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3 OCTOBER cmCUUA-TlON
1 51,898
c ciia nf Knhrojka. County of Douglas,
S Dwirht wifitoms circulation maijaner
5 o( PThe Deo Publishing company.
S dub .wo"n; fay. that the vraM dally
3 circulation for the month of October,
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Subscribers learlnn the cltr
Jempomrllr -boold hhre The
tier mailed to them. Addre
111 ,be chima'd na often mm re
qneited. Also, do not forfiot to shop early.
That matt Lobock was always a
lucky fellow.
Governor Aldrlch Is mad; that's
vory evident.
5 Somehow or other the sun seems
3L to shtno as It -did before, f -
Tho world Is afways ready
Ideas, but not for excuses, .
for
If jthe Golden Uulo wore absolutely
enforced, whom would ye lawyers
got off!
Dr. Wilson asked tho voters to
give him a team. Thoy did. Then,
play ball.
Mr. Debs fcredlctod bis party would
olect twelve congressmen, What
aro their names?
Tho last Thursday In Novombor
will be observed as Thanksgiving
day, Just tho samo.
The coal men's explanation for ad
vancing tho price Is that thoy can do
It and "get away with It."
"Bryan for 1P1G," says someone
alroady, GoodI Republican luck
la bound to return somp. tlmo.
Governor Aldrlch Is sura ho knows
who Is to blamo for his defeat. Hot
ter' take A slant at tho looking glass.
It seems that the legal profession
not only furnishes most of our pub
lic officials, but also gets them, back
again.
What's thU about, tho teachers
using a steam roller? - We thought
their favorite weapon as a hickory
switch.
"I'll lick fiomoono two years from
now," says an also-ran, ''Let the
people rule, provided they rulo the
way I ant thom to."
Inasmuch aa bo many havo already
1 rloked PresUenUalec.t, Wllsona cab
Must for mm, he will, not , have to
; bother sibont that task.
. .i
i: to. 2TOTra
I cald of hlm before, and may.-'tbore-
' fore, be-6xpected to weather success.
, tally the il&tsst bruptIons.t
v That.niahfcuro flrl wlio refused
to marry, because b .wa's''to, fond,
of my customers'" imust: havo 80019
good angels among them.
There Is some gratification, any!
way, 4n, knowing that other states
also have troublo In keeping their
election returns on straight.
afahmout, tho Turk wreatlor, has
Jeft tho sultan to save Constantinople
while, ho gathers, up a fow moro of
those good old American dollars.
Those Turks and Ualkaus chose
the very worst time of the year to
pall 6ff their little stunt. It they
will repeat tho performance now
they may command attention.
It Is a high privilege for Omaha
to entertain the Nebraska teachors.
Why not Omaha Join wltK :oflncil
Uiuffs to got the Iowa teachers' to
Jiold a meeting in. our neighboring
city across the river?
We win sing a To Doura of
thanksgiving in the Mosquo of St.
Sophia next Sunday, boast Bul
garian, leaders. A very wise man
onto said that "Pride gooth bofore
destruction and a haughty spirit be
fore a fall."
For State, Superintendent Uelzell
to be re-elected as a republican lu a
democratic landslido, and then made
president of the Nebraska Teachers'
association, air In the same week, w
llkw piling. Oisa on Pellou. A good
The South' Still S61id. k
It Is still "the solid" south," and
from surfaco Indications nioro solid
than ovar. In the whole row or
states south- of Mason's and Dixon s
i lino the only gleam of light comes
govornor lias noon re-oiectea. mil
so rar as tho presidential lineup Is
concornod the democratic candidate
could count evory southern stato cor-
inU tn IiIm, mih tint ,lnv nt nnml.
nation without further attontlon.
The big talk of a now party break
ing the solid south Is proved with
out foundation. If the republican
party, trying laboriously for moro
than forty years to build up around
a stnunch and loyal nucleus, could
make comparatively little headway,
It would be foolish to oxpect a now
born party to rally dominant
Btrength In tho south over night,
even though its slogan of social Jus
tice should thcro bo modified to re
duce tho negro again to suojoctlon.
The south has remained solid
through nil tho long scries of repuo-
llcan presidents, and nothing short
of a political miracle will break Its
solidity with a democrat in tho
Whlto House.
Clean Streets Before Snow.
For tho snko of sanitation and ap
pearances, overy street. In tho city
should bo put In as clean condition
as possible before tho snow files.
Thoro is no special complaint about
downtown streets, but thoro Is a
good deal about many thoroughfares
in resident sections, sotno of which
hnVo been badly neglected by tho
cleaning department. Now that tho
leaves have all fallen and a complete
Job can bo mado- of It, thoy should
ail bo cleared of tho trash beforo
tho precipitation of winter' comes
to pack it dow'n Into an. 'tjgly, un
hoaljhf ul 'mass.' tiu't' this is riot 'a
ma'ttcVfor 'question ordetmlo,' Itis
simply orie tor action.
Our Overworked Election Boards.
Fault Is being found with election
boards for keeping tho outcomo In
suspense by delayed returns. Thoro
may bo, nnd. doubtless Is, warrant
for complaint in some cases, but on
tho wholo our election officers aro
entitled to credit and commiseration
Thoy aro entitled to crodlt for doing
a difficult Job In a fairly offlclont
manner, and thoy aro ontltled to
commiseration for tho mistreatment
thoy havo to endure bocatiBO of our
barbarous election laws.
An eight-foot ballot, with olglity
olght places onrMt to bo counted, nnd'
many candidates for each placo, is
enough to try tho paticneb of a Job
Tho .election officers, morcovor, aro
compelled to servo. In a -stuffy, ill
Y.entllatod,.t)oatli, constantly crowded
wn voters coming anu going, from
8 o'clock in tho morning until
0 o'clock in tho evening, and then
to bucklo down without Intermission
to the task of counting, tabulating
and certifying for a strotch of from
twolvo to thirty-six hours morp..
Our oloctlon laws sadly need re
vision lor tno roiior or tho over-
"workoa oloctlon oftlcors. Lot ub'
havo, aa In onstern states, an oxtra
corps of courtors, beginning their
work, say, at 2 or 3 o'clock In tho
afternoon, so that tho roturns may
bo In within n few hours after tho
polls aro closed and no hardship put
upon anyone.
As to Meat Frioes.
. Tho ' American farmer and tho
American olty man naturally vlow
tho -matter of moat prlcoa from op
posite angles, Tho farmor being the
producer, is content to lot well
enough alone and tho city man being
tbo consumer, demands . lowor orJCtw,
l(J fcdt-iherb 4sHtno'routfd to too'pa
for a -'iriatbrla drop; hi rncaV prices'
1 1 . .
ppn -.over J ami,, pretty , well m.oceptcd,
Iivoryfibdy realizes that thn nvolu.
jionarycjitrigea IWroifgntIn tho di
vision of tho groat 'rang'os or itho;
West. tbgolh"er',wl(K"itho"lnaltont d
nana loryoung meat aro two prime
factors". la' ,.ror?ing' puces yp;- oniy:
tlmo will work a relief by lotting tb;
cpwntry cntcn up on tho supply of
finlshod boef product
To, tho . suggestion of ,roclprocUy
the roply comos that Canada lsln'
much tho same position as we and
this minimizes tho likelihood of that
contingency. ..It must bo said for
Canada, though, that It Is taking
moro systematic means than tho
United States to roplonlah Its meat
supply by resorvlng ranches In the
west. In this wo might learn some-
At. J .
luing to our auvantago rrom our
northern neighbor.
State university students aro4bej
lng scolded for not attending,, the
classical numbers In tho convoca
tion program. We fear that class!
cal exhibit Is not being put up on the
right linos. Try a moving picture
show depleting. tho "Wpoden llorso
at Trov.. or - "Iloratlus at the
Urldgo," or a Roman gladiators' car
nival, .and wo guarantee thoro will
be something doing.
Well, It you had an eight-foot lial
lot cast by about bX)0 voters to count
aud tally in a poll book between
dusk and daylight, what do "you
think you- would do?
The colonel and some of his (jatel
lltes suy they will stick to Armaged
don. Will Bosses.- Perkins. KHnn
Hanna end .Sliyisoy oontlnUo to fur-
BE
otan Backward
Iks Day taQmaha
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COMPILED FROM DEC FILE-
novT
Thirty Vears. Ago
In the election the democrat carried
both renators and flVe of the lKht rep
resentatives on the' IdBtatatlvo ticket,
alj I'arke Goodwin for dlatrlct attorney,
and Dick O'kee'fe for county cornmfs"'
nloncr.
Judge Neville made a record by Rrathv
Ing three divorce at one glttlnc of the
court '
The city phyftlclanV report Ahow
thirty-eight deaths and eighty-three
blrtha. among them two palra of twins,
for October,
Hon. Arthur U Thomas, territorial
secretary of Utah, paa.icd through
Omaha on hla way from the cat.
Tho Ileo comes valiantly to tho rescue
editorially of O. M. Hitchcock agnlnut
tho vlcloua onslaught! on him by Phoebe
CouiIrk.
William Hagcdorn, 5ne of the old
timers of the German colony of Omaha.
nd proprietor of the Palace meat mar-
Vet on Fifteenth near Farnam, died.
The Unitarian conference ha been In
peeslon with devotional meetings and
addreaies. This la the first Unitarian
conference ever held In Nebraska.
,'wrnfr Years Alt'
Tater returns show Crounre, republican,
eloctct governor over Van Wyck, fuslon
1st, by morn than 10,000. A. T. Cady, re
publican state chairman claimed tho elec
tion of the entire republican state. ticket.
Uouglan county, later returns showed,
disappointed the democrats, who counted
on 2,000 plurality for Weaver. All they
saved was one sonator-W. N. Uabcqpk,
manager of the Houth Omaha stock
yards; two stato representRtlves,"'Ames
and Jlorrow; two county commissioners
and five or six councllmen. Republicans
got Lobeck, and either Clarke or Noyca
for stato sonato and these rcpresenta-.
tlvcs; Goss, Button, Crane, ICyner, Tyjck
inr, Tfason. IUcketts.
Telegniphtc news brought the almost
ertalnty of Cleveland's election over
Presldonf Harrison In tho nation at large.
Dr. Gcorgo L. Miller changed his of
ccs, leaving thoso of tho Now York
Ife Insurance teompany, of which he
luul been the local manager, for rooms
In the park board's quarters In tho city
hall.
Colonel Corwln of the Chicago Tribune
left Omaha for hla home.
It. A. I. Dick returned from n repub
lican campaigning tour in west Vir
ginia and, Maryland, where he was kept
on tho ko all tho time.
Contain William It. Hams left for Ohio
In response to tho hews of a sister's Ill
ness.
Assistant Chief J. J. Barnes of the fire
department left for Pino Bluff, Ark., on
a ten-day leave of absence.
Ten Years Aj?o
Members of tho Grand Army of tho lie-
public, WofnaWa Belief Corps and
Knights of Pythias united in honoring
their old friend and comrade, William
nawltzor, at .tho grave. Borvlcos were
held at tho residence of his son, A. II.
Rawltzer of tho Omaha Tent and Awn
ing company, and Babbl Blmon of Tom
pla Israel-made a short address. Burial
was In Forest Lawn.
George Munro was laid up with a
broken leg.
It was announced that tho general com
mittee of telegraph operators represent
ing the craft on the Union Paclflo hod
reached satisfactory terms for the key
men after a prolonged conference with
officials of that road In Omaha. The
committee lyo headed by D. C. Ieach
of Junction City, Colo.
rtev. D. K. Tindalt of Trinity Meth
odist church sold thre was a divine law
governing revivals and they did not como
by chance. He took hi text from Ha-
bakkuk, 3:1, "O, Lord, revlvo thy work."
It developed from tho canvassing
board's count of the election returns that
J, A. C. Kennedy was the only demo
crat In Douglas county to break Into
the lower house of legislature, and John
Wallace tho only republican to lose out.
People Talked About
Pressure for admission to the Ananias
club has diminished sufficiently to per
mit charter members to fratornlxe with,
the .founder, ,;,
OJd, .Uncle. Joe Cannon. Is numbered
among'' the, dead. . 'that havo tears
icpywo to. shod thcm"now"i .
OKisjor ivi jto i can do naa on me
propos(lon hsh'e ulgsrs will camp at
Armageddon fjrst, Notikers.
There are still a few political surgeons
whf disagree i with Dr. 'Abbott on the
valuo ofa.tlurd cup of coffee as a nerve
onlc, r
Chicago 'Invested, H.MO.0W In voting ma
chines which were tried.out laat Tuosday.
Two-thirds df the ytitera passed' up the
Inactitries, preferring to mark a blanket
jbaltot.
The 'men and women voters of tho stats
if AVnahlngton 'didn't do' a-.tK.lhg to the
bull1 rrwose Jean'dldAto for governor. Sim
ply .(tossed ptlm into the. tureen. From
Whlc It may be Inferred that- a bull
moose halo doei not gild wife desertion
with righteousness.
'The boy fanners o(,Iong Island are
being urged. -.to. orc&nU plubs for grow
ing com. potatoes and cauliflower. In
opposition to this movment is the boy
scont Idea; -which is more deeply con
cerned with the science of fun. Fun gets
moet of the recruits.
, lgnora Pfleter, the American wife of
a retired-Italian naval officer who com
mitted suicide In Rome last Tuesday, was
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Lauffhlln of St. I.ouls and waa the first
to' receive be honor of being the Veiled
Prophet a queen. Her deatn is ascnoea
to- prolonged neurasthenia, ,
Hiram Johnson of California is -retreat
ing from Armageddon to the Pacific,
Ukjnt"alohg a package of souvenirs con
tributed by admire ra4 Among thi souve
nirs is a fountain-pen with whleh he la
1o "sign your first official document at
"Washington' and a device for meaaur-
Jrig. th pressure of caloric wasted on the
stump.
Canton, X. T., and Freeport, j N, T.,
are two up-to-date villages that call
patrolmen day and night to tee tel
phone boxes by flashing red lights In
the street. A mn was recently caught
fourteen minutes after he -had stabbed
another in a Freephrt saloon, and Mayor
Hanso of that village is re.cetvinz; the
warm congratulation nt his fellow
lqw ntmen for the splendid use he IS
making of the lighting department as an
Auxiliary of his small police force.
IN OTHER LANDS THAN OURS
Stirring Events Featured in the Theater of War in Turkey.
to-oitorntUa fltrntrjtr.
The vigor and dash of the Balkan allies
In their advanco .upon Turkey affords a
striking leesoV 6ri .the value not only of
brcparednnss. but -of co-operativo strategy
In attacking tho enemy while partially
crippled. Asia Minor is the army recruit
ing camp at the Ottoman' empire. The
mepace. of IIu-hIr on tho Persian border
patjsed a concentration of- two Turkish
orm y corps In that vicinity. The fear of
Bustla, the war" over Tripoli and political
discords at the capital YjtAlUe'd tho oppor
tunity which the Halkan ntatos embraced
with an Irresistible onrush that In five
weeks has startled Eijropo, dszed the!
tiujst for mediation. "On to Constanti
nople" is tho slogan of tho'vlctorlous IJul-
gars. In the last war 'with France the
Gefmans, 'having cooled up In'Metz Gen-,
cral Bazalne,.apd tils. Krrriy". corps, struck
directly for .Prl. the lieaft of the oncjmy.
similarly tho UulghrJans block the exits
noplo Is' 137 miles from Adrlanople. Ile-
Cohstantlnopla. 'The Greeks nro striking
at Balonlkl from two sides and have cut
the" lines of communication with Mon
astic tho headquarters of tho army of
western Turkry. Scutari has not yet
fallen ln,lo thq hands of tho 'Montenegrins,
but the surrounding country to tho shores
of the Adriatic Is tlicrs. Tho capture of
Uskub 'by tho Scrvlai.- practically1 clears'
their frontier nnd enables-, the latter to
rush strong . reinforcements to tho Bui.
garlan fighting lines. Kvcry day's ad
vance carries thr allied- hrjnles farther
from thulr, several Irate?, necessarily In
creasing the burden on the commissariat,
the moving of art!l(ery and c-scntlal mu
nitions. ProBrefl.hereforc, cannot bo as
rapid aa In thft' earlier days. Constanti
nople Is 137 milesfrom Adrlnaople. .Ke
portB indlcato that the Bulgarian advnnci
has covered twclhlrda of the distance,
driving- tlje. .-Mattered Turkish army from
place to ploct. '.''Fifteen mlleu outside of
Constantlnpplp k'r the Tchatalja heights,
nhcrc tho Turks aro expected to make
their last stand in defenso of The capltaf
and tho empire.
Will thf Allies (Jet the Prlr.-f .
Forty-flvo years ago tho Russian army'
reached tho Tchatalja line of. defenses
extending across tho neck of tho penin
sula rrom tho Black to tho Marmora
sea. Hera tho Turks had their backs to
tho wall, a sen. beyond tho wall, and Itus-
s:an bayonets on thrco sides. The canltal
was doomed. --Rather than witness the
profanation of tho temples of OsmanU
oy naiea Heretics tho rorto agreed to
the trcatr of San Stefano, so-called in
honor of the town, a suburb of Constanti
nople, where the treaty makers deliber
ated. Before the Ink was fairly dry
Disraeli and Bismarck objected to the
Jze of the Russian prize, torn up tho
treaty of San Stefano and evolved what
is known as tho Berlin treaty. At pres
ent none of the powera show -a disposi
tion to lntcrvcno In Turkey's behalf as
they did in J878. Tho reason la obylous.
Tho lines .of self-interest are different
and tho spur of envy Is pointless. Rus
sla, England and France arc allies now.
Germany and Austria, especially tho lat
ter, aro more directly concerned than the
other powers. What they will do later
on remains to be Hepn. Tho tlmo Is not
quite rlpo for uctlon. Should the allies
succcod in shattering tho last line of
Turkish defenses, and the Porte sues
for peaco direct,- the terms exacted by the
viotors mny bo too great to tbo tolerated
Dy the powers. The probability of terrl
torlal acquisitions on the Adriatic, by tho
vjctors has already brought a warning
note rrom Austria. The latter, backed
by Germany, for years has .directed Its
energies and schemed for an outlet to
the Aegean sea at SaJonlkl, In further,
on oo of that scheme tho Berlin treaty
DEFEATED, BUT VERY MUCH ALIVE '
Some Wholesome Truths for Pessimistic Republicans.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat (rqp.).
The attention of
pessimistic rejmb-
llcans Is invited to an episode In tho
career of the party which swept the
country Tuesday. Ther'o wuh n far moro
dangerous rupture In tho democratic
party in 1SC0 than the republican party.
haa encountered In 1912. With 'rival
tickets, headed by Touglas and Dreckln
ridge, respectively, In the field In 1SG0,
the democratic party was split on a 'sec
tional line, and tho feud which was
started In tho rival factions of the party
precipitated tho rebellion which con
vulsed the country for four years, nnd
which oovered the democracy with a load
of discredit from' which It did not emerge
for a quarter of n century.
In l$6t tie democmtlo .party carried
only three status! Its presidential candi
date, McClellan, won only twcnty?one
electoral ? votes, as. compare with 212 tor
Lincoln. In 1ECS and 1372 Its voto .was
so email that that !arty was never really
In the contest at all. It rallied, In line,
under the lead ot Its most adroit chief
tain, TUden, a member of Van Burcn's
old Albany regency, but it did not gain
the presidency. In 18S0 It was beaten once
more. In hajf a1 century It haa 'elected
only one man to the presidency, and that
man, In hU second term, BpUt his party
HieBeeslcHcrBox
An Kilncntlnnal Venture.
NEW YORK. CITY, Columbia Uni
versity. Nov. C-To the Editor of The
Rce; Havo read your Nebraska Develop
ment number and behove that It is the
best educational combination of Informa
tion rewarding Nebraska that has ever
been published. .The. cover design is a
whole feature In Itself. Several Now York
students here at Columbia have borrowed
my copy of tho edition to read. Although
there Is Broadway and an endless host
ot skyscrapers here, we cannot boast of
IIS.00O.0OO In poultry resources.
EDWARD 11. PERKINS,
A Lot of l'nu. Spoiled.
OMAHA, Nov. 8.-T0 tho Editor of The
Bee: If the majority of the democrats
Instead of republicans had been elected
to the legislature from Douglas county,
there might have been some fun when the
tlmo came for electing a United States
senator, provided tho vote was at all
close. For some of these Douglas county
democrats, being Intimate with the powers
that claim to have been double-crossed
by ShaUenbrgor as govornor, bear a very
deep and abiding resentment for him and
might have been Influenced, by that feel
ing In voting for a senator regardless of
any ante-elertlon pledge.
Had 1 Wen elected." one of the demo
cruts runnlug for senator In this county,
crested the Sanjak of NovJpazar, a -narrow
strip of Turkish torritory eeparallng
Servla and Montenegro -and Joining Aus
tria on the 'north. Hy means of this Turk'
.Sh wedge Austria kept these pugnacious
states apart" and maintained an outlet
for promoting. its designs on the port of
Salonlkl.v Should the wr eventuate. In
Imperiling. Austria's cherished plans, the
conoert ,of. tho powers Is likely, to expe
rience a Jar before the victors get away
with tho spoils.
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The Terrible Turk. I
, What 'has .become of , the ' torrible
Tiirjc?" Jlla reputation-as a fighting unit
is not by arfy means a fiction. Too many
.battlefields atteetls bravery and dogged
determination to do or die. Doubtless
the adjective pprang from uncounted
massacre of, unarmed 'Christians, a trait
so. .commonly practiced as to lcavo tho
Tdrk without a friend in Europe ot Asia.
Tho demornllzatlon- and. decay of jtho na
tion necessarily permeates tho army. A
military establishment cannot rite above
Its source,, and tho source of Turkish
PQver for ycure past has been, honey
combed, with graft, plunder and mer
cenary" sclflshncsE. So notorious nro
'those, conditions, oven under tho socalled
eform administration ot the Young Turks
party, that the -French -banks, in finan
cing the latest Turkish loan, apotntcd
agents ' to. dlsbhrsa tho money for tho
objects stated In tho agreement. Most .of
this loan went to pay off tho army, which
had not seen a plustcr fqr two years.
What must be the condition of the equip
ment of tho army and of the military
storehouses may bo Inferred from the ne
glect and shabby treatment of the sol
diers. It is not surprising that the
demoralization and neglect In tho past
became painfully apparent In tho disas
trous rout of tho Turks at all points.
Properly equipped and wisely led the
Turkish soldier fights to tho end. He
lacks the smartness and tho initiative of
tho European soldier, but ho is doggedly
fearless, for he Is taught that death for
his country and creed wins tho favor of
Allah. How they can fight was shown
at Plevna when the famous Osman Pasha
led them In a forlorn hope sortie against
tho Jtusslan lines. Tho Rurelans fled be
foro their tcrrlblo vengeance, and Gen
eral Skobcloft began to fear for his be
sieging army. "They nro born soldiers,
theso Turks," ho exclaimed, as ho dashed
to tho front of a battalion which was
wavorlng in tho face of the killing.
"Never was a sortie more -skillfully pre
pared. How. I should like to be in com
mand of it nnd havo my name remem
bered In connection with It." This was
the estimate of tho enemy It always has
been the estlmnto of tho neutral who looks
upon war merely ns a science. It was
not, however, successful. The Turks tore
holes In the- Russian lines. They cut to
pieces battalion after battalion these
men who had gone hungry for six weeks
an'd whose clothing had been half soaked
off by the t-alns and snows. Tho Russian
shell fire plowed lanes through their
ranks and the Russian rifle fife mowed
them down as with a sythe. The slaugh
ter might havo been so much felling of
trees in a forest as for its influence upon
tho bravery of Osman Pasha's men. They
throw themselves upon a section held
by a Siberian regiment, swept over their
parapets, slaughtered their defenders to
the j last man In a momentary hand-to-
hand conflict, carried with a rush the
battery in the rear, bayoneted the Bus.
-Inn artillerymen and with demon fury
slow ,on as If determined to cut their way
through the whole Russian force. The
sortie failed, but fulled with heroism.
Six thousand Turks perished In tho at
tack, Plevna cost Russia 40,000 men.
In such a way that It has been In tho
minority fory twenty years,- or until the
election Tuesday.
Let republicans remember that most of
tho men who abandoned the party In
the campaign which has Just closed will
probably be back In the ranks long be
foro 1916. Tho progressive party has no
elements of persistency. Its platform Is
too. vague, nnd too much of It Is based
on platitudes which nobody combats. As
Horace Greeley said of tho Knownoth
Ings when in tho height of their power
in 1855, tho progressives would seem to be
ns destitute of chance of permanence
as an anti-cholera or an anti-potato rot
party would be. It has -no Inspiring creed
to hold it together. Like tho liberal re
publicans, who. as allies of the demo
crats, fought the republican party with
great enthusiasm In 1S72, and who were
oil bock In the old camp before 1S76, the
bolters of 1912 will be in the republican
ranks again in two or three years. Thus
they will follow the example. of the mug
wumps of 1SS4 and the silver republicans
of 1S9S. Tho republican party will make
a new stride forward In the congressional
campaign ot 1914, and In 1916 it will be
decidedly and emphatically at the front
with its old-tlmo vigor.
Is quoted as saying, "I doubt If I would
.have voted for Shallenberger, no matter
what previous pledges had been made.
1 1 think I- could not have overcome my
resentment for the man who double
crossed us whenever he got the chance."
Of course, there Is the "if," but it is
believed by many that the defeat of theso
domocrats spoils a lot of fun at Lincoln
this winter But It Is just hs well that
way. PERSONAL LIBERTY.
In Ill-half of NflirumkH Clt- Hoys.
NEBRASKA CITY, Nov. T.-To the
Editor of The Bee: I beg to state that
I deplore the spirit that onuses the re
porter of a fool) ball game to deride a
town, as It is so clearly shown In your
account of the game at South Omaha
last Sunday. It Is not proper, it Is not
right. I feel that it Is not the Intention
of The Beo to endorse or encourage such
a spirit, and It Is surely not the Omaha
spirit to do anything other than prabso
and encourage the various towns of Ne
braska. Regarding the team und Its manner of
playing your account is unjust. Person
ally I am acquainted with all of the
boys and can vouch for their sterling
worth and manhood. They have mastered
tho game of foot ball in such a brilliant
manner that they are entitled to com
mendation. Surely as lovers of good
sport they deserve better than they have
received.
The police ot South Omaha should be
censured rather than endorsed in their
action on that day. Tho writer Was pres
ent und was the recipient of some of the
abuse from the iwlico for merely trying
to straishten out the trouble ot .the po-
lie and the negro, that was without suf
ficient cause arrested. They handled our
team's coach in a shameful manner, and
your reporter's statement of the occur
rence was absolutely wrong.
JOHN U.'STEINHART.
SUNNY OEMS.
"A great many women want the name
of my dressmaker," wheezed the blonde
lady, "but I won't give it to any of
them."
"Your dressmaker? I had always sup
posed you patronized an upholsterer,"
responded the brunette dame. Ioulsvllle
Courier-Journal.
"Why did she divorce, her first hus
band T'
"lie couldn't keep his money.'
"And why Is she suing her present hus
band for divorce?"
"He's such a tightwad." Chicago
News. ,
"There must be a good deal of same
ness about a hosiery manufactory."
"Why so?"
"Because It can have nothing but
stocking departments." Baltimore
American.
"There are two sides to every argu
ment," sold the ready-made philosopher.
"Yes." replied the gloomy person;
"but It makes a difference which sd
you choose. There aro two sides to a
piece of fly-paper." Washington Star.
Regstaff Sometimes I Ho awake half
the night. Aro you never troubled with
Insomnia?
Percollum Never. When I'm wakeful
I begin to repeat to myself somo of my
early poems, and I fall asleep In no
time. Chicago Tribune.
"It is queer that what is extremely
reprehensible In the city Is highly com
mendable In the country."
"What's that?"
"Watering the stock." Baltimore Amer
ican. "Next thing I knew ho hit his father
with un ax; the old man chase him for
miles, firing at him with a blunderbuss
all tho while. Then tho neighbors Joined
In
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a nightmare or a mo mg plttnr, -t 'v
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"Tw, I was once tnttaged to a dukt
"And what obstacle rattlf between tw-i
loving hearts?"
"Oh, nothing In tmrtlwilar. He Just let
the option expire." Judge.
Judge (sternly) To What do you at
tribute your downfall?
Culprit Thd-first drink I ever took was
oho you bought me when you were trying
to get my vote. Puck.
Mrs. Hardin Can you lend me a cup
of sugar, an egg, a piece of butter and
a.
Mrs. Testy Yes, and It's too bd you
can't take home some of our gas to cook
things with Kansas City Journal.
BLOWING HOT AND COLD.
Denver Republican.
(With due amends to tho Most Parodied
Author.)
I went into a city 'all when 'lection day
, was o'er
Tho politician up nn' sez; "You rummies
make mo sore."
The men be'ind the desks nil grinned I
thought they sure would die;
I turns again unto the street and to my
self says I:
O It's Voter this and Voter that, and
. Voter douso your pipe.
But it's "Thank you Mister Voter"
when the ballot crop Is rlpq,
Tho ballot crop Is ripe, my boys, tho
ballot crop is ripe,
O It's "Thank you Mister Voter,"
When tho ballot crop is ripe.
I walked Into a capltol and asked 'cm
fcr a Job;
They Bald: "You stew, git out o' hero be
fore wo nick your nob."
They threw mo down tho polished stairs,
and finished mo with a club,
But when It comes to votin', Lordl I ain't
a pesky dub,
For It's Voter this and Voter that!
and Voter wnlt without.
But It's honey for the. Voter when
the candidate's about.
The candidate's ubout, my boys, the
candidate's about.
It's honey for the voter when tho
candidate's about.