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Sohsertbers leavlna- 'the city
temporarily .should; U", The
Bee Dialled to them. Address
will be rhanved as dften re
ft nested.
. The human race appears to be to
the swift. ,
How would President Madero do
as a college professor?
George WhKewlngs Perking
mad, ghat's very evident ,
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Our Omaba' Commercial dub
looking up also looking down.
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Crimes of maniacs are not capital
ized at par for campaign purposes.
. Even an electric fan can 'stir up
quite a breeze in a school board
meeting,
Still, if Harry Lauder insists on
playing Hamlet, we know of no law
to prevent nun.
No man in , public life was ever
more meanly double crossed than
Senator La Follette. '
Any way, Nebraska has not had to
give up the services of its governor
during this campaign.
Evidently those . bull moosers at
-Lincoln go on the theory that poor) .
excuse is oettor tnan none.
That Mysterious Fifteen Thousand.
T,le testimony of Thomas Fortune
Ryan before the senate investigating
committee to the effect that he put
in 45O,0O0 into the democratic na
tional campaign funds in 1S04 pos-
Hesaes more than passing interest to
us in Nebraska.
Air. Ryan insists that his contribu
tion was exclusively for the purpose
of clearing up the committee's debts,
so we may let that be as it may. But
it was in this campaign of 1904 that
the consignment of $15,000 of Wall
street boodle was dumped into Ne-
baska through the agency of Mr.
Bryan's brother-in-law, "Tommy"
Allen, not to carry the state for
Parker, -for the failure of the demo
pop fusion on presidential electors
made that impossible, but to elect a
democratic legislature that would
send Mr. Bryan to the senate. When
the lid was removed from this pot
four years later, and the suggestion
made that it was ."tainted money,"
Mr. Bryan promptly offered to repay
it if it should be traced to Belmont
or Ryan, but was content to let the
offer rest when Mr. Sheehan assured
him that it came out of the commit
tee treasury.
The present Ryan confession
shows that Sheehan was merely
beating around the bush, and that
the money sent to Nebraska was
really Ryan money, whether con
tributed by him direct or made good
later under the theory of paying of
a debt. . It is plain now that had the
$15,000 not been handed over to
"Tommy" Allen, Ryan would have
had to put in $15,000 less:
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Base Ball and Its Vernacular.
A very excellent American paper,
which does much to uphold '" the
standards of clean journalism,
recorded the result of a certain
sporting event in Chicago a few daya
ago 'thus: , . , '. " :.. '.
Manager James Callahan's Chicago
team of the American league retained the
local championship which it won laB,t year
by taking the final game of this year's
series with the National leaguers.
Of course, a base ball fan, espe
cially keen to catch a point, might
make oiit from that that the Sox
had beaten the Cubs again, but he
would 'be left to conjure over it,
nevertheless. Base ball and its ver
nacular have come to stay and not
one without the other. Might as well
try to divest politics of certain pecu
liar terms and expressions as to talk
base ball except in its own nomen
clature. '
Nor is it damaging to pure diction.
Rather it might compliment the viril
ity of the language, whose power of
resistance has survived all the col
loqulalisms of its day, some of them
not only lacking the exhilarating
tone of base ball lingo, but really
debilitating In. their, effect.. y ; . . ,
boliln Backward
Iks Day InOmalia
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,OCT. 23.
Thirty Years Ago
"More glorious weather than that we
have experienced In the last two weeks
we have never scon In an October In
Nebraska."
Meadlmber & Daily, the Sixteenth
street carriage makers, have Just com
pleted a fine four-spring wagon for Wil
liam Gentleman, the grocer. '
Captain I. J. Nellgh Is able to be about
gain after a serious attack of fever.
The state convention of the Young
Men's Christian association ' closed, all
pronouncing It a success.
Rev. J. W. Inghram of this city and
Hev. N. B. Alley of Dorchester, appointed
to represent Nebraska at the Christian
missionary convention at Lexington, Ky.,
have sent a message to B. U. Tyler,
president, bearing greeting's and regrets
at inability to attend. ,
Fred Krone, one of the Lincoln council
men, is putting; in the curbing and gut
tering at Sixteenth and California streets.
County Clerk Baumer is gathering in
all the flags he can borrow for the court
house cornerstone ceremony.
Twenty Years Ago
Henry De Long, a J5-year-old boy,
whose home was at 527 East Broadway,
Council Bluffs, fell off a motor car at
Fifteenth and Cass streets and suffered
a compound fracture of the leg.
Captain James A. Hutton, United States
Army, left for his post at Fort Robin
son after spending a few days with
friends here. i
Mrs. J. E. Click returned home frorri the
east, where she had been for three
months. ,
Judgft Allen W. Field, republican nomi
nee for congress in the First district,
spent the day in Omaha.
Jeseph llengen of Houston, Tex.,
formerly fire and police alarm operator
in Omaha, was vinitlng his parents at
907 South Twentieth street
John J. Welshans, 78 years of age, died
at the family home, 718 South Fortieth
street at 8 a. m. '
Rev. Charles W. Savldge preached in
the morning at People's church on
"Doing Good to All Men."
KEEP THE EEC0RD STEAIGHT
Chief Source of Abase in Present Campaign.
New York World (dem.).
' Running Jack Johnson out of town
will rid Chicago of him, but what of
the next , community, to . which he
- Hiram Johnson may be the man
for vice president, but Hiram's af
fectionate father thinks not, and he
ought to know; ; . ,
And by December 25 all will be
singing; "Peace oa earth,- good will
toward, men,"-no matter what hapj
iens November 5.
. ' Servia Is said, to object,, to. that
'term, insisting on Serbia, as there is
nothing servile' about It.
'the Turks, then'.' ' .
Tell it to
. London shows signs of becoming
.democratic, A recent lord mayor
was a brewer and the next one to be
is an auctioneer. . v ,
; ' The headline writer may use the
word, massacre, -with propriety over
a Balkan, story if the word "fight",
will not fill out the line.
The Houston Post commends "the
soothing balm of democracy" to the
defeated "New York Giants.' Soothing
is the best word by-whleh to describe
it. . . -;. ,
Considering his repeated insistence
that as campaign manager for the
state candidates, ha is 'keeping hands
strictly out of the residential race.
Chairman Epperson' seems to be, un
necessarily peeved. ' i
Taxinsr luxuries for Good Roads.
Congressman Warburton of Wash
ington will ask the next .congress to
rotnr the tobacco tax of 1873 to
provide revenue for good roads. He
has laid out a system by which, he
says, adequate funds, could be raised
without either imposing a hardship
oh the tobacco user or curtailing Its
consumption. He kindly' directs at
tention to the historic fact that tax
ing luxuries has never restricted
their use. He would first construct
a military highway across the conti
nent from one state capital to anr
other, then he would divert the line
of buildlhg to ", the''' national parks
and lay- out a few boulevards, and
then take -up the matter of laterals
until he had criss-crossed the coun
try with the most modern system of
thoroughfares, and also provide a
maintenance fund.
Not questioning the feasibility or
possibility of this scheme, why, we
may'; ask. tar' onls!, tobacco ?: ;x Why
single out one luxury andmake n
bear the burden of all? Why should
not liquor bear its share? Why not
chewing gum? Let the women par
ticipate in this grand enterprise, This
is & day of woman's rights. And
chewing gum Burely is as much a
luxury as tobacco. Possibly, if auto
mobiles may come fin ' under this
head, we might "even find a spot on
them large enough for a-tax tag. If
we are to resort to war. measures in
time of peace, why'- not be indis
criminate and raise ' all the money
possible? It hardly seems right to
buHd our good toads' out of 'tobacco
alone." ,
Governor- Marshall's , remarks
about California being far behind its
progressive pretensions in failing to
provide republicans there an oppor
tunity to Totey for Taft electors,
would be easily ..applicable to Ne
braska it our electron laws produced
Ten Years A jo -
After singing "God Be With Tou Till
We Meet Again," the national convention
of the Disciples of Christ at the Coliseum
was adjourned with benediction by the
Rev. Alvln Esson, state evangelist of
Oregon.
J. H. Adams, assistant city attorney,
returned from Lincoln, where he had
been for several days trying cases before
the supreme court in which the city was
a party. '
Miss Margaret Quinn of Chicago was
the guest of Miss " Margaret Dempse'y,
1608 North Thirty-fourth street.
Mr. and Mrs. McDonough of Chicago
stopped off in Omaha to visit friends.
Mrs. McDonough was formerly Miss May
Welling of Omaha.
. General Balllngton Booth, commander
of the Volunteers of America, was in a
Jolly mood in his address to a large
audience' at Kountie Memorial Lutheran
church In the evening. The general was
Introduced by Mayer Frank E. Moore.
Brigadier Fleming of Chicago made a
preliminary address. v
The board of directors of the Audi
torium, met and considered proposed
changes In the plans of the building
which would comprehend the purposes of
n auditorium and horse show both. '
Secretary , of , State Walt dexlined
to accept the nominating papers of
Taft electqrg with the explanation
; that he ;na"dhVauth6rrfy to receive
them, and then declined again after1
ice court confirmed his authority.
He should have given the real excuse
first.- r. ;. ..
One of our supreme Judges did not
sit in the ballot cases because as at
torney general he bad been engaged
in litigation involving our election
laws.' '"' Suppose every one 'of the'
seven judges had before going on
the bench had ballot cases before
other courts, would All Of them be
disqualified to sit? It was our no
tion that the line was drawn only at
direct personal Interest in a specific
case. " " "'' ' "' :- f
',t Isn't it Just Too Awfult
Ordinarily " the '.retirement ot a
newspaper Attar is one of ; these
hum-drum 'every-day occurrence
that does not even fnake news, but
the' sudden eclipse of the chief editor
of Collier's W'eeklyXdlscloses i-flltua-tlon
in connection with that great
reform organ that is just too awfully
awful.- ' - :-. i.f-""-i:-
is bwneri.Mr. CollUr declares that
the termination of Mr. Hapgood's
nlfle years', career as itst editor is due
to a divergence In polittcs. But Mr.
Hapgood ref uses jtojhaye it that way.
Mr. Hapgood intimates that the rea
son is' altogether different, and is due
to the 'subordination ot the editorial
policy to' ordeiiof "the ' manager of
the advertising department. , -
And this from Collier's! This from
our great national weekly that has
been berating us poor dailies for
disseminating "tainted news," and
accusing us ot coloring our comment
to match the shade of the business
office receipts! But. of course, noth
ing will stop Collier's from con
tinuing to lecture other publications
on private morals and public duty.
People Talked About
AnoBher campaign canard is canned.
Assurances are given that 'Gene Debs'
baldness is not due to worry tor fear
John D. Archboid would slip $100,000 Into
the socialist w archest
Sir William Ramsay says that before
going into battle the Japanese were toode
to change their underclothes, but we
thought that the first requisite of a
soldier was to keep his cWrt on.
John Melllah, a young farmer boy in
Wisconsin, was so Interested In astron
omy that he built a telescope himself.
He ground the lenses himself, and turned
out a really" serviceable Instrument.
Mrs. Winifred T. Fllster of Gardiner,
Me., the only woman oabd river in. the
state, was married last week, but so
much does she like her occupation, it is
aid, that She has refused to give it up
The wife of a Kansas City man gave
him ' away and he divorced her. Last
week when the divorcee re-wed the ex
husband attended the ceremony and
cheerily gave her, away. Could gallantry
do more?
Mrs. Elisabeth Chambers, aged M, of
Bayard, O., claims distinction as the eld
est Sunday school teacher in the world.
She Is an active church worker and Fun
day school teacher at the Union church
ot Bayard.
Former Governor "Hod" Botes of Iowa,
after a quarter of a century In the demo
oratlo tent, somes back to his first love.
the republican party, as a supporter of
President Taft Uncle "Hod" Is In his
eighty-fifth year. .'
Thirty-five thousand fourth-clasa post
masters put under the shelter of the civil
service law sends to the political museum
the axe made- famous by Adlal Stevenson,
Ret Clarkson and other eminent heads
men of bygone days." k
Old General von der Oolts, who reor
ganised Turkey's army, Is confident ttiat
it will give. an uncommonly good account
of Itself If the present Balkan crisis spells
war. "The enemies of the Turks will
Witness a wonder before they .are through
with the fighting," he says.
A fortune left by a humorist at San
Benito. Cal.. . who imagined it would re
main Intact by devising It to unmarried
women who could prove that they were
over 40, is not . equal to the demands of
beneficiaries. Flocks of maidens over 40
are putting the laugh on- the dead, . ,
Prof. . Pr- Frtederich Fuelleborn ot
Hamburg, Germany, who Is credited with
knowing all the kinds of mosquitoes In
the world, awards the palm tor slse to the
New Jersey variety. It is reassuring
to .hear frtjm this expert that "In this
part of the world the mosquito Is a
nuisance and not a source ot ; actual
danger." , . . ' , '
The Country's Real Nee.
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
While there Is a general cry tor an
elastic currency, the more obvious need ot
the commerce of this country is a system
ot elastic freight cars, which will expand
, wnen crop need more facilities and con-
1 tract when the rolling stock of the nation
is classed as Teddy Bears.
Standing before a committee of the
United States senate yesterday. Medill
MoCormick, a rich young man who haa
helped to finance and manage the Roose
velt campaign, charged that the murder
ous assault on Mr. Roosevelt was incited
by the "falsehoods of character-assassins
and liars like Charles D. Hllles," who
was formerly secretary to President Taft
and Is now chairman of the republican
national committee.
The rantlngs of a half-baked young per
son like Mr. McCormlck would be of no
importance if they were not so com
pletely in harmony with the conduct ot
the Roosevelt managers since Mr. Roose
velt was shot by a madman. Dixon, Pin
chot, McCormlck, Cochenia and a whole
chorus of demagogues have been seeking
to Inflame the public mind against better
men than thfcmaelves, and create the im
pression that Schrank's Insane deed waa
inspired by political "abuse" of Mr.
Roosevelt
Now It happens that there has been a
good deal of abuse In this campaign, but
most of it originated with Theodore
Roosevelt and his followers. No other
candidate for president ever Indulged In
such sweeping denunciation of his op
ponents. No other candidate for presi
dent ever attacked a president aa Mr.
Roosevelt has attacked Mr. Taft No
other candidate for president ever ap
pealed so frankly to the passion and
frensy of his audiences. To select a few
of many examples:
Day after day Mr. Roosevelt has com
pared President Taft to a "crook," to a
"thief," to a "burglar," to a "pirate," to
a "pickpocket," to a "receiver of stolen
goods" and Hiram Johnson, Mr. Roose
velt's associate on the ticket, has trav
eled from one end of the country to the
other calling President Taft "the most
Taft delegates from Alabama.
June 11 he declared that Mr. Taft's atti
tude toward the presidency "comes
dangerously near being treason."
June 15 he asserted that the contest
between himself and Mr. Taft for the
nomination was a "fight between hon
esty and dishonesty."
June 15 he Issued a statement that rang
with the words "theft" and "stealing"
and "fraud."
June, 16 he issued a statement that rang
"naked thefts" of the national commit
tee, and t!ie men who had "earned Mr.
Taft's gratitude by stealing for him."
He said a majority of the national com
mittee had "practiced political theft in
every form from highway robbery to
petit larceny."
When Mr. Taft was finally nominated
he publicly Insulted him as "the bene
ficiary of successful fraud," and his de
light on his recent western trip was to
describe the president of the United
States as "a dead cock In the pit."
As for Woodrow Wilson, Mr. Roosevelt
has branded him as a "tory" and as
the nominee of the bosseV and In his
recent speech In Chicago he devoted
most of his time to inflaming the pas
sion of foreign-born voters against Gov
ernor Wilson on the basis of a para
graph in Governor Wilson's "History of
the American People." The whole third
party campaign has boen a campaign
of violence, abuse and vilification for
which we can find no justification.
We mention these matters now only
because of the scandalous and demagogic
attempt of Mr. Roosevelt's political man
agers to bring about a reign of terror
against everybody who has opposed his
election. Mr. McCormlck's shocking as
sault upon Mr. Hllles Is a fair example
of their manners and methods, which
humiliating figure in American hlBtory." j cannot be allowed to go unchallenged.
Even the day that he was shot Mr. It is on a par with Mr. Cochem's as.
MORE KOOM FOR MOTORISTS.
Admlulon ( Automobiles to Na
tional Parks.
Boston Transcript.
Motorists read with delight the news
that Secretary of the Interior Fisher is
in favor of admitting automobiles to the
national park in the Yosemlte valley. Un
doubtedly Mr. Fisher would not stop
there, but would also admit them Into
the Yellowstone national park and the
rest of the great federal playgrounds of
the west. It is surprising that these
places have been shut so long to the
Inquisitive motor car, and it is all the
more surprising when It is realized that
the arguments for its exclusion are the
fame kind of arguments that opposed the
railroad trains. People have urgnd, for
example, that the motor frightens the
horses. Impregnates the woods with the
odor of gasoline, and so forth. But the
westerner is finding that this ia really
Inhospitable, and that ev.en the "broncs"
can accustom themselves to automobiles,
while the pleasure of the humans who can
cover miles of desert. in hours instead of
days is Increased a thousandfold. ' Mr.
Fisher deserves the thanks of the motor
ists' trust.
much to heart because I married, you and
'their chances were over."-Chicago Post.
'What reason have you to think my
daughter loves you?"
"She says she is willing to make any
sacrifice for me."
"That's no sign she loves you."
"What U it then?"
"An indlcat;on that she's crazy." Chi
cago Record-Herald.
Spratts Miss Elder is much older than
I thought.
Hunker Impossible!
Spratts Well. 1 asked her if she had
road Aesop's Fables, and she said she
read them when they first came out
Home Journal.
LINES TO A LAUGH.
Hokus-I will tell you, 'an operation for
appendicitis is no joke.
Pokus No. but if it were it would be a
side-splitting one. Life.
"Is it true that your wife has an im
pediment In her speech?"
"Yes; she gets sleepy about 11 o clock
and begins to yawn." Philadelphia
Record.
"Dearie," says the bride, "did you no
tice how all the girls were crying as the
minister was marrying us?"
"Yes," replies the groom. - '.'Really I
never supposed they would take it so
'THE CHEERFUL FELLER."
h. .
be hajH
be gay; I
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
There are numerous ways to be
There are numerous ways to
But the generous feller.
Big-hearted and meller.
He has doped out the easiest way.
A feller can be quite' contented
By makin' his brother men glad.
Because it's reflected .
Right back unexpected,
The best joy a man ever had. .
A feller don't have to be wealthy
To play a philanthropist's part; O
He must just be keerful:
To always be cheerful . '
And keep the sunshine in his heart.
I'd rather shake hands with a feller
Who's got a glad smile on his face
Than one with a million,
Or even a billion.
Who's lacking In that savin' grace.
It costs not a cent to be cheerful' ;
Or to give a warm clasp of the hand;
Sometimes It is bunk
And the feller's hunk,
But it don't hurt you none, understand.
We all love the things that are "pleasant,
A feller that spreads lots of salve
May come just to flatter
But that doesn't matter;
He's a purty durned good friend to have.
Roosevelt denounced the conduct of the
governor of Illinois as "infamous" be
cause Governor Deneen refused to support
Mr. Roosevelt on the third party ticket
June 3 Mr. Roosevelt said of President
Taft that "high-minded and honorable
men would refuse to accept delegates"
such as Mr. Taft had gained in Ohio.
June S he said that "again and again
we have sent to the penitentiary election
officials for deeds ' not one whit worse
morally than was done by the members
ot the national committee" In seating two
sault on Mr. Bryan as an "oratorical
grave-digger" whose statements are
"shameless" and "ghoulish," all because
Mr. Bryan protested against the scheme
to make partisan bapltal out of the mur
derous attack of' a maniac.
Mr. Roosevelt was not shot because of
"abuse." If anybody had been shot be
been William Howard Taft, president of
ifeen William Howard Taft, preslddent of
tlje United States, and not Theodqre
Roosevelt
Let us keep the record straight.
Activities in Army Circles
Matters of Interest Gleaned From Army and Navy Register.
Aviation Affair.
The Army Aviation school will be
transferred for the winter from Col
lege Park, Md to Augusta, Ga., about
November 15. Augusta is selected for the
winter work of the school as conditions
there were found satisfactory, while the
school was at that place last winter.
After completion of the experiments
that are to commence at Fort Riley,
Kan., November 1 with the control of
field artillery fire from aeroplanes, at
least one of the two type C Wright
weight-carrying aeroplanes that are to
participate in these' experiments will be
sent to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas,
where an aviation station will be main
tained. The old-style aeroplane that has
been in 'Use in Texas has been trans
ferred from San Antonio to College Park,
where It is used in practice work Later
a new machine will be sent to San An
tonio. One aeroplane now is in use in
the Philippines, and another soon will
be sent to those islands.
Shooting at Air Craft. i
Captain Frederick B. Hennessey,
Third field artillery; Second Lieutenant
Henry H. Arnold. Twenty-ninth infantry,
and Second Lieutenant Thomas DeW.
Milling, Fifteenth cavalry, of the army
aviation school at' College Park, Md.,
left Washington last week for Fort
Riley, Kan., where they will participate
In the work connected with the experi
ments that are to commence at that
Place on November 1 with the control ot
field artillery fire from air craft. Two
type C Wright weight-carrying aero
planes and appurtenances were shipped
from College Park to Fort Riley for the
experiments. One of these machines will
be equipped with experimental radio
telegraph apparatus for sending mes
sages from the observer In the aero
piano to the fire commander below.
One radio section of signal corps field
company D at Fort Leavenworth, has
been ordered to proceed to Fort fclley
for the experiments. ,
Absence of Offleera.
The' absence of officers from their com-
Kmands, especially of captains, is the sub
ject of remark in the annual repon ui
the Inspector general of the army. This
subject has' received the attention ot the
inspector general's department for several
years, and emphatic protest has been
made concerning the number of officers
absent from their organisations. ' It has
been urged that it was particularly lm
portanjf that captains of the Une should
be with their company. At times bat
talions have been commanded by a lieu,
tenant and, naturally, the systematic In
..m.xrtnn of troops Is hampered to a great
extent General Arlington also criticises.
the lack of interest on the part of some
commanding officers In the field efficiency
of their commands and in this connection
says: "It is reported that all command
ing officers have not arrived at the point
where they look upon field training as a
serious matter, except upon unusual oc
casions; and the desired results can
hardly be looked for until all commanding
officers are held to strict accountability
for the field efficiency of their com
mand." Retirement of Officers.
Brigadier General George S. Anderson
was placed on the retired list on October
16, upon his own application, after over
forty-five years' service." Only two re
tirements for age will occur in the army
before the end of this year, those of Col
onel Francis M. Mansfield, Second in
fantry, on November 11, and Brigadier
General Edward J. McClernand on De
cember 29. Brigadier General James
Allen, chief signal officer of the army,
reaches the retiring age on February 13
next. Of course, there Is considerable
speculation in army circles as to what
officers will be appointed brigadier gen
erals to succeed Generals Anderson and
McClernand. It Is generally assumed, In
view of the assignment of Brigadier Gen
eral William Crozler, chief of ordnance,
to duty as president of the army war
college, that he will be transferred to the
line to fill the vacancy caused by the
retirement of General Anderson, and that
Colonel Rogers Birnie, now on duty as
acting chief of ordnance, will be made
chief of ordnance with the rank of briga
dier general. Of course, there are many
candidates among the m colonels of the
line for these places, among them being
Colonel Alfred C. Sharpe of the infantry,
who la on duty with the militia of Ohio
and who is understood to be backed by
militia Influences of that state. Colonel
George P. flcrivtn is the only officer of
that rank in the signal corps, and It Is
generally believed that he will be made
brigadier general and chief signal officer
on General Allen's retirement. The next
officers of rank in the signal corps are
Lieutenant Colonels William A. Glass
ford and Frank Greene. The latter reaches
the retiring age on March 16 next and
it is understood that he will be granted
leave from about November 5 to date of
retirement. Therefore, Lieutenant Coi
onel Greene does not enter Into consid
eration in connection with the vacancy.
Major Samuel Reber Is the senior officer
of his grade in the signal corps, and if
neither Colonel Scriven nor Lieutenant
Colonel Glassford are selected, it ia prob
able that he will be made chief signal
officer.
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ute's time on September 21 on the run
from Stamford to South Norwalk!
Springfield Republican: One of the fea
tures of the campaign which started out
ro prematurely and furiously is that the
traveling men declare that they find an
Increasing unwillingness to talk politics
and a corresponding centering of thought
on business. This does not necessarily
imply indifference, but, In addition to the
EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS
St Louis Globe-Democrat: The $208,000
spent by Wilson's backers to secure the
nomination at Baltimore Is a pretty penny
for a candidate who claims so much for
himself as a radical reformer.
Indianapolis Nsws: That Pudendal
r is nice enough for the 35,000 fourth
class postmasters who are now on the fact that business is active, indicates that
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i,.h but lust think of the feelings of tha
fellows wlw nourished post-election hopes!
Baltimore American: Tawe care of the
farmers, says the president and the food
supply will take care of Itself. Th best
way ot dealing with all supply problems
Is to get directly to the source and begin
applying the remedies where the trouble
begins. - : ,.....'!
Brooklyn Eagle: Mark Hanmv said that
the next great issue this country would
have to meet would be socialism. His
son. "Dan.1: is meeting It by getting next
to. the power tjiat be in' the progressive
party, which has taken and spent 1177,000
of his untainted cash. The Warwick
strain Ukes to be near the throne.
New York Tribune: If one-half the at
tention were given to safety that Is Riven
to adhering to schedules, such accidents
as those which have occurred on the New
Haven railroad would be lees frequent.
The regular engineer of rtfe wrecked
train, who was off duty when the acci
dent occurred, testified that he had re
ceived a letter from the master mechanic
of the line regarding the loss of one m In-
many having made ui their minds hoth
"w iiiej win voie individually ana
as to what the result will be, have put
the whole thing aside for more practical
affairs. We can't be expected to think
about politics all the time, in spite of
primaries and spellbinders.
i -Jromolna: Happiness. ,
Baltimore American.
A western railroad will order that dis
charges may be the result of domestic
troubles among Its employes, arguing
that such, troubles cause a worry strain
and often loss of necessary sleep. From
now on every employe who wants to
keep his Job must have a happy home.
Even the millennium seems possible in
view of this mandatory domestic hap
piness. . ' , . -
Keentnc Vp th KtllU Pce.
Indianapolis News.
Notwithstanding exciting . event that
are occupying so much of the world's at
tention, the science of aviation pursues
the even tenor of its way, killing a man
or two or more every dav.
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