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THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1912. THE OMAHA DAILY r BEE FOUNDED BT EDWARD ROSEWATER VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR. BEE BUILDING. FARNAM AND 17TH. Entered at Omaha Postoffice as second class matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Sunday fcee, on year 2.w Saturday Bee, one year $1.50 laily B? (without Sunday) or.e yaar U-'JO Dally Bee and Sunday, one year $.0 DELIVERED BY CARRIER. ' Evening Be (with Sunday), per m..25c Dally Bee (including. Sunday, per mo.foe Daily Bee "(without Sunday), per mo..5 Address all complaints or Irregularities in delivery to City Circulation Dept. , REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, axpresa or post! order, payable W The Bee Publishing company. Only !-cent stamps received In payment of small account. . Personal checks, ex cept on Omah and eastern exchange, not accepted. ' v .... V ... .OFFICES. , r . Omaha-The Bee building. , South Omaha-S318 N St. , J . . ; Council Bluffs-H No. Main St, , : , ' ; Uncoln-2 Little gliding. Chicago-1041 Marquette bundlrig.;. 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Garernbr Morehead may not he 'much- of 'anritprbut he Je'eome isttetirrt.tw'T1-r' ' ' Ak'-Sar-Ben'e gallantry "in giving precedence to the itae fair should be duly appreciated.-' - - t September markt the re-entry of the oyster, but still It is not advis able to rush-the season too fast.' f If our bankers are really consumed With a burning desire to help out the farmer, they might' make a start by reducing the' discount rate.' ' V . i , t Will Governor Aldrich come back in kind at his rival for the tenancy Of the executive mansion?; Well, just put your ear, to the ground and listen. the) Perhaps when the colonel com manded Chairman Cortelyou to turn back the Standard OH contribution; meant the ."third , consecutive" .contribution... ,": su .. !. .i. It is a, relief to know that George W. Perkins' ' middle name '1 "hot'1 'Washlngtonr but "Walbridge," so jit will "not be rieceetfary to Tesorrect ! the cherry tree story on him.. r Railroad cut-offs are built 'only (only where and when buslne8s'calls for them, so the annbutcement of OJnion Paciflo activity in central Ne braska will be taken as a good sign. ; Lady bull moosers want to vote at jthe primaries in Chicago? Why not (let 'em? It will do no harm and may enable a prominent member of 'the herd - to ' make a showing of iBtrength. - ... jy . ? Our., old friend, Edgar Howard, i trumps , In wUh "Mike" Harrlngtpn ?Xor a special session of the legislature jtci be called by Governor Aldrich at -'once, if not sooner. That makes two 1 la favor of a special session. : : New Orleans, is (to embrace the I commission' plan' of city Rbvernmeiit, claiming , wijm , " . 3 o o, o o u peoole to be th largesfi cita to undertak the experimenf.'New;;OrleanB is welcome to all the.' lessQnsi t can draw from Omaha's experience so far. y--V: ... ' Let us remind autoists once more jthaL the law requires them to come ito a; full stop atvery intersection inhere a street cr ia taking on or 'unloading' passengers; and not to istart again untiljafter the street car 'atarta. , . ''.', ? pillions of Americans will today tin spirit,-, join? with" 'the Salvation (Army in memorial txercisea for Gen jeral William Booth.- Nowhere was Ihe held in higher, regard, and no where is the sorrow for his "death 'more-sincere." ; . : . ; V Chasing 1 alleged black-handers around a multimillionaire's eastern estate is a lot more profitable than talking to a convention" of bankers iwhose business is cinched. : And .maybe that's why the great detective did not show up in Omaha. ' Still, if all United States eenators who - have accepted campaign con tributions from lawless trusts' or cor porations were to -'be, expelled,, the senate would suffer 4nch';"a shrinkage In;memljershlp thatjit wjuld beeit trenielydouitfuI At a 'qupruni of 'the full number could behad. ' Democratic? ideas .of public econ omy ars fearfully and wonderfully Jllufctrated by some of , the work of 5th-, jate: house.;, . . Destroying effi- jciency'iiy tbe public service in prer Ho hit-at' tke president's efforts to ,secure better business methods may 'be good "politics, 'but it- looks like 'evidence ' 4o support - Mr. Mann's jjcliarge that fmuch'that the democrats jdid was sUngy and more was ellly. Wilson and the Fanner.' AeorasKa rarmers wno were op posed to reciprocity with Canada be cause of fear of competition in the grain markets- will-do well to ponder the words of Woddrow Wilson on the topic. "The American farmer never has been protected," says the profes sor, "for the very reason that he never needed to be protected." Th platform on which the professor is making his campaign. for the presi dency does-net declare unequivocally in favor of free trade, but the profes sor admitted at, -the timethe wrote his speech of acceptance that he had not read the platform, so he doe's not now, apparently feel; bound by its declarations. This gives him ample license to -indulge his 'proclivity for free; trade... 7 The high tariff .bugaboo is being vorked for all jit ' is worth by the opponents of President Taft In this campaign. but the' open Wilson in favor 'o free t.rade in farm produce must astonish even the democrats. - . ? ", 1 WHY HE STANDS BY MR. TAFT Former President of Dartmouth College Analyzes Eooseveltism. . stant appeals to tha "plain people" came perilously near being political cant ' This was to be expected, announcement of Mr. Where Honest Citizens Agree, In a. current review of the mechan ism and" history of our presidential electoral system, that veteran ' au thority, on constitutional-law, James Schouler) interposes this remark: State voter may differ widely as to who shall rule this union after the fourth Of next March, but .upon affording each Voter "an Intel llgeptf And'bona' flde ballot, ait honest citizens ojt the: slate :;ar agreed. l Unfortunately', 'we regret that here In Nbra8k"asalJ)our-eftlen8 W not In" aqcqrd' on. tn1ir9pcilibtaVao "that the ,lnevltajrfe,' concjutlon' .tn'usf be ttfat'.tnose.who ssejt; tb itr are! not honeet.-.Theee dissenier jani have persuaded themsefveft:that'IfeUg per fectly fair by trlckeryaod misrepre sentation to deprive the supporters of -one candidate of their-opporunity to cast a , oanot ror xnoir pjreierrea choice, but that is hoi tho': honesty that passes at full face. , It would doubtless surprise Mri' Schouler to know thatcandidates nominated; in Nebrpska for presidential electors in advance of the party conventions who now repudiate the standard-bearers of their party, and proclaim their in tention to" cast their ballots, if elected, for the standard-bearers of some other party, actually, have the temerity to attempt to excuse and de fend, their palpably . dishonorable course., , , Time Limiti to Sermons. The proper length of a eermon is coming up aneTV "for disc;sti)bn be cause of -complaint- of ' the hearers that it is too long, and complaint of the preachers that they are not al lowed time enough. One commenta tor passes the observation' that thirty minutes' is not long to "jiatdo to a man who is worth listening to at all, and that If. the sermon is cut down to twenly-fiye or twonty min utes, it is apt to lose its most impor tant functions of guidance, Instruc tion and inspiration.'' All of which resolves' itself into ! the proposition that a preacher,, like every one elBe who has a, message tfi Oliver either by voice or pen, must conform to the conditions confronting him. If he really has' something to say', he can take all the time required! and have no fear that his congregation will go to sleep on him, while if he is simply pounding the air, or serving Out saw dust, pudding, it is better tor him to quit' before beginning. As a rule the sermon ' that has 'to be measured off by the minute mjgbt as. well be meas ured off by the yard. A State Fair perversion. Among 'Other features .advertised for th-; forthcoming, Nebraska", state fair are so-called "days"' for each of the-respective political parties with attractions in the form of oratory proclaiming the', virtues and' extoll ing the principles of candidates for office in quest of votes.' ' " 1 While we know that tiis is. not a sudden Innovation, and tbat no will ful discrimination is practiced as be tween the political parties, we be lieve it is none' the less a perversion of? the purpose of the state fair, and an abuse which should be stopped. It should be remembered, that the fair. Is a public institution supported by taxes but of the public treasury, the ' same as the stats university or the public' school, .although in dif ferent, measure.. tThe purpose of the rair is, to exninj tae resources and products of the state, ' and educate our people by object lessons In im proved methods of farming and stock raising, and perhaps, incidentally, to furnish wholesome, amusement, but its purpose is hot political, any more than it is religious. k ' There Is ro good reason why poli tics or any other controversial sub ject should bo debated at the fair, held oa grounds owned by the state and maintained ar public, expense, any more; than 'a Yglou revival should be held there. " There'lsVo more' call or , justiflcaifon for' a VDemocratlc Day" or a "Republican Day" or a "Bulls Ho,ose-t Day" or a .'Socialist 3?ay" , or .aProhibition Day"' at the state fair. than there is for a "Methodist Day" or a "Catho lic Day", or. a JBaptlst .Dayy ?'. - Now, , Just as "we werev. getting ready for a winter of enjoyment, word come?, that, the, whale crop is almost a failure. Isn't that too bad? Following the-buffalo and, the -bull moose to oblivion. ' ' Dr. William J. Tucker, former prest ont or Dartmouth collere, writln In I the CongregationalUt and Christian worm, analyzes tn perplexities con fronting intelligent and responsible votera and submits these reasons why he will vote for Mr. Taft: r I will stale, In general terms' ai far as poRs bla, the reasons which to my mind Justify my intention to vote for Mr. Taft The statement of these reason will call up Incidents and events which, though re cent, are in daxiger of being forgotten, Thete ought to be kept, steadily In mind to give the true perspective through wh'ch to view the poetical situation., We cannot afford, in the Interest of truth, to allow the course of events leading up to present conditions to become covered over with th dust of th campaign. These events are an essential part of the campaign. Independence of th Presidency. In the first place I regard a vote foi Mr, Taft as a vote to maintain the inde pendence of th presidential office. Tha attack of Mr. iyosevlt upon Mr. Taft. especially tha manner of it, was a public dishonoring of a close presonal friendship. For anything that appeared then, or for anything that has appeared since, It was an unworthy act. It was avowedly an act contrary to Mr. Roosevelt' first honorable Impulses, and to many of his friends gav evidence which could not be Ignored that he wa beginning to part company with his better self. To hi enetnie it waa simply a confirmation of their charges In regard to his ruinous friendships. But the act had a much deeper signifi cance. It wa virtually th impeachment of the president by his predecessor fr office, now assuming the rote of dlctatoi under th guise of a tribune of the people. The self-constituted tribune of th people, Is the new tp of the political boes. We have had party bosses who were cred'ted with having been tha makers and unmak bra of presidents. The new kind of political boss deals with force far more subtle and effectlv than those which have been within reach of the party boss; namely,, popular - prejudices, excitement and discontents, and those economic gen eralities which can b so easily mad to serv , political ends. , The strong man armed with, these rawnrcef can at an time constitute himself a tribune of th people. His special opportunity is at the time when th ranomtnatlon of a presi. dent according to the accepted custom it Pending. w . . vs. , . Political Vfraeltr. In the aecond plac I regard a vote for Mr. Taft aa a vote in th Interest of political veracity. "Apart from questions connected- with certain cabinet appoint ments, the sum of Mr. Taft' 8 offending was his action on the Payris-Aldrtch tariff bill. That was the ground of pro gressive Insurgency. The sincerity of Mr. Roosevelt in capitalising Insurgency based on this Issue may ba Judged by considering his own attitude toward tho tariff, both when president and now as a candidate. Insurgency on this Issue was utilised by htm as borrowed capital. The primary campaign then inaugurated was run largely on borrowed capital.. What original contribution to th progressive program has been mad' by him except that of the recall of Judicial decisions? Each Item Of th program Jul been taken up in turn, calculated and utilized ac cord(ngf,ior Its xact ; poIIUcal -value. Everywhere the politician has been In evidence, rather, than the reformer; no where more conspicuously than in the adoption and utilization of woman suf frage. , In Ilk manner it Is very hard to reckon the violent inconsistencies of Mr. Roose velt simply as inconsistencies;' hard, for example, to reconcile' oh 'this ground Ala tirades against oosses with his special in structions to the boss of Pennsylvania to take an 'active part in the prelimlnarUs to the rapublloan convention; hard to reconcile Ma denunclUons of the political use of money by th trysts with his jrl lenc when questioned repeatedly by Mr. La Follette regaralng the financial sup port of his campaign. The whole at mosphere of the primary campaign was charged with exaggeration and mis representations, misrepresentations which could bo met only, by th specific correc tions of, the president in person. Th con. Fraudnlent Claims. As th time for the convention ap proached, numerous claims in respect to delegates were made which were proved ta be fraudulent in so gr$ut proportion a to cast doubt upon every claim presented. I believe that these fraudulent charges, urged with such vehemence by Mr. Roose velt, tost him hi nomination. Had th campaign been marked by strict political veracity th presumption would have been In his favor. As claim after claim was admitted to be fraudulent the presumption changed fo his great moral disadvantage. Certainty the, subpequnt charges about stealing the nomination made little public Irapressi cm, though there was a manifest sympathy with Mr. Raosevelt's disappoint ment in view of his large primary vote In the great republican states. As the ac tual fact have come out I think that tha public Is more and more- prepared to ac quiesce In tha .formal-, statement of Mr. Root to Mr, Taft: "Tour title to th nomination is a clear and unimpeachable a the titl of any candidate since polit ical conventions began." That ought to b good authority to Mr.' Roosevelt him self. ; It was Mr. Root who gave him a clear title to the Panama canal. Pople Versa Paternalism, In the third plac I regard a vot for Mr. Taft as a vot to protect the rights of th peopl aa against th surrender of these rights to paternalism. .The politi cal record of Mr. Roosevelt, as told In the events of the past months, showing hi steady assumption of the ways and meth ods of th politician, would - awaken grave misgivings were this an ordinary political campaign. It is not an ordinary political campaign. The recent conven tion at Chicago did much, more than to make Mr. Roosevelt a candidate, even a third-term candidate, for th presidency. It virtually declared him, after th Ro man fashion, to b the on man Indis pensable to th safety of tha republic. - The keynote of Mr. Roosevelt' confes sion of faith was the centralisation of power; th formula for tha application of th principle was equally clear Intrust the power to me There is a fascina tion about the. entrance of a new party Into th political field-everythlng new, no inherited evils, no bosses, no corruption, no feuds, no pledges except to the people. A program of 'promises is alluring. I am profoundly in sympathy with the spirit of the program of social justice outlined by the new party. Social justice is the pres ent goal of all true progress! vism. What guarantee does the party offer that it can maintain Its prestlna purity and fulfill Its promlsesT The answer is Mr. Roose velt. The answer is entirely fair, for it is 'evident that without Mr. Roosevelt th party has no existence. It 1 therefor as fair aa It Is necessary to analyse Mr. Roosevelt's recent political record, and If on finds there the signs of political de terioration to determine his own political duty accordingly. I have indicated the result of my analysis. , A Prosnreaalv Platform., Tha republican party has . never , put forth, so progressiva a platform as that on which Mr. Taft stands for rts-aWcUon., In fact, the. controlling question In the com ing campaign la simply, this! v What kind of progress do (the people want? Coupled with the, hardly less serious question, In what assurance of progresa do the peo ple confide? My Insistence in this article has been that the broad lines of cleavage are between Mr. Taft and Mr. Roosevelt, not between the republican and the demo eratlo iparty. The political purpose of Mr. Roosevelt is so clear that he who runs may read to attempt to swamp Mr, Taft In the popular vote of 1912, with the moral certainty of thereby defeating Mr. Wil son, or the democratic nominee in 1918, A rote for Mr.' Taft virtually" covers two campaigns. I hold no brie for th re publican party. Party obligations In ordi nary times alt lightly upon me. At th present time t am more than ready to travel the road of political progress, per haps farther and faster than the repub lican party may be able In th future to guarante passage. I am not ready to b propelled or to be sidetracked into Rooeeveltlsm. PROSPERITY IN THE SADDLE ' Good Timet for Everybody, But the Speculators.', New Tork Tiroes. Wall street Is in th dumps. The price range is now in tha neighborhood of what it was in the spring, despite all that has happened sine. Outside of Wall street 100.000,0(10 of peopl are discounting the 110,000,000,000 crop. Who ever doubts or denies it files in the face of facts, for-the 'fact are undeniable. In the spring there were not hands enough to plant the crops.' Now there are neither hands enough to harvest a, yield which has bettered all expectations, non to turn out the, iron and coal which ts demanded by every industry.. If Wall street challenges these facts, It Is be cause It has not sensed the situation along Washington street, where labor ot this sort is quoted and supplied. Not In 'thirty years haa there been such a famine' or workers 'on, aqueducts, .tun. nets,- building excavations and so on. Farmers are In a frensy for horsemen, harvesters and handy men. Anyon capable of handling a pick or shovel can get H75 a day and no questions asked. Any farm hand can get (20 a month and found by asking for it. The Condi tion of tha skilled labor market la even more favorable for labor, so much so that employers are having other diffi culties than in finding hands., " The only conspicuously unsuccessful members of the community are the spec ulators. They have mifaed their aim In both the security and commodity, mar kets, and have a grouch which nobody else shares. . Politics la the only t explanation they have for grumbling, but politics Is what the' country is least concerned about. Scandals about campaign" fuhda,' : and who s th liar now, are not politics. The loudest political ahouters are those who proclaim that we must changa our In stitutions to do social and Industrial Justice, as though actual conditions wera not the test ever known from the b. ginning ot the world to this day, and with every algn of Improving aa fast as It Is reasonable to expect human institutions to b reformed. : Always, ' everywhere, .' prosperity has been a matter for individual accomplish ment and never was It easier than now and here. The American man or million aire who Is not better off than his kind at any previous time in the 'world's his tory la suffering from some reason peculiar to himself. -and -not Inherent In our Institutions, i Th idea that Americans will smash th rainbow of th world's governments In- order to get th pot ot gold just over the horison is based on th delusion that the American people ara fools, offering themselves to be sacri ficed by leader whom w "will not characterise, save as they characterise themselves by their daily exhibitions. The dally scandals and muckraking are no s'gns that the political pot ta boiling, but rather that the prosperity pot Is bubbling to an extant which makes the politician fear that they cannot get the ear of tha people by anything less noisy than a alren or a calliope, and -cannot suit their taste with anything short, of tabasco and cayenne. The rejection of politics of this sort Is one of the happiest ' signs ' ot this happy tlm. With the politicians and th speculators suffering: from delusion, of melancholia, how can tha country help blng as happy as it 1st Ton Mach t Little. j v(" Philadelphia Record., ..' ,. "See America first', 1 a valuable top line In railroad advertising,, but the prop osition to boom the Idea by printing pic tures of scenery Instead of the jwtralts of patriots on our postage stamp gives evidence of more enterprise than reflec tion. A picture of the Grand Canyon of tha Colorado or the Toaemlte or of a grove of redwood trees on' a postage stamp might Interest the collectors who love to call themselvea philatelists, but It would hardly, cultivate a love for natural scenery. We have our own Alps, but a picture of the Alps of th site of a pos tage stamp would not be particularly ira- nresslve. ' : I Logic Sltpa a Cost. Cleveland Plain Dealer. " Complain of the high cost of living on on sld and of. the low state ot wage on the other can scarcely be considered logical now that we are told that $18-a-week chorus girls In Sew York-are re sponsible for the scarcity of good dia mond In Europe tkarketa Aa Aanaataa; Record. - 1 New York World. ; : ,.' This congress lias vrinted inore words and probably less oratory fhan any other on record, and even then did not print all It sU A loollpBaCaWaril r sept. a. 1 Thirty Tears Ago - Things, ar shaping up at the state fair grounds for the big show. A Bee re porter drove out with Mr. McCord of the firm of Nave, McCord & Brady, who haa charge of the Improvement there, and gives assurance that everything will be in readiness. The B. A M.-Platumouth ball- gam wa declared off. ' Officer O'Grady has sworn in a new policeman O'Orady, Jr., who arrived as a twelve-pounder. ,. . Ira P. Hlghby has been . assigned to duty by the internal revenue department as city gauger, and H. H. Willrodt and W. W. Brown as distillery gaugers. Bam Burns has the contract tor fur nishing the new Pax ton . with china, glass and tableware. ' A skirmishing party from the little post of th Salvation Army at this point went to Fremont to taekla satan'a picket line. Colonel Houser presided and was ably assisted by Lieutenants Wilson and Mo Allister. " '''. The assignment of public school teach-. era for the fall term I announced.' Th high school staff consists of thee three: Charles D. Htnes, Lena L. Hill and Nel son Learned. V Lucius Wakeley, who now occupies a responsible position with the Chicago, Burlington A Qulncy at Chicago, Is In the city on a visit. H. B. Ira, C. B. Marvin and J W. Schoelply left on a flying visit to the respective homes on th Schuyklll river. v ' -. ' ,'.-. . ' . '. Twenty Years Ago Online, the Nebraska bred pacing won der, startled th crowd at th county fair by reeling off a' mil In 2:17, thus raising th glory of Omaha, already high tn th racing records. J. B. Chandler, trainer and driver, was In' th gig when the little bay shattered Axtell'i proud record. - --..'--. In spit of the fact that Deputy Sheriff Ernst and Jailer Bennett mad their regular nocturnal rounds, two prisoners escaped from th county baatlle through a coal hole, between I and. 10 p. m. Sergeant Bigwart wa given a day off to oelabrate his tenth year on th local police force. He had been appointed to the force by Mayor Boyd. September S. 1882. ' -" Rev. T. J. Mackay returned from Boston and announced he would preach as usual Sunday . at ' AH Saints. The Bee received "a letter 'from John L. Webster, who was In London,' an nouncing his intention to sail for New York, August 27, "Spud" Farrlsh left for 'gxtended trip which wa to Include New. Ypl"S, Washington and of course, Culpepper Court Hous,, his old Virginia stamping grounds. . ' i Ten Year Ago 4 Th socialist state convention In Ost hoffs hall nominated this ticket; , For governor," George Blglow. Lincoln; lieu tenant governor, A. D. Pugh, Fairfield; secretary of state, J. F. Roe, Cmaha; auditor, Thomas Llppencott. Blair; attor ney general. James R. Burleigh, Lincoln.; land commissioner, W. A. Adams, Brock; superintendent. William Brltton, Omaha; for congreaa, Bernard McCaffrey, Omaha; county attorney, ' L. L. MoAlvane: state senators, B. H. Vail and W, H. Moore, Omaha; Thomas Phillips, South Omaha; state representatives, jv.T. Eakland, C. W. Adair, (J. W. Ray, Louis Junge, Guy Franklin, a 8, Lanyoh, George Mark stall. C. A- Robinson, J- J- Condon; county commissioner, F., Schaefer. The council refused to recognize either the old or new Board of Fire and Police Commissioners to the extent of putting their names on the pay roll, leaving them to, sue for their salaries. . Walter Wsllri&n, th welt known news paper correspondent, was in Omaha, re turning to Chicago from Bradshaw, Neb-, where he had been to see hla father, who was ill. . Alfred D. Jones, who as civil engineer laid out tha town site of Omaha, was knrf in Forest Lawn cemetery, his funeral services being held at his home, K Wirt street, under; the .dlraotlon of Rv, Luther M. Kuhna, pastor of Grace Lutheran church. Mrs. lamual Hawver, 1614 California street, returned from California. People Talked About "Wakao Tppel, tha wealthiest man in province of Yamanashl, Japan, did not learn to read until ha waa SO years of ego. nor had he up to that time Begun- to accumulate th present . great fortune.' At on time he was a rag picker. . ',- . - Joseph Ury Crawford, consulting en gineer of the Pennsylvania railroad, and one of tha most prominent officers in its service, having reached the age of TO years, retired from activ work Septem ber 1, according to the pension rules of th railroad. ' ' ' - Advance reports Indicate that th re organised Standard Oil company will earn 1110,000,000 thle' year and distribute dividends dripping with fat . Every mo tor car chugging along th highways or leaking on tha streets, fattens the Stand ard's bulging wad. George Washington Perkins, commis sary general of th buU moos, warns the rank -and tti against Indulging In the "turkey , trot" dance before th height of Armageddon are scaled. To his sedat mind "gaiety preceding a funeral is unseemly. . Mrs. Emma Cook of Southwest Har bor, Me., believes that she haa th best bed of Shirley poppies In th tate. or dering on a vegetable garden; It la 75 feet in length and 5 feet in width, a mass of nodding blossoms,' In alt shades ot red. white and pink satin frills. Th question of adopting or rejecting the proposed amendments to th consti tution of Ohio, which will b ettled at the ballot oox on Tuesday, September X has stirred up extraordinary Interest according to Ohio papers, and resulted In a larger registration of votera than ever befora In th stat. Ther are forty-two amendments to be acted on. John Deuser, of Clayton. Me., patri arch of a clan of about SO children, grandchildren , and great-grandchildren, who haa just celebrated his seventieth birthday, prides himself on being the an cestor ot what tie calls th heaviest fam ily in the state. His daughter. Emma Fink, weighs nearly 300 pounds, her hus band 400 pounds, while their 12-year-old son is a lightweight of only 200 pounds. t .... Hi e B ces Letter B ox Si - j ; u1" Eqaalisatloa of Water Rat. OMAHA, Aug. SiTo th Editor of The Be; As a taxpayer and water user I would Ilk to ask a few questions. WlieM does the Water board get their power to fix rates discriminating against the small users of water? There is a certain cost to the city for th running of the water works plant and It should be possible to arrlv approxi mately at the average cost per 1,000 gal lons to furnish fa water, allowing for depreciation, repairs and all expenses. Let us suppose that fals cost is M cents per 1,000 gallons. " What right would the Water board hav to furnish water to the large consumers at I cents per 1,000 gal lons (12 cents below the actual cost) sud tax the small consumers 25 cents per 1,009 gallons and make him psy IS cents above th eost in order that th big concerns might have th water below cost? As we understand It th city doe not propose to make money out ef the plant. Isn't it enough for these big concerns that the water should be furnished them at actual cost and would it not be Just and equit abl that the small : consumers, part owners of this plant, should cava the same rate? . ;j i( ;' , , We repudiated this aort ot dlscrlmlna. tlon with the common carriers and th railroads are compelled to mak. th same rates to the man with on car of stock that they give to th man with, two cars. Why should it no( apply to water works, electric JlgTit, gas plants, eta,? . ; Wa all connect with th wator mains and hav to furnish our own pipes and to keep then In repair, I think that this Is a matter to which the voters should gtv soma serious thought, C. H. WITHJCY, , wa Wirt street A Fatal Omlsaioa." , Springfield Republican, V . In his very Interesting reply to Senator Penrose. Mr. Bull Moos FUnn did every thing but deny that ha wrote tb note to the standard Oil magnate asking to to made a United States senator, It was a fatal omission. A man- who Is now so anxious to -have th. country saved and purified for the sake of 'th little Flinns coming up should specifically "nail that Archbold letter as a forgery, if forgery it was. . . Any Old Exrni Will Do. . . Indianapolis News. , Now that it' la charged that the growth of our enormous corn cron, by preventing a view of the tracks at country crbssinge, is causing many of the ' accidents on traction and steam railroad lines, we are up against a serious problem. ' W ean't very well do without elthw tha carrier or tb corn crop. The Check Is the Thing; - -New , York -Tribune. . In the Interest of hlstorical accuracy the campaign, contributors of th past should hav been foreeighted enough to pay by check.. In controversies over con tributions receipts talk loudest. ,11518 TO A EMTLK. "My dear, that 'fin jot. of .fruit sent awe was, I hav. ascertained sent aa a hribf-. ,Tou must return jt to th ssnd- "But, my dear, w jit it up at our re ception yeatenUy." . ... . "No aiatten. .AH the mor. reason It should be returned.'.'. Baltimore Ameri- v.-...- , .-:'.: ' JT!,C,,, sasilv teU a ansa who haa been holding office from one who is look- m.?Jor i.V Senator Sorghum. "How?" ... . t "The first always points with pride and the other always views with alarm." Washington, Star. .. , "Don't you ever gst tired :of twisting and turning and revamping the old anec dotes r v .l ln?sd-" ndmltted the humorist ' Sometimes I think It would be less trou ble, to think up some pew anecdotes." -Washington Herald. - Elngs Look! That motorist has lust run over himself! Jlnes-That's no accident He Is quail fylng aa a vaudeville headllner.-Judge. "I don't think that T Mn Mh.rlK. all that Is in your platform." said th 'Never mind about the platform," re plied the energeUc worker. "How about the campaign fundr-Chlcago Post "You don't pay much attention t'e 'the 8t!TBda(! '""'ten' P-n political economy." No," replied Senator Sorghum. "They lacked energy and embltion. With all those Ideas any one of them could hav gotten out end formed a new party.7' Washington Star, Allcej-Yoe, it's' my twenty-third birth day. Vou haven't wished me many happy return . v' Wity-No dear. I really think it's about time you moved on to your twenty-fourth. -Boston Iranscript. - . . . . . EU OF GEDH20SHY. . ' , Washington Star. Tnere s no use being stingy when you're tartlng in a race. There no us holding out on words of , glory end of grace. ; The time may come when you must re consider with some care " The sweet assurance you sang when strife was in the air. . Let's overhaul our hopes and fears, our . prejudices too, . , . And tell the willing candidate what we would have him do. - ' ' Whatever anybody thinks should be up. lifted high, , Or whatever should be busted, to fulfill each wish he ll try. The man who get elected may prove muoh like other men ,- . Who f,nd conditons stubborn 'gainst the might of voice c-r pen. But while he is a candidate we look on him with awe ' As a teader and a teacher and a giver of the law. . ., . . , Then leav us not," oh. candidate, In gloomy ways to grope; But let your tnaglo : lantern show an opulms ef hop i While we lift the g!adome welcome to the band and the parade! There's no use being stingy when the promises are made. - ' .4 11111 ' . . SEPTEMBER 2-7, 1912 REGULAR TRAINS--From;Omaha daily OMAHA TO LI'ICOLII uncoui TO OMAHA at 8: 20 A M fl?1K A M ion t wi,irt t -kk t . - " m v A kU . I A V A ill ! 7:25 P. M. 11:35 P. M. ADDITIONAL SPECIAL TRAINS TUES. DAY, WEDNESDAY. AND THURSDAY From Omaha at 7:45 A. M. . This train will stop only at Ashland and arrive Fair Grounds at 9:10 A. M.. Lincoln, 9:20 A. M. ' - "OMAHA DAY ,H SPECIAL, WEDNES DAY From Omaha, 9:45 A. M,; thle train wiii stop only at Ashland and arrive Fair Grounds at 11:1 A. M.. Lincoln, 11:20 A. M. "SOUTH OMAHA DAY?' SPECIAL, FRI DAY From Omha at 8:00 A. 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