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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1912.
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will be changed as often as re
q netted.
Now just a little drying weather
for the wlndup. .
As campaign angel , Mr.-. Perking
may not have wings, but he has the
eagles. , . . .
"Perkins Contributes $15,000,y
says a headline. Another 115,000, it
means.
As one of the
slogans how will
Maine" do?
early campaign
"Remember' the
J. Bruce Ismay is now telling how
to build accident proof ocean liners,
and 3. Bruce ought to know, ;
An aviator has fallen from his air
ship without being killed. , Another
triumph for aerial navigation.
Every school teacher owes it to
herself and her pupils to know each
one of the youngsters personally.
Latest reports indicate that the
Spanish queen is pleased with her
new palace. What a gratifying re
lief.;''.' '
Convention Delegate! Wantei
Under this heading the Omaha
Commercial club calls for volunteers
to represent the organization at the
different meetings, congresses and
conventions to which it is invited to
send delegates.
Not a week passes but what the
club is urged to commission some
one to speak for it in some assem
blage called together to discuss and
promote this or , that project in
which the business men of all the
important cities of the country are
supposed to be vitally interested.
Many of these conventions, in fact,
do deal wjth subjects which are of
real concern to all of us, and ought
to enlist our active participation.
But it is asking a whole lot of a
busy business man to lay off for a
week or more, to the neglect of his
own affairs, and pay his own rail
road fare and traveling expenses, to
go as a delegate to some convention
in which he has no more personal
interest than the rest of us. The
result is that the volunteers too
often either have an axe of their own
to grind or are not truly representa
tive of the business community.
We must say the Commercial club
has been generally fortunate Jn the
matter of delegates commissioned to
represent it abroad, but as the de
mand for delegates increases, the
difficulty of meeting this demand
must likewise increase. We have not
reached the point of having profes
sional delegate, and it Is extremely
doubtful whether a professional
delegate would fill the bill, but some
more satisfactory solution of the
problem is certainly desirable.,
Uncle Sain is so busy getting
t ready to open the canal that he
cannot bear Johnny Bull's bellowing
x complaint. ;
The Twinning; Ranks.
That Is a very sensible recommend
ation ' in Surgeon General Hanra
ban's report to the Grand Army at
the Los Angeles encampment for the
shortening of annual parades, The
rasks of the nation's venerable
heroes are thinning fast enough
without unnecessary depletion. It is
a grand spectacle to see soldiers
marching through city streets, ' but
somehow the grandeur is lost in the
melancholy picture of bent and en
feebled men parading toi miles upon
euch occasions, exhausting strength
tbey need to conserve. Yet at this
very Los Angeles gathering a ten
mile semi-marathon is run by a few
veterans. Doubtless the ' surgeon
general would have condemned that,
too, had he known of it before com
piling his report.
Not so very many more cf these
splendid conclaves will be held.
Every succeeding roll call discloses
new hosts of fallen heroes. . We
should do all that can be done to
preserve the lines just as long as
possible. No need to test again the
endurance 'of these old gray war
riors; they hare proved their prow
ess, have won their laurels, and can
never be deprived of their meed of
praise. " 1 - v
It Is a good thing to remember
that the world has no time to fling
life preservers to a man who won't
try to swim.
The Seattle man who bought a
$10,000 gold brick and refused to
"holler" must have been overlooked
by our Colonel Mabray.
1 Secretary Fisher says he cannot
find, a man among the aspirants for
governor in Hawaii who is not con
trolled by the sugar interests. Sweet
A capltol building janitor in St.
Paul has developed a new potato he
calls "Eberhart," after Minnesota's
governor. Surely it is not an Irish
potato. . ' : . .. ' . $
The unlversiity professor who
says pie is as good , and wholesome
today as. ever it was will find, a host
of hungry democrats to second the
motion.- '.',''."
Colonel Bryan has finally decided
to hit "the trail of the bull moose,
but he will have to hurry or Adam
Beds and Judge Harlan will have all
the game.
A New .York Judge, orders, the
Great White Way closed by the bell
promptly at midnight and next they
will be singing along Broadway,
"The Curfew Shall Not Ring To
night." , ' ""
Talking about hiring an expert for
city planning, it may be noted that
Omaha could not have been orlgl
nally laid out by an expert any better
than it was by the amateur who did
the Job.
T.
of
Just a Trifle Hasty.
Upon the news of William
Haines' election as governor
Maine Colonel Roosevelt exultantly
exclaimed that he had "come out
for the progressive national ticket."
Since the governor-elect has had
time to speak for himself on. the
subject, we get a . different state
ment. " 1 '- ,'"r;: '
"I have never yet Indicated," says
Mr. Haines, "whether I shall support
Mr. Roosevelt or Mr. Taft in the
earning contest. I have had the sup
port of, both factions in my contest
tor the governorship and I feel under
great obligations to what S, call both
wings of the republican party. I
shall not be able to take any part In
the November contest on account of
my health. I shall not attempt to
exert any Influence on one faction or
the other, They will have to fight
it out without me."
Colonel Roosevelt may be keen
enough to read out of that statement
a promise of support, but It is doubt
ful how anyone else can.
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SEPT. 14.
Thirty Years Ago 4 ,
The democratic state convention In
Boyd's opera house was called to order
by J. Sterling Morton a state chair
man, and presided over by General Mont
gomery as chairman and N. W. Smailes
aa secretary. The ticket nominate-
headed with J. Sterling Morton for gov
ernor.
The American Woman Suffrage na
tional convention adjourned after a few
days' session, with a lengthy addresa by
Hon. E. M. Correl for tne benediction.
The state fair is in progress, the woe
shows and gambling takes doing a fine
business. '
A double wedding was consummated uy
Rev. W. J. Harsha of the im rresoy-
terian church, tying duplex snow -ur
Mr. W. H. Corney, proprietor of the fa
mous Rock Springs dairy, and Miss Ruth
Hubermann, and Mr. W..E. Lauenstem,
formerly a well known sixteentn siree
grocer, and Miss Miranda Hutton. Both
brides were rlohly attired, miss nuoer
mann In a dress of dark blue satin with
wide lace collar and cuffs, and steel or
naments in 'her hair, and Miss Huttors
in a win colored satin gown.
Professor Walther delighted state tair
visitors by an exhibition of skill as a
pianist on a piano in Floral hall
Harrv New. son of Hon. Jonn new
of Indianapolis, and city editor of the
Indianapolis Journal, was In Omana en
route to Colorado. ' . ' '
Hon. Thomas F. Hall, is reported very
sick with brain fever.
W. Lyle Dickey has returned from
Wyoming.- -"
Twenty Years Ago "
Members of the United States military
telegraph corps and Old Timers' associa
tion met for national gatnenng in
Omaha. Governor Boyd and Mayor Bemis
welcomed them to the city. Edward Rose-
water, who waa one of "the boys at the
key, made a principal address. On the
walls of the meeting place hung pictures
Of Cyrus W. Field. Thomas Edison, Ed
ward Creighton, R. C. Clowry, colonel
Thomas T. Eckert, Anson Stager, all con-
netted with the early uVv-lppm.nt aad
use of the telegraph in this country.
Mrs. Anna P. Kistler of Ottawa. Ill-
was visiting her brother? Dr. S. R. Pat
ton. 1 , -
D". E. Chapin, bookkeeper for Blake,
Bruce St Co., with his wlfa, left for Crete
to spend ten days with friends.
The Walnut Hill Republican club held
a rousing meeting at Fortieth and Ham
ilton streets and listened to Dave Mercer,
Judge Macomber and Henry D. Esta
J. Bterllng Morton of Nebraska City,
democratic candidate for governor, and
A. J. Sawyer of Lincoln came to Omaha
to meet .with the democratic state ex
ecutive committee. ""
Ten Years Ago .
Dr. W. R. Lavender, pathologists and
coroner's physician, determined that Earl
Caldwell, the strike breaker killed near
the Union Paclflo shops, came to his
death from -a bursted blood vessel, pro
duced by heavy blows on the head. Sev
eral arrests were made of suspect.
: The churches observe the day as a mem
orial to the late President McKlnley and
many sermons are' preached with his life
and character as the theme.
Omaha wins a double-header from St.
Joseph at Vinton street ball park, with
Frank Owen and Miner Brown doing the
pitching. ; - ; s
Dr. James Carter of Rawlins. Wyo.,
father of Mrs. George Hay nes, sustained
Injuries In a fall from a street car at
Twenty-fifth and Leavenworth streets.
Omaha friends of Robert Major, a
Grand Army veteran, received news of
tls death at Cloudland, N. C, where he
Went for his health. Mr. Major was for
years janitor at the postofflce building.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Campbell left
for a trip through the east.
IN OTHER LANDS THAN OURS
Happenings of International Interest in the Old World.
Omaha's downtown pavements are
gain being cut up for gas, electric
light and sewer trenches. We sug
gest that no more permits to
mutilate pavements be Issued until
after our Ak-Sar-Ben visitors come
tnd go. -
Omaha retailers may as well make
up their minds that they cannot
draw out-of-town trade without tak
ing it away from merchants in other
towns. In business as elsewhere the
rule of the survival of the fittest
prevails.
Notice that the water main fight
Is to beg continued merely means
that with two separate and distinct
bod ies( like the city council and the
Water board bossing one and the
tame Job, there is bound to be - a
continuous conflict
, ' Avoiding: Appearance of Evil.
If appearances determined, Gov
ernor Wilson might be said to have
spurned the aid of Boss Murphy In
the present campaign, but surface
indications are not always accurate
indices to conditions within. Sri when
the democratic nominee for presi
dent "steers a cautious course" ' In
meeting and shaking hands, but
holding no conference with the Tarn
many chieftain at the New York
state fair, the public is left to de
cide for itself whether there is more
behind the scenes that is not ex
hibited outside.
Mr. Bryan, it will be remembered,
took no such pains to apply the
axiom that "evil communications
corrupt good spanners" to the help
ful Mr. Murphy when he was
where Mr. Wilson Is now. In 1908
the Nebraskan extended a glad hand
to greet Murphy on his return from
the Denver convention. , Yet, of
course, the' results of Mr. Bryan's
severe campaigns may hardly be en
forced as precedents UP00 suc
ceeding democratic presidential as
pirants against their will and judg
ment. Governor "Wilson may be
able to show that his plan of deal
ing with Mr. Murphy is better than
the more candid one pursued by Mr.
Bryan. 1 .
In the meantime It is Interesting
to note how patiently "Boss'- Mur
phy endures all these
"slights." v
People Talked About
Mary Elisabeth Evans Is the real name
of the girl, who, beginning In Syracuse,
N. Y., six years ago. has built up the
candy business known to candy lover
as Mary Elisabeth. According to Miss
Evan her beginning wag so smgll that
she coudn't . afford to hire more than
a counter in a small store in Syracuse.
Senator Cummins of Iowa is going
abroad for a two months' tour of Inves
tigation. Former Senator Lafayette
Young is already on the other side of
the Atlantic Both statesmen view with
alarm the perplexities of home Ufa.
which are expected to Improve as dis
tance drops a fog on the view,
A bunch of Innocents In Trenton, N. J.,
anticipating great economies from the
commission form of government In oper
ation there for a year, are screaming
to know why It cost I3CO.000 more than
the preceding year. "Who got the
money T", -The commission mouthpiece
answers, "Search me."
Jim O'Leary, a boas gambler, put out
of business in Chicago, promises to make
partial restitution of his gains by build
lng and operating a monster public mar
ket at Fifty-second and Halsted streets.
"We propose," say the new philanthro
pist, "to bring producer and consumer
together and put the middleman and his
cold deck out of business."
Washington lawyers are getting to
gether on the proposition to abolish in
terest payments on all checking recounts
and charge 0 cents a month for taking
care of accounts balancing less than SKA
Anthracite coal barons and the local
coal dealers managed to work the famine
scar Into many New Yorkers and are
pulling down a premium of 60 cent a
ton for Immediate filling of orders.
Henry Yoder. ,who Is a member of the
Mennonlte religious clan at Centralla,
M, haa been requested by a committee
Of . the sect to have the telephone re
moved from the house, otherwise he will
be' excommunicated. The church people
contend that a telephone 1 f the world
and should be discarded. Yoder say that
the telephone Is a necessity., The de
cision will be left to the church com
mittee.
"Suspender Jack" MoGee, itampeder of
the New York bull moose convention,
was an army scout and guide on the
western plains whea Indian fighting waa
popular and quick shooting the rule. He
rode the cattle ' trails from the Texas
Panhandle to Montana and wa a pro
tege of Buffalo BUI at the organisation
of the Wild West show. Down In New
public boy cop," being a member of the Hlgh
I bridge squad of mounted policemen.
Divided Democracy.
Divided democracy 1 the hope of plu
tocracy. The democracy of Great Britain
Is deliberately undermining its power In
Parliament through factional greed. The
laborite division of the liberal party, in
pursuance of the declared policy of con
testing Parliamentary seats where the
party hold the balance of power, has
caused the loss of five of the nine seats
lost to the liberals In the bye elections
since the last general election. The lat
est Instance of the political folly of
democracy occurred this week when the
Midlothian division elected the unionist
candidate by a plurality of 32 votes. The
liberal polled 6.9S9 Tote, the laborites
2.413 votes. United a formerly they
would have swept with a normal major
ity the division so long represented by
England's grand old man, William E.
Gladstone. Meanwhile, democracy' en
emy chuckles, cheer on the factlonlsts,
and presses onward .to the evtntual
rout of a divided household. In this con
nection It is worth noting that the Mid-1
lothlan contert was occasioned by the
retirement of the master of Ellbank, a
title borne by a man named Murray, the
eldest son of Viscount Ellbank. He held
the most Important political office of the
ministerial party, that Of liberal party
"whip." The office corresponds In some
measure with that of chairman of a na
tional committee In the United . State,
but carrie vastly greater Influence In
directing party affairs and In the dis
tribution of political favor. The re
tiring Master of Ellbank distinguished
himself as a gumshoe warrior, smooth,
noiseless and secretive, qualtles that en
deared him as an Ideal party manager.
The test of his ability Is to be seen In
successive liberal victories In the general
elections of the last ten years. At all
time the party treasury waa loaded for
the fray, and the subsequent distribution
of titles and honors and ' emoluments,
generally endorsed by the party whip, at
tested his tactful reach for the sinew of
campaigns. ' The office Is a stepping
stone to the peerage, carries a salary of
110,000 a year, and a gorgeous, uniform.
Lacky Strike for Portagal.
A few days after the republic of Portu
gal was born, while the doctors - and
nurses were chasing out of the country
or putting in prison all doubter of the
legitimacy of the offspring, of all the
foreign correspondents on the ground
none was as blistering In criticising the
new order, the official outlawry and the
press censorship a Francis McOullagh,
correspondent of the New ' York Post.
Mr. McCullagh returned Portugal re
cently to Inquire Into the , futile mon
archist uprising In the north and note
the after effect, both of which are de
scribed In letters to the London Contem
porary Review and the New York Sun.
The monarchist ' commander, Captain
Coucelro, Mr. McCullagh explains, had
every reason to believe that the north
was ready for the rising, and emissaries
of the cause, mostly disaffected priests,
led hlm to expect a force of 60,000 men
would rally to the monarchist standard
OMAHA ODDS AND E3TDS.
a soon a the blow (wa, struck. But
while the monarchist were planning and
scheming the republicans were working
day and nlght' to receive them. Sweeping
changes were made in the commands of
republican troops. Every suspected of
ficer was sent to the rear. Commanders
or undoubted loyalty were placed in
charge of troops at the front The Car
bonarios, a secret organisation of fanat
ical republicans, were up and doing every
minute. coutlng through the north, pro
tecting lines of communication with the
capital and spotting suspects. Scores of
the latter were either deported, shot
down or thrown into prison. Thus the
government was fully prepared for the
invader, and had effectively checkmated
local assistance. "Under the conditions
ultimate defeat waa certain. In fact, it
failed miserably in the ' first encounter
with the republican. Captain Coucelro
and hla thousand royalists, well equipped
with artillery, were defeated and routed
by half that number of republican troops
with much poorer equipment. The over
whelming defeat of the monarchists fills
the people with enthusiasm and the gov
ernment with greater - confidence.
"Everywhere in Portugal," says Mr. Mc
Cullagh, "I have heard children whistling
the very catchy republican hymn, and I
have been told of, one case in which the
village children betrayed to the authori
ties a local priest whom they found ar
ranging for the Importation of contra
band arms across the Minho. Conse
quently. If the republic holds on for a
few years more, the republican tradition
will take root as it has taken root in
France. So far as the Portuguese . re-g
public is concerned. Coucelro raw is
one of the luckiest thing that ever hap
pened. Personally, I regret It, but it Is
o." . ' ' ' :
Italy and Trkey Near Peace.
The fact that negotiations for peace
between Italy and Turkey have been pro
ceeding in neutral Switieriand for two
week Justified expectations of the war
ring powers finding a satisfactory basU
of settlement. Unofficial reports indicate
that a tentative agreement has been
reached by the delegates, subject to re
vision 'and approval by the respective
powers. The Corriere d'ltaiia of" Rome an
nounces with some evidence of authority
that the basl for a treaty of reace con
cedes Italian occupation of Tripoli and
Cyrenalca and the withdrawal of Ottoman
troops, W.thout fformal recognition of
Italian overe!gnty. Italy will recognls
the caliph' religious Jurisdiction In the
Libyan province and all the privileges
pertaining thereto. Furthermore, Italy
will grant Turkey an unredeemable loan of
$120,000,000, To Insure payment of Interest
on the loan Italy will hold twelve Island
n the Aegean ea, which have already
been captured and occupied. These terms
ubtantlally are what the Italian govern
ment at the outset expresed a wllllngnesfc
to grant. An "unredeemable loan" corre
sponds with the pioney compensation
Italy offered Turkey, while the absence
of formal recognition of Italian sover
eignty saves the face of Turkish rulers
at home. .
St. Paul Republican: An Omaha police
man was discharged for dancing the
"bear cat" Omaha people must be be
coming very fastidious If they' do noil
want their pol'cemen to participate li.
a few innocent diversions.
Bloomington Advocate: The Omaha
Bee is right in its protest because spe
clal days are set apart at tha state ana
county fair as political days. The Bet
says there would be just as much senst
in retting apart a day for Methodists
and a day for Catholics. These fairs art
supported by the entire people and it Is t
disgrace to drag politics into them.
Fremont Tribune: Omaha's suddej.
cordial attitude toward the state fair ano
state generally is probably' a result of
a pretty well rooted conviction that th
state Is a good deal more important tc
Omaha's welfare than Omaha Is to tlu
prosperity of the smaller towns and tlu
country. The new attitude Is a might
commendable one and a good s'gn foi
Omaha.
Beatrice Sun: Tne Commercial club
of. Omaha has taken steps to co-operaU
with the city government of that plact
in doing things for the good of the city.
The idea is a good one. Omaha need6
Ahat sort of co-operation more than
any other city in the state. A great
many people have been led to .believe
that the city government of Omaha
gains all its Inspiration and Influence
from, the parts 'of the town which nice
people do not frequent, and that the gov
ernment represents only what is bad.
The people throughout the state should
learn to look upon Omaha as a great
commercial city where vice Is only Inci
dental, and not the paramount issue.
Kearney Hub: So Omaha sent three
thousand people to the state fair In one
day. Let me see, that's one out of
every six hundred of Its population It
the last census Is to be relied upon.
There s many a hamlet of s'x hundred
that sends one citizen and yet the home
paper doesn't make headlines out of the
event.
LAUGHING GAS.
Mrs. Rlggs While we were gasinf at
the beautiful sunset last evening Jack
said it reminded him of me.
Miss Ryval He probably meant because
It was swiftly fading, dear. Baltimore
American. .
Mrs. Glgthorn Do you mean to say
you smoke the nasty llttla things In your
own house?
Mrs. Leeder Only when we are doing
amateur theatricals. You can't present
a society drama, you know, without them.
-Chicago Tribune.
Very Meek Husband I Just finished
writing your speech for the club, Marian.
His Wife (not so meek) What's tho
subject? .
Very Meek Husband The Lndy Who
Will Strike Her Husband Is No Man.
Satire.
Fllklns-Thought you Intended to sell
yous suburban home?
.Wi!kins-I did, until I read the alluring
story my advertising man wrote; then I
decided to keep it myself. judge.
Customer I want to order a new suit
for myself. Please measure my son.
Tailor Your son?
Customer Yes. You see he wears my
castoff clothes, and the rascal always
comntains they do not fit him. Leslie's
Weekly. .
"Madam, you wear too much false hair.
It injures the nerve centers and fatigues
the blood cells of the brain."
"Young woman, what do you mean by
such impertinence?"
"Hoity. toity, now. I'm the welfar
inspector for the idle rich." Louisville
Courier Journal. 4
Blobbs If you were going In for music,
which Instrument would you choose?
Slobbs Well, I've always thought I
would like to be a soloist, on a cash
register. Philadelphia Record. ' :
The Indignant Georgian clenched his
fists, and his eyes flashed fire.
"What's the matter?" queried the by
standers. "That blooming guy from Indiana," he
snorted, "is putting salt' on his water
melon." Chicago Tribune, r
TneBeelettErBoA
Lu. W tH
Those Fancy Bleat Price.
SOUTH OMAHA, Sept 13.-TO the
Editor of The Bee: The press dispatches
carried the new from Chicago that beef
on the hoof there had reached the un
precedented price of J10.90 per hundred
weight, and that stock buyers predicted
that 11 beef Is In sight The only pur
pose apparent in the spreading of this
news Is to accustom the consumer to the
high price being charged for meat
The fact is that one bunch of fancy-
bred Hereford steers, fifteen In' number
and averaging 1,704 pounds In weight, sold
at $10.90 per hundredweight An examina
tion of the market reports published In
the Chicago Live Stock World for that
day shows that the average price paid
by packers for killing cattle, exclusive
of "canner" and calves, wa 18.36 per
hundredweight, and this includes all the
fancy beef steers sold that day, the meat
of which Is never sold In the public
markets of America, being disposed of
privately to the high priced hotels and
restaurants or exported to Europe. Under
the heading of "Prime Beef Steers," the
Live Stock World reports sales as fol
No. of No. of Average
Sales. . Cattle. Price.
Below $9.. JS , S38 7.42
Below S10 28 604 - .U
Above $10 21 666 10.33
Under the head of "Butchers' Cattle"
the World reports these sales,
, No. of No. of Average
Sales. Cattle. Price.
Cows 34 15 $ 6.93
Heifer 46 238 ' 6.1$
Ball 4! 68 S.J6
A Uttle further examination of the fig
ures shows the average weight of the
cows sold to be 1.208 pounds; heifers, 714
pounds, and the bulls, 1,180 pounds; of
the steers, those Selling under $9 per
hundredweight averaged 977 pounds In
weight; those selling under $10 averaged
1,184 and those selling, over $10 averaged
1,321 pounds. This gives the basis for an
estimate as to the packers' purchase tor
the day: .
Kind. Total Lbs. Total Cost.
Bulls 73.160 $ $.670.20
Cows 1SS.440 11,174.97
Heifers 168.S04 10.413.85
Steers under $9 816.772 60.603.48
Steers under $10.. ' 703,296 64,140.60
Steers over $10.... 746,363 77,009.60
Totals 2.596.537 '$217,002.30
Average price per hundredweight.. $8.36
If the fancy grade of beet steers, sell
ing for above $10, ere omitted, and they
might well be, for that meat Is not
sold to the U)uenolder, the average
price per hundredweight drop to $7.56,
while on the butcher' grades the aver
age price Is $6.82, On Wednesday In The
Bee was published a report from Wash
ington, which said the average price of
cattle on the farm was $5.3$, a against
$4.39 a year ago. an advance of but S3
cents per hundredweight or $-10 cent per
pound. . .' "
How are we to account for the cost of
meat at the markets, unless It be that
the butchers'are selling us $6 beet on an
$11 basis? ' OLD FOGY.
Staadts-a; m Record.
BRADSHAW, Neb., Sept. lJ.-To the
Editor of The Bee: Permit me to call
the attention of The Bee reader to the
careful omission Colonel Roosevelt U
making In never referring to hla former
record a president while on hi present
speech-making tour. This fact s causing
some wonderment among many voters 3
well a comments not altogether com
pllmentary to the ex-president Governor
Aldrloh la showing a better political Spirit
than that, and has challenged his oppo
nent to a discussion, each to predicate
their claims upon the records they have
made and not simply upon promises of
what they expect to do. We are rather
Inclined to . commend ; the governor'
course, for it is written "every tree shall
be known by Its fruit" Ex-President
Roosevelt most certainly has a record.
Will he discus it? From all indications
he will not unless he wakes up to the
fact that his effort to dodge his record
of seven or more years in the presiden
tial chair Is being taken note of.
Some have apparently forgotten and
some have never known Just the kind of
fruit the Roosevelt presidential tree did
actually produce. Roosevelt proclaims
with no Uttle gusto, "I stand for" this
or that policy. Now how are the voters
to know what he will stand for and make
an effort to accomplish It elected, except
as they Judge him by his past record?
Four years ago he professed to stand
for Taft with grim determination, and
less than two years ago when he returned
from his great African hunt and slaugh
ter of big game he - expressed himself
pleased with Taft and his administration.
Where do we find him now?
Again he gave the Taft reciprocity
treaty with Canada his most hearty en
dorsement . What is he doing now?
Judging by these fruits, what is the voter
to expect when the colonel says, "I stand
for?" . "' '
A gentleman said to the writer a few
days ago that the present political situa
tion reminded one of the campaign of
1898, but how vastly different the condi
tions. Then the medium of circulation
per capita was very low. Now It Is Just
the , reverse. . Then there was a great
business and commercial depression. La
boring men were thrown Into enforced
Idleness. Soup houses were necessary
that life might be sustained. There were
no labor strikes then, and the average
farmer did not then enjoy the luxury .if
a $2,000 or $3,000 automobile, but a Coxle
army and roving bands of tramps were
In evidence tjie whole country over. There
was then ample reason, for a restless and
dissatisfied state of the mind, but who
can point out one single good reason for
all this restlessness and discontent at
this time? There canbe but on-solution
to the whole matter. The whole country
has become so absolutely drunken on
prosperity that many are actually suf
fering from political delirium tremens.
But, thank fortune, notwithstanding all
this political hubbgb, the business world
is moving right along, not a' tremor, not
a jolt. Dun's and Bradstreet's reports
show the buatnes and financial affairs
of the United States perfectly sound, and
they make pleasing reading for the sober
thinking public. Money Is easy and
pleptyi . Prices for all kinds of farm
product are good. Then what's the mat
ter with the average voter will Some one
tell? JOHN B. DEY..
THE PLAZA
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