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thiAilA, lillTtoiJAlf, OCTOBER 31, 1912. 'iim THE OMAHA DAILY BEL hn M'i u ur BivAitu hosbwatkiC Mi lult HUMiWATKlt, KUITOIi. t,b uTilJ-'iNU. PAHN.tM AM) I7TU Mi?er it umaba rodolflee bi second- it-H.MS OK BUBKCmirrlON. EunJav bee. one year W.W 8mrj) Bee, one year j Jj DaM Bee vwlthout Sunday), one year.MW Oal.y Bee, and Sunday, one year......W.W DEUVEilliU BT CAIimii.lt. Mm n ano Sunday, per month. ..... .-40c i:enmg without Sunday, per month. .Z5o Daisy tee llneludlng Sunday), per mo. .fee Uajiy Bee twlthout Sunday), per mo...4c Address ail ompla!nt or Irregularities Uf te-y t City (Circulation DePt. ltKMltTANCBS. IJemlt by drafi. expiess or postal order, ,a .bi- t The Bee Publishing fompjiO; vTnly :-ctnt stamps received in "l of ma.i a counts. Personal checks, ex pert r. Omaiia and eastern exchange, not a felted OFFICES. On-aha The Dee building. Soj'h Omahn-MlS N St . ... Wuffs-14 No. Main St L'nfoln- M Uttle bulldlnc t .cneo-1011 Marquette, building-. Kamas ity-Ilellance building, t New Vrk -M West Twenty-thUd. St Loul-4J Frisco bulldlnc. Wasu.mtm - K-nnrteinth Kt. - rr. . ........... t. t.' t , .tr.unuatlons relating to news "J3 ert'M,Ai matter should bo addressea Omaha Bee, rrtunrlM Department. tSUlTKMDBK CinCULATION. 50,154 State of Nebraska. County of Douglas, ss. Dwlcht Williams, circulation manager of The Bee Publishing company, being dulj i worn. say. that ths VaS.embir circulation for the month of Ptl2Mr' ill was U 1M. DWIOUT WILLIAMS, U, wa ""y,,,, Manager Subscribed In my pretence " W1S to before m. thl. UX day ot October U.U. (Seal.) Notary rubllc Subscribers leaving the city temporarily ahonld hve The Bee mailed to them. Address will bo chanced an often e re quested. That Chicago Judgo wlio put Jack Johnson out Is entitled to a bolt for hlmsolf. ' Crooks who havo road tho story of WrotheQray-JohnEon's gang fato will wisely poea up Omaha. Kansas boasts tho biggest fish liatchory In tho world. It Is concodod to hatch tho biggest fish stories. District Attorney Whitman will doubtless got through all right If eomo one does not proposo him for president. Mr. Hearst mentlonB "Wilson's Bereno and sobor democracy." It Is pleasing to note this reform In democracy. An army surgeon, who has been in all parts of tho world, prefers tho Ne braska cllmato to all. But why shouldn't ho? Up to tho receipt of tho last bulle tin the dream at tho Turk about Greece's knee In suppllanco bent had not come true. -1 If calumny and abuse wduld win wo might begin to sbuddor for that "wise custom which limits tho prosl dent to two terms." If this keeps up, a luncheon hero in Omaha without an aftor-dlnner Bpeoch will bo as raro as a grass plot without dandelions. Tho Hearst papers boom Wilson editorially and ridicule hjm In the cartoons. But should ho win, watch Hearst claim tho credit. That protest ngalnst the high cost ot theater tlckots would hit an equally popular chord If directed against the low character of some of the high-priced shows. If the republican party was good enough for these bull moosera to got Into office on, and help them feed at tho public crib for years, it ought to be good enough for thorn now. Governor Marshall lost nine hours In South Dakota as the result of a -wreck. That will be nothing to tlmo lost on the side track if he ever gets jwltchod into the tIco presidency. The roason why this year's cam paign seems so tamo has Just oc curred to us. No one has yet raised an outcry about falso registration and colonized voters in the Third ward. A maniac entered a fashionable dry goods store in Kansas City and bit a young woman clerk on tho ankle, Been an Omaha girl ho would havo been content to imprint a kiss upon her chock. How nice that Messrs. Fllnn, Hanna, Munsey, Perkins, et al, man aged to do all their giving without envying each other, Just carrying on a good-natured rivalry. It helps the treasury, too. A Lob Angeles judge gavo a wage earner $100,000 damages for the alienation of his wife's uffoctlons by' n rich orchardist. This Luthor tiur- bank transplanting out there must I extend to both women and pocket books. Has Omaha reached tho point where owl street car service Is war ranted? This is a question which our Commercial club, Real Estate ex change and Improvement clubs might well take up. Likewise the street railway company. Judge Kennedy is eminently right In his position that gambling on tho Ak-Sar-Ben carnival grounds Is even more subversive of young folks' mor als than gambling In out-of-the-way Places. But we are led to ask. Where were tba Juvenile court officers about that timet The Grand Old Party. Why should any republican vote for a bull moose candidate for presi dent, who declares his purpose to de stroy absolutely tho republican party as having ceased to have a mission? Such a vote Is a vote to destroy tho party of Lincoln, Grant, Garfield, Harrison and MoKinley. Such a vote is a voto to destroy tho 'party that saved the union, and set 3,000,000 slaves freo from bondage. 'Such a vote Is a voto to destroy tho party that fought tho Spanish war successfully and drove tho Spanish tyrant out of Cuba, Porto Itlco and tho Philippines. Such a voto Is a voto to destroy tho party that restored the nation's credit, and saved 'the country from irco silver repudiation, Such n vote Ib a voto to destroy the party thai has built up the nation's Industries, and protected American labor from pauper compotitlon of for eign lands. Such a vote is a voto to destroy tho party that has written on Its otatuto books nearly all the laws for the amelioration of labor, the control and regulation of menacing corporations, the safeguarding of the public health, tho protection of the Immigrant, tho elevation of moral standards In busi ness and In politics, and tho general upbuilding of our citizenship. Suoh a vote Is a voto to destroy tho party that has for over half a cen tury guldod tho destinies of the na tion, and administered tho govern ment of mora than half of tho states, during which tlmo thoy have enjoyed an unexampled prosperity, and mado teal progress boyond wildest dreams. Ask yourself whether tho country would gain or "lose by the destruction of a party with such a rocord of achievement. Royalty in Peasant Dress. ,Th'o nvorngo American idea of royalty does not plcturo kings nnd quoons hurling purplo robes and or- mlno to tho winds to rush bodily to tho rescue of an afflicted doodIo. No doubt wo often do vlolonco to tho true conception' in this particu lar. Great crises In Ifiurono havo afforded more than one demonstra tion of tho altruism and democracy of a .monarch. By a timely rift In tho war clouds palling upon tho Balkans wo catch a gllmpso of tho beautiful Bulgarian oueon dressed as a nurso giving first aid to the In jured in tho thick of battle. Hor heart must havo been thero or she would not havo gono. Whon Mos- sina ton ny eartnquaxo and part or southorn Italy was rent Into a fath omless flssuro, with the loss of mil lions in property and many lives. both tho king-, and, quuen loft their palace at Homo and wont among tho stricken people, to whom they ad ministered personally. Such spectacles ot love and mercy for tho masses havo not boon ex tremely raro among royalty in Eu r6po. Romances have been woven about much slond'orer throadB of merit than runB through such heroism. Good Police Work. Tho Omaha pollco forco has dono an oxcollont ploco of work in tho swift apprehension ot ono ot tho worst gangs of crooks and thioves that over oporated In this section, togothor with tho recovery of some S,000 of plundor. ThU gang wai composed of Bovernl notoriously skillful and desporato men, who do not fall Into every trap set for them. It was only reasonable to suppose that Chjot of Dotecllres Maloney and his men, to whom tho task was asalgnod, might havo been much longer than they wero in breaking up the gang and capturing even some of Its members. But thoy sur passed expectations In landing the entire band, as they believe, and the valuable loot. Slnco At is always doomed permissible to criticise po llco unfavorably, hero Is a chance to throw n boUquet. which should not be overlooked. The Second Diaz Fall. The Madoro govornmont claims a final triumph ovor tho revolution In the fall of Felix Diaz. Granting that it will take tlmo fully to re storo the order of peace, Maderb proclaims this to be the last of tho Insurrection. And this claim will b) taken much more Berlously than any ono yet. It Is not made en tirely without roason. One by ono robel leaders havo marched up tho hill and then marched down again. At last camo tho brilliant young eclon ot tho bouBo of Diaz, lrapreg unablo for a third of century until overthrown by the Intrepid young doctor now holding tho relgnB in Mexico. By dint of uncommon gonlun Felix Plas took possession of tho strategic port of Vera Crux, and his movements at once became the subject of prophetic discussion all In his favor. But In less than a fortnight his castle ot hone has fal len and lies crumbling in the dust He 1b the pitiless prey of the enemy. Madoro's power may no longer be doubted. It not Invincible against present foes, It is fast Intrenching ltsolt nnd commands respect by Its latest achievement, which is at once an object lesson and warning to other plotters. Poaco may nott yo. be at hand, but ft scorns nearer than at any time for two years past. Vice President Sherman Is entitled fo a few expressions ot sympathy, too, (BaofaiiKf Backward' IksDav in Omaha J .. v. COMP1LZO fHOM FILM i OCT. 31. Thirty Years Ago Douglas county democracy assembled In county convention, nominating George Canfleld and Charles H. Hrown for state, senators nnd Frod Cronerneycr, Samuel J. Howell, Peter Oooa, William Turtle, Alexnnder McQavortt II (1 Clark. Will iam Carnaby and Robert Jordan for rep resentatives. Mews. Crulckshank A Co. are felling off good at a sacrifice to make room for holiday stock. Six men are busy at tho counters In the basement room atone. dear & Btoddart ot tho Jefferson square livery stable, la holding for claim ant one bay mare, with white spot on forehead, saddle marks and near hind foot white. Mr. Kaatman ot need, Jones & Co. topped a confldenco game at the Occi dental hotel In trying to save a young man W. First Corporal Sherman Canflnld ot the university cadet battalion has been pro moted to tho third (sergeant of Com pany U. McCarthy & Uurke, the undertakers, rtro located at 218 Fourteenth street, be tween Famom and Douelaa. Hallowe'en was celebrated by the boys and elrls In characteristic fashion. Twenty Venrs Ago Mrs. Mary Lease, one of the popultat cruaaderi front bleeding Kansas, packed Exposition halt and then poured forth volley after volley of popullstla dogmas. Itev. Robert 1m Wheeler, populist nominee for concreas In the Second district, wrs Die first speaker et the evening. W. 11. Copple, the Bancroft sprinter, ar rived In town and made arrangements to pull off a 100-yard dash with O. A. Pulley, $25 from each man being put up as the pot. Miss Julia Marlowe mado her bow to Omaha as Rosalind and was accorded a magnificent ovation. Robert Tabor sup ported her as Orlando, but left the feel ing thst a more romantlo Orlando would not hurt the pleoo. Superintendent Tilly of the .building de partment, accompanied by Mrs. Tilly, re turned from West Virginia, Scrgennt Thomas Ormsby returned from Canada, whore ho had boon recuperating from a sever Illness. 8. 6. Rassler, local weather forecaster, received orders to go to Cincinnati, and Captain O. 15. Hunt of Now Orleans, It was learned, would come here a Daim ler's successor. Ten Vcnra AC" Speculation as to the successor of Edward, Dickinson as general manager of the Union Pacific came to an end In the announcement by President Burt that ho would assume tho duties of tho position himself, merging thj office with his own. Hallowe'en passed without serious dam age In Omaha. Mischievous youths had their fun, but not to the serious detriment of property or person, so far as the police discovered. CJurdon W. Wattles sold he was too busy with private affairs to act as presi dent of the Auditorium. The democrats of the county had a Hallowe'en at Schllta hall In the oven Ing. Judge Doano presided and tho prin cipal speakers were Gilbert M. Hitchcock, candidate for congress, and Frank T. Ransom. One ot the most unlquo Hallowe'en parties was that entertained by Miss Lola Savago, Miss Carrie Larson and J. A. Savage at 1924 North Twenty-sixth atreot. About thirty guests were present, attired in phantom costumes. The young folks also took occasion to surprise Rev. Mr. and Mrs. William Qorst of Seward Street Methodist church with some substantial donations. People Talked About The Juvenile court Judge In Baltimore enforces needful lessons Into the minds of youthful offenders by sentencing them to night school. Political prophets, straw vote getters and other trueaaers "must bo contented with tht waiting list ot the Ananias club, Better material officially approved at- ready Jam the ante-room, I The queer overflow tendency'of sentl mentallsm Is shown In the tact .that since their pictures were published tho nurses of Colonel Roosevelt have been bom barded with offers of marriage. flnrah Bernhardt evidently makes no concealment of her ago. During the last week notice has been taken In England, the sceno of some ot her earlier and greatest triumphs,' of her sixty-eighth birthday. A Massachusetts astrologer, having con sulted the stars for several weary hours, announces a conclusion radically differ ent from the political forecasts of Octo ber prophets. Ho doesn't know whloh candidate will win. The White Star company Is erecting monuments In the Halifax cemetery ovei the graves of the Tltanto victims. Kewet' monuments and more lifeboats would be preferred by passengers still In a po sition to make a choice. A decision of the supreme court of Illinois knocks out tho ordinance which gave Chicago saloon keepers a vested right In 'saloon locations by restricting the number ot licenses to saloons already stabHahed. Tho couit holdx tlmt sunn restrictions are unlawful. A French woman has Invented u non splllsble flower vase to keep the corsage bouquet fresh while It Is belny worn. Why doesn't somebody get up a freshening -device for tho dying cigars some men hold in Htreet cars? Chicago's noted cvclorams, building, the pioneer of atruotttres devoted ' to ex. Iilbltlons of battle paintings. Is being torn down to make room for a modern building. Countlers thousands have been thrilled and enlightened by war scenes In that unique Institution built thirty years ago. Memories ot Queen Victoria are re called by the act of King George In giv ing his cousin. Prince Arthur ot Con naught, In anticipation of his marriage to Princess Irene of Russia, niece of the cxar, the title of the duke ot Kent, the title whloh was borne by V'ctoria'a father- The residence ot the young couple assigned tn them by the king l the castle of Claretnont. where Louis Philippe ot France pajwsd his days of exllf. NEBRASKA POLITICAL GOSSIP. Kearney Hub: The Omaha World-Herald has a little talk for "republicans only." It assumes thot Wilson Is '"going to bo elected anyhow," therefore repub- ' Ilcann ought to pick the winner and not vote for either Tnft or Roosevelt. That bait, however, Is Intended for suckers only. Broken Bow Republican: Reports from all over the county concede that senti ment In favor of President Toft Is grow ing every day. Let every republican In Custer Join tho procession and make It the banner republican county of the state. It would be a record a year from now whon tho bull moose Is a Ihtng ot the past, of which we would all be proud. Fairmont Republican: Republicans will do well to vote a straight re publican ticket, the candidates thereon most nearly representing the principles flrflrnmlr! ltv tha nortv Iti... tm . ' ...... . ' t W a.iv.v ,a ,,w deny.ng the fact that an awkward division , oxlMs on the presidency, and that some state candidates have laid themselves open to criticism by their attitude on the national -ticket However, republicans may best serve their own Interests by I supporting the entire ticket. History has proven that It doesn't pay to chase off after strange gods. Grand Island Independent: Commenting ot the recent statement ot Governoi Johnson, bull moose candidate for vie president that "President Tart Is the most humiliating character In American his tory" cx-Oovernor Boles of Iowa, patrioti cally remarks: "Was thero ever a time In the history ot the country when Its business affairs wero on a sounder basis, or tho great masses of our people more prosperous and contented? It would burn my fingers to cast a ballot for a man who would thus characterise a president of the United Btates." York Times: Now that threo Lincoln Judges have decided that they hayo no right to the republican label, will the Roosevelt candidates for presidential electors acknowledge that thoy tried to steal the livery of heaven to serve tho devil In? If they had shown tho decency to get off tho reservation of their own accord their honesty would at least have been recognized, but having stuck like a leech until they had to be thrust aside by the .courts, they are objects ot con tempt Howover, at least a lljtlc stroko of Justice has been made and tho repub licans will be able to voto for their presidential electors under their own name and not as stepsons. North Platte Trlbutiu; During the last session ot congress George W. Norrls delivered a speech against President Taft under the heading ot "Thou Shalt Not Gteal." This speech Is now being sent broadcast over the state under Mr Norrls' franking privilege. This speech was printed at government expense, transported through tho malls at govern ment expense, for the solo purposo of boosting Mr. Norrls. Now right down In your heart don't you think Mr. Norrls is taking unduo advantago of the govern ment In order to further his political ambitions. Is It not a mild wuy ot stealing? Tekamah Journal: Tho decision of the district court of Lancaster county com pelling the secretary ot state by writ ot mandamus to place the names of Taft electors on the republican ticket Instead ot tho bull moose herd Is the only polit ical salvation for Chester 11. Aldrich and Congressman Norrls. Republican's can now vote their straight party ticket If they so desire and feel that their vote will bo counted for Taft. We are afraid, however, that tho decision will not bene fit tho political chances of tho governor or Norrls as It would have done earlier ill the game. Too many shafts have been hurled at theso half-baked republicans to have a- change of heart on tho part of anyono help them much now. EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS. Houston Post: We aro against the proposition to pension widows, unless they should happen to bo over 40 years of age. The duty of the widow of 40 or leHS is to Btrlke the chord and com mence to chirp the grnnd, sweet song once more. Pittsburgh Dispatch: The supreme court ot Iowa has decided that tips be Iqng to the person who receives them, not to any boes or syndicate that gr.b the privileges, It would have been n better decision to brand them as bribery and Illegal. New York Sun: A casual reading of the straw ballots' printed In the more stalwart organs supporting Mr. Taft, Dr. Wilson and Colonel Roosevelt should convince anyono that there Is not the slightest probability ot tho election be ing thrown Into the house. New York Tribune: Tho sailing of the Greek fleet, .even under "scaled orders' Ih not an overwhelmingly portentous oc currence, seeing that that fleet contains only one small battleship and four or five minor craft, and la otherwise com posed' of archaic triremes of the vintage of the early '80s. Minneapolis Journal: Tho gunmen of America must be disarmed. Publto opinion alono will disarm them. Laws against guns are futile without public opinion behind them. Dealers must be forbidden to sell and cltlrcns to carry deadly weap ons that are a constant Incitement to crime. Disarm the gunmen! Indianapolis News; Another advance Is shown In the declaration ot President Flnley of the Southern railway, that the railroads and the shippers depend on eaoh other for existence. Formerly the railroads appeared to be pretty thor oughly convinced that everything in the world depended on them for existence. Philadelphia Record: No business pays so well us promoting combines. J. P. Morgan A Co. got over U,0O4,00i) for buy ing a coal mining company and selling It to tho Urle railroad at the time the anthracite combine found It necessary to buy the largest Independent In order to iprovent the construction of an Independ ent railroad to tide water. The trans action wan completed In leia than tlx weeks. Bo the Morgan firm got some thing like 11C0.C0O.C0O for orguitstng tho steel trust and JlS.&0O,yO0 In stock far or ganising the harvester combine, Perkins says these two combinations at philan thropies, but since the world begun thero was never before such remunerative phi lanthropy. n'-,,t ' I ,n,d Vi. Springfield Republican. TO be staged as a -villain when o.-ve might have been an angel! Is this the tuno of (he reflections ot Botes Penrose? The sufficient evidence of Mr. Nugent betoro the senate committee makes It clear that very wings would have grown on the Penrose shoulders had he decided tn thoie fatal ten' days to support the cr. o' f i Ta' T ,t-e other side ot It Is that the country would have missed making the acquaintance ot the charming "BUI" Fllnn, (the charming "BUI" Fllnn, I ilpRIiprlW I v AWVU jUV11AJI U Vis. Sr ii n Duty of Ileiiiiltllcnns. SUPERIOR. Neb., Oct 29.-To the Editor of Tho Bee: It Is but one week to the election. The question Is, Shall It be Wlloon or Taft? The election 'of Roose velt Is now a recognized Impossibility. All that Is needed to prove this slate nent Is the facts and figures that confront the third party candidate In this campaign. They show the utter absurdity of Colonel Roosevelt's election. In the presidential campaign of 1308 the democratic party cast tor Mr. Bryan 6,4(0,104 votes. The republican party cast for Mr. Taft votes. It Is reason able to suppose that the two old parties will cuBt about the same relative vote that they cafct four years ago. These figures show that Mr. Roosevelt would have to get eight out t every ten republican volts cast at that election In order to be the successful candidate. No one believes that ho can do this no. fair-minded man would claim It For In stance, In Nebraska, he would have to get all the republican votes and more than 2,000 democratic vote to carry this state. In Missouri, he would havn to get nine out of every ten republican votes. In New York he would have to get seven out of every ten republican votes and the same proportion would hold good In other states. I submit the following table the voter can work It out for himself: The vote of 1906 stood: Nebraska, Bryan, 131,099: Taft, 126,997; Missouri, Bryan, S45, 874; Taft, 347,a. Iowa, Bryan, 200,771: Taft, 275,210. North Dakota, Bryan, 32.SS3: Taft, 67,680, Michigan, Bryan, 175,771. Taft, M,m. Now "York, Bryan, Gd7.4G7: Taft, 870,070. Illinois, Bryan, 450.TSK; Taft. (29,920. Indiana, Bryan. 338,262; Taft, 343,993; Ohio, Bryan, 602,721; Taft. 672,312. From this tablo It Is out of tho question for Mr. Roosevelt to be- elected. So, the question comes down to the voter. Shall It be Wilson or Tatt? Be twoen them tho voter must choose. As for myself, I am governed by this thought: No more free trade policies; no more low prices for farm products; no more dickering away good, productive Nebraska farms for old horses and wagons; no more 15-cent corn; no more destitution among those who are willing to work; no more, tramp, tramp, tramp, of honest,' Industrious men looking for work that Is not to bo found-no more closed factories; " no moro uncultivated farms on account of unremunerattvo prices; no moro Idlo men gaslng at vacant windows; no moro ldlo workshops; no moro financial panics like 1907; no more clearing house certificates, If you please, for me. In short our country stands to day pre-eminent among the nations of the world, the best governed and the most prosperous of them all. Is not our duty clear? A vote for President Taft Is a vote that will stimulate all our business Industries, bring happiness to all our homes and contentment to all our land. C. E. ADAMS. President Taft Stote League. J It Is the. Very 8me. OMAHA, Oct. 30.-To the Edito? of The Bee:' I see that ono T. H. Tibbies Is out with an appeal to populists to vote for tho democratic ticket, lndjudlrar Wilson and Marshall and all candidates for state offices, and endorsing the fusion ot tho democrats and populists. I have a maga zine art:cle written by T. H. Tibbies a few years ago In which he says: The editor of the Independent (Mr. Tib bies) has had enough of fusion with a party half of which was more dlsreputa- 1. 1 .. ..i ..... . i i.an t V, .. rMniilitlnnn nn r t V The editor openly declared that ho would never vote tor or guppun a miumm-Bryan-Parkcr democrat. Is this the same Mr. Tibbies? MIDROADER. Better Bnfc Than Sorry. OMAHA, Oct. 30.7T0 the Kdltor of Tho Bee: Hero Is an Item taken from nu east ern paper supporting Wilson, but having no circulation In farming comm'un ties: "Free meat" wus ono or tho Items In the tariff bills passed by the last con gress, which President Taft vetoed. But for tariff duties of 22 per cent on meat and 27 per cent on live stock wu might bo getting South American beef as they do in London, a good deal of it better than most of ours and about one-third cheaper. k If tho conclusions of the editor are cor rect, If President Taft had not vetoed tho bill referred to, cattto, hogs and sheep would no aoubt be selling from 12 to 3 per hundred less than present market prices. Such a shrinkage In tho value ot live stock would mean an equal per cent of loss or more In the value of all farm and grazing lands. Would It not be well for tho rarmers and stock growers of Nebraska and the west to carefully con s.der whether or not thoy want a removal 0t tho tariff on meat, and they might also ask their representatives or senutora how they voted on this bill. "Better be safe than sorry." C. F. M'QRBW. Politic aiiikpa BtrnnKO lledfe-llovf. OMAHA, Oct. 30. To tho editor of The Bee: I notlbo that Mike Harrington tn a speech at South Omaha compared "Elder" Bryan and "Gambler" Taggart In characteristic Harrington terms, and that "Doo" W. O. Henry, wet nurse for the local bull moosers, mbuthod after him as many of Harrington's vituperate uttcranceH as he could conveniently re ran, I wonder how this makes "Do " Henry's fellow churchmen feel for him, nn elder In the samu denomination t!ia'( Mr. Bryan holds his eldership In, to full In with Mike Harrington's Invidious com parison of "Elder" Bryan and "Gambler" Toggart One of the last times If not the last that Mr. Bryan spoke at the Omaha Young Men's Christian association I remember to have seen this same "Doo" Henry fawning at his feet In sycophantlo glco with his typical bull moose grin Truly third-term politics makes strange bed fellows. T. T. R. Qarstlona Vrapoaed Amr-utliuriit. AUBURN, Neb., Oct 30.-To the edi tor of The Uee! Just a brief warning to Nebraska voters. We nro too hurriedly Indorsing the proposed constitutional amendment, whloh provides for a board of commissioners of state Institutions Thinking people are beginning to realize thd absurdity of the proposition. It this smendment carries, It simply means an Increased number ot salaried state( of ficials, who will be utterly unable to render to the state sufficient services for the amount of money they receive. t means the concentration Of a great au-1 dangerous power In the hands of these threo men. It Is Inhuman and unjust, for some of the state institutions nr. educational, ruch as the School for tho Blind and tho Bchool for the Dvaf, and It Is not right that the progress of these rchoola should be hampered by a board whose duties are so numerous as to make It tmposulble that they should under stood lbs needs ot each -individual insti tution. It la on ot the greatest opportunities tor graft that has yet been conceived Ih the mind of a polttlstaa. Practically all ti.e affairs of more than a dozen stttt4 Institutions will be In the unds of three men, hundreds and thous ands of dollars will be spent annually by ihis board for supplies. Contracts will be let each year Involving the expendi ture of enormous sums, of money. Are Nebraska taxpayetn willing to , risk the wisdom of three men In the control, management and government of practi cally all state institutions: The board of conttul, or board of com missioners is an old remedy, a bids num her, a thltur now discarded by othei states. Nebraska 'should ask for tlio best, a hoard for each Individual Insti tution, the members of such board to fterve without pay. By this method each board making a thorough study of Its own institution, will render tho titate tho greatest good. J. nAY SHIKB. GRINS AND GROANS. Small tHt-1 a t. 11 a i. to "v utui in men wans mo ivene wun ragerness: then In dla unpointed tohen, "Mother, I don't t? any or course not vet. my dear: the came l young. What did you expect?" 'IV nil tr ImrA 1. . t. .. hallUickb who were to piny?' Judge. Junction, Colo., aped 5 years. -. . iv . .j . tuts uuiiitr ui iir? mi u n mother, Mrs. J. Williams, Apartment 8, ..no iiuiuiu, i weniy-sevnntn ana jrckpoii streets, at 2:30 p. m., October 30. Inter ment at Vrir... T ....... MILES Mrs. Julia A.', died October 29. ir.in i . i . . .... ""i wiie oi itoDert J. Allies. Funeral notice later. hf -f he returned. Vi natl" cried the old man, amazed, you hero again?" .vo, on, KUBnciTU 11113 liuirci lui unuic youth, "I .camo to see If you couldn't be Induced to Join our foot ball team." Chicago Record-Herald. "And now." ront nued the nrofewtor of history, "permit 'nje to mention a tlreles worker in th creat causa of human ity " Attlreless worker7" Interrupted ono or tho seniors; "pardon me, professor, but If In the old days you paid a hundred or more for a bycicle. To-day you can buy a better one tor a fifth' as much. Now big production is bringing automobile prices down. And Ford as usual is the first to reach bottom. Runabout - Touring Car - Delivery Car - Town Car These new prices, f. o. b. Detroit, with all equipment. An early order will mean an early delivery. Get particulars from Ford Motor Company, 1916 Harney St., Omaha, or direct troni tho Detroit factory. l5&5a5ajre5E5E5a5g5g5aj2im5H Ota Tftw Trip East I Take advantage of the superior train service maintained by the Chicago and North Wettem Railway. QScvtn fait daily train are in service from Omaha to Chi cago, each affording ft The Best of SCHEDULES OMAHA TO CHICAGO Lv. Omsbs 12.05 pa Ar. Qi'vaco &5 sra 6.00 pm 7.45 in 6J5 piu 8-30 sra 4 Thi route is via the Pioneer Line between Chicago and tho Missouri river through picturesque Iowa and Illinois. This line is double tracked and guarded by automatic safety signals the entire distance. 'J Vbcrr arrival in Chicago is at the New Passenger Terminal of the Chicago and North Western Railway the mott modem railwcs station In the world. Similar Excellent Train Service Westbound NWs&O ffMroJClMsmtUsM.llIil.lIiJgJssi.sj you arr referring to Lady Oodlvte wan atJred in her luxuriant hair." Chi cago Tribune. Bridegroom- Isn't J a great deal for that Intelligence office to charge ror se curing us a cook?. Bride Perhaps, love; but I wont change more than ttrvce a week. Judge. "Here's Billy Baggs trying to persuade me he has a corking time while he Is working." ,. . . "So he has. He-stops up all the bot tles." Baltimore American. "What was Uiat number the orchestra Just ployed?" , "I don't know," answered the man who does not oore for Wngner. "Judging from the way It sounded, 1,1 bet it was number . thirteen." Philadelphia Ledger. f When Mrs. Jlbbetts was asked why she nek'.ecied her friends so, she gave a bald exciiK." "What wus 117' "The baby." -Baltimore American.. A BALLAD OF HALLOWE'EN. Theodosla Garrison. All night the wild wind on the heath Whistled Its song of vogue alarms; The poplars tossed tholr naked arms All night In some mad dance of death. Mlgnon Isa hath left her bed And bared her shoulders to tho blast; The long precession of tho dead Stared at her as It passed. "Oh, there, methtnks. my mother smiled And there my father walks forlorn, And there the little nameless child That was tho parish scorn.. "And there my olden comrades move, And there my aster smiles apart, But nowhoro Is Uie fair, false lovo That broke my loving heart. I "Oh, false In life, oh, false tn death, Wherever thy mad spirit be. Could it not come this night." she salth "To keep a tryst with me?" Mlgnon Isa hath turned alone; Bitter the pain nnd long the years; The moonlight on the cold gravestone Was warmer than her tears. All night tho wild wind on the heath Whistled Its song of vague alarms; The poplars tossed their naked arms All night In some mad dance ot death. Everything" 7J5 pro 9.10 sm 8.50 pm ' 11.13 im lZ.0sm 130 pm 7.40 sa a 45 pa $525 III I GOO I 625 llll T 800 llll ' Tick't Offiu Chicago and North Western Railway HOl-1403 Famam Stmt Omaha, Nth. ) V n 11 1 llll maiaii- l .