'JHE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1912.
VICTOR KOaBVVATKll. KUlTOlt
5B5DL'lt.DlNQ. KAUNAM AND 17TII
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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ! Professor Taft.
CKT vt.,.-m nvEni.in immvATwii I President Tart's natural candor
lias permitted Him to maKo an cany
public announcement of his ac
ceptance of the Kent professorship
of law at Yale. Ho had already slff
nlflcd his Intention of returning to
the practice of law In his old homo
city, Cincinnati,, and the engagement
at Valo will not Interfere with tho
previous plan. It will also leave
him to lecture on law In other
Institutions, or upon any other sub
ject olsowherc.
Thus It appears that Mr. Taft Is
preparing to continue hjs public
Borvlce In (very wide spheres, re
moving himself at once from any
possible application of tho old qucs
tldn,. "What shall wo do with our
ex-prcsldcnts?" Ho will leavo tho
White House In the prlmo of life,
rich - In experience and wisdom of
priceless value to his country. What
more exalted sorvlco could he render
than that which Is mapped out? He
Is one of tho nation's great lawyers
nnd tho nation will bo enriched by
hta Instruction.
If later ho Is called to tho su
premo court, as President-elect Wil
son has intimated ho may bo, ho will
havo continued in tho line of pa
triotic ( servlco even upon a higher
piano, for which ho Is 'so eminently
fitted.
OFFICES.
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South- Omaha-231S N street.
Council Hluffs-H North Main street.
Iincoln-2 Uttlo hulldlnc
rhlcagO-1041 Marquette building.
Kansas Clty-Rellance building.
New Tork-34 West Thirty-third.
"VajlilnKton-7 Fourteenth fit..
Communications relating to news ana
editorial matter should be addressca
Omaha Bee. Editorial Department.
NOVEMBER CIRCULATION
49,805
fltate of Nebraska. County of t'ouglas.
Dwlsht Williams, circulation inanaet
nf The Ileo Publishing comrny. '
duly sworn, says that the average dalii
rlrculatlon for the month o November;
912. was43.$05. DWIOHT WILMAMB.
' ' Circulation Manager
Subfcrlbed In my presence and swprj
before m tnis tin oay u. '
NoUry Publlo.
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Subscribers learlnit the city
trnipnrnrilv alionld hnr The Itee
mailed to tlicm. Address will be
changed n olten nm requested.
Only a fow before days loft.
Coming down the homo stretch for
Christmas shopping.
If you havo not boon a good fel
low, get In now and bo a tolerably
good one.
Lighting does not seem to bo good
for tho dovo of peace on tho Bal
kans Just yot.
Now for tho final pull that will
land that million-dollar hotel pro
ject for Omaha safo and sound.
Denmark's notod suffragotto,
Mrs. Oadi rosenta tho insinuation
that thcro is anything in a name.
Every timo they put tho monoy
dovll out of. business ho clips off a
now batch of coupons and cashes In
Tho womon crusading for lower
prices do not heed Mr. Morgan's as
surance that eggs cannot bo un
scramblodi - .
Speaking of nomenclature sign!
ficance, the 'French winemakor shot
by a woman as a result of gossip
was named Mumm.
Those six preachers who havo
been added to tho Los Angoloa pollen
forco will of course sorao day be
come guardian angols.
jflifcDay inOmaki
COMPILED r MOM BED FIXfeS
kc. ao.
UNSCRAMBLING RAILEOAD EGGS
Common Ownership of Parallel Lines Most Cease.
Indianapolis News.
SMILING REMARKS.
VINDICATED.
The Footpad Season.
This Is tho timo ,of year when
footpads Hre -usunlly most active,
and the police, of course, are aware
of tho necessity for extra vigilance
A neighboring city Is reported to
bo Infested with thugs, who aro com
mitting nightly depredations, mak
ing lifo mtserablo for pedestrians.
Tho police in combatting them aro
attempting to arrest every ' man
known to havo Hcr.vcd n ponltentiary
or Jail term. This naturally will re
sult in a heavy efflux of vicious
characters, who -will seek refuge In
other places. Omaha, therefore
must bo alort to provent them locat
ing hero. No city is over free of
tho criminally Inclined, but this is
tho time for our police authorities
to succcod In making Omaha tho
most uninviting field for thoso
pirates, somo of whom, Judging from
recent street affairs, havo found
their way hero.
MUii Helen Gould is doubtless
glad to havo tho mother's assuranco
that "he waB alwaya a good boy,"
but sho did not wait for that.
Wilson and His Cabinet.
President-elect Wilson hns lndlca
ted his lntontion of knocking a num
ber of Whito Houbo traditions into
cocked hats, but does not exactly
Include tho did rule of recognizing
party leadership in cabinet making
in tliis list. Ho has Indlcatod his
attltudo'on this by relating how
Prosldcnt Clovcland had adhered
moro to tho, party organisation prln-
clplo in selecting his first cabinet
and giving precedence to stricter
morit in his second, adding that ho
thought somo of both waa a good
thing.
Dr. Wilson is learning the ways
of politics very fast. Ho Bays he
has oven discovered that crises may
arise In tho nffatra of a man In poll
tics whero tha purest diction might
fall to express his roal emotions
calling into uso cxplotlvcB not vail-
Prof. Wilson moves from Prince
ton tn thn Whlln House nnd Prcsl-
. dent Taft from tho White Houso to fltcd by tho makers of dictionaries
Vain Tnrn nhnnt In fnlr nlnv uiuuKh, I uuurso, lie UOOS not Bano-
iion uauiiuai swearing, tie Bimpiy
Both of thoso former South aumires reu diooo.
Omaha officials who have lost out " 18 not to bo expected, thoreforo,
before tho auprome court are under- that President Wilson will bo un
stood to bo opposing tho postofflco ttb, to discover enough merit In
merger. 1 somo influential party leaders as to
warrant their selection for cabinet
Even death does not provent a positions. This instinct of scenting
Chicago bull mooso paper from a combination of merit and political
speaking slightingly of Whltelaw strength in ono roan is what makes
Held because ho chose not to follow sagacious leaders, and if ever a man
its political idol. needed sagacity It 1b tho new titular
head of the democratic party.
Thirty Vcars Art
The funeral of the late Judge Clinton
nriggs tood place from hu late residence
on Twentieth street, with the burial rerv-
Ice read by Dean Mlllspaugh of Trinity
Bishop Clnrkson pronounced an eulogy.
and songs were sung by Airs. M. E. Latey,
Mrs. Thomas Rogers, Revel France and
A. V Morris, Mlsa Alice Rogers accom
panying on tho pland. Tho pallbearers
were. George H. Lake. Milton Rogers,
J. J. Brown. Frank Murphy, George W.
Doanc, B. E. II. Kennedy, James w.
Ha vase, William A. bnyer, Joseph Bar
ker and George B. Prltchctt.
William Dolan, senior member of thn
firm of Dolan & langworthy. dlid of
typhold-pncumonla In his forty-fifth year.
He had come to Omaha from Dubuque tn
1&S1 to engage In business.
The box office sale- of seats for the
Wilson concert precipitated a tush, de-
nplle the unusually high prices, J2, S3
and II.
Good quality Ice, eighteen Inches thick,
Is being cut on the river.
Sheriff Miller, who has been quite sick,
for the last two weeks, Is able to sit up.
A pool mooting of tho general passe.n-
gor nndi ticket agents of thn Santa Ke,
Union Pacific, B. ft M. and Missouri Pa
cific, ut which Pool Commissioner George
Daniel will preside, Is scheduled for
this city December 28.
Omnha people aro Interested In the news
tho marriage nt Cincinnati of Miss
Bcs!c Jewett, daughter of Hon. J. C,
Jewctt of this city, and Dr. Wiggins of
Ixuls,
J. A. Monroo lias been appointed assist
ant, general freight agent of the Union
Pacific Ho comes from Minneapolis,
where he has been aaslstant general
traffic manager of the Minneapolis &
Omaha.
The marriage of John I McCague.and
Miss Mnry Van Kuran wan consummated
t tho residence of the brldo'a father, I,
Van Kuran, on Saundern street. Rov.
rhomns McCagtie. the grooms miner,
performed the ceremony. After the wed-
dine supper the bride and gToom pro
ceeded to their future homo, 1014 Chicago
street. ,
Twenty Years Ag"
John P. Conner of the Orchard Carpet
company received word from Dubuque.
Ia of the death of his fatlior, iNicnoias
Conner, a civil war veteran.
Beauty and chivalry commlnglod at mt
banquet given by tho Nebrnsna com
mander of the military order of Loyal
Legion In the evening at tho Mercei
hotel. The arriving guests wore receiver
Mesdam Brookes, Luddlnfiton,
Roach. PrUchett and Palmer. Music by
the SutorloiiB Mandolin club added
greatly to. the llfo of the occasion. After
tho banquet Rov. Dr. Duryca made nn
address on "The Banltary Commission
During tho Civil Wnr." Other addresses
ore made by Captain Stickle and car-
roll S. Montgomery.
Hon. J. M. Wardlow, elected to the
houso from Gago and Saline counties,
as Jn Omnha, a guest of the Arcade
otel.
William Sloreland of Portland. Ore.,
was In Omab searching or Jennlo 8e-
tnond, heir to K,000 left by her father,
John Brendlc, who died In Oregon. But
If the young woman was In this city.
she refused to divulge her Identity for
reasons of her own and tho searcher loft
without finding her,
Dr. ft D. Mercer enjolnd the city from
carrying out Its plan of filling thirty
seven of his Walnut HIM lots to, street
grade.
C. C. Kennan of Now York, formerly
.resident civil engineer of the Union Pa
clflc nt Denver, It was leiimed, had ac
cepted an offer to go to China as chief
nglneer of the Imperial Railway )f
China, and had decided to tako with him
a large corps of experienced Americans
When the supreme court directed th;
dissolution of the Union Paclflc-Pbuthein
Pacific merger because of a violation of
the Sherman antitrust law, In that ons
transcontinental line acquired control of
a competitor, It was predicted that tho
decision would open the way for legal
action against other railroad systems.
Now certain stockholders In subsidiaries
of the New York Central system protest
before tho Ohio Publlo Utilities commls-
lon, that the New York Central, by
reason of Its ownership" of about SO per
cent of tho stock of the Lake Shore,
which It Is alleged to have acquired In
violation or me snerman law, controls
three distinct parallel lines between Buf
falo and Chicago, and by reason of con
trol over tho several subsidiary lines It
has In the past compelled, and Is now
celling to compel!, such lines to pledge
their credit for Its benefit.
It Is stated that earMr action looking
toward dissolution would have been taken
n tho New Tork Ontral case, had it not
been for tho pendency of tho Union Pacific-Southern
Pacific merger suit. The
contention In the New York Central casp
s that ihe partnt system Is endeavoring!
K.
If the tira fiend wants to lnvado
an hotel at night be might at least
bo considerate enough of tho
in the summer time.
It Is groatly to bo fearod that two
members of the South Omaha Fire
and Police commission aro sadly
disappointed over tho Christmas
present handed them by tho supreme
court
Electing Postmasters.
Bonator Drlstow'a hill nrnvldlncr
Btauuv-wau uueou, i ma tiw for.tho popular election In tho com
munlty of all postmasters drawing
above $300 annual salary baa no
chance of passage, as tho democrats
aro not voluntarily going to glvo up
the patronage that is left to them
On the other hand, they are already
agitating the revocation of President
Taft's rocont order placing 36,000
"Wilson ninga True" is the in. postmasters in uio civil servlco
formation given to the faithful by party that huB hungered and thirsted
the local democratic orcan. Yes. ,or i'o"ucai pap lor nearly twenty
but the burning question is whether yoar8' ,s not ant 10 f,ud ,ta satiation
tho hungry democrat in the trench! ln continued fasting. Tho Kansas
rings the lob. senator is a llttlo late with hts moas'
uro if he expected it to become
Nebraska's code commission re- Mav now
port does not provldo for any cloc- Purely administrative offices
tion in this state next year. The should be In tho civil service with
biennial elections amendment JuBt Pin oi promotion from town to
made part of our constitution Bays!01 rather than filled, it seems to
something about a 1B13 election. UBi DV election. Yjt civil service
IJut, then, what's tho constitution 1,08 little to expect at the bands of
between friendB? the incoming administration. It Is
quite likely that President Wilson
One Country Lifo congress delegate will prove a better friend of tho
tells us that the institution known merit system-than will congress, for
as me - featuraay nignt aauce" is there is whero the advantage of
just as bad In the country, if not patronago is most keenly an
worse, aa in a Dig city, ir we in tho predated.
cities can find a solution of this pus-
zllng moral problem porhaps we can That proposed preference primary
Ten Years A
Mlsa Johanna M. E. iiendrlckson, ir
years of ngc, daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth
Iiendrlckson. died at her home, 315
Twenty-flftli avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Pratt of Chi
cago were in tho city for a few days.
Carl Lang quit his position In the" audi
tor's office of tho Union Pacific to no
cept a position as clerk tn tho Omaha
postofflce.
Jkunes P. English, county attorney
elect, named as his deputies, George A
Maimer. Frank L. Woavor, Harry E.
Burnam and Robert B. Montgomery
The county commissioners decided on
"C, M. Kubat as successor to George A.
Prichard, Justice of the peace, who re
signed to go to California. Kubat pre
sented a number of endorsements and
W. 8. Shoemskor personally interceded
for him.
Deputy United States Marshal Allan
left for tho Winnebago reservation to
get an Indian who had slain a member
of Ids tribe.
Mrs. Henry Conn of Salt Lake City.
and Jtlss May Cerkel of San Francisco,
were tho guests of Mr. nnd Mrs. Sol
Ooldstrom, 2610 8t. Mary's avenue.
to float $34,000,100 in bonds for Improve
ments, placing a large share of the bur
den on subsidiary lines, which, It Is said,
have no Interest In tho transaction. This
argument opens up many possibilities. It
was felt when the Harriman merger was
dissolved that the decision might 1sj
apply to other systems that havo In their
control two or more supposedly compet.
Ing lines. The New York Centrnl protest
so far Is confined to the stockholders, tut
If action should be taken by the govern
ment It Is doubtful where such prosecu
tion would end.
The common carriers of today have be
come such complex organizations that
there Is need for careful consideration.
It might further be said that the New
York Central Includes two parallel lines
along tho honks of the Hudson, and If
the Pennsylvania's connections were ex
amined they might bo found to Include
roads that were Intended to be competi
tors. In the caac of the New Haven, a
system Is found that not only controls
the land route between Boston and New
York, but the water route as well. We
are facing great possibilities, and, It may
be, some complexities.
THESE LITTLE DAYS
Tardiness of Dawn and the Earliness of Long Evenings.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
These are tho little days. They come
each year, but each year thoy bring sur
prise "How early It grows dark;" this
Is a common arternoon comment, as If
darkness coming early In December were
something worthy of special animadver
sion. Sometimes thcro seems to bo a hint
of resentment that the universe has, not
been ordered differently.
The worker who goes to early dinner
by artificial light feels that he Is some,
what heroic; no matter If he may have
shirked through tho day. He haa worked
Into tho night. If tho night is sin enough
to come too early that Is no concern of
his. He foels genial satisfaction as he
shakes tho snow from his shoes and
passes the threshold into his warm home.
Ho sighs In placid content, and Is ready
to stretch himself In front of tho' fire
and purr like a well-fed cat. There Is a
feeling 'of a day well won that is sotneV
how looking when tho same worker stalks
briskly homo In June with the sun still
high.
There are long. comfortable evenings.
They are tho cozy evenings when the
human animal feels the hibernating In
stinct. He Is content In his domestic cav
ern, content that he Is warm while the
great world Is cold, content merely to ox
1st and ready to forget the struggle and
tho necessity of tho narrow's routine
forage for the wherewithal of life. If he
wanders forth It Is in response to the.
dtctatu of somo unnatural craving for
amusement. Tho right amusement of
the long evenings of the little days Is
to loll In front of tho embers and read
good books and dream.
The other noticeable' marvel of the llt
tlo days is the tardiness of dawn. The
worker who shirks by day ana comes
homo In the early darkness with an as
sumption of heroic accomplishment is
not the one to know the' mysterious sat
isfaction of the December mornings. He
stays snugly abed until daylight, no mat
ter how daylight lags. But he who b
stirs himself by candlelight (which Is. of
course, figurative for electric light)
knows a pleasure as great as that of
tho "slippers and pipe and book by the
evening fireplace. Though . It la very
different. Thcro Is the darkness to over'
come, first: and that Is easy. Then there
Is the chill of the bed-chamber, that
sends vitality In floods up and down the
splnc. There Is the sense of conquest and
the feeling of complete readiness to meet
tho day and Its problems when day shall
come. Man Is beforehand with day.
The Cold llttlo days they are fjooA days.
They come as certainly as the dally sun;
but the twelve-month wait for them
makes them always something new and
unexpected.
Girl (anxiously) Well, what did tiatia
say?
Imnecunlous Tiver 11a AnlTJi1 be de
lighted to havo me for a pon-ln-law, only
he couldn't afford It. Boston Transcript.
"So you think that a defeated candi
date can be regarded as a popular Idol?"
-certainly. Pont es Is something ime
foot ball. A hero Is a hero Just the same
whether he comes off thi field on the
shouldera of his friends or on a
stretcher.'' Washington Star.
"Is this mechanical tov easily operated
by -n child?"
I haven t observed that children core
very much for It. Hut It Is highly amus
ing to parents." Chicago Tribune.
"I'd like to have n dentist for tho pilot
of my yacht."
"What an ideal Why a dentist?"
"Because then ho would know what to
do In tho teeth of a gale." Baltimore
American.
Aunt (severely) Why do von flirt.
Anna? Can't you remember that you are
a married woman?
Anna Oh. sure. Rut thn m,n rnn'l
Puck.
T got arrested ajrntii fin nrrrtlint nr
that' automobile of mine," remarked Mr.
Chugglns.
"Exceeding the speed limit?"
"No. On the contrary It wouldn't move.
and a policeman overheard what l until
about It." Washington Star.
Hub (with newspaper) Listen tu this
wlfey: "For every missionary Kent abroad
last year. Christian America sent 1,495 gal
lons of liquor."
Wlfey Merciful coodncss! Who'd ever
think missionaries were such drinkers?
R.oston Transcript.
Danc'eri-What did you put that man
out for?
Floor Manaecr He claimed to hn one
of the city firemen nnd ho was wearing
n celluloid collar. Buffalo Express.
I.
Who jays that Santa only likes the rUti"
Who says that he hns plumb forgot
the poor?
When each succeeding year- finds moro
bright eyos,
Moro waiting stockings filled from out
his store?
II.
Old Santa Clans Is big, his back Is strong
His reindeers swift, his pack Is bulging
still;
But think of the fast Increasing chim
ney tops
To climb, and nil the stockings he must
fill.
III.
And when old Santu'B buck Is stooped
and bent
From toting packo for nigh two thou
sand years.
What base Ingratitude to blame him Uieu
For the. wants of some to charge him
with their tears.
IV.
Just for a change, think of the countless
throngs
Of lunging children who have wants
supplied;
Of orphaned tots befriended by his hand.
Who would not see tho smallest one
denied.
V.
For since tho Christ child camo In lovely
guise;
Born of poor parents In a lowly state.
Tho good Saint Nick each year has done
his best
To make all children hnppy for his sake.
VI.
And If In all' this great wide Christian
world
Somo empty stockings may escape his
view;
TIs a sign he needs more helpers, and
perhaps
He Intends one extra helper should be
you.
Omahu. BA.YOLL NB TRBLB.
lie Bees Lcllerj)
ox
People and Events
"Give, and the world givea with you."
sings a commercialized poet; "spue and
you spug alone."
No pensions In sight for ex-primu
donnas, Mary Garden speaks or Andrew
Carnegie as "an old dodo."
A Denver parrot, presumed to be the
sole witness In a murder case, when
brought Into court refused to squeal on
the family, More heartily than ever tho
accused swears by Poll.
More unfortunate than the average
mere man" Is the Callfornlan who was
pinched for J 15,000 and Immediately made
defendant In a breach of promise case
damages 50,0m. Still, while men persist
In "getting cay" they har no kick com
ing when the bill la presented
Albert Blgelow Paine, who has been oc
cupied for- the last seven years with the
writing of his biography of Mark Twain,
Is still busy going over the Mark Twain
manuscripts, deciding which arc suitable
help out our country cousins along for now postmasters 1b not likely to tor publication. After the holday8 he ex
the same line.
be popular with the democrats Just
I at tho moment they are coming Into
The election by popular vote of sight of the land of postofflco milk
nurty'two deputy assessors in Omaha and honey. That "Lot-the-people-
unaer me law saaaiea upon us by rulo" slogan of our democratic
the last democratic legislature is friends was not Intended to embraco
pronounced a Joke. In truth, it ia tho poatofflr.es.
u ghastly -Joke, We trust our hw
iHakers have the. repeal of thiB. rldic-1 In St. Louis they are Btill heating
ulothj leghilatlojj ndfed'' flown on Btreet cars by stoves. Out St. Louis
r0ieJr list of, delrnjle -measures. never hurries.
pects to go to Bermuda, the sccno of tho
late humorist's lst days of health.
Maids often tell mother how to per
form their duties. Bachelors likewise dip
Into things they knowinot of. thus In
crasliie the nerDlexltles of husbands.
There Is Tommy ' Upton. Jolly otd bach
elor sport, boldly proclaiming the doc
trine that "men should shire In the care
of thu babies, especially the first tew
months of their existence. An Irish
mile goes with this package of "bachelor
wisdom.
Confusion of Connelly.
HUMPHREY, Neb., Dec. W.-To the
Editor of Tho Bee: An article appeared
In your paper In reference to a gray
eaglo tliat ono Frank Connelly tried to
douato to. someone and could find no per
son who wished to tako .the, bird. I
wish to state that I have gotten a great
nmny letters of Inquiry and a greater
amount of joshing from my friends In
Omaha and throughout Nebraska as a
result of tho above mentioned article,
and as I am not the man who has the
eagle, the notoriety docs not belong to
me.
My name Is Frank N. Connolly and
my homo Is Omaha. The man of gray
eagle fame, I am told, lives In Lexington.
Neb., and stops at tho Her Grand when
In your city and the similarity Is In
names only. FRANK N. CONNELLY,
Wellington Hotel, the man who did not
havo the eagle.
County Jnll I'crdliiK.
OMAHA, Dec. 18. To the Editor of The
Bee: We want to make answer to the
citizens and taxpayers of Douglas county
to tho charges of yesterday In the World
Herald In roBord to tho feeding1 of county
prisoners and the quality of tho food.
The meal tho World-Herald referred to
was Bundiiy dinner. We feed one-half
pound of ham. one pint of beans, half a
loaf of Tip-Top bread and ono pint of tea.
The World-Herald said the mutiny oc
currod In tho evening when supper was
served. Tho prisoners havo never had
supper slnoe Douglaa county haa had &
Jail, our contract calling for two meals
per day Sunday at 7:30 a. m. and 1:30 p.
m. Sunday we furnished two of Mc-
Shano's deputies Mike Wallnce and Cas-
sldy their dinner by request, and they
ate ham and beans ou. of the same kettlo
as the prisoners, and we will leave to
their Judument the quality of the food
which the Wbrld-Herald "aid made the
prisoners crazy. The World-Herald also
says that the- food cost rents a meal,
which they know is not true.
Our opinion Is that the mutiny was
raised after Mctihane made a visit to the
jail, long after the feeding was over and
after the night Jailers come on duty,
which Is at :30 p. m. We know positively
that McShauo wants the contract next
year 'for feeding the prisoners, and that
he has seen members of the board in re
gard to it, though he knows the law pro
hibit him from havlnr the contract. We
are In position to prove that the prison
ers for the last nine months have been
better fd than at any time since the
fetdlng was let by contract, We havo
every blli of all provisions bought since
we have had the contract and ths. Jailer's
meal slip of every meal furnished. We
Invite any cttlzsn or reporter to compare
them and e If we have not lived up to
our contract. Our kitchen Is open, for
publlo Inspection, and we ask any and all
citizens to come and see for themselves
as to quality, quantity uud cleanliness.
OARDIPI0C &. FLANAGAN.
Cuttrr Still nnnklrn.
CHICAGO, Dec. IT.-To the Editor of
The Bee: Last Friday, December 13, I
mailed you a letter wrttttn on my way
from Omaha, to Chicago, relating my ex
perience with crossing policeman No. It
at Dodge and Sixteenth streets tn your
city on the afternoon of the wame day.
Upon my return home I went purposely
down town to watch our own crossing
policemen and have found out this:
Klrst Our crossing policemen In the loop
dUti-ct uro all fine, clean men In spotlesr
uniform, act llko gentlemen and will
never bother you In case you cut the
corner. Your hooligan at Dodge and Six
teenth street Is quite a different propo
sition. He wears a dirty uniform, looks
like a frenzied bull and acts like one, too.
Second Our crossing policemen keep
their clubs In their belts and make all
signs with their hands In clean gloves.
Your hooligan swings his club around all
the time In a threatening manner, even
In the faces of unfortunate girls and old
ladles, who dare to cut corners there.
Kindly make your conclusions yourslf.
JOHN I KUTAK.
EDITORIAL VIEW POINTS.
Washington Post: Twenty-five thou
sand doroijohns were destroyed In a fire
In , Illinois the other day, but no harm
was dono, as thoy were empty.
Houston Post: Tho announcement that
President Taft will not enter Journalism
Is doubly gratifying to those people who
execrate the habit of a certain class of
politicians to become journalistic fakers.
Cleveland Plain Dealor: People aro
doing a lot of useless worrying over what
shall be dono for our ex-preeldenta. If
we over have ono who cannot look out
for himself he will not be worth con
sideration. Let's worry about something
worth while.
Sioux City Journal: Senator Dixon
you remember him? is becoming absent
minded. Ho Is recorded in the con
gressional directory as "republican." In
the next Issue he promises to appear on
"progressive." After that he Is not ex
pected to appear at all.
Springfield Republican: Mr. Patrick,
tho murderer pardoned by Governor Dlx,
gets the best of advice from his brother.
In-law and friend in St. Louis, who wires:
"Go hide yourself." There teem to be a
growing number of people who think the
same message should be sent to Governor
Dlx.
Indianapolis News: Iady suffragettes
should not tako off their shoes and throw
them at the magistrate, as was done In
Aberdeen tho other day. Beiddea annoy
ing the judge. It leaves the thrower sub
ject to the worst kind of affliction a
suffragette can pos.ilblv- have. Id eat. cold
feet. 1
Philadelphia Record: The argument In I
favor of the canteen on military reserva- I
tlons is perfectly convincing to any ono
who cares for the facts, and It Is stated
forcefully by Secretary Stlrason, but con
gress will not offend the prohibitionists
by repealing the law. Soldiers cannot be
kept as prisoners on the reservations, and
low dives are established just outside of
all of them. Instead of getting beer on
the post, the soldiers go off the reserva
tion and get whisky and encounter com
pany that is far worse than the whisky.
The result of tho anti-canteen legislation
Is an Increase of vice.
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