Nebraska Newspapers

    THE BEE : OMAHA.) FBlDAt, SEPTEMBER 6"
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'Lincoln ft Uttlo building.
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Method in Their 'Madness. ' '
While in every other state the
colonel k insisting oav third 4 party
tickets, composed tclusiyeiy 'of his
followers, in Nebraska the bull moos
ers have accepted and endorsed, al
though not without much wrangling,
the whole republican state list, at
least half of them being outspoken
against ' the colonel.' But there Is
more method in their madness than
appears on the surface, , as is dis
closed by inquiry into what they -are
trying to do.
Here in Nebraska the bull moosers
ate -endeavoring ta. iseiie and . hold
the republican name and organiza
tion, and to use it against the repub
lican national standardbearers. At
the same time they want to have
their preferred candidates apnear on
the official .ballot a eecond time un
der their true labels. "The success
of this conspiracy to disfranchise re-
uVIUamm nriA want tf Vfttfl tctV ft fP-
r---T-r- ijuuiitaiia n u - v i w vw -w- - -
tommuniAVions WaUnB to and j publican president ia menaced at ser
editorial matter Should be addr-isco
Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. "
;.i AUGUST CIRCULATION.
: 50,229 '
Stats of Nebraska, County of Douglas. s.
Dw'Klit Wllllajiis, circulation manage)
of The Be .Publishing company, bemg
duly swprn. says that the average dally
circulation lor the month of August. IJU
was 50,229. DWIGHT WILLIAMS.
Circulation Manager.
Subscribed In my presence ami sworn
to before me this 2d day of September,
mi ROBERT HUNTER.
(Seal.) Notary Public...
J: Subscribers leaving ' Hie elty
temporarily should tkave The
Bee mailed to them. Addresa
Will be chanced often fc
quested.
Our Lincoln frldnds are invited to
return the compliment Alt-Sar-Ben
Week. .." ' '', '
Contractor may refuse to turn
tlje new Court bouse over to the
countywhat a bluff! v
i'The Nebraska State fair has made
A new .. attendance record. Note;
hbwever, that it took Omaha to do it.
eral turns , by questionable legality
of their right to a place on the ticket
for the new party, and also by the
doubtful status of the bull moose
committee pretending to be fepub
lican. It just-happens that to estab
lish their claim a prima fade case
must first te madd before the secf fr
iary Of state,' who ordinarily acts on
advice of the attorney general, both
of the officers being candidates for
roeie'ctitm as" republicans, and not
no hull moosers. Because' a ticket
made W exclusively .ot. .Roosevelt
men would have had to leave these
tf o off the shrewd bull moose man
agers have waived a third ucitet in
this state and sought to honey the
secretary of' state and the attorney
general with duplicate nominations,
SUPPOSea lO noiu OUl iy mom a. -
Ednal advantage to construe the law
In their own favor. -
This explains why the bull moose
Program In. Nebraska reverses the
bull; moose .program in adjoining
states.
How awfully thoughtful of Orozco
to come In occasionally nd Teport
on his movements . Otherwise we
might forget him. 1
,4Mf. Hearst iable trom! Europe hie
opposiUon to ttbtoltttng1 the tinal
matter to 'The Hague tribunal. . Thie
ought to end &eirgumeatr :H
1 Accordfnlo reporte from Lincoln
many s'tate fair visitors were unable
to ' find' fdom to lleep In. - Better
move the fail back to Omaha.
A' third ticket lii low., A third
ticket in 'Missouri. A third ticket in
Illinois. A third, ticket in Ohio.
Steal the ' republican label in " Ne
braska. "
Wheat movement Is taxing the
railroads to. the . utmost Just now;
what sort of fix i they be in
when King Corn geU teady to go to
market! ' '" 1 '
.. Let us hope the era of good feel
ing between Omaha and Lincoln lasts
till another etite fair- rolls areund.
By that time the habit may faavt be
come Jlxed. , "' s v -J
Much Joy. is expressed by the bull
meoseri. because the Vermont vote
shows them to be the third party In
iteac of the fourth or fifth of sixth.
The republicans continue to be the
first.
A long list of honored lowans who
gloried la the republican party nd
were 'a part of its greatness must
' have Wished they were living again
ft they witnessed the proceedings at
Dee Moines. ,
is not stealing to sette a party or
ganization and turn It over to an op
posing party? . , ,
his wife because she was a poor busi-
An Era of Good Feelintf.
Omaha did so handsomely by the state
fair, both In Intention and performance
that nobody, In, Lincoln .can doubt the
gdod faith of the metropolis in warning
in build ud the state and net on the best
nf trms with Its DeODle. The visit of the
Lincoln folks to'Omaha, on Monday flight
came at an . unrorunat .time to snow
what this city really thlnka of the nelgh
harlv overtures from nf there. A little
later Ik may be ftosslble to make a fuller
rierrnlnBtHtHnn bt What this city thinks
of tho Hew feeIlng.-Ltncolh Journal. .. '
The time is unquestionably ripe
tnr an era of toed fccllne between
Omaha Ind' Lincoln. WTifethef ' It
lhall be cultivated and made perma
nent depends, we believe, more upon
Lincoln than upon Omaha and
largely upon the ' newspaper who
have been constantly ; fomenting
prejudice against the .tnetropplls, in
order , to; eubeerve all soru-ot eo
tlonal' end' political' echemes' Ap
peaW by Lincoln newspapers to" the
reat of the state to oppose whatever
Omaha nrayV favor Just because
Omaha favors It Is hot calculated to
cement friendship between the two
cities. Lincoln has. also deluded
Itself with the Idea that ... Omahas
trowth Is at Lincoln's expense,. re
fusing to lee that what makes One
row makes the other grow, too.
Omaha ha been pulling with reason
able steadfastness and consistency
for the prosperity nd growth of the
whole state;, and would be glad , to
hive Lincoln pull along on the same
rope. ". ! : . .-
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' vi7tt If tia tint. tnnnRirt will bd
nvuuot a- i
i-.. .v. . ftaiiv construction
aula .to vuttfiuv iuo w I
u they convinced themselves that It Js tor . """"
Business Condition. ;
Perhaps the most encouraging
etgii 6f th times 1 the demand for
labor. The Agricultural weBt and the
mdustrlii east' Join In a elamot for
help. It Is hot only the unskilled but
the skilled workmen are being sought
after. . v Harvest fields and . railroad
are holding , forth
hands are not ' well' trained ' to ; the
nee ot tools, whjla factories nil ovef
the country are taking on, men
trained In the finer processes of man
a wealthy Chicago man who chlded ufacture. All lines are affected by
the condition; building trades, teSi-
I. nnnr auhloct toltlU mills, stfipl WOrkB. &hd the VHS
UUW uB"& d " " . - i ' - ,
tt.nrl nnsf caused bt her com- cellaneous crafts are looRmg lor men
mittlng suicide. Some women are so to fill places In the industry of the
1nMisMoratfl. . . nation. , .' tt''.
This Is not a sudden boom, but la
t hk BnYinnt hnted 'I11 tench at. ..tt.'nM nf a. .(tiintlnn (hot h.la
1 1 lite ovwww. kw. u ..... w IVIlUftllvll u. v v--" -
.1 SrhVera who make 1 fn envarAl vonra. For at
. ... all.!. .4. t..,i4 A. a
Speculative mas ana men vioi 10 jpast seven years tne inausinat ei-
let Out Of their Bargain wncn mey fort, of the Unltea states nae oarejy
t&t tn flint th . dpal 'before the I ton with thn ronsuniotlve re-
Ana, w - - i ni'it t" T 7 . . ,
money 1b paid, it will do a good Job. 1 quirement. ' Very little expansion has
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j chief among the grietancee Ot th
riotoui convict in the Mlcnigan
penitentiary is that they Wanted 15
cents per day for theif work, In
stead of the 16 cents allowed them.
Trying .to keep up with the Increased
cost of living.
' New York is much disturbed by a
threat of Police Commissioner
Waldo to publish the names Of all
Owner 6f property used bJtaipSers
And other dleorderly persons. What
a stir we would have If such a list
ere published In Omaha! j
i -'-..trr.l .tri ,;
' Governor JTohnsflHj of .California
gives this testimonial to Governor
Aldrich of Nebraska; who entertained
him as his guest during his stay in
Lincoln: , ; - v,;'i ,
Nebraska has a right to be prai-d ot
Us governor. Any state In this wholl na
tion Would do Itself honor to have him as
Its governor, and lie would do any f-tate
honor. .. .... ! ,
! Thanks, Governor Johnfon. IVs
up to you, Governor Aldrich, to pas
back a few posies.
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SEPT. 6.
Tlilrtv Veare Ag
The Union Pacific' hava "secured O'Day.
the pitcher, bt the fcpaulding club. Th
.ih win maka a tour playing eighteen
games In Cheyenne, Denver, Leadvllle,
Georgetown. Junction, Kansaa City, Law
rence. Leavenworth. St Josepn anu
Omaha.
Nebraska Engllne company "No. has
elected these officers: Jacob Houck.
...if wini.m tr frivrnrt treasurer;
George Barnes, foreman; William' Everett
and John Simpson., assistants; Claries
Godfrey, George Ketchum and George;
Baiter, trustees. ,;- ;
At a directors' meeting WUllam H.
Stcgulre WAS appointed assletaht cashier
of the iew First National bank:
The lot on Eleventh and Leavenworth
streets owned by. Jamea .Callaghan was
sold to the Union . Pacific for $11,000.
This is, ot course, a iancy pnee or
property." 1
The finder of a scrapbook containing.
press notices, etc., belonging to Ida Liv
ingstone la invited to leave It-at Mrs.
Sahler'8, M7 South Twelfth street, and
get reward. ' '
Dr. Ed Dledrlch start to attend the
reunion of his brothers at New Yoik,
and to arrange about a 'family' estate.
At the Land league meeting the-Com
mittee reported having sent,$S7S to the
Irish World for the Parnell fund.
The Crelffhtoh house is undergoing ex
tensive Improvement! under the super-
Vision of the proprietor, Mr. Donovan.
Twenty Years Ago
The republican state campaign was
bpened at th Farnaltj street theater
under the-ausplcel of the Afro-American
Civil Rights club with a rousing rally.
Among state candidate present " were
Tom Majors, George H. Hasting?. Eugene
Moore. A. K'. Goudy and J. C Allen.
Others who occupied Seats on the plat
form were T. K.- Sudborough, D. H.
ercer, B. H. Roblson, Colonel A. A.
Jones, John C. Thompson, A. C. Boweh,
A. D. White, Dr. M. O. Ricketts. V. L.
Bitnett and Hdwrd Wauoii. John M.
Thurston was the orator for . the occa
sion. - -Mrs.
Joseph Pogue ot Madison, 111., waa
the guest of Mrs. Joseph Griffith, 1043
1ab l....H,tA
am atcitug.
Mrs. Etta Matheson, clerk In the post-
office, returned fr6m Salt Like City,
wn ere she spent her vacation.
Robert ' Downing presented ' Julius
Caesar- at the Boyd theater in- a con
scientious manner, "though measurably
less than great." : '
The will of the late George E. Hmme
showed an estate vaiued at J20.000, left
te the widow and the four children.
The following delegates are to repre
sent the local associations at the conven
tion of building and loan associations bt
Lincoln: T. J. Fltsmorrls, 'Eltner B.
Bryson, Thomas H. Dally, George M.
Nattinger, Joseph W. Carr, Fred J.
BorthwicR, Frank -J. Kaepef, k. W.
Birtos of eouth Omaha,1 Judg ' Jacob
Levi and David Anderson.
Tea Years Ago , .. v
A big red automobile called the 'Red
Devil," belonging te the- WKittm.4n Aetb-
mtibile company, lew "ttp" on" Farpam
Street, hear Thirteenth and 'only. the
running gear1" was hea af hand when
the enploHioh had completed lt work
The machine had been driven by Harry
Sharp, 3033 D6ntlas sti-eet: A,' I. Root And
a ouple of other employes of th auto
house who had gone Into Mahrer's tot
luneh about :10 at hight when the accl
dent happened. " -.j , f
A' Very tight game 'of' ball 'at Vinton
street ark between the city couneltmen
and members of the board of education
resulted In the even score of SS to T In
favor of the councllmen. The big bright
star of the day waa Councilman Lobeck,
who had really been' a" ball player in
hla day. City Clefk Elbourn was a busy
player. The others of the council team
ware: Stock ham. Westberg, Whltehom,
Lynch, Scott. ZSmman and Hoye, Th
bdard's outfit consisted of Superintend
ent Ptarse,: Prof. Nathan Bernstein, Prin
cipal : Waterhbuse, Theodore , Johnson,
Burgess, W. F. Johnson, Homan, Bob
Smith, J. J. Smith, Stubbendorf, Wood
and Flnlayson. -
i. Jordan Dickey, Son of 3. J. Dickey
of the Western Union, died fct the fam
ily residence. ; '
John Buck, foreman of Stort brewery,
bade hts frlohds goodbye and Started Tor
"der fatherland," intending to stiily any
new methods of making beer he might
discover. " ' 1 " ' '
The new Brandels bank opened with fci
accounts aggregating deposits of 116,000
the first day. . v ' . .
People Talked About
POLITICAL SAINTS AND' SINNEES
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A Study of Xaft and Eooievelt and the Editor'. Conclusion, .
,.., t,. OW'llle. (Wash.) Gstiette-. ' "' " : .1
Taft said in his Winona speech that the
rayne-Aldrich tariff Waa the best ever,
and was damned for it
Roosevelt said In a signal art'ete In
the Outlook thst,the Payne-Aldrich tarift
waa bette? than any of Its predecessors,
and was applauded as an authority.
Taft prosecuted the trusts and was
branded as a fool politician and atool ot
the Interests.
Rdosevelt exonerated Paul Morton, a
self-confessed rebater and violator of the
Sherman anti-trust law. and ie Stopped
the prosecution' of the harvester trust,
and for these things tie was acclaimed
as A friend of tne people and their one
great savior from 'the designs of the
money power. " '
Taft Initiates, secured and consistently
defended the Canad'an reciprocity treaty
and was repudiated . by . the farmers of
the country as a consequence. .
Roosevelt at first approved and advo
cated the. treaty, praised Taft for secur
ing Its passage, then a -little later de
nounced It and made It an Issue against
the president In hla preconventlon cam
paign. For this he was given Increased
devdtlon. , ;'
Taft carefully examined the records in
the Lorimer casei asked several senators
to do likewise, urged Roosevelt to help
to rid the senate-of Lorimer, and for his
pains he was branded as a- supporter of
Lorimer before the convention and then
rebuked by th senate for endeavoring
to have the Illinois senator Unseated: He
la considered to have been weakly, pusil
lan!mou8ly and ' Ignomtnlously wrofti
throughout ' ;:" ' ' ' '
Before examining the record Roosevelt
dramatically t-efused to Sit at a banquet
with Lorimer, agreed with the president
to help unseat him; then denounced the
president aa a friend of Lorimer, and when
Lorimer was expelled from" the senat
glorified In the fallen reputation like art
executioner over the dead body .of a vic
tim, shouting without rhyme or reason,
"I did it. it was my fight, and l Won "
For which he is forever Immortalized in
the mthds of his Countrymen.
Taft secured the corporation tax law,
the maximum and minimum tariff pro
visions In the Fayne-Aldrlch tariff law,
th; tariff board and the publication of
campaign contributions lw, and was de
riounceS as a friend of privilege and sub
servient to the bosses.
For seven, yes.rs Roosevelt dodged the
tariff, ridiculed Bryan's demand for the
publication of . campaign ' Contributions,
then later praised the present tariff law
aod the tariff board as the Only proper
solution of the tariff problem, and is
hailed as the enemy of privilege and the
one champion of the people s against
the bosses. ' .;, .-
As secretary of war, Mr. Taft went Into
Oklahoma at the request' of Roosevelt
and pleaded "with the people to reject a
constitution that provided for the in
itiative, referendum and the recall ne
subversive of representative government.
A a president he vetoed the Arizona state,
hood bill on the same grounds. For this
people say that he betrayed Roosevelt
and Roosevelt policies and has changed
from what Roosevelt thought he was to
some monstrous sort of being. .
Roosevelt sent Taft to Oklahoma to de
nounce direct,. legislation and said that
what he thought about the constitution
that contained the provisions of that kind
wasn't fit to print. He ridiculed Bryan's
slogan of "Let the pe"opl rule." Later he
went into Arizona and opposed the recall
of judges, and a few days afterward In
California approved "the same provision.
Then In his Columbus speech' went fur
ther and demanded the recall of judicial
decisions and adopted Bryan's former
plank of "Let the people rule." Now, peo
ple say that Roosevelt hasnt changed,
but that it Is Taft who- changed and that
Is why Roosevelt is fighting him .and
why he ought to fight him. ' ,
Taft . changed a big deficit, in the na
tional treasury to a surplus In three
years, lifted the postal department out of
debt for the first time In years, and se
cured the establishment of postal savings
banks, ' and 1 branded as an Incapable
executive. "
Roosevelt plunged the country ihtd debt,
th deficit growing larger , each year,
failed to improve . the postal service or
secure postal savings bank.' in seven
years, and Is acclaimed the greatest ex
ecutive In the history of the country.
Taft preached against war and nego.
tinted peace treaties and is. regarded a
an Inhuman monster. ,
Roosevelt has glorified war and op
posed th peace-' treaties and is looked
upon as a godlike benefactor of humanity
Roosevelt built a steam roller and ma
nipulated It ruthlessly in 1904 and 1908 to
gain his ends, then handed It over to
Taft Thereby he Increased the popular
respect and admiration accorded hlra.
Taft used that Bame Steam roller just
as h had been taught by Roosevelt, and
he Is branded is a thief and a receiver
of stolen goods. . . ' t
But What's the Usef These corhpail
sons could be continued ad Infinitum and
you, Mf. BUlt Mdose, would find In them
nothing but evidences of Roosevelt's
salnt-llke ch.ara.cter and proof of the In
delible sin of Taft So what's the use?
PUBLIC BENEFITS OF LEGISLATION
Great and Manifest Improvements Hake for Better Life.
; ; ; ; ' . 'Wall Street Journal.
When. . Congress . abolished railroad f upon to bear. Some handicap may be
paasea.it conferred favor, upon, the rail.
roads much greater, than .the actual sum
saved. The pass, In principle and effect,
was a bribe, "-Where It was not a bribe
It practically amountsd to blackmail. 'The
actual money' lost waa considerable, but
th Unhealthy. 'conditions' which It bred
1 the demoralisation of the-public and
th rftiftoad'statf were evenmpr fy
JeSUOhable." The mifroaa are'- Aowt abU
toconduut" their business With seif-re-Pct.
and the honest traveling public I
th gainer. .... ; , , V ,
tn the same, way, when contributions to
campaign funds by. corporations are made
iHegal, the corporation themselves aire
the fainera. They, were Ml victims, to a
greater or, less degree, nd It goes with
out saying tbt they did. hot give some
thing , for,, nothing. . Every, 'contribution
was supposed to be return to theiri in
legislative favors, nd the relations es
tablished between politicians and corpora
tion mangers Were of the most bbjection
abl ohareter. In th long run nobody
was satisfied and the public pdld the bill.
Doubtless regu'latlbn is occasionally
burdensome. The requirements of the In
terstate Comfnerc commission ate not
always entirely, reasonable. 'A public
regulating . body Is not always the best
Judge of the prospects of a new railroad
enterprise, of the amount of capitalisa
tion Which it may be reasonably be1 called
conceded, Ut the gains in, security to
the Investor, in efficiency of management.
safeguarded by publicity, and lrt the
cbllt of the railroads, easily compensate
for the occasional tendency to overregula
tlon. . . - r ,
Probably, never, in the future Will th
politician' be able to blackmail corpora
ltons as he has .done In the paat. That
'most cosily pf graft is eliminated. Whr
no corporations; pay. blackmail, all will
be treated allker The number bf diBhoti-
est lob6y riiigs In ' Washington and at
state capitols Js sensibly decreased... Fa
vors will no longer be for sale when there
are no purchasers. ' There Is some dis
position "among oilr politicians to take
their revenge In 'gratuitous' attacks upon
the railroads and, jarge Industrial, cor
porations.. .This , Is a toutse, however,
which will wear Itself out; and thre is
every hope that t new men come1 into
public life unfettered by th old graft
traditions, our ' politics will share th.
erjormoua moral Improvement which the
past, decade has witnessed in corporation
and private business.-' - "
At a time v,Mn agitator are telling us
that the country ... la .owned, by the cor
porations for their own corrupt ends, It
Is well to reflect upon thee great and
manifest improvements. They represent
something Incomparably, more permanent
and Valuator in the country's life than
large exports or bumper crops. '
ABOLITION OF THE 0EDEAL
By ThomaB B. Grefory
been undertaken, and all business
has beett on the basis of "immediate
npmand." For months the .predic
tion .has jeer) eonrnon .thai'aa foon
as the DreB8Ufe;Ot WniKs. was re
moved, trade' ould show tf peat up
lift. .But trade , has not waited for
the process politics; It is. expand
ing in all 'rttrectlots without regard
to the Issue orthefampatsn.-v .',;
. Railroads have found morO than
ever pressing the urgency of increaa-
lflg their facilities; "thU is ut a, sin
gle significant feature of the sltua
tlonrfor transportation Is a" Great fac
tor in the commercial and industrial
activity of the nation, and when At e
railroads set about rebuilding and r
equipplng their lines, it means but
on$ thing. Busing? is setting better.
. An actress with 200 dresses, a di
vorce ' suit aW a "'record as'co
respondent, has landed, at New York
for a month'a slay, with the an
nouncement that, she proposes to fly
while In America. Surface lndlea
tions are that she is already some
flyer.
The weatht-r man scores handily lit re
calling' fh decision banishing straw hats
otl September 1. , .
A directory count of Chicago's popula
tion foots up 1S2M00, Including the pro
prietor of a saloon and dance hall who
dodged taxes for seven years on th claim
that his was church property.
Winston Churchill, first lord of the
Rrlttah admiralty, has "postponed his pro
posed visit to Canada pehdlng a settl
thcht of th naval question between the
Dominion and th mother country.- '
Mrs. Harriet Chalmers Adams has just
returned to Washington city after another
exploring trip In South America. : Mr.
Adam has now traveled more than 40.000
mile on th South American continent, i
Edward ilorrl! , Jr., eon of the Chicago
packer, hasJust completed eight months
ot humble labor In rattle, sheep and hog
pens in the stock yards. II did this to
lam the busing from the pigpen up.,
One of th September mgaines give
it out that Colonel Bryan scoop in 130,009
a year on the Chautauqua circuit. In th
art ot enif.mg' pH:aea into money, Coio
nl Bryan has 'em all knocked over th
ropes. - ;
In the last nine years thirtylght
womon. charged with murder hav been
tried end acquitted In Chicago. In twenty
cas men were the victims. Only seven
oonvict-'onS vof women were had in th
same time. ' r
Governor Cole Bleas of South 'Caro
lir.a. In a voice cf.ciied with emotion,
says, apropos, to hs r arrow victory In
the primaries that "God In Hla allWIs
Providence has protected me and through
the voice of the people, which 1 th
voice of God,, has given to m the
greatest victory - vr f . known to th
world." The vote cast snows an excess
of 70,000 ever th vote for president in
iscs. . '
Th abolition of the ordaal as, th
mean of establishing th guilt er Inno
cence of accused part es wai brought
obout In England six hundred and nine
ty-four years ago today September 6. 21.
At least that was the beginning of th
end. th' real endJbf, omi much" later.
Th prevalence ot th Ordeal through
out Europe forms one of th most r
markable features of the middle ages. '
It wa Universal, It wa entered Wto with
the heartiest sest and confidence, ano
disappeared at last Only after the stub
bernest sort of a' reelstance against the
growing intelligence of th time. : ' "
Th Ordeal was a direct appeal to God,
and took various form fir, water, hbt
Iron, the combat, the swallowing of poi
sons and so forth. ' "
. If th accused wa able,'' W th iafetj
to ass through a hlang fire, to be
thrown Into th pond, river or ocean, tt
flip his hand Intd botling water or tnolun
Uad, to swallow po'Son or to, down -his
adversary in combat h wa Innocent,
but tf the fire or hot lead burned him, it
th Dolson took hold of him, ir,upon b'
Ing thrown Into the lake, river or. ea.
he sank, or If his adversary got the bet
ter of him In battle, he was guilty.
Such .Waa the - i'Apoeal to God," th
famous system of .Ordeals, wh'ch obtained
throughout Europe for many centuries,
and to which England ha the high hortoi
of having given th first effective blow,
It was, of course, very ridiculous, and
is to be etpialned only by the fact of the
stupd Ignorance of the time. For a
thousand S'ears "nature and fiatute's law&
lay hid In night" Ignorance and super
sUttlon were rampant, and the benighted
human mind was as full of delusion at
the darkened old barn or eave is of bati
'and wl. ". ,;-.; j
Th ignorant man is ready to "believe'
anything and It Is riot to be wondered at
that all through th middle age the Or
deal flourished like a green bay tree.' It
never occurred to them that the" Who!
thing was nonsense. "With God all thing
were possible,' and by appealing ,to Him
H would vindicate thilr Innocence-; in
spit of fir, water., poison: or the furj
of man.': '- . ' .... - : . - . ,
- Of court "God'dl4 no vh thingnd
we shall never ' k row - how , many, -nao-cent
ene perished r how - nauay- gu'.Itv
ones 'cam out 'succeasful In the courst
ot th ''Appeal to, God". As a matter
of course, th law of nature kept right
n about their business through it alt
the poison killed them, the hot Iron ond.
lead burned them, "the water-drowned
them, the strongest and most : capable
fighter prevailed over hi opponent ana
the poor fools Were never tthe wisar far It
But th time came When the Scales be
gan to fall from men'. eyes. Intelligence
was reborn from Greece; 'the motherhood
Of civilisation. Into the lethargic mlhd of
Europe, beginning !ri Italy and wol king
up to -Its first practical results . In Eng
land, the literary revival poured a flood
ot light and the m'ddle ages were doomed
with all their vagaries, that of th Or
deal among- the test. Beginning in Eng
land tho time Indicated, men, In matters
Jud cial, began turning from the "Appeal
t God" to' the appeal to reason and tacts.
REPt-BLtCAIf OR PROGRESSIVE t
t . ..
Followers Of Boll Mo Moat R
, paiiiate the Old "Same.
. . Washington Star.,'
Colonel Roosevelt Beems determined, In
terms of his spcechmaklng at least, to
cut loose absolutely from the old repub
lican party. Friday at Morrtsvllie, Vt,
In the course of hi . speech some
one asked: "I this the progressive re
publican party T" "Immediately the third
term candidate replied:
'No; it is the national progressive
party. Some bigot would not , vote for
Lincoln when he left the whig party and
some bigots wouldn't .vote for us now,
Do you get me? We have come, to the
point where to 'be loyal to the, principles
of the republican party you have to re
pudiate the name.;. , , . , .
Nevertheless, U Is to b nc-led that the
third partyt manager In most- of the
statfg are doing their best to hold on to
all th usufruct ot the republican party,
to its prestige and even to its name tn
point of nomlnatlohs", and In Kansas have
Just succeeded In getting the third-term
electors put, o,n the officii, ballot as re
publtcat to the exclusion of those who
represent th dslr of the.twoplc fr the
r-lectioa e Taft. Ju would seem that
Colijnl Tposevelt '.Warning -..wtti desire
t Bjeatt SLwijr,roifr4 tht eblloaf) party
eVrywhcre';,8A'' tn sthose p'taorai. 'Where
hhj- voiee jVtonnrt;iif;i;or ih, Immedlit
holif 'of dcftuuclatio'n and-kfeu'ss. -I. .
SAID Df FOTr.1
The Ddctor--N'atural endowment aoea k
great -Way. I grant you; but It- take edu
cation to make a man of parts ,
xne rroressor Yes. but monkeying with
a buzz saw will, do it quicker. Chicago
Tribune.
' "Say, you can't Join this club' of au
thors unless you've written something,
and you've done nothing but raise pigs."
-wen, isn t tnat making my living By
my pen?" Baltimore American.
"The eirls don't like to inotorcvele with
Porky Simpson."
wny not?
"He's so fat they can't put their arm
areuna him ' -Cleveland Plain Dealer.
'U man should nver undertake to ftwrt
anything he can't pay for, said the
thrifty citizen.
.,?"nBea'!e" replied" the election expert.
Did you ever hear of a candidate wait
ing till he could produce his own cam
paign fundr-Washlngton Star.
"Now. Noguchl, in tli matter of your
wages," said Mrs. De Rich tn th. candi
date lor the office of Japanese butler.
-uoney no object." smiled Noguchl.
"Oh. indeed! Haw n'" aA Mr a
Rich, "You mean that vou will work tnr
noMng?"
,.o, no, no: cried NokucM. "Me mean
me no object to monv ." Haroer'a
Weekly.
"I'm tfrpll nf aMi-kinr . K
complained the country youth.
it in ramer sticKy, - returned the city
board gaafng 4t the other's" ,sh6ein
"Why don't you get th old man to hav
th farm paved? "Chicago Record-Herald.
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1 A GENEROUS C0NTKIBUT011. :
I'm feeiin' purty easy with a conscience "
that is clear v
AS I read th allegations-when election'
tlhi draws near. '
I've given freely to assist th party that,"
I serve.
I've given lot o' Speeches an' I never .
lost my nerve,
I've given tlm to people who would ask -
lire iv cajicuii,
I'v given all I had to giv in energy, n' f
brain., , -
But, I draw the ilne. emphatic. I kin say ;
with hone8t gle
Nobody's campaign fund has had a filcket -,out
of ri. - ,v
There's no. one who kin hint' that I have'
helped along the tricks
That might be tried whn Mammon Is -
turned loose in politics, . :
I'm able to stand up an' wait the out--.
come of the race , ' .- - - - -.
Aft' look up my check book (If I had 6ne)ri
boldly in the face, ' - " 'j
X never helped to raise th cash that
mebbe might be spent '
In temptin' candidates from methods pur. .
ana innoceni,
My wealth of intellect t gave, nor Waited ,
-' to b dunned, ; - .'. ;
But I never gave a nickel to nobody's
campaign fund. ,
Bro
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