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TIIE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1912.
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SEPTEMBER CIRCULATION.
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Snbacrlber Iavlna; tb cltr
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will b changed a often a ra
ti nested, j
A banquet smile is the kind that
come off.
Thanksgiving Is coming, but ap-
parentlr not for Turkey.
Wonder whether those blonde Es
kimos knov old Doc Cook.
Turkey warns the great powers to
'keep hands off." Get the axe.
Nothing prevents a man from tak
ing straw votes If he persists in it,
Anyway if the Omaha Greek regi
ment reaches the firing line it will
How can any man with a better
half imagine that he is the whole
thing? -i , ,
Governor Deneen is letting some of
the Chicago convention secrets out of
the bag.
: Observe that that young Boston
pitcher named Wood is not pat" way
in his head. -
. To say the least, those Wyoming
convicts seem not to appreciate Tttnd
and benevolent treatment",' " 'I '
Do please' help out the colonel's
coin collector so they will tot have
to go to Perkins so often.
It is pleasing to note that Gover
nor Wilson no longer insists on Mr,
Bryan being kicked into a cocked
hat :'" v! .-Y '
These must be happy days tor the
vuuingv UUU U1WOU Vltw vv w av
vigorously supporting ; Governor
, Deneen. " ' ' . '?
Paraphrasing a scriptural state
ment, the third-term candidate would
say, "All men who" are not for me
:are liars.' -"'' V :v'-.;:
t It'egistratlon in Oman and South
Omaha Is still unusually light. Sat
uday, ' October 26, will be the last
'chance to get on the registration list
. When Denver, persuades Omaha to
let her have our Ak-Sar-Bea floats,
and then advertises them as coming
direct from, New York,, it is sort of
nibbing" u.'in.: . 1
-. In Nebraska the theft by the bull
moosers of. the six places on the re-'
publican" ticket belonging to 'Taft
electors make the colonel the receiver
of stolen goods. ;' ;."-.; u ':. :'
Several distinguished space writers
have donated their services to boost
for the- third-term candidate, and
after reading some of their donations
you will not wonder. ,
Hereafter when ' Collier's calls
Hearst a prevaricator one will be
inclined to hark back to the Arch
bold letters' episode, and demand
corroborative testimony.
Tbe bill board nuisance Is spread
ing in Omaha, whereas in every other
up-to-date city it fis being restricted
find curtailed. What are our city
authorities going .to do about it?
Judge Parker disclosed all this the
senate committee, is learning eight
years ago, which suggests that the
judge must , have had , a mighty
straight pipe line into the reservoir,
After reading accounts of the
mutiny in the Wyoming penitentiary,
Nebraska can look back at Its trouble
In its own state prison with the con
soling thought that "it might have
been worse." :
The new legislative apportionment
is this' year, effective for the first
time. ; Douglas county will choose
fivcv senators and twelve representa
tives Instead of three etate senators
and nine" representatives as hereto
Taking Liberties with the Ballot
According to reports from' Lincoln
the secretary of state proposes, In
making up the official ballot, to add
the word "republican" to the desig
nation of the petition candidates for
presidential elector, and also of the
two "progressive" candidates for
presidential elector who do not
even pretend to be running
as republicans. While from our
standpoint this might be a highly
desirable arrangement, it is directly
contrary to the law, as we read it,
which says such candidates shall
have no other designation than "by
petition."
There is no more warrant of law
for the secretary of state to put the
word "republican" opposite the
names of the petition candidates for
elector than for him to put "repub
lican" opposite the petition candi
date for .United States senator.
There is no more warranfof law
for the secretary of state to label
petition ' candidates ' "republican"
than for him to distinguish them as
"white" or "black," "American" or
"foreign born," "Methodist" or
"Presbyterian," "wet" or "dry."
There is no more warrant of law
for the secretary of state to label
petition candidates "republican"
than for the city clerk In our last
municipal election to label candidates
for commissioners "Citizens Union"
or "On the Square."
The proposal to give the designa
tion "republican" to two "progres
sives' is also equally without war
rant of law. '
Our primary and election laws are
presumably intended to mean what
they say, but the secretary of state
seems to go on the theory that he Is
free to ignore them or to read them
any way he pleases.
UP
Butter and Bread. . .
' Much is being said about the, new
extra charge many restaurants have
decided to make for butter and bread
heretofore served with meals. But
ter and bread form the staff of life,
and if they have been given away it
must have been in free soup houses
or some kind of eleemosynary insti
tutions. It certainly has not been
given away free of cost by the gen
eral run of cafes, restaurants and
hotels. Where bread and butter has
not appeared on bills of fare at a
stated price, We may rest assured
that due provision has been made, for
them otherwise and that the omis
sion was not an oversight on the
part Of ye genial host. , The sooner
that patrons of the cafes and res
taurants realize that, the ' easier it
bay be for them to appreciate how
easy it was to work this apparently
new plan of attaching a price to
these formerly . supposed gratuities.
It simply, means another gentle boost
in the cost of Mvlng to the 'diner out,
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College Fraternities ' ;
In fourteen years college fraterni
ties have multiplied to the number
of 2,500 active chapters with an ag
gregate membership of 3 89,0,00.
They own buildings' and ground val
ued at 115,000,000. The college
fraternity, then,, becomes a very' po
tential Institution. It cannot be put
aside for secondary .consideration.
What is its influence upon' educa
tion, upon the young men and
women who belong to It, upon those
who do not, or for pecuniary or other
reasons cannot? Any Such organi
zation wiih a membership approach
ing the 600,000 mark so intimately
allied with higher education must
have a great power for good. The
unfortunate fact is, though, accord
ing to the emphatic declarations of
some of the leading educators of the
country, heads of large institutions,
that the fraternity is not exercising
a great power for good, but for ill;
lowering , standards ol ! j scholarship
and, in too. many cases,', diverting
moral tendencies.: Kf ,
'But it seems the educators have
let this ; influence steal upon them
unawares. It would, have been; less
Beriou? as a problem before it be
came so ' securely intrenched. Now
it defies all but the' sturdiest hand.
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oKinoDaciwara
DiuDiW inOmnlia
r COMPU&D OM BfcE PIU-
OCT. 15.
Thirty Years Ak
Rev. J. W. Smith, pastor of the Pres
byterian tabernacle of San Francisco,
on his way to New York, and
stopping in Omatfa over Sabbath, was
induced to speak to young men at the
opera house.
Dross earnings of the Union Pacific
railway for the last month were 2,M.1I2.
as against $3,84-4,367 for September of
last year. .' .
' J. D. Skene of the Burlington auditor"
office, has resigned to accept a position
In Boston, where he will engage in the
tea trade. . "
A lively blaze called out the fire de
partment to a row of small houses be
longing to Byron Reed on the west side
of the gas works.
At the synod meeting Rev. H. A. Mc
Lean gave the number of colored people
in the United States at 6,187,009, or nearly
one-eighth of the population.
Beginning Tuesday, woman suffrage
meetings are to be held every evening in
different parts of the city addressed by
Mrs. Hlnman and other speakers.
As an aftermath of the Woman's For
eign society convention, Mrs. Nlnde, the
president, preached at the FJrst Methodist
Episcopal church, and tn . the Sunday
school Mrs. G. W. Powell In her oriental
dress, Interested the children. -
Twenty Years Ago
E. J, Halner of Aurora, republican nomi
nee for congress in the Fourth district,
KPent the day in the city.
.the populists put out this ticket at
their city commission: For councllmen:
lease Hascall, P. P. Smith, Richard Bur
dleh, Charily Goodrich, Henry Ostrom,
Hugh Stockman, uar.tei Burr, J. H. Hun
gate, Churchill Parker; board of educa
tion; John F. Conte, John Qulnn. George
W. Brewster, John Williams and Joseph
Shields.
Simon P. Gamble, a timekeeper for the
Omaha Sreet Railway company, was
badly hitrt In a collision between a street
car on which he was riding, and a horse
nd buggy,
Much agitation was stirred over the fact
that publio school children were to ob
serve Columbus day on October 30, in
stead of October 21, the day to be cele
brated In the Catholic schools. It was
ald that the shift in dates was due to
the A. P. A.'s in the, school board.
W. It Roberson, local manager for R.
G. Dun's, said trade prospects and con
ditions in the Omaha territory were ex
cellent , ':'. ' .
Ten Years Ago
The grand lodge of Knights of Fythlaa
of the state elected those officers at Its
annual gathering: Frank J. Kelley, Lin
coln, grand chancellor; James R. Stine,
Omaha, grand vice chancellor! E. C.
Cross, Miller, grand prelate; F. , A.
Thompson, Crawford, grand master-at-arms;
W. H. Ingles, Harrlsburg, grand
inner guard: Frank Clements, Eagle,
grand outer guard; W. K, Rosenkrans,
Elmwoood, grand lodge trustee for three
years and these re-elected: John B.
Wright Lincoln, grand master of the ex
chequer; Will H. Love, Lincoln, grand
kepr of the records and seal. ..
George Sylvester, 8335 Ames ayenue,
died at the age ot S3 years from, a gen
eral physical collapse. He had conie .to
Omaha directly from London,. England, in
1861, and , resided here continuously. He
was prominently connected with the local
meat Industry and for years conducted
a markot at 1214 Farnam street He left
one daughter, Mrs. Sprague. of T-amonl.
la.; and four, sons, Georpe Sylvester. of
Chicago, Isaac, John and b. Sylvester of
Omaha. ) V; . , ;.;
A westbound Farjiam street car bumped
into a small wagon, driven by IX A. Lin
hart at Twenty-ninth street and threw
Mr. Llnhart and a boy with greut force
upon the ground,, hurting the former
badly.' He was taken to the home of his
daughter, $14 South Thirty-seventh street.
The first meeting Incident to the Chris
tian church convention was held at .the
coliseum. It was a prohibition rally. C.
W. Bowles of Alma, presided and was the
chief speaker. He denounced high license,
local option and other restrictive methods
of conquering Demon Il'im and came out
forcefully for unadulterated prohibition,
declaring It to be the only position tor
the church to take if It were not to com
promise with sin.
People Talked About
A Testimonial Worth Having, f
Answering "questions propounded
to him as a witness before the senate
investigating committee, Charles P.
Taft, the president's brother, in
formed his interrogators that for the
campaign of 1808 he had given Chair
man Frank H. Hitchcock of the re
publican national committee. $271,
917,40, of which Mr. Hitchcock re-
turned $150,000 which It had not
been necessary to spend.- Mr. Taft
explained his readiness to make his
contribution 4 iarge enough to meet
all reasonable requirements in order
to save 'the president from embar
rassing obligations to large financial
Interests, and added:
I gave the money, and 1 wan vrv
pleasantly surprised when Mr. Hitchcock
returned so much of it " ;
This unsolicited.; testimonial to
Chairman Hitchcock deserves to be
inscribed In large letters on the pages
of history. It Is possible, but not
probable, that there may have been
other similar cases, but thiB Is the
first authentic record of the return
of a campaign contribution of sub
stantial amount because not needed.
The campaign manager who gives
back 1150,000 - must be not only
scrupulously! conscientious, bnt par
ticularly careful not to spend more
money than the campaign legitl-
i matolv rolls tnv f In 4a '...
implicitly trusted in any undertaking
carried on, for otheia. v w -.
With a great naval review, the world'
series of base ball and two melodramatic
murder mysteries on hand at the same
time, New Yorker are able to forget
politics and other minor affairs ot life.
'"There are 50,000 women In New York
supporting their husbands," says Mrs,
Carrie, Chapman Catt No doubt this
goes far toward explaining those Im
mense crowds at the base ball games in
Gotham.' ' 3 '
A clerk In a Constantinople department
store must! be able to converse in French,
Turkish and Greek and it Is desirable
that he alao understand German, Arme
nian, English and Spanish. The salesmen
are paid 3 to $45 a month and the
saleswomen IIS to $30 a month. -Miss
Florence Spencer Is said to be
the highest paid bank librarian In tha
country. She is In charge of the library
of one of the largest banking houses in
the .Wail street district ! The -library
comprises only about 4,000 book, but Is
considered the most,' valuable of its kind
In this country. -1
The scene ot the bloodiest battle of the
Boer war, Spion Kop, a mountain out
side of Ladysmlth,, Natal. South Africa,
is to be "used by Seventh Day Adventlsts
as a mission , farm for educating and
christianizing the Zulus. Several chris
tianised tribesmen will work -with the
missionaries tn teaching Christianity to
their brother natives.
Joy riders In a New Jersey town pulled
off a variation of the custom of dashing
away -when the victim la down and out
The revised system is to pick tin the
cripple, carry him off to a desolate spot
and leave him there. The authorities lent
unexpected variety to their system by
capturing the. perpetrators and clapping
them in the bondless section ot the cala
boose. ' - ' ' .' , -.
Colonel Henry Watterson of the Louis
ville Courier-Journal, who was taken sick
In New York a few weeks ago, baa re
covered sufficiently to return to his home
near Louisville, where he la convalescing.
At no time was colonel Watterson's ill
ness dangerous. ' But It is mighty annoy
ing for a Kentucky colonel to be obliged
to kxf silent., while other colonels
J monopolise tho conversation. C"" In.
i colonel, the Uiki.ig's tui. ,
A LITTLE J0UENEY DOWN SOUTH
Cost of a Eoosevelt Mission that Failed.
Washington Star. ' ' ;
Ormsby McHarg's little Journey through
the south last spring, for instituting con
tests for -"psychological effect," cost
130,000. A snug sum, for the work, even
with a war chest in charge of so liberal
and accomplished a financier as George
W. Perkins. .
The south, mark you, had no electoral
votes as an Incentive to the activity, it
was certain to support the democ ratio
nominee, no matter his name, or resi
dence, or platform. It was then, as now,
and will be next month, the solid south.
But it was assured of representation
at the republican national convention and
this representation wits being organised
for Mr. Taft Why not try to make it
appear that the southern republicans pre
ferred Mr. : Roosevelt, and 'were being,
dragooned for Mr. Taft? Why not set no
a lot of contests down there, and point
to them in the north, east and west as
evidence that even In democratic terri
tory Mr. Roosevelt was the republican
hero of the day? .
The 'idea is credited to William I
Ward, a prominent New Yorker, and as
that time a supporter of Mr. Roosevelt
His hat was in the Roosevelt ling before
that of Tim Woodruff. From the very
day the seven little governors besought
Mr. Roosevelt to yield to an overwhelm
ing popular demand and save the coun
try; Mri Ward was prominent in" the
Roosevelt ranks.
The carrying out of the Idea was In
trusted to Mr. McHarg, who was familiar
with southern politics from his activity
in that section in 1908.' He knew the
ground and the local leaders, and couid
be expected to produce results If any
body could. -,
; Mr. McHarg, there la reason to believe,
did 'his best He certainly attracted wide
attention to the echeme, and that was its
main object But the scheme failed.. The
Roosevelt people could not put it over at
Chicago, and the southern vote Went
almost solidly to Mr. Taft, who was
fairly entitled to it : " ; ; W
'. Today neither Mr. McHarg nor Mr.
Ward is supporting Mr. Roosevelt What
turned them from him? "T discovery
that while willing, to have southern sup
port manipulated for bis benefit, he" was
willing to attack it , when the movement
failed ?, Had it been possiole to deliver
everjr southern delegate at Chicago : to
Mr. Roosevelt, would he have accepted
them and the nomination they would
have brought him. It was not uutil the
maneuver failed that he cisoovered the
unfairness and the unwisdom of counting
the southern aelegates at all.
Thirty thousand dollars! The largest
outlay for moonshine in the history of
this year.
BBEEZY TRIPLES.
"My wife has such a tender way of
throwing loving glanees at me. They
make a bit with me, I tell you."
"So do the fUUrona my wife throws at
me,'1 Baltimore American.
"The world to bad. totally bad!" wailed
the pessimist. "Graft and grafters every
where! Even some of the stars . are
fixed I'Wudge. ,
"Still at Billton'8 lodging house, are you
not?"
"No, at the Cholmondeley apartments."
"When did you move?"
"Didn't move. They Just changed the
name and put up the rent" Boeton
Transcript
"Some of us claim that It Is a cold
world."
"Well?' . .
"And yet we think we are entitled to
free calendars, matches, blotters, tooth
picKS, almanacs, ice water and hotel
writing paper." Kansas City Journal.
Ing Jury acquitted him of assault."
"Well, Cholly, you should have had
him charged with destroying private
property." Washington Herald. ,,. ...
"Look here; you're big and strong. Why
don't you go to work Instead of beating
your way?"
"I'd like to, bo, but I made a bet early
In life dat I couid live to be an old man
wlt'out ever doin' a stroke.: You wouldn't
want me to ruin me career at dis late
day, would you?" Judge's Library.-
THE FLEET. ,
. New York Times.
On Hudson's bosom, In the glare of day.
Ungainly In their forms, all one dull
gray,
Our fleet of battleships, appears In truth
A herd of monsters, hideous and uncouth.
In long, dark lines, stretched out near
either shore,
They fitly symbolise the God of War;
Stripped of all glamour, of all grace be
reft Till little save destructiveness Is left
But darkness falls, to blot them, from
, the scene;
Leaving grim phantoms where grim
shapes had been, . '
Then, In an instant, swift as comes the
thought,
Before our eyes a marvelous change is
wrought. -
inow sireiuuuii, tar away 10 leu anu
right.
Embroidered on the sable robe of night,
In dazzling outlines of the purest gold,
A fairy fleet before us see untold. -
From every vessel anchored far or nlghj
Broad bands of silver stream across the
. sky; - -
And on a view from fairyland we gaze
Our eyes half blinded by the sudden blaze.
And this may serve to typify once more
A certain aspect of the God of War,
The glamour and the glitter make us
blind
To all the grim realities behind.
- SOME FACTS ABOUT BEEF
Decreased Production, Increased Demand, and the Remedy,
, Wall Street Journal.
In the seven months ending with July
of this year the United States imported
nearly 180,000 head of cattle. About 1,500
were blooded -stock; while the others
(nearly all from Mexico) were for stocking
the beef TangeB of the west. A com
parison of these figures with the Imports
and exports for a-number of years back
should throw light on the beef situation
of the country; '
Seven 1 Imports ' Exports
Months ' Live ' ' Live - Dressed
Ending With Cattle, Cattle, Beef.
July. No. No. Fresh, lbs
1912 ,.,....179,859 ' 49,052 7,212,398
1911.. ..,.101,099 111,222 ' 21,741,643
1910 ........421.849 68,128 147,039.369
Uu5 '....17.221, t,7. ' 147,nB9,3K9
Time and again the public has been
told there was plenty of beef In the
country, but that it was being shipped
abroad. These ... figures, taken from
statistics regularly published by' the De
partment of Commerce and Labor, are
not loose statements, but facts. Taking
no account of canned and cured meat if
the shipments for the, remaining month
of the year are in the same proportion as
the first seven months, the total exports
of fresh beef, both dressed and on the
hoof, will not for the year average one
pound of meat per capita.'
On the other hand, census figures show
there are 21 per cent less beef animals in,
the country than a, decade ago. Since1
the first ot the year receipts of cattle at
the six principal markets have fallen off j
more than 10 per cent, from last year,
while, notwithstanding the heavy tariff.
imports of beef stock are now ten times
what they were In 1903. '
Men who really accomplish anything
worth while have time only for practical
things. The magnificent corn crop of
this year is in some measure due to the
persistent campaign for better seed corn
carried on by. railroads and agricultural
departments and associations. At least
two state agricultural colleges of the
west In co-operation with the railroads,
are preparing to extend this system of
education to beef production. Live stock
trains will be run over their states,
carrying staffs of experts who will lecture
to the farmers on breeding and feeding
live stock, and attempt to teaoh them
that the steer Is a useful mill to condense
their feed crops into a more valuable
product; one which at the same time will
build up the fertility of their soil. If the
farmers can see a handsome profit in
the business, and learn how to do it
the only practical solution of the problem
Is assured. ' 1
Two colleges alone cannot cope witJi
the situation. The movement should be
nation-wide. Exclusive cotton or grain
raising should give place to a system of
agriculture based on live stock; and
every state In the union should take up
the matter In this same practical way.
One fat steer on every farm would feed
more people than all the expensive in
vestigations set on foot by politicians Who
darken counsel by words without .knowledge-
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. CHEAPEE LIFE INSURANCE . ;
MasgaxEusett Kan Induces Substantial' Seduction of Rates.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Announcement that the actuary of the
Massachusetts savings bank, life Insur
ance system Is able to make a substan
tial reduction on the rates for straight
life and twenty-payment life insurance
policies, the latter already much lower
than those of the Incorporated companies,
is an interesting indication of the success
of this plan,' which 'has yet to develop
any untoward Incidents.
The Massachusetts plan is to be differ
entiated from state Insurance. It simply
permits the savings banks Of the state to
do a life Insurance business If they see
fit, upon a schedule of premium charges
established and approved by the state au
thority, and subject to regulation and
supervision by the state, as Is the busi
ness of the savings bank Itself. Essen
tially, It is life insurance at cost. Busi
ness is, all "over the counter," with no
expenses for solicitation, and with the
expense for. admission reduced to , a
minimum. . , ,
The kinship between life Insurance and
savings makes th function a reasonably
natural one for the savings banks to un
dertake. The sentiment ot the bank trustees-
generally throughout the state was
against the innovation.' Not more than
one or two institutions were willing to
lend themselves to the experimental
working out ot the plan. The response
on the part of the people was hesitating,
and at first confined chiefly to groups
influenced largely by altruistic employ
era who appreciated the benefits. But
what was considered a fad Is now be
lieved to have come to stay in Massachu
setts. Its practical possibilities are rec
ognised. Cheaper life Insurance has been
demonstrated to be possible, and It Is
confidently believed that there can be still
greater reduction. And so far as thU
experiment proves successful and reduces
the cost of insurance to Its proper mini
mum, so much, further In the distance
will be postponed the possibility of state
insurance with all Its objectionable Inci
dental features.
for publishing that attaex. If you have
any more space you wish to devote to
the same class of articles concerning him
I am sure that those tn charge of Mr.
Baldrige's campaign will be equally
thankful to you. v F. R. A.
Omaha Italians are Grateful.
OMAHA, Oct 14,-To the Editor of The
Bee: On behalf of the Italian citizens
of Omaha I desire hereby to thank the
public and , city and county officials for
their kindness, tn the enthuslastlo recog
nition given to the natives of Italy In
remembrance of Christopher Columbus
on, Columbus, day., , We also wish to ex
press our appreciation for the assistance
given by the press, business men and the
committee on arrangements.
i . X M. CALABRIA.
Marshal of the Day.
Intended Knock a Boost. ' 1
OMAHA, Oct., 14,-To the. Editor of The
Re:. We aaree ''with" "Voter"' that1 the
World-Herald attack on' Mr. Baldrlge s
Inconsistent all the way through and that
it la more of a boost for Mr. Baldrlge
than It Is the slur for which It was In
tended.
Ha.A the World-Herald devoted some ot
Its time, energy and space to "eulogts-
in" some ot the men, both democratic
and reoubllcsn. who are at present en
cumbering our city and county off tees.
we could do naught but laud them, out
when' such currish low-down means as
this are employed to abuse a man of the
character and quality o Howard it.
Rnldrlsre then It is time fev the people to
remark the fact and. remind the parties
so slandering that , the day wnen sucn
mud slinging harmed a man has long
past gono by. ' ,
Mr. Baldrlge . is a man through ana
tfcrnurh. a man who the people of this
district should be prot'd to send as their
representative to Washington, and deep
nwn in then? hearts every man on the
World-Herald knows this, . knows that
Mr. Baldrlge is a better man than his
nnnnnent knows that he Is going to be
elected, and, as a last resort, they select
this manner of abusing him, not stopping
to think In their greedy hurry and sour
ness that nobody but they themselves are
harmed and that Mr. Baldrlge profits by
their actions. . i
I For Mr. Ealdrlse, I thank you, Harvey.
THE "FATHEB OF rOFUIISM."
Indianapolis News: Twenty years or so
ago there was not a more widely known
man In the United States than William
A. Peffer. Monday la Grenola, Kan., this
man died, leaving behind him the memory
of a public life whose exaggerated hopes
and bitter disappointments invited. In
their time, both ridicule and pity. He was
known as the ' "father of the populist
party," , . . - ' "y I . .-
New York World: It is as a founder
and leader and United States senator of
the people's party that William A. Peffer
of Kansas is best : remembered. What
ethers are just discovering In justification
of a new party he discovered twenty years
ago. What others are now advancing as
essential remedies tor the ills of demo
cracy be was advancing then.
Springfield Republicans The election of
Peffer politically extinguished the brilliant
Senator John J. Ingalls, leaving Senator
Plumb as the colleague ' of ; the long
whiskered friend of the farmers, who Was
as devoid of magnetism as a hitching post
senate of the United States, and left no
mark ot accomplishment or any personal
Impress there. " ' ,
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Such doctrines,
then considered freakish, but now popular,
as the Initiative and referendum and the
limitation of the president's tenure to a
single term, were advocated by that
Peffer platform of twenty; years ago
Postal savings banks and the popuUu
election of senators were other planks
wfaioh were obliged to wait years for con
gressional approval Any person inclined
to Jeer at William A. Peffer may-well
hesitate In view of thtzt considerations.
Watching the Bek Deer.
- Pittsburg Dispatch. ,
The report that Chinamen are emigrat
ing to Mexico in anticipation of being
annexed to the United States speaks bet
ter for their enterprise than their judg
ment. '
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car. A Ford of your own is
surely within your means
now that the price has reach
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ards of living at lower cost
that's what the Ford price
changes mean to you.
Runabout - - - - - $525
Touring Car - - - - 600
Delivery Car - - - 625
Town Car - - - 800
These new prices, f. 0. b. Detroit, wita all
equipment. An early order will mean an
early delivery. Get particulars from Ford
Motor Company, 1916. Harney St., Omaha,
or-dlrect from the Detroit factory.
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T-M
The naines of allvptcrs
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tributary to Omaha with '. addresses,: jn ,
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