious country.- In the role ot Casablanca critics as sert that J. Ham Lewis of Chicago ri valed at Baltimore the historic pose of W. Roscoe Stubbs of Kansas at Chicago. Both standing on the burning political decks presented striking figures of coui age, v '"durance and volume of sound. There was a slight difference tn the rival performancea J. Ham stood unmoved as the calorie agitated his whiskers,' while W. Roscoe fanned the volume of hot air. Hie Bee's LeilerBa? ox, ""li Boaqnet for Soath Omaha. SOUTH OMAHA, July t-To the Editor of The Bee-In the seventeen years I have lived in South Omaha there have always been many pople, from outside of South Omaha principally, who have run down South Omaha as a very tough place. In response to such a criticism, I want to say that there was general comment on Thursday of this week, when thou sands of people were- on the streets from early In the morning until after midnight at so little drunkenness and at the orderly kind of a crowd that was cele brating. I have lived In two prohibition states and yet never saw a more quiet and orderly crowd In either state than was seen In South Omaha on the Fourth of July. Instead of calling South Omaha a tough 'place, ' other cities would do well to follow the example set by us aa a city this week. I say these things In face of the fact that I am strongly for the annexation of South : Omaha to Omaha because I think financially it will benefit ua greatly to be a part of a larger, city. F. A. AGNEW. Wants to Know a Few Things. BANNER SPRINGS, Kan., July 5.-TO the Editor of The Bee: Righteous indig nation forces many of us to express bur contempt for W. J. Bryan for the man ner in which he persecuted Champ Clark, Governor Harmon and others, especially Mr. Clark, at the Baltimore convention wlth6ut reason 'In' order to gratify his grasping ambition. For sixteen years we fbllowed in the footsteps of ' this once Idol and false god, believing him to be a moralist and a purist, and a deacon of the church.' Nothing Shows Mr. Bryan's inconsistency more plainly Uian when he insisted' on 'placing Mr. Clark in nomination for ,-vice president, yet when he was a candidate for president he . was unclean and -unworthy, but as a candidate for vice president he was purity itself. Is it hot strange that Mr. Bryan can purify men in so short a time? Surely he is a wonder. Or was It because Mr. Bryan was well aware that he could not dictate to Mr. Clark as president? Mr. Bryan has failed to tell us why he 6trohgly favored Mr. Wilson. Is It be cause he la to become a cabinet member and adviser to the president for he will be in need of an adviser? Or Is he only going to dictate to the president what, he must do? Or is it his love for the cocked hat, which will be knocked double next November? H. H. KEEN. Spend your vacation back ea$t and set that your tickets read via 18 JEgzms f in Low' Summer Fares 9 Round trip tickets on sale to points east daily until September 30th, among the important being as follows:' .... " S shff ' m9 44:25 "fc cay . 32.00 ass M.OABaffals 40.60 aid 45.00 Bottoa 32.00 aas 34.00 Niagara Palls 29.60, 32.00 aas 34.00 Tsreete 42.00 45.00 Hew Terk 35X0, 37.35 at, il 142.35 aad 46.35 Pertiaas -TT 9 Direct connections in Chicago with all lines ' east Liberal stop-overs. Favorable returnlimits. 12 Daily Trains between Omaha and Chicago . For printed matter and fuD partloulars call en or addreas . Chicago and North Western Railway ' NWS345 H0I.M03 F,mm Stmt. Omaha. Nd. ' I PRATTLE OF THE YOUNGSTERS. Teacher Bobby, give me an example of the word "damper." nKK,. a mMVIrtt'a fhOuffhtl PAW says maw Is too dampex.-ticular about his leei oein wipea. . . .. , , "Willie." said the mother sorrowfully, "verv tlm van rft nauehtv ' I Ret another gray hair." "Gee!" said -Willie;'' "you must nave been a terror. Look at grandpa!" Lillian (aged -4) Mamma, you're not a girl, are you? .... - Mamma No. dear. I used to be a little girl, but now . I'm a woman. Lllllan-Then what became of the little girl you used to be? "Johnny; I suppose your sister has other beaux besides me." '"Bout seven more." "Where do you think I stand in her affection's?" "I'm afraid you're in the second divi sion, pal." , Little James while at a neighbor's was given a piece of bread and butter and politely said, "Thank you." ... "That's right. James." said the lady, "I like to hear little boys say 'Thank you.' " "Well," rejoined James, "if you want to hear me say it again you might put some jam on it" The preacher had announced a forth coming concert by the choir, and that one of the principal numbers would be a sonata by the organist. "What did he say. Tommy?" asked a slightly deaf old lady In the audience, turning to hsr young nephew. "'Sh, auntie!" whispered Tommy. "Ho says the choir is going to give a concert and it'll be a snorter." "JUST A BABY THAT'S ALL." ., . Cooing softly to' the lovely spring, . Chasing sunbeams on the wall; What can be this dimpled darling? Just a baby-that's all. ' Little cherub, innocent, sublime, . Knowest thou what means the call "Mama! Papa!" all the time? Just a baby-that's all. We. who pleasure, time and business, Everything would risk, and all For this cherub's sweet caress. - ' . Just a baby-that's all. - . ( Men are made and men defeated, But we always can recall Those sweet words so oft repeated; "Just a baby that's all." Ani down through the endless ages. In winter, summer, spring and fall, tIs one supreme of mankind's praises. Just a baby that's all. Omaha. EDWARD B. PERKINS. . The Fine Sewing light 1 I Sewing by poor Kgk maJcc eye$ grow dull and old before tneu time. The strong, soft and steady light of 1 1 Edison Mazda Lamps ED h the ideal Eght for the sewing room. It prevents the fatigue of the eyes and preserves their brightness. It makes sewing what it ought to be a work of inter est and pleasure. Let us tell you how to get this light at small cost h 1 1 ' Omaha Electric i yiS ' UgM & Power I Company & 1 1 pi X Y3n T & L - i i