THE BEE: OMAHA, EU1DAV, SEPTEMBER 16, '1912.
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AUGUST CIRCULATION.
50,229
State of Nebraska. County ouglas.ss.
Dwight Williams, circulation managei
of The Bee "Publishing- company, being
duly sworn, says that the average- daily
circulation for the month of August, uu
was 50,229. DWIOHT-WILUAM9.
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Subscribed In ftp presence' "sworn
to before me tb!s 2d dav o ,P,iber'
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iSeal ) Notary Public.
subscribers leaving the city
temporarily should have The
Bee mailed to them.' Address
trill be changed as often re
qanted. ' , i , '
The Mairfe Section hag been held,
but the main oiie comes November 15.
The Gjbfdon cup 1b .one that may
not cheer even the winner very , long.
.Thli new equine disease 'appears
to be a horse on all the voterlnar-
W-- - vv V , T,.:-
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; . y ell,, U, King Corn Is satisfied
wltli .014 Sol, the rest of us ought
'to be"-, 'rl.ly''i': v. ;
-.: dthaha's
Duluth on
troubles.
deep-felt sympathy. to
its ' street car " strike
Stop the Fraud. -
The republican state committee
has taken the first steps toward
stopping the fraud by which third
party candidates for presidential
elector, masquerading under the
name of republican, are endeavoring
to rape the ballot in Nebraska.
No honest minded partisan of any
political faith can Justify or defend
the double dealing deception that
would miscount votes registered In
the. republican column for candi
dates for president and vice presi
dent of another opposing and an
tagonistic party.
The conspiracy to disfranchise the
voters of Nebraska who support the
republican national ticket is so raw
that, we are glad to say, it evokes
protest even from supporters of the
"thbu-shalt-not-steal"- t candidate.
: In an editorial ' captioned "Fair
Play," the Nebraska City Press de
nounces "the' steal in Kansas," and
vigorouslyjnsisis that It must "not
be duplicated in Nebraska," con
tinuing: " " '
The Press believes In fair ' play.
Roosevelt has demanded the square deal
for himself and his followers In Ne
braska and elsewhere should . be willing
to abide by the golden, rule, in politics as
well as in morals and religion. The Press
supports Roosevelt, as jt has supported
ills principles before they were so popu
lar as they are now. It will continue to
support and fight for these principles to
the last ditch. On the 'other hand, tht
Press knows- of several . staunch and sin.
cere admirers of tbe. present administra
tion who are entitled to their beliefs as
much as we progressives are entitled to
ours.,.. These - voters should not be . dis
franchised. Roosevelt -electors should not
stay on the. Taft-ticket. . -'-
The palpable attempt at'fraud by
Roosevelt electors flying "stolen re
publican colors' "shoufd be stopped,
despite the refusal of the candidates
in question to retire from the repub
lican ticket of their own accord, for
nothing would be so calculated to re
flect upon our court as for them to
say that they have no power to rem
edy audi a crying abuse; -'
, : The New York Sun refers to "Mr.
Dix's Failure." It should ; specify
which one.; ' ,
Liberty seems to have been the
; only thing that. Banker
health really needed. , r k
Morse's
That English earl who advertised
for work must never have beard pf
the Nebraska corn fields. '
1 Strange that Mayor Gayner should
let bo mad while testifying to the
I innocence of his police officers.
f r Try to Imagine the competition be
- tween a b'ull moose bandana and one
pf Tim. Woodruff's freckled vests.
'; Farmers are plowing by the moon
tin Texas to -avoid the heat. No won
; der there are no republicans in that
8tat.-.f i "., ;" -'' . '-' - "
I' Just the same, other things being
equal, "Made-ln-Omaha" goods are
j entitled to - preference of Omaha
I buyers." '
I The next new office to be created
j!py the school board will have to be
'that of inspector of school room
thermometers.
It is announced that the Ne
braska Pardon board has refused
one applicant who desired its' recom
mendation for freedom. What's the
.' .At any.ratel. the adoption of the
resolutloa offered by County Com
missioner : Lynch inform the dlla
tory court house contractors where
they get Off aiv-' -r'
Governor tfjrni W. Johnson did
hot attack La Follette in Wisconsin
for fear of the reaction. Expediency
does, then, cut Borne figure even with
professional reformers. ' '
asking Backward
This Day ia Omaha
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Bernlatihgr the Billboard. .
t New York City recently set ,ita
commissioner of -accounts to investi
gating the "billboard business" with
a view of evolving means for its reg'
ulatlon. His report is comprehensive
and includes references to conditions
and regulations in other cities. It
shows, for instanoe, that Los An
geles entirely prohibits the erection
of billboards in residential sections.
It, as well as other cities, .also put
certain limits upon their erection' la
business centers. We have talked
much and done! little. In; Omaha to
restrict this, "glaring, evil,'(' the
New York of fidftlV report calls the
bill board, and the result Is disparag
ing to the city's physical appearance.
The nw'ordinancfjrroSoae(l.:'or
New York contains many ; points of
general i 'Interet.vmdhg' : 'them a
provision that before a billboard
may be erected 'owners 'of property
within, a' distance' of 'IOOeot,lto-ust
be personally notified ' of the inten-ttoni-that
every perpendicular super
structure must' be able to withstand
a wind pressure of at least thirty
pounds to the square foot! vThus not
only appearance, but safety to life
becomes a matter of vital considera
tion. The billboard certainly should
not be permitted to destroy civic
beauty and, endanger- life and' prop
erty. ,
Thirty... Years Ago-;-,
The second day's session of the na
tional convention ' ' of the American
Woman's Suffrage association was
opened in the Baptist' church by Dr. H.
B. Blackwell of Boston. Mrs. Lucy
Stone read the report for the executive
committee, Mrs. Blttenbender reported
for Nebraska and General Eatabroolc re
viewed the work in Omaha. .
' The" Bee says the suffrage movement
was first organized in Omaha In 1857 by
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Miss Susan
B. Anthony and George Francis Train,
and that General Estabrook was con
nected with' that organization.
The firemen's, parade was the finest
ever, and the ball a record breaker. The
officers and committees were: Master
of ceremonies, J. ' H. Butler; arrange
ments, J. K. Butler, M. Goldsmith, Jacob
Hauck, D. S. Mitchell, Charles Hunt,
Jerome Pentser, Harry Tagger, George
Ketchum. J. W., Nichols. W. J. White
house, Phil Dorr; reception, James E.
Boyd, John C. Cowin, Charles F. Mander
son, Thomas Meldrum. M." Goldsmith, E.
F, Smith, Gustavs Benecke and P. E.
Her. '
The Omaha Board of Trade entertained
Commissioner Lorlng pt the1 United
States Board of Agriculture' at an infor
mal banquet 'at the Paxton. Speeches
were made by President Clark, Colonel
Chase, Mr. Irlng, Ex-Governor Furnas,
Major T. 8. Clarkson, Ex-Governor Hoyt
of Wyoming, Hon. Paf O. Hawes and
Hon. "J. Sterling Morton. '
" The St. Louis Browns did up the Union
Pacifies handily y 14 to 5. -
There are now 125 pupils m the high
school. Miss Claire Eustln , has been
added to-the corps of teachers. ...
Mrs. . Hagedom, motT of William
Hagedorn, Mrs. . J.: P. PaulBon, .Mrs. C.
J.- Karbach and Mrs. Frank Kleffner,
died.
, Mr. John Quirk, with Tom Callon, pre
sented the police force with twenty-bouquets
to wear at the parade.'
The city council rejected all the bids
aa excessive for paving Tenth street
with granite,-; and ' referred the whole
matter' back toth property owners. '
Twenty Years Ago
A The elevators in the city hall were still
giving cause for mucV uneasiness. Mayor
Bemla addressed another communication
to 'the council, pointing" out the ' dan
gerous condition. ' , ' ; 1 .-v
; Dr. A. B. Somers, commissioner of
.health, appealed to, j the council' to es
tablish a pest house. , . ' .
.. Brad Slaughter, secretary of the State
League of . Republican , Clubs, . went to
Buffalo to attend the. national meeting.
Miss Mary La Bertew, who has been
the guest of Miss May me Bedford for a
month, left for. her home In Missouri.
J. M. Woolworth addressed the law
school' In the court room in the Bee
building, filled with lawyers and Judges
to hear him. .....
Mayor Bemls emphasized- the need for
a thorough cleatirng ' of" the ; city, on
which business men and otheTs wer In
sisting, but the council ' was unable to
find tha funds. ' ' ' '
THE -EMBLEM OF PATRIOTISM
Chancellor Avery Accepting the Gift of the Class of 1912 to the Vm
" versity of Hebraska School of Agriculture.
The nature of your gift reminds me
that many years ago the students of a
school which I was serving wished to
present a gift . which, like this one of
yours, should show their appreciation of
their school and their gratitude for Its
opportunities. Their poverty ' was such
they could not obtain such a '.gift as this
one, aid 'so Instead they went out. Into
the primeval forest arid selected a pine
tree 'which was a marvel of beauty and
symmetry. It was free from knots and
knobs. Upon It there we're no excres
cences, no parasites, no fungus, no can
kerous growths. It was the result of a
plan such as only nature, aided by the
most farvorable surroundings, could make
and carry out. With their own hands
they cut It down and brought it to the
campus, where it was seasoned, trimmed
and planed, and then erected In front .of
the school as a worthy bearer of the col
ors of the school, the state and the na
tion. ' ' . "4 '
The gift 'you present today is of more
enduring material. . It will -still stand
when the other has crumbled or burned.
Nevertheless, though your gift was skill
fully made by man, It has been con
structed after nature's masterpiece
In this sense this flagpole Deems to me
to typify the. University of Nebraska
School of Agriculture. It is symmetrical,
strong,' straight and beautiful. Its ba;
Is firmly planted in the best soil ever
given to man,: and its top points to the
bluest skies, that ever arched and en
circled the devoted patrons of any school.
1 know of no school-anywhere fthatv Is
freer from wrong traditions, from evil
tendencies, from vica, from snobbishness;
and l know, of none that 'more success
fully fullfiHs Its- mission, or Is- nearer or
e'" . T'-' - '.('p.,.. ?;'''' "V '
GENERAL AETHUE M'AXTHUS. j h . 'AU " m"vf"e
picture. Ba'tiraore Amencan.
.4 The Mexican rebel' chief's person
ally conducted train robbery and de
struction of an , American railroad
,l'.; furBl8h;additionI warrant for
diraetiC action.' if fwe;wan.t one. '
'"There, is no ease on. record .Vfhere
! girl wktv wrong Wcftuse ne ore
Bik.Ktoekings or ?a . hobble,, skirt,"
says- an.;,eschange. ; Possibly not
recorded in deference to the girl
f Down in. Lincoln it has been dis
covered that the school levy for this
year is Just twice what It was eight
years ago. Lincoln la not the only
place where the cost of public school
ing has climbed faster than the high
cost of living. ;
Governor Wilson says a tour and
trip differ, one being a sweep of the
country, the other just going and
coming from a place or places. Still
, if the number of places becomes
great enough a trip might easily de
velop into a tour.
Tne failure of the Outlook to mib-
.tffib in full the 1 8.0 oi)word letter
of itjs contributing editor explaining
away the Standard Oil contribution
;to the Roosevelt campaign fund of
1904, ought at least, to exonerate all
the daily aewspapers from the charge
of unduly limiting the space put at
lis tree diepcsal. , ,
' Denver Augean Stables.' "
A grand jury la Deny er., has in
dicted a large part of the present
and past city administrations from
the mayors down' upon charges in
volving about every usually' alleged
civic transgression. Indictments
and charges pile In upon men in. and
out of office like a turbulent water
fall. They tend to. spread the Im
pression that Denver la an extremely
wicked city, reeking with official
corruption, the reformation of which
calls for a modern Hercules with an
Alpheus and a Peneus rive to turn
into the political Augean .stables.
It is possible, and indeed often
happens that an over-t'ealo'us lawyer
undertakes to prove too . much.
Somehow, in the case of Denver, if
such complete and wholesale crook
edness has been going on as these
indictments would indicate, then the
wonder is how the crooks could have
escaped the prison all this time.
At any rate, Denver has entered
upon the job of exposing and adver
tising its badness. Even at this dis
tance we might reasonably fear con
tamination and therefore our hope is
that If a fraction of the revelations
be true, the process of regeneration
may be speedy and thorough. '
:i"8kX -CUldweli; 'V nonunion imaerriwlst,
'employed'-' it ""iHe'Unten' Pacific shops
where strike was In pr6grss, was killed
by ' several men "Who ' assailed mid one
block up the 'street from the Cass street
entrance to " the shops. H" W. Ban; a
bollermaker, .who'Ws with him, was
knocked down several times, but escaped
dangerous Injury.;, o f ,(.yA5.
After tbe Audltonum f uhd band concert
at the -Capltol,.aveue, tent, wiere 2,000
people turned out, p. S. Heller gave a
Dutch lunch to, Slg.., Revela..one of, the
popular musclans,.and :elght others. ,
Reports came la that all. towns in Ne
braska to-be visited by President Roose
velt were making .big preparations . for
the event , . ' '. . .:
Charles F... McGrew was In New, York,
whera he went to meet, Mrs, McGraw. rt
turnlng from a-,summer spent, abroad. .
Miss Jennie , Blanohard entertained six
of her friends at luncheon at. the Georgia.
People Talked About
Even Governor Johnson drew but slight
attendance at til Auditorium meeting.
although the town was full of state fair
Visitors. Lincoln Journal.
If that is the case prospects can
not be very good for an outpouring
of people to listen to the customary
campaign oratory of the ordinary
political spellbinders.
If the stack Iiand wishes to get
money from Mr. Rockefeller It should get
Mr. Penrose to join the order. Kansas
City Times. ' ' ;
And if it wishes to get" money
from Mr. Morgan orAMr. Perkins' or
Mr. Munsey, whom would the Times
suggest as tbe best intercessor?
Why should any Roosevelt elector
want to run on the republican ticket
in order to get votes by dishonest
deception? Suppose a Taft man, or
a Wilson man, should smuggle him
self onto a bull moose electoral
ticket, what would' they do to him?
dearer to the hearts of the people who
support it
It Is fitting, that such a gift should
bear that which a true American prlies
most our national emblem. It Is fitting,
also, that this emblem should be raiiei
by farmer boys. Read the history of our
country and you will find that most of
our great victorlesj by land, and even
by sea, were won by young men from
the farms. A few years ago I stood d
Concord bridge and read Emerson's de
scription: .-;' . ' ! ' . ' '
By the rude bridge that arched the
flood,
'Their flag; to April's breexe unfurled,
Where once .. the embattled farmers
stood.,
"And fired the shot heard 'round the
' world.' 1 , s
-And in the other great ' crises "'in our
national life the farmers have borne a
part of similar,' Importance. I am a be
liever in arbitration, conciliation and
universal peace. I Sincerely hope that
none of you will ever be called upon to
fire a shot, to bleed-br' to d'a for the
flag. ' I hope that such times havo
passed forever. But you may be called
upon, any day ' of: your ' lives!" to make
even hiore heroic sacrifices tor thft'flaj
than did the Concord farmers' To- 've
worthily for' the flag Is often a haroV.
a'nd a' nob!e"r thing than to 'die for "it.
This is your glorious privilege, and 'may
the flag ever wave from this Campus
as. a. symbol" of "duty; of devotion) "6t
opportunity. ' ' " "; ' l' . ''
"And now, representing as I do here the
regents of ' the university, who' in turn
represent the people of the state, I ac
cept your beautiful gift, and . in . behalf
or the regents and the. people I thank
you not only for what you now jrive us,
tlut also for the spirit and the ideal's
which prompted your gift.
Brooklyn , Eagle: No . general . officer
serving Ui the -campaigns growing out of
our. declaration, of war against Spain is
deserving of greater credit than Arthur
MacArthur.
New York Post:,. Altogether he de
serves to be remembered as a very high
type' of the American soldier, and there
is something quite fitting in his demise
in the midst of the men he .brought back
to Milwaukee from the battlefields of the
south Just forty-seven years ago.
. Boston Transcript: ' Like many of our
generals of today 'Tie owed his rise above
the crowd to tne: Spanish-American war.
Brilliant courage- m his youth gave him
a reputation that was professional. He
was only a gallant boy when he won the
medal of honor, and he was one of a
numerous class of officers who In 1864
65 had wounds before they had beards.
Newfyork Sun: His career In the reg
ular army, was marked by a devotion to
duty and a pride In the service that did
not always, win him the promotion he
deserved,, but he -was never a showy sol
dier and he- had no- political Influence. A
student of affairs as well as of his pro
fession, a good citizen, a patriotic Amer
ican, , an officer and gentleman, Arthur
MtwArthur will be mourned by those
who knew his worth. .
Chicago Post: Arthur MacArthur, lieu
tenant general, United States army, died
as a soldier well misrht wish to die
with his comrades gathered about him.
He had escaped death On the battlefield
several times by the miracles of chance,
or, by . the, safeguarding of Providence,
according as men choose to view such
deliverances. He was one of the finest
soldiers that -the volunteer service gave
to .the- country in the dav of civil war.
MOTHER ANN
By Rev. . Thomas B. "Gregory.
. Ann Iee. the foundress of the ."Shak
ers," died 182 years ago,- September 1780.
.This remarkable woman," was-born-In
Manchester, England, February 29, 1736.
She was the daughter,. of, a blacksmith,
and early jn life ahe was forced by the
necessities . of, the case to ,- become a
"bread-winner,,'' ... working . for . several
years, In a hatter's shop,-and, later on as
cook In a charitable Institution in her
native town. :.:rt. -. v
At the age of 28 years she married a
blacksmith of somewhat streaked char
acter, who, after Arm had s borne him
several children, deserted her for another
.woman. .'' ' . ' .,
NLong before this, however, Ann had
become the victim of. sthe "searching"
frame of mind, which., came very near
driving her mad. For several years she
was In deepest mental distress, imagin
ing all sorts of evil destinies for herself
and the rest of mankind. She fell away
to a mete shadow, had all sorts of "vis
ions," and was about to be placed In a
madhouse when the "Light", .came. . re
vealing to her the fact that,, she was. the
"Propiietess of .God," " iraised up to lead
.the. human' race In' the truth that saves.
in 1774 Ann and eight disciples emi
grated to America, landing at NewlTork,
August 1 of that year, The l.lttle group
"got 'busy it once 'and' began '.the' work.
'of "saving" the world. ' Societies5 were es-1
tablfthed at Watei-viet.' 'JfeSv Lebanon
and -elsewhere,' Dymg' m ll), "MotTier
Ahh" Was' succeeded Vf James Whlt
takerand others, 'and the "work went on.
"The 'result today, after more than a
century Shd a quarter 6f progress, is,
numerically speaking, ahythlng' but pro
digious, there being not Over five or six
thousand ' Shakers In 'the entire cOUAtry,
scattered about In New Tork, Connecti
cut, Kentucky, Malne, New Hampshire
and Ohio,, in some siiteefi or' seventeen
communities, v -:'. ! -'-' " ' T.
... But maybe it is -quality ' rather than
ctuantity that tells, and if this is true,
then possibly the Shakers may be dofrig
better than appears upon the - surface.
,-For. example. Shakers believe In In.
dustry. They all work. No -Idler" or
loafer Is-tolerated in their midst.'" "He
that will not work shall not eat," Is one
of their unbreakable rules. ; ' ' v,
Theyj are great believers in temper
ance. The excise laws In" no way con
cern them; The stuff that "steals away
our brains" and "leaves us In the mire"
never goes down the' throat of a Shaker.
'"Another of their characteristics is hon
estyhonesty and thoroughness. They
are strong believers in the idea that
"whatever Is worth doing at all is worth
doing well," and the . Great Master's
command: "Let your, communication be
yea,, yea, nay, .nay, for . whatsoever' is
more than this cometh of evil," is strictly
adhered to. What the Shaker tells you,
you can believe, and what the Shaker
does Is done thoroughly and well.
And In the government of their com
munities they are gloriously democratic.
The only laws are those supplied by the
public opinion -of the community as ex
pressed -In' Its' social meetings for' mutual
counsel and criticism. '"w !
Shakers are godd Americans and most
excellent cttlxe'n.; They "bjiden ..'the
state with, hp criminals or- paupers, and
furnish no recruits for the ignoble arnly
of tramps and loafers. ;,.'r!z
But, alas. This excellent .people must
of necessity sooner or later become ex
tinct. . Their 'doctrine of celibacy, which
cuts them off front the honorable estate
of matrimony," means that their his
tory Is to bs a brief", one. ,
GEEIS AND GROANS.
'Give- as Vou ' are 'able this morning,
brethren," pleaded Pastor iGoodsole. "The
deacons, will collect the prpsperlty, so to
speak, and I'll pass It around among
my clamorous creditors. "-Chicago 'Trib
une.. t v.t .,v.v,. -.
'Xtias 'was "Betting tired. ' " '" "
"Here!" "he said' to- the 'rubber trust;
"you hold up the earth a while."
The transfer was made so deftly that
it took the earth nm tma tn fin. ..i
Fthat a - change had been' made. rhiraeo
Tribanet'-' 't---J.:- ,. - -
Hobbs-There are two, sides to. every
story, old man.
Dobbs-Thst's what's ' the' niatter-a
right side and a wron aider and m'v
L wife, always. Knows 'em apart.-Judge.
'T hear when you have your . children
gathered atound you,' it Ms quite a pic
ture." .-. . , ... .,. - , :,-V '
."Well. .When we, all went to our new
ox
The Income tax law recently molded
In . the surging political .-laboratory : of
Wisconsin is so obnoxious to voters that
candidates for the legislature are pledg
ing repeal.
Two 17-year-old twin sisters, Floren
tine and Sophie Hudeo of Weimar, Tex.,
claim the distinction of being the cham
pion cotton pickers tn that state. They
recently, picked 1,002. pounds in ten hours.
C. E. Squires, a armer of Bartlesvllle,
Okl threw mussel shell at an unruly
llg that had broken into his garden. The
shell broke and a small, white circular
object fell out Squires picked It up
and foundtt to be) a peart, which a Jew
eler has valued at $50. : . :
The queen of Holland has received a
petition signed by 38,000 men asking that
the suffrage be given to women. This
monster petition Is- the work of the
Netherlands Men's League for Woman
Suffrage, though many of the signatures
are said to be those of non-members.
Advance notices of the whisker Inva
sion foreshadow a return of the side
burns of - the 'SOs those witching tufts
which sheltered , the ears of the has
beens. The famous galways of the same
era are delaying their come-back until
the hoopsklrt Is Invited. Johnny, get
your gun. .' ; -
John Jacob Aator has been duly and
legally notified that his father's will is
to be probated, but John Jacob Aator
at present does not care a picayune for
courts or wills or millions or Judicial
dignity or any of the things which make
him the most famous baby just now in
the United States.
James Vlbert of Wetbersfield. Vt, Is
believed to be the oldest old-time stage
coach driver In that part of the country.
He Is nearly Hi years old. Seventy years
ago he drove the stage between Litch
field and Hartford' and followed the oc
cupation of a driver in different parts
of Connecticut for thirty years until the
railroads forced him out. ' ,
Honorable Joe -F. Sullivan, mayor of
Imboden, Ark.; is thought to be the
youngest mayor In the country. He as
sumed office in May, just after his twen
ty-first birthday. In his fight for the
office against two veteran politicians Mr,
Sullivan enlisted the services of twelve
pretty schoolgirls, all less than sixteen
years of age, who served as his cam
paign' managers, '."r' ,
Just Where Oarrte Stands. y
BROKEN BOW, - Neb., Sept ll-To
the Editor of The Bee: So much has ap
peared In the press of the state as to my
attitude In the present campaign as chair
man of the republican state central com
mittee, I' desire' to make the following
statement. "'
First and most emphatically, I desire
to say that I am a republican and not
a democrat I have never said thai I
Intended, nor do 1 ' now Intend "to ' vole
the democratic ticket. I consider that
William Howard Taft was honestly and
honorably nominated as the candidate
for president of the .United States upon
the republican ticket
Th only republican .convention held
thla year was held in Chicago ' June 1,
Theodore Roosevelt's name was never
before that convention. The only body
having Jurisdiction over the eligibility of
delegates is the national committee and
the national committee seated the dele
gates to the convention which afterwards
nominated . President Taft. It has been
my. experience and.'observation for more
thaaa quartw of a. century that when
ever one goes, behind' the ret'urns, he will
find about as - much fraud among one
class of people as (another. And it has
been my practice to regard with consid
erable suspicion the man who Is con
stantly cring "thief,; thief." But what
ever may be said in regard to the claims
of Taft to -the nomination, no one who
stops to consider it tor one moment will
argue that Theodore Roosevelt ever re
ceived a nomination at. the hands of any
republican convention;, We. have the
colonel's word for it and. the word of his
running mats, that he Is not a. republican,
la not running upon the. republican ticket,
but that he, is ..conducting -a. crusade
against .both of ., the old, : parties, upon
what h claims to, be eptlrely new and
original lines. vs .'.
; The position which J have taken since
the nomination and the misconstruction
of the same, may have. led to the foolish
rumor, that I am supporting tbe demo
cratic ctickwt. In plain,, language I have
said this: If the choice of voting for
Roosevelt or Governor.' Wilson were
forced upon , me I Would be obliged to
fchoose Wilson instead of the colonel, who
is trying to destroy my party. Such a
dilemma I do not expect to confront m
In, November, because It Is the duty of
my office as well as the duty of every
loyal .republican in this state to see to It
that presidential electors are placed upon
the republican' ticket who will be loyal
to thtir trust and vote for William
Howard Taft If they are elected, to the
end t that the loyal republicans of this
state- may be abta to exercise the right
which belongs to every American dtixen,
to have his vote counted aa he casts It,
So far as I. am concerned, nothlngs.hall
be left undone' to bring about ttiis result.
" F. M. CURRIE.'
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"Uncle Dave" Has a Good Memory.
SOUTH OMAHA, Sept. ll.-To tho
Editor of The Bee: Considerable, agita
tion and speculation has prevailed," espe
cially among socialists, as to the feasi
bility -of s the ' national government,
states and municipalities owning all
public utilities. These, people certainly
cannot be intelligently Informed of the
experience of at least two of the oldest
States , that built', and .operated railroads
until the taxpayers and citizens gener
ally arose in their migt .and majesty
in demanding the sale of. said roads.
My memory carries me back ' about
seventy-five years ' (not having exact
data), but' about the time, ' I believe,
when Joe Rltner, ' the" hog drover, was
governor of 'Pennsylvania, the state" con
structed and operated the Pennsylvania
railroad from Philadelphia to Hollldays
burg, while, each and .every: .year: there
was a deficit tn the state treasury' of
many- thousands of dollars. Tho bur
den. and loss became so onerous upon the
people -'that a -unanimous demand was
made to the governor and legislature
for the sale of said road. It was fimv'.ly
unloaded, and sold to. the present Penn
sylvania , Railway company. . p . v
The same difficulties and loss occurred
In New Jersey after an expensive ex
perience of several years. ,. The -state
owned and run the Camden & Amboy
railroad from Camden, opposite Philadel
phia, to New-.York City. The state
treasury was annually depleted until the
road was finally disposed of to a cor
poration that understood the science" of
successful railroading. . .. '
Tho advocates of home rule (that, looks
pretty on paper) will point' to the some
what successful experience lit ; some
European, countries, but will faH to re
late the fact that those governments
usually rule with an iron- rod.v.and are
supreme,' whila the false reformers and
professional agitators have the privilege
of occupying back seats as onlookers
nly. In our country the politicians and
grafters would rule ths roost and pocket
the boodle , ,:. .
Later on; tbe Omaha cltlsens and tax
payers will realise the absurdity of the
homeh rule philosophy when , the water
bills are not materially reduced accord
ing to their expectation.
DAVID ANDERSON.
"What do 'you mean by saying you are
a progressive?" asked the Irate cam- .
palgner.
"I mean just what I say. The. fact that
men are engaged In progressing. doesn't
necessarily mean that they are all going
in the same direction." Washington Star.
"Have you any lobsters? .-,
- VYes. ma'am: . here's a fresh lot. .
"Haven't you any that are riper;
These look so green." Los Angeles Times
Soakley (remlniscentiy) I remember,
that when I was a boy my great de
sire was to possess a bugle. -
His Wife Yes, and now from taking,
too many horns you have a bugle yoa
don't want-Kansas City Journal.
W0ELDLY WISDOM.
; T -"
If Nature, stingy, has denied . -Sufficient
flesh your bones .to hide. ,
If your tailored suit ha failed to fit
And vou look like a hoe 'nto
Tho' vou look like the wreck in a Pink.
Pills ad -.-.
Don't be a cad, . .. ' w
Pad:.' ' ' "
. - -. - II. ' ' ;
If Nature to your weight, has added, .
And you find your bones too thitkij
padded; '
If you cannot see the ground below you
And need some lighter craft to tow you;
If folks are amused, and you espy 1.
Don't raise a riot
Diet '
IIL ...... -.
If your hair is as straight as a porcu
pine's quills; '
If your nose is as flat a an ape s or
. crorills : ' ' -. ;
If your eyes are squlnty, your neck over
long; . .
Don't think that life Isn t worth a song.
Tho' Nature has left you never a dimp,
Don't be a simp -.
Primp.
IV. - - ' "
If the space Is blank where your brains
ought to be;
If your mind is as dense as a fog out
at sea;
If your ideas creep like mo!ases . at
Christmas; ... - . ,
If you don't know the diff 'twixt, an
isle and an Isthmus ; -Your,
passage thro' life may look , very
rough ,.; .
. But don't be a muff ,. . .
Bluff.
- , v. ;" - 1 '
If you find yourself on a seat in the
porch
Some night when the moon flares up like
. a torch; v . '
If your bept girl beside you, sits silent
and glum
And you- fear that you have offended
her some; ' j - ..
Tho' you can't find words with which to
appease her . r . . , . , .
Don't be a geezer '
. Squeeze 'er. ' :"''"- '
VI.
If lack of courage has left you unwed.
And you've choked back the Words that
you . fain would have said; t 4
If. two maiden eyes set your soul athrill
And she, remembering its leap year still,
Proposes and so gets you up a stump
. - Don't be a chump
. , Jump. .'...,' v i
Omaha. . BAYOLL NE TRELE.
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. Starting a third party to exploit a third
term Is different from capturing an old
established party . In. Its behalf. The new
tub will have to stand on Its own bottom,
It it can.
Did tke Colonel See Oacf
: New York Sun.
' Colonel Roosevelt says that "at pres
ent we have polling places In sheds, bar
ber shops, saloons." The point Is highly
unimportant but' did he ever see a poll
ing " place in a saloon?
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