THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1912.
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flnbarrlbrra leaving; the city
temporarily should hare The
llee mailed to them. Addreaa
will be changed aa often as re
quested. '
Someone writes of "Human life as
an asset." It Is a fairly good one.
Omaha not only produces the best
electrio street pageant, but helps
other cities to hare nearly the best.
Even Judge Parker admits that he
Is a progressive of the same variety
as the proaent democratic nominee.
More than 2,000 glaaB eyes have
been smuggled Into our ports. A
naked swindle staring us In the face.
.War n Mexico seems to have some
what subsided, but the Balkans and
Governor Johnson are still going It.
This European scientist who says
gold may yet be produced In the
laboratory surely is not a counterfeiter.
Colonel Bryan, as usual, will wind
up the campaign In Nebraska, and at
least try to make it seem like old
times.
" If those clamorous , taxpayers of
California . will bp patient they will
have their governor-back in a few
Weeks for keeps.
Clearing the Track.
The unanimous decision of three
district judges at Lincoln that the
places on the official ballot for repub
llcan presidential electors belong to
the Taft men, and not to the Roose
velt men, should help clear the track
for a fair and square presidential race
in Nebraska.
The court orders Secretary of State
Wait to accept the nomination certifl
cates of the Taft presidential electors,
and forbids him to misbrand the
Roosevelt electors as republicans.
This, as we have steadfastly con
tended, is not only a moral obligation
resting upon him, but a legal obllga
tion as well. It is the only way re
publicans who wish to vote for Taft
and Sherman as the republican standard-bearers
can have their constitu
tional rights without Infringing the
right of any other voter to cast his
ballot for the candidates of other
parties as be chooses. .
From this decision no one can ap
peal except Secretary of State Wait.
More than that, this decision gives
Mr. Wait exactly what he has said he
wanted, his refusal to accept the
filing having been based on a false
supposition that he lacked authority
to do so. The court now says he not
only has this authority, but Is in law
bound to exercise It. If he hesitates
now to carry out the law thus made
plain to him, It is because he does not
want to let republicans have a chance
to vote for Taft as a republican.
It Is said that Secretary of State
Wait's personal wishes are to accept
the finding of the court, but that he
may defer to the demands of the
chairman of his campaign committee.
Chairman Epperson, however,N is fn
the same boat as Secretary of State
Walt In this respect. He has repeat
edly, both orally and In writing, de
clared that he and the candidates on
the state ticket were doing all they
could to get the six Roosevelt men to
make way for the Taft electors. If he
was honestly and earnestly fighting
to get them off the ticket, how can
het now fight to keep them on? If. he
Insists on an appeal from the court's
decision, will he not thereby stamp
his former efforts to get the repub
lican places for Taft electors as mere
pretense and deceit?
"THE SUPEEME ISSUE"
President Taft Declares Fidelity to the Constitution.
In an article headed, "The Supreme
Issue," In the current Saturday Evening
fost, President Taft discuases various
questions of the campaign rather than a
single Bubject. Speaking, In the lntroduc
tion, of the solemn responsibilities of his
office, he say: "To me there came a a
heritage the noble records of those who
had gone before-Washington and Lin
coln, Grant and Garfield, McKinley and
Roosevelt, great presidents and great re
publicans." Bound by Ms oath aa presi
dent to uphold the constitution, he says,
"I have spurned every attempt to under
mine that great bill of rights which ia In
dispensable to the preservation of our
liberties, and no man can say I hav ever
faltered, even when, aa in more than one
Instance, the course to which I was
pledged forfeited a certain popular ap
proval, or Impelled the criticism 6f the
thoughtlels or of that far greater class,
those too greatly occupied in the turmoil
of our Industrial progress to investigate
and reflect"
Congressman Sulzer Is confirming
some views of him by appearing In
vaudeville moving pictures at the
conclusion of the program.'
Unless the perfectly admirable J.
Hamilton Lewis gets back the rest of
his Jewels stolen, he 1b likely not to
be heard at his best in this campaign.
In 1896 the democratic complaint
"waaj that prices were too low. In 1912
the democratic complaint is that
prices are too high. Take your choice.
And again the farmer might well
say that he will vote for Taft because
under sixteen years of republican rule
hii.eggs advanced 90 per cent in sell
ing price.
These foot ball players of ours do
not seem to be up In modern tactics.
The side that gets licked ought at
once to cry loudly about liars, thieves,
crooks and fraud.
Ambassador ' Wilson . plcka Felix
Dlaa, nephew of the old iron ruler, as
the rising power In Mexico. If he is
of the right sort, he cannot rise too
fast for Mexico's good, .
Our boastful bull moose friends
have never put confidence in their
ability to carry Nebraska on their
own account. That's why they want
to steal the republican label. , -
Ilia, vamamhA. that tha Uw nl u.
have nothing to do with the Albert
law. the Albert law merely ampll-
ffes the' ptower of ths county attorney
to make prosecution for certain of-
, fenses effective.
- Doubtless the owner of the Chicago
Cuba will say that his players were
tipsy when they lost the four and
' sober when they won the three games
nlnvaut villi iYim stK riiln... .I,.k
Our reform democratic sheriff has
evidently disappointed the expecta
tions of the antl-saloonlsts, whose
support he got by making fulsome
ivuitvco a3 v u iuiuuuvu WJ UC ft 111
filled. A person who is fooled once
may be excusable, but a person who
lets himself be' buncoed" twice will
have only himself to blame.
Governor) Aid rich, and the other candi
dates, and myself are snaking; one 'bust
effort to get the six Roosevelt electors
to resign,-and their places filled by the
appointment of Taft men. , .
So writes Chairman Epperson of
the state candidates' 'campaign' com
mittee under, date less than a -week
ago. Now Ciat the court has crowned
the effort.wttlj success, are theytgofn;
to m ake ' one last effort to uddo the
Conquest of Land.
The only enduring conquests, Per-
rero says, have been conquests made
with the plow. Civilization In its
progress has always preferred to fol
low the furrows. Agrarian rights are
closely linked to human rights. Rome
began to be great when its middle
classes became land owners and the
history of Rome has had many
counterparts, not the least of which
is here on American soil.
Americans, like other peoples, have
had their ( wars . and foughtthem
bravely, but American empire-bulld-lng
has not been reared upon the
foundation of it military triumphs.
Rather It has been a steady, peaceful
conquest of new territory,' broken up
into new' communities and new
homes. Wild waBtes of the desert,
swamp and mountain fastness have
been turned into paragons of fertility
for the use of the masses, both of our
own land and others, who have come
to add to our conquering might.
,The process is etiil going on. While
many other nations are thinking of
or engaging In war, we are quietly
but persistently advancing the out
posts of our territorial conquest, win
ning the sublimest battle of all. And
to this task Americans must energeti
cally bend without let-up, for, though
our Industrial prowess is supreme, we
must continue to maintain first rank
In our original distinction as an agri
cultural country.
He declares his faith'in the republican
policy of protection, and says that on
that policy ha stood foursquare, heed
less of unjust criticism, whether from the
tandpat element of the party, which op
posed all revision, or from the radicals
who wished him to approve any measure
lowering the duties, regardless of injury
it might inflict. His reason, above all, for
approving the Payne tariff bill, he says,
was because it provided the machinery
by which alone a Just and intelligent re
vision of the tariff could be effected a
tariff board.
No such body of progressive legisla
tion has 'ever been achieved, or even
proposed by any party, he says, as that
embodied In the railway rate bill of this
and the last administrations. He men
tions also acts passed for the protection
of labor on railroads and the workmen's
compensation act passed by the senate
but held up by . the house In order, he
says, to prevent thla administration from
having the credit of It.
The trust policy of the administration,
he also points out, has been firm and he
says it ,1s not surprising that powerful
Interests, that have hitherto enjoyed im
munity should employ strenuous and de
vious methods to create the Impression
that the prosecutions are Ineffective. "The
fact remains," he says, "that the law Is
now respected and observed, and that
whereas In the past the organization
of trusts designed to acquire monopolies
of the industries In which they were en
gaged was . almost a dally occurrence,
none has been organised during the last
two years."
Speaking in opposition to the recall of
Judges and Judicial decisions and referring
to "demagogic or fatuous reformers," who
propose referendums and other innova
tions In governmental machinery, he says
that "For any definite plans from those
who advocate these Innovations which
will promote equality of opportunity and
ameliorate .hardships, we listen in vain.
Unfortunately, the hostility to the Judi
ciary and measures to take away, its
power and Independence , constitute the
chief definite plans of that class of politi
cians and reformers from which the re
publican party escaped at Chicago, and
to which the democratic party yielded at
Baltimore. And I use that word 'escaped'
advisedly.
'No consideration of party weal or per
sonal ambition would for a single instant
tempt me to stand before the American
people as the presidential candidate of a
great party, did I not know .that there
was no stain or flaw resting on my nomi
nation; did I not know from the most
painstaking examination of the evidence
that the reckless assaults on the integrity
of that nomination are as baseless as
they are vicious; did I not know that
every candid and unprejudiced observer,
who will devote the time and patience
necessary to an examination of the pro.
ceedlngs of the republican national com
mittee and of the republican national
convention, must pronounce that nomi
nation conferred upon me without stain
and without defect."
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COMPILED F ROM BE FILE-
OCTOBER 21.
HEROISM IN OUR LIFE
Inspiring; Displays of Self Control and Courage.
The Coming- Navigation Cong-res.
Agitation for river and harbor Im
provement has proceeded far enough
to warrant tangible results by the
next National Rivers and Harbors
congress, which meets in December.
Attention has been called to the in
creasingly large attendances upon the
last few meetings of this character as
an Indication of a zeal for action.
That is well as far as It goes, but
large assemblages are not always pro
ductive or largest ' results. Surely
there is no further doubt as-to the
need and demand for improved water
ways for navigation in this country.
What is wanted now is ; better co
operation between state and federal
governments to the end of. fruition.
Wherever on the Missouri, Ohio and
Mississippi rivers navigation has been
revived lately It has paid handsomely
in the matter of transportation. . The
experiment then, is made; now tot a
full launching of the enterprise.
Where this national congress can be
of practical service is in helping
formulate the best possible method
of procedure.
Secretary Wait is told that if he
does not go the limit for the bull
moosers in perpetuating their theft
of the republican electoral ticket it
will cost him 60,000 votes as a candi
date for re-election. Is this a threat?
If It is, Mr. Walt is not the kind of a
man we think he is If he surrenders
to it A man who fought as he did
through the civil war as a union vet
eran, and never ran away from the
guns of the enemy, ought not to fear
a political highway man.
The high water mark registration
oX voters in Greater New York totals
a little over 700,000. The total vote
in Omaha and, Douglas county would
be at high water mark if it hit 10,000.
j M&ke jour own comparisons. f ,
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
When Senator Lodge, commenting upon
the melancholy happening In Milwaukee,
aid: "I am not surprised that Mr. Roose
velt bore himself In a heroic way; he
would do that anyway" he voiced the
feeling of everybody. Never has the bul
let of a would-be assassin of presidents
or other high officials in thla country
reached one who did not display splendid
self-control and courage. Presidents Gar
field and McKinley commanded the ad
miration of the world by the composure
and serenity with whjch they faced death
under the tnpst cruel circumstances.
Mayor Gaynor of New York tinged public
sympathy with admiration by his manly
behavior. None of these men exhibited
any sign of such resentment as would
have seemed but natural under the shock
ing circumstances. It is something to be
proud of as Americans that in such su
preme test manhood does not shrivel, but
shines out strong and fine In the crisis.
The herolo is ever present near the sur
face of ordinary life, awaiting only the
emergency to call It ljito flower. Much. of
the finest heroism is not exhibited on,, a
large stage. The. late William James In
the following eloquent and truthful pas
sage, has told how It lies around us all
the time: "Not In claiming fights and
desperate marches only is heroism to be
looked for, but on every railway bridge
and fireproof building that Is going up
today. On freight trains, on. the decks
of vessels, In cattle yards, on lumber
rafts, among the firemen and the police
men, the demand for courage Is Inces
sant, and the supply never falls."
Manhood does not run short In our
life, nor ever will. The fact that Mr.
Roosevelt's courage In the face of deadly
peril has thrilled everybody, Is evidence
of a fellow-feeling with manliness as
broad as humanity. The deplorable gen
eral consideration impressed by the pres
ent instance Is that our public men re
main at the mercy Of any lunatic who
happens to develop homicidal mania.
The peril Is increased by the fact that
the crazed mind seeks a shining mark.
That which happened to Mr. Roosevelt
might happen at any time to the presi
dent of the United States, as It has be
fore, to Mr. Wilson, to Mr. Debs or to
Mr. Chafln. No matter how closely public
men may be guarded, the fatal shot
which reached Mr. McKinley In Buffalo
and the harrow escape of Mr. Roose
velt on Monday, Illustrate the inadequacy
of the protection afforded. Effort will
no doubt be made, as it ought to be, to
Increase this safeguarding, but the watch
fulness which can hedge about over presi
dents and candidates for president will
at the best be too much like a rope
of sand. The theory of popular govern
ment Is that public men are safe In the
hands of the people and ao they are,
exfcept when crasy men elude all safe
guarding and get within shooting dis
tance. -' t,--: ...
' The country rejoices not only that Mr. '
Roosevelt escaped serious hurt but that
party passion or social feeling had no
part In the attempt upon his life. It
will be universally hoped that his mend
ing will be rapid and that the Interfer
ence with his campaign plans may prove
to be less than Is now anticipated by
the physicians.. Meanwhile the broad con
slderatlons which enter Into this presi
dential contest will remain to be consid
ered on their merits, with the campaign
as little vexed and warped by passion
as It will be possible for all concerned to
make It
JOBS OFF THE PIE COUNTER.
Pittsburgh Dispatch: The president's
order placing 35,000 fourth-class postmas
ters under civil service Is recorded by
some of the democratic organs as "sav
ing" so many "Jobs." Since that is the
way they look at them It was worth
while to the country to save them from
Job hunters,
Philadelphia Record: One of the most
admirable features of President Taft's'
publlo career has been his devotion to
the reform of ths civil service. His action
In putting 85,000 fourth-class postmasters
In the classified service has exoited little
attention, but twenty years ago it would
have bean considered almost revolution
ary. Times have changed since the coun
try postmaster was considered a tremen
dous factor In politics. Hereafter they
roust show some fitness for their Jobs.
New York Post: A few offices, involv
ing questions of government policy, should
always remain subject to untrammelled
appointment by the executive head of the
government; but purely business offices
of high order, such aa the first-class post-
maatenshlps, should become the natural
goal of the men filling the lower, plaoes
In the same branch of the service. Only
so can the government service in general
become a true; career for men of ability;
and the effect of Its being such a career
would be felt In a most beneficial way
throughout all the grades. '
New York Tribune: Ths president has
treated the extension of the merit system
as an end desirable p itself, regardless
of the effects of such extension upon his
own political interest He hea not stooped
to coerce the support of ths officeholders
under him, and his signing of Tuesday's
exeoutive order Is only one more evi
dence of his personal disinterestedness as
an administrator. Had be sought his own
advantage he would probably have do
layed putting the 35,000 fourth-class post
masters under the protection of the merit
system until the presidential campaign
had ended. Making the transfer now, he
leaves them free to follow their own
political inclinations, without fear of re
moval. No more striking evidence could
be presented of the presidents sincere de
sire to forward a great reform without
any reservations due to party politics.
Safe aa ftaae Prvaldeat,'
H mix City Journal
President Taft la the representative of
a cause. He is not standing far, "tariff
for revenue aohr." He Is not keeping on
his way to wort out revenge. He Is , the
repreaentatlTe of suae and safe govern
ment He may b defeated, a Benjamin
Harrison was defeated; but as ths repre
sentative of a oaara that does not shrivel
In the light ha, cannot ha humflSatwl The
humiliation la for tncea. ptuTeiBtng devo
tion to repubEraa prtncSalaa, wtio cannot
be trusted ta stead wttlwrt tttchmg.
People Talked About
Y The census bureau reports that there
are 108 men in the United States for
every 100 women, which would give every
girl a husband If It were not for the
widows and actresses.
The widow of one at the heroes of the
Titanic, who gave his life that she might
live, has married again, and a California
court has taken her child from her. The
hero of the Titanic Is still dead.
Every unfortunate who has come in
violent contact with the armor-plated
bottoms of bath tubs will view with
cheerful equanimity the slams being
handed to the Bath Tub trust by the
courts.
Germany is said to have decided to
fight the Standard Oil company with a
government monopoly. Chancellor Day
and other patriotic Americans may now
protest against kicking our octopus
around. N
Pre-conventlon campaign funds figures
tarry little solace for the wounded idol of
the Oxarfcs. Champ Clark's campaign
fund was only 150,000, bne-fifth of the
victor's, still even Pike county will con
cede that Champ got a fine run for the
money. ,
Should the moving picture people se
cure a few reels of the Turks, Bulgar
ians, Serbs, Greeks and Montenegrins
decked In their varicolored fighting
clothes, the exhibit will put out of
business the raw warriors : of opera
bouffe.
Some of the high and mighty Justices
of the supreme court on the opening day
shed their solemn visages every time the
base ball scores were handed In back of
the chairs. The Judicial robe sobers, but
does not check the flow of rich red sport
ing blood.
Occasionally wickedness has an en
lightening value. That girl with the
'baby stare" who swindled New York
and Boston merchants out of thousands
of dollars' worth of finery, cruelly ex
poses how easily mere man is blinded by
girlish lamps. '
An Investigation Into the sise . and
source of campaign funds of rival aspir
ants for the presidency In, Mexico would
prove mighty Interesting reading for
scrappy partisans, ' besides giving the
neighboring republic an excuse for wink
ing at Cncte Sam.
The awful threat ia mads by New York
suffragists that fbey wQ not , buy any
new clothes until the question of wom
an's votes has tm put before the peo
ple of that State ta O05. Three years
in th same eM elotbas? . Misting of
Carnegie htrabat andala shook! begin at
Thirty Years Ago
The westbound Overland carried a dis
tinguished party of Lehigh Valley rail
way officials, all members of. the Izaak
Walton club, which visited Nebraska
three years ago on its first annual shoot.
The party is headed by H. F. Packer,
vice president and general manager, said
to have at his command tS.OW.OOi) capital.
They were greeted by several old frtendrf,
Superintendent P. J. Nichols, Hon. M. J.
Burnham and Colonel F. J. Smyth.
Miss Hattie Whitmore is now at Lit
tle Rock, Ark., where she expects to re
main for the year as professor of music
in the university.
James Pape celebrated his forty-fifth
birthday anniversej-y.
The game between the B. & M. and
Plattsmouth clubs drew but a small
crowd, and resulted in an easy victory
for the B. & M.'s. "Score, 23 to 3.
Miss Rose Eyting played Nancy Sykes
in "Olive Twist," to a good house.
Frank Burkley, of the chief quartermas
ter's office, has just returned from Fort
Niobrara, where he was superintendent in
the erection of . a telephone line.
Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Paul have returned
from their eastern trip.
Twenty Years Ago
John M. Carson, the veteran Washing
ton correspondent for the Philadelphia
Public Ledger, was in Omaha, being on
a tour of the west to gather political Information.
A daughter tipping the scales at ten
and a half pounds came to grace the
home of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Talmage.
William S. Curtis gave a statement
to The Bee condemning the action of the
Board of Education In abolishing the
teachers' training school.
Miss Holly Burgess gave a high five
party in the evening, which was attended
by Misses Grace Marty, Marie Price,
Minnie Burgess, Blanche JoBlyn and
Messrs. Pettigrew, French, Her, Burgess,
De Lee.
Ten Years Ago . . .
Acting upon a resolution, introduced by
Councilman Lobeck, the city council de
cided to exert its influence, in co-operation
with the mayor, Board of Fire and
Police Commissioners, the Commercial
club and Insurance men to maintain the
fire fighting facilities at their normal
standard.
The spacious home of Bishop and Mrs.
A. L. Williams, 2218 Dodge street, was
packed with friends from Omaha, South
Omaha and Council Bluffs, come to cele
brate the third anniversary of the blah
op's official 'consecration.'
The supreme council "of the Young
Men's Institute had a royal time at a
banquet at the Comrrierciat club in the
evening. T. J. Fitsmwrris was toastmas
ter, F. J. Klerce, supreme president, made
the address of welcome and other speak
ers were 3. A. C. Kennedy, C. J. Smyth,
E. J. My rick, T. J. Mahoney. M. I.
Strletch, Charles Korbly, Rev. Stephen
J. F. Carroll. John J. Barry, a Kentucky
newspaper man, closed the speechmaking
with a very witty talk.
Prof. Edward A. Ross lectured at the
First Congregational church on "The
Problems of Taxation."
J. B. Blanchard, lilt Georgia avenue,
returned from . Pittsburgh, where he at
tended the annual session of the National
Live Stock exchange and where he read
a paper at the meeting on the beef trust.
The percentage of successful attacks here
13 seventy-five; in Russia it is twenty.
One method-of reducing the attacks is
for newspapers, magaslnes and authors of
books to cease publishing the names of
criminals. This would lessen the hope
for glory, renown or notoriety. The crim
inal could be designated as a potential
assassin, or a mattoid, or whatever he
may be. If certain details of the move
ments of high officials were not published
It would also be a wise precaution.
Mattoids will not usually seek out
such details, but If published will make a
note of them. They generally will not
look up the name of a supposed enemy In
MIRTHFUL REMARKS.
"My fiance told me he would prove h
love not by words, but bv deeds."
"They all say that."
"But he brought the deeds to me. in m
name." Baltimore American.
"That man Gabler is always Sokins
for a chance to talk In public."
"Yes, I once heard him speak in a
crowd of 4,000."
"Is that so? What did he say?"
" 'Louder, please! ' "Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
I guess the honeymoon
"Well, dear,
is over."
"Why do you say that?" pouted thu
bride.
"J'va hpnn tnlinff ct.-nl o rA tin A I'm
uueuiury, uui iney see it m tnc i aown to :6o." Washington Herald.
newspapers they are liable to remember
it. ARTHUR MACDONALD.
HieBeesLeUcrB
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Xot His Kind of Democracy.
SOUTH OMAHA, Oct. 18.-To the Ed
itor of The Bee: At a democratic meeting
in Sputh Omaha last night a number of
oandldates were Introduced and made a
few remarks. 'Among them, one said that
when he wanted the ''slmon pure" kind
of democracy he came to South Omaha,
etc. '
I would like to ask what there is to
commend "slmon pure" democracy to
right-minded thinking' people 'in a town
with a saloon for about every BOO of the
population, many of them running open
very day in the week, and almost every
hour In the day. Granted that there are
honorable saloon keepers who keep within
the law, there are those without question
who are a disgrace to any community,
who wilfully and knowingly violate the
law by selling to minors, keep open on
Sunday, and having their places open
from 6 o'clock (and before) a. m. to long
after 8 p. m. I, myself, have seen chil
dren carrying buckets of beer from sa
loons on several occasions. ' ' ,
If this Is "slmon pure" democracy, then
in the name of decency, let us have the
other kind for it couldn't be worse and
turn out the machine who are respon
sible for these conditions.
-.. W. J. HASTIE,
Pastor First Christian Church.
Twenty Years .., and Now.
OMAHA, Oct. .-To the Editor of The
Bee: As the election draws near and the
sad memories of twenty years ago comes
back to me,', I am more than anxious
about the result than I have ever
been before. My actual experience was
the experience of millions of men in this
country. I worked hard for twenty years.
I Invested my savings In Omaha real es
tate. I thought I had enough to keep
me In comfort and happiness for the bal
ance of my days. I built a number of
houses and mortgaged each one for less
than one-third of its value. They all
rented well and I had an income of over
1100 a month coming in to me when
Grover Cleveland was elected and a dem
ocratic congress started in to make tho
"Wilson tariff bill." -Before
the bill was completed I had no
Income as my tenants had no work and
they could not pay the rent. My prop
erty went away down. I could not se.ll
one house to save another, so I lost
everything I possessed and had several
deficiency judgments against me. I was
fortunate in getting work from an old
friend at $1.60 a day 'and now I have an
other home, through the aid and assist
ance of my children and a building asso
ciation. But, if history repeats itself, my home
will not sell for what I owe the building
association. I trust in God it shall not
be repeated. The memory of the sad
faced men as. they walked home to their
wives and children made the awful an
nouncement, "no more w6rk," and the
good wife's exclamation of despair, "My
God!" My God! what shall - we do?"
has been In my mind all these twenty
years.
Yet the division of the party that gave
protection to the working man and ser
cured his savings is the greatest danger!
Would it not be possible Mr. Editor to
get the republicans and progressives to
write in a declaration that if there should
not be enough of votes in the electoral
college to elect any of the present presi
dential candidates, those in favor of pro
tection would write for' Taft or Roose
velt or some other protectionist? That
would give great encouragement to both
the republicans and progressives and as
sure them that their votes would not be
thrown away. The principle of govern
ment supported by the majority would
win, and the country would - be saved
from the danger of throwing the election
into the congress.
AN OLD TIME REPUBLICAN.
Fond Mother Well, Johnny, your first
day at school Is over. How do you thins
you are going to like it?
Hix-Year-Oid Fine! Licked two kids
a'ready fer callln' me mamma's little dar
ling! Chicago Tribune.
Oh. Yon Proofreader.
New Tork Sun.
War may still continue to rage about
Podgoritza, but it is reassuring to know
that the conditions at Tegucigalpa are
Improving hourly.
"Oh, papa!" exclaimed the young girl,
"that pretty plant 1 had setting on tiie
piano is dead."
"Well, I don't wonder," was all the
father said. Yonkers Statesman.
Daughter Shall I take an umbrella to
post this letter, mother?
Mother No, stay In the house; It isn't
a fit night for a dog to be out; let your
father post the letter. Puck.
"Dr. AViley tells us that a woman of 40,
according to nature's laws, should be
more beautiful ttian a woman of 25."
"Maybe so. But the women of 40 that
I know would prefer to be less beautiful
and have you think them 25." Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
"I hear Scriboler finally got one of his
plays on the boards."
"Yes, the property man tore up his
manuscript and usd it in the snowstorm
scene." Fun,
"When I die," remarked Cholly, "I think
I'll leave my brain to some prominent
surgeon."
"Don't do It." advised Algy. "These
practical Jokes are bad form very bady
form, old top." Washington Herald.
A FINE FALL DAY.
it i.
S. E. Kiser in Record-Herald.
It's fine to have a fortune and it's fine
to cling to youth;
It's fine to know you never can be In
jured by the truth:
It s tine to be a, leader in a cause that
...V.II
It's splendid to be famous while you
' are tn your prime:
It's fine to be progressing In a dcoent,
honest way.
But what is there that's finer than a fine;
, fall day? ,
It's good to have a wifie who is beauti
ful and young
One who has an even temper and can
sweetly hold her tongue;
One who never sits complaining when
your friends and neighbors thrive,
While for wages that are meager, you
are still compelled to strive;
It Is good to hear her singing as the
hopeful only may,
But what is there that's better than .i
fine fall day?
It's great to have a talent given only to'
the few;
It's great to hear men cheering when
their cheers are all for you;
It's great to earn the envy of the people
whom you know;
It's splendid to be worthy and to hear
men tell you so;
It's great to turn to duty when you
have the wish to play,
But what is more delightful than a fine
fall day?
It's fine to see the beauty of the crimson
autumn leaves:
It's fine to hear the cooing of the pig
eons on the eaves;
It's fine to see the purple of the grapes
upon the vine;
It's fine to view the glory spread before
your eyes and mine;
It's fine to wield the brassey, letting
trouble float away;
It Is even fine to labor on a fine fall day.
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WASHINGTON, Oct 19.-To the Editor
of The Bee: The ' most dangerous
criminals are the assassins of rulers. They
may be sane, Insane or partially so, or
simply monstrous criminals. They may
be degenerates with certain peculiar
traits, as Instability and the . continual
changing of their occupations and habita
tion. They are' usually vain irritable
Impulsive and mystical and . are easily
Influenced by surrounding. They are
usually proud of their crime, protest with
Indignation If called insane, and usually
show great courage on the scaffold, cling
ing to their ideas .or delusions until the
end.
Their most common characteristic is
a want of mental balance or equilibrium,
which may take various forms, as exalta
tion or mysticism. If circumstances be
not favorable to Its development, it may
remain dormant and inoffensive. But ifj
it finds in the. events of the day as wars.
revolutions, political dissensions or in ex
treme theories' of sects, publications of
books inflaming the mind; If, In short,' it
finds a soil favorable to its development.
it la liable to appear and sometimes cul
minates in most terrible crimes.' '
All assassins or would-be assassins of
rulers and, leaders of men are not' insane
But wa are quite llhely, in speaklns to
every day language, to Include them all
under the classification of "cranks." The
word "cranlt" is 'misused in relation to
the, type of men we are dealing with.
The word "mattoid" ia preferred. His
mental abnormality may border on in-,
sanhy or degeneracy. The Tnited Stater
has suffered more than any other nation
from attacks upon Its chief executives, j
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