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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1912.
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Bee mailed to them. Address
tv HI' he changed sis often requested.
Decent negroes hang their1 heads
in shame at Jack Johnson.
Peace and prosperity ought still
to make fairly good campaign arguments.
; Turkey yielded to Italy's demands
at Ouchy, Switzerland, but it must
have been painful. '
t It goes without Baying , that the
Commercial club now has even loftier
aspirations for Omaha.
'; It remains to be Beeti whether the
.answer to our question, "After Diaz,
what?" Is to be "Diaz."
i .l..:.. jttz .
, But all will approve a law ef
fectively recalling the pistol in the
hands of a fool or a madman.
j Prize, conundrum: How long will
jit take the Omaha Commercial club
!ito outgrow its latest new quarters?
t A base ball star can make nearly
'as much money on the vaudeville
'stage as a sufficiently noted divorcee.
, Governor Foss Sleep Through Fire.
.Headline.- -i Aa ;
Enviable for a democrat trying for
ire-election in Machusejts. '
All good people v rejoice at the
speedy mending of Colonel Roosevelt
and the certainty of complete restora
f Wonder if they will call Brother-in-Law
Tommy Allen to tell about
that 20,000 of Wall street boodle
In 1904? ,
( Then the Perkins-McCormlck trust
must have sowed its money seed in
it his campaign just to see what the
(harvest, would be.
' ihyway Oscar S. Straus' demeanor
is proof, .that a man may be a
progressive without calling his op
ponents harsh names.
Utah . is more generous with Its
condemned murderers than any other
state it gives them the option of
,foelng hanged or shot
; It should be distinctly understood
itbat there Is as much Greek patroit
jsm proportionately in Omaha as
there is in old Athens.
, Omaha has done tolerably well
since President Taft went into the
White House; so has Nebraska; so
has the whole country.
j. California Is getting plenty of pub
licity through Its traveling governor,
but the state would do better with
out the kind he is giving it.
The venerable Mr. Mathewson's
achievements in the recent world's
series ' proves, lttiatv age has ; its
Strength no Jess than youth.
Commercial Club Congratulations.
The Commercial Club of Omaha is
entitled to congratulations upon its
occupancy of newly equipped, en
larged and up-to-date quarters. This
is a case of literally outgrowing its
shell, and with more room to breathe
and move about, the club, like a
growing athlete, should expand its
chest measure and develop. its mus
cles, and branch out into broader
fields than heretofore. Possession of
fine club rooms, of course, is not all
that is necessary to make a successful
commercial club, but it should help,
or at least not hinder; 'the' useful ac
tivity of that organisation.' The Com
mercial club should be, the Central
clearing' house of all our business
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life, and it is, now4 in better position
than ever, to measure -uu -to this
definition. k-
Some, Confused Stations
" - Nebraska statutes expressly and
specifically recognize the national or
ganizations of political parties. Our
Nebraska election laws provide that
where there is a division in a politi
cal party, the action of the national
authority of that party shall be con
clusive as between claimants to the
use of the party name. There is
nothing to prevent the. organization
in Nebraska of local political par
ties for any legitimate purpose, but
they cannot lawfully take' a name be
longing to any other political party,
and if they wish to use the name of
a national- party they must ally them
selves with, and become part of, the
national organization rightfully pos
sessed of the name. Whatever may
be the-law of . other states, in Ne
braska .there can be no republican,
democrat'or socialist party for the
state Independent of the national or
ganization of those, parties, and the
sooner people get that clearly in
their minds, the quicker will they get
away from the confusion growing out
of attempts to double up on party
labels.
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Iks Day taOmak
eSMii!ia.ZD t--iCM BEE FILE-
k,-T OCTOBER 23.
Thirty Years Ac
Afr. anil Mrs. Stephens have returned
from Detroit. v
Miss Comatock of Peoria, 111., is veil
ing the .Misses Ix-hmer.
Mr. C. M. Weaii of the Burlington
headquarters is sojourning in Vermont
Mrs. Dr. .Moore of Virginia, daughter
of W. T. Mount, the well-known grocer,
has located here.
The grading of Seventeenth street be
tween Karnam and Dodge streets has been
let to John Peterson.
Miss Georgia Lyon' of St. Joseph s
visiting Mrs. Hal McCord and expect
to make Omaha her home.
Governor .Nance has sent up notary
public commissions for A. g. Adams, Jr.;
W. G. Shrlver E. S. Raff and Charles
Ogiien.
At the stock theater the German players
put on a musical comedy, "The Jolly
Comrades," with Messrs. J. Baureia and
1'ul.tahl in the principal roles.
Invitations are out for the marriage of
Miss Mollie Brownson, daugnter of
Colonel and Mrs. Brownson, to Lieu
tenant George II. Morgan, to take place
November 1.
A lengthy statement Is made on behatf
of the newly founded mission, which is
vouched for by Airs. J. B. Jardine,
superintendent; Mrs. Charlton, secretary,
and Mrs. A. C. Kennedy, treasurer, ad
dressed to people who may be inclined
to contribute to Its support.
Our Buildings and Streets.
Most of the ,civlc betterment ex
perts who have been invited to
Omaha have spoken of our irregular
skyline and untidy streets. The New
York advertising man who addressed
these criticisms to us a week ago,
therefore, ' was tolling us nothing
new. As to more uniformity in our
skyline, that will come in time, but
cannot be brought about at once.
Perhaps, however, it may be facilita
ted by the suggested co-operation of
the real estate men, who, their guest
critic said, sold location more than
land. ' . . . -
But the Improvement Jn our
streets need not be long delayed.
Omaha people do not have to go to
New York, or iChlcago, or anywhere
else to get au expert to come audi
tell them about.thbir streets iJhat need
better cleaning, it will take money,
but it will be worth it If well done.
In the commendable campaign for
publicity how being carried on, it
would pay us handsomely to make
our thoroughfares attractive 'to the
stranger who comes and goes, to say
nothing of the comfort and profit it
Would give us who remain here.
T"-ntv Year Attn
Mrs. Charles F. Cntlln and Mrs. Emma
A. Ttmyer arrived from the east, Mrs.
Thayer to remain a few days as the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Catlln, 1718
Dodge street.
The first two pages and much of th
inside pages of Tho Bee were filled with
accounts of the opening of the World's
Columbian exposition at Chicago, in
which scores of Omaha people were part
ticlpatlng.
The University of Illinois beat the
Doane college foot ball team by a score
of 20 to 0 Rt the Omaha base ball park.
Profs. Kheldon and Wilson acted aa
umpire and referee,, respectively, and
there was no kicking on any ot their de
cisions.
Governor Boyd's scheme for Nebraska
democrats to vote for Weaver, knowing
the state could not be carried by Cleve
land, was becoming the entering wedge
to a split In the ranks of the local un
terrified, several of whom had donned
tholr war paint and hit the trail. The
view was expressed that if Boyd's plan
carried It would mean that tho Euclid
Martin crowd would be cooling their feet
In Cleveland's ante-room, while Boyd
would be occupying a big arm chair close
to the prophet.
Why All Should Vote
Portland
Every republican is called upon this
year to decide for himself how best he
can serve his country and at the same
time his party. Is it necessary for him,
In order to save the country from the
perils of Rooseveltism, to abandon his
party temporarily and to vote for that
candidate who appears to have the best
prospect of defeating Roosevelt, or, con
vinced that the best interests of his coun
try are to be served by the triumph of
republican principles and by the main
tenance of the republican party In its
full strength, is It better for him to stand
by his party even in- the face of probable
defeat and of the possible victory of the
man who boastfully proclaims his pur
pose to work its destruction?
In considering the former course of ac
tion, republicans must keep before their
minds that by its adoption they, may
play Into the hands of the man who has
become Its worst enemy and whose pur
poses they most desire to thwart Roose
velt cannot In his secret heart . hope
actually , to achieve the- presidency this
year, but he does hope, as the next best
thing to be desired, so to weaken the
republican party that It will cease to be
one of the two great political organiza
tions of this country; that the Roose
velt (so-called progressive) party will step
Into Its place as the contestant with the
democrats for control of. the government;
and that the remnant of the republican:
party will surrender to him at discretion
and become absorbed, by his new party.
as the majority of the whigs were ab
sorbed by the republican party at Its
birth. As a means to thjs end, he is re
tanlng a foothold in the party by the
devices adopted In California and Kansas
and attempted with more of less success
in other states. He would. If he should
poll a larger vote than Taft. use. this
foothold as a means of making good the
assertion that 'he. not Taft, Is the real
choice of the party. He would enter into
full possession and assume command of
the scattered, disheartened ranks of the
v The' manliness of American man
hood may be seen in the Ananias
club adjourning its regular sessions
jo pray for the recovery of the colonel.-
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British suffragettes have decided
to carry pistols, showing, we assume,
- jthe futility ef brickbats even when
carefully wrapped In paper inscribed
f votes for women." 1
j, From the way he Insists on cancel
ling his campaign dates, it would
seem that Governor Wilson was Just
Rooking for an excuse to cut off his
clump speaking.
Still, . a unanimous decision of
three Judges after full presentation
jof the facts, and thorough argument
'of the law, has a presumption of cor
rectness In its favor.
( Why should the American farmer
VntA rfnirn thn ft A P an Inko . V,
continues to haul hogs to the market
iin auto trucks and sell them for 110
si hundred pounds on foot?
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Foreign-Born Voters.
Census figures , do not bear out
those who imagine the nation's
politics ia being overrun by immi
grants. The government reports for
1910. show a total of 6,646,817 foreign-born
white males of voting age,
only 3,034,117 of -whom had become
naturalized. As some states permit
voting without naturalization, it may
be assumed that we had as. many as
3,500,000 voters out of this total of
nearly 7,000,000.- Of these 3,500
000 the "census bureau shows that
about 1,000,000 were of English or
Teutonic stock, ' leaving, therefore,
not more than 2,600,000 of our vot
ers, numbering In all In 1908, 14,
853, 035,. from peoples lees assimilat
ing. . , So it appears the United States is
safe from whatever dominant influ
ence foreign-born voters mlghjL exer
cise If it were discordant which it
is not. Instead of raising false cries
and issues over our foreign-bom vot-H
ers, it would be more'fltting if we
should try to induce the other nearly
3,500,000. unnaturalized to quality as
full-fledged Americans with the right
to participate in governmental af
fairs. This nation, rightly proud of
Its democracy, has nothing to fear
from the 'infusion of such blood, but
It might find ground for apprehen
sion -If It discouraged these men,
whom it brought, here, from' really
becoming a vital part of us.
Ten Yearn Ako
Walter C. Mulford of Omaha was pro
moted In his work to be chief clerk In
the railway mail service at Cheyenne.
Ed Dicklnsqn, general manager of the
Union Pacific, admitted that he had re
ceived an offer from Arthur E. Stllwell
to become general manager of his Orient
road. ,, . . ,
Edward Barrlek, a roofing jcontractor
with a shop at 161 Cuming street, went
to his barn about P. m. to attend to
n.18 horso when some person to , him un
known pounced upofl him with a knife
Imd cut his face up terribly.
The marriage of William J. Foye and
Mlasi Mary McShane, daughter of Mrs.
E, C. McShane, Twenty-second and Cali
fornia streets, was solemnlaed by Rev.
Martin J. Brongeest of St. John's Col
legiate Catholic church. William Burns
and Miss' Ellen McShane, sister of the
bride, acted as best man and bridesmaid.
Both young people were prominent so
clitliy.. Recently Mr. Foys bad, accepted
a position with the Pickering Lumber
Company of Kansas City.
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' The "Lincoln Journal intimates
that there are two mistakes in The
Bee's classification of state candi
dates as to their personal presiden
tial preferences. The, Bee has invited
the gentlemen to make the necessary
correction if it has been misinformed,
but so far none of them have done
so. Perhaps the Journal will give
us a corrected classification.
.Why should a secretary of state
running for re-election on two ttckets
take hisa orders from the bull moose
committee any more than from the
republican ' committeer especially
when he lists himself as a repub
lican? ,
ive beenvc
For men who have bf.mvoolft.r
ously' assuring every one hat thev
were, taking no hand whaver in the
presidential . campaign, ' those bull
moose state , candidate and their
campaign manager, arl Bhoving a
most peculiar hand.
People talked About
' Candidates for , minor offices who go
out searching for enthusiasm present as
lonesome a spectacle as an Indian looking
tor Nrewater around the federal build
in. Colonel J.' Hamilton Lewis, democratic
candidate for United States senator in
Illinois, has got back the rings and neck
tie jewels stolen from him In a Chicago
hotel. The campaign In the Sucker state
will now proceed with Its daullnff Splen
dor. ' When the famous Ancient and Honor
able Artillery company of Boston paid a
social Visit to Burlington, Vt., .the mayor
assured them that the water of Burling
ton is 98 per , cent pure." Evidently tho
modernized Ancient are particular about
the purity of their "ohasers."
While engineers are discussing a plan
to change the climate of tile north Atlan
tic by a mole running east from New
foundland, the revenue cutters In Alaskan
waters find that the same result Is being
achieved by nature In the Pacific; a
modification of the Alaskan climate In
the last year Is attributed to the raising
of the floor of Bering sea by earthquakes
and the ' consequent shifting of ocean
Currents.
William Zeigler, Jr., of New York, the
adopted son of the late William .Zeigler
of baking powder tame, Is booked tc wed
a New York belie, Miss Gladys Virginia
Watson. On reaching his majority last
July young Zeigler came into possession
of the Income of a $30,000,000 estate left
him by his foster father. But the moat
surprising thing about 'him Is that In
stead ot burning the money In the usual
way,, his mode of living Is very , simple
and most of his time is devoted to th
study of music and the arts. As New
York young men go. Gladys gets a prise.
Mr. Zeigler Is the son of O. W. Brandt)
of Davenport, Ja half brother of the
elder Zeigler. , ,
Arthur : MacDonald, criminologist, who
has been studying attempts to kill presi
dents and kings, tabulates these In The
Journal of the American Institute ot
Criminal Law and Criminology, with the
surprising result of showing that 75 per
cent ot these efforts have, been success
ful In this country, .while the highest In
any other country Is 33 per cent. In Aus
tria. The total number of attempts tn
this country from 17S9 to 1902 was four,
three of which were successful, and in
Austria only one effort out ot three was
Buccessful. It England ten attempts were
made and not one succeeded; in France
seventeen were mads and only one suc
ceeded, and In Russia ten were mads and
two succeeded. :'.' ' . . '
THE DUTY OF REPUBLICANS
for President Taft.
Oregonlan.
i army to which he has played false. By
voting for Wilson in any large numbers
republicans may reduce their party to
third-place In strength and may help the
cause of the man .whose undoing . they
havemost reason, -both-from a patriotic
and a partisan standpoint, to desire. In
choosing what they consider 'the "lesser
of the two evils, they may aggravate
the greater as well as the lesser.'
In their candidate they have a man of
whom any party may well be proud and
tc whose integrity, ability an patriot
Ism his democratic opponent has borne
filling, tribute. No man has borne him
self more bravely and with more dig
nity amid a storm of detraction and mis
representation, of which few presidents
In recent times . 'have been the object.
That .the campaign of . falsehood con
ducted by his predecessor stung ?Taft to
angry retort is ari evidence of manliness
for which no' man, considering the great
ness of the provocatlon,'should reproach
him. The Insolent slur that any man-who
remains faithful to him has a , "yellow
streak" should cause ' men ' the more
readily to, rally around him. The stead
fastness with which he has upheld" the
banner of constitutional government
and has continued, without fear "of the
consequences to his political fortunes, to
perform his duty, should win for' him
the admiration of all who are not blinded
by partisan or' factional rage. His very
mistakes have been of a kind to ' gain,
him the friendship of right-thinking men.
No man ever less deserved to be treated
as Taft has "been. .
Republicans " owe It to their, country,
thefr party, their leader and themselves
to remain trtje :td their political faith.
There Is evidence that the tide is tumimf
their way and they can' cause It to go
more strongly in' that direction. If defeat
must come, let It come at the hands of
their traditional opponents alone, not
also at the hands of the man who, having
worn the party's highest honors, makes
return by seeking Its ruin unless he can
rule It i
UNREST IS WORLD-WIDE
Agitation Makes for Betterment of Human Race.
Indianapolis News.
It has long been the good pleasure of
the more ober English to regard any
pronounced agitation In the United States
with mixed amusement and contempt, at
tributing it to temperment or the in
stability of a novice. Through the espe
cially troublous portion of the present
campaign the period near convention
time much space was devoted by the
English Journals to news from America,
The conventions at Chicago and Balti
more were used as object lessons to tho
I'.ritlsh.
To some Americans, reading only the
party bitterness, of labor struggles and
business Intrigues, It would appear that,
of all the countries In the world, our own
United Slates is the most turbulent, the
most stirred by class feeling, the most
discontented with life. Pessimism has not
been uncommon, the view being that our
own nation, more than any other, was
on the verge of some Industrial or socfal
calamity. To those who may yet be so
oppressed we recommend the reading of
a paper by. Dr. Crothers, in the October
Atlantic. D. Crothers Is a new England
essayist whose work has attracted wide
and favorite comment. He has Just re
turned from Europe. He was In England
during the convention period In the
United States, and read with Increasing
depression the accounts of political dis
putes as printed in the London press. His
paper as an explanation ot the following
paragraph:
"It was after giving prominence to an
unusually vivid bit of vituperation that a
conservative London newspaper remarked,
'All this is characteristically America,
but It shocks the unaccustomed ears of
Europe.' " t
Dr. crotherp then describes some things
SUMY GEMS.
"What has become of your hyphenated
friend?"
"My hyphenated friend?"
"Yes; your friend, Mr. Wombat-Wom-ba:."
"He is ill of bcri-beri."
"Where ?"
"In., Walla-Walla." Louisville Courier
Journal.
Ardent Suitor I lay my fortune at your
feet. . ,., ,
: Fair Lady Tour fortune! I didn't know
you had one.
Ardent Suitor Well. It isn't -much of a
fortune, but it will look large beside those
tiny feet. Boston Transcrip.
"The - GreeJss here ought to raise a
company of belf boys for the war."
"Why bell boys?"
"Because they would always be ready
to go to the front." Baltimore American.
; "What sort Of a chap is he?"
"Well, after a beggar has touched him
for a dime he'll tell you he 'gave a Attic
dinner to an acquaintance of his.' " Lip
plncott's.' Magazine.
Griggs Too bad young Gowftt hasn't
taken ,more 'advantage of his opportuni
ties. ' ' , , ,
Brlggst-Yesv indeed; the trouble is he
ha$ taken too much advantage of those
who offered the opportunities. Indian
apolis News.
"Nature has a queer way of doing."
"How so?"
"If you notice, it is after night falls
that day breaks. "Chicago News.
Marks Has your wife ever gone through
your pockets?
Parks She's gone through my entire
bank account. Boston Transcript.
"What are you angry about?"
"I saw. you with a strange young man
last evening."
"He was a strange young man. judged
byjyour standards. ' He spent $4 on me."
Chicago Post.
LITTLE SURPRISES.
"Hello! Is that the janitor! Please shut
off the heat! We're roasting up here!"
"A few words more, my friends, and I
am done. I thank you."
"We have other brands of Tobacco, sir,
but they're not as good as the kind you
want."
"Blnks, I've come to the conclusion that
it's wrong to bet on ball games. Here's
the money I won from you yesterday."
"No, maw. I don't want any more p!e.'
Chicago Tribune.
"WE ARE SEVEN."
(With apologies to the late Mr. William
Wordsworth.)
I met a little governor,
lie was a bull moose, he said; '
Going to Armageddon for
To battle undur Ted.
He feigned a bold and haughty air,
And yet, I thought, seeemed s;td:
To Question him I did but dare,
For fear I'd make him mad.
"How many in your herd?" I asked;
"How many may you be'"
"How many? Seven In all," he said,
And wondering looked at me.
"And where are they? I pray you tell."
He answered, "Seven are we;
And two of us with Taft do dwell,
And two are u: a tree."
"Two are back with the president
Osborn and Hadley are they:
And, truth is, 1 had really meant
to lonow suit ana may.
"You say two with Taft do dwell.
And two are up a tree;
Yet ye are seven? I pray you tell,
Little gov, how may this be?"
Then did the little gov' renly,
"Seven little governors are we;
Two of us did with Taft ally
And two are up a tree."
"Ynu wear your little horns. I see;
"Your revolt does still survive;
But if two joined W. H. T
Then ye are only five."
"Their tracks are green, they may be
seen,"
The little gov replied:
i "They'll roam no more from T. R.'s door,
ut come back and abide.
"The first to leave was Osborn, who,
Not really seeking fight.
Back to the old told almost flew
Armageddon now in sight"
"So with the G. O. P. he went,
And when this reached our boss.
The air with many words was rent
He couldn't stand the loss."
"Then with the big convention o'er,
His honor fairly won,
Hadley, who led us on the floor.
Right nobly faced the gun."
''How many are you, then? said I.
"If they two have deserted?"
Quirk the governor made reply
"Seven," he still asserted,
"But they are gone, those two are goner-"
Your loaf they do not leaven!"
'Twas throwing words away, for still
The little gov would have his will.
And said, "Nav, we are seven!"
J. B. W.
that have come to pass in Europe with
out shocking he "unaccustomed ears." He
recalls the turbulent Parliament at Rome,
the shooting affray at Budapest, the In
sulting threats in the German Reichstag,
the nihilistic clamor In Russia, and fin
ally the stormy sessions of that "mother
of , parliaments" the British House of
Commons. He amplifies his observations
by taking instances from many countries
In Europe, and from many classes in each
country, from disappointed royalty and
militant suffrage seekers to Tom Mann's
exhortation of the strikers. He finds this
movement in every condition of life. In
politics, in business, in the church. Nor
is he in the least disturbed with the pros
pect even when he says:
"But certain changes, like the Increased
cost of living, are going on everywhere.
The fact seems to be that all over the
civilized world there is a noticeable fall
ing off in good manners. It Is usless fot
one country to point the, finger of scorn
at another, or to assume an air of Injured
politeness. tVe are all
offenders, and there is little to choose be
tween us." ' i
One might easily go further than Dr.
Crothers and take heart in, the evident
universality in this leaven. Call It dis
content if you will In America, or revolu
tion In Portugal, or revolt In China, or
passive resistance to unwelcome laws In '
England, it Is a leaven working for the j
betterment of general conditions. It isi
not local In our country; It is world-wide,
and for the very fact that Is does exist
In our own country we should take heart
Leaven never works without results.
NEBRASKA PRESS COMMENT.
EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS.
York Times: It Is a significant fact that
nearly all the great, army of good men
who formerly supported Colonel Roose
velt have dropped him, and the most
conspicuous ones have been added un
ceremoniously to the .Ananias club. He
has left the few who lost out when he
went out of office, the Pinohots and
that class. He also has the trust mag
nates, but his enthusiastic following is
a pretty sorry looking crowd to go be
fore the common people with.
Sidney Telegraph: The colonel contniues
to howl "theft" in regard to the re
nomlnation of President Taft; apparently
unconscious of the fact' 'that everybody
except his fanatical followers, knowing
of the fraud he brazenly attempted to
perpetrate at the Chicago convention,
regards his accusation as simply the
whine of an unscrupulous political gam
bler thwarted In his scheme of cheating
He ti now trying to delude and fool the
people, but his yelping Is bringing upon
him the decision and contempt of the
thoughful and fair-minded and his un
worthy cause Is stfadlly and rapidly de
clining. ' .?
Bridgeport News-Blade: In an Unguarded
moment Mr. Roosevelt tooKj occasion to
criticise Wood row Wilson's record. One
would suppose that Mr. Roosevelt would
shy at the mere mention of the word
record, but he did not, and now the op
position feels at liberty to open up thj
colonel's own political history. The Steel
trust the Harvester trust and several
thousand other trusts whlcn grew ' to
large proportions under Mr. Roosevelt's
protection, will now be bung ' on his
doorknob, and they will prove a mighty
load for the bull moose. . People who live
la glass houses' should not throw stones.
9hw for Poor Man.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Wilson; preconventlon battle cost
over S200.000. Harmon's losing fight cost
but tSO.OOu less.. Underwood confesses to
but $52,000 and Clark's figures were still
less. These hardly compare with , the
figures on the republican side, but they
are too much, and suggest that we still
are far away from the day when money
will not count tn politics and the poor
man will not first have to find wealthy
backers before aspiring to public office.
Ko Bcase of Humor.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Governor ' Johnson of California, speak
ing in Canton, O.,' the homo tf McKlnley,
and standing under , a picture of the
martyred prestdeitt pleaded for the bull
moose cause. Governor' Johnson evi
dently has no sense of humor and a man
With no sens of humor can't be elected
vice president of the United States.
St. Louis Republic: An Illinois knitting
mill girl put her name In a stocking and
the man who bought it proposed to her.
She accepted and married him, allowing
once more that the stocking is an entirely
different thing from the mitten.
Indianapolis News: Our old friend, the
Sandjack of Novibazar (spelling eclectic)
comes promptly to the front at the pros
pect of a Balkan war. Austria is go
ing to occupy him, or it. It Is not every
body that can have one of those things.
New York Tribune: Governor Hadley
now becomes ex-offico an undesirable
Citizen, a tool of corrupt interests, a
member of the Ananias club and a male
factor of great wealth. And he might so
easily have been, like 'Flinn, a pure and !
disinterested patriot. ' intent on making j
mis country a better place for his chil
dren to grow up In.
1 Houston Post: We do not approve the
ruling of the Kansas City Judge, who
holds that a wife may lie to her husband.
First thing you know some Judge will be
encouraging husbands to lie to their
wives, and this would mar one of the
most beautiful habits that married men
ever contract viz., telling wifie the truth
under all circumstances.
Pittsburgh, Dispatch: The Canadians
have for the last eight months been buy
ing merchandise from the United States
at tho rate of $1,000,000 a day. Now some
of the Canadians think it would be nice
to balance this bill by selling us cheaper
flour, lumber and meat. The idea seems
naturally; but there is an old saw that
"He who will not when he may, etc"
New York Tribune: As the first popul-
1st sent to the United States senate he I
attracted attention by exploiting what
seemed then to be extreme and eccentric '
Ideas, and he soon passed out of public
notice. Since he left the senate Mr.
Bryan and Colonel Roosevelt appro
priated all his stock In trade and have
far outdistanced him as a radical, so that
having been an extremist In 1891, he could
have passed In his latter days as 8
moderate, if not a conservative.
Philadelphia Record: Last June one of
the Munsey papers admitted that con
tests of ' delegations were got up tn
Roosevelt's interest for the purpose of
making the Taft lead look smaller .and
now the new Munsey organ In New
York explains that Mr. Roosevelt pre
pared his alibis as he went along so
that he should be able to prove his in
nocence when the campaign funds came
to be investigated. Munsey has put up
a lot of money and he has a right to
say about what he wants to, but a'fter
all Roosevelt would have some excuse
for praying to be delivered Irom . such
friends. 1 ,
Four times as much in first
! cost and five times as much
in after cost you are asked
to pay for cars no more com
fortable, sure or speedy than
the Vanadium-built Ford.
' A rather expensive tribute to
false pride, isn't it?
I I Runabout $525
Touring Car - - - - 600
: Delivery Car - - , - - .625
' .Town Car - - ,: ": - '800 :
j These new prices, f. o. b. Detroit, with all
L equipment. An early order will mean an I
early delivery. Get particulars from Ford
Motor Company, 1916 Harney St., Omaha, 11
or direct from the Detroit factory. I
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